this is day 8 of the news live from the historic moment in the united states as the senate open same piece with the trial of president donald trump the head of the prosecution team congressman adam schiff begins to tell you the facts with the full presentation of the articles of impeachment bring you the latest reactions from washington also on the program germany's foreign minister says libyan rebel leader general sonthi for half a tough task agree to a cease fire talks. prepares to host a conference this weekend ending the civil conflict in libya. russian lawmakers

passed president putin's choice for prime minister a day after the surprise resignation of the entire russian government the move has left the world one drink putin's plan. i'm frugal welcome to the program. we begin with historic proceedings on capitol hill as the u.s. senate formally opens the impeachment trial against president trump house democrats kicked off the proceedings by reading the charges this is just the 3rd impeachment trial in u.s. history and it's happening during an election year. with president trump seeking a 2nd term as house speaker nancy pelosi ahead of the senate proceedings every day that were involved in this impeachment is a sad day for america and yesterday was one when we were given no choice but to

send to the senate 2 articles of impeachment against donald trump the president of the united states for his president necessitated this by his abuse of power and the direction of congress and his actions which undermined our national security. violated his oath of office to protect and defend the constitution and jeopardize the integrity of our elections the w.'s washington bureau chief alexandra farm dolman is keeping an eye on the action while come out xander so a huge day in american history what can we expect from today's ceremonial process. this is really a solemn day in history and watching the house managers who act as prosecutors in the trial walk from the house to the senate chamber and watching the senators there you really have the feeling that all of them are well the war of the importance of

this moment adam schiff their lead to house manager a red state to articles of impeachment abuse of power and obstruction of congress and now we are waiting for chief chief justice john roberts to make the trip across the street from the supreme court to the company told to be sworn in as the presiding officer of the trial and then he will swear in all $100.00 senators as impartial jurors but of course that is something that remains to be seen if there are going to be impartial jurors and those trial so that's how this process starts very what should we expect. so the trial itself will start next tuesday and then both sides both parties will have to opportunity to present their arguments their prosecutors and of course president trump's defense

team and i want to will also happen is that summons will be issued to the president so that he can himself address the charges we expect him to be in the written form and this letter will then be read out on the senate floor and the most interesting question is if the senators will decide that they need to to hear witnesses and still maybe see more evidence new evidence that emerged in the last weeks and days but that would mean that at least 4 republican senators would have to team up with democrats and that is unlikely at the moment you know the heart of the proceedings of the president's dealings with the ukraine new revelations from an associate of mr terms of the lawyer emerged overnight to give this whole new twist. yes those revelations are very explosive let

panos directly implicated president trump saying that the president was aware of what was going on in ukraine that everything what happened happened and his direction and he also implicated people in their so-called especially vice president pence and the white house has already dismissed this witness as not credible saying that he is out on bail that he is under indictment and that is true however we have to say that left the pond as seems to have documents and text messages and that seemed to prove his claims and he also confirmed what abra witnesses already testified under oath in the house proceedings i was on the phone now with in washington thank you now to libya whether to be movement in the ongoing diplomatic efforts to secure

a ceasefire germany's foreign minister heiko boss and i'm sad to rebel leader. has agreed to abide by the truce general have $212.00 made the comments during the meeting the foreign minister in benghazi is apparently also agreed to attend sunday's international beating on the libya crisis in berlin earlier this week he refused to sign a cease fire deal brokered during talks in moscow so i bring in our political correspondent simon young welcome simon why is this announcement coming from germany's foreign minister. well germany is role in this conflict and in these peace talks is as peace broke and as you say a big international conference with all the players all the international parties is being organized here in berlin on sunday and i think germany is a relatively neutral country compared with some of the other e.u. countries as far as this conflict is concerned believes that you can use the power

of diplomacy to really bring change and that's why i call mass was in benghazi today had 3 hours of talks with general have to are and this is the very positive statement that has come out saying that you know a cease fire will be abided by and that general have to are as as the really the key player in this conflict will be coming to berlin at the weekend and the people giving much credence to these words it certainly sounds like it well it's been it's been widely and warmly welcomed and i think there are a lot of hopes riding on this because this will really give significance. and added significance to that peace conference the head of the internationally recognized unity government in tripoli fires of surat she's also said that he is going to be coming so that means you've got the 2 heads of the warring parties

sitting at the table in the in a peace conference and mr. general have to are is really the key player because his forces control really most of the country outside the capital tripoli and so if he's there that really means that this conference could be more than just the start of peace talks as the german government has described it it could be you know a real way forward because you're talking about talks that involve not just the 2 key protectionists but also the international backers. well that's right general have to. has backing from russia from saudi arabia and even from france so he's got some important backing the rest of the international community has been supporting as i say the unity government and that's where the u.n. is but all these players will have to find a way forward if the fighting can stop then obviously that brings peace to the

region it's a strategically important country libya as a conduit for migrants but also as an oil producer so there's a lot of interests here and you know all eyes i think will be on berlin on sunday some young thank you. we'll take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world dozens of people have died during intense fighting between pro-government troops and jihadi is led forces in the syrian city of a live opposition groups a government task drags on a market in the city on wednesday also killed at least 15 civilians that's despite a truce brokered by russia and turkey. germany's parliament has rejected controversial legislation aimed at making it easier to donate organs the law would have automatically made almost every citizen in open doda a letter previously signed a declaration specifically revoking consent. of the french government pension

reforms are back out on the streets protesters responded to a call from a trade unions to come out in support of public transport workers are on strike over the plans that the strike cities for the 3rd day i think she's the longest running public transport stop. that's a russia which has a new prime minister is in the lower house of parliament voted overwhelmingly in favor of president putin's pick we mature student who was head was head of the federal tax this comes just a day after the surprise resignation of dmitri medvedev and his entire cabinet the confirmation follows president putin state of the nation address in which he called for political reforms that people speculate could be setting him up for a role as leader for life. he's little known even within russia now. formally the head of the country's tax service has become russia's prime minister the. lawmakers overwhelmingly backed russian president vladimir putin's candidate

for the job to no one's surprise addressing the duma misused and promised change. the president has stressed several times people should already now be feeling real changes for the better so far this is happening far from everywhere. it's a rapid rise for the career bureaucrat elevated to the country's number 2 position less than 24 hours after russia's government resigned that paved the way for putting his newly announced sweeping constitutional changes there are mixed reactions over whether the political shake up will make any difference. to stay off the political system a stagnant people want new decisions some kind of renewal so i think president putin made the right decision when he shook everything up. and you know you know what i don't know but i trust putin to make the right decisions good on him would have to stop these many doubts and i think will change. maybe in more civilized countries or states when this kind of thing happens people expect change and for

things to get back. to the noise here. was this critics say misused in is merely a placeholder for putin who they believe has no intention of relinquishing power when his presidential term ends in 2024 but russia's political elites are still pondering what role putin has in mind for himself. straight to moscow they were overjoyed to emily sure would welcome emily so why is a. lot of proteins pick. well it is largely unknown in russia as well so in some ways his appointment came as a bit of a surprise but he has spent many many years in government service and as had of the head of the tax office or 80 he has become known for being an efficient manager he

did utilize the tax service as well so perhaps putin just wanted to appoint someone who would get the job done particularly when it comes to internal politics putin recent years has focused much more on international politics and has kind of relegated the role of managing russia itself to the prime minister and also he represents kind of this drive for modernization but without presenting any real political change and the fact that he's an unknown means that he's not a threat to put to putin in any way people won't think that he could be a successor so what about 24 hours into this political shakeup the president announced yesterday everyone is wondering what's the up to what's he trying to achieve. well when it comes to this political shakeup it was a kind of major move from putin yesterday he announced sweeping changes when it

comes to the constitution he proposed them at least he wants to expand the powers of the parliament and weaken the president that's one of the changes and on the one hand there's a sense that perhaps putin is giving people here in russia the change that they want or at least a sense of the change that they want there was a very much a sense here of russia kind of stagnating of nothing really changing among people here but on the other hand i think the main reason that observers are citing is that putin wants to pave the way for his own political future and in the speech that he made yesterday in those proposed constitutional changes he opened up a lot of possible political roles for himself he can't serve as president anymore after his current terms and term ends in 2024 so we may see him kind of creating a new role for himself in the russian political scene really sure when in moscow thank you. just time to recap our top story the u.s.

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