there are. more questions for the white house over ukraine the state department is forced to release documents that show trump's lawyer was in close contact with the secretary of state. and live from london also coming up. dozens killed and dozens more feared missing not to landslides sweep away villages in western kenya. u.s. vice president mike pence makes an unannounced visit to iraq to reassure kurdish allies 2 months after the u.s. pullout from syria. and thousands march in france to highlight the hidden problems

of domestic violence against women. how the u.s. state department has released records related to its dealings with ukraine it was made public after a lawsuit by an ethics watchdog the documents confirmed multiple contacts between ukraine secretary of state might pompei o and president donald trump's personal lawyer rudy giuliani it supports testimony at the impeachment inquiry that senior officials were in the loop on efforts to pressure kiev into investigating trump's presidential rival joe biden john hendren is in washington and joins us there now so what are the most significant elements to emerge from this release of information. well it's a damning pack of about $100.00 pages and it suggests there's a larger cast of characters involved in president trump's pressure campaign on

ukraine in here we find out that twice in march rudy giuliani the president's private lawyer was speaking to the secretary of state now that's interesting because giuliani had been sent to ukraine to do essentially opposition research to find out dirt essentially on joe biden who the president expected to be his chief political rival in 2020 what is interesting here is that with judith giuliani coordinating with pompei oh and he's doing it through the white house assistant madeleine wester hout that this suggests that the organs of government were involved in this effort and that is important this happened just days before the ambassador to ukraine marie your vantage was removed from office she was seen as somebody who was not cooperative with giuliani's efforts so all of this just feeds into the reporting that we're hearing from the impeachment inquiry that there was a coordinated effort as ambassador gordon saw in linda bassett or to the european

union said in testimony on wednesday everybody in the administration all the senior leaders knew that the u.s. was was trying to engage in a quid pro quo exchanging military aid to ukraine for a promise that they would publicly announce that they would investigate joe biden. and that also a number of senior officials were directly aware of that and these calls drop connect those dots and suggest in fact that pump a 0 himself was involved and given all that time that this this information a submission came from a freedom of information request how does it play into the impeachment inquiry itself. well it's helpful to the impeachment inquiry because the white house is not cooperating the white house's position is that that inquiry is not legitimate and so no one in the administration has to either testify although several have and they don't have to supply documents so documents like this have not been turned over to congress so when this outside group filed

a freedom of information act that was a completely different process and the state department normally would release that as long as it met certain criteria so this suggests an other avenue where congress might be able to go for information but the the issue there is congress could probably win access to this information and the testimony of other people in lawsuits but those take years we're only a year away from the next election and members of congress want to speedily engage in this in peace pietschmann process there's word that by the end of this year the house wants to have articles of impeachment that then would be tried in the senate so time is running out and every little bit of information like this is helpful to that process john 100 thank you very much indeed at least 36 people have been killed by a landslide in western kenya heavy rains caused over night flooding in several remote villages in the west region biscuits have been put on hold because bridges and roads to feed washed away over 30 people are missing. say the disaster is

unprecedented. meeting at least reclining and oscar ca is a local journalist covering the story he gave us this update so far only 2 people are missing and a total of 4 been recovered tonight a plan by iraq and when a village gives in the book called at the local court the boat is in there with it but don't we have not accurately report this because albeit but the ball rolled

through within a bit county currently we had about romano in the breach we had the cutoff and then i think it would be obvious about going up in a bit odd that the area bit that plays out to be quote a little bit heavy down for that big city and the area. here's why president mike pence has made an unannounced visit to iraq where he's met the leader of the country's kurdish region president. a senior u.s. official says the trip is to reassure iraqi kurds may remain washington's allies last month turkey launched an offensive into kurdish territory in syria not long after the u.s. withdrew most of its forces from the region early appends landed it assad base he says he addressed the ongoing protests in

a call with iraq's prime minister. regarding our conversations with prime minister ahmadi we we spoke about the under arrest that's been taking place in recent weeks here in iraq he assured me that they were working. to avoid violence with the kind of repression that we see taking place even as we speak in around the he pledged to me that. they would work to. protect and respect peaceful protesters as is a part of the democratic process here in iraq i also encourage them to listen to those who are protesting and their call for reform when one person has been killed in the capital baghdad when security forces tried to stop protests is reaching the central bank. and the. security forces fired tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters

a number of people were injured some demonstrators threw molotov cocktails and stones at least 300 people have been killed since protests began in early october sparked by anger at widespread corruption and mass unemployment. at least 10 people have been killed in a car bombing in the northern syrian border city of tell a bad several more were wounded in the attack in an industrial area of the city which is controlled by turkish backed fight is. seen some of the heaviest fighting since the since akron on a military offensive against kurdish y.p. g. forces along the border last month. israel's opposition leader benny gantz is once again called on prime minister benjamin netanyahu to resign over corruption charges for those into now saying on friday that he would not step down over the 3 indictments calling it an attempted coup escalations tip from iran khan is in tel aviv for us so tell us more about what gunns has been saying. well against time to

statement perfectly full the evening news and this was very much a message not just to the israeli electorate but to the likud party he said itself as he spoke in that building just behind me here in the television expo center where he had an office of prime minister benjamin netanyahu take a look at what you had to say. we agreed for another liquid member to lead as i said before the whole of that will lead to government as the election results decided so the idea is that the prime minister benjamin netanyahu will be appalled all of the government but he won't have any ministries and certainly won't be prime minister instead what benny gantz is suggesting is that he fights his cool cases and then studies result that they can take a look at any idea of a power sharing agreement and anything that might take place in the future between the could and the blue and white party whether that's going to be acceptable to

netanyahu remains to be seen but the entire game at the moment seems to be avoiding a 3rd alexion we're in a period of about 17 days left where any member of the knesset can try and form a government if that doesn't happen then the country goes to a 3rd election which is what all the politicians seemingly are trying to avoid so this was not a generous offer to netanyahu but very practical one to try and avoid going to a 3rd election that see what the prime minister has to say about this he's also under a tremendous amount of pressure from within his own the khud party as well gideon saw is a pretender to these rallies throwing and he says he wants the likud party to have a primary election in 10 election and to choose a new leader and to move on with the process of forming a government so netanyahu under a tremendous amount of pressure right imran khan thank you very much. watching out there live from london still ahead the internet in iran is back online

a week after the government shut down the service in response to a wave of protests. activists call for justice in the philippines 10 years after the country's worst political massacre. hello again welcome back to international weather forecasts where we have been tracking a storm system all the way from the atlantic now across parts of the mediterranean and into western europe for several days now you can see the clouds right here extending from the u.k. all the way down to the northern part of africa as we go toward sunday we're going to be still dealing with some very heavy rain and very gusty winds across much of this area the flood threat from northern italy to southern italy as well as around the adriatic is still going to be heightened as the system slowly makes its way towards the east from sunday to monday we start to see

a little bit of break with the storm system particularly up here towards the north but as you can see down here across much of greece it is going to be a wet day for athens tempter there of about 19 degrees in terms of the rain though it is going to be significant as i said up here across parts of northwestern italy france as well as down here across southern italy some areas could be seeing well over 250 millimeters over the next 3 days well that same storm system is going to be a big factor here across parts of algeria we're going to be seeing some very windy conditions also for tunisia as well and those winds will continue down here across much of the south wins for algiers continuing today as well as into the weekend on tuesday we're looking at calmer winds with a temperature of 20 degrees. leaks stories generate fountains of headlights these portraits 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 days and me 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 out there with the listening post on al-jazeera. television or none of the top stories here are. u.s. state department has released records related to its dealings with ukraine the documents confirm multiple contacts between ukraine sector state might compare and president donald trump's personal lawyer rudy giuliani. at least 36 people have

been killed by a landslide in western kenya dozens more are feared missing heavy rains caused overnight flooding in several remote villages in the west polka creature. and u.s. vice president mike pence has made an unannounced visit to iraq where he's met the leader of the country's kurdish region president nasheed. a senior u.s. official says the trip is to reassure iraqi kurds they remain washington's allies. their security concerns in burundi 6 months ahead of schedule general elections opposition leaders say there's a climate of fear and intimidation against anybody critical of the governing party the u.n. issued a warning in september the government tells our jazeera the election will be free and fair catherine story reports from the former capital and largest city would you . well to get the buy when you can to cross memories of what happened 4 years ago remains row for this man he tells us his young son was shot by police while on his

way to buy bread. riots started in 2015. and worn a 3rd tom but his opponents say it was unconstitutional street protests a failed coup vigilante like attacks and assassinations threatened to tear the country apart another election is due next year and the be real father says people are still being intimidated by security forces and members of the ruling party you've been called in one at a. number i am talking to you is putting at risk if the police know what i'm talking on my find out and tell i can be arrested or was killed. people here have not forgotten buddha's history of war at this ceremony they celebrate men and women who fought in another conflict in the 1990 s. the fighting stopped after an armed opposition group brought president to power he

promised civil liberties ethnic cohesion and improving people's livelihoods and the height of the people could not because of him and 5 president and other of the illusionary craighead bring peace and keeping the country relatively stable but now people appear him. they were right here for almost 2 years ago. for saying. all those things on the run. i just have one word they just need to. repent. spreading false and on the run they're not here to see what we're in that is now and what evolution and what progress. the people have made. some opposition leaders say bru indians have no freedom to express themselves many have been forced into exile and

independent media organizations remain shut many people in the musician. justs trampling on the constitution and nothing. they are trying to to secure our space only soon the day of the and its allies and others are suppressed. this father who lost his son so brutally hopes politics will not drive the country to the edge again catherine sorry al-jazeera. iran has restored internet access after the government imposed a shut down last week in response to widespread protests and demonstrations began after the government increased fuel prices by up to 200 percent and this international says more than 100 demonstrators have been killed by security forces a figure rejected by iran's government. has the latest from tehran. as of this

moment it's back up to 70 percent and that's up from 5 percent when it was shut down last week that was following demonstrations and riots that took place as a result of the announcement by the government of a fuel price increase of up to 50 percent now that was a very sophisticated shutdown according to analysts that iran has made to shut down the internet inside the country stopping people from communicating outside of iran but the internal network inside the country still was up and running so banks could carry out transactions you could order taxis and absent access news websites within the country those are based inside the country but we still don't know how many people died during this last week now the official iranian counters 12 that's including security forces amnesty international has put the figure as over 100 now iran denies denies and rejects that figure but businesses have been affected to exchange currency exchanges a travel agent's people trying to communicate with family outside the country now

iran says it was necessary to maintain stability in the country but what they did manage to do is stop people communicating organizing and sharing videos of those demonstrations not only within iran but outside iran to thousands of people have been marching across france to highlight the problem of domestic violence against women from says one of europe's highest rates of domestic violence so far this year 116 women have been killed by current or former partners a report released this month found that french police and the justice system often failed to protect women let's talk about the report. joanna tilly thought she'd finally escape her violent partner when she moved out of their home with their children she'd suffered years of abuse but then one day in september he killed or join his friends in the northern french city of love say her murder made them determined to help other victims of domestic violence so they teamed up and launched a telephone helpline they've been flooded with calls. when we saw how joanna had

tried hard to get help her death made us think we have to do something we have to be heard there are some organizations that help but it's not enough. in our city join a story touched a shocked many people to raise the awareness we hope our suspicion will get people talking. it was outside her local supermarket the joanna tilly was fatally stabbed by her former partner in front of her 3 young children just weeks before her murder she filed a complaint with police but they've done little to help. a woman is killed by her partner or ex partner every other day in france many others face daily physical sexual and emotional abuse campaigners say that even though violence against women is widespread police judges and prosecutors rarely take it seriously every woman knows because she heard that sure not nobody is going to listen to her go there is already the culture that if you go to the police you're not going to be understood

you're not going to be listened and your case is going to be closed. for months sees activists in paris have been running an underground campaign after dark they put up antiviolence feminist messages in the street as people realize that this is mass killing disguised as crimes of passion one of our messages says you will never kill because of love so we're raising public awareness and often women who are suffering violent tell us these messages help them to. the french government is working. no new legislation to tackle violence against women but campaigners say the proposal so far failed to address the root causes of the abuse they say what's needed is to change attitudes to women and better educate children and adults domestic abuse often thrives because it is hidden these striking messages of bringing the problem out into the open where it can't be ignored natasha partner

al-jazeera paris and in russia a small rally was held against a new bill which targets domestic violence russia doesn't currently have a specific specific domestic violence legislation but this new bill would crack down on harassment and give stricter penalties for violating restraining orders conservative critics say the law would represent state interference in family issues. thousands of students in india's capital are again protesting against an increase in the cost of campus housing demonstrations have been going on for $2.00 weeks on monday about $100.00 students were detained during a march towards parliament bunch of laura has more from new delhi. thousands of students. must keep. protesting on the streets say the government must back the proposed fee hike the fees and freeze they would have to pay the trouble for all the accommodation in the

university b.c. that many of the students at the university as many as 40 percent from very humble backgrounds if the fees increase the students have no choice but to give up education. they see that they have more to lose if the feet high is excluded back if not better if properly funded is a person i would not. walk through probably a call from the national guard to my status now i am pushing my fiancee. and sooths for the politicians if they're not this is not something they want because. they don't want them there wanting to be very carefully controlled and old enough this university has produced many intellectuals including the last debate prize winner in economics for the students they are also being out another war with the current government in india which is offering the nationalist

party and many of the students lean towards the left the supporters of the current government say that many of these students are seditious the students say all of them really fighting for is their right to dissent. after 10 years families of the victims of the philippines worst political massacre so they may get justice a verdict is expected next month in the trial of $100.00 suspects accused of killing $58.00 people including 32 journalists and we don't in again reports from manila. it is the single deadliest attack against journalists in global history and one of the philippines the worst incidents of political violence on the vendor 232-0098 group of gunmen working for a powerful political clan in the southern philippines herded everyone in the convoy to a hilltop and executed them $58.00 people were killed $32.00 of them were journalists

they were on their way to cover a local electoral event they were shot multiple times and were buried in mass graves using a backhoe the basic facts of the case are undisputed the armed men were working for the powerful but 2 and clan state forces were also implicated to have. my wife subject and things they shot her on her breast her pretty big bird such and they were going to cruelty my siblings were killed to expect nothing more than a conviction for all the major suspects at the very least when it happened we all saw the group. we got. into are just popping. it was a violence that shocked the international community and yet 10 years on not a single conviction has been made 'd this is

a case that has been complicated from the beginning with over 300 facts over 100 of them are in jail but over 8 of the accused remain large the judge hearing the case as the supreme court for more time and. high court has granted her request giving her until december 23rd under it is that. journalists and activists remember there's callie they hope for a conviction for all suspects the see it will act like a beam of light at a time of political darkness 2 governments have come and gone but the culture of impunity continues this spike to being threatened it with their lives filipino journalists continue to hold the powerful accountable with courage and conviction to melun dokken al-jazeera manila japan and south korea have agreed to hold

a summit next month in the latest sign of improving diplomatic relations the foreign ministers from both countries held talks in japan on saturday the summit will focus on japanese atrocities inflicted on koreans during the 2nd world war it's a longstanding issue that's put a strain on relations south korea extended an intelligence pact with japan on friday and tokyo responded by agreeing to resume trade talks. security is being stepped up ahead of hong kong local elections on sunday voting is due to start in a few hours time is said to be the 1st major indication of public sentiment for in months of increasingly violent pro-democracy protests right reports. coming amid unprecedented unrest everyone agrees this will be an election like no other. many seats are being contested by a new generation of candidates some molded by the protest movement. and wing an independent is out on bail after being arrested and charged for unlawful

assembly. people have been paying close attention to the process the excessive use of force by police and the arrests and they've been studying the views of the candidates on these things and making up their minds in a city of 7000000 people a record 4000000 have registered to vote. you know yeah it's tough we don't know which side to take but beijing is in charge in any case the all signs indicate that the pro-democracy parties are poised to win a big victory come to goshen i got it but this is important for hong kong people it's like an opinion poll normally dominated by local issues they said election will instead focus on the much bigger question of hong kong's relationship with mainland china. with pro china parties having the majority of seats up for election they are seen as having the most to lose given the groundswell of anti-government

feeling pro-democracy candidates are contesting every seat with thousands of new young voters registering for the 1st time the probe aging camp seems to be bracing itself for losses this year the elections have been highly politicized and violence have become a central issue and there are people for and against so local issues sidelined campaigning on the streets the bad the scars of months of unrest leo chu is a candidate for the democratic party. he's not hopeful about the chances of this vote forcing the government to concede on any of the protesters demands i do not have a very strong and not the mistake of mine about they were care about the people. they both. are in this direction but that's why it is to. important matters to the international community that people but people are thinking in hong kong. this

ballot will likely prove the strength of feeling in this deeply polarized city the question then will be watching impact it has on the escalating violence of mcbride al jazeera hong kong. quick reminder the top stories here on our syria u.s. state department has released records related to its dealings with ukraine the documents were made public after a lawsuit by an ethics watchdog they confirmed multiple contacts between ukraine sector state might compare and president donald trump's personal lawyer rudy giuliani it supports testimony at the impeachment inquiry that senior officials were in the loop on efforts to pressure here into investigating trump's presidential rival joe biden. at least 36 people have been killed by a landslide in western kenya heavy rains caused overnight flooding in several

remote villages in the west polka region rescue efforts have been put on hold because bridges and roads have been washed away u.s. vice president like pence has made an unannounced visit to iraq where he's met the leader of the country's kurdish region president now. a senior u.s. official says the trip to erbil is to reassure iraqi kurds they remain washington's allies. and. one person has been killed in the iraqi capital baghdad when security forces tried to stop protesters from reaching the central bank security forces fired tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters and a number of people were injured. israel's opposition leader benny gantz has once again called on prime minister benjamin netanyahu to resign over corruption charges it follows that netanyahu saying on friday that he would not step down over the 3

indictments calling it an attempted coup. the whole of we agreed for another liquid member to lead as i said before the whole of and will lead the government as the election results decided. and he's 10 people have been killed in a car bombing in the northern syrian border city of tel aviv several were wounded in the attack in an industrial area of the city which is controlled by turkish backed fighters iran has restored internet access off of the government imposed a shutdown last week in response to widespread protests and demonstrations began after the government increased fuel prices by up to 200 percent. there's the headlines to stay with us. and this new post is up next in a bit i think. great

israeli airstrikes in gaza still 700 i think that's right like. that clash. i'm. fighting for his. freedom hello i'm richard ginsberg and you're at the listening post here are some of the media stories we're covering this week cause and effect there are hard stakes electoral politics playing out in israel and palestinians are paying the price yet again do you tubers chronicling and powering the protests in algeria pulling the plug on the internet in iran the authorities there impose one of the biggest blackouts anywhere and americans living under don't.