and then under mourinho has appealed to the united nations for help in calming the situation a bit to ease the worst unrest in years. now some of the other stories making headlines around the world today the white house has announced it will not cooperate with the congressional impeachment inquiry of us president donald trump releasing an 8 page letter addressed to the leaders of the democratic party the trump administration has also blocked gordon sunderland the us ambassador to the european union from testifying at impeachment hearings the probe is examining a whistleblower complaint trial sought political favors from ukraine's. turkey says it's ready to launch an offensive against syrian kurds following u.s. president all troops decision to call troops out of northern syria president trust now faces accusations that he has abandoned kurdish forces who are key u.s. allies in the fight against the so-called islamic state. and farmers and friends have been blocking highways with their tractors to protest the government's tiger cultural policy they're angry about recent trade agreement

was president lenin mourinho has accused has left his predecessor rafael korea of trying to destabilize ecuador. in the sacking the vandalism the violence shows that there is a political intention organize to destabilize the government and break the constituted order to break democratic order in order. to have been hundreds of arrests while the turmoil is taking a toll on an already vulnerable economy. and lorena has appealed to the united nations for help in calming the situation a bit to ease the worst unrest in years i well earlier i spoke to correspondent stefan creflo who was following the story in a quito and i asked him how the president's decision to move his government temporarily to another city has been perceived that. some are saying he was a coward others are saying it was a brilliant strategic move it's completely unheard of. and others are saying it was a safe move because you have to match the historic center as relatively narrow streets. of the unprecedented violence scene of these protests. to. give a cautionary tale and to avoid too much of 'd you to do what anybody '

mourinho says. the worst unrest in more than a decade in this country is being orchestrated by his former boss and now his we're standing me former president rafael correa who lives in self-imposed exile in brussels. reacted nice he's pulling the strings but he doesn't hide his political ambitions including the possibility of returning home or to run for vice president or norms either more in a resign or he asks for early elections which would be the constitutional and democratic way to overcome disk grave situation. that scenario maybe premature despite the mounting social unrest and political intrigue here. again at the door has a very long history of presidents being forced out before their term is up you see in human i'll just keep it. now an american scientist who identified one of the kima tiriel and rechargeable batteries has now become the oldest nobel laureate in history 97 year old john b. good enough for said this year's nobel prize for chemistry with britain's m. stanley wesson m. and ja

and then under mourinho has appealed to the. united nations for help in calming the situation a bit to ease the worst unrest in years. now to some of the other stories making news around the world today german police continue the hunt for clues as to why a man hijacked a truck in the western german town of limbo crashing into several cars 9 people suffered minor injuries in the ensuing including the truck's driver the suspect in syria has been charged with attempted murder in the case. for hours and friends have been blocking highways with their tractors to protect protests around the government's agricultural policy they're angry about recent trade agreements and a growing trend of quote a group bashing which unions say disregards the farmers' profession. and turkey says it's ready to launch an offensive against syrian kurds following u.s. president all from decision to pull troops out of northern syria president trump now faces accusations that he has abandoned kurdish forces who are key u.s. allies in the fight against the so

mourinho says the worst unrest in more than a decade in this country is being orchestrated by his former boss and now his were standing me former president rafael correa who lives in self-imposed exile in brussels. denies he's pulling the strings but he doesn't hide his political ambitions including the possibility of a. during hold to run for vice president 2 or 3 moons either more in a resign or he asks for early elections which will be the constitutional and democratic way to overcome disagree of situations. that scenario may be premature despite the mounting social unrest and political intrigue here. the daily giving a little or has a very long history of presidents being forced out before their trip is up to see in human i'll just see down. in addition to ending fuel subsidies the ecuadorian president announced a 20 percent wage cut for new contracts in public sector jobs new government workers will have to give one day's worth of wages each month to the government and holidays have been habits from $30.00 to $15.00 days a year. are let's introduce our panel now in quito ecuador via

mourinho says the worst unrest in more than a decade in this country is being orchestrated by his former boss and now his were standing me former president rafael correa who lives in self-imposed exile in brussels. denies he's pulling the strings but he doesn't hide his political ambitions including the possibility of returning home. would you run for vice president or either morena resign or he asks for early elections which would be the constitutional and democratic way to overcome disk grave situation. that scenario may be premature despite the mounting social unrest and political intrigue here. but then again ecuador has a very long history of presidents being forced out before their trip is up you see in human i'll just keep them. they have been passionate scenes outside colombia supreme court by supporters and opponents of former president. he testified on tuesday as part of a deeply divisive investigation into whether he participated in witness tampering bribery it's the 1st time a former president has been called before a court on allegations that could lead to criminal charges a

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government buildings in quito were also attacked and damaged it comes hours after president lennon mourinho announced that he had temporarily moved government operations from the capital which has been the center off the protests to the port city of. no with the belief that it's a democratic system cannot be violated the constitution cannot be violated you cannot damage the assets of the ecuadorians and the ecuadorian people in general and of course even less damage the physical integrity of people that's why we're here but what i don't also accused a former president of. venezuelan president nicolas my little orchestration and attempted coup the court had denied the allegations and called her early elections . there's no kookier conflicts in a democracy are solved at the ballot box and that is precisely what we are asking in strict adherence to the constitution to allow elections to be held in event of serious social unrest such as the bone we are witnessing let's get more now from our latin america editor lucien newman she is joining us live from cato and we've been looking at pictures of

mourinho says the worst unrest in more than a decade in this country is being orchestrated by his former boss and now his were standing me former president rafael correa who lives in self-imposed exile in brussels. denies he's pulling the strings but he doesn't hide his political ambitions including the possibility of a. turning home would run for vice president 2 or 3 moons either more in a resign or he asks for early elections which will be the constitutional and democratic way to overcome disagree of situations. that scenario may be premature despite the mountain social unrest and political intrigue here. the daily getting a little or has a very long history of presidents being forced out before their trip is up to see in human i'll just see down. in addition to ending fuel subsidies the ecuadorian president announced a 20 percent wage cut for new contracts in public sector jobs new government workers will have to give one day's worth of wages each month to the government and holidays have been habits from $30.00 to $15.00 days a year. are let's introduce our panel now in quito ecuado