christmas. this is newsnight from shootout in moscow a gunman opens fire at the headquarters of russia's secret police the f.s.b. reports say one person was killed before the gunman was neutralized take you live to moscow. also on the program in general forces crackdown on renewed nationwide protests against a controversial new citizenship police arrest hundreds of demonstrators for defying

a palin post after violence broke out to previous rallies at least 2 people are believed to have been killed and. one. speaker nancy pelosi makes president from same page for an official but refuses to say when she will sell the articles of impeachment to the senate so when will mr trump's try to get. i'm phil gale welcome to the program russia's security service the f.s.b. says it has neutralized a gunman who opened fire near its headquarters in central moscow the f.s.b. also confirmed to have it said please were seriously wounded in the attack moscow police have cordoned off the area and no motive has been established.

i want to join to. really show in really what more can you tell us what we know that the police as you say have cordoned off the area people are being taken off buses heading towards the headquarters of the f.s.b. and the metro there has been closed as well the f.s.b. itself has put out a statement confirming that the shooting took place that there was one unknown shooter who opened fire at that there were that there were victims that the shooter was neutralized as well and the ministry of health has apparently confirmed that there were 2 injured people media reports though very when it comes to the number of shooter is when it comes to the number of victims as well they are reporting that it could have been 3 shooters who opened fire in the f.s.b. headquarters. at the moment we don't know too much but what it is what is

interesting is that the timing of this shooting happened to take place today it happened just after pushing held his yearly big press conference he of course was a member of the f.s.b. self and tomorrow there's a day in celebration of the security services that's happened. to. the victims well we know that at least one person is dead and apparently he was a traffic policeman but 9 as i said we don't know at the moment 2 other people were injured that number could be set to rise there are even some unconfirmed media reports that the shooting could be continuing but that again has not been officially confirmed. official seems to all of this what you would expect in a situation like this. absolutely the

official comment the lack of official comment is really a normal thing here in russia it usually takes quite a while for official bodies here in russia for doubt any official statement and we have seen an official statement from the f.s.b. we've heard from the ministry of health about those 2 injured people so this was actually relatively fast for russia usually when it comes to explosions or attacks things things take a while to be confirmed officially and usually you get the reports which is what we're seeing at the moment i'm going to show it in moscow fanaa thank you and we'll take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world police in italy have arrested more than $300.00 suspected members of the calabrian mafia including former politicians under police commander arrests were reportedly also made in switzerland germany and vogue area about $252500.00 officers took part in rights in

italy alone. in slovakia the trial over the murder of journalist a young creature counties fiance martina rover has begun. a caution or is suspected of ordering the killing as mr. investigated his business activities the couple was gunned down at their home in february last year. in india at least 2 people have died in protest against the controversial new citizenship law or 30 is beyond protest after some of them became violent people defied that ban and police have taken hundreds of people into custody then you know off the citizenship to immigrants from pakistan bangladesh and afghanistan escaping religious persecution but excludes muslims transport time communications networks have been shut down amid the destruction. the anger is widespread and not everyone is holding back. in northeast india violence flared outraged protesters

defying the ban on demonstrations across the country they say the government's new law discriminates against muslims and threatens india's secular democracy and yet you'll see a this citizenship amendment act is against the indian constitution it is a legal it is against the spirit of independence of our country. and it on twitter condemnation of the police man handling one of our most prolific and influential public intellectuals and scholars rama chunder guha who said he was engaged in nonviolent protest when he was arrested. the government said it was forced to take steps in the interest of public safety after many protests turned violent last week. in the capital delhi more than a dozen train stations were closed. roads blocked traffic congested

authorities also shut down mobile phone networks and the internet in several regions. have very difficult situation and a very bad situation we're facing a lot of problems the roads still so have a lot of traffic jams and some of them a blocked so it's a pathetic situation. but there may be much more disruption on its way there are a few signs prime minister narendra modi is going to back down over the law and many here are determined to make him change his mind whatever the consequences. straight to india then we join journalist ravi shankar in chennai welcome sunday bring us up to date. 2 people have been found dead and one person from luck no arm but from the start of the deal manual and both of them are allegedly being util higher cause they're going to need to say no they did not

fire and not sure who. was in the fighting and they will be investigating this that asked so far today and i cited the book a 2nd standard because this is a sort of mixed reaction our got. a lot of the art i know you know among the minority muslim community about what really happened to them and with that this is the slippery slope that could lead who. are not of the right. and may be discriminated against just refining impact on the other hand we also have a whole bunch of other been liberated population who are now out on the street and the estonian funded activists students and there's a sense of euphoria that well or actually having come out on the. blood so to deaths. rest across the countryside and yes give us an idea of the

scale of opposition to this because what we see the pictures but it's not being replicated across the whole of the country. knoxy the protests are largely confined to pockets in urban india so we're looking at the metropolises the cities and some of the towns and even aussies and bunch of a section of the. crowd that have come out the boys have been in a lot of people who are you know off a school as they come they come out of the comfort of copyright and exactly this is also happening and good tests themselves not being you know was some of the social media networks who want the messaging apps and whatsapp still putting out your creation. kind meet about protests and the ones getting all of this and they're moving. to many spots all over the cities but the book is that it is still it is gathering steam in most of the metropolis isn't good on india's large i don't think

it's been ok so that we have deaths and destruction in the areas but you have a prime minister and the government that seems determined to move on this that's right in fact women are still i'm not sure how has reportedly quark's sort of meeting to analyze the security measures in the wake of the good guys so that we can get back to happening now are not because the morning has very frightening morning like he has got of course he also said that there's no way back on. them and i'm not reserve citizens and you don't refuse to engage in a dialogue with me and educating students and you either. don't. carry specters. full force in police attempting to quell protests in the days to come of course it all depends on how much and how fire congress along with the purpose actually want

to write thank you for that so it's time to rubbish on. so the united states now or i don't trump has become only the 3rd president to be impeached the house of representatives voted on 2 charges stemming from the president's alleged attempts to pressure ukraine into investigating his potential presidential rival joe biden the decision now paves the way for a trial in the senate where the leader of the republican majority mitch mcconnell described the impeachment as the most rushed most at least a thorough and the most unfair impeachment inquiry in modern history. after hours of debating the 1st article of impeachment for abuse of power past perhaps. on this though the a's 230 the nays 1907 present is one. article one is adopted and just minutes later the 2nd article for obstruction of congress

went as planned for the democrats on this vote the yeas are 229 the nays are 198 present is one article 2 is adopted. hundreds of kilometers away at a rally in michigan president trump reacted to his impeachment. with today's illegal unconstitutional and partisan impeachment. could do nothing democrats and they are doing nothing all they want to do is focus on this what they could be doing are declaring their deep hatred and this thing for the american voter. this lawless partisan speech is a political suicide march for the democratic party have you seen my polls of the last 4 which. back in washington democratic had speaker nancy pelosi accuse the

republicans of being purely partisan she threatened to delay the impeachment trial until she could be sure it would be handled fairly in the senate. we have legislation approved by the committee that will enable us to decide how we will send over articles of impeachment we cannot name managers until we see what the process is on the phone and i would hope that that will be soon so far we haven't flown what will they are to us so hopefully it will be for when we see what all this will. probably with voting concluded in the house of representatives and donald trump becoming only the 3rd u.s. president to be impeached americans now face the next stage in the process the senate trial that's due to begin in january but democrats face an uphill battle considering the senate is republican controlled and they need a 2. thirds majority to remove president trump from office. for the capitol is

about to begin a brief period of calm over the holiday season as members of the congress and senate spent time in their homes across this starkly divided country. problem for the last reporting now the u.k. has just seen its 2nd state opening of parliament in 2 months situation was dramatically different this time because prime minister barak's johnson is now in a much more commanding position following last week's general election queen elizabeth laid out the government's agenda in a speech written by the prime minister to no one's surprise delivering bracks it was the number one priority with a big majority mr johnson now has the votes to pass his bill to take the u.k. out of the european union the parliament set to vote on not belong friday the queen made it clear that britain's departure from the e.u. was not imminent my government's priority is to deliver the united kingdom's departure from the european union on the 31st of january my ministers will bring

forward to just nation to ensure the united kingdom's exit on that date and to make the most of the opportunities that this brings all the people of the united kingdom . this is yourself life i guess elvis has that business south africa in just a moment i'll be back at the top of the how the day. can show that of those. in support of. saving what's said. to be about.