Hottest day ever on record as the country battles a bushfire crisis and a severe drought but even then does not stop the Prime Minister from going on holiday and germany moves a step closer to banning socalled game conversion therapy well meet one man who even underwent an exorcism in an attempt to become straight but it did not stop his suicidal full. Im burnt off its good to have you with us we begin with impeachment watch in the United States the u. S. House of representatives is debating at this hour whether to approve articles of impeachment against president will draw the speaker of the house nancy pelosi says that Congress Must defend democracy by a victim trump. From the white house from outside the u. S. House Vice President my parents says that the vote thats going on today is a disgrace and it that it sets a dangerous precedent republicans attempted to hold todays session as soon as it began by calling a vote to adjourn but that was dismissed along with other attempts to condemn the democrats who hold the majority in the u. S. House the vote is expected to take place after several hours of debate if successful president will then move on to a trial in the u. S. Senate. And my colleague alexander phonology joins us now from capitol hill in washington good evening to you alexander so its in certainly your day were history is being made in the United States but a solemn day talk us through whats happening right now. So right now at the bait is taking place on this house floor and this debate reflects in a very good way to radically different points of view with democrats saying that this there are sold and duty to defend the constitution and to impeach donald trump the coast they think that he violated the constitution that he abused his power and that he is as you mentioned and thats what Speaker Pelosi said an ongoing threat to the National Security and to the integrity of the u. S. Election the republicans were over they decry the whole process as raked and they say that the democrats just want to undo the 2016 president ial elections but of course the democrats have reasons to dont stare at impeachment inquiry so lets have a look at the facts and how it all began. It all started with a phone call a phone call in which President Trump asked president zelinsky of ukraine to investigate his main political rival democratic president ial hopeful joe biden and his son hunter i became increasingly aware of what followed was a congressional inquiry with a 1000 witnesses testifying in public describing crimes dealings with ukraine as improper and inappropriate all going to blow up and here we are one witness in such a killer turned out to be gordons on land the Us Ambassador to the European Union and so much trumped on arms he told the investigators there was indeed a quid pro quo in the works. That president pressed the Ukrainian Government to get dirt on joe biden jewel in exchange for a meeting in the white house make at the same time you asked for military aid for ukraine was put on hold as the president directions everyone was in the loop so we followed the president s orders corruption other witnesses added more damning details about Donald Trumps conduct time machine no evidence for the democratic majority in the house to move forward with the impeachment. The morning. The facts are uncontested the president abused his power for his own personal political benefit at the expense of our National Security. Abuse of power and obstruction of congress to charges the democrats say that amounts to high crimes justifying impeachment however they havent convinced a single republican yet trumps party stands by the president decrying pietschmann as a political witch hunt you cant make your case against the present because Nothing Happened if the majority of lawmakers approved the articles of impeachment which seems likely it will trigger a senate trial to determine if the president is guilty of high crimes and misdemeanors and should be removed from office. A trial President Trump seems to be gearing up for he expects to be exonerated by the republican led senate and hopes impeachment will backfire on his rivals there was nothing done wrong to use the power of the peach going on this is not charged as an embarrassment to this country. Whatever the outcome what is happening in washington right now reflects the hyper partisan divisions in american politics. Has led to. The president is impeach which we expect him to be within a couple of hours then more. Then we will see the phase 2 of impeachment a senate trial and at the moment its rather unlikely that there will be a 2 thirds majority in the rep the for Republican Controlled Senate to convict donald trump and remove him from office nevertheless we will be keeping our eyes open for surprises because its not clear. If the Senate Majority can dismiss the case straight away there are might be 2 or 3 republican senators who might want to listen to more witnesses to learn more about the accusations now and then what is this doing the country i mean you were going to have impeachment today the trial will happen probably next month. Of the president will not be convicted and then hes going to go into a real him pay what is all of this doing to the country. What the president has been talking a lot about that a lot about impeachment and how bad it is for the country and he has accused the democrats to be focused only on impeachment and not paying attention to the issues that are important to the American People but thats simply not true as we could see this week only yesterday the house passed 2 spending bills to avert a government shutdown. Lawmakers are expected to approve a trade deal with canada and mexico so things are being get got down here and the house of representatives and its not the case that the country stands still only because of the impeachment and all these are there are americans are they paying attention to these impeachment proceedings i mean how are they responding to whats happening. Well what we can see in the polls is that the American Public is split over the matter its like a 5050 situation and its also worth mentioning that the support for impeachment and removal from office has been declining in the last weeks. Our correspondent alison or phenomenon on capitol hill where we are expecting a votes to impeach u. S. President donald trump within several hours alexandra thank you and heres a look now at some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world germanys chancellor says she opposes u. S. Saying sions against the nord stream to gas pipeline from russia to germany im going to merkel suggested talks to resolve this issue the u. S. Talkers approved saying sions on tuesday washington says the almost complete pipeline will make the European Union dependent on russia for energy. French trade Union Leaders have met with the Prime Minister in a bid to end a deepening crisis over proposed Pension Reforms the talks a came on the 14th day of strikes that have paralyzed transport and other Services President has offered to make some changes but his office insists the reforms must go ahead. The deaths of 2 mcdonalds employees in peru have prompted protests against the fast food giant the teenagers were electrocuted in a restaurant kitchen near the capital lima mcdonalds said it is cooperating with an investigation and has closed its peru outlets for 2 days of mourning. For. Journalists shiori it hasnt won a Sexual Assault case in japan and been awarded 30000. 00 in damages ms ito accused a high profile t. V. Reporter of rape and became a symbol of the miti movement in japan where Sexual Assault is rarely reported. Well the german chancellor Angela Merkel she has entered the controversy over whether the Chinese Telecoms Company who way should be allowed to participate in germanys 5 g. Network role well chinas ambassador has hinted that his government may retaliate if way is excluded here in germany but merkel says she has not been told any threats by chinese authorities she repeated that she is against any banning of any firm before the 5 g. L. W. Has been to take a look inside who always extravagant offices and we have an interview with the chairman. It looks like a renaissance castle in the middle of europe but it is actually only a modern replica and part of the research and Development Operations at chinas tech supreme oh huawei the campus outside of shenzhen was opened this spring from the outside its nostalgia of britain large but inside it is futurism pure while way demonstrates tomorrows world of Wireless Communications here the company uses the facility to flex its 5 g. Muscles while ways take on the new technology is praised by many customers and its cheaper than 5 g. Systems from europe or the United States but many are wary with critics saying the threat for a while wait to misuse the technology is real the concern is that it would pass on user data to the Chinese Government the chairman of the company told doj yvel of the concerns are unfounded. All we want to one way is never received any such requests during our operations over the past years and even if we received such requests in the future we would not agree to them without lawful requests we wont do anything which will a woman. Though there is no proof of Data Protection issues that while away the United States is vehement about locking them out of 5 g. Network build outs germany is also wrestling with the issue beijing says it will retaliate against berlin if one way is banned in germany. Oh yeah this could be a battle beginning Clifford Coonan for me to be a business joins me now clifford in the interview with the chairman of who or what he says that without a lawful request the company would not engage in spawning did he say what would happen if china makes what deems to be a wall for requests to the company well this is it i mean its a gray area about what what is a lawful request i mean there are there are rules in place which would require a way to report if the government or the communist party which is the same thing required weve had the case of the 2 canadians who were detained a year ago after. Chief Financial Officer of mom one joe was detained in there and thats writing on it and shes under house arrest there theyve been. Under arrest in china for a year they havent seen a lawyer if that kind of thing can happen basically the law is kind of whatever the commas party says it is so they havent seen the lawyer but these in canada she has had access to her lawyers right shes under house arrest shes shes living quite well shes living quite well what should we make of the german chancellor Statement Today where she said shes not aware of any threats being made well i mean. Bastard did hint very strongly that there would be retaliated against against the automobile sector and we also had in estonia we had a master there who was threatening. To threaten the danish ambassador so youve got youve got a building picture there and i think ultimately what this comes down to is its about votes like in siemens as much as its about. The huawei because you know she has got to play the political game china is a big market for germany and she constant you cant exclude german firms i think people forget too can 2016 and china surpass the United States is the biggest trading partner for germany so theres a lot at stake here how big of an issue is who way. For the rest of europe were seeing that how its playing a big role its in serbia for example they just installed surveillance cameras in the capital there are ways of valence equipment it is selling 5 g. Equipment to various other european powers its cheaper they can deliver the goods so its playing an Important Role but i think the question is still where the european firms in this you know i mean we have ericsson we have nokia who can also do this and i think thats been missing from the debates you know where exactly where where is europe in all of this and why arent the european firms stepping up and why are european governments doing more say to promote european firms in the face of low as a good point and if the u. S. Is telling europe you know you cant do business with them where are the u. S. Companies then to fill the gap there very good question clifford from our business desk with a thank you australia is suffering its hottest day right now on record the National Average temperature today reaching 40. 9 degrees celsius that beats the record that was set back in 2013 the record breaking heat comes as the country battles a severe drought and a bush fire crisis hotter than ever australia is going through record high temperatures for a few hiya thats just another reason to make a splash. No norm creature is spared the health rest dehydration can be deadly. For the fauna rescue team the threat to wildlife is foremost. Thats why at. This probably not very much food up there because of the drought theres not a lot of water they do given the river but some people have been calling bets out of the river this morning. So its just dreadful its going to get worse and worse the stress is going to build up their already did once apparently hang in trays. Down here were talking 6070 made life more difficult with the only made of the extreme heat is compounding this problem since august millions of hectares of australian bush have barred the hotter and drier weather has rendered firefighters helpless. Scientists say it is a result of mankind failure to address Global Climate change fire chief warren could be to come over the next few days were going to so far as Emergency Services and all those communities close to farmers and in doing those some distance from followers are going to be a challenge with a new threat and a new challenge as we head into this heat wave conditions that are going to dominate much of this diet and anger is growing up Prime MinisterScott Morrison after failing to concede for weeks that the fires were linked to Climate Change hes gone on holiday. For shoppers in central sydney however there is no escape a festive themed monument crafted from charred branches stands as a bleak reminder of the national crisis. Well the European Parliaments top accolade the annual sakharov prize for freedom of thought has been awarded to the man you see behind me there they were human rights activists totie it was presented to his daughter at the European Parliament in strasbourg totally is currently serving a life sentence in prison in china hes charged with separatism now before being jailed in 2014 told he worked for more than 2 decades to improve the rights of chinas persecuted we go minority more than a 1000000 weekers are currently being held in internment camps what china calls reeducation camps in the north west of the country. Ilham tohti hasnt been seen in public for years this footage was filmed before he was jailed his fight for the rights of chinas predominantly Muslim Minority cost him his freedom for years he drew attention to the suffering of the weaker their restricted access to education in the labor market and the suppression of their language religion and culture. Mail and theres no representative for us no newspaper of our own versions of what can ordinary people do when they meet injustice some of them will find it in resistance for calm. In 2006 tohti himself we founded the internet portal weaker online to highlight the plight of the ethnic group the chinese authorities blocked the website repeatedly in 2014 told he was put on trial charged with separatism the former economics professor was found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment and october the European Parliament awarded toti the sachar off human rights prize describing him as a voice of moderation and re conciliation. But on your sack out of the parliament has decided to award the socket of prize for freedom of thought to talk to. He has done much to improve understanding between leaders in the han ethnic group in china that has been put in prison for life. In the European Parliament expresses its full support for his work and wishes him to be released immediately by the chinese authorities immediately i mean he got shot. She nice. His arrest in 2014 was seen as a sign of a crackdown by Chinas Communist Party sense then reports of socalled reeducation camps have surfaced x. Prisoners speak of torture forced labor and mass rape around 1000000 weekers are thought to be detained in these camps the last time our family members heard about my father it was 2007. That was also when the concentration camp started. Our family members who are no longer able to visit him and we dont know if he still had help in the same prison or if would we dont even know who is still alive. And so the winner of this years secor off prize may not even know about his awar