House chief of staff. For the impeachment inquiry. Fellow the Iraqi Commission for human rights these 23. 00 protesters have died in baghdad and in southern areas of the country since sunday iraqs top shiite cleric is urging the military police to avoid using Excessive Force against demonstrators. As the governments must respond as quickly as possible so their demands. It. In baghdad thousands of Demonstrators Demonstrators of all ages men women children across the social divide they came out to Tahrir Square in the area surrounding to your square they were expressing a real resolve these protesters committed to continue coming out day after day demonstrators determined to effect some kind of change they said that through their demonstrations they wanted to make sure they could help ensure build a Better Future for it up and it up please when we arrived at to have your square earlier in the day we didnt really know what we would find there had been reports of deaths in basra protesters being killed and busta and protesters overnight be killed in baghdad when we arrived into heres where earlier in the day we found a real jubilant crowd a real festive atmosphere not just people discussing their political concerns that really people going out of their way to express their creativity we saw plays being acted in the streets we saw musicians performing the National Anthem and singing for others there trying to boost the morale of those who continued to come out a real sense of resolve from the people that we saw throughout the day many of them told us that when they hear government officials talk in the past few weeks its almost as if those government officials are in a completely different planet and yet they say theyre going to going to continue to raise their voices until their voices are heard until more is done to ensure changes Going ForwardInternational Court of justice says it will hear a case followed by ukraine against russia it concerns moscows a legit support of pro russian separatists in Eastern Ukraine this decision comes as ukraines army and the separatists are set to withdraw more troops from the front line on saturday the planned exit as part of a series of measures aimed at ending a conflict thats killed more than 13000 people in the last 5 years for addicts. Yes the preliminary objection traces by the Russian Federation the court to lax jurisdiction on the basis of article 22 of the International Convention on the elimination of all form is of Racial Discrimination stop loss and has more from moscow. A convincing win for ukraine in the International Court of justice against russia a majority of the judges decided that the court can hear the case against what they say the russian backed separatists in the east of ukraine and also the downing of a made 17 and the into Racial Discrimination towards the ukrainians and tartarus live in an extra media which was annexed by russia in 2014 its a win for ukraine because russia was objecting very heavily against this this case because its out it has no jurisdiction and we can actually solve this case still between ukraine and russia itself but now this will be a very Strong International instrument that ukraine has against russia although the case will take a while to develop and probably will be finished only in a few years from now if russia loses the case its also possible that it has to pay compensation to the victims in the east of ukraine or even in the crimea but also this is also raising questions about how this is going to affect the Peace Process that its been under way now the new president s alinsky is in power since a few months he has basically of pushed this peace for process forward the will be another. The troops withdrawal on saturday between the 2 forces one Ukrainian Forces on one side and the russian backed rebels on the other side there has been some protest in ukraine against this Peace Process that this is a capitalization to russia but there is some optimism that its fighting which has been going on for 5 years and which has cost 13000. 00 lives could be ending any time soon but with this ruling theres a big question of course how moscow will respond and how willing it will be to participate in the peace negotiations that are expected in the next couple of weeks hong kong. Protesters are mourning the death of a student who fell from a building during a demonstration on monday 22 year old child she locked died of his injuries on friday he will have gathered for a vigil at the carpark where he fell students have been at the forefront of months of protests in hong kong and there are fears childs death could spark more unrest sircar cause the latest from hong kong. The hospital confirms the students death on friday morning charging look suffered a brain injury after falling from a car park during a protest on monday but after 2 operations he died of a cardiac arrest doesnt quite fit the family wants to tell the media and the people of hong kong thank you very much for showing your support and encouragement to Queen Elizabeth hospital in the past few days they are very thankful. Child was a Computer Science undergraduate at the Hong Kong University of science and technology fried i was the Graduation Ceremony for many of the students that event became a memorial as his colleagues paid tribute to the 22 year old i think is a very grave day and we all have we all have i think a lot of humble people not just the us the members have a man talk operation for this but still when it comes to fact it hurts a lot this could be the 1st death as a direct result of the confrontations between police and protesters in hong kong the Antigovernment Movement blames the police for chalis injury which occurred when tear gas was fired on students during a dispersal operation as he was trying to avoid eye contact from the police but he kept. Hot for them from the cop and so today we are. Also locked in my. Government the police to launch a film fest because the government has expressed its regret and sorrow of the death of the 22 year old student standing in sympathy. To the family but this incident is lucky to further anger the Antigovernment Movement more protests is expected to join demonstrations this weekend. High profile prodemocracy activists joshua warm and agnes check out have called on protesters to join the rallies which are now in a 5th month they would charge with organizing a Legal Assembly in june before Fridays Court appearance they demanded an independent Police Inquiry into what they describe as Excessive Force being used on protests now is the time for the government to step up the independent investigation on the clash we need to know and seek for truth and justice. The police have denied any wrongdoing and will conduct a comprehensive investigation into the circumstances of the students did if sarah clock aljazeera hong kong. To the u. S. Impeachment inquiry in the acting white house chief of staff has defied a subpoena ordering him to testify the hearing the committees investigating donald trump wanted Mick Mulvaney to explain why the office of management and budget blocked millions of dollars in aid to ukraine in august the inquiry suspects president withheld aid to pressure kiev to investigate his political rival joe biden and his son hunter biden im not concerned about anything the testimony is all been fine for the most part i never even heard of these people i have no idea who they are there are some very fine people you have some never droppers. That nobody has any firsthand knowledge there is no 1st then. All the fat is one thing the french group and the transcript is perfect our White House CorrespondentKimberly Halkett has more from washington. Well its been a week of damaging testimony for us President Donald Trump as a series of witnesses have testified in the impeachment inquiry but on friday yet another witness not appearing despite a subpoena to do so the acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney why are democrats so interested in his testimony well thats because last month he gave a press conference essentially confirming what the president has long denied that there was a quid pro quo in other words that the president in his telephone call in july with the ukrainian president did in fact attempt to withhold aid until he could secure the promise of an political investigation into his rival former Vice President joe biden now the president has been talking about this as hes left the white house he denies that there was anything wrong with that telephone call but this is the basis of the articles of impeachment that the democrats are building on capitol hill not only that the president allegedly abused his president ial powers but with the obstruction of justice charge being added to that essentially the white house is blocking this investigation by telling not only Mick Mulvaney but also others like the National Security advisor former National Security advisor john bolton and also the president s lawyer Rudolph Giuliani discouraging them from appearing before investigators now for his part donald trump says this is all a hoax in fact he says that this is motivated by those who do not like him he says that the democrats have simply gone around washington looking for 10 people that dont like him and then call them to testify so he is pushing back continuing to maintain hes done nothing wrong. Iran says its forces have shot down a foreign drone it reportedly happened over the city of mash are in the south the provincial governor says parts of the wreckage have been recovered the u. S. Central command has tweeted that alleged reports of u. S. Drones being shot down are incorrect and all u. S. Equipment has been accounted for in june to iran shot down a u. S. Drone saying it had violated its airspace so had an Al Jazeera Court ruling in brazil may pave the way for former president Lula Da Silva is released from prison. Dozens of bush fires burn across eastern australia prompting a Record Number of emergency one. Hello there is a most 60 picture across much of the middle east what we are all saying is a fair amount of class but not really bringing much with it in the way of rain or even some mountain snow but we could be saying of the next couple days isnt working the way along will sudden sections of iran is a disturbance work its way through the gulf and that in through saturday and sunday some coastal showers are likely its a warm couple of days ahead through the eastern end of the med 26. 00 then 27. 00 degrees celsius in beirut under those clear sunny skies as its a sunny more rain showers likely as we head through those coastal areas of the gulf so thats pretty much all the stories we had crossed into the Arabian Peninsula its mostly clare its mostly dry temperatures not too bad 31 celsius in doha on saturday and then that temperature a few degrees lower as on sunday we have got the chance of some clavicles as much as a maybe even a thunderstorm that could actually work its way east was and across into abu dhabi as well some rain actually on the way through eastern sections of south africa no particular coming from this cloud is pushing offshore as you can see in the last few hours time which is a not too bad so its a dry day south in cape town with a high of 24 scattered thunderstorms in johannesburg and durban and then more chance of rain charles as we head off into sunday with a high of 23 and. Russia has jeopardized the United States security interests we know what you are doing and you will not succeed perceptions from the outside looking. Good whats the picture from the inside. Stars think russias Foreign Policy is too soft to you most russian goals have been achieved not peace and more diffuse full russia all knowledge is in. Hello again the top stories on al jazeera iraqs top shock cleric has urged the police and military to avoid using Excessive Force human rights activists say at least 23 protesters have been killed since sunday and the u. N. Says that these 300 people have died in weeks of rallies against the government. The International Court of justice says it will hear a case filed by ukraine against russia overt support of pro russian separatists this decision comes as ukraines army and the separatists are set to withdraw more troops from the front line on saturday. The acting white house chief of staff Mick Mulvaney has defied a subpoena ordering him to testify at the impeachment inquiry the committee wanted mowbray need to explain why millions of dollars of aid to ukraine was blocked in august. Brazils top court has overturned a law requiring convicted criminals to go to jail after losing their 1st appeal court decided that a person can only be jailed after all of their appeals have been exhausted so the ruling means that former president who is in austria Lula Da Silva and thousands of prisoners could be released who that was sent to prison in april last year as part of a corruption investigation as attorneys demanding his Immediate Release and lawyers representing the disco are demanding his release as well. We are asking for the release order to be published immediately because theres no judicial reason to keep x. President lula in prison for even an hour that reason never existed and now after yesterdays verdict from the Supreme Court nothing exists that could keep him in prison. To risible has more from one a series in neighboring argentina just a while ago hes lawyers and heard the president in order to talk to him and see what he wants and what theyre saying is that they will request he immediately we know that it is also requesting the whole case against him to be to be cancelled and thats one has been a very very strong request because hes been maintaining at these hes being politically persecuted and that the whole case against him has been all created by the opposition and all of this is happening after the Supreme Court over overturned a ruling that says that criminal convicted criminal can need to remain in prison one. Appeal while the situation from now on is that that person could remain free and till he has exhausted all options in order to defend his cave in any type of investigation and this of course affects not only former president but also thousands of other people in the country among them politician businessman and one others that have been part of what is known as the carwash operation because the largest corruption investigation in brazil history any 3 led by judges that are your model your model is currently the minister of justice of record indicted and i dont and you can method and get impartiality in new law have been 5 years the question especially after some audio recordings where review revealed that he was working along prosecutors in order to in jail and. The world bank is urging lebanon to form a new cabinet soon its called the risks of the countrys stability deeply concerning protests are continuing for the 23rd day as demonstrators call for major changes to the political system as in a hope that explains the crisis is not only worse thing the economy but also threatening the imports of fuel and medicines. The crisis in lebanon is deepening there soon could be fuel shortages importers say banks are not giving them the dollars they need to buy supplies the lack of foreign currency was a problem even before protests against the ruling elite began 3 weeks ago at the time the central bank promised to facilitate access to dollars and guarantee fixed Exchange Rates for exporters. The government resigned and the banks have reversed the decision banks want 85 percent of the payment and lebanese liras and 15 percent in dollars plus they have imposed fees importers can no longer afford the additional costs lebanons largest protest movement of years was triggered by the economic crisis people are demanding a government independent of Political Parties to prepare for early elections there is a political standoff and it is hurting the economy and hospitals are now warning of what they call a Health Catastrophe now. Well the patients may start dying because of the lack of filters for example our stocks wont last more than a month the government must pay its juice to the hospitals right away and banks should ease transactions so we can pay importers banks are placing restrictions on the withdrawal of hard currency and Financial Transactions outside the country remains blocked apart from some exceptions theres so much that. Theres no dollars. It can only. Limited quantities there has been no progress on forming a new government caretaker Prime Minister stadol had 80 is pushing for a politically neutral government to steer the country out of the crisis that is reportedly how do you condition to return as Prime Minister and he knows he has the support of the International Community and among a number of political blocs which puts him in a strong position in negotiations it will be hard to find a replacement and if he steps aside the crisis could go on even longer but the governing alliance continues to insist its parties remain represented in any future cabinet. The world bank is warning that the stalemate could lead to an even sharper economic downturn lebanon is facing difficult days ahead. Beirut if you want officials working on syrias political future say the opening round of talks in geneva have ended better than expected government opposition and Civil Society representatives are trying to find ways to reconcile after nearly 9 years of war the u. N. Special envoy to syria pedersen said the talks will reconvene later this one these are some very painful discussions. Courage to sit and listen to the other side presenting its use on these issues but i think to address. Both difficult and painful issues and i think its fair to say that the discussions have been very professional. And in jest we hope that these talks will be successful and we hope as we said in the past that will be prepared for the political process in general in the constitutional process in particular were trying to bring hope to the syrians and this is our hope. Un human rights experts say poor conditions in egyptian prisons may have directly led to the death of former president Mohamed Morsy the panel says it has evidence morsi was denied lifesaving and ongoing care for diabetes and high Blood Pressure the lack of treatment let to a loss of vision and several diabetic coma as the group for the health and lives of thousands of other prisoners are at severe risk hundreds of palestinians have gathered along the gaza Israel Border fence for the weekly friday protests the socalled great march to return rallies began last march matheson has more on the border. Gazas ministry of health says at least 10 people have been injured in protests at 5 different points up and down the separation friends which splits gaza from israel in the protests that are being held today the latest protests as part of the great march of return but the crowds here much smaller than weve seen in the past and perhaps not surprising because just a week ago gaza and israel were firing rockets at each other to the south of where im standing now a 27 year old palestinian man was killed in that exchange of fire but its interesting to note that very shortly after the 2 rocket attack the Israeli Government put out a statement saying that it held the leader of a single Islamic Jihad group in gaza responsible for that attack it didnt blame anybody else it just specified this particular leader spool on a few days and on wednesday a delegation from hamas went to cairo egypt is a key negotiator in this fragile cease fire that exists between gaza and israel and the belief here in gaza is that hamas was keen to show the gyptian that they were still committed to the Peace Process to the cease fire that has been continuing on between gaza and israel you know if you take both of those events together you get a sense that both sides are trying very hard to keep control of the situation and run keep the risk of violence very low the reason for this could be political israel is in the process of trying to pull together a government and the palestinians for the 1st time since 2006 are going to be voting in elections as well no date for those elections has been organized and has been negotiation about the format of what is going to happen but there is a belief here in gaza that hamas is trying to impress on people that its being the Controlling Party in gaza has control of security here as well and thats very important of course in the run up to these elections. Firefighters in the australian state of New South Wales say theyre in unchartered territory with more than a dozen bushfires posing a severe risk their reports of people being trucked in their homes or again be has the latest thanks ever so much parts of australia go up in flames in hot windy conditions wild bushfires a common but this season an extended drought has caused the fires to spread more rapidly than usual it was a sort of came over our heads house yesterday afternoon and then died down i have an eye and then out with their wind at lunch time is picked up again so i think its all sort of complete out of hand im im a bit out of control yeah. The bushfires in New South Wales and queensland cover a 1000 kilometer stretch of Countryside Police have ordered 4 and a half 1000 people to leave their homes along queenslands Sunshine Coast local radio stations have stopped normal programming instead theyre broadcasting advice about how to survive a house fire and local Officials Say theyre struggling to get the bushfires under control because of the draw most of the fuel and the flammability of the fuel even the smallest of embers are landing and taking hold and developing as you 4 hours very quickly so you wind up getting this exponential rapid spread of the mine far from moving across the landscape and unfortunately we can expect more of that to die for those whose homes are in danger difficult decisions will have to be made im going to come back when you go. Beyond mere in 10 minutes ill be out of you know. Im not you know strong winds and high temperatures are expected to ease this weekend but low humidity levels continue to make it challenging for firefighters and worrying for residents whose homes and lives are at risk the tory gayton be algis their. Parties are increasingly targeting voters online ahead of the upcoming British Election while the traditional media is tightly regulated some commentators say rules on social media contents are not fit for purpose and seem baba looks at the digital dangers to democracy that i think a straightforward question to labours bricks it spokesperson and a prompt reply why would the e. U. Give you a good deal if they know that you are going to actively campaign against it well most of you are going to be doing what piers i have been talking to the e. U. But now look at what the conservative party of Prime MinisterBoris Johnson made of it in a twitter post. That misleading it it provoked anger and ridicule from some but the conservatives stood by the video this is actually right now what we are concerned about a its not the deep its what we would call it cheap fake so something that has been edited with a little bit of a Video Editing software doesnt have to be complicated but its still changing the entire message after video and it is something that is performing very well on the line and has a tendency to go fibro. The labor partys now taken a well known image from Boris Johnsons 2016 campaign with a misleading claim about Health Spending on the side of a bus and twisted it to attack his new bricks it plan labors opponents of attack very for making outlandish claims but theyre not backing down either in the u. K. Political advertising on t. V. And radio is restricted to a very few tightly regulated slots for each party making the online arena story important twitters decision to scrap political advertising can prevent misleading or downright fake content being shared meanwhile facebook has chosen not to block a misleading political post insisting it cant act as a censor since the 2016 bricks at referendum social Media Companies say theyve got better at dealing with fake accounts and fake news but it took 3 spoke to years to show the world misleading referendum advertising like this different groups got different versions of the charts we dont know who got whats or why im not kind of microtargeting is going to be a big feature of this Election Campaign when you get a leaflet through your door by a Political Party it says on it it has to have by law a name in an address on it to say whos responsible for that there is no such rule online and so when you see an online advert its a lot harder for you to know who sent it to you and whos paying for it and those are really really important questions for transparency its always the golden question how this actually swings election really unknown how any form of support doesnt actually affects peoples decisions to get out and vote day but the worry here is that because its very hard to scrutinise it could be having an impact that we are absolutely on the way so when britain elects a new parliament in a few weeks time one crucial factor could be the growing mountain of fake political content to. Zira. Spain will hold its 2nd general election and 12 months on sunday the current Prime MinisterPetra Sanchez a socialist appear poised to win the most seats in parliament hes up against 5 other Party Leaders who are running for the top job whoever wins will have to rebuild a parliamentary majority in an increasingly fragmented and polarized Political Landscape and big Names Parliament has vowed to introduce a new constitution ended easing a political crisis and also plans to issue an amnesty for those still detained over postelection violence in april hundreds protested in the city of culture a new calling for president patrice talent to step down the unrest follow the electoral commissions decision to ban opposition parties from standing in the election parliamentary vote sawtelle and allies win all the seats. Hello again the headlines on aljazeera the Iraqi Commission for human rights has at least 23. 00 protesters have died in baghdad and in southern areas of the countries and sunday iraqs top shiite cleric is urging the military and police to avoid using Excessive Force against demonstrators grand ayatollah sistani says the governments must respond as quickly as possible to their demands the International Court of justice says it will hear a case filed by ukraine against russia it concerns moscows a legit support of progress to separatists in Eastern Ukraine this decision comes as ukraines army and the separatists are set to withdraw more troops from the front line on saturday the planned exit as part of a series of measures aimed at ending a conflict thats killed more than 13000 people in the last 5 years. Deke these preliminary objections received by the Russian Federation the court to lax jurisdiction on the basis of plastic are 22. 00 of the International Convention on the limitation of or miss off Racial Discrimination. Hong kong protesters are mourning the death of a student who fell from a building during a demonstration on monday 22 year old child she last died of his injuries on friday people have gathered for a vigil at the car park. In the acting white house chief of staff making veiny has defied a subpoena ordering him to testify at the impeachment inquiry the committee wanted more of a need to explain why millions of dollars of aid to ukraine was blocked in august iran says its forces have shut down a foreign drone it reportedly happened over the city of mush on the south the provincial governor says parts of the wreckage have been recovered the u. S. Central command has tweeted that allege reports of a u. S. Drone being shot down are incorrect and all u. S. Equipment has been accounted for in june shot down a u. S. Drone say it had violated its airspace. Brazils top court has overturned a law requiring convicted criminals to go to go to jail after losing their 1st appeal the court decided that a person can only be jailed after all of their appeals have been exhausted the ruling means that the former president louise in austria Lula Da Silva and thousands of prisoners could be released he was sent to prison in april last year as part of a corruption investigation here today for the headlines inside stories coming up next. Is new can nonproliferation still a realistic goal russia has a conference on the issue at a time of global unease about atomic ambitions in iran and north korea is that the limits and abolish Nuclear Weapons this is inside story. Hello there and welcome to the program i missed now the country with the Worlds Largest stockpile of Nuclear Weapons is holding a conference on preventing the spread and use delegates from more than 40 countries in russia as