the book. this is d w news live from berlin and the european parliament approved a new executive team to vote by a constable majority gives president elect of the commission was enough underlined the green light to impart on him to be sure program she set out her version of earlier and told lawmakers she wanted to turn the e.u. into a concrete superpower. also coming up here in germany chancellor angela merkel tells lawmakers her government is pushing the defense budget talks in line with nato targets for spending. u.s. president donald trump tells

a reelection rally in florida that pete impeachment inquiry has been going well for the swing state battleground for about. the as. i'm sumi so much got to thank you for joining us european lawmakers have approved a new team of commissioners taking over the executive branch of the european union france and germany's was in a funded line will now formally take charge of the european commission this sunday she set out her plans for the presidency in strasburg this morning saying she would focus on equality the environment and digitalisation let's listen in to her vision for the e.u. it is not only about parties and politics rules or regulations markets all currencies it is ultimately. and above all else about people and their aspirations it is about people standing together for the liberty

for that values simply for a better future all right let's get the latest on the story now our brussels bureau chief max off money is standing by for us in strasburg hi max good to see you this vote seem to be a comfortable majority for it was a life on the line what did you make of this. it's quite comfortable it's actually better than many people here expected because the the vote count of the informal coalition between the european peoples party so it was a fun party the conservatives and the liberals and the social democrats is 444 votes now she got 461 votes that means that somebody who said they would not vote for voted for her which is a good sign for possible future coalition building but it took her a lot of work of course to get there it took her a lot of talks behind the scenes to get there also promises remodelling of the

different portfolio a portfolio of course is what specific commission commissioner will get to do later on and 3 of the most powerful people in this commission are dissolved called executive vice presidents of this commission we hope to talk to one later on but let me just show you what's going on here of course commissioners right now are in short supply and everybody who shows his or her nose he gets jumped on basically by the press and gets interviewed but we are hoping to interview my good to best later in the show she is the vice executive president for. digital future of the european union you know we're looking forward to hearing some of those reactions max we also heard president from the line a little bit earlier in the day i lay out her vision for her presidency i tell us what her main priorities are. there are 3 and they mirror the responsibilities of those vice presidents that i talked about earlier one of

them is an economy for the people economies always important i mean i think bill clinton said it back there it's all about the economy stupid that's a very famous quote and it holds true still in this day of age people are very worried about jobs we just heard that in the new poll that came out today that was the number 2 concern of the people that were asked in the european union job security the economy being left. and with all the digital disruption that we have but the number one topic in that poll was climate change so people really want this new commission to do something about climate change against climate change to really try to work something out and to fulfill the promise that was made here today in the european parliament saying that europe will be the 1st carbon neutral consonant by 2015 that's a tall order but that's what she will be measured by and the 3rd one is that i talked about earlier making europe fit for the digital age many people feel that

europe has lost a lot of ground compared to china in the united states of america when it comes to the digital economy and if you look at the lists of the biggest digital players in the world they're not from the european you're very free you are from the european union so it is true there is a lot of ground to cover and that will be the portfolio of my kind of a saga that we hope to talk to one of these minutes. all right max we'll let us go round up some voices there if you can our correspondent there in strasburg thank you. but. germany's chancellor angela merkel has put up a spirited defense of the nato alliance in response to criticism criticism up by president michel of france she said that preserving nato was at least as essential today as it was during the cold war michael is taking part in a debate in the german parliament on the government's budget for 2020 that includes defense where germany is under international pressure to spend more on its armed forces to help pledge to increase defense spending to 2 percent of the budget by

the early to. the time he also 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 sets a not a 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 this will not the defense minister has no 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. you're seeing these pictures here max off their back in strasburg and does have migrated to stay at with him max i'll let you leave this interview. yes thank you assuming so margaret of us are made it through the journalistic crowd here like i said was if you're a commissioner and you show your face here today then

a lot of people want to talk to you 1st question though after all the the bumps in the road of the last months you are now officially a commissioner of the new commission how do you feel oh i feel great also because he's such a convincing that it is said to search for the members of parliament as we showed that face that trust in us that we will do our best and you know what they say you should enjoy the 1st day because tomorrow problem started so i know i'm very happy ok so every have problems yesterday tomorrow the problem starts to you enjoy today nevertheless you are one of the vice executive presidents of this commission with a very important portfolio making europe fit for the digital age do you think that's realistic if you look at the competition from the united states from china europe is lagging so much behind don't you agree well we do not beyond in some areas but in other areas france is when it comes to research when it comes to the business to business technology well we're doing good and the thing is that being

50 just my age is not just about developing technology it's about using technology and using it for things that we find has a good purpose better health getting more easier from aid to be fighting pollution in there in areas where we want to grease freely so lots and lots of things not just a competition between china and the u.s. can you give us an example maybe one company one thing that gives you hope that europe is actually able to catch up. well you see both i think that the one that most of us know would be spotty 5 because that is for us as a suster worst but way huge fine mist of them is in the business to business environment you know my colleague plato came from it's us they do exactly that french commissioner exactly the french commissioner that has delivered for businesses to be able to do the 2nd one of course would be a safety which also of dealing in the business to business environment providing the dates the number crunching businesses to do them best and what will you do i

mean how will you go about your job you've been in the last commission with to include your goal do you have a different approach this time more energy less energy how are you going to do this but i think it is a commission of of new beginnings and i think we feel more confidence was left on the line says that this is going to be more geo political which is to be sort of a more assertive europe and more self-assured europe and europe ready to take its place also on the global scale so is your message if i read this correctly to the competition in the us and in china get ready europe is coming. but we are coming from for our own sake because this is about making europe better for us as europeans i think in that process we'll also be firm competitors towards the others i go to visit always a pleasure talking to you thank you very much good luck and there with that back to you soon. all right next hoffman there in strasburg with my greatest air thank you

both very much. let now let's move on to some other stories that are making headlines around the world more than a 1000 tractors are blocking roads in paris french farmers are protesting against government policies and international trade agreements which they say are hurting their businesses music ranging from pesticides to animal treatment. an explosion at a petrochemical plant in texas has injured at least 3 people authorities have evacuated residents within half a mile of the site the blast took place early on wednesday morning its cause is not no. crowds gathered in hawaii as the 1st bodies found dead in a truck last month were returned to the country they were among $39.00 people who died in the vehicle in britain at the vietnamese mint migrants were being smuggled into the country and a refrigerated. in malta a series of high level resignations has rocked the government that's a scandal grows over the murder of the investigative journalist daphne corona more

than 2 years ago 3 senior government figures have resigned and another says he has suspended himself the opposition is calling for prime minister charles have most got to step down saying the only decisions he's taking are to protect those around . making a short sharp exit and angry crowd threw accusations and eggs at multis prime minister joseph more scots 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 kerr. 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 is 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 there was a victim of what they call endemic corruption at the highest levels of motorists government. must get stopped aid 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 caroline again of corruption in the family said the prime minister is protecting those behind her murder muscat has ignored cause for him to quit.

yet incompletely who dishes on it early on the son the country needs stability but please the moment he plays on the the stuff that my mandate might actions are that and decisions in the coming hours and days will be aimed toward. sure that all that stability is my entire nation today at the. protests to say democracy and the country has long been on the slides. the more broken in move ways than one. you're watching d.w. news still to come in albania the hunt for earthquake survivors continues some are pulled alive from the rubble but for other families the news is good. that 1st u.s. president donald trump is in florida rallying his supporters he cannot ignore the continuing impeachment inquiry which is gathering pace and wait but he says it's an attempt by what he calls the establishment to stop him from booking for the people

he's publicly ileus was at the rally. it's being bill does president from home coming here to the state of florida moved its official residence here recently from new york the republicans of course are focused on 2020 this is an important swing state because from lynn back in 2016 but the ongoing impeachment inquiry has cost a long shadow over president almost trump but he remains defiant it's a terrible hopes last week someone testified that i told him quote what do you want for ukraine i said i want nothing this is a quote i want you know where pro quo i want nothing tell president still it's going to do the right way the failed washington has set up and is trying to stop me because i'm fighting for you and because we're winning

very soon. polls here in the united states shown by voters are divided over whether president trump should be impeached and removed from office to supporters here in florida have shown that there's a board for him is. on wavering. i think that it's ridiculous and they don't have any theory of anything it's all just. the way that people interpret things. each of them have been asked and then of them have any evidence it's completely ridiculous as no basis. i think it's just a political we're trying to think if they had would they needed to be done. with me talking about it already cam think they have it's a big bluff sidetracking us and something else we don't want to see maybe they're trying to keep this there it's just negativity and phrasing i think it's ridiculous i definitely think people should be able to have their opinions if they don't like

trump that's ok but he's really done nothing wrong that should cause it t.v. stuff you. want to look young going impeachment inquiry enters 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. he didn't use william no uncle croft is following this story for us he's with us here in our studio hi william we know the trump supporters are still behind and we saw that in that piece as well but what about the rest of the country that's right trump supporters they are die hard but they're not by no means a majority in trump's going to be a lot more than just his die hard core supporters who we just saw to get him through 2020 now last week wrapped up this long series of public testimony of of career lifelong diplomatic and intelligence military people in the u.s. government and now this week we're able to see what some of that has done to public opinion we've actually seen an increase in support especially among democrats and

of course and also independents and overall there's a a few percent increase in support for impeachment and republicans of course they're they're rather disfavor both only about 1112 percent which is not surprising but we are seeing more support for impeachment which is not necessarily mean that americans want to see trump removed from office but they are in favor of this increase in korea going forward and possibly even formally impeaching him so what is next for the impeachment inquiry so i said these public testimonies have wrapped up although adam schiff the chairman of the house intelligence committee says there might still be more testimonies to come he's not sure but they are his committee is writing a report based on all of their findings all the evidence they've gathered over these last several weeks they're going to forward that that to the judiciary committee which then may draw up the actual articles of impeachment for the house to vote on before christmas that would formalize the impeachment or excuse me that would that would then impeach the president which would then move the trial in the senate to maybe january at the same time the judiciary committee is having hearings

of their own they're inviting constitutional scholars to have a rather err you die discussion about the merits of impeachment the judiciary committee has also invited the president and his lawyers to attend why yeah well there's precedent for it in past impeachment process. yes the president has had an opportunity at this at this stage in the process to have a say to cross. cross-examine witnesses to bring their own witnesses bring their own questioning about and of course remember trump in his republican allies have been saying all along this a sham process is a witch hunt it's a it's a soviet era like. fake trial we don't have our ability to to have our own safety of our own side of the story so here is natal essentially calling trump's bluff saying come on bring your people bring your lawyers bring your side of the story and here's your chance trump has to walk that fine line between not legitimizing what he sees as a fake process without totally rejecting democratic offers because it will make it

might make him look to be the partisan one how damaging is all of this for the president i mean actual terms as we all know not much if the trial go does go to the senate the republicans have a lock on the senate they probably will not get that 2 thirds majority you would need to actually removed from from office but all of this information that's coming out all of this alleged wrongdoing that's coming out that as we see in the polls is having an impact on how americans are thinking and even if doesn't meet the criteria of a of impeachable offenses or to remove be removed from office voters might have a make another decision come 2020 and removed from from office himself and that is the risk that trump faces with all this information coming out about him but we're going to see just how public opinion swings in the months ahead all right william no clue craft thank you so much for joining us in studio. now rescuers in albania are still searching for survivors a day after

a powerful earthquake authorities say more than 20 people are known to be dead and hundreds more injured the magnitude $6.00 quake struck about 60 kilometers northwest of the capital tirana and you might find some of the images in our report disturbing. rescue as work into the night to free people from the deputy. finding survivors of albania's worst earthquake in 30 years is a slow and delicate operation but it is year old ing results. a man has pulled out of a collapsed building alive in 2 man one of the town's hardest hit by the quake it's around 20 kilometers from the epicenter of that. let out of there but many were not so lucky. earlier in the same town a child's body was found. the quake struck early on tuesday morning when most of the people here were asleep in bed. in my

bedroom went to my kid's room and the door just slammed on me like hurt both my arms this is horrible and 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 league recent romania are already helping rescue operations. the lawyers are using hand signals rescue was asked to silence as they listened for cries of people trapped under the wreckage many people are still missing their families are hoping and praying they will be found alive. sports now and germany great you can has the name coach of the bundesliga team have to berlin until the end of the season the 1990 world cup winner and former germany coach takes over from the sacked on to chill bitch had to have lost their last 4

going to see their games ok my last coach the u.s. national team but was fired in 2016 he joined the had to board as an adviser earlier this month. to champions league football now and real madrid and paris entre months but the points in a thrilling encounter in spain madrid join the french team now in the knockout rounds that madrid looks set to coast to victory thanks to 2 goals from karim benzema but p.s.g. mounted a late comeback killing and couple set idea striking to make it to 2 p.s.g. finish on top of the group. now they changed our lifestyles our logistics even our landscapes but until now we've always been in the driving seat. now with cars on the brink of a driverless era an exhibition at london's victoria and albert museum looks at their wide ranging cultural impact. looks just like a troy sickle but it's actually the 1st car

a bench from 8988 the next stop the famous cheap motor ford from not you know a the advent of the assembly line facilitated the mass production of motorized vehicles with serious consequences for society they looked at ford and what had been achieved it was the model t. so you find a lot of design is. thinking about what the future of design might be so you know about house design is in particular what we showcased in the exhibition piece to think about standardize ation as a way of reducing move goods more quickly and what they were really interested in was thinking about how basic design could be made cheaper and more available to more people this church chatrier was the 1st streamlined moto to hit the road back in 1934. and then we see that all the info takes into all the product design and all the factions and well so streamlining really becomes this

sort of a static of modernity so we can see this. on this flight suit as well which is probably rather propofol but really uses a streamlined step to show you got the idea of rushing stream learning to for the course on a not just for fans and bread choices but also for the 1st votes. and the measurement to campus scooter. because rates for suicides at the tourism boom in europe after the 2nd world war. relatively affordable as they could travel quite long distances so people could could use them to go away on holidays with people can can drive to places that they wouldn't have been otherwise been able to visit. kind of you know suddenly experience a whole other world. than the expansion shows how eventually the car turn from symbol of freedom to symbol of environmental destruction.

we can design a better world and there are many ways to do that and i think we can draw a lot of lessons from the changes and the impact the car has had on the past 130 years of history both for good and for bad to understand how we might think again in the future about mobility. mobility is changing more rapidly than ever before and if you're not sure how best to get around you might just find some inspiration at victoria and albert museum. now journalists often have to contend with unwelcome distractions when they're broadcasting live from the field that was certainly the case for this greek reporter. this. guy lemaire i could up every minute of fame i was chasing

around if it made it would be me but i don't want us to dig as he tried to deliver an update on flooding in the country might call that trying to hog the limelight. make a move that climate. ok let's get a reminder now of our top stories here on t w the european parliament has approved a new executive that gives mandate to incoming european commission president was left on the line to embark on a new vicious program she told lawmakers earlier today she wants to turn the e.u. into a green superpower. and multis prime minister joseph must cut this cultic with eggs by an angry mob after 3 political allies stepped down over a growing scandal surrounding journalist daphne co want to eat yet she was murdered while reporting on corruption more than 2 years ago. coming up next our environment show eco africa reports on the tanzania and cartoonist inspiring environmental protection that's in just

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