Cloud again in the last you as but the rain really has dried up so some good guys along the south coast up into shanghai and as a say despite the cloud its a fairly dry day on friday now we have got a bit more rain in the fall southwest and also still lingering along these the northern coastal areas all the vietnam but even here as we head into saturday it does tend to dry up and then weve got more of this case guys the 29 in hong kong and a very nice 24 in shanghai feeling fresh but quite as he made his across into hong kong and then india weve been talking of course about the monsoon rains and they are on their way out they continue to actually with droid can see the keris skies in the last few plenty of activity the across central and southern areas particularly across into the west on into carola also sri lanka has seen some rather heavy spells of rain there and actually friday on into saturday well see more rain once again across into west bengal as a say the line of this rain has not been brought really fall southwards but even so on saturday those rains once again pushing into more Central States i mean could still see some scattered thunderstorms in mumbai but a feeding tube out with a high of 31. Very much has been very harmful to the economy and the minds of many people challenging traditional attitudes narrowing the gender gap is helping. To keep. Trying to break these barriers so much by giving women access to muscle says. The women leading the way. Women make change on aljazeera. Hello again the top stories on aljazeera. Leaders from the United Kingdom on European Union say theyve reached a deal on. European Commission President calling it a fair and balanced agreement but it still needs ratification from both the e. U. Parliament. Opposition leader has already spoken out against the war saying it doesnt meet labors demands or expectations and Northern Irelands Democratic Unionist Party which backs the conservatives has released a statement saying you cannot support. A parliamentary vote is expected on saturday. U. S. Vice president might. Have been holding talks with the turkish president the u. S. Delegation is trying to convince her to want to call off his offensive in northeastern syria. Now the threat of feisal fighters escaping detention has been discussed by the Foreign Ministers of her rock and fronts in baghdads european governments. Concerned turkeys offensive against kurds in Northern Syria will allow some of the 12000. 00 suspected fighters to escape the french president is urging iraq to arrest any foreign fighters who arrived there after fleeing syrian detention camps the u. S. Ambassador to the European Union is testifying to the congressional inquiry into Donald Trumps impeachment Gordon Sunland said the president ordered diplomats to involve his personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani in discussions about ukraine. Joining us from washington d. C. What more you hearing about whats been said so far heidi. Well the ring someone has been testifying behind closed doors for a few hours now were not allowed to hear what hes saying but we do have a copy of his prepared Opening Statement and it appears to be quite self protective in detail exactly how he was at the center of what democrats call this Shadow Campaign to pressure ukraine to open an investigation into President Trumps political rivals well someone claims that he had no idea that was the intention of this investigation he claims that this was to his understanding an Anti Corruption probe that he was pressuring ukraine to launch and he denies having any information that trump may have withheld u. S. Military assistance to ukraine as leverage to get that investigation into joe biden and bidens son started someone writes in his Opening Statement i do not recall any discussions with the white house on withholding u. S. Security assistance from ukraine in return for the president s 2020 Reelection Campaign he does say though that the president directed him and other u. S. Ambassadors to work with the president s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani a private civilian not representative at all of the u. S. Government in its dealing with ukraine sunland said he was disappointed by giving getting that directive but he followed through because it was the president s order and he said giuliani specifically said that ukraine had to open an investigation into a Company Called charisma now bris milah is the company that that joe biden son sat on the board of and though sun lynn who is a self a value crane expert he says that he was not aware of these news reports that was everywhere in the newspapers at that time of that connection he said he didnt know prisma had anything to do with joe biden finally he appears to detail these very self protective actions he took in a text. Message exchange that he had with other u. S. Ambassadors who are questioning saying quote this is crazy to link u. S. Security assistance with a Political Campaign someone had texted back that this was not a quid pro quo of any kind and we know now according to someones own testimony that was a message dictated by President Trump himself so lets look ahead for a moment heidi what happens next in the impeachment inquiry would have the democrats sort of next steps well someone is a major key witness in this inquiry what hes talking about now behind closed doors is potentially peeling back more layers of this onion it will likely lead to more witnesses who will be subpoenaed we know that Mick Mulvaney the acting chief of staff of the white house he has until tomorrow to comply with his own subpoena to hand over documents and the investigators in the house are simply would only down one by one these various witnesses trying to compel those who are not coming forward to testify whether it be going through court or having or charging them with and with impeding congress so all of this is very detailed its painstaking in the way that its being approached but democrats say that they are charging ahead and likely will hold a vote on whether or not to officially impeach trump by november and in fact we know that republicans in the senate are preparing to have the president go on trial before their very chamber in late november all right titus in concert thank you. Well the u. S. President s personal attorney face the deadline this week to hand over documents to congress as part of its impeachment inquiry Rudy Giuliani is accused of running a shadow Foreign Policy operation meant to damage trumps political rivals chris salumi takes a look at the man at the center of the controversy and maybe the American People have concluded that impeachment is not a problem Rudy Giuliani does not work for the u. S. Government but as President Trumps personal lawyer he appears at the center of efforts to pressure ukraine to investigate democrats ousted National Security advisor john bolton reportedly called him a hand grenade who threatened to blow up the Administration Giuliani made a name for himself going after organized crime and public corruption as a federal prosecutor in new york a job that led to his election as mayor in 1904 but also to criticism he played for the camera he was an extremely tough prosecutor when wall street is he perp walk them he went after the mob he drove into Little Little League and the fired them so he but he was a tough aggressive with an age of miss the miss he was out to get them and he got them giuliani rose to International Prominence in 2001 after the attacks of september 11th earning the nickname americas mayor but his ties to his hometown in the Law Enforcement community have frayed since becoming one of the controversial president s most vocal defenders and giuliani is now in the sights of Law Enforcement himself for his ties to these 2 soviet born u. S. Citizens charged with funneling foreign money to u. S. Politicians and lobbying for the removal of the United States ambassador to the ukraine memory of it President Trump called the of on a vigil bad news on that now infamous call where he pressured the ukrainian president to investigate his political rival former Vice President joe biden. His son who had business dealings in the country the u. S. Attorney for the Southern District of new york the very office where Rudy Giuliani rose to prominence as a federal prosecutor is handling the case of his associates its also the office that convicted Michael Cohen the president s fixer of Campaign Finance violations and now is reportedly investigating giuliani himself and you know i cant wait to come back to this giuliani denies breaking the law since he was working on behalf of the president not a Foreign Agent i think he shouldnt be underestimated i think hes a tough guy and i think some of his some lashing out acting out on the Cable Networks is is kind of an act. To distract to intimidate and to keep himself at the center of the story which hes a very effective at doing and so far he has refused to cooperate with the impeachment inquiry christian salumi al jazeera new york afghanistans war against the taliban has claimed a Record Number of civilian lives and 2019 the u. N. Says more than 4000 civilians were killed or injured between july and september thats up more than 40 percent from the same period last year making it the bloodiest period since the war began it brings the total casualties for the 1st 9 months of 21900. 00 to more than 8000. 00 now around 25000. 00 students are marching through the streets of barcelona to protest against jail sentences handed out to Pro Independence leaders earlier this week it comes one day ahead of a planned general strike called by various unions this protest was largely peaceful but there has been widespread violence in catalonia since monday the unrest started after Spains Supreme Court sentenced 9 separate of scotland leaders to up to 13 years in prison for their part in an independence referendum 2 years ago. Thank you like to brussels that is donald trump speaking on the tentative new director hell reach would be u. K. Lets listen in live from the beginning that we would always stand behind ireland and not false ideal favorable to the opposition. Secondly. The deal has been positively ourselves by the European Commission this gave us certainty that it is favorable and safe for the citizens of the European Union. The key change in comparison is the earlier version of the e. U. This Prime Minister joins us acceptance to have custom strikes at the points of entry into Northern Ireland this compromise will. Allow us to avoid both the checks between ireland and Northern Ireland and will ensure the integrity of the Single Market. The reality is that today we have a deal which are allowed us to avoid chaos and an atmosphere of conflict between the e. U. 27. 00 and the United Kingdom. For the European Council invited the commission the rupee a parliament and the council to ensure that this agreement can enter into force on the 1st of november 29th team. Now we are all waiting for the vote in both parliament. Other more per some a lot of what i feel today is frankly speaking. Because in my heart. I will always be remain and i hope that to show our british friends for the fight to return on day our door our door will always be open thank you. Thank you i now president of the you think mission you know good evening but this morning after 2 of the phone calls i had to leave for the british Prime Minister we reached an agreement thank you to me shared would be the next together weve his team what we have the good. Is much more that leap. Its a legal text which provides Legal Certainty to the problems created by bricks. Look texts. Put those did or the normal usage where you put those up you know stop would you surely do not from an auto monologue of read thoughts so if theyre so he meant applies to people and Peace Agreement on his projects the rights of 4500000 citizens 3. 5 many users and living in the u. K. And more than a 1000000 u. K. Citizens living in the European Union. They can continue to live their lives as before. We always saturday puts people in these negotiations. Also protects those who receive. More funding by means of the financial regulation. The agreement provides for a transitional period to the end of 2020 at least it protects our geographical destinations of origin and it ensures an orderly withdrawal of we now have a new protocol on ireland and not now and which protects peace and stability on the island of ireland and fully protects our Single Market that we stand united to have. Over the past 2 years we have worked very closely with the 2 shook country voted to fork would not have been possible to reach an agreement to do it was for them. Theyve got more of a we have the political declaration on the future relationship with the United Kingdom and we revise this status slightly up this is an ambitious provides for an ambitious Free Trade Agreement in the future without had tariffs. And quotas and no commitments jeffy. Do and level playing field. We need you to reach the deed for them so peoples works you just have. Thank you and now were out. Thank you very much i want to start by thanking michelle and the task force for the enormous work they have done in recent years and their professionalism. On the commission donald and the council all of the 27 i just ate in government and Prime Minister johnson for bringing us to the point are out today also want to acknowledge the. Real hard work and the patriotism of the staff of the department of station and department of Foreign Affairs for all theyve done in the past few years as well ive really learned 2 things i think about the European Union in the past 2 years what ive had the privilege of being a teacher garland and that is seeing the strength of the unity of the European Union how much we can achieve if Member States of the 27 think together Work Together and have common objectives europe acts as one is a truly powerful force for good in the world united we stand divided we fall and i think that weve seen in the last few years is a lesson to us for the future how we can achieve its objectives if were united and that can be something we take forward into future negotiations not just with the u. K. But with the u. S. And china and turkey and others and also as the leader of a small nation ive really felt enormous solidarity from our European Partners sometimes people in small countries believe they can be swallowed up if they join big organizations by the like the and i think its been demonstrated in the past 2 years that the European Union really is a union of nations and also of peoples and one in which small states are protected and respected. Like. Present mixed feelings today i really regret that the United Kingdom is leaving the European Union but i absolutely respect their decision to do so its a little bit like an old friends thats going on a journey are an adventure without us and we really hope it works out for them but i think there will always be a place at the table for the United Kingdom if they were ever choose to choose to come back and im sorry no matter what happens we will have good relations with the United Kingdom a Good PartnershipPolitical Security and economic into the future what we have here today is a revised agreement the backstop has been replaced with the new solution a new protocol on our land in Northern Ireland it is a unique solution one that reckon that r