A day of mass protests against an election where all 5 candidates have links to the ousted president. And britains brave cold wet weather to vote in a deeply divisive election billed as a way out of the brics an impasse. And im p. To say that with all your support says tiger woods captains the usa today worst start at a president s cup in 14 years its. Ok lets get going the u. S. House of representatives is moving closer to impeaching the u. S. President donald trump as the Judiciary Committee holds its final debate House Democrats are leading efforts to formally charge the president with abuse of power and obstruction of congress mr trumps accused of withholding aid to ukraine to pressurize it into investigating his potential white house rival joe biden and his son hunter by republicans on the u. S. House Judiciary Committee repeatedly complained about the procedures followed by the democrats. What will be known by this committee from here on out is that this committee has now sounded the death of minority rights in this committee this committee has become nothing but a rubber stamp this committee is amazingly now on such a clock in calendar process that they dont care facts be damned i dont care a country whos fighting russian aggression because when crime fights question aggression theyre helping us fight russian aggression and he did it for personal gain the biden situation. It could only be an abuse of power and i think this amendment really reflects how the president was using as a power power perfectly entirely appropriately and it also shows how scared they are of the fact lets get more now from my colleague mike hanna joining us here on the news out of our bureau in washington so mike just take us through what we think is going to happen next. Well peter as you saw there something of a knife fight going on in the house Judiciary Committee as the contemplates these 2 articles of impeachment each member of the Committee Given 5 minutes to talk on each of the articles its a lengthy process which is still ongoing but what will happen eventually is that the committee itself will vote on these articles of impeachment they will then in all likelihood go to the rules committee of the house which will decide on how much time will be allocated to debate on the impeachment and that will take place in the coming weeks of the process moving very quickly over all however this particular phase in the house Judiciary Committee very much a partisan fight going on after each and every word in the articles of impeachment republicans in particular attempting to block at every point democrats trying to move these articles through as quickly as possible but certainly this is a pro longed and angry fight going on in the house Judiciary Committee peter and i understand theyre trying to insert Hunter Bidens name into the articles of impeachment its not that big a document what 91011 pages why have they left this until now to do that in itself is that unusual. Well this is the stage at which that type of amendment could be proposed is called the markup stage and what that means is that the articles of impeachment which have been drawn up are now considered by the Judiciary Committee they literally market up as they go along now an interesting point here peter is that the chairman of the Committee Jerry Nadler right at the beginning made an amendment to the articles he actually change the name of donald j. Trump which was in the initial article to Donald John Trump now what this did was a device to allow him to essentially control what amendments followed so it was a step machine complete control over the process why the republicans brought up an amendment to replacing Donald Trumps name with that of the biden this is once again a 8 obstructive process attempting to prolonging the debate knowing full well that the committee controlled by democrats was never going to pass such an amendment so although the republicans continuing to press amendments each of them is getting voted down on party lines the process that would seem only hindered by something that applies to all the participants of this committee and thats a Congressional Ball which happens in 3 hours time begins at 7 oclock u. S. Time at the white house certainly members want to go to that congregational ball lets see how that adds a sense of urgency to the ongoing discussions become having a dance mike thanks very much. U. S. Stocks of risen following reports the u. S. And china have reached an imprint support trade deal President Trump tweeted earlier that a quote big deal was near and there were reports an interim quote phase one agreement had been reached according to the reports washington has offered to cancel a fresh round of tariffs on chinese goods. The u. S. Senate has unanimously passed a resolution recognizing that the most killings of armenians a century ago was genocide resolution states its. A u. S. Policy to commemorate as genocide the killing of 1500000 armenians by the Ottoman Empire which was centered in modern day turkey from 1152923 ankara has condemned the senate boof turkey contests the figures and denies the killings were systematically orchestrated and constitute a genocide. At least 3 people have been killed during major protests in goa r. T. The capital of the state of india the unrest follows the passing of a controversial citizenship Amendment Bill in the parliament the assamese people say they dont want to bring garley hindus to be granted indian citizenship aljazeera. Is there which in that area which has come to a standstill because of the protests. Another day of violent protests in assam and more tear gas fired to contain the crowd but not enough to drown the voice of thousands of protesters determined to defy a curfew and make themselves heard. The crackdown adding impetus to the protesters slogans rejecting the newly passed citizenship Amendment Bill. As sam has become the epicenter of the opposition to legislation that many here think these theyre an unfair hand. Or. Charges will get citizenship real real real live where is the space we will lose our farms our land then what will we eat. The suns moons back decades the state shares indias border with bangladesh formally called east pakistan until 1981 people here say between 19511971 a large number of bengali refugees took shelter in s. F. But the new legislation says anyone who came to india before 2014 as long as they are not muslim will be accepted as an indian citizen a lot of us have to see if he becomes a law and millions of bengali hindus were part for jobs we dont have jobs and were already a minority we cant let c. A. P happen. 350 soldiers were sent to patrol and most of them in go hearty as tensions rose and life came to a standstill shops schools and petrol stations are shocked the indian army is patrolling go harty the capital of intellect and to maintain calm many of the streets here are littered with burnt tires with entangled metal railings signs of anger among people here most of the protesters say that they are fighting to preserve their culture and to keep their jobs. The protesters seem determined to fight for what they see is a battle for their identity but they are under increasing government pressure to stop thats a lie. Because a legal challenge in the Supreme Court has already been launched critics of the citizenship say it while its indias secular constitution specifically excluding muslims. Aljazeera hati assam. Indias Supreme Court has rejected all appeals to a decision allowing a hindu temple to be built on a disputed sites muslim litigants say the original decision was unfair not the case revolves around a site in the town of a yoga claimed by both muslims and hindus a centuries old mosque there was demolished by hindu activists in 1902 that led to riots which killed more than 2000 people the original court ruling gave muslims an alternative piece of land on which to build a new mosque. The 16 year old boy who shot dead 6 people in iraq has been killed by a mob of protestors video has been shared on social media of people beating and hanging the teenager from a traffic pole in the capital Baghdad Iraqi officials said the boy had killed several antigovernment demonstrators at least 8 others were injured it is the latest in a series of attacks on protesters whove been holding mass rallies since october against the countrys political elite. Still to come here on this news coming to you from london sun tzu cheese final plea she pushes for genocide claims against a country to be dismissed. And bolivias former president abel morales moved to argentina but the newly elected Center Left Government has now given him asylum. Also ahead could formula ones Lewis Hamilton end up in a ferrari peter has more in the sports news in about 30 minutes. The polls have closed in algeria after an election thats been described as a sham by protesters for 10 months the country has been in political turmoil with large demonstrations leading to the resignation of the long term president Abdelaziz Bouteflika however protesters say the election is still not free and fair because all 5 president ial candidates are too close to the old regime Bernard Smith has more. At this polling station in algiers there werent many voters but plenty of ballot papers should turnout pick up later in the day here in the Early Morning just a few ballots have been cast in algeria president ial election at michelle jeering state t. V. Found a busy place to show its of us this is all around what the ocean any at the hip the presenters voiceover encourages people to get out and vote tells them there can be no reform without stability and says the people casting their ballots here were people who had recently been protesting the. But in the port city of b. J. Are protesters to all the ballot papers and rip them up they wanted to make it clear they think the election is a farce. Susan if you think that all 5 candidates running for president this is one of them as a dean he like the others has been approved by the state all of them the senior officials in the current regime that is if you win that you wont get the algerian so they are aware that they need the massive popular legitimacy and thats why were noticing since this morning thousands of algeria is going to polling stations and this is a real answer did bills who are doubting that this day want realize what people hopefully and then you know protests began in algeria in february when Abdelaziz Bouteflika said hed stand for a 5th term as president he eventually backed down and resigned. But its not stopped tens sometimes hundreds of thousands of people taking to the streets in the last 10 months on election day there wasnt much tolerance from the police for protesters calling for a boycott but it was a good many algerians say this election wont get rid of. The group of businessmen politicians and military leaders who wield the real power behind the scenes and i mean this guy is a free. They went on with. What i wont vote if i vote or betray my country no lections with the gangs thats it my brother. With a low turnout whoever wins will face questions of legitimacy before he even begins to tackle the challenges of a stagnant Oil Dependent economy high youth unemployment and rampant corruption. Burnet smith aljazeera. Ok lets take a closer look at the 5 candidates running for president deal by g. D. To help the position for less than 3 months and 2017 before he was sacked by the then president Abdelaziz Bouteflika halliburton fleece was Prime Minister between 22003. 00 since then hes run twice against pitifully to become president as it is a former culture minister who was also director of the state Radio Station also in the running of abdulaziz belayed a former member of the governing party who now heads the most taco bell front party and the former tourism minister abdul cutter then clean up from the albino Islamic Party lets talk now to naseem machete an algerian journalist at leisure independent hes been covering the protests against the election seem maturity turnout at 3 pm your time was running just 20 percent or why is that figure so low i believe they are loud very loud and 20 percent and they are not men in parts and where the people are ridiculous election in the actual condition they want for a change in the city. Because. The courtroom election. These protests have been going on for so long now if the protesters and the demonstrators are not happy with the lineup of potential candidates why dont they put forward their own candidates. I want to. Say more in june. Only live in the lecture. On that authority of the elections in a former military. Review oh they are afraid they will be. Equivalents so clearly what weve seen today is not what the people want might they be able to get by that if they see it as the beginning of the next stage of the process yeah sure there are unhappy and next free men. From the. Problems weve got some more and they will be. The new president whoever becomes the new president or whoever ends up in the government surely has to disentangle the military in your country from that government thats a big ask story. How do you disentangle the military from the government. Much we literary pressure but how do you do it. The army to lean forward what amount. Ok well leave it there naseem machete thank you very much thank you thank you so much. And less than an hour the polls are due to close in the u. K. s general election where much of the debate has been dominated of course by bracks it cold wet and windy weather failed to voters turning out for whats been described as the most important election in a generation parker reports from london. On a dismal december day democracy is in action years of breaks it deadlock has brought british voters back to the ballot box for the 3rd general election in 5 years. Leaving a polling station in london conservative leader Boris Johnson and one of his closest aides. Called the election to try and secure a parliamentary majority so he could press ahead with bracks it unopposed 1st. In north london a thumbs up from the opposition labor leader Jeremy Corbyn after he voted. The party for this election on the future of Public Services including the countrys steamed National Health service. In scotland the nationalists s. N. P. Leader nicholas sturgeon was feeling upbeat her partys main goal is to block Boris Johnsons. And im bishan shared by the liberal democrat leader Joseph Wilson the partys defining policy is to remain firmly in the e. U. Last held an election in december and. Theyre choosing 650. 00 m. P. s to represent them politicians who will decide britains future either in or out of the European Union is expected to be a close race but several london constituencies large queues were seen outside polling stations this is partly in south london where a line of voters snaked down the street. Everyone is very confused everyone is deeply divided. Families and friends of people are riven in a way i dont think i have seen before in elections in my life i think its very tense very upset on both sides of the argument polls close at 10 pm g. M. T. Exit polls we publish straight away with the 1st official results known a few hours later the park aljazeera london. Ok lets bring in my colleague. From westminster andra good evening how big the turnout been do we think. Well no official figures yet but it looks from what were hearing that theres been a large turnout certainly in the south east of england in london in particular accused large queues forming in the morning and indeed later in the day also elsewhere in the country despite this extraordinary awful midwinter weather and the dark hours with such little daylight at this time of year despite that people have been turning out people complaining of delays in london up to half an hour thats absolutely nothing compared with some countries in their elections but that is the situation in the capital and it has to be said also with the mood of the electorate something that you saw in neves report those remarks made this a real sense of the enormity of this election it isnt just about Party Politics the loyalty to different parties its about decisions on bricks it in scotland is not just bricks it is also if the result goes one way then it could mean scotland becoming independent eventually in other another referendum then the only issues in Northern Ireland as well so that it is not possible to get into the nitty detail because of the law in the u. K. In this last. Day in the polling day but so it has to be said that all the policy leaders right now have sent out twitter messages to 2 people to get out there and theres a feeling that this is really much tighter than some people expected so less than an hour now before the polling in fact way less than an hour 40 minutes should i say before those polling stations 10 pm 22 hours g. M. T. And whats the timeline of events when those polls finally close. Well straight away you will get and we will be reporting on straightaway the exit polls theyre known to be reliable in the u. K. Certainly over previous elections however there have been occasions when things have gone wrong at 2015 back in 1902 on those occasions the exit polls predicted a Hung Parliament which is a possibility in this case those predictions of apollo were wrong on both occasions those 22. 00 dates the conservative party actually got a majori