brent: this is dw news, live from berlin. the phone conversation that has the potential to and the -- end the presidency of down front. a transcript of the phone call showed president donald trump asking the ukraine president to dig up dirt on joe biden. tonight, get brexit done.

boris johnson tells them to take the u.k. out of the european union. >> regardless of how they voted three years ago think the referendum must be respected. they want brexit done. i want brexit done. brent: this is the first time the prime minister has addressed lawmakers since the supreme court ruled that he unlawfully suspended p parliament eaearlier this m month. and a disaster in the making in the world's oceans. scientists on the u.n. climate panel warning of a dire threat to humumanity. rising sea levels, superstorm's, more flooding and more drowning. i'm brent goff.

to our viewers in the united states, welcome. we begin tonight in the united states with a controversy that could spell the end of donald trump's presidency. a transcript summary between donald trump and the ukrainian president zielinski shows trump asking him to dig up dirt on joe biden. the house of representatives has begun an impeachment inquiry against trump. >> these are the documents the white house released, hoping to diffuse the controversy over president trump's telephone call with his ukrainian counterpa. they seem to back up claims that trump pressured zelinsky to investigate the business dealings of joe biden's son.

trump says that the democrats are harassing him. >> the presidents went -- democrats went down to see the president of ukraine. it is the single greatest witchhunt in american history, probably in history but american history, it is a disgraceful thing. >> t the conversation detaililse made available after nancy pelosi announced and impeachment inquiry into the matter. -- an impeachment inquiry into the matter. a move she has defended. >> the president of the united states has asked a foreign government to help in his political campaign. that cannot stand. he will be held accountable. >> the top democrat have long resisted calls for impeachment.

hearing\-- fearing backlash from voters that still supported trump. >> for more now, let's go to our correspondent. good evening to you. you are at the press briefing where both presidents spoke with reporters. we have seen the transcript ourselves. what do they have to say about the phone conversation? >> it was quite interesting to be present at their meeting because it started in a very good mood. they were all laughs and smiles and joking around. when president trump praised ukraine for its tremendous potential, the president responded by saying i know that,

i am from this country. but of course, the mood changed when both presidents were pressed by reporters to answer the question if president trump put pressure on the ukrainian investigation into joe biden and his son. president trump said that he did not put any pressure. let's have a listen. >> have you felt any pressure from president trump to investigate joe biden? volodymyr zelensky: i think you read everything. you read the texts. i am sorry but i don't want to be involved in democratic, open, elections of usa.

i think it was a good phone call. we spoke about many things. i think that nobody pushed me. >> in other words, no pressure. brent: in other words, no pressure. both of these leaders say this is a normal phone call or at least the u.s. president is saying that. for the democrats, did this transcript showed damming evidence? -- show damming evidence? what has them so upset? >> there is no sentence saying i am going to freeze military aid for your country if you're not going to open an investigation into joe biden and his son's business dealings in ukraine. what the president said -- he

suggested was that he was putting a lot of pressure on his ukrainian counterpart. he said several times that t the u.s. has done a lot fo ukrainene t that thihis relation has not been reciprocal. the ukrainian president responded by saying maybe we can buy antitank missiles from the u.s.. we have this quote, president trump went on to say that -- i woulullike you t to do as a fav. i would like the attorney general to call you and i wouldd like you to get to the bottom of it. that could be really damaging for president trump. it is showing that he is putting pressure on his ukrainian counterpart. brent: in the transcript summary, we find u.s. president

criticizing angela merkel. how does he show his disapproval of the german chancellor? >> once again he was trying to show that the u.s. is doing a lot for ukraine. that ukraine needs the u.s. help. that the europeans are not doing enough and he said i would say we do a a lot more for ukraine. much more ththan european countrtries are doing. when i was speaking to angngela merkel, she talks to ukraine but she does not do anything. brent: that is the same criticism we have heard time and time again from trump concerning angela merkel. there are now reports that members of the u.s. reviewed that was a lower complaint. it goes beyond this phone conversation. i was this complaint expected to

compare with the call transcript that was released today? >> we have to remind our viewers that this complaint had launched the best impeachment fury because it was a member of the intelligence community who were so concerned about what was said in this phone call. he or she filed this complaint. they turned to the internal watchdog of the intelligence community. the white house denied congress and the access to those documents. that is why the democrats were so curious, outraged that they decided to act. many in congress, many democrats and also a number of republicans have already said that they are looking forward to seeing what

this whistleblower has to say and that that is very important. brent: alexandra, thank you. now to the u.k. were just about an hour ago, boris johnson addressed parliament in london and challenged the opposition labor party to take confidence in his government. the british parliament resumed in session today after the supreme court yesterday declared its suspension by the prime minister to be unlawful. that decision was welcomed by opponents of exit -- brexit but it has enraged many to want the u.k. to leave the european union quickly. let's listen to johnson's call for the competence vot -- confidence vote. >> they will have a chance to prove it. they have until house rises.

listen. listen. as a bishop listen. they have until the house rises today -- i think they should listen. they have until the house rises today to table a motion. we can have that vote tomrorow -- tomorrow. brent: let's pull in our correspondent. it is remarkable that yesterday, the u.k. supreme court said that boris johnson had misled or lied to the queen about suspension. today we have boris johnson goading the opposition to call a confidence vote. you think that will happen? >> yes, he used very aggressive language. he accused the opposition of being cowards for not calling

for a vote of confidence because they have said i don't think it will happen. the opposition have said that it is most important to prevent leaving the european union at the end of october without any deal. this is their first priority. if that is the case, they said they would be happy to have an election but just not at this point. brent: despite that stunning and stinging unanimous ruling from the supreme court yesterday against suspending parliament, boris johnson and his conservative party came into parliament today as belligerent as ever. do you think that strategy will pay off russian mark -- payoff? >> extremely aggressive language. extraordinary. boris johnson has pivoted against the people. others in his cabinet have said similar things.

they said that he should be ashamed of himself. boris johnson hoped that this would help. he is certainly very popular with people who voted brexit. he is hoping this narrative will help him. the majority of british people have said that it was right for parliament -- right for the court to give this ruling and to actually have parliament resumed. we will have to see if he has not gone too far. certainly, some people will be quite disgusted by this. brent: is the u.k. on course to leave the european union by the

end of october? >> yes, there is a lot of anger but not much is happening in terms of brexit. we will only know more at the end of october when there is another summit in brussels and when boris johnson might come to some kind of deal with the eu. that could be one scenario. the other scenario is that he does not reach any agreement and then the bets are off. it probably looks like a general election. he can't really leave without any deal. what is going to happen after the deadline and if there is an extension, we really don't know. all bets are off. there are three scenarios. there is no deal brexit, there is brexit with a deal or no present at all. we really don't know which way it will go. brent: it is the nobody knows november we are worried about. they could for being on the story tonight, birget.

israel's president has asked netanyahu to form a new government. the move comes after deadlocked elections last week. netanyahu came in behind the blue and white party. neither leader has been able to put together a coalition. human rights groups in egypt say that more than 1000 people h hae been arrested to crackdown after last friday's protest against the rurule of the presidentnt. he seized power back in 2013 and the military took over for the democratically elected muslim brotherhood. you are watching dw news. still to come, and activist escapes the violence of yemen's civil war and travels to berlin with an urgent plea. she wants the german government to do more to improve the lives of women in her home country. we will talk to her in just a

moment. a united nations report has issued the strongest warning yet of a climate change catastrophe for the seas and oceans. addicting more superstorm's, rising sea levels and ocean dead levels. unprecedented overheating in the oceans could raise sea level by about one meter by the end of the century. rendering some coastal regions completely uninhabitable. >> the village is already feeling the effects of rising sea levels. the atlantic has washed away several houses. >> when people's houses have been destroyed, they pack up their things and try to make a new start in the countryside. if they have the money, they got to the carar or another c city o tocar or another city. >> their situation is a result

of events happening around the world. sea levels are rising due to other greenhouse gases are making the earth warmer. colder regions are seeing the permafrost thaw. the ice sheets are meltingng rapidly.y. flooding, stotorms and erosionoe intensifying. in the water, the global warming is having an impact. the o2 levels are turning our ococeans more acidic. that along with h higher temperatures will cause fish stocks to dwindle. especially in tropical areas. the report says that in order to avoid given more severe consequences, the world needs to produce carbon emissions immediately. -- reduce carbon emissions

immediately. >> this seawall is a a big help. if it were not there, even the hill nearby would collapse and the house there as s well. > the seawall will not be enough if water levels continue to rise. even more people are forced to look for a new place called home. brent: for more on this report, i am joined by jochen. he is from the global climate form here in berlin. he is one of the co-authors of the icc special report. i will ask you, the conclusions of this report are shocking. were you shocked when you were writing it and putting this together? jochen: actually know.

-- not. this is all based on public literature. we have known this for a long time. brent: the expected rise in sea levels poses enormous challenges to coastal areas around the world but the risks are unevenly distributed. does that mean. = -- what does that mean? jochen: we have rich areas in the world that can buy and large managed sea level rise and it is not so expensive. from an economic perspective, it is relatively cheap. however, this is only affordable for big cities that have a lot of concentrated assets. the poor regions will struggle to finance that. they will eventually have to retreat from the coast. >> this rise in sea levels will only -- not only pose technical

challenges but social challenges. jochen: the main challenges are economic and social challenges. the risks are unevenly distributed. our capacity to do something about that is quite uneven. brent: your report comes with other reports that we have concerning this. climate change is accelerating faster than we thought. do you think that it is possible for us in the next 12 years to do all that needs to be done to prevent the earth's temperature rising by the critical two degrees celsius? jochen: i think it is possible but it is an anonymous challenge. we need to rebuild our systems in a rapid manner. that will be a big effort.

on the other hand, if we don't manage to do that, we could have sea levels above the meter. the longer we wait, the more unmanageable the situation will get. brent: are we prepared for even half a meter of c rise -- sea rise? jochen: i would say so. we have coastal protection throughout the world for decades and centuries. if you think about germany and the netherlands. some cities such as tokyo have sea level rise. the crowd was subsiding. brent: all right, jochen, we appreciate your time and insight. thank you for walking us through this report today. jochen: thank you very much.

brent: it has been 4.5 years since a saudi led coalition began intervention in yemen. the civil war has become a proxy conflict or regional powers saudi arabia and iran, with yemenis civilians during the brunt of the conflict. women in yemen have long suffered oppression in the patriarchal society. our reporter met a yemeni activist here in berlin. >> a few days of tranquility for suha busherren. >> it is relaxing to be in a calm c country. suha: with no worries. you walk around peacefully at anytime of the day. >> she is a women rights activist -- women's rights

activist. she went to berlin to appeal to german politicians to take marvin interest in her home country. she is trying to improve women's rights in a place where civil war has raged for years and 80% of the population depends on humanitarian aid. her task is becoming more difficult. suha: when the priority is to find food and you don't know where your second meal is coming from, to talk aboutut tribes,, people safe feed me first. >> discrimination agaiainst womn is worse in yemen that anywhere else in the world. equal rights activisists cite female genital mutilation and domestic violence. they want to give women their vovoice but sometimes war preses opportunities. suha: the kind of -- this kind

of opens up opportunities for women. women stood for their families. you find a lot of women and they use their traditional role and skills in cooking and selling and they turn it into a business. that is a big achievement for a woman. >> before leaving berlin, she is helping that the german government will agree to put more pressure on the wararring parties. it might help end the conflict there and ensure that her children can live in a peaceful yemen. brent: in germany, the architectural movement here is marking 100 years. it minimal -- emphasizes minimalism and clean lives. this museum is highlighting the unique role of glass in it. >> the water glass redefined.

here, the water is trapped inside the glass, making it a permanent part of the sculpture. the glass exhibition is a bit like a laboratory. with artists exploring different aspects of the material. >> it was very important in the beginning of this movement. it displays objects and spaces. >> smartphone screens magnified many times are also part of the show. traces from fingers wiping the screen are frozen for eternity. the title of the exhibit made entirely of glass comes from a quote from this artist. it includes her self-portraits seen in round, glass bulbs. >> this is a famous daughter. she is one of the best-known figures.

one of the women who developed iconic objects. >> they were invited to contribute by donating glass objects that had special value to them. this lamp was the sole surviving object from a house that was destroyed in a world war ii bombing raid. brent: this is dw news and these are our top stories. the white house has released a transcript summary of a phone conversation that shows donald trump prodding ukraine's president to investigate joe biden. the allegations prompted congressional democrats to launch an impeachment very. boris johnson has challenged the opposition to table a motion of no confidence in his minority government. it came as he addressed lawmakers for the first time after the uk's supreme court ruled that his suspension of

parliament was unlawful. israel's president wants and then not yahoo! -- benjamin netanyahu to form m a new government. the u.n. has strengthened warnings of a climate change catastrophe. they say unprecedented overheating could racy levels by about one meter by the end of this century. -- raise sea levels by about o e meter by the end of the century. this has been dw news. you can always find us on twitter.

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