important to me is talking to people understanding what they are going. to see it or we believe everyone has a story worth hearing because. the libyan wall orderly for half time heads to greece for talks 2 days before a un backed conference in the end in the morning of him. down jordan the south as iraq live from doha also coming up the u.s. admits some of its soldiers were hurt in an iranian missile attack on a base hosting american forces in iraq. and china's economic growth slows to its weakest pace in any 30 years to try to resolve a trade war with the united states. and president donald trump's impeachment trial

for abuse of power gets underway he's called the proceedings totally partisan. political orderly for have ties in greece as part of an international effort to end the conflict in his country he'll meet the prime minister and the foreign minister of athens has criticized its exclusion from a u.n. backed peace conference set to be held in berlin on sunday it says it should be included because tripoli has signed a maritime and military deal with its regional rival turkey has more now from athens. general have 2 hours a visit to greece is a surprise move but very gratifying to the greek side which was pointed li excluded from the libyan peace talks in berlin this week and the greek side is deeply aggrieved by this because it has a stated interest in the outcome of those talks greece has said that it demands as an element of any libya solution the scrapping of

a deal but the libyan government in tripoli signed with turkey last november whereby they demarcated a corridor all of water across the mediterranean sea as the maritime jurisdiction but that infringes upon areas that the greeks also claim is their maritime jurisdiction and the issue is very heated because. both the greeks and the turks plan to explore for. oil and gas in these areas which are enormous thousands of square kilometers of mediterranean sea the greeks have not been invited to berlin precisely because of this reason because they have a particular interest in the outcome but that is in congress with what the european union said last december that's when europe sided with greece to say that the agreement between libya and turkey is illegal it produces no legal consequences for the greeks in other words it doesn't it's not binding legally upon the greeks and that it should be scrapped on the contrary the e.u.

believes that that agreement creates insecurities and instability in the eastern mediterranean but clearly there are limits to european solidarity with greece as we're seeing in this weekend's talks so it is going to be interesting to see what general have to agrees with the greeks on his way to berlin presumably his aim is to carry at least a part of the greek message the greek desires to that peace conference well on the ground libya's national oil corporation says it's warehouses have been bombed several times during fighting revenue from the company is a major source of income for the internationally recognized government in tripoli the violence threatens to disrupt the country's supply of fuel. the u.s. military has admitted that some of its soldiers were injured by an iranian attack in iraq this month washington had initially denied anyone was hurt well missiles targeted a main base that's just north of baghdad in the north in retaliation to their sasa

nation of iranian military commander in a money in a u.s. drone strike the u.s. says $11.00 soldiers have been treated for concussion well gable is on those in washington d.c. he says the soldiers are expected to return to iraq after their treatment. it does not appear to be serious injuries nevertheless this is what the pentagon is telling us they say that after the missile attacks on the base many of the service members were screened for concussions which they say is very common the blast from missiles can cause buildings to shake and rattle and and can cause potentially concussions in in people that are even outside of the immediate impact zone once these tests were done on multiple service members that were at that base that needed further screening they showed signs of some sort of concussions that were they suffered after the blasts from those missile rocket launches the service members have been transported to a u.s. air base in germany to a u.s.

air base in kuwait and they say they're doing further testing the military says this is all part of standard procedure no one is in any sort of life threatening injuries or anything like that in fact the military says that they are expected after the screening is complete to be sent back to iraq so that's what we know now there are injuries or i should say there were injuries that this is the 1st time that it was being disclosed i should point out but it does not appear to be very serious not china's economic growth has slowed to an almost 3 decade low its g.d.p. grew by just 6 point one percent and $29.00 c. that's the lowest since 1998 but within the government's target the world's 2nd largest economy has been stifled by the ongoing trade well with the u.s. exporters have been facing steep american targets and on wednesday the 2 sides signed phase one of the trade deal to ease the tensions with al-jazeera was katrina you joins us now from beijing katrina so many of the experts are saying look these

figures are a consequence of the trade will with the u.s. now hitting china's economy what will the chinese been saying. there's definitely no acknowledgement of the any net negative impact because of the trade or hear from the chinese government in fact these figures are being heralded as one so much a celebration but as a very a very positive sign that and the sizing that they're in line with their expectations their forecasts it was announced early last year of 6 percent to 6 and a half percent and now we have to take these figures with a grain of salt there is some skepticism around them as the central government relies on provincial governments which may or may not inflate these figures but if we are taking them at face value and the chinese government certainly is what they're doing is really pumping up the positive aspects of the positive things that they're saying is that consumer spending is 50 times bigger than it was 30 years ago the per capita income has risen above $10000.00 us dollars which is in line

with in line with the chinese government's plan to create a moderately prosperous society but at the same time there are a lot of headwinds a lot of obstacles and it's clear from these figures we see rising unemployment consumer spending is experiencing a downward turn there are more financial risks as well as the birth rate the birth rate is also the lowest that it has been since records began its 1.5 percent and that's a concern because china has rapidly aging population and there are worries that there are whether they'll be enough young workers to power china's economy into the future and state grid which is actually china's biggest utility corporation has said that they expect g.d.p. to sink to as low as 4 percent somewhere over the next 5 years so what we're going to see going forward is that china will continue to do a bit of what they really started to do last year to prevent a downturn which is more money tree stimulus more tax cuts going into the going

into the future. to treat the president she's making his 1st visit to me in boston what is expected to come out of that trip. that's right this is the first 'd visit from chinese leader to my and more nearly 20 years president xi jinping is there for 2 days he's meeting with the head of the military the president and on sound suchi they're celebrating 70 years of relations between my own mare and china now china is mine as biggest trading partner and really xi jinping is there to sign a dozen or so deals these there to push china's so-called belt and road initiative with these vast infrastructure projects what china has called the china may and the economic corridor so we've got investment in a deep sea port china wants to expand investment in a commercial zone in young gone and also wants to restart talks or restart development sorry on a dam project in catchin state which has been stalled due to some protests around. relocating some of the villages in that area so she didn't think is really hoping

to push those projects forward and at the same time i admire is welcoming xi jinping with open arms it seems because since the international criticism around the man my government's handling of the crisis a lot of western investment in my and my much needed investment has dried up and really china is coming with all this much much needed money much needed investment . is also very happy to receive it although there are some concerns about whether or not our is getting over aligned on china or also into some sort of a debt trap xi jinping is also wanting to sort of pose in itself as a sort of sort of mediator between bangladesh and mine maher when it comes to the range of prices which is also getting quite a lot of criticism so although we will see some welcoming a lot of people waving their flags that she didn't being as he gets in as he got in today there are also be as expected some protests as well around his presence there

katrina you there in beijing katrina thank you. now the impeachment trial of u.s. president donald trump will now resume on tuesday the legal process was set in motion in the senate on thursday after house democrats read out the charges that donald trump faces he has announced the trial as a con job by the democrats i was at castro has more now from washington d.c. . the ceremony laden impeachment trial of president donald trump is now under way very very. all persons are commanded to keep silent on pain of imprisonment donald j. trump has abused the powers of the presidency in that using the powers of his high office president trump solicited the interference of a foreign government ukraine in the 2020 united states presidential election john roberts the chief justice of the u.s. supreme court has taken an oath to become presiding officer i do in turn swearing in the members of the senate to become impartial jurors so help you god.

but an impeachment trial under u.s. law is not just a judicial proceeding it is a proceeding that is both legal and political with most of the jurists who will decide the president's guilt or innocence being members of his own political party and in an election year there is little reason to believe that republican senators when a vote to remove their own leader from the white house in the recent polling shows most americans expect a fair trial in the senate is not one rigged in the president's favor the democrats say to get that they need to open the proceedings to new witnesses and new evidence that appear to incriminate trump further the president is blocking and again the american people just about all of them are asking the question what is the president hiding this chamber exist purse. 1st obviously not a president so that we can look at the daily dramas and understand how our actions

will reverberate for generations so that we can put aside animal reflexes and animosities and coolly consider how to best serve our country now the senate has summoned president trump to answer the impeachment charges it's a hoax it's a hoax everybody knows that but it's unlikely he'll make an appearance it's his attorneys who will plead his innocence in opening arguments scheduled for next week castro al-jazeera washington. meanwhile a former aide to donald trump's lawyer claims the president knew about efforts to pressure ukraine into investigating the former vice president joe biden and his son president trump know exactly what was going on now that he was aware of all of my movements left promise worked with the president's personal attorney rudy giuliani and says he personally delivered messages from the president to the ukrainians from supporters say potus made the allegations as a way of avoiding federal charges which he's currently facing the president has

denied even knowing it. i don't know part of so that i guess a picture is taken which i do with thousands of people including. me but just that i don't know him at all don't know what he's about don't know where he comes from don't nothing about him. here not just iraq when we come back hundreds of migrants and to guatemala to join a rapidly growing caravan with hopes of a better future. and we look at the lives groups in need of a toll on the people left behind in that state. of scottish as across much of indonesia through the next couple of days we are going to see some heavy rain finally beginning to push into my peninsula particularly on saturday where he develops late in the day so

a wet. and widely scattered across much of central and southern border i think is a little bit light on sunday. and the same way into java but not as heavy as we have seen of late now the rains are happy pushing in across into eastern sections overstrain it's good but it's not necessarily that good because of course this rain is coming down on some very very dry land and in fact where the scars are it's very hard to absorb out rain so look at this summit this is a reptile park is about 70 kilometers north of sydney they've actually had to close the park 1st time since 2007 have had to close because of flooding but that could be more flooding look at this rain it really is accumulating of the next couple of days very heavy at times today continuing on sunday some parts of new south wales and queensland could pick up about 16280 millimeters of rain meanwhile. with a high of 28. 29. on

a tour of highway to india girls as young as 10 wickets close to. one no one is traveling to the villages where parents tell their under-age doors of the day. on al-jazeera. we understand the differences and similarities of cultures across the world. so no matter how many times see al-jazeera will bring you the news and current affairs that matter t.f. . outta zinger.

welcome back of her mind about top stories here on al-jazeera the libyan warlord ali for after all is an earth and so as part of an international effort to try and resolve the war in his country is due to meet the greek prime minister and foreign minister greece has criticized its exclusion from a u.n. backed peace conference in germany on sunday. the u.s. military has admitted some of its soldiers were injured in an iranian missile attack and this month in iraq washington had initially said nobody was hurt when ballistic missile struck the i know as a military base for china's economic growth has slowed to an almost 3 decade low its g.d.p. grew by just 6 point one percent in 2019 that's the lowest since 1990 the world's 2nd largest economy has been hit by the ongoing trade war with the u.s. . now the afghan government has rejected a taliban offer for a 10 day cease fire president from called negotiations dead in september the taliban wants foreign troops to withdraw while the u.s.

has said a reduction in violence could lead to it pulling out forces in return for security guarantees to stands for mr says the taliban's offer is a positive step was a bus driver is in kabul the explain why the government says the deal is unacceptable. and it has to be said in the broad context of an 18 year long conflict a short reduction in violence might not seem like that much but the hope here by the united states is that even a short reprieve would be a welcome thing because talks have been stalled for so long in the hope is that this would have some kind of a cascading effect if the united states and the taliban can come to some kind of a long term reduction in violence some kind of an agreement that would make that possible then perhaps the thinking is by peace negotiators here in afghanistan in qatar in doha where peace talks are ongoing that that could then lead to some kind of a deal between the taliban and other afghan stakeholders what we've heard from the

government in the last 24 hours is that the the proposal in the letter from the taliban to the united states as far as the afghan government is concerned is simply not good enough salaam brahimi is the state minister for peace affairs he's a member of the presidential cabinet here in the capital kabul he was speaking at a local think tank here in kabul and during his speech he said that the offer was quote an acceptable as far as the afghan government is concerned for the stakeholders here in afghanistan what they want for any sort of talks with the taliban is a complete cessation of all military operations by the group a an all out cease fire and nothing less will do as far as the afghan government is concerned. now ukraine's prime minister has offered his resignation never leaked audio recording in which he could just as the president and the ski one charles because allegedly heard saying that a lot of mass density knows nothing about the economy on facebook charring says he submitted his resignation to remove any doubt in the specs and trusts the president

. canada is leading a campaign of pressure on iran for it to be held fully accountable to downing a cranium passenger jet the prime minister justin trudeau would speak again about the crash on 5 day $63.00 of the 176 people on board the flight were canadian earlier ministers and countries who lost citizens met in london and the buck was there a moment of reflection for the 176 victims of flight p.s. 752 countries united in grief together in the british capital the demanding accountability compensation and eventual closure canada lost 57 people it's the merged as the leading voice in the fight for justice there are many many questions families want answers all of the countries assembled here today want answers and the international community wants answer the

world is waiting for those answers and we will not rest until we get to them iran initially denied responsibility for the crash claiming technical failure but later admitted that it shot down the aircraft mistaking it for a u.s. cruise missile it happened several hours after iran launched a ballistic missile strike against u.s. forces in iraq it was sponsor the u.s. drone killing of top iranian general kassam selim ani and investigations now underway in iran experts from several countries have been allowed to provide technical assistance in the probe ukrainian experts are analyzing the plane's black box data recorders but so far few details have been released getting to the heart of what happened to flight p.s. 752 will require cooperation between all of the countries involved but in recent days rhetoric surrounding iran's controversial nuclear program has escalated and now the u.k. france and germany threatening new sanctions against the country. the deal was

agreed in 2015 to limit the country's nuclear capabilities of return for lifting economic sanctions washington withdrew from the agreement to 28 t. iran's been dropping its commitments ever since and is now enriching more you radium them before the nuclear deal responding to the threat of fresh sanctions president has signed ruini said european soldiers in the middle east could be in danger this tense political climate of mutual distrust and suspicion could hamper investigators working together to establish how and why so many lives were lost he . london. authorities in the philippines are urging those who haven't evacuated from around the tower volcano to leave their homes immediately seismologists say a 2nd eruption could happen any time the volcano 1st began erupting on sunday buildings nearby have collapsed on the way to falling ash around 54000 people i

want evacuation centers across the tongass province. more than $2700.00 people have entered guatemala in a fast growing caravan heading towards the united states most to escaping extreme poverty and gang violence in honduras but it's unlikely they'll ever step on u.s. soil as john holmes reports from guatemala city. a caravan of more than 2700 home brewed and hoping to get the u.s. . it's one of several that have set out from honduras since 2018 carrying many seeking to escape violence in the stream poverty. among also mineral meters a coffee grower is traveling with his younger son he says they've no choice and then one day. i have big debts and one douras that i just can't pay because your work doesn't pay enough to support even yourself. this woman says her nephews were killed over christmas and she's left so they can't get her son to she's too scared

to let us film her face. losing a son would hit me more than anything else we've already made the decision even if they don't let us pass we can't go back. even to now at the cost of then we could run to shelter in guatemala city they're safe and have medical care food and a place to sleep even if it is only under the top pulled in but far from out of the center direct through setting up he expected more than a 1000 i asked how they were going to fit the mother they have to what else are we going to do we have to work miracles here that's the situation we're in those in the caravan would be more miracles heading north mexico under pressure from u.s. president donald trump has said he won't let them through those who do manage to get the us border find disappointment right at the moment the bush caravan of congo is trying to get through guatemala and eventually to the united states plane loads of their countrymen are actually being sent back you already got there and asked

for asylum to hear what the mother and that tells you how little their chances are of actually being accepted for asylum at the end of this journey miles here knows that he's one of those who've gone past caravans without success asking why is trying it going not going to them or not putting on going up and then we have nothing to lose because in honduras we have nothing you understand our lives are at risk in honduras as we leave the shelter people are queuing to get in they know their journey is only going to get harder but they're still going on john home and how does it what tamala city. protesters in malawi have been demonstrating against judges who allegedly took bribes the judges overseeing a legal challenge to last year's election president putin with a recount now when he won reelection in 2019 opposition leaders are challenging the result which they say was marred by fool. activists in new jab according to action

against attacks by armed groups in the south held at least 170 soldiers have been. killed in less than 2 months and thousands of people have been displaced but it just reports now from the capital mounting casualties have left many families struggling. the images on edu motos mobile phone are the only memories left of 20 year old lizzie's was drafted into the nature of it. he was one of the casualties of the latest attack on religious soldiers e.d. a retired military officer was the last member of the family to speak with him. in his last call to us he requested us to pray for him when you lose someone and see the corpse that's gives you closure but not for us we've not seen his body for us that's like twice he is not among those whose body were found. he wants government to investigate the circumstances of the attack and why his body

has not been found this year recently lost at least 160 soldiers into attacks carried out by fighters linked to i saw a group has claimed it killed more than $100.00 soldiers in the attack on cino could at allone the continuing violence has left many families struggling with the emotional and economic impact. i want to say whose husband was killed in the conflict runs a support organization walking with affected families. but. we need to say all it's hard to explain to you how it feels to lose a husband to experience it to know what i mean and that's the reality of all families affected by this conflict she fears more hurts will be broken as this conflict rages on. as well as the increasing number of killings in the chair and the rest of us how more than half a 1000000 people have been forced from their homes in the past few words they are

in addition to more than 2000000 people displaced by the war fighters in the electorate regions like countries like. nigeria international aid agencies are saying the situation is becoming increasingly desperate. and action from the government to gain traction in asia has a wide impact of the violence. is sung yet when breadwinners are killed for one reason or the other obviously you will have unprecedented suffering in a country those who have been killed took care of not only the immediate but extended family and the army today we fear a situation of demoralization and if that happens it will embolden the terrorists the government as he shot that moral amongst his troops is high and that it's doing everything it can to support them but with the security situation in the sahara. fast that is growing concern in the region that i'm groups may be preparing to launch more attacks how many trees. in the army. paraguayans government has

declared a health emergency year one outbreak of dengue fever hospitals in the capital in a struggle struggling to cope with at least $17100.00 suspected cases in the area since october 1 infected patient has been confirmed dead on both orders are investigating another 9 deaths that could be linked to the disease kills around $22000.00 people around the world every year. a weather emergency is in place in parts of pakistan after several avalanches swept through pakistan administered kashmir more than 100 people have been killed in the past few days isn't one of the affected areas. the while in snow is strong and heavy rain had left a trail of destruction particularly in pakistan's northern area and pakistani administered kashmir most of the problem is because 'd of the boy infrastructure which could not take the weight of the recent dom's as you can see the general

they're not standing. against the heavy snow that were dumped over this area by digressed their system i guess on how still concentrates on improving infrastructure because most of the ball people in these regions are already living on steep slope which are wilder devoted to avalon tours and landslides and the fact that most of the fall cannot afford properly accommodation and although the government keeps promising new homes it would be better to concentrate on how to improve the standard of construction even in the rural area the fog of sun will mitigate the effects of climate change i'm committed in my casualties but if i'm honest on less due to the heavy snow on the roof of that building collapsed causing a lot of damage we haven't received any help and we are at the mercy of god government fit for barcott the government should immediately ask the military to

send big helicopters to small helicopters can't cope with the weather conditions or help with the rescue of lots of people who are in dire need of help a carving to the buggers on meteor logical department this was an unusual bomb that emanated from the air a b. and c. . time for a quick check of the headlines here on al-jazeera the libyan warlord only 4 have ties in athens as part of an international effort to try and resolve the war in his country is you to meet the greek prime minister and foreign minister greece's criticized its exclusion from a u.n. backs peace conference in germany on sunday the u.s. military has admitted some of its soldiers were injured in an iranian missile attack earlier this month in iraq washington had initially said nobody was hurt when ballistic missile struck the i know assad military base will be able elizondo has more on this now from washington d.c.

it does not appear to be serious injuries nevertheless this is what the pentagon is telling us they say that after the missile attacks on the base many of the service members were screened for concussions which they say is very common the blast from missiles can cause buildings to shake and rattle and and can cause potentially concussions in people that are even outside of the immediate impact zone china's economic growth has slowed to an almost 3 decade low its g.d.p. grew by just 6 point one percent in 2019 and that's the lowest since 1998 the world's 2nd largest economy has been hit by the ongoing trade war with the u.s. exporters have been facing steep american tariffs u.s. president donald trump's impeachment trial has begun the legal process was set in motion in the senate on thursday he's accused of threatening to withhold military aid from ukraine in exchange for

a political favor. the afghan government has rejected the taliban offer for a 10 day cease fire president trump called negotiations dead in september the taliban wants foreign troops to withdraw while the u.s. is set a reduction in violence could lead to pulling out forces in return for security guarantees. ukraine's prime minister has offered his resignation never leaked audio recording in which he criticizes the president and asking one char of his alleged be heard saying that. there's nothing about the economy. and authorities in the philippines are urging those who haven't evacuated from around the volcano to leave their homes immediately seismologists say a 2nd eruption could happen any time of the volcano 1st but on sunday those were the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera to want to stay tuned to watch but. the climate crisis and the environment take center stage at this year's world economic forum in davos and business people experts and leaders from around the

world can expect an icy reception from sun as they discuss how to save the planet from the threat of rising temperatures get the latest updates on al-jazeera. under tori's highway cuts through the central the need state of much of the year. and not all low cost van pimply as prostitutes to passing measures in many of the customers are demanding. i believe is a clear cut case of here because. our hidden cameras revealed girls as young as 10 being offered to clients by the roadside mother says . in this exclusive investigation one i want east explodes in the indian villages with parents still live with.