To safety and years of work up in flames were counting the Economic Cost of australia president bush 56. So its official the u. S. House of representatives has delivered the articles of impeachment against donald trump to the Senate Making him the 3rd leader to face such proceedings in American History this was after a vote in the democrat controlled house with 7 members were also assigned as managers of the trial i was your caster as a report from capitol hill. Inside the locus are the articles of impeachment documents accusing President Donald Trump of abusing his power in obstructing congress the 7 newly ordained impeachment prosecutors follow democratic members of the house who will argue that trump should be removed from office as president is not above the law he will be held accountable he has been held accountable he has been a huge the senates reception of the articles marks the beginning of the trial phase of crumbs impeachment the 100. 00 u. S. Senators will soon be sworn in as jurors with arguments to Begin Next Week republicans hold the majority in the senate and their leader Mitch Mcconnell has voiced strong opposition to the impeachment if the senate blesses this unprecedented and diverse house process by agreeing to complete case at a subjective basis or enough to impeach a president. We will almost guarantee the impeachment of every future president of either party or the house like that bird trump is only the 3rd president in u. S. History to be impeached he denies the allegations that he withheld u. S. Security aid to ukraine in order to pressure ukraines president Volodymyr Zelinsky to announce an investigation into joe biden new evidence continues to emerge in the case on tuesday impeachment investigators released Text Messages and notes from an associate of trumps private attorney Rudy Giuliani get the lewinsky to announce that the biden case will be investigated wrote the associate who had been dispatched to ukraine and in a letter addressed to the president of ukraine giuliani says he is acting with trumps knowledge and consent witnesses may tell the truth and witnesses may not tell the truth documents joe generally like whether the new documents or potential new witnesses will play a role in trumps trial is an open question the president s defenders say no the polling shows the majority of americans think the senators should hear new evidence in order to have a fair trial the senate is on trial as well as the president does the senate conduct the trial according to the constitution to vindicate the republic or does the senate participate in the president s crimes by covering them up at least 4 republican senators would need to agree to open the trial to new witnesses thats possible but the odds for conviction and remove all are much steeper support from 20 Senate Republicans will be required to make that happen but a historic trial of a president is now guaranteed heidi joe castro aljazeera washington. Some reaction now from alan baron whos a former special impeachment counsel to the house of representatives he told us this trial is more of a political than a legal matter i would expect that the democrats in their Opening Statements will allude to all this evidence that they has recently come up in the last 24 to 48 hours about mr giuliani about documents that suggest that the president knew exactly what was involved with regard to getting a concession from the president of ukraine with regard to investigating the bidens this is a political process if we if it were purely constitutional law might be a good idea to have all the major constitutional scholars participating in this this is the this is both political and legal but primarily political and for the president to say in effect you are not you the president of ukraine youre not going to get this money unless you do a favor for me that benefits me personally politically i mean that in a nutshell is what went on here to my mind that is far more serious than anything involving bill clinton with his. In getting involved with that in turn in a sexual liaison i mean were talking about an ally in a hot war and the president is playing games with getting them the aid they desperately need so that he can get some political gain out of it. This is not this is very serious stuff and if the president is not impeached and removed because of it well its just shows how political this is. But as the latest stage of the trump impeachment was unfolding the u. S. And china signed the 1st phase of a new trade deal which will see china buy more American Goods china is committed to buying an additional 2 100000000000. 00 worth of u. S. Goods and services by the u. 2021 and its also expected to remove some of the tariffs placed on u. S. Products the agreement does however keep in place american tariffs on 3 160000000000. 00 worth of chinese goods until further negotiations donald trump says the agreement delivers Economic Justice for the United States together were righting the wrongs of the past and delivering a future of Economic Justice and security for American Workers farmers and families i want to thank president xi who is watching as we speak can be going over to china in the not too distant future our negotiations were tough honest open and respectful leading us to this really incredible breakthrough most people thought this could never happen should have happened 25 years ago by the way but thats ok well the worlds 2 largest economies have been locked in their trade battle thats lasted 18 months now the u. S. President long accused china of unfair trading practices of intellectual property theft china believes the u. S. Is trying to curb its rise as a Global Economic power so far the u. S. Has impose tariffs more than 360000000000. 00 worth of chinese goods china retaliated itself with tariffs on more than 110000000000. 00 of u. S. Products so lets start with katrina youre in beijing whats the reaction there. Well weve seen from Chinese State media that there are a lot of headlines about how positive this deal is for china that this is a breakthrough for china that everything that was agreed on really benefits the chinese economies so things that were promised like until a proper see the clause about intellectual property saying that this is the direction china really wanted to go in and that all these purchases will be in line with chinas needs and it will be good alternately chinas Food Security so thats the official line that were seeing out of beijing but at the same time i think theres also a big recognition that this deal is a better deal for the u. S. Than it is for china i think analysts have told us that this is a big compromise on chinas parts and we see more and more posts now from chinese social media on way before of people who are actually. Written responses ranging from disappointed to irate really saying that this is a clear win for the u. S. This is a clear back down from china some even using language as strong as saying that this is not a deal that this is more a sanction so there is this true 100000000000. 00 this is unprecedented ramping up of a promise of purchases from the u. S. And it is seen and its acknowledges as quite a compromise that china will have to do quite a lot of shuffling to make this happen if it is indeed even possible without china affecting its domestic supplies domestic farmers as well as any deals that has with other trading partners in south america trading partners in europe so theres a bit of confusion although Chinese State media are trying to sell this as a positive thing what remains to be seen is how when these chinese negotiators come back home how they will sell this to the chinese public as a when i think the main point here for the Chinese Government is that this may not be a huge thing to celebrate but this is a pause thats much needed and important year for the Chinese Government imported year important year for the chinese economy the trying to eradicate poverty theyre trying to address the slowing economy so this really is positive in the sense that its buying time but the deal itself is not something a by any means to be celebrated here in china thank you katrina you in beijing warns of another volcanic eruption in the philippines of prompt of sounds and more people to leave their homes Evacuation Centers across the province are almost full now with access limited but drone footage does show one near the tall volcano. Absolutely devastated by the ash fall several buildings have also collapsed under the weight about 54000. 00 people are in Evacuation Centers across the province of but tungsten that is what millan token is shes at the something to mass city bring us up to date jamila. Yes so we are in one of the main evacuation sites here in santa must but this is a university a Public University which is now full to the brim weve spoken to the site manager and she says there is almost 3000 evacuees here now the evacuation started as early as late sunday afternoon evacuations from several several of residents from several towns remain relentless at this point they say what they had to do was to move other evacuees to different sites so far there is still no major concern when it comes to health and food supply were seeing a lot of donations coming in from civilians from different organisations who are coming in with food medicine blankets clothes really much needed emergency kits needed by evacuees and residents here but they are concerned about the long term because it remains to be seen how long civilians will have to stay here it is important to remember that there are at least 100. 00 evacuation sites big or small across the provinces of but and they and everyone is on the stand still because the area the house bill came to itself is on the alert level 4 which means basically that the hazardous eruption is imminent within hours or days so this is a concern at this point so far everything is organized the main concern is supply health and exactly just how long can the government for example supply the much needed resources here and in different parts of but then thats just looking at some pictures of the ash that has fallen everywhere it seems would be a problem in and of itself not just through the eruption of the volcano but everything it leaves behind. Yes definitely i mean when the when the when the volcano erupted sunday afternoon when it spewed steam and lava the next morning even in manila the smell of sulfur was very president people woke up to the smell of 2 to 2 images of ash falling on their homes so you can just imagine what the situation was like here 3 hours away from manila well within the 14 kilometer 17 kilometer. Danger zone that the local government has described we have been traveling all across many parts of but and thats interviewed the province over the last few days and the smell of sulfur was very present the journey is very was very very difficult because when it doesnt rain when its hot its quite dusty and and its very hard to drive around because you cant really see very well now when it rains it gets very muddy and access becomes equally if not more difficult so thats for us journalists of can you imagine those who are trying to conduct rescue operations those who are trying to clear the roads to pave the way for these operations to continue and not to mention the incessant shamers and volcanic earthquakes that people feel here almost every hour the 1st night we felt at least 20 earthquakes overnight these are very very strong earthquakes and its causing fear and anxiety for so many people here not to mention a major security concern of shortage of 95 masks much needed mass to protect both women children civilians from the ass from getting into the respirations. Thank you for that update jimmy in santo tomas in the philippines. In the news ahead on aljazeera. The. Russian jets return to the skies above it may be in syria despite the cease fire agreement and its all changing russia will look at why the entire government resigned. Hello there we have still seen a few scattered thunderstorms some of them strong across more southern regions of the United States and you can stream east was over the last few hours but this was a scenario late monday into South Carolina this is the town of lawrence and just look at the damage that was done this was actually a small tornado that came through winds were confirmed to be around 145 kilometers an hour so as you can imagine it did some damage now the severity the storms of course they have been weakening but we still got the chance of a few more developing on thursday certainly coming out of texas heavy amounts of rain meanwhile is much clearer through much of the southeast pushing up into the northeast as well the snow still continuing to work its way into the west as i say this is all courtesy the recent storm the Pacific Northwest on the big winter storm of the season the rain is further to the south across into california that tends to die away by friday but on friday this rain pushing up to the north and this is when it makes that cold air so we are going to see the snow really beginning to develop particularly into the upper midwest and across the great lakes its a cold day friday minus to minneapolis minus 6 in toronto and also just a degree above freezing in new york and closer to the averages meanwhile across into the caribbean we go on a few scattered showers but dry and sunny in cancun with a high of 26 celsius. But. We live in a Digital World where even the remotest communities have access to mobile phones. But what can this Technology Bring to our nomadic existence my facts travels to the media and gives the Software Designer the ultimate challenge design an app to help the game the tried in their daily lives can be traded on. Life facts one for nomads on aljazeera. This is al jazeera and these are the top stories the u. S. House of representatives has delivered the articles of impeachment against donald trump to the senate as follows a vote in the democratic controlled house where 7 members were also assigned as managers of the trial. The u. S. And china have signed the 1st phase of a new trade deal an agreement that includes a promise from china to more than double purchases from American Farmers in the 1st year the u. S. Though says it will keep most of its tariffs in place until face to disagree. And sit near the tar volcano in the philippines have been devastated by ash for more than 60000 people now forced to leave their own this. Now russias Prime Minister has stepped down in a move seen as paving the way for president Vladimir Putin to hold on to power when his term ends in 2024 Dmitri Medvedev says his resignation will allow for putin to introduce sweeping changes to the constitution and a whole has more details. It was dramatic and entirely unexpected except the just hours before the resignation of russias Prime MinisterDmitry Medvedev and his entire government the president Vladimir Putin had called for government change. Move a little stood as hes give you the we is the government of the Russian Federation should provide the president of our country with the opportunity to make all necessary changes to the political system in the end you will live televised state of the nation address putin said that the constitution should be amended to allowed parliament to choose candidates for Prime Minister and the cabinet a power now enjoyed soley by the president and the president t. Said should in future serve a total maximum of 2 terms putin himself is currently serving his 4th the proposed changes would substantially limit the power of whoever succeeds putin as president after he steps down in 2024 as hes constitutionally bound to do supporters describe the movers deepening democracy empowering elected members of Parliament Critics however suggested office a concrete clue to russias hottest political question what happens after putin the answer some believe is more polluter says the main result of putins address tweeted kremlin critic alecks in of l. Me what kind of idiots and door crooks are all those who said that putin would leave in 2024 the only goal of putin and his regime is remaining leader for life taking ownership of an entire country and appropriating wealth to himself and his friends the russian president seeks to it continue to exert control or the russian of political sphere even after he leaves the official office of the president so as sasha more is intended to change the political structure of the russian government and sasha way esther which into possibly move to a different position from wish he will be able to do so but the mayor putin has said nothing of his intentions post presidency but he could be planning a repeat of these 2008 move to become Prime Minister or take on another senior role a weakened presidency might pave the way for russias longest serving leader since stalin take power with him when he goes down a whole aljazeera. Russian jets have resumed their bombing of adlib province syrias last remaining rebel held area that is despite a cease fire that was supposed to come into force on sunday these 19 people are reported to have been killed as a shepherd tanzan reports. The today bombing ended on wednesday as russian and syrian jets were reported to have attacked several rebel held in the Northwest Province of activist video showed true vehicles damaged buildings and casualties being treated a representative from the white helmet search and rescue group said civilians were among the casualties in city. In the afternoon he was targeted by sukhoi 23 jets they hit the Industrial Area and Alcohol Market most of those hurt have serious injuries. Al qaeda linked groups of the strongest forces in these areas but the u. N. Says some 3000000. 00 civilians remain here too under the cease fire brokered by turkey which supports the rebels and russia which supports the Syrian Government as strikes were to have ceased on sunday mostly says its been targeting rebels whove been attacking civilian government held areas in what was supposed to be a deescalation zone brokered in 20 also by turkey and russia the u. N. Says some 700000 people have been displaced and lived over the last 8 months turkey and russia are reported to have been negotiating the establishment of a secure zone in the region where those displaced can find safety during the winter in addition moscow has announced that safe corridors have already been established to allow residents of ad libbed to cross over into government held territory but its unclear yet as to how many have chosen to do so she ever time to see aljazeera. Irans president has warned european soldiers in the middle east may be in danger made those comments just a day after britain france and germany launched their dispute mechanism this is to do with the 250. 00 nuclear deal accusing iran of repeated violations on diplomatic into james bays as well from the United Nations. d at a time when large crowds of the rainy and supreme protesting in the streets the countrys president instead addressed his comments to the International Community has signed rouhani is a meeting of his cabinet dismissed recent suggestions from the u. K. Prime minister Boris Johnson that there should be a new deal with iran and said they should focus on the one already agreed in 2050. If you take the wrong step it will be to your detriment pick the right path the right path is to return to the nuclear deal there was this warning note to european nations saturn was on the call yaml is that a no minis. The american soldier is not secure today to moral maybe the european soldier will not be secure let us address the City Security for now the Iran Nuclear Deal signed with 5 world powers including the us in 2015 when the Obama Administration was in office is still in existence but its in trouble gradually in 5 stages the iranian side has stepped back from some of the restrictions imposed on the deal the most recent this year is to no longer comply with the restrictions on the levels of enrichment of uranium its carrying out a process that could be used to make a bomb weapons grade uranium is enrich to about 90 percent the response to this from the european side is to formally trigger the dispute mechanism set out in the deal one european diplomat has told me their country estimate is that iran is one to 2 years away from building a bomb im told the europeans have no plans at this stage to bring the issue back to the Un Security Council that has the power to trigger whats known as snap back reimposing all the International Sanctions against iran the dispute mechanism allows for further negotiations and would take many months iran watches those say the leadership in tehran is actually less interested in this timeline and focused instead on the u. S. Political calendar theyre looking to novembers president ial election with the hope they can wait trump out james bays aljazeera of the United Nations. A senior u. N. Official in lebanon has blamed the ruling elite for failing to tackle the economic collapse but reaganite had protests in the capital and straight has gathered in beirut for a 2nd night targeting lebanons Financial Institutions as part of a symbolic attack on the governments economic plans anger also remains a corruption and falling Living Standards then a quarter is in a region explains now why there has been so much anger directed towards the countrys banks. Running battles in the streets of the lebanese capital for the 2nd consecutive nights untied riot police using tear gas to Disperse Protesters who as you can see are out in the force and there is growing frustration is growing in lebanon on it is that although for some months until you stop. 7 people took to the street to the mound a change in leadership the countrys economy is in near collapse a close close to us here where our banks people vandalizing banks are destroying cash machines preventing very angry at the Banking Sector banks knows that feeling all capital controls prevent its own from accessing their deposits or savings there is a calculus the withdrawal of the proper the withdrawal of lebanese pounds tear gas has been used by iraq for the early years protesters were outside Police Barracks and they say you say. Ok you have to begin to speak to the. Street so very very sad of the country without a subject this is a political vacuum and the end of october a people are going on there will tell you it. That of. And this is what what the politicians have been doing is triggering amongst themselves. Overseas in front of the United Nations was warning that the situation is quote dangerous dangerous chaos in lebanon and blaming really the politicians for a failing financial system. Bushfires continue to burn across parts of australia and the prolonged emergency is taking a huge economic toll on the country as well the fires have slashed around 3 and a half 1000000000. 00 from the economy jessica washington reports and one of the areas worst hit this bushfire season the blue mountains. Its summer in a stray and this orchard would usually draw hundreds of visit has become to pick their own fruit this is just one of many Small Businesses devastated by the bush is almost old apple trees were destroyed by flames the trees were uninsured and it cost the family about 1000000. 00 to replant them and repair the damage my parents had in the business for 35. 00 yes and yes it takes a bit of a tall. Much. The 1st. Many farms around australia had already been suffering through the relentless drought and this bushfire season has just made this situation so much worse but the Financial Impact of this Natural Disaster wont just be felt on farms it will be felt around the country. This is a. Bushfire emergency began months. And. The most severely affected areas only account for about one percent of the economy but the disaster is having a global impact. Of tourism coming into this country people are already canceling and whether theres a cost associated with the. Nation analysts have downgraded forecasts one of his biggest banks westpac estimates it could slash half a percent from Economic Growth already there are around 1000000000. 00 worth of insurance claims and the government has committed around one and a half 1000000000. 00 to rebuilding infrastructure but it says they could be more money if its needed Scientists Say the bushfire season has been exacerbated by Climate Change and thats put a strain leaders under more pressure to raise targets to reduce Carbon Emissions but coal is one of the. Biggest exports and Prime MinisterScott Morrison has said although policies could be involved he wont engage in what he called reckless job destroying targets the government has indicated there may be a formal inquiry into the fires including any role Climate Change may have had in sparking one of australias most expensive Natural Disasters ever just in washington aljazeera built in australia on. Top of the hour on aljazeera and these are the headlines the us house of representatives has delivered the articles of impeachment against donald trump say the senate follows a vote in the democrat controlled house with 7 members have also been assigned as managers of the trial castro explains now what happens next. We are going to see the other half of this impeachment process play out which is the upcoming trial of President Trump now that is a guaranteed process that will happen the 1st thing well see will be tomorrow when these articles are read aloud it before the Senate Chambers by those the managers of impeachment those who will be prosecuting the case followed by this wearing in chief Justice John Roberts of the u. S. Supreme court who will preside over this impeachment trial of President Trump. Has loaded stage of the trump impeachment was unfolding the u. S. And china signed the 1st phase of the new trade deal chinas committed to buying an additional 200000000000. 00 worth of u. S. Goods and services by 2021 however american tariffs on 360000000000. 00 worth of chinese goods will remain in place until further negotiations towns near to the tar volcano in the philippines have been devastated by ash fall more than 60000 people have been forced to leave their homes and Evacuation Centers across the batangas province a nearly full. Russian jet to resume bombing in a province syrias last remaining rebel held area the 1st attacks since the beginning of a ceasefire brokered with turkey several towns have been targeted and at least 19 people are reported to been killed the Syrian Government launched an offensive last year to retake the province hundreds of thousands of people have since fled the fighting. Russias Prime MinisterDmitry Medvedev and his entire government have resigned he says it will allow president Vladimir Putin to introduce changes to the constitution critics though just say putin is trying to hold on to power past his term limit which in 2024. With the headlines here on aljazeera the latest edition of the bottom line with Steve Clemons is next. Trade tensions could cut Global Economy. Growth fund the 1. 8 percent we bring you the stories and developments that have led to changing the world we are living to what extent will china be a drag on the Global Economy in 2020 counting the cost on aljazeera hi im Steve Clemons and i have a question President Trump wants to reduce the american presence in the middle east and replace it with nato how would that work lets get to the bottom line. Last week during his selfcongratulatory speech after the assassination of iranian general qassam sali monny President Trump made a vague request today i am going to ask nato to become much more involved in the middle east process over the last 3 years under my leadership our economy is stronger than ever before americas achieved Energy Independence these historic accomplishment shades our Strategic Priorities but what does that mean the North Atlantic Treaty Organization was established by western countries more than 70 years ago to