In hong kong again on sunday police fired tear gas in several areas in an attempt to stop attacks on shops and banks linked to Mainland China. Welcome to the program. The media in the us is reporting that a 2nd whistleblower has come forward in the impeachment inquiry of u. S. President donald trump reports indicate the new whistleblower has 1st hand knowledge of a phone call between trump and his ukrainian counterpart a probe is already being conducted into an allegation that trump pressured president. To investigate these political rival joe biden and bidens son. Lets go live now to Washington Bureau chief. Thanks for being with us to tell us what do we know about this whistleblower so the whistle blower has been described as an intelligence official we dont know his or her identity about as you said this appears to be someone with 1st hand knowledge of some of the allegations that were outlined in the original whistleblower complaint so that appears to be someone who can talk about directly at all its to events related to ukraine and to this phone call president had with the ukrainian president and that could be someone he could undercut president stroms claim that the 1st whistle blower complaint was completely wrong. As i recall he was saying that this was 2nd hand knowledge for the 1st complaint but now we have somebody who has firsthand knowledge of how how do you think this will affect the trump inquiry going forward. Well i think thats definitely backing up the argument against president strom its helping the democrats to build up their a case and there are moving in a very rapid and greece aggressive way and its quite interesting and remarkable that normally you would see members of the Trump Administration on the sunday morning talk shows but there was no one defending the president s today however we also have to add that of course he thinks that he can do it the best way. And he knows he in fact been reacting in any way recently. Yet he has been very vocal about a topic on twitter of course he said that after the 1st whistle blower got his conversation with the ukrainian president completely wrong and now there is a 2nd whistle blower coming from the deep state and of course he. Is. Sort of Conspiracy Theory he has been and his allies have been spreading for quite a lot while now that it is the Intelligence Community that is trying to bring him down this way however we also have to say that its noteworthy that the Top Republicans are being very silent on this topic they are avoiding questions connected to the impeachment investigation they are struggling to find a unified response to the allegations ok did abuse Washington Bureau chief alexander phenomenon thanks for the. To hong kong where prodemocracy law makers have suffered a setback in the Territories High Court the judge dismissed their bid to get an injunction against a ban on face masks warner demonstrations protesters reacted defiantly with more marches in Hong Kong CentralBusiness District which later descended into another night of violence. Tens of thousands of prodemocracy protesters continued to defy a ban on face masks on sunday kerry lam hong kongs chief executive had introduced the ban under colonial era state of Emergency Powers to try to end months of an rist prodemocracy law makers again went to the high court on sunday morning seeking an injunction against the ban they argued the Emergency Powers bypass legislature and contravene the citys constitution today is about 4 terrorism versus the rule of law i would say this is one of the most important constitutional cases in the history of all but a senior judge dismissed a case that only increased the defiance of hong kong residents large crowds marched through to wrench will rein in unsanctioned rallies. Carry lam is trying to use the ban to keep us from coming out. She suppressing our right to express ourselves this will only push us further. And not enough as night fell things turned ugly some demonstrators turning their rage on businesses with connections to Mainland China and fighting pitched battles with police to carry lamb has warned that the ban on face masks was only the 1st card in her hand the emergency law allows her to make any regulations whatsoever in the face of the sun rest. So wheres all this heading were joined now by. Who reported from beijing for 15 years kerry lamb got a bag and voted friday people were Wearing Masks as. Those pictures bad on the last failed well certainly the legislation hasnt worked as they intended it to do its meant to send a signal at the moment shes looking around for ways to deal with this situation which is escalating she said to impose this law which is actually a colonial era 922. 00. Very popular and also ironic given the circumstances that shes looking around for things to do shes come up with this legislation which people are patiently ignoring and it becomes an issue now of what can she do next she still has some options obviously both but for now shes kind of stuck with this the fact that you know she they have more power but she needs to escalate things clearly again i would say and just todays Court Decision quite apart from the how its perceived to empower the police in administrative terms it gives them more power we still dont have a state of emergency in hong kong we still have it theres lots of different ways of how the situation is being described but legally they havent imposed sagem urgencies do things like a curfew you dont have these sort of much more measures so she still has some leeway there to impose a state of emergency as hyphens everything again it will heighten tensions it will expose the fact that things are getting close to 2 to honor key and it will obviously trouble in beijing which is obviously watching events very closely and one does beijings patients run well its interesting last week as you know we had the 70 on the bursary of the of the p. R. C. Peoples republic of china theyve made their display now theyve shown that they have these incredible missiles and if theyre angry they can they can take action so theyre watching closely i think for now they think the Hong Kong Police have got it under control and has it under control because despite the scenes there is still they are still containing things but you just wonder if things keep going on and on and on point china is going to say we have to intervene and then well see what form that takes ok thanks for that insight. The polls of close in tunisia parliamentary elections early indications suggest turnout has been low around 15000 candidates are contesting 217 seats in the country as part of the results arent expected till thursday curd governing you know alliance between islamists and the Secular Party looks set to lose power tunisians vote again next weekend in the final round of president ial elections after turning their backs on traditional parties favor of independent candidates the 1st round. Is a traditionally male dominated society so womens rights advocates have been campaigning to get more female candidates elected to parliament. I said with democracy in action raja jeremy founded the independent electoral lists called citizens and we participate shes brought her supporters to the city of our year not to campaign the 2nd time and marcus here is a popular spot where many women shop she wouldnt mind that they can imagine is even women come to this market from the surrounding areas i know too noisy and women Decision Makers and women should support each other thats why we came here today to make sure these women know that they are important to enable them to improve their situation taking part in the elections and being able to choose a list that is headed by women he said her in the sit us at that very few of tunis is electoral lists can claim das only about 14 percent of more than 1500. 00 taking part in the poll have a woman at the top. Fall is one she heads to his is democratic and social union and shes calling on voters to choose her list in sundays poll and one economics could be to win this but. The number of women who take part in political life in tunisia is very low and women are not politically active. Despite the opposite bullet. Yeah i mean at that i think women are just as competent as men can be and even more so than men sometimes has. Been had a few statistics say that the percentage of girls who are successful in school is higher than that for male pupils is because i fit in well however they remain less well represented and they are discriminated against in Decision Making positions. Reducing the chin is ian league of women voters this Backing Health is aims to empower female candidates and enable their participation in political life. In this realm with us she had women candidates are subject to political pressure from different Political Parties and they need fostering and protecting. The even the government doesnt really take into consideration the principle of equality between women and men and he said if. Thats despite the fact that we have highly competent and honest women in public life. Whenever a. Graduate jeremy is that easy on the campaign trail she doesnt have any problem sitting with men in cafes and just us in politics but shes convinced that she is still a Patriarchal Society and thinks most people tend to vote for men rather than female candidates. And theres a sense here that the Political Parties campaigns and slogans calling for womens empowerment and participation are mere words many of the female candidates standing in 2019 fear their chances may be worse than in previous elections. Officials in baghdad say at least 5 people died in protests on sunday taking the death toll above 100 since violence erupted last week iraqs Prime Minister has announced social measures denied designed to end the deadly as the government protests the package includes new homes in poor areas job training schemes for the unemployed and Free Health Care for the injured late on saturday gunmen attacked the offices of several t. V. Broadcasters. The work of unknown assailants were taxed media officers and the target several t. V. Stations yet been receiving threats for days and see a link to their reporting on the ongoing antigovernment protest in iraq. Because we went faking reality we transmitted the truth as it takes. The how much it seems that this state cannot bear the trees. He said and i hurt that the premier would announce his stance but he stayed silent about what happened and her. Life in baghdad has become increasingly dangerous says tuesday demonstrators have been taking to the streets to express frustration over a lack of jobs and basic services the interior ministry claims on 3 g. s didnt shoot at anyone however more than 100 people have been killed during demonstrations late saturday the Prime Minister again tried to deescalate the situation. Bring the mic on i will go and meet the protesters with their own weapons and sit with them for as long as it takes to listen to their demands if they see. Isa situation. This is a change in the Prime Ministers approach on friday he said the protesters demands have been hurt after the violence of recent days they may be reluctant to accept his offer. To lobby the iconic cabaret in paris has marked his 100th anniversary 130th anniversary with what else an open air and can show. Every high keeping dancers performing in front of the building it has hosted 7 major entertainers from friends and abroad over the decades including shocking as never and ella fitzgerald. This is news live from berlin im nick spicer thanks for joining us coming up next is a documentary about germanys colonial history in namibia and the scars that has left on the country ill be back with more news at the top of the hour. Welcome to the book is the getting here going to be. Trying to talk about its. Coverage. 3 more. Little we have. Lets have a look at some of each of them probably so you dont want to