an exclusive documentary syria the last assignment on al-jazeera. i democracy is what is it stick the president leaves us no choice but to act because you see below he says the u.s. house of representatives will proceed with filing impeachment charges against president front for abusing his power russia hopes it's a hoax and under threat of hoax. i'm maryanne demasi in london here with al-jazeera also coming up on the program another shocking crime in india where a rape victim has been set on fire on her way for a court hearing. and scenes on the streets of paris as france is hit

by a major nationwide strike sparked by president backgrounds pension reforms. and samoa shuts down his medical teams that race to vaccinate as many people as possible to stop a debt and measles outbreak. welcome to the program our top story a historic step in the united states speaker nancy pelosi is asked house of representatives to draft articles of impeachment formal charges against president donald trump she said he had abused his power for his own political benefit by withholding military aid in a bid to get ukraine to investigate his political rival the democrat joe biden well this move sets off the police the official process for a vote in the house of representatives it's expected to polish the democrat chamber before christmas it then heads to a full trial in the republican dominate. senate to find him guilty 2 thirds of

senate would need to agree with these charges which is something people expect to happen castro reports now from washington. it's official sadly but with confidence and humility with allegiance to our founders and a heart full of love for america today i am asking our chairman to proceed with articles of impeachment. donald trump will become the 4th president in u.s. history to face formal impeachment charges that could remove him from office the facts are uncontested the president abused his power for his own personal political benefit at the expense of our national security by withholding military aid and crucial oval office meeting in exchange for an announcement of an investigation

into his political rival the white house says democrats are abusing their power and lying to the american people are you referring to the right are usually buying up on your legacy no matter the president it's a hoax or big fat 0 x. now with the big question in washington is what these articles of impeachment will be a report by the house intelligence committee makes a case for abuse of power and of struction of congress stemming from the ukraine investigation but then there are still those lingering concerns from the earlier russia investigation. into why special counsel robert muller told congress that while there was no evidence trump had colluded with russia to win the 2016 election there may be grounds that he obstructed justice and what about total exoneration if you actually totally exonerate the press you know the muller's appearance had little impact and the very next day trump told the president of ukraine over the

phone that muller had quote a poor performance then according to the call transcript trump asked for an investigation into his political rival constitutional scholars called by democrats have testified that trumps impeachable offenses go beyond the ukraine phone call call i think the way you need to ask about this is how does it fit into the pattern of behavior by the president republicans counter democrats have been trying to remove trump since the day he took office they've always wanted to impeach the president why. i'm at their words watching at their actions watching what they have done the democratic majority in the house will likely vote to impeach trent before christmas then the senate dominated by the president's own party will put trump state on trial in the new here heidi to castro al-jazeera washington. more now from mike hanna who is following the story for us from washington and mike what's the reaction there ben to this move by nancy pelosi were expecting her to

make this announcement it is a historic move it is indeed certainly there's widespread recognition of exactly how historic this is remembering that only 2 presidents in u.s. history have been impeached that was bill clinton and andrew johnson a 3rd to richard nixon resigned before his impeachment trial began but certainly it is appearing that they will be an impeachment trial off the president and that will take place of course in the senate under the chairmanship of the chief justice but before that it's the articles of impeachment that have to be written up the spy the house judicial committee and here is going to be the critical point exactly what are these articles going to be the question is whether the house will focus on the narrow issue of ukraine or whether it will widen our the obstruction of justice charges to include those mentioned in that more than $300.00 page robert miller

report that heidi as you cast through referred to in her reporting there so certainly in the next few days this is what is going to be watched very closely is exactly what the articles of impeachment say and just take us through the process itself because the inquiry has now moved from the house intelligence committee to the house judiciary committee what are the the sort of factors that have changed now from this process continues. well of course it stays within the house at this particular point there are 6 house committees that will now consider all the evidence leading to this possible impeachment they will then submit a report to the house judiciary committee that will all happen within the next few days and the house judiciary committee will then sit and draw up formally these articles of impeachment those articles will then go to the house which will vote on them only a simple majority needed there that democrats expect may be completed before

christmas with the democratic majority in the house it's likely that that simple majority will be achieved but then it goes to the senate now here there's a number of issues firstly it is a senate trial it is under the chair of the chief justice and more importantly a 2 thirds majority is required in the senate to convict the president to impeach him so this will be the stage the ultimate stage which at this particular point where the whole issue has been largely divided on party lines it comes down to numbers it will be easily passed in the house not so easily passed in a senate trial thank you very much from washington mike hanna meanwhile president trump has turned to the u.s. supreme court in an attempt to block a separate investigation that by the tanach rats this time into his finances trunk wants his financial records kept out of the hands of a congressional panel a lower court ruled the panel could subpoena the documents held by trump's

accountants appealing to the supreme court sets up a major clash between the different branches of the government. the treatment of women in india is again in the spotlight after a bright victim was set alight by gang as she made her way to a court hearing the incident comes after thousands of indians protested in several cities over the alleged rape and murder of another young woman mccullagh a triple its. detectives collective didn't from a charred road side in the 2 pradesh hours earlier witnesses say a 23 year old woman was doused in petrol and set on fire police say she was a right victim and was on her way to give evidence in court against her alleged attackers was about. she was coming up and running from that side of the road and she asked for help i was skidded because she was burnt these had left her fighting

for her life in hospital police arrested 5 suspects including 2 she followed right charges against in march. in her victim impact statement she said 5 men tried to burn her alive she was immediately sent to sudar hospital. it's the latest in a series of attacks against women in india that have caused widespread outrage i i nationwide rallies will hold this week in protest at the gang rape and murder of a 27 year old woman in the city of hyderabad. protesters want courts to fast track right cases and are demanding tougher penalties every girl is suffering from this every girl has to go after after night after night even after 9 every girl is like scared to go out sexual violence against women has attracted international

attention especially since the gang rape and killing of a young woman on a class in new delhi 7 years on and attacks continue. a woman was burned so that she could not raise her voice and not demand justice we are not safe when the new deal here appears happened the government said we would do this and that for women but what do they do the most recent government figures from $27.00 tane reported more than $32000.00 rape cases that year together with unreported cases the total is believed to be far higher because the gauge al-jazeera. or now to france where violence has broken out at protests around the country where a nationwide strike has caused major disruption the demonstrators are angry about present emanuel micron's reforms to simplify the country's costly pension system they say his dismantling workers' rights while not crown says there that his reforms will make it fairer and will save public money has more from paris.

there were people from all walks of french life teaches students and lawyers joint transport and health workers in central paris part of a nationwide strike protesting against the government's plans to reform the pension system they fear the changes would force them to work for more years and reduce their payouts if we're here to try and preserve our conscience system which is one of the best in europe and we don't want to go backwards micron's reforms are destroying french society. it looks like it will have to retire even later. money in. the demonstration was mainly peaceful but there was some clashes between police and so-called black bloc and his protesters i. more than $6000.00 police officers were deployed in the city this police union spokesperson said many of them would have wanted to join the strike

a lot of them wanted to come. we had the day off today that was a load and also we do not have the right rooms like so. yes it's difficult for force the strike caused major disruption across the city there was little public transport and most schools were shots even the eiffel tower was forced to close the french president says the pension system needs to be streamlined to make it fairer and safe public money the strike saw a major test for emanuel micron because he made reforming the pension system $1.00 of his campaign promises 3 think gives in to the protesters in scotland is reform it will be a political failure of the so far the french president is showing no sign of backing down this analyst says macro has a track record of controversial reforms. getting its mandate the government has passed several reforms that many would have believed would be almost impossible but

they managed to push them through despite the challenge. isn't risky. michael may not hold to make concessions but if the disruption continues he may have to rethink although most people are expected to return to work this week some transport workers say they won't give up their fight and will continue to strike. out just they were powerless. now croatian police have wrongly deported 2 nigerian students to bosnia although the pair had valid visas a chance alexandra and kenneth arrived in croatia in november to play in the table tennis world university championships but the night before that departure they were arrested for not carrying their documents and were left on the bosnian side of the border they ended up in makeshift in the makeshift refugee camp where hundreds of migrants and refugees have been struggling to survive in subzero temperatures security minister says they need to be returned to croatia. and with al jazeera

live from london still much more ahead days after president trump said he wants to designate mexican drug cartels terrorist groups the u.s. attorney general takes a trip to mexico and shopping in the world's 1st recycled mall and how it's helping one swedish city brianna gys its image. that person's already broken record for high temperatures early in the season and persistently and you can see from the lack of cloud for most of australia that a good pass is still hot and we got a forecast of $42.00 for friday but the winds already changing the clouds coming into won't last for the contrast further east but we're talking about low twenty's for melbourne and less than that in this corner has been cold windy disappointing

well i think for all the summer so far as late spring in the early summer it doesn't change very much on sunday is any consolation we're down to 27 in perth because it's still hot inland as for rain we will see were 2 showers develop in new south wales but it's not concentrated and we stoke the fires because hot and dry is the same at least inland and the smoke from those fires is being caught in the brazen taken right across the sea to new zealand where it's been seen in for example oakland as an orange hue in the sky as for weather proper well that's further south of there with all these enjoying the sunshine of 24 degrees i think the wind change will probably mean the skies are clear up but for places like wellington in christ church and certainly west coast in south orange it's a little cooler persistently cloudy and of course wet. the war on drugs in the philippines is pushing to breaking point

a record number of languished behind bars but he is awaiting trial one i want to be locked up on al-jazeera. 0. entry. back to look at the headlines now the process to impeach the u.s. president has moved forward to offer the speaker of the house of representatives ordered the drafting of articles of impeachment president donald trump has hit back

calling the whole thing a hoax. an indian woman has been set on fire by gagne's she made her way to a court hearing the incident comes up to thousands of indians protested in several cities over the alleged rape and murder of another young. niece of use tear gas on riot as in paris at the start of a nationwide strike transposes our lives and schools are closed across france in protest against planned pension reforms. now at least $63.00 migrants have died after their makeshift boat sank off the coast of mar tanian $83.00 survivors managed to swim to shore but were described as exhausted and stomping they were taken to a temporary shelter where they've been receiving assistance is one of the deadliest sinkings to hit people attempting the journey to europe so far this year mark government says it will open an investigation into the incident and the trafficking networks thought to be responsible for it speaking from our tang is capital alley

al jazeera somehow meadville says dozens of people are still missing. about $83.00 people managed to swim to the shore and they were found by the military police outside the northern city of and why they without was the early evening hours yesterday those people gave more news about what happened that boat capsized off the shore. about 10 days being stranded there running out of fuel and so on so they gave more details and scores of people at least dozens of people are still missing they are supposed to be of course dead women and children where on the boats coming from gambia the majority of the migrants from the country of gambia that's a small nation west africa one of those poor countries that supply this migration to words europe this story is still unfolding those people who escaped are being

treated in and why do we don't have much information about the what's happening to the bodies are they going to return them to their countries of origin or are they going to be buried in and what the bill itself. now a mass vaccination campaign is underway across and now a need to contain a measles outbreak that's killed thousands of children all businesses have been ordered shut people told to keep their cars off the roads it comes as the world health organization says the number of cases of the disease is car in running 3 times higher compared to this time last year washington is at a vaccination center in the capital apia. it's day 2 of some mass vaccination campaign and the team here at the emergency response headquarters are compiling the numbers from day one efforts so far they've indicated at least 16000 people were vaccinated here in samoa on thursday those efforts will continue today on friday with the focus being on city and urban areas some more is still in

shutdown mode the roads are empty and businesses are closed that's all part of an effort by authorities here to make it as simple as possible for the medical teams going door to door to administer vaccinations authorities say efforts are going well busts far and things should go back to normal as soon as possible the mexican president under as my new lopez obrador says he had the good meeting with u.s. attorney general william r. who is currently in mexico to discuss the threat of drug cartels country sorts deadliest day on sunday with more than 120 murders and then last week president of trump said he wants to designate the cartels terrorist groups the mexican president rejected the idea as a form of interventionism the united states has charged 2 russians i was described as one of the largest hacking schemes of the past decade department of justice accuse the men from a group calling itself evil corporate working alongside russian intelligence to

steal government documents are also accused of using malware to steal more than $100000000.00 from businesses and banks around the world 17 suspected members of assets frozen. at least 6 people including a child have been killed by russian and syrian government as strikes in province in the last 2 days dozens more injured as attacks on the last remaining rebel stronghold intensify once again. reports. because. this is the 1st of 3 children rescued after their home province was destroyed in an ass strike the assad government is determined to retake this final piece of territory this still under the control of opposition fighters attacks are intensifying and they are indiscriminate. there are many more people trapped under flattened buildings. where all my children this woman screams

oh but the air strikes and barrel bombs are relentless and volunteer rescue is known as the white helmets of force to run for cover. a lot more. a lot. of perfectly good reason it's a raid by warplanes helicopters against a brave village a couple. 4000000 people live in it live province which is under the control of terria al sham and a group with links to al qaida the russian and syrian government say recapturing the province is just a matter of time but the increase in attacks is worsening the humanitarian crisis. syrians in villages south of it live used to be able to flee to rebel held territory but they're now surrounded and there's nowhere left to go where humanitarian colleagues remain deeply concerned for the safety and protection of more than 4000000 civilians in the north west of syria following continued upsurge

in violence and all still ities in the area. the asteroids in the northwestern province are in breach of the deescalation deal russia and turkey agreed last september but syrian government forces backed by russian airpower seem determined to stop at nothing to take back the province victoria gates and the al-jazeera. now iran has sent elected to the u.n. saying that it's determined to continue its ballistic missile program comes off to france germany and the u.k. urged the u.n. chief to tell the council that iran's missile activity is inconsistent with the 2015 nuclear deal the u.s. is accused tough on of working to obtain nuclear capable missiles but iran denies the allegations the u.s. pulled out from the daylong off the accusing to han of working against washington's interests in the middle east meanwhile iraq's parliament has voted for a bill to reform its electoral commission after 2 months of anti-government protests country's prime minister tendered his resignation on sunday but the move

has done nothing to appease the demonstrators as though such a bar explains now from baghdad i chanting psystar your to leader of the revolution they made their way to talking square. the chance refer to grand ayatollah ali al sistani the shia leader would lead to the government and security forces for the deaths demonstrators. protesters t.v. areas so far back but their message is the same as others who come here every day i don't know gardner. we demand an end to the system we don't want to see still there's a nation of the prime minister is not enough we want to resignation of all of the. mark if i live in another we won they straightened to step down we don't want any promises from any of these political blocs at least 430 rocky's have been chilled in the 9 weeks of anti-government protests among the demands of protesters for jobs

this corruption year of action and changes cities like troll boston and the constitution there were votes against the government forces prime minister i don't often use one side is now urging the parliament to fulfill its duty. no. where in the middle of an unprecedented situation but i think the legal and constitutional understanding of the situation is clear we understand the problems of our country and we hope that the political powers will nominate and choose an alternative prime minister as soon as possible. but the political process in iraq is complicated by sectarian interests a major issue for many here they want more say in choosing their political leaders this is a makeshift memorial built to remember the protesters who were killed here but as the political wrangling continues behind the scenes many here say that they hope the protesters didn't die in vain but rather so that all iraqis can have

a better future dorsetshire pari al-jazeera baghdad. activists have staged a walkout in the united nations climate change talks taking place in madrid in anger at the attendance of the oil companies a group of around 20 protests to stood up and covered that is in the middle of an event organized by the international emissions trading association they say polluters such as shelby pay and chevron should not be allowed to influence the discussions around the world the extreme weather is being linked to manmade global warming the u.n. has warned that the world will soon reach the point of no return. and drone footage has captured 56 polar bears eating all risk caucus close to a village and russia's far east now this is an unusual scene shot by the world wildlife fund the charity saying this is because unusually warm weather has trapped the beds for several days they need stronger ice to form to be able to leave the area so therefore they have been forced to eat the war says out of hunger also

should've at the nearby village have been council of patrols have been launched to prevent the animals from entering the village or few countries take recycling as seriously as sweden when 99 percent of household waste is turned into something you pull reece reports now from a former steel making city which is reinventing itself a sweden's greenest community. this is retune the world's 1st recycled mall as in everything sold here is 2nd hand recycled or repurposed. manager and a bag stroma hopes it can begin to channel humanity's rampant consumerism or at least sweden's in a more sustainable direction this is the future way to run a shopping mall i guess and any business in the future to be sustainable to last. as skills tune as waste plant processes 20000 tonnes of rubbish a year with smart cameras pointing different materials in the right direction food

waste is sold back to residents as compost or used to power as skills to use buses and provide heating for the town but there's a side project they hope will have a global impact breeding lot of eat from the black soldier fly as a protein source for salmon farms to get the protein and we get the manure from the larvae of that it's perfect for the improving of the soil so it's a win win for everyone. rita you know has also helped heal some of the hurt of esk ills tunas high unemployment yeah. i love to paint change the fittings fix things it's perfect for me because i've had so many jobs in my life now i love to work with this really old furniture skills tunas recycled future has not replaced it's form a steel industry with 15000 still unemployed in a city of 100000. we could just lay down and give up what we show through to not

we're still probably a manufacturing town but we're also trying to find new ways and combine them with together green policies have given this city the chance to recycle its image after a loss of industry and identity the question is whether it remains an outpost in the war against climate change or a blueprint for the rest of the world to adopt. al-jazeera skills to sweden and you can see paul reese's full report on sweden's recycling future on al-jazeera as environment program planet s.o.s. this saturday at 1730 g.m.t. . space x. company has sent a robot and 40 live mice to the international space station the war hero. and rocket blasted off from cape canaveral in florida and is expected to arrive at the space station on sunday it's the 19th time space x. has done

a supply run for nasa you might be wondering about the mice well the genes have been manipulated to enhance their muscle growth and that will help scientists understand how to limit the loss in humans while they are in space the dragon capsule also deliver some holiday goodies for the 6 astronauts which they will hopefully enjoy. we can find stories now a process to impeach the u.s. president has moved forward a step after the speaker of the house of representatives ordered the drafting of articles of impeachment in a historic move nancy pelosi said donald trump had abused his power by withholding aid to ukraine in a bid to get the country's president to investigate his political rival joe biden the white house hit back telling pelosi and her democrat colleagues they should be ashamed i democracy is where does it state the president leaves us no choice

but to act because he is trying to corrupt once again the election for his own benefit. the president has engaged in abuse of power undermining our national security and jeopardizing the integrity of our elections this actions are in defiance of the vision of our founders and the oath of office that he takes to preserve protect and defend the constitution of the state. the 23 year old rape victim is in a critical condition after she was set on fire on her way to a court hearing in india she was set upon by a gang including her alleged rapists all 5 men have been arrested the incident comes off to thousands of indians protested in several cities over the alleged rape and murder of another young woman. at least $63.00 migrants have died after their makeshift boat sank off the coast of mauritania it's one of the deadliest sinkings to hit people attempting to cross into europe so far this year 83 survivors of the

group who set off from gambia a week ago did manage to swim ashore also been violent scenes in paris at the start of a nationwide strike police used tear gas on rises he set fire to a truck and smashed windows during a protest against planned pension reforms over 400000 people afford to have taken part in this across france. and a mass vaccination campaign is underway across samoa a need to contain a measles outbreak that's killed dozens of children all businesses have been ordered shot and people told keep their cars off the road well that's it for myself and the team here in london coming up next on al-jazeera will be won a one east looking at how the philippines war on drugs is pushing the country's prisons to breaking point not story coming up in just a couple of minutes stay with us. or would the prime minister's. mission is to deceive the british on the 31st of october and making this country

the greatest place on a person's departure is delayed by how my fellow who would drama of bricks it on al-jazeera. in the philippines president retreat go deter site has declared a war on drugs that left more than 12000 people dead. but they're not the only victims it's also left tens of thousands of people languishing in giles is caught struggle to process a record number of drug arrests but unloveable i thought where am i mean why am i here i shouldn't be here what is this place. i'm on a one ace we investigate the shocking conditions inside the world's most congested giles and the inmates trying to survive.