Behind. So the u. S. Military has revealed that some of its troops were hurt in those missile attacks in iraq earlier this month remember Iranian Missiles targeted the base 11 Service Members have now been treated for concussion there in kuwait and germany still being assessed remember the u. S. Had originally said no one had been injured it. Has the details now from washington. There were 8 u. S. Service members that were injured on that missile attack at the al Assad Air Base in iraq last week now i should point out it does not appear to be serious injuries nevertheless this is what the pentagon is telling us they say that after the missile attacks on the base many of the Service Members were screened for concussions which they say is very common the blast from missiles can cause buildings to shake and rattle and and can cause potentially concussions in people that are even outside of the Immediate Impact zone once these tests were done on multiple Service Members that were at that base there were 8 of them that needed further screening they showed signs of some sort of concussions that were they suffered after the blasts from those missile rocket launches 3 of the Service Members have been transported to a u. S. Air base in germany another 3 have been transported to a u. S. Air base in kuwait and they say theyre doing further testing the military says it is all part of standard procedure no one is in any sort of life threatening injuries or anything like that in fact the military says that they are expected after the screening is complete to be sent back to iraq so thats what we know now there are injuries or i should say there were injuries that this is the 1st time that it was being disclosed i should point out but it does not appear to be very serious. On to other news in the u. S. Senate has launched the formal proceedings for the impeachment trial of President Donald TrumpHouse Democrats read the charges in congress which sets in motion the Legal Process as trial and which donald trump has denounced as a con job by the democrats will start next week i did her concert with her from washington. The ceremony laden impeachment trial of President Donald Trump is now under way very eerie. All persons are commanded to keep silent on pain of imprisonment 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 john roberts the chief justice of the Us Supreme Court has taken an oath to become presiding officer i do in turn swearing in the members of the senate just to become impartial jurors so help you god. But an impeachment trial under u. S. Law is not just a judicial proceeding it is a proceeding that is both legal and political with most of the jurists who will decide the president s guilt or innocence being members of his own Political Party and in an Election Year there is little reason to believe that republican senators when a vote to remove their own leader from the white house in the recent polling shows most americans expect a fair trial in the senate distro not one rigged in the president s favor the democrats say to get that they need to open the proceedings to new witnesses and new evidence that appear to incriminate trump further the president is blocking them and again the American People just about all of them are asking the question what is the president hiding this chamber exist perseid sleep for schussler not a president so that we can look past the daily dramas and understand how our actions will reverberate for generations. So that we can put aside animal reflexes and animosities and clearly consider how to best serve our country now the senate has summoned President Trump to answer the impeachment charges to holds its a hoax Everybody Knows that but its unlikely hell make an appearance its his attorneys who will plead his innocence in opening arguments scheduled for next week castro aljazeera washington. Meanwhile and to Donald Trumps lawyer claims the president knew exactly what was going on with the efforts to pressure ukraine into investigating former Vice President biden and his son White House Correspondent kimberly how that one from washington 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 i want to get the truth out. In an interview harness who is in court for various financial and corruption charges describe still living 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 was going on that he was aware of my movements these new allegations come at a sensitive time for the president of the u. S. Congress begins the trial phase of his impeachment trial was impeached in december on charges of obstruction of congress after busa 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 trump also denies his relationship with parness and his Associates Even those photos of to. And parness side by side have surfaced but i dont know him i have never had a conversation that i remember with him 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 at. Her. Your house. While youre born. Never 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 marie avant of it from her post even releasing texts 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 Us Ambassador kimberly healthy at aljazeera Washington Well than 2700 people have entered guatemala in a fast growing u. S. Bound caravan that originated in on tourists mexicos government bracing for the arrival of hundreds of migrants on its southern border with quote somalia. Most of them escaping chronic poverty or Gang Violence because u. S. President donald trump is pressuring mexico and Central American nations to accept more migrants as administrations also beginning the process of sending Asylum Seekers from the u. S. Border with mexico back to guatemala John Heilemann with us in Guatemala City reporting and hes at a shelter where migrants have arrived. More than 2700 people so far have left on door to us and have entered guatemala on a new caravan that is trying to get many of them to the southern border of the United States now there are a lot of them just arriving in Guatemala City this is the biggest migrant shelter in Guatemala City let me just show you a little bit of whats going on there some people here that are charging their phones to try and keep in touch on the way through if we go a little bit further in we can see that also food and drinks been handed out to a lot of people coming through here a lot of them have been traveling for a couple of days already to make it here from honduras some people here trying on some fresh clothes on the way. And you can see people just starting to settle down to sleep here now weve been talking to some of the people that are coming through and basically what theyre telling us is that theres a variety of reasons for leaving honduras the 2 main ones poverty this is a poor country a lot of people or an economic problems a lot of people are unemployed and also violence from doriss all also a country that for years now has been in the grip of gangs that have been exporting people from that country and i was talking to you just a little bit earlier said he had to leave his moto taxi business when the gang just cut asking him for what they called a war tax in the end they threatened him and he just had to get out so these people are hoping to get through mexico and to the United States that might be the problem for them the Mexican Government under a lot of pressure. For President Donald Trump has said that they will be sealing off their border that theyre not going to let these people get through into mexico go through to the United States so thats going to happen probably a couple of days ahead at them for now theyre taking a rest and just getting ready to spend the night here in Guatemala City. Lets get an update on the philippine volcano now an authority as there are those who havent evacuated near to the taal volcano to leave their homes and do it immediately seismologists say there are signs the 2nd eruption may be coming 1st one was on sunday towns near that volcano have seen buildings collapse under the weight of the falling ash around 54000 people are in Evacuation Centers across the tongass province robin broads got a perfect view he is in bhutan this province overlooking the volcano robyn update from you. Thats right come out well at this hour the vulcanologist are still monitoring what is up to as they have been since that they get russian last sunday and it here we are now on friday lunchtime here in the philippines and were still at this level for this alert level that says that there could be an eruption imminently if i can just stand back and just give us a look at what the volcano is doing at the moment to visit realty changes here from hour to hour its got a bit more misty in the past hour or so but i think you can still make out various activity from the main crater in this volcanic island nothing like the kind of admissions that weve seen there before and the volcanologists say it is part of this trend of reduced emissions but you still occasionally see the object of current swirl of gases coming out clouds of steam also often quite more violent eruptions of small explosions of dust going up into the air so still very active and all of it still being pushed in that kind of a south westerly direction by the kind of prevailing winds weve had for the past few days basically moving left to right as were looking at it here and across the lake to the shores of the lake to one party in particular the southwest where weve seen most of the evacuations from villages and townships that have been in Lockdown People being moved out of there it has to be said that we dont seeing the kind of dust that weve seen previously but what we are seeing and the vulcanologist are keen to stress is there is an awful lot of seismic Activity Still these very small constant earthquakes that its very difficult even now to feel the several days ago we were having these bigger shakes these little earthquakes that were shaking buildings you could really feel them its difficult to sense that there are even these earthquakes happening now but we are told that there is this seismic activity which indicates that there is still below the surface of this lake below the surface of this volcano still this magma this molten rock moving around and those movements moving. Simply in the direction of the surface that we are still in this dangerous kind of zone or phase where we could get another eruption thank you rob mcbride with the update on the to how volcano. In the news ahead the United Nations considers setting up a mission in libya to monitor any future cease fire and irans president says theres no limits to his countrys potential enrichment of uranium. Hallow in the Eastern Mediterranean the storm is still churning now it was this going eastwards that causatum maint immense amount of snow in western pakistan this might repeat the feat because the its churning slowly of course is full of moisture in her is throwing it south so there we shall developing in some parts of saudi arabia the whole lot runs up to a rather weak band of showers running through iraq but it is in motion its moving in nice a direction the heaviest stuff is going to be in the northern half i think for the time being so in the iranian mountains we see snow well see a few showers for the south so the gulf states and running off into saudi arabia but think of sunday or monday itll keep moving eastwards and were probably readdress it when it comes through to afghanistan the tail end probably seeing thunderstorms in amman but that is to come. But an immediate future for the sas and. The equator we still got plenty of decent showers for places like tanzania and rwanda for quite a few actually for this time of the year but the breeze is a ne these are thats where you expect the rain to be to cyruss that and this is the proper went inside anywhere again from our goal eastwards reflected happily in the forecast. For. Almost the last time you out on the streets protesting whether on line you feel the weight of the system when you walk through each and every loving toward layer further and further into the jail or if you join us on sand creek entry has to start from day one whether again you and attention or your own possible this is a dialogue everyone has a voice over there are studies that support rush coverage will be varying accounts but i want to give people the reason for joining the global conversation on how does iraq. 0 these are the top stories this hour the u. S. Military has revealed that 11 of its soldiers were injured in the missile attacks in iraq earlier this month when the u. S. Originally said no troops had been hurt but these Service Members are being treated for concussion. Launched the formal proceedings of the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump the chief justice of the Supreme Court has been sworn in as presiding judge along with 99 senators as the jury. And more than 2700 people have entered guatemala in a fast growing care about the United States the migrants many of whom are hung jury and will 1st have to go through mexico. To live in what has flown to greece after its government criticized being excluded from a un backed peace conference athan says it should have been included in the talks because tripoli signed a maritime military deal with greeces regional rival turkey the conference in berlin is the latest International Effort to end 9 months of fighting between half as forces base in the east of libya and the un recognized government in tripoli after said he is committed to a cease fire even though he has yet to sign one and the one that started on sunday failed anyway aljazeera has also learned that the United Nations is considering a Monitoring Mission in libya to keep watch in the event of another cease fire more from a diplomatic editor james space. The German Foreign minister heiko mass in the Eastern Libyan city of benghazi meeting general Khalifa Haftar the man who brought fresh conflict to libya 9 months ago when he launched an offensive on the capital tripoli the general has still not formally signed up to a ceasefire just days before an International Summit is due to be held in berlin. Earlier this week russia and turkey which are on different sides of this conflict that summoned general half the and fires al suraj the Prime Minister of the un recognized government to moscow for talks seraph signed a cease fire agreement after did not aljazeera has obtained a copy of the latest report by the u. N. Secretary general antonio good terrorists to the Security Council its critical of what it calls the unrecognised government in the east and says that the territory controlled by general have to has become a hub of Illicit Activity including the sale of drugs and arms this months president of the un Security Council is hopeful about what could come out of this weekends berlin summit were waiting for that would news on the conference aljazeera has learned from a number of Security Council members that there are plans for a mission to monitor a cease fire in libya one model will be the u. N. Mission in the port of a dater in yemen which has been observing a shaky cease fire for about a year as in her data a joint commission will be set up with 5 members nominated by Prime Minister saraj and 5 by general haftar one can look at her data as a model of observer you know people monitoring cease fires in civilian clothes in a small area. Libya is rather large a. Municipality of data the actual monitors could be supplied as in yemen by the United Nations but a number of different options are under consideration including using teams from the African Union the European Union or the arab league or a combination of those im told by one diplomat that the Security Council could authorize a mission very quickly but were not there yet. One man who has shown he can be both defiant and fickle stands in the way and that general haftar james aljazeera at the United Nations. The taliban says it has offered the United States a cease fire in afghanistan of up to 10 days being seen as an opportunity to restart the peace talks here in doha president trying to call them dead back in september the taliban wants foreign troops to withdraw while the u. S. Says that a reduction in violence would see forces pull out in return for security guarantees pakistans foreign minister says the talibans offer is a positive step. 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 this same as i was following this one from the Afghan Capital kabul for us and says there is uncertainty over what this announcement would actually mean in practice. What the significance is of this latest announcement of what many are calling a ceasefire what the taliban are referring to as 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 a provincial and district level the iranian president says dialogue over his countrys Nuclear Program is still possible in a televised speech that he wants to prevent war but he also revealed iran is now enriching more uranium per day than before the nuclear deal in 2015 tehrans accusing europe as well of yielding to u. S. Bullying after it triggered a dispute mechanism that could reimpose u. N. Sanctions on iran. When the us pulled out of the nuclear deal we contacted the other parties and expressed our preparedness to fulfill our obligations however today we in terms of the Nuclear Power we have no limit we are in a much better situation compared to before the deal. In richmond today its much higher than that stipulated in the deal we had signed we cannot sit. There bundled in their obligations we will reciprocate. Now russia has denied bombing civilians in the deescalation zone in syrias province attacks on the countrys last remaining rebel held area resumed on wednesday despite a cease fire and at least 21 people have been killed in recent days more from. 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 there civilians were among the casualties and it lip city i was out of i did have a jihad in the afternoon it lapses he was targeted by stick 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 one so. I. 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 linked 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. Chinas Economic Growth has slowed and almost 3 decades low the ongoing trade war with the United States countrys g. D. P. Grew by just we said just 6 point one percent and 29000. 00 but that is the lowest since 1900 exporters have been hit by President Trumps tariffs and uncertainty over the trade war which has discouraged spending its hoped that the signing of phase one of a trade deal between the u. S. And china will be a boost. Chinas president xi jinping is making his 1st visit to me in mar where hes expected to sign several multibillion dollar infrastructure deals meanwhile struggle to attract Foreign Investment since the military crackdown on muslim or hinges the 27000 campaign forced at least 730000 ranger to flee to neighboring bangladesh. Protests in malawi after it emerged there that judges overseeing a legal challenge last years disputed election were allegedly offered bribes as many as 50000 people joined demonstrations in the capital longer president. Narrowly won reelection in 2019 but opposition leaders are challenging the result they say it was marred by fraud on the activists in asia are calling for action against attacks by armed groups in the hill at least 160 soldiers have been killed in this than 2 months and thousands of people displaced and as armitage is reported reports from the capital now may mounting casualties have left many families struggling. The images on edu motors mobile phone are the only memories left of 20 year old up to lizzies was drafted into the nature of the. It was one of the casualties of the latest attack on religious soldiers e. D. A retired military officer was the last member of the family to speak with them. In his last called he requested us to pray for him when you lose someone in the sea the corpse this gives you closure. But not for us weve not seen his body for us thats like twice is not among those whose bodies were found c. He wants the government to investigate the circumstances of the attack and why his body has not been found. Recently lost at least 160. 00 soldiers in 2 attacks carried out by fighters linked to the group has claimed it killed more than 100. 00 soldiers in the attack on she no doubt alone the continuing violence has left many families struggling with emotional and economic impact. I want to say whos husband was killed in the conflict runs a support organization working with affected families. But. We dont need to say oh its hard to explain to you how it feels to lose a husband you have to experience it to know what i mean and thats the reality of all families affected by this conflict she fears more hurts will be broken as this conflict rages on. As well as the increasing number of killings in the chair and the rest of us how more than half a 1000000 people have been forced from their homes in the past few words they are in addition to more than 2000000 people displaced by the war fighters in the electorate regions that include countries like. Nigeria International Aid agencies are saying that the situation is becoming increasingly desperate. Action from the government to gain traction in asia as a wide impact of the violence. Is it when brit when is he killed for one reason or the other obviously you will have unprecedented suffering in a country those who have been killed to cure of not only the immediate but extended family in the army today we fear a situation of demoralization and if that happens it will embolden the terrorists the government is in short that more amongst us troops is high and that its doing everything it can to support them but with the security situation in the so how are you reaching frost that is growing concern in the region that im groups may be preparing to launch more attacks. Aljazeera the i me. They are on aljazeera lets take you to the headlines the u. S. Military has revealed some of its soldiers were hurt in those Iranian Missile attacks on a base in iraq earlier this month 11 Service Members have been treated for concussion in kuwait and germany and still being assessed remember the u. S. Originally said no troops had been injured there but i was on that with more details from washington it does not appear to be serious injuries nevertheless this is what the pentagon is telling us they say that after the missile attacks on the base many of the Service Members were screened for concussions which they say is very common the blast from missiles can cause buildings to shake and rattle and and can cause potentially concussions in people that are even outside of the Immediate Impact zone. Other headlines the u. S. Senate has formally launched the impeachment trial of President Trump the chief justice of the Supreme Court has been sworn in as presiding judge along with 99 senators as the jury donald trump has denounced the trial which will start next week on the 2700 people have entered guatemala in a fast growing caravan bound for the United States the migrants many of whom have to 1st enter mexico though the trumpet ministration has been pressuring Central American countries to accept more migrants or forces in the philippines are urging those who have been evacuated from near the volcano to leave their homes immediately seismologists say there are signs a 2nd eruption may be coming. Russia has denied bombing civilians in syrias province since a ceasefire was agreed with turkey attacks on the area resumed on wednesday at least 21 people have been killed just in recent days in the libyan warlord has flown to greece after its government criticized its exclusion from a un backed peace Conference Athens says it should have been included in the talks because tripoli signed a maritime and military deal with greeces regional rival turkey a conference in berlin that is the latest International Efforts to end 9 months of fighting in libya. They go up today with the headlines here on aljazeera were back with more right after a string. Talked to al jazeera we were told to get to that betrayal of russia has this been addressed by choking we listen what these the proposal of spain for a couple on you know we meet with global newsmakers and talk about the stories that matter 20. 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