Widespread destruction of transport networks schools hospitals some of them. From power. States or some. Mass vaccinations against measles. Most of them children of disease since. The program. The speaker of the u. S. House of representatives nancy pelosi says she should just draft articles of impeachment against the president the announcement marks the culmination of a months long inquiry into whether President Trump abused his office and his dealings with ukraine is alleged to have held up military aid to kiev in exchange for an investigation into democratic president ial candidate joe biden Speaker Pelosi said mr trumps actions threaten the heart of the u. S. Constitution the president has engaged in abuse of power undermining our National Security and jeopardizing the integrity of our elections and actions are in defiance of the vision of our founders and the oath of office that he takes to preserve protect and defend the constitution of the United States sadly that with confidence and humility with allegiance to our founders and heart full of love for America Today i am asking our chairman to proceed with articles of impeachment i commend your Committee Chairs and our members for their somber approach to actions which i wish the president had not made necessary straight to washington than where we jointly doubly correspondent a public welcome public so what does this announcement mean for the president. Well its obscene not good news for President Trump. Whats going to happen next is that were going to be waiting to see what exactly the articles of impeachment that are going to be prepared by not only the Judiciary Committee but also the hives Intelligence Committee and potentially also the House Foreign Affairs committee so what will happen now is then those articles will pass on to the representatives where they will be voted on by the lower house and then once those are will say approved it passes on to the senate for a trial which could take place as early as the early january of next year so what basis could the president be impeached. Well you know this is been going on this investigation now for quite a considerable time now lets not forget that now were in the next phase with the highs Judiciary Committee but of course we have the hives Intelligence Committee calling several witnesses and you know they gave pretty damning evidence against President Trump. Of the potential charges or or articles which will be prepared are one is abuse of power against President Trump because it said that he you know was putting his own personal political gain over United States is National Security another one could be obstruction of justice and also engaging in bribery and so you know these are pretty serious charges or articles which will be brought against President Trump and like i said its expected that it will reach the senate by you know this trial will begin at the start of next year and the reaction from the white house or indeed from the Republican Party. Well the Republican Party have being quite solid will say in their support in many respects there have been some voices within the republicans who have expressed a lot of concern over what to add these charge these articles could be against President Trump of course its best to hear directly from President Trump on he took to twitter actually im just going to read what he was saying in the past hour or so he said that the do nothing radical left democrats just announce that theyre going to seek to impeach me over nothing and they already gave up on the ridiculous smaller stuff so now they hang their hats on to totally appropriate perfect phone calls with the ukrainian president so President Trump is very defiant the white house has also come out to say that it is you know. Theres no basis to continue with this impeachment inquiry and this possible impeachment of President Trump see you know the republicans are standing solid public in washington thank you. Take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world at least 57 people have died after a boat carrying my kids capsized off the coast to mauritania northwest africa but a port from the International Organization for migration says more than 80 people survived the best left the got in late november. The 23 year old woman is in the Critical Condition after she was set alight on her way to a Court Hearing in the indian state of pradesh she was on the way to attend a hearing to break the news that shed previously filed against 2 men who were among the 5 arrested in connection with this latest attack. The strain in city of sydney ishrat it in unprecedented smog as severe bushfires rage nearby hundreds of homes have been destroyed and 4 people have died since the places began weeks ago Scientists Say the fires have more intense than usual due to a prolonged drug fuelled by climate change. The hall is holding a mass animal sacrifice despite criticism from Rights Groups in the Country Supreme Court that it is cruel and outdated the event involving the slaughter of thousands of animals is sought with the largest of its kind in the world it takes place every 5 years on the tracks divide hindus from across the region. Much of paris is at a standstill as the country experiences its biggest general strike for decades Public Sector workers angered about president macros proposed Pension Reforms have disrupted rail lines schools and hospitals they proposed changes would force the workers to retire later or see their pensions reduced Union Leaders say the strikes will continue until monday. Daily life in france and particularly in the capital paris is almost grounds to halt public transport is especially affected many flights have been cancelled and schools have stayed shot but such action is not uncommon in france many people have been preparing for days. Everyone is ready my daughter left the house at 6 in the morning to arrive at work on time my son stayed the night in hotels close to their workplaces some people wont make it to work today and will lose a days salary as a result of. People and demonstrating in several french cities against the governments planned Pension Reforms the details of the reforms the g to be announced in the coming week but trade unions want to put pressure on the french government and president not home now. The concern is that workers will have to work for longer in future and the pensions will be smaller. Well have to keep striking until the government starts to listen to us. Many businesses along the route of thursdays demonstration have remained closed amid fears that protests could turn violent. Trade to d. W. Correspondent lisa lewis said the plasterer republic in the heart of. Whats going on. Well the situation is quite tense here behind me at the plaza that it to break the demonstration was supposed to go from gather less towards president as you know for the east in the northeast of paris but it has kind of come to a hold here because there are clashes that have broken out between mosques and protesters and the police theyve been going d on for half an hour or so now even a bit longer and theyre in the adjacent streets around the plus relatively. I was sort of concerns of people of voice change amongst the crowd. Of the people are here today in paris and other cities of france of this need to demonstrate against him and might cost the president pension reform there are worry that when they get to retire at one point or their children get to retire that there will be nothing that left that he will actually squeeze pension so much that people wont be able to make ends meet there has been telling me that theyre really concerned that the government seems to be taking more money away from those who are already struggling to make ends meet instead of taking it from the rich thats why theyre here today demonstrators whove come to demonstrate against the pension reform peacefully have also voiced their concerns to me that you know if there are too many violent clashes that might actually distract from what theyre asking for and the government could then say oh these people are violent she shouldnt go and to not to demonstrate and thats a good like thats whats really happening here today so what is at stake for. This guy a lot at stake for a man in my car he came to power saying that he would reform the country was on the running on a platform saying that you know im going to implement the left wing and right wing policies turns out the center left voters are quite disappointed with him and hes lost their support his core supporters now in the center right and these people on the. Center right they expect him to reform the country pension reform as one of his fun of the centerpieces of his program money was running for president so even members from the government are now saying that its crucial for him to push this through they say that if he fades he might lose the last bit of Political Capital he still has here in france and it will be incredibly difficult for him to get reelected in trying to turn to to these alerts in paris thank you. The South Pacific state of samoa is in lockdown as it carries out to mass measles vaccinations of its population of more than 200460 samoans most of them children have died since the epidemic began in october the World Health Organization describes the initiative as part of a worldwide outrage and a collective failure to protect people against the disease more than 4000 cases have been reported since this outbreak began the main streets of the capital apia a largely deserted vaccination teams going door to door. Llano necessary buying clothes for her son to be buried in. Hes one of more than 60 children who has died in the measles epidemic sweepings the moa. I dont know if we get laid each week. With cases like as mounting the government has declared a state of emergency vaccinations have been made compulsory in a country where only around a 3rd of the population was immunized against measles and 90 percent need to be vaccinated for adequate protection. One reason for the rapid spread of the preventable disease misinformation by anti vaccination groups we know that. Anybody try to make you are going to. Force people to come in to their search for. The problem means should we bury them and to get back right before. We have children. And try to actually. Keep. Them for so. Many of our viewers will. Be. The governments patience is running it started a 2 day shutdown of businesses and most government offices and advise samoans to stay indoors. Officials have asked residents whove not been immunized to hang red flags from their windows medical teams are going from house to house to administer vaccinations. Mothers are being vaccinated in Emergency Centers the tiny island nation is desperate to finally stamp out the disease. Balance most famous twins of god. 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