the ends justify the means. to those witnesses starts december 13th on d. w. . this is news coming to you live from berlin closer to impeachment after months of investigations democrats in the us announced the charges against president all trial they accuse him of abuse of power and obstructing congress he calls which are also coming up more tremors at the volcano in new zealand the activity is hampering efforts to retrieve bodies supposed chilled on monday and fueling fears that

another russian could be imminent. tensions rise between moscow and berlin after controversial remarks by vladimir putin over the murder of a former chechen rebel in the german capital and. their well to one of the most recognizable voices of the 19 eighties and nineties marie frederick son of swedish pop duo rock set dies at the age of $61.00. hello i'm terry martin welcome to the program u.s. president donald trump is a step closer to becoming only the 3rd u.s. president ever to be impeached democrats in the house of representatives have set the process in motion by announcing 2 articles of impeachment against him they cuse

trial of obstructing congress and abusing the power of his office for personal gain . 2 articles of impeachment abuse of power and obstruction of congress the challenges of based on presidents donald trump's alleged efforts to solicit foreign interference in next year's presidential election and tied to any evidence from congress this latest political crisis could lead to a vote in the house of representatives as early as next week. 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 2 official acts to get ukraine to help his reelection 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. trump was swift to reply he described house intelligence committee chairman democrats adam schiff as corrupt and said he must answer for his actions some americans may agree that a witch hunt is being waged against trump but democrats also showed that they were prepared to work with the president house democrats and the white house announced a deal on a modified north american trade pact the nancy pelosi to announce the less. educated or to save their ouds that they are going to have.

the 45th president of the united states and this hands trump and major capitol hill when something the president himself calls the silver lining to impeachment. well for more on the impeachment process reporter william noah glue croft is with this in the studio good morning so as we heard 2 articles of impeachment laid out 9 pay in the 9 page document walk us through this what exactly is donald trump accused of rights as we heard the 1st one is abuse of power using his office the power is office to get ukraine to help him for his own personal political benefit so goes the accusation in the 2020 alexion by trying to get ukraine to investigate a potential and now actual political opponent joe biden in exchange for military aid and for a meeting at the white house the other one is of course obstruction of congress that when the democrats in the house intelligence committee try to start

investigating this potential misconduct that trump what they say in an unprecedented way try to block every means of access for them to game gain witness testimony documents and these kinds of things from the executive branch from from trump's officials these are the 2 interesting is what's not in there obstruction of justice is not in there bribery extortion is not there we heard a lot about that and of course very no mention of mahler of the mother reported anything having to do with russia russian interference democrats really here wanted to go with what they see as their strongest case not only to make the public but also to keep to keep ranks to round up the wagons within their own party ok only 2 articles of impeachment but still very serious charges tell us more about how donald trump and the republican party are reacting to this i mean i think we've heard it before we have been hearing for a long time then seen as a complete part is the move on the part of the democrats who don't like that he wanted to that's 16 and don't think they can beat him fair and square 2020 we have

a we can hear a sound bite from the minority leader the republican minority leader mccarthy what he had to say about the impeachment articles the speaker is more concerned about tearing the president down instead of building the country up. this is the day that alexander hamilton feared and warned would come this is the day the nation is weaker because they share lee cannot put their animosity or their fear of losing an election in the future. in front of all the other things that the american people want. this is moving very quickly william how soon could this end up going to trial one of the next steps it is very quickly it's on its on line with how things are going with the clinton impeachment actually if you're counting counting the days what we're seeing now is the judiciary committee that put forward these articles will debate the articles they'll probably pass within the committee that will then bring it to the full house for a vote probably next week just in time for the christmas recess for everyone to go

home with the president possibly impeach for christmas which then sets up a trial let's be very clear nothing actually happens to the president when he's impeached that will go to then a trial. mitch mcconnell the senate majority leader there has said that he will probably act on that as quickly as possible in the new year and then it's very unclear how long or how quickly that trial may last and of course the republicans control the senate so it's going to be a tough haul for the democrats to actually win in and win a conviction against donald trump there now despite all this acrimony between the republicans and the democrats and you know we're used to this in washington at least they have found some common ground in the middle of this whole impeachment process when it comes to revising the north american free trade agreement how's that working out right the new nafta the u.s. m.c.a. this was a key talking point that came up again and again in the impeachment inquiry with

republicans accusing democrats of a centrally forsaking the normal legislative agenda for seeking important bits of legislation in favor of only focusing on a piece from here democrats have made a fairly savvy political move by saying no actually we can do 2 things at once we can walk and chew gum at the same time we have impeach the president moving to impeach the president and we're pushing forward on a piece of the piece of legislation that donald trump himself very much very much wants so both sides are able to go home to their constituencies before christmas and say they're bringing back something to their voters didn't the reporter william know a good thank you so much. sketch update on some of the other stories making headlines around the world today at least 6 people including one police officer were killed in an hours long gun battle in the u.s. state of new jersey the officer was shot dead near a cemetery and 2 suspects then fled to a supermarket 3 people and the 2 suspected gunmen were killed in the gunfight

inside the supermarket. the south pacific islands of bougainville. voted overwhelmingly to break away from papa new guinea the boat paves the way for become the world's newest nation more than 98 percent of voters backed independence . tens of thousands of people returned to the streets of prague to demand that czech prime minister under it's. time the latest protest was fueled by the chief prosecutor's decision to reopen an investigation into allegations of fraud involving european union subsidies. then a giant sinkhole has swallowed up at least 4 cars in the capital of brazil it happened when a road next to a building site in brasilia partially collapsed the cars that fell into the sinkhole had been parked on the street at the time and there were no injuries.

in new zealand police say any attempt to recover bodies from monday's volcanic eruption must wait because the island of phuket is too dangerous to set foot on poisonous gases are venting from the volcano and the island is covered in a city ashes the bodies of 8 people are thought to be on a car 22 survivors are being treated in hospital many of them have severe burns. joining us now from auckland new zealand is journalist paramita how are police handling the recovery operation. well terry today volcanic activity on or white island unfortunately has increased therefore authorities attempts to retrieve the 8 bodies still on the island were not successful kind of activity significantly increased overnight indicating that

volcanic pressures remain high and it has been reported that the risk on the island of another eruption within the next 24 hours is like monday when the eruption happened which was 40 to 60 percent from 30 to 50 percent yesterday police are on standby but this moment there is no recovery operation happening. and the police did manage to get a rescue services did manage to get a number of people on what we know about the condition of those who were injured. in the last hour the number of people killed by the white island eruption has increased to 6 with a patient at a hospital and auckland succumbing to their injuries for australian victims have been identified and confirmed including mother daughter and there are 1200000 square centimeter subs enough for the ongoing needs of the patients coming to new zealand from the united states 30 patients remain in burns units across

new zealand 22 of whom still need airway support the nature of the burn suffered as complicated by the gases and chemicals in the eruption of course in the. meanwhile doctors are close to full identification all patients although there's not a formal list at this point that they. published today the local media is pretty much filled with stories about evacuation efforts right after the eruption on monday including a helicopter pilot rescued by people who described how those people lying in the crater covered in ash were crying out for help as he carried them to his higher copter and unfortunately how he had to leave 2 people who are just barely alive behind terry. thank you very much that was journalist caruso a permit to in auckland new zealand. here in germany

there's been an outcry over remarks made by russia's president vladimir putin about a man killed in berlin last german prosecutors suspect russian involvement and 2 russian diplomats have been expelled as a result after a meeting with germany's chancellor angela merkel putin called the victim who was a former chechen rebel commander a bloodthirsty bandit and that's what's made german lawmakers angry. mogul and poison both still had something to clarify the meeting in paris should actually have been about ukraine but merkel was concerned about something else. is illegal. really was shot twice in the head at close range in broad daylight at the end of august in central berlin a targeted assassination. the suspect a russian citizen was later arrested gradually investigators gathered evidence indicating russian intelligence may have been involved in the killing. as

a result berlin expelled 2 russian diplomats from germany the reason russia did not cooperate in the investigation of the case. at the joint press conference in paris the russian president shot back he said the georgian who was killed it was a killer himself. that. he was a bandit a bloodthirsty brutal person which among other things he was involved in planning an attack on the moscow subway i don't know what happened to him but if someone associates with such criminals anything can happen is that of. course commutable. german politicians were outraged by those comments. if indeed evolved from what i think president putin's choice of words was inappropriate you know we've all i'm appalled that he was trying to justify your murder by implying the victim was

a terrorist the reason. that's for the courts to decide what will tie and it was it is a fairly it's a very cynical what the russian president has said and for us germans it's intolerable that what was apparently a contract killing took place on german soil. putin has complained that expelling the 2 diplomats was unjust he said german diplomats would be expelled in retaliation. the german chancellor appealed to russia to cooperate because he did also. get off on a lie think the russian side will share information with us in any event that would be a good thing. the circumstances of his death are still being determined federal prosecutors have taken over the investigation zelin khan congo shrilly had long been afraid of being attacked and had already reported his fears to german authorities and 2017. you're watching t.w.

still to come it was missing for the early part of the season but jaden sancerre window open have found their mojo once again they are in the champions league sweet 16 after a key when choosing. campaign for what's being called the u.k.'s most important to election in a generation has begun its final day the election will decide the fate of bragg's it the u.k.'s attempt to leave european union we're taking a look at the prospects for the main parties and right now we're focusing on prime minister boris johnson's conservatives they're leading in the opinion polls. and i think he will do it think he's a man why he's doing people of seeing through boris johnson i don't really know foreign minister love him or hate him almost everyone has an opinion on britain's incumbent prime minister the man himself is on

a charm offensive visiting every region in england and wales including opposition labor heartlands that voted to leave the european union like the no then town of grimsby where he taught a fish market he's cast himself as the man to get bricks it done appealing to leave no matter what question comes up he has home the same message to move forward as a country making investments. to get all that we can you must happen. next year he's focusing on those issues he's focusing on that agenda is driving for this country not wasting time again for another year. and pointless wrangling. despite repeated scandals and defeats in parliament boris johnson's party is still ahead in the polls and that's even though the conservatives are bitterly divided. earlier this year johnson

$321.00 and peace out of his own parliamentary group for not toeing the party line among them winston churchill's grandson. the former chief public prosecutor. the former finance minister and johnson's own brother resigned along with several other veteran tory m.p.'s it's populist it's telling that the. it was. they. they think that the public wants to hear it's only the simple. but the prime minister is on to ted he says he'll pass his prexy deal in january and strike a free trade deal with the e.u. by late 2020 which observers believe is impossible get bricked sit down. that's his mantra and he's sticking to it thursday british voters get to decide in what could be britain's most important election in decades i am.

the nobel prizes have been awarded to this year's laureates and stalker but there were protests against one of the winners austrian writer peter hanukah the decision to give 100 of the 2900 nobel literature prize is called her virtual his critics say he tried to play down war crimes committed by service during his revenues a massacre in bosnia in the 1990 s. the prizes were presented at a gala ceremony in the swedish capital 15 nobel prizes were awarded on choose day more than ever before but attention was mainly focused on one man to hand awarding the nobel prize in literature to the austrian has triggered an uproar the reason his links to serb rulers during the war in yugoslavia. on friday hand was asked about his apparent lack of concern himself for the victims of serbian war crimes i pray for the toilet paper. an enormous enormous let there be so toilet paper

inside to york to york to your empty and. it was christians and she used a evening protests broke out in stockholm against hand and the swedish academy among the demonstrators or relatives of those killed in the struggle in it's a massacre in bosnia that we all know what the nobel prize means even so 25 years after the genocide at the prize has been given to a man who denies what happened. is the deep wounds of war that was the theme of today's nobel peace prize award ceremony in oslo ethiopian prime minister abbey ahmed was honored for his reforms not only in his own country but also for his peace agreement with neighboring eritrea. i believe that this is an affair of the hair piers is a labor of love sustaining this is a hard rule the no wage and nobel committee views the prize for abby ahmed as encouragement to continue the process of reform in his own country and to keep the

peace with eritrea. oh yes some football news for you and let's catch up with all the champions league we're joined by nick mckenna kline from d.w. sports is also with us on the buddhist you could show on the weekends can't miss good see you nick dorfman there through the knockout stages of the champions league what does last night's result say about that german sign that they have very very lucky indeed to be in the over the last 6 games in the champions league they haven't exactly convince that was to be expected because in a very tough group with barcelona into and they've had to rely on some very young players last night it was jane sandstone you know on to school the goals both teenagers and young 20 year olds but the star of last night's game was actually the goalkeeper he was one of the old ones one of the the calm and cool heads he made so many sensational fantastic saves in that game last night to keep it open in the games given the win that was necessary. they finished 2nd in their group now they can expect any more than that because it was boss alone and with boston an internet

group boston and finishing for us was essentially a given it won't get any easier from here in the last 16 due to the restrictions that you have the champions league they will face one of 5 teams because they can't face of the german team so they won't face behind leipsic who finished 1st in their respective groups and they can't finish it face the team they face in the group stage already was possible as they could be up against paris match the city events as liverpool the easiest of the 5 will be valencia that sort of be hoping for in the luck of the joinings week so that your can close side get their title defense back on track in liverpool i think there is no way to argue that was ever off track in the 6 games they had 13 points from 18 which is relatively good that such a strong side is so strong in the premier league as well the moment having not lost a game so far this season and have such talented players it was to those players last night and maybe casey who used the tapes outspokenness with the 1st goal against his former team and mohamed salah who's with the 2nd to take them through the next round it was to be expected that liverpool would qualify from

a group to contain teams like salzburg. will be very happy with the results as well . because well because it's a very fast season in the champions league from a campaign to get 7 points and still qualify for the 2nd division european competition which is the police is very very good for that side. and of course i just mentioned they could face dortmund in the champions league has this knack of reuniting reuniting teams and players and managers who have fantastic histories together ok i've got another round of games coming up tonight what do you think the big stories are going to be there are 2 groups the group c. and group d. group c. is matched it's a group where. that's a group to look at but closer to home in with the group d. they at one point behind of mexico madrid could qualify for next round have the upper hand in that jewel and i see it as a coping they've who isn't so it would be expected as a back and forth to make sure that you watch the climb from a sports thanks so much as this is news

and these are our top stories. after months of investigations democrats in the u.s. house of representatives have announced their charges against president donald trump accuse him of pressuring ukraine to influence next year's presidential election of concealing from congress evidence of his actions. earth trevor's volcanic activity have delayed efforts to recover the bodies of the victims of monday's eruption of the fuck. in news even the bodies of 8 people are believed to be only on. these south pacific islands of bougainville have voted overwhelmingly to break away from papa new guinea the vote paves the way for it to become the world's newest nation more than 98 percent of voters backed independence. at least 6 people including a police officer were killed in a gun battle in jersey city in the u.s.

3 bystanders were shot dead in the long in the hours long gun fight the fatalities also include the 2 gun. this is t w news from berlin for more follow us on twitter at d w news or bizarre website that's dot com a white rhino calf born last month at a zoo in california has been named future and the zoo says the calf's name is meant to be a message of hope for rhino conservation efforts around the world many rhino species are heading for extinction because of manmade pressures and san diego zoo where this calf was born is now using artificial insemination to try to save some of the world's endangered animals. you're watching d.w. news live from berlin up next we've got business with monica jones and over again

you can get all the latest news and information around the clock on our website w dot com i'm terry martin thanks for watching before we go we want to pay tribute to the woman and the voice who made the pop duo rock set famous all over the world singer marie fredrickson died on monday at the age of 61 the swedish pop star had been suffering from cancer we leave you now with the voice of rock set and the songs many of us came a come to know by heart. a leg .

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