Now the white house says it will not take part in the next step of the impeachment inquiry into donald trump the us president had been given until sunday to confirm whether or not hed send legal representatives to a hearing on wednesday the white house says it will respond separately about a 2nd hearing which has a friday deadline the u. S. President is accused of asking ukraine to investigate political rival joe biden and bidens son in exchange for military aid while its a busy week ahead for the impeachment inquiry members of the House Intelligence Committee receive a copy of the impeachment report later on monday it will outline the findings of its investigation into trumps dealings with ukraine will then have 24 hours to review that report and then there will be a vote on tuesday afternoon to move it forward to the next stage that being proceedings in the House Judiciary Committee which will consider any articles of impeachment against President Trump jordan is in washington d. C. And she tells us more about the days ahead. The House Judiciary Committee will be having this open session on wednesday morning here in washington and thats going to be about 12 hours or so after the House Intelligence Committee actually decides to vote to send the river results of its 2 week long public hearings to the Judiciary Committee now there is this deadline at 22. 00 g. M. T. On friday where the president s legal team will need to tell the House Judiciary Committee if theyre going to be taking part in hearings that the Judiciary Committee will be convening not tomorrow on monday here in washington but starting a week from monday and that is another opportunity which House Democrats say will give the president the opportunity to tell his side to bring in witnesses to present evidence as this inquiry continues but it is widely expected here in washington that the white house will once again wait until late on friday to say that theyre not going to participate because at least from a political standpoint they are now making the argument that the entire process is fraudulent and that this is nothing more than the democrats trying to undermine the president s efforts at being reelected in 2020. Now the search for a new Prime Minister in iraq has begun after the resignation of Eduardo Mahdi and his cabinet weeks of protests against his government have left more than 400 people dead demonstrators are still calling for a total overhaul of the political establishment simona fault and reports from baghdad. After only 13 months in office iraqs of battles Prime Minister addle of the mahdi has officially stepped down yet his succession is mired in uncertainty according to the constitution the president is supposed to take up the office of the Prime Minister until a replacement is chosen but instead of the mahdi is staying on as part of a caretaker government. The largest bloc in Parliament Led by shiite cleric mokhtar the outsider must now nominate a replacement within 15 days 6 its a murky and often lengthy process that requires consent from shia sunni and kurdish parties as well as regional and global power brokers. More than ever the choice would have to be accepted on the streets its a daunting task for Political Parties put themselves space the wrath of the protestors the harm. With the biggest block based on the last parliamentary election we have to nominate a candidate form a government with guidance from outside we will cancel sectarian and political appointments system to give the right to the protesters because the people are the largest bloc and the demonstrations are where the sacrifice has been made the candidate of the people will be a choice as well. But in a lot of peoples choice would require fresh elections a key demand of the protesters we want to do so all of this government. Believed in tears. Government or just say that in very. Difficult for the cause also. Well it expired. Parliament members say that passing these reforms could take up to 6 months we fully accept and fully support the idea of dissolve in the parliament and having a fresh election but that you have to know that this there are costs to stop or seizures 1st we have to go with it we need a government even an interim government or government before holding the elections this week we are discussing even past that new electoral law. Which is overseeing the elections in iraq the new election law currently tabled in parliament suggests an increase in independent candidates at least considerable power in the hands of Political Parties including the ability to choose the Prime Minister. Protos just say that this resignation is meaningless if they cannot choose the next leader themselves they demand a president ial rather than a parliamentary system whereby the head of state is elected by popular vote a demand that has thus far been ignored by the political establishment see one of 14 aljazeera. At least 14 people have been shot and killed during an attack on a church in eastern bikin a faster gunman opened fire during mass in a village near the border with me share crippling to alqaeda and i still have become much more active in east and became a faster this year. Well thousands of people are trying to enter a u. N. Military base in democratic republic of congo soldiers are blocking the protesters from the miniscule base at the airport in the eastern town of beni in north kivu province demonstrators tried to storm the base there on monday they believe peacekeepers have failed to protect them from attacks by armed groups in the region. Now sam was Prime Minister is shutting down the government and ordering as many state workers as possible to help deal with the spiraling Measles Outbreak there so far at least 53 people have died on the Pacific Island most of them Young Children schools have already been ordered to close and travel is being restricted as many as 100. 00 people are falling ill each day well earlier i spoke to James Nichols he is with unicef astray he says efforts to contain the outbreak have been well coordinated so far. Well there has been response literally from the 1st day of the of the upright and unicef has been working very closely with the government and the World Health Organization and also with other partners such as the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and trade and new zealands ministry of Foreign Affairs and trade in mounting a response so its its clear to me that the response has been switched. 5800000 additional vaccines of measles for measles has been flown into that region and 115000 doses that nasal vaccines have arrived in some are since the 1st of october and this includes syringes the boxes as well as supplies of vitamin i which are vital in responding to such an outbreak so things are definitely on the way but obviously with more deaths this is a tragedy this is really an emergency still and were not out of it yet. Now the International Court of justice in the netherlands is Holding Public hearings on an appeal that was made in connection to the blockade of cata thats after the u. A. E. Saudi arabia egypt and bahrain closed the airspace to cast a National Airline has made a number of claims to the course after the gulf states imposed a land and sea blockade more than 2 years ago but for more on this joins us live now from the hague so this appeal i believe is set to kick off in just under an hour talk us through the proceedings today well necessitous and surely this is with regards to an earlier ruling by the International CivilAviation Organization which ruled in favor of qatar back in october 2017 deeming the blockade the learned while there in particular the arab located on qatar which prevented flights. Departed from qatar to fly over the airspace is all of those countries it deemed that that was actually illegal and wrong and had requested from the United Arab Emirates saudi arabia egypt and bahrain to open the earth space to commercial flights from qatar what those countries then said was that i coude the International CivilAviation Organization didnt have the right to issue such a take such a position and referred the case to the International Court of justice behind me its taken that long now for the hearings to start and the. Jury will be hearing those claims from the blockading countries should day tomorrow on tuesday it will then hear rebuttals from qatar and this will go on until friday to hear both sides of this and then it is expected to make a decision whether it believes the cow has the right to essentially issue such a statement or take such a position and jamaal how binding would any kind of a decision at the i. C. J. Be on this countrys. Well essentially if the i. C. J. Agrees in qatars favor and says that actually i coul had the right to demand that the airspace is open it then becomes in. Century ensure that this position or this decision is implemented by the blockading countries it has a number of different ways of doing so obviously each commercial airline of Different Countries a member of the International Organization of Civil Aviation and therefore it could threaten to suspend the membership of those countries it could put fines on them it could essentially take decisions that would. Ensure that if it were that wasnt implemented then therefore they would use that recognition or the membership to the organization so its safe to say that if the i. C. J. Does rule in favor and say that it was in. Power to enforce such an implementation and ensure that all member countries are open there are space to those civilian lines then it would essentially be binding to those countries were talking about a blockade now that has gone on for the best parts of 2 and a bit yours something that would. Indicate such position and essentially be quite damning on those countries thats in force that blockade high stakes. That hearing for us and a headache thank you jim. And the news ahead pushing for an aids free African Leaders from the un and how it can destroy a nation rwanda to tack on its brand. And multimedia announces he will finally resign next month everest scandal surrounding the death of the channel next. Hello again or welcome back to International Weather forecast with this im going to take you down here toward Southern France in the last 24 hours we have seen exceptional amounts of rain and also flooding is widespread here in ken 187 millimeters of rain has fallen in the last 24 hours 3 people are dead on a rescue mission as well as several people are now missing because of the flooding the good news though today is we do expect to see a lot of the rain start to make its way more towards the east this is the culture right here this area of low pressure thats going to continue to make its way to the east and also a lot of rain down here towards the south in the southeast so this is your forecast map as we go towards the rest of the day on monday a lot of heavy rain across parts of italy curry as well as into serbia and then that rain and that snow is going to start to make its way a little bit more towards the south were going to see it start to dissipate but the snow in the Higher Elevations could still be a problem in the parts of the lower balkan so we will going to be watching that very carefully to the north though it is going to be quite cool berlin at 412 and over towards the east it is going to be kiev out about 0 out to the west though plenty of sun in the forecast for london with attempt a few at 6 and paris at 7 but down across parts of gibraltar we are looking at some very heavy rain and flooding potential all the way into northwestern africa. Sponsor. Join me as i put the questions to my special guests and challenge them to some straight talking political debate here on aljazeera. Capturing a moment in time. Snapshots of all the lives that are providing the clips into someone elses world. Witness on aljazeera. And again i missed us here today and a reminder of our top stories this hour the white house says it will not take part in the next step of the impeachment inquiry into donald trump and describes the proceedings as baseless. Iraqs parliament has approved the resignation of Prime Minister eduardo lardy and his cabinet and weeks of protests against his government have left more than 400 people dead. And someones Prime Minister is shutting down the government and ordering as many state workers as possible to help deal with the spiraling Measles Outbreak at least 53 people have now died on the Pacific Island most of them Young Children. Now the biggest aids conference in africa is due to open in kigali officials from both the u. N. And the Health Care Sector are expected to attend now command joins us live now from the rwandan capital welcome i believe theres been massive progress in the last 3 years trying to combat the spread of hiv but still plenty of challenges so whats topping the agenda at this years conference. Its the same for the conference in africa without a lot something that hasnt happened yet the epidemic takes about 20 years ago but Massive Gains have been made since then even a decade ago aids is healing about 2000000 people a Year Health Care researchers say last year they think about 800000 people died because of the virus the major gains have been made primarily through distribution of free antiretroviral medication which is now being given to millions of people but healthcare campaigners say there are still major gaps in the worlds response to the epidemic one of the key areas is providing the services which are necessary for newborn children who were born with one hates hiv positive social while ago we traveled from neighboring uganda where we spoke to woman who suffered from exactly this she had been on nancy retroviral treatment she came off the treatment because of circumstances beyond her control then the twins so we spoke to her just a couple of days ago lets take a look at that story now when her jerram a callous discovered she was hiv positive her husband disappeared without his support she wasnt able to travel to the clinic where she was receiving treatment here in ugandas capital kampala. She gave birth to twins without any measures taken to prevent transmission. The youngest was negative. But the beers had coffee rashes and a growth on her chest only after 3 months when she tested. 8 and given treatment. I reach a point when i feel tired of taking the drugs my child is going to take these drugs until she dies she is going to die taking the drugs because i gave it to her had it been prevented she would not have to take. A jar is now back on the antiretroviral medication that started it too late to stop her getting sick in her job as neighborhood most of the housing is basic there are few jobs here on the anyways to get guys informal trade side of the street many of the Health Care Services that are needed by people with hate hiv aids are only available several kilometers away in the city center even if the service is a free people dont necessarily have the money for transport and thats just one of many barriers that people face Health Care Activists say that the worlds fight against hiv and aids is failing to deliver the required services in particular to children in the worlds poorest communities. Its the u. S. Government funds most of the worlds response to hiv and aids in poor countries people at this clinic are among millions receiving free medication that stops hiv from being a death sentence the diplomat in charge says theres enough money weve been in basically a flat budget since 20092009 i think we had about 45000000 people on treatment we now have 15. 7 that doesnt happen without developing amazing efficiencies and effectiveness campaigners say those efficiencies a costing lives hiv testing is crucial for newborns needs to be immediate. Clinics are equipped for that sending blood samples to central Testing Facilities can take weeks. Government. To scale a point of care. For these children whether they get their results and then were able to intervene to prevent the new infections. That berate could have been spared from hiv if only the right Health Care Services had been delivered campaigners say hundreds of thousands of children like her are dying. Drugs have saved millions of lives but the fight against aids isnt over. To help children like by berate campaigners say whats needed. Testing machines in clinics throughout these relatively poor countries so that newborn children who are risk of having hiv from their mothers can be tested instantly and then can begin treatment instantly which can give them an almost entirely normal life with these kinds of machines these kinds of equipment relatively expensive and certainly not in line with the kind of sufficient models of testing and health care which some of the donors are pushing for donors are saying you need. To be more efficient for the money spent a lot more responsibility taken on by government of the countries of the people theyre trying to help and this is just one of the many areas of policy in the response to the aids epidemic were going to be discussed here in kigali in the coming days markham where theyre watching that conference for us thank you ali thank you malcolm well World Leaders are gathering in spain for climate talks and theyre being warned that the world is fast approaching the point of no return u. N. Chief antonio terrors also says efforts so far to stop Global Warming have been utterly inadequate with the cup 25. 00 talks about to begin in madrid many on a hunch looks at what stood in the way of action so far nations have had their differences over how to keep our planet cool but the need to act well thats something they have long agreed on well datas did that back in 1992 at the years summit in Rio De Janeiro signing up to the u. N. Framework convention on Climate Change even in the ninetys they recognised through this International Treaty that Climate Change was a problem that human activity was the driving force and that we all need to ect. But what the treaty didnt address was how to reconcile the different interests of every nation on this planet so every year since 995 the conference of the parties to that treaty what we now refer to as the coop have come together to try to work it all out thousands of observers have joined them theres been debate negotiation a lot of science a lot of jargon and some major disagreements which makes the deal in paris in 2015 all the more remarkable countries united behind limiting warming the same tree to well below true degrees celsius above preindustrial levels ideally one and a half they pledged to reduce emissions and developed nations committed to a 100000000000. 00 a year fund by 2020 to help poorer nations adept and develop a new planet friendly way. Last year they agreed to most though not all of the rules on how to do it all with an eye on 2020 when they will lay they a what they have done and plenty to question missions which is why what happens in 2019 really matches if rich nations fail to deliver on that 100000000000. 00 climate finance revived disputes with the developing nations over emissions of countries fail to agree on coven trading roles with bipolar as pay for their emissions it could interrupt the worlds transition to clean energy and if nations fail to commit to new more ambitious pledges well that could undermine faith and the cop itself Donald Trumps plan to pull the United States out of the Paris Agreement late next year isnt helping and Carbon Emissions is still on the rise but as it stands every nation is at the table and politicians are still being confronted by the science no matter how unpalatable some i find it the years warmed by half a degree celsius in the 20 years after that 1st cup meeting and 995 but despite it some perfections the cup is the only multilateral climate form we have when nations can work on their differences and right now the future of our planet to pins on that. Well africa is already struggling with the effects of Climate Change and as an reports from kenya its the water supply thats especially at risk. If you join me alongside the mara river in kenya and were ready to demonstrate the kind of thing thats at stake in madrid now the rhythm are emerges from the foothills of the mouth of forest to go on and flow through the mass im our game reserve and into the Serengeti National park and then it flows into Lake Victoria 200 kilometers away downstream and the whole river basin is worth economically around 7000000000. 00 a year from agriculture to tourism it is a vital water supply for more than a 1000000 people nearly 2000000 head of cattle and a spectacular a wildlife its home to one of natures greatest spectacles the will the bees migration man and animal rely on the river mara flowing all the year round and yet its like waterways around the world its in trouble because of Climate Change earlier this year the river nearly disappeared completely in the dry season and its not for the 1st time in recent years and in the wet season rain is falling with more intensity recent floods in northern kenya have killed 120 and displaced 18000 people through and deforestation soil degradation and pollution and you have a toxic mix well earlier i spoke to kevin koe shangri from w w f he runs a program to restore the mar river basin you have to understand that they might even use their habits osteens they might i think it tickles least and its actually the only guy that flows from i mentally. These are not. So you might everybody stops flowing thered be a very big problem in the matters that i get across is to some study tells us that the wildlife populations will crash to almost the rebuttable level so we have 2 weeks of Climate Change talks going on in madrid what the regions like these need to come from those talks i think the most important thing to come from those talks is a global commitment for me to give because its a very little we can do enough reka or mitigation but we understand its a global problem that needs to be handled at a global level and we also need to look at optician for in the case of africa the communities around america basically to be able to cope with effects of Climate Change so i think the most important would be a multipronged approach ensuring that we have better commitment for me to get in and also ensuring that adept ition is done to ensure that we question our communities against the effects of Climate Change well in recent weeks theres been an almost constant flow of sunshine that were not even close to doing what we need to do to reduce emissions and even stabilize the situation that is the urgency of the position the climate delegations face in madrid and you would think that with the growing public recognition of the dangers ahead that World Leaders would do what is required madrid must build momentum because in places like this time is running out now an albanian man has resigned over comments that she made about the death toll from last weeks deadly earthquake the mayor of the city of tourists which was one of the hardest hit areas sparked outrage when she said she was quite satisfied on a 50 people died in the quake. Maltas Prime MinisterJoseph Muscat has announced he will stand down next month hes come under increasing pressure over the investigation into the matter of Jenna Stephanie cutter. 2 years ago cut up as her young reports it covered up i know my age is definitely in the defiant and under pressure to resign as Prime Minister joseph most that announced on National Television that hes stepping down and that the president particle board is down i will write to the president of the labor party so that the process for a new leader is sit for january 12th 2020 that day i will resign as the leader of the labor party in the days after i will resign as Prime Minister by the club to stop the. Hours before his announcement thousands of protesters demanded he resign saying hes too close to people implicated in the murder of journalist daphne could wanna go lisa thank you needs to resign the sooner the better even for his own Political Party its about right now its. So mess its a big mess the journalist was killed in 2017 when a bomb went off in her car at the time of the murder she was looking into secret accounts of some of malta elite. At the heart of the murder probe this is this man youre going to fenech is a prominent businessman with ties to government ministers he pleaded not guilty after being charged with being complicit in the murder of the journalist joseph most god is very Close Friends with his now former chief of staff. Can be last week was arrested a couple of times in connection with the murder kids can bury had secret offshore accounts with york and senate. The resignation of top level officials has done little to calm the end or the demand is now that the Prime Minister and leave immediately there have been some insinuations that he has the right. Generous and is that hes just. The people he knows that he. Was once highly popular among voters you promise that he didnt corruption now an investigation into murder and corruption has ended his premiership cant see a little. Aljazeera. And again this is al jazeera and these are the headlines the white house says it will not take part in the next step of the impeachment inquiry into donald trump and describes the proceedings as baseless how correspondent ruslan jordan is in washington d. C. With more well the lawyer who was speaking for the u. S. President donald trump a man named that will any said in a letter to Gerri Detweiler who was the chair of the house stooges Theory Committee that this is not just a fraudulent investigation against the president and his administration but that the Committee Even though it says its trying to be transparent and to provide the president will offer to unity to defend himself is doing that Iraqs Parliament has approved the resignation of Prime Minister abdul mahdi and his cabinet weeks of protests against his government have now left more than 400 people dead. Someone as Prime Minister is shutting down the government and ordering as many state workers as possible to help deal with the spiraling Measles Outbreak there at least 53 people have now died on the Pacific Island most of them Young Children. The International Court of justice in the netherlands is Holding Public hearings on an appeal that was made in connection to the blockade of cats are thats after the u. A. E. Saudi arabia egypt and bahrain close to their airspace to qatar the National Airline has made a number of claims to the court after the gulf states imposed a land air and sea blockade more than 2 years ago. Maltas Prime MinisterJoseph Muscat says he will stand down in january hes in golfed in a scandal surrounding his governments handling of the murder of a journalist 2 years ago and now the latest un climate talks have officially opened in spain where World Leaders will face the stark warning that the world is fast approaching the point of no return chilean politician carolyn a schmidts took her place as president of cop 25 in madrid on monday the event was meant to have been held in chile but weeks of violent street protests forced the government to move the talks well those are the headlines join me for more news here on aljazeera after upfront stay with us. H. I. V. Aids is still a major killer and african nations are struggling with the highest infection rate thousands of experts will meet in rwanda to Exchange Ideas and work out how to confront one of the worlds most Serious Health challenges special coverage on aljazeera. Race has always cost a shadow over u. S. Politics even before donald trump emerged on the scene but it an era in which white nationalists are both marching in the streets and working in the white house is this a unique moment in u. S. History in this up from special all of us one of americas leading public intellectuals the renowned academic and activist dr cornell west. Cornell west thank you for joining me on up front since donald trump became president in 2016 races a racist attacks racist rhetoric has gotten worse in the United States but im just wondering from your perspective how unique a moment is this this trumpy and moama