yoyou're watching live from pars on front twenty four the headlines this hour. over one hundred purchased is killed in iran amnesty international says it has credible reports that show dozens of people have been killed in cities across the country. the group callsls for the regime to end what it calls a brutal crackdown. top nationalal sececurity aides tesy against president trump is impeachment proceedings continue in the united states they say they found trump's phone conversation with cranes presidents landscape improper and alarming. and hundreds of purchase to celebrate in bay ridge after they manage to prevent parliament from holding

its first session in two months but weeks of political gridlock off takaking theheir toll in lebanon we'll h have a special report on the nation's worsening rubbish crisis . we begin with a strong mesessage from the g grave amnesty international which is called on iran to end the brutal crackdown and show respect for human life. the group plans over one hundred protesters have been killed in recent days it says the figures are based on credible reports. and could rise as high as two hundred protests erupted in cities across iran on friday- for a hike in fuel prices but the iranian authorities. have described to demonstrate his eyes voices were for more on that i'm joined by phillip lou said the middle east and north

africa research and advocacy director. at amnesty international thank you very much for joining us. at at an almost complete internet blackout in iran that means it is very difficult at to see what exactly is going on inside the country. tell us about the information you have and how you cacan buy. thank you well amnenesty interernationalal. h s being working with h human righs acactivists independent journanalists to. getet as much testimony from people onn the ground as possiblble nowow. thas challengingg statete because of the near total internet blackout but none the less- we have been able to get. i witness testimony we've b been abable to get information from twenty one. citiese've looked at the video footage. and verified that set that footage anand what it tells us i is a- a story will add the iranianan security forces have been.

using excessive lethal force to crush what have been largely peaceful protests and tens of security forces. using live. rounds opening feyerick crowds of protesters. yes so the patterns of the we have seen- include security forces usising firearms- water cannonons t tear gas to disperse protests. a and beating demonstratorors with batons now and imageges of bullt casings leftt on the ground as well as the shocking behind. and distal indicatate that night ammunition has being number has been used as a cross we've looked at. the situation in twenty one cities and- according to them the credible reports we have at least a hundred six protesters and we believe that being killed but actually the real death toll may be much higher. on top of

that and the authorities themselves have confirmed that at least one thousand people have been. arresteded have we ay idea of what will happppen too those peoplele. and we do m. because we've been tracking and with the altamont the demonstrations in iran from for many years and- the consignment is that those who are arrested. willll be and certainly interrogated but in some cases they are likely to be subjected. to two forms of torture on the treatment that is being up. and over the last she is they are likely to be held in what we call into many cottage tension meaning that they- i likely not to have. access to lawyers will that families certainly for three days in some cases perhaps even weeks soo that's a major major cononcern- among them. among the date does have been arrested-d-t least one

shermanights activists who we know andhat i know of concerns are clearly about- about hey. and because it is andd the way in whicic the iranian authorities have been cracking down on human rights. defenders more generally over recent years. what about this unprecedented internet shut down then the group at net block says. that the country'y's come always completely shut off from the well what effect does that have on people inside iran. should the internett shohop down as we understand it at i happened as of the sixteenth of november seven just then the day after the protest began. and what's the iranian authorities did was to shots off nearly all means of online communications. inside iran and it's- clearly an information blackout there is an attempt by the authorities to prevent people from sharing images

videos of the deadly force being used by security forces. you mentioned the engine that blocks a day it's information is that iran's can activities the outside world. as for the for a sense of ordinary level since the protests began that so it's an extraordinary full am. old mobile networks to be disconnected. and the re some information still gets out and that's that's how we've been abable to get informatioion and it's really only because some uses of still being able to access the internet through the ususe of.f. of what are called virtual private networks vpnss at and other means t that it is to say it's a tiny and pepercentage of what and who rus exit the incident is usually and- just finally i rounds- supreme leader. h has said that this is a security issue and not the people- they've also described as the thirties will to describe the protesters is righteous this would suggest that- they're not really

interested in changing the tactics. of the parts of them is stopping. these demonstrations. the supreme leader the president o of ron ad they hated to judiciously. have ole demonized to protest this ad woman gets security forces will continue to confront them with force. and so the supreme leader demonized the protest is as villains. ad claiming that they mean insights to violence by counter revolutionaries foreign enemies in the wrong. and israelis by ordering the security forces to implement that you just on the protests affect to keep giving a green light. for this brutality to continue and- and really then it's up to. the plate and ate at mechanisms of the united nations and the international community more broadly. to really be having a loud voice data denounce what is a bloody crackdown- can give access to

independent human rights observers to. hospitals in detention centers in the country. philip receptionist international thank you very much. well maybe not to the united states and the impeachment hearings which is still under way in washington democrats accuse president trump of trying to bribe the president of ukraine would you estimate tree eight inn order to get hihim to investigate his political rival judge fight and- that is something the president strongly denies today lawmakers had from two witnesses both of whom were. on that now famous phone call between presidents trump and the landscape and his what they have to say. in the spring of two thousand eighteen i became priorr to july twenty y fifth i participateded in roughly y a dn otheher presidential phone call. during my closed door deposition. members of the committee asked about my personalal v views and whether i had any concerns about the july twenty fifth call. as i tetestified thehen i found the y twenty fifth p phone call unusul because in contrast to other

presidentialal calls i had observed. it involved discussion of what appeared to be a domestic political matter i listened. on the in onon the call in the situation room with white house colleagues. i was concncerned by the call. what i heard was inappropriate. and i afford my concerns to mr eisenberg. it is improper for the president of the united states to demand a foreign government investigate a us citizen. and a political oppoponent. well spec to our corrrrespondent h has been good study i in washingtoton as she d usus how those two w witnesses e gone some way to undermine the republican line that all of this. was just a second hand information. that was definitely- the argrgument of te republicanss last week with the three first witnesses the dismissed the those testimonies as a second hand or even third hand accounts said that had nothing to do with the matter at hand will today. and they didn't have that argument because as you said vin men and

williams both we're on at t that july twenty fifth a phone calal anand they described. whatt they felt it was inappropriate orr improper and now the republicans of coursese said found new arguments it to a discrediteted at thesese witness ththis time it t was not that tt they didn't have a first hand account this time it was and that's it well it there- qualification. of that phone call as improper or inappropriate was simply their opinion of the phone call and that their opinion a really it didn't matter also- tried to add this miss- those accounts as- a coming from people who were against the- president of the uniteted states says so as sosome of you can calling them. and never trump including at the a you know he's president tweeted dead this weekend back to a general williams a was never trumperer. but really the biggest line attack and that one was specifically directed at lieutenant colonel paul alexander vidhan in. question

it hit a loyalty t to the united states. because he was born in a crate. it is to. add a possible a dual loyalties at four a at the one tetelling coll between the e united states and ukrainee i'm even mentntioning something that had not even come uin t therivate sessions.. which is at t that te ukrainians apparently offered a job to avenge men the job of the minister of defense- alexander vin men who was adamant multiple times a to a dismissed any questions about his loyalty said. he refused at that job and he repeated that time and again that he served one country and one countntry only and that was the united states of america and that's what he done. throughout his career in the mililary and again in the national security councill as he was advising the president all right now the proceedings are set to continue and all next there will be another a very high ranking witness. that we cut to vote. he's the former us special envoy when you cried how key is

he in all of this. well he will be another a new type of a witness because this time the question about the weather and he is against- the president of the united states will not come out because- kurt volker wise a close a official at two at the u. s. at present he- is part. of what has now been called in the new group of the three amigos at him- gordon someone the ambassador at to the u. as well as a rake a perry these three men who were. at the corner of and the shadow and diplomacy a group but that was- trying to get at that shuttle diplomacy active in ukraine he- is supposed to be. a more favorable to the united states president but he is also going to testify at that- though hee did not like the fact that he had to work with donald trump's personal attorney rudy giuliani he- felt like he- had to he also. felt like he tried to get

to rudy giuliani to back off from unsubstantiated the theories a bomb joe biden and his sonon. as well as ukraine's involvement in the twenty sixteen election. that said the republic so we'll probably be focusing on something else- one that's a- kurt t volker has repeatedly said that he did not think there was any quid pro. quo in that phonone call l betwn trump and as the. lens none at least that he had been. now we are just weeks away imagine that in the in the united kingdom and that right now boris johnson and jeremy coal. all going head to head to their first live television but youou see this is coming from. whihich is not what i see okay at this hour this festive bank polls show johnson's conservatives would win. and about eleven points out of a labor at the moment that could. change depending on how tonight's performance. go and remember the outcome all for the election on december twelfth

will decide when how and indeed if britain leave the european union i believe they're talking. about brexit at all right. now as we speak it's a- bit about this attitude may i'm joined by will destroy frank- scott spoon professor of history and international relations at this over the last year. thank you very much. to be with us i. generally accepted then boris johnson is the one with the most to lose tonight not just because he's a heads. in the polls but also because jeremy corbyn is. quite a fish. at debate against his name. johnson has much to lose because it's quite a semitic. for boys isn't here has to havee the majority of his party. jimim incoming does s not need to have the majority for his party you

can. you can buy a b. you can you can have a collision with the snpnp's because his national party with the libdems. and so that that's maybe but it does their bed i'm big us i've yet or not i will go y yes. yes good mamaybe they would have the choice but yes at that we've just got a couple of comments and come out already so. at first johnson says we will be coming out of the u. on january the thirty first- we remember of course is do or die comments about. what type of a- thank you fast. and at coal bin has said basically he wants a second referendum. to sort all this out do you think they will be focusing. on. brexit tonight or will they be trying to. change the subject. i think j jm gobineau will.l. first f fus on the brakes it. also speak of in each. region has a link with the brakes to do with- of gross domestic- stakes. in his first two- introduction he he he he said of course that there was much inequality. that of noises

in what was for the haitian the label what was for the for the pool. is againin it's a toss- he he's mixing domestic. politics and a complexity. one jim incoming of course has a weak points. much of what was once again asking for you and- are you for the remainder. of for you for the deal youu will have. to detox. t the genentleman has mediaa astral point two he sees often johnson sees everything will be finished in thirty first right. it's not. going to sendnd it because the b beginnig if you will begin only after with i have to offer is much easier to. to negotiate after- if misty and t the and t the customs union. if we have the deal of. the reasons so it could take it'll take digs he said seven years to have- i did with with company maybe. as much to have a deal with the with the e. u. yeah. yes i am. it's just corbett and johnson tonight of course at the liberal democrat leader swept in is not that the snp leader. is not there on that. because

he's still. charlie. trying get in the debate. that was fast. the two the two best to- to play minutes- figures that that's what we have in the united states- first debate with megyn kennedy and nixon- who have thahat of course is national for the for the french. well it should be no natural for the british. yeah well of course remember that of the french device when you had all of the kind. that went on for several hours didn't for the first. i have a signal. just finally as opposed to you don't have any signal yeah that's right. i just funnynd mamarshalls and he was and- givn a bit of a gift by nigel ferraz of course yes the leader the brexit party he wasn't standing- when he said that his- breaks apart the cavs wouldn't stand against

conceptions. i mean that was a major campaign to have the students in the- sentences yes. and the honda- the polls show that to the bank should party he is down so it doesn't change much. khan was not very. nice with with the voice of someone said that the his deal was not a good deal with with with. with you. she t tught it wawas nice with boys insulin pump. so i have seven see how that pans out with that and to pay is a do i doubt thank you very much to dave over friends. now leaving two left on my protesters have. prevented parliament from holding its first session in two months weeks of demonstrations across. country to a near standstill and wasn't a- deep. economic crisis. thanks we open today for the first time. out with restrictions on withdrawal from transfers of cruelty. is also an increasingly smelly. rubbish problem. is not a messy and her team report from favorite. this is the route only public beach but it's not a great spot for

bay those. untreated waste is flowing into the water a study by government body this year concluded the see here it is too polluted to swim in with trash piling up and fecal mass at lacking. under the water's surface. hello yes beaches on ultra priority for the government they don't care about the health and well being of lebanese people who want to swim here. they just care about their own corrupt interest. in twenty fifteen eleven as trash crisis spiraled out of control the country's biggest landfill closed its doooo rotting rubbish was everywhere favorite streets drowning in trash. the government hastily built new landfills but now they're at capacity to. this site costa brava was supposed to close two years ago but instead the government has expanded it is just next to beirut apple posing a danger both the public health. and the flights activists here hey. gracious

unsustainable and dangerous. the gas is that comes from this- from this dump site he had the gas is mainly the methane and so many other gases are dangerous for us to read the met does combined witith the organic combined with everything when it is absorbed by destroyed and goes to the sea. the fish is eating the product and then we eat the see saw we are literally boise ourselves. the environmental problems in lebanon. have an easy fix but even say state officials admit political instability is part of the problem. this is the time to get a new government i start to take action for the day and they resign we now return minutes for any andnd plans on get t couseded. that's h how it. in a anyay. following weeks of demonstrations the prime minister was forced. last month. it's not yet clear when a new government will be formed. leaving levin and once again without the political leadership it needs. to o tackle

its environmental l challenges. and we've got a bit more on lebanon's struggling economy now kate metes hit with the business and the k. thatt was a sign of a retention alive today that wasn't there when the banks open to yeah absolutely it's been long awaited really because they've been closed but started. for the past week close to sporadically really since the protests began many bank employees said they were worried about their own safety that there are no limits on how much money can be withdrawn or moved. yet another constraint public in an already struggling economy. this is a has the- open for business but put tight restrictions in place. seeking to avoid a run on the banks lebanese aututhorities impose strict controls on tuesday rituals of a thousand dollars per week are permitted an internationalransfers are reststricted for urgent personal matters. the capital controls people worried michelle and i have a law that was the problem is with the lack of trust they don't trust people when you

have a big amount of money and then we give you a small amount. this creates distrust among people. hello we on. the living day to day now in this country and we are living with what we make because we don't trust the banks. the unrest in lebanon began in october off to the government sought to impose a tax on what's up messages. while vast plan has since been scrapped it highlighted the urgent need to raise revenues in one of the most highly indebted countries in the world. the debt to gdp ratio in lebanon stands at a hundred and fifty percent. unemployment remains stubbornly high at 25% and the youth unemployment figure is even higher. lebanon pledged urgent reforms last year to convince international donors to unlock eleven billion dollars in loans. but little progress has been made so far. with the ongoing political crisis making good on those promises looks increasingly unlikely. it's grounded but not

yet out of the game boeing says it has sold more of it seven thirty seven max planes even though they haven't been cleared to fly since a second deadly accident in march. because it carrier air astana signed a letter of intent to purchase thihirty of the jets following ten for turkey's son express and twenty for an unidentified airline. announcements did you buy air show or the first for boeing's troubled fleet since british airways owner iag said in june it would be buying two hundred of the max's. boeing hopes the planes will be cleared for flight by january although regulators havave yet to give te green light to software upgrades. arizozona didn't sayay how mucuch it would be paying safe kendall means the priceces aren't likely to be competitive. four four three. six. i like to sing for. separately

authorities in the us has ruled that boeing should re visit the design of yet another of its models in april twenty eighteen woman died in an accident on seven thirty seven seven hundred plane after fan blade broke off the engine and pierced through the window. us national transportation safety board says the boeing should redesign the engine covers of that plane. to isolate and potential problems for millions of. meanwhile easyjet says it is officially carbon neutral the british budget carrier says it will be offsetting its own carbon footprint. essentially donating money to environmental projects like forest conservation and renewable energy for each ton of carbon dioxide emitted from its planes. is jet set the commitment came in response to customers concerns and would cost around twenty nine million euros next year. practice were less enthusiastic greenpeace dismissed the announcement as greenwashing sing the aviation industry which accounts for

about 2% of all global emissions. needs take more serious action to combat climate change. a second on today's trading action now makes clothes for the major european indices easyjet shares were up about 5% in london can count dropping about a third of a percentage point here in paris. on wall street the dow jones is paring back from its record highs retailers a rain down trade especially home depot shares of dropped around 5% on disappointing sales.. investors are still cautious about the us china trade war donald trump saying thahat he would be prepared to impose even higher tariffs on chinese goods if. the shooters don't reach a deal soon. i'm very happy with generate. he didn't send billions will be over a hundred million dollars and from the not too distant future china maybe never gave us ten cents. that i don't give a lot of money to the farmers don't make a deal with china. just raise the terrorist even higher. south african airlines has a resume to some regional flights

but hundreds more remain canceled. as a strike drags on from friday. the state carrier has met with unions and government representatives although the public enterprise ministry says it cannot provide any more funds. the airline hasn't turned a profit since two thousand eleven. google has entered the gaming industry launching its new subscription streaming platform stadium will be available in fourteen countrieies with games available on multiple plot devices for subscribers without downloads. google would be competing with the likes of microsoft and sony is gaining intererest goes an inindustry wide. because followd califofornia and filing a lawsut against the cigarette maker jewels. the state's accuse the company of illegally targeting minors with its marketing campaigns and misrepresenting products there are growing concerns about the health implications of vaping. has become especially popular among teenagers in the united states and around the world. more this

second lawsuit within withihin a week i think is going to be just the beginning of the tide- as authorities across the united states try to take action and clamp down on vaping all right t thanks verery much e to at that sick to for the business with technicians right. away