i am. this is deja vu news live from berlin the european parliament approved the new executive team thanks to both by a comfortable majority gives president elect of the commission it was enough underlined that go ahead to park on and vicious program she set out her vision and told lawmakers she wants to turn the e.u. into live free. also coming up here in germany trying to and american tell us lawmakers 1st government is pushing the defense budget in line with nato targets the 1st. time. political turmoil and the

european union smallest nation has multiple government is caught up in a burger probe suspicions are growing to high level cover past senior figures for something. and u.s. president donald trump tells a reelection rally in florida that the impeachment inquiry has been going on well targeting the swing states which battleground provokes. i am. thankful. i'm sumi so much going to thank you for joining us here a few lawmakers have approved a new team of commissioners taking over the executive branch of the european union for a few germany's was last sunday 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 digitalization let's

listen in to her vision for the e.u. it is not only about parties and politics rules or regulations markets or 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. our brussels bureau chief max huffman is in strasburg for us and he caught up with the e.u.'s competition commissioner mike i'd have a stay at who will now serve in the new commission team as vice president for digitalisation so margaret of estimated through the journalistic crowds here like i said what if you're a commissioner and you saw your face here today that and 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 well i feel great also because

he's such a convincing those it is said to search some of the members of parliament who showed that face that's trust in us that we will do our best and you know what they say you should enjoy the 1st day because tomorrow problems start so i know i'm very happy ok so every have problems yesterday tomorrow the problems start so 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 you know and 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 an 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 easy here from aid to be fighting

pollution in there in areas where we want to greece really 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 the one that most of us know would be spotty 5 because that is for us as ask us to murs what way you fine mist of them. he 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 to enable 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 the trunk road you go 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 end there's. always a pleasure talking to you thank you very much good luck with that back to you sumi . now in malta a series of high level resignations have rocked the government that's as a scandal grows over the murder of the investigative journalist daphne cohen ago more than 2 years ago 3 senior government figures resigned and another says yes

suspended himself the opposition is calling for prime minister joseph was scott to step down saying the only decisions he has taken are to protect those around him. making a short sharp exit an angry crowd through accusations and eggs and to multis prime minister joseph muscat as he escaped palm and shrouded by tight security hours earlier his chief of staff and 2 ministers resigned keith scam bre is now under arrest and spent choose day night in police custody as part of the police investigation into the a prominent journalist definitely karo on a. car on a glitzy and 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 all those 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 helped find the mastermind the next morning a multis 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 protests to say heroin was a victim of what they call endemic corruption at the high heels of maltese government muscat top aide has been questioned by police over the murder the other 2 ministers said they were stepping aside until the investigation was over while denying any involvement in the death all 3 were accused by car on the list. of corruption the family say the prime minister is protecting those behind him and scott has ignored calls to quit you know. completely who this is you and it's really on the on the country need stability plays the moment he plays on boots on

the stuff but i don't my mandate might actions and decisions in the coming hours and days will be aimed to ensure that stability is my intention to protest to say democracy in the country has long been on the slight the law broken in more ways than one. let's catch up now on some other stories making news 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 business and living standards resentment among farmers has been growing over issues ranging from pesticides to animal treatment. and 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 now. crowds gathered in hanoi as the 1st bodies found dead in

a truck last month were returned to vietnam they were among $39.00 people who died in a truck in britain the vietnamese migrants were being smuggled into the country and over frige regular. and a court in bangladesh a sentence 7 islamist militants to death for their involvement in an attack on a cafe in dhaka more than 20 people most of them foreigners were killed in the attack took place in july 26th. germany's chancellor angela merkel has put up a spirited defense of the nato alliance in response to criticism by president mccall a france she said the pursuit of ng nato was at least as essential today as it was during the cold war michael was taking part in a debate in the german parliament. the government's budget for 2020 that includes defense for germany is under international pressure to spend more on its armed forces will touch to increase defense spending to 2 percent of the budget by the early 2030. some viewers 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 so it's 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 one 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. chancellor merkel speaking in parliament there today a little bit earlier you're watching news still to come in albania the hunt for earthquake survivors continues are pulled alive from the rubble but for other families the news is grim. but 1st u.s. president donald trump is in florida rallying his supporters 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 establishment to stop him from working for the people did of these public was at the rally. it's the bill does the president from home coming here to the state of florida to move his official residence here recently from new york where the public and supporters are focused on 2020 this is an important swing state which from the moon back in 2016 but the ongoing impeachment inquiry has cost a long shadow over president donald trump putting the remains to find it's a terrible hoax last week someone testified that i told him quote what he wants the ukraine i said i want nothing this is a quote i want no quid pro quo i want nothing tell presidents their lives to do the right way the failed washington establishment is trying to stop me because i'm fighting for you and because we're

winning very simple. polls here in the united states voters are divided over whether president from should be impeached and removed from office but supporters here in florida have shown that there's a board for him is only wavering. i think that it's great to get less maybe don't have any theory of anything it's all this. the way that people interpret things. each of them have been asked and i've been having the evidence it's come really ridiculous has no basis. i think it's just a political we're trying to think if they had what they needed to be done. with me talking about their dirty hands i think they have it's a big book sidetracking it's the same thing i was going to see maybe they're trying to keep this their experience of being president 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 she caused him to be pieced you. well you know what young going impeachment inquiry enters a new phase next week but this week is time's giving here in the united states and president trump is staying here in florida to enjoy several days off. william no uncle kroft is following the 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 career 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 have their own they're inviting concerts. 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 sees 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 a better bring their own questioning about and of course remember trump is republican allies have been saying all along this 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 remove 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 impeachable offense 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 to rana i want to warn you you might find some of the images in our report disturbing i 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 into man one of the towns hardest hit by the quake it's around 20 kilometers from the epicenter. of that out of there but many were not so lucky. or 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 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. while the water 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. soccer now let's take a look at tuesday's. champions league action byron munich's robert levin dosti

again put in a strong performance during 4 goals as byron munich clinched top spot in group b. after hammering red star belgrade tottenham advance to their comeback win was the 1st home match for new coach josie marino in group c. in manchester city drew with ukrainian side checked on yet and qualified for the last 16 and in group d. leverkusen beat lokomotiv moscow to keep their chances of progressing alive and that's because of the tickle madrid lost to you ventus. germany great you're going to has been named coach of the bundesliga team have to berlin until the end of the season the 990 world cup winner and former germany coach takes over from the sack to take chilled it had to have lost the last 4 and once again since my last coach the u.s. national team but was fired in 2016 he joined the have to have board as an adviser earlier this month. it's a big news in the bundesliga day brannock from sports is here to tell us more about

this hi dave fans here in germany will always remember that 2006 team and how his team won the hearts of the nation is this something that he can actually do at heritage as well yeah i mean that's definitely his famous moment as a manager that 2006 i mean final run in the world cup they still call it the summer fairytale here in germany but it's a totally different thing to do something like that if i mean on paper i think he's a good fit for the club he's a big name which i think kind of fits the profile of what you're to have been looking for the capital club they're looking for a bit more relevant relevance in flash and he also has thought as he said he's been on the board already his son even played for the club and you some he's not afraid to mix things up which could be just what they need right now and that time in 2006 that run that really galvanized the team in the face of the nation and brought the nation together is still a really important sporting and cultural moment in germany and i think i mean just

be focusing more on just survival at this point so it'll be a different look but that was 2006 and his record as a manager since then hasn't actually been that good yeah that is very true i'm an american and a fan of u.s. soccer where he coached for 5 years so i followed his more recent can career pretty closely and personally he has depressed me pretty deeply as a fan. of course in 2014 we the u.s. had a solid run and got out. knockout round but failing to qualify for the 2018 world cup with the resources of the united states is historically bad and he also has very limited club coaching experience is only other time coaching a club team and not a national team was that byron munich in 20082009 he was fired before he could even finish off the season so i think there are a lot of question marks on what exactly he'll be able to do now that as you said we're so far removed from his best moments and he's at

a club he just quickly is in for the long term at half time so he signed until the end of the season if you does really well i'm sure they'd like to extend him but that depends totally on his performance all right dave reneke from the sports with the big news you can pinch my now taking off or coach at the top or lin thank you very much for joining us. now they changed our lifestyles our logistics even our landscapes but until now we have 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 on a bench from 1888 next to the famous to the motor ford from knight you know a the advent of the assembly line and facilitated the mass production of motorized vehicles with serious consequences for society when they looked at ford

and what had been achieved there with 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 showcase in these edition they start to think about standardize ation as a way of producing more goods more quickly and what they were really interested in the thinking about how these to design could be made cheaper and more available to more people this check church room was the 1st streamlined motor to hit the road back in learning chains 34. and then we see that all the info takes into all the product design and all the factions as well so streamlining really becomes this sort of aesthetic of modernity so we can see this close shop on this flight suit as well which is probably rather profitable but we used to streamline the stuff to the show got the idea of rushing stream learning differently called song and not just for france and great sources but also for the 1st votes.

and the measurement to capture scooter. comes which for suicides at the tourism boom in europe after the 2nd world war. relatively affordable as they could travel quite a long distances people could. and use them to go away on holidays where people can can drive to places that they wouldn't have been otherwise been able to visit and kind of you know suddenly experience a whole other world. and the expression shows how eventually the car turned from symbol of freedom to symbol of environmentalists destruction and. how 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 london's victoria and albert museum. saying ok i'll buy dollars. now journalists often have to contend with unwelcome distractions when they're broadcasting live from the field and that was certainly the case for this greek reporter take a look like this. guy limited actually made up everywhere not very much and he was chased around in your bedroom by a seemingly less amorous league as he tried to deliver an update on flooding in the country some might call that trying to hog the limelight.

ok let's get a recap of our top stories that we're following for you here on. the european parliament has approved a european commission president was enough underlines executive team that gives the go ahead for an ambitious program to turn the e.u. into a green superpower. and multis prime minister joseph scott was pelted with eggs by an angry mob after 3 political ally stepped down for growing scandal surrounding journalist daphne koller want to leave yes she was murdered while reporting on corruption more than 2 years ago. coming up next on d w news asia the southeast asian games start in the philippines this weekend but the facilities for athletes and others are still far from ready. and the chinese school children who study days are longer than an adults work to.

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