Donald trumps republicans reject testimony from legal experts that the president should be impeached. Now the sinking of a boat carrying refugees and migrants off the coast of mauritania has killed dozens and left many more missing at least 58. 00 migrants drowned when their boat sunk its believed to have been carrying at least 150. 00 people and set off from gambia now dozens swam to shore and survivors are being treated in the northern mauritanian city of newark now globally more than 2600. 00 migrants have died at sea so far this year according to the International Organization for migration but that number of deaths is down compared to 2018 our correspondent Mohammed Valdez in iraq shot in mauritanias capital. About 83. 00 people managed to swim to the shore and they were found by the military Police Outside the Northern City of and why they were that was the early d evening hours yesterday those people gave more news about what happened that boat capsized off the shore and after about 10 days being stranded there running out of fuel and so on so they gave more details and scores of people at least dozens of people are still missing they are supposed to be of course dead women and children where on that boat coming from gambia the majority of the migrants from the country of gambia thats a small nation west africa one of those poor countries that supply this migration to words europe this story is still unfolding those people who escaped are being treated in and why do we dont have much information about whats happening to the bodies are they going to return them to their countries of origin or are they going to be buried in itself now earlier i spoke to an adult male from the International Organization for migration and he says people are being exploited by callous smugglers. I think we can fairly assume that this is the result of nancy where the vessel overcrowded as were learning or 150 people or im out of fuel so it speaks really to the callousness of the smugglers a smuggling operation will of course have made their money already and disappeared into the wilderness and i think thats basically the problem here is that youre being exploited well one can imagine that theyre deeply traumatized and are stopped are you as you rightly say are there helping with them arent any authorities but people will be will lead to medical care and then really to establish like where whats their origin that we understand that theyre from the gambia and try to help them return in a in a dignified way as possible and i mean that actually of all of this is that theres no happy solution for people who take these routes when certain especially when things like this happen they are actually end up back where they started and the only winner is this mother. On a catamaran there is the executive director of the African Foundation for development he says Young Africans are taking economic crisis opportunities in europe. Theres been an issue with african labor the last 400 years and during the slave here it was taken to the americas to work for free and now people have. These boats to come to where the economy is so we have to disentangle lots of things why isnt that enough because this insertion into the Global Economy for 400 years has been so problematic that simply take issue that we need to. You know this in time go the 2nd issue here is the demographic growth that is taking place on on the continent in africa at the moment by the end of this century 40 percent of the worlds population will be african so what youre seeing is africa exploited in its labor in a very dysfunctional munna and there is a some of the issues driving this and then the final huge thing is whats happening within african economies where theres growth west africa is enjoying a period of growth at the moment but its largely a jobless growth so a lot of people are looking to go head north because they can see that by getting into europe. They can transform their lives because theyve seen uncles who remits to people in gambia and they see the difference is that theres remittances make because youre dealing with the difference that strange wrecked. Now lebanese politicians are on monday to begin formal consultations to nominate the next Prime Minister businessmen some have said to take over from outgoing Prime Minister saad hariri protesters have condemned harry reids decision to back to head to head the next cabinet they say he wont be able to fix the corruption and mismanagement that have led to weeks of protests but our correspondents they know what is in the coastal city of sea don where people have taken to the streets against then we can see some of those protesters where you are and they clearly are happy about this reported deal talk us through why theyre so opposed to. Well some your hotel would like you mentioned theres likely to be nominated the next Prime Minister when lawmakers head to the president ial palace on monday it seems to have announced political factions have reached some sort of a deal a new Prime Minister as well as the makeup of the next government for people here some yes he has no political experience he doesnt belong to a Political Party but he is very close to the ruling elite so for people on the streets nothing has changed and its not just that the makeup of the next government yes some technocrats will be a point to some divisive figures will be left out of the cabinet but Political Parties who have been running this country for the past 3 decades will still be represented people took to the streets 50 days ago to demand change they believe those in power are corrupt they have done nothing to improve Public Services the economy is in dire straits the lebanese leader of the local currency is devaluing so for people here not much has changed what they have been demanding is a government with independent experts who can lead this country to early elections so that is not happening and its not just that politicians especially in the Sunni Community this is a cunt. Can divide where the political system is that among sects the Prime Minister as opposed to reserved to the Sunni Community they feel that something is not a man who represents them and those in power the president who is a christian the shop parties they made the choice for them so this is why there is anger in the sunni streets as well a very really complicated situation and it is still not clear whether those consultations will go ahead hussein and we saw those pictures of those protesters out in the streets last night and now theyre there where you are behind you now given all these Political Developments what options do they actually now have. Well protesters in many ways power really does not rest with them the 1st few weeks yes hundreds of thousands of people were out on the streets demonstrating every single day every single night they were blocking roads they disrupted public life a lot has changed since the government has clamped down on the protest Movement People here were even afraid to give us their last names when they spoke to us they say that the Security Forces are coming and questioning them interrogating them sometimes even detaining them so they are intimidating them not just the Security Forces members of the mainly sectarian parties have attacked them so they have come under attack and its not just that people are tired people need to return to to work so it has fizzled out the numbers definitely much less but the power clearly in the hands of the ruling elite. In the coastal city of state and shes going to cross the story for us thank you dana. Now one of the largest strikes in more than a decade is starting to cripple services across france with schools closed transport disrupted and many government offices shut youre watching live pictures now of the city of mass a tens of thousands of workers have not turned up to work and protest marches a planned in paris and other cities over the coming hours theres been a major disruption in the capital with most Train Services canceled as well as hundreds of flights are now watching pictures live from leon now these strikers are angry at president plan to overhaul the Pension System they say theyll end up working longer hours and have less money for retirement aljazeera i went to a train station in paris to see how the strike is affecting commuters where im standing pretty much gives you a picture of whats happening across paris today because were at one of the main paris train stations is usually incredibly busy with lots of people going in and out of the station commuting getting around but theres really no one here and thats what its like at the other stations and bus stations across the capital because there are barely knew very few buses most of the trains are running is the same picture at the airports with air Traffic Controllers on strike in air france pilots also on strike but its not just transport lots of other jobs lots of other professions and people have decided to stay off work lawyers doctors teachers so thats means major disruption in schools universities business the course offering a very Minimal Services as well and the reason being all those people are saying that they are protesting against the governments planned Pension Reforms on the government says the Pension System needs to be reformed because it is inefficient unwieldy and its basically losing a lot of money and they say its unfair to those people who protest are saying that they are scared that theyre going to end up losing out in the future because of these reforms are having reduced pensions and maybe even having to work longer hours. 3 legal experts called by us democrats have testified that president on trumped committed impeachable offenses but a 4th scholar who was invited by the republicans says the evidence is insufficient trump is accused of abusing his power to push ukraine into investigating his political rival joe biden how these are castro reports from washington d. C. You swear or affirm under penalty of perjury some of us constitutional scholars have weighed in if President Trumps ukraine scandal isnt impeachable then nothing is and professor gary hart did President Trump commit the impeachable high crime and misdemeanor of abuse of power we 3 are unanimous yes the 3 law professors call by democrats rein in unison alarm bells that the countrys democracy is under threat by the president s actions what has happened in the case today is something that i do not think we have ever seen before a president who has doubled down on violating his oath to faithfully execute the laws and to protect and defend the constitution this president has attacked each of the constitutions safeguards against establishing a monarchy in this country in the simplest possible terms the president put his personal game ahead of the National Security interest its better to be on t. V. Than buy for the 4th scholar said if trump had tried to force ukraine to investigate a political rival in exchange for military aid it would be impeachable but the scholar wednesdays sole republican witness testified the case against trump has not been proven this would be the 1st impeachment in history where there would be considerable debate in my view not compelling evidence of the commission of a crime more than a dozen white house and state department professionals have testified that trump used the power of his office to pressure ukraine to open an investigation into joe biden a potential political rival in the upcoming us president ial election the House Intelligence Committee drafted a report saying there was overwhelming evidence for this including trumps own words in a phone call with the president of ukraine thats not politics as usual at least not in the United States or not in any mature democracy trump says the law professors called by democrats represent the liberal left but he declined to testify himself and refused to send white House Attorneys to represent his case for innocence what theyre doing is a very bad thing for our country its of no merit and the Republican Party has never been more unified ever trump is counting on republicans who control the senate to acquit him of wrongdoing in an eventual impeachment trial. Castro aljazeera washington. Whether its next that stella had they rebuild their lives after years of war i need to see their homes washed away well have more on the south sudans floods also went through to see how a former steel making 30 is going going and a big way. Hello again welcome back to International Weather forecast while the snow is on here across parts of japan we call that c effect snow when the moisture air pushes across the relatively warmer water here of the sea of japan and then begins to dump it on those Higher Elevations in western japan you can see that here in our forecast map on friday temperatures are coming down as well were going to see in tokyo here on friday 10 degrees few there but as we go towards saturday really not going to get any higher than about 6 degrees for you osaka at 9 but up toward sapporo it is barely going to get above freezing overnight hours you will be below freezing so expect to see snow in your forecast as well well cross much of china not talking too much about the rain most of the rain is going to be out here towards the east for child one though you can be seeing some very heavy rain too this is the remnants of a system that was beginning to develop it really has been dying down you can see a little bit of circulation out there just towards the southeast heavy rain for taipei with a touch of 18 but by the time we get towards saturday improving conditions but temperatures are coming down to about 17 degrees there and then very quickly across more parts of the philippines we are looking at some better conditions a lot of heavy rain earlier in the week but now were going to be seeing a lot of drying out on manila with the terms of 29. 00 on friday and better conditions as we go towards saturday. Kenyan journalists are in pursuit of press freedom and justice. Very discreet situations where someone seeks but because one investigates the government corruption in the National Health care system functions in a scene actually because. Of my need to go to. Africa on some search and publish new seems a little want to really be. Truth is it anyway on aljazeera. And again im the. Top stories this hour at least 58. 00 migrants drowned when their boat sank off the coast of mauritania survivors are being treated in the Northern City of no idea will the vessel was reportedly carrying at least 150 people from gambia and was low on fuel. Lebanese politicians on monday to begin formal consultations to nominate the next Prime Minister businessman samir cuts it looks set to take over from outgoing Prime Minister saad hariri protesters have condemned that action. And one of the biggest Public Sector strikes in more than a decade is currently taking place across france millions are angry at president emanuel mccollums plan to overhaul the Pension System. Now medical teams are going door to door and sama as they race to vaccinate as many people as possible against measles and the outbreak in the Pacific Island nation has killed more than 60 people already mostly Young Children prompting an imagine sea response jessica washington reports from the capital apia. Thousands of red flags hanging all over. Each one represents an unvaccinated household as the measles crisis in some o. Escalates authorities have opted for a change in strategy. No longer asking people to go to clinics the message is to wait at home and help will come to you the only family is among those immunized in the early hours of the vaccine dr we are so thankful and and i know that its very important very important to be vaccinated for the safety of all fall family my family my child and then also for all of us are once the city center has been brought to a standstill with businesses closed and cars banned while the Campaign Continues this is the Crisis Center where efforts are being coordinated theres a sense of urgency to contain the outbreak more than 100 medical teams are roving the streets of samarra staffed by local and International Medics and stocked with thousands of vaccinations authorities here hope they can get vaccination rates to at least 90 percent by the end of the week the government is determined to ensure such an outbreak does not happen again and. That we are more conscious now people are more conscious now than before that by coming and have your children vaccinated is the only way those on the front lines say the campaign is working families are actually looking forward to turning in and being vaccinated they are open to having conversations to begin with so thats a real bonus for us because it means that were providing education whilst at the same time the liver in the vaccine to protect them. A note of hope in some Unprecedented Health emergency jesica washington out to 0. More than 3000000 people are currently affected by flooding across east africa now at least 160000 of them are in kenya in djibouti 2 years of rainfall fell in a single day triggering flash floods that are affecting 250000 people in somalia and sudan the figure is close to 1000000 and its a similar story in south sudan with more than 900000 people affected since june up to reports they were displeased by 6 years of civil war and now there are again 4 start of their homes this time by floods which in south sudan have destroyed crops homes and livelihoods people say they havent seen such devastation in more than 20 years during your go along when we were displaced by the flooding we felt sad because we had to leave everything behind we need shelter we need food now were not getting those things because we had to leave our homes. Its rainy season in east africa but the downpours have been unusually heavy this year nearly 3000000 people are affected by floods across the region most in south sudan last month the government declared a state of national emergency. Aid is pouring in but thats not enough. Yes we can provide Emergency Support now that these people relied on are going to rely on have been relying for years and years. To be badly affected so theres going to be less food for theyre going to grow themselves and therefore they might be more dependent on food coming in from outside. And that increases the long term threat of malnourishment in a loss she drew a country where 80 percent of the population lives on less than 1. 00 a day the risk of water borne diseases like cholera too is rising and there is no sign of a let up more rain is expected in the coming days the odyssey or a push by politicians to introduce new citizenship legislation in india is being promoted as making life easier for migrant communities but reports from some states some experts say the changes violate the constitution because muslims are excluded. These people are protesting the citizenship amendments bill which has been cleared by the indian cabinet and will soon be tabled in the Indian Parliament the bill says that if youre a hindu or a christian or a general but these from of ghana sound pakistan and bangladesh and country live in india then you would not be treated as an illegal migrant breed excludes the muslims these people say that thats a part of the former rising politics of the ruling party in the country not part of the party some experts have gone to the extent of defining it as unconstitutional they say this bill goes against the idea of a secular india because it excludes muslims in short as this government makes a National Register of citizens which is essentially a list of people of who isnt who isnt an indian then the hindus will be captain but not the muslims. Now colombia is in the grip that said National Strike in just 2 weeks unions and student groups called the latest walk out after talks with the government failed protesters are angry at president even dukas plans for Economic Reforms and wanting to do more to tackle corruption and Police Violence on a sunday when patty was at a rally in the capital and spoke to protestors. This is the certain National Strike in just 14 days here in colombia part of an unprecedented series of demonstrations and protests against the government. Against number of Economic Reforms that the government is proposing but also a long series of grievances that both the old and new to be on the streets now today its been an absolutely peaceful and 1st steve atmosphere but crowds have been smaller than the one that weve seen in previous demonstration but the people who are out to say they want to continue putting pressure on the government that. Is that we would lose due to government doesnt listen to our demands on the contrary it passes new laws against the people on taxes and Police Repression they leave us with no option other than remaining on the street to strike comes after a failed attempt at negotiations between the leaders of the strike and the government however they have announced that they will sit down again on thursday the discussion now is focusing on tax reform that the government needs to pass by the end of the year and the protesters want to be scrapped complete the another big question here is whats going to happen with the arrival at the biggest Holiday Season here Christmas Season that will start in earnest next week some people are saying that these demonstrations by the suspended but could restart in earnest next year. Right now its just 7 days to go before britains general election the main Opposition Labor Party is promising to hold another bracks at referendum if it wins but thats not going down well in traditional labor supporting towns such as hard labor which voted to leave the e. U. As ever had reports of versions there are threatening to ditch labor and switch to progress at parties. British politics is it time spelt like a game during the past few years albeit one with no winners hardly paul has been a labor town for more than half a century but 7 out of 10 people have voted to leave the e. U. In the 2016 referendum and the brics that party has made this a target seat and now long held political loyalties are being cast aside people dont believe. Because. Peter want to go out. Even. If you go to vote and it doesnt mean nothing because if they dont like it and there was a commons well have to. Get the answer but. Many here are disillusioned with politics altogether and for good reason for years successive governments have been accused of doing little to help towns like. There is still big business but decades of the industrialization have led to high levels of Unemployment Labor has a long history of doing well here in holly paul but this is an election like no other in recent times it is unpredictable and the stakes of course couldnt be higher for the people of holly paul what they want more than anything is their voices to be heard and their lives to improve than i was. 53 at the wharton trust Community Center in one of the most deprived areas of the country people are keeping count life can be challenging here but people. Help each other out and they want real change its about getting people who need ready to lead. A better job the ole miss. Can we do. But bricks that looms large in areas like this where people voted to leave the e. U. And that could mean punishing parties at the polls if ever a breath of em pay extra ordinary 0 you know a party thats been around for 7 or 8 months who has got absolutely no connection with the pro and they vote for him enough to get him elected that would be extraordinary and would say it remains the single Biggest Issue in their lives or at least that element of democracy remains the single Biggest Issue lies all parties are promising to improve the lives of ordinary people politics since the e. U. Referendum has deeply divided society and the issue of could end up forging a deeper split at the ballot box when it comes to the result and he would aljazeera partly pull out few countries take recycling as seriously as sweden where 99 percent of household rest is turned into something you call restrict whats reform is still making city now reinventing itself as swedens greenest community. This is. The worlds 1st recycled mall as in everything sold here is 2nd hand recycled or repurposed. Manager and a bag stroma hopes it can begin to channel humanitys rampant consumerism or at least swedens in a more sustainable direction this is the future way to run a Shopping Mall i guess and any business in the future to be sustainable to last. As skills tune as waste plant processes 20000 tonnes of rubbish a year with smart cameras pointing different materials in the right direction food waste is sold back to residents as compost or used to power as skills to use buses and provide heating for the town but theres a side project they hope will have a Global Impact breeding larvae from the black soldier fly as a protein source for salmon farms to get the protein and we get your from the larvae of that its perfect for the improving of the soil so its a win win for everyone. Re tonight has also helped heal some of the hurt of esk ills tunas high unemployment yeah. I love to paint change the fittings fix things its perfect for me because ive had so many jobs in my life now i love to work with this really old furniture. Recycled future house not replaced its form a Steel Industry with 15000 still unemployed in a city of 100000. We could just lay down and give up what we show through to not were still probably a manufacturing town but were also trying to find new ways and combine them with together green policies have given this city the chance to recycle its image after a loss of industry and identity the question is whether it remains an outpost in the war against Climate Change or a blueprint for the rest of the world to adopt. Paul reste al jazeera skills to sweden. Hello again this is al jazeera and these are the headlines at least 58 migrants drowned when their boat sank off the coast of mauritania survivors are being treated in the Northern City of new the vessel was reportedly carrying at least 150. 00 people from gambia and was low on fuel mamma has more from 10 years capital about 83. 00 people managed to swim to the shore and they were found by the military Police Outside the Northern City of and while the without was the early evening hours yesterday those people gave more news about what happened that boat capsized off the shore. After about 10 days being stranded running out of fuel and so on so they gave more details and scores of people at least dozens of people are still missing they are supposed to be of course. Lebanese politicians will meet on mondays of begin formal consultations to nominate the next Prime Minister businessman samir cutted looks set to take over from outgoing Prime Minister saad hariri protesters have condemned that decision one of the biggest Public Sector strikes in more than a decade is taking place across france youre watching live pictures now of people gathering on the streets of leon millions are angry at president emanuel back on the plan to overhaul the Pension System medical teams and some carrying out a massive Vaccination Program aimed at stemming the fast growing measles crisis 62 people mostly Young Children have now died from the disease 3 legal experts called by us democrats to congress have testified the President Donald Trump committed impeachable offenses the Top Republican witness though said he doubts theres enough evidence of wrongdoing to removed from office. Colombias in the grip of its 3rd National Strike in 2 weeks unions and student groups called the latest walkout after talks with the government failed protesters are angry at president uganda his plans for Economic Reforms and a delegation sent to malta says the investigation into a journalists murder is at risk while the Prime Minister remains in Office Chairs of muscat has been accused of shielding prominent figures implicated in the car bomb killing of journalist Daphne Koller want to kill its year 2 years ago. Well those are the headlines the news will continue here on aljazeera stay with us. I thought this conviction that everyone has a deep reservoir of tonic billeted and if you can give them the opportunity wonderful things start to happen sometimes the simplest solution the most impact from. 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