a rock and a hard place on al-jazeera does know one way of telling a story key thing is to tell it all right and to be respectful that's how to say it is great we actually get to know the person for the toaster. for democrats and their republican counterparts in the u.s. senate clash a day ahead of the expected impeachment of president donald trump. hello i'm maryam namazie and london you're with al-jazeera was a coming on a program called on international actors involved in the ongoing fighting in libya to find a peaceful and political solution to end the conflict. former pakistani leader general pervez musharraf has been sentenced to death on charges of high treason and the military condemns the ruling. and

india's prime minister in the red remote he defends his new religion based citizenship mold that has sparked angry nationwide protests. now bob's and accusations have been traded back and forth between republicans and democrats and the u.s. congress why the debate over the rules governing the impeachment vote against president on will trump has just recessed members of the house rules committee will decide how much time to allow for the debate before the vote which is likely to happen on wednesday the democratic 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 well donald trump has been tweeting our white house correspondent will shed some more light on that in

a bit kennedy is there for us 1st though let's be tidy jocasta on capitol hill tell us what's been happening today. he marry him so today the committee is laying the technical groundwork for what promises to be a historic vote likely to happen tomorrow democrats have the majority in the house of representatives so they have the numbers to formally impeach trump which would make him only the 3rd u.s. president to be impeached by congress the 2 articles of impeachment before him are abuse of power and obstruction of congress both relating to accusations that trump withheld vital u.s. security aide to ukraine and tonight its president an oval office visit in exchange is part of the pressure to get ukraine to dig up dirt on trump's political rivals in the u.s. so again that historic vote expected on the full house floor tomorrow with

democrats holding the majority and having the numbers to officially impeach trump then that kicks off this process to the senate where it's the republicans trims own party who hold the majority there and the 1st step before hearing any evidence in the trial against trump to determine whether or not he remains in office those senators 1st must establish the rules to govern the trial and democrats in the senate have been pushing for more testimony from witnesses that are among trump's top aides these are officials who have been stopped from testifying thus far in the inquiry phase of this impeachment but democrats think they may have insight on the key question here which is trump's motives in delaying that security aide to ukraine however mitch mcconnell who is the top republican in the senate has faulted house democrats for not pursuing those testimonies in court saying that the senate

now will not do the house's sloppy homework. build our. if they all lived though. it's got the sun its job to leap into the breach and search desperately for ways to get the guilty that would hardly be impartial justice that a trial without witnesses is not a trial it's a rush to judgment it's a sham trial the american people understand that a trial without relevant documents is not a theory trial to conceal facts that may well be very relevant and there has been some polling on the question of what kind of trial the american people wish to see in the majority have answered that they do want and expect a fair trial in the senate and in fact even 2 thirds of republicans among the

public who answered this poll said they want to hear from these new witnesses who are among trump's innermost circle who have yet not yet shared their stories with democrats saying that even if they're called in and help clear the president's name it's important to get what they know out before the american public merriam thanks very much for the latest from capitol hill heidi joe castro and of course kimberly how his standing by for us in the white house as we were hearing there republican and democrat republicans and democrats finding it very difficult to establish that the rules in the promises for any trial but meanwhile how is president reacting to his coming impeachment which is looking very likely. well the white house has not said definitively in the last few moments whether or not the president watched terms of what happened in the rules committee but certainly they

are watching it closely in terms of the broader message that is coming out in terms of the debate that will take place in the house of representatives and there was one very dramatic moment that happened in that house judiciary committee hearing and that was when the rules committee chair mr mcgovern held up a list and essentially that list with had red lines crossed out all the way from top to bottom and he made the argument look at this is the information that we asked for as a congress from this white house and it was ignored and this really underscores and frames the debate that's going to take place to happen on hill essentially those 2 articles of impeachment against the president number one obstruction of congress not giving the information when the congress has the constitutional oversight responsibility over this white house and the other that there was the abuse of power so the president what we've seen in the last couple of days has been a cola saying strategy of sort of embracing be an eval nature of the vote that's

going to take place in the house of representatives it's not going to go in his favor no longer are we seeing sort of the fire in the fury of the president's tweens but instead now this in evitable sort of calm has come over this white house in advance of that vote because what they know is that the senate they're counting on that defense to take place there and so the president has been tweeting he has been saying that he believes this is a sham process that it has been partisan the argument is to try and make this to the american public now in the hopes that he can look almost as a victim if you will and try to win reelection in november and certainly the polls seem to be trending that way it does appear in national polls in fact that the us president went up against some of the top democrats would win reelection. right and of course we're expecting the house to vote on those articles of impeachment on wednesday thank you very much kimberly alkan the white house.

united nations has called on the international community to do all it can to end the escalating crisis in libya spokesperson for the u.n. secretary general antonio terrorist says a political solution has to be found we continue to call for deescalation and for active support by all libyans and international actors engaged in libya to find a peaceful and political solution to end the conflict and by addressing its or delighting causes i think it's important that the international community as a whole rally around the efforts of the libyan people of course and also the efforts of the secretary general's. representative mr sullum a try to find a political solution when it comes as italy's foreign minister which he is in libya well he's been meeting with people on both sides of the conflict the mile talks

with all of her life after in the eastern city of rajma. earlier he meant fire as a seraj the leader of libya's un backed government in tripoli it's lee has criticized both the tripoli government of national accord and turkey for what it describes is their mistaken approach to the ongoing conflict but there has also been a surge in fighting inside the country on the outskirts of tripoli between government forces and those who are loyal to after the un backed government launched artillery attacks against have to us troops have been trying to take the capital since april have to us forces have been conducting air strikes last week he called for a final offensive to take tripoli algiers underwired has more from tripoli and the tactics being used by both sides. 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 the psychological war between the 2 warring factions because this declare ration of mass mobilization. cities is a kind of counter attack to have those media war era member that have those of forces have been. a media war to intimidate and test their enemies the latest a declaration was on thursday by have to himself declaring the 0 hour or encouraging his forces to enter tripoli so this declaration by dusit is due for mass mobilization is a kind of counter declaration to also intimidate have the forces who are now trying to push closer to the city center just want to update you on developments in syria as well where at least 14 civilians have been killed in the latest russian attacks

on the last rebel held areas of northwestern syria shelling and as strikes on the province of escalated in recent weeks it comes as the government of president bashar assad appears to be preparing for a ground offensive to secure the main highway linking the capital damascus with aleppo. and in pakistan the former president pervez musharraf has been sentenced to death in a treason case the shark lives in 2 by carney and what was tried in the pakistani capital islamabad in hit in absentia the case relates to a state of emergency imposed after suspending the constitution in 2007 regular mohamad has mall. pervez musharraf has been living in exile for years fighting to clear his name the court case that hands him a death sentence involves a decision he made back in 2007 as president of pakistan he imposed a state of emergency and suspended the constitution saying he needed to fight what he called rising is the most extremism he also fired the chief justice of the

supreme court which led to nationwide protests prompting his resignation a year later since then he's been living into by musharraf has maintained that he wasn't given a fair hearing in the summer about his lawyer says the sheriff's decision to suspend the constitution was in the interest of the country yet there's going to all cases related to this case are also wrong because this case should have been filed by the interior secretary with the approval of the cabinet the emergency the public declared on november 3rd 2007 was done with the advice of the prime minister and with the consultation of everybody. who share a 1st seized power by leading a military coup in 1909 the case against him has been pending for 6 years since his old political rival no washer reef was in power pakistan's army has denounced the death sentence saying jew legal process was ignored analysts believe it could set a legal precedent. is concerned actually he's one of the most

popular guys among the rank and file of the pakistani armed forces so they'll be really here in this war to be honest in the market is concerned there will be extremely happy they were parked our go get a piece of. shut up for a long time. and probably think. this is the 1st time a former president or army chief has been handed the death penalty. a court is sentenced to death which is certainly a good step and in accordance with justice but my question is who's going to bring purpose. park start to carry out the sentence who is going to carry out the death sentence 'd while the decision is a significant moment it's unclear what impact it will have on pakistan's political institutions or its leadership mohammed al jazeera who with al-jazeera live from london and much more still ahead british prime minister boris johnson's plan to

make sure you're up before the end of the year. and could london's dirty actually be deadly court will decide whether pollution killed a 9 year old girl. had though there are very unsettled weather picture across much of western europe the cloud is streaming in of all see as plenty of rain coming in with this as well but look at this slice across the southeast clear skies here although we have got some foggy conditions in the morning hours this is actually budapest in hungary and look at that all the murky start of the day so even though some fog doesn't always close the days go by and in fact we have got a fair amount of trout around as well but mild look at this 14 celsius book rest that's about 9 degrees above the average out to the west we have got clouds and we have got rain very unsettled in the central med but just look at this or waiting in

the wings in the atlantic this huge band of rain heavy at times will work its way across really much of western europe to the north and snow in that through scandinavia heavy rain at times pushing across de france and in particular into more central areas of spain and that cloud meanwhile well in compassed more of a central europe and the showers on their way eastwards across italy not surprising then plenty of cloud across northern sections of africa some showers around as well certainly on wednesday we'll see those rain showers working their way through northern algeria so wet day in algeria is that clay is quite quickly but that next system it will trail down and could bring some showers across into northern areas of morocco. a football tournament like no other. at the beginning we used to play football in the street using a soft al-jazeera weld meets

a group of sudanese boids determined to win against a backdrop of conflict and on such a team. when i walk in the street people soft me call my name it's because a. door for football for peace on al-jazeera. a combined with al jazeera live from london. stories now bob's and accusations of been traded in a base have battle as republicans and democrats debated the rules governing the impeachment vote against us president donald trump members of the house rules committee will decide how much time to allow for the debate before the vote takes

place which is currently planned for wednesday. a sleaze from minnesota which is in libya where he met wolf before have to in the eastern city of rajma and fire as a surprise the leader of libya's u.n. backed government in tripoli visit with a surge in fighting on the outskirts of tripoli between government forces and those loyal to after. and a former pakistan president pervez musharraf has been sentenced to death for treason it relates to an emergency he imposed off to suspending the constitution in 2007 a decision his lawyer says was made in the interests of the country. so for more on this story we're now joined by measuring malik adams secretary general of the old pakistan muslim league she actually joins me now via skype from islamabad thank you for taking the time to speak to us what is musharraf saying about this i mean he's

obviously been unwell he's not in the country will he return to challenge this conviction and. you know what you. do you think what are. all these. orders. president pervez musharraf which is almost we are paying him is both. former president. and evil looking at just. our point of view which we think is is what it is. unconstitutional to try. without hearing him without hearing anyone i mean he he wasn't in the country was he and i know that you have criticized the process and he doesn't feel like you had

a ruling but it was made by a 3 judge panel and it wasn't unanimous was it i mean one of the judges that oppose the death sentence i mean this could indicate that. these judges were in fact free to make their own decisions. yet you can but mark word here is what we are discussing discussing the wounded. the trial has looked taken should have been he should have been given the chance to defend himself and the boy if you had been given the chance. right does he plan to return to the country then to challenge this conviction in the sentence. or is august as. the day the doctors if i don't trouble you will come back buckets the i remember her because you were hot for when he was in baqubah he did. or

he did go to court he did. 'd give the state this. was all because of his condition of course as you say he's been unwell but when might he return to the country. or i can work to. get it up is he prepared to face accountability for all the crimes committed during his time in office amnesty international has reacted to today's ruling they've said that he must be held to account for all human rights violations committed not just as a select few and they say that during his 9 year rule no widespread violations conducted by security forces including the killing and force to disappearance and torture of political activists and human rights defenders is he prepared to face accountability for all these crimes although i said before he did.

you get all the talking against him you have done. well thank you for taking the time to speak to us give us reaction to today's ruling marion malik general of the old pakistan muslim league or you are now moving on and india's prime minister has again defended his controversial new citizenship law that has sparked protests across the country and around remote he says his political rivals have created what he described as an atmosphere of lies to scare indian muslims a law for citizenship to persecuted religious minorities from neighboring countries but excludes muslims from the measure so how raman has more now from new delhi. i we want freedom the students a job or university in new delhi are making their voices heard their mood is upbeat

and support for them is growing i many a 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 the high courts an individual state should hear them while students marshal traffic past grain crowds on the other side of the capitol police were firing tear gas at protesters several were reportedly injured. students here say

the prime minister is falsely accusing them of being involved in the violence actually a lot of people from the look at it it came and become a combined with us mix with the other domestic and actually they hijack the whole protest of demolition i'm a student and then they've been to what the police and everything i've been up to down. there certainly noisy but there was see there are so just university the situation is very different to what happened on sunday there's certainly no police around but also students and civil society groups here supporting the whole community but of course things like this are being replicated across india and it seems like this is a bringing more war people out onto the streets. as people gathered not far away riot police stood ready to be. opposition leaders have also criticized the police. the government has a text by interim university so we will fight for the constitution of india we've

said it time and time again that we will fight against the government. 6 but protests like these it look like 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. al-jazeera delhi. over in france transport workers have been demonstrating across the country against government plans to reform pensions trains and flights have been disrupted now for 13 days and that could continue through the christmas holiday period workers affected would need to work 2 extra years before getting a full pension under the new proposals government says the changes will balance the budget and create a fairer system a minister at white phillipe says his government is determined to push through the plans south sudan's president salva kerry says he and the main opposition to react

machar of agree to form a transitional unity government the decision follows a 3 day meeting in the capital juba was aimed at resolving differences that prevented them from agreeing to a new government by november 12th deadline set by the united nations the conflict in south sudan began in 2013 when kerik used machar of an attempted coup sparking violence that left hundreds of thousands dead. a new report from the united nations world food program says that more than 11000000 people in yemen still struggle to get enough food this despite the program expanding its food assistance to the country by 50 percent since the start of 2019 in the 5 years of conflict has wreaked havoc on yemen's economy pushing the price of basic goods out of the reach for many people out of reach for many people. kuwait has formed a new government a month after the previous one resigned of

a route between members of the ruling family and the parliament new government is led by chef khalid a sabbat a former foreign minister and features 3 women ministers as well but the cabinet does not include the previous interior and defense ministers both powerful members of the ruling family have faced allegations of corruption by parliament. the u.s. defense secretary mark spitz's he needs to speak to his tuchis count off to comments by the turkish president russia time to one that he could shut down internet base or do one made the threat in response to warnings by the united states of possible sanctions for purchasing a russian missile defense system and its military operation in syria since 2011 washington has flown drones from that turkish base and used it to camera and carry out air raids against eisel the base also hosts u.s. nuclear warheads 1st i heard of it was. reading in the papers it is you just

mentioned. so i wanted to talk to my defense kind of partners there. which is what they really be that what this is. how serious they are. when ashes in boeing a fall and after the u.s. aircraft manufacturer said it would suspend production of its bestselling 737 max jet from next month plane has been grounded since march after 2 crashes in indonesia and ethiopia killed $346.00 people its cost boeing more than $9000000000.00 so far the u.s. company's board made the decision at a crisis meeting in chicago. hear the 1st stage of an inquest into the death of a 9 year old girl who died from severe asked man has started in london court will look at what role the city's ep played in her death jessica baldwin reports the human cost of air pollution a grieving mother seeking answers into her daughter's death rosamond kissy deborah

arriving at coroner's court where she hopes to prove that or taught her ella died from london's unlawfully high air pollution. well i was 7 when she developed severe asthma she was dead by the time she was 9 in those 2 years ella who lived near a very busy road was hospitalized 29 times 27 of those came when air pollution spiked scientists say ela is not an isolated case doctors see hundreds of children every year struggling to breathe needing medicine to keep them from choking on the harmful unseen gases and particles in the air anywhere that has a very high intensity of traffic and within a small area there are going to be a lot of children whose affair is affected by at least. there is no denying london's air is filthy the tropicals relentless diesel taxis and

trucks feel harmful emissions and new research shows it's not just our lungs that are affected pollution has been linked to heart disease trial the development strokes and even dementia measuring pollution the tiny particles that can't be seen but are small enough to breathe the air pollution mostly is is is invisible and that's why it's really important that we have stations and maps that we produce and forecasts so that people can see what your protein is like even though because she pushes an ultra low emission zone was introduced last spring the most polluting cars and trucks must pay $30.00 a day to drive in the city center early results show it's working it's been more successful than we expected no other city of the well what about that kind of transition from. who's to clean of it so it does signal these kind of played as just do. the zone will be extended to a much larger part of the city in october 2021 but 22 months is

a long time for infant lungs a key stages of development the improvements can come quickly enough. for those whose lives are endangered by deadly emissions jessica baldwin al-jazeera london. just taking a look at the headlines for you now there have been some shop exchanges between republicans and democrats in the u.s. congress today of wednesday's planned impeachment vote against president on all trumped meanwhile members of the house rules committee deciding how much time to allow for the debate before the vote takes place the senate majority leader has also rejected calls from the minority leader counterpart to our white house aides to testify at the expected trial in the senate if the house's obligation to build an ark pled case to him quote if they fail they fail.

it's got the sun its job to leap into the breach and search desperately for ways to get the guilty that would hardly be impartial justice here are the headlines a sleaze foreign minister which to my is and libya but he's been meeting with the 105 tour in the eastern city of rajma and the leader of libya's un backed government in tripoli visit coincides with a surge in fighting on the outskirts of tripoli between government forces and those loyal to have to well the united nations has called on the international community to do all it can to end the fighting in libya. we continue to call for deescalation and for active support by all libyans and international actors engaged in libya to find a peaceful and political solution to end the conflict and by addressing its are dealing causes i think it's important that the international community as a whole rally around the efforts of the libyan people of course and also the

efforts of the secretary general's. representative mr salim a try to find a political solution. well now some developments in pakistan that the former president pervez musharraf has been sentenced to death for treason this relates to a state of emergency imposed during his presidency after suspending the constitution in 2007 the ruling has been condemned by the country's military. at least 14 civilians have been killed in the latest russian attacks on the last rebel held areas of northwestern syria shelling and as strikes on adler province have escalated and recently. has the headlines on al-jazeera stream is coming up next.

i thought the ok and joy in the stream research shows that exposure to reading material early in a child's life has both an immediate tom effect on the capillary general knowledge and comprehension skills. studies have also shown that nonwhite children who soon see their own identities and experiences reflected have higher self-esteem better social emotional functioning and increased classroom engagement so then why is it that there is such a dearth of children's books that include diverse characters with diverse attributes this in for golf summarizes well things are in the us and numbers are improving but.