The central figure in the u. S. Impeachment inquiry has changed his testimony appearing to further implicate president onil trump washingtons ambassador to the e. U. Gordon song one has admitted that trump use military aid as a way to force you crane to investigate as political rival Joe Biden Castro reports in washington d. C. The only witness to have explicitly defended President Trump on the central question of the impeachment inquiry has reversed himself that question is whether trump withheld Security Assistance from ukraine in exchange for help with his reelection campaign. Bassett or gordon solomon at 1st said there was no quid pro quo but after being implicated by other witnesses he says his memory has sharpened insulins amended testimony released tuesday the. Says he now remembers telling you crane officials that the security money wasnt coming unless you cranes president publicly announced investigations into trumps political rivals all of the witnesses agree that the president engineers shakedown of the Ukrainian Government stalin was a wealthy trump donor and was rewarded the top european job despite having no experience in diplomacy analysts say his change in testimony strengthens the case against trump i think the president if it can be shown that he directed his subordinates to withhold congressionally funded military assistance until the state of ukraine was prepared to issue a public announcement that they were investigating joe biden and a firm connected to his son i think thats right down the middle line of abuse of power investigators also released the testimony of former ukraine envoy kurt volker he said he knew security 80 ukraine was vital and that trumps shadow policy directed by his private attorney was wrong but im appalled by these developments theres no other word for it when a moment of history. When republicans over only a few weeks have shifted from saying that no laws were broken to saying that laws were broken but its not impeachable to outright advocating that laws be broken the white house says the witness testimonies released tuesday do more to exonerate the president than to condemn him a spokeswoman points to a line in solomons testimony in which he says he quote did not know and still does not know when why or by whom the aide was suspended but those are the very questions that investigators want answered and the white house itself is keeping the witnesses who may have those answers from testifying heidi joe castro aljazeera washington protesters 11 are back on the streets for a 3rd way demanding the resignation of the government are gathering outside government buildings in a bid to force the entire ruling elite to step down demonstrators said they want to government thats not to violent based on malicious acts and theyre also angry over delays and forming a new cabinet after Prime Ministers side or even resigned last week so if a doctor joins us live from beirut the protestors are not yet satisfied staff are they. Not at all and its not a large crowd but they are energetic theyve been chanting they want to count ability what theyve changed their strategy from whats been blocking of roads we saw the army forcibly removed still using restraint but more force than usual opening the highway yesterday so were protests are doing now are focusing their protest action on government institutions on other buildings like the Electricity Sector the taxing sector to keep the message going i want to bring in our guest the same job but to get his sense of why easier and what you want so why are you protesting here today in front of the because the government is basically controlled by a bunch of kowtow and sort of. Pretty me today every institution whether disagree or parliament etc so theyve got all the levers on their control they hire their guys and they tell them what to do whereas independence of the 3 should be and a given and so therefore were here to protest. For then the pendants of this free judiciary that each of you know so that they can go ahead and do their work basically prosecute whoever is guilty of theft or you know misappropriation of funds etc and the Bigger Picture when it comes to lebanon what is going on here like what are the issues you want to see change geo political you mean oh im going to be here im not im not going to go there i mean basically reclaiming a country thats a modern civic. State that provides the basic needs of people and wants whether its water electricity the basics Hospitality Health care were missing all that and thats basically the focus of all the thieves that basically ripped the country off how difficult is this going to be its a long its a long road to i say its a marathon its not a sprint so basically you have to go along with a long wind and so its a its a long game and there its a difficult one because theyve got all the leaders and so the people have spoken but they were theyve all been to i mean they i went off out to. See me today 21 now i think its taking because its a Grassroots Movement nobody told to come down and sort of im up versus the down down. Up down process so its really grassroots i mean if you turn on the t. V. And you talk to people in tripoli inside on food etc they will saying the same thing theyre all on you somehow i dont know how but everybody is saying the same thing they want the country they want the dignity back they want the kids here they dont want to export their kids so its but you know what every lebanese would want thank you so im here im here for my kids really ive got a kid up rule than a kid here. But i want my kid abroad to come back i dont want to i dont want to do younger want to leave i want to do is remain you know thank you very much thank you so that is the message it comes down to basic changes of the basic things that they say everyone else and other countries have and they blame the politicians the political elite in power for having mismanaged the country to this point again michel just briefly we havent seen any move on the political front thats also why the protesters are keeping all this pressure no announcement yet a new Prime Minister or a new cabinet so this is why people remain out on the streets ok Stephanie Decker with the latest from beirut steph thanks russian air strikes have killed at least 3 children in syrias and led province a hospital for women and children were among those targeted several medical staff are also ensuring more details now from ha ha ha in gaza near the turkey syria border. Strikes have targeted many medical facilities over the last few weeks in those areas weve just been in touch with the director of that hospital that was targeted basically he said that many people were injured mostly evacuated to other hospitals of the hospital is now out of service which means that many people who live in the in the area wont have access to any medical facility any time soon and this poses enormous challenges for the medical stuff in the area what is happening now is that the russian government backed by russian fighter jets are targeting rebel positions in the deescalation so these are areas that we would you would not supposed to be targeting following the 2018 agreement russia signed with turkey now that after rebel positions invited to norman in shifts in the middle of it is just south of it live and it seems they are trying to push all the population north towards was the city of it there for them to be able to contain the area businesses here to. Saving the way for what they say could be a final push to take over if that which is the rebels last stronghold in syria. And the coming hours irans expected to take further steps away from the 2015 nuclear deal and again activating its uranium enrichment facility tehran plans to start pumping gas into centrifuges that underground area near the city of comb that decision was announced by president Hassan Rouhani on tuesday the u. S. Has called the move a big step in the wrong direction and the s. S. Is concerned as well at least 15 people have been killed in an overnight attack in Southern Thailand government stormed a checkpoint and nala province there believed to be part of a separatist movement armed groups have carried out attacks in the predominantly muslim region since 2004 security official described wednesdays attack as one of the biggest in recent years aljazeera is wayne has more from bangkok. This attack took place at around 1120 on tuesday evening in jala province one of the 3 southernmost provinces in thailand bordering malaysia where several armed groups have been fighting for years for independence or autonomy from thailand which is a predominantly buddhist country the target of this attack appears to have been Defense Force volunteers these are people from local communities who are recruited by the Thai Military they are armed and trained by the thai army to act as exactly what theyre called Defense Force volunteers they do things like man checkpoints and they are often targeted by the separatist groups even though many of them are muslim themselves because they are seen as traitors theyre seen as symbols of the state that they are fighting against highly unlikely that well get a claim of responsibility for the this attack we never really get them in the deep south but we know that the group that is responsible for most of the violence is believed to be b. R. M. By resign revolution or the National Revolutionary front interestingly the timing of this could be to do with the stored Peace Process when peace talks have taken place over the last few years the key faction within rand that is believed to be responsible for most of the violence in the deep south has not been involved in those talks it refused to take place because the conditions werent right what were hearing now is that that faction of b. Are in may want to talk now that we have a new government in place in thailand after the election in march so this attack in yala province on tuesday evening may have been a signal to the government that it is ready to talk and if the government is not willing to get back around the table and have negotiations then the attacks may well continue china and france have signed trade deals worth 15000000000. 00 president s by mail micron and shes been paying announced the agreements after a meeting and beijing the deals cover aeronautics energy and agriculture including approval for 20 French Companies to export poultry beef import to china. Cambodias self exiled Opposition Leader says he will return to the country on saturday to face arrest sam rainsy promised to go back and lead protests against that one party rule of Prime Minister who sent the Cambodian National rescue party was banned by the Prime Minister who threatened to arrest anyone supporting what he calls a coup rance he fled to france 4 years ago after a conviction for criminal defamation he denies the charge and says it was politically motivated. So ahead on aljazeera 9 members of an American Family have been shot and killed in mexico during a road trip near the u. S. Border. And china under the spotlight after reports of paralysis been in the legal detention of muslim maker activists. Hello again welcome back to your International Weather forecast for here across europe has been a very messy situation across much of europe over the last few days of course we were dealing with some very gusty winds just over the weekend and now that big weather system is here across parts of the North Eastern part of europe all the way down across italy and with that were seeing quite a bit of rain across much of the area here towards the west though we are looking at a little bit of a break for parts of london but its a little bit cooler temperatures there of about 10 degrees but notice the rain out here towards the west now as we go from wednesday as well as into thursday that line of showers is going to be heading towards london as well as paris we could get some gusty winds as long long that area as well but we are going to see those temperatures still have very very low but a love degrees for london 10 degrees for paris and zurich at about 8 degrees for you but down here across much of the Balkan Peninsula take a look at the rain over the next few days we could be seeing well over 250. 00 millimeters of rain just in the next 72 hours so the flooding threat is still going to continue there here across another part of africa though it is going to be the next situation in terms of the rain for parts of algeria as well as into tunisia that federal system will bring some very heavy rain for tunis as well as algiers with a temperature of 18 degrees. Who was sponsored by qatar and. What are you protesting about how does this impact when their online life face minstrelsy directly out of translated slavery or if you join us on sat this is an attack on Academic Freedom and on our ability to do research and teach freely this is a dialogue myanmar is not making it very welcoming for people to come back everyone has a voice in the churches through all the discourse in this world and are here to talk about the solutions on aljazeera. Theyre watching aljazeera lets recap the top stories right now a witness in the u. S. Impeachment inquiry has changed his testimony on intense ambassador to the e. U. Gordon song when admitted donald trump threatened to withhold military aid for sure crane to investigate his rival. Protesters and love it on are gathering outside government buildings in an attempt to force politicians to step down they said they want to new government thats not divided based on sectarian affiliations russian air strikes have killed at least 3 children in syrias adlib province ospital for women and children was among the targets several medical staff or unsure. Iraqi Security Forces have used live fire at antigovernment protesters in baghdad that is according to witnesses people have been blocking a major bridge since tuesday and overnight one person was killed and 7 others injured during confrontations between protesters and security courses a minister mahdi has tonight he is trying to stand power repeating his call hers calls for politicians to find a replacement for the 260. 00 people have been killed since demonstrations began last month at in the past hour the u. S. Embassy in iraq has come out with a statement saying this it is increasingly clear that the government of iraq and the countrys political leaders must engage seriously and urgency with iraqi citizens who are demanding reform we deplore the killing and kidnapping of unarmed protesters threats to freedom of expression and the cycle of violence taking place or rockies must be free to make their own choices about the future of the nation and report says Security Forces are committing severe human rights violations. The latest report indicates a demonstration related violence from the 25th of october to november 4th caused at least 97. 00 further deaths and thousands of injuries although Iraqi Security officials can displayed more restraint than in previous protests earlier in october particularly in baghdad the unlawful use of lethal and less lethal weapons by Security Forces and armed people requires urgent attention and as a protests and intensify natasha in a went to meet iraq in choosing art to express their anger. These students are skipping school to give the government a master class in protest art we want to live in peace ok so. Were trying to save 3 and a large so people can understand alright its a language that everyone can understand this once gritty tunnel underneath Tahrir Square has become perhaps the countrys longest mural i think all the young people painting his say is a sacred place said they want to make it a symbol of the revolution there are ranges from simple messages such as free iraq to elaborate symbols of liberation and fortitude and washington as are the issues im painting a lion of mesopotamia that represents the hero protesters i have found a lot of heroes demanding their rights this is an art installation featuring tear gas and stun grenades canisters that protesters have collected as well as photos of the people who have died Amnesty International is accusing Security Forces in baghdad of using quote military grade tear gas grenades intended to kill not Disperse Protesters the government says its investigating across Tahrir Square teachers set up a tent and are distributing flyers outlining their demands schools in the courts have been closed in baghdad since last week. Members of the teachers and lawyers unions are on strike their government has nobody. More the parliament is that nobody trust them anymore thats it simple like that just resign and do i need action or the people here much when you act at this evolving wall of protest students come each day to paint and pose they hope one day soon theyll return to school with a Lesson Learned that protests can make a difference natasha going to. Back down. As president has offered to help mexico quote wipe out drug cartels blamed for an attack that killed 9 americans 3 women and 6 children were targeted near the northern town of after members of a cartel opened fire on their cars Security Officials say the gunman may have mistaken them for a rival gang and a warning viewers may find some of the content and John Heilemann story disturbing. The. Mute witness to a tragedy this is for the record. Media and for my grandchildren are bert. Showed up. Right on the road. 3 women and 6 children from the liberal family mormons originally from the u. S. Who settled in mexico decades ago was shot dead on a motorway in nor the mits co this was one of the relatives said trevor i used to live and also dead twins 6 months old the survivors a baby found by the side of his dead mother and children who fled into the mountains alex labor on a relative told us. What. Was the labor owns a well known emits code for the anti violence activism of some of their members because they u. S. Citizens that meant President Donald Trump got involved he tweeted that it was time to wage war on the cartels president Lopez Obrador while he welcomed u. S. Corporation rejected that know. The worst they could happen is war those who have read about it all suffered it know they. Past experience says the president opens up a door hes probably right more than a decade ago but scary started all out confrontation with the cartels and all that happened with the mood murders but hes in a tight spot now about 3 weeks ago his security minister said that his government was getting on top of the violence but since then its been hit by crisis after crisis 1st of all 14 policemen ambushed and killed in the Western State of Mitch Mcconnell then in the alleged call to leader who let go in cooley kind well the city. And now this and although this case is attracted more published the its not a lawyer you know this unfortunately part off sort of the mutation of criminal warfare on off mexican organized crime scene over the past few years is that family members Children Women innocent bystanders in general regular civilians are not off limits anymore for this kind of file its needs of the police no president will preserve those new National Guard seemed to have been enough to set those boundaries and theres a continuing cost john home and how does it a minute scarcity. Hundreds of inmates had been released from prison across the u. S. State of oklahoma its the largest single day reduction of sentences in American History the presenters at convictions for drug and property related offenses are released as part of a measure by a new republican governor kevin stent to cut the number of prisoners and save the state nearly 12000000. 00 oklahoma has one of the biggest prison populations in the u. S. A setback to president on just a year before the 2020 president ial election democrats have unseated a number of republicans and state polls to macwrite a candidate and he bashir in kentucky has claimed victory in the race for governor is trying to back rival has not yet conceded and in virginia democrats have won majorities in both houses of the state legislature for the 1st time and more than 2 decades. Recognize government has signed a power sharing deal with southern separatists that was brokered by saudi arabia names to end months of violence between Government Forces and u. S. Backed fighters theres a diplomatic editor james bays. A deal is signed that its hoped may bring peace to one part of the violent war in yemen presiding at a ceremony Saudi Crown Prince mohammed bin so man those signing the government of yemen president had he a key saudi ally was among those present and the Southern Transitional council which was strongly backed by the United Arab Emirates even though all the while theyve remained part of the Saudi Led Coalition in yemen the real war in yemen is obviously between the heart of government the coalition and the who are these so this is just a sideshow and this is kind of a small breakthrough in the sideshow that only occurred very recently at the u. N. In new york the deal was welcomed by the u. K. Ambassador the current president of the u. N. Security council and this is a good step forward. That brings the satin Transitional Council into the government and we hope that the agreement will last and will be the 1st step if you like on to increase momentum to get across yemen political process yemens conflict is complex and multidimensional southerners have long had grievances the south was a separate country for much of the cold war but its worth noting that the last time a yemen peace deal was signed in stockholm almost a year ago the south was relatively quiet. The most recent clashes there only broke out this summer and in part this was linked to the u. A. E. Which had the Main International force in the south pulling most of its troops from the Saudi Led Coalition the latest developments are important but they dont mean an end to the wider war and in particular the conflict between saudi arabia and the who thiis who still control a large portion of the country including the capital sanaa james pays out 0 of the United Nations they kept parliament has to be formally suspended in the coming hours and. Head of a snap general election that means campaigning can officially began Opposition Leader and Army Corpsman is given a preview of what people can expect from his labor party this speech focused on National Health service and rex which is expected to be a central theme of the election this is the 2nd general election sensitive 1016. 00 e. U. Referendum there secretary of state has condemned the Chinese Government for its treatment of Muslim Leaders might pay 0 says hes deeply troubled by reports china has harassed jailed and detained family members of weaker activists the un says at least a 1000000 wiggers have been detained in camps in june jang beijing says the camps are Reeducation Centers to reduce what it calls extremism. If the opium has been building the socalled renaissance stand near its border with sudan for 8 years now but is it fair as the dam will reduce the flow of water along the river which accounts for nearly 90 percent of its supply i can report from washington d. C. The u. S. Treasury department an unlikely mediator in a decades long conflict in a region thousands of miles away a new party attempting to resolve the dispute over a multibillion dollar Water Project being developed on the nile river as it flows through ethiopia neighbors egypt and sudan have been deeply concerned at the consequent impact on their own Water Supplies this round of negotiation flowing from a meeting between u. S. President donald trump and is a gyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah Elsisi at which the us leader was asked for help in resolving the but a dispute between the countries. And this week the 2 president s held a follow up phone call after which the white house released the statement President Trump expressed support for egypt ethiopia and sudans ongoing negotiations to reach a collaborative agreement on the grand ethiopian renaissance dam the borders of the 911 long been a source of conflict in 821 egypt invaded sudan to protect its water supply off a century later it occupied ethiopia a series of agreements in the 20th century prevented further major conflict including the nile waters agreement in 1959 in which egypt and sudan agreed as to how much each state could take from the nile every year but the struggle was again intensified when in 2010 at the height of the arab spring ethiopia announced the grand ethiopian renaissance down project. The dam is 70 Percent Complete and the argument is now centered not on construction but on how much water will be diverted to fill the dam at the moment. To sort or on i hope the diplomatic efforts would lead to some flexibility from the ethiopian side because egypt is not asking to stop the dams construction but rather to slow down its construction which might be too late now because it is believed that a major part of the dam is already constructed but we could think about the way the dam will be operated and how the lake will be filled last month ethiopias Prime Minister ahmed was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts in ending the war with eritrea a few weeks later he told his Parliament Ethiopia could mobilize millions in a conflict with egypt but insisted only negotiation could break the deadlock the d. C. Talks are a major breakthrough because in the past ethiopia had bigger asli opposed calls by egypt and sudan for 3rd Party MediationPresident Trump has assigned his treasury secretary steve to host the talks and apparently curious decision to bypass state department which would traditionally handle such negotiations but the inclusion at the meeting of World Bank PresidentDavid Malpass a clear signal that the Trump Administration sees economic leverage not diplomatic talk as the key to agreement mike hanna aljazeera washington. Im Richelle Carey lets take a look at the headlines right now on aljazeera a significant figure in the trumpet pietschmann inquiry has changed his testimony on shinkansen basser to the cordons on one has admitted donald trump threatened to withhold military aid to try to force ukraine to and best to get his democratic rival joe biden. Protesters in lebanon are gathering outside government buildings in a bid to force the entire ruling elite to step down i mean strangers want to new government thats not divided along religious sects theyre also angry a relates in forming a new cabinet after Prime Minister saad hariri turned in his resignation were here to protest good for the independence of the jury to decide what each you know so that they can go ahead and do their work basically prosecute do ever is guilty of theft or of you know misappropriation of funds etc arson or strikes have killed at least 3 children and serious province a hospital for women and children was among those targeted several medical staff were also injured iraqi Security Forces of use live fire at antigovernment protesters in baghdad thats according to witnesses people have been blocking a major bridge since tuesday and overnight one person was killed and 7 others injured in confrontations between protesters and Security Forces are on staking further steps away from the 2015 nuclear deal and will start activating its Nuclear Enrichment facility in a few hours tehrans expected to start injecting uranium gas into centrifuges that are an underground area near the city of comb the u. S. Has called the move a big step in the wrong direction and the e. U. Says it is also concerned at least 15 people have been killed in an attack overnight in thailand south gunmen stormed a checkpoint and nala province there are believed to be part of a separatist movement armed groups have carried out attacks in the muslim majority region since 2004. Yes President Donald Trump has offered to help mexico quote wipe out the drug cartels blamed for an attack that killed 9 americans Security Officials say the gunman may have mistaken the family for a rival gang. And in bolivia there has been violence between supporters and opponents of president evo morales and the capital of hearts as rivals are accusing morales a voter fraud and wanted to step down the president though has denied those allegations. And so the headlines keep it here on aljazeera and other bolton at the top of the hour in the meantime the stream is that next. Time notice there are we. Believe in the 2 state solution do you still believe in the 2 state solution we listen what i just said it was that pakistan would never start a war im antiwar we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that matter is iraq. Ok im here in the stream today a mass protests and unrest what are the roots of economic inequality in one of latin americas wealthiest nations will look at the protests over wealth inequality and we want to hear what you think should be done to address it share your thoughts via twitter or and our live chat. Going to respond to. The countrys richer than you are to the street. Protesters all keeping up their calls for political and economic over a hole in the country in the 3rd week of pride