Elections for a new president as the country tries to cope with its role as a transit nation for migrants heading north to the u. S. Border. Im Rebecca Richards welcome to the program well mike is in the u. S. A calling for following the death in prison of disgraced financier jeffrey abstain theres been widespread skepticism as to how he could have taken his own life in a high Security Federal prison just weeks after an apparent previous Suicide Attempt the f. B. I. Is now investigating is death. The fallout is intense the reaction beyond painful and afraid to come forward so are. All the girls i feel really guilty. To the death by an apparent suicide of disgraced billionaire financier Geoffrey Epstein has prompted 3 separate legal bodies to open investigations into his death the alleged victims have also expressed outrage at not being able to confront him in court. I can tell you that on behalf of the victims i represented theres a certain amount of shock and disbelief that the federal authorities could allow Something Like this to occur under their watch we find it very hard to believe that he would be allowed to commit suicide especially when he was on suicide watch from just a few days ago the 66 year old was found dead in a new york city jail cell on saturday the high powered investor was accused of having sexually abused and polished women and girls as young as 14 on suggests his palm beach villa the case has been fueled by epsteins connection to not only public figures including former u. S. President s bill clinton as well as current President Donald Trump but also British RoyalPrince Andrew charges were already brought against him in 2008 a controversial plea deal spares him time in prison the media frenzy surrounding the case shows no sign of calming down there are several Unanswered Questions at this time mr epstein had previously been on suicide watch of following another incident a couple of weeks ago in which he sustained injuries to his neck the authorities were already investigating how he came to receive those injuries at that point in time he had been placed on suicide watch but the Associated Press reporting today. That mr epstein had been removed from suicide watch before he was found in response to his death came amid further explosive allegations involving prominence World Leaders and american businessmen and as we just heard questions have been mounting since the death about the future of the investigation and about the circumstances surrounding abstains death should it have you put a calm as man has been looking into that car hi thanks for joining me so what more can you tell us about the investigation and what might happen now in these questions about the future of the investigation what we know now is that his death his apparent suicide does not. Prevent this investigation from Going Forward and officials are are promising that they will continue to look into it in fact one of the attorneys thats involved in the case said yesterday that epstein was facing a conspiracy charge so that means that there could potentially be other people involved in these alleged crimes that means others could still be charged maybe for legs alleged sex trafficking for helping to recruit these under underage girls into his his ring of influence may continue to find more alleged victims as well what many want to know is will this investigation lead to the indictment of any of these kind of big name figures that we know were were involved with epstein that knew him that would travel on his private planes for example as we saw in the piece it extends from fashion to business always politics even president s and ex president s weed so the Legal Process it will continue this investigation will continue but of course it will be without the potential testimony of Jeffrey Epstein that could have been crucial and very useful if he had testified maybe in some kind of deal with prosecutors that could have led to more evidence against other people that may have been involved and given that people could be interconnected and thats really led to a lot of conspiracy theories surrounding this unfortunately thats right and you know this suicide has really angered a lot of people from the prosecutors involved here the victims the victims families all the way up to the attorney general william barr even the f. B. I. And taking the bare step now of launching an investigation into this alleged suicide and so the circumstances surrounding it people really want to know what happened here i mean theres a few questions why did the jail take him off of suicide watch for example he had some marks around his neck a couple of weeks earlier that could have indicated a potential Suicide Attempts how was this allowed to happen by the jail itself mean this is a jail thats used to housing high profile suspects from paul mann afford to is currently in this jail. The the very high profile mexican criminal he was held there as well while he was awaiting his trial. So this is a place that thats used to so housing high profile suspects its something that does make it seem a bit suspicious unfortunately as you mentioned wild theories now surrounding the death of epstein including some being tweeted by the president himself and we saw this on the u. S. President Donald Trumps twitter account and here he is retreating a rumor about the death saying that epstein had information on bill clinton and now hes dead so essentially trying to link former president bill clinton who did in fact know epstein but has denied any other connection to him too to this death so theres no evidence of that and this is coming from a comedian whos also trump supporter but you know weve seen the president retreating and kind of peddling and conspiracy theories the for what about the alleged victims here i mean they must be really disappointed that this case is not going to go as planned yet disappointed i think is one word to put i mean this is the 2nd time now that epsteins victims alleged victims will not get their day in court and thats what many of them want to mean as we heard charges were filed in 2008 in florida that led to a plea deal so there was no trial no chance for any testimony or for the for the women involved here to have their say one accuser now who says she was raped by obscene while she was in high school she had this statement following his suicide she said we have to live with the scars of his actions for the rest of our lives while he will never face the consequences of the crimes that he committed congressman thanks very much for that update. Now to some of the other stories making news around the world russia has told you tubes delete all videos of antigovernment protests in moscow it said failure to remove them would amount to interference in its internal Affairs Thousands have been taking to the streets in the past month demanding free and fair city Elections Police have responded with a crackdown on the protesters. Ukraine has protested russian president Vladimir Putins visit to crimea 13 had attended a program and motorcycle clubs festival there and went on a ride with the nationalist group the night moves ukraines Foreign Ministry called the russian made his trip a crude violation of state sovereignty by russia. Police in hong kong have fired tear gas to disperse prodemocracy demonstrators thousands of protesters were holding rallies for the 10th consecutive weekend despite all thought hes having tonight permits for the marches the protests were originally sparked by opposition to proposed proposed legislation allowing extraditions to mainland china. More than a 1000 hectares of land has been devastated by fire on the spanish on and of gran canaria around 400 residents and holidaymakers were evacuated from the Area Emergency Services are battling to get the situation under control. And to yemen now where Saudi Led Coalition has launched airstrikes on southern separatists in aden after the separatists effectively took took over the port city the un says up to 40 people died in that fighting the coalitions calling the separatists action a coup and blaming the United Arab Emirates until now the u. S. Had sided with saudi arabia in the fully a conflict its a development thats apparently split the 2 middle east allies. Fighters seeking independence from yemen south take control of the president ial palace the separatists backed by the United Arab Emirates claim they seized the compound without a fight. Since 2014 they have been part of the saudi Led Military Coalition fighting the who the rebels now the allies have turned on each other adding a further fault lines to the conflict tearing yemen apart but a lot of them got it all today we achieved a big victory in the south capitol. When this turned pro governor pataki and. 7 of the other the odd. It follows several days of intense clashes in aden with residents caught in the crossfire. The war began 5 years ago when escalated in 2015 when a saudi Led Military Coalition intervened in support of the countrys embattled government after the who these took the capital sanaa. Tens of thousands of people have been killed in the conflict the vast majority of them civilians the u. N. Calls it the worlds worst humanitarian crisis an estimated 80 percent of yemens population require some form of protection or humanitarian assistance and millions of children are suffering from severe malnutrition. After the outbreak of fighting in aden the aid agency Doctors Without Borders describe the city as a battlefield as civilians continue to bear the brunt of this ongoing conflict. Quite a mile and are going to the polls today to vote in a president ial Runoff Election the 2 candidates are vying for the ballots of more than 8000000 bottom olens in the race to succeed corruption tainted Jimmy Morales whoever wins will face a major challenge the country has agreed with washington to act as a buffer against illegal immigration to the u. S. Turn out for the 1st round of voting was all and it appears that neither of the 2 main candidates is especially popular with voters. In a country plagued by poverty crime and unemployment the president ial election pits the conservative candidate a 100 giamatti against former 1st lady sandra taurus she has a narrow lead over his left wing opponent a former head of the prison system he favors reinstating the Death Penalty and has been campaigning on a tough law and order message the old state stores and i have a message to all those brutal extortionists middle when president you are finished. Buying you and throw you in jail. Tauruses weighed down by allegations of corruption the entrepreneur has promised voters to tackle poverty almost 60 percent of guatemalans live below the poverty line. And look at ghetto is good but i want the country to develop so that people here dont have to migrate to the us. In the us migration is the key theme of the selection much like the electorate the candidates are united in their rejection of a deal struck with the u. S. That will require migrants transiting through guatemala to claim asylum in the Central American country. In this deal with further increase in unemployment and create a boomerang effect for drama this would mean more migration. The next president is faced with the challenge of turning guatemala into a country that its people will not want to leave. Its one of the toughest olympic events and next year in tokyo the swimming marathon make it even tougher athletes expressed concerns over the quality and temperature of the water following a test event on sunday organizers have vowed to monitor the situation closely. Open water swimming is as physical as it is gruelling swimmers jostle for position in close proximity having a decent strategy escape in tokyo though theyre worried Something Else might be lurking in the water. It was a little stinky and the clarity is not very good to be identified. And i want the Water Quality to be improved. In october 27th teen tests uncovered levels of eco dye bacteria 20 times higher than safe standards to say those levels have since been brought down another problem is tokyo sweltering summer heat this test event started at 7 in the morning but the air temperature was already over 30 degrees a concern for swimmings governing body. Basins you voted but shit will you all decide that when they have it or stop. Can be vital to the fight it could be seen to get beseeched of the. All. The. Organizers say swim a safety is their main priority for those competing in next years marathon they may end up passing more than just each other. And just a reminder of the top stories were following for you bomb makers in the u. S. Demand answers after disgrace billionaire Jeffrey Epstein dies in jail in an apparent suicide he was facing 6 trafficking charges that could have implicated the bitch and powerful. And separatists have broken ranks with the Saudi Led Coalition to take control of yemens 2nd city aided the coalitions calling it a coup and has retaliated with strikes its. Kind of a rift between saudi arabia and the United Arab Emirates which back sever tests. Are watching c. W. News from berlin up next shift living in the digital age or News Headlines coming at the top of the hour im rebecca rivers in berlin thanks very much for watching. Him puzzle yourself its not easy to go to another country you know nothing about the film do this because we cant stay on venezuela. That. Closely global news that matters d. W. Made for mines. Of technology