i've seen friends wounded while working on mines i wasn't scared to lose an arm or a leg is a sacrifice we have to like just this country. boeing suspends production of it 737 max the latest fallout from the deadly crashes in ethiopia and in the. i'm sam is a and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up top u.s. democrat puts the pressure on leading white house aides to testify in president donald trump's impeachment trial. to gauge a trial without the facts coming out is to engage in a cover. police beatings of

students feel growing outrage in india against a controversial citizenship law. where in burundi as it changes its political capital critics say it's to help the ruling party ahead of elections. bancroft manufacturer boeing is suspending for adoption of what was its best selling plane the 737 max it was grounded worldwide in march off the 2 fatal crashes within 5 months the grounding has already cost the company $9000000000.00 john hendren reports from boeing's headquarters in chicago. after slowing production of its most lucrative plane boeing is now hitting the brakes the aircraft maker says it is temporarily. halting production of its controversial 737

max aircraft following crashes in indonesia and ethiopia killing 346 people the model was grounded worldwide now with that flight ban set to last well into 2020 boeing's rare freeze on production is expected to ripple across the global economy suspending production of a commercial aircraft is something that has been very rarely done it truly is an unprecedented decision and it is one that has massive impact to boeing and its suppliers and the airlines the airlines that have maxed jets on order are eager to get them the ones that have them in their fleets are eager to get them flying again the company says there will be no layoffs among the $12000.00 workers at its renton washington plant but the decision could affect workers at this $600.00 companies that are part of the $737.00 max supply chain the impact of the

announcement is so great the boeing's woes could expand the u.s. trade deficit with other nations what makes this such a huge economic decision for boeing and for the global economy is that boeing is the largest manufacturing exports in the u.s. and it's also the largest component of the dow jones industrial average boeing says it has fixed the planes problems through software upgrades in pilot training but with each delay the future of company president dennis mulan berry has come increasingly under question we've been challenged and changed by these accidents we've made mistakes and we've learned and we are still learning. and we're improving in april boeing cut production of the $737.00 max from $52.00 a month to $42.00 is that production line grinds to a halt boeing customers passengers shareholders and suppliers are all left to wonder when it will finally start up again john hendren chicago

aviation analyst kyle bailey says the for the auction poles was necessary foliage istiklal pope says but he expects the planes to be back in the air. quite frankly they're running out of rooms to destroy these airplanes i mean these are planes are actually parked in the boeing employee parking lots because they have no space they originally anticipated these are planes would move and they're not moving because they're not flying it's plain and simple it would be very hard to for example say if boeing were to suspend for 6 months or for a year it would be hard to restart because they have in excess of $300.00 suppliers different suppliers for the $737.00 max airplane so if they were to suspend long term that would mean employees layoffs at the suppliers and it would be very hard to restart the fact that this looks like it's for now short term in that regard it's good news because you're most 'd likely will have to be layoffs on the supplier level there will be chaos the bottom line is once

a green light is given by the f.a.a. the airplanes will start flying very very quickly these airplanes sitting on the ground are costing the airlines lots of money so once the green light comes from the f.a.a. these are planes will surely all be back in the skies flying. the top democrat in the u.s. senate he's accusing president donald trump of oka striking a coverup chunk schumann's cold full content former white house aides to testify at trump's impeachment trial but the white house is discouraging them from giving evidence complete how could explains let's try to have a civil conversation ok passionate debate forward against us president donald trump and whether he should be removed from office it's an issue dividing americans on full display is this democratic congresswoman in michigan attempted to explain why

she supports impeachment i hope that even if people don't agree with my decision they see that i based my decision on my personal integrity. and that is the most that i can do to show people that i scare them even if we don't agree but even before the impeachment vote is cast in the u.s. house which is expected this week the debate over the senate trial is underway that trial would decide whether trump should be removed from office trump is pushing for a full hearing to clear his name one that would include witnesses and testimony he believes could hurt his democratic rivals now democrats have announced they want their own witnesses to testify including trump's acting chief of staff mick mulvaney and former national security advisor john bolton to cover up his efforts the white house discouraged both you not to cooperate with the house in corrie even though both men could shed light on trump's motivations for withholding military

aid to ukraine the basis for the impeachment investigation these people know better than anybody else the facts there is no reason on god's green earth why they shouldn't be called and testify unless you're afraid of what they might say trump has repeatedly claimed no wrongdoing when he asked ukraine's president to do him a favor and investigate the son of his political rival joe biden on allegations of corruption trump's personal attorney rudolph giuliani fresh from a trip to ukraine has threatened to expose corruption and bribery on the part of members of the white house under u.s. president barack obama but when asked for specifics trump said he knew very little of what giuliani was up to he's a great person who loves our country and he does this out of love believe me he does it out of love he sees what goes on it's an attempt to discredit the proceedings as well offering no evidence to dispute the case against him signaling

president trump is gearing up for a fight with trademark defiance kimberly helped at al jazeera the white house india's prime minister is call. when for calm off to 5 days of violent protests against a new hole it offers citizenship to persecuted minorities from neighboring countries but excludes muslims the protests show no signs of dying down instead they've spread to university campuses nationwide under schapelle reports. the wave of anger is growing across india over the citizenship law. and fear student said jamia millia islamia university in new delhi are also angry at the police response. that security forces stormed their campus on sunday and beat up protestors or the 100 students were injured images of police beating students has spread across the country and inspired protests on other campuses. a lot of police men get into

our gate and destructive brutally beating all of us students who was there they fought us they gave they wouldn't like their boys and girls everyone was beaten the controversial law fast track citizenship to minorities from 3 neighboring countries just hindus sikhs buddhists jains parsis and christians but not muslims india's opposition says it's discriminatory towards the country's $200000000.00 muslims and goes against the secular constitution. pressure is mounting on the prime minister to reduce tensions there's been widespread protests since the law was passed last wednesday one which the u.n. human rights office has called fundamentally discriminatory in nature what people seem as specially after the crackdown that happened. and then followed by the good with community with yesterday i'll be seeing that bit in the uk by building 2 of the unit with the be all over india seeing you know i had a call to do in mumbai in the uk know. some of both were being very symbolic to me why some of those without being very you know showing signs of why

didn't the been there been instances of stone throwing of describing the demonstrations as unfortunate and deeply distressing prime minister narendra modi assured citizens that the act does not affect them and is intended for those who face years of persecution and have no other place to go also calling for peace unity and brotherhood. to protest on monday were any indication people are finding unity in opposing the new law many see it as part of the hindu 1st agenda of modi's party the b j p n or schapelle al-jazeera. thousands of colombians have turned out in bogota to protest against tax reform demonstrators say the measures being debated in congress should be scrapped because the only benefit the rich. he has the latest from the rally in bogota. a few 1000 people here in the capital protesting

against the president. and his government once again as part of the ongoing. strike that started now almost a month ago on november 21st the crowds are smaller than what we see in past weeks but the people who are out say they remain motivated to keep putting pressure on president. poverty and social problems are huge in this country and we need to be hurt and will continue until we are hammered in this case the demonstrations are focusing on the ongoing discussions on tax reform that's being debated same side of congress and that is expected to pass at some point this week that will depend on a couple of center right parties that are still undecided what they're going to do with opposition parties have come out of congress participating in the protests

with the people. that this is a reform for the multinationals and the bankers the government is giving away billions taking it from below and look last it has to be stopped as we enter the holiday season here christmas season the largest holiday season in the country like me and that these demonstrations will end the rallies that. will be suspended for a time however the leaders of the strike say that they are ready to meet again and she. area to start a new demonstration new road to continue putting pressure on the government that be by paying thousands way. still ahead on al-jazeera. new prime minister postponed in lebanon as protesters keep demanding a political overholt. and a call for the gambians president to step down protesters say he's going back on

a promise to rule for just 3 years. had those same fair few showers and some snow across areas of the middle east in the last week or 2 and there is certainly on the way plenty of clouds give you an idea where the rain is going to be as we had to choose and house pretty heavy at times work his way southward stree much of iran and also working its way through eastern sections of iraq the snows these hot elevations a cold enter on tuesday just 8 celsius but pretty warm into beirut and some nice kiss guys say for the next couple of days tuesday and wednesday by wednesday that rain working its way further east with the still those shot just plaguing that south coast of iran and pushing into more eastern areas 11 celsius in kabul under

those cloudy skies now that rain working its way through southern iran is also going to have an impact here through the gulf states around the middle east that rain will work its way for the south as we go through tuesday on into wednesday but it's very fast moving but we could just still see one to 2 shows a wednesday and sunday feeling cooler just 17 in riyadh and 21 celsius in doha and also a few shots likely into southern areas of africa temperatures still high in the south 23 in capetown and a very warm day and 28 degrees celsius warming up still on wednesday before the showers had in on a cloud today with a high of 20. the weather sponsored by catalona is. almost the last time you were out on the streets protesting whether on line you feel the weight of the system we do walk through each and every love board layer further and further into the jail or if you join us on saying retention has to start from change one letter and daniel and attention or you incarcerate this is

a dialogue everyone has a voice recording artist a 6 o'clock our coverage will be varying accounts but i want to give people the reason for joining the global conversation amount is iraq. you're watching al-jazeera time to recap the headlines now boeing is temporarily suspending production of its bestselling 737 max a craft next month the plane was grounded worldwide in march that was after 2 fatal crashes 5 months apart that killed $346.00 people the top democrats in the u.s. time it says accuse president dog trump of orchestrating

a cover up chuck schumer wants current and former white house aides to testify at trump's impeachment trial the white house is discouraging them from giving evidence . india's prime minister narendra modi has called for calm after 5 days of violent protests against a controversial new citizenship law thousands of students who joined the demonstrations as anger spreads across the country. china and russia are calling for an end to some of the sanctions on north korea they've proposed a draft u.n. security council resolution which would see some penalties lifted to quote enhance the livelihood of the civilian population of the u.s. says now is not the time to consider lifting sanctions christenson louise at the united nations in new york she says the proposal comes at a time of growing concern over north korea. what the chinese and the russians are proposing is a wide rollback of sanctions against north korea sanctions that were imposed to try

to stop it from developing a nuclear weapon and they start with issues that they say are humanitarian in nature related to people's livelihoods things like the export of textiles or seafood but they would also consider lifting sanctions on heavy equipment and construction equipment where it has to do with into your korean road and construction projects some relief that north korea has been looking for from sanctions to develop its economy which has been so hurt by these sanctions as it's punished for developing nuclear weapons now the problem is that the chinese and the russians are making this proposal at a time when there is such growing concern in the international community about north korea and its increasingly threatening and provocative statements ahead of a self-imposed deadline of the end of the year kim jong un the leader of north

korea has made for coming to an agreement with the united states over its nuclear program we've seen korean officials warning of a christmas surprise we've seen ballistic missile testing so much so that members of the security council got together last week and criticized north korea for taking this step so even as they are ratcheting up the rhetoric in the threatening undertones to what they're saying we have china and russia proposing a rollback of sanctions more strikes are expected in france on tuesday is thousands vent their anger about changes to the pension system the government wants people to work 2 years longer and is also proposing an end to special privileges for some employees strike began earlier this month and includes workers from the transport sector schools and hospitals president the man you might call says the current system is unfair too expensive. the deadline for iraq's president to nominate a new prime minister has been extended until thursday the stepped down from the

post last month after weeks of violent protests in which more than 400 people were killed the demonstrations have continued people say they want a complete overhaul of the political system they're angry about widespread corruption high unemployment and poor public services. in lebanon consultations to pick the next prime minister of also been delayed until thursday president michel aoun was supposed to meet political parties on monday but talks with the spokesman of the major christian parties refused to support the only candidate caretaker prime minister sadly really say the holder has more from beirut. minutes before the constitutional process to form a new government was set to start lebanon's presidency postponed consultations until thursday politicians were to name their choice of prime minister and saddle heidi the caretaker prime minister was supposed to be renamed but he requested the men to avoid in his words violating the constitution and preserving unity among the

nation sects. it seems the christian participation or vote is the reason why. the lebanese forces party is refusing to name a prime minister from the political class and the other main christian party the free political movement is refusing to name this is a problem lebanon's leaders who share power based on a sectarian political system are deeply divided how d.d. says he wants to head a government free from the influence of political parties his rivals led by the iranian backed hezbollah who are part of the governing alliance and hold the majority in parliament say they won't give up power. because. sticking to its position and. ruling. for one single inch. the prime minister these aren't. the same. system

a change in leadership is what anti-establishment protesters have been demanding for 2 months but the largely peaceful uprising against those who have ruled lebanon for 30 years has turned violent in recent days confrontations between unarmed protesters and security forces is raising fears about stability and security political deadlock is not rare in lebanon but there is an urgent need to form a government the country is in turmoil the ruling class is bargaining over power while workers are losing their jobs companies are closing the local currency is losing its value. and people do not have access to their money and banks the economy is on the brink of collapse but even international financial assistance is being conditioned to the formation of a government that meets the aspirations of the lebanese people and now the united nations is warning the political impasse create fertile ground for provocations and political manipulation that could lead to more violence. beirut.

at least 12 people have been killed in a rebel attack in the eastern democratic republic of congo the rape happened overnight on monday in the village of come and go they these 32 people died in another attack in benny was blamed on the rebel group allied democratic forces or the group was formed in uganda when several rebel factions merged but it expanded into the east india r.c. in the late 1990 s. and it poses the governments of both countries the groups accused of killing thousands of people including un peacekeepers often in collaboration with other militias several a.d.f. attacks have been claimed by i saw there is a lack of evidence linking the 2 groups or more our bodies' head of the un's mission in banning he says the attacks have increased because a.d.f. rebels are on the pressure. it has always been the case that the back seat in

communities but there has definitely been an increase in the number of attacks in the last weeks and it's quite longer than that almost few months now this is merely because they are on the run they are threatened by the physical operation that we are conducting our selves but also the police military in their stronghold forests and as a result they tend to run away and as the room where the conduct these operations went to retaliate against the civilian population it's going to put pressure on us and of the congolese and military to stop these offensive operations but also as they move on as they go on the run they need to replenish their food their medical supplies and their weapons so really this is the reason for this increase in attacks in the recent weeks thousands of gambians have been rallying against the president adam about. him to step down that the end of this year he promised to leave office after 3 years as part of a deal to form

a coalition government since said he'll govern for 2 more let us talk has more from been joel. they shout in the local language it means it's time time for president adam a barrow to leave power. but says he broke a promise he made to the people of gambia who brought him to power 3 years ago so we are protesting because our president had entered into an agreement with the government in point to 16 that he would serve a transitional government for 3 years thereafter he would hold a presidential election. in which it would not be a participant and where but imagine as the winner of that election he would graciously hand over that up north. instead barrow says he wants to stay in power and complete his mandate until 2021 saying he's respecting the constitution but in 2016 with most political leaders in jail the opposition rallied behind president

barrow then a political outsider they had protested under the slogan gambia has decided when longtime president they refused to concede defeat during that year's presidential elections berra told al-jazeera at the time he would respect the will of the people and only lead the country through its transition to democracy organizing elections in which he would not take part brunton or britney spears trust. another businessman. put their trust before him to run. to the. on this hard work. but his political party has now stopped backing him because he has surrounded himself with allies to yeah jamey is foreign and finance minister as well as police chief are now part of various cabinet a protest like this would simply not take place under john they people would be too afraid to take to the streets and demonstrate against

a head of state and so while there is more political freedom under add a member of the change that he had promised and the reform in the security economic and social sector is too slow to come there is some pressure for what are. high prices in commodity. countries. many. protesters handed a petition to a government spokesman setting an ultimatum for barrett to leave power next month as he promised to do so 3 years ago this is an unprecedented show of force since the nation's return to democracy and a reminder to its political leaders that it's the people not politicians who are in charge of the gambler's future nicolas hawke al-jazeera bench will british prime minister boris johnson says he wants to put his brags that bill before parliament on friday the vote on the withdrawal agreement bill will be the 1st step in this

plan to have britain leave the e.u. by the end of next month johnson has welcomed new elected conservative m.p.'s to westminster following thursday's election and announce a small reshuffle of his cabinet thousands of buildings of fear damaged or destroyed in the bushfire northwest of australia's biggest city sydney firefighters worked through the night on monday to try to contain the gospels mountain blaze which is almost $400000.00 hectares in size it's one of dozens of bush fires burning across new south wales. burundi has a new political capital is outs and is in the government says its central location will make it easier for people to access services some critics argue the move is not economically viable maybe politics 3 motivated. reports from the new capital city this is ballooned his new political capital.

in the middle of the country and was once a copy to all of the blue indian more nicky and to the kingdom was abolished in 1966 the reason moved became official at the beginning of the year president. hold some of his meetings here the senate and some government offices have relocated it will take a least 3 years before the move is complete. new funding the project is the last feast 1st an idea is born we are paying for our own election so i'm sure our money will be found to be the infrastructure of the capital. some critics suggest the decision to move the capital from bujumbura which remains the country's commercial center could be linked to it's seen as a stronghold of the opposition i generally lection is scheduled for next year and people still remember riots in the streets. because of a disputed pauline 2015. was a decision taken while they even there is no more premisses for

the offices to be there to be directly located there i think to me even be very clear what happened in tanzania or in nigeria some decades ago they decided politically that. we shift from lagos to our from dallas. to quincy in tanzania. dorie you have political city is remaining in that itself till now. those who live in expect big changes it heading home to less than 1000000 people both we talked to say they hope there will a patient of the capital will benefit them quickly one of the good jobs better out there is running water and for one economy it's going to take a while to realize the expectation. this trader believes if more people move to get

tega the more money she'll make that there are not that much and it would be good to get people to help us to build our businesses and i'm already making more sales than before because it's in a central location strategy say mob were indians would be able to access government services easily but implementing this ambitious plan that could cost billions of dollars in a country with limited resources and so many priorities is likely to be a difficult task catherine sawyer al-jazeera. and let's take you through some of the headlines here now to syria now boeing is suspending production of its best selling 737 max aircraft next month the plane was grounded worldwide in march following 2 fatal crashes within 5 months which killed $346.00 people the decision comes after the federal aviation authority said it

would not approve the plane's return to service before $22100.00 has more from chicago. b. after 2 days of board meetings the company made a momentous decision that will reverberate throughout the u.s. and global economies and it will affect suppliers and airlines around the world the company decided it will temporarily stop production of the boeing 737 max plane that's because it's been waiting and waiting since last spring for regulators to approve it it has also been forced to make a number of changes to software and other things that are expected to have contributed to those crashes the top democrats in the u.s. senate has accused president trump of orchestrating a cover up chuck schumer's calls for current and former white house aides to testify at trump's impeachment trial the white house is refusing to take part in the proceedings. india's prime minister is calling for calm after 5 days of violent

protests against the new law and office citizenship to persecute the minorities in neighboring countries but excludes muslims the protests have spread to university campuses. thousands of colombians have turned out in bogota to protest against tax reforms demonstrators say the measures only benefit the rich business in. china and russia are calling for an end to some u.n. sanctions on north korea they've proposed a draft security council resolution which would see some penalties lifted more strikes are expected in france on tuesday as thousands vent their anger about changes to the pension system the government wants people to work for 2 years longer and is also proposing an end to special privileges for some employees it's the stream next stay with us here on al-jazeera. a dramatic year for don't trump ends with impeachment threatening his presidency no one not even the president is

above the law what next for the man hoping to win a 2nd time in power and 2020 the impeachment inquiry is a scam join us for the latest developments on al-jazeera. and you're in the stream today can exposing china's intone accounts close the off the journalists reveal classified documents all muslim intel and camps china pushes back with its own narrative we'll speak to a panel of journalists covering and we want your input send us your questions and your comments to twitter or our live here to chop. this is for it if the cattle director of human rights watch and you are in the stream. china says the other ethnic minorities who have been detained in the so-called we education camps have.