A search and rescue operation has begun to free survivors trapped beneath spilled. Im phil gale welcome to the program. The Prime Ministers chief of staff hes tourism minister and economy minister have all stepped down amid a growing scandal surrounding a mounted journalist that. Was killed in a car bombing in 2017 after reporting on corruption in the country. Keith schembri chief of staff to the maltese Prime Minister resigns 2 other ministers swiftly left office conrad mitzi and Chris Cardona here on the left why the explanation from multis Prime MinisterJoseph Muscat regarding his chief of staff decision to quit. She said this would enable the government to go ahead with its work serenely mort said and some suspect that whats really behind all this is the murder of stephany. A popular journalist described as a one woman wiki leaks killed in a car bomb attack 2 years ago she had become known for exposing cronyism within the countrys political and Business Elite 3 of those who now quit were all accused of corruption. Was 3 men were arrested for planting the car bomb but little more was done since then there have been regular protests in malta was last week a suspected middle man involved in the murder was arrested but the Prime Minister granted a pardon if the man helped find the murder mastermind was. The very next morning a multi business man was apprehended on his luxury yacht allegedly preparing to flee. The businessman to is now reports of these seeking immunity in exchange for cooperating with the police. And now 3 ministers once accused by carol want to leave office. Many in malta say that their government is corrupt and want Prime Minister muscat to go he denies any involvement there on a glitzy is family go further saying that muscat is protecting those who were behind her murder was. Micallef is a journalist with the times of malta and joins us from the capital letter welcome to you why do you think these 3 men have decided to step down. At this stage it would be evening 1st of all at this stage their position has become completely untenable you cant have any government no government can has its one their highest ranking ministers in that under investigation over a political murder of a journalist i mean there was no way out of them except except to resign and people here say they should have resigned months ago this shouldnt have taken this long because there had been indications that there had been politicians involved and however to situation as a skelly to do really follow in the air rest of mr fenech the businessman allegedly behind this contract killing of misgoverned ability and so do these resignations pose any threats to joseph mascots government. From a strictly numerical number not because the government has a very big majority but the political ramifications are not to be or not to be. Or are big because the implications from a reputational perspective are quite damning having 32 members of cabinet and the Prime Ministers most trusted aide under investigation over a contract killing its normally leads to the polls for the country to for the government to go for the election when this hasnt been rumored up now the Opposition Leader is has requested the president today that the Prime Minister can no longer the country lead the country theyre not saying it should be a different government at least the labor party which is in government should be led by another Prime Minister the opposition is saying the Prime Ministers position has been compromised because his most trusted minister and his most trusted aide being under investigation over now theyre in the Prime Minister has been resisting to save them for at least 2 years right under the Police Investigation and so on again its just that death itself we have 3 men facing trial for setting the bomb and police are aware of at least 2 people who seem to have inside knowledge of the plot and whats your assessment of the investigation so far. The investigation so far it is a very no it is at the very advanced stage we are expecting at any time possibly even tonight the arraignment of mr fenech as a possible complex or the mastermind behind behind this murder the interesting part will be walked through with the politicians playing on this but the vista geishas have made huge strides in the last few days apparently they have the narrative fresh evidence it could be in the form of the new video recordings in the even phone tapping said about the involvement of for example mr kennedy today sources said that mr Bush Campaign was actually tipping off mr fenech about the Police Investigation itself and in return it was difficult even alerted the Prime Ministers chief of staff that it would be absconding so was the risk a printed police press of developments ok good talking to you thanks for joining us kings micallef from the times of malta here in Germany Museum officials are trying to work out exactly what is missing after things made off with priceless 18th century jewels in the city of dressed in the hunt for the raiders is continuing and police are still examining the crime scene at the green vaults museum searching for clues that will lead them to the robbers treasures that even the french king louis the 14th was said to be jealous of the gemstone sets of the saxon prints elector 3 of them have been stolen the material value is estimated to be in the millions their cultural value is and calculable made 5 and its a unique connection that they get saxon treasure of the 18th century which is at the heart of fact Cultural Heritage and its quite right now thats just a few years ago the museums previous director claims its sophisticated alarm system was on par with fort knox but on monday this threw a spanner in the works around 5 am a fire in an electricity junction box near the costal suddenly plunged the building into darkness and the thieves struck. You could also. The perpetrators entered through a window facing the Castle Square cut through the bars smashed the window pane and targeted a specific display case. Between the. Surveillance video shows them breaking the display case the guards then called the police but when they arrived just 5 minutes later the perpetrators had already fled potentially using a car which had later been found in an underground car park and set on fire with me. I considered the security measures in place at the state collections in the dressed in castle to be excellent and extensive we can now see that this wasnt the case experts believe the alarm system may no longer have been state of the art when i had to meet them and one could have quite simply prevented such a break in with a decent Security Strategy mechanically and electronically the security was not sufficient. Reason to lie so what will the thieves do with the jewelry the most likely scenario is a simple one. And the thieves and for will break the individual stones out of their casing live then change their cut so that their origin is no longer recognizable. Then they will try to sell them on the global market. And upsetting idea for those who hold these cultural heirlooms dear one small consolation the museums most valuable jewel is the Green Diamond currently still safe and on loan in new york. Correspondent karen tilton whos at the Museum Welcome there was a press conference earlier. Well yes there was and what weve learned so far is that officials from the museum and also Police Investigators are of course so pursuing all possible avenues of investigation but one area theyre increasingly look and looking at rather is a question of whether or not these thieves actually may have had an accomplice within the building or some type of inside information now the museums chief of security recently said that the assault on as he put it the Security System was a well planned prepared and executed executed attack on the Museum Security service and he also said that given the just how quickly they were able to break in the building you have to remember they only spent around 6 minutes with them building it indicates they should really be looking internally to see if they had any type of leaks or maybe type of i mean a system inside the building which made that attack possible and made it made them able to carry out the attack in such a quick quick period of time. For the robbers. Well right now were told that Police Investigators are looking at 33. 00 main crime scenes i mean as we heard there in the report of course the forensics teams are still working within the museum itself theyre also looking at of a fire that was set in a power box just around the corner from museum now as you heard in the report that was used to actually turn off the lights outside of the building and there also are some reports that may have compromised the building Security System itself then theres also the question of the getaway car police have confirmed that the car that was found burned out outside of the city center was indeed the getaway car but unfortunately finding that actually raises more questions than it actually does answer because now we know that the perpetrators actually changed cars at least once but the question is now open to the changed cars in the one car did that change in the multiple cars that leave the city in Different Directions or is it all just a big distraction so finding the car is a case of one step forward 2 steps back. They we had in the report that they. Like it to be a broken up what are they saying about that is that. Well that does seem to be the theory most investigators are operating under currently i mean were told that that if the thieves actually do try to break up these artifacts that actually be more difficult than you would expect especially because many of the jewels and diamonds or cotton prepared using an older style of cut which any jewelry any serious jeweler would instantly recognize but that doesnt mean the thieves wont try it and the real tragedy i guess for the city of dresden for the museum as well is that any attempt to alter them for sale would actually destroy the the jewels in these artifacts historical and cultural value and that would represent a major loss for the people dresner for the museum as well and there are lots of it was a museum all thought. Exactly sure whats missing here this and you wonder will how come that day. Well thats due in part to the nature of the forensic work thats going on with inside the building i mean its still an active crime scene of course which means Museum Officials have not really been allowed to get a good look at whats inside the case weve been told they were briefly allowed in earlier in the day and could take some photos but you have to remember there are 97 different objects that were present in the case and its going to take a while for them to actually go through and take a catalog of the what has actually been taken was also complicating the issue is apparently many of the jewels themselves were sprayed with some type of white Substance Police think it was actually the residue from a fire extinguisher in an attempt to. Kind of get away some of some of the traces they may have left behind and thats also complicating the matter. Interest in fighting here. Well take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world a 6 people have been killed in 3 separate explosions in iraqs capital baghdad the blast during antigovernment protests trucked 3 shiite neighborhoods and happened after about a dozen people were injured in violent protests earlier in the day demonstrators are demanding an end to corruption more jobs and better public services. At least 39 people have been killed in flooding in the democratic republic of congo to wrench will rains hit the capital kinshasa overnight causing landslides near the university at least 2 bridges and part of a major road collapsed the search for missing people is ongoing. Chief executive carol lam says the government will reflect seriously on the results of the weekends municipal elections we saw prodemocracy candidates make Massive Gains the territory has been rocked by months of violent protests against phasing through. Landslide victories being seen as i clear rejection muslims handily off 300. And ukrainian filmmaker oleg sense Office Finally picked up the European Union to talk human rights prize the sakharov prize after being released from prison in russia is the same stuff served 5 years of a 20 year sentence altera charges before being released in a prisoner swap with ukraine. There rescuers in albania are searching for survivors after a powerful earthquake struck the country early this morning with or she said at least 20 people were killed and hundreds more injured the magnitude 6. 4 events struck about 60 kilometers northwest of the capital tirana its the most powerful earthquake to hit the country for decades. With some people trapped alive rescuers were carefully trying to stop the rubble from collapsing further that means sometimes working by hand it can be painstakingly slow in this race against time to rescue survivors of the worst earthquake to his help ania in 30 years a survivor pulled out of a collapsed building in the coastal resort of duress but many were not so lucky. That i was that it was an orphan to maine a childs body is found. Was. The quake struck early on Tuesday Morning when most of the people here were asleep in bed. In my bedroom went to my kids room and the door just slammed on me like hurt both my arms this is horrible there were. Numerous aftershocks followed the main quake adding to the fear and causing further damage albania is one of the poorest countries in europe and its neighbors were quick to offer help teams from its Legal Research romania are already helping in rescue operations. Water using hand signals rescuers ask the silence as they listen for cries of people trapped under the wreckage many people are still missing their families are hoping and praying they will be found alive. U. N. Secretary general antonio terrace has been holding talks with german chancellor. Here in berlin on the table is a range of issues including the conflicts in syria and libya terrorism and Climate Change before meeting but a chance for them is to get terrorist attempts at the un internet governance for which to ensure that the internet is accessible affordable and safe. Chief Political Editor caught up with the secretary general just before. His meeting with the chancellor just him if World Leaders were failing to cooperate adequately to address global problems here in berlin youre also meeting german chancellor Angela Merkel how concerned are both of you about the state of multiculturalism well it is clear that the problems of today are global it is clear that no country alone can solve them it is clear that we needs. The multilateral governance we need International Cooperation to the rest Climate Change so that as the us the impacts of these are the technology to address the Serious Problems of terrorism and crime in the world and so multilateralism is more necessary than ever and those that think that they can do it alone we will sooner or later. Recognize that there is no way we can avoid a strong multilateral governance to a lot of our worlds to be able to face the enormous challenges that are slipping us Climate Change the risks of these are the technologies all the emetic problems of poverty and hunger around the world that look at syria theyre the political process in store before we get going whats your expectation to or into doctors right now that we see in the very beginning it was good to have a Constitutional Committee but the conceptual reach is not a political solution we need to make sure that we move ahead with it was it was decided by the Security Council relation to syria is interested in negotiations for a political solution and its necessary that all countries are involved in the syrian conflict and their stance that they need to put their interests a little bit aside and to Work Together to finally end this absolutely tragic situation in which so many syrians have suffered in a way that is totally unacceptable theres evidence that theres large scale abuse of human rights of the weak minority in china what will have to be the response of the international community. We have said time and time again that is absolutely essential that human rights are respected and whenever there is a situation with the minorities absolutely essential to have policies that allow for minorities to feel that their identity is respected and at the same time that they fully participate in the society as a whole this is valid in that particular situation is it and it is valid everywhere else in the worlds secretary general guitarist thank you very much. Youre watching t w news still to come. Your astronomers a role in japan in to take their pay for about a new environmental regulations straight to the german come. Wednesday the European Parliament members of the new Commission Commission president elect set off on the lion has had trouble putting a team of commissioners together as nominees from several countries were rejected in the early stages now she hopes brussels will finally approve has selections made up of members representing the majority of a u. States i a salary of relief over a very close with back in july it was a lot of fun and got approved by a margin of only 9 points i feel so on notes and im overwhelmed and i thank you for the trust you place. The slim victory was a strong 1st indication that the road to the new commission would be. Very bumpy indeed because after she got approved this happened. First the hunt garion and the Romanian Commission candidates were rejected by the European Parliament before they could even be heard on top of that c. V. The French Commission hopeful got the thumbs down after 2 long and painful hearings. But the real problem was that it took romania a long time to nominate a replacement but eventually they did and their candidate passed just like the replacements from asian edition hungary with neighbors and france to be king but thats the end of the story what. No no. Of course theres always the u. K. Prime minister Boris Johnson kept bringing the low blows and refused to nominate a commissioner despite being in the illusion for a while longer that punch could make the whole commission illegal but the commissions Legal Services think they found a way around that so does this mean fundal lions commission will finally be approved by the European Parliament. Heres someone who should know the head of the Biggest Political Group in part of. The proposal from was a live on the line is a good ones and inhibitions commission who wants to deliver on the people told us that in the Election Campaign on climate on economic strengths and on digital so that is good and the people fully supportive so we have unity in the support for the lions commission. So it looks like it was enough and will finally be able to celebrate but not for long in this parliament there wont be any easy wins for the new e. U. Commission. Thousands of farmers from across germany have converged on the capital and causing serious traffic jams in and around the city angry about the governments agricultural policies and are fighting plans to introduce stricter protections for insects and the environment which they say well threaten their livelihoods. Tractors as far as the eye can see farmers have descended on berlin blocking the big City Traffic Police say more than 5000 to arrive from across germany the farmers are angry about the governments recent changes to agricultural policy. That farmers are the nations bogeyman theyre blamed for everything we damage the climate the poison the groundwater. Cattle farms do indeed emit more than 7 percent of Greenhouse Gases in germany and theyre blamed for the die off of insects due to pesticide and fertilizer use. Thats why the government issued guidelines on protecting insects and the environment in september but farmers say the policy package kills agriculture. Referring known for their feel betrayed by the government because the government doesnt clearly support us and say we want germany to have agriculture and were demonstrating so that people can keep having high quality food that stays fresh not just food from a brand that comes to us names minute as malls and so on. But the German Government is under pressure e. U. Guidelines for more Environmental Protection must also be implemented here in order to maintain biodiversity including for insects and to make farming more eco friendly. Existence farmers ability to make a living is at risk when there is no biodiversity theyre extremely dependent on the pollination done by insects thats why its absolutely in their interest that both the climate and biodiversity are protected. No farms no food no future the farmers fear for their livelihoods already only 1. 4 percent of all jobs in germany are in agriculture and demonstrators fear that number could windell even further. The World Antidoping Agency says russia should be banned from the lympics and other major competitions for 4 years the committee made the recommendation after data from. The World Antidoping Agencys executive committee will make a final ruling next month if it does ban russia clean russian athletes would have to compete the next Olympic Games russias foreign minister was asked about the decision today he blames russia in the west. Every where russia violates something or does something that is profitable for one or several western countries there are those who want to put russia in a defensive position. From their point of view the more such decisions that are made the better because the. Russian argument but the fact that these countries are directly involved in this kind of activity this situation is also well known to us. Now heres a reminder of our top story. 3. Government officials including the Prime Ministers chief of staff. Was killed. Today. So we can still enjoy the music. 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And featuring a lead role like youve never seen before and wouldnt let me be clear with you but i have to act in ways that i feel necessary to people whose assiduously understand that. Let me hear from your objection to the ends justify the means. To terms with mrs stuarts december 13th on t. W. 2 multis government ministers and the Prime Ministers chief of staff of resigned as the investigation into the suspected contract killing of an investigative journalist gave us place that any kind of want to get its you know was looking into corruption linked to the government and was killed by a car bombing 2017 the family accuses the government of protecting the people who have had death so why have these men resigned im phil gayle this is the day