al-jazeera. where ever you. this is al-jazeera. hello i'm adrian figure and this is the live from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes. iraqi security forces shoot at protesters in the capital baghdad 3 people are dead. 2 are witnessing an attempted coup against a prime minister a defiant benjamin netanyahu denounces charges of corruption and says that he'll carry on as israel's leader. this president believes he is above the law

beyond accountability donald trump says the house impeachment inquiry is a sham and calls for a senate trial on his ukraine dealings. with. an independence day under a cloud of uncertainty as the government tries to resolve a political and economic crisis and in sport n.f.l. star myles garrett has lost an appeal against his indefinite ban from the league parents hit an opponent over the head with a helmet jernigan last week. we begin in iraq's capital baghdad where at least 3 people have been killed off security forces opened fire on protesters 25 people have been wounded during the standoff with police near the city center at least 5 live rounds and tear gas to disperse cry. protests against corruption unemployment and poor public services

began in early october this year at least 320 people can killed since them we'll take you live to iraq in the next few minutes here on the news hour. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu is vowing to fight on say that he won't step down after being charged with corruption he's called the indictment an attempted coup that you know who is accused of bribery fraud and breach of trust the attorney general has charged him in 3 cases supporters and opponents of netanyahu turned up to protest at his residence the announcement al-jazeera is harry force that reports now from west jerusalem. this whole thing has sent a shockwave through israeli politics and through everybody watching really this is an unprecedented event that a sitting prime minister is invited is indicted especially for a charge as serious as bribery for crimes alleged to have committed while in office

and then as you say he came to the microphones and gave this extraordinarily savage attack on various institutions of israeli establishment especially against the police and the prosecutors and the attorney general's decision to indict him in what he said was a tainted and biased investigation it was very clear from his words last night that he's going to do everything he possibly can to stay in office. there's never been anything like it in israeli politics on the day the grinding stalemate over forming a new government and to the new unprecedented phase the attorney general was ready with his own historical 1st. real push if not today i informed the representative of the prime minister mr benjamin netanyahu about my decision to try him under an indictment that includes 3 charges a day in which the attorney general decide to serve an indictment against a seated prime minister the serious crimes of corrupt governance is

a heavy and sad day for the israeli public and for me personally from an hour later a shocked looking benjamin netanyahu began his battle to stay in office while indicted. tonight we are witnessing an attempted coup against the prime minister using false accusation and a systematically tainted and biased investigation. investigations began in december 26th seen into 3 separate cases case $1000.00 involves gifts including cigars and champagne worth more than $200000.00 received and often demanded by netanyahu and his wife sarah from billionaires. and james packer the charge and breach of trust the same charges apply in case 2000 in which newspaper magnate on moser's is alleged to have offered favorable coverage in return for his hampering the activities of a rival but it was case $4000.00 involving show the main stakeholder in the country's biggest telecom company that attracted the most serious charge bribery

netanyahu and his wife accused of dictating precise elements of coverage on elevates his news site wallah in return for regulator benefits worth $500000000.00 a recurring theme runs through these indictments netanyahu is obsession with his media coverage and the alleged lengths to which he was prepared to go to try to control it that these charges were expected hasn't lessened their impact this is an explosive moment in israel's political and legal history now the focus intensifies on netanyahu future. was ahead of him a twin battle to head off any contest for the party leadership in the run up to a likely 3rd election next march and a potential supreme court case challenging his legal right to stay in office if he was a minister he would have to resign or be fired because he's the prime minister it's unclear what is clear is that is a moral problem right now because it's not just that the attorney general recommended indicting him including for bribery these are things that happened

while he was prime minister earlier israel's president officially gave the parliament the job of finding a member with enough support to form a government and prevent another election unprecedented and in the view of most unlikely to succeed so yeah these are harsh dark days in the annals of the state of israel he said there may be harsher and darker days to come for its longest serving prime minister are a force that al-jazeera west jerusalem. if you know from a key the elder who's a columnist for the news website i want to tell actually it's important to remind us peter that the attorney general who cited. was the cabinet secretary and one of his confidence it's not the leftists it's not you know the usual suspects from these really left all the. chief of police that netanyahu already smeared s.

a you know a member of the deep state this is the one of the closest people jonathan karl and netanyahu has now the full so it is to declare war he has the full authority dismantle all to relationship with the palestinians and the combination of 'd 'd and indicted right minister and american president his closest friend who is there now facing impeachment i think this combination is something that. nobody could write a script for a movie that a horror movie that. is as good as this one. this is that he's from out 0 still to come on the program. will be live in bolivia where police fired tear gas at a funeral procession on thursday violence over the political transition as deadly.

law enforcement agency describes the 1st state in africa i don't think this is effecting the president sort of. the world's best female golfers take their shot at the richest prize in the history of this sport. the white house has described impeachment hearings against u.s. president donald trump as a sham on thursday a former russia experts who worked under trump told the inquiry that a fictional narrative was used to link ukraine to interference in the 2016 us presidential election we'll have more on fiona hill's testimony in just a moment but 1st here's the white house statement that came just after thursday's hearing it spokesman hogan gidley said that president trump wants to have an

impeachment trial in the senate because it's clearly the only chamber where he can expect fairness and receive due process under the constitution he went on to say that we would expect to finally hear from witnesses who actually witnessed and possibly participated in corruption like adam schiff he said joe biden hunter biden and the so-called whistle blower to name but a few a live update from our white house correspondent just a few moments but 1st i was here as heidi jocasta reports on the latest hearing in capitol hill. raise your right hand i will begin by swearing the day's testimony began with a warning from the former white house policy expert on russia and ukraine some of you on this committee appear to believe that russia and its security services did not conduct a company against a country and that perhaps somehow for some reason you craned it this is a fictional not a sieve that has been perpetrated and propagated by the russian security services themselves the on

a hill testified russia was watching the impeachment hearings and ultimately would benefit from republicans repeating the quote fictions that ukraine meddled in the 26000 elections with the help of democrats she said she had warned gordon sagal and the e.u. ambassador the same when she realized he was carrying out the president's personal political agenda by requesting ukraine open investigations into trump's political rivals and i did said to him garden i think this is all going to blow up and here we are david holmes of foreign service officer in the kiev embassy testified ukraine has been cleaning up corruption under its new president billowed amir's alinsky homesteads alinsky wanted an oval office meeting with trump but it was made clear that the linsky would wouldn't get the meeting unless he announced on c.n.n. that ukraine was investigating joe biden this was a demand that president selenski personally commit on a cable news channel to

a specific investigation of president trump's political rival homes testified he also had a clear impression that a hold on u.s. military aid was likely intended by trump to pressure ukraine for the investigation holmes said he overheard a phone call between trump and ambassador some land discussing whether his alinsky would cooperate so you heard president trump ask ambassador son when is he going to do the investigation yes or. what was ambassador sunless response he said oh yeah he's going to do it he'll do anything you ask that urn homes of this rebuke from republican congressman mike turner your statements that your interest of protecting ukraine are very dubious when you embarrass president zelinsky by making those statements even have to make who cares that investor someone said who cares that question sums up a republican defense strategy to counter these 5 days of public testimony that

democrats say showed trump at best misused his office and at worst committed bribery but is that enough to move the american public the latest polls show that americans remain evenly divided on whether to impeach trump and remove him from office and the vast majority say that these hearings will not change their minds hi peter castro al-jazeera washington all right let's bring in our white house correspondent kimberly health so it's been a fascinating week of testimony candy committee where the things stand right now. yeah i just summed it up pretty well there are 8 really goes along not just for the american public but also in the u.s. congress along party lines there does seem to be a belief that there was an established case put forward by democrats the president leverage that military aid to ukraine in order to seek

a political investigation is just former vice president joe biden his political rival but the problem is what was an established is anyone actually hearing that order and so the argument from republicans is you can't impeach a president based on hearsay now democrats say yes you can because there was a generally a. culture and this is what the sort of amounts to bribery high crimes and misdemeanors but regardless of all of that where things stand the next step is that the house judiciary committee takes this up drafting the articles of impeachment it goes to the broader house of representatives if nancy pelosi the house speaker chooses to do so for debate that would trigger a trial in the u.s. senate and as you stated at the start of the segment that's something the white house supports because up till now the white house says it has not had an adequate opportunity to defend the president as we're hearing about a possible inquiry tell us about that. it riggs here had wanted to spin

another one since donald trump for selected 1st there was the russian inquiry investigation with robert muller the special counsel into whether or not donald trump and his campaign in 2016 colluded with russia ok we had that one now we have the impeachment inquiry now it looks like senator lindsey graham is gearing up for get another investigation into something that has come up throughout this impeachment inquiry and that is the question of what former vice president joe biden son hunter biden was doing on an energy board in ukraine given he didn't have any qualifications and we did hear from dr fiona hill in the impeachment inquiry yesterday that in fact she did find this usual it would be unusual republican or democrat republicans have ceased on that and then there's another vest a geisha that has been going and we will be hearing more about that in the coming weeks as well and that has to do with the russia probe and that is that look into the f.b.i. whether or not it was used for political purposes senator lindsey graham also

overseeing that one that will be a report that comes out december 9th another hearing december 11th and look to the republicans to really be seizing on this and the argument that they're making this is an embattled president who's been a victim of subsequent investigations by the democrats in order to overturn the outcome of the 2016 u.s. election did you get on that you go to help us try to keep track of all of this a white house correspondent many thanks indeed completely. well it's been an explosive week of testimony is on tuesday the tenant colonel alexander vidlin testified saying that he heard a phone call where president trump made what he called improper dumond's of the ukrainian president on wednesday former special envoys he could volcker told the hearing that he thought trump's personal lawyer rudy giuliani was feeding a negative narrative of ukraine and on thursday ambassador gold and some blue and said he believed that military aid had been withheld from ukraine to pressure its

government into investigating trump's right as it should be wednesday i'm sorry sam berger is vice president of democracy and government reform at the center for american progress he was a senior domestic policy advisor at the white house during barack obama's presidency he joins us now live from washington. what did you make of this rather interesting week sam it was certainly an explosive week of testimony that i think laid out a very clear case that the president has committed impeachable offenses perhaps the the most shocking testimony came over wednesday and thursday 1st master gordon somnolent who was trump's point person in ukraine basically saying that everyone was in on it the highest reaches of government were aware of what he was doing and signing off on it and then the next day with dr fiona hill coming to realization almost before our eyes that what she was doing namely running

a process to protect american national security was not the primary focus in ukraine rather it was investor solomon's efforts to obtain these investigations to help the president politically that was at least the white house's focus with respect to ukraine so given all of that why would the president through his spokesman say that he would welcome an impeachment trial in the senate. well i think obviously any sort of statement by this white house has to be taken with a grain of salt but i think in part what you saw alluding to was remember the point of this was to try and join up investigations in order to help the president politically and what he's suggesting is he'd like to use the senate to do just that basically to attack his political rivals through the guise of combating corruption though that. relies upon the g.o.p. members in the senate not having a conscience doesn't it well i think it it's very hard to look at the evidence that

we've seen to date and not think that what you have here is an impeachable offense remember this is something that the founders were incredibly concerned about the notion that you have an executive who is inviting foreign interference in u.s. affairs it's one of the reasons they created the impeachment power in the 1st place and so this is one of these clear cut cases if if inviting a foreign power to interfere in an american election is an impeachable it opens a question as to what could possibly could be so do you think the problem in the president's gamble may not pay off here if it does come to a trial in the senate then we could see a republican senate is voting to convict well i think it's interesting to see what exactly will happen i think you know there are a lot of predictions going on now but there will be a moment in which senators are forced suing that the house passes impeachment which seems quite likely will be a moment which senators have to grapple with the enormity of what trump has done and make a determination about sort of what side of history they want to be on some really good many thanks indeed for being with assembled at the vice president of democracy

and government reform at the center for american progress. military parades have given a way to protest marches as lebanon marks its 76th independence day demonstrators are gathering in downtown beirut for a big march through the capital they've been calling for political and economic change protests began last month of a new taxes and a failing economy prime minister saad he has resigned but protesters continue to demand a complete overhaul of the sectarian political system. joins us now live from beirut tomorrow what's happening where you are. why dramatic is a mixture of celebration as well as maybe that's a determination or an insistence of this uprising that many here are considered to be the revolution continues for. now well into the 2nd month of these

protests the more the hard over a few are the calm or just part of it is for the past hour or so has been a parade rather than the normal military parade that you would have it is a civil parade made up of different battalions consisting of different sectors of lebanese society so teachers doctors environmentalist's. such like. this is their way of trying to demonstrate the type of society but they aspire towards one of those who participated. in she's probably politics but you've been participating in the protests very vocal about it tell me what's your view why this is the. anniversary of for independence this year what makes it different from our viewers. have reclaimed their lives. every claimed owners like space in their representative what it means you're half representing. the 1st time in the lebanese history that we. call our

revolution. at some point that word was contested and some people are saying it's demonstrations and revolution is seeking to make up for the entire political system the banking system the social system it's all everyone here is demonstrating against that and for the 1st time in the history of lovenox it is de centralized as a revolution and it is nonsense terry if you have tripoli you have zoom you have zoom in they don't know about the. file back and judge by everyone is on the street there been protests for the past several years the last of those become stations was in 2015 when there was the garbage crisis or the rubbish problem as well are these linked do you think has this been boiling in the open society for sometime it has certainly been boiling the main difference with 2015 is 2015 ways on

a very specific environmental issue which was the garbage issue they were specifically asking the same people in government to resolve that issue today they're asking every single person in government to just get out it's no longer about compromising on specific demands it is full and a demand for a fully approved of the system and that's why the government resigns the government resigned because it was very clear that those people who are in government perhaps maybe with the exception of one or 2 or 3 cannot will not ever be able to deliver due to the political system that is completely based on clientele isn't on interpersonal services between a politician and a citizen everyone knows here is doesn't work anymore because we have gone bankrupt due to that clientele isn't system for patients has run out not just with the

people but i saw it i was explaining go there is not really thought the post. they want to change completely whether or not to go through this one thing for sure that there is a much stronger sentiment amongst a cross-section of lebanese society. that has been ruling this country for decades is no longer acceptable to them as far as they're concerned. reporting live from beirut many thanks. in colombia demonstrations against pension and tax reforms violent union members and students gathered in the capital bogota saying that they were inspired by other protests across south america. the reports. started as a union protest against proposed economic reforms turned into one of the biggest mass demonstrations. recent years. as pensioners students teachers

in a growing section of colombia's middle class joined forces to demonstrate anger in this satisfaction with the right wing government of president. morsi because this is a very significant for us because we are demonstrating that we are tired that we don't want to continue living with the government treating us this way there's a very powerful youth movement in colombia that's not afraid anymore 6. despite heavy rain hundreds of thousands rallied in downtown bogota and a number of cities across. protesters say they were inspired by the rest in other countries in the region and by a growing a ray of grievances. many marched against the slow implementation of the peace deal with dark rebels and the killings of local leaders who are dying at an alarming rate others feels left behind by an economy based say that only grows. on you that we're seeing the results of 25 years of neoliberal policies they've

done for labor reforms 13 regressive tax reforms the cup is full. the marches began mostly without incident but as the rain cleared confrontations broke out across the city in the early evening. explosions in tear gas filled the central plaza believer and surrounding streets as protesters clashed with security forces some were injured and dozens arrested. tired we're tired of being marginalized of being disappeared we're tired you understand it's time for change confrontations and clashes continued until late in the evening in downtown. 3rd city the mayor imposed a curfew starting at 7 pm. when things calm down hundreds across the capital took to the streets banging pots and pans and. now the question. at these

demonstrations will continue. to be a world join other countries in the region that have seen. rest for now more than a month. after years of protests and political turmoil voter voters in guinea bissau are hoping that sunday's presidential election will finally meet to piece the incumbent president wants another term despite failing to stabilize the economy and dealing with a growing and legal drug trade. reports now from the outskirts of the capital. a last ditch effort to cling on to power in this campaign incumbent president. calls himself a man of the people the one that can bring peace and stability to the nation but his mandate has been anything but steve after dismissing 8 of his government since taking office in 2014 he called on the military to step in on his behalf days

before the election fear of a military coup still looms. as night falls hundreds gathered to hear him speak among the crowd are west african troops from nigeria and senegal here as a stabilizing force to keep a close watch on vos and his military entourage val's says we have to get to work together to bring an end to the political crisis accusing foreign powers of wanting to steal the country's wealth and tells the crowd to be careful with fake news. he then invites us on stage what was supposed to be a one on one interview is used to galvanize the crowd maple. see this journalist he accuses me of creating instability i tell you what you have to be careful with what you say listen i will accept the election results even if i lose. with 20 attempted military coups and dozens of political

assassinations never has there been a peaceful transition of power since guinea bissau has returned to democracy 25 years ago the united states drugs in forstmann agency believes latin american drug traffickers are profiting from the political instability senior military commanders in cahoots with elected politicians are using the harbor to facilitate the smuggling of drugs from latin america through going to be to your. own. dream versus time in office 25 tons of cocaine was seized still his political opponents accuse him of using cocaine money to finance his reelection campaign an i.q. zation he denies. they say george money has made it into the campaign we have to make an effort to end this vote for me and starting november 24th you know drugs will intervene a.b.c.l. . is about to become the 1st president of guinea-bissau to complete his mandate

but as the campaign comes to close he seems even more determined to hold on to power by any means possible for as long as he can. talk al jazeera. is it aliens men from outer space they're looking for u.f.o.'s in europe why so tells me meteorologist rob mccallum way up i mean off a middle school phenomenon are mistaken for u.f.o.'s or zoomie and a little bit more than maybe is necessary this line here looks quite innocuous until you look at it from the city of montevideo and then it looks like something very old in the sky rope in the sky or a roll cloud now these are not particularly uncommon in montevideo or indeed this part of south america so they won't be mistaken by local for you much if you're out in the countryside haven't seen one before i mean the kind of quite menacing i reports is something very odd that just really clouds in front of a cold front and this is quite an active part of the world at this time of the year

this line applied here brings rain to argentina in southeastern brazil and you saw really there's a lot more rain fell in all thing colombia but now i want to go to well forget u.f.o.s. to the southwest the u.s. the desert southwest where most recently is a concern about the amount of rain falling in the burn scars but now the season has changed and it's also much rain it is the chew just out of los angeles here is snow on the hills and in phoenix arizona that was actually a shower not snow although rather similar effect that cold air is still there and it's coming up on this cold front against the warm stuff in the southeast corner so a lot of rain is likely in these states the next few days. many thanks still to come here on the news hour while ukraine takes center stage of the impeachment hearings in washington there are signs that kid is mending fences with russia 2. and we'll have updates on the bush and casualty in australia. in the running to

repeat a feat by pele's club we look at the contenders for south american champions a little later with andy in sports. candy and journalists in pursuit of press freedom and justice by how the schooling thing desperate situation on one side about that hope you can afford investigating government corruption and the national health care system one of their transactions espionage and the collapse. of money that is unexplained to africa on some sets and publish we'll see that some people don't want to even if it doesn't mean that the us care is truth is it anyway on al-jazeera one of the really special things about working for al-jazeera is that even as a camera woman i get to have so much empathy and contribution to a story i feel we cover this region better than anyone else working for us as you know it's very challenging but it is but the good because you have

a lot of people that are divided on political issues we are we the people we live to tell the real story i'll just mandate is to deliver in-depth journalism we don't feel inferior to the audience across the globe. and i get this from al-jazeera. i mean for the going here in the headlines at least 3 protesters have been killed by police in the city center in iraq's capital baghdad respond live rounds to discuss crowds protests against corruption unemployment and poor public services began that talk about let's go live now to

iraq's capital and seriousness about a fulton is what's the latest on the ground right now. well indeed it's been another violent day in baghdad here square i spoke to several eyewitnesses both protesters as well as volunteer medics who say they. are near one of the major purchase going but not in your heart which where security forces deployed both tear gas as well as live ammunition to discourse disperse protesters around and i also spoke to one of the volunteer medics in one of those makeshift clinics without bread with told me that he had treated several injured protesters had received life i mean it's not it's important to say that some of the violence also coming from the protesters differing molotov cocktails and the direction of the security forces and also spoke to one protester who was actually part of a group who had actually tried to capture and beat one of the members of the of the riot forces here now we're also seeing a lot of funeral processions today

a lot of caskets being carried out here square with people accompanying them bidding a final farewell to those who have passed away yesterday in the ashes and of course these funerals for to galvanize the crowds the voter anger and as the crowd surged here into here square we're likely to see more confrontations. tomorrow some of it we're expecting parliament to have its 2nd reading the new electoral reform bill that's going to impact upon these protests which will. well there are 2 sides of this of course i look through reform is one of the key demands of the protesters because they want a complete overhaul of the political system they want to be able to elect their representatives more direct the rather than the parliament choosing the prime minister as it is right now for this is one of the key demands on the other hand they don't trust the current political elite to actually implement those reforms they don't believe that the parliament will actually vote on a bill that will reduce the powers of the political parties that are currently in

parliament i've spoken to one protester today a friend was killed in the clashes yesterday and he was like he told me that he doesn't care what the parliament the passes on saturday he's determined. until the government. all right so many many thanks to a fault in the reporting live from baghdad japan and south korea appear to have reached a deal on intelligence sharing off to months of escalating tensions south korea said that it would extend an agreement just hours before it was set to expire pan now says that it will resume trade discussions that seoul tokyo had increased taxes on south korean chemical products during the dispute my own time in the they need to handle north korea the cooperation of japan south korea along with the cooperation with the u.s. is extremely important i have said this repeatedly i think south korea has also made this decision based on a strategic point of view. the 2 u.s.

allies have had a history of disputes which date back to the 2nd world war south korea has long been angered by what it sees as japan's failure to take responsibility for atrocities committed during world war 2 that includes forced labor and sexual slavery japan maintains that it's resolved the issue the differences widened after the fukushima nuclear plant disaster in 2011 south korea accused tokyo of failing to disclose information about radioactive water the u.s. has been pressuring the 2 countries to end their differences to push back against china's influence in the region let's bring in robert kelly who's professor of international relations at pusan national university he joins us now live via skype from tucson in south korea who plink to 1st wrote was it to south korea or japan. we don't know yet if i had to guess i would say it looks like south korea because the south koreans seem to give on 2 things today the 1st is taking japan before the

deadly t.-o. or export controls that were imposed earlier this year and then over the military sharing agreement it's not clear yet i don't want to sort of jump the gun it's going to be a contentious issue here in south korea but it looks like the south koreans flints now if i had to guess why it's because south koreans are also involved at this very moment in a increasingly tough fight with the americans over burden sharing trump would like the south koreans to pay substantially more than they have in the past the stationing of u.s. forces in korea and i've joined the president moon of south korea thought that fighting a 2 front war with both the japanese and the americans at the same time when these things are not late because the americans want this deal with japan also i think that was all just too much and when just sort of are treated on the on the lesser issues so he could improve his position on the bigger one of the americans while the earth would with south korea want to withdrawal from a security agreement which ultimately is in its interests. yeah i do the proponents of the opponents of the g.'s so me agreement would actually

argue that it's not i mean there is some debate especially in the left in south korea that the g. show me agreement is sort of overrated in south korea doesn't get as much as it as you say it does i actually disagree with that assessment i think that japan provides a fair amount of satellite and electronic signals intelligence to south korea which south korea couldn't duplicate on its own without great expense but the argument is that well you know we can sort of fall back on a deeper relationship with the americans right or the idea of the larger argument is that south korea is going to sort of improve its relations with north korea under this president right we're going to have detente and therefore we don't need a tight such a tight bond which hand or the americans this argument i think it's sort of come to a halt in the last couple months because kim jong and the north isn't really giving south korea very much so i think moon is in a tough spot he's sort of wedged between trump and kim jong un neither of whom are moving in giving him much and then also this deal with japan and so yes as you said i think he just sort of kind of succumbed to the conventional wisdom which is that this isn't a bad deal and should just take it and worry about bigger things and to what extent was was moon playing to

a domestic audience here and that he knew that it was ultimately bad for south korea but that it would it would make him a little more popular with with certain. certain sections of the south korean electress. yeah i think that's true i think moon's coalition against it and like the left this national coalition i mean represents for them particularly these issues of japan's behavior during the war that you mentioned and the prologue those are actually really really important the south korean right is going to sort of look a look the other way a little bit on that because they actually want a tighter alliance and they're more openly focused on resisting north korea but the south korean left really takes is very serious and brings up a lot and it's a major issue in their political campaigns and and so this is something that means domestic support really wants i mean this is something that the south korean lots is wanted actually for a long time and i think to a certain extent the way things sort of explode span earlier in the year over forced labor that sort of created an opening here for this but it just wasn't fortuitous because it kind of required some movement on north korean american issues that we mentioned before and that just wasn't there and there was just so

much pressure from the americans i mean if you follow the south korean meeting the last couple weeks there's just been so much pressure from the u.s. state department from the defense department from the white house and again i think one just sort of pulled back because he was overextended professor it's always good to talk to you many thanks indeed robot thanks for having me. relations between ukraine and russia appear to be improving ahead of talks shuttled for next month president selenski and putin have been working to reduce tension and repel reports . while his name is often being mentioned in washington that donald trump's impeachment inquiry ukraine's president appears focused on signaling that the conflict with russia must and blow to meir's alinsky unveiled a bridge that's been rebuilt and a community on the front line in eastern ukraine government forces and russian backed separatists blamed each other for destroying it 4 years ago observers hope the new bridge is an optimistic sign he was going to be meeting there should be

a serious truce and serious cease fire where there is no shooting that's how i understand it there must be a serious agreement with clear terms and obligations the bridge over the din that's river is one of 5 that ukrainian civilians can use to cross into territory controlled by separatists they control the eastern parts of dinette and hans russian speaking areas known as the don't boss part of the 7 percent of ukraine under control of russia and its allied forces. in another sign of thawing relations russia return 3 ukrainian navy vessels captured last year although stripped of their communications and navigation equipment. russian border guards fired on the gun boats a year ago and captured $24.00 ukrainian sailors. the incident in the current strait was so serious then president petro poroshenko declared martial law apparently fearing an all out russian invasion. since russian troops invaded and annex the crimea region 5 years ago at least 13000 people have been killed and

almost 30000 wounded thor sankoh successor says he's determined to revive the peace process the kremlin released the captured sailors a couple of months ago followed by both sides beginning to withdraw from frontline areas in eastern ukraine accumulations against mika q what's my relationship with zelinsky like i don't have one i've never met him we don't know each other we've talked on the phone i think he's a nice an honest person and i really believe that he wants to change the situation for the better including indulged by us soon the focus will turn away from impeachment hearings and symbolic handovers to a summit planned in paris on december the 9th that's when ukraine russia france and germany will discuss how to end the conflict once and for all enter schapelle al-jazeera. police in bolivia fired tear gas to break up a funeral procession in the capital on thursday thousands of people are now demanding that the interim president resigns let's go live now to pass out

a serious note an ascension is that for a man and i mean what's been the reaction there the day off to this this attack you can call it none of nothing more than that on this funeral procession. that's right they do and and the interim president journey 9 years went on national t.v. last night saying that she was very sorry for the deaths of these 8 man that she was very hurt that her government was a peaceful one and that her cabinet the whole members of the cabinet are open for dialogue but the question for many is how if if if that will make the security forces change their reaction in peaceful protests. a peaceful march of thousands of believing ends mourners escorting the coffins of 8 victims of clashes with the military and police on tuesday. they were about to hold a vigil near the presidential palace and then the unthinkable.

police opened fire with tear gas as police dispersed the funeral procession one van with the coffins tried to make its way out another one by the police was stuck on the road other mourners had to leave other coffins on the ground and flee the gas. we've come here empty handed i want to die kill me i'm ready. protestors didn't clash with police no rocks were thrown they just fled the gases you know which are not the truth rather than the other we've come here with our dead how is it possible that they fired tear gas at us we even came with our children. they had been marching for nearly 4 hours from. demanding the entering precedence for signees sion 29 years past the supreme decree that clears the military and police from any responsibility in securing peace in the country. these believe ians blamed

the police for the deaths. that was. an autopsy preliminary report says the 8 victims died after projectiles were fired at them but an investigation is pending. and that is that they're killing our people there's no justice for our humble people. the government says security forces must bring peace to believe. 15 believe younes have died in clashes with police since president ever met alice resigned and took exile in mexico leaving the country in turmoil i don't back out her action that was only way these bully girls will stop protesting it will give them the assurance that their voices will be heard in any vote in a late night session on wednesday members of a woman ellis' must party agreed to recognise janine and use as the interim president they said they will participate in the next elections without it will

modernise. and many believe the ends here the days of it will seem to be over the aren't demanding his return any more but they say they will continue to fight for their right to justice over the deaths of 8 men who still cannot be laid to rest in peace. and we just spoke with his opinion of the government minister or minister of government as it is here and he just said to me that your response of the security forces was justified was in the when the people were killed in the in a lot because they were guarding this he will plant and the protesters were using dynamite and it could have been catastrophic but he also told me that dialogue has been. open opened they have began speaking to. community leaders farmers miners etc and the conversations are ongoing with the

e.u. the united nations a couple of church and their main thing that. people are asking is that they want the army off the streets they want to. create it withdrawn and what the government is asking them is to stop protesting they want to pacify the country and more than anything they want right now is the protesters to lift the blockade around the country which i feel will. just around the country. i was there as maybe a son chance reporting live from the past but on a many things violence broken out between police and protesters in chile's capital santiago at least 22 people have been killed more than 2000 injured since protests began just over a month ago on thursday amnesty international published a report detailing human rights abuses by security forces demonstrations began over a hike in metro fares but expanded later against economic and social inequality.

workers unions and south african airways have come to an agreement with the airline after a week long strike employees been promised a 5.9 percent wage increase thousands walked out on their jobs earlier this month in protest against low salaries and job cuts the stoppage forced the states on carrier to cancel dozens of flights which cost the airline more than $3000000.00 a day. still to come here. for an adrenaline rush from a russian but is it enough to be novak djokovic in the davis cup the d.c.'s are back.

strenuous bushfires continue to multiply with dozens starting in the south adding to the hundreds already burning in new south wales and queensland 6 mark as blanketed sydney while the state of victoria issued its 1st code red alert in a decade that's the worst possible fire condition shallop alice reports. ripping through forests and farmland the bushfires no no limit spreading to every corner of the country with the official start to summer still 10 days away this is unprecedented. firefighters in the states of victoria and south australia have joined colleagues in new south wales and queensland in a battle to control the flames and by land in air using helicopters light planes even a boeing 737. in south australia the fire danger warning is labeled as catastrophic

and wednesday along the 50 new fires were counted. a code red alert was issued in parts of victoria state for the 1st time since 20 tain meaning fires would be fast moving unpredictable and likely uncontrollable melbourne sweltered in its hottest november day since 8094 we've seen hot weather we've seen strong winds and we predicted there would be fawaz in this particular point i don't want to commit to off to a number around those fours but at the moment we've we've got more than 64 hours that have happened across the state. it's important to point out this particular point that we still have a long way to go. winds gusting at more than 100 kilometers an hour fanned the flames and knocked out power to thousands the winds whipped up a strained his trademark orange soil. such as manure. since devise began

last month they have burned $1000000.00 hectares of land an area the size of laban on destroying more than $600.00 homes and wiping out wildlife. it's believed about 350 qualities have died as a natural habitats turn to ash 2. smokers cloaking various states forcing the closure of major roads strong winds or ensuring even a stray far from the fires feel the consequences. a stubborn thick haze reached a stray is largest city on tuesday as a quality worsened in sydney the elderly and children were warned against going outside. face masks the word noses irritated. sydney is barely recognizable and it's an ominous outlook for the dry hot summer on the way dallas. all right time for sports has andy thank you so much ed you're not

star miles garrets has lost an appeal against his indefinite ban from the league garrets hit an apartment over the head with a helmet journey gang last week. we are. so strong you are suing each other for so you know professional sports i the cleveland browns player was involved in a fight with pittsburgh steelers quarterback mason very doth got ripped off read off helmet and swung it at his head the pill panel said the 23 year old would be banned until further notice without pay us media has reported that during the appeal doubt accused rudolph of using a racial slur just before the incident on social media garrett said i know what i heard it whether my opponent's comment was born out of frustration or ignorance i cannot say but his actions do not excuse my lack of restraint in moments and i truly regret the impact this is had on the league the browns and our fans well the state has said in a statement that nice and very manly denies the reports of using racist language

and his teammates of also been quick to support. we are the brotherhood of where you can we always brags when. you go you should never go to our car those are very . good words i mean for north korea or iran but they're used as europe your photo carrying on. one are some good observer another. are no movement but it is amazing to me and told you that for. now the joke of it has kept serbia in the hunt for the semifinals at the davis cup sanest solomons the world that's a sweeping past russia's current catchin are 6363 to level the site 10 i am sad to say that. the will face canada on a rejuvenated facet possibly still the 29 year olds being the surprise all that's on that side for rent 150th in the world after missing half the season for celtic and searched his 3rd successive singles will be to strengthen john millman 7664

hospital when combined with denis shapovalov to take out the double 6 for 6 full. now south america's club football champions will be decided on saturday with each concerned aiming to credit of history argentina's river plate so the reigning couple of its interest title holders for mango in perris caps alina they'll be the 1st side so when banks are back title since that domestic rivals pocket juniors in 2001 the brazilian champions of getting to become the 1st side to complete a league unlimited hours double since pele sound source back in 1960 s. ok i think such range of course the whole dream is in the background that we want to learn but we're preparing for in the same way we prepare for all games there are some details that are important so that we can play calmly but i think we arrived here at the final at our best moment sure. well the when is that final word so next month's club world cup in cats of the country stepping up its preparations ahead of

the main event since 2022 cats are set to open the 3rd of the 8 stadiums being readied for the middle east's 1st world cup european champions liverpool will enter this competition at the semi final stage before that scouts are host the 8 country gold cup that kicks off on tuesday we're utilizing them as rehearsals and preparation for 2022 1st they're helping us in terms of crowd control crowd management communication fan experience identifying the areas where we can improve we have some ideas right now put in place we're actually able to implement these ideas and see what works and what doesn't work and we're looking of course aside from welcoming the fans but also working with the fans communicating with the fans and trying to get their feedback as to their experience the highest ranked golfer in the arse and classic as a one shot lead after the 1st round in georgia world number 12 and former u.s. open champion web simpson nailing 8 birdies on his way to a 7 under $65.00 on the most spectacular birdies are they coming from. a chip in

their leaving him 5 shots behind simpson. 60 players are taking their shorts at the largest winner's check in the history of women's golf $1500000.00 is up for grabs at the season ending glow to a championship in florida south korea's holding out for the last compact should say young kim she has the lead after an opening round of 65. and one of boxing's all time greats floyd mayweather has announced plans to come out of retirement next year but to do what isn't exactly clear the 42 year old says he's insults with ultimate fighting championship boss dana white space never previously contest the u.f.c. founts mayweather on boxing world titles at 5 different it's. ok most sports throughout the day but that is how it's looking for now and even. as far as that is concerned but i'll be back in just a moment with a form of news for you here.

day one of a new era in television news we badly need at these moments and felt this encampment that we're in today it didn't exist 3 weeks ago now there's at least 20000 or hinder refugees who live here. i got to commend you all i'm hearing is good journalism turns to the public has resigned after all the lies the attempts of cover ups jamal khashoggi his loved ones want some form of closure people are suffering people are dying entire school systems are collapsing we are in the beginning of a mass extinction we saw the syrian army like the guy in the city has his record the place. to meet.

the front line but. happen. quickly. newtok an alaskan village rapidly losing ground to the roge following permafrost its inhabitants forced to move to safer ground below in the western pacific but 1st the environment the one at risk when it says a witness finds people struggling to cope with rising sea there and asked whether those who have the power to stop it appreciate the true cost of failing to act on al-jazeera. the stories generate thousands of headlines these protests are saying down with the system and down with all of the parts with different angles from different perspectives just because we came to prison doesn't mean right stopped at the gate separate the spin from the facts the western media jumps on stories without taking down the misinformation from the journalism it's

about telling the stories of those human beings on the ground with the listening post on al-jazeera. that. iraqi security forces should have protesters in the capital baghdad 3 people dead. and i'm adrian from again this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. we are witnessing an attempted coup against the prime minister of defiance benjamin netanyahu denounces charges of corruption and says he'll carry on as israel's leader. this president believes he is above the law beyond accountability the u.s. impeachment inquiry takes a break up for

a week of testimony president donald trump says he wants a senate trial if the house votes to impeach him. and on the list get to be solid what law enforcement.