this is al-jazeera. hello i'm maryanne demasi or watching the news hour live from london coming up was there a quid pro quo as i testified previously with regard to the requested white house call and the white house meeting the answer is yes. and highly anticipated testimony of the u.s. ambassador to the e.u. repeats his claims of a quid pro quo between the president and ukraine residents are the headlines this

hour israel is facing the prospect of another election as opposition leader benny gantz fails to form a government international fallout from the hong kong crisis u.s. lawmakers take a stand on human rights and the u.k. summons china's ambassador over claims of torture. and america's largest a cigarette maker is accused of targeting teenagers and misrepresenting the safety of its products. and in spore and shows a marine who was already settling into his new job the former man united boss held his 1st training session as taught a manager i had of their primarily clash against west ham on saturday. of course we begin the hour in washington d.c. the u.s. ambassador to the e.u. has told the impeachment inquiry that president donald trump did want a quid pro quo deal called and solomon told members of the call of congress there

was a campaign led by the president himself to pressure ukraine to investigate his political rival joe biden said it was communicated to him through trump's personal lawyer rudy giuliani the ambassador went on to say that he believed u.s. military aid to ukraine was dependent on the inquiries demanded by trump by the castro is live from capitol hill in washington what's been the reaction so far to this testimony that we've heard today that the most explosive so far in this impeachment hearing. that's right and arguably it's really energize and change the tone of this impeachment inquiry we saw was in the hearing room and we saw the democratic chairman of these proceedings adam schiff call the testimony of gordon some land of quote seminal moment what is referring to is the u.s. ambassador to the new use reversal that we saw play out in the last few days he at

1st had come out defending trump saying that he saw no connection between the withheld u.s. security to ukraine and the investigations that trump was demanding into his political rival joe biden but in those days since the closed door testimony zalman says his memory has been draw ard and today he said that he did that he believed that the aid and the investigation into biden were connected now he didn't make the direct connection to trump himself in fact he said that when he called the president and asked him an open ended question what do you want from ukraine the trump answered he did not want to quid pro quo but that he wanted the president of ukraine volodymyr zelinsky to do the right thing when. asked whether he believed the president's on line would not answer that but he did say in other parts of this testimony that it was abundantly clear to everyone that was not just himself but

members of the state department and even the vice president's office who did not correct sounds understanding and anyway he said that everyone understood that these 2 things are linked and that is at the heart of the accusations against trump that he may use the power of his office and use the u.s. security aid to ukraine as leverage in the hopes of getting something that would benefit him politically. i was adamantly supposed adamantly opposed to any suspension of aid as the ukrainians needed those funds to fight against russian aggression i tried diligently to ask why the aid was suspended but i never received a clear answer still haven't to this day in the absence of any credible explanation for the suspension of aid i later came to believe that the resumption of security aid would not occur until there was

a public statement from ukraine committing to the investigations of the 2016 elections and to resign as mr giuliani had demanded. and what about the suggestion that this went really to the highest levels of the trump of ministration the acting chief of staff mick mulvaney the secretary of state might pay and of course the vice president might be very well aware of what was going on and participated in this vault. that's right and you saw immediate pushback from some of those offices before someone even finished speaking a statement from the vice president's office denying flatly that song linda and vice president mike pence had had any conversations regarding the security agent crane mick mulvaney the acting chief of staff at the white house has been conspicuously silent he has refused to say anything to investigators on this so really we have no idea where what his stance is and what someone is communicating

though is that this wasn't just him alone or him and 2 others who were in charge who were tasked with implementing this line of apparent u.s. policy toward ukraine but rather everyone was in the loop that was his words and in fact he was commended he says by the secretary of state mike on pale for doing a good job even as in those days sun was pressing ukraine for those investigations into joe biden all right thank you with the latest from capitol hill heidi joe castro well president has responded to saddam's testimony highlighting an exchange he previously had with the u.s. ambassador way he insisted he wanted nothing from ukraine. the cameras rolling. i want not. what i want for you. i want nothing. i said it twice. so he goes. yes really quite sure why do you want to keep hearing

all these things what you want he finally gets me i don't know him very well i have not spoken to him much this is not a man i know well seems like a nice guy though but i don't know him well he was with other candidates he actually supported other guys that it's not me they made like. but he is not a response now if you were fake do you cover it properly. i say to the best sitters response i want nothing i want nothing i want no quid pro quo tell zelinsky president zelig. to do the right thing so is my answer i want nothing i want nothing. i want no quid pro quo tells no listee to do the right thing when he says this is the final word from the president of the united states i want nothing thank you folks had

a good time ago it is. ok see baguette is a resident senior fellow for the governors project of the concept to think tank all straight and she joins me live now from washington tell me what distinguishes today's testimony from golden sun from the all the witnesses we've heard from in this impeachment inquiry why is today's hearing so important. it mostly did not a ton was different it just corroborated it with a nother name higher up the name. of the facts of the case were cemented with this testimony but even more than that it directly links the present the united states and investor son he called it is presumption that the aid in the military or the visit to the white house that the president's alinsky wanted so bad was conditioned on him opening up or at least announcing an investigation of 2016 meddling and the bidens and barisan a so more corroboration of what we've already heard publicly and then just

expanding the scope of people involved and how direct that linkage is all the way to the oval office with president trump issuing the demands and the demands on the ukrainians to get involved through his intermediary and personal lawyer rudy giuliani so pretty explosive stuff yes he seemed to connect everything to the little fist to the president but also said that everyone was in the loop rudy giuliani was used to to execute this plan but certainly cabinet secretaries such as mike pompeo were aware of what was going on now republicans will make has responded to all of this by suggesting that someone is an on reliable witness i think at one point during the questioning someone said that he did not hear directly from trump about any conditions for military aid or a meeting at the white house how does that cost down on the credibility of what we've heard these discrepancies in his account. right so there's 2

things there that a lot of us were looking for one is the the shift in testimony from what son said behind closed doors to what he alternately said today especially within his own opening statement so he really relied on that 2nd story that he did have a direct linkage and he was pretty confident that the message from the president was that aid would not be released ukrainian's wouldn't visit the white house without the downside of an investigation and then secondly that how willing the how who knew what when was discussed a lot here today with investors on line really bringing in the highest levels of the white house from secretary pompei o acting chief of staff mick mulvaney all the way to president trump and his rudy giuliani personal lawyer. is a pretty explosive day and the republicans though are going to hammer the point that investors on one responded to the question did you directly hear from the

president's mouth directly from the president's mouth these exact quid pro quo demands an ambassador someone said that he didn't it became his presumption that this is what he is and even said in a couple different right how many at least as you say too much of a weakness is that in his testimony the presumption paan right republic right the republicans are going to say it's a huge one and it distances trump from making this demand and it will give republicans room to say that he's a rogue actor working on as his own the one amigo left of the 3 amigos so democrats are probably going to stick with his presumption in the rest of his testimony and you'll hear republicans really latch on to that 11 sentence where he didn't hear directly from the president's mouth. and the chairman of the house intelligence committee adam schiff has been particularly incisive in his questioning but also in his summaries in these hearings really trying to seems as though he's really trying

to highlight that the moments that are the most damning for the president and to draw the attention of the american public to what is happening because that is the the crucial factor in these proceedings how do you think this is going to resonate in the country. right that's what we're all waiting to see we're starting to see the 1st few polls that are showing that americans want tuning in and 2 are overwhelmingly willing to say that the president acted wrong or what we don't know is how willing they are to change what they think about the president how willing they are to put pressure on the their house members and their ultimately their senators to vote for removal but you're right the adam schiff is using the public setting of these hearings to speak directly to the american people we saw it a lot last night where you see at the end of the day these long days of testimony where the the chairman gets emotional about this and he's he's pleading with the americans that this is an important thing that they don't take up these charges lightly and that it's incumbent on them with the oath that they took and all of us

to pay attention to these charges and make the determination on ourselves and he's confident that he has the evidence to prove that the president does deserve to be impeached and ultimately removed all right well thank you for sharing your thoughts with us this evening casey bugout joining us that from washington. with the news our live from london plenty more still to bring you of course are bringing you the other stories this hour police in zimbabwe fired tear gas and drill that patterns on protesters gathering to listen to the opus ition leader and then of course there's this for a narrative voice a shock to feet an emotional return to the spot. the last small group of protesters are still holed up in hong kong's besieged polytechnic university they are the remnants of hundreds who took over the campus for several days meanwhile international condemnation is growing senators in the

u.s. of approved a bill to support human rights in hong kong and the u.k. has some in china's ambassador allegations a former employee at its consulate in hong kong was tortured under thomas we'll have more on that a moment 1st though we have this report from sara cock. in a city rocked by violence and months of protests everyday life is carrying on for many primary and secondary schools have resumed classes after being closed for more than a week some major roads have also reopened but traffic is still congested and some rad lines remain blocked at polytechnic university in central california up to 100 protesters are refusing to leave brought police have surrounded the campus ready to mike arrests if any demonstrators try to skype. fossil flaw. or. steal or possibly.

corporal also said he will be faults all wrong on a scale. call this is false on tuesday around $800.00 surrounded $300.00 around the idea of 18 and can't be charged with rotting others managed to escape the campus and avoid a wrist some protesters have attempted to flee over the last few hours through the university's drainage system but they were arrested other attempts were made to a skype of a not but those students were met by police and retreated back inside the campus of the united states senate has backed the pro-democracy protests movement in hong kong and a unanimous vote senate has passed the hong kong human rights and democracy act which threatens to invoke tried sections on the city if the u.s. considers human rights have been violated and we in the united states stand in solidarity with democratic protesters who have every right to assemble and petition their government for their rights as citizens of hong kong the bill will now go to

the house of representatives the hong kong government has rejected the bill demanding the u.s. stop interfering in the city's internal affairs and says these rights are being protected by the basic law phone call article for basic human rights and we have seen. all these rights including rights given to anybody working in hong kong reporting in hong kong so these are all self interest to do good so i don't see there is any. reason for changing that and that's that explain why in our statement we strongly sort of object to any attempt by any country try to sort of inference hong kong's own interest district elections will be held in hong kong this weekend the government has not ruled out postponing that if there is more violence sarah clarke al-jazeera hong kong. in the daily briefing at the foreign ministry here in beijing a spokes person denied asylum in chains accusations of torture he said that while he was detained in august all his legal rights were guaranteed and it referred to

a statement put out by the shans in place back in august when he was detained which essentially said that he was detained for soliciting a prostitute nothing to do with any activity he was or wasn't involved with in hong kong and the spokes person the foreign ministry also said that the chinese ambassador in london will not be going and seeing britain's foreign minister they'll be refusing that invitation if that's the right word at the same time earlier in the day the foreign ministry putting out a very strong statement condemning the u.s. senate for passing this act condemning what's going on in hong kong in beijing saying that this act by the u.s. senate's neglects facts and truth applies double standards and blatantly interferes in hong kong affairs and china's other internal affairs it goes on to say that the issue hong kong faces is not about human rights or democracy but about stopping violence and chaos and it says that the us senate has what it calls

a hidden political agenda and passing this act paints criminal removes as the pursuit of human rights and democracy when the truth is a violent criminal rampantly smashing facilities again this statement aims with a not so veiled threats that china will have to take strong countermeasures to defend our national sovereignty security and development issues if the u.s. insists on making the wrong decision no indication of what those countermeasures might be but the clearest signal possible really both in this statement by the foreign ministry and in what they've said in response to simon chains accusations that these are all internal affairs within hong kong and china more broadly but nothing to do with foreigners. well now to political developments in israel the opposition leader benny gantz has been unable to form a coalition government paving the way for the country to go to the polls again israel's political system has been paralyzed for months after 2 and conclusive

elections in april and september gadson the incumbent prime minister benjamin netanyahu did not receive an overall majority so look to garner the support of a victor lieberman's party but he refused them both and urged the 2 leaders to work together and form a unity government how a force that has more now from west jerusalem. or 4 hours before the expiration of the deadline for benny gantz to make a coalition government he came to the microphones to admit what had been coming increasingly clear throughout the course of the day that he had failed but he put the blame for that squarely at the feet of the prime minister benjamin netanyahu saying he had been fortifying himself inside a transitional government against the will of the israeli people just to try to avoid prosecution impending corruption cases and he used particularly personal language in a very strong attack against netanyahu saying that no party leader was above the nation no person had the right to deny the people their vote no prime minister own

leader could say that my interests are more important than yours and he said that netanyahu had been putting poison into the israeli political process through hatred and incitement and he said that israel now faced its greatest democratic test in its history as now the 21 day period begins where any member of the israeli parliament the knesset could theoretically try to form a coalition government if they have enough support otherwise israel is off to a 3rd round of elections within less than a year because our roads are usually score based netanyahu needs to remember israel still has a democracy even if it doesn't appeal to him and he should have come to terms with the fact that the outcome of the elections required him to negotiate directly with no blocks or barriers of. well earlier the right wing politician of a door lieberman who'd been seen as the kingmaker in this process said that he hadn't been able to convince either netanyahu or gantz to compromise enough to form a joint unity government the only kind of government that he said he would support

with his crucial seats in the israeli parliament so what comes next for the only way really that a 3rd election could be avoided is if the threat of that election which is so unpopular with the electorate is enough in itself to try to pressure key players to compromise more or if when netanyahu and we do think it is when they finally gets charged by the attorney general in the coming days in his 3 corruption cases whether that changes the calculus within his own party enough to try to splinter support away from him there's been no sign of that in the run up to those charges coming in the support has so far been rock solid behind him and so for now this grinding political crisis goes on with no sign of an end perhaps it will only end and maybe not even then if the 3rd round of elections happens in the early part of next year. we go to syria where state media says that 2 people have been killed and several others injured in his radio strikes on the outskirts of damascus israel

says it was targeting iranian and syrian military targets but the syrian government is saying its edge offenses destroyed most of the missiles fun it was in retaliation for an iranian rocket attack on the israeli occupied golan heights a day israel's military says it attacked weapons and missiles has multiple locations are being described as a wide scale and extensive attack the israeli military acknowledging that its jets were responsible for targeting positions of the 4th which is an arm of the iranian revolutionary guard they do have a presence in syria and according to the israeli military they also targeted syrian military positions surface to air missiles in and around damascus while it is not rare for israel to target iranian and iranian troops it is quite rare for them to target the syrian military in what is really being seen as a message to the syrian government that we hold you responsible for any attack emanating from syrian soil israel is calling the strikes an act of retaliation they

say that the iranian kids who are responsible for firing rockets at the towards the occupied golan heights on tuesday there's no independent confirmation on what exactly happened and whether or not that incident happened but israel has repeatedly said that it will continue to strike iran in syria because they believe their presence there is a threat to its national security they believe that iran wants to use syria as a launching pad to attack israel and basically create a new front along the occupied golan heights the golan heights area so israel continuing with these strikes they've been happening for years now but the shadow war if you like between israel and iran is now out in the open because in previous months israel really has been more forthcoming in claiming responsibility for those strikes. script. if news from sri lanka the new president got by rajapaksa has named his elder brother mahinda as prime minister in

a move that was widely expected mahinda rajapaksa who is president himself between 252015 replaces ran away from a singer a former prime minister stepped down after his party's presidential candidate lost the election earlier this week the greek government has announced it will close down several large migrant camps and replace them with close facilities with a capacity of at least $5000.00 people each is also vowing to step up deportations of migrants not eligible for asylum this is the latest in a series of measures aimed at tackling severe overcrowding as greece experiences the biggest resurgence of refugee arrival since 2015. proceeding with the arrangement of close centers not only said they come up. with but because a clear message needs to be sent to those planning to into the country illegally when they know that they do not qualify for a song. well greece's government is also pledging to move $20000.00 refugees from the islands to the mainland by the end of the year but the decision is facing

backlash from many local residents as johns are up less now explains from the greek region of macedonia. this hotel in northern greece is surrounded by cotton fields far from the sea and the tourist sites it would most likely be closed for winter instead the international organization for migration is paying it almost $2000.00 a day to house 135 syrian afghan and iraqi asylum seekers moved here from the greek islands where there's no proper accommodation for them ask matt who spent 2 years on the island of heroes has been granted asylum and can now dream of a future here but out of another walk on we used to get moved from wherever we pitched our tent on chios it was a small place nobody wanted us and now i plan to go to work for another barber and in time i will save money to open my own shop but not everyone in the local town of health you gonna thinks refugees should be allowed to work here the economic crisis

has left nearly 20 percent of people unemployed including the local mothers i spoke to then yes they're not refugees they're illegal migrants refugees are from war zones afghanistan isn't at war nor is kuwait you know the african countries they pick up their i phones and tell their relatives back home there's free accommodation free food free healthcare and free transport and our children have nothing they have unemployment and they get bullied by the migrants in the nearby camp of the avatar a 1000 people have sponsored cash cards to spend on local groceries locals also find work caring for refugees and 4 and a half 1000 apartments nationwide are rented to asylum seekers paid for with e.u. money but this refugee economy is not addressing growing greek concern the government has moved about $4000.00 people from the island since september and plans to move a total of $20000.00 by the end of the year but many greeks are beginning to feel

this is a pointless exercise the islands quickly fill up again with new arrivals and camps like the. in northern greece a growing greece is now hosting about $100000.00 asylum seekers arrivals from turkey are averaging almost $10000.00 a month more than triple the numbers at the start of the year the greek government recently us to its e.u. partners to take $4000.00 unaccompanied minors off its hands only one country responded the benefits of the refugee economy are giving way to refugee fatigue and the feeling that greece is facing a global migration crisis all on its own jumpstart awful us al-jazeera in the greek region of macedonia. still ahead much more sobering and we'll tell you the story of small businesses court in the crossfire after weeks of anti-government protests and violence in iraq. and married on a wave goodbye to yet another coaching job far away be here to explain.

how the weather is looking pretty quiet across eastern parts of you a very different story for the central parts of the mediterranean still some showers the longest spells of rain fun without poles just around the adriatic now wheezing over towards greece towards the balkans and it will continue to drive its way east was coming in behind because more cloud and right to western parts as well poor school getting a real dousing over the next couple of days actually western areas of france on up towards the british isles you can see that speckling of shout out which will roll its way in over the next 24 hours or so so that was the rattlin across western parts of europe temperatures not great nine's intends all the way down to madrid the central areas again 10 degrees celsius there for vienna atlanta right nothing

its way over towards the black sea towards rumania next area cloud will slide in not quite says wet the system which will push in across see adriatic as we go on into the next couple of days but some of the shell is a possibility just around northern parts of grey some very heavy rain then as we go into friday for those western parts of europe and temperatures in madrid around 13 degrees in the cloud and the rain some account of rain will affect more than parts of africa norm areas of morocco seeing some wet weather with parts of libya to lift a little damp for a time and it's all making its way for the east. the british iraqi journalist who's visualizing complex statistics and a simple. i think there's a summary of sites of opportunities to break apart from those systems and so you collect data in a way that paints a represents a different community challenging mainstream misconceptions and hope that by crates

and country and inspirations it doesn't alienate people it doesn't make people feel like i'm not small instances on this truth is that anyway on al-jazeera. i don't deal with poverty unless you deal with the gap you decide oh i disagree with that toy this sounds like blaming the public the country for the arabs in the middle of filming any footage these people well trained for much of the islamic state machine. may have been very urgent of future join me in the hot sun as i put it up for questions to my special guests and challenge them to some straight talking political debate. al-jazeera.

a come back a look at the headlines now the u.s. ambassador to the european union says president trump did put pressure on ukraine to investigate one of his political rivals called the sun and said it was part of a quid pro quo to withhold a israeli opposition leader benny gantz has been on able to form a government. neither he nor benjamin netanyahu as managed to arrange a coalition. and less than $100.00 protesters are still holed up in hong kong's besieged polytechnic university china's accuse the u.s. of meddling office and has passed a law to support human rights in the territory. when out to the latest news from bolivia the interim president jeannine nez has asked congress to approve a law allowing for new elections after the disputed poll a month ago it comes as supporters of the former president continue to demand his return 10 days after he stepped down and fled to mexico off the allegations of

irregularities in the vote count 32 people have been killed in unrest since the election with 2 more deaths confirmed from choose days clashes between security forces and morales protest as blockading a fuel plant well violent protests in chile has well over the country for more than a month now demonstrators are demanding social and economic reforms there as the unrest continues to grip the country a flag has emerged calling attention to chile's large indigenous community. they've been resisting spanish colonise ation for centuries and angry that the constitution in the military has been used to oppress them money and the reports from santiago. thousands of people continue to march on the streets of the frustrations of demonstrators are rooted in social inequalities many believe are getting worse. one of the most iconic manifestations of this discontent is an indigenous band belonging to choose my ship it is so don't go in is a mark which

a scholar and one of the original designers of the flag she says the history of this marginalized group is what's made the flag an emblem of resistance among she has demonstrators look at them they give a going to said that we should recognize that this struggle is about diverse sick tis that have been excluded women young people sick children versity migrants who opossum the reality in chile that has been denied. the flag has begun to appear more and more at street protests and it served to highlight one of the many inequalities chileans point to that the country's constitution doesn't guarantee the rights of indigenous people of which you were simply. them up which have always been oppressed and today i identify more with the indigenous flag than with the chilean flag. oh many other flags are also visible at demonstrations representing just about every sector of society is the diversity of chilean protesters and their wide range of demands that's a gathering of support the largest social mobilization in

a generation see most of this is chill is national flood with holes burned through it who seek knows who says it symbolizes the more than 23 people who've lost their lives in the violence i mean military i want to it would hurt me to see a new constitution britain that doesn't consider them a pussy cool's who because of sexual diversity would be upset if everything we worked for and fought for ended in the constitution of the doesn't take into account all of the voices. right for them 2000 people have been injured in protests since the crisis began 4 weeks ago the calls for justice over the deaths of demonstrators ensures the unrest will continue madrid upolu so. well in iraq security forces are saying that at least 27 protest as well wounded in early morning clashes in the capital baghdad police used tear gas to disperse people advancing on the green zone home to government buildings demonstrators a sin occupying the main bridge leading to that green zone as well as 2 more key

bridges in the capital also blockading the southern part of us or entry point for much of iraq's imported food or than 300 people have been killed since anti-government protests began 7 weeks ago. all the weeks of anti-government protests in the country hitting shops and businesses hard many is struggling to stay afloat as the violence and internet interruptions continue while plenty of business owners are sympathetic to the demands of the protest as they also want some stability simona fulton has the story from baghdad. as protesters digging their heels in downtown baghdad nearby businesses face a struggle of their own traders near tahrir square have found themselves on the front lines between security forces and demonstrators this hardware store and the other were burned down in recent unrest staff are still sorting through charred merchandise you know because the anti-riot forces were on top of the buildings they targeted them the 2 shops that belong to us this one and that one were burned we

were able to extinguish the fire as you can see it all turns to ash surveillance video from adjacent buildings shows protesters throwing petrol bombs the shop is insured but it will take time to rebuild in the meantime shop employees warry about how they'll support their families and then of course. we had daily labor is this is a livelihood if i work 2 or 3 days it affects me on. it's not just the businesses around tahrir square that are feeling the pinch port and road closures in southern iraq have stifled trade analysts fear the uncertainty stemming from the protests could have long term adverse effects on the economy. political stability is an essential part of the investment climate i believe that these problems will lead businesses to think practically and to transfer their investment to other countries the partial internet shutdown has head but it does budding online business community.

is iraq's main online food delivery company but revenues have dropped more than half since the recent protests began. to tell about it application depends greatly on the internet if the situation continues like this we don't think we can continue for the next 2 or 3 months i don't believe we'll be able to cover the salaries. the lack of jobs is what started the protests in the 1st place but now the economy appears even worse off them unfair to say that whatever the cost of the unrest it's nothing compared to what has been lost due to corruption and a small price to pay in the interest of bringing about larger change seem wonderful teen al-jazeera. when out of iran the president has done rouhani is blaming the united states israel and its other regional enemies for the mass protests in the country over the past few days capital tehran is now largely peaceful but showing the effects of the demonstrations which began on friday after

a government hike in petrol prices on is also disputing amnesty international figure of more than $100.00 dead in the protests calling the number speculative bronnie says the protests were a security issue and not a popular movement. talo variables were organized and armed and they were precisely following a scheme plotted by the backward states in our region as well as the zionists and the americans i consider this a not a big victory for the iranian nation of the supremely to stated our people have come over the tories at different times in the face of our enemies plots and this time as well in violence that with the enemy support for creating insecurity or people going to complete victory. riot police in zimbabwe of attacks opposition party supporters birth battens tear gas and water cannon they gather to hear leader nelson chamisa give a speech on the country's struggling economy is growing frustration aimed at the government over the lack of feel and medicine in the country as our task in our reports from harare. they came to hear the leaders speak and see

the opposition supporters were met by riot police who made it clear they weren't allowed to attend already organized by nelson chamisa the head of the movement for democratic change party struggling to deal with the worst economic crisis in a decade they are shortages of basic commodities including fuel and power. which i miss i arrived he said he wanted to tell us about what his party plan to do about the economic crisis saying president and his. government has failed the m.d.c. is a large movement in this country it cannot be bought by another political party. for that reason we. are shamed mr decide to use the military and the police in the way he has done this morning today but the fact of the matter is that that's not going to change it's not going to. get

a message and it's not going to stop the m.d.c. from moving forward with its problems and agenda. the police had earlier given permission for the ready to go ahead just outside the capital central business district but the m.d.c. wanted together outside party headquarters in the city center the police say the reason why they didn't allow this body to go ahead is because they were concerned they would be violent that's why they deployed in force the m.d.c. the opposition party say they will still continue trying to hold gatherings try to hold rallies because they say spacek and said this is an infringement of their rights to express themselves. the police are banned several m.d.c. gatherings this year human rights workers have often criticized security forces excessive force when dispersing crowds this year. points to where we are 14th in terms of seeing if you can we will we will leave. i

don't got the t.v. r.b.c. buthelezi citizens who simply want to expose themselves i would need to. read the wind for you. and this seems to be mounting as the economy worsens but in a country with a history of repression speaking out against government can sometimes be dangerous . al-jazeera. the us of a ping industry has come under fire for allegedly using deceptive marketing practices to attract teenagers in new york is the 2nd state this week to suit a cigarette manufacturer jus for targeting minors the company has pulled its fruit dessert and mint nicotine flavors after intense scrutiny that made him hum it now explains. they were designed to help adult smokers quit smoking but are now described by many as a health crisis affecting millions of young people new york has joined the

plaintiffs in the united states taking on its biggest make up of electronic cigarettes they accuse jewel of targeting teenagers and downplaying the risks and use of nicotine in so-called of a ping the company controls around 70 percent of the vapor market in the u.s. and new york's attorney general alleges it's misrepresented the safety and value of its products and rising numbers our children are vague thing and we know that no matter how it is delivered nicotine is addictive in its harmful and it's especially harmful to our youth and right now and entire new generation of americans have become addicted to nicotine jule labs is accused of conscious public health crisis by glamorizing its products and something to mine as earlier this week legal action was launched against the company in california and north carolina our lawsuit alleges that. targeted under age californians with its marketing and sales

practices of its nicotine addictive they've been products today one in every 4 high school students is use east everett's is v.p. just 2 years ago that number was one in 9. despite a federal law banning the cigarette sales to those under 18 that hasn't stopped millions of underage youth consuming jewel products health officials have linked around 40 deaths and more than 2000 lung injuries to severe vaporing related illnesses in the u.s. this year and the health concerns have taken a political turn despite calls to ban flavored isa gretz in september u.s. president donald trump is reportedly backtracking amid pressure from the tobacco industry he fears job losses and it could affect his vote in next year's presidential election jule lab says it does not intentionally target under-age uses and it will cooperate with authorities and public health officials it has since

announced a series of changes including a new chief executive and a promise to drop the fruit flavored products only to sell those tasting off tobacco but despite jewel nobs promises other health authorities and states in the u.s. say they are preparing to take legal action to mohammed al jazeera. with just over 3 weeks to go until united kingdom general election the main anti breaks it party the liberal democrats have published their manifesto the main pledge from lead a choice winston is to stop the u.k. leaving the e.u. and use the money the party says it will save to improve public services they're estimating that figure which they're calling the remain bonus is around $65000000000.00 the liberal democrats are quite a way off power though in 3rd place in the current polls it comes as the ruling conservative party has hit controversy after the 1st televised leadership debate promised to boris johnson went head to head with the opposition party when the

opposition labor party leader i should say jeremy corbyn for the 1st time but it's the events behind the scenes that have made the headlines as paul brennan reports. off the back of that debate which took place on tuesday night in fact the headlines weren't really dominated by what the 2 men said but what had happened on social media and a kind of scandal that has erupted not for the 1st time i have to say about the behavior of the conservative party press office who rebranded themselves as fact check u.k. for the duration of that debate and essentially mimicked the 3 or 4 fact check independent nonpartisan fact check websites that there are out there is cause a real political storm journalists are not happy about it the opposition political parties are not happy about it accusing the conservative party of playing somewhat fast and loose with the conventions and norms of nonpartizan campaign rules twitter has said that it will take stern action if the conservative party tries to do it

again the electoral commission which is kind of the governing body of elections said that it has no power to reprimand the conservative party for this but simply reminded all political parties that they have to abide by transparency rules and it makes it obvious and is yet more evidence that behind the kind of headline campaigning that is going on the conventional campaigning there is a real guerrilla war happening on social media and the rules and regulations are perhaps not as nimble or as effective in keeping people or a longer line. at hill as far as abiding by the guidelines that have long been set out well the other big story here in the u.k. prince andrew announcing that he is stepping back from public duties for the forseeable future it says his links to the convicted sex offender jeffrey epstein and become a major disruption to the royal family prince andrew is facing an angry backlash

for an interview he did on saturday with a british broadcaster in which he said he did not regret the friendship in a statement released on wednesday said he would be willing to help with any investigations by law enforcement. former egyptian army contract who inspired street protests against egypt's president by posting critical videos on social media as announced what he calls a roadmap for political change in the country mohammed ali made the announcement in london before embarking on a tour of europe on the united states he says he wants to unify the opposition and overthrow president abdel fatah sisi it's not known how well his plans will be received inside or outside of egypt move back or ports from london. he describes himself as an accidental revolutionary but muhammad ali is now embarking on something very deliberate a plan to unite egypt's opposition and the country against president abdel fattah el-sisi. he says he's assembled

a team of experts who will present the egyptian people with a political program in a matter of weeks without going into any further detail on the program or who the so-called experts early then wants to hold an online referendum on the plan and if he gets enough support he's hoping for a change of leadership within a year if sisi fails to go quietly at least threatening to provoke more protests. in the coming days our program will be presented to egyptians will then ask sisi to leave if he doesn't leave will start a revolution against him but he was once the head of a large construction company raking in lucrative contracts from the army and police he describes it as the shady world of bribes and nepotism he says he built a palace for sisi intelligence headquarters and hotels owned by regime members but he fell out of favor with powerful people and was blocked from further business. and this is how he responded i'm scripted videos ridiculing sisi also exile in

barcelona he alleged corruption at the highest levels. the clips quickly went viral inspiring some protests in several egyptian cities in a country where more than 30 percent of people live in poverty during those protests more than 4000 people were arrested. and he says he stopped the videos for now getting a personal responsibility for those who had his calls to protest but for someone with no political experience who made his fortune working as a contractor for the egyptian military part of the corrupt system he wants to overturn early is now trying to build some credibility. you're somebody that has done very well for working with the current egyptian. can you explain when the moment happened where that relationship turned out what is motivating you now to do this. i was brought up in a culture that made me believe that our leaders knew what they were doing and that

they were honorable and respectable people were told not to talk about politics or get involved in it that it was larger than us who were frightened of it but we understood that a single person controls the destiny of everyone that's when i began to understand how the government works. the c.c. leadership is dismissed early as a troublemaker and a traitor something he rejects social media has given him the power to mobilize some people in the fight against sisi he says is entering a new phase. park out of syria london. on the program going to bring you. and the n.f.l. . over the head with a helmet. all those details coming up very shortly. business

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welcome back time. far. marion thank you so much josie marino held its 1st training session as taught to manager maria was appointed on wednesday just 12 hours after the london club sacked merits. a former manchester united manager has signed a 4 year deal worth of a reported $900300000.00 a year that makes him the 2nd highest paid coach in the world after pep guardiola spurs are currently 14th in the premier league table 11 points off the champions league places saturday will be its 1st match in charge as taunton travel to west

ham the 56 year old has won $25.00 senior trophies in a career that began at benefic and 19 years ago is won a total of 8 league titles in a record 4 different countries portugal england italy and spain and marino is one of only 3 managers to won the champions league twice for 2 claps port au in 2004 and enter in 2010 earlier i spoke to football writer game ballack a we asked him if he thought this was a good appointment for taught him daniel levy will tell you yes absolutely yes because i think the target of the club or not was to make sure that the bond of the company that you as a club in the eyes of the world 'd minister so what was going to sort of what is it got to the shareholders 'd to the owner of the funds as well and to the media that they want still complete and the thing is what they want to ask him to do because

this is the beginning of of the project i know that the levy will grow it will be able to of. course we believe that he was just the perfect riposte so that the. donna has quit as coach of argentina team him in a.z. after just 3 months they've lost 5 out of 8 games since he joined back in september and they're on the verge of relegation argentina's world cup winning legend played down concerns about his health or earlier this month saying he felt more alive than ever of the 6 clubs he's managed only one job has lasted more than a year. and of all star models gareth attended an appeal hearing in new york on wednesday the cleveland browns defensive end wants his indefinite ban reduced get was involved in a fight with pittsburgh steelers quarterback mason rudolph he ripped off rudolph's helmet and then smashed them over the head with it during the hearing garrets team

argued that the suspension be reduced on the basis that a player involved in a similar incident in 2013 only received a 3 game back. britain's andy murray says he wasn't in the best of shape as he made a return to the davis cup after 3 years away the 3 time grand slam champion survived a real scare against the netherlands tallon greeks 4 on wednesday murray who had career saving hip surgery just 5 months ago fought from the sat down to be great for his victory helping great britain go on to win the tie to one. god i think i deserved to win that match i mean i mean i thought it was really hard at the end but you know he was. saying a lot of the points. i mean he's. amazing like he was going for a huge 2nd so. you know i wasn't able to find a way to take the points today and i just fought hard to try to get one extra ball

back at the end. also on wednesday no doubt jock that one his match as serbia ease their way into the davis cup quarterfinals with a 2 of victory in their tie against japan and the 2010 champions face france next. we always knew that that was a big possibility that it might come down to france or serbia you know and all the respect to japan of course the really good team. but we did we did our job in singles hopefully we can get another win in doubles because every win counts regardless of the. fact that we won this die it's important to try to get the 30 clean sheet. wearing malcolm roy has a chance to finish the year with 5 tournament wins the northern irishman is competing at the world tour championship in dubai which begins on thursday and goes into the event at number 6 in the race to dubai. you know how to few days at home and then straight to dubai and you're trying to finish the season off well here i

think one of the big things around here is if you have a bit of a length that's an advantage. but you know everyone you know that you know it's a top 15 on most of the guys that are here this week of played here before and they know what it takes to play well here so you know it will be a good week such a racing as announced it's withdrawing from the world rally championship with immediate effect the move comes after their star driver sebastian always yeah announced his departure from the team french and won the title every year from 2013 to 2018 but last month all 10 after one ending as 6 year reign citron made the decision to leave due to what it says is the absence of a 1st class driver for the 2020 season has not yet confirmed where he plans to go next and that is all you sport for now it's now back to mary matalin doing great thanks very much well that wraps up the news hour but a full bus and coming up in just a couple of minutes time seemed

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a tough time for the afghan security forces taliban attacks have increased their suffering heavy casualties and the prospect of a withdrawal of u.s. forces hangs over them yet young men are still joining up some for apache arctic reasons for others it's the only way to get a job despite the risks midway's curry b. was an army bomb disposal engineer in helmand province he knew the risks he was blinded in both eyes and lost a leg when a roadside device exploded as you try to defuse it always aware of the danger of seeing friends wounded while working on mines i wasn't scared to lose an arm or a leg is to separate us we have to like to serve this country. the oppression of an ethnic minority and me and my many. thing intention was to make sure that rangers we're no longer entitled to either basic rights or citizenship rights in a new documentary al-jazeera explores the history and motives behind the systematic

persecution of the ranger and me and my. exile on al-jazeera. was there a quid pro quo as i testified previously with regard to the requested white house call and the white house meeting the answer is yes. in a highly anticipated testimony the u.s. ambassador to the e.u. repeats his claims of a quid pro quo between the wise didn't and ukraine from president selenski. hollow i maryam namazie in london you know with al-jazeera also coming up on the program israel faces the prospect of another election as opposition leader benny ganz fails to form.