Mexico and canada finalize a new trade pact to replace nafta. Now u. S. President donald trump has mocked impeachment charges against him labeling them weak Democratic Party leaders announced 2 articles of impeachment on tuesday charging him with the abuse of power and the obstruction of congress and makes trump only the 4th president to face a formal process to remove him from office castro reports from washington d. C. Standing before a portrait of one of the nations Founding Fathers George Washington House Democratic leaders made a historic announcement today in service to our duty to the constitution and to our country. The House Committee on the judiciary is introducing 2 articles of impeachment charging the president of the United States donald j. Drum with committing high crimes and misdemeanors the 1st article is abuse of power for withholding security aid and a white house visit with ukraines leader in exchange for political investigations that would benefit trumps reelection
Are promising ahead of thursdays fighters. We begin our coverage in the hague where me and miles leader Aung San Suu Kyi is set to lead her countrys defense against allegations of genocide now the crimes are said to have been committed by the military and are at the center of a case at the International Court of justice the allegations stem from the 27000 military crackdown which forced more than 700000 mostly muslim or hindu to flee to neighboring bangladesh well lets go live now to our correspondent ryan hey whos in the hague for us on sun. Set to arrive within the next hour its remarkable 28 years ago just this week she received the Nobel Peace Prize and now shes set to defend the minute she who kept under house arrest against genocide what do we expect to hear from her. Yes its a remarkable situation isnt it its and we sit for another fascinating few hours inside the International Court of justice on tuesday it was the turn of the gambia to open this case to lay down the harrowing
Obstructing congress he denies any wrongdoing. Plus more traps at the volcano any newsy of activity is hampering efforts to retrieve the bodies of those killed on monday and fueling fears that another eruption could be imminent. Hello im terry Martin Thanks for being with us be on mars leader Aung Sun Suu Kyi is preparing to defend her country against genocide charges at the u. S. Highest court in the hague said she arrived at the International Court of justice for the start of hearings on tuesday she and the court heard graphic testimony of how myanmars military allegedly carried out mass killings and other atrocities against the countries were injured minority. Has previously denied any wrongdoing by her. Well she was not obliged to appear at the hagan person but chose to do so critics say also suit shes aim is to raise her profile ahead of elections in myanmar her supporters see her as a defender of her and battled nation on the global stage more than 700000 are hinges fled myanmar
A new trade pact to replace nafta. While myanmars leader Aung San Suu Kyi has literally arrived at the International Court of justice where she is beginning her remarks defending her country against allegations of genocide lets listen in the 948 Genocide Convention one of the most fundamental multilateral treaties of all the time invoking that 940 age Genocide Convention its a matter of a most gravity. This is a treaty that we made following this is to match it killing of malls and 6000000 year jews and thats my country wholeheartedly signed as ferdie assertiveness december 949 and ratified on food since march 956. 00 genocide is a crime that the International Criminal tribunal for rwanda applied in response to the mass killing of perhaps 70 percent of the 2 chief in rwanda. It is a crime that is not applied by the tribunal to the former yugoslavia for the displacement of approximately 1000000 residents of course civil in 1909 neither was it applied by that tribe you know no by this co
Now myanmars later on sun suchi is that at the International Court of justice defending her country against allegations of genocide she called the accusations misleading tucci insists the military has been conducting a legitimate operation against armed groups and that action has been taken against the use of Excessive Force on tuesday as your g. s sat through graphic accounts of mass murder and rape detailed against the military the allegations stem from the 2017 crackdown which forced more than 700000 mostly written jim muslims to flee to neighboring bangladesh and that the genocide intent on the part of the state that activity investigates prosecute and punish this in offices who are accused of wrongdoing. Although the focus here is on members of the military i can assure you that appropriate action will also be taken against civilian offenders in line with due process there will be no tolerance of Human Rights Violations in the rakhine or elsewhere in the im not the kind to day suf