this is thinkable the news live from berlin the evidence of misconduct in office is overwhelming that's the conclusion reached by the house investigation into u.s. president donald trump now the filmmakers have approved the report what's the next also coming up. as nato turns 70 french president imo crank calls for solidarity and stands by his warning of brain death that the alliance president trump calls the remark nasty language and other disputes of the shadowy london something.

and activists critic crosses the atlantic again by both politically i'm a warning she says drastic measures i'm needed to cut emissions and she has to deliver her message to the u.n. climate summit. i'm anthony how do welcome to the program the u.s. house of representatives has approved a report by the intelligence committee that makes the case for him pitching president donald trump according to the 300 page document the evidence for and pitching trump for misconduct in office is quote overwhelming the white house dismissed the report saying it failed to produce any evidence of wrongdoing finding support formal charges against mr trump this report chronicles a scheme by the president noted states to coerce an ally ukraine that is at war with an adversary russia. into doing the pleasant the president's political dirty

work it involves a scheme in which donald trump withheld official acts a white house meeting as well as hundreds of millions of dollars of needed military assistance in order to compel that power to deliver to investigations that he believed would assist his reelection campaign well for more let's cross to washington and correspondent all of a sell it one of the key findings of the democrats' impeachment inquiry report and what we now know well anthony you just heard adam schiff speak so essentially the intelligence committee wrapped up the findings of their hearings that were concluded 2 weeks ago and they say and they say that there was a will realm of evidence for president tom's wrongdoing as a reminder what the democrats are trying to prove and the committees is that so-called quid pro quo and that is essentially that president tom withheld military

aid. and wanted in exchange investigations into is a political rival joe biden who of course is very likely to be the democratic front runner the democratic presidential candidate in the 2020 election campaign now adam schiff the chairman of the intelligence committee said the president abused his powers for gaining the personal and political again and all of these findings are going to be the foundations for the hearings of the judiciary committee that is going there are going to start on wednesday and with that in mind what does this now mean for the u.s. president. well trump is calling this a sham and he's done so right from the start he's questioning the legitimacy and 5 he also was invited to take part in wednesday's hearing he neglected that of course

simply to not give the give these hearings that legitimacy is the same accounts for the wife tells legal counsel now the republicans issued their role report as an act of defense if you will $123.00 pages and they argue that president trumbull's acting on genuine and reasonable skepticism over ukraine so they're trying to make the case that president was just fighting corruption in ukraine which of course is a interesting argument if you consider that corruption in ukraine should not necessarily be the business of a sitting u.s. president now what that means for trump is unclear at this point it is likely that he will be impeached all of off is what the democrats hope that the voters eventually will be will decide on his fate in next year's election but the public until now remains very much divided on the question of impeachment of

a sell it in washington many thanks well meanwhile in london ladies of nato member states seeking to paper over the cracks amid what appear of vs divisions is being treated to a reception hosted by the queen of buckingham palace to mark the 70th anniversary of the events founding it is a very public spat between french president a man woman and us president donald trump. so when the 2 later sat down together it was somewhat hard to predict just how the meeting would go. would you like. everyone who was. not quite cordial combative tone prevailed at the news conference with u.s. president donald trump and his french counterpart emanuel marchand at the nato meeting in london on tuesday trump sharply rebuked mccraw for saying in an interview with the magazine the economist last month that quote what we are

currently experiencing is the brain death of nato. it's a very tough statement to make when you have such difficulty in the british you look at what's happened with the best sort of you look at what's going on during certain parts of this exhibit here around here and you just can't go around making statements like you know it's very disrespectful that micron however did not back down. i knew that my my statement we. shake a little be a lot of people have done nothing the 2 leaders seem to have differing visions of the role of nato but each date i want to read and frankly the one that benefits really the least is the united states would benefit the way we're helping europe. just say give money to solve this we don't want to be used for

what needs to be. another of the alliances big players german chancellor angela merkel remain upbeat about nato with all of the differences but of course we'll have to discuss them we have to talk about the future of nato and the strategic partnership i'm fairly optimistic about this meeting mr. optimism alone however it will not be enough to bridge the divide within the alliance. they do please max hoffman has been following the sound from london and from there he sent us this is a. major leaders would have a lot of reasons to squabble here in london there have been many problems multilayered problems in the last weeks but it almost seems like they've struck a truce saying let's not talk about this not right now at least because we're here to celebrate the 70th anniversary of nato but that doesn't mean that truce will hold if you think about the money we might cost the french president's statements

about the so-called brain death of nato or about. repeated criticism of european allies. on defense or what turkey is doing in northern syria that all gives us reason to question whether this truce will really hold on wednesday the 2nd day of the leaders meeting here in london from mexico to some of the other stories making news around the world democratic senate a kamel harris has told supporters that she's ending who bid for the democratic presidential nomination she says she doesn't have the financial resources to continue campaigning 15 content is still remain in the democratic field with 2 months to go to voting begins in iowa. place a 5 tear gas to disperse demonstrators in the lebanese capital beirut had gathered to protest against outgoing prime minister saad how d.d.'s decision to back a prominent businessman as his replacement it follows nearly 8 weeks of

anti-government protests. in the off world the prestigious u.k. turner prize has been awarded to all 4 shortlisted august shani lawrence abu hamed on helen comic and. chevy ward after they asked the judges to consider them as a collective. thing as climate activists credit to him bush has arrived in the portuguese capital lisbon headed for the un climate summit in madrid she had been attending climate protests in the united states and made the entire atlantic crossing by boat had refused to fly back to europe because of carbon emissions involved. the final moments of a nearly 3 week journey across the atlantic ocean from the united states to lisbon portugal grettir turn bug look tired and happy to be back on dry land the 16 year old swede said she took the transatlantic voyage by boat to prove

a point. i'm not travelling like this because i want everyone to do so i'm doing this to sort of sum the message that it is. even possible. thanks that it is impossible to live sustainable today and that means seeing these become much easier to undo it arrives in europe as the un's cup 25 climate summit is in full swing representatives and delegates from some 200 countries have gathered in madrid spain to try and find a way to reduce the world's emissions of greenhouse gases her rival also coincided with the release of a bleak report from the world meteorological organization predicting that the past decade will most likely be the hottest in recorded history. says many don't realize the power of the popular movement this may be unleashed. i think people

are underestimating the force of angry kids. to invoke says she'll be meeting with activists in lisbon before making her way to the climate summit on friday. here in germany authorities now reportedly believe russian intelligence was involved in the murder of a former chechen rebel commander in berlin. was shot twice in the head as he walked to a mosque in the german capital federal prosecutors are now planning to take over the investigation into his killing from. soon after the murder in berlin suspicion arose that the russian intelligence services were involved the victim a georgian national fought in the chechen war against the russian government this is affected killers of 49 year old russian currently in custody reports say germany's federal prosecutor now also suspects the involvement of russian

intelligence and is planning to take over the investigation is fine if there's a lot of evidence including the fact that the suspect was already wanted for murder in russia then he disappeared before reappearing under a new identity that's one of the key factors here in the game. the murder in berlin could be similar to the poison gas attack carried out in britain on double agents. and his daughter in march 27th seen that prompted many western countries who impose sanctions on russia conservative foreign affairs expert odorless keys of atta says the german government will also need to respond. so it. should have become clear that indeed russian government agencies were involved in this contract killing we must respond especially with sanctions and we need a cool ordinated european response as we had in the screen case. the russian government denies any involvement in the murder and has so far refusing to

cooperate in the investigation. that's just sport now and baseball is known as america's guy but it's also loved in latin american countries like venezuela but u.s. sanctions against the venezuelan government have been affecting the sport that now the u.s. has exempted the fed and when venezuela's baseball league even from those sanctions and the reprieve well it couldn't come at a better time and that's why they usually sees an influx of major league baseball talent fleeing the american winter. night at a baseball stadium a classic past time for many venezuelans but their national league had been under threats in august sanctions imposed by the trump white house block us players from signing for venezuelan change during the off season the decision led to dwindle ing support but it did in the league's quality since it resumed in november. but. the level of a plane has gone down and attendance at the stadium has also gone down quite

a lot. but it's still an activity that the public enjoys. the environment are still good it's nice to come and have a good time. for many and they'll be stars the venezuelan leader offered an ideal solution during the off season a competitive environment and a chance to stay in shape. always heard about the venezuelan league always wanted to calm down experience the. situation is pretty. amazing here to play baseball i want to play baseball i want to come down and play baseball and there's a lot of a lot of great player. i want to come to. the south american nation does have a lots of great players and the best often head north to big money and started one was even world series m.v.p. and 2017 now with this exemption found some players from both nations should be able to once again cross political and enjoy the sport they love. it watching the

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