this is d.w. news live from berlin the explosive allegations against donald trump a new book by former national security advisor john bolton climbs the u.s. president asa china to help him win reelection in november also coming up german prosecutors say it was the russian government that ordered the contract killing of a georgian badly in the building poc last year moscow threatens to retaliate

germany moves to punish russia for the murder. with a coronavirus pandemic crippling kenya's tourism industry communities near the country's national parks making the best of a bad situation by turning to conservation work. it's good to have you with us a book by donald trump's former national security advisor is raffling washington and the white house among several explosive claims made by john bolton is that the president china to help him win reelection in november the trump administration has been trying to prevent publication of the book that alone has already made it a bestseller and excerpts of it have appeared in u.s. used. these pages contain crying's which could roll.

u.s. foreign relations and significantly affect the u.s. presidential election in november they were written by john bolton who said he saw donald trump in gauge in fundamentally unacceptable behavior that eroded the very legitimacy of the presidency. top of the books list of bombshell claims that trump asked chinese president xi jinping to ensure his win the election suggesting china find more american crops which would benefit u.s. voters from also encourage she in his mass detention of mostly muslim week of people in camps the book says bolton said trump seemed to give personal favors to dictators he likes while being ignorant of basic foreign policy facts such as finland being a country and having nuclear weapons in an exclusive interview with a.b.c. news martha raddatz bolton said this hearings when you're dealing with somebody like putin who has made his life understanding russia's strategic position in the

world against donald trump who doesn't enjoy reading about these issues or learning about them. it's a very difficult position for america to be in trump not only said the book was full of lies he also phoned fox news channel's hannity show to say this terrible terrible thing that he did but he broke the law the very simple i mean as much as it's going to be broke at this is highly classified that's why is sage's highly classified information that he did not have approval but come out now very loud and very strong so i know waiting to see if this book might prompt further investigation into the president it's also likely to be a factor in this november's presidential election. donald trump has denounced the book as pure fiction and secretary of state mike pompei or his cold john bolton a traitor earlier we spoke to james kirchick he's

a foreign policy analyst and a visiting fellow at the brooking brookings institution we asked him if some of the criticism against john bolton and his motivations was legitimate. and there are many things many things you can say about john bolton or criticize him for the notion that he doesn't believe in things and you can disagree with the things that he believes in but the notion that he doesn't genuinely believe in things and pursues policies that he believes to be in the american interest that's not something that i think even john bolton's worst enemies would accuse him of i mean the man deeply deeply believes in a certain vision of the world which is why frankly i find it. a little surprising that he went into the administration in the 1st place i'm not really sure i mean i'd like to ask him you know what do you think you are getting into because someone who has john bolton's track record of beliefs on american engagement of the world

on taking a very robust posture towards american adversaries like russia and china and what not and it was very clear during the campaign in 2016 that you know don't trump is not going to be someone who really agreed with john bolton on a lot of these issues and so i'm so much surprised that john bolton seems surprised or maybe he's feigning surprise i'm not sure james kirchick that now here are some of the other stories making news this hour facebook has removed by u.s. president donald trump's reelection campaign the ads contain a symbol that was used in nazi germany facebook has repeatedly drawn fire for its hands off approach to political speech but released a statement saying these trumped campaign messages violated their policy on organized tight. australian prime minister scott morrison says the country is on the cyber attack from a foreign state. he says all levels of government critical infrastructure and essential services are being targeted a strenuous public broadcast of the i.p.c.c.

reports that federal agencies believe china is behind the attacks or used. brazil's covert 19 at the damage continues to spread according to the ministry of health the country will soon top 1000000 confirmed infections and 50000 deaths brazil is harm to the world's worst outbreak outside the us. a german run ship has rescued 9000 people from a sinking doing in the mediterranean some people aboard the sea watch 3 are being treated for chemical burns off to being contaminated by the mix of fuel and salt water on board the small boat it's unclear where the migrants will be taken. german federal prosecutors have filed murder charges against a russian man suspected of gunning down a form of chechen rebels. they say that most ordered the killing the alleged hit job strangulations between berlin and moscow last year prompting germany to expel

russian diplomats 2 of them russia's ambassador to germany says that the murder charges are groundless. it's an assassination that has shaken russian german relations to the core last year and late august a former chechen rebel salim khan congress feeley was gunned down in the heart of berlin shot twice in the head in broad daylight the suspect fled on a bicycle but was caught soon afterwards a russian according to his passport soon after the murder suspicions arose that the russian intelligence services were involved congress feeley was a commander in the 2nd chechen war against russian troops until 2005 and the us and moscow that made him a terrorist. richard in her usual struggles this man is on our wanted list putin said and he's a fighter

a cruel and bloodthirsty person but we try and just one of the attacks he killed 98 people you know which is. the most to which i'm truly. moscow has always denied any involvement in the killing what relation does this incident have to the russian authorities these are actually groundless assumptions. at least 2 attempts have been made and congress feelies life before he moved to germany and 2016 hiding from the russian secret service his family followed believing they were safe here in a small town with a family were warned something could happen at some point but i never thought such a brutal attack could take place so easily here in germany where the security services the police and the law are on the strongest in the world west point it's a question i say. the contract killer is known as phantom k. arrived in germany shortly before the attack using a fake identity now germany's federal prosecutor has gathered enough evidence to

charge him with murder but the accused man they say was acting under orders from the russian government. but what evidence is there to link the alleged hit man to the russian state but we put that question to moscow based journalist room and opera caught author is the editor in chief of the investigative online newspaper the insider. so we allies so they don't buy. this prosecution documents and we actually. visit. ration bases training bases half as bad we sure so russian intelligence russian secret service so he was trained on this. basis like days before he left france. and then the broader. and. also violent look go on they. leave him with that hiring respect officers both

veterans real officers and also we found that one of his murders in russia and he was guilty over at least 2 murders when he killed 2 russian businessmen in 2007 i believe 2013 so the 1st nor the. first nor there were those. he made together with that do other fs but officers so yeah too much too many links with fs bit. well tourism provides a livelihood for more than one and a half 1000000 people in kenya the coronavirus pandemic and the lock downs have been devastating for the communities living around the country's national parks some people are switching the focus away from tourism altogether. thank you for these women cleaning the river is the only job they can do at the moment due to the coronavirus pandemic there is no tourism and business is that

a standstill. now than when they were initiated the clean up he paid each woman $5.00 a day as part of this effort to restore the ecosystem of the national my messiah conservancy. this is the most important watershed in this part of the mara the local community relies on this water for their uses for cooking cleaning and even also the livestock and our wildlife unfortunately the river is heavily polluted because of the activities of. burn areas upstream the tourist comes all the way to that area and his wife co-founded the conservancy located right next to can his famous muslim are a national park national by is run by the local community and like other nature reserves wildlife people and livestock exist here side by side a balance that is supposed to help the community preserve its traditions but also

help protect wildlife and then vironment and the biggest problem facing wildlife today in kenya is not actually poaching as people might actually think of it it is the lack of space and that space is with communities so communities have to be the center of conservation this area always belonged to the community but with the creation of the conservancy the people pull down the fences and work to restore the land was only after 2 years wildlife was able to return to sustain this they rely on funding from donors as well as tourism tourism makes up about 20 percent of the conservative income and this is supposed to be the peak season but the rival of the corona crisis has made it clear that relying on tourism only is not the answer. i have managed to refocus on its conservation activities they have also had to provide food aid in communities of the mara region many of the people here because guides rangers and hotels local jewelry to tourists the entire regions

main source of income has been derailed additionally local markets have been closed disrupting trade in the area. everything has become difficult getting food is a problem this is around us just. for the people here it's a lifeline and it could be another year before tourists actually start returning to the region so we need. their conservation movement to find out. to sustain that is done in conservation. while the effects of the pandemic have devastated the region hopes that this change will also give people the chance to build more resilient communities. this is. top stories this hour former u.s.

national security advisor john bolton's explosive memoir contains explosive allegations about u.s. president donald trump including that he asked china to help him win reelection in november trump has denounced the book as pure fiction is it ministration is seeking to block it on the grounds that it contains classified information. and prime minister scott morrison says the country is under attack from the foreign state. he says all levels of government critical infrastructure and essential services are being targeted australia's public broadcaster reports that federal agencies believe china is behind the attack. and russia's ambassador to germany says moscow will react just barely and takes punitive action. against russia over the killing of a former chechen rebel in berlin last year on thursday german prosecutors accused moscow of having zelin can can cause a feeling murdered in broad daylight in

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