do you know that 77 percent of the country are younger than 65. that's me and me and you. and you know what it's time no voices. the 77 percent each oh bobby you should stop. this is where it comes. to 77 percent this weekend on d w. load the but . this is do we do is live from berlin a historic day on capitol hill u.s.

house democrats unveil impeachment charges against president donald trump democrats accuse the president of abuse of power and obstruction they say trump used his office to put pressure on ukraine to investigate a political rival and then try to obstruct the congressional investigation where in washington for you. also coming up on mars on some since she was once hailed as a defender of human rights and won the nobel peace prize but today she's defending her country imports against accusations of genocide. plus questions mount after new zealand spoke tannic eruption with the death toll rising to 68 missing and doesn't severely injured people are beginning to ask why tourists were allowed to visit the site in the 1st place. the boy.

and while i think you all so much for your company we begin this broadcast in the u.s. we're in a meant to smooth democrats in washington have concluded their president donald trump should be impeached for abusing his powers of obstructing congress the speaker of the house nancy pelosi and the heads of investigating committees announced 2 articles of impeachment the democrats accuse president trouble of soliciting foreign interference in next year's presidential election and of attempting to conceal from congress evidence of his efforts here is how the chairman of the house intelligence committee adam schiff described the president's actions take a listen president trump solicited a foreign nation ukraine to publicly announce investigations into his opponent and a baseless conspiracy theory promoted by russia to help his reelection campaign president trump abused the power of his office by conditioning to official acts to

get ukraine to help israel action the release of hundreds of millions of dollars in military aid that nation desperately needed and a white house meeting with an ally trying to fend off russian aggression in so doing he undermined our national security and jeopardized the integrity of our next election and he does so still might have a shift speaking there are moments before let's take you now to washington to the w.'s a correspondent all over south who has been closely following events there for you over a very solemn day out where you are let's start with the basics just 2 articles announced there by adam schiff why. well he tried to articles let me 1st line i'll lay out a little bit well these articles are appalled you just heard adam schiff the chairman of the intelligence committee speak number one and that is the most

important one perhaps is abuse of power and that is at the heart of the impeachment inquiry that goes back to that infamous you ukraine phone call between president trump and the ukrainian president a lot of years olinsky the allegation that democrats are making years that trump pressured ukraine to interfere in the 2020 election campaign by withholding military aid and then pushing for investigations against joe biden of course president from full tensional 4 political rival in the elections and then number 2 with the 2nd article of impeachment is obstruction of congress interesting lee that was. a geisha goes back to right after the impeachment inquiry began essentially president trump decided to not cooperate he instructed the white house to withhold documents and even prohibited some of his aides to testify on capitol hill now there could have been more there was another article of impeachment

discussed and that goes back to the malo report the investigation on russian interference in the 2016 election and that article would have been obstruction of justice as president trump was trying to fire the special counsel robert muller but then critics within the democratic party said let's rather focus on the recent allegations. widening those articles would weaken their own he's right and they seem to be in a rush as well take us through their reactions as so far are the republicans still keeping up a united front. they are until now the republicans have been very very much united when it comes to the impeachment inquiry so their line of defense has been to discredit the in career to sort of like argue that the democrats are simply afraid to lose the 2020 election and therefore the they see their only way in moving forward in impeaching president trump trump has also reacted this morning

on twitter of course calling the allegations made against him pushing ukraine ridiculous that's what he wrote and he also said that the ukrainian side confirms there was no pressure that by the way is the republican line of defense that we've been witnessing here in countless hearings on capitol hill in recent days and weeks now interesting lee he doesn't deny that he was seeking help from ukraine and it is also proven that he withheld military aid to ukraine urgently needed all over in conclusion what will happen next will the president take the stand and present his side well that's likely the case ironically he is meeting the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov later in the wide tells and as you know president trump has been very vocal defending himself fiercely in this impeachment increase so we can expect him to take a stance later today for salat reporting from washington thank you

let's get you caught up now on some of the other stories making news around the world. ethiopia's prime minister abi ahmed has received the nobel peace prize at a ceremony in norway the nobel committee praised for his efforts to end 2 decades of conflict with ethiopia's longtime enemy eritrea they warned that militant groups continue to pose a threat to peace in the region. and the other nobel prizes were given out at a gala ceremony in stockholm sweden included the literature prizes for both 20182019. took a chunk of poland and peter hunka of austria last year's literature prize was spawned due to a sex abuse scandal involving the selection committee. the leaders of russia and ukraine have agreed to implement a cease fire in eastern ukraine russian president vladimir putin and ukrainian

president of a lot of ms lewinsky but for the 1st time to discuss the conflict centered on the donbass region is currently held by russian backed separate since. there is so are under way in a number of french cities as labor unions press ahead with another day of strikes to protest the government's planned overhaul of the retirement system now in their 6th day the strikes have caused mass disruption to transport and other public services the action is in response to presidents and many were not const proposed pension reforms which unions unions rather say would force workers to work longer and for smaller pensions and to be corresponding just so was after the strikes in paris or earlier today and he filed this update. the strike here in paris is a big test for the french president manuel my call whether he can implement of the reform of the pension system of the retirement system in funds as he has

a promise to things the system is unfair and it's sinking into debt with an aging population in france no trade union and the protesters here can really argue against that there are concerns that their friend pensions will simply ring and they are not ready to compromise here asking that the entire plan is going to be scrapped the people in paris prepare themselves for many more days of traffic chaos . might just reporting earlier today from the french capital paris all right we're going to shift our focus now to the international court of justice in the hague where a hearing into accusations of genocide in me in mar is under way the country's de facto leader aung san suu chief arrived to defend the mian mar military campaign against the minority and that campaign has been called ethnic cleansing involving mass rapes and killings so she is due to speak on wednesday for

well she was not obliged to appear at the hague add to hague in person but chose to do so critics say her aim is to raise her profile at of elections in myanmar in the past few days cities supporters have held large rallies many see her as a defender of the embattled country on the global stage but for him refugees is an all altogether different matter. and the refugee camps of cox's bazaar a woman who once represented hope is now a pariah the consensus here on sunset she must answer for what happened to the rohingya. no you will feel however having said all that we pray to a law that we will get justice. she is not a good person we want prayed sincerely to god for her we supported her when she came to power she did no good for us she's a liar we hate her she did nothing for us she is responsible for the genocide she

talks to does she really does it. from one doorstep to the next march testimonies of ruthless violence at the hands of me and most military. you know there's no other way out of the 2 soldiers help me down while one of them raped me in front of my mother and 4 children was a job i started out i shoulda did not my daughter was crying so they hit her on the head with a weapon out of there go to the time honored by still hug. i lost 8 of my sons and grandsons they were all but shot by the military. really thinking. the military burnt our homes. we were a family of 18 and they killed 12 by burning them alive. there were more than 2000 people in our village and all their homes were burned to monitor. on some suci has long defended me and mars 27000 crackdown on their hinges sane and target militants

and she'll do so again at the hague. and buddhists majority myanmar the scrutiny of the un's top court has stoked indignation. over there not just accusing one person to me and mark they're accusing the whole country we actually believe everything that unsung suchi does or will be ok. a decision from the hague over me on mars treatment of the ranger could take years a long and uncertain wait for justice for people that have already lost so much. authorities in new zealand have raised the number of people killed in monday's volcanic eruption 6 people are still missing presumed dead all dozens are injured many with severe burns and search teams are on able to return to the volcanic island they fear it could erupt again well now many are asking why tour groups were

allowed to visit the site in the 1st place after the threat level was raised as last week. it is a search operation because rescue is considered an. likely 1st responders are flying over for caare island after the volcano erupted on monday afternoon local time 47 people were on the island during the eruption most of them had a narrow escape but a few are still missing with little hope of finding them alive. the scale of this tragedy it's devastating police and defense force personnel have undertaken a number of aerial reconnaissance flights over the island since the eruption however nor signs of life have been detected russell clark was one of the 1st on the scene after the catastrophe hit the paramedic flew in by helicopter what he saw when he arrived was shocking. there was just it was just plain to the nation it was it was quite quite a bit overwhelming response there was

a helicopter on the wall and it did it all sleeping there at the time. was that's right of lights were off it. authorities believe the bodies of the missing people remain on the island but they say it's too dangerous to recover them they feel the volcano clear up to get some people still wait to hear from their loved ones. we do know they are on they all. said this morning. he was on the. why didn't come out. so. we think that might be. the new zealand police have set their launch an investigation scientists at noted an uptick in volcanic activity in recent weeks the question to be answered why were people allowed so close to a disaster apparently waiting to happen. roxette singer marie frederickson has died

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