that much the teen culture zener. the stage is set for an impeachment vote on the u.s. president on wednesday in the house of representatives donald trump calls it ridiculous. and protests are taking place around the u.s. in support of trump's impeachment with a message nobody is above the law. oh i'm stan grant this is al jazeera live from down also coming up the u.n. calls for help to end the fighting in libya as war police after us troops advance on the capital. the u.k.'s reelected prime

minister valves to work flat out to get bricks it done. the president of south sudan reaches a deal with the opposition leaders to form a unity government but differences between the political rivals for a month. a u.s. congressional committee has cleared the way for an historic vote of impeachment against president donald trump the house of representatives will hold a 6 hour debate ahead of the vote on wednesday trump is facing charges of abuse of power and obstruction of congress he's warned his political rivals they waging a war on democracy and call the vote ridiculous our white house correspondent kimberly hellcat reports. in advance of an expected vote to impeach the u.s. president in the house of representatives donald trump slammed the case against him the whole impeachment thing is a hoax we look forward to getting on to the senate. we're not entitled to lawyers

we're not entitled to witnesses we're not entitled to anything in the house it's a total sham those oval office statements acco the sentiments of a 6 page letter on official letterhead the tribes said to democratic house speaker nancy pelosi accusing her of conducting an illegal partisan coup truck goes on to say by proceeding with your invalid impeachment you are violating your oath of office you are breaking your allegiance to the constitution and you are declaring open war on american democracy president trump is expected to be impeached in the house on 2 articles use of power and obstruction of congress says he wrote his letter to the house speaker to create a permanent record of his thoughts on the historic vote truck maintains he committed no wrongdoing when last july in a phone call he asked the ukrainian president for a favor to help on earth corruption involving his political rival former vice

president joe biden we must act with a sense of urgency to protect our democracy on capitol hill as democrats battled opposition republicans over the terms of the impending impeachment vote democrat defended their desire to impeach truong are arguing it's the only way to preserve the integrity of the upcoming 2024 presidential vote given that an unrepentant president considers his behavior perfect. given that he thinks the constitution empowers him to do whatever he wants given that he and his team are still awaiting president selenski statement about investigating joe biden we can only ask what the 2020 election will be like or indeed what any future election in america will be like if we just let this misconduct go but in his letter trump disputed democrats' motives writing as you know very well this impeachment drive has nothing to do with ukraine or the totally appropriate conversation i had with its new president it

only has to do with your attempt to undo the election of 2016 and steal the election of 2020 and despite efforts by the white house to block witness testimony during the impeachment inquiry trump has accused democrats of denying him due process likening his treatment to the salem witch trials of the 1600s where those falsely accused of witchcraft were executed it's a message that seems geared to trump supporters a rallying cry trump's letter says could propel him to reelection kimberlee help get al-jazeera the white house. protests supporting impeachment efforts against president donald trump are taking place across the u.s. the rallies called nobody is above the law come on the eve of the vote in the house of representatives more than $500.00 demonstrations have been taking place across the country gabrielle elizondo was the one rally in new york he spoke to

demonstrators about why they want to see trump impeached. thousands of people on the streets of new york city marking through the heart of the city and they're chanting things like lock him up lock him up in each room everybody here is a message they not only want donald trump impeached but they want him removed from office where you hear today i'm here because no one is above the law it's the night before they're going to vote on the impeachment articles and i think trump has got to go. the whole swamp that we're nation of lies here founded on principles of freedom they're being violated right and left because we have a criminal posing as a president who's broken. broken the rules of the constitution that is the message from everyone here and it's a pretty diverse crowd of people too young older people middle aged it shouldn't be much of a surprise that new york city is donald trump's home but it's also a very liberal and progressive city hillary clinton but that more than 2500000 more

votes than donald trump did here so this is why you're seeing so many people taking to the streets here in new york with their message to the extra. jeffrey kevin services the director of political studies this count in center a political think tank he says the republicans need to engage in the impeachment process if they want to win back voters i think what we're seeing from republicans on that committee right now is a lot of sound and fury but ultimately it signifies nothing they are hunting very hard to actually defend the facts such as they are and so they're trying to distract certainly no one i know expects to see anything then a largely party line vote in both the impeachment and then the trial in the senate however there's a bigger problem that i think republicans aren't paying special attention to which is that their problem right now is not to demonstrate 100 percent fealty to donald trump their problem is to win back the middle class college educated voters who

abandoned them in the last elections in 2018 unless they get those voters back they don't have much of a chance of regaining the house they might lose the senate they might even lose the presidency and to win those voters back you actually really do need to rely on evidence and argument rather than insults and obfuscation. there are some of those moderate democrats who are concerned they represent districts that they voted some what's in heavily from donald trump and they don't want this process to appear completely partisan so you actually have a small group of democrats hoping to get a century resolution in the house rather than impeachment but i think that's extremely unlikely to happen so i think they're just going to go back to their districts after this and say that they called it the way that they saw it whether that meant that they voted for impeachment or not. italy's foreign minister has met rival leaders in libya to try to prevent an escalation in the conflict there the u.n. says more than 1000 people have already been killed and 140000 displaced since war

to leave a half to began to take the capital months ago and. reinforcements are heading to the front line for what could be the final battle for tripoli militia allied to the internationally recognized government moved heavy weapons and fighters sound to the outskirts of the capital. we've had you brigade support forces are on our way to the capital tripoli we are on our way and god willing we will be victorious. after forces are also reinforcing their front lines each side has foreign help turkey has offered to send troops in support of the tripoli government will have to are has soldiers for hire and there are a 1000 new russian mercenaries deployed to tripoli according to 2 u.s. officials and one source in moscow quoted in bloomberg news sudanese in chad in mercenaries all assembling on the front lines for what they're calling the final push so it's increasingly likely that turkey will deploy something to

help defend tripoli if needed by the jna with the threat of escalation looming italy's foreign minister luigi did my own met with both sides on tuesday holding talks with fires also raj in tripoli and then with soft are in the eastern city of rajma inviting him to room for further talks the u.n. is calling for the to the rival governments and international backers to agree to a political solution 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 underlying 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 missed a solemn a trying to find a political solution. to this conflict analysts say is becoming less and less about

libya with international actors pulling the strings and flooding the battlefield and or chapell al-jazeera. france's prime minister says his country or his government will go ahead with pension reforms despite days of nationwide strikes that include scrapping privileges for some employees and raising the retirement age from $62.00 to $64.00 the trash about the reports from back. after nearly 2 weeks of transport strikes and disrupted services in france the frustration and weariness is starting to show in paris people battle to get on the few trades and metros still running russia because of cultural experience it's frustrating because i wasn't the one who came up with the pension reform i feel completely taken hostage i'm starting to feel quite angry now in the center of the city transport workers joint teachers students and health workers to protest over the government's planned pension reforms these protesters not the taking of them at me but the fact that i

did the government's response they would have to work until the age of 60 in order to help all the time and that's to ease lot of the now they say that without the government it would be cost about why that's a good deal to divulge if we think retiring at $62.00 is already very old so talking about 64 well what next tomorrow 65 and 66 i think it's time for the government to act because we know very well that the longer a conflict lasts the more difficult it gets. the demonstration was mostly peaceful that there was some clashes between police and protesters. during a heated debate in the national assembly the french prime minister defended the government's plans he said the reforms would create a fairer and more efficient pension system. clearly stated our aim to create a universal pension system more determined versus the government's on the majorities is absolute calmly it's absolute the government says it wants to avoid

a prolonged standoff with the trade unions but for now neither side is showing. any sign of backing down with the holiday season just days away it seems a little despite the people trying to get around. just 0 paris. still ahead on al-jazeera by thousands of refugees returning home from. countries at once a lively go families trying to prove she died because of london's air pollution. hello there has been a very unpleasant 24 hours across much of the united states in the south in particular i can see this huge swathe of cloud this is a line of pretty severe thunderstorms and there were tornadoes coming from these

storms in fact 26 were reported this is one that was captured on film this is rose pine in louisiana and about 90 kilometers away to the northeast in alexandria look at this damage that was done you can see here just to houses destroyed buildings really damaged trees were also snapped of course when the force of these winds now the good news by wednesday or this is moving well off shore and of a cold and breezy up to the northeast but mostly a fine day in new york but the main way in weather is really pushing in across a much of the west side you can see here this neighbor getting to work its way into the cascades on wednesday by thursday really blanketing the mountains and we've got rain of course at those low and evasions in the slightly milder as so not a good picture there on thursday but a much better picture generally cross much of the east although minus 3 new york so feeling a little bit cool meanwhile across the caribbean it's a case of scattered showers some heavier at times and that front is also training right there down across the yucatan peninsula so a wet couple of days here and feeling cool into southern mexico just 17 in mexico

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you're watching al-jazeera here's a reminder of our top stories this hour. a u.s. congressional committee has cleared the way for a vote of impeachment against president. the house of representatives will hold 6 hours of debate before voting on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of congress. supporting impeachment efforts. place across the u.s. the rallies called nobody is above the law on the eve of the vote. italy's foreign minister is in libya where he met with the country's rival leaders the visit coincides with a surge in fighting the tripoli between government forces and those loyal to a warlord after. south sudan's president salva kiir and the main opposition leader rick much have agreed to form a transitional unity government following talks in juba the pay was trying to

resolve outstanding disputes which prevented them from forming a new government by last month's deadline set by the united nations the conflict in south sudan began in 2013 when to accuse much of an attempt to true triggering violence that left hundreds of thousands dead political analyst marwan mortared says there is some hope the new agreement will work. we mustn't lose the fact that they have forgotten or the same site for. much of the liberation period but that this p.d.s. goes back if it to the day of the russian. there was a small truce to tourists independence the patched up the divisions but that did not live very long to go to 2 years before the clock. conflict but i think it can be resolved if the their position is generally. certain things happen put into place like yours and it could have a power sharing that would make each faction feel unthreatened that they

have their you know. a sufficient part of the case moving forward into the future that enough they're not going to be disadvantaged then that could well i think that is the key to it if you get if you start this truce it's nothing to do with. or even agreement because as we speak that's still talking trying to resolve some of you know some crucial issues but i think this war target this would fatigue i think there is a push to cook mission from both sides and i believe that the cause has been to high 400000 south sudanese as you've said have died since 2013 that is about a 5th just slightly less than a 5th of the people who died in the anti-depression period of a 52 years so that has been a very high cost the economy has collapsed or the hopes of you starting in your

country are good footing have been lost so then the economy's not working they have become popular so i think i doing it to some extent against their will and they have no no cuts left created for them to play. one of president trumps former campaign advisors is going to jail for conspiracy against the united states and lying to the f.b.i. a judge sentenced gates to $45.00 days in prison and 3 years probation gates cooperated with the mole investigation into alleged russian interference in the 2016 presidential election he was charged for hiding lucrative consulting work he did for ukraine's former president. u.k. prime minister bars johnson says he will use the large majority one in last week's general election to ensure they aren't any further delays to leave in the european union johnson will put forward an amendment to break said bill on friday saying all

negotiations with the bloc must be complete by the end of next year that in baba has more from london. back in the commons and finally in control boris johnson won the election by convincing enough people including traditional labor voters that he could get it done on tuesday before parliament reconvened he chaired a meeting of his new cabinet it looks much like the last one but parliament certainly doesn't and johnson reminded his colleagues that in many cases the public had in his words lent the conservative party fair votes it was a quite extraordinary it was a seismic election but we need to repay that trust and work 24 hours a day flat out to deliver and. of course of the 1st 100 days were very busy 140 days or whatever it was you may remember was a very frenetic time. but you ain't seen nothing yet folks. on friday after the

queen's speech when the monica outlines johnson's legislative agenda the new parliament will vote for the 1st time on the bricks it bill the government's now amending it to ensure the brics a transition period won't go beyond the end of 2020 between now and then the opposition will try to make sure johnson keeps his promises in areas like protecting workers' rights the prime minister in the campaign made many many promises and therefore has tremendous responsibilities to live up to he'll be judged on whether he keeps those promises or not by the communities that he's made them to our job in the labor party will to hold this government to account after all the deadlock the united kingdom now has a prime minister who couldn't get his legislative program through parliament of course what we don't know is exactly what kind of bracks it is going to deliver there's been some speculation johnson could go for closer alignment with e.u. rules than hardliners in his policy would like but with the new amendment his room

for maneuver is reduced yes remember the boris johnson resigned over the checkers proposal which to reason may propose which was kind of not even really what we call a soft breck's it may be a kind of medium bricks it so you know his preference has always been for kind of as much divergence from e.u. rules as possible so i think really i think his his main aim is for a free trade agreement with his large majority boris johnson will be taking britain out of the e.u. by the end of january the biggest challenges he's admitted will be healing a divided nation the dean barber al jazeera london sarah hall is a senior fellow at the u.k. in a changing europe initiative and she says boris johnson still does not have broad support for a hard break and he may change tact next year. if the m. if he passes his amendment in with the withdrawal agreement then transition would not be extended beyond the end to end 20 and we would be looking at

a heartbreak there however this is a big but i think the evidence that we've seen so far in 29 teams suggests there's not strong support either in the u.k. or on the e.u. side for a hot new deal breaks there because of that i wouldn't be surprised if we saw a slightly different tack adopted by the johnson administration in the 2nd half of 2020 craig sample we might see more of bad bones' trade agreement trying to be negotiated that focuses on only a few sectors and with continuity in the others and equivalence with the e.u. in and yet others like financial services essentially trying to buy time say that there's more time to continue negotiation into 2021 a former israeli minister wants to one say prime minister benjamin netanyahu as head of the ruling the could party didion has lost his bid for that position that yahoo is israel's longest serving leader but he's been weakened by

a corruption indictment and he's back to back failures to form a government this year a leadership vote is expected on december 26th ahead of israel's 3rd general election in less than a year the study is president is apologizing after the country's interior minister called fiddlers new leader a sales girl son omarion became the world's youngest serving prime minister at age 34 last week after forming a female lead sent to lift coalition government to study as president said he was embarrassed by but homer's comments and opposition politicians have called for him to resign homilies estonia's far right conservative people's party. but francis has announced that a secrecy christie policy will no longer applied to cases involving the sexual abuse of minors in the past the catholic church has kept 6 abuse cases confidential saying it was to protect victims and the reputation of the accused the lifting of

so-called pontifical secrecy was a key demand of church leaders of the vatican summit in february the u.n. secretary general antonio de terrorism is calling on the international community to find new ways to improve the lives of refugees the terrorists were speaking at the global refugee forum in geneva it's the 1st form of its kind bringing together world leaders business people humanitarians and refugees thousands of burundi refugees returning home from times in neighboring countries in a bass repaired reaction of people who fled political violence in 2015 hundreds were killed after president p. year and ran for a 3rd term and won but some say they are still too afraid to return catherine saw reports from ramon's south of burundi's commercial capital bujumbura. and his family have just returned home from my refugee camp in kenya. they fled in

2015 at the height of political violence that broke out of a president. that election. home a new son born in the comp and he's hoping another election scheduled for next year will go ahead peacefully. i'm up for my parents after landed me my house was find a way to leave i guess need to find a place to stay up. about a 100 kilometers southwest of quails home another family that's returned from a comp in tanzania is sexy. one week at a gracious leaves in a room longer province on the shores of lake tanganyika. i lived in 2015 because i was i witnessed the ethnic conflict from 993 so i fled with my family because i did not want them to experience what i did but i'm tired of running and i will stay here no matter what happens. government officials in both have told refugees in

neighboring countries that the country's peaceful they say their repatch ration from tanzania is voluntary but some human rights campaigners say food rations in the camps have been reduced and refugees movements restricted more than 8000 have come back home in the last year but many are the deal in refugee camps. they're not ready to return. they're afraid that next year the election could also can balance. the name. a youth wing of the ruling party seems to invoke fear in many places those people are effectively spies for the ruling party and when someone new returns they instantly are going to suspect a person so we've heard cases of disappearances we've heard cases of pressure immediate pressure to join the ruling party or suffer the consequences and we've heard cases of people immediately returning back to tanzania because they just

found the situation was intolerable government officials deny the accusations. and been our career young members of the ruling party didn't cause any harm and everything even in the countryside is peaceful return knees are being welcomed back very warmly. v.s.a.t. hopes he can stay out of politics and keep his family safe catherine soy al-jazeera . the 1st stage of an inquest has begun in the u.k. capital to determine if air pollution caused the death of a 9 year old girl illich easy deborah died after an asp or tac in 2013 jessica bourne has more 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. l.

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 within a small area there are going to be a lot of children whose ass bar is affected by at least. there is no denying london's air is filthy the traffic is 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 levels tiny particles that can't be seen but are small enough to pre if 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 he 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 world will about that kind of transition from close to plate of it so it does signal these kind of play you 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 and. for those whose

lives are endangered by deadly emissions. this is al-jazeera these are the top stories a u.s. congressional committee has cleared the way for historic vote of impeachment against president donald trump the house of representatives will hold a 6 hour debate ahead of the vote on wednesday it's expected to vote in favor of impeachment that would lead to a trial in the republican dominated senate early next year protests supporting the impeachment if it's a taking place across the u.s. the rallies are called nobody is above the law trump is facing charges of abuse of power and obstruction of congress these wars his political rivals they waging a war on democracy the whole impeachment thing is a hoax we look forward to getting on to the senate we're not entitled to lawyers

we're not entitled to witnesses we're not entitled to anything in the halves it's a total sham and when you have a guy like shifty shift go out and make up a statement that i made. this is what he said but i never said it he totally made it up. italy's foreign minister luigi is in libya where he's been meeting leaders from both sides of that conflict held talks with warlord alif i have to in the eastern city of raj but earlier he met fire as the leader of libya's un backed government in tripoli the visit coincides with a surge in fighting the tripoli between government forces and those loyal to haftar france's prime minister says his government will go ahead with pension reforms despite days of nationwide strikes that include scrapping privileges for cell employees and raising the retirement age from 62 to 64. south sudan's president salva kiir and the main opposition leader reid have agreed to form

a transitional unity government following talks in juba the pair were trying to resolve outstanding disputes which prevented them from forming a new government by last month's deadline set by the united nations u.k. prime minister boris johnson says he would use a large majority one in last week's general election to ensure they are any further delays to leaving the european union and amendment to his brakes the bill will be put forward on friday. with the bloc bust be complete by the end of next year those are the headlines and news continues here on al-jazeera after take not. creating the world's. wonder when he's goes back to school to find out the secret to this. this is the fact the smallest porpoise on the planet could soon be lost.

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