President ial election also coming up tonight former french leader shot sheer rock songs at the age of 86. 00 the president was considered a towering statesman in the country a man of the people and yet he have been nicknamed the bull dozer plus torture chambers in refugee camps t w news meets refugees who were kidnapped in libya they say they were tortured by people smugglers who had promised to deliver them to you. Im burnt off its good to have you with the scandals around the us President Donald Trump is growing today in washington a Congressional Panel grilled the acting director of National Intelligence about a whistleblower his complaint that has prompted the democrats to begin an impeachment inquiry against the president joseph. Wires said that the complaint concerning the president was unprecedented and defended his handling of it lawmakers have been given a redacted and declassified version of the whistleblower complaint it alleges that trump tried to pressure the president of ukraine to investigate former Vice President joe biden and that the white house then tried to cover up information about the phone call between with 2 president s for. Our lets take this story now to our correspondent public hes standing by for us in washington good evening to you pablo the u. S. President had a chance to react to what we heard today on capitol hill what did he say. Hi brenda well i think we should start with the latest problem which of course is on twitter and hes really gone on an attack of the chair of the House Intelligence Committee adam schiff he says that he has 0 credibility its another fantasy to hurt the Republican Party in another tweet he said a whistleblower with secondhand information another fake news story in another tweet he said its a democrat but he also failed to speak to reporters when he was entering the white house which is not something that were used to seeing from President Trump usually speaks to the press but a little earlier he did speak and this is what he had to say its a disgrace to our country its another which john here we go again what these guys are doing democrats are doing to this country is it is trace and it shouldnt be allowed they should be a way of stopping it maybe legally through the courts they dont want to talk about lowering drug prices they dont want to talk about anything because theyre fixated and said nancy pelosi has been hijacked by the radical left and Everybody Knows that you. Are there was a response from the president to. What we heard today on capitol hill in that hearing was it enough to prove that the president did indeed abuse his powers by prodding the ukrainian president to interfere in the 2020 alexion. Well its being interpreted very differently from the democrats and the majority of republicans but i think this for me is quite key of course the acting director of National Intelligence said Joseph Mccarthy said that if a president pressured a Foreign Government to help win an election it would be quote on warranted unwelcome for the nation but he did not say if it was illegal now interestingly the republicans focused on pushing the claims that this controversy is a hoax that its being coked up by crooked journalists who received improper leaks from the Intelligence Community now on the other hand Many Democrats and this is sort of being echoed at the chair of the highs Intelligence Committee adam schiff said this the conflict of interest is powell people and using that office to obtain dirt on his political opponents is essentially you know reason for them to continue with this impeachment inquiry lets talk about the director of National Intelligence james the choir who testified today you know he received this whistleblower report just on the 2nd day that he was on the job there. He was asked today about the credibility of the whistleblower what did he say. When he was very clear brant i mean im going to once again quote him again he said the whistleblower who filed the complaint against President Trump on the Inspector General who handled it acted in good faith he said he doesnt know who the whistleblower is he also said that President Trump never asked him to find the identity of the whistleblower but of course were you know its very clear that you know this person because we dont know who it is of course in his in his opinion like he said acted in good faith. Lets go briefly through the issues in this whistleblower report that was released today. Yeah i mean its very clear here the whistleblower said that white house officials were deeply disturbed by the trump ukraine cole and also the whistleblower raised the alarm about the president using his power to solicit interference lets just take a look at this in the course of my official duties ive received information from multiple u. S. Government officials that the president of the us is using the power of his office to solicit interference from a foreign country in the 2020 us election this interference includes among other things pressuring a foreign country to investigate one of the president s men in domestic political rivals its very clear brand exactly what the accusations are records going to. Be washington public thank you. And joining me here in the studio at the big table is boris foreman hes a professor of politics at bard college here in berlin and a us analyst familiar face here. Its good to see you again you know the New York Times is reporting just in the last couple of minutes that they know who the whistleblower is theyre saying its a cia a officer who was working at the white house but has since returned to the cia thats all theyre saying when you read the whistleblower complaint that was declassified today it looks like it was written by an insider someone maybe who knows whats going on between the u. S. And ukraine did you get that impression well i mean its its a speculation yes it seems like hes very well informed of what has been argued against the whistleblower is that he has 2nd hand information and he had a collection of different pieces of evidence so i think the process will show how much credibility we can put into the entire story the democrats said today that these allegations are even more damning than they expected the republicans especially on the Judicial Committee today they say that this is just a bunch of fabrications theyre even comparing it to the steel dossier saying that these things have been created by the democrats to make the president look bad where do things go from here i mean its as partisan as it can get yes i think its going to direction. As we see all political issues go into 2 directions in part thats a question of media polarization but more importantly of Political Party put a recession trump will do everything to instrumentalists that for his own Reelection Campaign the democrats will do everything to. Hinder him from i mean using this for or against the upcoming election and it makes me wonder the new poll that just came out today youve got economists polls says that Foreign Policy is at the bottom of the list when americans are. Asked what for them is most important what do they care about most so does any of this even matter to americans i think that explains why from the start pelosi was very hesitant. To get all about jumping on this issue but i think theres a political question at stake which is a party question she had to keep the progressive wing on board also for the election on the other hand theres a systemic question you have to ask of what point Democratic Institutions need to be protected and i think thats all thats what pelosi is responding to but youre absolutely right Foreign Policy has never been a big issue in american politics and its the reason why in the states of the union we always hear from it at the very end inaugural address we sure it at the very end its not a big issue when does it become an issue does it become an issue when the president is impeached and removed from office is that when Foreign Policy matters thats the very latest i think before that all i mean weve seen with the mother report that Foreign Policy doesnt matter especially when there isnt there is an intervention in the election so it is an important issue but its sometimes not considered that right boys for me as always we appreciate your insights tonight thank you thanks. All right heres some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world a strong earthquake has struck the molecule islands of Eastern Indonesia killing at least 20 people the 6. 5 magnitude tremor calls widespread damage and lot landslides it was centered northeast of the provincial capital ambled Authorities Say there is no danger of the tsunami norwegian authorities have evacuated the areas around traum so bored where a Russian Fishing trawler called fire in capsized they fear the vessel could explode is carrying 200000 leaders of diesel oil and a tank of toxic ammonia zimbabwe says Robert Mugabe will be buried in his home village not at a National Monument in the capital harare late president s final resting place has been in dispute between the government of president been and gone one and mugabes family since he died at the start of the month in hong kong protesters have blocked the roads over a public dialogue between embattled leader kerry lamb and 150 members of the community she reportedly admitted that trust in her government had fallen off a cliff the meeting was called to address hong kongs 4 month long political crisis. Off while the protests have dominated headlines across the globe users of one of the worlds most popular apps well they wouldnt necessarily know anything about it investigations by the guardian in the Washington Post have revealed that the chinese own social media app ticktock has been suppressing content critical of the Chinese Government form that now im joined by reporter. Lets talk about talk 1st of all what struck you most in your convert looking at the wrong questions what should we know 1st of all about tick tock. Says what if you havent heard about say so probably not in the 25 demographic that they are im asked. The Fastest Growing social media platform in the world its chinas biggest export ever they have 500000000 more than 500000000 users worldwide its the 4th biggest platform is bigger than twitter for example is available in more than 150 countries and more than 40 percent of its users are between 16 and 24 years old now if you have heard about sex talk youve probably seen videos of teenagers lip synching to music or dancing. But normal people are now realizing that you have to be on this platform to reach this demographic groups are we seeing more and more sports people celebrities and now news and Media Outlets go on on this platform to ask our young people going are using are they using to talk to get well this is the interesting thing like more and more. Around the world young people are now getting if not all of their news most of their news from social media platforms and that is why it is problematic to say at least if this platform is actually being censored well thats what do we know about the censorship here so we know through leaked documents that have been seen by the Guardian Newspaper that talks to Parent Company. Based in beijing they have been instructing its moderates to to sense the critical to censor content that is critical of beijing not take focus saying that uses outside of china their content is moderated locally but we did some searches here in germany for search terms like hong kong protests sentiments square referring of course to the 1989 massacre of students and beijing we also used chinese characters searches using 4. 00 to 4. 00 terms that hong kong pro protesters using currently and with all of these searches we did find a handful of videos. You know a few of them you can see of protests but most of them have nothing. To do with the hong kong protests or with chairman yes when west did anything come up when you tried to search for Tiananmen Square well you have you basically have 9 videos i think and now we see if you compare this to twitter for example or to instagram you get thousands of hits with using these searched and so the worry now is that china is basically using take talk as a tool in their kind of Global Information war if youre lying and that the chinese sense this sense of ship is now spreading outside of china and its influencing what young people in the west or around the world can see when it comes to food news now tick tocks Parent Company they are saying that people use this platform for fun and entertainment and that that is the reason why there are many videos from the conference as you know also leads to the question are young people able to you know just know the difference between something thats fake or real or earth or something its been since their oil soccer as always although we appreciate it thank you former french president Jacques Chirac has died at the age of 86 he dominated french politics for decades and served 2 terms from 195 to 2007 he led france in adopting the euro and he stirred National Pride with his opposition to the u. S. Led war in iraq but sure rocks later years were marred by corruption scandals tarnishing the legacy of a man who had once charmed the nation. Towards the end she hardly went out in public and ill. Show you photos that were taken document the state of his health. Jacques should ha who is president of france was a master at powerful poses now looked frail and confused. His road to presidency was a long one the son of a banker he was born in paris in 1932 his political mentor George Pompidou wanted she rocked to be his private secretary in the palace he became Prime Minister in 1976 under the scar to stone but soon he and she rocket political differences. In 1905 he won the president ial election against opposing candidate socialist. He rose from secretary to top ranks in the elysee he had achieved his lifes goal right at the very start of his term she rocked shocked the world by authorizing underground Nuclear Tests in the Pacific Ocean he said a clear course opposing the us president george bush during the iraq war and the people of france agreed with him but frances rejection of the e. U. Constitution which he had championed was his biggest failure in office he had little love for his Party ColleagueNicolas Sarkozy yet he could not stop him from becoming his successor after she rocks term in office was over old scandals return to the public eye he was accused of paying Party Colleagues for fake jobs while mayor of paris he was sentenced to a 2 year suspended prison term juncture iraq remained popular though hell be less remembered for his politics and more for his warm bond to the french people. Or the United Nations high commissioner for refugees is urgently calling on Countries Worldwide to take in refugees trapped in libya the commission has described its Migrant Center in tripoli is severely overcrowded but its not the only camp is one of the most important transit boards for migrants who are trying to cross the mediterranean to get to europe poting camps have sprung up for the thousands of refugees stranded inside the war torn country german diplomats. Ive described conditions in those camps as being in shimon and investigating those conditions its almost impossible but i do w. News team managed to meet some camp survivors by traveling to new which is just to the south of libya a warning the report youre about to see contains images that some people may find distressing. These images were recorded by refugees in different camps in libya they show up calling conditions human rights activists say the images are credible we came into direct contact with 2 refugees by a messaging services theyve been interred in a libyan migrant camp for 2 years they talk to us by a voice message we change their voices for their own protection. We have been tortured with skid with suffering and dying from various diseases. We were kidnapped we became victims of violence were starving people have died our lives are disgusting so we appeal for a voiceless voice to be heard. We are innocent refugees living in the land of hell. In these air we speak to refugees who went through this hell. One of them is 18 years old we call her a mina she was kidnapped while fleeing from somalia and taken to a hidden building in the Libyan Desert many other star on the journey across the sahara i mean us kidnappers demanded 8000. 00 for her release they tortured amina to increase the pressure her parents theyre forced to listen to it on the phone. They changed me up hung me up and tortured me with electric shocks. They tortured men with electric shocks to their genitals and women up with shocks to their breasts until they cried and screamed loudly. They did it so they would get the money faster than how to stand. The torture a systematic many other refugees describe similar methods. About 1600 refugees live in this camp salt of the sahara they were all rescued from libya. This man from sudan doesnt want to reveal his true identity either and asks that we call him he says when he was in prison he was told good. People came and bought us like slaves. And they said we let you work and you get money for us. But in the end you didnt get any money. They said youre a slave youre a black man they even work us up in the middle of the not to torture us you go with. Horrific stories were hearing from refugees inside this. Theyve seen and experienced things are going to have imagined before now here they are the 1st time that lifes not easy here too all they hope for is a great. Many hope to reach. We manage to meet someone who profits from the refugees suffering he calls himself of the lizzies occupation migrants model for 500. 00 he brings migrants across the sahara to libya but if they cant pay the driver sell them to torture chambers adelas use understands why they do that. Or not is it the women they say i spent money on you know what am i supposed to do i want my money back and i want profit on top of that that was when i started torturing people. We often hear refugees say that theyre not put off by stories like this the smugglers other only hope and theyre prepared to pay any price even if it means risking their lives. And important story their reboarded like all the great youre with me mariel merely shes here in the studio with me where you just got back from. What struck you most of the conversations you had with the refugees well what struck me most was actually the strength and and also the resilience of the people that i met. You know its an absurd almost surreal situation because you get there and you know you ask people to tell about their doc experiences you know the Worst Nightmare experiences that we can imagine and they should talk about this in half an hour an hour and some of them do it because they already used to in this u. N. Interviews they also have to tell all of these stories and when i talk to for example the 2 refugees in libya they ask me you know why are we punished for leaving for example our repressive repressive regime of eritrea where we come from because were not willing to enjoy your lifelong military service right sample why are we being tortured in torture chambers why are we imprisoned here and were dying of tuberculosis and all these things and i said theyre my with my phone and i dont know what chance of them because there are no or no you know ration all that you can give you get the impression that these or individual cases or do they speak for what the majority of refugees in libya are going through i think the latter are definitely saw these are systematic. So the torch and extortion for example is the magic the u. N. Also confirmed that the. Slave markets absolutely widespread not so many african human slavery right yes african migrants are being sold as you know construction workers or a farm workers or a sex slaves also and yes not so this is a very widespread you know the International Community i mean we know that the camps are there thats a european project but besides that is the world looking away yes thats true and the European Union is also financing the libyan coast guard for example so refugees are made up finally after all these ordeal made it on you know to the mediterranean and want to cross that they bring them back to the Detention Centers and that is financed and and trained by the European Union what is going to have to do these refugees in the jail well they are waiting for resettlement theyre waiting for European Countries or the u. S. On and also canada that they you know offer capacity to to resettle them france and sweden have already taken in 500. 00 each germany a bit less than 300. 00 but if you compare it to the number of 50000. 00 registered refugees in libya well currently living in libya this is really not enough if these human traffickers leave the story are they the villains. You know its not that easy so i met refugees that hold me know with all these smuggler i couldnt have left my country where i was persecuted where face violence so its not black and white which is why thats important thats why its important to have reporting just like yours thank you thank you very much. Are now a story about sea turtles they are a crucial link in the Global Marine ecosystem yet nearly all species are classified as endangered Wildlife Conservation is in coasta rica have been working to protect this marine animal and they were thrilled to release 157 newborn ridley turtles into the sea after they were born in one of the countrys protective breeding sites theres of the babies right there turtles lay their eggs in the sand on the beach where they are threatened by poachers birds dogs so the most of pull them out of the wildlife refugee refuge rather cares for the eggs and after they hatch release the baby turtles into the sea. This is news these are our top stories in washington and Congressional Panel has grilled the acting director of National Intelligence about the whistle blowers complaint that prompted the democrats to open an impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump the complaint alleges that trump tried to pressure the president of ukraine to investigate former Vice President joe biden. Former french president Jacques Chirac has died at the age of 86 he dominated fridge politics for decades and served as president from 1905 to 2007 chirac was known for opposing the u. S. Led iraq war and led france into adopting the euro but his later years were marred by scandal and a conviction on corruption charges. In hong kong protesters have walked rose over a public dialogue between embattled leader kerry lamb and 150 members of the community she reportedly admitted that trust in her government had quote fallen off a cliff the meeting was called to address hong kongs 4 month long political crisis this is g w news from berlin you can always find the latest headlines at d. W. Dot com or follow us on twitter. Youre watching e. W. News up next our Debate Program to the point so ill be back at the top of the hour with more world news followed by of the day i hope to see you this. Oh boy. G. W. Talk show strong opinions clear positions from international perspective. Saudi oil fields are loaded powder the u. S. Is a rand came close to wiping the fuse coming up on to the point which will discuss the gulf crisis no threat it poses present problems reelection joins. Us. Next the details of. A world unto itself. With its own gravitational pull out of. The finest musical compositions. 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