we can get to washington d.c. 2 hours we can get it on jurists in the rest of central america about the same time but more importantly is where those 2 cultures north and south america beat us to teach it's a very important place for all to the roots of. the impeachment inquiry against president donald trump moves into a new phase with public hearings g. to start next week. alone has i'm sick of this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up spying for saudi arabia 2 former twitter employees are charged in the u.s. for accessing the accounts of the kingdom's critics. campaigning officially begins in the u.k. parliament is dissolved before snap elections that could determine the fate of gregg's. and those people destroyed our lives victims in the democratic

republic of congo speak out ahead of the sentencing of a rebel leader convicted of war crimes. one of the impeachment inquiry into donald trump is stepping up televised hearings are starting next week america's top diplomat in ukraine william taylor will be one of the 1st to appear taylor said in earlier testimony it was his clear understanding in his words the president had said he would withhold military aid to ukraine if it did not investigate his political rival joe biden and his son that testimony matches matches of that of other witnesses 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 elicit a move 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. castro has more on this from washington. 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 through hundreds of journalists but even up to this point there's a growing number of americans who according to polls do support impeaching and 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. of 2 former twitter employees have been charged with spying for saudi arabia a complaint to a san francisco district court alleges the pair access the personal accounts of more than $6000.00 twitter users they include prominent critics of the saudi royal family and prosecutors say the employees an american and a saudi national were rewarded with a designer watch and tens of thousands of dollars paid into secret bank accounts they've been charged for acting as agents of riyadh without registering with the u.s. government a 3rd man a saudi has also been charged rob reynolds has more. the justice department

announced in san francisco that it had arrested 2 former engineers for twitter they were charged with spying for the saudi arabian government and passing on information about dissidents and people who made 3 critical remarks on twitter about the saudi regime a 3rd person who was a saudi national was also arrested he is believed or alleged to have been the go between between the passing on the information those engineers gathered and the sending it to the saudi officials the defacto ruler of the kingdom of saudi arabia crown prince mohammed bin samana is actually mentioned in this criminal complaint although he is only referred to as royal family member number one it is believed that one of the twitter engineers flew to washington d.c.

in 2015 right around the time that crown prince mohammed bin solomon was rapidly rising to his powerful status that he enjoys today and met with a member of the royal family and shortly after that the spying commenced the spies gather all sorts of information about people making critical comments about the saudi government including their e-mail addresses their ip addresses their dates of birth and so forth among the thousands of accounts that were breached was one belonging to a prominent saudi dissident omar abdel aziz he was close to the washington post journalist jamal khashoggi who of course as we know was murdered in the saudi consulate in istanbul a little over a year ago by saudi state agents according to multiple intelligence agencies iran has resumed enriching uranium at an underground facility and began

injecting uranium gas into centrifuges. at the fordo plant from midnight local time that iran has been scaling back on its commitments to the 2015 nuclear deal after the us pulled out of the accord and re-impose sanctions resident has sent a harley has accused european partners of not doing enough to help it avoid the sanctions that are damaging its economy several people have been killed in a missile and john attack on a port in western yemen and. iranian backed rebels have been blamed for the strike on their fighting the saudi and iraqi led coalition backing yemen's internationally recognized government it's the region's 1st major attacks in saudi arabian oil facilities were hit in september. least 47 people have been killed in an attack on mining workers in booking a fire so a convoy carrying staff from a canadian own mine was targeted in the east they were being escorted by the

military fighting with groups linked to i saw an al qaeda has surged in the last year killing hundreds of people on monday france announced the deployment of more ground troops are judges of the international criminal court will sentence a basco and to gander former rebel leader in the democratic republic of congo in the coming hours and again there's been convicted of 18 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity for atrocities committed by the rebel fighters he led 2 decades ago the prosecution wants a 30 year prison term catherine sawyer reports now from q one ger in east india. remove both school tag and a has been nicknamed by the people of eastern democratic republic of congo as the tammany town he's a former rebel leader hues of human rights abuses in several parts of the region. judges of the international criminal court found him guilty of crimes against

humanity and war crimes including mada child soldiers and sexual slavery. the crimes are committed to a province between 200220035 the patchy arctic force for the liberation of congo rebel group. led the military wing thomas who bangle was the head of the group and they serving 14 years in jail at the i.c.c. this man says his 2 brothers were killed by the fighters. we lost many family members sisters brothers uncles we also lost a lot of property. you turi might be the focus of this case but you know of a town more than 800 kilometers south victims of a moscow a 150 people were killed in one day in 2006 have been falling court proceedings kinley they sent a gun to was one of the leaders of rebel fighters who attacked their villages he

says to have been passing the in charge of the q one to killings almost everyone here in q one lost a loved one of those we talked to said. and the fighters he led to use them off protecting a rival rebel they also say they want justice. rebecca shows us has cause she says her husband and one year old son were killed in. what's happening with entire gonda should be a deterrent to all those who want to come and terrorize us in the villages those people destroyed all lives this part of the country has been embroiled in armed conflict for decades thousands of rebel groups control remote villages and towns companions want the government and regional bodies to deal with human rights abuses . we need a proper court here with proper investigators and justice system people want to have their day in court and looked at perpetrators and the i.c.c.

is too far away and disconnected from victims in the villages. and that is the 4th pass on to be convicted by the i.c.c. . turi sais he deserves to be in jail for life rebecca. is still waiting for justice catherine saw al-jazeera q one job he's done democratic republic of congo. french police have started dismantling a refugee camp in paris as part of a new crackdown the government says people are being moved to what it calls a safer place evacuation comes a day after the government announced a new immigration plan that ceased to restrict asylum seekers it targets illegal immigrants and has quotas for foreign workers as well it's seen as an attempt to win over voters from the far right tasha butler has more from the french capital. after french capital meeting in paris france as prime minister edouard phillipe announced a raft of new measures aimed at tightening the country's immigration policy. we

must take by control of immigration taking back control means making clear choices about asylum and integration granting the right stay is actively based on our principles and goals rather than passively carried out as long as the case. the government wants to introduce immigration quotas for workers and attempt to address the country's skilled labor shortage in industries such as construction there are also plans to tighten rules for asylum seekers access to health care would be limited and benefits more rigorously controlled the number of asylum applications has increased in france in recent years and the government says it must crack down on those who abuse the system rights campaigners say that asylum seekers already face very difficult conditions in france many of them end up sleeping rough in makeshift camps like this one in paris and the thing is that the government's new

measures will only make the situation worse. the prime minister says france most regain its sovereignty well before cantor wants to be more southern we should start by getting rid of this undignified camps in our cities then we can talk about sovereignty and humanity. halfway through his presidential term emanuel macro is taking. a tougher line on immigration but it's a gamble he may succeed in wooing voters away from his main political opponents the far right and stem the rise of what he calls dangerous populism but he also risks alienating some supporters who say that he's failing to uphold france's humanitarian values the sasha butler al-jazeera paris. a still ahead on i just there are accusations of torture actually and prosecutors revealed allegations of widespread abuse. facing further turbulence boeing is ordered to ground more jets.

the weather's lossie set fabric cross the middle east at the moment the great surprise is here now the clouds are just about afghanistan pushing ever towards to where they stand is back to stop try and find for the most part that a bit of clout there just around the caspian sea but i think we'll see too much in the way of any weapons being squeezed out of this tyrant of around 18 degrees celsius with 10 degrees higher than that in beirut $28.00 celsius looking pretty good there across that eastern side of the med it's right over the next few days central areas of the region baghdad and in kuwait city right around 2930 degrees some attempted to fall karate since i would say maybe a touch warmer there here in doha where it 32 celsius across the regen peninsula fine dry and sunny does largely something's up we might just see

a little bit of cloud maybe your spot of right into that northeastern corner saudi arabia just around the south of kuwait so maybe the old shallots are just around the gulf of aden but for the most part there is a good deal of dry 5 and sunny weather drop on a sunny to across a good part of mozambique eastern parts of south africa seen some very heavy rainfall recently just around 25 celsius go on into fraud it brightens up further when the top temperature 20. 3 say to really know someone you must walk a mile in their shoes. only when their feet. as they forge their way in the world. al-jazeera shares these personal journey. inspiring stories of people possibly hearing on their chosen path. with news

documentaries. again you're watching al-jazeera monitor of our top stories this hour the united states top diplomat in ukraine says he had a clear understanding military aid for kid 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 scheduled for next week the u.s. justice department has charged 2 former twitter employees with spying for saudi arabia they're accused of accessing the accounts of thousands of users including

prominent critics of the saudi government. yemen's government says who the rebels have fired missiles at the red sea port of at least 8 people are reported to have been killed it is the biggest attack since september. the deputy leader of the u.k. labor party tom watson has announced he is quitting politics the surprise news came as campaigning began in the snap general election it's the 2nd time the country's going to the polls since the 2016 brags that referendum is for bread. 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 ballots so to see how majesty the queen 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 brechtian uncertainty come with us it breaks it down 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 the distance ember the 13th and finding corbin at the head of his technicolor you'll have a coalition in a newspaper column on wednesday the prime minister attacked 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's 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 criticised 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 our job finances breck's of party the separatist vision from the scottish nationalists a new optimism from pro remain liberal democrats and liberal democrats by for the full action to win so that we can stop wrecks 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 an election battle with local and regional 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 of jeddah a popular tourism spot 3 mexicans and a swiss national were among stab the police say the suspect is a young man from a palestinian refugee camp but as smith reports from. the one is the other as one tourist lies face down apparently bleeding heavily another tries to stop the blood flow. woman screams in spanish he's got a doctor. witnesses say a man jumped over a fence at the roman city enjoy rash and randomly slashed and stopped at people around. you 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 i link towards them slipped in instead me then backed away moving towards the policeman he gave the policeman a slight stare 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. 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 2 cases were transferred by helicopter to king hussein 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 are rare here it's one of the most stable countries in the region and that's 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 bernard smith al-jazeera a man demonstrators in lebanon have blocked more roads and gathered outside government buildings in beirut to protest against the ruling elite nationwide demonstrations began in october forcing a prime minister saad hariri to resign but there's been no sign of progress towards an agreement on a new government. a protester been held in sudan for a 2nd night as people block roads leading to the airport in the capital hard to they want to investigation into the death of a sudanese police officer in egypt's capital cairo you have said claimed he had evidence of who gave the orders for an attack on sudanese protesters in june a chilis prosecutors charge 14 police officers were torturing protesters demonstrations against the government are now in their 20th day anger over inequality in one of latin america's richest nations are latin america editor news

sue newman reports now from santiago. the charges against. torture are seen as a positive sign but the institute of human rights hearing to me says that there are another 120 who are being investigated they hope authorities will follow through in those investigations in the meantime president. is approving or trying to fast track proposals reforms to try to appease the protest the latest bill sent to congress raising the minimum wage by 16.7 percent that would be subsidized by the state by the taxpayers. but that has certainly not satisfied both the protesters who came out in force yet again putting to this neighborhood this is the upper class neighborhood if you like affluent part of the protest continued in this area and some of them asked people who are. coming more bold some

of them attacked the headquarters of the of the party that's one of the most conservative parties that belongs to the ruling government coalition while another group attacked a police station and 3 officers were seriously injured and taken to hospital. oblivion's angry at an election they see as fraudulent have been protesting since the vote last month they want president to step down as people await the results of an international order of the election divisions in the country a deepening the i suppose reports. in. the heart of agricultural industry a move is underway to disregard the presidency. we are symbolically taking over public institutions because it meetings nationally we have decided that the libyans 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 abel more dallas 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 vault it showed a shift that favored it will more or less 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. it will leave us 1st indigenous precedent continues to enjoy support mostly in rural areas he's followers say morales opponents are racists and they vowed to defend their president. we're calling for justice prison for someone needs

to pay for their crimes. he's the leader of the person that lucy becoming a group that has consistently challenged. since he won the presidency in 2006 i this would be moralists 4th term in office his critics say he has ignored a referendum in which we live in is 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. of several boeing 7. 737 craft been grounded after cracks were found around their wings earlier this year a new a version of the plane the 737 max was stopped from flying after 2 crashes.

boeing wasn't the pride of the skies is facing further turbulent. irish budget carrier of ryanair is the latest airline to ground some of the boeing 737 n.-g. planes in its fleet after finding cracks between the wings and the fuselage on 3 of their aircraft in the last month 50 boeing 737 and planes from various airlines around the world have been grounded for the same fault. the small cracks appeared in what's called the pickle forks structures that help secure the wings to the body of the plane components that should last the plane's lifetime there are 7000 boeing 737 n.g.'s flying worldwide currently 1000 have been checked 50 have been found to have these cracks this is something boeing is addressing of course optics wise it's not a good look at the 737 max still grounded world wide and now more problems with the

current an existing 737 the recalled claimed earlier versions of boeing 737 max aircraft a model involved in 2 crashes within 5 months that killed 346 people that entire fleet remained grounded his investigations continue. in 2014 hours as they were exposed to quality concerns at boeing south carolina factory in an exclusive investigation using undercover filming it looked at issues concerning another of boeing to aircraft the 787 dreamliner now in a separate development a former quality control engineer alleges that some of the oxygen systems fitted on the dreamliner could be foti boeing admits there was a problem with some oxygen bottles in 2017 but say that was addressed but travel sites are already offering the option to exclude certain aircraft from their searches boeing will have to reconvince the flying public with

a safety charge al-jazeera. a more than 40 years after its launch nasa is voyager 2 spacecraft has sent back what scientists say is invaluable information the 2nd voyager craft to reach interstellar space and is giving new insights into the boundary of the solar system where the sun's influence ends and outer space begins. all right it's going to one of the top stories now on the united states top diplomat in ukraine says he clearly understood military aid for kiev was linked to president trump's request for an investigation into his political rivals william taylor will be one of the 1st witnesses to appear in public hearings shed you for next week how did you castro has more 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 war and shadow policy in ukraine that prioritize trumps political interests above that of national security the u.s. justice department has charged 2 former twitter employees with spying for saudi arabia they're accused of accessing the accounts of thousands of users including prominent critics of the saudi government saudi arabia has not responded to the charges rob reynolds has more from los angeles. 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 as 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 yemen's government says who the rebels have fired missiles at the red sea port of america at least 8 people are reported to have been killed as the biggest attacks since september. french police have started dismantling a refugee camp in paris part of a new crackdown there the government says people are being moved to what it calls a safe place evacuation there comes a day off to the government announced a new immigration plan that seeks to restrict asylum seekers those are the headlines we're back with more off to witness. a story 1400 years in the making. a

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