they have with regards to that phone call made between president trump and the ukrainian president selenski here before that committee's role to have written 2 letters to the wide holes that were both ignored they were not replied to and so now all these 3 committees that are investigating here came together issued that subpoena and that can be regarded on impreza dented move in a serious escalation here between congress and the white tells now trump has been staunchly maintaining he's not going to play nice what could happen if the white house continues to ignore these committees and ignores the subpoena. what was different this time around is that the nature of the subpoena is legally binding so technically scene the white house has to comply now and the committees have made very clear what their standpoint is you know they wrote in a letter to the chief of staff mulvaney of the wide tells that if they don't comply that would be considered off structuring the impeachment inquiry struction of justice of course which is illegal so we might even in a potentially further escalation here see l

ambassador to the european union met with the press president selenski in which it was believed that they gave him advice on how to navigate trump's request and that what's interesting is that folk are also handed over documents before his appearance and also included in that are text messages that he had with rudy giuliani never rudy giuliani of course is the president's own private attorney and you know this as i said the testimony is taking place behind closed doors and while old this was taking place today of course we had some rather extraordinary comments coming from president donald trump. this road to scandal with appears to be multiply nel says that both ukraine and showing should investigate joe biden joe biden's son was listen to what the president said today. they did it best they gave because that is a company that newly formed well these companies if you look good by the way like white guys just started to gauge it. because what happened. is just about what happened with. with your great. he says there what happened to china is as bad as what happened to ukraine was to

from tonight except that they are continuing talking at a more regular pace than was the case under selenski spritzes a portion of. the agreement mentions i should die my former referring to germany's president a former foreign minister what is there some why is it significant. well everyone is talking about this stuff in my formulae here in ukraine and russia are also everyone seems to understand something slightly different under it and it's interesting even though this document was signed today in minsk it hasn't officially been released so we don't exactly know what is in there basically this is about some kind of autonomy status for those regions those eastern ukraine regions and local elections and the state is being confirmed once elections have been confirmed is free and fair what it doesn't include and this is the big big big bone of contention in ukraine russia is any information on the security situation ukraine basically says and selenski repeat that today that there won't be any elections accepted by ukraine at least in those regions until ukraine regains control of its border w

the big is now on a meeting the so-called normandy format that would be the 1st time the present selenski of ukraine meets that emit putin in person along with them would be of germany and of france present selenski seemingly investing a lot of political capital in making this meeting happening he seems to think that that personal chemistry could really change things and bring about some real quality of change to all of this part of that will also be talk of so-called steinmeyer for me that means giving some good or tony to donbass but basically this is a game of chicken who compromises 1st who's willing to make the 1st big step and as yet we've got no real indication to either side is willing beyond these 1st kind of . steps of trying to create some kind of understanding to really compromise on the on the on the big big stuff and a game of chicken while europe watches i mean where does this leave you know europe's sanctions for example and its relations with russia. where you definitely get a sense that there is a great weariness with this conflict in european capitals and further afield

backs the separatists is the latest peace move on the ukraine's new government led by president selenski after last month's mass prisoner exchange with moscow for tour dates and b. reports. protesters outside the ukrainian president's office in the capital kiev they're angry about an agreement with kremlin backed separatists in eastern ukraine which allows for elections a little speech a territory they say it amounts to capitulation to russia to get their work in the war has been going on in ukraine as a secure almost 5 years ukrainian soldiers die the assured their blood and volunteers provide aid to the community cares about ukrainian independence and the in one day all of these if it's a broken by a statement of capitulation by the presidential office the agreement between the ukrainian government kremlin backed separatists russia and european monitors was signed in the belorussian capital minsk separatist negotiators say it's an important 1st step to end the fighting between separatists and ukrainian government forces the began after russian forces seized an annex the crimean peninsu

know it and so do we go ahead as you put it like the question sir was what did you want president selenski to do about present my president biden and his son hunter. you talking to me yeah it was just a follow up of what i just asked you ready we have the president of finland ask him a question i have one form i just wanted to follow up on the one that i asked you which did you hear what do you want you hear me ask him a question i'm troubled presidential campaign released a new ad that all during the impeachment process is simply the democrats attempting to undermine democracy because they comb them at the ballot box it's nothing short of a coup and it must be stopped it's a message that those seem to be resonating with trump's base at least the campaign is reporting tens of thousands of new donors and huge sums of money pouring in she abrahams the washington. will go so hard to come strong capitol hill shortly where the hearing is taking place for 1st let's get the latest from our white house correspondent kimberly home. kimberly this impeachment inquiry appears to be rattling president

nothing you know it and so do we go ahead ask a quick question sir was what did you want president selenski to do about present president biden and his son hunter. he's talking to me yeah i was just a follow up of what i just asked you this are you ready we have the president of finland ask him a question i have one form i just wanted to follow up on the one that i asked you which did you hear what you want to hear me yes ask him a question i'm troubled presidential campaign released a new advert arguing that the impeachment process is simply the democrats attempting to undermine democracy because they can beat them at the ballot box it's nothing short of a coup and it must be stopped it's a message that does seem to be resonating with trump's basic least the campaign is reporting tens of thousands of new donors and huge sums of money pouring in she able to see out washington for more on this heidi show castro joins us live from washington d.c. and heidi there's been an awful lot happening in the last few days few hours biden lashing back at the president and now reports the president invol

diplomats actually drafted a statements for you crane's later president selenski to say that he would commit to these investigations that president donald trump was pushing and according to the new york times this is true one of these people is culpable kurt volker who went and testified today gave a deposition today what does this say about potentially how widespread president trump's efforts were to push these investigations and to pressure ukraine well it's a great deal indeed in fact by the day by the hour we find out about additional u.s. officials today vice president pence evidence that he was pressuring zelinsky personally and other high officials in ukraine more shoes to drop on that so this is now reaching all across the top u.s. agencies but something that i must point out a bit to your leading statements those 2 diplomats were removed kurt volker and the u.s. ambassador there she was recalled and kurt volker was told he would be fired if he didn't resign so he's in his. almost a whole full day 12 hours now of deposition to that the relevant committees intelligence chiefly

he's connections with the previous g we corrupt government so it's looking very difficult for mr selenski and this is the problem in the united states talks about how he wants to see corruption end in these countries in reality it's absolutely happy to sacrifice these countries 1st to a giant geopolitical play against russia which is what we saw in 2014 now increasingly looks to to the pursuit of u.s. domestic politics none of this is going to help ukraine at all well western or western help never stops helping ukraine absolutely going well basically i think their western media developed its own kind of language about ukraine which is completely distorted with a litle vital domestic what is it with the term you're going to get it here of a vital u.s. national interest so i don't see how it's possible but they say it well they say that the ukraine is attacked by russia and they're the new government in ukraine installed by them in 2014 what's going to be clean let me remind our viewers that would sound call and poroshenko and shorty and they were all products or that revolution. tonight th

that kind of trust is in short supply but for now at least ukrainian seem to be giving president selenski the benefit of the doubt. it is amazing nic that you got these soldiers to talk politics and we've got polar opposite opinions about this withdrawal shown right there in your report assuming the withdrawal and the stable cease fire assuming that they can be achieved in the last 3 what comes next. so brant the aim is to continue along the 400 kilometer front line section by section this is going to be pretty difficult because there are a whole array of different situations different distances separating ukraine government troops at some points only a matter of tens of meters from the progress of separatists and other places further apart places where there's been a lot of bloodshed in those positions were basically achieved at great cost to human life so more emotional pull the more difficulty for those troops to then withdraw from those positions i think in the medium term the big is now on a meeting the so-called normandy format that would be the 1st time the present selenski of ukra

pompei or has confirmed he was listening in on the controversial conversation between trump and selenski shihab rattansi as the latest from washington d.c. . house democrats announced on wednesday that they would subpoena the white house for documents related to their impeachment inquiry if they don't receive by friday they've also asked for documents from the state department am president trumps personal lawyer rudy giuliani but they warn that no one should think they can avoid cooperation through then p. legal action challenging congress's authority for example so we are concerned that the white house will attempt to stonewall our discussion much as they have stonewalled other committees in the past. it's why i say the white house needs to understand that any action like that that forces us to litigate or have to consider litigation will be considered further evidence of obstruction of justice and of course that was an article of speech meant against nixon the implications for the white house are clear from the democrats don't think you can hold the impeachment process up in the courts

us democrats have launched a probe into whether trump pressured selenski 1st a trump leading political rival joe biden and his son. miles. of president trucks impeachment inquiry is proving extremely divisive in many states opinion on the topic a split predictably along party lines with democrats in favor and republicans against but it seems there's one point both parties can agree on the dispute is eroding even further the quality of u.s. political discourse. the market hole in allentown pennsylvania. there's plenty of fresh produce the chance to get a haircut and to have a chat with your neighbors everyone pretty much agrees here what's going on in washington is dividing the country like never before we're going to have one hell of a time here if they don't straighten out up there d.c. that's true one hell of a time we're going to have so if this is what they want. get ready people have had enough if you're in a position of power you should take your position of power and use it to your advantage and what you're doing is you're dividing this country and it's not worth the time or the

he's connections with the previous g we corrupt government so it's looking very difficult for mr selenski and this is the problem in the united states talks about how he wants to see corruption end in these countries in reality it's absolutely happy to sacrifice these countries 1st to a giant geopolitical play against russia which is what we saw in 2014 now increasingly looks to to the pursuit of u.s. domestic politics none of this is going to help ukraine at all well western or western help never stops helping ukraine absolutely going well basically i think their western media developed its own kind of language about ukraine which is completely distorted with a litle vital domestic what is it with the term you're going to get it here of a vital us their actual interest so i don't see how it's possible but they say it well they say that the ukraine is attacked by russia and they're the new government in ukraine installed by them in 2014 what's going to be clean let me remind our viewers that would call and poroshenko and shorty and they were all broader cuts or that river aleutian their.

point you get it really is in how you read it if this thing goes explode the more it is president selenski is he prepared for the fall well that could come in his direction do you think i mean he's a novice in politics you've got 30 seconds. but he definitely is someone those who is proving that he can learn on the job i think the major thing here is that ukraine can only lose from this affair it get whatever it does if it investigates 100 bodden it brings one haul for us politics up against kiev if it doesn't it brings trump up against it so they're all here in kiev doing their best to keep their heads down and hope that the heat moves on and that u.s. politics moves on to other countries and other battles an economy in kiev on the story for us nick thank you very much the day is almost down the conversation continues online matter what happens between now and then tomorrow is another day we'll see you then everybody. the most people cool it's nice enough to cool most. saturday to nairobi hriday is kenya's most confusing. i mean you should if brings concerned cause he's on board and clean

pompei o who has confirmed he was listening in on the controversial conversation between trump and selenski she had returns he has the latest from washington d.c. . house democrats announced on wednesday that they would subpoena the white house for documents related to their impeachment inquiry if they don't receive by friday they've also asked for documents from the state department and president trump's personal lawyer rudy giuliani but they warn that no one should think they can avoid cooperation through then p. legal action challenging congress's authority for example so we are concerned that the white house will attempt to stonewall our discussion much as they have stonewalled other committees in the past. it's why i say the white house needs to understand that any action like that that forces us to litigate or have to consider litigation will be considered further evidence of obstruction of justice and of course that was an article of speech meant against nixon the implications for the white house are clear from the democrats don't think you can hold the impeachment process up in the

saying and can i just add that apparently the russian prime minister mr medvedev has said that mr selenski is now caught between a democratic hammer and a republican and bill he's going to find all kinds of people like mr libby saying who by the way demon discussed very well and who incidentally was the proxy rated general of ukraine ukraine's chief law officer and he doesn't even have a law degree and that's the kind stranger can actually in which. he's already now turning up is now ready to owning up in london apparently trying to undermine him because of course he's connections with the previous deep we corrupt government so it's looking very difficult for mr selenski and this is the problem you know the united states talks about how it wants to see corruption end in these countries in reality it's absolutely happy to sacrifice these countries 1st to a giant geopolitical play against russia which is what we saw in 2014 now increasingly looks to to the pursuit of u.s. domestic politics none of this is going to help ukraine at all will the western or western help never stops helping ukrai

is president selenski is he prepared for the fallout that could come in his direction do you think i mean he's a novice in politics you've got 30 seconds. he definitely is someone there who is proving that he can learn on the job i think the major thing here is that ukraine can only lose from this affair it whatever it does if it investigates 100 baud it brings one haul for us politics up against kiev if it doesn't it brings trump up against it so they're all hearing kids doing their best to keep their heads down and hope that the heat moves on and that u.s. politics moves on to other countries and other battles in the economy in kiev on the story for us nick thank you very much the day is almost up the conversation continues online matter what happens between now and then tomorrow is another day we'll see you then everybody. german industries are dependent on subsidies each year the german state pumps billions of euros into the private sector. too much some experts say. others believe that subsidies are necessary. what's the situation like elsewhere in europe. made in germany next o

in one of the texts and aide to ukrainian president selenski received the following message from the former u.s. special envoy to ukraine kurt volker now that text reads like this book or writes good lunch thanks heard from the white house assuming president zs alinsky convinces trump that he will investigate and get to the bottom of what happened in 2016 we will nail down a date for your visit to washington and in another exchange we see diplomats obviously worried in a warmed about what is happening u.s. diplomat bill taylor sent a text to the u.s. ambassador to the european union gordon zhan bland at the start of september he writes are we now saying that security assistance and a white house meeting are conditioned on investigation son then replies not yes not no but rather call me in the text messages tell us a lot to talk about that and more i'm joined now by colby it can wittes political reporter with the washington post koby is taking a little break from writing the post live feed on this impeachment story to speak with us we appreciate that koby bookham to the day let me ask

his vice president mike pence not to attend the inauguration of the ukrainian leader of lattimer's selenski so certainly this is problematic for the white house as the u.s. congress continues to investigate and the woman who has ordered this investigation the impeachment inquiry now see pelosi has been speaking on television here in the united states in the last couple of hours saying that she is going to continue to press for this investigation to move forward to find facts because of her view in the democrats' few the actions of the u.s. president have undermined not only the u.s. constitution and also national security but also the integrity of u.s. elections about mike pence then who until today or yesterday had managed not to be drawn in to be embroiled by this this this control b.c. i mean how damaging is it for him yes. it. it's very damaging for mike pence because you have to remember he has a long career in washington while he is part of donald trump's sort of unconventional administration mike pence is a pretty typical u.s. politician you know he comes from the u.s. state of india

and the ukraine tell us more about that well this links back again to the call with president selenski of ukraine back in june you'll remember that during that phone call president asked for more javelin missiles to be sent from the united states know what donald trump was on the call about was separate military aid which had been held up but today we find out that the javelins have been approved you remember that during that conversation back in june when selenski asked about being able to buy more javelin missiles donald trump then said yeah but i want you to do is a favor which was to investigate joe biden the suit the moment for donald trump all roads are leading back to the phone call in june but also the impeachment proceedings so it looks as if these javelin missiles will go through this sale will go through they've got congressional approval the state department of said ok but it's all tied into the impeachment hearings so for the time being watch this space thank you very much indeed. coming up on this news from london lebanon faces criticism 1st decision to send back syrian r

eliot telling the ukrainian officials to whom he spoke that a white house meeting with president selenski was the pendant on a public announcement of investigations in fact ambassador saw and said everything was dependent on such an announcement including security assistance while the president wasn't calling this a quid pro quo taylor suggests that's exactly what it was soliciting foreign help in u.s. elections is illegal in my 10 short months in congress it's not even noon and this is my most disturbing day in congress so far. a growing number of americans believe donald trump should be impeached and removed from office for the 1st time that number is more than 50 percent the president has tried to discredit the investigation tweeting all republicans must remember what they are witnessing here a lynching the president should not compare it constitutionally mandated impeachment inquiry to such. a dangerous and dark chapter of american history other democrats called the lynching reference disgusting but one of the president's biggest supporters wasn't ready to back down in every sense thi

trump's contacts with ukraine including his call in july with ukraine's president a lot of near selenski several house committees are looking into whether trump pressured ukraine to investigate former democratic vice president joe biden trump has vowed not to crawford with the pro. iraq has been shaken by another day of unrest the country is facing its worst crisis since the defeat of the so-called islamic state terror group 2 years ago security forces have again opened fire on protesters in the capital baghdad dozens have been killed in 4 days of unrest. protesters rushed to take one of their own to safety and they flee as the sound of sniper fire ricochets through the streets and again. they're desperate enough to risk their lives because they feel the state has failed them we're. not going to protesting because we're suffering there's no electricity no jobs people are dying of starvation it's a curse. on the rest has spread rapidly across the country this week without any apparent leadership or connection to a political or sectarian movement in response to the protests the government

ukrainian counterpart a probe has been launched into the allegations that trump pressured president selenski to investigate former vice president joe biden and biden's son. did donald trump use the power of his office to solicit interference from a foreign country with his 2020 reelection campaign the 1st whistleblower complaint filed in august alleges just that it cited information received from half a dozen u.s. officials on sunday the president didn't respond to the appearance of a 2nd whistleblower but instead sent his twitter finger on the attack against the bidens he wrote the biden family was paid off pure and simple the fake news must stop making excuses it's my on on thursday trump said beijing should investigate joe biden's son over his business dealings in china. and by the way likewise china has started investigation into the bite. that suggestion prompted several republican senators including utah republican mitt romney to voice concerns about trump reaching out to foreign countries to help him in his 2020 reelection bid it remains troubling in the extreme but other republican s

inquiry focuses on a telephone call made in july in which trump asked ukrainian president volodymyr selenski to investigate democratic political rival joe biden. all right want to get you the latest on this all important vote the washington bureau chief alexander the nominee is standing by alexandra a pivotal vote what happens now so now the impeachment inquiry is answering to totally new phase and in about 10 days there will be public hearings on capitol hill where both sites the democrats and republicans will be able to invite witnesses to question witnesses to each shoot subpoenas and this is very important because them for the very 1st time the public the american people will be able to see for themselves what defects are and then eventually we may see a vote on the floor democrats are saying that to decision has not been made to now but it's unlikely that you are going to see a vote on the floor to impeach president on the trump well just ahead of the vote alexander the speaker of the house and in simple as he described the impeachment process as defending democracy let's take a listen

after the phone call between president trump and the ukrainian president met with the president selenski alongside the u.s. ambassador to the european union in which they spoke to him about how to navigate trump's requests now before his testimony folks are also handed over documents including copies of text messages that he had with rudy giuliani but of course this testimony has been taking place behind closed doors and a lot of the attention today has been focused very much on those rather explosive comments that came from president trump or exactly the president's making new accusations saying it's not just ukraine but china that should probe the bidens let's hear what the president had to say. they bet they gave the goods out of the company but only for the world cup but if you look good by the way like white guys just started the game. because what happened. is just about as bad as what happened with. with your brain so just as we're getting used to this ukraine story all of a sudden china why china why call in beijing. no president trump is referring back to a trip by the former vi

to president trump he was what he the white house meeting with ukraine's new president vladimir selenski was being held up until he delivered ukrainian help in investigating donald trump's political rival joe biden in his opening statement he said he spoke with ambassador gordon saundra and the u.s. envoy to the european union during that phone call ambassador sunderland told me that president trump had told him that he wants president selenski to state publicly that ukraine will investigate burst and alleged ukrainian interference in the 2016 election taylor said in the statement joe biden's son hunter had been a board member of a ukrainian gas company killer continued ambassador sunderland also told me that he no recognized he made a mistake by eliot telling the ukrainian officials to whom he spoke that a white house meeting with president selenski was the pendant on a public announcement of investigations in fact ambassador saw and said everything was dependent on such an announcement including security assistance while the president wasn't calling this a quid pro quo taylor suggests

investigations the transcript reportedly was then treated the same way that the transcript of the selenski call the ukrainian president was treated that it was saved on a high security computer system so that very much looks like a common practice under. the white house under president trump to try to make material that is potentially damaging simply disappear of a cell in washington thanks be time now to some of the other stories making news around the world but as prime minister barak johnson says he'll release his final plan this week to to get a deal for britain to leave the european union at the end of october report suggests his ideas include an island economic zone and for the e.u. states to rule out a for the delay to briggs. police and demonstrators have clashed in haiti during protests calling for the resignation of president jude no movies or just to say several people were hit by gunfire public discontent is being stoked by corruption spiraling inflation and few shortages. u.s. opera star jessye norman has died aged 74 she sang more than 80 times in new york's metropolitan oper

upcoming elections this could explain why trump also says ukrainian counterpart of all of them is selenski to investigate biden's son hunter in a july phone call a clear breach of election laws. suggesting . here that our president. is an illustration of this president and for the 2 years of this nation is that he feels he can do anything with. trump maintains the support of his own party after having been silent on the issue so far vice president mike pence on thursday threw his weight behind trump. i think the american people have a right to know if the vice president of the united states or his family profited from his position as vice president during the last administration and executive order speaking later that day chunk took his cue from the audience to school and democratic efforts to remove him from power. if you want to drive him crazy just say 8 more years or 12 worriers i 1616 would do it good would it you'd really drive me to the loony bin. of the elites why they do the impeachment crap because they know they can't beat us fairly that's the only reason they can't win now with

phone call that took place on the 25th of july between president trump on the ukrainian president selenski so it now shifts a lot of attention on him and of course he'll now potentially and most likely become a witness and in they say impeachment inquiry in public what about public opinion i want to bring up a map tweeted by the president that shows perhaps why he's feelings bullish it shows the electoral college is won by him in the 2016 election is slightly misleading but it says try to impeach this he of course one less votes than hillary clinton but the point is that he's trying to make is the enjoys widespread support and perhaps those wanting to impeach him should be way. well it is quite interesting that he's using that because actually in polls conducted since this inquiry this impeachment inquiry began have shown an ever increasing number of democrats of course. favor at this impeachment inquiry but also interesting the republicans as well and number of them and also independents believe that this impeachment inquiry should continue saying that though the majority of republicans s

they have with regards to that phone call made between president trump and the ukrainian president selenski here before that committee have written 2 letters to the white house they were both ignored they were not replied to and so now all these 3 committees that are investigating here came together issued that subpoena and that 'd can be regarded on impreza done to move in a serious escalation here between congress and the white house. that was salad in washington now to some of the other stories making news around the world u.s. democratic presidential candidate bernie sanders has been discharged from the hospital in las vegas doctors confirm that the 78 year old had a heart attack and was treated for a blocked artery the vermont senator was hospitalized on tuesday while in las vegas for campaign events. haiti is bracing for more violence this weekend as protesters ramp up their demands for president. had to resign police fired tear gas against demonstrators in the capital port au prince on friday more than a dozen people have been killed during weeks of unrest over rising costs and alleg

investigations the transcript reportedly was then treated the same way that the transcript of the selenski call the ukrainian president was treated that it was saved on a high security computer system so that very much looks like a common practice under. 2 the white house under president trump to try to make material that is potentially damaging simply disappear of a cell in washington thanks be time now to some of the other stories making news around the world. nigerian police say they have freed 19 pregnant women and girls from captivity in lagos believed they were being held in a so-called baby factory where ducted women rights to the captives can still be babies 2 female suspects have been taken into custody. british prime minister boris johnson says he'll release his final plan this week and a deal for britain to leave the european union at the end of october reports suggest his ideas include an island economic zone and for the e.u. states to rule out a further delay to breaks. in peru president not to invest got a has dissolved congress and called elections in a power struggle with t

morrison was withdrawn as it was with another call from trump to ukraine's president followed him into selenski yes i know a. trump insists he's done nothing wrong medical corps was preferred when the whistleblower reported the very center of. this 2nd case of trump allegedly trying to enlist the help of a foreign leader for his own purposes can only add more fuel to the fire already being fanned by the democrats. on to sports of the world athletics championships in qatar yesterday 3 out of 6 gold medals went to athletes who took the top spot at the last event. undisputed leader of the pack of defending champions was russian high jumper maria unless it scana who won her 3rd straight gold medal. this one though as a neutral athlete as russia's track and field federation has been suspended since 2015 due to widespread doping allegations. the men's 5000 meter final had 3 no we didn't brothers competing in debates the youngest of the band of brothers was leading in the final lap only to be picked at the last caller. brisson ended up in 5th gold and silver went to ethiopia with a dress repeating his