yes. peach fans inquiry against president donald trump moves into a new phase of public hearings set to begin next week. on how he did in doha this is al jazeera also coming up. spying for saudi arabia 2 former twitter employees are charged in the u.s. for snooping into accounts of the kingdom's critics. iran resumes uranium enrichment sat one of its nuclear facilities and the latest move to step back from

the 2015 nuclear deal and campaigning begins in the u.k. as parliament is dissolved ahead of snap elections the current determine the exits feature. the impeachment inquiry into donald trump is stepping up a gear televised public hearings are set to starts next week one of the 1st to appear is set to be bill taylor america's top diplomat in ukraine a newly released a closed door testimony taylor says it was a his clear understanding that the president had withheld military aid to ukraine as because he wanted to investigate his political rival joe biden and his son who was working there the testimony matches other witnesses including the united states ambassador to the e.u. . i think you will see throughout the course of the testimony not only their

testimony but many others the. most important facts are largely not contested we are getting an increasing appreciation for just what took place during the course of the last year and the degree to which the president and listed the whole departments of government in the illicit a move trying to get ukraine to dig up dirt on a political opponent as well as further conspiracy theory about the 26000 election that he believed would be beneficial to his re-election campaign. castro has more now from washington d.c. . bill taylor is the acting ambassador to ukraine and for impeachment investigators he served as a guide giving the road map with conversations dates and people connecting the dots to make this case to investigators that trump use the power of his office to try to get ukraine to help him with his political campaign for reelection now

taylor testified behind closed doors 2 weeks ago but according to the transcript that was just released he said he had a clear understanding that there was a quid pro quo and he said the idea for this came from trump's private attorney who was empowered by the president to circumvent regular diplomatic channels in order to carry out this foreign policy in ukraine that prioritize trumps political interests above that of national security now moving forward investigators have announced that public hearings will begin taking place next week which is at the key of what democrats who are trying to impeach president trump want to accomplish they want more members of the american public to hear the case for impeaching the president from these witnesses themselves up until this point all of the hearings have happened behind closed doors so the information to americans have has come

filter through hundreds of journalists but even up to this point there is a growing number of americans who according to polls do support impeaching him even removing trump from office that number is hovering right around 50 percent democrats are hoping that if they can get a clear majority of the public to support them to impeach the president then perhaps they can make a convincing argument to their republican colleagues in the senate who ultimately will be deciding the president's guilt or innocence and perhaps remove him from office. well john marshall is an assistant professor at northwestern university and the author of watergate's legacy in the press investigative impulse he says the public inquiries welcome significant phase in the investigation what i think we're going to see happen is the inquiry turned from an investigation stage primarily to more of a performance stage now that we have some of the transcripts coming out people are

so seeing it with with their eyes the words that the witnesses have been saying and then what next week when the live hearings start which will be televised and i'm sure streamed all over social media people are going to see for themselves the witnesses and hear for themselves the words and whether the chairmanship and chairman navl are can run hearings that are persuasive to the public and perform in a way that makes the impeachment inquiry seem like it's a fair and thorough process that could really sway public opinion in contrast if the house republicans are able to perform in a way to try to make the impeachment process seem like it's chaotic and unfair and i'm sure they're going to call it a circus then that is going to probably stop public opinion shifting enough to

persuade enough republicans to vote in favor of impeachment. u.s. prosecutors say the saudi government recruited to twitter employees to gather information on its critics a complaint unsealed in u.s. district court surveilled a coordinated attempts by society officials to get personal information on more than 6000 twitter users prosecutors say the employees were rewarded with a designer watch and tens of thousands of dollars in secret bank accounts they've been charged for acting as agents of saudi arabia without registering with the u.s. government there has been no response from the kingdom yet or rob reynolds joins us now live from los angeles at rob give us a bit more about the facts in this case. well as you mentioned khalid the justice department is now charged 2 twitter engineers with spying on behalf of saudi arabia

specifically with using their access and knowledge of the inner workings of the social media platform to identify critics of the saudi regime and then pass that information along a 3rd individual a saudi citizen was also arrested he was allegedly the go between between those engineers and the saudi regime now that's according to prosecutors in san francisco it's also notable that is this is apparently the very 1st time that. u.s. government has charged saudi arabia with espionage within the united states now it's alleged that one of the 2 twitter engineers who was arrested a person named ali. was flown to washington d.c. in 2015 to meet with a member of the saudi royal family that was just about a week before the spying began and of course 2015 is

a very important date because that is when crown prince mohammed bin some on began his rapid rise to power in saudi arabia eventually becoming the essentially the. de facto ruler of that kingdom the crown prince is named in the court filings as royal family member number one now among the thousands of the accounts that you mentioned that were breached was one belonging to a dissident named omar abdel aziz. filed a lawsuit last month against twitter in it he alleged that after he was fired by twitter a bar at the individual i mentioned earlier landed a top job at a big charity that is actually run by the crown prince. was close to jamal jamal khashoggi who course was murdered inside the

saudi consulate in istanbul last year and multiple intelligence agencies including the cia say that that was done by saudi agents agents of the saudi government now the u.s. attorney in this case david anderson referred to saudi arabia in his comments saying quote we will not allow u.s. companies or u.s. technology to become tools of foreign repression and while as you mentioned the saudis have not commented twitter has a spokesman saying in a statement we recognize the lengths that bad actors will go to undermine to try and undermine our service and twitter says it is committed to protecting the identities of its users who discuss things like human rights repression and democracy and free speech ok we'll have to leave it there but thank you very much indeed from around sportin life from los angeles. iran has resumed enriching

uranium at an underground facility it began injecting uranium gas into centrifuges at the ford 2 plants just over a 2 hours ago to iran has been scaling back on its commitments to the 2015 you could do after the us pulled out of the accords and reimposed sanctions president hassan rouhani has accused european partners of not doing enough to help its avoids the sanctions hurts who gets komi has more from to her on. the foregoing nuclear facility near the city of call me is now fully operational according to iran's atomic energy organization just past midnight the uranium gases been injected into centrifuges of that site and that is where the iranians have said they will start producing. about 5 percent the reigning present has some rouhani said this measure has been taken this is the 4th step they are taking to scale back their commitment

to the nuclear deal of 2015 now this facility the fordo site became a research facility as of january of 2016 under the agreement and that is because this is the only site in iran that is able to enrich uranium at 20 percent they were and in some said that they are taking this measure because the european signatories of the way are not upholding their and of the deal and this is the most serious step that they've taken and until the european signatories show that they are committed to this nuclear agreement iran will continue to scale back its commitments but the president has stressed that all these measures they've taken so far are reversible as soon as the european countries show full compliance. several people have been killed after an attack on reports from western yemen. syria the iran backed rebels have been blamed for foreign missiles and drones on

the red sea ports of all my. have been facing a society a morality led coalition that's been backing yemen's internationally recognized government is the 1st major attack in the regions and saudi arabia around the cities were hit in september iran was blamed for those strikes though it's in i'd say any involvements. at least 47 people have been killed after an attack on mining employees in birkenau fassel a convoy carrying staff from a canadian owns mine was targeted in the eastern part of the country there being a scorcher by the military of vice in with groups linked to iceland al qaida has surged in the last year killing hundreds of people on monday france announced the deployment of more ground troops. so it's come on al-jazeera 8 people are stopped in the city over cherish one of jordan's popular tourist sites and accusations of torture children prosecutors reveal allegations of widespread abuse

. probably once again welcomes another look at the international forecast with us last set fire across china at the moment that's because the west this weather is further south big massive plants swirling away here it did bring flooding in sioux northern parts of the philippines and that was the weather will draw its way further westwards over towards central and southern parts of vietnam over the next couple of days this tropical storm is going to continue developing further north as you can see the fine and dry 20 celsius there in hong kong in the sunshine sunshine the showers across southeast asia but as i said the west the weather will be just around central and southern postle vietnam this is gnostic system continues to make

its way further west was winds increasing 4 times the very heavy rain talking in the lobby to be some flooding as we make our way through the course of the weekend that west will pushing further west with usual russia showers across border pushing across into. thailand saying some wet weather and you see some very wet weather there just around the nicobar islands the andaman islands pushing over towards me i'm on why that say went to the go but that's going to make its way further more what and west was over the next day or so as signs of somewhat the weather rescue pushing back into new delhi so that should help here with the pollution. the weather sponsored by countdown. and the territory that's been under constant siege for 12 years. and in a state of perpetual conflict with its neighbor. women a swimming against the tides and challenging stereotypes in the isolated society.

al-jazeera wild follows 5 palestinians making a difference. the new women of gaza on al-jazeera. this is al jazeera cut mine off the headlines for you this hour a newly released testimony by the united states top diplomat in ukraine says he had a clear understanding military aid for kiev was tied to an investigation and president trumps political rivals 1000000000 taylor will be one of the 1st with the sister appear in public hearings shuttled for next week the u.s. justice department has charged 2 former twitter employees for spying on behalf of

a saudi arabia's government they're accused of accessing the accounts of thousands of users including prominent critics of the society government and iran has resumed enriching uranium at an underground facility as it scales back commitments to the 2015 nuclear accord to her on accuses european partners of not doing enough to help avoid u.s. sanctions that are hurting its economy washington withdrew from the deal last year . a political parties in the u.k. have begun campaigning for the general elections set for december 12th the country goes to the polls for the 2nd time since the 2016 breck's at referendum well that's issue is dominating the debate as paul brennan reports. the election campaign is officially on and the prime minister left downing street with the air of

a man with no time to waste even using social media to post an election update while on route to get the queen's approval for the bout to see about steve mcqueen which is always a very tough interview the role formalities complete johnson returned to downing street to address the media and lay out his battle plan a stark choice he said between his vision of a u.k. quickly out of the e.u. with a dynamic free market economy and his opponent's plans for high taxation and more uncertainty come with us get bricks done and take this country forward. this is the alternative next year spend the whole of 2020 in a horror show of yet more data and delay imagine waking up on friday that just december 13th and finding corbin at the head of his technicolor you'll have a coalition in a newspaper column on weapons day the prime minister attacks jeremy corbyn the

opposition labor party leader for targeting the rich with a vindictiveness not seen since stalin but on the campaign trail in the u.k. midlands mr corbyn insisted that britain's richest 5 percent had a moral obligation to pay more together we can do something spectacular we can transform people's hopes by the inclusiveness he of our campaign and into town and so that communities and painful and not held back and left behind. i think it is time for real change and i can't wait for december the 12th when we can stop that real change to change this country into a decent caring compassionate place that works for and cast for all. as campaigns go it's been a shaky start for the conservatives and a sign of just how unrestrained this election campaign may become because 7 has

posted a doctorate in social media video of labour's breck's it spokesman here starmer and then refused to apologize when called out for it just moments before the prime minister's speech a letter arrived from cabinet minister allan cans tendering his resignation of allegations which he denies that he lied about his knowledge of a collapsed court case can's was lined up to lead the conservative campaign in wales and his loss is a blow and those setbacks came off the back of controversial and much criticized comments by senior conservatives about the grand felt how a fight for them but this is a marathon not a sprint the 2 main parties are being challenged by the climate initiatives of the green party targeted pressure from your family just bricks of party the separatist vision from the scottish nationalists a new optimism from pro remain liberal democrats and liberal democrats biting the full action to win so that we can stop breaks it and create a greater future. first 24 hours of good or bad

headlines are unlikely to decide december's outcome in the next 5 weeks is shaping up to be a no holds barred political scrap and election battle with the local hungry general twists in the contest whose results will have far reaching consequences across europe and beyond paul brennan al-jazeera. 8 people have been injured in a knife attack in the jordanian city over jerusha popular tourist in sports 3 mexicans and a swiss national were among those stopped then and smith reports from the jordanian capital amman. the horrors of other as one tourist lies face down apparently bleeding heavily another tries to stop the blood flow. a woman screams in spanish he's got a dagger. witnesses say a man jumped over a fence at the roman city in and randomly slashed and stabbed at people around him . and he was heading towards the care for tear and i was standing by the door

behind me were all the tourists a little men to the cafeteria passed in front of me and a ling towards them a slipped in instead me then backed away moving towards the policeman he gave the policeman a slight stir and tried to attack him from behind and i pushed him to the ground afterwards all the policemen came and took him 3 mexicans a swiss and 4 jordanians were injured 2 described as in a serious condition although everyone is now stable according to jordan's health ministry the only way to both of them is you've been to 2 people who are admitted to the operation room of the doctors at the public hospital in georgia still working on the bleeding has stopped the situation is under control and both people are stable them 2 cases were transferred by helicopter to king has seen medical city one was a mexican tourist and the other one was a jordanian guide we pray for them to recover the roman city it is one of jordan's most important tourism attractions more than 300000 people visited last year

attacks on tourists. it's one of the most stable countries in the region and that helped boost tourism which generated revenues of around 5000000000 dollars last year that's essential income for a country facing an economic crisis and with youth unemployment at around 40 percent. but it's with al-jazeera the jordanian authorities say the arrested suspect is a young man from a palestinian refugee camp the father of the suspects and stubborn says the family is in shock. we were about to faint may god not bless him because the one who commits this act is a psycho what fault as a tourist have i told him many times the tourist has no fault they are peaceful they are coming here to enjoy their time. there are you well dear my message is that anyone who commits such an act should be hanged kill him and get rid of him we do not need him i now have 3 sons not 4. protesters in lebanon have blocked roads

and gathered outside government buildings in the capital beirut since the wave of demonstrations against the ruling elites continue the nationwide protests began in october forcing prime minister saad hariri to resign but there's been no sign of progress towards agreements only you governments. have continued in sudan for a 2nd one turns people block roads leading to the airports in the capital khartoum they want an investigation into the death of a sudanese police officer in egypt's capital cairo he had refused orders to attack protesters in front of army headquarters in june. chile's chief prosecutor has charged 14 police officers for allegedly torturing antic government protesters demonstrations are now in their 28th day his anger over inequality in one of latin america's richest nations the president has proposed an increase in the minimum

wage the latest in a series of concessions that have so far failed to pacify protests is a latin america editor you see in human reports from santiago. the charges against 14 police officers accused of torture are seen as a positive sign but the institute of human rights here until he says that there are delays another $120.00 who are being investigated for fortune that they hope authorities will follow through in those investigations in the meantime president it must be empty now that is approving or trying to fast track proposals reforms to try to appease the protest the latest bill sent to quell wish raising the minimum wage by 16.7 percent that would be subsidized by the state by the taxpayers not by lawyers or employers rather but that has certainly not satisfied both the protesters who came out in force yet again it's hurting to this neighborhood this

is an upper class. neighborhood if you like was absolutely part of the protests continued to this area and some of them asked people who have been causing violence and becoming more bold some of them attacked the headquarters of the a party that's one of the most conservative parties that belongs to the ruling government coalition while another group attacked but these station and at least 3 officers were seriously injured and taken to hospital. but levin's are angry at an election they see as fraudulent have been protesting across the country since the votes last month they want longer they want the long ruling president of marlice to step down to make way for a new election bluefins await the results of an internal international oldest of the election divisions in the country or deepening mystery reports. in sumburgh. the heart of bolivia's agricultural industry a move is underway to disregard presidency is the will. we are

symbolically taking over public institutions because it meetings nationally we have decided to believe ian's are not in agreement with the frog this fraud that is being seen internationally we want the vote to be respected by all citizens from bolivia last month it will morales won the presidency with a 10 point difference he's opponent catalog denounce fraud when the vote count was halted for at least 24 hours when the vote it showed a shift that favored abel morales and that's why people are demanding a new election. he should resign that is what the people are demanding and he owes that to the people that is why we are radicalizing our methods and we are in permanent peaceful protests to recover our democracy and our freedom. on wednesday violent clashes broke out between anti morales protesters and those who support him an example of the deep divisions in the sand in nation. he will leave us 1st

indigenous. precedent continues to enjoy support mostly in rural areas he's followers say more alex opponents are racists and they vowed to defend their president. calling for justice prison for camacho someone needs to pay for their crimes. actual is the leader of the person that you see becoming a group that has consistently challenge to a what alice since he won the presidency in 2006. this would be more alice 4th term in office his critics say he has ignored a referendum in which we live eons voted to restrict precedence to 2 terms. the organization of american states is auditing the vote and it is expected to be completed before the middle of the month but until then tension is unlikely to end anytime soon that is how will. the killing of

a mexican american family by an armed group in mexico has stunned both sides of the border u.s. president donald trump has offered u.s. help saying it's time to wage war on cartels on xico has projected that strategy the president's security plan isn't to cross scrutiny as mexico sees record levels of violence john homan reports. no one imagines there have to do what the liberal family did on tuesday go to the same with 3 of their women and 6 children among the baby twins we shot. the surviving and injured children hid for hours in the hills there in the u.s. getting treatment there. must be some ethics i don't know there just has to be justice here there does seem some possibility of justice for them in contrast to so many scenes across mexico because the liberal ins the u.s. citizens that's why. can foreign minister was on the scene with other officials

they said this seemed to be a case of mistaken identity a gang thought the family's cause belong to a rival group make find the perpetrators they say relate to the local the government reiterate its conviction and resolution so there won't be impunity because the problem is that in mexico the blanket impunity exists and has done for years almost 90 percent of murders go unsolved according to an independent think tank in the country suffering record levels of violence on tuesday president trump tweeted his solution war on the cartels and promised us help in a phone call to mit's can president and raise money well lopez obrador. the mits cruz tried to lay out confrontation before and it's only up the body count there not been jams we do not think by riddling with bullets slaughtering with the use of force with blood and fire the problem will be resolved. he's instead betting on

a long term strategy social programs that will give the young and poor another option than joining organized crime. and in the short term a new force called the national guard but although the national guard has been deployed its impact appears to be limited and its role unclear meanwhile the government hasn't overly focused on strengthening good situations that might be able to stop impunity like the police public prosecutors the judiciary. but for now the pressure to finally make mexico safer is not just coming from within the country but from the powerful neighbor to the north john home and how does it or mexico city. this is al jazeera and these are the top stories a newly released testimony by the united states top diplomat. in ukraine says he

had a clear understanding military aid was tied to an investigation into president trump's political rivals william taylor will be one of the 1st witnesses to appear in public hearings chilled for next week i think you will see throughout the course of the testimony not only their testimony but many others the. most important facts are largely not contested we are getting an increasing appreciation for just what took place during the course of the last year and the degree to which the president and listed the whole departments of government in and be illicit aim of trying to get ukraine to dig up dirt on a political opponent as well as further conspiracy theory about the 2016 election that he believed would be beneficial to his reelection campaign. the u.s. justice department has charged 2 former twitter employees with spying on behalf of

saudi arabia's governments they're accused of accessing the accounts of thousands of users including prominent critics of the saudi government at least $47.00 people have been killed after an attack on mining employees and burkina faso a convoy carrying stuff from a canadian on's mine was targeted in the eastern part of the country they were being escorted by the military fighting with groups linked to iceland al qaeda has surged in the last year several people have been killed after an attack on a port say in western yemen you see rebels are being blamed for launching missiles and drones at the facility in all maka it's the 1st major attacks in saudi arabia's aramco all facilities for hits in september that's your state stay stay with us here and i'll just say arab news continuous after inside story.

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