this is g w news live from berlin tonight making impeachment official u.s. lawmakers approve the rules for the trump impeachment process the resolution passed by a majority in the democratic controlled house with no republican support so what does that mean for the u.s. president will go to washington to try to find out also coming up a haunting chill goes through hong kong's party district for halloween police fired tear gas to disperse masked pro-democracy demonstrators plus it's the last day at

work for the voice of authority in the bronx it debate. that the speaker of the british parliament john bercow retiring after 10 years in the chair. i'm burnt off it's good to have you with us as we begin with that historic vote in the u.s. congress lawmakers today took a major step in their efforts to impeach u.s. president donald trump the house of representatives voting to move forward with the impeachment investigation with a resolution that sets out the ground rules lawmakers one transition from closed door sessions to public hearings the resolution is adopt it without objection the motion to reconsider is laid. upon the table. nancy pelosi presiding over

a historic moment as expected the democratic majority carried the vote precisely no republicans bucks the party lines during the floor debate by ny familia arguments divided the hives democrats are trying to impeach the president because they are scared they cannot defeat him at the ballot box there's a preachment is not only an attempt to undo the last election is an attempt to influence the next one as well this constitution is the blueprint for our republic and not a monarchy but when we have a president who says article 2 says i can do whatever i want that is in defiance of the separation of powers that's not what our constitution says so what is it stay as our democracy the impeachment probe centers on donald trump's

efforts to pressure ukraine to investigate his political opponents shortly after the vote to formalize the process trump took to twitter calling it the greatest witch hunt in american history but even as republicans lined up to join the condemnation democrats were pushing ahead. we take no joy in having to move down this road and proceed with the impeachment inquiry but neither do we shrink from it. earlier on thursday the top russia specialist on trump's national security council was the latest in a long line of individuals to testify after weeks of closed door interviews thursday's vote means investigators will soon be able to hold public hearings a momentous day on capitol hill bringing a house vote on impeachment one step closer. to w.'s washington bureau chief alexander phenomena the vote means for the impeachment investigation. the

impeachment inquiry is entering a new phase now the american public will see for themselves what the facts are the votes today was crucial for the house democrats because they know that eventually they need to convince the american people that president trump abused his power it is a soul a moment's notice and the case for an equally or come forward the speaker of the house nancy pelosi stressed today adding that no one comes to congress to impeach the president of the united states unless as she put it it is necessary to protect the constitution however the vote along party lines proved once again how divided the congress and the american society is by rejecting the resolution the house republicans held their ranks together and they used the votes to make political points to voters back at home by standing with the president who remains highly

popular among his base the republicans so far have mainly criticized the process as unfair as a partisan attempt to destroy president trump now however there will be forced to deal more directly with the substance of the allegations if the proceedings on capitol hill move as fast as they have in the past few weeks a potential house vote on donald trump's impeachment could happen before christmas . there was always under phenomena there reporting from washington and here's some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world migrant camp gardens are called on the edge of catastrophe that's according to the council of europe's commissioner for human rights who says that the situation has worsened significantly over the past year and recent months agrees has once again become the

main point of entry for people seeking asylum here in europe. at least 10 people have been killed dozens wounded by a car bomb in the town of afrin in northern syria which is near the turkish border afrin is a mainly kurdish enclave controlled by syrian rebels who captured the town last year north korea has fired to a night in a fine projectiles towards the sea off of its eastern coast a that's according to south korea and japanese military sources if confirmed it would be against 12 launch this year it comes amid a deadlock in nuclear talks between north korea and the united states. is staying in asia police have fired tear gas to clear protesters from hong kong's party district hundreds of demonstrators wearing masks had filled the area to coincide with how the women of the party zone is usually buzzing with people in costumes celebrating halloween but this year protesters wanted to make

a political point by defying a city wide ban on face coverings it's just the latest episode to send a shiver down hong kong. street demonstrations in hong kong hitting hard but it isn't just the protesters bearing the brunt. hong kong's economy is taking a serious hit the latest figures show it's experiencing its 1st recession in a decade 5 months of demonstrations seem to be pushing the city into an economic crisis with the economy shrinking by 3.2 percent in the 3rd quarter of the year following a half a percent drop in the 2nd the tourism industry accounts for a good chunk of that and it's been hit especially hard busy streets and shops are deserted with visitors staying away because of the protests hotels are nearly empty with some staff being asked to take unpaid leave during the slump. no one is willing to spend money there are no tourists here absolutely none before even if we

were having a bad time in business we still had some customers from other places like asians from malaysia singapore the philippines but this year there are very very few tourists i just bumped into only one customer who is from the philippines it's very difficult to do business. but as the protests continue the authorities are turning to new measures to combat them hong kong's department of justice has issued an emergency injunction against using the internet and social media for anything that could be judged to be inciting violence i do websites and apps named by the department have been crucial in organizing the leaderless protest movement it comes on the back of the government introducing a ban on face masks something protesters are defying. those protesting during halloween were critical of the new measures. this took toilet area.

even normal people. when they. go it is crazy and. with no sign of the protesters backing down and the. government equally determined hong kong is stuck in a standoff that is damaging its economic future. more than 70 people have died in a fire on a train in southeastern pakistan the blaze is. a gas stove exploded as passengers were preparing breakfast the train was traveling north from karate when the accident occurred near the town of quite poor which is. local officials said that most of the victims died after jumping off the fast moving carriages our next report contains some images that some viewers may find disturbing.

this passenger train had been carrying pilgrims to a religious festival instead its journey ended in tragedy. officials say the blaze broke out when to gas stoves exploded as some passengers were preparing breakfast cooking oil carried by others then caught fire. as the flames engulfed 3 carriages those on board stood little chance many flung themselves from the train while it was still moving at high speeds through eastern punjab province. a cylinder exploded and i don't know how fire erupted everywhere. i jumped out of the train to save my life there was a whole line of people behind me pushing. as pakistan's railways minister visited the injured prime minister in mancala and offered his condolences to the victims he's owed an investigation. this is pakistan's

worst railway disaster in almost 15 years but it's just the latest in a series of accidents a lack of investment has caused the system to fall into disrepair. some survivors have questioned whether the fire was caused by a cooking accident they believe a short circuit in the train's electrical system might have been to blame. these questions mount rescue workers have begun the grim task of recovering bodies. or in the u.k. the campaign has already begun the head of that pre christmas snap elections scheduled for december 12th some lawmakers won't be contesting their seats including the speaker of the house of commons john bercow he just finished his last day in the chair urco has risen to international prominence for his role during the breaks of parliamentary debates so much so that one word in particular is almost synonymous with his name.

6 or. nothing only shows him john bercow has become a british household name. very interesting to read and spare us your i traced ok you know so. far. back i was 1st elected to the role of speaker of the house of commons 10 years ago it's been his job to chant abates and to king or to order oh there were a politician himself the speaker must also remain impartial at all times that bacco has been accused by some of showing political bias particularly when it comes to bricks it my ruling is therefore that the motion will not be debated today as it

would be repetitive and disorderly to do so i know that the dynamics you face mean that on occasion you will sometimes have to please some and not others but it is becoming remarkable how often you please one lot and not the other. when he was getting the decisions in his favor he wasn't grumbling he's grumbling now because he doesn't like the judgement but he. rulings have also defined the pump lake is clearly on the remains site and he's the one who sort of amendments 3 whose sole aim is very old to state stock prices to go well i think he's actually standing up for democracy in full parliament. on the very day breaks it was supposed to happen but didn't a colorful politician is that going outs of british politics while some may upload his to pasha others will miss the man who tried to put this house in.

order all right festive lights are a feature of many cities around the world in the run up to christmas but the italian city of terrain tries to up the ante in the festive season turning itself into what it describes as a luminous open air art gallery for the past 20 years through rain has hired artist to design ms memorising illuminations lights will be switched on after dark every day until the 12th of january. before we get to christmas we have to remember today is how we. you're watching the w. news we're explaining why in just a moment still to come a new wave of consolidation in the old industry. chrysler and france's p.s.a. peugeot want to create the world's 4th largest carmaker that's coming up next in business with chris. and now we can talk about how when chris one of the come over and say. trick or treat and if they. could be right

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