A controversial citizenship law spread. Colombians demonstrate against the law change they say only benefits the rich. And cross manufacturer boeing is suspending production of what was its best selling plane the 737 max it was grounded worldwide in march off the 2 fatal crashes 5 months apart the grounding has already cost the company 9000000000. 00 john hendren reports from boeings headquarters in chicago. After slowing production of its most lucrative plane boeing is now hitting the brakes the aircraft maker says it is temporarily halting production of its controversial 737 max aircraft following crashes in indonesia and ethiopia killing 346 people the model was grounded worldwide now with that flight been sent to last well into 2020 boeings rear freeze on production is expected to ripple across the Global Economy suspending production of a commercial aircraft. Is something that has been very rarely done it truly is an unprecedented decision and it is one that has massive impact to boeing and its suppliers and the airlines the airlines that have maxed jets on order are eager to get them the ones that have them in their fleets are eager to get them flying again the company says there will be no layoffs among the 12000. 00 workers at its renton washington plant but the decision could affect workers at the 600 companies that are part of the 737 max supply chain the impact of the announcement is so great that boeings woes could expand the u. S. Trade deficit with other nations what makes this such a huge economic decision for boeing and for the Global Economy is that boeing is the largest manufacturing exports in the u. S. And its also the largest component of the Dow Jones Industrial average boeing says it has fixed the planes problems through Software Upgrades in Pilot Training but with each delay the future of Company PresidentDennis Mulan Berry has come increasingly under question weve been challenged and changed by these accidents weve made mistakes and weve learned and we are still learning and were improving in april boeing cut production of the 737. 00 max from 52. 00 a month to 42. 00 is that production line grinds to a halt boeing customers passengers shareholders and suppliers are all left to wonder when it will finally start up again john hendren chicago all of them again as a Deputy Assistant secretary of transportation on the us president bill clinton he says boeing is likely to bounce back from its losses. I think competition bare bones theyre looking pretty good because they already did the design right in the 1st place and got maneuverability ok i think boeing has to do a little bit of catch up boeing is a fine company its a fine company its had the boeing 737. Aircraft on market for a long long time and has a lot of branca predicate credibility but this was a mistake and i think boeing right now is coming to that coming to that terms of decision and as well as the f. A. A. Chief and i think also we had the fox watching the chicken coop and so we werent always keeping our belt buckles and suspenders tight on safety and thats why we basically are looking both at f. A. A. Employees right now to get that all together well boeing is going to pay about its paying about 50000000. 00 to the claims right now and theres going to be some more but i think basically the airliners are right now moving their schedules to account for this they are already shifting their schedules to not include the boeing 737. 00 max because they cant predict when its going to get to the market but when boeing comes back with its clean sheet design im pretty sure the airline is going to be right back on because there is a there is still a strong trust or boeing as a brand in the market. The top democrat in the u. S. Senate is accusing president dog from provoke a striking a cover up Chuck Schumer has called for current and former white house aides to testify a trumps impeachment trial but the white house is discouraging them from giving evidence can but. Lets try to have a civil conversation ok passionate debate for and against us President Donald Trump and whether he should be removed from office its an issue dividing americans on full display is this democratic congresswoman in michigan attempted to explain why she supports impeachment i hope that even if people dont agree with my decision they see that i based my decision on my personal integrity and that is the most that i can do to show people that i share them even if we dont agree but even before the Impeachment Vote is cast in the u. S. House which is expected this week the debate over the senate trial is underway that trial would decide whether trump should be removed from office trump is pushing for a full hearing to clear his name one that would include witnesses and testimony he believes could hurt his democratic rivals now democrats have announced they want their own witnesses to testify including trumps acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney and former National Security advisor john bolton to cover up his efforts the white house discouraged both you not to cooperate with the house in corrie even though both men could shed light on trumps motivations for withholding military aid to ukraine the basis for the impeachment investigation these people know better than anybody else the facts there is no reason on gods green earth why they shouldnt be called and testify unless youre afraid of what they might say trump has repeatedly claimed no wrongdoing. When he asked ukraines president to do him a favor and investigate the son of his political rival joe biden on allegations of corruption transpersonal attorney Rudolph Giuliani fresh from a trip to ukraine has threatened to expose corruption and bribery on the part of members of the white house under u. S. President barack obama but when asked for specifics trump said he knew very little of what giuliani was up to hes a great person who loves our country and he does this out of love believe me he does it out of love he sees what goes on its an attempt to discredit the proceedings as well offering no evidence to dispute the case against him signaling President Trump is gearing up for a fight with trademark defiance kimberly held at al jazeera the white house indias Prime Minister is calling for calm off the 5 days of violent protests against a new law it offers citizenship to persecuted minorities from neighboring countries but excludes muslims the protests show no signs of dying down instead theyve spread to University Campuses nationwide reports. The wave of anger is growing across india over the citizenship law. Here students said Jamia Millia Islamia university in new delhi are also angry at the police response. Security forces stormed their campus on sunday and beat up protesters were 100 students were injured images of Police Beating students has spread across the country and inspired protests on other campuses. A lot of police men get into a gate and destructive brutally beating more of the students who was there before this they get they wouldnt like birthday boys and girls everyone was beaten the controversial law fast track citizenship to minorities from 3 neighboring countries hindus sikhs buddhists jains parsis and christians but not muslims indias opposition says its discriminatory towards the countrys 200000000. 00 muslims and goes against the secular constitution. Pressure is mounting on the Prime Minister to reduce tensions theres been widespread protests since the law was passed last wednesday one which the u. N. Human Rights Office has called fundamentally discriminatory in nature what people seem as specially after the crackdown that happened i dont remember yes. And then followed by a good Muslim University yesterday ill be seeing that bit in the uk by bringing 2 of the unit with be all over india seeing you know i had a call to do in mumbai in the uk know. Some of both were both being very symbolic to me why some of those without being very you know showing signs of why didnt the been there been instances of stone throwing of describing the demonstrations as unfortunate and deeply distressing Prime MinisterNarendra Modi assured citizens that the act does not affect them and is intended for those who face years of persecution and have no other place to go also calling for peace unity and brotherhood. To protest on monday were any indication people are finding unity in opposing the new law many see it as part of the hindu 1st agenda of modis party the b j p n or chapell aljazeera. Thousands of colombians have turned down to bogota to protest against tax reforms demonstrators say the measures being debated in congress should be scrapped because the. Businesses. He has the latest from the rally in bogota. A few 1000 people here in the capital protesting against the president. And his government once again as part of the ongoing. Strike that started now almost a month ago on november 21st the crowds are smaller than what we see in past weeks but the people who are out say they remain motivated to keep putting pressure on president. Poverty and social problems are huge in this country and we need to be hurt and will continue until we are hammered in this case the demonstrations are focusing on the ongoing discussions on tax reform thats being debated same side of congress and that is expected to pass at some point this week that will depend on a couple of a center right parties that are still undecided on what theyre going to do with opposition parties that come out of congress to participate in the protests with the people that know that this is a reform for the rich for the multinationals and the bankers the government is giving away billions taking it from below and look last it has to be stopped as we enter the Holiday Season here Christmas Eve the largest Holiday Season in the country is likely that these demonstrations will end the rallies that. Will be suspended for for a time however the leaders of the strike say that they are ready to meet again and january and. Demonstrations broke into putting pressure on the government. More strikes are expected in france on tuesdays thousands vent their anger about changes to the Pension System the government wants people to work 2 years longer and is also proposing an end to special privileges for some employees the strike began earlier this month and includes workers from the transport sector schools and hospitals president emanuel says the Current System is unfair and too expensive. Still ahead on aljazeera why try to rush or a calling for an end to some u. N. Sanctions on north korea and where in burundi as it changes its Political Capital critics say its to help the ruling party ahead of elections. Had those same fair few shadows and some snow across areas of the middle east in the last week or 2 and there is certainly on the way plenty of clouds give you an idea where the rain is going to be as we had to choose and house pretty heavy at times working its way southwards 3 much of iran and also working its way through eastern sections of iraq the snows these hot elevations a cool day tuesday just 8 celsius but pretty warm into beirut and some nice kid skies here for the next couple of days tuesday and wednesday by wednesday that rain working its way further east with but still they just plaguing that south coast of iran and pushing into more eastern areas 11 celsius in kabul under those cloudy skies now that rain working its way through southern iran is also going to have an impact as can see here through the gulf states around the middle east that rain will work its way for the south as we go through tuesday on into wednesday but its very fast moving but we could just still see one to 2 shows a wednesday and sunday feeling cooler just 17 in riyadh and 21 celsius in doha and also a few shots likely into southern areas of africa temperatures still high in the south 23 in capetown and a very warm day and 28 degrees celsius warming up still on wednesday before the showers head in a cloud today with a high of 20. Counting the cost of i. M. F. Loan tax cuts for big business is at the stairs if the boys just a profile. Call the street. Speak to the Vice President of ecuador. Cash crunch the competition lining up to take netflix is. Counting the cost on aljazeera. Getting liberated as a journalist from. Getting to the truth. Thats what this job. Youre watching aljazeera time to recap our headlines now boeing is temporarily suspending production of its best selling 737 max aircraft next month the plane was grounded worldwide in march that was after 2 fatal crashes 5 months apart killed 346 people. The top democrat in the u. S. Senate is accused president of orchestrating a cover up Chuck Schumer wants current and former white house aides to testify trumps impeachment trial the white house is discouraging them from giving evidence indias Prime MinisterNarendra Modi has called for calm after 5 days of violent protests against a controversial new citizenship law thousands of students joined the demonstrations as anger spreads across the country. Thousands of gambians have been rallying against president obama barrow urging him to step down at the end of this year he promised to leave office after 3 years as part of a deal to form a Coalition Government but he since said he would govern for 2 more because hog has more from bangor. They shout in the local language it means its time time for president adam a barrow to leave. Power. Says he broke a promise he made to the people of gambia who brought him to power 3 years ago so we are protesting because our president had entered into an agreement with the government in 2016 that he would serve a Transitional Government for 3 years thereafter he would hold a president ial election. In which it would not be a participant and where but imagine as the winner of that election he would graciously hand over to that person. Instead barry says he wants to stay in power and complete his mandate until 2021 saying hes respecting the constitution but in 2016 with most political leaders in jail the opposition rallied behind president barrow then a political outsider they had protested under the slogan gambia has decided when long time president john we refused to concede defeat during that years president ial elections. Barrett told al jazeera at the time he would respect the will of the people and only lead the country through its transition to democracy organizing elections in which he would not take part brunton us president stressed part of the Political Parties and other businessmen. Put their trust before him to. Lead to leave the city. On this work. But his Political Party has now stopped backing him because he has surrounded himself with allies to ya john me his foreign and finance minister as well as police chief are now part of perilous cabinet a protest like this would simply not take place under john they people would be too afraid to take to the streets and demonstrate against a head of state and so while there is more Political Freedom under adam barrow the change that he had promised and the reform in the security economic and social sector is too slow to come to the summit of water its just too high prices and commodity people cant afford it. Down there was a bit of that went to. The. Protesters handed a petition to a government spokesman setting an ultimatum for barrett to leave power next month as he promised to do so 3 years ago this is an unprecedented show of force since the nations return to democracy and a reminder to its political leaders that its the people not politicians who are in charge of the gamblers future Nicholas Hawke aljazeera jewel. Consultations to pick lebanons next Prime Minister. President michel aoun was supposed to meet Political Parties on monday but talks were perspire after major christian parties refused to support the only can a Prime Minister. So to hold it has more from beirut minutes before the constitutional process to form a new government was set to start lebanons presidency postponed consultations until thursday politicians were to name their choice of Prime Minister and saddle had a caretaker Prime Minister was supposed to be renamed but he requested the men to avoid in his words violating the constitution and preserving unity among the nation sects. It seems the christian participation or vote is the reason why it was delayed the liberties forces party is refusing to name a Prime Minister from the Political Class and the other main Christian Party the free Political Movement is refusing to name this is the real problem lebanons leaders who share power based on a sectarian political system are deeply divided how d. D. Says he wants to have a Government Free from the influence of Political Parties his rivals led by the iranian backed hezbollah who are part of the governing alliance and hold the majority in Parliament Say they wont give up power the compromise is hard to teach because every party is sticking to its position and name the ruling. Didnt budge for one single inch. The Prime Minister resigned but since then they are trying to reproduce the same the same system a change in leadership is what antiestablishment protesters have been demanding for 2 months but the largely peaceful uprising against those who have ruled lebanon for 30 years has turned violent in recent days confrontations between armed protesters and Security Forces is raising fear. About stability and security political deadlock is not rare in lebanon but there is an urgent need to form a government the country is in turmoil the ruling class is bargaining over power while workers are losing their Jobs Companies are closing the local currency is losing its value and people do not have access to their money and banks the economy is on the brink of collapse but Even InternationalFinancial Assistance is being conditioned to the formation of a government that meets the aspirations of the lebanese people and now the United Nations is warning the political impasse create Fertile Ground for provocation and political manipulation that could lead to more violence. Beirut. The deadline for iraqs president to nominate a new Prime Minister has also been extended until 1st day i would have been made the step down from the post last month after weeks of violent protests in which more than 400 people were killed but the demonstrations have continued people say they want a complete overhaul of the political system theyre angry about widespread corruption high unemployment and Poor Public Services china and russia are calling for an end to some of the sanctions on north korea theyve proposed a draft u. N. Security Council Resolution which would see some of these lifted to quote enhance the livelihood of the civilian population but the u. S. Says now is not the time to consider lifting sanctions kristen salumi is at the United Nations in new york she says the repos all comes at a time of growing concern over north korea. What the chinese and the russians are proposing is a wide rollback of sanctions against north korea sanctions that were imposed to try to stop it from developing a Nuclear Weapon and they start with issues that they say are humanitarian in nature related to peoples livelihoods things like the export of textiles or seafood but they would also consider lifting sanctions on heavy equipment and Construction Equipment where it has to do with into korean road and Construction Projects some relief that north korea has been looking for from sanctions to develop its economy which has been so hurt by these sanctions as its punished for developing Nuclear Weapons now the problem is that the chinese and the russians are making this proposal at a time when there is such growing concern in the International Community about north korea and its increasingly threatening and provocative statements ahead of a selfimposed deadline of the end of the year kim jong un the leader of north korea has made for coming to an agreement with the United States over its Nuclear Program weve seen korean officials warning of a christmas surprise weve seen Ballistic Missile testing so much so that members of the Security Council got together last week and criticized north korea for taking this step so even as they are ratcheting up the rhetoric in the threatening undertones to what theyre saying we have china and russia proposing a rollback of sanctions the u. S. Has imposed sanctions on to south sudanese officials who are creating conflicts in the country the Treasury Department targeted the minister of Cabinet Affairs and the minister of defense and veteran affairs it says theyve been blacklisted for perpetuating the crisis by obstructing peace here but morgan is in khartoum in neighboring sudan she says the humanitarian situation is critical. The sanctions by the United States on to south sudanese officials comes just 6 days after the United States sanctioned 5 other south sudanese accusing them of Human Rights Violations and committing atrocities now the 2 new people to be added to the list Cabinet Affairs minister martin morrow who the United States accuse of recruiting local militias to fight in south sudans conflicts the other person to be sanctioned is defense minister called my young jew who the United States accuse of not implementing the security arrangements from the government side asked for Peace Agreements signed between south sudans government and various other groups here in the sudanese capital how to more than a year ago now ask for that peace deal there should be a certain amount of government soldiers and Opposition Armed opposition soldiers in the capital and various other states before the return of the Opposition Leader rick machar to form a Transitional Government now that deadline passed the initial deadline for the formation of a Transitional Government was may that was extended to november and then again to february by all sides after the sides agreed that many issues are to be implemented now the sanctions come as written my char the Opposition Leader and south sudans president salva kiir are meeting in juba to try to discuss ways forward to try to implement the parts of the Peace Agreement that need to be implemented before a Transitional Government is formed all this comes as millions of south sudanese continue to feel the impact of the conflicts more than a 3rd of south sudans 12000000 population have been displaced and more than half of them are in dire need of humanitarian assistance and the World Food Program came out just a couple of days ago and said that the country is at risk of famine if no military assistance is given to millions so many people in south sudan continue to wait for peace to come so that they can feel political humanitarian and economic stability. Dozens of buildings are feared damaged or destroyed in a huge brush fire northwest of Sydney Australia firefighters worked through the night on monday to try to contain the gaspers mountain blaze which is almost 400000. 00 hectares in size its one of dozens of bush fires burning across New South Wales firefighters are struggling to contain them because of hot dry and windy conditions. He has a new Political Capital which is out and is in government says its Central Location will make it easier for people to Access Services but critics argue the move is not economically viable may be politically motivated Catherine Sawyer reports from the new capital city this is bill rooneys new Political Capital the tega is in the middle of the country and was once a capital of the brewery and more nikki until the kingdom was abolished in 1966 the reason moved became official at the beginning of the year president period currencies are hold some of his meetings here the senate and some government offices have relocated it will take a least 3 years before the move is complete. New funding the project is the last feast 1st an idea is born we are paying for our own election so im sure our money will be found to be the infrastructure of the capital. Some critics suggest the decision to move the capital from bujumbura which remains the countrys commercial center could be linked to its seen as a stronghold of the opposition i generally lection is scheduled for next year and people still remember riots in the streets. Because of a disputed pauline 20152 was a decision taken while even there is no more. Premisses for the offices to be there to be able to be located there i think to me even be likely top end in. Nigeria some decades ago they decided to put it. We shift from lagos to a from dallas to the drama queens in tanzania. Dory political city is remaining in that its. Those who live in expect big changes it heading home to less than 1000000 people both we talked to say they hope there will a patient of the capital will benefit them quickly good job better houses Running Water and so one economy its going to take a while to realize the expectation. These traders believes if more people move to get tega the more money shall make them that they are not that it would be good to get people to help us to build our businesses are already making more sales than before because its in a Central Location strategy say mob rule indians would be able to Access Government Services easily but implementing this ambitious plan that could cost billions of dollars in a country with limited resources and so many priorities is likely to be a difficult task catherine aljazeera. Lets take you through some of the headlines here on aljazeera now boeing is suspending production of its best selling 737 max aircraft next month the plane was grounded worldwide in march it followed 2 fatal crashes within 5 months which left 346. 00 people dead the decision comes after the federal Aviation Authority said it would not approve the planes return to service before 2020 john hendren has more from chicago. After 2 days of board meetings the company made a momentous decision that will reverberate throughout the u. S. And global economies and it will affect suppliers and airlines around the world the company decided it will temporarily stop production of the boeing 737 max plane thats because its been waiting and waiting since last spring for regulators to approve it it has also been forced to make a number of changes to software and other things that are expected to have contributed to those crashes the top democrat in the u. S. Senate is accusing the u. S. President of orchestrating a cover up Chuck Schumer is calling for current and former white house aides to testify at Donald Trumps impeachment trial the white house is refusing to take part in the proceedings indias Prime Minister is calling for calm after 5 days of violent protests against the new law it offers citizenship to persecuted minorities from neighboring countries but excludes muslims the protests have spread to University Campuses. Thousands of colombians have turned out in bogota to protest against tax reform demonstrators say the measures only benefit the rich and businesses. More strikes are expected in france on tuesday as thousands vent their anger over changes to the Pension System the government wants people to work 2 years more and is also proposing an end to special privileges for some employees. China and russia are calling for an end to some un sanctions on north korea theyve proposed a draft security Council Resolution which would see some penalties lifted the headlines the news continues off the counting the cost. The scum of the world of aljazeera. Best films from across our network of channels and the boys into good citizenship fresh perspectives and new insights to challenge and change the way we look at the world. Aljazeera. On aljazeera. Hello im Adrian Finnigan this is counting the cost on aljazeera a weekly look at the world of business and economics this week an i. M. F. Loan tax cuts for big business and a sterile city for the poorest the perfect cocktail the street protests we speak to the Vice President of resource rich with all the cash crunch in kenya east africas largest economy cant pay its bills well it need to ask the i. M. F. 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