this is d.w. news live from berlin political turmoil in malta and the government is caught up in the mud approach. protesters say the prime minister must go to suspicions grow over a high level cover up connected to the killing about confessed to get its journalist also in the program. u.s. president donald trump holds off so-called homecoming rally in florida the swing state is a battleground for votes ahead of the 2020 presidential election will cross to our

correspondent for the latest from the trump campaign. rescue teams in albania trying to free survivors from the rubble of collapsed buildings after a deadly earthquake struck overnight more than 20 people have been found so far and hundreds have been injured. i'm told me a lot of well welcome to the program we begin in malta where the prime minister as political fate is looking uncertain after he was pelted with eggs by protesters. i chose a must have had to be constructed out of parliament by security guards as an angry crowd gathered outside the building calling for him to step down there's been a series of high level resignations from the government amid growing

a growing scandal surrounding a mudder journalist. daphne corona. was killed in a car bombing in 2017 after reporting on corruption in the country. keith schembri chief of staff to the maltese prime minister resigns 2 other ministers swiftly left office conrad mitzi and chris cardona here on the left why the explanation for multis prime minister joseph muscat regarding his chief of staff decision to quit. she said this would enable the government to go ahead with its work serenely mort said in some suspect that what's really behind all this is the murder of daphne. a popular journalist described as a one woman who wiki leaks killed in a car bomb attack 2 years ago she had become known for exposing cronyism within the country's political and business elite 3 of those who now quit were all accused of corruption. was 3 men were arrested for planting the car bomb but little more was

done since then they have been regular protests in malta was last week a suspected middleman involved in the murder was arrested but the prime minister granted a pardon if the man helped find the murder mastermind was. the very next morning a multis businessman was apprehended on his luxury yacht and legibly preparing to flee. the businessman to is now reported be seeking immunity in exchange for cooperating with the police. and now 3 ministers once accused by carol want to leave office. many in malta say that their government is corrupt and want prime minister muscat to go he denies any involvement there on the glitziest family go further saying that muscat is protecting those who were behind her murder was u.s. president donald trump is in florida where he has held

a so-called homecoming rally in the sunshine state the region is key to trump's reelection in 2020 the president recently announced he was switching his. legal residency. is mar a lago resort in florida his company hopes the move could swing votes his way but it could also motivate support democrats in the key battleground state. joining us from the trump rally in sunrise florida is d. correspondent pablo fully public the arena has emptied out now but the trump come pain seems to be in full swing. you're absolutely right now just a short while ago this was packed to capacity with supporters who were very very excited indeed to be here president trump you know really riled up the crowd he spoke about the ongoing impeachment inquiry there were plenty of boos when he spoke

about he spoke about booming the economy was here in the united states which of course. everybody copying and cheering for him and he spoke about how strong the jobs market was how strong the stock exchange was and how the democrats were basically looking for any way possible to not have him win the 2020 election so it was very much he was talking about him himself coming home here to florida because like as you mentioned he's changed his residency here his legal residency from new york to florida in an effort to sort of capture voters down here which let's not forget this is a big swing state the state of florida and why is florida a battleground state in terms of votes as. well if you look back even just at the last 2 elections back in 2016 president trump won here he didn't actually win by a huge margin back in 2012 president obama at one boy just point 9 of

a percent and you know this is a state which is very diverse it has almost an equal number of registered republicans and democrats and then it has quite a significant number of independents and this is why it's one of the big swing states also it has a very changing as a changing demographic you've got a lot of younger people moving to the region from different parts of the country and different parts of the world which is sort of changing as well and how people are voting and how people are viewed and also let's not forget the number of electoral votes that actually go up for grabs here in florida makes it we'll call it the most lucrative of the swing states so the republicans and the democrats are putting heavy focus on the state of florida and brief the public inside use of the arena was packed with trump supporters but outside there was an demonstration what will those protesters say. you know you're absolutely right and they were focusing

of course very much on the impeachment inquiry focusing on of course president trump losing down here in florida and you know even president from couldn't escape the young going impeachment inquiry his supporters here were chanting you know support for him throughout so you know no matter what the impeachment inquiry won't be going very far isn't very far from president trump ok. in florida thank you. ukrainian filmmaker. has finally picked up the you're opinions top human rights prize when he was awarded the sack or of prize last year mr sense of was in jail in russia in september he was freed in a prisoner swap with the ukraine he said he accepted the award as a tribute to all ukrainian print political prisoners in russia. oleg sense of spent 5 years in a russian prison camp in the arctic circle russian investigators accuse the

ukrainian filmmaker of planning terrorist attacks in 2015 cents off was sentenced to 20 years in prison after he had publicly protested against the russian occupation of crimea international observers called it a show trial now 3 years travel to the european parliament to accept disaster off prize which he was awarded a year ago during his detention. you know. i do not accept this award as a personal one but as a tribute to all ukrainians who are political prisoners in russian prisons. in september a sense of was freed after a prisoner exchange between russia and ukraine he has long campaigned for human rights in his home country and was a key figure in the ukrainian revolution of 2014 for over 30 years the european parliament has been awarding the zucker of prize to individuals and organizations which fight for human rights this year's award will go to ilham tohti the we go

human rights activist who has been sentenced to life imprisonment by china in a recent 2 day trial now just some of the other stories making news around the world. polls opened in maybe as general election the ruling party held a final campaign rally urging people to vote for a tried and tested party president had again god is facing discontent over the state of the economy despite the south west african state mineral rich. clashes have broken up between security forces and protesters in the colombian capital bogota the unrest erupted after demonstrators announced they would hold a new nationwide strike following crisis talks with the president the protests which started last week are the biggest the country has experienced in decades. police in spain have towed a drug smuggling submarine to shore it's the 1st cause saab to be seized in europe

and investigators believe it's carrying several tons of cocaine from south america to ecuadorian men were arrested when the vessel was intercepted off in northern spain on sunday. rescuers in albania searching for survivors after a powerful earthquake struck the country authorities say more than 20 people were killed and hundreds more injured the magnitude $6.00 quake struck about 60 kilometers northwest of the capital tirana it's the most powerful to hit the country for decades. rescuers work into the night to free people from the deputy. finding survivors of albania's west earthquake in 30 years is a slow and delicate operation but it is real ding results. a man has pulled out of a collapsed building alive into man one of the towns hardest hit by the quake it's

around 20 kilometers from the epicenter. of the town but many were not so lucky. earlier in the same town a child's body. he was found. the quake struck early on tuesday morning when most of the people here were asleep in bed. not going to go watch shelter in my bedroom went to my kid's room and the door just slammed on me like i hurt both my arms this is horrible i mean there were. numerous aftershocks followed the main quake adding to the fear and causing further damage albania is one of the poorest countries in europe and its neighbors were quick to offer help teams from its legal research romania are already helping in rescue operations. or you're using hand signals rescuers ask the silence as they listen for cries of people

trapped under the wreckage many people are still missing their families are hoping and praying they will be found alive. thousands of furious farmers have rolled into the german capital berlin on tractors to protest the government's agricultural policies they're angry about plans to introduce stricter protections for insects and the environment saying their livelihoods are under threat. tractors as far as the eye can see farmers have descended on berlin blocking the big city traffic police say more than 5000 have arrived from across germany the farmers are angry about the government's recent changes to agricultural policy. the land. farmers are the nation's bogeyman they're blamed for everything we damage the climate the poison the ground water. the cattle farms do indeed emit more than 7 percent of greenhouse gases in germany and they are blamed for the die off of

insects due to pesticides and fertilizers use. that's why the government issued guidelines on protecting insects and the environment in september but farmers say the policy package kills agriculture. referring loans for do you feel betrayed by the government because the government doesn't clearly support us and say we want germany to have agriculture and we're demonstrating said that people can keep having high quality food that stays fresh not just food from a brand that comes to us names minute i was muslim and so on. but the german government is under pressure e.u. guidelines for more environmental protection must also be implemented here in order to maintain biodiversity including for insects and to make farming more eco friendly. existence farmers ability to make a living is it risk when there is no biodiversity they're extremely dependent on

the pollination done by insects that's why it's absolutely in their interest that both the climate and biodiversity are protected. no farms no food no future the farmers fear for their livelihoods already only 1.4 percent of all jobs in germany are in agriculture and demonstrators fear that number could we don't even further. journalists often have to contend with unwelcome distractions when they're broadcasting live from the field and that was definitely the case but this greek reporter. says. he was chased around and bitten by a ball the pig as he tried to provide an update on flooding in the country now that's what i call trying to hog the limelight so you know if you have another board or not that's true for you i don't know what would make me that climate. yes so you know large or larger large or larger you must ask if they can read every 5

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