democrats have wrapped up 3 days of opening arguments in the impeachment trial of president onil trump accused him of being the ringleader in efforts to push a train into investigating his political rival joe biden. thousands of anti-abortion supporters have held a rally in washington d.c. for the 1st time since the annual event began almost 50 years ago the u.s. president has joined in a white house correspondent kelly holcomb reports. down to this breaking with tradition again to gather we boast protect cherish and defend the dignity of the sanctity of every human life donald trump descended of washington's national mall to personally address an anti-abortion rally making him the 1st sitting u.s. president to do so again affirming his support for their cause unborn children have never had a stronger defender in the white house doing more of. the march started in response to the landmark 973 supreme court ruling legalizing abortion a divisive issue in the united states troops 2016 promised to appoint supreme court judges who might overturn that ruling helped him win the white house wi

president onil trump stressed the importance of diplomacy to solve the situation and then in australia the prime minister there has been shouted out by local residents as he visited the areas hit by devastating bushfires in the east of the country scott morrison was an idiot by people who said that not been support for those who lost their homes tens of thousands of residents and tourists have evacuated parts of the state of new south wales and victoria as flames approach them and then also in indonesia 30 people are now known to have died in the capital jakarta after it was hit by heavy flooding tens of thousands of people are in emergency shelters off the monsoon rains schools rivers to burst their banks will bring you more on our breaking news from iraq a bit later at the top of the next hour now it's time for one on one east. trade tensions could cut global economic growth by north 48 percent we bring you the stories and developments that are rapidly changing the world we live in to what extent will china be a drag on the global economy in 2020 counting the cost on al-jazeera. they

yes democrats have wrapped up 3 days of opening arguments in the impeachment trial of president onil trump they cuse him of being the ringleader in efforts to push the crane into investigating its political rival joe biden trump's defense team will begin laying out its case on saturday iraqi security forces have stormed an anti-government protest and basra protest broke out over frustration with the lack of government reforms only 500 people have been killed in the violence since october during demonstrations for jobs and into corruption libya's interim presidential seal says she will run in the upcoming election the vote and may will serve as a rerun of october is disputed election that saw former leader able morale is reelected but weeks of violent protests forced him to resign. and the u.n. is calling for international help to deal with the record swarm of locusts in east africa kenya is facing its largest innovation in 7 decades somalia and ethiopia have also been affected keep it here up next on al jazeera life apps. one day i might be covering politics. what's most important to me is

murder at the hash tag jamal house democrats are trying to convince the senate to remove president onil trump from office they open there are argument in the impeachment trial on wednesday with 2 warnings and at the upper chambers republican majority history is watching and so are the american people heidi jocasta reports from washington d.c. please be seated this was the 1st of 3 days the impeachment managers have to present their case that president trump tried to pressure ukraine to get dirt on joe biden and withheld u.s. security aid as leverage nevertheless the documents and testimony that we were able to collect paints an overwhelming and damning picture of the president's efforts to use the powers of his office to corruptly solicit foreign help in his reelection campaign if this conduct is not impeachable. then nothingness i would rather go the long way from switzerland president trump again called his impeachment a partisan witch hunt he said he could live with having new witnesses testify in the trial so it's not up to the president whether they said it and it's troll wants to listen

senate majority leader mitch mcconnell says the impeachment trial of president onil trump is likely to begin next tuesday republican leaders said the swearing in of senator is the trial could start this week. and as one person has died and several people have been injured in a fire at a chemical factory in northeast spain the building in the city of tara goto was engulfed in flames in a massive explosion which mergence the services said was caused by a chemical accident a victim is reported to have died when a building collapsed from the blast. perhaps one sunday madge is next to 0 more news for you straight after that thanks for watching. the latest news as it breaks this push by season is far from over but it's coldest so much devastation across a stray. week detail coverage campaigners say hundreds of june and seen ages of sleeping on the streets of taras and feel as generalism senators are preparing for a briefing on the u.s. military strike and whatever response it may bring. it's a mobile world. which calls texts. to help make our lives easier. but not everyone's benefit to. chin

have pressed on with the 2nd day of opening statements and president onil trumps and pietschmann trial they have renewed calls for a new document and witnesses to be presented to the senate algeria has hosted a meeting of countries neighboring libya to discuss ways to stop the fighting they have rejected foreign interference and agreed on the need to uphold an arms embargo hundreds of central americans have crossed the guatemalan border into mexico and follows a standoff with security forces president has been threatening mexico with sanctions if it doesn't use the flow of migrants in the 1st accuser against hollywood film producer harvey weinstein is testified in a sexual assault trial actress annabella she already accuses him of raping her more than 25 years ago so the headlines keep it on al-jazeera more news to come the strain this next. al-jazeera tells the story of thousands about his past by coming fronts to adopt obscene. words that are so offensive that some can't bear to see their name. the burden of ridicule that has been passed down through generations. the shame of my name

they are out as they wrap up their opening arguments in the impeachment trial against president onil trump. and a threat to food security east africa's dealing with one of its worst locust invasions which is being blamed on extreme weather conditions. a doctor working at a hospital in china has become the latest victim of an outbreak of corona virus that brings the total number of those killed to 42 with close to 1300 other people infected cases of the illness have now been confirmed in australia nepal and france or birdman lee has more on the measures beijing is taking to try to contain this outbreak. it's an ambitious time scale workers have just days to flatten this land and construct a $1000.00 bed health center on this 25000 square meter site in $100.00 city is part of china's urgent battle to control the spread of the kroon of virus. videos such as this one have gone viral on social media an unidentified female voice says 3 bodies covered with blankets have been lying in the parked car doors of a hospital in ruhani. as more cases are reported around the world it's still not clear how

president onil trump stressed the importance of diplomacy to solve the situation and then in australia the prime minister there has been shouted out by local residents as he visited the areas hit by devastating bushfires in the east of the country scott morrison was an idiot by people who said that not been support for those who lost their homes tens of thousands of residents and tourists have evacuated parts of the state of new south wales and victoria as flames approach them and then also in indonesia 30 people are now known to have died in the capital jakarta after it was hit by heavy flooding tens of thousands of people are in emergency shelters off the monsoon rains schools rivers to burst their banks will bring you more on our breaking news from iraq a bit later at the top of the next hour now it's time for one i want to east. trade tensions could cut global economic growth by north 48 percent we bring you the stories and developments that are rapidly changing the world we live in to what extent will china be a drag on the global economy in 2020 counting the coast on al-jazeera.

are pressing on with a 2nd day of opening statements and president onil trumps and pietschmann trial focusing on what they call his dangerous abuse of power and also or a new calls for new documents and witnesses to be presented in the senate presidential stonewalling of congress is unprecedented in the 238 year history of our constitutional republic it puts even president nixon to shame taken together the articles in the evidence conclusively establish the president trump is places own personal political interests 1st he has placed them above our national security above our free and fair elections and above our system of checks and balances this conduct is not america 1st it is donald trump 1st and venezuela pro and anti-government protesters have held marches and the capital caracas opposition supporters gathered after claiming they had been prevented from holding a planned demonstration a pro-government march was held around the same time president nicolas maduro addressed his supporters saying opposition leader won by 2 head failed in an attempt to unseat him and the 1st accuser

democrats have wrapped up 3 days of opening arguments in the and pietschmann trial of president onil trump and they accuse him of waiting efforts to push ukraine into investigating has floated rival joe biden chimes defense team will make and laying out its case on saturday this is very simple it's simple the president abused the powers entrusted him by the american people in his skiing to suppress evidence and scape accountability and orchestrate a massive cover up any did so in plain sight and his obstruction remains ongoing iraqi security forces have stormed an anti-government protest and basra protests broke out over frustration at the corruption and economy nearly $500.00 people have been killed since october. anti-government protests have been held in chile's capital santiago demonstrations started 4 months ago over an increase and subway fare and the u.n. is calling for international help to deal with the record locusts warm in eastern africa kenya somalia and ethiopia have all been affected. by the headlines keep it on al jazeera more news to come in the meantime witness this next.

troops entirely out following that vote because it was just a day earlier on sunday that president onil trump said the u.s. is not withdrawing troops from iraq that if it did so it would require iraq to pay for the u.s. air base and ballade billions of dollars worth of airbase there it's already been turned over to the iraqis and he said if that happened that he would levy heavy sanctions on iraq even heavier he said than the sanctions against iran so this was one big embarrassing blunder u.s. troops are relocating with the pentagon. now tells us they have no intention at this time of leaving iraq and how does all this fitted to that vote in the iraqi parliament switch which where they agree to a non-binding vote will be it but they agreed to push all foreign troops out of the country i think the u.s. is putting a lot of faith in the word non-binding they believe in the pentagon and here in the in the u.s. administration that iraq despite the fact that they don't like u.s. troops to fight the fact that foreign troops are not popular in iraq they believe that iraqi leaders understand that they

president onil trump's middle east plan palestinians gathered in the early hours after morning prayers israeli police fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse the gathering her hostin joins us live in the old city and occupied east jerusalem so what else do we know about what's been happening harry. well yes that was it just just off to dawn pres this morning there were those confrontations between israeli put security forces and palestinian worshippers dozens of them in or around the locks the most compound now the main friday noon prayers are underway and we had already heard from israeli security forces that they would be thing up their presence in the old city because of the current political tensions of to the release of the trump peace plan just before those present under way we did hear that in the immediate area around the locks a mosque compound under the temple mount to jews in that area the security presence was a good deal more visible and had been increased the real question is how things pan out a few minutes from now once the pres breakout break up rather and people

they are out as they wrap up their opening arguments in the impeachment trial against president onil trump. and a threat to food security east africa's dealing with one of its worst locust invasions which is being blamed on extreme.