to impeach president trump what it is is a vote to formalize the process the testimony will still be underway a request for documents still underway but it now becomes much harder with that vote to for the white house to associate obstruct as the democrats allege no longer will they be able to instruct witnesses that they cannot testify or not provide documents now all of that will become much harder ok let's just take it susan live pictures we're getting here of a story we're tracking for you on al-jazeera looking at live pictures of the wildfires raging pretty much out of control in southern california semi valley close to los angeles and what you're looking at right now quite close shouldn't know there to look at to seeing smoke there in the aftermath of the flames quite close to the ronald reagan presidential library the staff there they have been told to evacuate the area both ends north and south the state of california struggling to tackle the blazes really strong winds fanning the flames and the local electricity supplies they are bringing in deliberately electricity blackouts so

there are power outages going on that is deliberate to lessen the risk of more fires and to lessen the risk of the fires therefore being fueled and spread spreading further afield than where they've got already is pacific gas and electric company the state's biggest utility its own a 3rd round of sweeping blackouts in just a week trying to prevent its electric wittman from you know we talk lingo coming into contact with branches and therefore sparking even more fires dramatic pictures too coming to us out of california there more on that for you on the web site al jazeera dot com and we'll keep across all the developments as they happen. still to come here on al-jazeera helping to hack for the messaging service whatsapp is suing and his release ability.

hello there mostly dry conditions through central and eastern china but a bit of a change in the calls into the southeast because of all this cloud not just cloud it is also bringing some rain is coming from the latest a tropical storm system by thursday this is expected made landfall across into central vietnam very heavy amounts of rain particularly the accumulations over the next couple of days we could see between 2 and 300 millimeters of rain it could well lead to some flooding it will sunny push up into northern vietnam by friday and then also we'll see this cloud really blanketing much of the south so feeling quite humid in hong kong with a high of 28 celsius and some pretty humid air into southern areas of india as well watching a disturbance just off to the southwest that could develop into a tropical cycle however plenty of rain through carola and again through much of monday pradesh over tools east of calls this is also the cycle we're watching but

it's pulling away from india continues to push really of course closer to the coast of oman and eventually down into yemen but there's still a lot of moisture from this system which as i say could develop into another storm system if it doesn't it will just still continue to feed a lot of moisture particular across into maharashtra again so should be dry this time of year but not so friday with a high of $32.00 celsius. this december make the heroes of europe asia africa the middle east oceania. to a stage played for the germans a connection makes a mistake pete for the on becoming it's best. to excite short to say i want to be. this piece called. make

your goal. welcome back you're with al-jazeera i'm peter dobby your headlines syrian state media is reporting that heavy clashes between the syrian army and turkish forces is taking place in the north east of the country it follows the passing of a deadline under the russia turkey deal for the withdrawal of all kurdish forces from a so-called safe zone. to more u.s. state department officials are the latest to testify at an impeachment inquiry into president trump christopher anderson and catherine croft both served under former special envoy to train. lebanon's prime minister has been asked to stay on as

temporary caretaker until a new government's form. resigned on tuesday after 2 weeks of nationwide protests early on weapons day the army cleared all major road roads in the capital beirut that had been blocked by protesters. iraq's prime minister. is under growing pressure to resign in the wake of days of antigovernment protests he along with the president on the. speaker of the parliament will hold talks trying to find a way out of the crisis and to discuss possible names for a new prime minister implementable shia cleric. called for muskies resignation on tuesday tens of thousands came out onto the streets spurred on by reports of security forces shooting protesters in karbala that's a good amp has more now from baghdad. defying curfew one work and a lighting government and political party building up the last week the pressure of 3 we're here on

a tunnel underneath tucker here's where and if the people here are keeping the sidewalk and leaving flowers now the role for me is the political maneuvering. russia circa demands and find a way out of this crisis 1st you know the prime minister either i think the president speak or of the parliament crowd they. are going to be meeting on wednesday to discuss possible solution. they may have reportedly also discussed things are possible successors. a series of her offer by prime minister not haiti has. the momentum on the one of. these they may want. to resign at the polls in 60 days that will be monitored by. the happy. feet that there will be able to pay off in

iraq there will be a delay in the budget as well as the case for. on wednesday the baghdad police chief said his security forces are being i care not a single bullet has been fired iraqi human rights commission says people have died during protests since friday. the judiciary announced it would be investigating government corruption that's a lengthy process that may. be information. the u.n. special representative here in iraq we are 2 people she says they have legitimate demands however she also says that it would be impossible for any government to run simply past and present challenges in just one year that is how long prime minister. has been in power. iran's supreme leader says the protesters in

iraq and lebanon should seek their demands within the framework of flaw how many is also accusing the u.s. and some arab states of stoking unrest in the 2 countries. let me see the biggest damage enemies can inflict on a country is to deprive them of security as they are doing today in some countries in the region in the world american western intelligence services the financial support of some countries in our region produce chaos in the middle east this is the worst hostility towards our nation i recommend those who care in iraq and lebanon remedy the insecurity and turmoil created in the countries by the us design a strange name people also have some demands that are right but they should know their demands could be met through legal frameworks of their countries when legal structures are disrupted in a country nothing can get done they also planned it for our country but our people neutralized it when they came to the scene london's grunfeld tower survivors and

bereaved relatives have welcomed the damning new report on the apartment fire that killed some 2 people 2 years ago the report says that the building had been evacuated sooner fewer people would have died it's the 1st part of the public inquiry and says there were systematic failures on the part of the london fire service report has found that escape was always possible. it found perceptions and planning but london preparation and planning by london fire brigade was gravely inadequate london fire brigade did not comply with his duties to gather information needed for distinguishing fires say put should have been withdrawn earlier and failure to withdraw stay put cause further loss of lives. evacuation was always possible. jonah hill has more now from west london where there is a feeling on the ground here at grenfell tower among. the support group and community

representatives that i've spoken to that while this report is strong is valid it highlights failures that certainly did take place in the fire response and indeed failings that the fire brigade itself isn't attempting to hide from it doesn't go far enough because as the fire brigade itself has pointed out essentially this building was a death trap before the fire even began and that is because of fire safety lapses inside of the building but also crucially in the planning that was applied to the exterior of the building rain screen cladding with a polyethylene core highly combustible that meant that the fire was able to leap all the way up to the top in just a matter of about 20 minutes on the outside fast faster than the fire brigade could control it or even properly understand what was going on and it is aspires the community here is concerned the ultimate failing of the councillors of the tenant organization of the contractors involved in the 2016 renovation of this building

and that is where they really want to see accountability and justice done now that portion of this inquiry will only take place in phase 2 this is just phase one phase 2 takes place next year it could be 18 months long it is only after that that a police investigation will conclude and possible criminal charges laid so accountability for the people that the community here feels are actually responsible and justice are still a long way off. sudan's main opposition leader says the government has failed to push through a peace deal aimed at ending years of fighting the former rebel leader rick machar says a unity government can't be achieved before the deadline in the middle of november a 6 year conflict has led to the deaths of more than 400000 people and internationally mediated peace deal is still in place him or morgan has more now from khartoum in neighboring sudan. with less than 2 weeks to go it doesn't look

like all the waring sides who signed a peace deal here in the sudanese capital hard time last year are in agreement with regards to forming a transitional government mid november now let's remember that the november 12th deadline is already an extension of the initial deadline which was made 12 opposition leader rick machar says that the security arrangements and the number of states are 2 issues which hinders him from returning him back to juba and forming a transitional government on time asked for the peace deal that was signed 83000 troops from both sides are to be brought together trained and unified before being redistributed across the country and forming a national army now that has not fully completed yet the process started less than 2 months ago the other issue is the number of states now let's go back to october 2015 when south sudan's president change the number of states in the country from 10 to 32 that was something that opposition to direct much are strongly rejected and said was illegal and he says that those 2 issues should be resolved before

a government of national unity is formed now into the intergovernmental authority on development a regional body which has backed the deal along with the european union and several regional countries have said that it comes down to the mediators sudan and uganda to bring the 2 sides together and bring them and put them to the negotiating table and decide whether they can go ahead and form a government and resolve these issues after that transitional government is formed or they will be once again another extension and people of south sudan have to wait to see a transitional government and for stability in the country. the human agency on migration has suspended some of its screening services for a bowl of food workers were killed in sudan they were hit by crossfire along the border with the democratic republic of congo during clashes between armed groups suspension applies to 5 border points between south sudan uganda and the d.l.c. an ongoing outbreak of ebola in the d.r. sea has killed sons. the police in belgium have found 12 migrants alive in

a refrigerated truck in the northern city of and twerp the driver of the vehicle alerted police to the syrian and sudanese men to the immigration offices last week 39 migrants were found dead also in a refrigeration vehicle in britain after crossing over from belgium. boeing's chief executive is facing a 2nd day of questions from american politicians he's testifying to the house transportation and infrastructure committee to the companies 7378 kroft crashed in a period of 6 months killing 346 people the committee has accused boeing of keeping technical issues quiet and putting profits before safety correspondent john hendren is not boeing's international headquarters in chicago it is day 2 of the grilling of dennis loewenberg the chief executive officer of the boeing company and it has not gone particularly smoothly for the company yesterday tuesday was the one year anniversary of the 1st of 2 crashes of the boeing $737.00 max plane

a total of 346 people have been killed in those crashers and in that 1st crash one year and one day ago 189 people died on a lion air flight off the coast of indonesia dennis miller of the c.e.o. has endured a grilling from senators on tuesday and from house members on wednesday on tuesday one senator said he would rather walk than flying in that plane another called it a flying coffin well no longer has apologized 2 days in a row in some cases the victims' family members were in that audience and on wednesday he said we will do everything possible to prevent accidents like this from ever happening again he says the company has made 3 changes to the flight control system that is believed to be responsible it will have 2 sensors instead of the current one it will only activate once and it will never counteract input from the pilot so the pilots had no idea that the plane would have this system that

would counter act what they were doing or felt that this plane was stalling it would force the nose down and it's believed that is the system responsible the big question now is will federal regulators engage more and require more certification of future planes including this one and what is the future of dennis mullen who already has been demoted from chairman to simply chief executive of boeing. facebook has sued an israeli cyber surveillance firm for allegedly hacking uses of its encrypted messaging service whatsapp the lawsuit filed in san francisco is the 1st legal action of its kind according to facebook facebook says the n.s.a. group hacked into the phones of roughly 1400 users targeting human rights activists political dissidents and journalists omar abdel aziz is a friend of saudi journalist hummel jamal khashoggi who was killed inside the saudi consulate in istanbul in 2018 last december he fell the lawsuit against n.s.a.

saying the hacking of my phone played a major role in what happened to jamal the n.s.o. group has not directly denied hacking or but said it disputed the allegations and to vigorously fight them mark is chief analyst for digital services that are japan and he says more evidence is needed to conclude whether the allegations against the n.s.a. group are actually true. i don't have any specific information about the n.s.o. group whether or not they've been involved in this directly or not but this company is a company that sells spyware to governments and in latin america in the middle east and then in other places so while i think it's possible i still think we're going to need to see a little bit more of the evidence that's behind these allegations in this lawsuit i would also point out that this lawsuit was filed in san francisco and what kind of jurisdiction they may or may not have over an israeli company over something that happened in the 3rd country is also somewhat dubious i would say every time you

look at what's happened you sent a message you see a message on your screen thing that yes don't worry this is and encrypted but now the companies coming out and saying well but actually we were hacked and we're suing somebody so the key message here to consumers to businesses and to governments that these apps that you're using that you're probably sending sensitive information on every day are not nearly as secure as they claim that they are and that you think that they are i think nothing is technically will prove this is the 1st thing that i would say but i think that what we've also seen a lot of use is the app telegram the hong kong protesters are using this and a lot of other social movements around the world have been using telegram because of the fact that they're not storing data on a central server which i think is one of the leading secure apps out there at the moment. this event 0 of these all the top stories syrian state media are reporting heavy

clashes between the syrian army and turkish forces in the northeast it follows the passing of a deadline on the russia turkey deal for the withdrawal of all kurdish forces from a so-called safe so hashim all but it has more now from the turkish syrian border. syrian government. curtis white said basically that the turkish military has been pounding their positions on the outskirts of. the syrian opposition has been saying something different they say that those clashes were mainly between the and the syrian army on one hand and the s.n.a. which is the opposition army backed by turkey. the fighting is happening as work begins on a new governing document for syria after 80 years of war $150.00 delegates representing the government opposition and civil society are at a constitutional committee meeting in geneva chile's president has canceled 2

international summits due to be held in the country because of the ongoing antigovernment protests there demonstrations against the president sebastian pinera economic policies have been held in cities across chile for nearly 2 weeks now and here are says his country won't host the asia pacific summit next month or the global climate change conference in december lebanon's prime minister has been asked to stay on as a temporary caretaker until a new government has been formed resigned on tuesday after 2 weeks of nationwide protests earlier on weapons day the army cleared all major roads in the capital beirut that had been blocked by the protesters. live pictures this half hour the wildfires in southern california valley near los angeles this is close to the ronald reagan presidential library whose staff have been moved out both ends of the state struggling to tackle blazes strong winds that fanned the flames and deliberate intentional blackouts a relic for a city as well those are your headlines the news continues on al-jazeera after

witness for the afghan journalist our season. so so so. so so it's. a tax you in this country that.

certainly didn't want to be this one but i just feel like. both afghanistan and start are walled. always be. many consider this luxury hotel to be one of the safest spots in kabul but late thursday taliban gunmen stormed the serena who tells restaurant killing 9 people including prominent journalist sardar achmad his wife and 2 children all 4 shot point blank to the head afghan authorities say the 4 gunmen had guns and ammunition in their shoes to evade security we are still waiting for of for all those investigation to take place. where the. windows are going to have to use a more human maybe you cannot go wrong. almost the moment you know.

the knowledge is almost the same and i would come out but the list goes from a motorcycle is not all good i'm going to go to good boys to come out raise with management that chemical. boom when you cornishman 1st but johnny johnny that i haven't seen you for like an insulated they sure as in they knew going to borders assess. whether he could have gotten more of a hook on the raft myself we're going to yes and then you. called me if i was in the washroom if i'm going to 1st question. tony as you know one of them can. i would look at a lot of things this is sardar and these

are things i got his boss at the f.b.i. let me have a few things from his desk. he had this really weird cute love of pine cones one time he was like hold out your hand and so i did any put a pine cone in my hand i think it was this one actually he was really into the free a.j. staff thing in cairo and we had a day here where we all went to the al jazeera bureau. that sort of missed it and so he came to my office and he had me take a picture of him holding this and it's like now like a widely used photo of him so i don't know i feel like trying to find out what happened to him is maybe it would bring some closure and is that i don't really know what else to do.

there are so many unanswered questions as per usual the taliban claimed responsibility but we think there's more to the story. so he was a will and i think. if one knows him and when deserves it and he deserves that definitely and he deserves that and me a new journalists so this is one responsibility we don't have guns on arms to go and fight with the wrists our pen our camera our newspaper as our own guns so let's fight through death when. so let us work over this issue to follow that what happened with some of the

worst case what happened within the investigation which the afghan security officer else. on board actually resulted in a normal story. that i don't care to try to move on past very. very small school many people during this exam there's a to it and it's he was a very good reasons all reason to do it which got us all great character and. all the dozens from pomp and i have never been here i'm sure you have never been here you know a thing i hate this place. where nightmare happened. to me this is definitely amazing that such a baby hotel with 90 ports how it's possible a few tourists can get inside this plates everyone gets away with everything here

you can go in and attack a hotel and kill people and kill children and nothing happens. so now we're going to try to get answers from the ministry of interior because obviously. they're the ones that were 1st on the scene and should know more about who these people were and what happened and how it all was even allowed to happen with duping what was in one's findings well unfortunately one of the exact findings because we submitted everything the scene. and all of those proofs and evidence to the n.d.s. because they were responsible for the investigation of these complicated terrorist attacks and that the 2 warring if we want a place like cyrano with more of the mighty courts can become a victim how did it happen how is that possible to do rather than the right person to every security person or in the city you know the company or the person or

everyone or they were out and just to get the government doesn't hold us every night accountable doesn't seem to keep going on they have their conference is people go still so this is just a staircase yes we've got a new security company and then that they're allowed to continue without paying and the story is the government would not be able to comment on that when insider was killed some of the guys were saying courtney john this is afghanistan as if that makes it ok you know her and i think that we should never accept that just because you have suffered attacks every year isn't that they continue that this never and ok but the world should know that we are here to price and it's not ok we shouldn't be going to love because it could lose the right to have you know that really is a of the people around the world. george w.

are covering a lot of the most loved ones thong with us on this would call. for conniving and because of course our own muslim. monger. mistress i discover the girl moment the lights all of this absorb the hospital with a yearning for joy without your who does it with. should i give an example yet it would be great like like what well my personal one was your 1st but i love you most of you know well it's good to hear that i stayed up but now you know the people who died for it worse but if you want to say that i was going to do it now i don't want to say it it's probably the whole personality is not ideologically stupid but if you see a lot of things just because a low blow say about it is just used to how but. talking about my concerns for my family members when something happens 1st then comes the moment i

make sure that everybody at home is found and i go to egypt to do my in the order to get it. that was the worst thing was when we were at the mosque. before the burial here and when the 4 ambulances came. what does the banner say freedom of speech and priests that blood of thousands of aware young journalists and since then the father 5 years old almost 40 years old. thought of our own home.

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they learned the. more they honcho then and then you can have a mobile homes and then you become could solve the problem bridge i was sick of them. from some of the prism of them scanning. how much i mean listen. first to. telephone. oh. was the last any good. this was the moment we feel satisfied with the. oh well if this. were the 1st oh.

play it a play. curtain is on the this is the security footage from the c.c.t.v. cameras from the night of talk when they go through the. x. ray like they don't all 4 of them must have beat yeah right and they have didn't stop them didn't i know the security guy when i see such people they're suspicious yeah i'm going with unusual clothes in such a place. and it happens when they see that you're not for example normal or something strange must you did we were going. to just from the very beginning when they have a body search right until here it shows that no one is also going them that we're going. to just love see here this city become a moves right that's amazing they were tracking them the whole time and yeah how did they not stop them if you do.