A couple on here we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that matter to 0. In these van. Wagenen mandate. The n. T. And. The one. That just 3 days. In august the world watched in horror as images like this commander brazil a flames destroying vast parts of the amazon the Worlds Largest rain forest. There have been over 80000. 00 fires in brazil already this year a nearly 30 percent increase from the same period last year. The fires are part of a worsening trend in brazil the rise of deforestation and theyve come as the countrys president to you both so narrow has weakened environmental protections were driving through a part of the amazon thats designated as National Park and just out the window theres a large fire with its white smoke covering the entire area drifting over the highway and so this is just one of the many fires that have been set to illegally clear the rainforest. In brazil is leaving an Environmental Crisis now in the amazon. But there is have they m
Well the white house says it will be taking part in the next step of the impeachment inquiry into us President Donald Trump he had been given a sunday deadline to say whether he would send legal representation to a hearing on wednesday the white house also says it will respond separately regarding a 2nd hearing which has a friday deadline of course the u. S. President under scrutiny for asking ukraine to investigate joe biden and his son in exchange for military ate it is a big week ahead in the impeachment inquiry so lets have a little look at whats coming up members of the House Intelligence Committee will receive a copy of the impeachment report that will outline the findings of the investigation into trumps dealings with ukraine then will be a 24 hour period to review it after which theres a vote thats on tuesday afternoon to move it forward to the next stage that being proceedings in the House Judiciary Committee which is scheduled to sit on wednesday it is the Judiciary Committee
Session on wednesday morning here in washington and thats going to be about 12 hours or so after the House Intelligence Committee actually decides to revote to send the rural results of its 2 week long public hearings to the Judiciary Committee now there is this deadline at 22. 00 g. M. T. On friday where the president s legal team will need to tell the house Judiciary Committee if theyre going to be taking part in hearings that the Judiciary Committee will be convening not tomorrow on monday here in washington but starting a week from monday and that is another opportunity which House Democrats say will give the president the opportunity to tell his side to bring in witnesses to present evidence as this inquiry continues but it is widely expected here in washington that the white house will once again wait until late on friday to say that theyre not going to participate because at least from a political standpoint they are now making the argument that the entire process is fraudulent
Government has approved a law to dismantle the regime of former president Omar Al Bashir the countrys Prime Minister says the decision was not a matter of of the news but aimed at preserving the dignity of the sudanese people bashir was removed from office in april after months of antigovernment protests. Iraqi Security Forces have opened fire on crowds in a Southern City as antigovernment protests worsen at least 33 people are reported dead after the protest in nasiriyah and another 11 deaths in the jeff. On wednesday the iranian consulate in the job was set on fire. Death. In at uk a dramatic escalation hundreds of antigovernment protesters storming the compound of the iranian consulate Late Wednesday in the Southern City of najaf setting parts of the Diplomatic Mission on fire replacing an iranian flag with people instead of how to go when the consulate was set on file all the broad police in the job and the Security Forces started firing and as if we were burning a rock as a whole
Hands of the taliban the taliban wants to make a deal well see if they want to make a deal its going to be a real deal but well see but they want to make a deal and they only want to make a deal because youre doing a great job the chillers they want to make you trouble announced for the 1st time the taliban is interested in reaching a Peace Agreement with the government in kabul this after they released 2 western hostages and 10 Afghan Soldiers in exchange for 3 of their senior leaders. These are the 1st signs of progress since the broke off talks in Early September after the taliban killed a u. S. Soldier in a bombing but Officials Say theres still no sign the taliban are ready to give up their weapons permanently in exchange for a role in afghan politics demilitarization is a key demand from afghan president ashraf ghani but hes been sidelined while u. S. And taliban do senators meet still joined trump on stage at bob graham in tweeted out highlights of the moment apparently keen to