and yes she should be the new president on the bases but the congress should master said before this resignation and it was supposed to happen today but they couldn't meet. the congress i mean because of all the problems we have had in the last hours here in the us many deputies they couldn't come to the congress so we have a new session that is supposed to have to take place tomorrow 4 pm here and believe an hour or so just after the congress accept this resignation she can take power but not before so right now we don't have a president in bolivia we have. no one is at the head of the executed power by the state continues to run through their ministers sunday ministers other day the public institutions here in bolivia and you're one of course hovering all of that over all of that is the word i mean coover rallies claims this was a coup mexico and some other countries in the region agree with that the united states says this was actually the will of the people i mean how is this being viewed in bolivia. there's a very controversial point people say that this is just a rebellion a ci

party congress thanks so much. to iraq now where prime minister as abdul martie says he will resign after 40 people were killed in the latest clashes between security forces and anti-government protesters the death toll since on rest broke out in october has now surpassed 400 people. i tell abrasions at baghdad's liberation square protesters traded stones for songs after the prime minister announced he would resign following months of deadly protests but his departure alone will not be enough. iron while this is only the 1st step the 2nd will be parliament resigning we will not leave the square into less corrupt person steps down the budget of the. demonstrators see the political class as puppets of outside forces especially iran. south of the capital violence between protesters and security forces raged on the clashes are the biggest challenge to the ruling elite since saddam hussein was ousted in 2013. poverty and unemployment have fueled the demonstrators anger parliament is due to meet on sunday. well thousands

in the congress. your 100 mirrors reporting for us in the past thank you very much . firefighters in australia are scrambling to contain dozens of dangerous bushfires they're burning along the country's east coast authorities are warning of extreme danger in the northern state of queensland cooler conditions are expected further south than australia's most populous states new south wales or authorities had warned of catastrophic conditions on wednesday the fires of killed at least 3 people in recent days. porter jerry joins me now in studio he has more on those fires i mean 1st of all just bring us up to date what's the latest on the situation there was so as you say this is one of the nation's worst of a bushfire threats or as it stands at the moment the fire is they are contained in an area that stretches from the mid north coast of the state of new south wales up to central queensland and this is an area that's about a 1000000 heck it is of land so this is a 1000000 hectares of land that has burnt or is burning at the moment there are dozens of fires still burning

congress now where democrats in the house of representatives have taken a major step in that efforts to impeach president donald trump voting to proceed formally and publicly with their investigation the resignation sets out the ground rules that lawmakers will use and pave the way for public hearings on whether trump misused the power of his office. the weather on capitol hill couldn't have been more symbolic the vote in the house of representatives means an uncertain future to the trump presidency this 232 yes to 196 nays the democratic controlled house adopted a resolution allowing more transparency in the impeachment inquiry the vote came after a heated debate this is soviet style rules baby in the soviet union you do things like this where only you make the rules there are no kings or queens in america that is what separates this country from so many other nations no one is above the law at the heart of the impeachment inquiry is president trump's july phone call with ukrainian president. a whistle. laura accused trump of pressing ukraine to investigate against a political rival

that's a really good question because the vice president resign also so the president of the congress her name is already on the side of akira c she is supposed to be the new president for the moment that we have to wait to see if she resigns is a very unpredictable situation right now and the election results what what happens about that. we have no idea i mean the president just called for this sort of last year of action this morning the opposition us said that they were not going to accept this election just on till the president resign and we have a new electoral commission so now the president is not in power the electoral commission is not there so we think that maybe tomorrow morning we're going to have the congress again together to choose a new. electoral commission and then i think we're going to take like icon in there for the night and next election maybe we were talking to this morning with some experts about it and it's possible the 3 months maybe 3 months we could have elections here but aside as i told before it is a very very unpredictable situation there are a lot o

credibility of the whistleblower and the motivation of the democrats ask me every single member of congress that now has a transcript of a phone call what is the impeachable offense so i'll make you this one promise. republicans believe in the constitution we believe in the rule of law and that's why we're standing here today. democrat congressman al green is an outspoken supporter of impeaching president trump he stresses the democrats have no other choice when it comes to impeachment and balance of power of the constitution protecting you know preserving the republic you have to put principle above politics or you have to do that you do not allow your personal ambitions to become an impediment to protecting the country. the impeachment inquiry will now take place in the open despite the political risks involved in trying to remove president trump from office the democrats clearly feel the time for caution is over . w.'s washington bianchi felons and or phenomena outlines what that vote means for the impeachment inquiry. the impeachment inquiry is entering a new phase now the american publ

party congress is taking place now these congresses a usually about the party recalibrating working out where they stand on political issues could we see a shift within the party this weekend. we could because the party is due to elect its new leadership they currently have a double leadership europe moisten and alexander downer and alexander downer and wants to retire from that post and held a brief speech already here this morning where he also once again summed up what the clear him of the party is he said that one day i'm going to michael c. to you would only have one option left for a coalition and that would be them so this is something that particularly wants to work towards bearing in mind of course that it shifts further to the extreme right that simply is not an option currently also isn't because the c.d.u. says it won't even cooperate with the f.t. as it is right now we're talking about that part of the party how strong is the more radical wing of the a.f.p. . well the death of the wing certainly gained traction through recent election results in eastern states here in germa

and we know that he is from mexico in the negotiations with the east here in the congress. you know 100 mira's reporting for us in the pos thank you very much here's a check now of some of the other stories making news around the world australia's highest court has agreed to hear the appeal of cardinal george pell who's serving a 6 year jail term for sexually abusing 2 choir boys in the 1990 s. hell's case rocks the catholic church in australia he's the most senior catholic clergyman ever convicted of pedophilia. a protester has been killed during a new wave of demonstrations in lebanon a man was shot dead near beirut by soldiers who opened fire to disperse protesters blocking roads lebanon has seen weeks of nationwide protests against the country's ruling elite. the violence between israelis and palestinians has flared in some of the worst attacks in years along the gaza border people in southern and central israel were advised to stay inside after palestine the palestinian palestinian militants fired a series of rockets into israeli territory those were in response to an

according to the constitution the former vice president and now the president of the congress and yes she should be the new president on the bases but the congress should mast set before this resignation and it was supposed to happen today that they couldn't meet. the congress i mean because of all the problems we have had in the last hours here in the us many deputies they couldn't come to the congress so we have a new session that is supposed to have to take place tomorrow 4 pm here and it will leave an hour or so just after the congress accept this resignation she can take but not before so right now we don't have president you believe we don't. know when he's at the head of the executed power by this date continues to run through the minister sunday ministries other day the public institutions here you believe you did abuse johan ramirez for us in there let's review no some of the other stories making the news today security forces in chile have fired water cannon to disperse protesters the country seen weeks of often violent anti-government on russ so his government unveiled plan

to falsely testify before congress and there's also one count of obstruction of justice all right will soon as we know has pleaded not guilty but of course that's for the jury to decide if they find him guilty what sentence could he face right so still is just the 2nd one to plead not guilty by the way those indicted by mahler he calls it a politically motivated investigation as we've heard in the report so that's the typical trump rhetoric here if he's found guilty on all charges he could face up to 50 years in prison earlier this year the former campaign manager of the trump campaign polenta ford faced similar charges but he pleaded guilty in contrast was convicted only to 7 and a half years in jail so it'll be interesting to follow and see how this turns out for roger stone now. i guess a flash of public drama he's described himself as a dirty trick or in the past any signs of that flamboyance in his testimony so far . all right he's a very colorful figure there was one story where roger stone defense team wanted to play a clip of a movie the godfather part 2 of course that led to a

and on friday he was found guilty on 7 criminal charges of lying to congress obstruction and witness tampering he'll be sentenced in february a true test of roger stone's long held theory that any public is good populous city . now then it has been hit by flooding from another exceptionally high tide st mark's square has again been underwater and closed to the public now the levels at midday on friday did not reach those of the peak flooding which we saw earlier in the week the water still poses an ongoing threat to the cultural heritage of the city. land and sea become one again another exceptionally high tide is wreaking havoc on venice workers dismantle elevated walkways to protect the public. it is yet more destruction after days of dismay. not europe who has given everything to this place. none of the fridges are working we're trying to dry things off. for 200 years this grand hotel has stood the test of time and tight. but this week the devastation is considerable these are so much a ship that i think we have $70000.00 euros of damage more or less obviously we're still counting

party congress in lives. all right let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world germany's 2nd highest bridge has officially been opened to the public the hindmost the break she is 160 meters high it's been built to ease traffic crossing to belgium and luxembourg. pope francis is people in thailand not to consider catholicism a foreign religion on the last full day of his visits to the main the buddhist country to pay tribute to catholics who suffered for their faith in the past pontiff also condemned the exploitation of women and children for prostitution in time. football now and in the premier league is a marino is back in the limelight as the manager of london club tottenham hotspur the portuguese veteran has won league titles in 4 different countries as well as 2 champions league he's now held his 1st press conference as a top manager where he spoke out about the challenges ahead. joe's a marine yo says he's thrilled to be back in professional football. and really really

any glee or comfort the speaker of the house nancy pelosi stressed today adding that no one comes to congress to impeach the president of the united states unless as she put it it is necessary to protect the constitution however the vote along party lines proved once again how divided the congress and the american society is but i reject in the resolution the house republicans hold their ranks together and they use the vote to make political points to vote respect at home by standing with the president who remains highly popular among his space the republicans so far have mainly criticized the process as unfair as a partisan attempt to destroy president trauma now however there will be forced to deal more directly with the substance of the l a geisha if the proceedings on capitol hill move as fast as they have in the past few weeks a potential house vote on donald trump's impeachment could happen before christmas . let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world the so-called islamic state has confirmed the death of its leader. duddy dudie killed himself by den

vhong congress police chief is urging a handful of protesters holding out inside a university campus there to give themselves up peacefully they occupied the polytechnic university over the weekend but their ranks have been dwindling since then now that's us mainland chinese authorities keeping ever closer watch on developments there beijing has issued a series of increasingly tough warnings against the protesters and although it hasn't directly intervened authorities have been targeting individual protesters w's mathias building up met up with one of them who says he was arrested coughed and hooded at the hong kong china border. it started like a routine business trip and indeed in china secret detention system stanley was crossing the border to mainland china when he was still. would a police searched his phone and questioned him for several hours. then in the evening 2 police officers came they handcuffed me and put a black hood on my head. then they took me away. for fear of retribution we cannot show his face stanley wong is not his real name his accounts cannot be very fide ind

annulus the former vice president off the congress and now president of the congress she should take over if i were on an interim basis but the problem is that to do so she needs the congress should meet to accept this resignation letter it was to supposed to happen today but they think they couldn't meet today because of all the problems that have been happening in this city i need to hold contrie last night we had a a a really it's. going to hold him in the whole country so that's why they couldn't meet today the a schedule to meet again tomorrow and then they should set this letter before that she cannot take power so in this moment there is no president there is no one in the head of the executive power but this paid continues to function through their ministries and other. public instances in the long term that's a good point because they're getting a report to that the military have said that it will guarantee that public services continue to function at least in the near term what message do you think all of this since to the rest of latin and south america especially to venez

on congress thanks president trump for signing legislation supporting democracy in the territory but china condemns the u.s. for its meddling in its domestic affairs and promises firm countermeasures. i've brought in thomas great to have you with us a climate activists around the world are taking to the streets in the 4th fridays for future global climate strike they're demanding that governments step up efforts to cut carbon emissions and they're sending a signal as well to the u.n. climate change conference that's next week in madrid. organizers say more than 3000 strikes are planned around the world today here you can get a sense of the scale of the rallies which politicians are saying they are looking closely at and which are asking people to rethink their habits while stallions are among the 1st to turn out in sydney hundreds of children and young people skipping school hold a rally outside city hall and march in the streets there they were joined by victims of the bush fires that have been ravaging parts of australia. i thought everything through and. i can make me look. like a

correspondent charlotte shells from phil she's standing by for us in hong kong hi charlotte how are how congress reacting to these results. there's been a send degree of astonishment on both sides at just how resoundingly the victory was for the pro democratic camp given the fact that there was a huge voter turnout democratic figures had told us that they were hoping for a bit of a boost but it has to be make clear that in these district council elections pro establishment parties have always dominated now we've seen a total reversal those democratic candidates have been able to flip a number of seats now one of the 1st time today those elected democratic council is gathered here i'm outside the poly you university here at the moment this is been the scene of over a week long standoff between an unknown number of protesters still inside the university holed up there afraid to come out because they fear they'll be arrested by police who are still surrounding this university and now in the past acts these democratic counselors say that they want to show their support for those protests is and also

taylor says mr giuliani was involved in an unofficial communication channel that was unaccountable to congress and was involved in pressuring ukraine. president trump dismissed the inquiry i'm too busy to watch it it's a witch charge it's a hoax if you missed the hearings on wednesday the president will get another chance to watch on friday that's when a former u.s. ambassador to ukraine and the state department official a due to take the stand. our let's get more on a historic day in d.c. let's bring in deed of use all of our salat he was at today's hearing on capitol hill now all over the 1st impeachment hearing in more than 2 decades in the united states what specifically did we hear from those 2 witnesses today. well karl the main takeaway today was that these witnesses here tied president trump closer to this alleged pressure campaign against the ukrainian president a lot of mere zelinsky they essentially said that there was a quid pro quo they underlined all these allegations that have been made before but obviously now and probably get a live television and that is exactly what the demo

congress was furious after a storm of bipartisan criticism transcend vice president mike pence to ankara to demand a ceasefire president one agreed but only on the condition that all kurdish y p g fighters and correct incidents terrorists leave the turkish border with the exclusion zone extending at least 30 kilometers into syria it's what ed one had wanted all along. now a bullish turkish president says that promise still hasn't been fulfilled and has pledged to raise the issue with trump. another bone of contention turkey's purchase of the russian s 490 aircraft system which i'm korea began installing back in july the u.s. immediately removed turkey from its f. 35 fighter jet program and threaten further sanctions washington fears a system would allow moscow to gather information about its stance fighter. turkey for its part is furious over a vote by the u.s. house of representatives last month it declared the mass killing of armenians by ottoman forces during world war one genocide triggered a stinging rebuke from president add one party later a country whose history is full of the st

officials testifying to congress irrespective of whether this ends in impeachment to trump what does this mean for his visibly uncomfortable guest followed him as a landscape and the country elite. as worrying is ukraine gate is for ukraine's leaders the streets of the capital kiev people are struggling to understand just what trump is accused of wanting from celeste you'd have to ask trump what it is he wanted to be honest i don't have a clue mr tran 35 of 3 but if trump has his reelection to think about. and selenski really wants to be friends with world leaders that's why he caved in. as far away as the so-called ukraine scandal might feel to ordinary ukrainians this is clearly about more than just making friends with world leaders $400000000.00 in military aid to be precise dependent on president selenski is willingness to launch an investigation into trump opponent joe biden's son hunter so the allegation goes in ukraine's 5 year conflict with russia u.s. military assistance and financial support being crucial until now aid for ukraine has enjoyed bipartisan support in washingto

whether that will really change the congress because it says. they have changed the course for. a cause cause his chief of staff and his minister to resign are now rather than cotton and he has resumed his office and protective and. why do you think the prime minister has been so reticent to not be more forthwith with information and facts about this case. i don't know how much. what i do know is that it took to the track to reach a point where the finest done for the company can cooperate because. this is something he should have done 2 years ago now the point of a public inquiry need some more time at the state university so i know where how we say you know what have we done well how can we do better how can we protect he has is. leading the footprint and he can explain what it was he was afraid of. korean dellosa sort of the murder journalist definite carwile thank you so very much for coming in v.w. news that frankly it's to britain now and as the scandal over prince andrew's friendship with a convicted pedophile and suspected sex trafficker continues to widen the british ro

subpoena and he said that that could be considered as a novel or impeachable offense as obstruction of congress so a very significant statement here a very significant statement indeed in our i understand that while your reporting we're hearing of course from a key witnesses most notably bill taylor kate also a bit more about him who is the. bill taylor is a very respected top diplomat he's served under republican and democratic administrations for 50 years and he's known for his very good memory for it he's taking speaking always very well informed and he has already provided the investigators with the details about administration's effort to get the ukrainian government's to investigate the bidens and he also told to investigate the investigators how concerned he was to see the president's trams personal lawyer the giuliani being engaged in this matter and trying to sideline experience american diplomats in ukraine what in conclusion alexander what do you think the democrats are hoping to achieve by holding these public hearings. while the democrats are saying that the process is still ongoin

and one of the most important allegations no made against him is that he lied to congress of all the trump campaigns efforts to obtain these e-mails and roger stone he has pleaded not guilty but if he is found guilty and convicted of what kind of sentence going to be facing. writes as so roger stone is just the 2nd one to plead not guilty of all of those indicted by mahler he calls the trial a politically motivated investigation that is just the typical trump rhetoric here and if found guilty in all charges he could face up to 50 years in prison earlier this year if you remember the former campaign manager of president trump paul nano ford faced a similar charge but he pleaded guilty in contrast and was convicted only to 7 and a half years in jail so it'll be interesting to follow this case and to see how it turns out for roger stone stone and he has a flair for public drama that we know he has described himself as a dirty trick in the past and he signs of that flamboyance today i mean i guess the food poisoning was part of it well that was the 1st little detail brand of course but t

councillors don't have any direct political power and steam early offer advice to the cover meant but a song congress district councils have long been dominated by the probe ageing establishment pro-democracy voters are hoping to win majorities in some of the 18 districts this could earn them seats on the committee that elects hong kong's next chief executive. a let's head to hong kong now i'm joined by our correspondent on the ground charlotte shells until now charlotte of course we heard a record turnout today in hong kong votes as i understand are being counted now do we have any clue as to the results. so very early days here but some results are starting to trickle in we're seeing a number of pro democracy candidates flipping seats overturning seats from pro establishment figures that is causing a lot of excitement amongst pro-democracy activists and protesters online i do want to stress that it is still very early days in the county harry for $400.00 seats do you need to be find out whether the pro democracy candidate can flip the seat from the incumbent the pro establishment candidate here thi

trial in a federal court in washington while just still has been found guilty on 7 counts of lying to congress obstruction and witness tampering all the charges came from stones pursuits of russian hacked e-mails that we did imaging to hillary clinton's 2016 election bid. all right we'll have more on that story in later opposes before i want to tell you about some of the other news from around the world. 2 people have been killed in baghdad in the latest violence to ravage the antigovernment protests well officials say police fired tear gas and live ammunition to disperse demonstrators more than 300 people have been killed in iraq since the protests began in early october and lebanon former finance minister mohammad safadi has agreed to be put forward as prime minister it was an attempt to end months of the protests and political statement that has failed to stop demonstrators from taking to the streets to protest that very move all they see safadi a wealthy businessman as emblematic of a failed political system. an 18 year old man in belgium has become the 1st person in that country to die fr

and on friday he was found guilty on 7 criminal charges of lying to congress obstruction and witness tampering he'll be sentenced in february and a true test of roger stern's long held theory that any public citizen is good populous city. all right let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world although it is in bosnia are threatening to impose a lockdown and 2 large my current camps in the northwest of the country to press the central government to relocate people the local mayor says that the camps near bosnia has border with croatia are dangerously overcrowded. in lebanon form and finance minister mohammad saffi has agreed to become prime minister in attempt to end months of protests and political stalemate but that appointment failed to stop demonstrators from taking to the streets to protest the move they see safadi a wealthy businessman as emblematic of a failed political system. while still to come meet the soldiers in sierra leone turning to yoga as a way just a stroll. a 1st venice has been hit by flooding from another exceptionally high tide

congress passed 2 bills backing hong kong protests. and speaking of those hong kong's polytechnic university has been an important place of learning over the years not least in computing and digital engineering but over the last week it has been the site of a siege involving anti-government protesters and students a small coal remained mobile phones the main out.

traditionally gained quite a high number of seats in catalonia catalonia the region which relates 48 seats in congress the highest share for one regional and so the socialists want to gain parts of that vote but it was you that considered theory approach has not gone down very well in the rest of spain so polls are indicating that although in the beginning right after interim prime minister pedro sanchez could snap elections it was thought that he would win more seats than before and now polls saying of the saying that he's likely to gain less seats than in april 20th this year or one party is likely to gain some seats is that far right box already i mean why are they resonating so well this time around with voters. while vox is running on an anti immigrant anti feminist approach it's in favor of a strong central state really going back to the spanish nationalists nationalist roots is kind of waking up bad spirits from the past that's that apparently was still there and many people and all saying you know at least there's one party that says out loud what real will think so it's been gaining traction

congress passed 2 bills backing hong kong protests. and speaking of those hong kong's polytechnic university has been an important place of learning over the years not least in computing and digital engineering.

elections are held to help the country get through the crisis but the decision is up to the believe in congress. this is just to provide some certainty for the country. for an end to the vandalism. so that there are no more deaths women who are raped. i don't think bolivians deserve this it's urgent that there is some certainty for the people. so if civil organizations agree i will take up the task. of the really even after morales departure tensions remain high on the streets of the capital. police and the military are steeling themselves for more violence. preview on our top story this hour israelis taking cover as towns come under palestinian rocket attack now this follows an israeli airstrike that killed in islam a jog commander in gaza israel says who is behind a series of attacks on a search. this is the interviews live from the lead up next our documentary series looks at a group of women in pakistan breaking free of the usual restrictions they are training to be about guns i'm dr thomas for the entire new steve thanks a lot. and follow the adventures of the famous naturalist and explore

trial against a former trump advisor roger stone the longtime trump ally was convicted of lying to congress obstruction of justice and witness tampering which prosecutors say was meant to protect the president the case out of the mother investigation which concluded that russia did interfere in the 2016 u.s. election evidence show that stone tried to get information from russia to hurt hillary clinton and serve donald trump. since the high profile suicide of convicted sex offender jeffrey epstein last summer britain's prince andrew has come under scrutiny for his friendship with him in an exclusive interview with the b.b.c. prince andrew who is the son of queen elizabeth the 2nd said he regrets having kept up ties with epstein even after his conviction on sex offenses the problem was that once he had been. convicted he's changed my statement and that's that's that's the bit that. as it were i kick myself for on a daily basis because it was not something that was becoming of a member of the family and we try to uphold the highest standards and practices and i met the side to some present whi