gambians rally against the president adama barrow urging him to keep his promise to step down after 3 years. in both iraq and lebanon perspiring the naming of a new prime minister until thursday after politicians failed to agree. hello welcome to the program the u.s. senate's top democrat is calling for current and former white house aides to testify president donald trump's expected impeachment trial chuck schumer says he wants senior officials including white house acting chief of staff mick mulvaney and former national security adviser john bolton to be summoned he's due to give a news conference this hour of course we'll have that few live when it starts a vote in the democratic led house to impeach president donald trump is expected on wednesday if that pass' he'll then be tried in the republican controlled senate but republicans have called for a short trial about any witnesses why did your castro joins us live now from capitol hill what are you hearing but there about the prospect of mulvaney and bolton being summoned as witnesses. it mariyam so that's looking forward into the

and thousands of gambians are rallying against their president adama barrow calling for him to step down he promised to leave office at the end of the year as part of a deal to form a coalition government but has since changed his mind. those the headlines this hour that's it for myself the team here in london but talk to al-jazeera is coming up next peaking with the lebanese prime minister job or on a sale stay with us. a dramatic yet the donald trump ends with impeachment threatening his presidency no one not even the president is above the law what next for the man hoping to win a 2nd time in power and 2020 the impeachment inquiry is a scam join us for the latest developments on al-jazeera. the. $2900.00 speed a challenging year for lebanon it seems nationwide protests for months. people are demanding an end to corruption a change in the political system and better management of the economy. as a result prime minister saad hariri handed in his resignation in late october. but protests to say that's not enough but have been calling for a complete overhaul of lebanon's political system

now thousands of protesters took to the streets in capital bundjalung demanding that president adama barrow respects his pitch to quit after 3 years in office the president defeated former autocrat yeah jamey in the elections in the tiny west african state in 2016 he promised to rule for 3 years before stepping down but he has since said he will govern until 2021. 3 years he has written on their posters translated from the local language wall of this says 3 years are up 10 thousands of gambians took to the streets in the capital ben jewel they want the president out of a barrow to step down in january. and now the president is written in utah i'm not going to zones if i feel that my piece is going to talk this is why we're here for the 30 minute i just wanted to sort of use argument going to work on to the argument that will go by electors in a document you know you were going sort of supported. barrow confirmed after a swearing in that he would be the head of a transitional government and would make way for general elections after 3 years but now he wants to serve a full 5 year term as gua

thousands of protesters have taken to the streets of gambia capital bon jewel calling for president adama barrow to respect his pledge to quit after 3 years in office came to power after a few former autocratic leader. in the 2016 elections. powerful storms and at least one tornado killed at least 3 people in the united states now this twister struck near the town of rose pine in western louisiana every weather suspected tornadoes also swept through parts of mississippi and alabama. while the countdown is on for the launch of a european satellite that will study planets outside our solar system suitable asked off shortly from the european spaceport in french guiana and south america now the chiappe satellite will be gathering plenty of data and will be looking for signs as well of life. life among the stars. if it's their mission could help find it. the satellite will study planets orbiting distant suns so-called exoplanets. will observe how these distant worlds pass in front of the stars they orbit. to make this possible researchers 1st have to scour the sky with other telescopes to select star

on for president adama barrow to respect his pledge to quit after 3 years in office and came to power after defeating the former autocratic leader. gemma in the 26th election. it's to the bundesliga now and today sees barassi a dork and hosting league leaders rb leipzig max merril from v.w. sports is here to talk but that morning max our 1st question is what is at stake in this match plenty at stake in these midweek fixtures the bundesliga is pretty much less exciting league in the world right now it's incredibly tight at the top and we can see here from the standings 1st place lights that they knocked off the perch on the weekend they're facing don't win in 3rd only 4 points between them and then we go all the way down shall come by on friday and then live in the top 7 only 8 points separate them and with a mid-season break approaching it's all about keeping the pace at the top ok how do you see this match playing outdoor and league leaders rb leipzig yep plenty of excitement guaranteed and quite a few goes i'd imagine they don't when they're at home so they have that advantage the f

and that thousands of gambians are rallying against their president adama barrow calling for him to step down he promised to leave office at the end of the year is part of a deal to form a coalition government but has since changed his mind. those the headlines this hour that set for myself the team here in london but talk to al-jazeera is coming up next peaking with the lebanese prime minister job or on a sale stay with us a dramatic year for donald trump ends with impeachment threatening his presidency no one not even the president is above board what next for the man hoping to win a 2nd time in power and 2020 the impeachment inquiry is a scam join us for the latest developments on al-jazeera. will. be. $20000000.00 t.v.'s be a challenging year for little bit seen nation boy protests for months. people are demanding an end to corruption a change in the political system and better management of the economy. as a result prime minister saad hariri handed in his resignation in late october. but protests to say that's not enough but have been calling for a complete overhaul of lebanon's pol

and one of the story from the gambia our opposition parties have been rallying against president adama barrow yad promise to step down at the end of 2019 after 3 is in power as part of the deal to form a coalition government but he has since changed his mind saying he will serve his full 5 year term. you stay with us here on al-jazeera the stream is the program coming up next talking to reporters covering china's change young province i have more news for you after that. i have femi oke a. year in the stream today can exposing china's internment camps close them off to journalists reveal classified documents all muslim intel and pants china pushes back with its own narrative we'll speak to a panel of journalists covering and we want your input send us your questions and your comments to twitter or our live you tube chop ringback. this is for it if the kind of director of human rights watch and you were in the stream. china says other ethnic minorities who have been contained in the so-called re education camps have been released. not yet seen john time. at present all the trainees who partici

by an increase in fuel prices and opposition parties in the gambia rallying against president adama barrow they want him to on his promise to step down by the end of the year he made the commitments in a deal to form a coalition government 3 years ago on this trip to dates news continues after part c. of miller and the uprising stay with us. to mammon fantasy not on my i meant to foster any of who said those eon who'd been. up to talk could not hopped in the hallway and feel. him up on the feel how it hot. sun fetus can examine it more than a faster and more heart of his hand and more of our. clothing it has become the most powerful word in the palestinian vocabulary. and this classroom has become an arm of the uprising the israeli government has closed the universities and schools the palestinians are setting up plan this time clash. again mr murat it didn't don't feel mad and not on the so we have a month a cup lamb and a year to be yeah. most of them i know you guys well you. know. who he is she had left the muscular man a woman i feel is generally yet the love him. again that i'm a tho

and gambians rally against the president adama barrow urging him to keep his promise to step down off to 3 is. and in sport the semifinals of the club world cup get underway in doha where a south american champions manco take on asian champions all hello in the final 4. welcome to the news hour we begin in the u.s. the top democrat in the senate has accused the president of orchestrating a cover up chuck schumer has called for current and former white house aides to testify at trial he's expected impeachment trial he says republicans have no reason to keep witnesses from testifying unless the president has something to hide they include the acting chief of staff make mulvaney i'm a former national security adviser john bolton a moat in the democrat led house to impeach president trump is expected on wednesday if that passes which is widely expected he will then be tried in the republican controlled senate. i haven't seen a single good argument about why these witnesses shouldn't testify or these documents be produced unless the president has something to hide and his supporters want t

opposition parties in the gambia rallying against president adama barrel they want barrow to honor his promise to step down by the end of this year he made that commitment in a deal to form a coalition government 3 years ago but has since changed his mind and said he'll serve his side dear term barrel's 2016 election that to the end of the 22 former leader. well nicholas hawke is in banjul where protesters say president battle has made living conditions and worse than they've been in previous years the beginning there was hundreds of people in the crowd swelled up to tens of thousands and they've successfully handed over their petition to the spokesperson of the government a petition asking for adam a barrow to step down their slogan is just no which in the local language means it's time it's time for adam a barrow to step down remember in 2016 on this very road there were tens of thousands of people protesting against the former longtime president in support of adam a barrow today we saw the same people who supported adam a baro asking him now to step down he had made a promise that h

offensive against the rebels opposition parties in the gambia are rallying against president adama barrel they want barrow to honor his promise to step down by the end of this year he made that commitment in a deal to form a coalition government 3 years ago but has since changed his mind saying he will serve his food 5 year term barrels 2016 election victory ended the 22 year long rule of former leader yard chammy well nicholas hawke is in bombshell where protests to say president barrel has made living conditions are worse than they've been in previous years. the beginning there was hundreds of people and then the crowd swelled up to tens of thousands and they've successfully handed over their petition to the spokesperson of the government a petition asking for adam barrow to step down their slogan is which in the local language means it's time it's time for adam a barrow to step down remember in 2016 on this very road there were tens of thousands of people protesting against the former longtime president in support of adam a barrow today we saw the same people who supported adam a borrow asking him now

the gambian president adama baro has created a new political party which could allow him to run in future elections barrow has formally registered the national people's party naming himself as its leader his relationship with his previous policy had been deteriorating amid widespread protests calling on him to step down his 3 year mandate as interim president ends next month. and i'm going in court has frozen the assets of africa's richest woman as part of a corruption investigation isabel dos santos is the daughter of the former president at watoto santos assets owned by her husband and a business associate have also been frozen the golden government has accused them of course in state losses of around $1000000000.00 dos santos as the freeze is politically motivated. the french president emanuel has called for calm across the country in his new year's address there has been widespread disruption in france for almost a month now amid strikes over his planned pension reforms is in paris. it was an unusual protest against the french government's planned pension reforms members of the paris opera orchestra p