put the opera of course students to my special guests. political debate here on. the white house declares president donald trump one to participate in the next impeachment hearings calling the proceedings basis. hello there i'm a start the attained this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up the search for a new leader in iraq after huge often violent protests forced the resignation of prime minister abdul mahdi. someone shuts down its government in order to help contain a measles outbreak that killed more than 50 people mostly children. and as well

leaders gather for climate talks in spain will explore what's at stake for fragile river systems in kenya. now the white house says it will not take part in the next step of the impeachment inquiry into donald trump the us president had been given until sunday to confirm whether or not he'd send legal representatives to a hearing on wednesday the white house says it will respond separately about a 2nd hearing which has a friday deadline the u.s. president is accused of asking ukraine to investigate political rival joe biden and biden's son in exchange for military aid while it's a busy week ahead for the impeachment inquiry members of the house intelligence committee are due to receive a copy of the impeachment report later on monday it will outline the findings of its investigation into trump's dealings with ukraine they'll have 24 hours to review that report. then they'll be

a vote on tuesday afternoon to move it forward to the next stage that being proceedings in the house judiciary committee which will consider any articles of impeachment against president trump or roslyn jordan is in washington d.c. and she's telling us a little more about the days ahead. the house judiciary committee will be having this open session on wednesday morning here in washington and that's going to be about 12 hours or so after the house intelligence committee actually decides to revote to send the rural results of its 2 week long public hearings to the judiciary committee now there is this deadline at $22.00 g.m.t. on friday where the president's legal team will need to tell the house judiciary committee if they're going to be taking part in hearings that the judiciary committee will be convening not tomorrow on monday here in washington but starting a week from monday and that is another opportunity which house democrats say will

give the president the opportunity to tell his side to bring in witnesses to present evidence as this inquiry continues but it is widely expected here in washington that the white house will once again wait until late on friday to say that they're not going to participate because at least from a political standpoint they are now making the argument that the entire process is fraudulent and that this is nothing more than the democrats trying to undermine the president's efforts at being reelected in 2020. iraq's parliament has approved the resignation of prime minister abdul mahdi and his cabinet weeks of protests against his government have now left more than 400 people dead but demonstrators are still calling for a total overhaul of the political establishment simona felten reports from baghdad . after only 13 months in office iraq's of bethel's prime minister.

has officially stepped down to succession is mired in uncertainty according to the constitution the president is supposed to take up the office of the prime minister until a replacement is chosen but instead. of the mahdi is staying on as part of a caretaker government. the largest bloc in parliament led by shiite cleric mokhtar the outsider must now nominate a replacement within 15 days 6 it's a murky and often lengthy process that requires consent from shia sunni and kurdish parties as well as regional and global power brokers. more than ever the choice would have to be accepted on the streets it's a daunting task for political parties put himself space the wrath of the protestors the harlow. who could not. with the biggest block based on the last parliamentary election we have to nominate a candidate form a government with guidance from al sabah we will cancel sectarian and political

appointments system to give the right to the protesters because the people of the largest block and the demonstrations are where the sacrifice has been made the candidate of the people will be at choices well. but to know the people's choice would require fresh elections a key demand of the protesters who want to do so all over this government. believed in you tears. government or just say that to. make. sure for their cause also. for the politics parties parliament members say that passing these reforms could take up to 6 months we fully accept and fully support the idea of dissolving the parliament and having a fresh election but that you have to know that this there are costs to stop or

seizures 1st we have to go with it we need a government even an interim government a government before holding the elections at this week we are discussing even way past that new electoral law that i have which is overseeing. in their elections in iraq the new election law currently tabled in parliament suggests an increase in the present candidates at least considerable power in the hands of political parties including the ability to choose the prime minister. protos just say that his resignation is meaningless if they kill or choose the next leader themselves they demand a presidential rather than a parliamentary system whereby the head of state is elected by popular vote a demand that has thus far been ignored by the political establishment see one of 14 al-jazeera but. at least 14 people have been shot and killed during an attack on a church an eastern became a faster gunman opened fire during mass in

a village near the border with nice hair groups linked to al qaeda and i saw have become much more active in eastern bikini fastow this year. now someone as prime minister is shutting down the government and ordering as many state workers as possible to help deal with the spiraling measles outbreak there so far at least 53 people have died on the pacific island most of them young children schools have already been ordered to close and travel is being restricted as many as 100 people are still falling ill every day james nichols is with unicef astray and he joins us now from sydney james i see that someone has some of the lowest immunization rates for measles in the entire region it is that what's caused this. yes that is the. general situation and vaccination coverage has been quite low for some time. and you see it has been working with the government of smart and also. countries such as the kingdom up in this current outbreak of measles and why is it so low

in in somewhere in comparison to some of the other countries in the region like tongan fiji. the reason that the vaccination coverage is so low is because primarily it's a simple answer and that is parents haven't been getting their children vaccinated and so now there is a national. campaign underway with mobile outreach to means and special that is going around the country and so far in this campaign the ministry of health has successfully vaccinations more than $33000.00 individuals in both who can survive so the campaign is well underway and we hope that this situation will be addressed as soon as possible james i say that the some one government only declared a national emergency more than a month after the fast measles death so how has the response by the government to

this outbreak impacted the spread. well there has been a response literally from the 1st day of the of the outbreak and unity said has been working very closely with the government and the world health organization and also with other partners such as the australian department of foreign affairs and trade and new zealand ministry of foreign affairs and trade in mounting a response so it's clear to me that the response has been switched. 580-0000 additional vaccines of missiles for measles has been flown into that region and 150000 doses of mabel's vaccines have arrived in some are since the 1st of october and this includes syringes the boxes and as well as supplies of white woman i which are vital in responding to such an outbreak so things are definitely on the way but obviously with more deaths this is

a tragedy this is really an emergency still and we're not out of it yet james what more could the government be doing at this stage you're talking about more immunizations but i see we're also now looking at a potential lockdown of a christmas instructions on travel possibly even canceling church said this isn't and sam was a very christian country. i think the government is doing what it should be right now and it is coordinating with its partners in the region and it's doing everything here that it possibly can i think right now by increasing the vaccination campaign it is also doing well i think to start to generate a communication campaign and unicef and the world health organization have prepared a communication tool kit which is going out to the whole region in fact to educate audiences about the risks of missiles and also the importance of that to nations so

their communication campaign is actually targeting travelers the general public and also health workers so things differently moving we need to get more supplies into the country to try to stem this outbreak as much as possible and we wish you all the best with that james nichols there from unicef astray speaking to us from sydney thanks james now history is foreign minister says china's treatment of a detained a stray in chinese writer is unacceptable pro-democracy advocate young john has been held in beijing since january suspected of spying marie spain says yan's being interrogated daily while shackled and is pushing for him to be freed patrick period as a straight here is amnesty international's china reception he's pushing for more international pressure on beijing. for spying the spur notch that actually can mean a very serious punishment if convicted. like even of to life in prison for

example so i think like the problem is like how he is treated is quite typical of dissidents in china and they have no access to lawyers and family and it makes it like a very big very vulnerable to. high resource torture and other treatment and then now was to what is a lie hurt from this case to treatment has already happened so i think it is something what concerns us most is how we can push china more to allow him at least to have meetings with his lawyers but if we have more boisterous from other countries and also at the united nations it can help the case to have a high profile and china has no choice but to respond to it of course on the surface they would always like

a response by saying they have been using very tactful lawful and very legal means to deal with the case but actually live where we see how international pressure can help to put more pressure on china are still ahead. the controversy swirling around a journalist so mad forces mountains prime minister to quit trust. i'm andrew thomas in northern china and that is part of the power of siberia pipeline about to bring billions of cubic meters of gas from russia to china and it's a project as much about politics as economics. has the pope valley in northern italy got wet on sunday but the next system is one

to get notice the tail of it is that she wrapped around itself in western france it's contains a lot of atlantic air but it's going to draw in something much cold is a position overnight between sunday and monday spreading eastwards the northern flank produces snow even on low ground such that the daytime mex from during monday in vienna is 3 in belize for war sorts one with really cool things down his courses south to 6 in ankara 14 in athens and is a bit of a breeze to go with in london despite the sunshine now to take you to say the breezes less the temperatures haven't changed a lot zurich $72.00 but the sun is rather more prevalent as the snow than runs down further south through the balkans towards north greased are some of that's going to spill across as it always does into morocco so rebuts got a wet day 16 on monday and that extends a long ways through morocco towards our area just crossing the border i think during tuesday really is for about they get to rather poor days now as dry as the

south bronx or tropical africa more or less we start to see the hamas in that northeasterly breeze comes through it hasn't done much yet because you can see from the skies 40 view these are the cloudy or blue. the world's largest oil producer has failed to trade on a foreign stock. transparency valuation over ambition want to happen or the world's largest oil producer and you don't. investigate. the middle east most potent economic when the saudi aramco company and the state. on al-jazeera.

again i missed. a reminder of our top stories this hour the white house says it will not take part in the next step of the impeachment inquiry into donald trump it describes the proceedings as baseless. iraq's parliament has approved the resignation of prime minister out of the mahdi and his cabinet and weeks of protest against his government have left more than 400 people dead. and someone's prime minister is shutting down the government and ordering as many state workers as possible to help deal with the spiraling measles outbreak at least 53 people have died on the pacific island most of them young children. now world leaders are gathering in spain for climate talks and they're being warned that the wild is fast

approaching the point of no return u.n. chief antonio tara's also says efforts so far to stop global warming have been utterly inadequate with the cup 25 talks about to begin in madrid mariana holmes looks at what stood in the way of action so far nations have had their differences over how to keep our planet cool but the need to weigh well that something they have long agreed on will date as did that back in 1992 at the youth summit in rio de janeiro signing up to the u.n. framework convention on climate change even in the ninety's they recognised through this international treaty that climate change was a problem that human activity was the driving force and that we all need to weigh. but what the treaty didn't address was how to reconcile the different interests of every nation on this planet so every year since 995 the conference of the parties to that treaty what we now refer to as the co-op have come together to try to work

it all out thousands of observers have joined them there's been debate negotiation a lot of science a lot of jargon and some major disagreements which makes the deal in paris in 2015 all the more remarkable countries united behind limiting warming the same tree to well below true degrees celsius above pre-industrial levels ideally one and a half they pledged to reduce emissions and developed nations committed to a $100000000000.00 a year fund by 2020 to help poorer nations adept and develop a new planet friendly way last year they agreed to most though not all of the rules on how to do it all with an eye on 2020 when they will lay be a what they have done and plenty to question missions which is why what happens in 2019 really matches if rich nations failed to deliver on that $100000000000.00

climate finance revived disputes with the developing nations over emissions of countries fail to agree on coven trading roles with bipolar as pay for their emissions it could interrupt the world's transition to clean energy and if nations fail to commit to new more ambitious pledges well that could undermine faith in the cup itself donald trump's plan to pull the united states out of the paris agreement late next year isn't helping and carbon emissions is still on the rise but as it stands every nation is at the table and politicians are still being confronted by the science no matter how unpalatable some i find it. the years warmed by half a degree celsius and the 20 years after that 1st cup meeting and $995.00 but despite some fictions the cup is the only multilateral climate for and we have when

nations can work on their differences and right now the future of our planet depends on it while africa is already struggling with the effects of climate change and as nick clark reports from kenya it's the water supply that's especially at risk. if you join me alongside the mara river in kenya and we're ready to demonstrate the kind of thing that's at stake in madrid now the rhythm are emerges from the foothills of the mouth of forest to go on and flow through the mass i'm our game reserve and into the serengeti national park and then it flows into lake victoria 200 kilometers away downstream and the whole river basin is worth economically around $7000000000.00 a year from agriculture to tourism it is a vital water supply for more than a 1000000 people nearly 2000000 head of cattle and a spectacular a ray of wildlife it's home to one of nature's greatest spectacles the will the bees migration man and animal rely on the river mara flowing all the year round and

yet it's like waterways around the world it's in trouble because of climate change earlier this year the river nearly disappeared completely in the dry season and it's not for the 1st time in recent years and in the wet season rain is falling with more intensity recent floods in northern kenya have killed 120 and displaced 18000 people through and deforestation soil degradation and pollution and you have a toxic mix. well earlier i spoke to kevin koe shangri from w w f he runs a program to restore the mar river basin you have to understand that there might arriba is there even that sustains the maddest and get across the east and it's actually the only river that flows permanently yet i revise that to have seasonal so we might everybody stops flowing there'd be a very big problem in that might i sort of get to cause this to some study tells us that the wildlife populations would crash to almost a year possible level so we have 2 weeks of climate change talks going on now in

madrid what the regions like these need to come from those talks i think the most important thing to come from those talks is a global commitment for me to get on because it's very likely we can do enough reka or mitigation but we understand it's a global problem that needs to be handled at a global level and we also need to look at optician for in the case of africa the communities around america basically to be able to cope with effects of climate change so i think the most important would be a multi-pronged approach ensuring that we have better commitment for me to get on and also ensuring that up to show these down to ensure that we question our communities against the effects of climate change well in recent weeks there's been an almost constant flood of sunshine that we're not even close to doing what we need to do to reduce emissions and even stabilize the situation that is the urgency of the position the climate delegations face in madrid and you would think that with the growing public recognition of the dangers ahead that world leaders would

do what is required madrid must build momentum because in places like this time is running out. well as those climate talks begin russia and china are hoping that a massive new gas pipeline will help them use a less coal andrew thomas reports from northern china. life is tough along china's border with siberia it's minus 12 degrees celsius there's not much industry not many jobs most around here use coal to cook and their homes. play burning coal it's obviously very dirty it's polluting and also a lot of physical work but 2 big infrastructure projects are bringing change 1st is this bridge opening next year it crosses the a more river frozen at the moment the river divide russia and china the bridge will

link the cities of blago vesture nest and her. i'm walking on the construction of the bridge i feel proud when i tell friends while the contributors. but it's the 2nd project that is the most significant this is one of the most remote parts of china and just a kilometer or 2 over there is one of the most remote parts of russia and now linking that so is this pipeline it's an economic projects of course but it's all about politics to the power of siberia a pipeline is about to deliver gas from russia to cities across china it's cost 55000000000 dollars and on the russian side stretches more than 3000 kilometers the pipeline through china will eventually reach shanghai almost 3000 kilometers to the south but china it means well priced energy that's relatively clean but. other than for heating natural gas can be used to generate power is much better

than oil and coal it has much less pollution and if you were even. ns of c o 2 for russia the project is unlikely to make much money as the only feasible custom of the gas from russia's eastern fields china bargained hard russia was keen because it is facing resistance to its plans to export more gas to europe some european countries and the united states have tried to block development of a new pipeline to germany they think it will leave europe too dependent on russian gas so russia wants to shore up its strategic ally to the east but china to more russian gas means less reliance on liquefied natural gas shipments from the united states and middle eastern countries potentially employed by u.s. policy the pipeline then is a strategic link as much as one about money to thomas al-jazeera her in northern china protesters in india have held more vigils for 27 year old woman who was raped

and murdered near hyderabad an angry crowd gathered outside the police station where 4 men are being held in connection with her death there are also been peaceful protests elsewhere in the country campaigners want tougher laws against such crimes. now suriname as president has returned to his country after a court found him guilty of murder while on an official trip to china a military tribunal has sentenced to 20 years in prison for the murder of 15 political opponents in 1902 when he was the country's military leader it has yet to issue an order for his arrest but as he says he is the victim of a political game thousands of protesters known as sardines have rallied in milan against the far right league party the saudi enrichment has become a symbol of resistance to the party's controversial leader matteo salvini salvini served as interior minister and deputy prime minister in the previous coalition

government between his party and the 5 star movement. an albanian there has resigned over comments she made about the death toll from last week's deadly earthquake the mayor of the city of duras which was one of the hardest hit areas sparked outrage when she said she was quote satisfied only 50 people died in the quake tuesday's magnitude 6.4 quake also left thousands homeless. now malta's prime minister joseph muscat says he'll step down next month after being engulfed in a crisis surrounding the matter of a journalist daphne chronicle it say was killed 2 years ago in a car bombing catto lopez haria reports it covered up i know my age is definitely in the defiant and under pressure to resign malta's prime minister josef most that announced on national television that he's stepping down and that the president particle board is done i will write to the president of the labor party so that the process for a new leader is sit for january 12th 2020 that day i will resign as the leader of

the labor party in the days after i will resign as prime minister stated by the club to stop. the. hours before his announcement thousands of protesters demanded he resign saying he's too close to people implicated in the murder of journalist daphne could wanna go lease you. can use to resign the sooner the better even for his own political party it's it's better right now it's. so mess it's a big mess the journalist was killed in 2017 when a bomb went off in her car at the time of the murder she was looking into secret accounts of some of malta of elite. at the heart of the murder probe isn't this man you're going to fenech is a prominent businessman with ties to government ministers he pleaded not guilty after being charged with being complicit in the murder of the journalist joseph must guard is very close friends with his now former chief of staff can be

can be last week was arrested a couple of times in connection with the murder caged embry had secret offshore accounts with york and senate. the resignation of top level officials has done little to calm the end or the demand is now that the prime minister and leave immediately there have been some insinuations that he has the ball. generous and is that is just. the people. he. was once highly popular among voters you promise that he didn't corruption now an investigation into murder and corruption has ended his premiership. al-jazeera. and venice a referendum to break away from the nearby mainland city of mystra has failed a 50 percent turnout was needed for it to be valid but not enough people voted

campaigners had said independents would help the city deal with problems like overwhelming tourism and flooding high water levels have again paralyze the city so they haven't reached the record seen on nov 12th. you can find much more on our website including our ongoing coverage of the trump and peach mint inquiry at al-jazeera dot com. this is al-jazeera and these are the headlines the white house says it will not to take part in the next step of the impeachment inquiry into donald trump and describes the proceedings as baseless rather than jordan is in washington d.c. with more well the lawyer who was speaking for the u.s. president donald trump a man named that will any said in a letter to gerri detweiler who was the chair of the house stooges theory committee that this is not just a fraudulent investigation against the president and his administration but that

the committee even though it says it's trying to be transparent and to provide the president to unity to defend himself is doing that iraq's parliament has approved the resignation of prime minister. and his cabinet weeks of protests against his government have left more than 400 people dead. someone as prime minister is shutting down the government and ordering as many as state workers as possible to help deal with a spiraling measles outbreak at least 53 people have died on the pacific island most of them young children. a stray is foreign minister says china's treatment of a detained a stray in chinese writer is unacceptable pro-democracy advocate young hang join has been held in beijing since january suspected of spying marie spain said youngs being interrogated daily while shackled and is pushing for him to be freed. malta's prime minister joseph muscat says he will stand down in january he's and gulf in

a scandal surrounding his government's handling of the murder of a journalist 2 years ago the president particularly still i will write to the president of the labor party so that the process for a new leader is sit for january 12th 2020 day i will resign is the leader of the labor party in the days after i will resign as prime minister. protesters in india have held more vigils for 27 year old woman who was raped and murdered near hyderabad an angry crowd gathered outside the police station where 4 men are being held in connection with head death campaign is they are calling for tougher laws and broader change in society. well those are the headlines do join me for more news here on al-jazeera after inside story stay with us. on counting because what started the protests in ecuador could it be a multi-billion dollar load pro-tax be given if the corporation stare is it worth

while in the lobby and is a part of the economic policy did it help to recover from its last decade. counting the cost. they are pompous but germany's social democrats have just elected new leaders who want to leave angela merkel's grand coalition so that the chancellor save her government what does this uncertainty mean for germany and for europe this is inside story. hello welcome to the program i'm adrian figure in germany a social democrat so s.p.d. of chosen to leaders who want to leave angela merkel's grand coalition many of the party members say they want to focus on rebuilding support in.