Hello thank you for joining us the u. S. House of representatives is moving closer to impeaching President Donald Trump as the Judiciary Committee holds its final debate House Democrats are leading efforts to formally charge the president with abuse of power and obstruction of Congress Trump is accused of withholding aid to pressure ukraine into investigating potential white house rival joe biden well in a moment were going to go to our White House Correspondent kimberly how get 1st though lets go to hide to show castro some fireworks there is the Committee Considers amendments to the charges. Thats right barbara republicans are doing all that they can to really delay this process but it is trying to delay the inevitable because as you know democrats hold the majority on this house Judiciary Committee as they do the full house of representatives but we did see republicans try to introduce an amendment to kill the article altogether of abuse of power they were claiming that its the democrats who are abusing their power and who are guilty of corruption in trying to in. Ph the president for his phone call with ukraine that amendment was quickly rejected by the democratic majority now once this panel returns from a recess or perhaps and returning now as i speak they will continue to baiting another republican amendment which would be inserting the name of of joe bidens son hunter biden into these articles of impeachment the purpose of that will that gives republicans a platform at least for today to continue discussing these unfounded theories that trump himself had brought up with the president of ukraine that biden was somehow involved in corruption in the ukraine again that is another republican amendment that will be rejected as in just a matter of time before the end of the day we will see that historic vote coming out of the house Judiciary Committee for only the 3rd time in u. S. History for those articles of impeachment to be passed setting the scene for next week when the full house will also very likely vote in favor of those articles which would formally impeach President Trump ok how does your customer following those developments for us in capitol hill heidi for the moment thank you can really help it meanwhile joins us live from the White House Committee weve been hearing whats been going on capitol hill so what has the president been saying. The president did have one public event he had the opportunity to talk about this directly instead he tried to highlight what he sees as the achievements of his presidency when it comes to children and families had a vent to advocate for paid parental leave something that the u. S. Lags behind when it comes to other developed nations the rest of the time hes been largely retreating favorable News Coverage of events that he seems to like that have been sound bites that have been taken from the hearing on capitol hill but largely letting the republicans on the hill in that debate do the defending for him something that weve not seen from this president who often likes to be as old Spokes Person as what it appears is that theres been a cord named after the white house talking points now on capitol hill centrally have gained traction and that is that the white house has for some time been making the argument that much of what the president has been accused of throughout this impeachment inquiry did not make it into the final articles of impeachment namely that the president committed extortion bribery collusion a instead it really came down to some of the more watered down articles of impeachment essentially abuse of power and obstruction of congress not obstruction of justice which would be the more serious criminal charge so it appears that this is the coordinated effort by the white house now getting traction on capitol hill ahead of that very historic vote can really help here with the latest from the white house kimberlys thank you. Thank. You the argentinian government has granted former bolivian president evo morales Refugee Status but alice has been in mexico since last month when he resigned and left believe you because of unrest caused by disputed Election Results argentinean president ill bet often and this had previously described moralists as being the victim of a coup lets go live now to todays a vote in buenos. Definite empathy there from the argentinean president a bit of an on this i guess that explains why morales ended up in argentina we surprised that that is where he is. Well his arrival did not come as a surprise i mean it was expected that sometime after i got the form of fed and this was sworn in he will no doubt it would be coming here mostly because of a Large Population here he has lots of supporters because also its very close to one of you here arrive very early this thursday morning to the airport here in one of site as he was surrounded with some of his key allies the former minister of health among others Vice President al gore at a c. L. U. Nice expected to arrive on friday so there is a whole delegation of bolivian officials that are arriving here for argentina when it will want to listen rive he initially requested political asylum and once he landed he nishida the full paperwork to be considered a refugee the main reason why is because he says that hes going to be politically persecuted in bolivia and thats why hes remaining in the country the foreign minister. Here said that he asked personally to able what alice not to be active politically not to give a public declaration among other things and one of the things he said is that argentina situation is delicate and we dont want to trouble and obviously in a way what hes meeting with this is the relationship with the United States currently owes the International Monetary funds over 50000000000. 00 the United States plays a crucial role in that negotiation that is going to happen and what the foreign minister obviously as 6 trying to express here is that theres a very very sensitive situation but in spite of that they are providing a Refugee Status to everyone alice so that he can remain in the country with his family but also with many of his aides to disappear with the laces from one as it is today is a saying que. Indian Security Forces have shot and killed at least 3 protesters in the Northeastern State of the somme thousands of people there are protesting against a bill that will allow citizenship to persecuted minority from pakistan bangladesh and afghanistan but not muslims protesters fear they will be economically and culturally marginalized of migrants from going to the bangladesh are given citizenship both houses of Parliament Pass the bill band they awaiting the president s approval to be humble aljazeera sunchild or is in assam and says the protests have escalated there the protests have been quite large. Really have now on the National Television and there was a manager check with some of our local contacts a few people have been killed in a Fire Exchange of displaced with Indian Security officials details are still emerging we dont know what these deaths took place of weve also learned that several people were rushed to a hospital and there are several injured people hospital in garage right now id like to give you an idea whats really going on all through the day we saw shop shop fuel stations a shock school the shop every traffic light was a protest people defied girl few everybody. Else and people were out on the streets and they were protesting they said theyre protesting because they want to preserve their identity because they think that over the years over the decades they have. Theyve had to give shelter to many refugees from bangladesh and and muslims and they think that if that cutoff date according to the citizenship of accepting bangladeshi hindus in this case would be december would be 2040 they would have to accept even more thats what this is theyre protesting against. Polls have closed in algeria in an election thats been described as a sham by protesters for 10 months the country has been in political turmoil with large demonstrations that leading to the resignation of long term president a bill with a few but protesters say this election is still not free and fair because all 5 president ial candidates are too close to the old regime Bernard Smith has the story at this polling station in algiers there werent many voters but plenty of ballot papers should turnout pick up later in the day here in the Early Morning just a few ballots have been cast in algerias president ial election. Algerian state t. V. Found a busy place to show its of us this is all around what the ocean any at the hague the presenters voiceover encourages people to get out and vote tells them there can be no reform without stability and says the people casting their ballots here were people who had recently been protesting the. But in the port city of the jail protesters took all the ballot papers and rip them up they wanted to make it clear they think the election is a farce oh susan if you think that all 5 candidates running for president this is one of them as a dean he like the others has been approved by the state all of them were senior officials in the current regime that is if you win that you wont get the algerian so they are aware that they need the massive popular legitimacy and thats why were noticing since this morning thousands of going to polling stations and this is real and certainly did build sure doubting that this day want realized what people hopefully and how did you know protests began in algeria in february when Abdelaziz Bouteflika said hed stand for a 5th term as president he eventually backed down and resigned. But its not stopped tens sometimes hundreds of thousands of people taking to the streets in the last 10 months on election day there wasnt much tolerance from the police for protesters calling for a boycott but it was many algerians say this election wont get rid of. The group of businessmen politicians and military leaders who wield the real power behind the scenes and i mean this guy is a from the similar scene there with or with with a few who was what but sure i wont vote if i vote or betray my country no lections with the gangs thats it my brother i will. Turnout whoever wins will face questions of legitimacy before he even begins to tackle the challenges of a stacked and dependent economy high youth unemployment and rampant corruption. And its myth. Still to come on aljazeera. Final key the former Freedom Fighter urges genocide claims against her country to be dismissed and will cain no survivors begin to czerny as emergency workers quick care to recover the bombs. Had some very Stormy Weather conditions across much of western europe and really a blanket of cloud elsewhere just look at this its streaming across the mediterranean through the eastern med and as i say still very very unsettled much of the west are looking at the possibility of yet more Gale Force Winds as we go through friday likely to really be impacting Northern Areas especially in across into the south of the west of france and also coming in with the strong winds some very heavy amounts of rain it could be flooding rains for some areas snow of course to these Higher Elevations but even in some lower elevations where we have got this cold air place and then the central med you can see very unsettled here and again more showers pushing through the east and really that is the pattern as we continue on into saturday so that rain in the central med working its way across towards the balkans very heavy amounts of rain pushing across into greece again this could be flooding rain and of course again we have some cold air and certainly some snow is expected very very cloudy across much of Eastern Europe and yet more rain on the way to the northwest on saturday and again hey we could have some snow in this kind not just of this high elevations so a very wintry and subtle picture meanwhile across Northern Africa weve got more cloud in the 4 causes a go through friday and saturday and theres rain showers also pushing into tripoli. Everests to come to see this. Age old philosophies of the root of order remain central to the womb to believe this living civilization in the 2nd of a 2 part series the big picture charts the rise of a 21st century superpower examines the challenges it now faces from the outside and from within. The china complex up to on aljazeera. Welcome back is a reminder of the top stories on aljazeera the u. S. House Judiciary Committee has begun its final debate on articles of impeachment against President Donald TrumpDemocratic Partys leading efforts to formally charged with abuse of power and obstruction of congress. Argentinean government has granted former bolivian president evo morales Refugee Status but alice has been in mexico since last month when he resigned and left believe because of unrest caused by the results of a disputed election and the indian Security Forces have shot and killed at least 3 protesters in the Northeastern State of thousands of people they are protesting against a bill that will allow citizenship to persecuted minorities from pakistan bangladesh and afghanistan except muslims. Polls close in a few hours in the u. K. s general election where bracks it has dominated much of the debate Party Leaders have cast their votes in whats been described as the most important election in a generation barker reports now from london. On a dismal december day democracy is in action years of breaks it deadlock has brought british voters back to the ballot box for the 3rd general election in 5 years. Leaving a polling station in london conservative leader Boris Johnson and one of his closest aides. Called the election to try and secure a parliamentary majority so he could press ahead with bracks it unopposed 1st. In north london a thumbs up from the opposition labor leader Jeremy Corbyn after he voted. In the party for selection on the future of Public Services including the countrys steamed National Health service. In scotland the nationalists s. N. P. Leader nicholas sturgeon was feeling upbeat her partys main goal is to block Boris Johnsons. And im bishan shared by the liberal democrat leader Joseph Wilson the partys defining policy is to remain firmly in the e. U. Last held an election in december and. Theyre choosing 650. 00 m. Piece to represent them politicians who will decide britains future either in or out of the European Union is expected to be a close race but several london constituencies large queues were seen outside polling stations this is partly in south london where a line of voters snaked down the street. Everyone is very confused everyone is deeply divided. Families and friends undergo a ribbon in a way i dont think i have seen before in elections in my life i think its very tense the flow very upset on both sides of the argument polls close at 10 pm g. M. T. Exit polls we publish straight away with the 1st official results mode a few hours later the park out jazeera london letter simmons is live in westminster for assigned to in that report we saw some queues outside some polling stations but of course the weather is what it is in the same brain the u. K. So do we know any indication about how strong turnout is actually being. Would appear barbara the the midwinter whether the u. K. Is really affecting the turnout people are getting out there and you saw those cues in london remarked on by many people as being much larger than usual at other remarks saying that londoners are doing their usual thing and queuing in a very orderly fashion with no talking between each other. Joking aside there is really is as you heard a nice report a sense of really how should i put it a sense of dire danger in this election in terms of what happens because you dont just have people following their normal Party Loyalty is you have the issue of bricks it and all of the political trauma that thats involved in whether or not this country goes forward and actually gets out of your and goes its own way with the consequences involved that is obviously a major issue and you just remind us what is the timeline of events once the polls close. Well in tune of 3 quarter hours youre going to hear the exit poll results theyre normally very accurate so that will be a projection on who is the winner or if indeed theres going to be a Hung Parliament normally accurate the have been occasions when there have been mistakes in 2015 and also 992 when there were predictions of a Hung Parliament but the conservative party actually got working majorities in those elections what will happen this time around completely unclear by levon oclock g. M. T. Youll be having the race to get results out that traditionally goes to the north east of england between sunderland and newcastle on time but in terms of any indicates as to whos in the lead and which way its going expect that to come around 1 am in the morning possibly 2 am i but certainly it would appear normally that by daybreak you would have a clear idea of which way the United Kingdom is going what will happen to the 650 vacant seats in the parliament behind me of course well be following all developments through the night here in the u. K. And when those elections Election Results start coming in for the moment anderson wins thank you. A 16 year old boy who shot dead 6 people in iraq has been killed by a mob of protestors video has been shared on social media of people beating and hanging the team from a traffic hole in the capital Baghdad Iraqi officials said the boy had killed several antigovernment demonstrators at least 8 others were injured its the latest in a series of attacks on protesters who have been holding mass rallies since october against the countrys political elite. The International Court of justice says it will deliver a verdict as soon as possible after a 3 day hearing looking into whether me and maher should be tried for genocide against Rohingya Muslims lawyers from the gambia which has filed the case have been providing testimony on allegations of mass murder deportation and rape following a 2017 crackdown on the Minority Group myanmars leader and son suchi says the accusations are misleading and that soldiers have conducted a legitimate operation against armed groups. The press a court to remove the case from its this in the alternative to reject the request for the indication of provisional measures submitted by the can. The surprise event and members of the court that concludes observations when he has more now on the hearing from the hague. We have now seen the end of the 1st phase phase one really of what is potentially going to be a very long genocide case against me and we heard the closing arguments on thursday 1st from the gambia and now from me and bother me and my lawyer has really spent most of the time during the closing arguments once again i giving legal technicalities whether this court has jurisdiction to hear the case also looking at the interpretation of the Genocide Convention which me and is accused of violating and then it was the turn state counsel of the leader of me and maher effectively and the leader of this defense team who closed the. Arguments and again didnt really address any of the specific allegations leveled against her country against her government and military the need for the International Community to allow me to deal with its own affairs specifically the military if there is found to be any wrongdoing by soldiers in Rakhine State then they should be allowed to investigate their own and deal with them through their own Court Martial system which is already being done once and there is a Court Martial a 2nd Court Martial that is already under way and she also spoke about the dangers of any external interference in what is going on in myanmar that could reignite the violence in Rakhine State. Poor drainage has been blamed for a dam collapse in brazil that killed at least 270 people a report by a panel of experts found drainage problems lead to persistently high water levels weakening the dam walls. Indias Supreme Court has rejected all appeals to a decision allowing a hindu temple to be built on a disputed site muslim litigants say the original decision was unfair the case revolves around the site in the town of iowa the claims by both muslims and hindus a centuries old mosque there was the mall issued by hindu activists in 1992 that led to riots which killed more than 2000 people the original court ruling gave muslims an alternative piece of land to build a new mosque the uns Climate Change conference in madrid or the coop 25. 00 is in its final days scientists and politicians from around the world are trying to agree on the next crucial steps for the Paris Agreement the uns Climate Change strategy our environment editor nick clark is at the summit and he says there are still several outstanding issues that need to be agreed on. It is the penultimate day here in madrid probably going to actually time is these things normally do so probably into saturday at some crucial issues still at play not least National Commitment to reducing emissions which is vital if we go into 2020 and also rather well be hit again Crucial Detail on Carbon Trading in loss and damage that is compensating those poor nations impacted by Climate Change yesterday we had some drama in the homes here outside the main plenary where the u. N. Secretary general speaking as lots of protests and doesnt pictures of the incident lots of protesters gathered hundreds of protesters gathered making their voices heard frustrated at the state least slow state progress here at credentials observers who then had their credentials taken away because of these protests not covered quite a few of these conferences over the last 2 years since 2012 and never have seen scenes like that so its an important issue and also demonstrates the a chasm there is between the feeling outside these holes and as you say the slave state of progress within one piece of developing news we have the European Unions greendale it hasnt been widely accepted as Real Progress but there is an element of progress in the sense that they put forward a 100000000000. 00 to try and we may see you countries off fossil fuel so thats one development theres an awful lot more needed germany says the expulsion of 2 of its diplomats from moscow was unjustified was in response to kicking out 2 Russian Diplomats from germany last week over most schools refusal to cooperate in a Murder Investigation the victim who fought with chechen separatists was shot in broad daylight in berlin in august last week German Federal prosecutor said there is evidence for intelligence was behind the killing. Transport unions in france say they will continue their National Strike through the Christmas Holiday if the government doesnt back down on its pension reform plan the mass action is now in its 2nd 10 of the 16 metro lines of paris are completely shut and only a quarter of train lines around the country are actually running on wednesday the french Prime Minister it was philip proposed the universal point space the system for pensions. All the survivors of new zealands volcanic eruption have suffered burns to at least one 3rd of their body medical officials describe the situation as an unprecedented emergency that number of People Killed stands at 8 police are planning to recover the bodies on friday but they risk another eruption jessica washington reports from oakland. Its not how this is trailing tourists would have expected to be going home leaving new zealand on a stretcher suffering from severe burns the Israeli Defense force is flying out some patients who suffered horrific injuries when the white island volcano erupted to relieve the pressure on new zealand hospitals burns units have been operating at full capacity with surgeons working nonstop since mondays tragedy trying to save the lives of dozens of people the nature of the sport for the cats isnt in the rough so. This is this is going to read and sewage treatment. Is the usual kinds. Its all of the survivors have to at least one 3rd of their bodies surgeons here at the National Brand center and hospitals around the zealand have called in for skin donations from the us and australia theyre calling it an unprecedented medical emergency for new zealand days after the eruption a Recovery Mission to retrieve the bodies still on the island is set to begin they will go on to the island. And i will make every effort to recover all of the bodies from the island and return them to the wanting to. And from the we will move those bodies back to the mine mind. I have to in the size that the risk has not gone the risk remains present authorities had been cautious due to the dangerous cocktail of gases on the island and a warning from seismologists of the likelihood of another eruption this is the most like to the fuck are you white on him has been since 2016 and probably going back to quite a few years as well so it is really a high level of unrest that is working mark in men lost his brother in the disaster hes been calling for recovery crews to get to the island and is unhappy at the delays its not frustration i can get on its more frustration that they havent gone to the on this dentist president in his get out there. And make them go on. Red tape ruckus the leadership has filed hes just one of many waiting for the bodies of their loved ones to be returned home. Just to washington aljazeera auckland new zealand and more on that story and Everything Else that we have been covering on our website the address al jazeera dot com. Barbara starr in london these are the top stories on aljazeera the u. S. House Judiciary Committee has begun its final debate a lot of calls of impeachment against President Donald Trump the Democratic Partys leading efforts to formally charged with abuse of power and obstruction of call us House Speaker nancy pelosi says the Democratic Party is not chasing votes on the issue leaving it to members to make up their own minds. I have no message to them we are not within this legislation nor do we ever with Something Like this people have to come to their own conclusions theyve seen the facts as presented at the intel and Intelligence Committee theyve seen the constitutionality of they know where they take an oath to protect and defend they see the constitutional expert speak about it theyll make their own decisions i dont think anything. The argentinian government has granted the former bolivian president evo morales Refugee Status what alice has been in mexico since last month when he resigned and left will leave you because of unrest caused by the results of a disputed election argentina president the better to fit in and theres this is what alice was the victim of a coup. Indian Security Forces have shot and killed at least a sri protesters in the Northeastern State of assam thousands of people there are protesting against a bill that will allow citizenship to persecuted minorities from pakistan bangladesh and afghanistan except to muslims people in assam dont want bengali hindus even indian citizenship. Polls have closed the area in an election thats been described as a sham by protesters for 10 months the country has been in political turmoil with large demonstrations of the resignation of long term president kabila as these beautifully but protesters say this election is still not free and fair because all 5 president ial candidates are too close to the old regime. And there are still 2 and a half hours before polls close in the u. K. Its been an election dominated by the bricks of the bait and has been described as the most important vote in a generation will of course bring you those results here in aljazeera as the coming those other top stories stay with us this stream is the next looking at cullen ery colonialism and asking who owns the rights on taste back in half an hour with more news hope youll join me then like. Ok im really could be and youre in the stream today is cold mary hullo kneels im appearing in the last of us there is a shows on the legacy of colonialism will to decide yes this cuisine concept and ask our panel close the right tents and since everybody eats anyone can join the conversation tweet us at e. J. Stream or leave a comment on our live chat and you too can be in the stream ringback. I am share of course and dress and you are in the street. 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