and the fire quickly spread to other witnesses say it was caused by a short circuit the prime minister has ordered an investigation and the minister in charge admits there was a failure here maybe this is a security lapse and these people were successful in carrying the stores in cylinder in the coaches we don't have scanners a small station but we have scanners at all the 7 railway divisional headquarters which are great at this happen but it's been a difficult task to identify people because many bookings were made for groups nearly half of the people killed were burned beyond recognition their bodies have been sent for d.n.a. tests 70000000 people use a real service every year in pakistan but there are no fire extinguishers in passenger compartment and safety checks are almost nonexistent this is not the 1st incident of its kind back sunday in race history have been checkered with many such accidents before people here say that despite this being one of them with affordable mort's of transport there's been a lack of investment mismanagement and corruption which is plagued this department

. when the prime minister and israeli minister were in opposition the call for resignations and strict action after israel accidents this is the 7th accident under iran hans government some passengers now ask when will you carry out those punishments he used to recommend for those in power some of the job without the 0 * . indian administers kashmir special status has been officially revoked by the central government in new delhi a reorganization bill has now split the region into 2 federal territories controversial move has caused anger among many in the kashmir valley we've been living in a communication blockade since august and job or reports. under tight security indian administers 1st left and governor. was sworn in. as prime minister narendra modi delivered a speech about india. unity riaz

a sportsman and swimming coach felt disenfranchised he says a bound to be the losers in the new system. and we've got all the stupid jobs but now about 50 percent of those would be minorities like it's tribals and the disabled and on top of that our land was ours but now anyone can buy it. this all began in august with new delhi's decision to revoke the autonomy of indian administered kashmir and split the region into 2 union territories now law enforcement will come directly under new delhi but it is the possibility of sharing land with. that has most people voted here many medias also fear that by putting them with a hindu majority part of the region the indian government intends to alter their demographic that they say is to reduce the numbers of those who seek autonomy or separation the supreme court of india is yet to give its judgment on this decision

while downtown scene in india administers the smeared with this several small for test sore eyes the only area where people regularly have mass protests for the supporters of the indian government say that the lack of such demonstrations elsewhere in this region is a sign of the acceptance of the indian government's decision however even if just alleviate concerns the indian government had earlier said that the reason stated in the indian union would be restored at an appropriate time. a mother of 2 meanwhile is waiting for the day her husband is released from the prison he was among thousands arrested during a security lockdown in august this is how the children wait for him to return every evening when they see the fathers of all the children come back home they ask mamma has papa come back families of thousands of others who've been arrested along get to see their loved ones as millions of kashmiris also wait to see what the future

holds under direct rule from new delhi entrepreneur al jazeera indian administered kashmir. plenty more ahead on the news hour including i'm not going to stay in this country any longer if the air i breathe of the water i drink i polluted. protesters in lebanon promising to continue their demonstrations until the entire government is removed and schools and banks remain closed. parliament taskmasters steps down. transformed the u.k. chamber. and find out why liverpool might refuse to take part in the league cup quarterfinals that's coming up with the sport. now iraq's president has addressed the nation in

a televised speech he promised still approve elections in response to the week's long protests and he said the prime minister is ready to resign after a placement is agreed the announcement comes as thousands of protesters had banks in the streets of baghdad renewing their demands for reform. the prime minister has announced he is prepared to render his resignation and sought an agreement from other political parties where we avoid any constitutional vacuum i want to include civil groups in order to have the aspired reforms within the legal framework and in a manner that preserves public interest peace and security the current situation cannot go on we are truly in need of reform and massive changes that are sugar name has the latest from baghdad. protesters heard this evening from president barham saleh was a kind of yes but yes prime minister ayad mehdi will resign but

only after a replacement is agreed upon no timeframe has been given for when that replacement that successor will be named instead there was a mention that they are reluctant. to step down immediately because there are fears of a quote constitutional vacuum another thing that said there will be elections but not until a new election law can be drafted and a new election can be formulated. said that a draft of a new election law will be presented to the parliament next week again no timeframe has been given as to how long that would take meanwhile mehdi is saying that he is asking political parties or in the parliament to help find a successor to him it's important to note that mehdi came to power a year ago he's only been in office for a year and

a week as prime minister and at that time sami he was considered a consensus candidate or consensus prime minister because there was a lot of wrangling in the parliament as to who should become the next prime minister plans to reopen schools and universities in lebanon have been canceled design think government protesters continue this sit ins in parts of the capital protestors are doing the blocking roads in and around beirut they're calling for political leaders to go prime minister assad with heavy liquids home tuesday but he's been asked by the president to stay on as a temporary caretaker till you government is for so to hold or has more from beirut . what happened yesterday was that daily life really was returning to normal schools universities were supposed to open today protesters left the streets after the prime minister. announced his resignation but the protest movement was hoping that his resignation will be followed by a decision to create

a new government a new government made up of technocrats people who are not affiliated with any political party in order to carry out much needed reforms and instead the ruling coalition remains stubborn they continue to cling on to power so that is one of the reasons why they returned to the streets but as you can see behind security presence across the country there are there. are simply opening roads not allowing the protesters to continue to paralyze this country or to cripple the movement they don't want the public life to be disrupted even the lebanese army in a statement was very very clear we are going to continue to allow you to peacefully protest that is your right but you have to protest in. confine yourselves let's say in a public square so the army security forces out in force opening the roads but protesters remain just as determined to topple what they say is a ruling class which has been in power for decades ruling class which has been

corrupt and mismanaging the country. bashar is al jazeera senior political analyst joins us now from london good to have you with us let's start there is some common themes here between what's happening in beirut and baghdad but if we can 1st of all let's break it down more on what i want to ask you is we've had these promises quite open ended from the iraqi president about the prime min this is stepping down about elections early elections is any of that really serious since there's no timetable attached to it or is that political maneuvering. well let's all remind ourselves that the iraqi president is part and parcel of the existing regime in iraq although he is a kurd speaking about a shiite prime minister with of course a configuration of shiite sunni kurd. power sharing of sort of this division of

labor while the sharks of course are in measure control this existing regime but him sort of as part and parcel of it and hence he is trying to rectify whatever could be rectified without. in any way undoing the regime that he belongs to and so he is trying to play along under pressure by different parties with then they rockey parliament in order to really make a serious governmental change but all he's saying is look we cannot afford a vacuum we will need an alternative viable prime minister candidate in order for us to push this government out so he is trying to do everything within the context within the status quo hoping that this will not get out of hand. now if we look at both countries together is it possible to say that whether we're talking about in

lebanon right now or in iraq with seeing a rebellion from from key stakeholders the heart of the you know the street the offers the support for some of the strongest sections political sections of society are rebelling against the system. i think what work has been overwhelming in both iraq and lebanon is the fact that people have went out on their own not even organized people not even civil society not even those who belong to particular parties in the beginning in both iraq and lebanon people just dashed out to the streets of the public squares because they were fed up and they were fired up with 2 specific things and the these 2 things are interrelated one and that is the billiton 21 is corruption corruption that is been so huge that in

a in an oil rich country like iraq where none of that wealth is trickling down to the people the fact that poor shiites in the south are a 1000000000 against a shiite controlled government it tells you how far has the corruption gun so much so that the poor iraqis have to go to find alternative shelter and food because they just cannot sustain themselves of course later on some political parties road v the movement of the people and try to take advantage of that some of them actually try to support that both in lebanon and iraq but but the but the but the fundamental problem is corruption that is the culmination of an existing sectarian regime that basically is afraid the ration of sects coming together to govern both iraq and lebanon leading to

paralyses needing to depression economic depression recession ansal so forth that allowed or that led the people to vote against it. thanks so much more on bashar than. fighting has intensified near the northeastern syrian town a syrian army and fighters fought with opposition forces determined to expand their influence in the safe zone so here in russia plan to start joint patrols of the area on friday. ports from. the turkish syrian border. there's panic here in syria's north east as fighting flares up near tel tama and us elaine caught up in the fighting are civilians who are fleeing the area and moving to the province of has under the control of the largely kurdish as the but syrian government troops have military bases in the region. that took over western part of

the town people have had enough each time someone controls the area it ends up being worse. as the fighting got worse syria troops sent reinforcements to tell tama but opposition fighters say they are determined to expand their influence south of russell i mean and that is just a matter of time before tell turmoil comes under their control. the turkish backed syrian opposition fighters the syrian national army or. has launched an offensive and taken over areas that were under fighters of. syrian government troops took part in the fighting but were forced to retreat damascus accuses the turkish military of targeting their positions with heavy artillery. since the start of the turkish military operation in north eastern syria thousands of civilians have been displaced these people say they've been on the run

for months or regionally from their sore this cave to fighting between i still and the syrian government last year they thought their journey was over when they were sent to the camp and control. and then with a year we let a nice or 10 days ago we were taught syrian government troops were coming into town even scared they might arrest us we had our son asking for a space to mark notice and then me and my 70 year old has been locked a long distance before reaching there. a few weeks ago a man her family and thousands of people had to once again leave the camp and resettle in tel aviv now under the control of syrian rebels. kurdish fighters denounced the turkish military offensive as an invasion but a deal between turkey and russia last week left with only one choice those include

barney a member which must retreat east of the operators wherever and those near. east must withdraw all. the latest fighting poses enormous challenges for turkey and russia who are expected to start joint patrols in the safe zone where turkey plans to set up observation posts to ensure fighters won't be able to states called back but the syrian government fears the saves zone would pave the way for a prolonged turkish military presence in northeastern syria. china or all the border with syria. still ahead on al-jazeera another wild fire breaks out in the u.s. state of california destroying homes and forcing more evacuations and how this aid is drive i can still grow this year's race for the championship in the room certainly on the instant.

i. hello there we've had quite a few showers across areas of the middle east of the last few days and there are a fair few more to come look at all these clouds although it's clearing mostly across areas of iran is further to the north is where you turkey and across this whole region through georgia that's where we'll see the rain and the snow as those hot innovations through friday and saturday was the system plays away from turkey feeling pretty cool and i encourage just 11 celsius meanwhile out in beirut with a high of 24 temperatures have been coming down across the arabian peninsula they'll continue to stay at these low level so feeling quite a lot better humidity has also begun to ease but not really of course across this coastal area of oman plenty of rain showers here still some fairly rough seas on friday but this storm system is losing a lot of its power fact not really even

a tropical cycle as we head through saturday but it will continue producer along these coastal areas as new studly way towards the horn of africa meanwhile you might just like to say on the edge of the screen we have a nother tropical cyclone suddenly working its way across the arabian sea so it is keep an eye on that and we got some rain showers into southern africa and not just south africa but also across into in india a bowl swapna and also down into most central areas so friday and saturday want to shine as a little bit cooler as well and john is 23. the multitudes the magnet for tourists from around the globe the behind the picturesque landscape young men leaving to bond with them on groups in syria but i want to east investigates on al-jazeera. when the news breaks. when people need to be cut and the story needs to be told the police follow up from

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welcome back you're watching out just 0 time to recap the headlines now a big win for u.s. house democrats after a key motion on the trump impeachment inquiry is approved testimonies in the coming weeks now expected to be made in public for all of them behind closed doors the u.s. national security council's former top adviser for russian and european affairs is in capitol hill testifying in the future and wiring to resign from his post a day before the closed door testimony. iraqi president has addressed the nation in a televised speech he said the prime minister is ready to resign if replacement is agreed thousands back on the streets of baghdad. firefighters in the u.s. state of california trying to save hundreds of homes threatened by wildfires on the outskirts of los angeles the city of san bernardino is the latest to be hit homes are being engulfed the strong winds continue to whip up flames jay gray has more

from simi valley in california we are inside the command center the staging area right now and the fire teams are on high alert the national weather service issuing its 1st every green red flag warning warning about winds that are expected to pick up here in fact. forecasters are saying that the conditions this week the fire conditions are the most severe they've seen in recent history right now more than 26000000 people under red flag warning from california to arizona and those are expected to last through at least thursday the winds are expected to continue this world into the weekend here that's adding stress to these teams that have already been working most 24 hour shifts and for several days on these fires from here in the los angeles area all the way to the north outside of san francisco in wine country where the can fire there the biggest continues to grow more than 100

structures have been damaged hundreds of thousands of people forced from their homes all those numbers they fear will go up with these new conditions fire teams rushing in from it least 10 states to support the effort here to fight the flames it's a fight that's going to continue for quite some time they'll get through the weekend here but still trying to shore up on the front lines and control these flames the best they can thank you back to our top story this how the impeachment inquiry into president donald trump is the former general counsel for the director of national intelligence he joins us now live from new york good to have you with us what do you read into the fact that this went down very much along party lines well i think that's exactly what everyone would have expected you have a situation where the republicans are really circling the wagons here in defense of the president and have basically thrown up everything they can in an effort to

obstruct the impeachment proceedings and i think the democrats are largely falling in line behind this so i don't think it's at all a surprise that it was a straight party line vote is that it's all indicative of how the impeachment process will continue to go forward. i think unless there is some dramatic new developments at least on the house of representatives side i can't see it changing very much between now and then as of now we have a pretty full account of what happened with respect to ukraine and it's pretty clear that the president and those he was directing were saying there will not be a meeting for president selenski there will this will not be released unless you take steps to investigate biden and and the and the server and those are what the facts are and the republicans have indicated they're not persuaded by that and the

democrats by and large have indicated they are so i think it's highly unlikely that it that it will change unless there are some really dramatic new revelations so what is what is a dramatic revelation could that come in the form of john bolton for example talking about how he saw this as a drug deal. when we already know that bolton said that i what could theoretically change things would be if bolton is in a position to talk about conversations he had with the president that are damning but i think that it's very likely that the white house will assert executive privilege over any conversations between the president and the national security adviser so we would hear about those now that this is though the rules have been set it's a public process it's no longer behind closed doors does this give the democrats some leverage maybe to address those kinds of actions he said by the white house to

exert executive privilege. well v. the problem that the democrats have is that the only way you can get the executive privilege issue resolved is by going to court and we've already seen that the court process is slow and that the trumpet ministration will use whatever steps they can to drag it out so we haven't really had a final decision even on matters that have been pending for months and months arising out of the mall or investigation so i think that if for example john bolton shows up next week and of course the white house's position is he can't even show up but even if he shows up and answers some questions in asserts executive privileges to others the house of representatives then has to file a lawsuit the district court will have briefings and then render a decision the administration will then appeal that to the court of appeals they

will have briefings an oral argument and then rather render a decision and then it goes up to the supreme court so it's unlikely that these issues could be resolved legally within the kind of time frame that the democrats are talking about for wrapping up the impeachment investigation all right thank you for your analysis now ukraine says it plans a weapons pullback from its eastern regions where it's fighting russian banks efforts is for moments let's cross over to london and to mary in the. seam of the european broadcast centenary i'm. hi sami that's right an important development with ukrainian troops and russian backed forces already starting to withdrawal from certain towns in the eastern part of the country in the hope of ending a conflict that has killed more than $13000.00 people in the last 5 he is and in a sign the equation is possibly the towards the west selenski says his country is

speeding up preparations to join nato or challenge reports. it's a site russia never enjoys much nato flags flying in a ukrainian harbor the ships anchored at adesa are part of a show of support that includes a visit by nato secretary general and a meeting with president volodymyr zelinsky nato for the support ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity we will never recognize illegal alexei sion of crimea we condemn russia's aggressive actions in the black sea region the visit comes as ukraine's army and the russian backed separatists continue to disengage in the east if quiets can be achieved along the front line it's a step towards the leaders of ukraine russia france and germany meeting to discuss a peace settlement. but if the situation has changed significantly under president selenski by the way president selenski said that given the progress made in the withdrawal of forces and provided that it continues it could allow

a normal decent to be held however i would like to stress that there is no point in holding a summit for the sake of on the main thing is to provide security along the concert lines some ukrainians are happy with this effort to wind down the war saying zelinsky is abandoning the east to long term russian control but selenski is not giving up on ukraine's efforts to orient itself westwards he wants to keep ukraine's long term goals of joining nato me. we are ready to cooperate with the alliance more closely and to speed up preparation for joining nato already on a daily basis to prove that ukraine deserves a new format in relations with nato but it was ukraine's tortured efforts to swing west that triggered the revolution of 2013 to 2014 and so angered russia that in an extreme near and fans the ensuing war in ukraine's east with arms or soldiers may tell you has long been aware that letting ukraine in would likely provoke a significant response from russia while it considers this styler the alliance is

encouraging kiev in the military economic and political forms that are required for nato membership. these supports or essential to infer security prosperity for all ukrainians and to bring ukraine closer to they so the message to ukraine is you're heading in the right direction and we're not ready to let you in yet returns 0 to 0 well in all the developments ukraine's president saddam is a lansky is saying that denmark's decision to grant approval for the north stream to pipeline strengthens russia and weakens europe copenhagen granted approval on wednesday from moscow to construct part of the gas pipeline in danish waters therefore bypassing ukraine permit was the last major hurdle for the project which will deliver russian gas to europe but has also been criticized by the united states and several eastern european nordic and baltic countries they say it will increase year reliance on russian gas the owners of persia and fi at chrysler have

announced a merger that would see them become the world's 4th largest automaker the deal would create an industry giant that when combined sold more than $8700000.00 vehicles last year and is worth an estimated $50000000000.00 companies intend to evenly split shares in the new operation which will be in the netherlands the automakers say the merger will help in the development of electric vehicles and autonomous driving equipment comes less than 5 months after chrysler ended merger talks with its french rival i know. now britain's vocal and colorful speaker for the lower house of parliament officially retires from westminster on thursday john bercow served 10 years as the chamber's referee most notably trying to keep bracks it proceedings under some control and as lawrence lee now reports his legacy will be both loud and contentious.

every circus needs a ringmaster and throughout the entire city of brecht's it's john bercow has been there to crack the whip his extraordinary intonation the way in which he says the words. to shut up when they're all shouting at each other the way in which much of the u.k. has become transfixed by a parliament that usually ignores all of it combined to make bercow something of an international celebrity given the role of speaker is to set the terms of debate and act as referee inside the chamber trying to keep on top of politicians during practice it would have proved virtually impossible for anybody. we've seen both the opposition but also the government trying to use parliamentary procedure to their advantage which has meant that in certain situations the speaker in

a situation has has been put in a tricky position and has had to make quite controversial decisions. he may have been a conservative m.p. but bercow gathered many enemies on the progress of benches of parliament they accused him of being biased against them because he ruled that the government couldn't keep trying to pass legislation after losing votes on it my ruling is therefore that the motion will not be debated today as it would be repetitive and disorderly but in reality he was only a is just the dregs it has become so disorderly itself that any decisions he took were bound to be divisive he was the person who facilitated this referendum process from the outset by allowing some of the euro skeptics to table an amendment which was unusual to allow it to be voted on so i think he's represented both camps his role is not to stand up for the government his role is to stand up for backbenchers and i hope you'll continue to do that. it was never afraid of making enemies or

speaking his mind most famously argue the president trumps should be barred from speaking to parliament from during his state visit earlier this year after the imposition of my room ban by president even more strongly. by president from. westminster all. because successive will be announced in a few days they'll be forgiven for hoping they might live through slightly less interesting times barnsley al-jazeera london. i have more from london for you a bit later on but let's get back to sami in doha now thanks so much mario now israel has approved the construction of more than 2300 satellite homes in the occupied west bank that's according to settlement watchdog peace now the ngo says most of the new housing units will be built in settlements that israel was supposed to evacuate under a peace deal with the palestinians.