The finish line in sight all the details coming up later. Though we begin in washington where the u. S. Senate has launched formal proceedings for the impeachment trial of President Donald TrumpHouse Democrats read the formal charges triggering the Legal Process in the last few hours the chief justice of the u. S. Supreme Court John Roberts was sworn in as the presiding judge along with 99. 00 senators they would act as jurors during the proceedings the trial which donald trump has denounced as a cone job by the democrats will start on tuesday President Trump is accused of freezing aid to pressure ukraine to investigate a political rival. Donald j. Trump has abused the powers of the presidency in that using the powers of his high office President Trump solicited the interference of a Foreign Government ukraine in the 2020 United States president ial election he did so through a scheme or course of conduct that included soliciting the government of ukraine to publicly announce investigations that would benefit his reelection harm the election prospects of a political opponent and influence the 2020 United States president ial election to his advantage how does your question is live from capitol hill in washington d. C. Idea what happens now. Ilorin so the full senate has just issued a summons to the white house which seeks the president s response to these accusations against him these and pietschmann articles accusing him of abusing his power and of obstructing congress and the way that the Top Republican in the Senate Mitch Mcconnell has laid out what well see over the next few days is that on monday that is the deadline for the white house to deliver its answer in a legal brief basically a written defense of the president in the meantime the house of representatives which of course is the body that issued these articles acting in its prosecutor overall must also write its own race play now the evidence in support of impeaching and removing the president from office that all of that will be laid out to the public on tuesday in the afternoon when the full Senate Reconvenes to officially kick off the opening arguments in this impeachment trial will expect at that point to hear these arguments spoken over a matter of days perhaps 3 days each for each of the sides thats how it played out in the last impeachment of president bill clinton after that then we could see a swift conclusion to the trial the republican majority in the senate may vote to immediately decide the president s guilt or innocence at that point or under the law being the democratic members they may decide to open the trial its more witnesses if that happens that introduces a whole new wild card to this impeachment trial there are members of Trumps Administration who were very close to the president during the period thats in question here who have not yet spoken to investigators and at least one of them has said he has information to share and hes willing to share it and heidi has president. Didnt he just say she is the formal proceedings which it. Sure he was actually at a ceremony that was unrelated at the white house just minutes ago and he decried it whats happened he said that hes been hard at work over the last few days helping Congress Pass what really should be in his eyes historic trade deals one with china and then one among north american countries today and he says its a sham that those deals are not getting the Media Attention but rather this trial which he again said was a hoax. But im going to go through a hoax a coach put out by the democrats so they can try and win an election that hopefully theyre not going away it was put out for the purposes of winning an election our country is still a great country is never gotten better so that should be the only thing they can do they failed at the whole report that was a after 2 and a half years they failed that they said what could we do when they pick up a phone call that was perfect but they didnt know it was perfect they only said that later. Now the president himself is not expected to make an appearance during his impeachment trial rather his defense will be conducted by his attorneys reporters during that media event asked the president to what he plans on doing the next few days he still plans on going to davos he said and if this trial extends into february he plans to deliver the state of the union so all indications are that the president s plan proceeding forward is to conduct business as usual and try to frame this hes been trial as a mere partisan distraction why did you thank you very much indeed. Donate to Donald Trumps lawyer claims the president knew exactly what was going on with efforts to pressure ukraine into investigating former Vice President joe biden and his son a White House Correspondent community how could has more on that from washington. If you really like the explosive allegations came from this man lev parness he says he was an associate of donald trump and worked in ukraine with the president s personal attorney Rudolph Giuliani now hes speaking out the truth. In an interview parness who is in court for various financial and corruption charges describes delivering messages directly from the u. S. President to the ukrainians it was an effort he claims to dig up dirt on trumps political rival former Vice President joe biden whos running to replace him President Trump know exactly what. He was aware of when movements these new allegations come at a sensitive time for the president as the u. S. Congress begins the trial phase of his impeachment trial was impeached in december on charges of obstruction of congress and abuse of power after reportedly pressuring the ukrainians to investigate bidens son hunter who sat on the board of a Ukrainian Energy company on thursday a congressional Watchdog Agency released its report stating the white house violated federal law by withholding military aid to ukraine part of the quid pro quo allegations against trump trouble also denies his relationship with parness and his Associates Even as photos of trump and parness side by side have surfaced i dont know that democrats are pushing for witnesses like parness to testify the white house is attempting to block witness testimony in the statement White House Press secretary Stephanie Grisham pushed back on part of his claims these allegations are being made by a man who is currently out on bail for federal crimes and is desperate to reduce his exposure to prison but part of his claims may be hard for senators to ignore the guy. d told her. Why. Wrote. Democrats have also released new evidence Text Messages and emails they say proves the president leverage president ial powers for political purposes parness says there was a Pressure Campaign to remove u. S. Ambassador to ukraine maria von of it from his post even releasing tax which suggested she was being watched and that her life may have been in danger before trump recalled her last year she testified in november she received a warning from a colleague and she said she wasnt sure but there were concerns about my security the Ukrainian Government has now launched an investigation into possible surveillance of the former u. S. Ambassador kimberly healthy at aljazeera washington so who is Supreme Court chief Justice John Roberts on 2005 he became the youngest person to head americas highest court in 200 years a 64 year old insists his job is to ensure the law is applied equally donald trump criticized roberts in 2012 for supporting the universal Health Care Law widely known as obamacare and last year roberts publicly rebuked trump after the president called another Supreme Court justice and obama judge the ruling against his asylum policy will warn all of us we can speak not or shauns out is the deaf yet to of Congressional Quarterly magazine he joins us live from washington thanks very much for being with us sir just to go back to the trial itself a correspondent mention the possibility of of witnesses how likely is it that in the end they will be called cold you think. It depends really on the position of a few republican senators people like mitt romney of utah Lisa Murkowski of alaska Susan Collins of maine who are on the moderate side of the party with their support the democrats could have the majority they need to call witnesses so everyone is really waiting with bated breath on what they will say about the need to call witnesses some of them have indicated that they would like to hear witness so it remains a possibility even as Mitch Mcconnell the Senate Republican leader has said he opposes calling witnesses just about to the chief Justice Roberts and how he will handle this whole procedure well cheapshot a lot is hanging on this for chief justice Justice Roberts he will be the presiding officer for the trial and all eyes will be on him to see if he handles it fairly hes asked the senators in their oaths to render impartial justice and the same he also took an oath to handle the trial even handedly and so hes a republican appointee but as you said he voted to uphold the 2010 Health Care Law and has become the linchpin in the Supreme Court the 5th just as the crew the crucial justice who decides the most controversial cases and so hes put attempted to carve out a role for himself in the middle as someone above politics and well see if that carries out in the trial and senate as well have been sworn in and theyre required in syria to be impartial in reality will they be. No in reality impeachment is a political process and the vast majority of the senators i think we can say in advance how theyre going to decide if the republicans will decide to acquit the democrats will decide to convict and their politics is in their mind getting reelected and whats best for them in terms of getting their question is these few senators who are in difficult races coming up this year and how theyll come down and what about trumps defense i mean were going to strategy can we expect from his t. V. Well i think weve gotten an indication of trumps position on this that he was merely interested in stopping corruption in the Ukrainian Government which is indeed endemic. And that he did not in fact withhold the funding for ukraines war with russia that that funding went through and so that there was no crime committed here indeed the democrats havent claimed there is a crime that abuse of power is not a crime in the in the log book and that this is all a hoax and that its all political its about the 2020 election sure and i thank you very much indeed for taking time to just in which there are talks on the province in syria have resumed and the countrys last remaining rebel held area at least 21. 00 people have been killed in recent days and hundreds of thousands forced to flee as a ceasefire declared on sunday failed to hold that university and his will. I the damage caused by one of several air strikes in the Northwest Province of it but survivors trying to salvage whats left i emergency crews combed the rubble to recover the body of a child was other civilians were among the casualties and it lips city i was lucky i did it it was your point that in the afternoon it lapses he was targeted by stroke or 23 jets they hit the Industrial Area and alcohol markets caution most of those hurt have serious injuries. In a nearby hospital friends console a father grieving his son was a ceasefire which started on sunday was shattered on a one step 6. I think jets attack it that city as well as several rebel held town. The ceasefire was brokered by turkey which supports the rebels and russia which backed the Syrian Governments 9 month offensive thank fighters link to al qaeda are the strongest forces in these areas home to around 3000000. 00 civilians according to the u. N. Close 2400000 syrians have been forced from their homes and it lives in the past 10 weeks no time no shelter no food people are starving to death in this governor and theyre not being bald theyre dying because theyre hungry russia and turkey are reported to have been to go she to be a sampling of a secure zone for the displaced during the winter and russia has announced humanitarian corridors have already been established to allow people in its lips to cross over into government held territory its unclear how many have chosen to go. With a yawn aljazeera. The tech issue monitary an organization i h h is based in ad lib it says in the past 2 and a half months nearly 400000. 00 syrians have been forced from their homes including a quarter of a 1000000 children and 100 children are among 311 civilians killed many survivors are enduring the winter in makeshift tents with poor hygiene the Turkish Organization accuses the Syrian Government and its russian allies of bombing markets mosques Schools Health centers and Water Treatment plants honey magali is a member of the u. N. Commission of inquiry on syria he says theres little hope that conditions will improve for children in the country any time soon. Were seeing children who have been dying not just because of the bombings and the sieges but today as we speak children are dying because of the lack of humanitarian access and the lack of medical care and poor conditions but i guess for me whats been shocking is to look at what hope there is for children in syria today Going Forward were still as i said seeing preventable deaths education is now devastated and you know in what way will they be able to catch up to were talking a generation that has lost schooling you know 5000000. 00 displaced internally and externally right now obviously the 1st thing that could be done is everybody stops bombing schools and facilities that children need thats pretty Going Forward and what weve said in the report is we need. To start rebuilding these places so children can be back at school rather than be out about out on the streets or involve them in the conflict etc we need to be looking at the medical facilities and and the humanitarian assistance that children need desperately because theyre dying you know which is quite remarkable that at this stage were still reporting we were reporting on children dying when they were sieges when nobody could get in and out but you know why should children die in italy bridgend. When you know theres nothing really that should be preventing International Humanitarian assistance other than bureaucracy isnt un resolutions and lack of cooperation on the part of of states. Still to come this news hour could a taliban offer for a brief cease fire in afghanistan kick off new peace talks in doha. Alarm over an unprecedented food shortage in Southern Africa and Severe Weather and economic turmoil is being blamed. On the worlds best players gear up for the Australian Open. As. Despite International Pressure to abide by its 2015 Nuclear Deal Commitments iran says it will continue to enrich uranium in a televised speech president Hassan Rouhani said iran has now surpassed the limits set under the agreement the statement comes after 3 nations that were party to the deal launched a dispute mechanism that could lead to additional sanctions being imposed on iran do. When the u. S. Pulled out of the nuclear deal we contacted the other parties and expressed our preparedness to fulfill our obligations however today we incidence of the Nuclear Power we have no limits we are in a much better situation compared to before the deal raney im in richmond today its much higher than that stipulated in the deal we had signed we cannot sit on our hands if they abandon their obligations we will reciprocate our desires has worn rouhani his comments that hes still willing to entertain talks. It was a very defiant message by president rouhani now we know that iran has been phasing back is cutting back its commitments in regards to that 2015 nuclear deal that started last year its been in 5 phases the last phase was early january now according to that deal theyre not allowed to enrich uranium past 3. 67 percent we know that its over 4. 5 percent we know that theyre not allowed to stockpile uranium more than 300 kilograms we know that theyve exceeded that but iran has been very clear and transparent about this that theyve said that the europeans are not sticking to their commitments as part of that deal so iran has slowly been reducing its commitments president rouhani spoke about the state of the condom he said that we accepted the risks when we started that reduction in commitments yes it has been difficult but the economy is working and again a very defiant message saying to the world that yes we we are reducing these commitments but iran is willing to talk at all these reductions are reversible if the European Countries come back to their obligations to that deal and also saying to the European Countries that they need to stand up to the United States because the United States unilaterally pulled out of this deal under donald trump the Swedish Foreign minister. Has been speaking and in sorry has been speaking to british media this morning and she said that the e 3 countries are trying to force iran and the United States back to the negotiating table and back to the j. C. Nuclear deal but she rejected the idea by u. K. Prime minister Barak Johnson that iran should negotiate a new deal under donald trump the candidate has convened a meeting of countries that last nationals in the downing of a civilian aircraft by irans military last week all 176 passengers on board the Ukrainian InternationalAirlines Flight from terror on to kiev were killed investigators are trying to establish what happened in the flights last moments but investigation is being undermined by regional tensions new fokker reports from london. A moment of reflection for the 176 victims of flight p. S. 752 countries united in grief together in the british capital demanding accountability compensation and eventual closure canada lost 57 people its the merged as the leading voice in the fight for justice there are many many questions families want answers all of the countries assembled here today want answers and the International Community wants answer the world is waiting for those answers and who will not rest until we get to them iran initially denied responsibility for the crash a plane technical failure but later admitted that it shot down the aircraft mistaking it for a u. S. Cruise missile it happened several hours after iran launched a Ballistic Missile strike against u. S. Forces in iraq it was sponsor the u. S. Drone killing of top iranian general kassam selim ani and investigations now underway in iran experts from several countries have been allowed to provide Technical Assistance in the probe ukrainian experts are analyzing the planes black box data recorders but so far few details have been released getting to the heart of what happened to flight p. S. 752 will require cooperation between all of the countries involved but in recent days rhetoric surrounding irans controversial Nuclear Program has escalated and now the u. K. France and germany threatening new sanctions against the country. The deal was agreed in 2015 to limit the countrys Nuclear Capabilities in return for lifting economic sanctions washington withdrew from the agreement to 28 t. Irans been dropping its commitments ever since and is now enriching more you radium the before the nuclear deal responding to the threat of fresh sanctions president Hassan Rouhani said european soldiers in the middle east could be in danger this tense Political Climate of mutual distrust and suspicion could hamper investigators working together to establish how and why so many lives were lost the. London germanys foreign minister says the libyan warlord highly for have to is committed to a cease fire even though one that started on sunday failed i call mass held talks with have turned a stronghold in the libyan city of benghazi this comes ahead of a conference on libya planned for sunday in germany which have to says he may attend and forces have been trying to take control of the capital tripoli since april we want turkey has started deploying troops to tripoli to support the un backed government base there so im costello has been speaking to Turkish Military sources in istanbul who say they dont plan to see frontline action now train the forces of the tripoli government of National Accord jna and also act as a deterrent. Since of the it has been signed between jna and turkey we heard 35 troops were deployed there i spoke to the other 3 officials in ankara they evolved giving and in numbers exact numbers about how many troops have been deployed there and how many will be there theyre just telling us that the number of troops over there changes depending on the day and depending on the need and they are avoiding to say the targeted number of troops to be deployed to evolve any speculation by the involved parties but we know that d. N. A. And turkey as stablished a Coordination Office to run out this defense and security deal between the 2 forces the troops turkish troops will not be combat they are training the genny forces over there which have. These 56 or 7 factions we dont know the exact number and even for the future im told that there is no name for combat forces this is just for training them but why of prisons added on repeated the Statement Today as if it was something new is important it seems that our don is also trying to give a message to gen half there who has left the negotiation table in moscow who said that he wont be abiding with the ceasefire so the meaning of Turkish Military presence in libya is much more about the turns between jenny and have their forces. The taliban says it has offered the United States a temporary ceasefire in afghanistan of up to 10 days its being seen as an opportunity to restart talks in doha between the 2 that President Trump called dead in september the taliban wants foreign troops to withdraw while the u. S. Has said a reduction in violence would see forces pull out in return for security guarantees pakistans foreign minister says the taliban offer a positive step towards peace. Because the taliban have shown their willingness to reduce the violence which was a demand and i believe that this is a step towards an agreement towards a peace agreement. So mr ravi is following the story from the Afghan Capital kabul he says theres some uncertainty over what exactly the announcement will mean. What the significance is of this latest announcement of what many are calling a cease fire what the taliban are referring to is a reduction in violence the significance really depends on what happens next now from our part here the bureau in kabul weve spoken to members in the Leadership Structure of the taliban both here in afghanistan and as part of the negotiating team in doha in qatar and what weve been told is that they cannot confirm exactly how long a ceasefire would be the initial reports were suggesting between a week to 10 days they do not want to confirm any specific timeline but they can say that they have agreed in principle in a letter that was delivered to the u. S. Negotiators for a short reduction in violence and that reduction in violence language is very important here they were keen not to call it a cease fire they acknowledge that perhaps that is what many are referring to it as actionable on the ground that is likely what it may look like if an agreement is reached but theyre keen not to call it specifically a cease fire referring to it as a reduction in violence because they dont want to interrupt any sort of. They dont want to cause any sort of disruption within their ranks the taliban are very focused on the fact that within the ranks of their own organization there is a great deal of skepticism when it comes to negotiating with the United States the taliban also know that their biggest bargaining chip that the main power source they have in any sort of talks is their ability to have military strength and their ability to carry out Violent Attacks both on the provincial and district level. Theres plenty more to come on this news hour including condemnation from a Palestinian Authority a 70 new nature reserves are authorized by israel in new york replied west bank. A year on from a cessation of the man danske happening opponents political split is crossing over into the cultural wow that. Is for capture of the day or perhaps not and im going to forget it was going people at the asian championships. Hello there has been still in a good part of east or to the southeast in europe now for a long time the fog is turning to smog in places like saudi aver belgrade there is movement and there has been surrounding the winter particular the British Isles and down the coast of france and spain its been windy and wet the last belt of rain on its way to norway is there this one going through france with produce some significant snow in the french in the swiss alps the next belt of rain and when the 70 coming into the west and make themselves felt in portugal then again probably in france and ireland but theres been a bit of a change in the adriatic you might stir the air up a little bit. This blue here suggest thunderstorms around slovenia and its cold enough for snow once that stuff reaches austria but its not really that cold nowhere is subzero and we are in the heart of winter now the eastern med that still cold enough air to produce thunderstorms in crete and cyprus and this cloud circulating he would suggest there has been reports already yet more cloud of rain or thunderstorms in Eastern Libya on the farm also egypt thats the case for both friday and saturday is only slowly with the swedes. Frank assessment the one good thing about these bush bars is that you really wipe them out the politics of Climate Change informed opinion the economy i think is actually whats keeping donald trump afloat right now critical debate sequel on both through school youve been told what the law is all about this argument is astonishingly patronize a indepth analysis of the days headlines this is the beginning of a new iraq of a new conscious and aware youth about stood up against an ethnic sectarian cult or inside story on aljazeera the big stories generated thousands of headlines the media angles in this story are too numerous for comfort with different angles from different perspectives things never really bring relief. Money the water even separate the spin from the facts the misinformation from the judge so this is clear and it sounds to me and you hear people this think that with the listening on aljazeera. All. Those. Are minor the top stories here are now just there the u. S. Senate has launched formal proceedings for the impeachment trial of u. S. President donald trump House Democrats spread the formal charges triggering the Legal Process chief justice of the u. S. Supreme Court John Roberts has been sworn in as the presiding judge. As trucks have resumed on edward province the countrys last remaining rebel held area at least 21 people have been killed in recent days despite a ceasefire declared on sunday. President has done rouhani as has said terror on and has now surpassed the limits for enriching uranium set under the 2015 nuclear deal thats despite International Pressure to abide by its commitments under the agreement. United nations has raised an alarm over the unprecedented food crisis in Southern Africa 45000000 people are facing severe shortages according to the World Food Programme years of drought widespread flooding and economic turmoil being blamed for the emergency 16 countries in the region have had a normal crop season only once in the last 5 years zimbabwe is the worst hit with 7700000 people as half the population suffering from severe Food Shortages and one 5th of the population in zambia a regional bread basket is struggling to feed itself john burke is the spokesperson for the World Food Program for Southern Africa he says this is a crisis of dramatic proportions is only getting worse time is running out as a say because it can take weeks if not months to procure and ship the food we really do need those commitments very urgently people are struggling they are destitute families are down to one meal a day if even that theyre taking their children out of school theyre selling off what little they have by way of precious belongings their borrowing money and going into debt so its a crisis of many dimensions and it is getting worse i should also say that the region has had one normal rainy season in the last 5 years the weather forecasts are telling us that in the run up to the next harvest it is going to continue to be exceptionally hot exceptionally dry so the prospects are for yet another poor harvest in Southern Africa this year. Thousands more people in the philippines have been forced to abandon their homes because of the threat of a major volcanic eruption Evacuation Centers in areas across petang this province and now the most food buildings in toms natal volcano which erupted on sunday have collapsed under the way to forming ash and seismologists say there are signs a 2nd eruption may be coming to maryland a gun is in one evacuation camp at a University Campus in santa to my city its one of the busiest centers in the area. Weve spoken to the site manager earlier who told us that theyre around 3000 evacuees here already and that there are many more supposed to be arriving but they are moving them in different sites its important to know there that there are at least 100. 00 over 100. 00 evacuation sites across the provinces of but angus and give it well now the situation here although its getting crowded all do a little difficult is manageable were seeing a lot of aid coming in from different organisations different groups bringing in much needed food blankets clothes and medicine there is also a daily supply of water beyond the physical discomfort here weve spoken to civilians to say it is the agony of waiting that makes it difficult that is because alert level is still at the alert level for which means the hazard just eruption is imminent so theyre not exactly sure when they can go home because they had to leave everything that they worked hard for behind their children are unable to go to school so now this is exactly what the National Government is asking everyone to be patient because what they need to do is to ensure that when that has or disruption actually strikes almost everyone is ready out of the 14 kilometer danger zone rob bryant joined scientists as they mounted to the volcano he sent us this report it looks deceptively small and right now deceptively benign. But its in a lake formed in the crater of a much larger ancient full cane though. The combination of molten rock and water is explosive and threatening what experts call a volcanic tsunami are missing we just need the ingredients for us and water. There since sunday is 1st eruption after being dormant for 40 years scientists from the philippines volcanic agency fitch are working overtime to try and predict what the hull might do next. Because the. Next few days were in we are trying to if this right now are going to intensify. Researchers are tracking the number and intensity of many earthquakes coming from the volcano as well as testing for gases it emits. Although the plumes a volcanic dust and dash of declined the amount of been visible sulfur dioxide gas is a good indicator of how much molten rock is moving towards all reaching the surface book in theres are very tricky so whatever its not always you get alot so there are a lot of beings happening underneath and in at one o e to know actually what the volcano his doing right now and theyre neat is if we wanted our to sell for it i actually hate these tests approving to halde poses a potential danger and provoking warnings of an imminent fold cannick explosion forcing 40000. 00 for the pinos to 6 safety theres been criticism of the philippines vulcanologists that they werent able to give more of a warning about this irruption especially as increased activity was detected months ago but in spite of their experience active volcanoes such as this one on notoriously unpredictable and no one can predict what to ha will do next rob mcbride aljazeera batangas province northern philippines avalanches extensive snow full and harsh Winter Weather have killed more than a 100 people across pakistan in the past couple of days and weather emergency has been declared in many areas with expert saying the cold spell his likely to continue kamau had to has more who color packed to inquire are in the countrys northwest the while in snow is strong and heavy rain had left a trail of destruction particularly in pakistans Northern Area and pakistani administered kashmir most of the problem is because of the boy infrastructure which could not take the weight of the recent doms as you can see he didnt rule there not stand a chance against the heavy snow that were dumped over days. By digressed their system budgets on how it still concerned trade on improving infrastructure because most of the ball people in these regions are already living on steep slope which are wilder every driver larger than landslides and the fact that north korea of the fault cannot afford proper accommodation and although the government keeps promising new homes it would be better to concentrate on how to improve the standard of construction even in the rural areas of focus on government to gauge the effect of Climate Change and commitment might actually take a lot of them on a panel of judges heavy snow that rueful these collapsed causing a lot of damage and the losses of interest by death toll claims from the government we havent received any out and out at the ministry of god on the guardian government should focus on children mediately ask the military to send em on ship until he becomes just a vessel in the legal profession. 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Which has blocked logistic and rescue and relief efforts have been hampered both relieve all prisons are now being scouted out by fungus on a military helicopter but the warning signs are quite clear for fungus on it had already seen devastating floods and now makes even roll catastrophes every issue of Climate Change is now expected globally august on hold go ahead rape war infrastructure what we have been able to see a damage to the adverse structure caused by heavy snows and also the fact that because of deportation most of the landslides are now happening in the mountainous region and sometimes even avalon case which has claimed a number of lie and progress on the administered kashmir and this may be a warning sign for a country like august on record one of the most well known her brother country than the word when it comes to the effects of global Climate Change well still largest economies have signed an initial deal marking a pause in the trade dispute this damaged base countries economies but the pact only removes some of the u. S. Tariffs on chinese imports and has result all of the difficulties in the 2 superpowers relationship between he reports from beijing. It was an elaborate ceremony some 200 cabinet members to making an executive surrounding u. S. President donald trump as he described a trade deal with china as historic. Today we take a momentous step one that has never been taken before with china toward a future fair and reciprocal trade as we signed phase one of the historic trade deal between the United States and china. Together we are righting the wrongs of the past and delivering a future of Economic Justice and security for American Workers farmers and families the sentiment shared by chinas chief trade negotiator draw me down for. China and the United States with the larger picture in mind have taken a serious approach to our differences and work to manage them are properly reaching the phase one try to agreement it is good for china for the United States and the world yo hood his u. S. Purchases be made according to Chinese Market demand and the agreement what effect trade with other countries but some believe beijing has promised more than its able to deliver those looks to me a very big concession on chinas side and i genuinely dont see how china can fulfill his commitment of 200000000000. 00 more dollars a purchase from the u. S. With without increasing its fiscal subsidies to domestic producers manufacturers dramatically and if china along the way of those 2 years. Actually cannot fulfill some of the commitment and then were expecting to see a collapse of the 1st one deal many problems in the u. S. China relationship remain unresolved. I dont think that it achieves the fundamental structural changes that are going to need to happen for us. The us tech sector in particular to really feel comfortable in the white house both sides celebrated the signing of an easy truce rather than an end to the tree of. Aljazeera between. The lower house of russias parliament has overwhelmingly approved mikhail issues to as the nations new Prime Minister he succeeds Dmitri Medvedev who resigned along with the entire government on wednesday after president Vladimir Putin announced major constitutional changes reforms could see through to retain major influence over policy even ought to be end of his final term as president in 2024. Israel has begun exporting natural gas to egypt in the 1st deal of its kind since the 2 neighbors signed a peace treaty more than 40 years ago israel will pump 20000000000. 00 worth of liquefied natural gas over the next 15 years as part of a wider u. S. Initiative to forge economic alliances between israel and its arab neighbors israels minister of energy says theyre ready to supply gas to europe and even east to the indian market. The cost of you know 40. 00 says it will complain to the u. N. After israels defense minister authorized 7 new nature reserves in the occupied West Bank Palestinian environmental thora he says israel as a right already occupied 32 of its 52 nature reserves israel has built more than 250 illegal settlements in the occupied west bank their home to more than 600000 israelis need to bring reports from in the Jordan Valley in the occupied west bank. 1st thing is still dont know the exact locations of the areas israel is to the clear as nature deserves what it meant there is one of them israel fully controls more than 60 percent of the occupied west bank so building is already not allowed but these measures are expected to impose more restrictions particularly on farmers and shepherds nature reserves fairings zones military areas and historical floyds or all seen here as part of a policy that aims to drive palestinians of the land you know from arm in arm about how much of many people have already left because of the lack of grazing land and these are really harassment they sold all the sheep and if it keeps getting worse i will leave to this really defense minister Neftali Bennett has made the announcement bennett is a right wing politician who usually gets his support from israelis residing in the legal settlements this comes a few weeks before the israeli elections and is considered the way for bennett to shore up his support among his base no palestinian officials are saying that israeli politicians use an anti palestinian rhetoric just to win more votes. I just in poland have been marking a year since the assassination of the mayor of danske a demo which was stabbed to death on stage in front of thousands of people at a fundraising event as murder highlighted the growing split between the political left and right in every aspect of parish life and the baba reports from dusk. To the cold night in good danskin thousands of people pay tribute to their form a man. Whod campaign for the rights of migrants was murdered on stage at this very event a year ago. This years fundraiser here part of a National Charity drive raising money for hospital equipment was dedicated to. It used to be shown live on Public Television since 2017 its only been carried by a private channel. This events been going for nearly 3 decades but in recent years its become controversial for some people here in total its just one example of the culture wars being waged between liberals and conservatives. The head of one Regional Councils actually refused to take part in this years fundraiser claiming the events had become political was supposed to be in on our 2 monolith house ballot who was murdered i asked pawel adama vich is widowed now a center left member of the European Parliament and campaigner against hate speech what she made of that maybe they are not aware bad in day or sell of there is a lot of hate there is a lot of maybe disappointment in daily life and a half. Bad ideas but as we see in the air by here we have a new. Record we gather more and more 7 point some polls sympathetic to the ruling lower and Justice Party see the charitys founder of shock as a left winger whose politics are at odds with traditional values. Its a view shared by today are going to be Current Affairs show and Public Television. His liberal attitude is expressed in his motto do whatever you want at the same time he supports very problematic issues like abortion and euthanasia which are contrary to the current governments vision and that struggle for control over polands cultural space is now moved here in this little thing between art and society the. Center for contemporary art in warsaw the new director here who was appointed by polands culture minister has spoken of the art world being dominated by a neo marxist ideology saying he wants to promote artists with other views conservative patriotic profamily this nomination is then a strain. Of power. For extremely conservative views and. He doesnt have the Art Community which will make his mission extremely difficult polands Political Landscape is perhaps more polarized than its ever been with little appetite for compromise thats only likely to make it harder to see the world through someone elses eyes and the aljazeera warsaw. So i had this news all the sports including ice norway snatched gold the winter username picks crosswalks crew. From. Oil. Oil. Lauren thanks so much majorly baseballs sign stealing scandal his seen another big name lose their jaw Carlos Beltran step down as manager of the new york mets on thursday a bell john played for the houston asters during their 27. 00 teen world series winning season which was under investigation the teen were punished by the m. L. Be for using in on field camera to detect pitcher signs from opponents which is against the rules a report claim bell term played a pivotal role in the deception hed only been the mets measure for 3 months in hasnt yet taken charge of a game the New Orleans Police Department has issued an arrest warrant for n. F. L. Football star odell beckon jr for allegedly slapping a Security Officer bike im jr was involved in this incident in the Louisiana State teams locker room after this weeks Us College Football championship footage posted on social media peers to show him hating the officer on the backside the 27 year old is a former Louisiana StateUniversity Player beck im jr is wanted on a simple a battery warrants theres one day to go up the 1st dakar rally to be staged in the middle east with carlos sainz and ricky brodbeck poised to take the main titles a barring a surprise sane slick set to claim his 3rd success in the car category the spaniard holds a 10 minute lead on the field after the 11th stage in the bites race american breivik has an advantage of nearly 14 minutes izzy looks for his 1st daiquiri title the drivers in riders have just 447 kilometers left to negotiate before the final stage and so on friday helped clear the air in melbourne ahead of tennis its 1st grand slam of the year which starts on monday smoke from bushfires that badly affected some players taking part in the Australian Open qualifiers earlier this week defending mens champion Novak Djokovic has been drawn against germany xian leonard stross transam is the reigning womens champion the 22 year old admitting she still gets nervous at the sight of Serena Williams before work to talk to serena she talks to me and i get surprise that she talks to me and that i dont talk. To so that you. Know i just see. Her. And she is i dont like playing when she talks to be honest. But youre also delivered another opening round match up between 15 year old coco golf and Venus Williams the teenager caused a sensation by knocking the 7 time grand slam champion out of wimbledon last year world number one ash barty will face lisas soaring crate in her 1st match barty finding form as well on thursday she eased into the semifinals of the Adelaide International beating mark vonder of so in straight sets. The draw for next years Rugby League World cup received a lot of extra attention on thursday with prince harry hosting the event at Buckingham Palace is a patron of englands Rugby Football League who are hosting the tournament in october and november of 2021 this was harrys 1st Public Engagement since you now stepping back from his royal duties. Goals 1st European Tour event of the year is underway in abu dabi world number one brooks kept is making his 1st appearance since reinjuring his knee back in october american shot 66. 00 and is tied for 2nd with australian jason scrivener. Heres italys or an auto predatory on the 18th the world number 273 fired a round of 64 to share a 2 shot lead with shaun norris of south africa. Englands cricketers produced a strong finish to the opening day of the 3rd test with south africa in Port Elizabeth the doors closed on 224 for 4 after choosing to bat 1st there were about it with 2 wickets for south africa former barcelona star shabby says he turned down the chance to be their new coach is he knew it wasnt the right time for him to accept the job hes currently in charge at cattery club al sad and very good full of. Holes got to go for the proposal but these are not the right time for me of course is my dream to go. But its not the right time and of course because it be a nice use of ready to go to barcelona i love him as a god john i wish him all the best of course my heart these before but as a loner im now always for it because at the end i wish him all the best. The group stages of the asian under 23 championships were completed on thursday with the finalists from 2 years ago vietnam knocked out and no things to their goalkeeper they were leading into north korea when a howler from rita and levelled the march on a pretty replay for him or the Vietnam Veterans to go on to lose 21. 00 and exit the competition after finishing bottom of their group. Of 3 medals were up for grabs on day 7 of the competition at the winter youth olympics and it was an japans man in china as women took the titles in the mass start speed skating events but the drama came on the curling rink this was the last stone of the mixed team final between norway and japan which was level out for all the new age and team with the perfect attempts knocking out their opponents in clinching the Decisive Point to win the match and always 2nd gold medal of the games so far. Its ok and that is all your sport for now now back to lauren in london. Thank you very much indeed and thats it for me to tell of this news hour dobby here in madrid on a full roundup of the days news thanks very much for watching live from. The floor of the burning spied 2 pm dreams of peace and democracy but how many came to pass they transformed from the social democrats but it was a fake democracy people in power travels through the former eastern bloc to ask why post cold war optimism has succumbed to darker more thorough tarion realities the Police Called a couple who brought a bomb to the lodge and they were ready to detonate it beyond the war part 2 on al jazeera. Trouble began at the end of the countrys civil war when most people started returning home from refugee camps. Who are strapped and killed during a demonstration 4017 is buried right here in the middle of the street as a sign of resistance to the Mining Companies and government are setting your. Accusations of abuse and displacement between the community the Mining Companies and the government has now escalated to west africas Regional Court the community has taken its case before west africas Regional Court because they say the people have little for you in the justice system. In a 2 part series. Observes the lives of 2 children. Over 20 years. Where insights into circumstances that shape lives. In a rapidly changing world. 20 years of mean continues with Good Morning Group celia on how to 0. The all the. Impeachment charges against President Donald Trump are read out in the u. S. Senate and the judge and jurors sworn in. Their order intake of this is aljazeera live from london also coming up. As strikes hit at the heart of syrias province despite a cease fire agreement brokered to protect civilians. Irans president says there is no limit to his countrys enrichment of uranium and accuses europe of bowing to be