this is a news lie from birth the evidence of misconduct in office is overwhelming that's the conclusion reached by the house investigation into u.s. president donald trump now but lawmakers have approved the report what is the next step also coming up. as nato turned 17 french president and i'm going across the coast full solidarity and stands by his warning of brain damage that the alliance president trump calls the remark nasty language that and other disputes overshadowing the summer. and activists credit to across the atlantic begin by post

with a climate warning she says drastic measures are needed to cut emissions and she could face to deliver her message to the u.n. climate something. i'm anthony how would welcome to the program the u.s. house of representatives has approved a report by the intelligence committee that makes the case for impeaching president donald trump according to the 300 page document the evidence for and pitching trump for misconduct in office is quite overwhelming the white house dismissed the report saying that 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 of 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 your 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 this 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 personal and political gain 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 modern 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 he also was invited to take part in wednesday's hearing he neglected that of course as

simply to not give the give these hearings that legitimacy the same accounts for the white house 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 is just fighting corruption in ukraine which of course is 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 out of office but the democrats hope that the voters eventual he 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 out of

a sell it in washington many thanks meanwhile in london leaders of nato member states seeking to paper over the cracks amid what appear of vias divisions have been treated to a reception hosted by the queen at buckingham palace to mark the 70th anniversary of the alliance's founding it follows a very public spat between french president emmanuel mccrone and us president donald trump. and when the 2 date is set down to get the differences were put on display. ok. everyone you want. not quite cordial combative tone pervaded the news conference with u.s. president donald trump and his french counterpart emanuel marc hong 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 good. friends you look at what's happened with the press you look at what's going on during certain parts of this exhibit here and you just can't go around making statements like that it's very disrespectful. micron however did not back down that i knew that my my statement read some actions take a little bit a lot of people out. the 2 leaders seem to have differing visions of the role of nato but he believes they don't want to. and frankly one of the benefits really the least is the united states would benefit the way we're helping you're in suppose you can just see your money so just to be used for the sake of what you

need. and if you look to keith another of the alliances big players german chancellor angela merkel remains upbeat about nato with only difference is that 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 and. optimism alone however will not be enough to bridge the divide within the alliance. well max hoffman has been following the summit from london and from there he sent this is us. major leaders would have a lot of reasons to squabble here in london there have been many problems multi-layered 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 the truce will hold if you think about it money would not cost the french president's statements about

the so-called brain death of nato or about trams repeated criticism of european allies not spending enough 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 and from next often through some of the other stories making news around the world. democratic senator coming to harris has told supporters that she's ending her bid for the democratic presidential nomination she says she doesn't have the financial resources to continue campaigning 15 contenders still remain in the democratic field with 2 months to go until voting begins in iowa. place of fired tear gas to disperse demonstrators in the lebanese capital beirut they had gathered to protest against outgoing prime minister saad had rereads decision to back a prominent businessman as his replacement the fellow's nearly 8 weeks of

anti-government protests. in the off well the prestigious u.k. tena prize has been awarded to all 4 of the shortlisted artist. up to have helen comic and will share the award after they asked the judges to consider them as a collective. teenage climate activists credit has arrived in the portuguese capital lisbon headed for the un climate summit in madrid she had been attending climate protest in the united states and made the entire transatlantic crossing by boat had refused to fly back to europe because of the 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 brugge looked 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 send the message that it is. even possible. thank god 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 their arrival 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. turned vogue 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. 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 local authorities. 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 back to the 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. the murder in berlin could be similar to the poison gas attack carried out in britain on double agents. and his daughter in march 27 seen that prompted many western countries will impose sanctions on russia conservative foreign affairs expert hold of the keys of eta says the german government will also need to respond. so it is it should it 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. a touch of sport now in baseball is known as

america's guy out of this also loved in latin american countries like venezuela but u.s. sanctions against the venezuelan government have been affecting the sport there now the u.s. has exempted venezuela's beisel league from those sanctions and the reprieve well it couldn't have come at a better time as venezuela usually sees an influx of major league baseball talent flaying the american winter. nights 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 and a dip in the league's quality since it resumed in november. but. the level of play 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 but i mean you have. so many m l b stars the venezuelan league offered an ideal solution during the off season a competitive environment and a chance to stage shape. always heard about the venezuelan league always wanted to calm down experiences. the situation is pretty tough a man here to play baseball oh i want to play baseball again i want to come down and play baseball. has a lot of. i want to come to. the south american nation does have a lot of great players and the best often head north the 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 post political fullest and enjoy the sport they love. watching the news coming up next in dog film

a look at how charcoal production this environment and don't forget you can always stay up to date with the latest on that website that's still w dot com or by following us on twitter at news for now though i'm anthony howard thanks for watching. welcome to the book is the game here. we're going to talk about something. more. whole. let's have a look at some of the other legal sleep.