Of maximum pressure, and says he could be prepared to hold talks. Torture chambers in refugee camps. People kidnapped in libya, tortured by people smugglers who had promised to take them to europe. In sports, a young girl who is dreaming of olympic glory. The talented sky brown is 11 years old, but she has high hopes of making it to next years tokyo olympics. [speaking foreign language] brent im brent goff. To our viewers around the world, welcome. U. S. President donald trump is fuming for the impeachment inquiry, calling it a disgrace and saying they should be a way to stop them. Lawmakers received a redacted version of the whistleblower complaint that alleges trump trying to pressure the president of ukraine into investigating former Vice President joe biden and his son. It is alleged that the white house tried to cover up or lock down any evidence about the phone calls between the two president s. I believe everything here in this matter is totally unprecedented. The latest bombshell and a fast unfolding story, allegations of a quid pro quo. Donald trump made military aid to ukraine depending on the country digging up dirt on the political opponent. The acting director of National Intelligence said he had legal reasons for not referring the complaint to congress as directed by law. He phrased often hostile faced often hostile questions. You agree he should be investigated, would you not . Chairman, the horse has left the barn. You have all of the information. You have the whistleblower complaint and the letter and office of legal counsel. Yes we do. But do you agree there should be an investigation . I believe it is a matter to be determined by the chair and this committee. Part of the complaint alleges that white house officials knew that the call contained evidence of potentially illegal activity and tried to lock down the official transcript. That did not please nancy pelosi. There are actions that are a cover up. When you have a system of electronic storage, information that is specifically for National Security purposes, and you have something that is selfserving to the president politically and decides he might not want people to know. And you hide it someplace else. That is a cover up. Democrats have out there impeachment investigation will be swift and short. The remains much to be investigated. Brent lets take this story to our correspondent in washington. President trump has reacted to those hearings we saw today. What did he have to say . Pablo he was furious. We heard from him on twitter and in person. He went directly after the chair of the house intelligence committee, adam schiff. He says he has no credibility, its another fantasy to hurt the republican party. He said they whistleblower with second secondhand information, and he called it a democrat scam. He did not speak he did speak to weighting did not speak to waiting press. He did speak earlier in maryland. Its a disgrace to our country. Its another witchhunt. What these guys are doing to this country is a disgrace. It should not be allowed. There should be a way of stopping it. They dont want to talk about lowering drug prices or anything. They are fixated on this. Nancy pelosi has been hijacked by the radical left and Everybody Knows it. Brent do we know if todays hearings established whether President Donald Trump abused his power by prodding the president of ukraine to help interfere in the 2020 president ial election . Pablo the acting director of National Intelligence, joseph maguire, made it very clear in his appearance earlier. He said that if a president pressured a Foreign Government for help in winning an election, it would be unwarranted, unwelcome, and bad for the nation. He did not say it was illegal. It was more from what we were hearing from the republicans in that committee hearing. They focus more on the claims it was a hoax cooked up by a crooked journalist who received improper leaks from the intelligence community. The democrats focused more on the content that they said they had to push forward with this inquiry into impeachment. Brent the New York Times is reporting that the seat a cia officer is the whistleblower. They are saying that the resources has told them that this cia officer worked inside the white house. We are hearing that. We are talking about joseph maguire, head of National Intelligence. He was in a difficult position today. There was a moment when he was asked about the credibility of the whistleblower. What did he say . Pablo there is a lot of media claims here. There is one i should mention, which is that President Trump said whoever provided the whistleblower with the information is close to a spy. He added in the old days, spies were dealt with differently. That is being carried by a lot of media. Going back to joseph maguire, he said the whistleblower who filed the complaint acted in good faith. He doesnt know who the whistleblower is. Joseph maguire spoke in private, behind closed doors to a set community as well. Just to get on the issues that this complaint lists about the white house and the president. Pablo its very clear. Im going to read one section. This is coming from the whistleblower. Received information from multiple government officials that the president of the u. S. Is using the power of his office to solicit interference in a foreign country in the 2020 election. This includes pressuring a foreign country to investigate one of the president s main domestic particle rivals. Its very clear what the whistleblower is saying in that complaint. Its how it is being interpreted. Many republicans are interpreting it in one way, saying there is nothing wrong with it. The democrats are saying it gives them because to continue their inquiry into possible impeachment of President Trump. Brent thank you. Irans president rouhani has called on the u. S. To end what he calls a policy of maximum pressure. He is urging washington to return to dialogue, logic and reason. He said that this country would be prepared to hold talks with the u. S. If President Trump lifted sanctions on iran. Rouhani, speaking in new york the day after addressing the u. N. General assembly. Dws out sandra von naman m alexandra von nahmen asked him about his strategy moving forward. The u. S. Government has imimposed new sanctions o on the iranian regime. They remained defiant. Is the pressure strategy not working . We are pleased with it anande are here at the United Nations that germany, france and the United Kingdom have announced ththat we need a new nuclelear. That is much more comprehensive than the Iran Nuclear Deal that the United States left last year. The Iran Nuclear Deal cup failed to cover their missile program. In fact, it relaxed constraints, and here today, we see the consequences in the middle east with iran using missiles to attackck saudi arabia. We think this was a productive and good week with our european friends. They all said iran is behind the attack behind saududi arabia. I think the press has overstated our differences, and i think the announcement this week is an examample of thahat. Alexandra alexandra tensions have been rising recently. Are we getting closer to a major conflict . I dont think so. Thats a question for iran. We are committed to o absolving ouour differences wiwith iran diplomatically. Iran is answering our diplomacy with military force. What they did against saudi arabia meets the definition of an act of war. What i saw this week at the u. N. Are the nations diplomatically isolating iran for behaving like an outlaw state that doesnt respect basic international norms. Alexandra france and germany are trying to mediate between the u. S. And iran to facilitate direct talks. Are you willing to embrace it . We have made clear from the top dowown, that we are open to talks with iranians. They continue to say no. They can come to the negotiation table or they can watch their right economy collapse. Alexandra they want you to lift some sanctions, will that happen . The burden is o on iran to demonstrate that they have reached a change of heart, and we had attacks in saudi arabia only a week or two ago. For the world should be asking is not whether or not the United States were lifted pressure, but when will iran stop using military f force instead of diplomacy . Alexandra thanks very much. Brenent here are o other storis making heaeadlinesrounund the world. A strong earthquake has s struck in indoneses, killing many people. The t tremor c calls for widespd damamage and landslides. It was northeast of the provincial capital. There is no danger of a tsunami. In hong kong, protesters blocked roads over public dialogue between carrie lam and 150 members of the community. She reportedly admitted that trust in her government had fallen off the cliff. The meeting was called to address hong kongs four month long political crisis. Tim bob way says Robert Mugabe will now be buried in his home village, not a national monument. His final resting plalace has bn in dispute between the government of the president and mugabes family ever since he died at the start of this month. Former pension french president Jacques Chirac has died at the age of 86. He dominated french politics for decades and served two terms from 1999 19952007. He stirred National Pride with his opposition to the u. S. Led war in iraq. His later years were marred by corruption scandals, tarnishing the legacy of a man who had once charmed the nation. Toward the end, she hardly went out in public at all. The few photos taken indicated the state of his health. Jacques chirac, the president of france now looked frail. He was supported by his wife. His road tohe presidencnchad been a long one. The son of a banker was born n n paris in 1932. He became prime nister in 19 74. Soon they had put a coat of differences. In 1995 he won the president ial election. Here is an from secretary of state to the top of ththe ranks and achieved his life goal. He then shococked the world by auththorizing Nuclear Tests in e pacific. He set a clear course, oppososig the president o of the u. S. Durg the iraq war. The people of france agreed with him. Frances rejection of the eu constitution into thousand five was his biggest failure in office. He had little love for his party colleague, Nick Nicholas r cossey, but he could not stop him from becoming his successor. All sanders returned to the public eye after he left office. He was accused of paying Party Colleagues for fake jobs while mayor of paris. He was sentenced to a suspended prison term. He remained popular, though he will be removed lesss politics and more for his warm bonded to the french people. Brent the u. N. High commissioner for refugees is urgently calling on countries around the world to take in refugees trapped in libya. The commission has described its Migrant Center as severely overcrowded. Libya is one of the most important transit points for migrants trying to get to europe. Holding camps have sprung up for the thousands of refugees stranded inside the wartorn country. German diplomats have described conditions in these camps as inhuman. Investigating those claims and conditions is almost impossible. I dw news team managed to meet some camp survivors by traveling to a place just south of libya. In the morning, the a warning, the images you might see some may find distressing. These images were recorded by refugees at camps in libya. They show appalling conditions. Human rights activists say they are credible. We came into direct contact with refugees by messaging service. They have been interned there for two years. They talk to us by voice message. We change their voices for their protection. We have been tortured. We are scared. We are suffering and dying from various diseases. We were kidnapped. We became victims of violence. We are starving. People have died. Our lives are scatting. We appeal for our voiceless voice. We speak to refugees who went through this hell. One of them is 18 years old. She was kidnapped while fleeing from somalia and taken to a hidden building in the libya desert. Many died on the journey across the sahara. They tortured heard to increase the pressure. Parents are forced to listen to it on the phone. They chained me up, hung me up, and tortured m me with electctrc shocks. They tortured men with electric shocks to ththe genitals, and women with shocks to their breasts. Until they cried and screamed loudly. They did it so thehey would get the money faster. The torture is systematic. Many other refugees described similar methods. About 1006 hundred refugees live in this camp south h of this heart. They were all rescued from libya. This man from sudan does not want to reveal his identity either. He asks that we call him abraham. He says when he was in prison, he was sold. People came and bought us like slaves. They said, we will let you work and you will get money for it. In the end, we didnt get any money. They said, you are a slave, you are a black man. They even woke us up in the middle of the night to torture us. These are horrific stories we are hearing from refugees inside this camp. They say in libya, they have experienced things they could not have imagined. Life is not easy here. All they hope for is a quick resettlement to a safe country. Many hope to reach her. We managed to meet someone who profits s from the refugees sufferining. He is a migrant smuggler. For 500, he brings migrants across the zahara to libya. If they cannot pay, they sell them to torture chambers. They understand why they do that. They say i spend money on you, what am i supposed to do . I want my money back and profit on top of that. That is when they started torturing people. We often hear refugees say they are not put off by stories like this. The smugglers are their only hope. They are prepared to pay any price, even if it means risking their lives. Brent afghanistan is preparing for president ial election. The security is tight after a series of terrorist attacks claimed by the taliban. They threatened more violence to derail the elections, telling the 10 million eligible voters to stay at home. Despite all of these dangers, two of the candidates have made their pitch to voters in a rare televised debate. Those two contenders are the current chief executive and a foreigner former warlord. The lead candidate did not show up the debate. The current president. The two addressed issueues, including Election Fraud in the taliban. When the Afghan People risksk their lives to go to vote, the shows t their determination that this should dedecide their futu. Under no circumstances would we allow fraudulent elections to once again decide their fate. The taliban have always committed terrorist attacks. Ones that result in the killing of innocent people. They are a reality in this country. The foreign troops are the reason for war in this country. It has been occupied. Nobody thinks about us or gives us a role in peace talks, while the americans and taliban were negotiating. The same group they designated terrorists. They have been talking to them. Soldiers and police are out in force. Not just in the runup to the election. The taliban and other islamist insurgents are battling u. S. Backed government forces. Thousands of civilians are killed each year. The taliban aim to disrupt this, but some people remain defiant. We go in large numbers and we use Security Forces to keep us safe and to ensure transparency of the election. The taliban issue threats every day. Nonetheless, i believe most people will will participate in the election to defend democracy. If security worries keep many from voting and turnout is low, that could undermine the emerging democratic process. Brent in sports news. The world athletics championships start in cutter on qatar on friday, but allegations of doping are rampant. New Technology Shows that samples from a decade ago can be retested. It has led to unexpected medal upgrades for many cocontestants. 11 years after the beijing olympic scum of the former javelin thrower has been awarded a similar marrow silver metal. She received her new prized possession at a small ceremony made up of friends and family. Her opponent into thousand eight was stripped of her silver metal after aa retesting of urine samples. The financial reward, which would have been better back then, cannot be recovered. It now has symbolic value, which is great. I am so glad this has happened after so many years. Hopefully, it is also a small deterrent for athletes that are still cheating. As new methods are used to test all doping samples, which are kept up to 10 years after competitions, athletes are belatedly receiving recognition. Ii have her thrower and shot putter have had competitions upgraded more than 15 times. For ministers, the improved detection methods are an important tool in the fight against doping. If we want to improve sport, paparticularly cononcerning able opportunities, equal opportunities, then there is no alternative to fine mesh control systems. Previously, the metal m edal was usually sent in the mail. But this goes some way for her making up a missing the real thing. Brent skateboarding will be making its debut as analytic event in tokyo next summer. Sky brown, an 11yearold british escape orting prodigy is on track to become the youngest female to compete at the olympics in 50 years. The skys the limit for sky brown. But unlike most preteens, brown is already an accomplished surfer, a tv jetting champion dancing champion and the youngest nike athlete in the world. She recently won a bronze medal from the worlds cabling championships. She has gotten one step closer to her goal of making great britains skateboarding team for tokyo 2020. The 11yearold splits her time between Southern California and japan. We werent going to the lyrics because art my parents thought it was too much pressure. Then team gb, lucy allen, she is the boss. She said there is no pressure, just go out there and have fun. That is the way i skate. I dont think of it as a training thing. It is my happy place. Its like a playground for me. If she qualifies, it would be more history made. She will be 12 years and 12 days old when the games begin in july 2020. That would make her the youngest female summer olympian since a puerto rican swimmer in 1968. Unlike many other olympic sports, skateboarding does not having an age requirement for its athletes. Brent sea turtles are a crucial link in the Global Marine ecosystem and nearly all species are classified as endangered. While they conservationists in costa rica have been working to protect this marine animal. They were thrilled to release 157 newborn ridley turtles into the sea. Turtles lay their eggs in the sand o on the beach, where they are threatened by poachers, birds, dogs. The wildlife r refuge cares for the eggs and afterward, she releases the baby turtles into the sea. Against all odds. Here is a reminder of the top story you are we are following. U. S. Lawmakers have billed the director of intelligence over a whistleblowers complaint that u. S. President donald trump tried to pressure president of ukraine to investigate joe biden. That complaint proctored democrats to start an impeachment inquiry. Youre watching dw news. After a short break, i will be back to take y you through the day. Yeah beauty is welcome to live from paris hilton fronts twenty four im margot in these are the main world news headlines. Impeachment latest the whistle blow it says the white house trying to cover up details of President Trumps ukraine phone call and in another body blow of Us Intelligence chief says he backs the actions of the whistle blower to expose the cold. Trumpmp pressured ukraine. Sitting on his political rival. When you see it in france. Frances announced a day of mourning next monday in memory of chechen racked twice french president twice prime minister