Sites that come with us. And leaders began campaigning for the u. K. Snap election with breaks it looming launch on the agenda. Will begin in the United States where impeachment proceedings against president onil trample reach a critical stage next week the u. S. House Intelligence Committee has announced it will hold the 1st public hearings in the inquiry with 3 key witnesses to testify the Investigation Centers on whether President Trump abused his power by withholding aid to ukraine and exchange for an investigation into political rival joe biden i think you will see throughout the course of the test when not only their testimony but many others the. Most important facts are largely not contested we are getting increasingly appreciation for just what took place during the course of the last year and the degree to which the president and listed the whole departments of government in the elicit a move trying to get ukraine to dig up dirt on a political opponent as well as further Conspiracy Theory about the 2016 election that he believed would be beneficial to his reElection Campaign. Joins us live now from washington this marks the beginning of a new phase in the inquiry doesnt it can game which the case for impeachment will be made publicly tell us more about what we can expect next week and who will be testifying. Yeah well what we can expect is that for the 1st time the American Public has the opportunity to hear for itself what exactly the case is against the president what the defense is if there is any and this is something thats significant because up until now it has been politicians on capitol hill largely crafting these arguments so this is significant terms of who will be talking not only do we expect to be following very closely next friday for the testimony from the former u. S. Ambassador to the ukraine someone that was pushed out and who has already according to testimony that has been leaked put paid to the very unflattering picture of her time at the u. S. State department under the trumpet ministration essentially that not only was it difficult for her conducting her job but at times she was even encouraged to tweet out support of the president in order to save her job but there will also be testimony we expect that will be coming from a number of different officials involved in ukraine policy so this will be watched very closely one of if you were watching for today is potentially the release of testimony that took place back in october and according to democrats it directly contradicts the u. S. President s claim that there was no quid pro quo in other words that military aid to ukraine was not withheld or suggested it be withheld in exchange for the promise of an investigation into the political rival of Donald Trump FormerVice President joe biden it is an ambassador the name of William Taylor why this is significant if this does become released is that already some of that testimony has been leaked to the public it was particularly damning evidence and damning given the fact that this is a very credible individual so what you see here mariam is momentum that is not particularly favorable to a president who is declaring he is innocent all right thank you for now can be held in washington. On out u. S. Democrats have made gains in state elections and what is being seen as a blow to president all trying the results are gauge of the public of the political mood left exactly a year ahead of the next president ial election as a diane has mall. Democrat andy bashir says hes won kentuckys race for governor. It was a typo motion especially for a conservative leaning state. Its a message that says our elections dont have to be about right versus left they are still about right versus wrong. It seemed as a setback for President Donald Trump who easily won kentucky in 2016 the current jockeying is leading there were no personal a campaign for republican governor matt bevan whose recent fights with labor unions and teachers made him among the least popular governors in the country heres a story for you when they go to make it like ho hum and if you lose they can say trump suffered the greatest defeat in the history of the world this was the greatest you cant let that happen to me. In the one swing state of virginia democrats won the majority in both the house and the senate a 1st in more than 2 decades virginia is essential a big congratulations to shift could give the Party Control to pass controversial laws on gun control that were previously blocked by republicans. In the conservative state of mississippi republicans won big this victory. Reeves took the governors seat against the states attorney general jim hood the victory seen as a sign of stability for trump a year before the president ial race these elections are a glimpse into what President Trump could expect in his 2020 reelection bid including whether the democratic led impeachment inquiry. His swing his base. Most of the young aljazeera. Iran will soon start enriching uranium at an underground facility and its latest step away from the 2015 Nuclear Accord a spokesperson for the Atomic Energy organization of iran says iranian gas will be injected into centrifuges at midnight local time which is around an hour and a half from now it means the facility will move from its permitted status of Research Plants to become an active site the United States which pulled out of the dia last year as called the move a big step in the wrong direction the french president says its a signal iran intends to quit the newquay agreement all together to move the. Earlier today 2000 kilograms of view of 6 was delivered to ford a nuclear sought under the supervision of all speak to the restarting of centrifuges will take a few hours and from the process of injecting new radium gifts into them will begin dosage of bar is live for us now from tehran how important is this latest breach of the deal. Well merriam it is the most significant one iran has decided to take so far since president Hassan Rouhani announced in may of this year that iran will continue to scale back its commitment every 60 days because the european signatories that are left in this deal thats france britain and germany are not abiding by it since the United States left the deal last year in may the president has said that this 4th phase that iran is decided to take will be the most significant one because the forego Nuclear Facility is the only place in iran that has the capability to enrich uranium at 20 percent this facility under the 2015 nuclear deal we came a Research Facility but as of midnight tonight it will become operational again over a 1000 centrifuges will be starting to enrich uranium at 5 percent that is currently what the country needs the president has said all these steps that theyre taking are reversible as soon as they feel that the European Countries are returning to this deal and upholding their end of the bargain to rein in authorities are accusing those countries of being afraid to stand up to the United States and not being able to feel that they can actually do business in transit Financial Transactions with iran since the United States has imposed a series of sanctions on the iranian Banking Sector the main point here is that the fordo facility is very important one because it is the one that was announced in 2009 of its existence after the United States government alleges there was a secret Facility Operating in iran and the iranians made the announcement this facility public it is just outside the city of coleman an underground facility and it is one of the most important ones because riches ukrainian 20 percent thank you from tehran with the latest on that. Well in all the stories of following 8 people including 4 terrorists have been stabbed in the jordanian terrorist. Authorities say 3 mexican terrorists and one swiss visitor were injured 4 other people were also hurt including entertaining until guide and a Security Officer who tried to stop the assailant one person has been arrested drash which is north of the capital amman is one of the top this is a destinations in jordan and terrorism revenue is important to the country. And its struggling economy will ban it smith has more from the jordanian capital amman of 8 people injured in this stabbing attack the most seriously injured a mexican tourist and the jordanian Security Officer were helicoptered here to the capital amman for treatment of the other victims we understand the being treated locally it seems that when this man leapt over the fence at the roman remains he started lashing out randomly its come as an enormous shock in jordan geraci is a very important Tourist Destination and therefore it is very keen to emphasize that the victims were very quickly taken to hospital for treatment and they quickly arrested the individual thought to be responsible for these stabbings tourism is extremely important to jordans economy contributing some 5000000000. 00 in revenue in 28. 00 t. An accounting for some 88000. 00 jobs this is in a country with 19 percent employment arising up to about 40 percent for those between 15 and 30 years old so intense stuttering economy tourism really essential to jordans prosperity that is why the authorities very keen to say that they have quickly they believe been able to contain what happened in geraci. Much more so i have for you on the private u. S. Attempts to diffuse tensions between ethiopia egypt and see donna over a massive new dam on the nile and the french Prime Minister has announced a new package of measures to get tough on immigration but its all just a political stunt. How the weather is pretty messy pretty much across europe at the moment lots of cloud in the right part of its a central part of the mediterranean or storms coming in here for at least off in italy pushing across the iraqi into the balkans and yet more wet windy weather pushing into the northwest as well thursday thats like a pretty miserable day for the front stay out into the low countries even is more than possible in opposed to looking rather disturbed temperatures struggling to get to around 10 or 11 degrees celsius some snow over the alps a piece of more wet weather there down into the balkans pushing across greece actually ahead of that not see bad theres a little ray of sunshine thats down into the southeast and colder athens at 24. 00 celsius 5 for a time anchor at around 21. 00 so just notice the temperatures cooling off a touch there will be a crest over the next couple days 90 or 20 celsius here thats where the best of the weather will remain a while wet weather coming back into italy heavy rain possibility of some flooding in some snow significant snowfall coming in across the alps a dry day up towards the northwest of here a cool 19. 00 to 10. 00 celsius for london and for paris thats whats the weather that we do have into central parts of the mediterranean it will set his way in full the northern parts of algeria and she does yes we go through the next couple of days and i think cooler. When any p. O. P. O. Push her daughter up for adoption. She knew little of what was to come. With family been severed the traumatized child told between 2 room struggles to return home in a profoundly human story exposing deep roots in denmarks adoption system and. A witness documentary on his era. A recap of the headline stories this hour now the much anticipated 1st public hearings in the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump will be held next week 3 witnesses will give evidence iran is saying it will start enriching uranium at an underground facility in the coming hours in its latest step away from the 2050 Nuclear Accord and 8 people including 4 terrorists have been stabbed in the jordanian terrorist. Safe 3 mexican tourism one swiss visitor also injured. With all the stories of following the head of the uns agency for Palestinian Refugees has resigned amid an inquiry into alleged misconduct the un had earlier announced that Pierre Cromwell had been replaced until a review of Management Issues took place told the un secretarygeneral he had he has resigned Effective Immediately diplomatic editor james bays joins us now from the United Nations the allegations and what weve heard from the u. N. So far a very vague what is the background on this. Well the background goes back to earlier in the year the beginning of the summer when an ethics report was leaked an internal ethics report in an roche talked about a toxic management atmosphere. And that involved mr kraft and will the commissioner general the boss of aanr of the agency that deals with helping palestinians and his inner circle know straightaway almost straight away some of those inner circle resigned his Deputy Deputy commissioner general Sandra Mitchell resigned the chief of staff show one mr crown billowed stayed in his post as did the other person named in the inner circle his Senior AdvisorMaria Mohammad the and this has led to months now of controversy about 3 way is run at the highest levels and joining this time the secretary general has been investigating sending in his own Investigation Department from here in new york to look at the situation now that team. Came up with their final report im told in the last couple of weeks it arrived on the secretary generals desk and thats when earlier on we reported mr crandall was stepping aside temporarily in fact what was decided by the secretary general its now emerged was he was stepping aside mr crandall has put him on administrative leave and it seems once he was placed on administrative leave and told that for now he was not in charge of unruh he decided it was time to go and in the last couple of hours we have the statement that he has now after 5 years more than 5 years in the job resigned his post as the head of the agency. Oh of course the logan c. Itself provides Housing Education health care to millions of Palestinian Refugees whats been the response of the International Community to this. Well theres the official response and that is the unofficial response i think its fair to say theres some Great Sadness at the way this is played out and certainly senior u. N. Officials say they think its a bit of a tragedy what has happened because mr cross one bull was seen as one of the most charismatic communicators in the United Nations but it seems that the u. N. Feels that the way he was running things particularly in his inner circle was not the way things should be run and of course this is the very damaging for an agency like this that of course lost its funding from the u. S. Last year and has been in the following line of israel which would like to see the whole of our real close down thank you our diplomatic editor james bass well President Trump is saying that he has met with officials from egypt ethiopians who done it in a bid to reduce tensions over a dam on the nile river all ministers arrived on wednesday for talks in washington ethiopia has been building the grand renaissance dam near its border with sudan 8 years now but egypt fears the down will reduce the flow of water along the river which accounts for nearly 90 percent of its supply last month the ethiopian Prime Minister suggested that the project could cause a conflict over fresh Water Supplies like hanna joins us from washington now weve just been hearing that president met the ministers what do we know about the about his involvement in this. Well we got a tweet from President Trumpet in the last 5 minutes confirming that he has met the Foreign Ministers of the countries who are here in d. C. For talks headed by the treasury secretary steve newton who incidentally was also at that meeting with president tran now this goes back to a request from the president of egypt to President Trump asking him to mediate in this a longstanding dispute between the 3 neighbors President Trumps administration sent out a letter in the mid october asking Foreign Ministers to come to d. C. For talks in a bid to resolve this particular issue now ethiopia has been insistent it doesnt want any 3rd Party Mediation but it would appear that the message from President Trump was enough to persuade it to take part in these trilateral talks and these talks have been going on in the course of the day as i said at Treasury Department under the direction of steve newton as you say it is a longstanding dispute isnt it my might americas intervention here possibly break the deadlock. Well there could be a possibility that it will do so the very fact that the ethiopian foreign minister is taking part in these talks to fight ethiopias longstanding position in terms of 3rd Party Mediation is a very encouraging sign for those who want to see some resolution to this longstanding crisis one must remember that since 2014 these talks have broken down on 3 occasions it has seem absolutely irresolvable now hastening the urgency of all of this is that the contentious dan is 70 Percent Complete now the shift in the debate in these discussions between the countries happened when egypt recognize that it will no longer talk about halting construction what it is talking about is reducing the flow of water into that dam ensuring that egypt downstream from the dam continues to receive adequate supplies of water that in a way was the crossover in terms of reaching towards some sort of resolution the white house is now trying to broker an agreement based on the discussions about how much water will be released from the dam when it is completed the question of stopping construction of the dam certainly not present at all i must just mention quickly too that president at these talks with the treasury secretary is the president of the world bank now this is significant in that it would appear to indicate that what is happening here is not necessarily your traditional diplomatic negotiation it would appear that what is being introduced into this longstanding argument is economic leverage being applied by the u. S. And being applied perhaps by the world bank thank you mike hanna in washington. 5 weeks of intense political campaigning is underway in the u. K. Ahead of decembers general election its the nations 2nd election says the 2016 referendum vote to leave the European Union paul brennan has our report the Election Campaign is officially on and the Prime Minister left downing street with the air of a man with no time to waste even using social media to post an election update while on route to get the queens approval for the palace with the royal formalities complete johnson returned to downing street to address the media and lay out his battle plan a stark choice he said between his vision of a u. K. Quickly out of the e. U. With a dynamic free market economy and his opponents plans for high taxation and more bracket uncertainty come with us get done and take this country forward. This is the alternative next year spend the whole of 2020 in a horror show. In a newspaper column on wednesday the Prime Minister attacked Jeremy Corbyn the Opposition Labor Party leader for targeting the rich with a vindictiveness not seen since stalin but on the campaign trail in the u. K. Midlands mr corbyn insisted that britains richest 5 percent had a moral obligation to pay more together we can do something spectacular we can transform peoples hopes by the inclusiveness he of our campaign and into town and i show so that communities and painful and not held back and left behind. I think it is time for real change again as campaigns go its been a shaky start for the conservatives were in a sign of just how unrestrained this Election Campaign may become the party posted a doctored social media video of labours directed spokesman here starmer then refused to apologize didnt call it out for it. And just moments before the Prime Ministers speech a letter arrived from cabinet minister allan cance tendering his resignation of allegations which he denies that he lied about his knowledge of a collapsed court case cans was lined up to lead the conservative campaign in wales and his loss is a blow and those set backs came off the back of controversial and much criticised comments by senior conservatives about the ground felt how i think if i did but this is a marathon not a sprint the 2 main parties are being challenged by the climate initiatives of the green party targeted pressure from nigel farage as brecks of party to separate his vision from the scottish nationalists and a new optimism programme mainly pull democrats. And liberal democrats by for the full action to win so that we can stop wrecks it and create a greater future. Next 5 weeks is shooting up to be a no holds barred political scrap an election battle with local and regional twists on a contest whose results will have far reaching consequences across europe and beyond old brennan on his era. Now the Environmental Group who launched mass protests here in london last month have won a court battle with u. K. Police a ban on the extension rebellion demonstrations demonstrations has been deemed illegal and the groups members should not have been arrested has more from central london. A victory for freedom and democracy thats how environmental activist described wednesdays decision by u. K. Courts to police ban on their protests was illegal the case was brought by lawyers acting for Extinction Rebellion a movement of Climate Change activists behind the socalled autumn uprising a series of protests held across london last month demonstrators have blocked roads and entrances to several key sites and buildings including Parliament Square the bank of england and london city airports the police made 1828. 00 arrests and charged 165. 00 people the protests cost an estimated 30000000. 00 to police a decision was made to ban all Extinction Rebellion protests across london with the police citing sections 14 of the public order act as justification its gives you authority as the right to prohibits public assemblies if they believe they may result in serious public disorder or serious damage to property or the life of the Community Early chalons a member of the European Parliament for the green party was herself arrested during the Police Crackdown todays ruling is incredibly significant actually and it will have a big impact its significant because its about defending the right to Public Assembly and protest and those rights are fundamental to a functioning democracy the ruling by the high porch not only means that environmental activists can hold similar protests again this time potentially during the current Election Campaign its also paves the way for those who were arrested to sue the police for compensation several 100 of them. Activists who are arrested under this ban will now. Have the charges against them drops and if they dont have other charges against them theyll be able to sue the police for false imprisonment and they have the right to compensation the police can appeal against the decision about Extinction Rebellions neuer see they are ready to continue to fight the Extinction Rebellion movement said that their protests were designed to raise awareness about the urgent need for action to save the planet todays ruling means that not only can they continue their protests but its also given their message more public city. London. Now government workers in zimbabwe have gone on strike over low salaries as the countrys economy continues to struggle this is the 1st time that government workers have been allowed to strike against their employer Civil Servants have seen their monthly income eroded juta rapidly rising inflation across the country. And how the french government has announced tough new immigration policies cracking down on Illegal Migrants and preparing quotas for Foreign Workers weve seen as an attempt to win voters over from the far right has more on this now from paris. After french capital meeting in paris france as Prime Minister phillip announced a raft of new measures aimed at tightening the countrys immigration policy. We must take by control of immigration taking back control making clear choices about asylum and integration granting the right stay years actively based on our principles and goals rather than passively carried out as long as the cases. The government wants to introduce immigration quotas for workers and attempt to address the countrys Skilled Labor shortage in industries such as construction theyre also plans to tighten rules for Asylum Seekers access to health care would be limited and benefits more rigorously controlled the number of asylum applications has increased in france in recent years and the government says it must crack down on those who abuse the system rights campaigners say that Asylum Seekers already face very difficult conditions in france many of them end up sleeping rough in makeshift camps like this one in paris and the thing is that the governments new measures will only make the situation worse. The Prime Minister says france most regain its sovereignty well before cant do wants to be more southern we should start by getting rid of this undignified camps in our cities then we can talk about sovereignty and humanity. Halfway through his president ial term emanuel macro is taking a tougher line on immigration but its a gamble he may succeed in wooing voters away from his main political opponents the far right and stem the rise of what he calls dangerous populism but he also risks alienating some supporters who say that hes failing to uphold fronts as humanitarian values the sasha butler ill just 0 paris. Recap of the headlines now the impeachment inquiry into president trying to move into a new phase next week when the 1st hearings a held in public a congressman of acing the proceedings house Intelligence Committee chairman adam schiff has announced who will the 1st witnesses will be president tom was accused of putting pressure on ukraines leader to open an investigation into his democrat rival joe biden i think you will see throughout the course of the testimony not only their testimony but many others the. Most important facts are largely not contested we are getting an increasing appreciation for just what took place during the course of the last year and the degree to which the president and listed the whole departments of government in an illicit aim of trying to get ukraine to dig up dirt on a political opponent as well as further Conspiracy Theory about the 2016 election that he believes would be beneficial to his reElection Campaign in the next hour iran says it will start enriching uranium acid underground facility in its latest step away from the 2050 Nuclear Accord on pain of uranium gas into centrifuges will take the base from a Research Plant to the status of being an active nuclear site strong condemnation from around the world including from the United States which pulled out of the deal last year. 8 people including 4 terrorists of been stabbed in the jordanian terrorist. Authorities say 3 mexican tourists and one swiss visitor injured for all the people will also take food in a jordanian tow guy under Security Officer who tried to stop the assailant one person has been arrested drash lies north of the capital on line and is one of the top Tourist Destinations in jordan. And campaigning is officially underway in the u. K. s general election conservative leader forest johnson outlined his Campaign Based on delivering brechts that hes faced a number of Party Control the seas in the past few days Opposition LeaderJeremy Corbyn meanwhile has said that his Party Presents an opportunity for change all those are the headlines stories this hour there will be more news in about 25 minutes time ill see you then after the stream which starts now. Treating cancer can be incredibly painful expensive and ineffective is it time that weve changed our approach. Here in the stream if cancer has affected your life or that of someone you know we want to hear from you join us on twitter or in our live youtube chat with your story. Today were joined by a leading american oncologist who says our current approach to treating cancer isnt working and needs a radical overhaul but 1st 3 of our Community Members share with us what surprised them about fighting