not to trust. a stranger came to town witness on al-jazeera. this is al-jazeera. and our army is a problem and this is the news hour live from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes we must be clear no one even the president. donald trump is charged with abuse of power and obstruction of congress as house democrats announce articles of impeachment. war.

village and nation peace ethiopian prime minister ahmed received the nobel peace prize for ending 2 decades of hostility with neighboring eritrea. but 2 days before voters in algeria go to the polls a court sentences 3 former political leaders to long prison terms and. cheese at the international court of justice to defend her country's treatment of the muslims. sports pakistan is open for tourists cricket as it prepares to host sri lanka it's 1st international match in over a decade. the u.s. democrats have officially revealed to articles of impeachment against president donald trump in their bid to remove him from office the articles outlined charges against

trump including abuse of power and obstruction of the congressional inquiry will trump and his white house team are accused of withholding aid to ukraine to pressure it into investigating joe biden a potential democratic challenger in the 2020 presidential race in service to our duty to the constitution and to our country. the house committee on the judiciary is introducing 2 articles of impeachment charging the president of the united states donald j. trump with committing high crimes and misdemeanors the 1st article is for abuse of power it is an impeachable offense for the president to exercise the powers of his public office to obtain an improper personal benefit while ignoring or in injuring the national interest this gives rise to the 2nd article of impeachment for obstruction of congress here too we see

a familiar pattern in president terms misconduct a president who declares himself above accountability above the american people and the bulk of congress's power of impeachment which is meant to protect against threats to our democratic institutions is a president who sees himself as above the law we must be clear no one not even the president is above the law well our white house correspondent can be held to standing by for us but 1st let's go to heidi on capitol hill and we have known what the charges would be heidi so talk us through what the chairs of these committees involved in the investigation of the hearings have been saying about why they're focusing on these charges. well elizabeth there is an argument that they're trying to focus the public's attention on what's been dominating the headlines in the u.s. for the last 2 or 3 months which is the ukraine scandal there was an argument

earlier that perhaps the russia inquiry should also be included of course that's when the special counsel had found incidents that trump may have also obstructed justice which many had thought what might be a 3rd additional article of impeachment well that is not the case we heard from democrats who made this announcement today though that trump had a pattern of conduct they said that in 2016 campaign election interference from russia and that now in 2019 he as president solicited election interference from ukraine and continues to want foreign assistance to help him win reelection a year from now in 2020 and adam schiff the house intelligence chairman said that this means trump is a clear and present danger he addressed concerns and questions why democrats are not wait waiting for the courts to finish their process in order to compel perhaps

more witnesses to testify of course this is because trump has prohibited members of the white house staff executive branch and also documents from being a mail to impeachment investigators which is really making democrats operate with one hand tied behind their backs so some had said why not go through the court process to try to compel those testimonies welsh if said that's going to take 8 months if not more than a year before that is finally resolved and he had very strong words saying not pressing forward now with this and pietschmann is like being implicit in allowing the president to continue cheating in the next election thus having to take out. chanelle even without the testimony from trump's inner most circles and republicans have accused democrats of doing this in a way that is not focusing on the primary evidence and but the because for lack of

that testimony democrats are really handicapped going forward but they're still moving forward nevertheless. heidi thank you for that how does your cost on capitol hill let's bring in our white house correspondent kimberly held the white house's knowing what's likely coming kimberly and yet president trump was defending himself even before the charges were announced. yes defending himself before during and after these charges have been announced the president tweeting in just the last few minutes once again calling this a witch hunt and also countering the statements of gerry navl he is the gentleman wearing the glasses who is the judiciary chair for the democrats he says now just said that i pressured ukraine to interfere in our 2020 election ridiculous and he knows that is not true both the president foreign minister of ukraine said many times there is no pressure navl are in the dems know this but refuse to acknowledge this is a white house that has not stopped fighting because now the battle goes to the

public opinion court of public opinion and the narrative well we are watching very closely the events that happened on capitol hill this is a president that is a master marketer who knows how to package and even portray himself as the victim. saying that he has no wrongdoing that he's committed no wrongdoing and the polling seems to show that this president in his ability to package this what most people consider sort of a career ending or devastating sort of mark on the radar has been just the opposite not only are we seeing the country evenly divided but when you look at some of the polling from key battleground states the president won in 2016 and the democrats need if they're going to win the white house in 2020 it seems that the support for the president during this impeachment hearing has gone up in those areas so this is what we're going to see a battle of the narratives moving forward as we watch very carefully for not only

the vote in the house of representatives but of course the trial in the senate where we already predict the outcome will be the president will not be removed from office given this is a body dominated by members of his own party committee thank you for that company live in washington d.c. we are going to stay with this let's bring in michael isikoff chief and vestiges of correspondent at yahoo news and he's also joining us live from the u.s. capitol mr is the cough or is that pleasure to have. on algis there are so before we get to what happens next in the house of representatives then the senate how momentous a step is this would you say given it would make trump i think only the 3rd president to be formally in paint and some 2 and a half centuries of u.s. history. yeah there's no question this is historic this is a momentous day and we are moving inevitably towards the. impeachment of the president next week now i do have to say the 2 articles we

haven't actually seen the language yet but they are it is quite striking because it is clear that there's been this debate within the house democratic caucus for some time about whether the impeachment articles should be very narrowly focused on the ukraine allegations or should go broader to include some of the alleged misconduct in the moller report obstruction of justice obstruction of. by the president in trying to get robert muller fired. and it is clear that the moderates here have one that it is not going to include the mahler stuff it's not going to include other material such as amalia moments that some of the progressives in the house democratic caucus wanted for fear that if it went broader then that would make life more difficult for some of those moderate democrats in

swing districts and so in the focus of these challenges on ukraine and perhaps not isolating moderate democrats will the challenges have any impact whatsoever on republicans and republican support at all. well look right now we have seen no evidence of any republicans in the house who are willing to vote for impeachment which means this will be this could be a purely partisan vote next week and that is pretty striking even bill clinton's impeachment which was quite divisive there were 5 democrats who voted in the house to impeach bill clinton it looks right now like there may be no republicans who will vote to impeach donald trump and all of that i also have to say the 2 articles does sound rather slim. there were more

more article voted against andrew johnson in 868 against richard nixon in 1974 and i believe there were 3 against bill clinton that were voted out by the house judiciary committee in 1998 against bill clinton so this does seem like a very narrowly focused impeachment there may i should say be some language in a preamble that refers to some of the president's 'd misconduct in the mall or pro but we have to see that we actually have to see the wording on that and assess it off thank you as always for your time michael isikoff live and washington d.c. thank you. we are going to move on to other news now an ethiopian prime minister has received the nobel peace prize for his efforts to foster pace the neighboring every tray. is recognized has roman ending a decades long military standoff and reestablishing the nation's between the 2

countries have a save in the prestigious award documents if excepting it on behalf of the philippines and have a transfer who made the ultimate sacrifice for peace this is a level for love so staying in peace is hard work yet we must not judge it. it takes a few to make war but it takes a village and a nation to build peace for me nurturing peace is like planting and growing trees just like trees need water and good soil to grow peace requires an unwavering commitment in finite patience and goodwill to cultivate in the heart of us its dividends. but they awarded wasn't shared with every translator priyanka go up there explains why. it was a moment few eritreans and it healed paeans had expected to see in their lifetime

soldiers once enemies entered their shared border open for the 1st time in 20 years last year's formal peace deal initiated by thier peers new leader abi hammered ended the decades long military standoff it also ended eritrea's years of diplomatic isolation. for his efforts to bring peace to the region if your p.s. leader was awarded the nobel peace prize but that owner was not extended to eritrea as leader president is a us africa is one party state has been accused of continuing its crackdown on dissent and maintaining its grip on power. and eritrea has since shut its border the whole process. and out in the way the word is trying to tell a. white washes or. tries to rehabilitate the image. where it is that when it. will. budged

even the slightest is in africa is jade thousands of political activists journalists and rights campaigners some of them have been in prison for nearly 20 years their whereabouts are unknown we haven't seen any signs whatsoever all openings whether it's in terms of release of high profile. since since the. minister of finance was actually arrested all calling on the government to reform to implement the constitution so we are not seeing any steps whatsoever in precedence is a yes of course restrictive state young eritreans are forced to join the military often serving in deaf. in italy and that's led to a generation of refugees desperate to escape a system described by activists as nothing short of modern day slavery the system has been in place since the order. with one of the excuses was that they needed

country on a walk out in theory you know according to the government itself they have made a peace agreement with with the european governments and yet we haven't seen any signs of willingness or interest of taking even small. eritrea's location near the red sea and swiss canal has made it a coveted ally for countries like the u.a.e. and russia countries that are seeking influence in the horn of africa for trade and political ambitions the u.a.e. has built a military base with secret prisons in the port of a sub off every tree a southern coast. as the world celebrates a peace deal between the african neighbors millions of eritreans are still waiting to see if life will change for the better priyanka gupta. appending head of the news hour including thousands of iraqis gather in the capital baghdad to demolish a political change class. photo you take my phone put it in your pocket one step.

britain's prime minister is drawn into a controversy over a lack of beds in the national health service and the world anti-doping agency finds itself facing criticism from all sides after head in russia a 4 year ban from all sports. now 2 days before voters in algeria go to the polls a quarter sentenced 3 former political leaders to lengthy prison terms that comes as anti-government protests continue across the country calling for the presidential election to be boycotted like a cage reports. anti-government protesters out again on the streets this time less than 48 hours before the polling stations in algeria opening their value in to avoid court of the voyage claiming it won't be fair is

the ruling elite still in power at the same time 2 former prime ministers were being sentenced in court for corruption and fraud. was sentenced for 15 years and his predecessor. 12 an international arrest warrant was issued for former industry minister disallows bush wherever who's not in the country in his absence he was sentenced to 20 years they all served under long time president delivers is beautifully. was he was forced to step down earlier this year after widespread protests. ists rejecting his attempt to run for. those demonstrations has continued for months with cause for complaint toefl with the political system. the one with come with slogans that say

every day there will be a march and we will not start to express our refusal for this election it tells me a fraudulent since the beginning. analysts already predict a voter turnout of less than 15 percent there is little evidence sentencing former politicians will persuade algerians to tell us their ballots paraded in these ministers now. is not going to trade the mind of the protests and the people who are actually asking and humbly ask him to peacefully ask for constructive change. if that change doesn't take place the future in algeria could be an unstable one nickel gauge. well let's get more on this now we're joined by dalia gollum a resident scholar at the carnegie middle east center and she's joining us live from beirut very good to have you with us on al-jazeera let's start with the sentences because they are significant sentences but how skeptical of you of the

timing you know 2 days before the election. yeah you know the timing is very important in this election as well as the trial so actually i was seen by many on a jury and as a masquerade and a political joke actually many algerians refer to these election and these trial as the circles of the circus story so for them it's a dirty political trick that is here actually to convince them that the regime is changing but they are not really convinced but miss garden what the protesters rather these you know various people not have been tried i mean isn't this just the thing that so many protesters have been demanding that those who abuse their power for personal gain face justice yes now that's true but you know where a majority are algerian these sentences could have been a great step in a regionalization to democracy if they were actually made in

a different way meaning that the 1st thing is the lack of transparency in all these trial years you know they are closed the hearings and everything is happening behind closed doors and so people are as important to us former marine and ministers such as we are. but also other you know business tycoons such as that had that and so on so far have been you know very important figures and that would interrupt so they shouldn't be trialed that under and behind closed doors that the 2nd thing that judeans don't want is the fact that these people are judged by military quartet and that is a matter of fact shows that exact and the very nature of the algerian we jeems we jim story that is actually. a military one it is at the end of the day the military who are a lot of things the reins of power that national is in the driver's seat and you guys are not fired but they want them to be more transparent. right and we've had

a number of. key beautifully allies sentenced so far beautifully because younger brother i believe and also the chief of the intelligence agency yet the demonstrators who are calling for these elections to be boycotted say that the elections can't be fair because key allies remain in power i mean how free and fair do you think the upcoming election will be. well i think there's 2 things in which we don't have doubt in what the 1st one is that elections are going to happen and the question is not there whether they are going to happen or no they are actually happening and they are they started abroad and the 2nd question is about the transparency there is no doubt about the last questions parents after this election but there is 2 white car park mistakes the 1st one it is about to turn out to action there is no you know. labor plots in nigeria right now but i

expect that the turnout to be very low how low we will see but to this we clearly the new elected president in a very very very and you know in a very free agent position you will likely to get messy and he will be put out and there are enormous pressure but the protesters on the one hand and by the military who brought him and color and the 2nd the wild card will be about the security situation now we don't know what is the next to last of the security forces whether the military are going to crackdowns you be on the protesters or now whether they will just you know capitalize and rely on you know the internet division or whether they're actually they will just you know continue to ignore me for the demands that relying on the exhaustion of the popular movement crucial things to what watch out for in the upcoming election if gannon thank you for breaking them down for us down

got him live in beirut thank you thank you. now gulf leaders have made a show of unity at a summit in saudi capital despite the divisions within the gulf cooperation council the group called for greater military and financial cooperation the diplomatic blockade of qatar was also a major issue at the summit which they cut the reply minister attended saudi arabia the u.a.e. behind in egypt cut diplomatic and economic ties with catherine 2017 accusing the country of supporting terrorism which there has repeatedly denied the g.c.c. secretary general said there are ongoing diplomatic efforts to end the crisis no this is one of them as you may have noticed since the crisis began we've been moving in 2 axis and the 1st is the crisis itself and the core of the problem his royal highness the emir of kuwait has been mediating between all concerned parties and this was at the highest level as you have seen all of this state leaders have

been hailing the air force exerted by his royal highness the emir of qatar and this mediation is still ongoing but the other axes involved the concerns raised by that was leading the country to separate the day to day cooperation between the respective member states this should be set aside and i mean defense cultural and economic cooperation which should be separated from the crisis itself. or let's bring in argentina senior political analyst bashar who's joining us live here in doha so positive signs positive communique about one. yes us fighters the atmospherics are concerned but really when you look a little deeper you scratch the surface you know there's that there isn't anything tangible no steps have been taken no real decisions have been taken either what we have is sort of and that was fear of optimism of sort based on some necessities of sort like like vagueness aside these

food security economic unity strategic unity facing up the challenges it's all good in that sense but the fact that that meeting went on for 40 minutes and the fact that it did not have anything tangible of course is as a bit of a negative thing the fact that there was a good reception for all the leaders including the qatari prime minister and the fact that the king the host today everyone with that kind of optimism that might be considered a good thing but could the positive atmosphere lead to a more substantial process might want to specially and regards to ending the rest absolutely especially if you think. that the the whole optimism is also anchored in something else which is the events on the ground the last 290 years it's really very simple the boycott has failed the very cut of qatar has

failed the war in yemen has failed the gulf real council has failed its own members it's been divided the strategy of use of iran and other places in the middle east has failed so in a sense there is a learning of lessons a process of learning lessons so for example to say we there need to be a political solution in yemen that's a lesson learned late late is better than never cut that needs to be a and indispensable member of a united you see see lesson learned and hence you have this new optimism based on apparently lessons learned now with saudi arabia 'd and the united arab emirates than move on quickly to fix the fairly or is in the mistakes of the past i think it's not going to be done in any one event it'll be done in a process hopefully shorter than longer. and iran thank you as always for your

analysis that a vast senior political analyst might wonder shower right here and i thank you. now thousands of anti-government protesters a once again gathering in the iraqi capital to demand political change around 450 people have been killed in 2 months of rallies and this weekend was particularly bloody 25 people died when unidentified gunmen opened fire on the crowds in baghdad simona fulton is in baghdad and she says people are determined to keep the pressure on the government well people here are very much focused on current issues rather than victories turned out in great numbers today where continuing their demands for comprehensive change continue their demands for parliament to be dissolved for the government. we spoke to one protester who said that it's all good at the well that we defeated i saw 2 years ago but in fact the current political establishment poses just as great of

a threat you referred to last friday's attacks. square during which over 20 people were killed and dozens injured so people here are very much determined to keep going to keep protesting rather than celebrating past victories the president of iraq barham salih also issued a statement today commemorating the victory over commemorating those people who gave their lives during the war and. for their support but he did also mention. a square for basically writing history right now and. to continue this thing in a peaceful way until there are legitimate demands. now unions in france are increasing pressure against the government's pension reform plans airport workers and teachers have joined nationwide strikes which are now into this day president emanuel back home says he's planning to modernize the national retirement system but unions say it will see people to work longer. now greece has sent 2 dashes to

the united nations denouncing a maritime boundary deal between turkey and libya the agreement sets out new boundaries in the eastern mediterranean sea which greece says that it illegal and egypt in cyprus have also backed greece and saying that the deal violates international law libya's ambassador in athens was expelled on friday because of the issue. still ahead on the news hour police in new zealand open investigation into the circumstances surrounding multiple deaths from a y. child and a volcanic eruption and had one of the most successful south asian games bought athletes want more government support peta has that story in sports. hello it's been raining and surprisingly now the concentration has not been really

in around so much as so the west in lebanon we've seen flooding in the capital once more this is fairly usual things this times a year but this is particularly notable i suppose those pictures show forecast wise to the east the sun is out the remaining circulation around the caspian means if you show a bit of rain in iran the picture in lebanon is an increasing cloud because the next belt of belt of rain is is coming in no big surprise but it's a wet day on thursday and this is generally speaking weather going from here across to here but there is always a tail end of it and that's going down to the gulf again at the moment there you see the cloud on the satellite picture as it comes across saudi it shows itself blooming in the u.a.e. where there was more right just 2 days ago this is the picture up in northwestern parts of oman huge amount $120.00 millimeters of sea produce flooding and it's going to the same thing again not exactly same place but that's what'll happen by thursday it's all gone through the shamar kicks in that means 24 degrees in die

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your stories from other. open your eyes to an alternative view of the world today you have to rethink pretty much everything thank you for talking to al-jazeera the great programs to inspire you on al-jazeera. watching al-jazeera remind top stories at this hour and us democrats have revealed 2 articles of impeachment against president donald trump charging him with abuse of power and obstruction of the congressional inquiry troublous accused of withholding aid to ukraine to pressure it and to investigation political rival joe biden is the

obvious prime minister has received the nobel peace prize for his efforts to foster pins of the country's neighbors ever try that said he was accepting the prestigious award on the. of ethiopians and ever trains who have made the ultimate sacrifice for peace and an algerian court has sentenced former prime minister ahmed we are here to 15 years in prison for corruption charges and his predecessor at the maliks and was sentenced to 12 years follows sweeping forward investigations after mass protest that as these beautifully could have stepped down from the presidency in april. now myanmar's leader aung san suu kyi has arrived at the un's top court in the netherlands to defend her country against genocide charges in the west african state of gambia launched a bid to bring male model international justice over a military crackdown on muslim or a hunger it suits backed by the 57 nation organization for islamic cooperation more than 700000 who were forced to flee to neighboring bar in the 2017 well the un has

accused them of carrying out mass rape killings and the burning of homes during its military campaign myanmar says it was conducting a legitimate counter-terrorism response and denies the charges of genocide meanwhile the gambia his legal team is asking the court to impose protections for the rich before the case can be heard in fall or recent attempts to perpetuate tens of thousands of refugees have failed with many still fearing for their safety and when hay is in the hague and he explains that there is a high bar when it comes to proving genocide in court. it goes without saying it's going to be very difficult already we have heard from the gambian attorney general also the legal team that is speaking now inside the courtroom they have referenced many times already over the past hour or so that united nations fact finding mission that found that there was a genocidal intent and gambian case is going to go a lot further than that and say that there were genocidal actions and continue to

be genocidal actions inside the country not just because of the attacks on the ring of religious and the people living there including murder and rape but also in some of the other actions like discriminatory laws and rules that are designed or targeted specifically at the ring of population also hate campaigns that were carried out by various groups inside me and with allegedly the support of the me and my government we know less about what the me on my side will say when we hear from them on wednesday young son suchi herself is expected to make the opening statement on behalf of myanmar but it is expected they will focus largely on technical technicalities legal technicalities and with the main statement being that this court does not have the jurisdiction to rule in this particular case and stephanie decker simcox is bizarre and bond of the nation see she says refugees there

a follow on the case closely the evidence of what happened to these people lie here among the many camps of cox's bazaar in southeastern bangladesh hundreds of thousands of tens hundreds and thousands of people each with horrifying stories stories of mass rapes of mass killings of people being locked inside their homes and burnt alive people here are aware of what is going on at the international court of justice they want justice but they are under no illusion that anything is going to happen fast it's been 2 and a half years since hundreds of thousands fled across the border across those mountains of me in mar creating what is. now the biggest refugee camp in the world the issue is now bangladesh no longer wants to host them in myanmar is given no guarantees that they will be safe when they return these are people with no state with no identity with no papers and they are unwanted you could say by everyone this is a long term problem that needs to be addressed. now the russian foreign minister

sergei lavrov is in washington for talks with the u.s. secretary of state mike pompei on ukraine syria and arms control are expected to top the agenda and it is the 1st official visit by lavrov to the white house since may 2017 so let's get more on it a correspondent patty culhane is joining us live from washington d.c. it is interesting timing patty for the russian foreign minister's visit given what's happening and inquiry over on capitol hill. and it's not just the impeachment inquiry me think about it was less than 24 hours ago that the inspector general released a report into the origins of that investigation into whether or not the trump campaign colluded with russia. scuse me and it completely debunked what the president often says is that there were spies in his campaign in the deep state was trying to conduct a coup the inspector general said there was no bad intent and there was a very legitimate reason to conduct that investigation and let's think about the timing as well when the last time i met with the boy president at the white house

didn't go well for the president he allegedly gave the russians some classified information that came from an israeli asset inside of ice all burning that source it was right after you just fired james komi the f.b.i. director and since then we've had the special counsel robert mueller investigation so interesting timing but the secretary of state has addressed that he basically said we didn't coordinate this on the schedule with capitol hill and he called it we can't allow that xena's on capitol hill to impact our jobs he's also said that the president has asked him to. the u.s. russia business relationship patty said what exactly are we expecting them to discuss and from the visit. well we might get a bit of an indication we're expecting them to come out before the cameras in just a little bit it's not any minute now and then we're also going to hear from them we expect a press conference which is a very rare thing in this building in just a couple of hours time we do but expect that the start treaty is going to be

brought up the president in the past said that the limit on nuclear weapons was a one sided deal but he's recently expressed some sort of optimism that they can do something with russia and he said then bring china in later obviously we expect syria to come up ukraine and other issues basically around the globe but will it get a better indication in just a few minutes patty thank you for that for now that is patty culhane live in washington d.c. thank you. now alberto finance has been sworn in as argentina's president the center left politician and his vice presidential running mate and former president . defeated maurice or mockery and of this election let's go live now to windows on ice and bring in our correspondent tory is a boat and we've seen colorful celebrations to mark the return of the proponents to power to raise that there is a lot of excitement about this. well. thank you story you know because you know your recent day went back on december

10th because that was the day when our. democracy back in 93 after a brutal dictatorship in this country and that's why i don't this day i remember that right for you with this morning that's argentina driving the car i want to show you that people mad as you can see right behind you there is a big party big celebration here right in front of the presidential palace what about the fact that this vice president is also former president to security here are expected to arrive any time soon and from here from the balcony they will address the population you don't see me. if you just said the return apparent is a superpower the movement the political party in argentina greeted by one feet on and why it beat up back in the 1940 s. a party of movement received to defend social justice equality among so many other

things that's why people are celebrating here on the base just one of the main priorities of the fact that this would happen right now in argentina but french economic crisis this country this period was a run of 40 percent inflation which percent poverty rate from 60 percent if you break up the possibility of this thing once again but it's something that nobody so much when we took most of the stuff 4 years ago the problem is we started argentina's economy to restructure it in a way that did not happen you leaving office was very high poverty rates with very high inflation. point that the fact that this was just speaking right now in congress when he was talking about right now being in an emergency situation the fact that he's calling on the population to be without it guarantees that he's going to be a bit sensitive to take some extraordinary measures you know that's what the

situation right now he also spoke about putting in that the fractures that exist in argentina society right now the for every station that exists here and he also said that he's going to begin with those who need help the most he said that in a country that produces for food for around 400000000 people 50000000 in this country are all right now and that's going to be one of his main priorities on the other thing that he spoke about that many consider interesting because of the economic situation argentina is in right now is that argentina have the will to pay its sovereign debt its debt but what about you ma'am the private credit for some others but that is going to be a struggle that he's not sure right now whether argentina is going to able to do so in spite of that. the people that are here on the street today in front of the president by their very celebrated that of course most of the people we have spoken to me that they're saying that this new president will be able to say that

structural changes that need to happen in this country in order to demand to be endemic like cars prices that have been a factor for decades tourism thank you so much for that for now that is to raise a point with all the nations live and when a site is thank you. now the u.k. says general election campaign has entered its final stages ahead of thursday's poll and the state of the national health service has been thrust to the forefront of the agenda after a photograph emerged of a 4 year old boy with suspected pneumonia and had to sleep on the floor of a hospital emergency department paul brennan reports this is jacqueline barr 4 years old with suspected pneumonia he's been taken out of the hospital bed and placed on the floor of the infirmary in leeds with just a coat beneath them. published on the front page of the u.k.'s mirror newspaper it has caused widespread concern but it was the prime minister's reluctance to even look at the photograph which is elevated to a political storm but i look at what in the clear now from the study of health

really look at now this is just one of them they have every single release of the fight so you take my phone put it in your pocket prime minister his mother says the n.h.s. is in crisis what's your response right now i think it's a terrible terrible traitor right and i probably dies obviously to the families of all those who who have terrible experiences in the villages 103 organized visit to the infirmary by the conservative health secretary ended in an angry sendoff from protest has reached here and want to listen. to what. the conservatives told journalists that a party official had been punched by a demonstrator the video of the contact showed it was no punch at all. the conservative stood accused of fake news with just 2 days to polling day the labor party and the liberal democrats both attacking the government for its track record on the national health service the shortage of pads the shortage of nurses the shortage of doctors shortage of radiologists and the shortage of funding in our

n.h.s. is an absolute scandal those images of that little boy in any absolute heartbreaking and. really stroll and powerful example of how the n.h.s. is being starved of the resources that it needs out of all the images and issues that have been thrown into the election mix in the past 5 weeks the photograph of jacqueline barr has resonated more than any other the campaign has become personal and with less than 48 hours until polling stations open the competing parties are now engaged in frantic skirmishing to either maximize the impact or minimize the damage paul brennan al-jazeera. to new zealand now a police say that 8 people stay. after monday's volcanic eruption likely dead at least 6 people were killed on white hyland and dozens more injured players have launched an investigation jessica washington has more formal and. the excitement of

the beginning of the summer holidays brought to an abrupt end thick plumes of smoke and ash rising thousands of meters into the air as the white island folk hainault 50 kilometers off the coast of new zealand iran says it's a popular tourist destination and the national geological authority has cameras on the island these pictures show what would be for some visitors their final moments so we'll look into. if there's anyone criminally responsible for the deaths and injuries. it's early days yet the tragedy has raised questions about where the tour should have been operating in the 1st place but the island draws 10000 visitors every year and december is 1 of its busiest mass prime minister just done has promised she will make sure those questions are answered when the time is right we know they will be bigger questions and relation to this of being and these

questions must be asked and they must be answered white island also known by its indigenous maori name for country is located in the bay of plenty and has been active for at least 150000 years the alert level was raised 3 weeks ago warning the volcano may experience a period of activity higher than normal it's not a particularly big eruption is is save it was kind of. almost like a throat clearing kind of eruption and that's why material probably won't of made it to mind when you see a little one my kid my only in new zealand on the scheme of things for volcanic eruptions it's not latch but if you're close to it this is of it's not good those rescued from the island were taken to 7 hospitals around new zealand some transported by ambulance and others by helicopter most are in intensive care units

or burns units breathing issues from inhaling the volcanic ash and severe burns to most of this skin. some of those who survived have burns to more than 70 percent of their bodies and face a long period of recovery just a washington. still ahead on the new. one on the face of club one has more than school.

right it is time for sport and exciting news for pakistan cricket fans a really exciting news elizabeth that country's cricket fans are getting ready to watch their team play in their 1st international test match at home in more than a decade. in a 2 test series beginning in roll pindi on wednesday sri lanka were the last team to play test there in 2009 before their team bus came under attack in lahore. this is an emotional moment kevin cannot played cricket on our home ground in the last 10 years this is a big opportunity for us to restart cricket once again the grounds are packed to be spectators and we will try our best to improve our performance. security is tight for the match but the head of pakistan's cricket board says the country is a safe place to host international teams and that they'll no longer be looking to neutral venues like dubai for upcoming home games it's in money says that if you

can return so. we're due to play ignorant in 2122. in serious discussions with them about coming to pakistan. so far they've been very supportive. so i. fully expect that they will govern play their cricket in pakistan similarly cricket australia that you feel as i just mentioned their chief executive has been to pakistan and he has gone back with a totally different perception of what he told like. the world anti-doping agency wada is facing criticism from all sides of her announcing a 4 year ban on russia from all major sports events many clean athletes say it's too weak russian athletes who can prove they're clean can still compete under a neutral flag russia's president vladimir putin believes it's way too harsh and politically motivated. they've had 3 swings at the bat struck out 3 times with

the duplicity deceit and deception that exhibited is. just beyond the pale for any other country who might be tempted to do the same thing that the russians did ns and and if you look at the example you get caught red handed going off the biggest fraud in olympic history and nothing's going to happen to you and you'll still be able to sin a whole delegation of athletes to the big games to continue to win medals. is getting ready to host its 1st major football test event had 2022 world cup 7 teams are taking part in the club world cup with european champions liverpool and south american title winners flamengo the favorites to lift the trophy is andy richardson with the. cattle's football fans are having quite a year. it began with their national team becoming asian champions for the 1st time

it will end with the country hosting the club world cup. this group of esperance fans living in qatar play their games in the colors of the african champions the 2 new zealand team will enter the tournament in the 2nd round for a sport that is it is something else off. for us it's very important for us because we are working here and many people there want to. see the match but there is no ticket or finish so all the people who want to see this event a total of 7 seems all be taking part katselas domestic champions al sad plus 6 continental title winners including liverpool from europe and flamingo from south america cats i'll be hosting it this year and next important test events ahead of the world cup in 2026. fan zone is catering for the diverse tastes of local and visiting fans are being trailed for the 1st time by the host

country alcohol is not part of our culture however hospitality years and we make sure that there is. everything for everybody or something for everybody so fans who want to enjoy a drink will have designated areas where they can drink alcohol has been available in the country for 4 decades it's not something that's new. this tournament also working as a reminder that the main events of the middle east's 1st world cup is getting ever closer. you know for indians. living so close to. the dream to see alive. you know it's not a dream anymore it's like you know we just can't wait to be in the stadium and watch the matches live for now supporters will have to concern themselves with watching some of the world's best club teams on the richardson al-jazeera doha. the south east asian games ends on wednesday in the poor with the host country

hailing the event a great success only india have won more medals but many of the poles winners say their victories came in spite of a lack of support from their governments sabina shrestha has more from kathmandu. preparation for the final day of the south asian games fans have been delighted by the performance of their athletes 22 year old celebrated gold in karate by beating our pakistani opulent in the final the former maoist began as poets journey after the end of the civil war in 2006 in camps used by the army. and we can't make a living by being an athlete we only get an allowance when we are getting trained in the past 4 months are allowance has gone up to $26.00 a day before it was 6 dollars and we have to live within the sum out after the training i have to find to work on it hasn't received the full allowance and is

relying on her brother to support her. an international trail runner and $27.00 national geographic athlete of the year was a former maoist rebel herself she has been coaching than a party team. compared to international athletes nepali are very little if we were to get some of the same facilities training with coaches we would make a huge difference. many of the parts athletes come from poor economic backgrounds just before the games soap and one athlete had to abandon her dream of representing a country at this major sporting event and travel to qatar for work the government has allocated $46000000.00 for the asian games it's also been putting money into sport the structure but the athletes say a better and more consistent investment in the athletes themselves is the only way to achieve better performances now. say they will increase the vestment an athlete's

a one we want to lead to more than name it but we won't let the athletes languish we'll give them a regular salary our next target is the olympics and the next shelf asian games we managing the athletes we will get better results next time and that's what and expect as well. as is iraq that men do. the harlem globetrotters are kicking off their latest world through with another impressive street performance this is an 8 story maze called the very soul in new york where 2 of the exhibition teen stars showed of some incredible tricks they'll be taking their skills to 250 cities around the world but they may not be that many chances like verse one to make a shot from 16 stories up globe trotters making it all looks. always good to see those kind of skills we leave it here for now may never fail to impress their own computer and that does it for the news hour but we're back in just

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