the big guns in the game you. can't be because on i'll just see the. iraqi security forces kill 3 more protesters in clashes in baghdad amid warnings that only speedy electoral reforms will and the us. barbara said are you watching al-jazeera live from london also coming up president trump says he wants a trial in the republican controlled senate if he's impeached by the house israel's prime minister a defiant in the face of course for him to quit after he's charged with corruption . and the launch of tesla's futuristic

cyber truck shelters expectations as well as it supposedly onward glass windows. thank you for joining us we begin the program in iraq's capital baghdad where at least 3 people have been killed after security forces opened fire on anti-government protesters the killings that takes the total number of deaths since the demonstrations began in october to at least $329.00 demonstrators are angry at what they say is widespread corruption and mass unemployment the government has responded responded by promising political economic and social reforms but the country's top cleric says only quick electoral reforms will calm the unrest so wonderful tim has more now from baghdad. it's been another violent day in baghdad

square i spoke to several eyewitnesses both protesters as well as volunteer medics who say they saw last year one of the major protests here in baghdad. where security forces the blood 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. he had treated several injured protesters had received i mean it's not it's important to say that some of the violence also coming from the protesters there for one molotov cocktails in the direction of the security forces and also spoke to one protester was actually part of a group who had actually tried to capture and one of the members of the the riot forces here now we're also seeing a lot of funeral processions today a lot of caskets being carried through to here square with people company building a final farewell to those who have passed away yesterday in the marshes and of course these funerals for to galvanize the crowds the mule for anger and as the

crowd surged here in tahrir square we're likely to see more confrontations. military parades have given way to protest marches as lebanon marks its 76th independence day that was strangers have gathered in downtown beirut keeping up their calls for political and economic change the protests began last month over new taxes and the failing economy the prime minister saad hariri has resigned but that's not satisfied protestors who want a complete overhaul of the sick tarion political system. the u.s. says imposed sanctions on iran's information minister mohammed. me and accuse them of a wide scale internet censorship washington announced a move on its treasury website in an effort to pressure tehran to restore the internet in iran impose the 5 day long blackout to quell nationwide protests against fuel hikes.

u.s. president donald trump says he wants a trial in the republican controlled senate if he is impeached by the house in an interview with fox news after days of public impeachment hearings he insists that he's done nothing wrong and he defended using his private lawyer rudy giuliani to work on ukraine policy because of his reputation as quote a great crime fighter the house intelligence committee has been holding hearings looking into accusations that trump pressured ukraine to investigate his political rivals there was no due process you can have lawyers we can have any witnesses we want to call the whistleblower but you know i want is the 1st witness because frankly i want to trial you know i could get could have it you want to try out every one 0 i would look number one they should never ever impeach just do not. kimberly how kid who's been following developments for us

in the washington let's start with this development on the impeachment we've obviously had days of hearings and now we have president trump telling folks use you would like a trial what else did he say about. it will all explain 1st of all why he was at trial is because it's controlled in the senate by republicans members of his own party but the other reason all this you heard the president say off the top there no due process he feels that this has been a politically partisan process up to this point controlled by the democrats the opposition and as a result he feels that he would get a fair shake if this were to go to the senate essentially heard his own words there he believes is essentially that he wouldn't be impeached so that's the goal here the president is trying and already campaigning for reelection but it is going to be a challenge because we have heard very clear cut arguments that the president abused

allegedly his political powers in order to seek an investigation on a political rival but what didn't seem to happen is minds being changed so well the republicans don't have the votes in the house of representatives to avoid that impeachment vote but they do have are the numbers in the senate to see that the president is not removed from office that's what donald trump is counting on so that's all about domestic politics of the obviously with the link to ukraine but the president also made quite a stunning claim about home call what did he say. yeah so this was a bit of a surprise because the president usually tries to sort of talk to the domestic voter and yet he did pivot when it came to the ongoing clashes between pro-democracy protesters in hong kong and those chinese security forces and the president has really tried to sidestep this issue for quite a while but suddenly was confronted with it and his answer was pretty surprising because given the fact that this is really the president being forced to kind of

address a human rights issue he instead kind of took credit for the fact that he says things would have been much worse if it weren't for him listen if it weren't for me hong kong would have been obliterated in 14 minutes you get a 1000000 soldiers standing outside of there aren't going you know only because i ask him please don't do that you'll be making a big mistake it's going to have a tremendous negative impact on the trade deal. so he went on to say that he stands with the protesters but he also stands with chinese president xi why is he saying that well guess what the president has on his desktop right now some legislation that's been virtually unanimously passed in the congress that would require him to sign it's veto proof and china doesn't like it it would mean that there would be sanctions if china cracks down on these pro-democracy protesters the other big story in all of this and the reason donald trump so uncomfortable and perhaps why you're speaking in this very unusual in ground terms is that he's

trying to get a trade deal with china he says it's very close this legislation and his position is perhaps not going to help that so it seems that he's speaking out of both sides of his mouth right now on the china issue trying to please both sides but unlikely to do so kimberly hackett with the latest in washington thank you kimberly well let's find out what actually is going on in hong kong where at least 8 pro-democracy protesters who had been holding out have a standoff with riot police the city's polytechnic university have surrendered the campus has been the scene of some of the worst violence in 6 months of protests many students have been injured in confrontations with police the commissioner pink says he wants a peaceful resolution to the occupation and the peeled to others to surrender sarah clarke has the latest now from hong kong. this weekend is hong kong's district council elections a record number of 4300000 people have registered to vote now the increase of the

surge has been in the 18 to 35 year old this will be the 1st test of public sentiment and government support since these protests began around 6 months ago it was a test of the support for the protesters now the newly appointed police commissioner chris time had a press conference on friday and he's confirmed that riot police will be at the polling booth to guarantee the safety of those people going to bars you know. if there's any violence. and hesitation the police commission has also confirmed that several. wasn't protests remain barricaded up inside the political university in color and but he's asked them to leave peacefully if they can but he said there's no deadline and we can't confirm around 1000 of left are the last few days around $300.00 of those are under the age of 18 and the place commissioner also confirmed that those under the age of 18 won't be charged with writing but those over the age of 18 will be investigated and could face writing charges down the track. israel's prime minister says he will not step down after being charged with corruption

offenses benjamin netanyahu has criticized investigators calling his indictment an attempted coup the attorney general charged neta now with bribery fraud and breach of trust in 3 cases harry for such reports now from west jerusalem. israel's president says his country is going through harsh and dark days hard to detect perhaps in the autumn sunshine in west jerusalem but talk to a few of those making the most of it in the shadow of this political crisis is never far away the country has to be skewered it carefully and responsibly and we know you no one questions how responsible that stewardship is going to be in the coming months here for the 1st time a sitting israeli prime minister has been indicted for crimes he's alleged to have carried out while in office but there are still plenty of israelis who agree with him that the case is politically motivated they don't like trump. that they're

going to get him just as the same thing with with bibi a lot people had enough of him he's been there long enough that's it i'm not saying his innocent not saying is guilty in a sense israelis have got used over many months to the details of these indictments the case has been set out at some length so to they've got used to netanyahu repeated attacks against the media and the legal establishment nonetheless what happened on thursday night was particularly stark and it sent a political shockwave through this country and through a system already stressed to breaking point no functioning government the prospect of a 3rd election and a prime minister attacking the legal establishment as he fights to stay in office a cuckoo known as the one limiting the polluted investigation against me erodes the public faith in the system they should worry every citizen we have to put an end to this israeli newspapers have featured editorials urging netanyahu to resign for the good of the country some calling on senior members of his own likud party to engineer it it's not a big chance or a big possibility but there might be some cracks within likud or cracks in the

$55.00 bloc of the right maybe because the indictment now is final maybe there will be some cracks there this this could be the political influence of this indictment what's clear is that netanyahu intends to fight off all challenges to his position be they legal or political and if there's one thing he's learned in his decades in israeli politics it's how to survive are a force that al-jazeera west jerusalem. the united nations envoy for yemen has told the u.n. security council that the number of attacks by the saudi led coalition has dropped dramatically in recent weeks adding griffiths said the reduction in violence could possibly pave the way for an end to the conflict in the last 2 weeks the rate of that war has dramatically reduced they were reportedly almost 80 percent of strikes nationwide than in the 2 weeks prior and i realize

that these are short periods but nonetheless it is striking and in recent weeks there have been entire 48 hour periods without air strikes at all the 1st time since the conflict began we call this the escalation a reduction in the tempo of the war and perhaps we hope a move towards an overall cease fire in yemen. and watching al jazeera live from london still ahead after backing away from a pledge to ban the flavored cigarettes president trump meets vaporing industry executives and health experts. and on that list paul did you know to be soured what law enforcement agents you describe as a foursome are going to date in africa i know that this is affecting on the presidential palace i'm not.

going to welcome back to international weather forecast what here across the eastern part of europe we have seen a fairly big weather system pushing through across parts of france there have been peninsula with very heavy winds with that system now as we go towards saturday we're going to be seeing that system push into the mediterranean and for france as well as italy it means a lot of rain few a lot of winds over the next few days the eastern part of spain see a lot of winds as well tempter up here toward zurich will be seeing 10 degrees but overnight going to be soon come nation of rain as well as snow as those temperatures get close towards 0 over here towards italy though on sunday we're going to be seeing a lot more rain coming into play particular down here towards the south and over here towards greece you'll also be seeing an increase of clouds as well as rain by the time we end the weekend lisbon you did see some very gusty winds those winds will be back by the time we get towards the middle of the weekend and the rain will continue as we go towards monday as well well for the northern part of africa it is

going to be quite messy with that same weather system clouds as well as rain across parts of algeria as well as into tunisia it's going be fairly chilly so for algiers expect to see a rainy day at 18 degrees and then as we go towards sunday conditions get a little bit chilly you're going to be seeing 15 degrees there for tunis rain for you at 60 degrees. from the al-jazeera london center to special guests in conversation when societies declined and when women. the only thing about benefits from the speech itself unprompted uninterrupted is a good will. for a. fact be. if you like to think that there's nationalism is not as ugly as someone else's nationalists in studio unscripted on al-jazeera.

a comeback is a reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera the iraqi government is denying reports that at least 3 people were killed when security forces opened fire on protesters earlier in baghdad demonstrators are angry over a mass unemployment and widespread corruption. u.s. president donald trump says he wants a trial in the republican controlled senate if he's impeached by the house he insists he's done nothing wrong and benjamin netanyahu is refusing to step down as israeli prime minister after being indicted on corruption charges he's described it as an attempted coup. colombia's defense ministry says that at least 3 people were

killed in service days protests more than $250000.00 people marched in the capital bogota and other cities to show growing discontent with president even duke was government the defense minister says the circumstances surrounding the deaths are under investigation while the conduct of the security forces is also being examined . and chillis presidents have a stamp in it as says prosecutors will investigate whether police violated human rights in their response to ongoing anti-government protests there the unrest is taking a heavy toll on private and public property while most protesters are peaceful many have resorted to looting and arson are latin american it editor lucien newman looks at what is motivating the rage. anger seems to be the common denominator among chilean protesters who've been on the streets for 5 weeks. but not all express that anger the same way some do it by going into the battle against riot police armed

with stones sticks and even molotov cocktails they describe themselves as the front line of defense. i'm here to defend our people against police repression that's who we've come to fight. the vast majority are young like one in peril not their real names. it's unfair that we've had to resort to these extremes to be heard we protested peacefully for years and only now that there's upheaval does the state take notice both are 17 year old students from a public secondary school who want to go to university but both of their parents are still struggling to pay off their own studies. my mother is $39.00 and she still owes $9000.00 it's terrible it's a case in water the health of a person's basic needs our business here and that's why we're so angry. they say the only use violence against security forces not to destroy property. but there is

another type of protest or the kind that justifies for example the looting of this wholesale supermarket and not just looting but also other types of destruction and violence as a means to an end. according to the government criminal gangs and drug traffickers are responsible for around 30 percent of the widespread damage to public and private property. but who are the rest many are young men and women from santiago's poor neighborhoods where anger has been simmering for decades. that are. also not their real names describe themselves as radical opponents of chile's socially unequal system. but. it's a system to make it the crimes while the upper class accumulates more well all the anger there marginalization people look down on us because we're on the periphery they distrust you no matter how hard you work or try your shot out. that might

be a wanted to study architecture but instead says she was lucky just to get a job as a security guard in a posh uptown building now they say it's time for the political and economic establishment to feel fear that i will need to be shaken from their comfort zone they better not think i will just go and march down the street with signs and go back to sleep in our beds let them feel afraid to direct action to force social change. they know they risk prison if they're caught destroying property or attacking police but like a great many of those who vent their rage like this they seem convinced that as things stand now they have little to lose you see in human santiago opposition protesters in several cities in georgia have attempted to shut down state buildings with padlocks and chains it follows more than a week of demonstrations of the parliament's failure to approve planned electoral

reforms the opposition is now coming together with new tactics to keep up the pressure on the government as robin forrester walker reports from tbilisi. it was another day of pop-up protests in tbilisi this one outside the interior ministry to force your thirty's into confrontation with the opposition. this week activists who blockaded parliament failing to reform the electoral system was sentenced that tbilisi city court to short prison terms it actually now that i spoke to us before being jailed for 13 days. must. go i haven't any evidence and i can threaten us with violence we'll continue to protest from prison or on the streets until we kick this pro russian regime out of the country. but not everyone sympathizes the possible by heckles directly

his opposition party was once in power it still has enemies. polls suggest georgians have lost faith in politicians from across the spectrum but the public does approve of democratic reforms a recent national democratic institute poll found that most georgians support the plan to introduce believe proportional representation in elections that's why opposition parties united after the government renee got on its promise to change the electoral code. the governing party is unapologetic the final say for the constitutional amendments and legislative amendments is up to the parliament of georgia and eve citizens disliked this decision of the parliament i am sure they will they will put their positions next elections in 2020. 2 which is opposition wants to say now. this is

a new tactic by opposition activists making lots of noise creating excitement raising attention popping up in different places around the city to show the government that they're not going to go anywhere they get it continue to put pressure on them. that decision not to allow electoral reform to go ahead like it does i think the government insists nothing will change and that the opposition groups have to take care to avoid breaking the criminal code and finding themselves behind bars and bursty walka al-jazeera to be seen. after years of protests and political turmoil voters in guinea-bissau now are hoping that sunday's presidential election will bring peace the incumbent josee many a vase once another term despite failing to stabilize the economy or deal with a growing illegal drug trade nicholas type reports now from just outside the

capital. a last ditch effort to cling on to power in this campaign incumbent president joseph vos 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 stephen after dismissing all 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 our west african troops from there jerry and senegal here as a stabilizing force to keep a close watch on fast 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 may fall. 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 in 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. green fastest time in office 25 tons of cocaine was seized still his political

opponents accuse him of using cocaine money to finance his reelection campaign and accusation he denies they say drug money has made it into the campaign we have to make an effort to end this vote for me and starting november 24th no drugs will intervene a.b.c.l. . is about to become the 1st president of guinea be soured to complete his mandate but as the campaign comes to a close he seems even more determined to hold on to power by any means possible for as long as he can. talk al jazeera. president trump is currently meeting executives from the east cigarette industry and public health advocates at the white house they're discussing plans that he announced in september to ban the flavored cigarettes that caused a drop in sales in the u.s. vaporing in the street but in the last few days trump has backed away from the proposal amid fears that it would cost him voters gabrielle is on the reports from

maryland. a man in a cowboy hat relaxing in the countryside with a cigarette dangling from his lips that so smoking was portrayed back in the 1960 s. in a commercial for barbara's cigarettes highlighting the taste of a cigarette the iconic add ins with the words come to where the flavor is more than 50 years later smoking has changed a lot to bacco users can now smoke through electronic devices it's called beeping and according to the world health organization 41000000 people do it at vapor worldwide in maryland a store that sells all things babying that means business was good with record sales thanks to more than 100 customers a day but that all changed quickly and now we can be as low as 30 to about 60 on the i haven't seen more than 62 people in one day since september 11th that's

the day president donald trump announced he was considering banning some forms of a ping response to several high profile deaths attributed to it at issue is the flavored electronic they being liquid that makes up the different flavors that makes it so popular this is what trump is considering banning here at this baby shop they sell hundreds of different kinds of flavors of the liquid there's blueberry banana mango iced berries lemon just to name a few eric the owner says that the perception that this is dangerous is simply wrong when we read the headlines that people are dying from east cigarettes and. that connotates that they're dying from this from vaporing nicotine liquids nicotine liquids that are regulated by the f.d.a. we know what's inside here but the black market courts are what has killed people made them sick so that to me is the biggest misconception but some health advocates

in the us disagree and are encouraging trump to ban vague being the american lung association knows that the only thing anyone should inhale into their wangs is clean air and tragically we've had misperceptions and misconceptions coming from the e.u. cigarette industry official advice in places like the u.k. remains a debating is much safer than smoking regular cigarettes but the future of the e cigarette industry in the u.s. is now in the hands of president trump gabriels on doe al-jazeera gaithersburg maryland. well staying in the u.s. the launch of tesla's futuristic new electric pickup truck didn't quite go entirely to plan during an ambitious them instructions of its arm or the glass in front of the c.e.o. elon musk. yeah the cyber trucks dramatic angular design drew gasps of astonishment as it rolled out the stage and los

angeles is stainless steel body is supposed to be scratch and dent resistent on its expectations were literally shattered when its glass was put to the test. sure. the. maybe it was a little too hard. i am. now quick reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera the iraqi government is denying reports that at least 3 people were killed when security forces opened fire on protesters earlier in baghdad demonstrators are angry over a mass unemployment and widespread corruption demonstrators have gathered in the lebanese capital beirut as part of ongoing protests calling for political and economic change there the country's also marking its 76th independence day planned

the military parades have been canceled because of the ongoing anti-government demonstrations. u.s. president donald trump says he wants a trial in the republican controlled senate if he is impeached by the house he insists he's done nothing wrong and defended getting his private lawyer rudy giuliani to work on ukraine policy. there was no due process you get have lawyers we can have any witnesses we want to call the whistleblower but you know i want is the 1st witness because frankly i want to you know i could take i could have it you want to try whatever you want oh i would look number one they should never ever impeach just not in the i watch i watch 5 people in your network yesterday say this is nothing new here. benjamin netanyahu is refusing to step down as israeli prime minister after being indicted on corruption charges he's described it

as an attempted coup and launched an attack on law enforcement the judicial system and what he sees as a hostile left wing media. at least 8 pro-democracy protesters who had been holding out at a standoff with riot police at hong kong's polytechnic university have surrendered the campus has been the scene of some of the worst violence in 6 months of protests colombia's the fence ministry says at least 3 people were killed in thursday's protests more than 250000 people marched in the capital bogota and other cities to show growing discontent with president even government the defense minister says the circumstances surrounding the deaths are under investigation there's the headlines up front this next discussing the protests in on call and the detentions of china.

with protests raging in hong kong and a brutal crackdown against muslims in how far is the chinese government willing to go to maintain its iron rule. i made the house and also on the show this week the trumpet ministration announced that it no longer considers israeli settlements in the occupied west bank to be a violation of international law but is there any basis for making such a controversial claim that's out debate but 1st enemies of the people that's what hong kong's chief executive called protesters who have been demanding greater freedom from beijing.