Political ambitions are to blame for the surge in new coronaviru infections. And Angela Merkels europe, germany takes over the presidency of the european council. Her main goals to contain and recover from the pandemic. And a grim warning from the united n nations. Half a Million People could die from aids because of covid19. The pandemic means many hiv patients are not getting the medicines they need to stay alive. Im brent goff to our viewers, welcome. We start today with breaking news through the Prime Minister of the ivory coast has died at the age of 61 years old. He was also the ruling partys candidate for the president ial election coming up in october. His death throes the race into disarray. Throws the race into disarray. He had just received medical treatment for a heart condition in france. For more now, i am joined by my colleague and dw reported. What does the Prime Ministers death mean for the ivory coast tonight . It is a big shock for the ivory coast, because it was on
Case in point, t this refugee cp in swedish p prosecutors saying theres not enough evidence to carry on investigating Julian Assange. He remains in prison and the u. K. For skipping bail and faces an exhibition to the United States on spying charges. Brent our viewers on pbs and the United States and around the world, welcome. We begin in washington on this third day of impeachment hearings against u. S. President donald trump. Two senior officials of the Trump Administration have already testified, including dented Jennifer Williams and lt. Col. Alexander vindman. Both listened to the phone call betwtween trump and ukraines president back in july. Bettman said the unequal bargaining position of the two leaders and the ukraines dependence on the United States amounted to a demand from trump to the density two zelensky. To demand an investigation into a political opponent, especially a foreign power where there is at best dubious belief this would be a completely impartial investigation
And what the pope did not say as. Pope francis meets myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi and calls for respect from all ethnic groups, but avoiding the term rohingya. Brent im brent goff. Its good to have you with us. We begin with breaking news tonight. North korea appears to have launched a new ballistic missile. Reports coming in from south korea and japan say a missile has been fired. The u. S. Military saying that it is investigating what it calls a probable launch a probable icbm missile. If confirmed, it would be the latest in a series of missile tests this year. The last flew over northern japan and into the pacific ocean. The u. S. Administration has issued repeated warnings to pyongyang to abandon its weapons program. All right, we want to go now to washington to our correspondent carsten von nahmen, hes on the story for us. Good evening to you, carsten. So, whats the latest there, what more can you tell us about this story . Carsten well, not much more as far as the effects are
Handle. Brent donald trump President Donald Trump threatens north korea with new sanctions after pyongyang tests its newest missile, that some says capable of reaching the east coast of the United States. Brent im brent goff. It is good to have you with us. We begin tonight with poison in the courtroom. A former bosniancroat military chief has died after apparently swallowing poison at a hearing at the uns tribunal for the former yugoslavia. Slow but don praljak drank Slobodan Praljak drank the poison after judges upheld his sentence for crimes against humanity. Praljak was going to prison sentence for what would probably be the rest of his life. The judge confirms a 20 prison sentence, and then this. Im not a war criminal. I oppose this conviction. Stop, please. And please sit down. Confusion at first, and as the judge was on to the next case, calls come from within the court. I have taken poison. Ok. We suspend the, we suspend. Please, the curtains. Later, it became clear that pralja
A hatred of men. The french actress Catherine Deneuve attacks the Metoo Movement. She accuses it of conducting a witchhunt against the memen. Is she right . Haveve the accuserers of abusers gone too far, or has she simply missed the point . Brent im brent goff. Its good to have y you with us. A long day ahead and a lot of work to do. Those were the only comments by politicians as they arrived this morning to begin day four of exploratory talks about forming a new Coalition Government here in germany. The parties have agreed not to brief the press for fear of discovering scuffering any deal. Angela merkels conservatives and centerleft social democrats have set themselves a deadline of tomorrow to find out if they have enough Common Ground to Start Formal Coalition talks to give germany a government. Reporter day four of the exploratory talks between chancellor merkels conservatives and the social democrats. But much remains unclear. The parties have agreed on a news blackout, so informa