Lebanon sinking economy after a deal to form a new government unraveled. Democratic Party Leaders in the u. S. House of representatives how announced have announced impeachment charges against donald trump and makes him only the 4th president to face a formal effort to be removed from office and response trump repeated his assertion that hes the victim of a witch hunt castro reports from washington d. C. Standing before a portrait of one of the nations Founding FathersGeorge WashingtonHouse Democratic leaders made a historic announcement today in service to our duty to the constitution and to our country. The House Committee on the judiciary is introducing 2 articles of impeachment charging the president of the United States donald j. Drum with committing high crimes and misdemeanors the 1st article is abuse of power for withholding security aid and a white house visit with ukraines leader in exchange for political investigations that would benefit trumps reelection the 2nd obstruction of congress for refusing to cooperate with impeachment investigators the evidence is every bit as strong that President Trump has obstructed congress fully without precedent and without basis in law if allowed to stand it would decimate congresss ability to conduct oversight of this president or any other in the future trump is only the 4th u. S. President to have impeachment proceed this far he denies all wrongdoing tweeting during the democrats announcement witch hunt democrats say the evidence against trump is damning it includes testimony from more than a dozen witnesses and a white house call summary showing trump asked ukraine to launch investigations into his political rivals republicans though say thats not enough to remove a president theyre not impeaching the president because they they can the list and Impeachable Offense theyre impeaching him because theyre afraid he will get reelected thats not why you have the power of impeachment thats the abuse of power democrats are keeping the impeachment articles narrowly focused on trumps recent conduct with ukraine they decided not to charge the president trying to stop the previous moller investigation that examine whether his campaign had colluded with russia in the last president ial election in less than a years time a deeply divided america will return to the polls that will be after trumps impeachment trial in the senate where hell likely be acquitted by his fellow republicans democrats say despite the slim chance of removal doing nothing or waiting what amounts to complicity with trumps misconduct the argument why dont you just wait amounts to this. Why dont you just let him cheat in one more election why not let him cheat just one more time democrats say trump remains a threat to the Upcoming Elections and to his own country hi joe castro aljazeera washington alan baron is a former special impeachment counsel to the u. S. House of representatives he believes the allegations against trump are much more serious than those even faced by Richard Nixon apparently i mean there is no crack in the republican wall nobody seems to be coming over to the democrats at this point. Its in some ways its shocking because if you analyze the facts and you take a look for example at the Richard Nixon near impeachment he wrote he resigned before he could be impeached that was essentially you know with a 3rd rate burglary and an attempt to cover up all of it domestic didnt involve any Foreign Countries here were talking about holding up duly authorized appropriations for an ally that is being attacked by the russians and its being held up so that the president can get a leg up on the next election i mean if we want to talk about whats more serious i think theres no comparison the white house meanwhile says donald trump has again warned russia not to interfere in u. S. Elections the president is said to deliver the message during a meeting with russias foreign minister as patty kahane. It had all the pleasantries expected when a foreign diplomat visits the us meetings a working lunch with the secretary of state but somewhat unusually the Russian Foreign minister got another meeting at the white house with the u. S. President earlier at the state department circle of robin might pompei i said their discussions pretty much spanned the globe from syria to venezuela ukraine to israel but it was the 2016 u. S. Election and allegations that russia interfered in it that provoked some tough talk a flat denial from leveraged who repeatedly said the white house was refusing to release correspondence to prove their innocence even as the clothes we read them all are reports there is no proof of any collusion for the 4th time now our suggestion is to publish that data that would show how russia responded to especial channels to review threats and Cyber Networks to show how russia responded to show how we suggested how to discuss this confidentially. I will publish all the documents we think appropriate we think we shared plenty of facts that show what happened in the 2016 election with our russian counterparts we dont think theres any mistake about what really transpired there but critics say tough words here at the state department are simply not enough they say the entire welcome sends a dangerous message i think we should not be receiving foreign minister of russia over. The state department it rewards their bad behavior it rewards the kind. Of destruction you know democracy in russia has been gauged in and it will lead to more the visit comes at a time when the u. S. President is facing impeachment for allegedly trying to get ukraine to interfere in the next election but this made it clear what happened in the last one is still proving to be a problem for both countries relationship pedicle hain aljazeera at the u. S. State department. All Saudi Arabian military students in the u. S. Have had their training suspended decision by the pentagon affects more than 850 saudis also an attack at an air base in florida last week where 3 people were killed the f. B. I. Believes Saudi Arabian air force officer Mohammed Saeed rami acted alone when he carried out the attack ariels on joins us now from washington d. C. So gabe this decision by the pentagon how significant is it. Its quite significant actually because earlier on tuesday the pentagon said only about 300 saudi military personnel on bases in the state of florida where the shooting took place would have their training suspended but just in the last few minutes the pentagon has confirmed that now department of defense secretary mark esper has white in that to be all military personnel from saudi arabia in bases all over the United States we think thats about 850 maybe 852 saudi military personnel that will be affected by this top to bottom shut down it only affects the saudi arabia students that are here theyre about 4000 other military personnel from other countries over 150 countries but this is focused just on the Saudi Arabians as the as the f. B. I. And the pentagon reviews the shooting on friday and they see if theres any other connections that the shooter had to any of the other saudi military personnel that are in the country the United States currently on many bases these Saudi Arabian students will still be able to do classroom work but beyond that with their movements will be greatly restricted the pentagon saying that this will be a 10 day review of bedding and safety procedures for Saudi Foreign military they come to the u. S. For training so so far it seems that publicly at least investigators are saying that they dont believe any other saudi nationals were involved in the attack what else do we know about that line of questioning. Yeah the f. B. I. Is still investigating it as the pentagon is as well they are cautioning that this is a safety procedure they have no evidence yet to release that they have revealed publicly that any of the other saudis military personnel on bases in the u. S. Had anything to do with this shooting by this 21 year old lieutenant from on friday from this Saudi Royal Air force however they are taking nothing for granted and thats why theyre trying to check every sort of connections that anyone could have passed to the shooter to see what if there were any links but as of right now they have not revealed any sort of links that they have found yet but clearly this is a major major move by the pentagon to basically shut down the training for all over 800 saudi military personnel it shows you just how seriously the pentagon is taking this every elizondo live for us and washington d. C. Thank you game the saudi diplomat who headed the kingdoms istanbul consulate were journalist Jamal Khashoggi was murder and has been barred from entering the u. S. The is accused of Human Rights Violations over the killing and october of last year the cia and some western governments have said they believe crown Prince Mohammed bin som an order to show his murder but saudi Officials Say he had no role in march later on sunset she has appeared at the International Court of justice to defend her country against allegations of genocide accusations down from a 2017 military crackdown which forced her only 3 quarters of a 1000000 mostly for hangal muslims to flee to neighboring bangladesh when he has more from the hague. Once a human rights and democracy campaigner. Arrived at the International Court of justice accused of being complicit in genocide the case against aung san suu cheese government was brought by the gambia on behalf of the organization of islamic cooperation on the opening day it was alleged widespread abuses were carried out by me and my Security Forces against communities which they say amount to genocide every day of in that. Means that more people have been killed more woman ive been alive and my children have been burnt alive for what crime on the because they were born different one of a different ways and to a different religion from doors who kill and weep them and for this and. They have been made to preview the ultimate life genocide. As lawyer after lawyer laid out the gambians case suchi watched and listened in the court room one could only imagine what was going through her mind as repeated allegations were made of rape torture and murder by soldiers it was very important for thir have to 30 inches away from people who are describing and really excruciating and painful detail of d the horrible crimes of the Burmese Military that happened on her watch me and says the raids on villages in Rakhine State were legitimate Counterterrorism Operations the gambian say me and maher was and still is trying to wipe out an entire ethnic group in the short term the court is being asked to order me and mar to take steps to protect the rich from 3rd the genocidal acts the opening of this trial was ironically held on International Human rights day day 2 will see me and my begin its defense led by Aung San Suu Kyi herself it will be a remarkable sides a Nobel Peace Prize winner detained for years by the military now defending them and herself against charges of genocide. The case before the i. C. J. Is not a criminal trial meaning charges wont be brought against individuals but given what she wants stood for own son suchi is effectively on trial along with the military and government as she left she was jeered by protesters who came to see the rigging finally had their day in the worlds highest course when hey aljazeera the hague. And the news ahead. Can an island war 8 people are still missing also antigovernment protesters in algeria to boycott the coming president ial election as 2 former Prime Minister is in jail. Hello again its good to have you back well here china were looking quite nice over the next few days on the satellite a few clouds making their way towards the east but here on wednesday not looking too bad not a lot of clouds on our forecast map staying in the teens to the north and into the twentys down here towards the south taipei you could be seeing a nice day as well attempt a few of about 22 degrees not much of a change as we go towards thursday but for taipei do expect to see more rain probably more winds in the forecast as well as we go a little further south of things across the philippines particularly as on are looking quite nice now we do have a few clouds down across much of the south maybe a few showers will be a little bit heavier across that region also heavy clouds and rain is going to be a big problem across much of malaysia as well as indonesia for jakarta down towards bali it is going to mean some mostly cloudy conditions more rain in the forecast by the time we get towards thursday so for jakarta expect those showers in the afternoon with a temperature of 30 degrees there what we have seen a lot of rain down across parts of sri lanka over the last few days things are going to stay much like they have been with rain in the afternoon up towards the central areas though for not per it is going to be a little bit warmer if you were there at 29. 00 and focal cut a nice day for you with a temperature of 27 degrees. Was sponsored by tony. And bros to communist leaders. Age old philosophies of the rule of law remain central to the worlds boldest living civilization. In the 1st of a 2 part series the big picture charts how a history spanning by 1000 years shaped chinas will in the industrialized world. But china complex post one. On aljazeera. Are watching aljazeera lets recap the top stories right now the 1st official impeachment charges against President Donald Trump have been announced to merit say his abuse the power of his office and obstructed congress and its investigation the pentagon nasa spending the training of more than 850 Saudi Arabian military students an attack by a saudi or force officer at an air base in florida last week 3 people were killed. Them are on mars later on she has appeared at the International Court of justice to defend her country against allegations of genocide they stem from the 2017 military crackdown which 4700000 mostly rangle muslims to flee to neighboring bangladesh many of those refugees are watching the case closely as Stephanie Decker tells us from coxs bazaar. The evidence of what happened to these people lie here among the many camps of coxs bizarre in southeastern bangladesh hundreds of thousands of tons hundreds and thousands of people each with horrifying stories stories of mass rape moscow. Of people being locked inside their homes and burnt alive people here are aware of what is going on at the International Court of justice they want justice but theyre under no illusion that anything is going to happen fast its been 2 and a half years since hundreds of thousands fled across the border across those mountains of me and more creating what is now the biggest refugee camp in the world the issue is now bangladesh no longer wants to host them in myanmar is given no guarantees that they will be safe when they return these are people with no state with no identity with no papers and they are unwanted you could say by everyone this is a long term problem that needs to be addressed argentinas new president has promised his government will prioritize Economic Growth before paying its debts. Are being sworn into office they center left leader says the people 1st and as his predecessor its your mockery faced a public backlash over the 57000000000. 00 loan here greeted with the International Monetary fund last year there were celebrations on the streets the supporters hailed what they hope will be a new beginning. For years waiting for this joy democracy is that there is a tremendous joy a great hope lets go marching to human. Dignity is unity is discrimination is gone and support is dark for the poor the workers and those who struggle every day and its traceable reports the festive atmosphere continues across argentinas capital city. Challenges ahead but also a big celebration here many of the people weve spoken to say that theyre also celebrating the return of heaven is that thats the way to fight one and give up or dont back in 1930 the most important political move in argentina in the last century its coming back to power and thats why there are thousands of people were gathering here right in front of the president ial palace celebrate earlier today out of the fed members he left the house he was driving his own our king edward went to and side was sworn in and made him on he gave a very calm helling speech you know were talking all arjun signs that they need to be tonight at the stop he spoke the battle to the possibility of all 3 forming the judiciary the forces saying to the judiciary if you look at the persecuted whole needs in this country during the administration hes a moderate but hell. Hold a bit difficult Economic Situation of an argentine hes both right now the wrong 30 percent poverty rate 60 Percent Inflation rate the possibility of the fold the act is the biggest challenge that im going to put him on this is fading right now because argentina the possibility of defaulting once again. Activity has significantly increased on new zealands white island and what could be a blow for efforts to recover the 8 bodies remaining there had wrecked on monday killing at least 6 people 30 others are in the hospital and most of them are in Critical Condition there is increasing pressure from relatives to stage a recovery effort but police say safety is paramount. Weve got to be suitable the informing till situation at the or on the oil and. Then we can make some decisions once weve got all of the information. Safety for real stuff is a huge priority for us weve got to get this right we cannot put other people in cheap italy. To go out into we see it in the oil and actually saif. Gulf leaders have made a show of unity at a summit in the saudi capital despite divisions within their regional bloc the Gulf Cooperation Council call for closer military and financial ties but looming over the meeting was the blockade of qatar saudi arabia the u. A. E. Bahrain and egypt cut diplomatic and economic ties with qatar in 2017 they accuse it of supporting terrorism which denies the secretary general says there are ongoing efforts to end a crisis this is. As you may have noticed since the crisis began weve been moving in 2 axis and the 1st is the crisis itself and the core of the problem his Royal Highness the emir of kuwait has been mediating between all concerned parties and this was at the highest level as you have seen all of this state leaders have been hailing the air force exerted by his Royal Highness the emir of qatar and this mediation is still ongoing but the other axes involved the concerns raised by that was leading the country to separate the day to day cooperation between the respective Member States that this should be set aside and i mean defense cultural and Economic Cooperation which should be separated from the crisis itself that. Brings clinical leaders are gearing up for a frantic final 24 hours of campaigning ahead of thursdays election the latest polls are cautiously predicting victory for current Prime MinisterBoris Johnson that expectations for his parliamentary majority have been slashed and theres still the chance theyll be no clear winner auburn in reports. Boris johnsons people know the power of a good photo of the styrofoam board bore the brunt of the Prime Ministers metaphor on tuesday. Using infrastructure Education Technology to bring the country together we have a vision of the United Kingdom gerry corbin would divide and i could tell you this we can do all of this as one nation was not putting your taxes. But it is this photo thats proved most politically powerful this week 4 year old jacqueline meant bar laid out on the floor of a hospital emergency ward for the lack of a proper bed Prime Ministers visible awkwardness when confronted with the picture has been seized upon by the labor party the story that was in yesterdays papers about. A train on the floor in leeds sadly is not that an exception all around the country the shortage of pads the shortage of nurses the shortage of doctors the shortage of radiologists and the shortage of funding in our n. H. S. Is an absolute scoundrel. Campaigning in the city of path the liberal democrat leader reiterated her partys internationalist policies describing thursdays election as a fight for the soul of our country and what we all do for these last few hours will make that difference in tense of the type of country we will see on friday and beyond because liberal democrats are in the position in so many parts of the country where we can stop forest hills and we can win seats from the conservatives with less than 48 hours until polling stations open the competing parties are frantically scrapping for every available vote the opinion polls still suggest a conservative victory but nothing is being taken for granted paul brennan aljazeera. 3 former political leaders however say prison sentences and al jazeera just and al algeria pardon me just 2 days before elections their government opponents who protest prompted the Corruption Case are now urging people not to vote like like age as. Was antigovernment protest is out again on the streets this time less than 48 hours before the polling stations in algeria altering their value into a boy koch the voyage claiming its going to be fair is the ruling elite still in power at the same time to former Prime Ministers were being sentenced in court for corruption and fraud ahmed was sentenced for 15 he is and his predecessor abdel nour 12 an International Arrest warrant was issued for former industry minister to salaam bush will read whos not in the country in his absence he was sentenced to 20 years they all served under a long time president Abdelaziz Bouteflika was he was forced to step down earlier this year after widespread protests rejecting his attempt to run for. Some of. Those demonstrations have continued for months with cause for complaint toward the whole of the political system. Theyre going to have the look on this with come with slogans that say every day there will be a march and we will not stop to express our refusal for this election it has been fraudulent since the beginning. Analysts already predict of voter turnout of less than 15 percent theres little evidence sentencing form of pulte sions will persuade algerians to cast their ballots. The minister is now. Is not going to journey to mind. Actually. For constructive change. If that change doesnt take place the future cheerio could be an unstable one gauge. Sudans former leader Omar Al Bashir has appeared in court on charges of plotting the 1989 coup which brought him to power its the 1st time the ousted president has appeared before the investigation outside her prison where hes being detained i sure was a brigadier at the top of the at the time of the coup which toppled the elected government of the Prime Minister said. Sure him self was overthrown in april after months of protests indians in france are increasing pressure against the governments pension reform plan airport workers and teachers have joined nationwide strikes which have now been going on for almost a week president mandela says hes trying to modernize the National Retirement system but unions say itll force people to work. Francoise to conference on wednesday hoping to raise money for lebanon as its political crisis worsens the economic crisis as well lebanons leaders though are not expecting any new pledges as they struggle to put together a new government so to hold a reports from beirut. There is growing financial uncertainty in lebanon businesses are closing unemployment is rising the National Currency is losing its value and there is a shortage of dollars we have received now about 70 requests in the last week from Significant Companies for significantly off so the problem is serious and these increasing the problem has been building up over many many years. The government is bankrupt frankly its being described as the worst economic crisis in decades its what triggered anti political establishment protests now in their 2nd months longtime ally france is hosting a meeting of lebanons International Support group to secure credit lines to import basic goods like food and medicine the call for the meeting in paris is very interesting because it comes to days before the Political Parties dominate their Prime Minister so in a way we see an implicit intervention in the process of deciding the Prime Minister sending a message with how dearly in power the International Community is willing to help lebanon Prime Minister saddle had he who resigned over a months ago due to the protests stayed on in a caretaker capacity but he is conditioning his return on the formation of a nonpartisan government which has been rejected by his political rivals the iranian backed hezbollah and its allies france the former colonial power in lebanon has led mediation efforts in past crises it now hopes the meeting in paris will push politicians to create what the French Foreign ministry calls a competent and credible government to restore the Economic Situation and meet the aspirations of the people protesters want independent experts to lead the country into early elections foreign powers have weighed in with their own demands. Being. There are other conditions that. Have not been stated publicly by Foreign Countries apart from who the Prime Minister will be there is the us condition that hezbollah is out of the government political deadlock is not unusual in lebanon where parties have Regional International alliances very few expect stability until those countries find Common Ground settle their own beirut. Take out the headlines right now on aljazeera the 1st official impeachment charges against president onil trump have been announced to macwrite say hes abuse the power of his office and obstructed congress in its investigation trump denies any wrongdoing but democrats say the evidence is clear we do not take this action lightly but we have taken an oath to defend the constitution and unlike President Trump we understand that duty 1st and foremost is to protect the constitution and to protect the interests of the American People that is why we must take this that today you know secretary state mike pompei o has warned russias foreign minister of retaliation if moscow interferes in next years u. S. President ial election cycle of office and washington for talks and his 1st visit to the u. S. Since 2007 tane lavrov says claims of russian interference in the 2016 election are baseless and moscow wants to normalize relations with the pentagon a suspended more than 850 Saudi Arabian military students in the u. S. At polls an attack at an air base and florida last week where 3 people were killed and the f. B. I. Believes Saudi Arabian officer Mohammad Saeed acted alone when he carried out the attack. Myanmars later on she has appeared at the International Court of justice to defend her country against allegations of genocide the accusations stem from the 2017 military crackdown against her henschel muslims which forced millions of people to flee to neighboring bangladesh argentinas new president Alberto Fernandez has promised his government will prioritize Economic Growth before paying its debts the center left leader says hell put the people 1st thats a quote for an end as his predecessor once your mockery faced a public backlash over the 57000000000. 00 loan he agreed to with the International Monetary fund last year volcanic activity has significantly increased on new zealands white island in what could be a blow to efforts to recover the 8 bodies remaining there that erupted on monday killing at least 6 people 30 others are in the hospital 25 of them and Critical Condition theres increasing pressure from relatives to stage a recovery effort but police say safety is paramount as are your headlines keep it here on aljazeera more news to come the bottom line is next. Hi im Steve Clemons and i have a question for you are you concerned that the worlds economy is more fragile than anyone is admitting lets get to the bottom line. You can always find doomsday predictions telling you that the dollar is on the verge of collapse or the Global Financial system is in serious danger but how much of it is true lets look at this clock this is a live shot of the u. S. National debt clock in new york its not 100 percent accurate but it gives you a good estimate of the American National deficit right now earlier this year it pushed well beyond 20 trillion dollars its 22. 00 trillion dollars now but what does that mean for the United States and for the world is this guy about to fall what do we really need to be worried about and what trend should we be paying attention