If you study accuses the u. K. Government of discriminating against visa applicants from africa. And south africas former president says he received Death Threats after giving evidence at a corruption inquiry. We begin in washington where in the last few minutes the house of representatives has voted to condemn quote racist comments by President Donald Trump the resolution was approved on a largely Party Line Vote of 24287 with only 4 of publicans backing the democratic measure the vote allows trumps attacks are follows trumps attacks on 4 Democratic Congress women all of them minorities began his criticism of them on twitter over the weekend and has refused to let up despite growing criticism both at home and abroad we begin with this report from patty calling. It wasnt just on twitter in person and on camera u. S. President donald trump continued to stoke controversy can do what they want they can leave they can stay but they should love our country and they should work for the good of our country hes talking about these 4 new members of congress he singled them out for criticism telling them to go back to their own countries even though they are american but because of what they look like many say those are blatantly racist comments the president responded on twitter writing those tweets were not racist i dont have a racist bone in my body the socalled vote to be taken is a Democratic Congress came republicans should not show weakness and fall into their trap this should be a vote on the filthy language statements and lies told by the democrat congresswoman just over a dozen republicans of criticize the president but the leadership of the party is still clearly with him right now all races and i think the tone of all of this is not good for the country but its coming from all different illogical points of view thats the point to single out any segment of the us i think is a mistake democrats just arent buying that but silence is an endorsement equivocation is an endorsement blaming both sides is an endorsement there is no gray area here. There is a very clear right and wrong on the speaker of the house nancy pelosi one further using candid and controversial language on the floor of the house these comments from the white house are disgraceful and disgusting and the experiments are racist how shameful to hear him continue to defend those offensive words words that we have all heard him repeat not only about our members but about countless others throughout his presidency of the controversies piled up republicans have been unwilling to go against this president that seems unlikely to change anytime soon be calling aljazeera washington and mike hanna is in washington d. C. For us so mike tell us more about how this vote played out. Well as you mentioned in the introduction only 4 republicans voted with all the democrats in the house to rebuke President Trump for his racist language the republicans who voted against the motion nod going on record as accepting these controversial remarks by President Trump a very rare occasion in which republicans have been forced to formally go on record in defense of the president certainly this a very significant but a significant vote that does not go as democrats believe it should on the President Trumps record mocking him formally by the house as a man who made racist comments President Trump has been pushing back for the past 3 days since the origine made the statement he called on republicans to vote against this motion insisting that to support it in any way would be showing weakness very significantly though off to the vote was taken the representative green from texas formally read out impeachment proceedings against President Trump introducing the bill into the house which knol the democrats are going to have to deal with certainly a very very busy day in congress on this particular day and like give us some more context into this this isnt the 1st time that trump has made made these kinds of comments by its never reached this point before. Certainly president come has made very controversial comments in the past but we have not had a situation where the house has formally sought to issue its rebuke as it has done now we have also not had a situation where republicans have to go on the record about whether right not they support the president regardless of the nature of the remarks that he made now this is the critical issue here is that although President Trump has repeatedly used what many believe to be an acceptable language unacceptable epithets this is the 1st time where he has been formally rebuked by congress a rebuke that will fully go on his record as president so a significant moment indeed but before the photo was taken another significant process happened and that was a massive argument within the house brought by republicans attempting to strike from the record the comments made by the Speaker Nancy Pelosi in which shes described to President Trumps comment as racist all the republicans attempted to have the strength from the recall the vote was delayed for a number of hours but once again americans are able to see republicans going on the record in terms of defending a president who the majority of the house have knowledge formally said used a racist language in his tweets directed at 4 people of color so here weve got very significant proceedings certainly the optics of that could have a major impact in the months to come and certainly will dribble through to the election in 2020 thank you very much mike hanna with the latest from washington for us. And for more on this we can now speak to daniel that men hes a reporter covering the white house and washington for politico thank you very much for coming on this program. Firstly its no major surprise that the violence when this way given that the democrats have had majority in congress but can you explain to us how significant this is in light of the fact that theres no real concrete action that can take place after this you know this is kind of a symbolic method to show that congress is against what President Trump said attacking their own colleagues and so the fact that only 4 republicans voted for this resolution kind of indicates that this is President Trumps party and has been for a while that hes taken over the Republican Party it used to be that the g. O. P. Wouldnt welcome immigrants and want to show that america was a beacon of light for the world this is kind of what Ronald Reagan and many other Republican Leaders including george so you bush used to say but now that party is more of a party that is suspicious of people from Foreign Countries but there are there are moderate republicans among their ranks why do you think so few republicans have actually voted to condemn or voted for the resolution. They dont want to get attacked by President Trump for taking a stand against him and so they also fear the constituents in their districts about getting a primary challenge from someone closer to President Trumps you know language and also just his positions as being more of a nationalist and so its kind of raw political calculus that they are trying to preserve their standing in the local Republican Party which is more protracted often and so they are very afraid to take a real stand with democrats in these types of controversial statements but they often are not going to defend trump on this they are just going to be silent and theyre going to leave it to the Trump Campaign to actually say that you know while trump is not he didnt mean what he actually said there was one Trump Campaign spokesman who quoted part of trumps tweet and he denied that trump had even mentioned them going away going back to their country when it was right there in the tweet as our correspondent had been saying its not the 1st time this theres been such twitter comments and theres been this kind of rhetoric but this has gone beyond just comments and has now come into debates in congress do you think this will have the desired effect for donald trump as far as galvanizing his base to or to 20 twentieths actions how do you think this will play out. Its hard to say but theres a reason trump does everything it does mostly and so he is not totally irrational in trying to stir up his base to be on his side against those 4 democrats and he also sees this in opera as an opportunity to brandish the Democratic Party as the party of the squad which is those 4 members of congress who he was trying to let you know label that these are the real this is what the party stands for this is a o c i on a presently. To leave and no more and so if more americans think that the Democratic Party is represented by these 4 people instead of nancy pelosi or joe biden whoever the democratic nominee is then the greater chances are for trumps reelection in 2020 but for a lot of moderate voters this type of racist rhetoric does not play well in the suburbs and among people who reluctantly voted for trump the last time because they did not like hillary clinton. How is this playing out outside of washington. All of these controversies they make more of a splash in the beltway in washington d. C. And in new york city among the media class but for most americans are just trying to live their daily lives and work hard for their jobs and take care of their kids they are not as concerned about the latest controversy and so they may catch a measure or 2 of television or may see a headline online but we shouldnt overplay that this is something that every american is concerned about or even talking about or even aware of this is the daily turn of trump controversies. As you know they go constantly to the next whatever what trump is going to do tomorrow or the next week and so busy a lot of americans are kind of numb to this thank you very much Daniel Lippman good to speak to you thanks for your time and insight. Ok across the atlantic now the European Parliament has now legal acted or celeb wander lion asked president of the European Commission the German Defense minister will become the 1st woman to hold the post to ensure places john klein younker in the vendor jonah hall has more details from the European Parliament and. Just that daily approval from the European Parliament vote means the fund alone becomes the 1st woman to hold the e. U. Use top job as Commission President she will set the policy agenda for the next 5 years i feel so much and im overwhelmed and i think youll follow the trust you placed me you the trust you placed in me is confidence you placed in your office your confidence in the united interest shown you are from east to west from south to north. As a german woman and a close ally of angle a merkel on the line will be seen as an extension of the chancellors dominant role in european politics she owes her career to merkel and like merkel shes a political conservative and a passionate supporter of european integration. But big spending promises designed to sway down to any peace are a departure and may prove hard to fulfill we must take bold steps to get mrs from the lion is indebted for their support to opposing quarters from the socialists to the nationalists which means someone will have to be disappointed supporters in the heavyweight center right European Peoples Party bloc to which belongs brush those concerns aside she managed to get the support of 27. 00 after 28. 00 heads of government in the European Union so western europeans eastern europeans were supporting her representatives from a different political families and what she also managed to do is together with us to bring france and germany closer back together the french german cooperation is not everything in the good opinion that sure but without a close frank or german cooperation things really dont move forward in the unit in unity among the promises that. Has made is reform of the very electoral process that had failed to produce a democratically elected candidate with her name emerging instead from behind closed doors as the preferred pick of e. U. Heads of government and state its not only far right populists talking about a democratic deficit in the e. U. Anymore many other any ps a saying it as well. And try as she might to be the consensus candidate for all her promise of a Green Climate deal for europe wasnt enough to sway the greens what is the deal for europe can you explain that to me i cant. By that i mean again a slogan its not a program what is it how much in which direction. But theyll be an abiding sense of relief an autumn of crises beckons a trade war with trump and britain sliding towards a no deal breaks it at least europe now knows whos in charge join a whole aljazeera strasberg julian hoess the managing director of the think tank the vocal europe and he explains found a lions Mane Campaign progress or pledges. In effect there were free main promises thats when so different camps 1st of all courting the sensorial slash rights wing party of the European Parliament the European Peoples Party and members of macros renew europe was a promise to reinforce the european you from 2 is an issue or so small difficulty in getting free the borders for migrants and those escaping crises which doesnt play very well we have left wing groups following on from that for the left wing groups it was more of a talk regarding a green europe a green a climate deal for europe but as many people have says the details there arent many details in play not much has actually been so then quite frankly nobodys really going to see anything until october when theres a sort of come from a to reverse for the European Commission president and the final one that was quite interesting form of policy point of view was that the promise for a Reinsurance Program to underpin National Insurance programs our support in the visuals was quite interesting but against theres no cost thing there wasnt many details in place and theyll be quite knows if this is actually with the happen well have to see how those will affect the management style of a still carry over behavior from there that may have cause allegations and i believe there were some allegations of problems with using sort of contractors funds on approach projects which in your pink case may cause severe problems well the british pound has plunged to 27 month low against the dollar markets are pricing a sharply higher risk of britain leaving the European Union on october 31st without any transition trading deals theyre concerned by rhetoric from the 2 candidates vying to be the next president s Prime Minister the favorite Boris Johnson and his rival jeremy hunt are both hardening their stance on negotiations of brussels but thats despite the e. U. Saying that the draw agreement has been finalized and there will not be any go any more negotiations. New research has found that african seeking short term he says in the United Kingdom are more than twice as likely to be refused than other applicants they report found the home office responsible for financial discrimination and careless Decision Making they barker has more from london. Katonah louis is twice mayor of the london borough of enfield before entering local politics she spent 40 years working as a midwife to many shes a pillar of the community but her success hasnt helped her only sister to visit the u. K. From nigeria shes been denied a visa 3 times on financial grounds despite showing evidence that her costs are being covered by her sister in london on the way says her family a victims of a prejudice a visa process is very emotional is very disturbing im 70 im not getting younger you know so maybe when i die and then allowed to come and go to my remains you know shes not paying anything painted and if theres anything that ive gone which is the reason why they want to know. According to a new report african visa applicants are more than twice as likely to be refused to people from other parts of the world the authors blame a catalogue of careless often offensive decisions the cost applicants sometimes hundreds of dollars per application the home office piece or Processing System is broken and africans are paying the price this has been outsourced to private Sector Companies and we find just of you all bitch so you have a scientific delegation some of them will be refused others with exactly the same background qualifications finance. This is british gambian perform a solid job shes a rising star in the world music scene she recently attempted to bring over session musicians from gambia to record a new album but they werent allowed in and shes not alone leading academics diplomats ngo workers and world famous performers have all been barred from entering the u. K. For seemingly arbitrary reasons weve just found it really difficult. When we were applying to have people come over for the person long its so expensive sometimes theyre having to go to neighboring countries to get the visa sitting around waiting for interviews in those countries flights i mean its really big we contacted the ho