from berlin. tonight, indicting iran, president trump by the united nations verbally targets iran's leadership. pres. trump: all nations have a duty to act. no responsible government should subsidize iran's bloodlust. brent: trump says iran is one of the greatest security threats facing peace loving nations. he says economic sanctions on tehran will be tightened. also coming up tonight, overruled by the supreme court

in a blow to british prime minister's -- prime minister boris johnson. all judges agree that his move to suspend parliament was unlawful. >> there are a lot of people who want to frustrate brexit. there are a lot of people who want to stop this country coming out i've the eu. brent: johnson vowing the ruling will not get in the way of brexit. but what options does the prime minister now have left? i'm brent goff. to our viewers on pbs and in the united states and around the world, welcome. u.s. president donald trump today put the global lens on iran at the united nations general assembly. he castigated the islamic republic for what he called state sponsorship of terrorism.

he also fired a verbal broadside at china, with the u.s. engaged in a trade war. all of this within the walls of a global leadership institution created to ease and resolve the very conflictsts trump was talkg about.t. >> while some look less than thrilled by the second day of the u.n. general assembly, the yuan secretary-general felt the need to issue a stern warning. >> i fear the possibility of a great fracture, the world splitting in two, with a two largest economies on earth creating two separate and competing worlds, which with our own dominant currency, trade, and financial rules, their own artificial intelligence capacity -- capacities and their own geopolitical and military strategies. reporter: those words of caution seem to have little effect. the united nations, meant for

cooperation turned into a stage for national agendas. especially u.s. president donald trump who was eager to point fingers. first he lashed out at china. pres. trump: the second largest economy in the world should not be permitted to declare itself a developing country in order to game the system at others expense. for years, these abuses were tolerated, ignored, or even encouraged. reporter: next, trump reaffirmed that iran was responsible for a recent attack on saudi oil facilities. he urged other nations to curb the support for the islamic republic. pres. trump: all nations have a duty to act. no responsible government should subsidize iran's bloodlust. as long as iran's menacing behavior continues, sanctions will not be lifted.

they will be tightened. reporter: china and iran are scheduled to address the assembly in the coming days. they must now decide whether they want to follow the secretary-general's cautions, or risk further deepening their conflicts with the united states. brent: for more on this, let's go to our correspondent alexandra von nahmen who was standing by. good evening to you. it was national interest versus multilateralism today. which side seems to have the upper hand in your opinion? alexandra: i think that we have to say that the nationalists, at the moment, they are having the upper hand. the sort of momentum right now when you see who is in the white house, donald trump, when you have a look at who is in power in brazil, when you have a look at some european countries. but at the same time, you have

to say that even though people in favor of a multilateralism seem to be on the defensive, we have just to analyze the u.s. trade war with china or the u.s. and iran to understand if you don't have a coalition, if you don't have the international community behind you, it is very difficult, if not impossible, to solve such crises and conflicts. brent: despite all of that, what we did see today was germany's chancellor angela merkel, she met with u.s. president donald trump, and then with iran's president rouhani. how big a role do you think is germany playing in the diplomatic initiative here to mediate between washington and tehran? alexandra: germany has been partnering with france, and until now, france has been playing a bigger role. but then of course, together, they are trying to seize an

opportunity here because they apparently believe there is a chance for diplomacy at the same time there is a danger that the whole conflict with iran can escalate very quickly. therefore, they are having those talks with both sides hoping that they can try to give diplomacy a chance. that they can avoid further escalation. brent: we know european leaders have opposed trump's policy of maximum pressure on iran. but now, they say they are with the u.s. in blaming iran for those attacks that we saw on saudi arabia's oil facilities. does that mean that they are now falling into line with trump? alexandra: well, they certainly support the u.s. position that iran is most likely behind those attacks on crucial oil facilities on saudi territory.

but at the same time, they are sending a strong message to both countries, to iran, showing that they are not going to tolerate any such attacks in the future. and to the u.s. government, saying that they insist that there will be a diplomatic solution to the problem. we have to say, it could be that president trump is willing at the moment to listen to the european's. he is in the middle of his reelection campaign. he promised his voters not to start a new war but to end america's endless wars in the middle east. and of course, he and his advisors understand promising and frightening retaliation after those attacks in saudi arabia could escalate the situation and even lead to a new war in the middle east. brent: our correspondent alexandra von nahmen at the

united nations in new york city. thank you very much. moving from new york southwards to washington, d.c., momentum is now building to impeach u.s. president donald trump. joe biden now says he will back formal impeachment proceedings against trump if he fails to comply with a congressional probe into a recent phone call between the president and the ukrainian president. here's more of what he had to say a short while ago. mr. biden: this isn't a democratic issue or republican issue. it is a national issue. it is a security issue. the president should stop stonewalling this investigation and all other investigations and do his alleged wrong -- into his alleged wrongdoing. using his full authority, congress and my view should demand the information that is a legal right to receive. the congress does not on the

president does not comply with such a request of the comp -- of the congress, if he continues to obstruct congress, donald trump will leave congress no choice but to initiate impeachment. that would be a tragedy. but a tragedy of his own making. brent: those are the strong and clear words coming from the former vice president of the u.s., joe biden, who is now the leading democratic candidate for president of the united states to talk about the situation. let's take -- let's take this story to washington. there are reports that speaker nancy pelosi, that she is preparing to make an announcement shortly about the start of formal impeachment hearings against the president. what more do we know about this? oliver: that's right. we are standing by for the speaker of the house, nancy pelosi, who wants reportedly to

announce these formal impeachment inquiry. this would be the first step of an impeachment process that would have to be confirmed by the house of representatives and later by the senate. this is where it will get more complicated. first of all, there are investigations of course and joe biden, is he just showed his soundbite, leading presidential candidate of the democratic party, already said it very clearly, if president trump does not comply with congressional investigations, then he has to be impeached. what we can witness now is a growing number of democrats uniting behind the idea of impeachment. this is a big step, consider that the democratic party was really not very vocal on this, at least the leading figures were holding back with the idea of impeaching president trump as they thought it could backfire. right now, wewe are seeing a change in ties r really, and it seems that this phone call with

the ukrainian president could have been the straw eventually that breaks the camels back. let's not forget this is not only about the phone call with the ukrainian president. this is about the molar investigations and all the allegations against president trump. and a growing number of democrats simply believe the president is acting as if he was above the law. brent: we still have not seen the transcript of that phone call between trump and the ukrainian president. trump now saying that he will authorize the release tomorrow of the transcript that -- of that conversation. what do you make of this, what do you make of the timing of it? oliver: right. president trump must be very certain that there is no evidence against him in the transcript. nancy pelosi made very clear that even if there is no quid pro quo made with the ukrainian president in that transcript, that the phone call, in spite of

that, was wrong. and also, let's not forget the whistleblower who leaked these -- this information wants to testify before congress. he will do so later this week at the intelligence committee. he has very valuable information to share. we want to watch out for what he will deliver, what kind of information this will be. it will certainly be damaging information for sure, and it will be interesting to follow on that story later this week. brent: our correspondent oliver sallet for us in washington. thank you very much. now we cross the atlantic and turn our attention to the british supreme court, which in a historic ruling today, found that british prime minister boris johnson's move to suspend parliament was unlawful. all 11 sipping court judges agreed that proroguing parliament had kept lawmakers from doing their job. reporter: judges filed into the courtroom to deliver their highly anticipated ruling. their verdict, unanimous.

a stunning rebuke to the prime minister. >> the court is bound to conclude therefore that the decision to advise her majesty to provoke parliament was unlawful because it had the effect of frustrating or preventing the ability of parliament to carry out its constitutional functions without reasonable justification. the effect on the fundamentals of our democracy was extreme. no justification for taking action with such an extreme effect has been put before the court. reporter: the court said the duck -- the government suspension order was no and void and parliament should resume business immediately. john perko confirmed mps would sit again starting wednesday. news of the ruling reached prime minister johnson in new york where he has been attending the u.n. climate summit. >> is obviously, this is a

verdict that we will respect, and we respect the judicial process. i have to say i strongly disagree with what the justices have found. i don't think it's right. but we will go ahead and come back. reporter: while the ruling does not affect brexit directly, it does mean parliament won't have to wait until mid october to have it say in the process. the decision like brexit has divided the public. these protesters welcomed the judges decision. >> great day for democracy, a great victory for british democracy. it is good to see them reaffirming the rights of the electorates who scrutinize through its elected representatives what the government is doing on brexit. reporter: jeremy corbyn who has been struggling with labour's own divisionons called onon john to step p down. >> boris johnson has been found to have misled the country.

this on elected prime minister should now resign. >> are you with? reporter: the prime minister next move may be anyone's guess. but he will return to london to face growing pressure over his brexit strategy and his leadership. brent: more high drama in the u.k. today. to talk about that, i'm joined by our resident brexit analyst alex forrest whiting. let's tease out the ramifications. how unprecedented is it? alex: it is unprecedented. in the reason being that the u.k. has an unwritten constitution. unlike the u.s. or germany when there might be an issue like this and gets referred to the courts for a ruling, that doesn't normally happen in the u.k. because of the checks and balances that exist within this unwritten constitution. the most important point is that parliament is sovereign. this ruling has said what boris

johnson did, which was proroguing parliament, effectively stopped parliament from doing its job, which is to scrutinize the executive, the government, so it could not go about its normal duties. that is pretty unprecedented in that the law that the courts have decided that they had to make that ruling, to make sure that parliament is again sovereign. . and that it is very clear. in fact, a former supreme court -- he retired a few months ago, called as constitutional vandalism. and saying that although these judges did not particularly want to get involved in something like this because obviously it does involve brexit, they had no choice because they had to reassert the sovereignty of parliament. brent: we have the court accusing johnson of pulling one over the queen. with asking -- for giving her advice. alex: effectively, misleading

the queen. they did not say it like that but that is what this means. brent: can boris johnson survive this? alex: it is a good question. it is not looking good for him. he already has got no majority in parliament. he is -40 also. what he has done, being a conservative party leader, with effectively misleading the queen does not look good for any prime minister, but particularly the leader of the conservatives. it does make it very difficult for him. but let's not forget boris johnson is still a very popular politician across the country. seen from the public's point of view. for those people who want brexit just to happen, who want the u.k. to get out of the mess that it has been in for three years because of brexit, he still has their support. really, what can they do? the labour party and other opposition parties say boris

johnson must resign. he said i'm not going to resign, he doesn't want to go. it looks difficult for him but at the moment, it doesn't look like those mps are going to call for a no-confidence votote in h. actually, he would like there to be an election, that is the o oe thing he would like. he can prove he is more popular than jeremy corbyn. in a way, he is imprisoned in number 10 downing street with whatever he does. brent: that's a good point. alex: he can't really do what he would like to do. brent: he is imprisoned there as prime minister. and we have this brexit strategy that he is standing by. what does today's court ruling mean for brexit? alex: we must point out that this ruling was not about brexit. slip of the tongue there because effectively, it does make a difference in brexit. that is because parliament now will start sitting again tomorrow, 11:30 a.m. in the u.k., andnd parliament may well decide that they made to take

control of the so-called timemetable. the parliamentary order paper, which is to say that they can move the government aside and decide how are -- what are we going to do now with brexit? how can we take this forward? which all sounds great but so far, they have failed to really have a majority for anything apart from trying to stop a no deal brexit on the 31st of october. so we wait to see what parliament will do, if anything, and whether they can absolutely make sure that boris johnson cannot take the u.k. out of the eu without some kind of deal on the 31st of october. there is no guarantee for that. at the moment, still heading towards the 31st of october, brexit in some form. i do think there is more likely to be an extension to that, if the eu agrees because of what we've seen today. brent: we will see because boris johnson, if there is anything he is, it is unpredictable.

alex, we appreciate your insights thank you. here are some of the other stories making headlines around the world. german prosecutors have charged three current and former volkswagen bosses with market manipulation relating to the car giants dieselgate scandal. they are accused of informing investors too late about the scandals risks. the eueuropean union top board s ordered google is not required to apply the eu's right to be forgotten rule to search results outside of europe. google had argued a authoritarin governments could otherwise try to cover up human rights abusess if the eu regulation were to be applied worldwide. spain supreme court has approved the government's plans to remove the remains of former dictator francisco franco from a state mausoleum. the issue has divided opinions in spain. the socialist government should now be able to remarry franco in

a family plot -- will read very -- rebury franco in a family plot. massive fires are affecting many parts of the world right now, and that includes asia. indonesia is facing its worst fires in nearly five years in sumatra province, the haze from the blaze left residents in some areas waking up to blood red skies. take a look at this. it creates a stunning sunrise. but that is deceiving. all of this means danger. scientists say the color signals heavy pollutants in the air. fires are also raging in borneo. here's a look at the battle to control the flames through one man's eyes. reporter: guarding the fires frontline. a police officer by trade, he spends much of indonesia's dry season battling blazes in his home province of kalimantan. fighting fires is not strictly

in his job description. he says he is driven by a higher purpose. >> it's what i call my souls calling. when thereres any infnformationn the forerest fire, i will rush o the scene straightaway with my group, the fire e assault t tea. it has been a routine that happens here in main tank llllage. every dry seasoson, there will e fire. reporterer: he coordinates a tem of mainly volunteers on how best to hose down burning areas. he is well respected among his peers. >> he i is loyal to friends, hes a good person. we can always find him at any fire that has broken out. reporter: fires are nothingng nw in indonesia, they happen every year whichch officials s say is largelely due to slash and burn

farming practices. this year, the blazes are particularly back with an el niño wet or pat -- weather pattern exacerbating the dry spell. tohaha says he and his team will continue battling the blazes for as long as it takes. brent: brazil's president, jair bolsonaro, was elected on a promise to get tough on crime. that was last year. this year, brazil's biggest city rio de janeiro is recording record numbers of deaths at the hands of police officers. that states governor who happens to be an ally of the president has shrugged off this rate as normal. the result, he says of police hitting hard at criminals. more and more innocent people in poor neighborhoods are being called -- caught in the crossfire. reporter: bullet holes are a common site here. local children hardly notice them. violence is rife in the moraine neighborhood. it is something bruno silva knows only too well.

whenever she walks down here, her mind is flooded with images of her son. this was his route to school. he was killed a year ago in a surprise attack by police. >> i brought my son up well. he went to school, was a good pupil. i didn't raise him so someone could kill him. reporter: she says the death certificate proves that was the police who killed him, since the attack, she has continually called for the case to be investigated. we first met her a year ago, directly after the incident. her son was killed by surprise fire from a police helicopter. bruna shows us the bullet holes, 50 of them, the size of ping-pong balls. today, attacks like these have the full support of brazil's president, who signed a decree to allow more freedom to those wanting to purchase weapons. bolsonaro's presidency is all

about taking the hard-line. so the police regularly opened fire in heavily populated poorer districts like moraine a. and accept the fact that innocent civilians will. . be among those killed. it's collateral damage. the central police headquarters, where the fight against drug gangs is coordinated. the police say they have to crackdown, with consequences. more innocent lives are being lost. including those of police officers. >> we need to get better at planning operations, and we need better equipment so fewer police die. there are still far too many fatalities. reporter: the head of the police union agrees. he says the police themselves are paying a high price for bolsonaro's policies. >> we don't agree with

bolsonaro's militarization policy, which focuses on confrontation at any cost. reporter: this man is at least as hard-line does the president, the governor of rio. >> it's time to bring an end to all the chaos. reporter: he e found himselelf during a deployment of special force police, and then posted the video online. hehe even n filmed police shootg at unarmed civilians. that's illegal. the new security policy includes deploying snipers. from this white tower, they allegedly shoot at armed criminals. human rights activists say many innocent people have been killed. bruna silva is still waiting for justice. one year after the death of her son, police have halted the investigation saying drug gangs

are to blame. >> the state has marks on its conscious. the ambulance was not allowed through even though it was there on time. there are witnesses for it all. reporter: she has planted a smalall garden on her roof. she says it is the only thing that distracts her from her anger. that so far, her fight for justice has been without success. brent: you are watching dw news. after a short break, i will be back to take you through "the day." stick around for that. we will be right back. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org]

france twenty four france twenty four .com. to swap into life in paris hilton fronts twenty four i'm margot in these are the main world news headlines insiders in washington state impeachment proceedings are about to be launched against president donald trump. because of thee house of represenentatives nancy pelosi is expected to announce a formal inquirer this folollows the ukraine to whistle blower scandal where it was revealed that the president pressured kiev to investigate this potential. presidential rival the twenty twenty joe e biden. michael microns address the you enter g. action to combat dysfunctional capitalism to improve people's lives and poverty. your so called faction of course on the c