mounties era. we must be clear no one not even the president is above the law. donald trump is charged with abuse of power and obstruction of congress as house democrats announce articles of impeachment. in our intake of zoologists there live from london also coming up me and mars leader and some sushi goes to the international court of justice to defend her country's treatment of the muslims. feel to make war but it takes

a village and a nation to build peace if europeans prime minister of their red receives the nobel peace prize for ending 2 decades of hostility with neighboring eritrea. bosnia stops moving migrants out of a controversial camp where hundreds have been living in freezing conditions on the makeshift tents. fellow democratic leaders in the u.s. house of representatives have published articles of impeachment against president president donald trump accusing him of betraying the nation the charges against the president include abuse of power and obstruction of congress both stemming from donald trump's efforts to pressure ukraine to interfere in the 20 twentieth's actions heidegger castro has more from washington. standing before a portrait of one of the nation's founding fathers george washington house

democratic leaders made a historic announcement today 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. drum with committing high crimes and misdemeanors the 1st article is abuse of power for withholding security aid and a white house visit with ukraine's leader in exchange for political investigations that would benefit trump's reelection the 2nd obstruction of congress for refusing to cooperate with impeachment investigators the evidence is every bit as strong that president trump has obstructed congress fully without precedent and without basis in law if allowed to stand it would decimate congress's ability to conduct oversight of this president or any other in the future trump is only the 4th u.s. president to have impeachment proceed this far he denies all wrongdoing tweeting

during the democrats' announcement witch hunt democrats say the evidence against trump is damning it includes testimony from more than a dozen witnesses and a white house call summary showing trump asked ukraine to launch investigations into his political rivals republicans though say that's not enough to remove a president they're not impeaching the president because they they can the list and impeachable offense they're impeaching him because they're afraid he will get reelected that's not why you have the power of impeachment that's the abuse of power democrats are keeping the impeachment articles narrowly focused on trump's recent conduct with ukraine they decided not to charge the president for trying to stop the previous moller investigation that examine whether his campaign had colluded with russia in the last presidential election in less than a year's time a deeply divided america will return to the polls that will be after trump's

impeachment trial in the senate where he'll likely be acquitted by his fellow republicans democrats say despite the slim chance of removal doing nothing or waiting what amounts to complicity with trump's misconduct the argument why don't you just wait amounts to this. why don't you just let him cheat in one more election why not let him cheat just one more time democrats say trump remains a threat to the upcoming elections and to his own country heidi joe castro al-jazeera washington the saudi diplomat to head the kingdom's istanbul consulate where journalist was murdered has been barred from entering the u.s. mohammed undertake who is the saudi consul general in istanbul has been accused of human rights violations g.'s murders part global criticism against saudi arabia the cia and some western governments have said they believe crown prince mohammed bin

sandman ordered the killing but saudi officials say he had no role around $300.00 saudi arabian military aviation students have been grounded after a saudi air force of terror and shot and killed 3 people last week at a u.s. navy base in florida the f.b.i. believes 21 year old mohammed saeed acted alone when he attacked a u.s. navy base in pensacola on friday before he was shot dead by a deputy sheriff and in a developing story a number of people have been killed in a shooting at a jersey city convenience store i think luge at least one police officer 2 more officers and a bystander have been injured all are in stable condition according to the hudson county prosecutor dozens of law enforcement officers responded to the scene exchanging fire with an unspecified number of assailants.

we're muslims on sushi has appeared at the international court of justice to defend our country against allegations of genocide the accusation stemmed from the 2017 military crackdown against rohingya muslims which forced nearly 3 quarters of a 1000000 people to flee to neighboring bangladesh when he has more from the hague . once a human rights and democracy campaigner myanmar's leader arrived at the international court of justice accused of being complicit in genocide the case against aung san suu cheez government was brought by the gambia on behalf of the organization of islamic cooperation on the opening day it was alleged widespread abuses were carried out by me and my security forces against communities which they say amount to genocide every day of interruption means that more people have been killed more woman i've been alive and my children have been burnt alive for

what crime. a little because they were born different born of a different ways and to a different religion from doors who kill and weep them and for this honor will judge that they have been made to preview the ultimate life genocide. as lawyer after lawyer laid out the game b. is case suchi watched and listened in the court room one could only imagine what was going through her mind as repeated allegations were made of rape torture and murder by soldiers it was very important for thier have to 30 inches away from people who are describing and really excruciating and painful detail of the horrible crimes of the burmese military that happened on her watch me and says the raids on villages in rakhine state were legitimate counterterrorism operations the gambian say me and maher was and still is trying to wipe out an entire ethnic group

in the short term the court is being asked to order me and mar to take steps to protect the rich from 3rd the genocidal acts the opening of this trial was ironically held on international human rights day day 2 will see me and begin its defense led by aung san suu kyi herself it will be a remarkable sides a nobel peace prize winner detained for years by the military now defending them and herself against charges of genocide the case before the i.c.j. is not a criminal trial meaning charges would be brought against individuals but given what she wants stood for aung sun suu kyi is effectively on trial along with the military and government as she left she was jia by protesters who came to see the rigging finally had their day in the world's highest course when hey al-jazeera the hague. the prime minister of a half meant as received the nobel peace prize for his efforts to end hostility

with neighboring eritrea he was recognized for his role in ending a decades long military standoff and restarting relations between the 2 countries our diplomatic editor james bays reports. this was recognition of a man who's only been in office for 20 months prime minister ahmed ali praised for changing ethiopia in that time releasing fantasies of political prisoners and putting the country on a more open policy but the committee that gives the award was determined to make one thing clear to the new leader of the country within the past has been led by kings strong men and dictators by awarding you the nobel peace prize we were not expressing an opinion on how or if you should lead the ethiopian people in the future the leadership of

ethiopia and its political platform must be decided by ethiopian people and the ethiopian people alone she said prime minister was the main architects of the peace with their a trailer and this was not a joint award it was still more work to be done between the 2 countries at present this work seems to be at a standstill. it is the hope of the weeds and nobel committee that your previous achievements coupled with the added encouragement of the peace prize will spur the parties to further implementation of the peace treaties of the bulge after accepting the prize the new nobel laureate made it clear he felt he was also accepting it on behalf of his era trent counterpart. after work he

served this award on behalf of the organs and its eons likewise i accept this award on behalf of my partner and common olympic is president. it was goodwill trust would goodwill trusting commitment were vital in ending the 2 dick good deadlock between our countries the speech continued in a tone of humility from a leader who started from the most humble beginnings and worked his way up through the military ranks after fighting in the war with our a trailer as a young soldiers he's a say that reserve was the reason to deploying all media interviews and all slow a decision that caused some controversy but he may need more than humility for his next time ask and 28 team he was installed as prime minister when his predecessor resigned next year in may will face an election campaign for the 1st time james by

al-jazeera. gunmen have stormed a hotel in somalia's capital near the presidential residence police say 5 people were killed at the complex in mogadishu more than 80 people were rescued by security forces exchanged gunfire with the fighters and the call to the hotel. a 6th victim of a volcanic eruption off new zealand has died in hospital or 8 people remain missing another explosion on white island a prevented search teams from landing to look for survivors country's prime minister says there's been no sign of life. not just a washington has in fact autonomy but what's going to happen there today lauren i'm here in this community has been deeply affected by this tragedy and people here are anxiously awaiting the news from authorities we have heard today that there are 3 ems authorities are still working to ascertain when it will be

safe for them to go to what island there are still 8 people unaccounted for they are presumed dead and authorities will be looking to you know understand when they will be able to retrieve the bodies of those 8 individuals another thing that will be happening today is that post-mortems will be commencing we know that 6 people have died in this tragedy so far their bodies will be transported from hospitals around new zealand to all clint with investigations will begin thirdly what will be happening is authorities both from new zealand and also police from australia will be looking to identify some of the victims in the hospital there are still 30 people in hospitals around new zealand today on wednesday among them 20 are in a critical condition worth remembering that some of them have injuries that is so severe that in fact just trying to identify them will prove him right incredibly complex for local authorities just for washington thank you very much indeed for

that live update there from autonomy. still to come. on daintiness shifts to the left as new president i'll betcha finance days is sworn in . and after bloody weekend of demonstrations protestors in iraq stand firm in their demands for political change. hello again it's good to have you back well 1st starting out here across parts of southeastern australia actually temperatures over the next few days are going to be a little bit lower than normal for this time of year we do have a system that's making its way up the coast that's a cold front and behind the cold for and you can see here in melbourne only 19 degrees is going to be the expected high as you go up the coast of course that's where we see those warmer temperatures as well with brisbane at about $32.00 now

out towards the west so it is going to be quite hot we are looking at temperatures well into the high thirty's even into the low forty's for many situations and that includes perth where your temperatures are going up as well here on wednesday 38 degrees the expected high 39 on thursday 40 on friday and the heat wave is going to continue as we go through the rest of the weekend as well normally this time of year you temptress would be about $28.00 as a daytime high there well for the north and south island dizzy linda a mix of weather over the next few days the south island will be seeing some clouds as well as a few showers pushing through by the time we get towards wednesday and some winds up here for auckland at about $22.00 degrees going up to about $25.00 by the time we get towards thursday and then very quickly up here towards parts of japan it is not going to be too bad on wednesday for tokyo we do expect to see a temperature few of about 14 degrees there.

bottles in cameroons rivers. on green street. plastic is everywhere. but if bottles can be fishing boats. i'm bubble gum wellington boots what more can be done with this plague of palomas. earthrise reimagining plastic. on al-jazeera. or mind of the top stories here on al-jazeera the 1st official impeachment charges against president donald trump have been announced democrats say he has abused the

power of his office and obstructed congress in its investigation. made civilian leader who she has appeared at the entire international court of justice to defend our country and times that it has committed genocide against reading to muslims. if your promise to read has officially received the nobel peace prize he was given the award for his work in bringing an end to decades of hostility with neighboring eritrea. argentina's new president has been sworn in walking a shift to the left in the country a better fit under his took the oath in the congress building in but as ariz he spoke for an hour criticizing rising hunger and poverty levels across the country which is fighting rampant inflation and endos and his vice president cristina is a former leader of the country defeated married. you must create in october this election there is a vote joins us live now from what is are is what are the challenges for

a better fernando's. well we're here in downtown where all sides are far away from the presidential palace and there's been a party on going here with thousands of files out of the 5 member supporters showing up here to show their support to him earlier today for numbers drove himself to congress and that's where he addressed some of the main issues that are affecting argentina right now an enormous economic crisis with recession inflation rates of around 60 percent poverty rates around 40 percent and the possibility of argentina could default once again on its sovereign debt and during his speech to congress that's where he addressed some of the stations saying that it's time in argentina right now to speak about and to create a new social pact in order to deal with a 40 percent poverty rate in this country he also spoke about the possibility of argentina defaulting once again he said that the government of o.t. so much that he left argentina on the verge of default and he said that the

priority right now is for argentina's to start growing once again in order to be able to pay its debts earlier today he also sworn in his ministers that i moan that is a man known as mata fingal's man he said the follower and works alongside the noble prize winners joseph stiglitz has been very critical of the international monetary fund so there's lots of talk about the possibility of argentina restructuring its affording debt the other thing that we saw today is. that the fed members coming to office shows that argentina is going tollways and shifting towards the center left once again present during the maggie ration here was cuban president. and the one that was after was jackie towards her not only in the past she has called i but at the fairmont this i read banned it but in spite of the i. logical differences between also not all and for members we know that for a man this earlier today spoke about the importance that the medical sort of trade

bloc and the relationship of brazil and argentina has in spite of all of the differences that exist in argentina today what was very very important during phone number speech watch his speech and talking about unique uniting argentina and then to the polarization that has existed in this country all of this years and he said that this is the only way that argentina has in order to move forward there is a both thank you very much indeed. carter's prime minister has attended a meeting of the gulf cooperation council but there was no official mention of the ongoing blockade the leaders meeting in the saudi capital riyadh agreed the need for greater military and financial corporation and increased efforts to confront iran and secure regional energy supplies saudi arabia the u.a.e. bahrain and egypt cut diplomatic and economic ties with carter in 2 of the 17 the council secretary general said there are ongoing diplomatic efforts to end the

crisis. but just as iraq is standing firm in their demands for political change with gatherings in central baghdad continuing despite a particularly bloody weekend of demonstrations in while the deadline for the country's parliament to nominate a new prime minister is looming it's not a fault in reports. on the 2nd anniversary of isis defeat in iraq people took to brag about streets not to celebrate victory but to fight another battle this time against their own government armed with banners and flags they demanded justice and reforms and we want to i saw which is a happy thing but now we need to win over the parties and the corrupt they pose a greater danger than our national because of the crimes they committed against the people there is because came and killed people and no one stopped them no one questioned them and no one talks about it it's true you are so committed crimes no less than the crimes of these corrupt people last friday

a gunman opened fire on demonstrators in the nearby hill and square killing $25.00 and injuring dozens there is barely enough space on this wall to list the names of the latest victims their deaths seem to have drawn even more people into the streets several trade unions tribes and political organizations have called for protests on tuesday and this by the last friday's attack on demonstrators near tahrir square people have heeded the call their demands for him and the same they want an end to corruption and the new government in a show of solidarity hundreds of people arrived from iraq's southern provinces. oh. feeling ignored back home they hope their presence in baghdad will force those in power to listen i came here to support my brothers the pact that people would never return home either i go back to my coffin corrupt people out after friday's violence security forces were deployed near protest sites but it was

the followers of shia cleric mark that assad or i did. fired by their blue and white hats who seemed in charge of security none of them agreed to speak on camera yet they vowed to intervene to protect protestors if necessary parliament has 5 more days to choose a replacement for prime minister abdullah abdullah mahdi who resigned last month many feared without strong leadership iraq risks slipping deeper into crisis simona faulting al jazeera a bug that. just 2 days before voters in algeria go to the polls a court has sentenced 3 former political leaders to lengthy prison terms it comes as anti-government protests continue across the country calling for the election to be boycotted mykola gauge reports. was anti government protesters out again on the streets this time less than 48 hours before the polling stations in algeria altering their value into

a boy course the voyage claiming it won't be fair if the ruling elite still in power at the same time to former prime ministers were being sentenced in court for corruption and fraud ahmed was sentenced for 15 he is and his predecessor abdel nur likes allow for 12 an international arrest warrant was issued for former industry minister disallows bush will read who's not in the country in his absence he was sentenced to 20 years they all served under a long time president abdelaziz bouteflika was he was forced to step down earlier this year after widespread protests rejecting his attempt to run for 50. some of. those demonstrations have continued for months with cause for complaint or the whole of the political system. of the what are now 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 has been a fraudulent sense of the beginning. analysts already predict a voter turnout of less than 15 percent there's little evidence sentencing former politicians will persuade algerians to cast their ballots arrayed in these ministers now publicly is not going to change the mind. and there are very people who are actually been humbly ask in and before we ask for constructive change. if that change doesn't take place the future in algeria could be an unstable one nicola gage al-jazeera. a member of lebanon's caretaker government says the country is bankrupt on wednesday talks will begin in paris i mean to raise support but as in a harder reports from beirut international assistance may depend on the shape of the

next government. there is growing financial uncertainty in lebanon businesses are closing unemployment is rising the national currency is losing its value and there is a shortage of dollars we have received now about 70 requests in the last week from significant companies for significantly off so the problem is serious and these increasing the problem has been building up over many many years. the government is bankrupt frankly it's being described as the worst economic crisis in decades it's what triggered anti political establishment protests now in their 2nd month long time ally france is hosting a meeting of lebanon's international support group to secure credit lines to import basic goods like food and medicine the call for the meeting in paris is very interesting because it comes to days before the political parties dominate

their prime minister so in a way we see an implicit intervention in the process of deciding the prime minister sending a message with how dearly in power the international community is willing to lebanon's prime minister saddle had he who resigned over a months ago due to the protests stayed on in a caretaker capacity but he is conditioning his return on the formation of a nonpartisan government which has been rejected by his political rivals the iranian backed hezbollah and its allies france the former colonial power in lebanon has led mediation efforts in past crises it now hopes the meeting in paris will push politicians to create what the french foreign ministry calls a competent and credible government to restore the economic situation and meet the aspirations of the people protesters want independent experts to lead the country into early elections foreign powers have weighed in with their own demands. being.

there are other conditions that. have not been stated publicly by foreign countries apart from who the prime minister will be there is the us condition that has what is out of the government political deadlock is not unusual in lebanon where parties have regional international alliances very few expect stability until those countries find common ground. beirut around 600 migrants in bosnia being moved from a makeshift camp to another shelter near the capital sarajevo they've been living in harsh freezing conditions at the bush camp a form a landfill area near the northern border with croatia follows growing pressure from aid agencies for $36.00 close the facility which lacks basic services like running water and electricity turn how reports. the conditions are appalling in the biting cold this was no way for already desperate people to be living on the

doorstep of europe the buses put the only way they'd hoped to leave camp north west border into croatia the so-called balkan route to the european union instead roughly 600 migrants from places like syria afghanistan and pakistan are being rehabbed in a former military barracks near the capital sarajevo better conditions perhaps but in the wrong direction. police want to take us there says that ever happened because they forced us to. but there are people who want to go because he wants a good. other countries they want to cause. it took months of criticism by international organizations on the ground to convince the bosnian or thirty's to do something about camp in freezing temperatures human rights officials warned people would start dying here without running water or

proper heating. but returning to the countries they fled is no option and nor is remaining in bosnia so many will be undeterred by this move trickling back in time and despite allegations of violence by croatian border police wait for the chance to try again to enter the e.u. . al-jazeera. 10 and under the top stories on our jazeera the 1st official impeachment charges against president donald trump have been announced democrats from the house of representatives formally accused him of abusing his power by pressuring the leader of ukraine to investigate his political rival by withholding aid he's also charged with obstructing congress as he's refused to assist the process the articles of impeachment come ahead of a vote on whether to put the president on trial he's maintained the process is

a witch hunt a president who declares himself above accountability above the american people and the brother 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 man mas' civilian leader and son sushi has appeared at the international court of justice she's defending her country of the claims that committed genocide against rangoon muslims nearly 3 quarters of a 1000000 rangar a fled men are in the past few years following a brutal military crackdown sushi's expected to say that the operation was a legitimate counter-terrorism response. if you can promise to be a plant has officially received the nobel peace prize in a ceremony in oslo he was given the award for his work in bringing an end to

decades of hostility with neighboring eritrea the president of that country was not included in the commendation of the afraid said his country is now on a path to genuine democracy but warned about the influence of global superpowers in the horn of africa. these ilands prime minister says search teams will attempt to reach the site of a volcanic eruption on wednesday 6 people are known to have died in the explosion on white island around 50 kilometers off the coast of the north island 8 people remain missing but authorities say there's been no sign of life on the island all the 30 people injured and being treated in hospital. those the top stories do stay with us earth rises next with new ideas to tackle a plague of plastic waste used to be kept by fire. fishing boats from north korea washing up on the shores of japan. some carrying did better.

than i want to use to guess to gates these mysterious go ships on al-jazeera. the explosion of plastic waste across the world threatens the very survival of life on our planet. every year up to $12000000.00 metric tons of plastic entered our oceans. from poisoning marine life littering landscapes and clogging waterways plastic waste and the environment is set to trickle in the next decade. the problem is so vast it can seem overwhelming but by reimagining this waste as a result we can begin.