marija buric, secretary-general of the council of europe, thank you for coming in very much. shift our attention to turkey. that country has started to put in people it believes to be foreign militants. a family suspected of supporting the so-called islamic state arrived in berlin on thursday. turkey said it will deport 23 more european nationals in the coming days. reporter: seven members of the same family arrived back in berlin after a visit to turkey. they traveled there in january and were arrested shortly afterwards. back in germany, they were met by the police. the turkish government claims they were intending to travel on hysteria, but there is no proof of that. it is known that some family members were involved with the islamist movement in their hometown in germany, and may have sympathized with the so-called islamic state. that in itself is not a crime. one son is said to have been a member of the german islamic circle, which is led by a radical cleric and was banned at two years ago. it is not clear what will happen to the family who are not facing arrest. >> we ha

have been several reports says that he was killed by national overnight faces including the council of europe venice commission of course you know on constitutional changes there was an update published today. as not being any progress in any of the areas mentioned in the council of europe report which was you know the subject of a resolution and use those no there's not been any progress except for the announcement of a public inquiry you know the several other. than problematic. changes recommended by defense commission there have been very little progress on the house of. corinne develop the sister of the murdered maltese journalist have me believe she is joining us tonight from malta we appreciate your time and we appreciate your insights and sharing your thoughts with us tonight thank you. thank you for calling . freedom of speech is alive and well in france if. you're a duck a court has ruled that dogs kept by a retired farmer well they may keep on quacking after a neighbor sued in court over their racket the court said that the quacking was within respectable noise limits. the ducks ha

the council of europe has described the situation as s on the edge of catastrophe. >> the picture i comep with is shocking. >> she detailed how she saw people q4 hours. nearly 40% of new arrivals are afghanistan. it is the least peaceful country. around 25% are syrians. a shut down onen refugees. greece has appeared to other countries to do more to help. our borders and take care of the persecuted. carryuntry alone cannot problems of three continents on its soldiers. >> greece passed a a bill approving asylum procedures. they plan to increase deportations. bethe first person to appointed to the job, becoming the head of the national center for the space agency. she is going to be tasked with .eaving the agency our reporters went to meet her. >> it will be her biggest project. >> it is a race against time and other international agencies. it is an increasing number of competitors. we want to take up the challenge and make them more cocompetitiv. >> they know the launch vehicle well. she was one of the initiators of the p project. she wants to modernize the base. >> the former director lef

now turkey became the 1st country to sign and ratify a council of europe convention on preventing domestic violence but since then numbers of femicide women being murdered in the country have steadily increased there is growing anger about the issue among turkish women and today they took to the streets of istanbul to protest. was that. well actually quite many people have gathered here in central istanbul today to protest violence against women and to cry and alarming number of famous sides here in turkey each year but just a little earlier police try to disperse the crowd using tear gas actually we see still many women trying to cover their mouth and noise with their their shirts and there's. there was quite heavy police presence today but people showed up they had the banners saying the names of victims they shouted slogans like we won't be silent now the turkish government does not keep official statistics on femicide but activists do sorry i also have a little trouble breathing here because of the tear gas of pappas 3 i'm not sure what it was but activists do and they say that last ye

islands are quote on the edge of catastrophe in part due to overcrowding that's according to the council of europe's commissioner for human rights who says the situation has significantly worsened over the past year in recent months greece has once again become the main point of entry for people seeking asylum. are to lebanon now where president michel has pledged to radically reform the country's government amid massive protests his plan would do away with the power sharing system that guarantees posts to all of the country's 18 religious groups which demonstrators say breeds corruption and the country's tanking economy has created even more anger all the protests have continued the country's banks have been shot. 2 weeks that have shaken the nation the protest movement which began on october 17th could end all the old certainties of lebanese politics yet again on thursday night the crowds gathered on beirut's modest square to watch the president try and extend an olive branch to the. early years he had been you know minister should be selected based on the qualifications and experience he will not

islands are quote on the edge of catastrophe in parts due to overcrowding that's according to the council of europe's commissioner for human rights who says the situation has significantly worsened over the past year in recent months greece has once again become the main point of entry for people seeking asylum in europe. already sets merge the races on in the automotive industry to develop new technology like driverless cars and to get ahead some automakers are teaming up the latest telling in american fia chrysler and france's p.s.a. who show have announced a 5050 merge with their headquarters in the netherlands the future looks bleak for the internal combustion engine car makers worry about getting left behind for yet chrysler has failed to invest in new technologies such as autonomous driving and electric power that's why it's been looking for a partner for a long time. enter who shows who to in the french company has plenty of modern technology but it's completely absent from the north american market together they could become a dream team. the french government itself a shareholder in peugeot

conditions the migrant camps on the greek islands are on the edge of catastrophe that's what the council of europe's commissioner for human rights said after her visit to camps on lesbos samos and corinth she didn't pull her punches as she outlined the graphic details of the deprivation and despair i saw with my own eyes people queuing for more than 3 hours to get food i saw children with skin diseases not treated i heard about no medications drugs. available to these people no access to health no proper access to health and many other things that were really quite shocking for europe in 21st century she isn't the only one admonishing how the e.u. is handling the migrant crisis the european court of justice says some e.u. countries are even breaking e.u. law the republican failed to fulfill its obligations under article 5 and she singled out poland hungary and the czech republic for their failure to take in refugees. while greece is the entry point with the visible signs of a crisis the problem is that we use and the block is still struggling to find a solution. they call the uk a shingle or brave o

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on a roof or can corruption not according to greco you haven't which is the kind of a view council of europe's anti corruption body un the brutal on the country you're going to give you 6 i mean recommend ations and said you haven't exempted any of that in many in many. been confirmed progress we have started implementing the corruption strategy adopted in the dozen 18. the president on his way back oh said your country is out of paper but not you have credit lines procedure mr noncompliance procedure. but these procedures of who take time to comply with some of them and also. applying our policy that is play and that has been referred to international international committee but the whole point to go back to the question what point do you consider your position and i can no longer serve in this government because i disagree with what's going on to supreme with what the prime minister says the president said the president went back on earlier and said he had previously said he would never stop an investigation into mr bobbitt he changed his mind and said this is part of quite possible it's spe

other point is that we hear now all the kind of calls from our western partners from honduras council of europe are from there is a mass of those there yes yes they met with the chairman of the ruling party because you don't i'm sure if and of the calls are directed somehow 7 we should get out from this political tensions but the thing is that we have to divide these peaceful protests they are absolutely just when they are in the line of of the law and they are kind of other side of the legal process when they are blocking of the power. i meant that most people are 1 you know not happy in any capital of the world so these are 2 different but because of these destructive movements and the clashes with police and because of these both kind of very much priority for the society the be in the show the number of people which we have thousands of these just down sides now the main problem are here social economic front legs and in my view of the people do not consumer these proportional system to be a very much whole priority for them so i think the government is playing go on that now just keep in m

not according to greco you haven't which is the kind of of your council of europe plan to corruption body you haven't built at all on the country you have you seen any recommendations and said you haven't accepted any of that in many many. 'd been confirmed progress we have started implementing the corruption the strategy adopted into a dozen 18 and the president has been echo said your country is not ok but they're not going to live this procedure mr noncompliance procedure but these procedures of who take time to comply with some of them and also. applying our policy to play on that have been referred to international international committee but i will point to go back to the question what point do you consider your position and i can no longer serve in the sky because i disagree with what's going on to supreme with what the prime minister says the president said the president went back on the other will and said he had previously said he would never stop an investigation into mr he changed his mind and said this is part of quite possible. speculation about what's going to happen af

exact numbers i don't have the reports with and i'll be happy to send them to you in 2017 the council of europe's commissioner for human rights said the problem of effective investigations and impunity of security forces is a very longstanding and entrenched problem in turkey so you're not fooling anyone you know is talk of if you're not if this is fooling anyone we are taking care of our own national security when you face this kind of credible national security threats against the p k k from the p.k. care from isis terrorists from fetter terrorists those terrorist organizations in the west only recognizes one of them that is isis because it attacks western interests but the others since they are only in turkey and attacking turkey the elected government security forces or the civilians nobody wants to talk about it mr cohen you sent in last month you sent in your syrian proxy forces into the northeast corridor of the country knowing that in all likelihood they would torture abuse and possibly murder people because that's exactly what they had done in the northern city of afrin which you seized

the work of the council of europe has been important in that regard and appointed a special reporter,ent a time window in particular on the issue of the public inquiry. which issue of the public inquiry. which is still very needed. please to see progress enough front. did the state no ensure they have known about what was going to happen? could they have protected daphne and what lessons can be drawn to protectjournalists still working in malta ? can be drawn to protectjournalists still working in malta? because that isa still working in malta? because that is a key point. very fewjournalist going after this investigating reporting just like she did and they do so at great risk. thank you very much for speaking to us. general motors has filed a racketeering lawsuit against fiat chrysler automobiles, alleging that it engaged in bribery samira hussain is in new york... tell us the story. betweenjune 11 and 2015 gm is accusing fiat chrysler of bribing people within the union to give chrysler a competitive advantage. gm is saying they did things like allow fiat chrysler to have more entry

there was a report back injune by the parliamentary assembly of the council of europe, which is a bigog, and it specifically pinpointed the weakness of the police, and it signalled one of the big disadvantages of the multi—system, which is so much power is concentrated in the office of the prime minister, ofjoseph muscat, and that includes things like a the commissioner of police, pointing to justices, he has control over the banking authority, the financial services authority. of course, malta is very big on financial services. it's about 12% of the economy. and the story is getting very close to him. the story is getting very close to him. it has been close to him before, it has to be said. his wife, michelle, was investigated. she allegedly owned a company called egress, which was supposed to be a fund for her personal benefit, again, in panama. but a magistrate was appointed to look into that, and the magistrate cleared her of any wrongdoing. the magistrate was then subsequently promoted to judge by mr muscat, but he says that was a vindication of the distance that his family has

germany's council of economic advisors to the government has trained its growth outlook for europe's biggest economy to just half a percent to reverse its fortunes the council suggests that berlin drop the sacred cow of its economic policies the balanced budget critics have long blamed berlin's frugality for crumbling infrastructure and problems with high speed internet access the german council of economic experts say germany faces continued economic weakness but they are not expecting a deep recession the economic advisors we commend lowering taxes but chancellor angela merkel makes it clear that she is calling the shots. stuff and i can tell you that we don't always follow your suggestions but they still provide us with inspiration and you will also find many of your thoughts in what we have already done. however the council says the government has done too little for industrial policy leaving tens of thousands of jobs at risk in the auto industry the sector could easily use some state support especially for all to multiple suppliers the government could also help by subsidizing pa

business on one of the johns and good to have you with us and we start with europe's powerhouse as it continues to slow the council of economic advisors to the german government looks set to trim its growth forecast with 2022 nor 2.9 percent of german daily reports ahead of the body's official press conference later today and while the economists don't expect a broad and to deep recession they still suggest that berlin should to drop its fame to balanced budget policy critics have long blamed billons frugality for crumbling infrastructure and problems with nationwide high speed internet access for well let's cross over to our financial market correspondent chelsea delaney is standing by for us and there she is in frankfurt just let's 1st of all talk about those growth figures of north point 9 percent and germany be content with that. 0.9 percent growth certainly is nothing to celebrate it's also says to be even lower this year 0.5 percent is the new forecast for $21000.00 growth especially if you consider that and 20162017 germany was posting over 2 percent growth so there's definitely a slowdown and it doesn't lo

of scheduled public testimony to impeachment inquiry into president trump will get under way in about an hour from now this morning we're going to hear from fiona hill, a former national security council director for europe. >>and also david holmes, a political counselor at the us embassy in ukraine homes also overheard a conversation on the phone between president trump and us ambassador gordon sondland yesterday, some of confirmed that there was in fact a quid pro quo between president trump and ukraine. >>as it pertained to a white house visit and a phone call between the 2 men, his testimony directly implicated president trump we want to go live to washington now karin caifa standing by with the very latest karen. >>after yesterday's hearing us ambassador to the european union gordon sondland on a plane to brussels to be back on the job both sides sought to portray his testimony as favorable to theifa

the committee will hear from fiona hill former senior director of europe and russia at the national security council david holmes political affairs counselor at the u.s. embassy in ukraine. i want to remind you that you can pull up all of our coverage on our website c-span.org/impeachment. today's hearings, last week's hearings, and comments from the president and other members of the administration.all of that at c-span.org. >> follow the house impeachment inquiry and the administration's response on c-span, unfiltered coverage live on tv. ra

of global protests against climate change. thousands more are set to join rallies across asia and europe demanding urgent action. there is a changing of the guard at the european council, with belgium's former prime minister charles michel set to replace outgoing president donald tusk. fans of the k—pop superstar goo hara are calling for more to be done to help the victims of so—called spy camera crimes in south korea. the singer and actress took her own life earlier this week. she had spent the last year in a public court battle, claiming her ex—boyfriend had threatened to release a sex tape of the couple. our seoul correspondent laura bicker has this report. 28—year—old eun—ju lee took her own life just weeks afterfinding out a male colleague had secretly filmed her in the nurses‘ changing room. she suffered from frequent nightmares. she felt he was still watching her. translation: you can still kill someone without using weapons. the impact of this crime can differ from person to person. some might be able to pull through. others, like my daughter, might not. eun—ju's parents are furious that the culprit was sentenced to ten months in prison. translation: people do

of global protests against climate change. thousands more are set to join rallies across asia and europe demanding urgent action. there is a changing of the guard at the european councilformer prime minister charles michel set to replace outgoing president donald tusk. president trump has made an unannounced trip to afghanistan, telling us troops he believes the taliban are open to ceasefire. now it's time to look at the stories that are making the headlines in the media across the world. we begin with the washington post, and afghanistan, where president trump visited for the first time, delivering thanksgiving greetings to us troops deployed here. mr trump announced he had resumed peace negotiations with the taliban. 0n the reuters news website, outgoing eu council president donald tusk has said us president donald trump poses one of the biggest challenges for the european union, because he is praying for the breakup of the bloc. former belgian pm charles michel, who will become the new president in a handover ceremony today, has said the eu also risks splits over the coming brexit trade talks. the telegraph, like many uk papers, looks at the fallout following a rec

the committee tomorrow will hear from fiona hill, former senior director of europe and russia and the national security council, also david holmes,'s political affair counselor the u.s. embassy in ukraine. i want to remind you as well but you can pull up our coverage on our website, c-span .org flash pitchman, today's hearings, last week's hearings and promise from the president other members of the administration, all of that at c-span .org.

of national security council attorney. a former national security council senior director on europe and russia fiona hill was back to answer committee questions as olivia beaver reports she did not answer questions on the way in. investigating committee has released the transcript of the ukraine ambassador and you could read it on our website c-span.org. intelligence committee chair adam schiff says the transcript from two others kurt volker and u.s. ambassador to the european union will be released tomorrow. in response, president trump tweeted this morning all-time high for the stock market and all the fake news is the impeachment hoax. the brookings institution is hosting impeachment foreign interference and how best to safeguard the 2020 election. c-span will have live coverage of that today at 3:30 p.m. eastern. also coming up this afternoon on c-span two. democratic national committee chair donna brazile and mercedes former white house strategic munication director for president trump will talk about the divisive political climate and how to restore stability. you can see that live today at x 30:00 p.m. eastern. comi

effort to dig up political dirt on joe biden and the national security council's former official in charge of overseeing russia and europe policy will also give evidence to morrison had told investigators that he had concerns over trump allegedly withholding u.s. aid to ukraine to force an investigation into biden we'll speak to our white house correspondent kimberly hellcat shortly but 1st let's go to heidi show castrato she's joining us live from capitol hill and democrats will be hoping heidi that this quartet can flesh out the story so far. that's right particularly this morning's witnesses elizabeth we're looking at 2 national security experts on ukraine who were both listening to that july phone call in which president trump asked the president of ukraine to open investigations on trump's political adversaries in the u.s. and alexander vin min who works in the white house on the national security council he said that he was concerned by the call and he immediately reported it to national security council attorneys jennifer williams who works in the vice president's office said she thought the call was inappropriate

testifying on day five of the impeachment inquiry, fiona hill, the former national security council director for europeussia, warned lawmakers not to believe what she described as "a fictional narrative." she was responding to the allegations that it was ukraine and not russia that interfered in the 2016 presidential election. >> i ask that you do not promote politically derivative falsehoods. ukraine plays an important role in our national security and as i told the committee last month, i refuse to be part of an effort to legitimize an alternative narrative that ukraine, not russia, attacked america in 2016. mark: phil also testified she raised concerns she had over rudy giuliani's ukraine actions within security advisor john bolton. has passed ate four-week temporary spending bill, sending president trump the measure to put off a possible government shutdown

of secheduled public testimony in the impeachment inquiry is underway. testifying right now are fiona hill... a former national security council director for europe and david holmes, a political counselor at the u.s embassy in ukraine. holmes also overheard a phone conversation between president trump and u-s ambassador gordon sonland. yesterday... sondland confirmed that there was a quid pro quo between president trump and ukraine. joining us now to break it all down is political analyst michael yaki. ( james ) in national headlines. another democratic presidential debate is in the books. the candidates looked to build momentum before the iowa caucuses. mary maloney has the highlights. right out of the gate -- the marathon historic hearings taking center stage at the fifth democratic debate.sen kamala harris/-d- presidential candidate: justice is on the ballot.vice president joe biden/-d- presidential candidate: i learned something about these impeachment trials, i learned that donald trump doesn't want me to be the nominee.on a crowded stage in atlanta - ten democratic presidential candidates stand out from the pack.sen amy klobuchar/-d- presid

of defense for russia, eurasia on thursday at 9:00 a.m. eastern, the committee will hear testimony from fiona hill, former national security council senior director for europech the first two public hearings in their entirety on www.c-span.org/impeachment. you will find transcripts of witness testimony and procedures. plus, a points of interest feature that identifies key moments indicated by a star in the timeline. this week, watch live coverage of the house impeachment inquiry hearings on c-span3, c-span.org, or listen live wherever you are with the c-span radio app. host: joining us from los angeles is radio talk show host dennis prager. thanks very much for being with us on this sunday morning. we appreciate it. dennis: i appreciate your having me.

of state for political affairs. and on thursday at 9:00 a.m. eastern the committee will hear testimony from fiona hill, former national security council senior director for europe and russia. watch the first two public hearings in their entirety on the website on c-span.org/impeachment. there you find transcripts of testimony and procedures for the hearings and points of interest feature that identify key moment in the hearing indicated by a start in the timeline. next week watch live coverage of the house impeachment inquiry hearing on c-span3, c-span.org or listen live wherever you are with the free c-span radio out. >> up next her campaign 2020 coverage continues as former massachusetts governor announces his bid for the democratic presidential nomination. they came hours before he came to fir file the initial paperwo. here's a look at the announcement followed by the

council senior director for europe and russia. watch the first two public hearings in their entirety on our website. there you will find transcripts of witness testimony and procedures for the hearings. plus, a points of interest feature that identifies key moments indicated by a star in the timeline. next week, watch live coverage of the house impeachment inquiry hearings on c-span3, c-span.org, or listen live wherever you are with the free c-span radio app. this week on "newsmakers", congressman john yarmuth of kentucky. of ascusses expectations house vote next week on a short-term resolution to avoid a government shutdown. he also talks about the risk of a potential recession. the fed's independence, and impeachment proceedings. sundayewsmakers live on at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. our c-span campaign 2020 bus team is traveling across the country visiting key battleground states in the 2020 race. asking voters what issues they want candidates to address. candidateslike the to focus on what is good for the american people and put the ofple of our country ahead party and politics. one thing that is very important to average ameri

to minute at the heart of the bronx that story in europe or bowing out on sunday commission president uncle juncker will be replaced by germany's arsenal of dandelion council president ronald tosca is handing over to former belgian prime minister charles michel i've already marked the event with this and while it passing of a ceremonial bell. our web site is right there al jazeera talk com they're easy to find take a look at it when you get a moment. these are the headlines right now on al-jazeera rocky prime minister monti has announced he intends to resign it follows a call for a leadership change by a top cleric after anti-government protests left more than 400 people dead in genius in norway are the parliament from which this current government is drawn is asked to reconsider its choice in this regard and to act according to iraq's interest and preserve the blood evidence children to prevent the country from slipping into violence chaos and destruction we confirm again that attacks against peaceful protesters are forbidden as well as them being prevented from having the right to demand reforms we also confirm that attacking private and public property