phil: this is "dw news," live from berlin. another shock resignation from the trump administration. this time it is his ambassador to the united nations, nikki haley. she met with president trump a the white house to confirm her departure and will be leaving at the end of the year. also on the program, saudi arabia says it will allow turkish authorities to search his consulate in istanbul the week after the disappearance of a dissident journalist. this image is thought to be the last public sighting of jamal khashoggi.

good news for senegal. they have won the right to host the 2022 youth games which will make it the first country on the continent to hold that olympic event. ♪ phil: i'm phil gayle. welcome to the program. the trump administration has been hit by another resignation. this time, u.s. ambassador to the united nations nikki haley. she appeared alongside president trump at the white house to confirm the move, but gave little away about the reasons. ms. haley is one of the few originalal trump appointeeees lt at hisis team and she will step down at the end of the year. repoporter: the u.s. ambassado's resignation took many by surprise. nikki haley and u.s. president donald trump have not always seen eye to eye, but addressing the press after the announcementnt, the two were singing each other's praises.

>> nikki haley, ambassador to the united nations, has been very special to me. she has done an incredible job. she is a fantastic person. reporter: haley was appointed to the u.n. post in november 2016. prior to that, she was the first female governor of south carolina. the 46-year-old was seen as one of the most central figures in the trump administration. last month she coordinated the president's second trip to the united nations, including his first time sharing the security council. haley saididerving had been an honor, but now it's time to move on. >> i was governor for six years and we dealt with the hurricane, a 1000 year flooood, shootgsgs. to comome in and do two years russia and iran and nortrth kor. it has been eight years of intense times and i am a believer in term limits. i believe you have to be selfless enough to know when you step aside and allow someone

else to do the job. reporter: president trump made no indication as to who may replace haley in the role but said he would make a decision in the coming weeks. phil: let's get more from dw washington correspondent maya shwayder. how important has nikki haley been to this administration? maya: she was one of the few prominent women in this administration, especially on the foreign policy side. she wawas one of the o only womn who had a visible role. and this is an administration that has not traditionally been progressive on women's issues. she was also one of the few moderate republican voices within the team. she is not a trunk acolyte, she was very much part of the establishment. she was governor for six years before joining the team. she was one of the few people who could speak her mind to the president, who could temper his

momo h hardline impupulses and present a more palatable face of the u.s. to the rest of the world. phil: this is an announcement that seems to have taken everyone by surprise. maya: absolutely. it seems that senior staff did not know this was coming and even her own staff was not aware she would make this announcement until this morning just before the news broke. although the trump -- although the president said she did tell him six months ago she was thinking about making this move. she said she has done her two years and now is the time to move on. some were guessing she would try to run against trump in the 2020 election she hasas put that to bed. it is unclear what comes next for her but it is clear that she and trump have a close relationship. phil: talk to us about timing. maya: definitely interesting timing.

the u.s. just wrapped up its turn as president of the un security council the past month. we also have the midterm elections coming up in a month. this has been hanging over the entirety of u.s. politics for the past year if not more. this harkens back to the old days of the trump administration, if we could call it that, where someone was resigning every other minute. it adds to this picture of the administration looking unstable, less than one month out from these elections. phil: how does nikki haley's departure, how is it likely to affect u.s. foreign-policy? maya: this will somewhat be answered when we know who the next person is who is coming forward. there have been a couple names floating around in the pipeline, but nothing confirmed at all yet. but there is some fear from the establishment, the left wing, that whoever is pick next will not be as moderate as haley has been and will be much more of a

hardliner, which could push the u.s. even farther to the right on the international stage and make for less room for negotiations in these tough diplomatic circumstances. phil: maya shwayder in washington, thank you. let's look now at some of the otr r stories s making news arod the world. u.s. officials expect hurricane to be major category three storm when it hits western florida on wednesday. 120,000 people have been ordered to evacuate. this is what the hurricane looked like from a cruise ship off of cuba last night. for vice president of guatemala is being jailed for 15 years for corruption. roxana and 12 others were found guilty of coordinating a fraudulent government contract. the u.n. backed anticorruption commisission assisted d guateman prosecutor she still faces further charges. moscow says he will not comment on her report that identifies

the second suspect in the skr ipal case. the men who entered britain under an alias is in fact an intelligence officer. last month the other suspect was identified as another intelligence agent. a fire in sereries of explosions have broken out at an arms depot in northern ukraine. 12,000 people were evacuated afafter the incident t and aroud 170 kilometerers from kiev. airspace was also c closed. it iss the 6th major fire in three years at night -- at a ukrainian army depot. a suspected taliban suicide bomber in afghanistan has killed -- as well as seven other people. it is the latest in a series of attacks blamed on taliban insurgents opposed to the elections. turkey says it will search --

he has been a vocal critic of the kingdom. reporter: this is where khashoggi was seen for the last time. a camera captured the moment when he entered the consulate. saudi's city 59-year-old left shortly afterwardsds. one e week later they invited turkishh policee to seararch the building. >> some arab officials and at the some -- same time some turkish officials said the possibility he was killed is very high. one way or another he was taken somewhere else. we want the details. reporter: the khashoggi case is

a political tightrope act for turkey. many opposition figures have sucked refuge in their country. on monday president recep tayyip erdogan urged them to provivide evidence t that khashoggi had actually left the consulate. words alone were not enough, he said. the affair is also casting a shadow on ties between washington and re-add -- a key u.s. ally being accused of masterminding the killing of a refugee journalists in the heart of istanbul is not going down well in washington. >> i don't like hearing about it . hopefully that will sort itself out. right now nobody knows anything about it. there are some bad stories going around. i do not like it. reporter: khashoggi, a prominent critic of the kingdom's rulers, had d been in self-imposed exile since last year. he went to t the consulatete for paperwork to marry his turkish

fiance. shshe waited in front of the building and says khashoggi never reappeared. phil: let's get more from dorian jones and assembled. what are turkish investigatotors focusing o on? dorian: the k k part of t the investigation are thesese two black vans ththat belong to t te saudii consulate in istanbul. one wasas visible as jamal khasashoggi entered the cononsu. there is a believe that those vans were used to bring away khashoggi dead or alive from the consulate. turkish security forces are scouring images of these vans. istanbul has some of the mostt extensive cct coverage in the woworld and tuturkey has sophisticatedd softwtware for idtitifying and d using ose imes. theyrere putting all of that too fifigure out where the vans went and who was using them.

another part of the investigation of these 15 saudi officials who arrived on the day of khashshoggi's disappearance. they arrived in two private jets anand were scheduled to stay several days, but lefeft the sae night on the s same private jet. a lot of investigations into who all l those people were. there isis suspicionon they coud be frorom a saudi hit team responsible for his disappearance or possible death, although saudis insist they have nothing to do with his disappearance. phil: this must be a big balancing act t for turkey. dorian: absolututely. boboth turkey anand saudirabia e two of the most powerful countries in the region. they already have a deeply strained relation. i think ankara realizes they have to play thihis carefully.. also saudi arabia is a key trading partner. the economy is not in good shape

at the moment so they will not want to jeopardize those trade dealings. ankara realizes it has to tread carefully over this potentially explosive situation. phil: do investigators still believe jamal khashoggi was murdered inside the saududi consulatate? dorian: t these officialsls ovee weekend have poiointed fingersrs saying they y believe khasashogi had been killed. that has not been repeateded in publicly a any -- by any turkish official since. the turkish president monday in that -- did not repeat those allegations of alyssa a they tae the allegation seriously. we are hearing in some pro-government meeting -- media suggesting he could still be alive. officials are still briefing journalists say they most likely outctcome is he was s kill. a a lot o of conflictingng messs coming out at the moment. i think that is indicating how difficult the situation ankara is in. phil: dorian jones istanbul, thank you.

more than 30 schoolgirls in an indian state have been taken to hospital after being beaten with sticks by a group of boys. police have arrested 10 people. this is the latest in a series of assaults against women but have sparked outrage across the country. we have blurred their faces in the following report to protect their identities. reporter: they have been doing what many children their age do -- playing outside. but the fun soon turned to horror. they were attacked by a mob of boys from another school. and according toto local police, the boys' mothers. 34 girls had to be treated in hospital, aged between 12 and 16. they were hit with sticks and i am rods. the reason? they dared stand up to sexual harassssment. >> t theoys were r riding bad

ththings on the wall and when we told them to stop they started beating us. >> the girls'' hair were pulled out and some were punched. they have swelling and external injuries. nobody has any broken bones or internal injuries. reporter: the incident is all the more shocking because it happened here at the girls' state-fun boarding school, a school that caters to some of the area's poorest children. police say vulgar messages like these keep appearing on the school's walls. the girls protested and originally gotot of the boys by force, but then the mob returned with reinforcements. >> the information gathered from the people thehere at the time s that t the local boys were lessn number and the girls were more a number. therefore the girls acted in self-defense. reporter: the alleged perpetrators are in prison while police finish their investigation.

there is now also a bigger security presence at the school. but many say that is not enough. they want more to be done to protect vulnerable girls in a country regarded as the world's most dangerous for women. phil: senegal has won the right to host the 2022 youth games. it will be the first time in olympic event will be held on the continent of africa. they unanimously approved the west african coastal country in a vote during this year's youth games in brazil. >> i have the great pleasure to say it is time for africa. reporter: senegal was chosen ahead of botswana, nigeria and botswana -- the youth games, a tournament which sees the best athletes 15 to 18 compete for olympic glory. it is a proud moment not just for senegal, but all of africa. >> it will be a great joy for

all of us to welcome all the young people of the world to africa, to show them the beauty of the continent, and share within the african, and especially the senegalese hospitality. >> we have an african phrase. it is more of a philosophy. and it means, i am because we are. team senegal, i would like you to k know we will stand firmly next to you as you take on this journey, and we will fully support you to deliver an amazing games in 2022, because your succecess is our success. reporter: senegal's capital city boasts a large youth population, and it provided a visionary, ambitious, andnd techniclyly sod projecect. two ototr cities are set to plpy key rololes. organizers envision major economic and infrastructure improvements ahead of the games.

for many africans, a chance to play host to the next generation of sporting greats is the most exciting prospect of all. phil: football's world governing body fifa has announced a global strategy to increase women's participation in the game. one aim is to see the number of female players double by 2026. fifa plans to work with its 211 member associations to increase anticipation, and has the game's commercial value, and make it more sustainable. it also wants at least one third of fifa committee members to be women. the organization's. committee only currently has six women out of 37 members. germany's bundesliga former shaka coach to leave. he replaces the first coaching casualty o of the seasonon. he has not coached in the league

since june last year when he was sacked by shaka after one season. stupid had only five points out of a possible 21 so far. today, he says he is convinced the club has potential. business news with helena humphrey now. berlin is backing a ban on diesel cars. helena: we're talking potentially 200,000 vehicles here in the german capital, potentially affected. including models which or three to four years old. the aim is to improve the air quality. the omission scandal has thrust the impact of the user -- of dirty diesel into the spotlight. germany is one of a number of countries that have missed eu deadlines to bring down levels of nitrogen oxide, opening them to potential legal action from brussels. reporter: a typical evening rush-hour seen in berlin. many diesel cars will soon be banned from some traffic thoroughfares in the german capital. the ban goes into effect the

middle of next year, but will only affect parts of midi -- major street with heavy traffic. the court decision came in response to a lawsuit by a prominent environmental organization that is not satisfied with the ruling. >> unfortunately, we were not able to achieve car-free zones today. what the court did it that creating such exclusion zones would be better than solutions that would lead to traffic detours. reporter: at least 11 streets in berlin will have bans where levels of air pollutants are especially high. around 200,000 car owners will have to take detours around exclusion zones. >> traffic should be reduced in general. they just have to see for themselves what it is like here. you can barely get across the street. >> there are so many cars here. it is questionable whether the ban will really help. >> they should make the cars

smarter. than we would not need any bans. reporter: diesel engines are the main reason for poor air quality in germany. the pollutants they emit can cause heart anand circulation. disease diesel engine. -- now with berlin on board, more german cities are likely to follow suit. helena: another bad day for equities. the international monetary fund is cutting its global growth forecast down from almost 4% to now stand at 3.7%. it cites trade tensions and rising interest rates. the announcement comes at the meaning of the imf a and world bank taking place in indonia.. reporter: the u.s. china trade war is s set to mamake the worod poor, according toto the i imf. if a long conflict could mean more shocks to the global economy. >> the impact of trade policy and uncertainty are becoming

evident at the macroeconomic level, while anecdotal evidence accumulates and resulting harm toto companies. trade policy reflects politics, and politics remain unsettled in several coverage -- countries, posing for the risks. reporter: every relations between the world's top two economies worsen, other countries to get caught in the middle. pakistan has called on the world's lender last resort for a bailout, a move that could incense washington if imf money is used to payay off chin. >> the primeme minister consulud l ththe leading economiststs, ad after consulting with everyone, he decided that we should begin talks s with the imf for a progm for stabilization and recovery on the basis of whichch we can control the economic crisis. reporter: it is not alone in needing help.

argentina has taken on the biggest loan in the imf's history. turkey for its part is still rejecting imf aid, despite its own crisis. but it is in venezuela that the imf's forecasasts take on unimaginable dimensions. inflation is set to hit 10,000,000% next year. helena: jens korte joins us now. jens, the imf has made it very clear it is lowering growth based on moves initiated the u.s. so, how is the news playing out there? jens: well, the imf is not necessarily famous for being super timely with their forecasts. for example, when the imf is talking about emerging markets like turkey, like brazil, like argentina, for instance, as having a tough time, that is not exactly news. we have known that and see that for some time.

also the forecast is not super dramatic, at least for this year. we're talking about matching globally the biggest growth in about seven years, and then a slight change in the forecast for next year. this year the forecast for the u.s. actually still remains unchanged. so there was not big reaction here on wall street, even if we traded slightly lower on this news. helena: jens, do you think the president will take heed of what the imf had to say? jens: well, probably not directly from what the imf has to say, because u.s.. -- u.s. president donald trump is not a big fan of institutions like the imf. but let's say that because of the trade policies, because of higher tariffs, more and more u.s. companies will suffer. maybe we will hear something in the next coming days and weeks, because earnings season is about to kick off.

maybe he might reconsider. there are some lobbying efforts on its way in the united states from industry groups, from big corporations. so maybe that could make the president reconsider, but we will have to see how likely that is. helena: our financial correspondent jens korte in new york. thank you very much, jens. in paris, thousands of people have been demonstrating against french president emmanuel macron's plan reforms to social laws. the protests were led by labor ununions including the hard-line cgt. ththe protests, which also took place across france, were aimed at budget cuts to sectors likeke health, education and pensionon. macron was elected on a reform ticket but has become increasingly isolated. last week his interior minister became the third minister to resign in six weeks. the government reshuffle is expected this wednesday. turkey has announced a plan to

combat spiraling inflation. it is calling on private forms to slash prices by at least 10% across the board. they also announced a halt on energy price hikes until the end of the year, and an acceleration of sales tax rebates. plus firms that export goods can apply for loans with low interest rates. turkey's inflation rate rose to nearly 25% last month, and a currency crisis has sent the lira plummeting. gareth jenkins is an analyst at the institute for security and development. we asked himimow turks a are dedealing with such high inflation. gareththl::: at -- >> t there was not a an immediae impact. wewe are beginning to now sesee prices rising. in the short term, peoeople can survive. the family structure is still very important foror turkey, stl very strong. so, if one pererson has w wealth

they will hehelp their families out.t. but the worst is yet to come. the e real crunch will come nent year. most people's salaries are ised in ththe beginnining of the year. a large populatation is on n mim wage which is set by the govevernment. there is a major r dilemma comig because if the government does not allow rages to -- which is to go up, people will be upset. helena: a reminder now the top story we're following for you. u.s. ambassador to the u.n. nikki haley is stepping down. president trump confirmed he had accepted her resignation and and that she wouldld leave the post at the end of the year. she has been u.s. ambassador to the united nations since trump took office in early 2017. you're watching "dw news." plenty more still to come. in the meantime we will leave you specectacular footage of the nonorthern lights. enjoy. ♪

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