president donald trump will soon find out if he's to be impeached in the coming hours so we'll find out how that specific the world will go forward. hello them chilling words all this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up a death sentence for pakistan's former leader pair of isma charest now the nation's army weighs in on that part of. a surge in fighting across libya different factions square off against the assault by warlord holy fast. forwarded moves its capital will look at whether the ambitious transition will benefit it's.

a u.s. house committee is meeting to finalize the rules for the impeachment vote against president dilma chum members of the house rules committee will decide on how much time to allow for the debates before the vote which is likely to happen a way to stay now the democratic controlled house is expected to vote in save all the impeachment that would then lead to a trial in the republican controlled senate the next year well donald trump has been tweeting our white house correspondent kimberly how it will give us more on that shortly but 1st let's go to heidi joe castro on capitol hill to heidi what are we expecting it to happen where you are today. which really the debate is already raging before the house rules committee here at the capitol and in a sense they're debating the rules of the debate because they were all forward looking to tomorrow when we expect that historic vote on the full house floor where donald trump will likely be impeached. by congress only the 3rd sitting u.s.

president to have an pietschmann to proceed to this stage that is expected to pass along party lines of democrats controlling that chamber they will be voting on these articles of impeachment which are abuse of power and obstruction of congress both tied to accusations that trump withheld vital security aides to ukraine and deny that country's president a visit to the oval office all the leverage to gain political dirt from ukraine on trump's own political rivals here in the u.s. now again that impeachment vote is expected tomorrow and because democrats control the house of representatives it is expected to pass which then sets the stage for a trial of impeachment of donald trump which will take place in the senate in january now that chamber is controlled by republicans the president's own party and

the top republican in the senate mitch mcconnell has just rejected the democrats' plan calling more in more witnesses to the impeachment trial there had been an effort to get members of trump's innermost circle to testify these are people who may have information on the president's motives when he withheld that security aide from ukraine but they have been thus far blocks from testifying by the white house as part of this impeachment inquiry mitch mcconnell just said that he will not be calling those witnesses he says that it is the house democrats' fault for having done sloppy homework it's the house's obligation to build an arm plug. if they lived. that's got this done its job or leap into the breach and search desperately for was to get the guilty. that would hardly be impartial

justice. again it's notable that it is the white house that is stopping that has stopped those witnesses from custer 5 before the house despite the efforts of house democrats to compel those testimonies and in fact polling shows that the majority of americans want these witnesses to share their testimonies in a senate trial and in fact even 2 thirds of republicans have said they wish to hear from these witnesses who have been silenced thus far julie and is joe castor there live with the latest from capitol hill heidi thank you well president trump was taken to twitter in the last hour he says and i called impeachment poll numbers are starting to drop like a rock now that people are understanding better what this whole democrat scam is all about let's go live to our white house correspondent can be halted in washington d.c. hi there kimberly so does president trump believe the impeachment process maybe is even strengthening his base. it certainly is

a mess as the president has been sending in light of the national poll numbers that seem to show that despite the weeks of hearings despite the weeks of damning testimony give the president the public opinion remains divided in fact the president quoting republican senator in one of his latest tweets saying they the dems don't have anything the whole thing's a joke it's time to get the president exonerated this is a reality t.v. show president of course he has the business accu men in real estate but he also knows how to manipulate and massage a message and that's what we've seen this president doing throughout this process he's been his most vocal defender it seems to be working for him in fact there was a poll that came out yesterday a national poll that indicated in fact that when the president was up against some of the top democratic rivals in the 2020 presidential election but there is the potential that he could win reelection we've also seen the case of one democrat who

has supported the republican party in the midst of this impeachment inquiry so this is very unusual given the fact that when we had impeachment for bill clinton we did not see these types of defections this is certainly something that the president is seizing on but it's also leaving many americans wondering whether or not the impeachment process is really working as it was intended democrats believe that they've made a very strong case the public opinion has not moved republicans say that this has been a very strong case against the president said that the evidence was cherry picked what both sides seem to agree on is that the process may not be working as the founding fathers intended but certainly in terms of how they believe it should be working there is certainly disagreement and division in a very polarized america came in how could they live with the latest from washington d.c. the white house can really thank you. pakistan's army 6 pressed anguish after

former president pervez musharraf was sentenced to death in a treason case the sheriff was in office from 1999 to 2008 after seizing power in a military coup the case relates to the emergency he imposed after suspending the constitution in 2007 meszaros lives in dubai and was tried in the capital islamabad in his absence welcome ohio has more now from the pakistani capital after a special court part that gets 10 tenth's against a former ruler of bloggers generated by read my tribe who have been critical condition in the hospital and the by day was a wave of rage and maimed and anger from several including the country's military. has caused a lot of anguish and pain across the rank and file of the military forces and questioned as to how a man who served this country. was also taking part in that was

defending this country and was president of the country how he could be a traitor and so does get from the military their government extended smiling all the options and much of his own party they all focused on mostly saying that their great. challenge there were days of despair called so indeed an important development that show it's fiction greenburg a treaty and that 1000000. dollars had become controversial given the fact that they're allowed a former prime minister who was 101010 great care to go out of the country to grant him bail on medical grounds and yet thought that gets spent caring for a man who would go to grady and critical condition and how to prevent it and thereby. there's been more violence in india's capital over a controversial new citizenship law they supplied tear gas and hit protesters with back to vehicles and shops in the demonstrations a law for citizenship to persecuted religious minorities from neighboring countries

but excludes them so hill has more. we want freedom the students are jumpier 1000000 i slowly a university in new delhi are making their voices heard their mood is upbeat and support for them is growing the many are muslim and everyone here is against the citizenship amendment act passed last thursday they say it discriminates against millions of people from minorities across india especially muslims. on sunday fighting broke out between civilians and police who started it is disputed. video showing police dragging out students and beating them have gone viral dozens were injured students say it supports their accusations that they were specifically targeted. on choose day lawyers representing the students and civil society took their allegations to india supreme court the chief justice ruled that there were so

many complaints on such a wide issue that high courts an individual states should hear them while students marshal traffic past growing crowds on the other side of the capitol police were firing tear gas at protesters several were reportedly injured i students here say the prime minister is falsely accusing the book being involved in the violence actually a lot of people from the look at it became a combined with mixed with all the damage to it and actually they hijacked the whole protests of demolition i'm a student and then they've been through what the police and everything i've been up to down. there certainly boise but. see there are so just university the situation is very different to what happened on that day there. certainly no police around the students and civil society groups here's the thing the home. of course things like this are being replicated across india and it seems like this is a bringing people out into the streets. as people gathered not far away riot

police stood ready to move the opposition leaders have also criticised the police. said no means some of the government has a text by interim university so we will fight for the constitution of india which did it time and time again that we will fight against the government. 6 but protests like these are some look likely to continue large demonstrations are being plugged in states opposed to the p.g.p. led government of the citizens abroad but. people from across the political divide are telling prime minister the red robertie that this legislation strikes at the very heart of india's secular constitution and they'll fight it so robert al-jazeera delhi isn't his foreign minister luigi demarco is in libya where he's met with warlord khalifa haftar in raj in the east of the country earlier dimaggio also held talks with the leader of libya's un backed government italy's criticised

both the government of national accord and turkey for what it describes as their mistaken approach towards the ongoing conflict and while there's been a surge in fighting between government forces and those loyal to have to the un backed government launched artillery attacks against have ties troops have been attempting to take the capital after us forces have been conducting air strikes in a number of areas he had earlier called for a final offensive to take tripoli all this follows the announcement of a mass mobilization in a number of cities opposed to have but would up to one had is in tripoli and he explains why the move by the un backed government can be seen as a counterattack to the media war waged by halftime. on the ground there hasn't been any major change any advancement for neither side of the warring factions or the ground and i think unless those cities send the troops and weapons they vowed to send to the front lines but on the other hand this could be read in terms

of the media war of their psychological war between the 2 warring factions because this declare ration of mass mobilization of the. cities as a kind of counter attack to how far is a media war your members that have to us forces have been. a media war to intimidate and test their enemies the latest declaration was on thursday by have to himself declaring the 0 hour war encouraging his forces to enter tripoli so this declaration by the city's tool for mass mobilization is a kind of counter declaration to also intimidate have to us forces who are now trying to push closer to the city center. still ahead here on al-jazeera sealing the deal said sudan's president salva kiir and opposition need to react map shah

agreed to form a unity get. flights and trains are cancelled and france's unions protest against pension reforms we'll have reaction from. we got some quater weather coming into the middle east over the next couple of days a slight khwaja because in a fair amount of rain recently just spinning out of the levant through iraq through iran western parts of iran 113 millimeters of right in just 24 hours that what's a weather making its way further east with surprise the skies will come back in behind i think we could do with some relief from that wet or whether you see the sun coming out there across western parts of the central areas some snow at times or so pushing its way further east was a little slide its way over towards pakistan as we go into the latter part of the

way but clearer skies as you can see coming in behind. the city at around it's 19 degrees celsius but a cloud over towards pakistan. some spots of rank coming through here the couple iran 10 degrees celsius but the best of the sun will be across the other side of the region by rates at around 20 degrees celsius now we are going to see temperatures getting much about 20 celsius here in doha over the next couple of days crowded rain from that same weather system very close by so i think we may well see a spot to 2 of right we can do for the football here then 21 celsius similar temperature as we go on through thursday but i think we see more in the way of sunshine for all.

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zombies expressed anguish out to former president pervez musharraf was sentenced to death in a treason case was the chief of army staff before he seized power in a coup in 1990 until she has. been more violence in india's capital over a controversial new citizenship law with police firing tear gas a pretext that it offers minorities from neighboring countries citizenship but it excludes muslim. sudan's president salva kiir says he in the main opposition they don't react much are have reaffirmed their desire to form a unity government the 2 men met so over the past 3 days in the capital juba to resolve standing disputes the prevented the formation of a coalition government by a previous november the 12th deadline into into 13 pierre accused match our of attempting a coup sparking a conflict that left hundreds of thousands dead these 14 civilians have been killed in the latest round of russian attacks on rebel held areas in northwestern syria

shelling in airstrikes on a deal of problems have escalated in recent weeks comes as the government of president bashar assad appears to be preparing for a ground offensive so $4.00 to $5.00 the main highway linking damascus with pull. in the 3rd consecutive night of protests in 11 months capital supporters of 2 main shia groups hezbollah on the mall have fought with security forces these repeatedly fired tear gas and water cannons to disperse hundreds of protesters in the it comes hours after lebanon's president michel aoun delayed consultations with political parties to name a new prime minister major christian parties refused to support the only current candidate caretaker prime minister saad hariri french transport workers are staging demonstrations nationwide for the 13th day against government plans to reform pensions trains and flights are being disrupted and that could continue throughout the christmas holidays workers would need to work 2 extra years before

getting a food pension under those proposals the government says they will create a fair system the official behind the plans has had to quit over a scandal involving one declared income a dash of outlets in paris and she says workers believe the government crossed a red line in their reform plans. opinion polls suggest that the majority of french people actually support the strikes even though the majority also support the fact that the government does need to make some changes it's really down to the details people feel that although the pension system does need to be changed and modernized that's what the government says they are unhappy with some of the details most particularly they're unhappy with the fact that the government wants people to work to me is longer than they do now in order to be able to have their full pension so that means it's out of $62.00 they can retire at $62.00 on a full pension it would take them to 64 and that's something quite controversial in france because they feel that the government had promised not to touch the age of

a full pension retirement but nevertheless what the government is saying is that they say that no matter what they don't want to start off with the trade unions they don't want to get into the situation in which the disruption continues the government says that it won't back down but it really does look as if what we have is exactly that a standoff situations the trade unions are saying they can going to continue with the strikes the government is saying they need to forge ahead they need to modernize this pension system because they say it's an equal it's not fair they say that it's costing too much public money and the frogs need to really a law in itself with all the european countries the u.n. is hosting its 1st ever global refugee forum and she needs to look at ways to improve the lives of millions of refugees across the globe 3 day event comes as the number of refugees is rising while addressing the global refugee forum turkey's president range of time board and criticized other countries for failing to provide promised funding to help syrian refugees in turkey. in order to

find a sustainable and permanent solution to this issue we have to take global steps forward in cooperation but we haven't yet reached the desired level of global ownership of the crisis our hope and pray that the global refugee forum here in geneva. mental in terms of implementing our previous commitments and the only solution to the outstanding problem of the refugee influx crisis coming out of syria is far from being confined but it is a political solution this is a burden that we have been bearing for the last 9 years we need to find a formula that allows the refugees to remain in their mother lands and the ones that have already come to turkey to be peacefully returned and resettled in their motherland hundreds of refugees essential michelle are protesting outside the offices of the un refugee agency have been demonstrating for 2 days now demanding better living conditions of the camps and i get this the refugees have been deported from libya that's

a common route into europe across the mediterranean sea an escalation in libya's conflict since april forced many of them to return to nation. meanwhile the increase in violence in the sahara legion is heavily impacting lives and the economy in a share it's eastern region of tele burials come under constant attack by armed groups i would address looks at the situation in the province where analysts say groups including eisel have established a food hold. this is a military hospital for celebrations to mark the generous republic day. but for the soldiers taking part it's a particularly difficult time. last week fighters i lived with i still crossed the border from mali and killed 7 to one of their colleagues. isn't it security conditions are deteriorating on the border with mali terrorists are attacking common people and mostly tribal leaders kidnapping in executing them

terrorist target army personnel with explosives. the border between egypt and mali stretches for hundreds of kilometers too long to be protected by the understaffed and ill equipped armies in the region. say it's a situation exploited repeatedly by armed groups with devastating results on one of the poorest countries in the world. insecurity always has a heavy mental toll this is patrolled as a metaphor they know that a skilled person cannot be productive that's why education is their prime target. the u.s. economy to live is taking a hit these days fewer customers come to the market here into liberia apart from the shortage of supplies people like to impoverish for the. benefit of the lot is only lack of security in till a barrier has gravely affected businesses many of the shops have closed down as commercial areas are always targeted how can businesses function in

a situation where security is deteriorating day by day. apart from the 720 just saw just killed last week more attacks were recorded in brooklyn a fossil and molly. money it's our light armed groups have also been active in the region regional armies are struggling to prevent these attacks because off like enough manpower and equipment to cover vast territories the united nations has a large presence of more than $15000.00 troops in mali alone france also maintains thousands of troops in the region yet countries like mali and algeria continue to suffer from these attacks and that's not only coursing concerns from the local population but also on much of it aimed at french troops blaming them for not doing enough to protect civilians but he agrees al-jazeera. the n.d. has any capital it's now in good tago instead of. the government said its central location will make it easier for people to access services some critics say the

move just isn't economically justifiable al-jazeera is cathryn so i has this for for new capital. this is bill ruined 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. 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 least 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

a general election 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 premises for the offices to be there to be located there i think it may even be very clear water happened in. nigeria some decades ago they decided politically that. we shift from lagos to a from dallas. to consume tanzania. dorie politico city is remaining in the till now. those who live in good tega expect big changes it's headed 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 good job better house

running water and so one economy it's going to take a while to realize the expectation. these traders believes if more people move to get tega the more money shall make them that they are not that 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 rule 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. it's being called the biggest crisis to hit boeing in 2 decades the u.s. aircraft manufacturer is suspending production of what was once its best selling plane that's the 737 max it was granted a much have the 2 fatal crashes within 5 months john hendren reports from boeing's head course essential. 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 been set to last well into 2020 boeing's rear 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 the 600 companies that are part of the 737 max supply chain the impact of the announcement is so great that 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 into pliers or all left to wonder when it will finally start up again john hendren chicago. this is al jazeera and these are our current top stories a u.s. house committees meeting to finalize the rules for the impeachment vote against president obama will trump members of the house rules committee will decide on how much time to allow for that debate before the vote which is likely to happen on wednesday democrat controlled house is expected to vote in favor of impeachment that would then lead to a trial in the republican controlled senate early next year pakistan's army has expressed its opposition to a verdict by a top court which is sentenced former president pervez musharraf to death he was the chief of army staff before he seized power in a coup in 1999 till 2008 come all hide as more from pakistan's capital

islamabad he says the military is questioning the legality of the court's decision the military 30 had raided subject hearings about it your day to day that your gay city is very proud become controversial haired bugger gone because i guess a few days ago a former prime minister who was given a 7 year gerry having died gaited why did loud a buried lead out did leave the country people are going to be questioning at the wire did particular dead intend had been bought by a regular guard. as for more violence in parts of india's capital over a controversial new citizenship law the police fired tear gas and hit protesters with batons after vehicles and shops were damaged is widespread anger against the law that office minorities from neighboring countries citizenship but excludes muslims italy's foreign minister luigi demolishes in libya where he's met with warlord honey for have to lie in the east earlier he also held talks with the

leader of libya's un backed government italy's criticized both the government of national accord and turkey for what it describes as their mistaken approach to the ongoing conflict. french transport workers are staging demonstrations nationwide for the 13th day against government plans to reform pensions trains and flights are being disrupted and that destruction could continue throughout the christmas holidays workers would need to work 2 extra years before getting a full pension under those new proposals. today those are a headline the news continues here on al-jazeera after inside story.

thousands of international soldiers are in africa region but despite this there's been a dramatic increase in attacks by armed groups so what's behind this upsurge in violence and how will the international community secure the sinai this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program back to the crisis in west africa region appears to be getting worse at a meeting on monday the u.n. security council express alarm over the.