A girl to get married didnt go 60 years now doesnt and what age 60 is 60 years so. You doubly reports from nigeria which brides are commonplace. A math and how it welcome to the program a star witness has given the most explosive testimony so far at the impeachment inquiry into u. S. President donald trump gordons on the u. S. Ambassador to europe had already given evidence behind closed doors about alleged attempts to pressure ukraines president selenski into starting an investigation into trumps democratic rival joe biden and at todays public hearing mr lynn gave further details. U. S. Ambassador good and sound and now writing for the impeachment hearings the question Everyone Wants him to answer did President Trump hold back financial 80 ukraine in exchange for a corruption probe into his democratic rival joe biden and his links to energy fund the reason the own said he was following instructions from trumps attorney Rudy Giuliani thank you please as i testified previously mr giulianis requests were a quid pro quo for arranging a white house visit for president selenski mr giuliani demanded that ukraine make a Public Statement announcing the investigations of the 2016 election d. N. C. Server and very smart mr giuliani was expressing the desires of the president of the United States and we knew these investigations were important to the president but what about the millions of dollars of military aid that ukraine was waiting for from reza we learned that the white house had also suspended security aid to ukraine i tried diligently to ask why the aid was suspended but i never received a clear answer in the absence of any credible explanation for the suspension of aid i later came to believe that the resumption of security aid would not occur until there was a Public Statement from ukraine committing to the investigations of the 2016 elections and to resign as mr giuliani had demanded i shared concerns of the potential quid pro quo regarding the security aide with senator ron johnson and i also shared my concerns with the ukrainians you test them not good enough according to the republicans or you acknowledge that. This is speculation right it was a presumption ok. With the trump told him directly or not sandland is still convinced to talk by the 8th of september it was it was abundantly clear to everyone that there was a link should the ukrainians go out on a ledge and make the statement that President Trump wanted them to make and then they still dont get their white house visit in their aid that would be really bad for our credibility the democrats have welcomed his testimony calling it significant. Trump himself said it meant the impeachment inquiry was over much as he might wish it to be true its up to the democrats when the hearings and. They dont please washington correspondent of a cell it joins us from the Capitol Building and can bring us food up to speed all of this was damning testimony from and best sunland today but to what degree can it hurt the president. Thats right anthony was a lot of damaging material that we got here today in that impeachment hearing on capitol hill essential to form a u. S. Or garden sandland said what the democrats were hoping for that there was this now in famous quid pro quo. And that means that the democrats and. That the Ukrainian Government was supposed to be pushed to launch investigations against trumps political rival joe biden and that in exchange for hundreds of millions of dollars of aid in military aid as well as a prestigious invitation to the white house Gordon Sunland confirmed all of that and the chair of the Intelligence Committee adam schiff today said that this was a Pivotal Moment in the history of the investigation. And all of what has been the response to todays proceedings both among republicans and perhaps more importantly the American Public right well the line of the defense in the hearing of the republicans has been the same during the last days and i was able to follow several of these hearings and that is basically to undermine the credibility of the witnesses and that has happened today once again when they asked Gordon Sunland whether or not president tom personally instructed him to raise pressure on ukraine and of course he had to say that was not the case because he only spoke to President Trumps private lawyer Rudy Giuliani which in and of itself is another problem but of course not part of this inquiry a large extent at this point no President Trump also took a stance today when he also tried to downsize the role of gordon sound and he said he doesnt even know him well but of course it has to be said that he was the one to choose him for his role as besser so no real credible line of defense here and the American Public remains divided its now the big challenge for the democrats to spread their word to get the message out and convince them that the material that were getting here is damaging because in the end its very likely that the American Public is the one to say the final verdict they doubly is all of a selling covering the story for us from capitol hill thank you now to some of the other stories making news around the world israel appears to be heading for its 3rd of action inside a Year Position they have been against wasnt able to form a government before the wednesday deadline Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu also. Riot police in zimbabwe have attacked supporters of the Opposition Movement for Democratic Change a crowd had gathered in the capital harare to hear a speech by n. B. C. Later Nelson Chamisa it lead to say the incident showed the government was afraid of public anger about the countrys collapsing economy. Britains Prince Andrew has said he will step back from public duties for the forseeable future hes been embroiled in controversy over his friendship with the convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein it was found hanged in a new york jail cell 3 months ago authorities in malta have arrested a prominent businessman in connection with the murder of investigative journalist Stephanie Carroll wanna. A car bomb killing 2 years ago aroused worldwide outrage the maltese government has been strongly criticized for its handling of the case. Demanding justice from the Justice Minister the mafia they shout and shame on you. An arrest has reignited anger at the murder of journalist. A militant still without a conviction. They say the government is corrupt and want Prime Minister joseph scott to step down. I. Think their order to get there they must stone their political discourse immediately if i decide to watch the players were did not go on like this so. The protests came after an arrest in connection with. Prominent businessman yogen finish was on his luxury yacht and apparently preparing to flee when armed forces arrested him. Furnished originally ran hotels and casinos but then got involved in a lucrative power Plant Project 6 years ago. Apart from that he said to be the owner of a previously secret company 17 black that aimed to transfer money to maltese politicians via offshore companies in panama thats what Daphne Koller one and i had been investigating it was 2 years ago in october that the 53 year old investigative journalist was killed in a car bomb attack she had previously received multiple Death Threats which she reported to the police. It was a murder that sparked outrage in malta and abroad. 3 men have now been charged with planting the car bomb but its still not known who instigated the crime. I cannot acknowledge her as Prime MinisterJoseph Muscat appears guarded he has spoken of a person of interest being arrested hes offered a middleman immunity from prosecution he says he knows who was behind the killing but some believe members of his own government may be involved in the crime. The money stashed away or not it is premature to speculate on anything you the media are free to reach your own conclusions but i cannot speculate. We have to wait some hours or days it depends i will hold back a few days before expressing myself. In a speech that. Says he wants to discover the truth about Daphne Koller new galaxy is death. But that doesnt stop calls for him to resign from growing louder. Child marriage is a widespread practice in many parts of the world and its common in Northern Nigeria to some parents give their daughters why because of poverty others believe a girl is mature once shes been married correspondent fanny traveled through could in a state to meet up with those supporting this controversial practice and those fighting against. A muslim neighborhood in could do in a city in Northern Nigeria i came here to find out about a girl who was locked up in this place for 2 years with not much light or food and left on her own her name is her son she was a child bride these pictures were taken when she was released from captivity just a week ago she was held here by her family because she refused to return to her husband she was only 15 when she was forced to marry a mother of 4 a child bride one of millions in nigeria if youre born a girl here theres a 44 percent probability that you will be married before you 18th birthday. This neighbor knows. He says at the age of 15 she wasnt too young to be married he would marry his daughters off much younger. Sons and what age 66. Is there is what we had to school by detention she has much shorter. This is. A fierce advocate for womens and childrens rights she hopes to be freed is muslim herself she says the koran does not justify this practice there is no pacific or any findings or any story that proved those things they are doing as the forced marriage is a most of this is not done based on islamic perspective the add on base or cultural perspective she says education is key to change outdated practices and support womens rights. Very why does a leader that is not all religion is something that has to do with advancement so all the laws can be amended and can be seeing. That the condition of the. Child marriage exists elsewhere in nigeria to here in lagos poverty drives some parents to marry daughters of under 18. Is privileged in many ways but that doesnt stop the 17 year old from raising her voice against Child Marriage his son a story makes are angry a lot of nigerians dont view women as human beings view them as. I did and it is to them susan wants to amend the constitution so that it bars anyone under the age of 18 from getting married she and 2 friends have started an online petition to bring the issue to the senate floor the next step would be to get to the root of the problem and try to educate the men the women and everyone perpetrating this. There are millions of girls who are married off every year and if those millions of girls were millions of people out its nigerias workforce. The g. D. P. And he economy would be in a much better standing than it is now. A son has been transferred to this Psychiatric Hospital the doctors say it will take months to stabilize her its unclear paula long the government will finance her treatment and their family will be held accountable for the damage it has done. The w. s family fresh out reporting from nigeria this is day doubly news live from berlin film is up next with a special on the 100th anniversary of foul hops the Architectural School and movement that changed how we live thats coming up next dont forget step today with all the news on our web site 24 hours a day thats d w dot com for now methinks thanks watch. The adventures of the famous naturalist and explorer. To see racial conflicts on the front of the worlds 250th birthday were importing them on a voyage of discovery. Expedition voyage on t. W