justify the means. to terms with nuisance starts december 13th on g.w. . last. played. last. this is the w.'s live from berlin a historic day on capitol hill u.s. house democrats unveil impeachment charges against president donald trump democrats accuse the presidents of abuse of power and obstruction they say president trump used his office to put pressure on ukraine to investigate a political rival and then try to obstruct a congressional investigation where in washington for you also coming up questions

mount after new zealand's a volcanic eruption with the death toll now rising to 68 missing and dozens severely injured people are starting to ask why do tourists were allowed to visit the site in the 1st place. fans bid farewell to one of the most recognizable voices of the 19 eighties and nineties to restart its than a swedish jewel box set. in the sixty's. on whale arctic you so much for your company everyone we start off in the u.s. where in a momentous move democrats in washington have concluded that president double trump should be impeached. for abusing his powers and for obstructing congress while the

speaker of the house nancy pelosi and the heads of investigating committees and now sed 2 articles of impeachment the democrats accuse president trump of soliciting foreign interference in next year's presidential election and of attempting to conceal from congress evidence of his efforts here's how the chairman of the house intelligence committee adam schiff described the president's actions. president solicited a foreign nation ukraine to publicly announce investigations into his opponent and a baseless conspiracy theory promoted by russia to help his reelection campaign president trump abused the power of his office by conditioning to official acts to get ukraine to help israel action the release of hundreds of millions of dollars in military aid that nation desperately needed and a white house meeting with an ally trying to fend off russian aggression. in so

doing he undermined our national security and jeopardized the integrity of our next election and he does so still might have to shift speaking there are moments before let's take you now to washington to w.'s a correspondent all over south who has been closely following events there for you all over a very solemn day where you are let's start with the basics just 2 articles announced there by adam schiff why. well he says try to articles and let me 1st line i'll lay out a little bit well these articles are appalled you just heard adam schiff the chairman of the intelligence committee speak number one and that is the most important one perhaps is abuse of power and that is at the heart of the impeachment inquiry that goes back to the infamous you ukraine phone call between president trump and the ukrainian president a lot of years olinsky the allegation that democrats are making years that trump

pressured ukraine to interfere in the 2020 election campaign by withholding military aid and then pushing for investigations against joe biden of course president from full tensional political rival in the elections and then number 2 with the 2nd article of impeachment is obstruction of congress interesting leave that was. elevation goes back to right after the impeachment inquiry began essentially president trump decided to not cooperate he instructed the white house to withhold documents and even prohibited some of his aides to testify on capitol hill now there could have been more there was another article of impeachment discussed and that goes back to the malo report the investigation on russian interference in the 2016 election and that article would have been obstruction of justice as president trump was trying to fire the special counsel robert muller but

then critics within the democratic party said let's rather focus on the recent allegations. widening those articles would weaken their own he's right and they seem to be in a rush as well take us through their reactions as so far are the republicans still keeping up a united front. they are until now the republicans have been very very much united when it comes to the impeachment inquiry so their line of defense has been to discredit the in korea to sort of like argue that the democrats are simply afraid to lose the 2020 election and therefore the they see their only way in moving forward in impeaching president trump trump has also reacted this morning on twitter of course calling the allegations made against him pushing ukraine ridiculous that's what he wrote and he also said the ukrainian side confirmed there was no pressure that by the way is the republican line of defense that we've been

witnessing here in countless hearings on capitol hill in recent days and weeks now interesting lee he doesn't deny that he will seeking help from ukraine and 2 it is also proven that he withheld military aid to ukraine urgently needed all over in conclusion what will happen next will the president take the stand and present his side well that's likely the case ironically he is meeting the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov later in the wide halls and as you know president trump has been very vocal defending himself fiercely in this impeachment inquiry so we can expect him to take a stance later today over salat reporting from washington thank you and here's a round up now of some of the other stories making news around the world. mean mars leader aung sun suu kyi has arrived at the international court of justice in the hague to defend me and mar against accusations of genocide well the case over the

campaign against the revenge of minority was brought by the african state of the gumby she is due to speak on wednesday. if the o.p.'s prime minister ahmed has received the nobel peace prize at a ceremony in norway the nobel committee praised abhi for his efforts to and 2 decades of conflict with the o.p.'s a long time and a new eritrea they warned that militant groups continue to pose a threat to peace in the region. france is into its 6th day of strikes on public transport and in schools industrial action is in protest against the government's proposed pension reform which would force workers to either retire later or face cuts to their pension funds. and it obvious correspondent is at the strikes in paris and sent us this update. the strike here in paris is a big chance for the french president manuel my call whether he can implement the

reform of the pension system of the retirement system in france as he has a promise you things to a system is unfair when it's sinking into debt with an aging population in france now trade union and the protesters you're clearly argue against that they're concerned that their friend pensions will simply ring and they are not ready to compromise here asking that the entire plan is going to be scrapped people embarrass prepare themselves for many more days of traffic chaos. just reporting there from france authorities in new zealand have wings the number of people killed in monday's volcanic eruption to 6 people are still missing presumed dead sadly dozens are injured many with severe burns search teams are unable to return to the volcanic island they fear it could erupt again now many are asking why tour groups were allowed to visit the site in the 1st place after the threat

level was raised just last week. it is a search operation because rescue is considered unlikely. 1st responders are flying over for caare island after the volcano erupted on monday afternoon local time 47 people were on the island during the eruption most of them had a narrow escape but a few are still missing with little hope of finding them alive. the scale of this tragedy it's devastating police and defense force personnel have undertaken a number of aerial reconnaissance flights over the island since the eruption however no signs of life have been detected. clark was one of the 1st on the scene after the catastrophe hit the paramedic flew in by helicopter what he saw when he arrived was shocking. there was just it was just plain couldn't a shit was it was quite quite a. bit overwhelming response there was a helicopter on the wall and it did it all sleeping there at the time. was to try

to whites were off it. authorities believe the bodies of the missing people remain on the island but they say it's too dangerous to recover them if you're the volcano crew up to get some people still wait to hear from their loved ones. were all they all. said this morning. he was on the. i didn't come up. with. the new zealand police have set they launched an investigation scientists that noted an uptick in volcanic activity in recent weeks the question to be answered why were people allowed so close to a disaster apparently waiting to happen. and in australia authorities have issued

warnings of dangerous fire conditions as temperatures rise across large parts of the country already ravaged by bushfires in sydney australia's largest city usually unmistakeable structures like the harbor bridge and the opera house are blanketed in a cloud of smoke weather forecasters expect the situation will get worse with temperatures predicted to soar above 40 degrees celsius while environmental officials say the conditions in sydney over the last month have been unprecedented the hot weather combined with gusty winds are making every day life a struggle for people across the state of new south wales. in a. desperate and helpless we stand before the ruins of their lives 4 weeks ago a bushfire barne through fiona lee cruz home taking everything the couple see they knew it was a risk zone but this is far from normal they're angry at their government for not

taking climate change seriously it just makes people angry because. they were saying this is going to happen this is going to happen it's going to happen here and now that it's happened. and politicians that this is scientists have been talking about for bloody about. climate change are not. deeply divided just a few miles farther north from property smaller fires are blazing in the forest fires are normal for australia but large parts of the country have been suffering from drought for years so fires can spread in no time. burning back through forests but 2 weeks before something that is not really been seen in the past for this is an unexpected thing that the doing now which is making a lot of people nervous people and creatures like australia's national animal.

they've become the unintended symbol of these bushfires at this hospital help is on hand since the pictures of paul's went viral the hospital has received nearly 1000000 euros in donations. are particularly vulnerable in the flames says the clinical director. koala strategy was always to go higher in the trees and bear in mind before humans came along the trees were huge when when europeans 1st came here there was massive massive trees everywhere there will go so it could go right up the top and a sky finds never count. the headquarters of the largest volunteer fire fighting group in the world and new south wales inspector ben shepherd shows us the many fires in the region. is hot season has only just begun. and already

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