A Palestinian Group off to as trucks kill dozens in gaza. And a cocktail to come back to gas will be the only generation committed to helping iraqs government protests. A top diplomats given evidence of how the u. S. President put pressure on ukraine to investigate political rival joe biden william tell it was one of 2 foreign offices to ours at the 1st televised hearing thats on the hot and pietschmann inquiry into donald trump. Reports now from washington d. C. The whole truth and nothing but the truth so help you god William Taylor and george kent took the stand together at the 1st public hearing in the impeachment inquiry career foreign officers called by democrats to tell a compelling story to the American Public taylor is the acting u. S. Ambassador to ukraine who upon assuming the post in june. Found himself dropped in the middle of a mystery once i arrived and gave discovered a weird combination of encouraging confusing and ultimately alarming circumstances taylor had begrudgingly agreed to come out of retirement to take over the u. S. Diplomatic mission at a critical time his predecessor. Had been ousted without explanation and President Trumps personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani was meeting with ukraine officials to discuss debunked corruption allegations against political rivals that had taylor worried and countered an irregular informal channels of u. S. Policy making with respect to ukraine. Unaccountable to Congress Taylor began asking questions and learned the informal channel was aimed at getting ukraine to investigate joe biden trumps potential opponent in the upcoming president ial election tailors as career diplomats were sidelined as trumps chosen aides pressed ukraine to publicly announce a biden investigation george kent a state department expert on ukraine says giuliani was getting more involved in u. S. Relations with kiev it became clear to me that giulianis efforts to gin up politically motivated investigations are now infecting u. S. Engagement with ukraine leveraging president selenski is desire for a white house meeting but there was more ambassador taylor says he had a clear understanding that u. S. Security aid to ukraine worth 400000000 dollars was also on the line the money was essential for ukraine to fend off russias military advances to withhold that systems for no good reason other than help with the Political Campaign made no sense it was it was counterproductive to all of what we had been trying to do. It was illogical it could not be explained it was crazy multiple witnesses have corroborated taylors testimony much of the facts are uncontested but there is a critical factor still missing from the democrats argument to impeach President Trump and that is evidence that trump was directly involved and therefore to be blamed the closest democrats have come is a july phone call between trump and the president of ukraine a lot of years olinsky tells trump his countrys ready to buy more weapons from the us for defense purposes trump sansar i would like you to do us a favor though then ask for investigations into democrats and the bidens this is extortion this is bribery and in any other instance. People would go to jail far shore trump says hes innocent and republicans are stunned sleep defending him but anyone familiar with the democrats scorched earth war against President Trump would not be surprised to see all the typical signs that this is a carefully orchestrated Media Smear Campaign prior to the start of the public hearings americans were about evenly divided on whether to impeach trump and remove him from office now that theyre hearing directly from witnesses all eyes are on whether the publics opinions will change. Castro aljazeera washington or donald trump was dismissive of what hes already labeled a witch hunt i hear its a joke i havent watched i have a watch for one minute because ive been with the president which is much more important as far as im concerned that this is a sham and shouldnt be allowed it was a situation that was caused by people that shouldnt have allowed it to happen who want to find out who is the whistleblower and because the whistleblower gave a lot of very Incorrect Information including michael with the president of ukraine which was a perfect call on Nancy Soderberg as a former Deputy National security adviser to president clinton she says the public hearings are an important milestone in the impeachment inquiry. Well it was like going from black and white to a full living color on a big screen it brought to life the career Public Servants who are having their courage to stand up to what they believed was wrong to come forward against instructions from the president not to testify and to lay out the facts which are very clear that the president held up military aid to ukraine in exchange for an investigation of the biden is the real piece of i think new news was more meat on the bones there was a little bit of news that ambassador bill taylor said when one of his staffers he had learned since his previous testimony had overheard trump and sunless the ambassador to the e. U. Who was in the middle of all of this talking to the president and its very clear that it was about the biden investigation and they summed up the call saying that the president cared more about the investigation of the bidens than he did about ukraine that was made headlines kind of a bombshell revelation today but it is very clear that the democrats are building a very methodical case and that the republicans will do anything to blow it up and mirror the president s witchhunt phrases. Or trumps threat to withhold military aid to ukraine is a key part of the whole inquiry kid ever see the estimated 1500000000 dollars from the u. S. In the past 5 years al jazeera reports dafna Training Center in western ukraine where troops get specialist help from american troops. But are. Laying low seems to be the message in ukraine after u. S. Military aid was temporarily suspended in july the country was suddenly at the center of an american political storm involving a phone call between the u. S. President and the newly elected ukrainian leader. Undeterred by whats going on in washington ukrainian soldiers are preparing war games with the u. S. Colleagues at the joint multinational Training Center in the west of the country tactics they can use in the ongoing war against russian backed separatists in the east war were we Pay Attention to politics that doesnt affect our process will be heard tomorrow as long as both governments agree that were needed here. Besides having ukraines back against russia the americans are getting ukraines troops ready to become part of nato. This is how u. S. Military aid to ukraine looks like an army which was said to be suffering from corruption and the lack of funds now weve got to face russia in the east but one threat to withhold this aid even though it was only temporarily has caused doubt about how much ukraine can rely on its most important ally. After the much debated phone call with trump ukraines president followed a mere zelinsky sat he did not feel pressured by trumps threat to withhold military aid but analysts say it has affected the image of the United States and ukraine and could even push some towards moscow what were seeing in washington now that is under threat of unraveling completely as widely reported a series that for true. Tropp is not interested in the larger issues of democracy promotion state building and human rights in ukraine rather hes interested in using grain for his old political needs. But the us president still has some fans in kiev this coffee shop only opened a few months ago i would say it would make ukraine more famous and more people aware ukraine was happening in ukraine about war in the middle of europe. But it wouldnt hurt the planes in that Many Americans dont even know that youre training this young teacher by us military i dont feel any particular help from america so i think we have to rely on ourselves. Not the sort of message ukrainian soldiers fighting what is known as the forgotten war against russian backed separatists want to hear they hope the u. S. Will continue to support them step fasten aljazeera livy ukraine there are reports a cease fire has been agreed in gaza for 2 days of cross border fighting egypt has been mediating between israel and the Palestinian Group Islamic Jihad negotiations were taking place as more missiles and rockets were exchanged in the early hours of thursday 32. 00 palestinians have been killed since tuesday the escalation began after a Senior Leader of Islamic Jihad died in an israeli strike. Well. Firstly you want a stop to all the assassinations inside the gaza strip and the west bank generally secondly to cease firing on all the protesters taking part in the great march of return thirdly for israel to abide by agreements discussed in cairo relating to measures that have to be taken to break the siege on the gaza strip. Hong kong is bracing for another day of transport chaos protesters are planning to block more Roads Authority has already shot a major tunnel as a precaution lets get more now from sarah clarke she joins us live from Hong Kong Sara so another day of transport chaos in hong kong. This is the 4th day of the week to protest the general strike that was called by these protesters targeting the transport system and that includes the bus the ryle and the road in the traffic you know where we are at the Polytechnic University and this is where it has already been fired on thursday morning on my right we have a large group of right place down the road that looks like theyre potentially ready to move in to this particular campus now you might be able to see behind me the entire campus has been barricaded up now these universities that become the battle grounds for these particular protests certainly this week weve got a number of protesters all Wearing Masks in a nearby black shirts and pants inside here as well as above me weve seen of creating a number of producing a number of petrol bombs already the police say they fired a number of bow and arrows were arrows at the police early this morning hence why they fired that gas now as for a casualty report we have a 15 year old whos in a Critical Condition after being hit by a canister of tear gas we also have a 70 year old who was hit by a brick during the protests yesterday thats being wednesday to say we have another day of chaos at this stage at the moment weve got 15 empty train stations have been shut the number bus lines have been stopped we also have schools can. It sold out on thursday and the Education Bureau has Just Announced that they will cancel all schools i gain on friday and so are we seeing this new strategy of protests taking place on weekdays what of impact is this. For this particular strategy its an escalation from city to protests are they trying to impact everyone and certainly everyone all members of the public could be impacted whether it be through the transport system how weve had a number of key districts targeted during a very busy working hours and during the lunch hour that being central one of the busiest of Central Business district so the inn in hong kong now the m. T. R. Being shut down that does affect different its a very busy and popular transport network that mobilizes are most people in hong kong to get around and those transactions have been shot so certainly by talking the weekdays the protesters are trying to get their message across to all members of the public at this stage they are having that impact insert the its been a widespread impact on or how the government has said theyre backing the police at this stage and we had an overnight meeting of a number of high government and senior government officials he met at Government House so were expecting another day of protests today but tension on friday as well right this article there in Hong Kong Sara thank you. Time for a short break here aljazeera when we come back the u. S. Reveals his position on bolivias government to supporters of the former leader intensifies the strike. You dont have that seems all set to roll out but some companies are skeptical on the strings. Have a range of its way not for most but for a few we see between afghanistan received quite a lot in the Central Military in this front on its way through. That will increase. Cloud ahead of it still quite warm at 28 in beirut but the showers will break out most likely i think on friday in the levant across in iraq and maybe just across the border even into saudi arabia more significant rain seems likely around this iranian coast of the something caspian that green is forecast rain i suspect thunderstorms well flash flooding even this time of year is a possibility. No showers much further south and that is cooled down by a day now way below 30 for the most part it is warmer in mekere obviously chilly diets particularly around the gulf states otherwise its Just Sunshine in the sky waiting for a few showers but they will be many maybe a hint near riyadh as jumped down to active Weather Source in africa particularly south africa where you see some pretty deep depressions run from the western cape all the way to causing thats how this is the result on thursday masses of potential rain sudden storms already seen one tornado captured captured by camera well the rain does ease off a bit by friday but you got a wet couple of days flooding seems quite likely. The weather sponsored by chance down at once. Welcome back a quick reminder of the top stories here on aljazeera the 1st public hearing in the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump has ended u. S. Is down bassman ukraine said he was told that from cared more about an investigation into his rival joe biden and he did about ukraine trumps alleged pressured kid into investigating biden and exchanged for military. There are reports a ceasefire has been agreed in gaza thats out the 2 days of fighting that killed 32. 00 palestinians egypt has been mediating between israel and the Palestinian Group Islamic Jihad. And major transport routes in hong kong have been forced to close police around to supporting a 4th consecutive day of mid week demonstrations schools have been shot across the city. Now President Trump has met his turkish counterpart at the white house despite opposition in congress to the visit turkeys offensive in Northern Syria and its purchase of a Russian Missile system dominated the talks mike hanna has more from washington d. C. The president and 1st lady had town to welcome the turkish leader this the 1st face to face talks following weeks of screen relations between the 2 countries President Trump was quick to set a friendly we have a great relationship both personally and with the great country of turkey and we look forward to moving there forward in making it an even bigger and better relationship thank you but its apprenticeship that dates back 7 years to the opening of the trump towers in istanbul buttressed by a warm relationship between their sons in laws one is turkeys finance minister the other President Trumps close adviser jared cushion. Its a relationship that concerned many in congress because certain further fueled by President Trumps opposition to a bipartisan sanctions bill passed in the house and being discussed in the senate. The bill was in response to turkeys military operation in syria. Following President Trump surprise decision to withdraw u. S. Troops from the Region Congress has been angered by the u. S. President s apparent reluctance to impose sanctions on turkey following its decision to buy a russian weapons system the s 400 already being deployed in the face of protest by all of turkeys nato allies including the u. S. Just outside the white house a small group of protesters expressing their opposition to the turkish president while the protests the. President. Group opera public. Again pushing usually do you want to start of the negotiation you know the president one senator had least agreed to look for the Silver Lining in the relationship with turkey the purpose of this meeting is to have an american citizen. Friends in turkey. And theres a pony in there somewhere if we can. And the hope expressed by president turner one that the relationship that the u. S. Congress will improve as turkey we are ready and committed to sustain a very constructive dialogue with the United States congress and this is an idea that ive shared with President Trump as well from President Trump a few circuits raised and the hope expressed of further arms sales we have a lot of trade with turkey but it could be many times larger and turkey would like to see that and it would also be good for the United States so we intend to bring it up to about 100000000000. 00 that would be 4 times what it is right now for president one and was a successful meeting not only with the u. S. Leader but also with some members of the senate who had opposed him so fiercely in the past mike hanna aljazeera washington. The u. S. Has formally recognized bolivias new interim leader jenny on as but theres been widespread opposition to her appointment violence broke out during a 1st full day in office 2 people were killed. As. Protesters clashed with police and the army on the streets of believe you live rounds were shot tear gas didnt need to spill and we believe ians who demanded interim president jenny to resign on her 1st day in office shes facing a country in turmoil was social and political disputes are battled on around including the National Assembly on wednesday some of it will more or less is mass Party Members tried entering congress at the end the other had resigned from the senates presidency she tried to come back a police blocked the way you know to get this government is trying to portray the court it as a natural thing where legislators and we need to get to the assembly. On the other side of the barricade what is foes shouted adversaries a reminder of what sparked the political crisis the 1st president to resign. The interim president is reliant on Security Forces to restore law and order she appointed military commanders before the cabinet. Taking up command of the armed forces at a crucial time for the state to bring this stage to an end and for new elections. The entering president has said that she wants to bring peace back to the streets of the country and that means the police will continue their patrols with the army. Stability naming a new Electoral Court and calling on new elections in december is the priority of the Transitional Government but analysts say nothing can be done without negotiating with more or less his supporters the president must begin a dialogue. Because the m. E. s party is a reality whether people like it or not otherwise if theres no dialogue were lost. From his refuge in mexico former president pledged to return for 2 questions to me it will be that if my people ask for it were ready to go back to pacify the country but National Dialogue is important otherwise itd be difficult to stop this cup from taishan. In the capital some roadblocks were removed and Stores Opened after weeks of near shutdown but just for a short time. Thousands of and we believe were back on the streets early a reminder of just how far. From coming out of the crisis. The u. N. Special representative for iraq is meeting political leaders to try to bridge the gap between protesters and the government ollivant is discussing constitutional reforms aimed at satisfying demonstrators demise thousands of people have been protesting against corruption and a lack of basic services at least 319 people have been killed since the unrest began last month and protesters in iraq are being lent a helping hand by the elderly who sympathize with their cause damage on june thats more not from bad that. As one washes she also wishes for a Brighter Future and for a better present at 70 years old her kidneys give her trouble but her spirit remains strong arm said one tells me she volunteers out here for over 15 hours every day cleaning the clothes of protesters camped out in baghdads tahir square yes i met john and we do this for free its all free even the detergent is from us if people bring us money we want to accept it if they give us detergent they will take it thats fine. In a nearby garden said but the and her husband are both producing a homemade remedy they say combats the effects of tear gas. And if that were to go ahead we have 3 sons each one of them was injured twice in the protests and they refused to leave and go back home my sons say they cant leave their brothers hand go back so i decided to donate part of my pension so we could bring this water and yeast day and night they are here mixing the greedy and bottling and distributing constant work left but that he is handed blistered but she pushes on. I not couldnt leave but im not just coming out to support my sons im him for everybody this is my country this is my rock this is my land all of these people are like my sons and my brothers and my father. Know how he says but that he and i would aided him after he was tear gassed while protesting but that their presence has helped him even more. When we see these elderly people here leaving their homes and their relatives stay nice how could i leave how could i go home that there are people here who are 405060 years old. And it was despite the tension in fear surrounding the protests in baghdad these days and to hear square the mood is often vibrant in this unprecedented Cross Generational demand for rights and reforms the sense of community thats taken root here is remarkable an atmosphere of family and familiarity its hard to miss yes these demonstrations have been led by the youth but look just beyond the youngsters and you clearly see the multitudes of grandparents parents aunts and uncles were standing behind these protesters both figuratively and literally. The old back and the young spurning politics shunning sectarianism and uniting as these mammoth. But that. Lebanons president says the Economic Situation is getting worse because of widespread protests and to government run as of ramped up since Mission Island demonstrators to end their revolt against the ruling elite one man was shot dead on tuesday south of beirut the army says a soldier has been detained after forces opened fire on the protest as blocking roads around the capital. Several countries of egypt to investigate alleged killings by Security Forces and other rights abuses United Nations Human Rights Council is reviewing egypts record as part of regular examination of all Member States we recommend egypt to one address impunity by credibly investigating allegations of extra judicial killings torture and forced disappearances by Security Forces publicly release findings and prosecute those responsible to release detainees held for exercising their rights to freedom of expression or association and ensure a fair trial guarantees for those remaining in detention 3 commit to supporting a free and active Civil Society by ending case number 173 foreign funding investigations travel bans and asset freezes against Civil Society egypts Health Ministry says 6 people have been killed and 15 injured after an oil pipeline caught fire on wednesday the blaze broke out in a wood its unclear when the pipeline was broken but many locals had gathered to fill containers with leaking fuel before the fire began the 1st of a case of a boat has been reported in the Southern African nation of the suits in the town of livery bit an outbreak in democratic republic of congo which is much for the north has claimed more than 2000 lives. And in just a few hours Health Authorities in the osseo begin testing a new about a vaccine but the rollout is already facing criticism conference or reports in the d. L. C. A new a ball of vaccine for a major child scientists the testing it on up to half a 1000000 congolese over the next 10 months to study the fact. The vaccine is safe it has already been tested on a small sample of people elsewhere. Would not have approved it if it was harmful to the people. But some people are concerned that the long term effects of the drug made by u. S. Multinational are not yet known and the fact that it needs to doze this 8 weeks apart may not work on people who travel often to challenge and to show raids between the 2 duties will be indication of the acceptance of his vaccine to population. We we will work with the communities we explain to the communities we believe though that if we explain simply things to the people say they are able to understand about 250000 people in parts of this region are already being injected with another vaccine made by a German Company that has just been approved by european regulators those receiving the new or drug given areas that are considered at low risk of an outbreak this is a very busy Border Crossing between d. R. Congo and rwanda tens of thousands of people mostly traders use it every day Health Workers say vaccinating them is crucial feelings here over both vaccinations are mixed. Destruction is good it helps us go about our business without fear. Of them i can never do it i dont know what theyre injecting into us they didnt benny and people are still dying now goma. The nations in the democratic republic of congo have long been controversial and political one Health Minister is reported to have lost his job. For opposing the u. S. Study some congolese say they dont trust whats going on but Health Workers insist this is the best way of beating a disease that has killed many people catherine aljazeera comma. A quick check of the headlines here this hour the Palestinian Group Islamic Jihad says a ceasefire has been agreed in gaza after 2 days of cross border fighting egypt has been mediating with the group and israel because the actions were taking place as more missiles and rockets were exchanged in the early hours of thursday 32. 00 palestinians have been killed since tuesday the escalation began after a Senior Leader of Islamic Jihad was killed in an israeli airstrike the 1st public hearing in the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump has ended the u. S. Is acting ambassador in ukraine said he was told that trump cared more about an investigation into his rival joe biden than he did about ukraine trumps alleged oppression here than to investigating biden in exchange for military aid i found a confusing and unusual arrangement for making u. S. Policy toward ukraine there appear to be 2 channels of u. S. Policy making an implementation one regular and one highly irregular well donald trump was dismissive of what hes already called a witch hunt. For here its a joke i havent watched i have a watch for one minute because ive been with the president which is much more important as far as im concerned this is a sham and shouldnt be allowed it was a situation that was caused by people that shouldnt have allowed it to happen who want to find out who is the whistleblower because the whistleblower gave a lot of very Incorrect Information including my call with the president of ukraine which was a perfect all mean all President Trump says the alliance with turkey remains strong despite differences on important issues he made those comments after holding talks with president russia type one in washington relations have been strained in the policies on syria and turkeys purchase of a Russian Missile Defense System major transport routes in hong kong have been forced to close police are preparing for a 4th consecutive day of midweek demonstrations schools have been shot across the city. The u. S. Has formally recognized libyas interim leader but theres widespread opposition and the appointment of jenin as a test is one day in office to the after america has resigned and some of it is disputed reelection those are the headlines the news continues. After street station. There are we. Believe the 2 state solution do you still believe in the 2 state solution we listen what i said was that pakistan would never start a war im antiwar we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that matter is their own. Freedom or that that was the rallying cry of the largest slave rebellion in the u. S. More than 200 years ago this week hundreds of people brought it back to life ensuring a powerful reenactment. And here in the street join us on twitter or in our live chat to talk about the Lessons Learned from the resistance. And 1811 some 500 slaves marched for 2 days and enough were to take over new orleans and to clear a Free Republic their attempt was reenacted this week by participants
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