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President s aides for her removal from her post. Was also in the news no letup in the public fury even though chiles government has agreed to a referendum for a new constitution. Loaded mind my. Bringing hope as a court in the u. S. Or does a retrial for a black man on death row for killing a white woman 20 years ago. So u. S. President donald trump is facing accusations of intimidation after attacking the latest impeachment witness on twitter and she testified before congress on friday maria von of it was the u. S. Ambassador to ukraine until she was recalled earlier this year the inquiry is looking into whether trump withheld military aid to ukraine and exchange for the promise of an inquiry against his political rivals back home well start with this report from heidi castor in capitol hill. President trump has said he too busy to watch the impeachment inquiry. Hearings threatening to end his presidency but he found time friday to catch some of the hearing unfolding on live t. V. And he tweeted about the witness on the stand his former ambassador to ukraine a woman he ousted from the post as we sit here testifying the president is attacking you or twitter. And id like to give you a chance to respond read part of one of his tweets everywhere marie of on average when turned bad but would you like to respond to the president s attack that everywhere you went turned bad i mean i cant speak to what the president is trying to do but i think the effect is to be intimidating you vonnegut is a career diplomat who served more than 30 years under president s of both parties in a july phone call the basis for the current impeachment inquiry trump told the president of ukraine she was quote bad news and would go through some things it was it was a terrible moment a person who saw me actually reading the transcript said that the color drained from my face i think i even had a physical reaction it didnt sound good sounded like a threat democrats say trumps attacks on you of on a bitch amounts to witness intimidation and possibly an additional impeachment charge against the President Trump defended his mid hearing tweet saying he had no intention to intimidate i have the right to speak i have freedom of speech just as other people do but theyve taken away the republicans rights given of each testified she was recalled from ukraine without cause in may shed been bronc fully accused of undermining trump she said and was the target of a Smear Campaign conspired between trumps private attorney Rudy Giuliani and corrupt ukrainian officials or continues to amaze me. Is that they found americans willing to partner with them and working together they apparently succeeded in orchestrating the removal of a u. S. Ambassador you gonna bitch says she still doesnt know why she was ordered home on the next plane she was gone by the time the white house froze security aid to ukraine and trump pressed the ukrainian president to announce investigations into his political rivals republicans say democrats have been unable to directly tie trub to an Impeachable Offense the problem of trying to overthrow a president based on this type of evidence is obvious but thats what their whole case relies on they getting with 2nd and 3rd hand information but now complicating the president s defense is this new evidence of possible witness intimidation in the form of trumps tweet that materialize before the publics very eyes democrats have tried to build up the radio bonaventure as a sympathetic witness and now trump himself may have helped them make that case while putting his own presidency in greater jeopardy heidi joe castro aljazeera washington and with us now from washington henry olsen senior fellow at the ethics and Public Policy center a think tank based in the capital nice to have you with us so ive done a few necessarily agree with the idea of witness intimidation but at the very least its not normal to have the person who is a stance of being being investigated shouting from the sidelines during during a hearing like this. Well this isnt a judicial hearing this is a political event and the president is right that he has free speech i dont think he was well advised to tweet what he tweeted or to do it while she was testifying but its not an attempt to intimidate a witness and its simply an attempt to make sure that he has his point of view out in the public and if he had done it 3 hours or 5 hours later i dont think we would be having this discussion and i think this is one of those things that will be forgotten about 48 hours later. Saying its more the issue that representative Schiff Adam Schiff the head of the committee actually chose to read the tweet out in the hearing thats correct thats correct i mean this is a partisan political maneuver that is going on and schiff was a very shrewd to pick up on a piece of information that he could use to drive News Coverage and drive a new piece of story to people who are already decided that they want President Trump removed but its not going to change any minds and its another example of the sort of thing that we talk about today and by monday morning well be talking about Something Else could it not potentially affect future witnesses though you might be thinking well i dont want to put myself in the firing line like that. I dont think so at all i mean anyone who is coming as a witness what theyre going to be is they will be testifying under penalty of perjury anyone who is going to be called will have already testified in private and if they Say Something different in public than they said in private then the democrats on the committee will be surprised and they will try to hold that person to account and i dont think that this is anything that is going to be surprising to anyone whos followed President Trump they know hes aggressive and they know that he will take his views to the public i dont think anyone who is under oath and can go to jail for lying is going to do so because theyre afraid of the tweet from President Trump lets talk more about on of its his test and then he devon eunice was saying in the report just a moment ago that if this is all 2nd and 3rd hand stuff its not relevant and its all positive of this political process to remove the president that said what we heard today was a korea diplomat someone very well respected on the multiple president s who was removed from her job and has never never been told why by anyone. I think its another example of the poor personality ministration of the trumpet ministration they dont treat people well they didnt treat the secretary of state well when he was dismissed by tweet they didnt treat National Security adviser john bolton well when he was expected. To be able to offer a letter of resignation and then President Trump tweeted out that he was going not necessarily of his own volition so i dont know its an unfortunate byproduct of how this president operates and its not a good thing but i dont think its again surprising the president is not a normal president or a normal politician and this is a more chilly out case of him being rougher than he needed to be but do you have any thoughts as to why he and this administration do that because every representative who spoke today would always say to ambassador janowicz thank you for your service we appreciate and theres clearly a lot of respect for what shes done over 30 years korea why does that seem to get just blown out of the water in as use pointed out many many different people. I think that President Trump thinks as we can probably discern extremely highly of himself i dont think he thinks very well of socalled experts and he expects people in his employ and ham bastard does serve at the pleasure of the president he does not need any cause to remove an ambassador at any time that he wants to under our constitution he expects that person to be along with his agenda and apparently he decided she wasnt he should have done it in a more polite way and he should have courted her courtesies but unfortunately and thats a bad thing but unfortunately the president doesnt do that for very many people and thats just something that the American People have to decide when he comes up for election next year whether thats important enough to remove him from office henry olsen from the ethics and Public Policy center in washington great talking to you thank you thank you. Well this impeachment process in the u. S. Is also focusing attention on corruption inside ukraine caught between the u. S. And russia as rival geo political ambitions ukrainians are looking to their president told me the lenski to steer the nation and clean up its political system so vast and with a report now from. Ukraines Flagship Initiative in its fight against widespread graft but here at the newly installed high court of anticorruption the cases are rapidly piling up in the dark a former Deputy Governor of the National Bank hes a suspect in an embezzlement case of nearly 50000000. 00 with the bailout package approved for ukraine the i. M. F. Is pressing the government to recover an estimated 15000000000. 00 that disappeared from the countrys banks they include one previously owned by a supporter of president followed me as a lenski reading this is here and the way they really want to destroy all this money to the country this process i mean cleanup it was a very painful for the society for the government for the budget but. Today i can almost almost tell you i dont see any other massive scrolls. The impeachment process in the u. S. Has focused peoples attention on ukraines long history of corruption. The magical robinson was one of president elect is moving toward the election promises all but has been actually one of the greats richest only cards and the phone. In which he said that the state prosecutor who was one of the sons was worse and has caused some concerns. While many in ukraine consider the us a supporter in its fight against corruption this seems to have changed. Always with the grays all of politics its also a term to use ukraine as a leverage for personal political interest by american politicians. Sergey lesh and co found himself dragged into the case against trump after he was accused by the u. S. President s personal lawyer of madly in u. S. Elections in 2016 who. Giuliani claimed lashon gold medal by exposing secret payments to drums Campaign Chairman paul mann of ford he denies that claim i feel myself as a target of some american politicians and lawyers who decided to make themselves very useful for mr trump and they manipulated to fire him except for mention the fact was fake news. For ukrainian state of other things to worry about the landscapes efforts to go after those who have been rich themselves over the years at their countrys expense have impressed many but many also say its only the beginning and the results have yet to be seen step fasten aljazeera. Just one other note out of washington to tell you about a former advisor to the us president has been found guilty of 7 offenses including lying to congress and witness tampering or just stone was charged earlier this year during the investigation into russian interference in the 2016 election has now been found guilty of lying to congress about his contacts with wiki leaks during the election and his efforts to push one of his associates to back up his lies he will be sentenced in february here is part of telling with more. It didnt take the jury long just about 7 hours to find roger stone guilty of all 7 counts obstructing official investigation lying to congress intimidating a witness basically this goes back to the election during the elections dont put out messages on social media that something was going to come with what you call the wiki leaks started releasing emails that were half from the Democratic Party the Intelligence Community now believes that that was done by Russian Hackers so congress as part of their investigation into potential election interference called stone and he said it wasnt me it was this other guy theres no evidence that i was coordinating between wiki leaks and the Trump Campaign for the prosecution brought out texts emails and witnesses they said in fact he was trying to get information from wiki leaks and he was conveying that to the Campaign Including up to then candidate donald trump the most serious charge here is the potential of intimidating a witness there this witness had messages from stone where he quoted the godfather movie about the mafia and threatened to get rid of the mans dog so now what happens well in february stone will be sentenced he faces up to 50 years in prison but the way federal guidelines work it likely face much less time than that of course no stones going to be looking for his longtime friend and associate donald trump to give him a pardon right now hes probably his best bet to stay out of prison. And have a look at whats coming up for you on the news on. T. V. I know. I was just tension on the streets of believe you thats teresa but while jazeera journalists caught up in the rest. Also former finance minister could be lebanons next Prime Minister that possibilities angered the protesters even more. And in sport the on field attack that resulted in an n. F. L. Player getting. An indefinite ban from the game. Its now where politicians have agreed on a plan that will pave the way for a referendum on a new constitution it was announced early on friday same to pacifying some of the antigovernment protesters whove been out on the streets for weeks now but they for now it hasnt worked and seem to be at least demonstrate is back on the streets they once again tear gassed by police in santiago is our last in america at the scene human the c. E. O. We were talking about this 24 hours ago this idea of a constitutional referendum but i think you said it 24 hours ago that it wasnt the kind of thing which was going to make people happy at least not in the short term. Not happy and not certainly it you can see here there are thousands and thousands of people that come out yet again onto the streets continuing to call for short medium and long term reforms in this country are very large number in fact less than 24 hours after the opposition and progovernment deputies finally agreed on whats been called a historic agreement to draft a constitution that will put to bed finally the one that is still in place that was written in 1980 under the pinochet dictatorship now you would think that would make everybody happy because it was one of the. Key demand here but a lot of people are saying that they want to see the small print they simply do not trust the politicians that put this agreement together and it will go to a referendum but other people are saying for example that one of the requirements of writing this constitution will be that it not that each article has to be approved by 2 thirds they argue that this will mean that the minority the wealthy will still be able to block substantial deep reforms in Health Education pensions and salaries the same sort of thing that people have been asking for here for more than a month so they simply you know what i have my feeling is that they just dont trust their politicians enough to even agree on something that they have been asking for all this time and so were seeing them out here again carrying signs this is on my porch and flag behind me some people are starting to leave because theres a lot of tear gas and pepper spray just about 150 meters away from me its being spread where we can feel it were breathing it and this will probably end in more and more clashes with riot police as weve seen just about every day for more than 29 days now come all the see you mentioned the flag before can you explain to our viewers what about actually symbolizing. Well this is the indigenous flag really of all the Indigenous People of latin america but its also represented in my blue chip people who are the original settlers of chile and also part of argentina they are theyve been pushed aside to have their land taken away from them until recently there were they were not so present in these demonstrations there were which it was mainly more to education more Health Better pensions but now the points come to the forefront as well and everybodys carrying the flag and yesterday was the anniversary of the killing of one of the main might point to Community Leaders coming up at the young guy that was commemorated and people who are black and they havent forgotten that so one of the things people say is needed in the new constitution is to give them up which is their right to their land that theyve lost. Ok lucy are willing to go just for now the scene humans are lost in america and its in santiago you might bolivia is expelling all venezuelan diplomats accusing them of meddling in the countrys internal affairs then his way there is a key ally of the former president if a moron is of course resigned this week and sort of silent in mexico after weeks of protests there the demonstrators are back on the streets again demanding a democratic handover of power the interim president. Has come under fire for her previous statements on Indigenous People now you suddenly see or a moment ago starting to struggle with the tear gas well as the demonstrations began in the pubs on friday teresa both of our correspondents actually got caught up in the unrest have a look at this. Absolutely. Lovely fia i was just thrown tear gas by the police on purpose this is whats happening in the middle of a plateau where people have been protesting peacefully a Police Officer just threw tear gas on my eyes says extremely difficult to speaks theyre very sorry theres been protesters. Theres dozens of Police Officers here they just threw tear gas at it right in my ass face passed through and through tear gas in my eyes theres been people protesting here trying to make it to the president ial palace and theyre seeing ongoing clashes with those who are defending abel morales the people are very very angry towards the police they see him for supporting what they say is a coup against the government of the morales many of them have even told us that theyd rather have a military government than have whats happening in libya right now with the police on the streets and the military on the streets but a woman that they believe is a racist this week coming out some tweets that and yes published in the past where she talks about indians about what many of the people weve been seeing here protesting and talking about mama which the earth goddess and people here respect very much that we paleface live which is also the indigenous plug while people here are very very angry with whats happening in this country they say that this is a coup and theyre demanding democracy they want elections right now on the big question is and this is something that the government has not been able to happen is when are election going to take place in this country. Amazing reporting there under the circumstances wasnt now moving to iraq one person killed and more than a dozen wounded in a bomb blast in baghdad an explosive placed on the night the car detonated on friday evening Security Forces say the blast happened the attack area square a focal point for the protests that have gripped the iraqi capital for over a month earlier at least 2 people were killed and Dozens Injured as Security Forces fired once again tear gas and live rounds as well during our government demonstrations iraqs top shia leader of the grand ayatollah Ali Al Sistani called for calm in his weekly sermon with his 320 demonstrators have been killed and thousands wounded since the demonstrations began on october 1st protesters are angry about the widespread corruption unemployment and poor basic services has more from baghdad with mohammed jump. So the smoke that youre seeing there thats coming from the square that the square is just about 300 meters to the north of where we are we are into your square which is the epicenter of antigovernment demonstrations here in baghdad and then you square that is the square in which there have been repeated clashes this cycle of violence that keeps happening the last several days when antigovernment demonstrators that are there trying to get around these concrete barriers that the Security Forces have set up so that people in that square cannot then approach the bridges that lead to parts of the city where there are Government Installations as i said to him heres where this is the epicenter this is really the only place where its lawful for our people to protest in baghdad and theres a lot of contradiction here because while you have the violence going on in places like Atlanta Square here you have at times almost a festive atmosphere but you also have ambulances and medics bringing the injured from those other clashes here for treatment if you look around me here are several ambulances there are volunteer medics there are tents full of medics and these took drivers that act as as ambulance drivers as. Ad hoc ambulance drivers bringing the injured here for treatment so while you walk and certainly since all the all the tension because of the violence that goes on in other parts of baghdad here you also have a pass about this fear at times and if you look just around me there are families here this is a friday its a weekend there are families here there are mothers and fathers bringing their children to see this historic moment you have here a stretch of the wall where there are many murals protest art thats been painted repainted almost every day for the last several weeks and so theres a lot of Different Things going on here in Tahrir Square now everybody ive spoken with here today theyve told me that they do not believe that the government is actually listening to this actually taking their demands into account they say theyre going to continue to come out here to tell the government to actually try to really try to make the form and listening to their demands. The court in the United States has blocked the execution of an africanamerican man on death row rodney reed was supposed to be executed next week the 51 year old had been convicted of murder of a white woman back in 1906 his john hendren now in austin texas less than 24 hours ago john we were talking about this you were at a vigil where people were hoping for some sort of breakthrough tell us how it went down. When most of us this morning we had no idea how much longer we had to live but rod neary did he knew that he was sentenced to die of execution on wednesday the 20th of november 5 days to go in his life and his family has been calling for a reprieve they have new evidence the lawyers have gotten affidavits and theyve been asking the court theyve been asking the governor of texas and theyve been asking the u. S. Supreme court for a reprieve and thats exactly what just happened within the last hour the texas court of criminal appeals has this signed it that it must be considered what the new evidence is that suggests that perhaps it is not a guilty man there will be a definite celebration we spoke to his mother last night she told us she has left is hope hope that this new evidence would be considered but it doesnt mean that rodney reed is now a free man hes still on death row he is still going to have to await the Court Proceedings that look at this new evidence in the new evidence does seem to corroborate his story there is a colleague of the victim in this case a woman who was raped and murdered and left on the roadside and she had rodney reids d. N. A. On her well this friend now says she knew that the victim stacy stites was having a relationship with reid and that would explain the d. N. A. That was found on the victim at the time he claims they had a sexual encounter within hours of when she was found now a friend corroborates that story and in what is a more explosive new piece of evidence theres a member of the arion brotherhood a man named arthur snow who says that he spoke to the jimmy the fiance of the victim who was also in prison due to an unrelated kidnapping and Sexual Assault case and in that corner. Sation the member of the arion brotherhood says that fidel says that he killed his girlfriend because he knew that she was having an affair with a black man so this case is moving forward. No determination on time at this china but this happened just hours after the parolee hardys board recommended to the governor of texas that there be a 120. 00 day period to consider the new evidence came out ok thank you for that update john hendren in austin texas still ahead for you on this news on sri lankas former defense chiefs comeback stories as the tensions ahead of saturdays National Elections and with france preparing to mark a year of the yellow fest protests just how has that movement evolved and in sport we will hear from chinas most successful swimmer whos my thing to save his career as a legal hearing in switzerland. Hello there some other business and rain sitting across the southeast of the United States a loss of cloudy can see here on the satellite and still that very cold air coming down from canada so temperatures generally all below the average minus 2 entrant on saturday but it should be mostly dry today just a degree above freezing in new york 6 celsius in washington the chances of showers there and then really fairly unsettled lot of chad working its way into the Northern Rockies and again some little bits and pieces of snow but not particularly heavy snow but its going to be an unsettled couple of days in seattle 14 celsius on sunday 6 degrees in new york and this is sort of the trend but its beginning to warm up so saturday is a cool day into the sunny skies and look at this by the time we get to monday it will be mild a still cool to the average but that mild weather does come im afraid with that want to show plenty of showers across the caribbean. Well fairly widespread quite scattered as you can see but it does mean nasa on the palm has 826000 south a day with those showers and then the rain fairly extensive through much of Central America and still very unsettled into southern areas of mexico so shows into mexico city staying that way williams sunday but it does at least clear away from the yucatan peninsula and it should be a better day and fine and dry in havana. And investigation into the real powers that control the World Health Organization their obligation to their shareholders completely overwhelms any consideration of Public Health can they be trusted with building a healthier future if their loyalty becomes questionable these are the people that are involved in the h one n one push is it getting much difficult for you now that w h o has this cast who says dont hear in terms of trust. That you trust whos on aljazeera. In a world where a journalism as an industry is changing. Fortunate to be able to continue to expand to continue to have that passenger drive and present the story in a way that is important to our viewers. Everyone has a story worth hearing. And cover those that are often ignored we dont weigh our coverage towards one particular region or continent thats why i joined aljazeera. There on the news here at aljazeera and these are all top stories u. S. President. Trump is facing accusations of intimidation after attacking the latest impeachment which is on twitter as she testified before Congress Every of out of it was the u. S. Ambassador to ukraine trump is accused of pressuring ukraine to investigate his political rivals meanwhile a former advisor to the us president has been found guilty of 7 offenses including lying to congress and witness tampering. With charge during the investigation into russian interference in the 2016 election. And politicians in chile have agreed on a plan to pave the way for a referendum on a new constitution its aimed at pacifying antigovernment protesters have been on the streets for weeks however the rallies continued in santiago on friday. Israels military says it will investigate the death of civilians in gaza after a strike targeted the Islamic Jihad group Senior Commander of the group was killed by the israelis on tuesday a summit you have responded by firing rockets into israel which then led to the retaliatory fire from israel killing 34 people in gaza a cease fire agreed on thursday pretty fragile more from her a force of in gaza. In the early hours of thursday morning 3 simple bedouin homes stood next to fields here in central gaza in an instant they were blown apart in an israeli airstrike 8 members of an extended family were killed as they slept. Here from a nearby refugee camp one of the surviving children had raised the alarm after trying to pull his siblings from the rubble. I dont judge me we look for bodies under the rubble for body parts everywhere we were looking for individual members of the family searching name by name. In the hours after the attack israel said it had killed me whos been identified as a rocket commander in the military wing of Islamic Jihad israeli media accompanied the story with this image this man. She says was not one. Its members his neighbors tell us the same thing they passes photos of a different man who they say belong to the demobilised Palestinian Authority police force i notice that. Nobody could believe it rest me as a simple man a p. A. Employee he lived a simple life as you can see here a cousin takes us to a nearby house where the surviving children are being looked after incredibly 11 of them survived the blast. Including fara just 2 months old found covered in sand under a piece of metal sheeting. For now the children are being kept busy with everyone around supporting them but tomorrow when people go home theyll start to realize the calamity thats happened. 5 of these children siblings and cousins were killed in the blast along with. One of his 3 wives of a man who says brother a farmer also survived his wife was killed more than a day on here one of the things that really strikes you is the disjunct between the sheer flimsiness of the materials from which these structures were built and the power of the weaponry that came here to destroy them israel is now saying that it was targeting empty buildings it was unaware that they were occupied but one of the questions that is left open is why try to destroy improvised bedouin homes such as these at all. The israeli explanation has shifted from an assassination of an Islamic Jihad commander to an operation to destroy a structure that it didnt realize how what it called noncombatants in a statement to aljazeera the Israeli Military said yesterday thursday the i. D. F. Struck an Islamic Jihad military Infrastructure India according to the Information Available to the i. D. F. At the time of the strike no civilians were expected to be harmed as a result of a strike the i. D. F. Is investigating the harm caused to civilians by the strike. A few streets away a steady flow of mourners still comes this attack on a sleeping family has aroused anger across gaza the Israeli Military has yet to give a full account of how and why it happened perry force it out dear gaza protesters in lebanon are rallying against reports that a former finance minister accused of corruption might actually be appointed Prime Minister as they blocked roads some were beaten and had to be taken to hospital Human Rights Watch is condemning the violence by Security Forces more from beirut now with jamal shell. Friends and family come to visit friday night in hospital relieved that hes still alive but outraged at what happened to him 30 whos been participating in the antigovernment protests in lebanon says he was attacked and beaten by soldiers early on friday morning he shows me his injuries telling me hes lucky to be alive some of the used maximum force against me more than 20 soldiers were beating me with their batons the butts of our guns eventually i was knocked out unconscious i was then dragged along the floor and thrown on to the side of a street ferdi had gone out to protest shortly after it was reported that a former finance minister ahmed suffer the was being touted as lebanons next Prime Minister a fellow demonstrators were angered that a man accused of corruption was being considered for the job so they blocked the road in protest the armys response was to beat some of them. That im sure you meant well what fridays friend had his head cut open when a soldier hit him over the head with a baton he was filmed on local t. V. Raising his hands shouting at the soldiers you might want blood but our protest is peaceful. There are concerns here that freedom of expression has been curtailed on friday Human Rights Watch issued a report which documents not just the physical crackdown on free speech but also how politicians are using laws to imprison those who criticize them politicians and other Public Officials have started resorting to the from the defamation laws to silence the critics over just the past week we saw 3 case 3 definition cases being filed to 5 the heads out letter by heads of Political Parties and one by a public official the rights group sees theres a noticeable shift in how Security Forces are now dealing with protesters. Weve been very alarmed by the crackdown that has happened over the last few days so we saw an answer in the 1st few weeks of the protests that were force of arrests of protesters for protesting for you where they were present but they were limited by what we saw yesterday was incredibly alarming what started off as 10 years protests on october the 17th of transformed into a month from the uprising that has all but power lies the country economically and politically throughout this time the government has failed to deal with the protesters demands in a way that pleases them now the apparent increase in the use of violence by sections of the Security Services will only increase the younger felt across several sections of Lebanese Society the army issued a statement on its troops or accounts late on friday saying it was its soldiers who came under attack from protesters and merely acted in self defense no mention was made of the demonstrators who were injured in the attack if the idea behind attacking protesters was to scare them off the streets ferguson its done the opposite. Its i love. That theyve now increased my strength tenfold im just waiting for the doctor to discharge me and i will go directly to protest. Danny his 16 year old daughter should be in school her father told her there is no future for her in a country that has no freedom or Justice School can wait he sees what the revolution cant its her future that hes fighting for. Al jazeera beirut thousands of algerians have been back on the streets to protest against the elite for the 39th friday in a row demonstrators are rejecting the elections that are scheduled for december they say the vote could not be free will fail while the allies of the former leader of the lizzies good to flicker are still in power protesters are calling for all those political leaders to step down. Frances bracing for widespread antigovernment protests this weekend to mark one year since the Yellow Vest Movement last november demonstrators put on their fluorescent jackets and hit the streets over rising fuel taxes but it quickly became a broader revolt against president microns Economic Reforms Natasha Butler looks at how the movement has changed. It started as a grassroots protest over high fuel prices but it rapidly turned into something much bigger. Social movement over the rising cost of living and against the french president accused by demonstrators a favorite the rich of the working poor at times violent the scale of the socalled yellow fest protests shook the french government but one year on the movement has lost momentum the number of demonstrators in the weekly rallies has dwindled nevertheless some yellow face say its not over. Lou. The University Movement as change the police they used to be up to 1000 people here in this runabouts office or even though we are less visible now we still committed suicide. Patrice felipe blinded in one eye in a protest in paris he shows me the place where police fired rubber bullets at him and other demonstrators in a few seconds his life changed forever he partially lost his sight later his job but he didnt lose his determination to fight against what he calls the french system at all must continue and i will continue this fight until the bitter end for sure as a yellow vest and as an injured person because its clear that this Yellow Vests Movement have the power to shake the French Republic one year on it is clear that the Yellow Vest Movement succeeded in forcing the french president a man on a cross to change his approach and do more to help working people who struggle financially less to however is where the Movement Goes from here this analyst says yellow vests supporters of rarely agreed over the movements aims or who should be in charge it has failed to transform into a Political Movement it has. Been unorganized it has destroyed every spokesperson that has emerged and it has failed to go into elections so on one side its it has a a huge impact on d the Political Landscape and on the other side has failed to put its mark on that landscape you know 1st supporters hope protests planned to mark the movements 1st anniversary to revive their cause but he wont be easy opinion polls suggest the strong public support of bolster the movement for so long has now fallen away the new french revolution that some have dreamed of is increasingly elusive. Aljazeera paris. Prodemocracy protesters in hong kong defied a warning by chinas president xi jinping and have been out on the streets again holding up their hands they called for their 5 demands to be met by the Hong Kong Government antigovernment protests started 5 months ago led to violent clashes and an economic recession sri lankans head to the polls on saturday months after the deadly bombings president ial candidate got the buyer rajapaksa is in the fray but his political comeback as divided the nation religious minorities look at him with suspicion is of his links to radical Buddhist Monks and smith has a report from the gamble. Saying sebastians in the gumbo has been restored as a place of worship after last aprils suicide bomb attack. 114 people were murdered here on Easter Sunday the bomber was one of 8 who targeted churches and Hotels Across the country killing 263 people. Shell put a silver one of st sebastians caretakers sort all. That. Our i think a righteous government will be good for the chat we can resolve issues of the church and well be able to find out who committed this offense a damning parliamentary report says intelligence agencies and senior politicians were briefed that attacks were coming but failed to act. After the bombing got a buyer rajapaksa backed by his brother mahinda announced his candidacy for the presidency promising to restore security. But that makes muslims like ryan dean nervous one of his textile shops once stood here it was one of hundreds set on fire by british nationalists days after the easter attacks brought down a bit if the way some politicians have been campaigning is anything to go by we think muslims will have to be cautious right wing british nationalist groups openly support the Rajapaksa Campaign but got a buyer has said he will create a secure environment in which all sri lankans irrespective of their race or religion will be able to live in peace. Because Jaffna Peninsula another minority worries about the return of the rajapaksa tamils 15000. 00 people are officially missing after Mahinda Rajapaksa oversaw a ruthless crushing of tamil tiger fighters to end a 26 year long civil conflict. Behi believes her daughter is still alive. The color would be 28 today im glad that there is no place i have not gone in search of her she is nowhere to be found no matter who is in power our player has been the same she fears that what little progress has been made to account for the missing might be reversed by a government that may not want to look too closely into the past. Its only 7 months since the Easter Sunday suicide bombings and security here remains tight and is that fear over safety and stability the rajapaksa is hoping will convert into votes for him Bernard Smith aljazeera and a gumbo sri lanka are south African Airways workers have gone on strike to demand higher wages and to protest against job cuts the strengths of force the struggling state owned carrier to cancel dozens of flights so the African Airways hasnt turned a profit since 2011 it is reliant on state bailouts and says this walkout will cost them more than 3000000. 00 u. S. Dollars a day. The president of democratic republic of congo says the Ebola Outbreak should be over by the end of the year felix she scared is hopeful the Vaccine Program is now working but at least 2000 people have been killed in the past year Catherine Sawyer reports now from a Treatment Center in north. It was in monkey where the outbreak started last year and this relatives of patients are anxious here waiting for news of their loved ones at this Treatment Center theyre away from where the seeker being treated but even here theyre not allowed to sit close to or touch each other and theyre also being monitored for symptoms of were separated by this because the status of the relatives on the other side is not clear that is evelyn shes come to see how to we called nephew it has just been confirmed he has a body evelyn. It must be hard not to be able to put your nephew i ask. Im just happy hes getting help but yes it is hard to see him and not be able to touch i can only look at him through a glass but im hoping so you know ill be able to take him home. Walking into an airborne the Treatment Center can feel frightening and for those waiting for test results while in isolation even wass the only human contact is a Health Worker in a decontamination suits we were not allowed into treatment areas such as this where this men and women are recovering when there are deaths in the Community People get afraid some people get abandoned or even killed thats why we have to put in place a message that works in terms of educating the people. But up to 1000 people have now been cured and this has brought hope to others. Is believed to be immune to the disease and along with other survivors takes care of the sick the 6 month old babys mother died after giving bath and is looking after a creche next to the Center Parents of other children here are all to aid the sick. When i was cured i went harm and my family welcomed me but the neighbors were very afraid they could not even come close to me i chose this job to comfort those suffering. The ball is a disease that has killed at least 2000 people including 600 children but Health Workers status those who get here early enough have a good chance of staying alive Catherine Sawyer aljazeera mangina is the democratic republic of congo. Germany has enshrining the fight against Climate Change into law the lower house of parliament approved measures including a 60000000000. 00 spending package also Carbon Targets and increased taxes on flights the bill still needs approval from the upper house stomach counterparts now from berlin getting this particular proposal through parliament is proving very difficult for the grand coalition because there are many elements of whats been proposed which many people in Parliament Just dont agree with the upshot of this is that this is going to cost somewhere around 60000000000. 00 in the next few years and it involves the government of missing but its previous aspirations its targets to reduce emissions are not going to hit the time frame they said that they would several years ago whats in this particular package well fines for companies that are particularly polluting in terms of c o 2 but incentives for those that are not the devil is in the details and those who oppose this particularly the opposition parties in the bundestag thats the lower house of Parliament Well they say on one side the greens say this is nowhere near protection enough for the environment whereas the free democrats and the liberal party well they say this is going to punish and penalize business but this is not the end of the story because the green party will be able to challenge these proposals in the other house of parliament the blunders and there if they choose to they can block a great deal of this potential legislation the question for them will be as a green party that prioritizes protecting the environment are they prepared to vote down something which on the face of it is teared and geared towards protecting the environment that is for the future for now im going to merkel and her colleagues will be breathing a sigh of relief that at least in this. Most of the proposals passed. But what is coming up on this. Finishing the season at the top of the. World. Thank you very much n. F. L. Player Myles Garance has been suspended from the league indefinitely without pay the Cleveland Browns star and opponents with a helmet. Garrett was involved in a fight with Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback mason at rudolf he ripped off rudolph helmets and then smashed him over the head with its current suspension is at least for the rest of the season which will take in 6 regular season games and any involvement in the playoffs is the biggest band ever handed out by the n. F. L. For a single gang incident rudolf said he had never experienced anything like it before. Yes i thought it was. Pretty cowardly kind of really bush league which you know has put a brother to watch i havent seen it replayed but yes i really havent seen it the way. Im embarrassed mahlers embarrassed. Its not good so he understands what he did what he did he understands it is totally unacceptable. And weve got to get through it well the league is already under scrutiny over its concussion policy but n. F. L. Writes about for all says this incident is in a class of its own. In the n. F. L. Theres a lot of shock about what miles did. So it doesnt look good in the n. F. L. So we have everyones talking about it and it brings up all the old issues of violence and head trauma and is this going to dangerous to a lot my kids playing it head trauma is going to happen and if you have large men who are athletically superior going at each other in in very small areas youre going to have hits that you would rather not happen. And as tragic as that is its sort of an accepted area of the game but when you have a specific level of agreed upon violence and then you go outside to this yeah i mean i get the. Desire to compare the 2 things i dont know how much one has to do with the other the n. F. L. Still has a lot to do in the area of actual head trauma in games but what miles did i mean i wouldnt call it football i call it assault. At least 11 and i felt sames have confirmed that attend cullen capn extracts and it lands are on saturday after 3 years on the sidelines the league has set up an official workout for the former quarterback so he can prove he is ready for an n. F. L. Return during this time of the San Francisco 49 ers cap and made global headlines for nailing during the Pregame National Anthem to protest against racial injustice. You know how really this is serious in asar for him to get back in leaders i think you deserve to lose a few hours through your nose and just you have not had a job or. Base all things out of letters to this point would make you lose you know skeptical of the motivation behind a good thing like anybody who has done all we see often a down as we knocks out of the season ending a. T. P. Finals the world number one recovered from being a set down to beat the finest its a passing his final great match in london but that wasnt enough to put the doubt into the semifinals alexanders vera beat down medvedev in fridays late match that eliminated the middle one consolation for the spaniard who did receive the trophy for finishing the year at the top of the world rankings. What can i say and i am so happy. Honestly. You know after all the things that they went through there in my career in terms of injuries so i never thought that just 33 and a half i will have this stuff in my hands again chinas olympic swimming champion soon yang is fighting to save his career the 27 year old is accused of refusing to cooperate with doping officials since hold a rare public hearing at the court of arbitration for sport that the drug testers had failed to prove their identity when they came to his home to collect an out of competition sample the 11 time World Champion has already been cleared of any wrongdoing by swimmings governing body but the World Antidoping Agency is appealing against that decision. Because of the doping official i filed a complaint she came with her assistance without proving identification and also she wanted to film with her mobile phone she said im your fan so today im coming here to see you and i would like to take a picture but from my point of view this is really ridiculous i cannot trust or or the 3 time olympic Gold Medalist previously served a doping suspension in 2014 for using a banned stimulants and says he took that to treat a heart condition so hes now accused of smashing a vial of his own blood with a hammer to stop anti doping officials taking a sample from his home during a visit in september 28th seen the most successful swimmer in chinese history could be banned for up to 8 years if he loses this case a verdict is expected and so next year fill in the celebrates in reaching a major football tournament for the 1st time ever theyve booked their spot at euro 2020 thanks to a 3 nil win over liechtenstein the win sales progression from group j. Alongside a great win is italy it marks a huge turnaround for them in 2016 they didnt manage to win a single competitive match and home players on the long board has the halfway lead at south africas nedbank golf challenge former open champion louis stays in the lead after the 1st round but shots like this sort of drop into 2nd place on 9 under par lombard had a 2nd round of 65. 00 to grab a 2 shot lead at the tournament known as africas major. Ok there is a force looking for not more lighter. Thanks for that andy we are back as well in just a couple minutes time another pulled into the news on aljazeera the latest on the impeachment inquiry new developments coming out of washington d. C. You see the moment. From the ounces here in london for all costs and tax to special guests in conversation i see resistance and i see joy in the midst of pain your books do that unprompted uninterrupted why are all of the people of color and theyre just one call it the way it is why dont they should they be people of no color exactly Fatima Bhutto meets Marc Lamont Hill i very much thought i was going to get shot and look at a bad movie studio unscripted on aljazeera you leave this place children in this refugee camp the latest victims of the unending sectarian violence in Central African republic among them are survivors of unspeakable violence 10 year olds his mother is dead her father is gone killed because they were christian by their own muslim neighbors this is a leeds do you hope an overcrowded refugee camp of 23000 people surrounded by armed militia groups celine wants answers she says she wants to be asking the questions and so we traded places inch took the microphone will we find peace how can we make the violence stop when will i be able to return home. I have the right to speak i have freedom of speech just as other people do. Dont trump was accused of attempting to intimidate the former Ukrainian Ambassador she testified at the impeachment inquiry. Hello again on come on santa maria here in doha with the world news from. Theres no letup in public fury even though governments agreed to a referendum for a new constitution. As well