All agree on. Australias biggest city shrouded in smoke is nearby wildfires keep burning out of control were in sydney where millions of people have to breathe and that is the long tacitus. Lost what to do with Plastic Waste now that china has stopped importing plastic garbage much of it from europe to other asian states are finding themselves in date. Am. I am. I have an entree glad you could join me a key witness has given potentially damaging testimony at the impeachment hearings in the us gordon songlines the u. S. Ambassador to europe told lawmakers he followed Donald Trumps wishes in seeking a deal for ukraines president to investigate Democrat Joe Biden in exchange for a white house visit a minute. He was the most highly anticipated witness a president on all trumps impeachment hearing so far and ambassador gold in sunderland didnt disappoint in his testimony sundin told will make his he was pressured to follow orders and ukraine by trying slowly every giuliani and that washington had pushed kiev to investigate trance rival joe biden and his links to Ukrainian Energy fembot raise money in return for white house access as i testified previously mr giulianis requests were a quid pro quo for arranging a white house visit for president selenski mr giuliani was expressing the desires of the president of the United States and we knew these investigations were important to the president but was there also a quid pro quo involving military aid 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 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 were recently as mr giuliani had demanded it is not good enough according to republicans you acknowledge that this is speculation right it was a presumption ok but a good enough presumption for democrats hoping sundance testimony will prove that trumps dealings with ukraine are grounds for impeachment. Trump himself remains defiant before leaving on a trip to texas he angrily tonight pushing for an exchange of faith is with ukraine. I say to be a bastard refund i want nothing i want nothing i want no quid pro quo socialist president really. Do the right thing i want nothing thank you both have a good time were going to. Say to him the inquiry was over but its up to House Democrats when the hearings will end. Well here with me in the studio reporter William Crawford to analyze what has been going on with him do you think that disownment delivered the kind of testimony the democrats have been hoping for it was very strong testimony coming from a trump ally you know a multimillion dollar donor to donald trump. And he said there was a quid pro quo as far as the meeting and the call was the lenski was concerned less equal less certain about the military aid. So republicans and democrats can look at it as they want of course and the but the most important thing here is to always remember that quid pro quo is not necessarily or peach bowl offense its not what is necessary here for democrats to make their case of course makes the case much clearer because you can point a hoss moken gun could pro quo impeachment but lets not forget that is not the Legal Standard or even the political standard for democrats pursuing impeachment and then eventually removal from office some of them have been labeling as misuse of power for example counting in all the times President Trump has said that he is clear by this statement how does he justify that well donald trump i think will always assume that hes cleared and exonerated any no matter what happens we see hes not doesnt have a track record of apologizing or say he made a mistake so of course donald trump par for the course going to say hes exonerated there is that strong statement that he repeated again and again and went to the truck went to dump truck asked him an open question what do you want from ukraine and trump said i dont want anything. But we dont know the context of that we dont know what mood he was in we dont know what tone of voice he had we dont know what else was happening at other times because it is very clear is on that has made it very clear that there was an exchange there was an expectation of some kind of investigations into burma and the bidens in effect so donald trump can say he was xander because that one particular moment. But its online brought up many other cases through were to giuliani through other elements of the official of official government policy where it showed that donald trump. Was looking for something out of the landscape to give him the attention of the United States right and we do also have to say of course at the moment proceedings featured prominently last night of course said during that t. V. Debate between democratic president ial hopefuls lets take a listen to what the candidates had to say i would not direct more Justice Department like this president does id like to make 30 independent judgment i would not dictate who should be prosecuted for who should be exonerated thats not the role of the president of the United States what we saw today is ambassador signed on by his own words told us that everyone was in the loop that means it is a criminal and to promise engaged in by the president from what we heard today the Vice President the secretary of state and the chief of staff of the president was not only a pathological loyal he is likely the most corrupt president in the modern history of america but we cannot simply be consumed by donald trump because if we are going to water were going to lose the election and of course the proceedings essentially with the elephant in the room the candidates have to talk about them in their address but i wonder is there a danger in focusing too heavily on not one single issue because at the end of the day those hearings could be done and dusted its in a months time well of course and they were just sort of Bernie Sanders saying we as democrats cant be focusing on this we want to win this election. Even if donald trump is impeached and a trial goes to the senate the chances are that hell be cleared and that will mean he it will be the candidate they are facing in the 2020 election and remember the republicans are charging this is all a witch hunt this is all an effort to undermine the 2016 election and prevent trump from getting a 2nd term in 2020 and. Democrat if Democratic Candidates are only focused on that it will only lead to that idea that theyre just trying to find another way to beat him because as republicans will charge they cant beat him fair and square in the election so we also know that voters especially in really important swing states many of them also subscribe to this g. O. P. Point of view and they want to hear about all the issues that matter to them and impeachment is a very complicated topic is something a lot of people dont follow detail by detail and the other issues of health care and Education National security these kinds of things immigration are much more important them and they want to see candidates talking about the issues of every campaign absi one of these issues mattering as well we thank you so very much hell insights. Lets take it now as some of the other stories making news around the world china has slammed the u. S. Lawmakers over new legislation in support of the prodemocracy movement in Hong Kong Beijing is urging President Trumps you veto the bill threatening to take quite strong Counter Measures if it becomes law the u. S. Bill mandates sanctions on chinese officials found to be violating freedoms in the city. Tens of thousands of people have filled bangkoks National Stadium to see pope francis lead a holy mass the pontiff is the 1st to visit thailand in my School Decades and hes taken the opportunity to cooperation between the buddhist majority and the Catholic Church the Free Trade Agreement between the e. U. And singapore continent to effect today signed last year the deal remains named all costumes to choose between 2 jurisdictions although there are some exemptions in aquaculture and fisheries bilateral trade in goods between even singapore amounts to 53000000000 euros every year. In australia firefighters are battling hundreds of bushfires across the eastern and southern regions of the country now authorities have issued warnings of severe fire danger smoke from the fires has created a fake a use over large parts of sydney but Health Officials telling people to stay inside pollution recordings show that the smoke is at 5 times the level considered hazardous Officials Say the smoke is expected to continue for several days. Well joining us now from sydney is a journalist William Broome william you have had no let up there in australia for weeks hundreds of bushfires across the country whats the situation there at the moment. Absolutely anna thanks for having me its pretty serious at the moment people are saying the pollution is a hazardous levels people are being encouraged to stay and goals people like me with that in the way of being told not to go out many schools and closures and sydney particularly in the northern suburbs and the c. B. D. To Central Business district where youve been getting quite a lot of the smoke and my view i live in a suburb which is pretty central and it looks out on to the Central Business district and waking up today and yesterday i was met with a haze of smoke so its pretty serious grey skies and its just very eerie out there at the moment as you mentioned sydney way you are now its covered in a thick haze people are wearing face masks school kids are having to play inside how people that coping. I think a lot of people are getting very frustrated a lot of people are linking it to Climate Change greenhouse emissions and of coles the Prime MinisterScott Morrison is at the moment sort of backpedaling on that and people are saying that certain elements of denial people are saying not enough is being dom a lot of people are not used to this we have bushfires to many years in the centuries but this really does feel unprecedented and people just arent accustomed to it and i think a lot of people are feeling very angry but not enough is being done and its not always being taken seriously enough you know that us take away from of course the amazing work that Emergency Services are doing. Generous whimpering main sydney thank you thank you. Britains Opposition LeaderJeremy Corbyn has unveiled a detailed manifesto for next months election as his labor party tries to close an opinion poll gap with the governing conservatives labours new plan for government it includes a 5 percent increase in Public Sector pay higher taxes on companies and the nationalisation of some infrastructure it is being billed as the most radical plan for change in decades this party this movement this manifesto is different. Labor is on your side and there could be scarcely a clearer demonstration of zaps than the furious reaction of the richest and most powerful leader of the opposition jeremy call bennett that will change in the u. K. Is on other british minds as well ever since a narrow majority vote has backed the countries with a juror from the e. U. In a 2016 referendum the issue of breaks it has polarized the country which is yet to actually leave the bloc back at mass reports now from london the foreign r. K. So i give you one of those thank you sam and his grant is going canvassing for the 1st time in her life for the brakes of party she doesnt think britain needs a divorce to do with the European Union her main priority is to get out of the us quickly as possible just as the bracks it party has promised i really believe that the parks party right now is their policy about offering a clean bright. Tories for 3 years here failed to take us out and i think well that parts positive and very positive but in the effluent part of Central London where alice lives most people approach you. Were promising for the practice of parting can you hear people start to lecture me. On the back supposing that. For 18 year old alice and her younger sister democracy is at stake they say the u. K. Needs its freedom and to them be undemocratic even though most of their friends think differently they are discouraged by all school wasnt in a very remain area and it was very politicized lessons were all the net basically all about shaming people who. And as i said i was really hard for me the majority of young people in the u. K. See the e. U. As something positive opening up opportunities to work and study abroad so those campaigners who want to reverse braggs it are trying to get as many young people to vote as possible. So im bored of your board of directors that weve been talking about this for 3 years now were all dead cimi older woman has more than 200000 followers on twitter and instagram he tells them that the 2nd referendum can put a stop to grex it is the 26 year Old Law School graduate has put his career on hold to become a full time activist the things that he will vote for in 2016 are clearly not going to happen they expected more control over their country theyre getting less they expected to be richer being made poor they expected us to move on quickly this is dragging on for 3 years like a drug for a decade nobody wants any of these things give us a choice femi has been verbally abused and has received racist comments and threats on social media because of his views on blacks it for him the general election is key only if enough proof you politicians make it into parliament will there be a chance of a 2nd referendum if we show up to vote in massive numbers and got us in the back for winning 2 and if it might i dont know i dont know im hoping that young people and the chemical woken up but i cant guarantee and so was i see the results of polling day which actually that the 2 activists have one thing in common for them breaks it is the most important election issue but their views couldnt be more different. Thousands have been taking it to the streets of the georgian capital tbilisi off to parliament failed to possible to change the electoral system to proportional representation early this week the police could protest is using water cannon and take gas the demonstrators say that the electoral system is unfair puts too much power in the hands of the ruling posse. Reports now from tbilisi. Maori 39. 00 p. C. And against the ruling party tatar testers outside the Georgian Parliament one snap elections and constitutional reform the protest has united around 20 opposition movements they say the current electoral system favors the ruling Georgian Dream party which critics argue has too much power for people here Electoral Reform is much more than a formality this is a very important change. Because everybody understands that with the Current System there may be no free and Fair Elections people want something very basic they want these countries to be peaceful to be democratic they want their will to be respected they want free and Fair Elections and these are basic Constitutional Rights of georgian people some protesters or even camping out here to keep up the pressure on the government the ruling Georgian Green Party had promised a change in the electoral system after protests in june but last week it didnt pass and parliament where the party has a majority we are here protesting. Because they lie so us and they made false promise you were coming from soviet past we dont have proper courts we dont have my property tax and balances so to have a parliament where the forces are represented proportionally is vital for our democracy and people realize that recent surveys show Georgian Dream is still the most Popular Party even if their poll numbers have dropped to just 23 percent but the leader of the parliamentary majority insists that most people here appreciate the stability his party has brought to the country and says the. Protests arent representative. All of them are sick as are selftorture but when we are talking about 56 maybe 3 of them the people who are. Half of them are just activists over there are certain Political Parties retard talk about politics or prices meanwhile outside Parliament Demonstrators are keeping watch for another day. These tends to show that the protesters are here to stay but for now both the opposition and the government are standing their ground and the political deadlock here in georgia looks set to continue parliamentary elections are scheduled for autumn next year but protesters dont want to wait and theyre planning another large rally on monday. Youre watching news still to come now that china has seen 14 Plastic Waste much dish from europe and other asian states are finding themselves in dated trash. Now to some of the other stories making news around the world portions of Prince Andrew speaking to contact us investigators about his links to convicted sex offender jeffrey at stating it comes as andrew was withdrawing from public duties amid criticism of his friendship with the late investor and a disastrous interview with the b. B. C. In the interview the prince tonight having sex with a woman he says she was trafficked arent epstein owens. Ukraine says 3 naval ships returned by russia this week are in bad condition and have been stripped of equipment president floating is the lenski inspected the vessels upon their arrival back in the ukrainian port area lease is part of efforts to east tensions ahead of a peace summit between russia and ukraine next month. Now Plastic Waste is one of the most urgent challenges of the 21st century and the problem has gotten worse since china stopped taking far in a plastic garbage last year and how much of the hard to recycle waste for g. M. In the west used to be shipped that now much of that material is finding its way to neighboring countries such as malaysia. Is not afraid of what she calls the waste mafia or of the bullies who work for them what does scare her happens over here. Week and your life and death rates and beverages are produced at this facility she says but right next to it is a factory full of imported plastic waiting to be melted down. In the mail. But making profit and maybe i mean it and chemical. Burning profit and chemical smell very bad. Waste is kept out of sight at most of the illegal factories consumed by patani in northern malaysia residents say dozens of these factories sprang up after china decided to stop importing Plastic Waste from the west. She spends a lot of these days fighting the flood of Plastic Waste from overseas. But. Us. But. We. Were. Taken by fellow campaigners it shows plastic being burned in the country or in factories illegal factories the pungent smell hangs in the city year. Its crazy but here. Its normal. In the world from the u. S. From japan and from germany. Was more than 700000 metric tons at the moment there are 114. The paperwork for this one from hong kong. But its a filthy business waste from western Consumer Societies often ends up in places like this stashed among abandoned buildings a bag with german text its every day packaging from german supermarkets. Is a director of an Australian Company one of the few operating in malaysia that properly recycles waste. I see a lot of fault of other ways to teach reach must have been sent out with a clear idea of it being nonrecyclable for example does their duty the use of heavily printed. You know broken or dictate plastic wrapping i dont know what magic anyone would like to apply to recycling whoever would tell you that this can be recycled is a lawyer. Back in single patani in the north of malaysia residents are putting out their bins for collection meanwhile in the evening factories barn rubbish from western nations. Chantay and her daughter spend the days indoors with a humidifier and away from sunshine john ties daughter hasnt been to kindergarten and months we were times i guess its just better for her otherwise she gets a fever after just one or 2 days she coughs and her nose starts to run if she plays at sight she gets nose bleeds and becomes breathless pensioner lydia all know wears a mask odors she has a message for western nations including germany. Red believe. Tell your government dont dump your way your rabbit to our country any more be happy now. She hopes people around the world will hear her plea and stop sending their waste to malaysia. Now to the italian city of naples where a 400 Year Old Church has found an unlikely function as a boxing gym in a negative neighborhood in the north of the city a local priest invites teenagers is off the streets to learn the sport has rules and a different way of life. The sound of sirens is nothing out of the ordinary on the streets of rio. A neighborhood in northern naples home to high rates of unemployment and organized crime opportunities for young people are scarce but 3 times a week in a 400 Year Old Church some 60 local teenagers box to stay busy learn the strict rules of the discipline and let out their frustrations on the punchbag. As a child i love sport in general i practice different sports but boxing is the only one that makes me feel good both physically and mentally and allows me to express my emotions. The priest behind the program which has been running for around a year knows that boxing is no panacea for local social ills still he hopes to boost the self belief of the youngsters who take. You know its just a little we tried to give the kids hints to say you can do things here in sunny tower we say if you can manage it here you can do it anyway thats our message. To the local kids developing their confidence in the boxing ring are grateful for these are Unusual Church service. Artists take a look at some rather spectacular pictures now all this says the reigning world high diving champion who took on a unique challenge by diving into the historic toward a key step well in job but in india reality if and brave a 20 way to drop following a successful season in the cliff diving while series well serves as joke this unofficial local Swimming Pool having originally been built as a drinking sorts in the 18th century. Or are just a reminder now of the top stories that were following for you here on d w Donald Trumps ambassador to the e. U. Has given potentially damaging testimony at the impeachment hearings in the u. S. Court in song and said the president ordered steps to pressure ukraines needa into investigating temps democratic rival joe biden. And democrats hoping to unseat donald trump agree to support in teaching the president the candidates are vying for that arties nomination in the 2020 lection. 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