A bushfire crisis and the severe drought but even that has not stopped the Prime Minister from going on vacation and germany moves one step closer to banning whats known as gain conversion therapy youll meet one man who even underwent an exorcism in an attempt to become straight but it didnt stop his suicidal fall. I bring it off its good to have you with us we start with that historic debate in the u. S. House of representatives to decide whether to approve articles of impeachment against u. S. President donald trump the republicans attempted to hold the session as soon as it began today by calling a vote to a juror that was dismissed along with other attempts to condemn the democrats the debate is still going on and the vote is expected in a few hours from now if impeachment is approved President Trump will then go on trial in the us said. And my colleague alexander phonology joins us now from capitol hill in washington good evening to you alexander so its certainly a day where history is being made in the United States but a solemn day talk us through whats happening right now. So right now at the bait is taking place on this house floor and this debate reflects in a very good way to radically different points of view with democrats saying that there are sold and duty to defend the constitution and to impeach donald trump the coast a think that he violated the constitution that he abused his power and that he is as you mentioned and thats what Speaker Pelosi said an ongoing threat to the National Security and to the integrity of the u. S. Election the republicans were over they decry the whole process as raked and they say that the democrats just want to undo the 2016 president ial elections but of course the democrats have treasons to we dont stare at impeachment inquiry so lets have a look at the facts and how it all began. It all started with a phone call a phone call in which President Trump asked president zelinsky of ukraine to investigate his main political rival democratic president ial hopeful joe biden and his son hunter i became increasingly aware of what followed was a congressional inquiry with a 1000 witnesses testifying in public describing crimes dealings with ukraine as improper and in as roughly is all going to blow up and here we are one witness in particular turned out to leak he Gordon Sunland the Us Ambassador to the European Union and so much trumped on arms he told the investigators there was indeed a quid pro quo in the works. That president pressed the Ukrainian Government to get dirt on Joe Biden Jule an exchange for a meeting in the white house make at the same time you asked for military aid for ukraine was put on hold as depressing text directions everyone was in the loop so we followed the president s orders corruption other witnesses added to more damning details about Donald Trumps conduct time machine no evidence for the democratic majority in the house to move forward with the impeachment if the morning. The facts are contested the president abused his power for his own personal political benefit at the expense of our National Security. If you self power and obstruction of congress to charge and the democrats say that amounts to high crimes justifying impeachment however they havent convinced a single republican yet trumps party stands by the president decrying competes meant as a political witch hunt you cant make your case against the present because Nothing Happened if the majority of lawmakers approved the articles of impeachment which seems likely it will trigger a senate trial to determine if the president is guilty of high crimes and misdemeanors and should be removed from office. At trial President Trump seems to be gearing up for he expects to be exonerated by the republican led senate and hopes impeachment will backfire on his rivals there was nothing done wrong to the power of the peach when one is not charged is an embarrassment to this country. Whatever the outcome what is happening in washington right now reflects the hyper partisan divisions in american politics. Vision has led to. So if the president is impeach which we expect him to be within a couple of hours then more. Then we will see the phase 2 of impeachment a senate trial and at the moment its rather unlikely that there will be a 2 thirds majority in the rep Republican Controlled Senate to convict donald trump and remove him from office nevertheless we will be keeping our eyes open for surprises because its not clear if the Senate Majority can dismiss the case straight away there are might be 2 or 3 republican senators who might want to listen to more witnesses to learn more about the conditions now and what is this doing the country i mean you were going to have impeachment today the trial will happen probably next month. The president will not be convicted and then hes going to go into a real pain what is all this doing to the country. Well the president has been talking a lot about that a lot about impeachment and how bad it is for the country and he has accused the democrats to be focused only on impeachment and not paying attention to the issues that are important to the American People but thats simply not true as we could see this week only yesterday the house passed 2 spending bills to avert a government shutdown. Lawmakers are expected to approve a trade deal with canada and mexico so things are being get got down here and the house of representatives and its not the case that the country stands still only because of the impeachment and all these are there are americans are the paying attention to these impeachment proceedings how are they responding to whats happening. Well what we can see in the polls is that the American Public is split over the matter its like a 5050 situation and its also worth mentioning that the support for impeachment and removal from office has been declining in the last weeks. Our correspondent elise under phenomenon on capitol hill where were expecting a vote stephen peach u. S. President donald trump within several hours alexander thank you. Authorities in india have banned large gatherings in several states after thousands of people took to the streets to protest against the countrys new citizenship wall a week after that controversial legislation was passed by parliament Prime MinisterNarendra Modi remains on moved 6 people have lost their lives in protest but the demonstrations show no sign of abating. Its a show of solidarity. And passions have been running high. B. F. I dont think yes i know im nobody im a god i think im nobody. Not of god. Many see the new law as discriminating against muslims the rallies and demonstrations have spilled over into riots and clashes with the police the government says the new citizenship amendment tact provides a path to citizenship to hindus buddhists christians and other religious minorities in 3 neighboring countries however it does not apply to muslims and for the protest as thats a violation of the constitution. And the passes off me gen prosecuted no one have to be like us 1st of all the the people of india you just get your name mentioned in parts of the ship so that kinder regime of the government want to divide us on the basis of really just. Police have banned demonstrations in cities across the country. Well heres a look now at some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world bolivias attorney general has issued an arrest warrant for former president. Hes wanted for trial on charges of sedition in terrorism or ellis fled bolivia last month amid unrest after he claimed victory in a disputed president ial election hes currently living in exile in argentina the deaths of 2 mcdonalds employees in peru have prompted protests against the fast food giant teenagers were electrocuted in a restaurant kitchen near the capital only but the dolls says that it is cooperating with an investigation and it has closed its peru stores for 2 days of mourning. Australia is suffering its hottest day on record the National Average temperature today reached 40. 9 degrees celsius that beat the record set in 2013 the record breaking heat comes as the country battles a severe drought and a bush fire crisis more sweltering temperatures are forecast for thursday and friday hotter than ever australia is going through record high temperatures and for a few hiya thats just another reason to make a splash. The norm or creature is spared the health rest dehydration can be deadly. For the phone a rescue team the threat to wildlife is foremost. Thats why i know. Theres probably not very much food up there because of the drought theres not a lot of water they dont get in the river but some people have been calling back out of the river this morning. So its just going to get worse and worse this is going to build up there already did one apparently had trays galore there you interview with 67. 00 emails pretty clearly made of the extreme heat is compounding this problem since august millions of hec tears of australian bush have barred the hotter and drier weather has rendered firefighters helpless. Scientists say it is a result of mankind failure to address Global Climate change fire chief warren could be to come over the next few days were going to see far far as Emergency Services and all those communities close to farmers and in doing those some distance from followers are going to be a challenge with a new threat and a new challenge as we head into this heat wave conditions that are going to dominate much of this diet and anger is growing up Prime MinisterScott Morrison after failing to concede for weeks that the fires were linked to Climate Change hes gone on holiday. For shoppers in central sydney however there is no escape a festive themed monument crafted from charged branches stands as a bleak reminder of this national crisis. Here in germany the chancellor Angela Merkels government is aiming to ban whats known as conversion therapy for minors the government says the practice which claims to make gay people heterosexual has no scientific basis and often cause a psychological harm the cabinet has approved the law it has to be approved by the parliament before it takes effect. By banning conversion therapy Germanys Health minister says he wants to protect young people the law says that socalled cures for homosexuality that try to change peoples sexual preferences lead to considerable emotional and physical damage so it is about addressing individual suffering and the suffering of those who have received the therapy but it also signals to society that homosexuality being gay or lesbian is totally ok and this. Bastiaan measure has experienced socalled gay conversion therapy today hes openly gay and living without the guilt his strict pentecostal Christian Community pressured him to feel he had been playing by thoughts of suicide finally he sought the help of a doctor who performed an exorcism becomes a he then said that a big black hole was coming out of my back and that it was a really big evil demon that was responsible for my homosexuality. Doctors have long agreed that homosexuality is not a disease but its estimated that 2000 people undergo pseudo therapy to treat their sexuality each year in germany alone the World Health Organization says this is a violation of human rights. Stephen is a bex with business. Sense of right of the need to keep a. Foot over the edge and on the force i am for the whole of those missing and that in the works with at least the bottom of the ballet that the last dragons in this world has called the hard. Data weve got on. In crisis. 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