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who would like to influence me but i love the president of ukraine of independent ukraine and it seems to me that my state so far shows that it is impossible to influence me well how to judge castro jones us now live from washington d.c. looks like tweeting again referring to the inquiry as a coup what more do we know. that's right he was just on twitter in the last few minutes saying that as he finds out more about this he believes this is not just an impeachment but in his words a coup and that is startling language coming from a seated u.s. president there has never been a coup in u.s. history and the fallout there were action to this will certainly be swift as it comes in perhaps the president is reacting to the latest headline here in the u.s. with new this media reporting that yet another player has entered in this intrigue if you will and that is the inspector general of the state department and just a reminder to our viewers inspector generals are not political posts they are hired and appointed by the president to keep their agencies honest and the reports are that the inspect
who would like to influence me but i love the president of ukraine of independent ukraine and it seems to me that my state so far shows that it is impossible to influence me well how to judge castro jones us now live from washington d.c. looks like tweeting again referring to the inquiry as a coup what more do we know. that's right he was just on twitter in the last few minutes saying that as he finds out more about this he believes this is not just an impeachment but in his words a coup and...
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who would like to influence me but i'm the president of ukraine independent ukraine and it seems to me that. shows that it is impossible to influence me. castro has been following those developments from washington. under mounting pressure u.s. president donald trump again took to twitter to express his displeasure on late tuesday night tweeting that as he received more information that this is not impeach meant it's a coup startling language coming from a sitting u.s. president and tweeted moments after a new headline broken u.s. media that being that yet another inspector general an insider from the federal government was willing to speak to congress this would be the inspector general of the state department who reportedly will deliver an urgent briefing to congressional staff on wednesday this all comes as the house intelligence panel prepares to interview 5 current and former state department employees they include the former ambassador to ukraine merida avan of it who is implicated in the phone call between trump and president zelinsky of ukraine trump on that phone call said tha
who would like to influence me but i'm the president of ukraine independent ukraine and it seems to me that. shows that it is impossible to influence me. castro has been following those developments from washington. under mounting pressure u.s. president donald trump again took to twitter to express his displeasure on late tuesday night tweeting that as he received more information that this is not impeach meant it's a coup startling language coming from a sitting u.s. president and tweeted...
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ukraine says it plans to carry out another prisoner swap with russia next week ukraine's foreign minister made the comments after a breakthrough in talks between moscow and kiev on thursday they saw dozens of prisoners last month in an effort just for relations which have been frozen since russia annexed crimea from ukraine in 2014 the kremlin has not yet confirmed the plans that said work on a swap was underway both sides are trying to end a 5 year conflicts between government forces and progression rebels in ukraine's east now for the 1st time a quadriplegic person has been able to walk again with the aid of a revenue revolutionary mind controlled exoskeleton researches at the university of her nope in france developed the technology to translate the man's brain waves into mechanical movements the excess skeleton suit is still a prototype but it offers a glimpse of a future where people's brains can help them regain the power of the mint paul brennan has more. 4 years ago this man was paralyzed in a form even today his spinal cord is too badly damaged to transmit signals from his brain
ukraine says it plans to carry out another prisoner swap with russia next week ukraine's foreign minister made the comments after a breakthrough in talks between moscow and kiev on thursday they saw dozens of prisoners last month in an effort just for relations which have been frozen since russia annexed crimea from ukraine in 2014 the kremlin has not yet confirmed the plans that said work on a swap was underway both sides are trying to end a 5 year conflicts between government forces and...
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and the white house official who was on the controversial phone call between donald trump and ukraine's president testifies before congress. hello lebanon's prime minister saad heidi has submitted his resignation to the country's president michel on how do you he says he has reached a dead end after weeks of protests paralyzed the country after the long awaited statement protesters took to the streets in celebration earlier on tuesday supporters of the government attacked a protest camp set up by anti-government demonstrators in beirut tearing down tents and roadblocks banks are being closed for the 10th straight day as well as schools and shops. the. 13 days the lebanese people have been waiting for a political solution to put into the deteriorating situation throughout this period we've been trying to find a way we can listen to people's voices and sterile country away from political economical and other threats today with all we're great we've reached a deadlock and we need a shock in order to break through the crisis i'm heading to the presidential palace to rain down the resignatio
and the white house official who was on the controversial phone call between donald trump and ukraine's president testifies before congress. hello lebanon's prime minister saad heidi has submitted his resignation to the country's president michel on how do you he says he has reached a dead end after weeks of protests paralyzed the country after the long awaited statement protesters took to the streets in celebration earlier on tuesday supporters of the government attacked a protest camp set up...
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diplomat to ukraine testifies in an impeachment inquiry and explains how the president tried to pressure kiev to discredit his political rival and police and protesters face off again in chile as the government struggles to find a political solution to the public anger. well it's been hailed as a historic agreement turkey and russia reaching a deal to clear out kurdish backed fighters from northern syria and korea launched its offensive in the area last week but suspended the operation following a u.s. brokered cease fire we'll start with this report from step vasant in sochi. with only hours left of the u.s. brokered cease fire in syria russia stepped in president put an offer to help to remove and this goodish fighters at the turkish syrian border together with syrian border troops it was delayed we share turkey's concern about the growing threats of terrorism and the growth of ethnic tensions in the region east tensions and the separatist mood in recent times where in our opinion artificially created by outsiders. goodish fighters have until next tuesday evening local time to clear tu
diplomat to ukraine testifies in an impeachment inquiry and explains how the president tried to pressure kiev to discredit his political rival and police and protesters face off again in chile as the government struggles to find a political solution to the public anger. well it's been hailed as a historic agreement turkey and russia reaching a deal to clear out kurdish backed fighters from northern syria and korea launched its offensive in the area last week but suspended the operation...
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the former ambassador to ukraine mari you have one of each was instructed by the state department not to appear in congress however she defied this instruction appearing before the congressional committee behind closed doors then there was the case of opening statements being leaked and certainly according to that statement she came out with both barrels firing insisting that those with questionable motives had caused her recall from the ukraine that the direct instruction of president trump she spoke about what she called a hollowed out state department and certainly added to the congressional knowledge off the events that led to that phone call between president trump and the president of ukraine that lies at the heart of this ongoing investigation importantly though she also opened a little bit of a chip in that white house boycott of the ongoing investigations it is now known that a number of other state department officials may be appearing in congress in coming days among them gordon sunderland who was blocked from appearing by state department last week but now he's been served
the former ambassador to ukraine mari you have one of each was instructed by the state department not to appear in congress however she defied this instruction appearing before the congressional committee behind closed doors then there was the case of opening statements being leaked and certainly according to that statement she came out with both barrels firing insisting that those with questionable motives had caused her recall from the ukraine that the direct instruction of president trump...
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ambassador to ukraine marie yvon of h. she was recalled under sudden circumstances last may and her name came up in that phone call between president donald trump and the president of ukraine in which trump was pressuring the ukrainian president to open an investigation into trump's own domestic political rivals he said on that call that yvon of h. was in his words bad news she has agreed now to speak before congress behind closed doors on october 11th and nother witness is kurt volker he is the former u.s. envoy to ukraine his name is brought up in the whistleblower report which brought all of this to light and he is said to have traveled to ukraine to try to contain the damage from the phone call between trump and the lewinski now kurt volker resigned last week when all of this emerged into the open and he has agreed to speak before congress on this thursday. and what about trump himself what's his reaction been to all of this. right well the president did not have any public events scheduled today but he was publicly ai
ambassador to ukraine marie yvon of h. she was recalled under sudden circumstances last may and her name came up in that phone call between president donald trump and the president of ukraine in which trump was pressuring the ukrainian president to open an investigation into trump's own domestic political rivals he said on that call that yvon of h. was in his words bad news she has agreed now to speak before congress behind closed doors on october 11th and nother witness is kurt volker he is...
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president pressured ukraine to investigate a political rival in exchange for military aid. chile's president sebastian pinera has announced social reforms in the hope of ending protests that have already left 15 dead he's apologized for not anticipating the un rest and promised to end. pensions as well as reduced electricity and medical costs reports from. another day of protests are paralyzed much of downtown. tensions in the city remain high as thousands of demonstrators continue to flood the streets. this is a professional driver he hasn't participated in the protests but he shares the prescriptions of demonstrators. i have my own vehicle and i work with dignity and abide by the law but what has that meant for me it's meant throwing my money away in tax and if i don't pay my share i can lose my house but not that big businessman they don't pay and then they get bailed out what about me you are there since the weekend protests have continued to intensify every day it seems more sectors of society are joining in the demonstrations on tuesday evening chilean president. anno
president pressured ukraine to investigate a political rival in exchange for military aid. chile's president sebastian pinera has announced social reforms in the hope of ending protests that have already left 15 dead he's apologized for not anticipating the un rest and promised to end. pensions as well as reduced electricity and medical costs reports from. another day of protests are paralyzed much of downtown. tensions in the city remain high as thousands of demonstrators continue to flood the...
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at the time ukraine was expecting the delivery of u.s. military aid to help fight russia but trump was temporarily withholding the aid as his surrogates continue to pressure ukraine to investigate democrats on capitol hill wednesday nominee to become u.s. ambassador to russia was asked to comment do you think it's ever appropriate for the president to use his office or solicit investigations into a domestic political opponent. soliciting investigations into a domestic political opponent i don't think that would be in accord with our values and nother assistant to john bolton is expected to testify on thursday tim morrison is the director of european and russian affairs on the national security council and named by previous witnesses as having key information into the president's decision to withhold aid from ukraine and drumming up expectations further is morrison's announcement on the eve of his expected testimony that he is resigning from the white house hi joe castro al-jazeera washington now the house resolution is set to formalize pr
at the time ukraine was expecting the delivery of u.s. military aid to help fight russia but trump was temporarily withholding the aid as his surrogates continue to pressure ukraine to investigate democrats on capitol hill wednesday nominee to become u.s. ambassador to russia was asked to comment do you think it's ever appropriate for the president to use his office or solicit investigations into a domestic political opponent. soliciting investigations into a domestic political opponent i don't...
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security aid that was supposed to help ukraine ward off aggression. russia that is why then men and other national security experts have come forward as part of this impeachment inquiry see the president's demand for something for his personal gain was endangering u.s. national security and in danger in an ally furthermore republicans have been defending the president by attacking the democrats process in this inquiry saying that because they're conducting these hearings behind closed doors there's a lack in transparency and that the inquiry is illegitimate to begin with democrats have responded now by scheduling a full house vote this thursday to officially launch this inquiry it's just a formality now because the courts have already said what's happening over the last 2 weeks is already legitimate however democrats are hoping to take away that argument from republicans saying that on the contents of this call in the contents of trump's handling of ukraine alone that that is more difficult to defend. iraqis are defying a curfew on the climb to in a n
security aid that was supposed to help ukraine ward off aggression. russia that is why then men and other national security experts have come forward as part of this impeachment inquiry see the president's demand for something for his personal gain was endangering u.s. national security and in danger in an ally furthermore republicans have been defending the president by attacking the democrats process in this inquiry saying that because they're conducting these hearings behind closed doors...
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well rudy giuliani donald trump's personal lawyer has been asked to hand over ukraine related documents to the impeachment inquiry chooses deadline to produce the documents also extends to vice president mike pence on monday the inquiry heard from the white house's former russia expert fiona hill who resigned days before trump crane's president to investigate joe biden and his son mike hanna has the latest from washington. yet another official from the trap administration has defied the presidential boycott of the going impeachment proceedings and arrived to give evidence before 3 separate congressional committees he is george kent an assistant secretary of state with responsibility in europe very much an expert on the ukraine now the committee is unlikely to be questioning him about evidence they'd heard yesterday from another ukraine expert and russian expert fiona hill who was a member of the national security council before reining in resigning shortly before president trump's conversation with the ukraine president now according to several sources fiona hill spoke about a shadow st
well rudy giuliani donald trump's personal lawyer has been asked to hand over ukraine related documents to the impeachment inquiry chooses deadline to produce the documents also extends to vice president mike pence on monday the inquiry heard from the white house's former russia expert fiona hill who resigned days before trump crane's president to investigate joe biden and his son mike hanna has the latest from washington. yet another official from the trap administration has defied the...
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election fox has been a bedrock of support for this president and there were some signs before the ukraine story of dissent at the network on where fox should draw the line in its backing of trump however this story has. exposed those divisions like never before the hosts arguing with each other on the air reflect a deeper split amongst fox executives and within the network's owners the murdoch family and as fox is best known viewers it's not like donald trump hasn't noticed some of those angry tweets he used to reserve for c.n.n. and the new york times are now heading fox's way our starting point this week is washington d.c. . the prospect of the impeachment of donald trump has been a preoccupation of much of the american news media since before trump was even sworn in this headline was published just 6 days after trump was selected more than 2 months before he took office then came the russia gate story out of washington and the latest on the russian best again on the alleged collusion between the trump campaign and the kremlin during the 2016 election the investigation into that by spec
election fox has been a bedrock of support for this president and there were some signs before the ukraine story of dissent at the network on where fox should draw the line in its backing of trump however this story has. exposed those divisions like never before the hosts arguing with each other on the air reflect a deeper split amongst fox executives and within the network's owners the murdoch family and as fox is best known viewers it's not like donald trump hasn't noticed some of those angry...
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while the white house appears to have a new strategy and defending donald trump's handling of ukraine get over it that's what the president's chief of stuff told reporters on thursday as opponents proceeded with that impeachment inquiry. has. the white house has a message for anyone who criticizes using american aid as leverage over a foreign nation get over it there's going to be a political influence in foreign policy by the white house chief of staff offered no apologies for the july phone call between president trump and the leader of ukraine in which trump pressed for ukrainian investigation into claims that a hacked computer server that played a role in russia's 2016 election meddling campaign had been moved to ukraine trump was withholding u.s. military assistance to ukraine when he made the request that he also mentioned to me in the past that the corruption related to the d.n.c. server absolutely no question about that but that's it that's why we held up the money now there was a report of the man for an investigation into the democrats which is part of the reason that he was
while the white house appears to have a new strategy and defending donald trump's handling of ukraine get over it that's what the president's chief of stuff told reporters on thursday as opponents proceeded with that impeachment inquiry. has. the white house has a message for anyone who criticizes using american aid as leverage over a foreign nation get over it there's going to be a political influence in foreign policy by the white house chief of staff offered no apologies for the july phone...
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ambassador to ukraine william taylor testified that troubled as a condition that ukraine investigate his rival joe biden before releasing the republican politicians have tried to stop the impeachment inquiry into president trump more than 2 dozen members assembled outside the secure room where cooper is testifying to hold a short news conference attacking the hearing before pushing it to the committee room bringing the session to a halt. castro is live for us in washington d.c. and testimony of course comes after ambassador tieless testimony which is being described as potentially the most damaging yet to president. that's exactly how democrats are describing yesterday's explosive testimony from william cooper stan and in fact he did lay out a detailed and compelling case that appears to connect the dots on what is an explicit quid pro quo that the us president demanded of ukraine to investigate his political adversaries in exchange for a visit to the white house and for the $400000000.00 worth of security aid that have already been promised to ukraine and william taylor lay this out
ambassador to ukraine william taylor testified that troubled as a condition that ukraine investigate his rival joe biden before releasing the republican politicians have tried to stop the impeachment inquiry into president trump more than 2 dozen members assembled outside the secure room where cooper is testifying to hold a short news conference attacking the hearing before pushing it to the committee room bringing the session to a halt. castro is live for us in washington d.c. and testimony of...
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politicians and lobbying for the removal of the united states ambassador to the ukraine memory of it president trump called the of on a vigil bad news on that now infamous call where he pressured the ukrainian president to investigate his political rival former vice president joe biden. his son who had business dealings in the country the u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york the very office where rudy giuliani rose to prominence as a federal prosecutor is handling the case of his associates it's also the office that convicted michael cohen the president's fixer of campaign finance violations and now is reportedly investigating giuliani himself and you know i can't wait to come back to this giuliani denies breaking the law since he was working on behalf of the president not a foreign agent i think he shouldn't be underestimated i think he's a tough guy and i think some of his some lashing out acting out on the cable networks is is kind of an act. to distract to intimidate and to keep himself at the center of the story which he's a very effective at doing and so far he h
politicians and lobbying for the removal of the united states ambassador to the ukraine memory of it president trump called the of on a vigil bad news on that now infamous call where he pressured the ukrainian president to investigate his political rival former vice president joe biden. his son who had business dealings in the country the u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york the very office where rudy giuliani rose to prominence as a federal prosecutor is handling the case of his...
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officials discussed pressuring ukraine's president to announce an investigation into by. the united states and north korea resumed nuclear negotiations on saturday talks have stalled since the failed 2nd summit between u.s. president donald trump of north korea's leader kim jong il and al jazeera swaine hey reports. there have been plenty of handshakes and historic moments in this new age of diplomacy on the korean peninsula some concessions have been made by the parties involved but there's been no progress towards the denuclearization of north korea speaking at the united nations general assembly on monday north korea's ambassador blamed the united states only hopes on e.q. it depends on the u.s. on whether the d.p. r. k. u.s. negotiations will become a window of opportunity or an occasion that will hasten the crisis the last summit between u.s. president donald trump and north korean leader kim jong un in hanoi in february ended early without a deal or even any significant announcement the holo diplomacy continued in june with another symbolic meeting at the demilitari
officials discussed pressuring ukraine's president to announce an investigation into by. the united states and north korea resumed nuclear negotiations on saturday talks have stalled since the failed 2nd summit between u.s. president donald trump of north korea's leader kim jong il and al jazeera swaine hey reports. there have been plenty of handshakes and historic moments in this new age of diplomacy on the korean peninsula some concessions have been made by the parties involved but there's...
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military assistance to ukraine when he made the request that he also mentioned to me in past that the corruption related to the d.n.c. server absolutely no question about that but that's it that's why we held up the money now there was a report of the man for an investigation into the democrats was part of the reason that he was on the to withhold funding to for a look back to what happened in 2016 certainly was was part of the thing that he was worried about in corruption with that nation and that is absolutely appropriate for the justice department has been examining the origins of the russian vest a geisha which the president calls a hoax but in the july phone call with ukraine trump also asked for an investigation into his political rival joe biden the white house claims that part of the call had nothing to do with withholding aid. he while gordon sunlit the us ambassador to the e.u. gate closed door testimony before congress on thursday sunland was central in trump's efforts to pressure ukraine to open the investigations but said he was unaware the president was after dirt on bid
military assistance to ukraine when he made the request that he also mentioned to me in past that the corruption related to the d.n.c. server absolutely no question about that but that's it that's why we held up the money now there was a report of the man for an investigation into the democrats was part of the reason that he was on the to withhold funding to for a look back to what happened in 2016 certainly was was part of the thing that he was worried about in corruption with that nation and...
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as top diplomat in ukraine testifies behind closed doors. hello the weather slushy set fair for southeastern parts of china and that doesn't think a cloud over towards the west of the country and it's sinking its way a little further south was it will be thick enough at times but to some outbreaks of right as we go through wednesday in that wetter weather just pushing to northern parts of vietnam as we go on through thursday further east it does generally stay dry and settle the 28 in hong kong $24.00 celsius for shanghai affected dry weather to into window china india itself and all the parts of india will be a largely dry as well but down towards the south seeing the rain really peping up recently says coachy in the carolina where we have seen some flooding a recently and flash flooding set to remain a problem here's a go on through the next couple of days actually much of that west is out of india continuing to see some very heavy rain we got to watch area of low pressure just pushing more showers into the western ghats as we go on throug
as top diplomat in ukraine testifies behind closed doors. hello the weather slushy set fair for southeastern parts of china and that doesn't think a cloud over towards the west of the country and it's sinking its way a little further south was it will be thick enough at times but to some outbreaks of right as we go through wednesday in that wetter weather just pushing to northern parts of vietnam as we go on through thursday further east it does generally stay dry and settle the 28 in hong kong...
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security aid to ukraine was in part conditioned on ukraine opening an investigation into democrats then he took back the statement and now trump has been tweeting all republicans must remember what they are witnessing here a lynching thousands of african-americans were slaughtered during the lynching epidemic in this country for no reason other than the color of their skin the president should not compare a constitutionally mandated impeachment inquiry to such a dangerous and dark chapter. of american history other democrats called the lynching reference disgusting while republican senator lindsey graham said the impeachment was a lynching in every sense other republicans though were divided as not the language i would use republicans say democrats are conducting the impeachment inquiry behind closed doors to deliberately hide information from the public democrats say they're doing it to protect the integrity of the investigation and are said to be planning public hearings soon their strategy to bring the most damning evidence forward and to vote on impeachment before yours and i do joe
security aid to ukraine was in part conditioned on ukraine opening an investigation into democrats then he took back the statement and now trump has been tweeting all republicans must remember what they are witnessing here a lynching thousands of african-americans were slaughtered during the lynching epidemic in this country for no reason other than the color of their skin the president should not compare a constitutionally mandated impeachment inquiry to such a dangerous and dark chapter. of...
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ambassador to ukraine. the former u.s. ambassador to ukraine meanwhile is the next in line to testify at the impeachment inquiry investigating president donald trump and he's accused of pressuring ukraine's leader to investigate his democratic rival joe biden memory of it she was recalled from her post in may the former diplomat was named in the whistleblower complaint that sparked the impeachment process let's bring in shihab rattansi who's joining us from washington d.c. and i suppose the question is will she show up and will she be testifying or will she be barred by the state department. right because the white house has said they don't want any administration officials or anyone employed by the government to testify she's still a state department employee we haven't heard yet whether in half an hour she will turn up for a deposition certainly members of congress who are part of these committees leading the impeachment inquiry are turning up at the secure bunker not far away from where i'm standing where that depositio
ambassador to ukraine. the former u.s. ambassador to ukraine meanwhile is the next in line to testify at the impeachment inquiry investigating president donald trump and he's accused of pressuring ukraine's leader to investigate his democratic rival joe biden memory of it she was recalled from her post in may the former diplomat was named in the whistleblower complaint that sparked the impeachment process let's bring in shihab rattansi who's joining us from washington d.c. and i suppose the...
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and donald trump's ukraine advisor testifies to congress about his own lawmaker the u.s. president's efforts to pressure at his ukrainian counterpart. head know that sunshine is being rather squeeze across most central areas of europe the south in particular the med say more and it is a very cloudy picture the last few hours across much of central europe without some faulty mornings as well look at this is actually cologne but he said this shroud of fog should be clearing as we go through the day certainly a wednesday we have got more sunshine across much of mainland europe is cool though 4 celsius in here just 2 in moscow in the may well be some snow flurries in there as well not a bad day temperature wise in london on wednesday within the system waiting in the wings a heads east on thursday the temperature will low but also this rain could actually add to some more localized flooding has been so very wet for a long time meanwhile in the central med we have got plenty of rain showers across much of italy and actually on it towards greece and western turkey in the same sy
and donald trump's ukraine advisor testifies to congress about his own lawmaker the u.s. president's efforts to pressure at his ukrainian counterpart. head know that sunshine is being rather squeeze across most central areas of europe the south in particular the med say more and it is a very cloudy picture the last few hours across much of central europe without some faulty mornings as well look at this is actually cologne but he said this shroud of fog should be clearing as we go through the...
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ambassador to ukraine during impeachment hearings against president trump also. we'll tell you what's behind these chaotic scenes in ecuador is coming to stay with us here. hello there i'm afraid the sunshine maybe and all the short supply across some parts of europe as we head through this weekend sun across the north there's just a stream of cloud coming in across these sections although it's not as bad as you can see across areas further to the south and the southeast it's been a system working its way across the black sea in the last few hours continuing to bring want to 2 shows just those fall in northeastern coastal areas of turkey and then we've got religion to go please guys good time which is 24 and running this saturday 26 in athens is warming up nicely and then to the north that is where the rain is working its way across the baltics pushing into northern as the europe and also just this line of those across northern sections of mainland europe now by sunday there's a new system pushing in from the northwest and it's being with us some fairly persisten
ambassador to ukraine during impeachment hearings against president trump also. we'll tell you what's behind these chaotic scenes in ecuador is coming to stay with us here. hello there i'm afraid the sunshine maybe and all the short supply across some parts of europe as we head through this weekend sun across the north there's just a stream of cloud coming in across these sections although it's not as bad as you can see across areas further to the south and the southeast it's been a system...
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i realized that if ukraine pursued an investigation into the bidens and it would likely be interpreted as a partisan play which would undoubtedly result in ukraine losing the bipartisan support it has thus far maintained this would all undermine u.s. national security the newly elected selenski was hoping to schedule a visit to the white house and ukraine was waiting for u.s. military aid needed to fend off russia but trump temporarily withheld the aid as his advisors continued to push ukraine to investigate the democrats and biden. this is about the united states constitution this is about the rule of law this is about national security this is about abuse of power this is about the fact that the president betrayed. his oath of office and the american people trump has denied wrongdoing and attack the credibility of witnesses who operate it with the inquiry that earned a rare rebuke from a fellow republican i think that we need to show that we are better than that as a nation their patriotism their love of country we're talking about decorated veterans who have served this nation who p
i realized that if ukraine pursued an investigation into the bidens and it would likely be interpreted as a partisan play which would undoubtedly result in ukraine losing the bipartisan support it has thus far maintained this would all undermine u.s. national security the newly elected selenski was hoping to schedule a visit to the white house and ukraine was waiting for u.s. military aid needed to fend off russia but trump temporarily withheld the aid as his advisors continued to push ukraine...
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who would like to influence me but i'm the president of ukraine of independent ukraine and it seems to me that my stats show that it is impossible to influence me president says the ukrainian investigation is a hoax he has repeatedly tried to discredit the whistleblower and intelligence officer who remains anonymous trump has said on twitter that he wants to find out the officer's identity even as a senior member of his own republican party says the whistleblower ought to be heard and protected heidi joe castro al-jazeera washington bureau america's top diplomats is currently in spring prepare was asked fine journalists if he was in on the cold with trump and. i was on the phone call the phone call was in the context of now i guess i've been the secretary of state for coming on a year and a half i know precisely what the american policy is with respect to ukraine. it's been remarkably consistent and we will continue to try to drive those a set of outcomes that's what our team including hooting about sort of folk are more focused on taking down. the threat that russia poses there in
who would like to influence me but i'm the president of ukraine of independent ukraine and it seems to me that my stats show that it is impossible to influence me president says the ukrainian investigation is a hoax he has repeatedly tried to discredit the whistleblower and intelligence officer who remains anonymous trump has said on twitter that he wants to find out the officer's identity even as a senior member of his own republican party says the whistleblower ought to be heard and protected...
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now the white house is that knowledge that president trump held out military aid to ukraine partly to push kiev to hold investigations in connection with the 2016 presidential campaign but acting chief of staff mick mulvaney trying to his statement and donald trump's lawyer distance the president from those remarks democrats say this is further evidence of wrongdoing bolstering the case for impeachment. has more now from washington d.c. . the white house has a message for anyone who criticizes using american aid as leverage over a foreign nation get over it there's going to be a political influence in foreign policy at the white house chief of staff offered no apologies for the july phone call between president trump and the leader of ukraine in which trump pressed for ukrainian investigation into claims that a hacked computer server that played a role in russia's 2016 election meddling campaign had been moved to ukraine trump was withholding u.s. military assistance to ukraine when he made the request that he also mentioned to me in past that the corruption related to the d.n.c. serv
now the white house is that knowledge that president trump held out military aid to ukraine partly to push kiev to hold investigations in connection with the 2016 presidential campaign but acting chief of staff mick mulvaney trying to his statement and donald trump's lawyer distance the president from those remarks democrats say this is further evidence of wrongdoing bolstering the case for impeachment. has more now from washington d.c. . the white house has a message for anyone who criticizes...
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foreign policy toward ukraine because at the time that made this request he was withholding u.s. security aid that congress had already appropriated to ukraine for its defense against russia and then those further in the statement saying that there were meetings at the white house prior to this call between president trump advisors and a ukrainian delegation during which those same terms were brought up an invitation for the president to visit the white house in exchange for a public statement on opening those investigation into trump's political adversaries the korean president heidi says that this inquiry is illegitimate it's . is that how members of his own party feel. while republicans have been attacking the process of this impeachment inquiry they have said that because it's happening behind closed doors that it's lacking in transparency and they're saying because the democrats never officially had a vote to launch this inquiry in the 1st place that it's illegitimate and that is why on thursday we're seeing house democrats trying to take that argument away from republicans
foreign policy toward ukraine because at the time that made this request he was withholding u.s. security aid that congress had already appropriated to ukraine for its defense against russia and then those further in the statement saying that there were meetings at the white house prior to this call between president trump advisors and a ukrainian delegation during which those same terms were brought up an invitation for the president to visit the white house in exchange for a public statement...
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foreign policy campaign directed at ukraine which was trying to pressure the ukrainian government to dig up dirt on trump's political rivals here in the u.s. and someone played a central role in these text messages that were privately exchanged between himself and other u.s. diplomats that were made public as part of these impeachment inquiry hearings. and in those texts we see that sunlight and other u.s. ambassadors were trying to convince ukraine to release a public statement saying it would investigate a company linked to the son of joe biden trumps one of his primary political rivals here when another u.s. ambassador said that this appear to be crazy to link u.s. foreign aid as leverage for something that the president wanted for his own political gain sunderland famously texted back saying that this was not the case at all that it was in this misunderstanding and that the president was not asking for a quid pro quo well today as someone is testifying now before these 3 house committees he's reportedly expected to say there was a quid pro quo only not a corrupt one what exactly
foreign policy campaign directed at ukraine which was trying to pressure the ukrainian government to dig up dirt on trump's political rivals here in the u.s. and someone played a central role in these text messages that were privately exchanged between himself and other u.s. diplomats that were made public as part of these impeachment inquiry hearings. and in those texts we see that sunlight and other u.s. ambassadors were trying to convince ukraine to release a public statement saying it would...
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well it's not just with ukraine with other countries as well it's a lot more straightforward and so i think that has lend itself to making a clear case for impeachment the white house to have just released the transcript of the july 25th phone call between president trump and the ukrainian president selenski there was a discussion about some military aid that we were supposed to send but trump had put upon that and so then this phone call happens and trump says you know paraphrasing but ok i'm going to need you to do us a favor. and the favor that he's asking is he wants him to investigate his chief political rival. donald trump leveraged his power over ukrainian leader and that's very simple you can explain that to almost anyone and once you explain to them that it's illegal it will be very easy for them to understand that much of the media in this country is not just fake it's corrupt the president's response has followed the standard shoot the messenger pattern attacks on the news outlets reporting the story as well as a few potshots at the network that usually has his back fox new
well it's not just with ukraine with other countries as well it's a lot more straightforward and so i think that has lend itself to making a clear case for impeachment the white house to have just released the transcript of the july 25th phone call between president trump and the ukrainian president selenski there was a discussion about some military aid that we were supposed to send but trump had put upon that and so then this phone call happens and trump says you know paraphrasing but ok i'm...
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policy now the investigation was launched after acquittal blowers said mr trump pressurised ukraine to investigate his political rival joe biden while withholding military assistance let's go live now to washington and my colleague joe castro so heidi clearly bill taylor a very significant person to hear from today. that's right he is considered to be a key witness in this and each man inquiries peter because he may have the answer to the question that's at the center of all this which is whether president trump had corrupt intent when he pressured ukraine to open an investigation on his political adversaries taylor is the us ambassador to kiev and he in food with sli asked in a text message exchange with fellow diplomats that was made public he said i think it is crazy to withhold u.s. security aid in exchange for help with a political campaign now what exactly led to that campaign where there are conversations he had with other with the white house or other government agencies that prompted him to ask that question those are the things that investigators are now asking of him and
policy now the investigation was launched after acquittal blowers said mr trump pressurised ukraine to investigate his political rival joe biden while withholding military assistance let's go live now to washington and my colleague joe castro so heidi clearly bill taylor a very significant person to hear from today. that's right he is considered to be a key witness in this and each man inquiries peter because he may have the answer to the question that's at the center of all this which is...
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the white house now says that 4 military aid that was promised to ukraine was hinge on ukraine complying with the president's demand to nish aid and investigation but the white house says this investigation had nothing to do with joe biden president trauma's political opponent but rather into the beginnings of the russia investigation back in 2016 in that u.s. presidential election the white house acting chief of staff mick mulvaney telling reporters that there was nothing wrong with this request he said that it was standing policy for the u.s. justice department to reach out to a foreign nation to assist with an existing investigation and in fact he said to reporters that anyone would find something wrong with that should just quote get over it. but that's it that's why we held up the money now there was a reporter who says the name for an investigation into the democrats was for the reason that he was on the to withhold funding to break the lease look back to what happened in 2016 certainly was was part of the thing that he was worried about in corruption with that nation and that is a
the white house now says that 4 military aid that was promised to ukraine was hinge on ukraine complying with the president's demand to nish aid and investigation but the white house says this investigation had nothing to do with joe biden president trauma's political opponent but rather into the beginnings of the russia investigation back in 2016 in that u.s. presidential election the white house acting chief of staff mick mulvaney telling reporters that there was nothing wrong with this...
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in may last year he's being questioned about any role he played in encouraging ukraine to investigate trump's political rival joe biden as well as biden's son. exchanged a series of text messages with another u.s. diplomat that i become central to allegations that with held aid from ukraine as a bargaining chip chip to encourage the biden investigation let's speak to robert let he's the former general counsel of the for the u.s. director of national intelligence he's joining us from washington thanks very much for your time with us on al-jazeera so is someone's testimony the smoking gun so to speak that the democrats are looking for when it comes to the impeachment inquiry against the president's. i don't know that i'd characterize sun lens testimony by itself as a smoking gun i think you've had an entire fuselage of guns going off this week and they're going to continue to do so. the latest being mick mulvaney said mission this afternoon that yes in fact there was a quid pro quo you've basically got all of the relevant facts established at this point between the transcript of the con
in may last year he's being questioned about any role he played in encouraging ukraine to investigate trump's political rival joe biden as well as biden's son. exchanged a series of text messages with another u.s. diplomat that i become central to allegations that with held aid from ukraine as a bargaining chip chip to encourage the biden investigation let's speak to robert let he's the former general counsel of the for the u.s. director of national intelligence he's joining us from washington...
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ambassador to ukraine during impeachment hearings against president from. spain is celebrating national day but could separatist tensions spoil the party. and haggis threatens the japanese ground free details but sanat later in the show. now the former u.s. ambassador to ukraine says donald trump pressured the state department to fire and she was removed because of unfounded and false claims marie of out of it gave testimony to members of congress leading to an impeachment inquiry into the u.s. president vesta gating whether donald trump pressured ukraine's leader into investigating his democratic rival joe biden and his son who has business interests there mike hanna has the latest from washington d.c. . the former ambassador to ukraine mari you've done of each was instructed by the state department not to appear in congress however she defied this instruction appearing before the congressional committee behind closed doors then there was the case of opening statements being leaked and certainly according to that statement she came out with both barrels fi
ambassador to ukraine during impeachment hearings against president from. spain is celebrating national day but could separatist tensions spoil the party. and haggis threatens the japanese ground free details but sanat later in the show. now the former u.s. ambassador to ukraine says donald trump pressured the state department to fire and she was removed because of unfounded and false claims marie of out of it gave testimony to members of congress leading to an impeachment inquiry into the u.s....
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edited transcript of this telephone call that there was no quid pro quo in other words no promise to ukraine that military aid would only come if there was an investigation of donald trump's political adversary former vice president joe biden the other talking point they're making is that this does not as a result rise to the level of impeachment but i can tell you the ordinary voting public according to latest poll doesn't see it that way up 8 points from last week his support for the democrats impeachment inquiry kimberly hold for now thank you very much indeed. there's lots more still to come on al-jazeera including indonesia's swears in a new government despite a might offer violent protests. and a dream run for african athlete set the world championships ignites their passion it runs. hello typhon my time is running up the east coast of china it's just brush through taiwan and sit on the edge of your screen the tucker and rain gave less you might expect from a typhoon $97.00 millimeters recorded so far the winds fade he's talking of not seen reports the damage is entirely possible but t
edited transcript of this telephone call that there was no quid pro quo in other words no promise to ukraine that military aid would only come if there was an investigation of donald trump's political adversary former vice president joe biden the other talking point they're making is that this does not as a result rise to the level of impeachment but i can tell you the ordinary voting public according to latest poll doesn't see it that way up 8 points from last week his support for the...
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government official says he raised concerns twice over the president's efforts to pressure ukraine to investigate a political rival i did sound of inman has been testifying as part of the impeachment inquiry into donald trump how did you cast your reports from washington d.c. . alexander venom and is a u.s. army colonel wounded in iraq veteran and the 1st impeachment witness with 1st hand knowledge of the july phone call between president trump and the ukrainian president volodymyr zelinsky then man was among the white house staff listening when trump said to the ukrainian leader i would like you to do west a favor publicly investigate trumps political rival joe biden and a company called charisma that employed by tin son i was concerned by the call binman said in his written testimony i did not think it was proper to demand that a foreign government investigate a us citizen i was worried about the implications for the us government support of ukraine i realized that if ukraine pursued an investigation into the bidens and it would likely be interpreted as a partisan play which would u
government official says he raised concerns twice over the president's efforts to pressure ukraine to investigate a political rival i did sound of inman has been testifying as part of the impeachment inquiry into donald trump how did you cast your reports from washington d.c. . alexander venom and is a u.s. army colonel wounded in iraq veteran and the 1st impeachment witness with 1st hand knowledge of the july phone call between president trump and the ukrainian president volodymyr zelinsky...
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representative to ukraine could focus which made clear u.s. diplomats had been discussing the preconditions for a meeting between president trump and his ukraine counterpart this has to be a fair process and when you have a press release being drafted by our democrat colleagues cheery picking text messages when the full text of ambassador bowker's testimony last week would have exonerated this president let's release it ambassador sunderland was mentioned repeatedly in the testimony made public his texts and emails indicating he was in direct communication with the white house throughout the discussions about ukraine his evidence is regarded this critical in terms of understanding the motive behind the trumpet ministrations engagement with the president of ukraine and the house committees are insistent he must testify a formal subpoena has now been issued calling on ambassador sunderland to appear with all these documents mike hanna al jazeera washington well the u.s. senate intelligence committee has found that russia was behind essential med
representative to ukraine could focus which made clear u.s. diplomats had been discussing the preconditions for a meeting between president trump and his ukraine counterpart this has to be a fair process and when you have a press release being drafted by our democrat colleagues cheery picking text messages when the full text of ambassador bowker's testimony last week would have exonerated this president let's release it ambassador sunderland was mentioned repeatedly in the testimony made public...
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with ukraine so i would say that presidents in this case. if it were me i would recommend that they start at investigation of the bite because nobody has any doubt that they were. iraq's prime minister is calling for calm love to 3 days of anti-government protests which have left at least $31.00 people dead security forces opened fire on thousands of demonstrators who defied a curfew in the capital baghdad the protests began over unemployment and poor services but it escalated into cool scritch a new government. hong kong's leader carol lam is expected to enact an emergency law that would allow authorities to ban face masks at rallies pro-democracy protesters wear them to conceal their identities to shield themselves from tear gas will hold a special executive council meeting on friday to discuss the ban and all the tough measures meanwhile an 18 year old student shot and injured by police during a protest has been charged with rioting and assaulting 2 officers nigeria's president will do bihari is on a 3 day visit to south africa for a new
with ukraine so i would say that presidents in this case. if it were me i would recommend that they start at investigation of the bite because nobody has any doubt that they were. iraq's prime minister is calling for calm love to 3 days of anti-government protests which have left at least $31.00 people dead security forces opened fire on thousands of demonstrators who defied a curfew in the capital baghdad the protests began over unemployment and poor services but it escalated into cool scritch...
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officials urged on by trump's private attorney rudy giuliani were trying to convince ukraine to launch public investigations into trump's political rivals in the u.s. in fact one assistant to bolton testified earlier that bolton walked out of meeting with him wish that that was discussed and he called it later a drug deal and the many are saying that democrats see him bolton perhaps even an impeachment hero it's unlikely that he will appear it is there are enough house democrats to vote to indeed impeach president trump but what that really means is that he will be indicted in this and still be formally accused the bigger question in the suspense really comes in of whether or not he'll be removed from office and as you know that's the senate that would be putting the president on trial and deciding that question and there's a lot more unknown about that because it would take some 20 republicans to defect from their support of trump in order to vote to remove him from office and although even though we know that polling shows a growing number of americans think that he should be impeach
officials urged on by trump's private attorney rudy giuliani were trying to convince ukraine to launch public investigations into trump's political rivals in the u.s. in fact one assistant to bolton testified earlier that bolton walked out of meeting with him wish that that was discussed and he called it later a drug deal and the many are saying that democrats see him bolton perhaps even an impeachment hero it's unlikely that he will appear it is there are enough house democrats to vote to...
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envoy to ukraine kurt volker the former u.s. envoy to ukraine what we expect from these testimonies adrian essentially timeline's questions about ukraine policy we do know that one of the witnesses will testify that in discussions that she was privy to that in fact it was under the direction of donald trump that there was the suggestion to withhold military aid to ukraine contingent on investigations into one of his political rivals something the u.s. president has denied so essentially what this is is a deep dive into ukraine policy under the administration of donald trump bus however damaging this could be to the president today's testimony the real action is likely to come on close to usenet. yeah that's what everybody is looking ahead to because now the white house has been alleging this is a closed door process there's no transparency and therefore no legitimacy to counter that democrats are under the direction of the speaker of the house nancy pelosi have announced there will be a vote on thursday to formalize this process
envoy to ukraine kurt volker the former u.s. envoy to ukraine what we expect from these testimonies adrian essentially timeline's questions about ukraine policy we do know that one of the witnesses will testify that in discussions that she was privy to that in fact it was under the direction of donald trump that there was the suggestion to withhold military aid to ukraine contingent on investigations into one of his political rivals something the u.s. president has denied so essentially what...
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ukraine's president says he's willing to cooperate with the u.s. on an investigation into interference in the 2016 presidential election his comments come as joe biden became the latest democratic presidential candidates a call for donald trump's impeachment speaking at a rally in new hampshire he said trump has abused the powers of his office to help his own reelection that mcgrath's have launched an impeachment inquiry over claims that trump pressured ukraine's zelinsky to investigate biden and his son he's already convicted himself. in full view of the world when the american people. don't chop is violated his oath of office betrayed this nation and committed impeachable acts. i think. that to preserve our constitution our democracy our basic integrity he should be impeached 2 business men willing to rudy giuliani the personal lawyer for the u.s. presidents have been arrested court documents allege the man conspired to funnel foreign money to candidates for federal and state office alan fisher has more from washington. both these men were arrest
ukraine's president says he's willing to cooperate with the u.s. on an investigation into interference in the 2016 presidential election his comments come as joe biden became the latest democratic presidential candidates a call for donald trump's impeachment speaking at a rally in new hampshire he said trump has abused the powers of his office to help his own reelection that mcgrath's have launched an impeachment inquiry over claims that trump pressured ukraine's zelinsky to investigate biden...
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ukraine so i would say that president saleh. it were may i would recommend that they start an investigation into the bite because nobody has any doubt that they were working at least 23 people have died during 3 days of violent government process in iraq sporadic gunfire has been held in the capital burnt to government testers only to find her in the iraqi prime minister. has called for talks with protesters to try to resolve the situation 8 people have been kidnapped at gunpoint in nigeria police say 6 girls and 2 staff members were abducted from a boarding school in kaduna state early thursday morning rescue teams have been sent to look for the group at least 4 officers have been killed by a colleague at the police headquarters in paris the dead include one woman and 3 men they say the suspect was an i.t. assistant armed with a ceramic knife he was shot dead at the scene and arab citizens in israel are staging protests against what they're calling police in action on cases of violence against them they say there have been more
ukraine so i would say that president saleh. it were may i would recommend that they start an investigation into the bite because nobody has any doubt that they were working at least 23 people have died during 3 days of violent government process in iraq sporadic gunfire has been held in the capital burnt to government testers only to find her in the iraqi prime minister. has called for talks with protesters to try to resolve the situation 8 people have been kidnapped at gunpoint in nigeria...
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in may last year he's been questioned about any role he played in encouraging ukraine to investigate joe biden and biden son solomon exchanged a series of text messages with another u.s. diplomat that had become central to allegations that trump without aid from ukraine as a bargaining chip to encourage the biden investigation now robin letts is the former general counsel for the u.s. director of national intelligence and he says that solomon's testimony was just another part of a mounting pile of evidence against trump. i don't know that i'd characterize sun lens testimony by itself as a smoking gun i think you had an entire fuse a lot of guns going off this week and they're going to continue to do so. the latest being mick mulvaney admission this afternoon that yes in fact there was a quid pro quo you've basically got all of the relevant facts established at this point between the transcript of the conversation that was released the testimony of the witnesses who've who've testified the text messages that we saw it's now completely apparent that president trump wanted ukraine to di
in may last year he's been questioned about any role he played in encouraging ukraine to investigate joe biden and biden son solomon exchanged a series of text messages with another u.s. diplomat that had become central to allegations that trump without aid from ukraine as a bargaining chip to encourage the biden investigation now robin letts is the former general counsel for the u.s. director of national intelligence and he says that solomon's testimony was just another part of a mounting pile...