our over one year on twenty four unfolds twenty four .com. you're watching france twenty four and this is live from paris with me charlie james here's what's ahead on the program. articles of impeachment against donald trump to be officially sent to the us senate. this means the trial will begin in a matter of days determining whether the president stays in office. could this really be the end of the iran nuclear deal three e. u. nations ratcheting upp the presessure o on iran stop violag the terms tehran is reacting anger. and protest start back up in lebanon demanding an end to the political and economic crises demonstrators blocked

roads and burned tires security forces deployed tear gas . the stage has been set for donald trtrump's impeachment trial on wednesday the us house of representatives will transmit articles of impeachment to the senate this formal delivery of charges means trump's trial is likely to get under way at next tuesday. making him only the third us president in history to go on trial removal from office catherine viet with a look at what's to come. moving forward on impeachment as nancy pelosi signals the house of representatives is ready for a vote. the house apo this duty to defend our democracy by

passing two articleles of impeachment against the president tomorrow we will transmit those articles and name impeachment manages the senate must choose between the constitution undercover up. the process has been fraught with us president donald trump repeatedly lashing out over what he called an unfair process and a hoax. he stands accusedd of abuse of power and obstruction of congress the drug was impeached by the house on december eighteenth. but below sea held back from transmitting the charges as she played a game of chicken with senate majority leader mitch mcconnell over whether or not the senate trial would allow for witnesses to be called. well i think. what you at the appropriate. the drop point out that both sides i would want to call witnesses that they wanted to hear fromom so when youou geo that issssue. i can't imagine that only the witnesses that our democratic colleagues would

want to call would be call. you trump had floated the idea of seeing the charges dismissed but several senate republicans made it clear they were opposed to such an action. still trump's conviction is highly unlikely given the fact that republicans controlled the senate and two thirds of those senators must vote to find him guilty. the trial will be overseen by y supreme court chif justice john roberts hi donald start by swearing in the huhundred senatators who will se as the jury. for more on what to watch for during the impending trial let's welcome george los women to the program he is a teaching fellow for american politics at warrick university thank you for being with us. how scripted are impeachment proceedings and how much room is there for republicans to shape how this trial is going to look. what locals for. to set the terms

all the trial for example is mobile possibilities- for weaknesses jimmy called in de impeachment proceedings against- donald trump and also almost all the democratic side will have to presents- there que again someone frorom for we hahave one person we sometimes which of course isis the- and. n the senate which ultimately was in some sense because jody was naststy permitsts there are andi think the republicans having the jordan son will probably try to adopt a similar playbook. no trump is on trial here but could he p personallyy get involvlved somehowow he's not required to actually show up so besides tweeting of course we expect that from the us president. i a could he- intentionally be more involved with this trial. so once we

engage was at such. does youour. the park is to essentially you have to the most anti proceeding as a witch hunt animals as an unbalancing character assassination so i think you will- knowledge of the tribunal stay behind the scenes essentiallyly start from the sidelines and zero out basically attacked. motores all all. loc and chuck schumer. all is mobile. all in all forms reaction. and running roost the chances of what will be the democratic challenger also

donald trump however i think what you see is that we have such a high point. authorization in the united states. site selection take the outcome of f the trial to reconfirmm their already held you as you are pro or anti trump so i think the globobalization the united stats your onlyy chance really need to remove some esto convencional jody are marking boulders that these presencee on stage. to be commander in chief american problem not. this means to say.. are supplements from warwick university thanks much for youor analysis. another head to iran's twenty fifteen nuclear deal three a you n nations have kick started a process t that could lead to you and sanctions being reimposed on iran britain france and germany triggered at the packs dispute resolution mechanism that means they are accusing iran of failing to

observe. the agreements to curtail its nuclear program the ththree countries insisted t thy remain committed to the dedeal but theirr decision has drawn- and threats from iran government she's joining us here from tehran journalist resist diez said. s spell the ed of the p pact the e east is the. here absorbing this unfold believee this could be the beginning of the end for what's left of the nuclear deal of course we have to see how this plays out. on its surfacace at the de are and the dispute resolution mechanism- seemingly is a way to resolve matter when one of the signatories of the nuclear. it means another signatory more than one signatory i can hold them accountable and ideally you resosolve the matter of course you on a scale back somee of its commitmements in response to the u. s.. holding out of f the deal

now you h have the at the e. u. the european signatories- launching this this. the de r. m. i delete you resolve this but many analysysts watching thy say there's no way the wayay things stand right now d do you runn is going to go back to its the baselitz because t the us is pulleded out. at the europepean signatories have not d delivere. any promise benefitit of the deal a and the weight. t this as ten julie that is the u. n. security council taking a a boat and the snap back- this. against iranan render what's. te enend of itit. a lot of people concerns date this is where it's h headed bubut we have tote hohow this plays out. and stayig in the wrong authorities there sasay. in connenection with the downing of a ukrainian passenger jet last week responding to four days of protests over the disaster

president hassan rouhani called it an unforgivable mistake you career with the latest on how the iranian government trying to tamp down. anger. holding the tragedy a painful unforgivable mistake i iran's president hassan rouhani promised a thorough investstigation into l last wees shootdown of f a ukraiainian passenger jet. he said he ordered the judiciary to set up a special court to deal with the case. or diva mahmoud de knees this is nonot a normal cae y'all be dog gone the whole world will be watching. how to cast well you. should be punished as it must be punished as out. iranian authorities said some of those accused of having a role in the disaster had already been arrested withouout providing further details. last wednesday ukraine international airlines flight seven five two crashed near tehran apples with one hundred

and seventy six people on board. amid heightened tensions between iran and the u. s. following the killing of a top iranian general in iraq. tehran ende sneak their technicalal problems were to blame but later admdmitted that its revolutionary got a accidentally shot it down hours after it had fired missiles at u. s. target in iraq the venice that mantas death. the announcement las sense of outrage among the iranian public most of the passengers were from the country. anti government protests led by students have been taking place since then. with some be met by violence police crackdown. rouhani said the armed forces admitted that mistake was a good first step and said the government would be accountable to the victims. five of the country's lost citizens in the crash a set to meet in london on the este to discuss possible legal action. lebanese protesters about the

revolution is coming back after weeks of smaller turnout crowds returned to the streets tuesday blocking several roads around the capital. and this evening security forces faced off with protesters outside the country's central bank exchanging tear gas and rocks. the renewed call to action comes as the economic crisis worsens and the nation remains without a government simon harding takes us to their roots. hello over christmas but protests have resumed in lebanon aimed at the continued fact leadership people are unhappy with the authorities in activity informing in you government's. protest was staged across the country in the capital bay roots people burned tires and blocked highways students also participated brandishing lebanese flags and schon sing write songs. the aim of the protest today is to revive. want to share the values that it's here to stay students came

today they'll run the country when the current rulers and up in the bin of history. one of the main trigger. wave of protestors lebanon's economic situation the country is facing its worst crisis in decades with the local currency plummeting against the dollar. losing of a 60% of its value over the past weeks lebanon's form interior ministers ?e od by route told his twenty four. the nation w was paying with thirty yeaears of poor p polici. since thirty years. he policies to speak up order dr to popostpone the problblem at one time we had well this is thehe o ensure that we're heading in a and a good direction nowow we're we'r're paying the price of yes maybe thirty or forty years o of well i would only i wouould stay on their own policies- becomes.

the that this thing from to any other. as the country braces for more protests s citizens of facingng continued also. wiwith salaries d dropping in many sesectors. i'm hurting with that report there has beeeen a massie explosion at a petrochemical plant in n north eastern spain t least one personn h has died and at least six others are injured regional emergency services are warning people near the port city of f terror going to closoe their windows and stay insidide inin a tweweet ememeency servics called it t a chemical accccide. at this time ititaly last occucurred at a f facility that produces compounds for detergents and plastics. here in france the long awaited trial of a former priest accused of sexually abusing seventy five young boys has finally openedd the court heard testimony from two of ththe t tn plate tests.. after which the

defendant bernard prema expressed remorse you career looks at day one of the trial. the victims now adults say that payne has never gone away. decades after they saw the bees at the hands of them that plin5 the trusted parish priest the finally facing him in court. on day one of the trial two of the plaintiffs gave that testimony. you need to for you so bad i struggled if so it was difficult to rebuild my life again she leftt and i felt like i was putting myself from loans on my whole life in danger. maybe thehe tril is happening thanks to efforts by de ville and others he- seems a situation in twenty sixteen. to break the silence i'm bring the priest on the church to justice. plin5 admitttted as early as in nineteen nineties that he had sexually abused choirboy send scouts. yet continues to work arounds to for many more yes. the catholic church- needy from and last summer. after his

former boss an n archbish off the on for the club on this convicted of fading to reports to the authorities. yes he admitted to the crimes thirty yearars ago. in fashion and electo which could have served as written evidence yet. norton cepin responsible you cannot blame the victims of parents for choosing to report to the church rather than the police that the- lease of critical issues. after the victims testified could not apologized again se you taking many yes understands just how bad his actitions had beenwhat i did was s violencee it t was tenda and gave me somee p pleasure. it tookok time for me t to realizee that it was evil and sinful given the age of the children. the trial is on ten victims of crcrimes thatt took place betwen nineteen eighty six and ninety one. that's justt a fractioion f ththe more thahan seventy people can i still have a beast. the case is a too old to be prosecuted. now time for a look at the bigiggest news in the business world today with kate

moody hellolo there. your once again looking a at this long awaited trade truce were expecting between the us and china. looking like a deal still set for tomorrow yeah absolutely though it's important to describe it really is a truce- rather than. ten than a than a permanent agreement because we know that many of the existing terrorist will remain in place for at least the foreseeable future- the us treasury secretary. and us trade representative confirming that in es. thihis tuesday evening- saying that the our school will notot be reduced a- four hour is. that it will still be sung by the chinese delegation has arrived in washington they're putting the final touches. on stays one deal a second you. want to be ocean coming month. it was announcedd on. t the telells a o be published i in full. but the u. says s it will include a

commitmentnt to buy two billilin dollars worth m more of american goods. especially agricultural produce it's also understood to include some kind of provision to protect intellectual property rights and reduce tech transfers although none of this has been confirmed. by beijing at. well there is hope worst be over consumers at. the us have already p paid a s steep price n the tire for coming i'd like reports. is the us china trade war reaches a cease fire many americans will be breathing a sigh of relief none more so than soy bean farm is. off to china wants tariffs on soybeans in response to us tariffs on chinese goods. soybean exports fell from twelve billion dollars in twenty seventeen to just over three billion in twenty eighteen. tell me this trade wars double a great step in the right direction w we knew as soonn as a trade war escalated and the prices so i mean drop so bad that we are in trouble the rest of the farming sector is in a similar state. despite an emergency package of twenty eight billion dollars of

government aids. impose his also facing forn out as chinese exports as a failed to cut prices by isis how to absorb the cost or facece. on their consume as despite company you can depend on factories in china to make that bicycles. take the time to sit de id to relocate. on but it was a bumpy ride. so what can a bike there's so many different components- all of the small parts are are produced by specialty manufacturers that specialize in in a particular component or come particular seven. set of components so it's not as simple as jusust moving over and that d doesn't exist trade is declined by over a hundred llion dollars since the start of the dispute. i'm very trump has held up from imposing a new roround of totolerance t the ons currently in place look set to remain so the consequences of

the trade war could drag on long after the deal is signed. one that's around the world will be watching those trade developments closely that was a wall street paring back i its droppingng back from its new record high and that twenty nine thousand. mark that was- shares of delta. 3% on better than expected eararnings jpmorgn chase shares rose about 1% after record breaking fourth quarter profits. earlier the major european indices closed slightly higher after rather choppy session. shares of the london listed tullow oil continued to fall dropping g to the bottom of the european benchmark. the world's biggest money manager says it's's doubliling down on the fight against climate change. blackrock s says that in the coming months it will c cut down its investments in companies earned more than a quarter of their revenue from coal production. blackrock manages some spend trillion dollars worth of assets an environmental activist david we see action to back up that rhetorik. ceo larry think writing in a blog post that he

that's a quote fundamental reshaping of fine. corporations try to balance profits with their promises go green. said the climate change the top issue that his car. is when the bloc. you can also be one of the hot topics at the world economic forum which- davos next week. the theme of this yearar's gathering is stake holders for a cohesive and susustainablble world. will be pressure on both business and political leaders to o announce concrete climate commitments. were founder klaus schwab said he's encouraging the events partners to go carbon neutraral. violent ones ability is ray popped off the stake holders possibilityy of business some window is closing- so te which is available to act is becoming shelton chuckle. the environmental act was gonna timber will be one of the people attending dollars once again along with the likes of donald trump angela merkel and christina gal it runs fine. foreign minister rather has just recently announced he won't be going at citing the

backdrop of uncertainty in the middle east still pretty high profile cast of characters there. and always a lot of difficult leaders that just show u up by surprise there's. s awesome unexpected arrive. early a friend three four will be covering all of the news from davos as well thank you kate for that update. off the desk to james creedon of today's media watch- you're taking a look as a newcomer on the french media landscape. suspiciously looks a lot like our own channel here. that's right in particular the name it's called for homes libre find cocker. three bronce twenty four dot net and- it so if you have a website they have facebook page instagram. all of us and at at over the last seven months it's been building a presence online at with very news stories now at one particular at in g. o. with a focus on the e. u. it's an independent and geo. el whose

fell stage mystery where muslim to make sure. i they have. together with político europe at the news website to a kind of pick apart this particular media and sort of get some sense of who is. who they are and where they come from now a lot of the content online at refers to french media of notete such as the poll a f. p. the moon. i but if you if you look a little bit killed her. some of the stories. reporter. there was one particular story of an italian footballer who had- been- it may be but the big racist chants at directed dot him in football stadia undocked seems to have been verified but some media i'm here- they talk about how he imagined trace chance on- you know slipped out on on on on the pitch as a result of fast another example the story that was sort of at risk to. miss reported a f. p. actually faktu checked this one

and. el cold it i would essentially- if it involves a sink necklace festival initially also around the festive period. and a case of participants in in not fast in in that particular- it's sort of a christmas. thing where you have some people dressed up in saint nicolas another's dressed up as demons. and there was a brouhaha were some members of the crowd were chased by people dressed as demons right but i think this was presented- in. playful said libre by cap as a case of migrants who went up says this religious sortt of festival. band chase down by participants. so a again the case of factual misrepresentation. but in this case i was called i was on top checked by. is two examples of stories were misrepresented by- phones libre. dot mash. i know what they've also on coverage is at that the website. is linked to a far right polish tabloids. rather intriguing and also we haven't really on the shows. at whitewater motivation

is beyond spreading some kind of disinformation a polarizing the media landscape. but that it is at the name of october which i'm probably not too much of a good job of. pronouncing this is the website- manages the couple's it's just. and it's pretty much a conservative i think. i would several alt and a conservative stations with kind of a controversial characters in poland. why would they want to set up a website french shot in france that misrepresents news stories that sort of picks but particularly por placing topics. well at here posted certainly to create some for some form of a disinformation or to pollute the media landscape little bit of a psa thehere some don't confuse that's right. for its twenty. very little i have had people are confused on twitter actutually and send me angry messages writer for the thought there okay. it's probably the

case that posing the real media outlets indeed using the name of a over morris pushed media is not an accident. of warar french news that you can look at more more president kennedy es en route- she's rumored to be on the verge of. losing her all. the french ambassador polar regegns. that's right now she was presidential council back in two thousand. painful swallowing her as part of this president she was sort of told the vice president. is one of the architects over at the of france's at lead role in in in in in having a global positioning climate change and what not in any case when and when amanda mccall- came in in as president she was named the ambassador to the north and south pole which- deadly people to at. joe quite a at the time there were lots of image. thing that you. sent very very far away but of course it is. important issue with that

melting polar ice caps and her previous position as a culture ministry she actually walls well. it's represent france on the issue of what would happen at. you know in it with with climate change amount not regarding the polar regions. she has not apparently turned all. at any of the councill of the arc meetings stock bear meetings that take place which had led to some admonishment furthermore it she has been very critical of the micro government. in particular in its position on- on. retirement reform at so because she taken such a public position against micron on several issues. i it appears she did get this letter. from the ministry of foreign affairs if you don't stop you're going to have to leave your position. at she has said that she will not stop speaking. at. i know your speculation that you might think of another presidential bid in twenty twentyty two. the some people ask a question on social media and in any case james crayton thanks so much for giving us look at what's

trending online and on social media. we're going to take a quick break but to stay with us france reform or news and information coming up soon

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