Booked and swedish prosecutors say theres not enough evidence to carry on investigating and alleged rape by wiki leaks founder Julian Assange. Remains in prison in the u. K. For skipping bail and he also faces and extradition to the United States on spying charges. Im brant goff to our viewers on p. B. S. In the United States and around the world welcome we begin in washington on this 3rd day of impeachment hearings against u. S. President donald trump 2 senior officials 2 members of the ministry should have already testified and includes Jennifer Williams an aide to Vice President mike pence and Lieutenant Colonel alexander been a member of the National Security council both a listen and. The phone call between trump and ukraines president zelinsky back to july then men said today that the unequal bargaining position of the 2 leaders and ukraines dependence on the United States amounted to a demand from trump right to zelinsky and not was improper for the president to requestion to demand investigation into a political opponent opponent especially at foreign power where theres at best dubious belief that this would be a completely impartial investigation and that this would have significant implications if it became Public Knowledge and it would be perceived as a parson play it undermine our ukraine policy and it would undermine our National Security ard lets take this story now to washington our bureau chief alexander phenomena she is on the story for us do not get any do you alexandra so the 1st 2 witnesses who testified today they belong to the trumpet ministration that we were talking about trumps own people what does their testimony mean for the president. I would say it is another piece of evidence pointing in that direction that president s trump seem not to be very focused on fighting against corruption in the ukraine and that his decision to block the military aid to ukraine was not a policy focused poll the sea based decision by a driver was managed to advance his political personal gains and that is of course what democrat strongly believed in and with the 10 and current men they had today a very credible witness we have to say president trouble of course he dismissed or that testimony is today calling the whole impeachment inquiry esque have a witch hunt the white house official twitter account went after lieutenant conan vince mens questioning his professionalism and here just listen what president s trumped had to say about this witness. When i watched him for a little well this morning and. I think he im going to let people make their own determination but i dont know vin i never heard of him i dont know any of these people. And we have to add of course that its not the 1st time that president trumped attacked witnesses in those hearings stat happened last week as well no xander this continues tomorrow were going to have a very big name testifying to moral man with big money im talking about the u. S. Ambassador to the European Union gordon song is obviously a trump supporter but what do we expect to hear from him tomorrow. Well his definitely a key witness this week because as you said hes not a career diplomat he was president strums mega donor and he was sort of rewarded for supporting donald trump by being appointed you ass ambassador to the European Union and he is considered a key witness because he is one of the few witnesses and maybe the only one that will be allowed to testify in the public who had direct contact with the president trying to talk directly with the president about hes creating policy and say he can testify whether there was a quid pro quo he has testify and tell us if he was told by president try to press the ukrainian governments to start in the best and the investigation into the president trumps political opponents joe biden and into his son hunter tomorrow it could become the most important day in these hearings for we will wait and see how xander phenomenon the story forwards in washington alexander as always thank you well heres some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world the u. N. Says it has reports indicating that doesnt have been killed in iran during the days of rioting over increased fuel prices it has also urged restraint and condemned the Iranian Security forces use of y. B. Munition against demonstrators the government insisting that the price hikes are necessary to fund social welfare programs in hong kong or prodemocracy activists are trying to avoid arrest theyve been involved in a cat and mouse chase with police at the Polytechnic University the territorys chief executive kerri lam says activists still on campus must surrender to the police to end the 3 day standoff the United Nations has called on the authorities in hong kong to deescalate. Malis military says that 24. 00 of its soldiers have been killed in what its describing as extremist attacks troops from mali and this year were operating in the sawhill region to track extremists linked to socalled Islamic State and al qaida when they came under attack more than 100 mali and troops have died in upsurge in assaults in recent weeks. Or in an effort to reduce the number of migrants coming to europe german chancellor Angela Merkel is calling for more investment in africa to boost Living Standards and to create jobs merkel has been meeting with heads of state from several african countries as part of an initiative to generate private investment in africa. Chancellor merkel pledged 1000000000 euros for the g 20 compact with africa and a year ago the programs objective is for german businesses to invest in africa to create jobs there now the funds are starting to flow in china going up because the decision to invest in africa remains a private sector decision we cannot take that away from the any Business Owner but we can help we can create trust tolerance often that mainly means donor money or offering Risk Protection this small Berlin Company builds Drinking WaterTreatment Systems but financing often presents problems for african customers eric young who helps fund the berlin firm hopes the billions of euros now available will make things easier. For probables decision this aid is a success but it takes a bit of time until all the instruments of the computer provides will work plus it works why we took more than 200. 00 companies have applied you can see germanys Midsized Companies going to africa the German Development minister has arranged especially close partnerships with countries such as senegal extra support for more transparency and Legal Security should make it easier for German Companies to invest in africa and the toy to a midsized enterprise aid program for investment in africa begins today protection against risks will be improved and theres a program for introducing Renewable Energy to the market so theres no reason to hesitate. But german economic involvement is still modest barely 2 percent of German Companies are active in africa. And talk about this now im joined here at the big table by judith mentions director of investment and Development Policy at the German African Business Association here in berlin with the German Development organisation it is good to have you on the show 2 percent i mean that is a small number why is it so small. That the 2 percent really refer to german exports germ. Exports and total 2 percent of that go to africa but doesnt necessarily mean thats only 2 percent of German Companies that go to africa they go to the continent i do believe its a more but nevertheless effect its a true we could do a lot more we could do a lot more and this initiative is what 2 years old now so how much of a difference has these 2 years made and todays conference is it going to make a difference i do think this Conference Today is going to make a difference just because it happened because we still have attention for africa was so left intention for the continent and i believe its all getting. To the question do we get a more realistic im not saying a better picture of africa because im not telling and telling fairy tales but its more realistic can we have a more realistic picture of the continent so its helping and 2 years 2 years of a Political Initiative how long does it take us in germany or anywhere in europe to get reforms through it takes time it takes time thats not me say were happy that its happening but is not going to happen overnight and if we want to you know give a reality check here we know that a lot of african countries are well they have problems with corruption and businesses that invest they want to know that the money that they put in the country is going to go for the purposes that its your mark for what do you say to those investors that are worried that theyre going to throw their money away well it really depends on how youre acting on the ground always say that the 1st and most important thing is find a reliable find the trust was the partner on the ground if you dont have a partner on the ground things are going to happen and i believe that. But if you have a partner then you can learn how to act on the ground and thats number one and i think thats why were creating all of those platforms like today like all of the conferences africa frind is doing it is its about getting to know were talking to what we saw today its spearheaded by germany but its part of the g. 20 so how invested or other g 20 countries were talking. About africa. It really depends i will be looking at if youre looking at europe of course contending history a contending language in everything france is very much they had in francophone countries its a canister big initiatives that have big delegations with lots of patches of money going to the continent as far as i know not a lot of that money was new you know we have a big figures but then at the end of the day 15000000000 out of 20 are old money the damage better and i have the kit initiatives theyre looking at employment and i think thats the most important for africas future yeah and we didnt even talk about the chinese investments i should add that but thats a bit of a different shirkers thats a big topic a deed of health and director of investment and Development Policy of the German African Business Association here in berlin jeff we appreciate your time tonight thank you thank you. Are distinct here in europe greeces Prime Minister is strongly criticizing European Union migration policy. Mr talkies has accused brussels of treating countries on europes algor borders as convenient places to simply park migrants over the coming weeks athens is planning to transfer about 20000 Asylum Seekers from its g. N. R. Islands to the greek mainland now they include many on the island of lesbos an island that is the site of a very overcrowded refugee camp the w. Reporters army in essex and marks sunder have this report from the island thats become home to thousands of refugees desperate to leave. Friends bid farewell ask the bosses waits. More than a 100 Asylum Seekers are leaving maurya camp for some after a year if waiting for her. The joy is palpable but so is the pain in the uncertainty of having once again into the know how do you feel now that you can get on the bus and leave and leave very happy but i have lots of friends here i didnt miss work everybody justice in the morning i cried as still to now my friends came to see me just the. Raw eerie has lived with her daughter for a year in morea a camp she describes as the worst on earth she was notified yesterday and given only hours to pack all her things and. I mean eerie is one of thousands of Asylum Seekers greece plans to move from the north Aegean Islands to the mainland before winter comes. And. Deputy governor of the north island says this rush to transfer Asylum Seekers is not a permanent solution but he says it will if the islands breathe again a vesa give us a chance to eat them our basic goal is for the islands to be decongestant for there to be a better distribution of people all over greece. Its insupportable that we have a ratio of one migrant to 5 locals here maam and theyre not this in a bed in the rest of greece its much lower. Than they like to see the Refugee Reception Center lesbos is not just overcrowded its often described as the worst humanitarian crisis in europe. More a camp was built for 3000 but more than 4 times that many people live here thousands of them outside the fence. Never hear me not to belittle it from afghanistan but it shows us where he lives with his family as a single mylan tent for 5 people with winter on its way. Fillin man hit you only been ive lost all hope. Only god can help us again are the chances i pray we will be rescued from this hellish plans and with what im good better i am. At its Northern Edge morea is expanding a group of men are breaking ground for a family who will spend their 1st night here no one we talked to here expects the population to shrink anytime soon. In the middle of the night yet another arrival a frantic spot carrying migrants rescued off the coast of last boss this time 33 of them including women and children. Everyone gets a bottle of water a snack and a blanket theyre relieved as they are registered on european soil but few know about moria their next home. This is a pile of discarded life jackets that were worn by those who made the dangerous crossing to less boss but the risks and the conditions of moriah camp wont keep more people from coming for the past 3 months numbers of arrivals have far outpaced the numbers of departures but if the governments transfer program succeeds the island of lesbos once again could become what it used to be a brief stopover on the way to europe. Raw eerie is on the last bus to arrive at the landing she collects her bags as the ferry to athens holds its cargo. Just and worry about. Stuff here but. I hope but im strong. As she holds her bags onto the ship she doesnt know where she will live next but she is certain that she will never go back to moria. Youre watching the w. News still to come and historic people visit pope francis. Second pope to visit thailand in 35 years and the preparations are as you see in full swing that story coming up in just a moment. Swedish prosecutors are dropping their investigation into rape and Sexual Assault allegations against wiki leaks founder Julian Assange swedens Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions eva marie paris and told reporters today that evidence against us on. Is not strong enough. For me im waiting for the teleprompter maybe the teleprompter could go forward thank you thank you there you go a songe is serving a prison sentence in britain for jumping bail to avoid extradition to sweden in 2012 women accused as songs of rape and Sexual Assaults are the talk about todays decision we want to pull in moms on danas hes a professor of law at the university of oslo in to toot of legal studies he has followed these on skis closely d he joins us i understand from the airport in frankfurt on his way back to australia its good to have you on the program what do you make of todays decision i mean were talking about an investigation thats 9 years old and today we hear that the evidence just isnt strong enough. Well its not surprising the prosecutors have been criticized by the courts in sweden they have a very narrow. Margin and they have clearly now. Its run its course. It is not surprising in any way and is this a. A time that the prosecutors in sweden can theyd say that their sense satisfied with what theyve done for the past 9 years i mean this investigation has been stopped and restarted at least what 2 or 3 times he did it if it is clear proportionate it is clearly disproportionate. Its very good that they have not brought this today. And what about the fact that so much time has passed there are some critics who say that julian a son was basically using the clock letting the clock one now if you will hoping that time with so much time would pass that. Way. Yeah it is how it is that prosecution which had been basically groundless is that grounds this prosecution and its now just. Been brought to an end and it was they did not come. That day disproportionate as if you should not miss us on check in case anyone in the United States its also brought to an end well what happens now i mean its basically up to the United Kingdom whether or not it will extradite julian a songe to the u. S. To face espionage charges and well hope that the rule of law getting keesey in the british system will mean that he will not be. Sent it to the United States i have to make my mind my play and im terribly sorry ok it was a we appreciate you taking the time to talk with this yeah youre at the airport there in frankfurt on your way to onslow. Thank you