A massive new train system in mexico could be whale indigenous community. Good to have you company the corruption trial of sudans deposed president has ended in a guilty verdict while bashir was sentenced to 2 years for illegally possessing and smuggling foreign currency the judge said the 75 year old will serve his sentence in a Reform Center because of his age the courtroom in the capital khartoum descended into chaos when the verdict was read out but morgan is in khartoum and she says the judge on the case went out of his way to make a particular point. Well the judge 1st of all outlined the charges against him and the actions that will be taken one of those verdicts are issued if hes found guilty and he did indeed issue a guilty verdict against the former president on what it was sheer but before issuing that verdict he mentioned. That that is the name of a young man who. Was charged for illegal possession of foreign currency in 1989 by bushs government when he came to power no upon mentioning his name to bushs defense team accused the judge of being biased and of basically meaning to was the forces of freedom and change coalition that is the coalition that has been leading antigovernment protests that eventually led to the ousting of for president ahmed it was shoes but they were not people only ones angry on both sides provence here and to bashir there is an anger to be felt on the streets progress here are supporters came out demonstrating saying that the judge has been biased that the trial is a sham and that they also condemned the Transitional Government for dismantling the former ruling party 2 weeks ago meanwhile and came out after bashir protesters came out saying that this is not enough theyre saying that he should be charged for other crimes and even in this corruption trial he should be charged with he should be sentenced with a harsher verdict. Last saturdays trial was about corruption and illegal possession of foreign funds bashir also faces additional charges in 2009 the International Criminal court charged him with 2 counts of war crimes and 5 counts of crimes against humanity that was for his role in the war in darfur which started in 2003 at least 300000 people were killed and another 3000000. 00 displaced a year later the same court in the hague brought 3 counts of genocide also relating to darfur well in may this year after he was deposed sudans Public Prosecutor charged him with inciting and participating in the killing of protesters activists say at least 100. 00 people were killed and then in november he and several of his aides were charge for printing and carrying out the 1989 coup that brought him to power well just show meserve is a senior policy analyst for africa and the middle east at the Heritage Foundation thats a conservative u. S. Think tank he says the overall reaction to the verdict is one of disappointment. I think frankly this verdict is a bit of a sideshow it hasnt satisfied any one of the key demands of the protesters the forces for freedom and change was accountability for this regime and they didnt mean accountability for corruption or possessing foreign currency what they really meant was accountability for the many crimes that the bashir is he has perpetrated over the decades in power so some of the people particularly the security of meats who participated in some of those crimes are still in power theyre still on the Sovereignty Council that runs this country so thats where its going to get very difficult technique for the civilian components of this government theyre really caught between a rock and a hard place not intact and i think the security elites so thoroughly that they tend to launch a coup of their own or they precipitate some sort of backlash and also satisfying the constituency that brought them to power. And go over a controversial citizenship last but thousands of people onto the streets of indias capital new delhi a rally has been organized by the Main Opposition Congress party the new law allows 6 minority religious groups from neighboring countries to apply for citizenship but it excludes muslims so iraq one reports now from new delhi. Thousands of people have gathered to cross india to protest the citizens of many here in new delhi barely have gathered not just here. But theyre making their way to the main area where they expect to hear political leaders and Civil Society denounce the b j p government signed into law. The act as many see is discriminatory on many levels whether it be culturally socially or on religious grounds and for that reason Civil Society and the opposition led in this particular case by the all India Congress are suggesting to the public at large that if you do not agree with the secular india if you agree with a secular india then you have to come out onto the streets because our constitution is under threat thats the message that the opposition are trying to get out and that message is being replicated across states such as terror punjab and in west bengal the west bank or on sunday were expecting a very large gathering of Trinamool Congress supporters led by the band the g. The chief minister that also denouncing what the Central Government in new delhi want to implement a soon as they possibly can for the moment it seems that the government may have a much longer fight on their homes and reports now from the city of guwahati that in asked some state where 2 people have died in those protests. 17 year old musician was killed in Police Fighting in go harty in the capital of assam where thousands have come out on the streets to protest against Indian Government citizenship Amendment Act his family is indias they say while they have lost their son a nice become a martyr in the largest struggle to protect assamese culture that by ensuring that no more migrants get indian citizenship and settle down in assam they dont want anybody else to protest their lost all young men to stop the protests this incident has impacted the nature of thought. Theyve shifted from tire burning and road blocking to more peaceful gatherings 7 didnt go to. The middle he was just 17 was he a criminal he was on his way back from the protest but then the shot him just like that why did they shoot him who gave them the right to shoot him these students are sitting on a day long Hunger Strike and such protests are going to become routine at least that seems to be the strategy of the biggest Students Union in assam thats behind the movement these students see that theyve been betrayed by the way in the movie that in the nationalist party and the bid may have made a mistake by walking the party to power they feel that the policies of this party and this government is against their interests that government is not big and had to deafness people because they did not have their own whats going so both illegally migrants do it we dont want banks and they dont fit with caring about our sentiments our want issues for thats what it would say that we did we sort of egypt gulf kept us in the gulf to be treated as people are queuing up outside to stations and cash machines the government has relaxed the curfew as most shops in the city of body have now reopened but the governments of the United States the United Kingdom and canada have issued a travel warning to their citizens against traveling to the region the internet in assam still remains suspended people here on the ground say that while they want to go back to work and send their kids to school their resistance is only going to grow. Violence in the air and other countries in the sahara we joined us for a small a to launch a National Debate aimed at finding a solution malis lost control over large parts of its borders while its military suffers repeated ambushes but on groups hundreds of soldiers have been killed in the region in recent weeks to spite of french led operation with regional militaries to canter those attacks. In one incident 71. 00 soldiers were killed in an attack on an army base initiator on tuesday the president mamadou is so frew awarded them the cross of courage the government also declared 3 days of mourning to commemorate the deadliest assault on this areas military in living memory and i celing group claimed responsibility for the attack on the remote base in a test thats close to the mali border. This is a move that is i have come here to express my feeling of revulsion on behalf of all my compatriots in the face of a war imposed on us by an enemy who has addressed us with nothing but aggression in a violent and treacherous manner this enemy took 71 of the nations valorous children. Well thats a hell of a vast area covering western and Central Africa the military is a 5 countries in that region thats mauritania mali. Nazaire in chad make up the sahara joint force it aims to maintain regional control against the. Clock with idris is in malis capital bamako he says on groups are not represented at the summit. Well basically officially the talks are underway after the been declared open by president bush because. The puppets of peace was to bring. All factions. Together to talk about peace rather than fighting each other and that organizers of the summit believe will pave the way for a united front to take to what some of the shows described as external aggression remember the north of the country is still volatile and that is violence in the center of the country due to Ethnic Violence now the tory rebellion in the north east still simmering as we speak now some of the armed groups. Been causing trouble in mali actually not represented at the Opening Ceremony but the organizers hope that the message or the resolutions of the conference will reach them so that they can lay down their arms and peace is achieved in mali but looking at the wider context the whole region is actually burning they sent up decompilers in most of the countries of the cell in all west african countries affected by boko haram so experts are warning that in the next few months we may still see rising violence in this region whether or not the summit in mali is able to deal with the problem in the north of the country in other parts of the country its a matter of time. Tens of thousands of supporters of the socalled scientists are shelling the center of room to rally against italys far right leader is the latest protest against former deputy Prime Minister feeney and his populist politics Hoda Abdelhamid has more now from rome erhard after a movement that started one a month ago just how powerful are they becoming. Perfect even the founders of this movement had been taken by surprise about how quickly their message really spread across italy and how much it resonated amongst so many talents additionally people from the left who have been voting for leftist parties and who maybe now do feel that theyre not very much for presented at this particular time especially that they feel that the traditional leftist parties are not very strong when it comes to countering the rise of the fire right and as you said targeting specifically one person but the venue is the leader of the leg the lead party but he was also deputy minister of interior minister in this country just a few months ago. By the looks of it but what we witnessed the whole afternoon certainly a lot of people are here a lot of people hoping that you know there is some sort of political renewal here in italy especially that this landscape that has been dominated by the right over the past few years will now have an overture to the left out the issue is where does the movement go from here will they be turning to a Political Party what is the next step what is the strategy that is something that is not clear to anyone you speak to at the message in itself is something that many in braced for the un so having joining us live there from rome what a funky. Still ahead here on aljazeera. Its a witch hunt its a sham its a hoax and nothing was done wrong. And then trump lashes out at democrats after they approve impeachment on tacl sending them to the house of representatives for a full evil. Hello again and welcome back were here across china looking fairly nice as we entered the weekend we did see some clouds here towards the north those were making where theyre way continuing towards the north so were looking at some very nice conditions here in shanghai the winds will be pulling around towards the south so as we go from sunday 17 degrees you there by the time we get towards monday winds will be coming out of the south and you will be warming up to about 21. 00 we do expect to see more clouds down here across the Southern Coast so for hong kong expect to see 24. 00 degrees there in ng it is going to be a nice day for you with a temperature of 25. 00 now across india not looking too bad we do have some clouds and some rain down towards the south thats also affecting parts of sri lanka for tonight i do expect to see a passing shower or 2 there but we could be seeing some rain here across much of the central and eastern part of India Kolkata youll be just on the edge of that rain but by the time we go towards monday things are improving only a few scattered showers around for most of the area over here towards mumbai though it is going to be a hot day with attempt a few of 30 and here across the gulf do expect to see more rain and thunderstorms potentially as we go through the rest of the weekend here and it is going to be a cloudy day here on sunday expect to see the thunderstorms increasing throughout the night and into monday morning but heavy rain across much of the gulf and abu dhabi expect to see much of the same. The shocking treatment of disabled people in rumanian state run kept in these cages who cannot have access to a toilet or water institutions funded by the European Union he has his hands and his states rights to the bed 5 years after highlighting these abuses people in power returns to rumania in a 2 part series and discovers the scandal runs further afield europes recurring shame on aljazeera. Welcome back youre watching out as iran mind of our top stories this hour sudans former president omar bashir has been found guilty of corruption and sentenced to 2 years in a reform sense that the trial centered around suitcases found in his home filled with notes of different currencies worth more than 130000000. 00 students in the northeastern indian state of summer and Hunger Strike in protest against a new citizenship law that allows 6 minority religious groups from neighboring countries to apply for citizenship but it screwed small islams of the law has led to protests across india. Un climate talks are continuing into the weekend in spain after negotiations failed to agree on major points he does have been deadlocked over emissions reduction targets and how much money poorer countries should receive to cope with the impacts of Climate Change talks at the coop 25 summit in madrid would you to wrap up on friday well im vironment added tonight clark is at the conference and explains why n. G. O. S are not happy with the text coming from delegates. Well when you get to this point of the conference after 2 weeks and they go see asians its all about wording and vocabulary and it sure applies this time right now remember this conference is all about nations coming here and being prepared to in homes their ambitions sharing and willing to enhance their ambitions for next years conference in glasgow when the parents agreement really kicks in so last nights there was a draft text issued it wasnt perceived to be Strong Enough it was felt that the United States and brazil in japan had watered it down too much so they go chasing teams are sent back to the drawing board they worked at it all night in another text i was produce 8 oclock this morning but again it wasnt enough because it only called for nations to offer to in hollands commitments to reduce their Carbon Emissions as opposed to calling for them to reduce Carbon Emissions this is a very small issue semantics but that has enraged the n. G. O. S if theyve said its completely unfair its unjust its immoral its pouring petrol on the fire so now its gone back to the drawing board again weve just been to a press conference from the chilean presidency that are running this conference and theyve said ok well weve listened to all the complaints and all the concerns and we appreciate that more ambition is required so we are going to release a new tax which is coming out about now which will demonstrate more ambition well have to see what actually they come up with. We get much more on that story on the copa 25. 00 summit and its i would come on plus planet s. O. S. Which happens at 730. 00 g. M. T. Now britains Prime Minister Boris Johnson has visited areas of Northern England the back to his conservative party for the very 1st time after decades of continuous support for the Opposition Labor Party johnsons party was swept back into power interest this election with a large majority he visited said field a constituency previously held by former Prime Minister tony blair of the labor party here he promised people that his government would deliver. We are the servants now we are the servants you know as our job is to serve the people of this country and to deliver on our priorities and theyre proud of our priorities and their priorities are the search for their cause that getting wrecked but it is also delivering on our National Health service our education so it was streets better hospitals a Better Future for our country that is what we are going to deliver well paul brennan has been following the election in london and he says Boris Johnsons visit to Northern England is important because he wants to prove that he can be a one nation conservative Prime Minister. So i think it was important for Boris Johnson to go to the northeast it was the cradle of all of the conservative revival in this 29000 election and i think its also important because of what Boris Johnson is now saying to those northern seats which chose to move away from labor and go to war to the conservatives and he wants to say that he can be a one nation Prime Minister one nation conservative Prime Minister not just governing for the bankers and for the metropolitan elites but also for those working class northern towns which he admits perhaps there would have wavered their pencils wavering over the ballot paper before they choose chose to move from labor to conservative and now he has to show that the trust was not misplaced that was a phrase that hes been using several times since the early hours of friday morning that the trust will not be betrayed that he will govern in the best interests nevertheless you know its going to be a tall order because he is going to have to balance the kind of desires and requirements of those constituencies Better Public Services for example bus services not traditionally things that the conservative party are seen to deliver from a public set from a public sense north korea is warning the us to refrain from any provocations if it wants to see a peaceful new year he to kim jong un has seen the 2nd weapons test within a week and a rocket test site state media says the 18 is to boost defenses against u. S. Nuclear threats north korea has given donald trump a u. N. Deadline to drop demands for the you know lateral denuclearize ation of the Korean Peninsula the taliban is claiming responsibility for an attack in afghanistan the Defense Ministry says 9 soldiers were killed on friday it happened in a car a bag district of gaza a province and several other attacks were also carried out there. French president says hes pushing ahead with Pension Reforms despite a 10 day nationwide strike by transport workers travelers on the paris metro and tasia of a trains are being warned to expect serious delays all normal bus and Tram Services are running traffic jams of up to 300 kilometer surrounded the capital on thursday. Malaysias Prime Minister says u. S. Sanctions on iran violate International Law speaking at the doha forum here in qatar much i hear mohamed says that theyve led to malaysia losing access to the arabian market washington reimports those my shifts on tehran after withdrawing from the 2015 nuclear deal. And many others loss a big market with the us asian is a ploy a gives Iran Military does not support that the imposition of the e. U. Need let loose a nation by the us it is iran says that she is clearly violet the United Nations charter and International Laws. That is foreign minister also attended the doha Forum Earlier he told the un backed government will never allow a war on Khalifa Haftar to take the capital after announced a new offensive to capture tripoli on thursday theres been renewed clashes with his forces near tripoli airport in recent days after supports a rival government based in Eastern Libya and has been attempting to seize the capital since april after the power. After is still trying to accelerate his steps to invade tripoli our troops supporting the government of National Accord will never enable him to do so we are firm on the ground and the Main Objective is to protect the civilians tripoli with its 3000000 citizens is the capital city for all libyans and this is the reason behind our main goal which is to protect the civilians and prevent how from entering tripoli. U. S. House panel has recommended the impeachment of President Donald Trump its another crucial step in the process this divided congress and the nation the full house of representatives is expected to vote in favor of impeachment next week our White House Correspondent kimberly hellcat reports from washington d. C. Another ford visit to the white house overshadowed by domestic politics as the president apparent why sat comfortably in the oval office u. S. President donald trump railed against the democrats pushed to impeach him in congress for his dealings with ukraines president its a witch hunt its a sham its a hoax nothing was done wrong 0 was done wrong its a scam its something that shouldnt be allowed and its a very bad thing for a country and youre trivializing impeachment and i tell you what someday there will be a democrat president and there will be a Republican House and i suspect theyre going to remember that objection the committee is adjourned. But democrats argue trump abused his president ial powers for political gain the House Judiciary Committee voted to approve 2 articles of impeachment against President Trump the Vote Along Party Lines allege trump withheld military aid in order to pressure ukraine to dig up dirt on a political rival former Vice President joe biden trumps also accused of obstructing congressional oversight into the matter for the 3rd time in a little over a century and a half. The House Judiciary Committee has voted articles of impeachment against the president for abuse of power. And obstruction of congress a vote to officially of ph trump is expected next week in the house of representatives hell become just the 3rd president in u. S. History to be impeached tromped was visibly angry following approval of the charges against him lashing out at those he believes have done him wrong like the woman overseeing the impeachment House Speaker nancy pelosi shes a liar and others a dishonest fake media horrible f. B. I. People crooked hillary a fighting mood morphing into strategy spotted on the white house campus on friday trucks personal attorney and ally Rudolph Giuliani its a signal trump is pushing to call witnesses and expand the impeachment process he says has been politically biased against him even as the republican leader Mitch Mcconnell is pushing for a swift trial in the senate i think theyre giving the signal that this is really just a show trial that senator mcconnell knows where the votes are and knows how this is going to come out and he wants to have a very short proceeding so that they can move past this quickly but for in a tory asli thinskinned president the personal humiliation of a looming impeachment in the house of representatives appears to have only intensified Donald Trumps desire to fight back in the u. S. Senate in an attempt to clear his name can really help get al jazeera the white house the u. S. And china have announced an interim trade agreement the Trump Administration called off a new round of tariffs that was due to start on sunday and will instead reduce levees and return china has agreed to buy more American Farm products and rules on u. S. Companies accessing its markets. The Mexican Government is moving closer toward the launch of a multibillion dollar rail system critics however warn of the potential negative effects the projects could have on indigenous communities. Of pristine tropical jungle. Pollo has the details. Mexico is world famous for ancient archaeological sites like by link it and she once the cradle of the mayan empire today southern mexico is considered one of the most poverty stricken regions in the country now mexican president under this month. Has proposed lifting indigenous communities here out of extreme poverty it involves the construction of a railway cold but in my or my untrained intended to increase investment and create thousands of tourism related jobs putting a town in the state of competitive indigenous farmers like him no myleene lopez are skeptical but this is that when the to me this land is invaluable for one its my fault as inheritance if this poorly named mayan train arrives i would feel invaded i would feel my space has been occupied because of a time if other people come they will want to displace us. Much of this region remains a vast wilderness were ancient mayan ruins can be found scattered across the landscape and many here worry what it might mean for a railway to cut through more than 1500 kilometers of tropical jungle and the moment everyone talks about Global Warming and how we have to take care of trees and plant more trees will this mine train project will destroy many trees and bring me my tourists more tourists means more garbage and more consumption of water that we dont even have today the president has consistently defended his proposal saying that any potential negative impacts resulting from the project will be minimal if the bridge at this point but then this project is important and will not affect them. On the contrary what we want is for the people to learn about the great artistic to think up to interrupt of the solution and to create jobs through to the. Mexican president under this one is over though it says that a final decision on construction of the mine train will ultimately depend on a regional referendum insisting that it will be the poorest communities who stand to benefit the most from the 7400000000 dollar Railway Project indigenous representatives from the 6 mexican states where the rail line will traverse say they havent been given enough information from the government to make an educated decision. We have to be shown specific and clear studies of where the archaeological zones are we cannot say this project is good or bad we have to analyze the Mexican Government says construction of the mine train will take 4 years and helped bring hundreds of thousands of jobs to one of the countrys most overlooked regions. Mexico city. Well you can find out much more on our website can have there for plenty of video on demand thats a w w w dot. Dot com well be back with the headlines in just a sec. This is al jazeera and these are our top stories the corruption trial of sudans deposed president has ended in a guilty verdict or al bashir was sentenced to 2 years for illegally possessing foreign currency the courtroom in the capital khartoum was it chaos when the verdict was read out the case entered centered around suitcases found in his home filled with foreign currency valued at more than 130000000. 00. Students in the northeastern indian state of samar on Hunger Strike imposed test against new citizenship laws 6 minority religious groups from neighboring countries to apply for citizenship but excludes muslims violence in asia and other countries in the sahara wage and has forced mali to launched a National Debate aimed at finding a solution while hes lost control over large parts of its borders while its military suffers repeated ambushes by armed groups u. N. Climate talks are continuing into the weekend in spain after negotiators failed to agree on major points leaders have been deadlocked over emissions reduction targets and how much money poorer countries should receive to cope with the impacts of Climate Change talks of the cold 25. 00 summit in madrid would you to wrap on friday. Britains Prime Minister Boris Johnson visited areas in Northern England the back to skin servant of party for the very 1st time after decades of supporting the Opposition Labor Party johnsons party was swept back into power and there is this election with a large majority conservative swept some regions of Northern England that were until then considered strongholds the Opposition Labor Party. We are the servants know we are the servants you know as our job is to serve the people of this country and to deliver on all our priorities and theyre proud of our proteins and their approaches are thats right there goes that getting wrecked but it is also delivering on our National Health service already occasion so it was streets better hospitals a Better Future for our country that is what we are going to deliver north koreas warning the us to refrain from any provocations if it wants to see a peaceful new year he to kim jong un has seen the 2nd weapons test within a week at a rocket test site state media says the aims to boost defenses against us you clear threats youre up to date those are the headlines the news continues after people on the power will see you later. 2014 people and revealed the shameful treatment of disabled people in romania states from. Our investigation also raised questions about why the e. U. Was funding some of those institutions now there are a fresh allegations about neglect and mistreatment this time not just in romania but in neighboring countries in the 2nd of 2 special reports sarahs philip has been to poke area to find that little
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