The impeachment inquiry reaches a climax in washington we visit a small town in virginia to find out what ordinary people think one thing we all agree on americans are deeply divided over the issue. And French PublicSector Workers take to the streets of paris to protest against proposed Pension Reforms to staging the Biggest National strike in decades closing down transport networks schools and hospitals. Plus the village until a few with a 1000000 logic language all of its own. But the villages of old style twitter is on track as people. Say unesco has. Traditionally. Been a woman on the. Relations between germany and russia have come under strain just days before the leaders of the 2 countries are set to meet the tensions center on the Fatal Shooting in berlin of a former Chechen Rebel commander german prosecutors believe russian intelligence is involved and berlin has expressed to Russian Diplomats in response moscow denies any involvement and says it will retaliate. This decision could escalate tensions between russia and western countries german chancellor Angela Merkel has defended the expulsion of Russian Diplomats after germanys attorney general said evidence points to russian state involvement with everyone in the meeting the russian president next week and then i will let you know whether i have spoken with him and how that goes weve taken this measure as you know mainly because we have seen that russia is not supporting us in investigating this murder and of course ive spoken with allies about this through bilateral contacts. That. You know a guest a Georgian National was shot dead in but when in broad daylight soon after the assassination suspicions arose that the Russian Intelligence Services were involved the victim was a former rebel commander in the early 2040 against russia and the 2nd chechen war the suspected killer is a 49 year old russian tolerantly in custody moscow denies any involvement in the killing. The investigation is underway in germany we dont have anything to say because we dont possess any information. This incident have to the russian authorities these are absolutely groundless assumptions. Geminis interior minister. Told reporters the investigation was ongoing. In germany there was a criminal process that deals with this kind of thing and in the case of a crime of this magnitude and with this background can anything be attorney general that he has taken its. Say something about the significance of this crime including his political background with the. With moscow still refusing to cooperate in the investigation criticism of russia and the west is getting louder. Im joined now by our correspondents kate brady of political correspondents here in berlin and lucille when is the respondent in moscow. Talks with you kids are fed bits of information has emerged overnight tell us why does blood and believe that russia is involved in this assassination where this all comes at the back of the decision by the prosecution the federal prosecution to take on this case and these are often cases where the prosecution consider the crime to be a crime against the states and german prosecution so if so far said that they have sufficient evidence to indicate that this killing was indeed carried out by russia or chechnya and if you look at some of the circumstances surrounding both the suspected perpetrator and the victim there are already some indicators that this may be the case the suspected perpetrator was a 49 year old Russian National hes now currently in custody and he had actually already previously been wanted in in a separate killing in russia which was a very similar case the victim that was also killed in a very similar way someone cycled by him on a bike and shot him and then if we look as well at the victim he was actually an Asylum Seeker of chechen descent and even the german prosecution have said that he has been that he had been persecuted as someone who was against russia and even since since leaving and coming to try and seek asylum here in germany we actually spoke to his wife is exwife sorry earlier this year and she said that there had been several attempts against his life which is why they fled here in the 1st place and that they would have been told someday it would lead to Something Like this and of course as we know now that it did indeed result in his death and that he turning to russia of course categorically denies any involvement in this getting this bit of a strong reaction the Russian Ambassador here in britain says they really be consequences what might they be. Well we still dont know the russian side seems to be taking its time with the response usually in cases like this russias strategy is to respond with a kind of tit for tat response we saw that for example in one precedent last year in the case of the poisoning of sergei scree paul in the u. K. Which in a way was a similar attempted murder in this case and in that case the u. K. Expelled 23. 00 diplomats and russia responded in kind so we may see some Something Like that one Russian Parliamentarian yesterday was talking about that being a reasonable response but i think we could also see a protest perhaps a more careful response when it comes to germany from the russian side after all the relations between the 2 countries have traditionally been close. Get him into you know what does this incident mean for relations between the 2 countries is dependent on russia with seems like its got supplies exactly what it doesnt come at a great time anyway and there will be a lot of things issues to consider particularly when it comes to how germany takes 6 its next step particularly if prosecutors do find yet more indicators at least that russia might be behind this killing so the fact that germany has already expelled 2 Russian DiplomatsSay Something about the stance that germany is taking towards russia which as i mentioned germany has always been relatively close to russia but theyre hot and have been coals within the government particularly from conservative policies to make these these connections closer between germany and russia as well but as you mentioned we currently see in the construction of the north. To gas pipeline which is being built under the baltics which would see germany realign extremely heavily more so even the now on russia for gas now until now im glad merkel has tried to make sure that this project is being very much an economic project despite some of the concerns in the Baltic States about which how that could be instrumental ised by russia so of course that could still potentially being used as a geopolitical instrument depending on how this investigation develops but of course germany is still also a mediator in the talks which are set to take place next week in paris between Russia Ukraine and france and germany and those will be focused in on the u. K. Ukraine piste and Angela Merkels already said that she will be addressing putin president putin about this killing and to see it be interesting to then see like how this develops in the coming weeks right as just mentioned medical and putin all set to meet on monday to discuss ukraine but could these new diplomatic tensions really on those talks. Well russia certainly seems to not want these diplomatic tensions to weigh on those talks they are very important this is the 1st meeting between the ukrainian president and the russian president these are the 1st talks in the normandy format so about peace in ukraine since 2016 and russia seems to be treading a bit more carefully than germany is even as kate said medical did mention this issue and that she would be addressing putin on monday about it potentially whereas putin yesterday in a press conference didnt mention it at all so the russian side seems to be being a bit more careful and the head of the International Affairs committee in the Russian Parliament yesterday said that these this issue this merger would have no effect on russian german relations and no effect on those normandy talks the details in moscow and get pretty good in thank you both very much for your reporting. Let me now bring you up to date with some of the stories making news around the world polish Authorities Say at least 5 people have died after a gas explosion destroyed a house in a Southern Mountain resort children are understood to be among the dead this gives us searching for said repeated western messing. Bill street in city of sydney is shrouded in unprecedented pollution a severe blaze by hundreds of homes have been destroyed and 4 people have died Scientists Say the fire has a more intense than usual due to a prolonged drought food by climate change. In the u. S. For legal experts have testified in the 2nd round of public hearings in the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump 3 of the 4 constitutional experts said did commit an Impeachable Offense when he asked the ukrainian president did investigate political driver Joe Biden Group was called to testify before congress as Top Democrats lead a drug for formal charges the other little expert by the republicans defended it said he had made mistakes. So what are people who will be voting in the 2020 president ial election sing about the impeachment hearings to find out theyve visited a town in virginia a state president trying failed to win the 2016 election. Blackstone is about a 3 hour drive south of washington and the impeachment hearings going on there the residents here are proud to say theyre part of the south. Back i was born runs a wholesale Beverage Company in blackstone the trump supporter says hes doing its best to keep up to speed on whats happening in the capital and hes definitely not happy about the hearings. I dont think americans want this to go on for days and weeks and weeks and this witness and that witness and it is just seen as millions of dollars being wasted and. We have so many issues National Issues we need to solve this country and this system fatsis the Family Business man doesnt believe President Trump did anything wrong with regard to ukraine. I think a lot of this is just good politics and good this is you want to know where your money should go and you want to make sure the things youre doing right before you help somebody. Around 4000 people lived in blackstone roughly half a white the other half were africanamerican the region is traditionally conservative but in the last Congressional Elections a democrat won the district. Most africanamericans were made on the street dont want to comment on the impeachment proceedings thomas tyler is an exception he says hed rather see President Trumps political fight decided at the ballot box next year weve got. To go 20 did this saddle so either the people will replace him. If you replace you get rid of the man to go to the country i. Mean the people who voted for. Him in a local baba shop molly black occasionally chats with customers about the impeachment proceedings she says she doesnt personally follow the hearings she will remain a trump supporter regardless of whats said in washington. Everybody has their pros and cots theres things that make a good president good and bad president bad but look at the economy now theres no reason no reason to kick him out no reason for them ph thats 3 this is a good show. How they got a great job with a figure of special counsel Robert Miller looking on the proprietors of a nearby bed and breakfast their hard work. Their democrats and i believe the impeachment hearings are justified but i dont think the result will play a role in the upcoming elections. Here we go to work for clinton this is the economy stupid and basically it sounds like its going to be theyre going to take a look real hard and the economy is going there will be the advantage to you know to the current administration. Republicans and democrats and blacks dont seem to agree on this point they also agree that the United States is currently deeply divided but they differ on whos to blame. And much of france is gong to horde as the country experiences its biggest strike in decades of a proposed Pension Reforms many people are taking to the streets with severe disruption to dine schools and hospitals president in modern plans to overhaul the retirement system and force workers to retire or see their pensions reduced the strike is open ended with some trade Union Leaders saying they will carry on their protest action till the president abandons his plans. And this one go straight to pakistan to journalist John Lawrence and john what is the situation there like right now and how much destruction is expected. Very extensive destruction this morning. It was as if this morning rush hour was canceled the Railway System is pretty much groundswell there i think 3 percent of the trains are in on the Regional Network until the t. G. V. As we cancelled the metro trains in there in paris and other cities have been severely disrupted 11 of the lines out of 16 in paris theyre completely shut down today buses. Are on strike Traffic Controllers are on strike extensive destruction and they too were to flights today you can ferries and so a lot of people unable to get to work today all they organized things so that they could work from home and in other sectors very widespread not just the Public Sector of the sun but mainly teachers more than half of the french teachers from strike today many many schools closed postal workers hospital staff police and energy staff the lawyers refuse collectors and a very very widespread widespread strike very widespread destruction today and its expected to be a wonder the biggest strikes in decades whats at stake for president in london. Well you can see what hes trying to do because france has an extraordinary system where you have. Separate pension schemes so depending on the job you do you will get a very different kind of state pension for example if your realm we work at it gets rich 54 where is the official retirement age is now a 62 in form so this is a little bit unfair on people who dont work in the private sector because they dont only have to retire later they actually have to subsidize the workers who are retiring early so what machall is hoping to do is to milt down if you like all of those different systems into one universal point system so that everyone contributes the same amount of over the same number of years now this of course is bad news for people who have been in the Public Sector special skillings ups and now so theyre going to get a little bit poorer they have to contribute more theyre going to have to work longer and this because theyre not happy about it. John laurenson in paris thank you very much for that update from that debt deal with these most famous and successful basketball x. 4 to see the order of merit on van stand by at an event after the ceremony the former n. B. A. Star took time to reflect and discuss what both bought basketball life has in store for him. Dirk nowitzki is imposing skills and hard work helped catapult the former basketball player into superstardom but his impact has extended far past the sports world if its he was awarded the german order of merit the countrys highest civic honor by president func fall to steinmeyer in berlin the award celebrates the 41 year olds athletic career and commitment to Community Service if it is a unicef ambassador and launched a Foundation Supporting children dealing with poverty and illness in 2001 thing after the awards ceremony and it made it clear hes enjoying himself after 21 years in the pros. Its a full on fungus i said from the start that when my career was over i would need a year or 2 to take a step back and enjoy my family they played 2nd fiddle long enough. To wicki is no stranger to accolades he led the Dallas Mavericks to the 2011 n. B. A. Title and was the 1st ever european to win the league m. V. P. Award in 2007 his larger than life play in the u. S. Helped elevate the previously rarely played game back home. So hes accomplished enough for a lifetime germanys record point getter is already thinking of the next step. Up on this ive always tried to give everything for my sport with passion and heart. But now i want to different perspective and would like to enter the Business World is this right im too however he follows up is a lustrous playing career theres no doubt if its he will continue to stand out in the crowd. In formula one fish even not happy with how this season ended on the real track at the weekend but if these they had reason to celebrate on wednesday the italian team kynge the east coasts f one title in their maiden season. Bosses would be hoping the triumph on the virtue track brings a change of fortunes to the town like an example. If ones oldest and most decorated officer failed to win a real drivers title since 2007. The head of european footballs governing body has criticised the v. A. Our video replay system used to check decisions by referees Alexander Schaeffer said you would propose making changes to the way we are is being implemented he said using the system to check offside and handball decisions had caused confusion and been a source of controversy the technology was introduced. Well we all thought that it was an invention of the 21st century but think again because it turns out that village is the black sea coast of turkey have been happily sending each other tweets for hundreds of years take a listen. Corey its a small Turkish Community with about 400. 00 residents nestled in the mountains near the black sea its name means the village of birds and its home to an age old bird language caught in bed accuses it to communicate with a neighbor from birth talk to her top. Further up the hill a neighbor joins the conversation. Cabin bit big invites us over 30 several neighbors have come by and they all agree that modernity is to blame for the study the minds of the bird language in their village. Need to be back in the day everyone could speak of our ancestors our grandparents for instance my father my mother my siblings they could all speak it now weve got telephones and the language is disappearing the young people say it seems rude to them when they whistle they dont learn the bird language they could but they dont because they are moving to the city. In some of the grandchildren come back to the village from the city for their holidays caught in tries to teach the boys the language but its nearly impossible to do in just a few weeks. He. Used to call our neighbors for help by whistling we didnt have to walk everywhere you could whistle from here and over there people would understand. The traditions of khushboo east and hazelnut Farming Community are gradually being lost thats why unesco has added the bird language to its Protection Program the villages hope to receive Financial Support and a founder to school for the language. Some can whistle their 1st sounds from the 1st day onwards there is need about one or 2 weeks it takes about 2 months until they can whistle their 1st phrases it has to do with talent to. Open is the great hope of the village. Im just one of the few who are interested. The other kids in the language is useless. But i believe its very valuable. Even though scientists believe the bird language is slowly going extinct interest in the tradition is increasing much further than turkeys on borders. And these days whistling is making a comeback across the valley of cory. This is news and these are our top stories germany has expelled 2 Russian Diplomats over the killing of a georgian citizen in berlin former Chechen Rebel commanders the income congo believe was shot dead in broad daylight in a public park a suspect is in custody russia denies any involvement. Much of frances ground to a halt as the country sees its biggest strike in decades of a proposed Pension Reforms schools hospitals and transport networks are affected as the Public Sector protests against plans to overhaul the retirement system the president wants to create a universal scheme which critics say will worsen inequality the strike is open ended and could last for days. For legal experts have testified in a 2nd round of hearings in the impeachment inquiry into us President Donald Trump 3 of the 4 said trump committed an Impeachable Offense when he asked the ukrainian president to investigate from political rival joe biden. Need to leaders meeting in london have wrapped up a contentious summit marking the military alliances 70th anniversary adopted a joint statement recognizing the challenges posed by china and reached agreements on defense and spending this is. From all follow us on twitter a deed of the news and also you can visit our website that dot com. Finally from me we go to the french city of little where artists have fun creative ways to bring light into darkness. Tacuba installations on display at the annual festival of lights the star of the show illuminated lanterns the imaginary creatures hovered above a nature themed installation featuring 500. 00 light trees a total of 40 light installations were on show with many projected on historic architecture of the city. And dont forget you can always get news on the gorgeous don luda app from google play all from the apple store thatll give you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as push notifications for any breaking news and if you bought off a news story could also use the d. D. L. Be app to send us photos and videos of whats happening. Youre watching the news coming to you live from london up next we have business news. Has the details coming up shortly so do stay with us for that if you can for me on the team is life not. Cleaning lady by day except. 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