join me as i put the up for questions to my special guests and challenge them to some straight talk the political debate here al-jazeera. hours after iran says it's the velo said van centrifuges to speed up uranium enrichment the u.s. announces new sanctions. hello i'm barbara starr you're watching al-jazeera live from london also coming up . iraqi security forces opened fire on baghdad protesters killing at least 5 this after 3 people were shot dead in karbala. new delhi bands and some cars from its road to stocks a carefully pollution continues to smother the indian capital and talk of bullying

tactics and digging the dirt as the 1st transcripts are released from witnesses who testified to the trump impeachment inquiry. hello welcome to the program iran has used the 40th anniversary of the 979 takeover of the us embassy in tehran to announce that it's taken another step away from the 2015 nuclear deal tehran says it's launched a new generation of advanced centrifuges to enrich uranium hours later the u.s. announced new sanctions against 90 rainy and close to the supreme leader ali how many reports now from tehran. the head of iran's atomic energy organization at one of the country's most important nuclear facilities this is where ali akbar salehi announced that iran has now added another 30 advanced

centrifuges more highroad zines you do see we won't supposed to have 30 chinese centrifuges we wanted to work on it after we tested 20 chinese centrifuges then 3 to 4 years later to work on the 30 chinese centrifuges but we faced political challenges and senior authorities decided to show iran's potential power and determination this is another step taken by iran to scale back its commitments to the 2015 nuclear deal authorities here say since the united states withdrew last year and imposed if syriza further sanctions on iran the remaining european signatories have yet to uphold their end of the cream and and until they do iran will continue to advance its nuclear program. that is something to european union is continuing to warn against we have continued torch run to reverse such steps without delay and to refrain from any further measures that would undermine the nuclear deal you know that we as the european union remain committed to the

implementation of the chase appeal way because it's a matter of respecting international agreement it's a matter of our security but we have also been consistent in saying that commitment that our commitment to the nuclear deal depends on the full compliance by this announcement was made on the 40th anniversary of the takeover of the former u.s. embassy in tehran where thousands gathered to mark the occasion they were demanding the return of the former shah mohammad reza pat levy to iran to stand trial the shah had been allowed into the u.s. to receive medical treatment for cancer those anti-american sentiments are still strong and for many here the united states withdrawal from the nuclear deal is yet another example president hassan rouhani will be a wrestling announcing a wrong for that in reducing its commitments to their cases knowing very soon but after monday's announcement by your tom mccarthy organization there will likely be

more concern and criticisms about iran's nuclear ambitions in the days ahead north of the bari alpha 0 takraw. get more now on the latest sanctions that the u.s. has announced a from mike hanna in washington d.c. so tell us a little bit more about these sanctions and crucially what kind of people they target. well barbara a senior national administration officials briefed journalists to explain that these sanctions were in connection to the 40 year anniversary of the iranian hostage siege making very clear their intention to signal that the iranian government remains the same now as it was then now the 9 figures that have been selected for individual sanctions all very significant they are we are told by the national security officials very close to ayatollah khamenei all part of his in a cabinet among them is the head of the iranian judiciary the iranian chief of

staff and very importantly the 2nd son of ayatollah khamenei who sometimes represents his father in public and is certainly very influential the only child who operates within the inner sanctum of the iranian leadership so these are significant sanctions that have been applied to trying to hone in those that were on the very its most senior levels of the iranian leadership it's all serbian amounts that a reward has been offered for robert louison now he is a retired f.b.i. agent who disappeared in iran in $2720000000.00 reward has been offered for any information that leads to his whereabouts so a host of actions taken on this 40th anniversary administration officials very important to point out that this has to do with the anniversary more than any reaction to the latest iranian moves on the day i can with the latest from

washington d.c. mike thank you. at least 5 people have been killed after iraqi security forces opened fire on protesters in the capital baghdad live rounds were fired at them strangers were approaching the prime minister's office and the state t.v. headquarters protesters were throwing rocks and setting tires a blaze when security forces flooded into the area more than 250 people have been killed since october 1st when the protests began in baghdad and the shia dominated south demonstrators say that a corrupt government has failed to ensure jobs well protesters have also been calling for an end to what they see as the rain in interference in iraqi politics them strangers tried to storm the rain in consulate in karbala on sunday bringing down one iranian flag and setting others on fire iraq's human rights commission

says that at least 3 protesters were killed when security forces fired live ammunition into the air to try to clear the crowds that has more now from baghdad. this is been a tense evening in the capital fires in the roads barricades and additional security forces than we've typically seen in previous evenings the violence began late this afternoon protesters attempted to cross a bridge near tahrir square that's been the epicenter of the protests they were trying to cross this bridge to get into the fortified green zone intended to topple barricades and that's when witnesses say security forces responded with live ammunition witnesses are saying that there are people who have been killed the prime minister spokesman is saying that is not true medical sources say dozens of people are injured and most of the injuries are from god and shot wounds to the face and head and that the wounded includes security forces from the. there

there were reports that there were protesters who gathered around one of the prime minister's office is near the green zone and they had to be dispersed with tear gas and water cannons and also a spokesman with the prime minister's office says the protesters attempted to reach the ministry of justice they lit a fire near of building nearby a spokesman says that protesters were beaten back with sticks so what you're seeing is a new evolution in these protests where they're no longer just confined to tahrir square but protestors are going to major intersection at intersections to prevent people from getting to work and going about their business and now we see they're attempting to get to government offices already the last 2 days various government offices and businesses have been closed as well as schools in baghdad and several

southern provinces teachers and attorneys are on strike the prime minister's office is threatening the treat the teachers union and attorney says that these teachers are not breaking the law they have the right to protest. india's capital has been described as a gas chamber officials in new delhi say air pollution has become so toxic that more than 20000000 residents are living in quote unbearable burning small the u.s. embassy air quality index which measures the concentration level of fine particles exceeded 500 on monday anything above 50 is considered risky for people's health a public health emergency has been declared schools are shut and for the next 12 days private cars will only be allowed on the roads every other day that's according to whether they have an old or even number plate also being blamed are farmers from neighboring states who burn the stubble at this time of year to clear their fields of for the winter crop reports now from new delhi.

this brown his has enveloped new delhi anything above 400 on the city's quality index is considered very severe. rules about power and. billions of people. it is bad every winter but this is the 1st time the government has declared a public health emergency. just to shut 3 says he doesn't like wearing a mask while driving his scooter that it's necessary. the reason i'm wearing a mask is increased pollution i don't have an illness but i cough all night in the last 45 days my. children and the elderly are especially at risk says she suffers a heart condition and the pollution has forced her to go to hospital. i have

a cold and cough on my chest has been hurting since pollution increased everything hurts now. doctors say because of the toxic small they have treated 5 times the usual number of patients over the past few days some people living in india's national capital say it's become a gas chamber. the state government is alternating the days. on the roads between those whose registrations and all. and those with evil but. behind me is the iconic. op residence halls it's a tall building but today. the government has taken the step to halt the number of possible recalls on the street that should reduce air pollution a little but as long as follows keep burning stumble in neighboring states yeah pollution is expected to continue to be very severe in new delhi.

in the adjoining states of punjab and haryana have harvested their rice and now need to clear their land for their winter wheat crop burning is the quickest way environmentalists say that needs to change i think at the end of the sort of put pressure on the government to ultimately provide markets that are needed to shift away to other crops. but promise if they are to change their practices and invest in clean up technology and machinery they need support from the government that's on top of it tackling other sources of pollution meaning those hoping for cleaner air are unlikely to have immediate relief. well the authorities are also working to protect the iconic taj mahal from pollution 250 kilometers south of new delhi air purifier fans have been deployed to clean the air near the 17th century marble structure but the normally shimmering

white building has begun to turn yellow despite the government's efforts. so to come in this half hour lebanese protesters blocked roads again paralyzing beirut as they accuse politicians of dragging their feet and millions of struggle to afford the medical treatment they need in zimbabwe with the public health care service is on the brink of collapse. that is the story whether the last 2 days is finally blown out through western europe you can see this not much in the sky now these a shower of these little dots of clouds the main box been blown eastwards and this is all rain now the wind blew through did a certain amount of damage in southern france the rains because of little bit of minor flooding in italy and it's this place we should look i think it's really the southern alps not soon to austria and then to croatia montenegro and greece where

the rain will repeat itself ahead of this it's really quite mild now tempers are really short for eastern europe with the exception of stockholm where the cold front lies for the other system north of this is still proper winter cold but most places it's a windy and mild thing be the the best description but some get to wednesday this is still the wet patch move to be fair the south still mild in east take a focus for example in bucharest at $24.00 degrees the next couple of days is just one billy one degree below its november record and 14 above normal course surprise obviously some of this spills over into north africa and this stuff is coming through space in the west and that train doesn't show much tendency to change your weather on tuesday 21 years and breezy 18 revengeful tommy get to wednesday the rain is falling probably.

story 1400 years in the make. the story of succession and leadership. tells the story of foundation and the emergence of an empire. the caliph episode one. i remind her now of the top stories on al-jazeera iran has taken another step away from the 2015 nuclear deal announcing that it's developed

a new generation of advanced centrifuges to enrich uranium at least 5 people have been killed in iraq after security forces opened fire on protesters in the capital baghdad as them stray sions against the government. and the authorities in india's capital avoided half of the private cars on the road in an effort to curb record high pollution levels officials say the air is so toxic that more than 20000000 residents are living in quote i burning small. a u.s. appeals court has ordered the president donald trump to hand over 8 years' worth of tax returns to new york prosecutors the ruling allows prosecutors to enforce a subpoena for the documents from trump's accounting for trying to strive to prevent the release of his tax information as part of an investigation into alleged pre-election payoffs. meanwhile in washington for us officials called to testify to the impeachment inquiry into president trump fail to show up house investigators

have also released the transcripts of witness interviews with the former u.s. ambassador to ukraine marie you have an overage and michael mckinley a former advisor to secretary of state say state secretary mike pale the u.s. house is preparing to hold public hearings after formalizing impeachment proceedings against the president last week it centers on whether trump abused this power by withholding aid to ukraine in exchange for an investigation into political rival joe biden let's go live now to how does your castro who joins us from washington d.c. so heidi what was in the transcripts. barbara despite the no shows of these witnesses who were subpoenaed to appear before the capitol today democrats have kept up the momentum on this impeachment inquiry by releasing these 2 transcripts which number of pages well in the hundreds the transcript from former u.s. ambassador to ukraine maria yvonne of it really gets down to how the shadow policy

toward ukraine began she told investigators that if even as early as last year in december that she was alerted by ukrainian officials that the president's personal attorney was trying to stir up dirt bike sharing these unfounded accusations against her in ukraine to remove her from the job and that when she alerted her superiors in the u.s. state department about it they appear concerned but didn't do anything to protect her she says that she was told that u.s. secretary of state wanted mike pompei oh could quote no longer protect her from president donald trump now democrats have said that you have honor that she was then fired without cause in april which set the stage for trump's decision to withhold u.s. military aid to ukraine and then in july after ukrainian president to dig up dirt on his on trump's political rival at home joe biden.

you will see in ambassador yvonne of this is testimony what a dedicated public servant she is this is someone who serve the country with distinction for decades it is someone who also is one of the 1st witnesses to this irregular back channel that the president's established with rudy giuliani and the damage that it was doing to america's national security and foreign policy interests how it was working at. in opposition not in support of u.s. policy objectives. and heidi already 4 u.s. officials called to testify to the impeachment inquiry failed to show up so how will congress proceed if more witnesses are just refusing to testify well congress could either hold them in contempt or take them to court but then there's also this argument that the witnesses who have all already appeared over

the last 4 weeks we've seen a steady stream of former and current administration officials that gave powerful testimony in corroborating one another's testimonies that trump was using the power of his office for his personal political gain while withholding u.s. aid to route to ukraine which endangered u.s. national security democrats are saying that that may be enough evidence unlikely is enough to carry forward the case to an impeachment vote before the end of the year and the bigger question though is how the senate will react because is this enough evidence as well to convince senate republicans to defect from their president in order to vote for his removal from office and that is the major question that continues to linger barbara how does your cost to read the latest from washington heidi thank you protestors of blocked roads in several cities in lebanon were demonstrations against the political elites show no sign of letting up people

continue to rally this by the resignation of prime minister saad hariri last week the protests which 1st began on october 17th a calling for a complete overhaul of lebanon's political system say the holder has more now from beirut. protesters in lebanon are escalating their struggle against those in power again closing roads to pressure the governing coalition to form a government independent of political parties this is the main highway linking the capital beirut to south lebanon we are blocking the road but tell the people who are sitting at home that hey listen we are doing this because you are not raising your voice because you are being silent something like these young men continue to support them in the sectarian political parties they are diverting traffic caused by road closures there is tension in the streets day 19 of this protest movement and people here say they're still the tournaments to take control of their future

but they are facing a political class just as determined to stay in power public pressure has forced prime minister saddle had needed to resign but the president michel aoun has still not set a date for binding parliamentary consultations to choose a new prime minister there's a lot of back room obviously a back door horse trading trying to identify who's going to be the prime minister but also what kind of cabinet. they think is needed or that they find acceptable lebanon is not on the brink of economic collapse we've started sliding into you know not an economic and but serious economic challenges and the protests are making the economy suffer even more frustration is growing especially among those who need to get to work every day and want their children to return to schools but others say they are ready to make a sacrifice none of us as a shop owner i can't open and be against the people in the movement of course this

harms business but i'm enduring because i want to stand with the people and their rights. it's a fight for a better future but some of that he's angry over the high cost of living also benefit from the status quo they are not backing the so-called revolution calling for a complete change of a sectarian based political system so are other lebanese who seem unwilling to take a step into the unknown. beirut. the who the rebels in yemen are accusing their enemies and the saudi u.a.e. coalition of exploiting soldiers from sudan in the ongoing conflict they have released footage that they say shows heavy defeats inflicted by the who these on sudanese forces fighting on the front line mohamed el a tab has more now from the capital sana according to all the forces these prisoners of war are from sudan and so were there did colleagues and. a lady that probably do more than the sudanese regime forces soldiers to fight as

mercenaries in return for money within the ranks of the aggressor coalition forces other states limited their role to join in the airstrikes or little force and the sudanese regime through its forces into the ground warfare where many of the coalition states refrained. i'm able to verify the authenticity and countdowns of the photos observers say the hoa fees are using it to send a message to sudan as a new leaders to pull sudanese forces out of yemen it appears as they got to. the losses of the sudanese mercenaries amount to $285.00 killed and dozens wounded on various fronts of the border. the office shells say these are weapons and equipment taken from a pig aid of solent soldiers and this hope the fighters says teachers are among the sudanese fighting in support of and u.a.e. a led forces the hope he's accused. of pushing sudanese forces

onto the front lines i'm not prioritizing them and prisoner swaps the cheerful the sudanese community in yemen told us that sudan's new leaders should reconsider the decision made by the ousted president to dispatch sudanese forces to yemen. this is the work of the former regime of the sheer who was toppled by the sudanese people and it is known that bashir and his regime was part of militias filthy partly down to undermine the whole region even their participation was not appreciated by this aggression which was launched under the false title of arab coalition. but so that he's army commander has dismissed the video psychological warfare he said the whole of these backed by regional powers were there. to take part in the conflict

say more than 6000. soldiers are part of the saudi the. 6th grade along the coast lines bridging to a. base. a longtime ally of zimbabwe's president. has been detained and charged with abuse of office the former transport minister george is accused of costing the government $3700000.00 when god promised to stamp out government corruption when he took office in 2017 but critics say little has changed with the economy still in crisis millions of people can no longer afford medical treatment which has become increasingly expensive. reports from. markets finding drugs for chronic illnesses is going to get a lot harder for poor and struggling some public health centers have no drugs for

patients the cost of $1.00 month's supply at a private pharmacy is roughly 60 u.s. dollars a civil servant. if you. do. all the people that. those who can afford it go abroad for the treatment others used a while start expensive private facilities a luxury millions of others don't have is the way has more than 20 registered health insurance and we have about 800000 members the government has its own health insurance for civil servants which caters roughly to 340000 workers that means most people here don't have medical coverage while children under the age of 5 basic feature of public hospitals everyone else without health insurance pays cash such

as pain management the patient must have regular i mean true up to access to medication. the medication is becoming extremely expensive. traditionally and historically that medication has been funded largely by donors but with finding the donors themselves not through lack of world but because of pressures on on their mostly local dermis they are unable to support that doctors have been striking for nearly 2 months of a poor pay and work conditions it's another sign the public health sector is in trouble after numerous negotiations broke down the government issued this ultimatum . coming to be disciplined. the 1st thing we're both most coming to were there were. some here blame the collapse of the public health care system on corruption and the state's failure to prioritize

government officials say wish to impose sanctions are the reason for the crisis not them but it's patients who end up suffering and as a bobby's economy worsens there is no sign the situation will improve soon. al-jazeera. a 2nd day of protests is taking place in barcelona against the visit by spain's royal family thousands of cattle and separatists have gathered outside an awards ceremony being attended by king philip and his family the spanish king has been highly unpopular in catalonia since a televised address that he gave in 2017 in it he criticized the leaders of the region's failed independence referendum but didn't mention the many people injured by police and venice is famous gondoliers have been swapping their uniforms for wet suits for a night time dive in the city's canals it's all part of an initiative to clear up the iconic waterways which are up to see 3 meters deep and are often used as

dumping grounds by both tourists and locals the operation took place at night when the canals will quieter and i've recovered items as diverse as a computer a cassette player and the b. day much more on the website the address al jazeera dot com. now a reminder of our top stories on al-jazeera iran has taken another step away from the 2015 nuclear deal announcing that it's doubled the number of advanced centrifuges that it operates to enrich uranium to 60 tehran also says it's working on a prototype centrifuge that's 50 times faster than those allowed by the deal in response to u.s. announced new sanctions against 9 iranians close to the supreme leader ayatollah ali ham in a michaela has more now from washington d.c. senior national administration officials brief journalists to explain that these

sanctions were in a connection to the 40 year anniversary of the iranian hostage siege making very clear their intention to signal that the iranian government remains the same now as it was then while the 9 figures that have been selected for individual sanctions all very significant they are we are told by the national security officials very close to ayatollah khamenei all part of his in a cabinet. at least 5 people have been killed after iraqi security forces opened fire on protesters in the capital baghdad live rounds were fired at them and strangers were approaching the prime minister's office and the state t.v. headquarters protesters were throwing rocks and setting tires ablaze when security forces flooded into the area more than $250.00 people have been killed since october the 1st that's when protesters began protests began in baghdad and the shia dominated south demonstrators say

a corrupt government has failed to ensure jobs. authorities in india's capital new delhi avoided half of private cars off the road in an effort to curb record high pollution levels officials say the air has become so toxic that more than 20000000 residents are living in burning small a public health emergency has been declared and schools are shut a u.s. appeals court has ordered president donald trump to hand over 8 years worth of tax returns to new york prosecutors the ruling allows prosecutors to enforce a subpoena for the documents from trump's accounting firm he's tried to prevent the release of his tax information which is part of an investigation into alleged pre-election payouts those are the headlines that stay with us coming up next it's the screen thanks for watching but i.

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