a washington correspondent pablo foley has more on this story pablo what exactly is a stable coin and how does a differ from other cryptocurrency. microsoft well a stable coin has many elements of crypto currency in that you've got that ease of transaction the privacy which comes with the crypto currency out there but the big difference is that stable coins it says it in the name gives a level of stability because it's often pegged to have for example a commodity in the sense a could be pegged to the price of of gold or it will be paid to a currency a currency of course being for example the euro dollar or the yen and and of course that is the big difference because let's not forget that crypto currencies come be quite volatile and the aim of this is to stabilize the value of this stable coin. but despite this aim of this currency being more stable it's not like there wouldn't be any criticism about it. no you're absolutely right i mean today i was on you know a meeting here of the g 20 finance ministers they gave their evaluation at after a meeting which was held earlier today here i

i asked our correspondent pablo foley if the recent phase one trade deal between the u.s. and china was an indicator that leaders were heeding the i.m.f. call 'd to deescalate. hi christopher well yeah of course the stuff forget that in the in the past few days of course there has been this we'll say cooling in there in tensions between the united states and china they're calling it you know somewhat of a ceasefire or a truce of some sorts but what we saw today here was you know the i.m.f. chief economist woods was very cautious says she said that what we need to do is wait and see exactly what comes out of it but what was a good sign is that of course today you know a round of tire of against china from the united states were meant to kick in and they of course were suspended and now the next question is what will happen with the next trend of tyrus which are meant to kick in in december but of course in november there is the possibility of a meeting between president trump and his chinese counterpart xi jinping and what comes out of that will they sign an agreement will

pablo foley las reporting from washington now just some of the other stories making news around the world official figures have given bolivia's president evo morales a 10 point lead over his main rival carlos mencia in the country's presidential election meaning he could avoid a runoff vote has said a gigantic fraud is taking place the disputed poll has triggered protests in the south american country. police in chile used water cannon to disperse demonstrators after tens of thousands of people gathered in the capital santiago 6 days of protests have rocked the country and 18 people have died promises of economic reform from president sebastian pinera have not stopped the unrest. in the u.s. a group of republican lawmakers have disrupted impeachment hearing into president donald trump and around 24 republicans entered the room where the closed door hearing was taking place they refused to leave and delayed testimony by a defense department official. former army chief benny gantz has been tasked with forming israel's next government after a longtime premier benjamin netanyahu fails to recr

whimpering and crying and screaming all the way earlier i spoke to our correspondent in washington pablo foley alias and i asked him to tell us a little bit more. yeah well you've just heard some of what president trump said in what was a very graphic statement there from the president he used very graphic language and confirmed that the fugitive lead their leader of the so-called islamic state abu bakar. died like a dog and a coward now like i said he went into quite graphic detail about his death and said that to get killed himself using a suicide vest he said also that tests have been carried out on the body and that it was him he also interestingly thanked russia turkey syria and iran iraq as well as intelligence officials and u.s. special forces and he also added that watching the operation was like watching a movie. so really what we need to take from this is that trump said also that under his direction the united states had obliterated at the so-called islamic state which is a direct message to his critics and there have been many in recent days and weeks in fact his policy with regard

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all right pablo foley there in washington thank you so much. and now to some of the other stories making news around the world. south african president jacob zuma will appeal a high court's decision to deny him a pot permanent stay of prosecution on corruption charges he's been charged with fraud racketeering and money laundering and connection with a $2000000000.00 arms deal with a french arms company. davidson has suspended production off its lifeway electric motorcycle which the brand had rolled out as part of a diversification push the decision follows the discovery of a problem with vehicles battery also it appears buyers of its traditional motorbikes weren't interested in an electric version of their favorite model. searching for prices caused by a widespread outbreak of swine fever have driven up china's inflation to 3 percent and december the present pork rose 70 percent beijing has released pork supplies from its central reserves to stabilize prizes and braised import quotas from the us . obama has laid off another $350.00 employees it

only last 2 years but we'll have to wait and see over the next few hours how things pan out ok pablo foley yes and also a thank you. golf great tiger woods has returned to action after 2 months away because of knee surgery the injury prone athlete proved he's fit at a charity event in japan and his pain free return means tiger is raring to go as he bids for a 16th major title next year and a 1st olympic gold in april this year he's mosses troy rounded off one of the greatest comebacks in sports now off to a 5th reconstructive knee surgery tiger has a long road ahead of him once again. he's got the 2020 olympics in his sights he will need to be on top for the games if he's to take a place on the podium. i did not play well at the beginning i had a lot of bad shots and did not well and. once i got in the flow of competing and feel the the round and. it got exciting you know we were. competitive the banter was great the back and forth. what are the holes a number for one i had to the wrong green and then. i had between the result you get a look kind of like i kind of didn't know what i was do

only last 2 years but we'll have to wait and see over the next few hours how things pan out ok pablo foley yes and also a thank you. abortion and same sex marriage have just become legal in our land as of midnight local time a last ditch attempt by conservative politicians to block the legislation failed the changes to northern ireland's laws was set in motion by an intervention from the british government which has been running northern ireland since the posh sharing agreement broke down 3 years ago. opponents of abortion faced off with its supporters in front of the northern ireland parliament the body hasn't met in the 3 years and so the british government passed a law both abortion and same sex marriage for the country bringing it into line with the rest of the u.k. . so i figure like we're happy that it happens maybe not so happy that it doesn't come from our government. but i think of the victory not though of dozens of northern irish assembly members briefly returned to their parliament in the hope of stopping the new abortion law just think of that for a moment northern ireland wil

to evaluate the situation more look into it more and then they'll make a decision down the line pablo foley is reporting from washington they're probably thank you. now to some of the other global business stories making news police have clashed with protesters in lebanon demonstrating against the government's handling of a financial crisis countries because protests and years were triggered by plans to impose new taxes they continued despite the government announcing it was scrapping a new tax on what a calls after days of rolling power cuts south africa has unveiled its plan power plan for the next decade by 2030 coal is slated to fall from 80 percent of the power makes to $59.00 and wind and solar power well together jump dramatically to supply about a quarter of national power output. france has opened its 1st ever floating solar energy plant which is also europe's biggest the 47000 panels on a large manmade lake generate enough electricity to supply almost 5000 households operator cool energy says the floating panel concept could produce enough electricity nationally to supply 3000000

very very clear message something that we've gotten used to hearing in recent weeks and months ok pablo foley and yes in washington thank you. now to some of the other stories making news around the world in the u.s. a group of republican lawmakers have disrupted an impeachment hearing into president donald trump around $24.00 republicans entered the room with a closed door hearing was taking place they refused to leave and delayed testimony by a defense department official. a former army chief benny gantz has been talks with forming israel's nest next government they get pardon after a long time premier benjamin netanyahu filled to recruit enough lawmakers to join his planned coalition if guns does not garner enough support within 28 days israel may face another election september's vote ended with no clear winner. bolivian president evo morales has accused his rival in sunday's presidential election a of attempting to stage a coup this comes after the opposition led protests accusing authorities of rigging the vote the latest official count puts the incumbent 1.5 percent ahead morales needs

correspondent pablo foley elyas in washington d.c. pavlo democrats will get information about russian interference in the 26th election that they haven't seen before why is this important. well this is a very big victory for the democrats essentially gives them validity to the ongoing impeachment inquiry against president trump the chief u.s. district judge barrel have all basically dismissed the administration's arguments for withholding the materials from congress now one of those elements is that there was a need to keep the information secret even though the miller investigation has in fact ended now the judge also said the department of justice is claims that it couldn't provide grand jury material was wrong and claims by the white house and some republicans that a formal vote was needed for impeachment was also deemed incorrect and she also said that it had actually never been required that the material has to be turned over by october 30th what clues do we have about what kind of information this might be and will it directly i

very very clear message something that we've gotten used to hearing in recent weeks and months ok pablo foley and yes in washington thank you. now to some of the other stories making news around the world in the u.s. a group of republican lawmakers have disrupted an impeachment hearing into president donald trump around 24 republicans entered the room where a closed door hearing was taking place they refused to leave and delayed testimony by a defense department official a former army chief benny gantz has been tasked with forming israel's next government after a long time premier benjamin netanyahu failed to recruit enough lawmakers to join his planned coalition afghans doesn't garner enough support within 28 days israel may face another election september's vote ended with no clear winner. protests in lebanon show no sign of letting up the government is now considering a rich shuffle to diffuse the demonstrations that have paralyzed the country for a week the unrest was 1st sparked by a proposed tax on messaging services such as what south. bolivian president evo morales has accused his riv

well for more let's bring in correspondent pablo foley alias in washington d.c. public even by donald trump's standards the last 24 hours have been fairly wild who was in the firing line today. hi anthony well it was an unseasonably hot day here in washington and you could feel it down in the white has no of course before we even saw president trump he was tweeting angrily in fact he even used a profanity to describe this inquiry that's taking place at the moment and you know like we have just been mentioning there the house intelligence chair and adam schiff was definitely in the firing line in fact he even said that he was the co-author of the whistle blower's complaint he also had some very angry words for the speaker of the house nancy pelosi of course of democrats he said that she hands subpoenas like cookies and he also was very angry towards the media he once again described them as the fake news media and sometimes quite am i right exchanges with that members of the media and he almost demanded that they ask questions to the finish president who at times

crying and screaming all the way all right we're now joined by our correspondent in washington pablo foley alias pablo we're a major announcement there by the president or more can you tell us. well you heard some snippets of it there lay that it was a very graphic statement from president trump who said the leader of the so-called islamic state. like a dog and a cow were an almost hour long news conference from president truman he went into a lot of detail about his death and he said that al baghdadi had killed himself using a suicide vest he also said that tests being carried out on the body and that it was it was him in fact and u.s. forces were in the compound for 2 hours and that also they had seized highly sensitive material and information on the isis president went on to say that he knew of possible successors to diety as leader of the so-called islamic state and the interesting lee you mentioned that he russia turkey syria and iraq as well as intelligence officials from the united states and also u.s. special forces and also what was quite interesting was how he said that he watch

brent: our correspondent pablo foley elias on the story for us tonight in washington. blo, thank you. from north to south america, bolivia's president has declared himself the winner of the presidential election. official results give him a narrow 10 point lead which is necessary to win outright. his main rival has led days of protest and accuses him of "monumental fraud." both the united nations and the organization of american states have called for a runoff vote to establish the winner. reporter: they say they feel cheated of the election result and of their future. in the capital on thursday night, students clashed with armed forces. for them, a fourth term for the president is unimaginable. >> we want to move forward, we want bolivia to be respected. that is why all us young people have gathered here. reporter: we study, but what good will that do if we do not get a degree a and if nobody gis us work? reporter: president a abel moras has ruled the country for almost 14 years. for a long timime, he stood for political and economic stability. corruption allegations h

washington correspondent pablo foley aaliyah's reports other trump administration officials are hearing from congressional committees and are expected to testify. well choose there was earlier file asked moving day here in washington with regards to the impeachment inquiry of president donald trump and it's expected that wednesday will maintain that momentum we know that key committees on capitol hill have been notified that the inspector general from the state department is quote interested in discussing and providing staff with copies of documents related to the state department and ukraine we also have the media here in the united states talking about kurt volker now he's the former trumpet ministration special envoy to ukraine it's also believed that he wants to speak to several of the investigating committees expected to happen in fact on thursday the intelligence committee chairman jim schiff is also expected to appear on wednesday alongside the speaker of the house of representatives nancy pelosi she gave a. press conference every wednesday and we cannot forget about president tr

whimpering and crying and screaming all the way we're joined now by our correspondent in washington pablo foleyliya it's pablo so president trump confirmed big daddy's death trump said he died like a dog can you tell us more. yeah well you've just heard some of what president trump said in what was a very graphic statement there from the president he used very graphic language and confirmed that the fugitive leader leader of the so-called islamic state bachar. died like a dog and a coward now like i said he went into quite graphic detail about his death and said to get killed himself using a suicide vest he said also that tests had been carried out on the body and that it was him he also interestingly russia turkey syria and iran iraq as well as intelligence officials and u.s. special forces and he also added that watching the operation was like watching a movie. so really what we need to take from this is that trump said also that under his direction the united states had obliterated the so-called islamic state which is a direct message to his critics and there have been many in recent days an