Fiercely divided u. S. House of representatives votes to impeach President Donald Trump he says its a deeply disgrace also ahead. Then the close honkin find out next why so many migrants travel from here to europe not through the mediterranean but across the atlantic or something. Dont be disturbed to the sport. For you banned from sport for doping offenses president Vladimir Putin says the sanctions are unfair and politically motivated. But we begin this hour with breaking news out of libya where the u. N. Recognized government says it will accept an offer of military support from taki the tripoli based administration is fighting an offensive by the world can be for have to his forces are trying to capture the capital schools in the Southern District of. An intra party has now been closed with r. T. Say its because of sporadic fighting and shelling by have forces well we have reporters in 3 countries crucial to this story sebastian is standing by moscow monitor joe is in istanbul but 1st lets go to Mark Whitacre wahid whos in tripoli enough would have to began this offensive back in april but fighting seems to have escalated in recent weeks whats the situation like there on the ground at the moment. Well the situation. Is still bleak on the ground as fighting has not stopped in southern tripoli between half that us forces who are trying to see the capital tripoli on the one hand and forces that we have to with their d. N. A. And back to government of National Court and on the other hand fighting has recently excessive abated and its civilians in density Populated Areas neighborhoods near near the fighting gaiters like insular he dean and also in the neighborhood. Say that random rockets sometimes land in their densely Populated Areas and in many cases over the past 8 months many civilians including women and children were either killed or wounded by either random rockets or airstrikes by fighter jets loyal to the warlord Khalifa Haftar that is no ceasefire in place until at least until this moment and both rival or warring factions are sending gree enforcements to the battlefield which means that there is no at least for the time being there is no ceasefire until now and meanwhile government Officials Say that they are now activating their true of their agreement of the memorandum of understanding that was seized with the last month to send. Weapons specially advanced weapons to libya and now this meeting today is very crucial by the d. N. A. The government of National Court officials who met with their commanders military commanders with a government of National Accord. Commanding the battle field on the ground and they have decided today to start activating their agreement and demanded weapons to be sent to tripoli this area. Half the forces have been recruiting good russian mercenaries along with sudanese and charity and also mercenaries from chad and also they have been supported by advanced weapons from egypt United Arab Emirates and russia so this kind of agreement between the d. N. A. And turkey as the government sources say is a kind of reaction to the russian and other foreign intervention in libya mr smart and i believe i headed there for us in tripoli well not what was just talking about weapons from taki and lets go to manager joe who is in istanbul mo how much support can the libyans expect from turkey are we talking Ground Troops weapons monetary support. Well turkish president. Is very clear turkey is already under willing to all the government of National Accord in tripoli us watch help it needs and boots on the ground if they come up with a formal request to. Something arms is one thing and troops is a different monster altogether it takes a whole paulson right now the military called pollution agreements signed between turkey and libya is going through the formalities of getting. Approved by parliament its supposed to come up for a vote only once they go the more of the Foreign Affairs committee of Parliament Just this week and even after a lot happens and that agreement is ratified by a parliament then the government of National Accord i was once again go to send a formal request for the deployment of turkish troops on the haass to go back to parliament so that the troops can get not only the approval but also among the. 4 for what they will be doing exactly in libya once theyre deployed monitor there for us in istanbul with the latest thank you mara well libyas been in conflict since the overthrow of monograph it back in 2011 and divided between 2 rival governments and troops loyal to them the un recognizes the government of National Accord in tripoli its supported by taki and many western powers including is which fear the fighting man tripoli could force more people to cross the mediterranean and the east it is the to break based government the center of power for war Khalifa Haftar and his forces hes backed by saudi arabia egypt and the United Arab Emirates oh. So fronts is accused of providing some military support and russian snipers have teamed up with theft as troops move such a good idea but i see a movement that. We russia are in permanent contact with mr fi os also raj is government and with Khalifa Haftar we continuously communicate with our partners including those in turkey and in europe in our opinion the best solution would be to find a compromise between the 2 sides of the conflict which allows them to stop fighting and agree on who how and under what authority they will govern the country. Well lets go to step. Step we know that russia has been providing support to have to us forces but now this seemingly trying to play peacemaker. Yes a very different tone here from of letting it put in during this very lengthy press conference where he exactly is for train himself as a peacemaker he has been on the phone with all the european leaders with merkel and well markand to discuss the solution and libya and hes also been discussing this visit by the turkish delegation in next coming days to find this dialogue and the solution for the conflict in libya but interestingly just a couple of days ago during the ministry of Foreign Affairs spokeswoman spreads conference she made quite clear that this turkish. Initiative to send troops doesnt really go down very well here in moscow and she said that this decision any Security Cooperation between turkey and libya would basically disrupt a possible meeting in this month to find a solution on the libyan conflict in berlin and also putin spokesman earlier this week also sat that he will discuss this very urgent issue with the one put in an earlier one well discuss this issue during a meeting which is scheduled for december for sorry for january 8th in istanbul so basically these steps by turkey are making things for russia in libya pretty complicated right now this is a story well continue to follow very closely step back from there for us in moscow thank you stepped. Well lets go to other news now and police in india have detained hundreds of people across the country for defying a protest against in your citizenship hill internet and my about services have been blocked in parts of the capital new delhi the controversial no off as a path to citizenship for persecuted minorities from neighboring countries but it excludes muslims so how raman reports they marched in the thousands across india in the capital with placards in hand they denounced the government and its new citizenship law i it was peaceful here a Civil Society leaders politicians academics and people congregated at the historic red fort near the muslim quarter of the city was a confrontation with the police it was inevitable that it was the was just going for control of the situation has been a daily battle for police and Civil Society says the law was passed nearly a week ago was. 6 that there was a heavy security presence backed up by riot control personnel this demonstrator is clear about why hes here. The government shouldnt be doing this its unfair here all the same we live here in india because we are equal in free we have a right to protest there was more protesters arrived ready to be taken away by police so that you know that and. That lady has been saying ill go ill go peacefully with the police and thats exactly whats happened with the protests that have been coming into the red fort complex here theyve been slowly that the hundreds of the going slowly protesting quietly and peacefully arriving at the barriers theyve been arrested individually and loaded onto those coaches that you can see behind me for processing was one by one they were loaded onto buses and driven away each denouncing the police the other was you know no Civil Society leader you can. 3 out of a many called Leaders Party leaders were some of the high profile arrests those taken from here were released later while others were detained. There have been protests in over a dozen indian cities from new delhi to look for a book by to judge the cult cutter saw some of the largest demonstrations or the national day of anger as it was being called against the new immigration law. Even in Hyderabad Police had their hands full taking demonstrators away to be processed or charged. One politician from the west bank gold has a warning for the b j p led government the politicians will only be the catalyst and if in our people of people the 1st part they will not accept this law and the 2nd part is the at the 1st minimal opportunity when it comes to at the bottom they will board. The authorities are not taking any chances while the demonstrations great strength of. The government has imposed restrictions but a gatherings of more than 4 people and cutting into that mobile services in some areas the protesters here say they want the government describes the new law and go will likely go on until lunch happens but it will be up to those in power to determine how they deal with that and reserve board in the days ahead. To hold robert aljazeera you delhi. On theres plenty more ahead on the news hour including after the conservative victory in the u. K. We travel to a traditional labor stronghold to find out what swung the lawyers. In the sudan uprising one year on we look at whats changed on the ground since the removal of the al bashir. And protesters clashed with Police Outside barcelonas el classico match against real madrid peace ever have more. Now the u. S. House of representatives has impeached President Donald Trump democrats have a majority in the house and challenge trunk with abusing his power as well as obstructing congress in its investigation but speaking on simple as he has for uncertainty on to the next steps by refusing to say when shell send the articles to the senate. We know we were make our decision as to when was when we see on the senate but thats a decision that we will make sure yes. Im not heard. That would have been our intention but well see what happens over there i said where u. S. Senate tonight because its difficult to determine who the managers will be until we see the arena in which we will be protests attaining all that followed i missed 8 hours of he said debate between the parties on whether the president had violated the constitution chunks Republican Party rallied together and sustained hes done nothing wrong democrats have delivered 2 week articles of impeachment abuse of power not according to the ukraine president lewinsky confirm many times that there was no quid pro quo no action taken and significant military aid was delivered without anything in return of course his words have been conveniently dismissed obstruction of congress is this the new standard if this is the new stand then every president since jimmy carter and every president moving forward would and will be impeached. Even as he was being impeached trump was defiant addressing his supporters in michigan he dismissed the democrats impeachment effort as illegal and as a disgrace i just said to the 1st lady youre so lucky i took you in this fantastic chair. Its so much fun they want to teach you they want to do worse than that by the way by the way. By the way it doesnt really feel like were being impeached. The country is doing better than ever before we did nothing. Well in just the past few minutes the top u. S. Senate republican leader Mitch Mcconnell denounced what he called an unfair house impeachment of president on. The opposition to impeachment was bipartisan only one part of one faction wanted this outcome the houses conduct risk deeply damaging the institutions of American Government this particular house of representatives has led its partisan rage at this particular president great a toxic new president that will echo well into the future. Well lets bring in mike hanna whos on capitol hill for us mike i want to read a tweet that Donald Trumps been putting out in just the last few alice and he said 100 percent republican vote thats what people are talking about the republicans are united like never before and i know this is the 1st time i can in history that the impeachment of a president featured no votes from the minority parties and the Republican Party in the house and this was a statement in their voters about unity is not just anything. But indeed yes i must point out as well that President Trump has tweeted some 30 times in the past 2 hours so clearly this is something that continues to make him absolutely furious despite his comments there the really saying that oh i dont feel like im being impeached certainly his reaction on twitter indicates that hes very aware about it and very very angry we heard that Mitch Mcconnell ripped the 2 to a partisan rage sweeping through the house now he has just finished his talk of some 30 minutes on the senate floor he used the term partisan rage on a number of occasions that his frust is that its a minority who are arguing for impeachment that this is based not on the evidence that has been presented to the house but on what democrats feel about President Trump hes insisting this very strongly on the democrat side they are saying well if the evidence that weve heard in the house is not complete then lets just call witnesses in the senate trial who can flesh out the evidence and give us more clarity witnesses that we have subpoenaed which the white house has refused to allow to appear Mitch Mcconnell now insists that there will be no added witnesses he wants the senate trial to go as quickly as possible d the democrats are saying very clearly that they are holding back those articles of impeachment until they are very clear about how the senate trial is going to play out its the last bit of leverage to try and force mcconnell to introduce those with. Answers that they want to hear including the former secretary of state so here even though the impeachment has been passed we are now still in this political partisan battle to see how it plays out in the weeks ahead mike we expect to hear i believe from nancy pelosi very shortly whats going through her mind today whats going through her mind is exactly how to play this out the idea to hold back the articles of impeachment from going to the senate is something that has only emerged in the last few days and had to merge from a number of senior democrats who said this is our point of leverage that weve got to use to force the senate into accepting the position that weve got to hear all the evidence weve got to hear from the former National Security adviser weve got to hear from President Trumps acting chief of staff weve got to hear from people that we wanted to hear during the intelligence hearings in the house now Mitch Mcconnell is saying no democrats are saying to the House Speaker well weve got to hold back and to we keep the maximum amount of pressure on the republican star incidentally on the question of witnesses and Mitch Mcconnell himself 20 years ago in the impeachment of bill clinton insisted very strongly that there should be witnesses and in fact that witnesses are part of a normal as he puts it impeachment procedure 2 decades later hes saying no there is no need for witnesses its a complete somersault a complete turnaround and democrats are picking on this as well to insists that the Senate Majority leader is taking his cue from the white house he has said this directly that he will take his cue from white House Counsel in terms of how to deal with this in effect what he is doing is being both the jury and the accused at the same time and these are points that the brit democrats are going to be arguing very strongly about in days here mike hanna there for us on capitol hill thank you mike. Well to lebanon now where the party of caretaker Prime Minister saad hariri is refusing to nominate any other candidate to be his successor the president is holding formal consultations with politicians to decide the next leader harry resigned in october after weeks of antigovernment demonstrations and says he is not in the running now people have been protesting against corruption and sectarian and the sectarian political system well lets take a closer look at the division among the other