With sports and football jose marino leads his new team tottenham to a big win in the English Premier League. The Us State Department has released records related to its dealings with ukraine the near 100. 00 page document was only made public after a freedom information lawsuit was brought by an ethics watchdog so it confirms multiple contacts between the secretary of state mike pompei o and Donald Trumps personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani earlier this year those exchanges took place in the months before then u. S. Ambassador to ukraine marie bitch was recalled it supports testimony at the impeachment inquiry that senior officials were aware of efforts to pressure kenya and to investigating Donald Trumps rival joe biden all right so lets go to john hendren for more on this hes live for us in washington d. C. Tell us what else was in these documents john. Well as you know there are a call logs in these documents you were talking about those contacts between Rudy Giuliani and the officials in the administration those call logs confirm that official channels were used the u. S. Secretary of state was using the president s own assistant madeline western in order to contact Rudy Giuliani why is that important its important because it confirms what weve been hearing in the impeachment hearings in which Administration Officials have been saying there were essentially 2 channels for u. S. Foreign policy one of them the official channel the other one essentially directed from the president through Rudy Giuliani and the goal of that seemed to have been as alleged in the impeachment inquiry that they were pressuring the president of the crane amirs lenski in order to launch an investigation into announce an investigation into joe biden and his son hunter biden and his role in an Energy Company there we know this through the impeachment hearings through the testimony of Gordon Sondheim the u. S. Ambassador to the to the European Union who said basically everybody knew about this he named mike pompei o Rudy Giuliani make movie the acting chief of staff in the administration so what this does is it adds some paper confirmation to the verbal things weve been hearing in those impeachment hearings things that often the u. S. Administration has been denying or show ok so we know about these things that about these documents now because of a lawsuit as we said brought by at that Watchdog Group it seems that this information these documents what a big key in the impeachment hearings that we just went through the last week why did the investigators not have them. It would have been key and the investigator did ask for this information but the administration has been stonewalling them theyve been using the rationale that this is not a legitimate impeachment inquiry and therefore they are not obligated to offer documents and certain people to testify thats a battle theyre ultimately likely to lose but they know that they can drag this out you know the democrats are trying to act very quickly in the impeachment inquiry and so theyre going on without this information well this Group American oversight simply filed a freedom of information act request saying we want these documents and for whatever reason the state department went ahead and release them and indeed it does suggest some damaging facts about the administrations case on ukraine in that impeachment inquiry so that youve got an outside group that got lucky getting information that congress was unable to get ok john hendren at the latest from washington d. C. John thank you landslides in western kenya have killed at least 36 people at several remote villages in the county of west pocket after heavy rains rescue efforts are put on hold because bridges and roads have been washed away more than 30 people are missing awestricken high is a local journalist covering the story he gave us this update. Going to fuel people are missing and that those people have been made. But what do they give in the book club. But dont see weve not actually. Because the but the boat that we didnt see got in we had about a break we have got so and that. Is about playing up and ive been told that. Thats one of the behavior that is big in the area. Iran is restoring Internet Access after the government imposed a shut down last week in response to widespread protests the demonstrations followed a government encrease and fuel prices by up to 200 percent Amnesty International says more than 100 demonstrators have been killed by Security Forces a figure that irans government is rejecting a said they joins us live now from tehran my apologies we will try to effort that story as our correspondent is trying to gather more information about what about what is going on there and iran so in the meantime lets move on u. S. Vice president mike pence has arrived in iraq on an unannounced visit he met u. S. Troops stationed at an air base in iraq has been dealing with weeks of violent antigovernment protests demonstrators are angry about corruption unemployment and Poor Public Services parliament is preparing to discuss a new Electoral Reform bill. And Vice President says he has raised concerns about iranian influence and discuss the recent protests regarding our conversations with Prime Minister ahmadi we we spoke about the un rest thats been taking place in recent weeks here in iraq he assured me that they were working. To avoid violence with the kind of repression that we see taking place even as we speak you know rahm and he he pledged to me that the that they would work to. Protect and respect Peaceful Protesters as is a part of the democratic process here in iraq i also encouraged him to listen to those who are protesting and their calls for reform. Jamison back to head. This was an unannounced visit mother u. S. Vice president he arrived and he we are told is at the airbase thats in western iraq visiting u. S. Troops there these are u. S. Troops that lead the coalition that help the iraqi troops battle what remains of the group eisel now it is very interesting timing because as you mentioned it comes at a time when there is this instability here because of these protests weve heard in the last few weeks the u. S. Has called on the government to actually hold early elections and implement these Electoral Reforms that we keep hearing the government talk about here but nonetheless we dont yet know if Vice President pence is going to be meeting with the Prime Minister are that optimality there is one source we spoke to in the office of the Prime Minister who told us that he might meet him another source we spoke with said that the Vice President may only call the Prime Minister it will be interesting to see how this plays out because if youll recall just about 11 months ago u. S. President donald trump made a trip to an airbase while he was in iraq he spoke on the phone with the Prime Minister but he did not meet him and that was taken as a grievous offense by minute office who said that the u. S. President coming here and not visiting with officials in the government was really something that not only was not expected but really could be seen as a bit of an insult so it will be interesting to see what exactly plays out how long this visit lasts and what will be accomplished during my pincers visit. One of the top stories were following the internet apparently is being turned back on in tehran in iran where there have been weeks of protests or us have begun gathering more information for us so i said as we have set a few minutes ago its been its been about a week that the internet has been down what do we know about it being switched back on. Well as of this moment its back up to 70 percent and thats up from 5 percent when it was shut down last week that was following demonstrations and riots that took place as a result of the announcement by the government of a fuel price increase of up to 50 percent now that was a very sophisticated shutdown according to analysts that iran has made to shut down the internet inside the country stopping people from communicating outside of iran but the internal Network Inside the country still was up and running so banks could carry out transactions you could order taxis and absent access news websites within the country those are based inside the country but we still dont know how many people died during this last week now the official iranian 12 thats including Security ForcesAmnesty International has put the figure as over 100 now iran denies denies and rejects that figure but business is have been affected Exchange Currency exchanges travel agents people trying to communicate with family outside the country now iran says it was necessary to maintain stability in the country but what they did manage to do is stop people communicating organizing and sharing videos of those demonstrations not only within iran but outside iran too ok so what is the atmospherics like there now. Theres still a lot of anger and frustration not just at the fuel price increase but the way that this has been handled expression in the internet shut down young people have not been able to access media sites such as instagram or messaging apps such as whats up so for this social media generation you can just imagine how frustrating the last week has been but the United States has sanctioned the Telecommunications Minister but this was not one persons decision it was taken by the Supreme NationalSecurity Council which is made up of the different heads and branches of government and they make that decision it goes forward to the Supreme LeaderAyatollah Khamenei and then he clears it so this was a collective decision but ive been speaking to people outside on the streets of the run and they have likened the situation the internet such as shut down to north korea now that may be a bit of an exaggeration but its an indicative of the feeling outside on the streets here into iran all right i said with the latest from tehran i said thank you. When youre out of the news hour and creating a campaign of fear and burundi opposition activists accuse Security Forces of intimidation and of elections or some escalation and colombias protesters defy a government curfew will have the latest from bogota and in sport canada battle brush her for a place in the davis cup finals all of that just ahead in the program. Elections in burundi are 6 months away but there are already concerns over security opposition leaders say theres a climate of fear and intimidation against those who are critical of the governing party the u. N. Has also issued a warning about the government tells aljazeera the election will be free and fair catherine soy reports from rooneys commercial capital which. Protected by women a quarter you can to cross memories of what happened 4 years ago remain true for this man he tells us his young son was shot by police while on his way to buy bread. Riots started in 2015 and. Run through and warn a 3rd tom that hes opponents it was unconstitutional street protests a field vigilante like attacks and assassinations threatened to tear the country apart another election is due next and the be real father says people are still being intimidated by Security Forces and members of the Ruling Party Youth we called in one at a. Number i am talking to you is putting them at risk if the police know what im talking on my me because find out until i can be arrested or was killed. People here have not forgotten buddhist history of war at this ceremony they celebrate men and women who fought in another conflict in the 1990 s. The fighting stopped an Armed Opposition Group brought pride. That n. P. R. Includes into to power he promised Civil Liberties ethnic cohesion and improving peoples livelihoods at the height of the conflict people could not use this world because of him and fighting president included and other revolutionaries craighead bringing peace and keeping the country relatively stable but now some people accuse him of abusing the same right he fought for almost 2 years ago. Was saying. All those things on the run. I just have one word they just need to. Repent. Spreading false and fake news on brenda theyre not here to see what her and it is now and what evolution and what progress the people have made. Some opposition leaders say bru indians have no freedom to express themselves many have been forced into exile and independent media organizations remain shut many people in the musician. Just trampling on the constitution and nothing. They are trying to to secure our space for only say in the day of the day and its allies. And. Priests after this father who lost his son so brutally hopes politics will not drive the country to the edge again cathy. Well its not just Central Africa director at Human Rights Watch joins us via skype from burlington in the u. S. State of vermont thank you very much for your time what else can you tell us about about what the allegations are against the Security Forces and the type of campaign affair that theyre waging. I mean much of what youve seen in those segment that youve just shown matches very much what both the United Nations and Human Rights Watch have been documenting for a number of years since the crackdown really began in earnest in 2015 and that is a complete monopoly of the political space by the ruling see india t. V. Which includes locking up arbitrarily detaining members of the opposition which includes in some instances cases of beatings and cases of murder this is to anyone whos either in the opposition or perceived to be against the ruling seen the d. F. T. And what weve seen on fold is the use of this militia tied to the ruling party these are nonstate actors but its a militia use militia tied to the party known as the inborn or a query being used increasingly as in forcers especially outside the capital bujumbura to make sure people stay in line and they do not question either state policy or more importantly the policy or actions of the ruling sunidhi we continue to to declare that this is in advance of the upcoming president ial elections in may 2020 and its high time that the world really really recalibrate its focus back on burundi before things us kool aid ok so so who or what can do something about this yes the at the attention is there thats absolutely important is that the African Union i mean why. Body can really take this on and try to do something about it and its 6 months away. Theres space for both the African Union and the u. N. To burundi absolutely in our opinion must stay on the un Security Councils agenda they need to have routine updates on whats happening and keep abreast of the situation and the brownian government needs to know the world is watching but in terms of actual things that can be done on the ground the you really needs to get that can play a role in the African Union is going to be chaired next year by south africa this is a country with a long history of brunetti. Engagement with the ruby Nelson Mandela actually brokered the famous or russia peace accords in burundi back in the mid 2000 and so south africa and African Union need to get involved what does that mean they can fully deployed human rights observers on the ground in burundi and they should take advantage of the fact that the burundian government has requested Electoral Assistance from the a. U. They can use that as an occasion to actually get those human rights observers on the ground and start getting eyes on the ground the fact is i heard nancy mentone on on your segment saying that people need to repent recognize whats going on and Human Rights Watch we say thats fine let us recognize it this is a government that has kicked out the un Human Rights Watch dogs it has kicked out organizations such as ourselves we can operate on the ground it continues to persecute and lock up journalists who try to tell the truth of whats happening what is happening in burundi unfortunately its very much happening in the shadows and so we need to get people on the ground to both documents and announce whats happening in denounce it but more importantly to let the party and the government know that what is happening will not go unnoticed all right list much with Human Rights Watch thank you very much less appreciate it thank you back to our top story now the u. S. State department documents that show Donald Trumps a personal lawyer