i'm kemal santa maria with a look at the headlines on al-jazeera the 1st public hearing in the impeachment inquiry into u.s. president on the trump have ended america's acting ambassador in ukraine says he was told trump cared more about an investigation into his rival joe biden and he did about ukraine trump's accused of pressuring key have into investigating biden in exchange for military and aides it's one thing to try to leverage a meeting in the white house it's another thing i thought. to leverage security assistance security assistance to a country at war. dependent on both the security assistance and the demonstration of support it was it was much more alarming the white house meeting was one thing security assistance was much more alarming in reaction donald trump was dismissive of what he has already labeled a witch hunt i hear it's a joke i haven't watch i have a watch for one minute because i've been with the president which is much more important as far as i'm concerned this is a sham and shouldn't be allowed it was a situation that was caused by people that shouldn't have all

i'm kemal santa maria here in doha with the headlines on al-jazeera israel's attorney general has charged prime minister benjamin netanyahu with corruption but then you know he faces charges of bribery fraud and breach of trust in connection with 3 separate cases are forcing reports from western recently there's never been anything like it in israeli politics on the day the grinding stalemate over forming a new government and to the new unprecedented phase the attorney general was ready with his own historical 1st. if not today i informed the representative of the prime minister mr benjamin netanyahu about my decision to try him under in jacmel includes 3 charges a day in which the attorney general decided to serve an indictment against a c. to try and minister the serious crimes of corrupt governance is a heavy and sad day for the israeli public and for me personally. and i later shocked looking benjamin netanyahu began his battle to stay in office while indicted or one of one of them tonight we are witnessing an attempted coup against the prime minister using false accusation and a syst

i'm kemal santa maria here in doha these are the headlines on al-jazeera a cease fire in gaza between israel and the islamic jihad group has broken down less than 24 hours after it began israeli forces a bombing numerous targets in response to rocket fire this fighting between the 2 sides began on tuesday after israeli forces assassinated a senior leader of islamic jihad in gaza 34 palestinians have since been killed his hari forsett with more. so since the night fell in gaza on thursday there were a further at least 2 rockets that were fired from gaza territory one of them intercepted by the iron dome around nightfall the 2nd one around 8 pm local time which fell inside gaza and territory it was after that in the early hours of this morning that israel began to respond its military tweeting that it was doing so because of the breaches of the cease fire that had taken place during the course of the day there were also protests in the streets in some locations in gaza with people unhappy with the cease fire especially given the loss of life that we saw during the course of the previous

hello i'm kemal santa maria this is counting the cost on al-jazeera and we feel that the world of business and economics this week. is the birthplace of neo liberalism but will it also be the death of it by looking at how this doctrine has ended up undermining democracy over the past 4 decades and our case study is the south american countries hit by protests for nearly a month now also this week money makes the world go around but is there such a thing is the wrong kind of investment is a corporate tax dodge taking hold out there and it's depriving the developing world of much needed money and we'll take you to thailand one of the world's largest sugar producers and export has but much of this sweet stuff shouldn't be here right now and that's not good news for the farmers. it all began as these things do with one very specific grievance in this case chillin students protesting about a hike in train fares now it's mushroomed into weeks of protests about an economy that song the slide after years of doing comparatively well against its neighbors. but chile is story goes back further than t

i'm kemal santa maria in doha and these are the headlines on al-jazeera polls are open in hong kong's local elections chief executive caroline asked a vote not long ago in a poll seen as a test for her approach beijing government following months of demonstrations authorities of even threatened to suspend voting if there isn't a serious disruption a record 4100000 people have registered to vote hong kong's biggest turnout since the territory was returned to china from britain in 1907 while speaking to the media a short time ago carol lam appealed for peaceful voting we are facing an extremely challenging situation in all the.

elephant oh when i'm kemal santa maria this is the news hour from al-jazeera massive crowds gathering again in chile to protest against the government for a 2nd month. and these pictures from al-jazeera camera in colombia more protests and ball the tower over the public proposed reforms to the tax and pension system. there's also a rare positive news out of yemen the u.n. .

hello i'm kemal santa maria this is counting the cost on al-jazeera and we feel that the world of business and economics this week. is the birthplace of neo liberalism but will it also be the death of it by looking at how this doctrine has ended up undermining democracy over the past 4 decades and our case study is the south american countries hit by protests for nearly a month now also this week money makes the world go around but is there such a thing is the wrong kind of investment and is a corporate tax dodge taking hold out there and it's depriving the developing world of much needed money. and we'll take you to thailand one of the worlds.

i'm kemal santa maria here in doha with the headlines on al-jazeera israel's attorney general has charged prime minister benjamin netanyahu with corruption but anyone who faces charges of bribery fraud and breach of trust in connection with 3 separate cases or force a report from western recently there's never been anything like it in israeli politics on the day the grinding stalemate over forming a new government and to the new unprecedented phase the attorney general was ready with his own historical 1st. ship not today i informed the representative of the prime minister mr benjamin netanyahu about my decision to try him under an angel.

hello i'm kemal santa maria this is counting the cost on al-jazeera and with you look at the world of business and economics this week. the birthplace of neo liberalism but will it also be the death of that we're looking at how this doctrine has ended up undermining democracy over the past 4 decades and our case study is the south american countries hit by protests for nearly a month now also this week money makes the world go around but is there such a thing as the wrong kind of.

i'm kemal santa maria with a look at the headlines here on al-jazeera the u.s. president donald trump is facing accusations of intimidation after attacking the latest in pitch impeachment witness on twitter while she was testifying before congress maria of out of it was the u.s. ambassador in ukraine troubles accused of pressuring ukraine to investigate his political rivals as we sit here testifying the president is attacking twitter. and i'd like to give you a chance to respond read part of one of his tweets everywhere marie of on a beach when turned bad but would you like to respond to the president's attack that everywhere you went turned that i mean i can't speak to what the president is trying to do but i think the effect is to be intimidating. the other headlines believe in security forces are reported to have shot several people dead if confirmed it would mark a serious escalation supporters of the former president evo morales have been rallying since monday he was forced to resign over disputed election results al-jazeera correspondent or i suppose in th

i'm kemal santa maria with another look at the headlines the bolivian opposition senator johnny 9 years has been declared interim president after weeks of violent protests forced even morale is to resign the deputy speaker was appointed in a session of congress which was boycotted by members of morality his party the constitutional court however has declared the move illegal miranda's has also condemned the appointment as a coup he is now in mexico where he's been given asylum. more for money in a sun chairs in the palace a lot of frustration and a lot of people are followers of abel what i list who are not happy with this decision and who are not happy with this naming of the interim president and there's people protesting in the area with police repressing this with water cannons water trucks and and the riot police all around this area israel has moved tanks to the gaza border fence after the worst day of cross border violence in months it started after an israeli airstrike killed a senior leader of the palestinian group islamic jihad in gaza find is in gaza then responded sending al

color from doha everyone i'm kemal santa maria and this is the news out from al just a deal's been signed to end the fighting in southern yemen between saudi arabia and iran allies will have to live a peace also in the news no backing down iran's president announces new steps that will move to iran even further from the 2050 nuclear deal. means everything to me. change my life in a positive influence on my daughter and more than 450 inmates freed in the largest single day mass commutation in u.s. history. and barbara starr in london with the top stories from europe including a new withdrawal deal and the 2nd referendum britain's main opposition leader jeremy corbyn explains i would need to fix the brakes a crisis if is labor party wins the next month's election. and install south africa's world cup winning rugby team have arrived home to a hero's welcome the squad now set for a 5 day victory parade around the country. so yemen's internationally recognized government has signed a power sharing agreement with southern separatists the deal was brokered by saudi arabia aims to and months of t

and i'm kemal santa maria with the world news from al-jazeera. our support for ukrainian democratic resistance to russian aggression became overshadowed. more revealing testimony in the impeachment inquiry into u.s. president on a trump as public hearings go into the 5th day. police firing tear gas.

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i'm kemal santa maria and these are the headlines once again on al-jazeera the polls are open in hong kong's local elections chief executive carol lam cast her vote a short time ago the poll is seen as a test for her pro beijing government following months of demonstrations or thora he's have threatened to suspend voting if there is serious disruption a record 4100000 people have registered to vote on kong's biggest turnout since the territory was returned to china from britain in 1997 well kerry has appealed for this vote to be peaceful we are facing an extremely challenging situation in organizing this year's elections but i'm pleased to say that with a concerted efforts of all parties including of course over 30000 civil servants in many departments working today we should have a relatively peaceful and calm and vironment to conduct these elections successfully. but the headlines colombia where anti-government protests of continued in the capital for a 3rd day large groups of security forces patrolled the streets of bogota and fired tear gas thousands of protesters gathered it foll

elephant oh how everyone i'm kemal santa maria this is the news hour from al-jazeera an unprecedented voter turnout expected in hong kong local elections following months of protests will be live but one of the polling stations it's. also a heavy police presence in colombia's capital after 2 days of major protests of attacks and pension reforms more damning revelations in the impeachment inquiry the state department is forced to release documents showing donald trump's lawyer was in close contact with the secretary of state over the ukraine affair and a call to action tens of thousands across from to the streets demanding tougher laws to stop violence against women. we're starting in hong kong where polls for local elections are due to open in the next 30 minutes this vote seen as a test for the pro beijing government following 6 months of demonstrations now with or she's have threatened to suspend voting if there is any serious disruption a record 4100000 people have registered to vote on kong's biggest turnout since the territory was returned to china from britain back in 1997 we'll

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hello from doha everyone i'm kemal santa maria and this is the world news from al jazeera iran's presidentcondemns protests over the rice rise of gasoline costs and says poor families will start seeing some benefits also severe food and fuel shortages hit as supporters of the former president.

elephant oh everyone i'm kemal santa maria this is the news hour from al-jazeera an unprecedented voter turnout expected in hong kong local elections following months of protests will be live but one of the polling stations it's. also a heavy police presence in colombia's capital up to 2 days of major protests of attacks and pension reform so more damning revelations in the in pitchford inquiry the state.