important topping of course helped or will help was enough on the line to also get the social democratic votes their 2nd member of the best danish commissioner she also was part of the younger commission beforehand and she will be in charge of the portfolio that will try to try to make europe fit for the digital age it's a very pressing issue because europe is lagging behind in most areas of digitalisation for example all the digital giants so the companies that are shaping our world today don't come from the european union most of them at least they come from the united states of america and also from china and so that's also what was often the law and pointed out why this issue is so pressing so much of this saga will take care of that and the 3rd portfolio is to have an economy that works for the people and that is by just a brusqueness from also was a member of the younger commission so you can tell those executive vice presidents

are all very experienced in brussels in the e.u. institutions they come from the different parties and i go to visit for example from the liberals about is the brusqueness is a member of the european peoples party so same party as. of the top priority here is to make sure that all these disruptive technologies digitalisation trying to bring europe on this path will not leave too many people behind that's what inclusive this means while trying and she stressed that to be competitive with china and with the united states of america so those are the 3 top commissioners in the commission of those that are funded by just talking about one of them that you mentioned their hands 10 and ends as the dutch politician with responsibility for that green deal i mean as you have on the line has self said that an existential issue for europe and the wild is protecting all climate and yet the green parliamentary group on the hard left have said they would be voting for had tane the soft a new why not. the green party has been well

i would put it difficult put the violence on was enough on the line and of course they like it that for the 1st time we have a woman at the top of that you commission haven't talked about that gender balance was a huge whose hugely important point for it was a fund and she almost reached that it's also part of the program of the greens she's putting the green deal on top of her agenda of course the greens like that but still it's hard for them to put their full weight behind all that off on the line because of how it all came about because she's in a party that is or at least that used to be quite far away from the greens and that's why i'm saying case by case we do expect the greens to back was a left on the line on some issues and maybe they would even back her today if they know if they knew that it would be close but it looks like she has the numbers and so the green compromise here is to abstain meaning that their votes don't count in a way that helps because it reduces the number of votes she needs to get elected

they just need a relative majority in this case a simple majority of those present so it does help was enough on the line without having the greens making the greens have to support her in a full out way. while she has been on this she has an ambitious plan and by the looks of it a long road ahead monitoring it for us correspondent brussels bureau chief max hoffman max thanks very much and now. well as you know fonda line will have to wait because she's made her case to the european parliament as we've just heard she said she was not going to do what was easy rather what was good that includes taking a confident approach she said to international relations at the heart of her pitch an extensive european green deal to tackle climate change and the peace will vote in a couple of hours on her executive team the commission of which she is president will bring you the news of that result when it comes 3 now there let's take

a look at some of the other news and 1st a multi-way a series of high level resignations has shaken the government that us as a scandal grows over the murder of the investigative journalist definite kind of wanted to lift him within 2 years ago now 3 senior government figures have resigned and another says that he has suspended himself the opposition is calling for prime minister joseph muscat to step down saying that the only decisions he is taking are to protect those around him. making a short sharp exit and angry crowd through accusations and eggs at multis prime minister joseph moore scott as he escaped parliament shrouded by tight security hours earlier his chief of staff and 2 ministers resigned the fallout of a police investigation gathering pace into the murder of prominent journalist daphne carolina. carolina an investigative reporter described as a one woman wiki leaks was blown up by

a car bomb 2 years ago she had become known for exposing cronyism within the country's political and business elite although 3 men face trial for carrying out the murder the mastermind has not yet been identified last week a suspect believed to be a middleman in the murder was arrested but the prime minister granted a pardon if the man helps find the masterminds. the next morning a multi as businessman was apprehended on his luxury yacht allegedly preparing to flee the businessman to is now reportedly seeking immunity in exchange for cooperating with the police protesters say carolina galatea was a victim of what they call endemic corruption at the highest levels of motorist government. must get stopped 8 has been questioned by police over the murder the other 2 ministers say they were stepping aside until the investigation was over while denying any involvement in the death all 3 were accused by carol one again of

corruption a family said the prime minister is protecting those behind her murder muscat has ignored calls for him to quit. you know and yet incompletely who this is only it's really on the run the country needs stability plays the moment he plays on dupes on the stop that on my mandate he might actions and decisions in the coming hours and days he will be i aim to. sure that stability is maintained was protest to say democracy and the country has long been on the slide the broken in more ways than one. and as i get it now from the other stories making news around the world polls have opened in the general election in namibia or in south west africa the ruling party how they final campaign rally urging people to vote for a tried and tested party president high age again gob is facing discontent over the

poor state of the economy despite the country being rich in minerals. clashes have broken up between security forces and protesters in the colombian capital bogota the unrest erupted after demonstrators and else they would hold a new nationwide strike following crisis talks with the president the protests were shot in last week are the biggest the country has experienced in decades. police in spain have todo a drug smuggling submarine to shore it is the 1st knockers up to be seized in europe investigators believe it is carrying several tons of cocaine from south america to ecuadorian member arrested when the vessel was intercepted off northern spain on sunday. a court in bangladesh has sentenced 7 is the most militants to death for their involvement in the attack on a cafe in dhaka more than 20 people a majority of them foreigners were killed in the attack which took place in july

26th. and u.s. president donald trump is in florida rallying his supporters and he can't ignore the continuing impeachment inquiry which is gathering pace and wait but he says it's an attempt by what he calls the quote a stoppage meant to stop him working for the people. and yes was at the. i think bill does the president from home coming here to the state of florida to move his official residence here recently from new york the republicans of course are focused on 2020 this is an important swing state which from lynn back in 2016 but the ongoing impeachment inquiry has cost a long shadow over president's almost trump but he remains defiant it's a terrible hoax last week someone testified that i told him quote what he wants ukraine i said i want nothing this is a quote i want no quid pro quo i want nothing tell

presidents or lives to do the right way the failed washington to stop him is trying to stop me because i'm fighting for you and because we're winning very simple. polls here in the united states boaters are divided over whether president trump should be impeached and removed from office but its supporters here in florida have shown that there's a board for him is only wavering. i think that it's ridiculous and they don't have any theory of anything it's all this. the way that people interpret things. each of them have been asked and then i've been having the evidence or it's completely ridiculous has no basis. and i think it's just a political work chart i think if they had what they needed to be done. would be

talking about they would already have. think there was a big blow sidetracking as something was going to receive maybe they were trying to reduce their next leader to being president i think it's ridiculous i definitely think people sit able to have their opinions if they don't like trump that's ok but he's really done nothing wrong that say qassim t.v. piece to you call it what you will the ongoing impeachment inquiry entries a new phase next week but this week is thanksgiving here in the united states and president trump is staying here in florida to enjoy several days off. well the german parliament is holding a general debate today in a major topic is the budget for 2020 including funding for defense policy that is a controversial topic germany is under international pressure to increase the amount it spends on the armed force. well here's what chancellor angela merkel had to say today about some girls who made the commitment to increase our defense

spending towards the margin of 2 percent and that is what we are doing the budget for next year said to not 0 quarter of 1.42 percent 5 years ago we were 1.18 percent we will continue this step by step process 1.5 percent until 2024 when that the defense minister has now presented a plan which foresees improvements in our nato participation so that we will reach the 2 percent margin in the early thirty's that is guaranteed. and our chief political editor nick elocution is standing by for us at the german parliament in berlin good to see mahela what else did the chancellor have to say what was have message. well her message was 1st of all and that's how she started a pledge towards nato she said that the security of europe depended even more on nato today than it did during the cold war she also struck a very very much

a foreign policy tone she was very much focused on germany's outlook on the world and she basically said that germany's wealth in the future will depend on 2 factors how it responds to climate change and how it responds and embraces digitalisation she also set a very new tone looking at africa there germany is involved in supporting states in this our whole regency said that that was an essential issue also a stabilizing live year but with a view to those african states as she said that germany will also have to think about providing more than training to bolster security meaning of course the export of arms and that is something that will be very difficult to do with the current coalition partner the social democrats so a lot of stuff for debate that the budget debate traditionally it is also an opportunity for the opposition to criticize the government what they did say.

yes the far right if t. is the strongest opposition force in the german parliament and then also have the right to speak 1st. we heard from. the co party leader who basically accused of having been responsible for a leaden times here in europe. he also is a critic of the climate strategy of the german government also is against germany's efforts to now although it came rather late to the party of course forwards electric cars and we also heard from the free democrats who basically told i'm going to merkel that while she clearly praised her defense minister and it could have come kind of on her new tone to take up more responsibility in the world that she somewhat ducked the question of whether she did support her view for instance on a security zone in syria because we did see quite

a bit of distancing herself from monica who after all would like to follow angle in angle america's footsteps also in the chance to read so quite a bit of criticism there and we're also very curious to hear what the social democrats will have to say with a view of them staying in this so-called grand coalition under the macro herself ended on essentially a pledge to remain stable and keep this coalition going chief political editor at the german parliament in berlin thanks. undermined now the top story we're following for you incoming european commission president as you know fund the line has addressed the european parliament ahead of its vote on who proposed teet and he's will vote in a couple of hours on her executive team the commission of which she is president we'll bring you news of that result when. you're watching the news from berlin i'm out on the humphrey thanks as ever for your company sumi silva skandha

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