Local media and syria reporting at least 9 people have died in a car bomb in the countrys west of happen in a fleeing in the aleppo countryside they have been several bombings in the region since turkey began its offensive in Northern Syria earlier this month. Now the Iraqi Military says one person has been killed after 2 rockets were fired into baghdads heavily fortified green zone it happened shortly after another incident at a nearby bridge during a weeklong protest what nessus a Security Forces shot at least one protester dead and injured many more norbert unmanly reports. Defying clouds of tear gas and reports of live ammunition these protesters a tearing down concrete barriers their aim to reach the highly secured green zone government offices in embassies. Iraqi Human Rights Commission says many protesters were injured after being hit with tear gas canisters as they face Government Forces in the synoptic bridge in central baghdad. Its the 3rd night since a curfew was imposed by the Iraqi Military but the lockdown is largely ignored by protesters. Hours before the curfew these are the scenes in Tahrir Square and. Area that has become the symbol of an uprising that began in early october. Still when will we stay like this we are a nation that loves life our country is rich you steal from us we will remain steadfast men and women together. These protesters are angry about high unemployment for meddling in Domestic Affairs from the u. S. And iran and what they call top level corruption the was the clear in Tahrir Square supporting our sons brothers and friends who are protesting to show a civilized image to the world. We come to Tahrir Square every morning to treat injured protesters we mix water and east and distribute it to people here. Thousands of people are demonstrating in major cities in iraq including karbala and basra the government should make a real serious reform in the political system in the electoral system also earned you know iraqi wire real democracy ideal democracy as protesters call for Prime Minister up to mahdi to step down his position is becoming increasingly more fragile share character of saga who leads parliaments largest bloc is also working towards removing him in the. Over the past months schools of people have been killed and thousands injured and despite the violence some protest has created a festival atmosphere with some people playing dominoes of this dance and some offered free haircuts to the crowd the on the protests have become increasingly more diverse with women and students joining the crowds about a manly aljazeera. And even mr kushner it has been formally a split into 2 New Territories under the control of the Central Government and follows indias controversial decision to strip the disputed region of its autonomy in august cutting off as hard a on his law. In the end Prime MinisterNarendra Modis move to strip indian administered kashmir of his special status on august 5th was celebrated by his supporters but it sparked a fall out with pakistan and led to some International Condemnation both india and pakistan claim kashmir and for all but only rule part of it here is a state of play 3 months later india administers part of the disputed region and pakistan the other these parts are separated by an internationally recognized line of control china also administers part of the territory in a dispute that dates back to 1962 but indias version of the map is somewhat different this area shows what india considers to be its sovereign territory in kashmir it plans to converge jehmu in kashmir from a self administered region into a Union Territory this means indias government will gain more control over its Political Affairs india also plans to split the area into 2 the new indian proclaim state of Jammu And Kashmir which will gain as a legislator and the remote region of le duc which will not and on to avoid a visit of the valley to see whats happening on the ground. Laws have started flying on the roads in the capital of india not distant but commercial vehicles have not. Both speed borne connections have been restored but internet is still cut off shops have reopened but only for a few hours. Almost 3 months after the Indian Government stripped indian administered Kashmir Office autonomy and imposed severe restrictions some have been east but the people of Kashmir Valley are in limbo they are caught between the indian army and the rebels between the need to register their protest and for survival. 16 year old. Student is doing last minute preparations for his social Sciences Exam even when the School Officially reopened his parents thought it was unsafe for him to. They feared clashes between the indian army and the rebels and worried about him getting caught in the middle. And boys belted stornes my parents were afraid i may get caught in the protests so they didnt send me to school. Riaz am a shopkeeper and a father of 2 says he is forced to open his shop in the mornings but he keeps the chop the rest of the day to protest new delhis decision reopen the shop because it is a livelihood because we have to support our family but i shut it down now in protest to abrogation of the 70. Businesses across the Kashmir Valley are following us of the bull strike the people hope that one day the world may take notice their silent protest. The could not all the nice like previous times because anyone who could leave was apprehended by the Indian Government. The incidence of attacks and Security Officials are on the rise in recent attacks officials said 5 truckers and 5 laborers from india were gunned down by suspected rebels resolve their resistance will yield results eventually the Indian Government is hoping to dial them out in a battle of wills do you believe this Indian Government will gain progress really protesters in general continuing their opposition just because they taking their kids to school or going to work does not mean they have accepted decision also more on aljazeera srinagar do not mean. Now nearly 5 months of protests have pushed hong kongs economy into recession the city is now recorded negative growth in 2 consecutive quarters is the 1st time hong kong has slid into recession since the 2008 Global Financial crisis and the us china trade war has also slowed the economy. China will rollout the Worlds Largest 5 g. Mobile phone network on friday and launches a key step and beijings ambitions to become a Global Technology superpower at a time when it remains locked in a trade war with the us france louis has more from beijing. China is not the 1st country to roll out 5 g. Network to the public the u. S. And south korea have already done so for the launch on friday means china will have the Worlds Largest commercial operating 5 g. Network and this is expected to boost not just Digital Technology in the country but also chinas inventions to become a Technology Superpower officials have said there are plans to build another 30005 g. Base stations in as many as 50 cities across the country by the end of the year and the Chinese Government has made building a 5 g. Network a priority and its expected to have a huge economic potential 5 g. Or 5th Generation Cellular technology is vast it has huge capacity it can be up to a 100 times faster than the current 4 g. Network and this means its well placed to support new technologies ranging from remote surgeries to Driverless Cars the fact that china has accelerated the rollout of 5 g. Networks is a boost for Companies Like rahWay Technologies now this Company Makes smartphones as well as hardware thats used by telecoms its one of the worlds biggest seller a 5 g. Equipment and the u. S. Has been trying to blacklist far Way Technologies around the world on fears that its equipment could be used for spying now with the it celebrates a rollout of 5 g. Networks across china on friday that means theres going to be a huge and Ready Customer base for Huawei Technologies to develop and to improve 5 g. And other technologies the technological arms race between china and the u. S. Is heating up. South koreas military says north korea has fired 2 unidentified projectiles towards the sea of japan as believe the objects were launched from a central area of north korea japans coast guard says they landed at the city 11370 kilometers from its line. Now at least 10 people have been killed after an earthquake in mindanao in the southern philippines the magnitude 6. 5 tremor sent panicked residents running from their homes Shopping Centers and hospital several buildings collapsed a 3rd earthquake to strike the same area in the past 2 weeks german and though god has more from manila Emergency Operations are well on their way and both national and regional resources are being put together to ensure that those who are believed to be trapped in many devastated structures across mindanao in many parts of mindanao are rescued immediately now the information is slow to come in that is because these areas who have experienced devastation from the earthquake early thursday morning are the same areas that have been devastated by the last 2 earthquakes this month an earthquake 2 days ago left at least 8 people dead 16000 people displaced and according to the Philippine Government that number is expected to rise in many areas of the southern philippines dabbles city. Or province in north about the province a lot of the areas remain cut off the power lines are dalat it is believed also that communication lines are inconsistent but the Philippine Government assures that all resources are being put together to ensure that that basic needs are given immediately. Now hundreds of koalas have believed to have been killed by bushfires in the east and a strain in state of New South Wales the loss of the hives and like kathy spans areas about the size of 2000 football fields about 45 homes are being destroyed there are no reports of injuries. And. California trying to save hundreds of homes threatened by wildfires on the outskirts of los angeles the flames are being whipped up by strong winds Utility Companies have cut power in several areas to help prevent tricity cables from sparking more 5 as well lets go to jay gray hes joining us live now from the semi valley in california sounds like a varying situation across the state jay whats the latest. Elizabeth here were at the Ronald Reagan president ial library where the flames got within 300 yards of this facility the burn scars circle all of the buildings here it was a very intense firefight and in fact there are still firefighters here on the property waiting watching to see if any new fire pops up through wednesday and now into the Early Morning here on thursday weve had no less than 10 fires that have started new fires they have been battling wildfires across the state for the last several days and the concern is the strong winds that we continue to experience here that are almost hurricane strength the times they are blowing embers blowing the flames and spreading the fire and unfortunately forecasters say it looks like those winds are going to continue at least for another full day here and such a how many people have been affected across the state in terms of you know evacuations in terms of having that at atrocity. More than 200000 people have been evacuated thats a number thats going up as we speak weve got numenta tory evacuations in place in Riverside County and others that are sure to follow the number of those without power varies because they are turning off power in some areas but worried that that could spark fires and restoring power in areas that have seen some of the conditions east so its a number that changes dramatically but thousands without power and at least 3 of the major wildfires that have been burning again for several days were sparked by either power lines that were hit by debris or Power Equipment that sparked and gutted to dry brush dry grounds that covered the area here so thats why you have some of these powers Power Companies turning off the power in certain areas worried about sparking new blazes its going to continue to be this way especially with these winds blowing that possibility is extreme joe thank you for that. Live in simi valley california thank you and if im honest when i have the weather returning. That Israeli Army Arrests a well known palestinian politician to write a. West bank and. Saves you went to the line to thank them. For the details and. Hello there was a go through thursday across the west coast United States there is some improvement with those weather conditions and its really across areas towards the north the winds are still very strong but they have eased across Northern California for the 1st time in many days there are no red flag warnings posted that is of course warning all these high winds however to the south weve got winds again they could be 120 kilometers an hour gusting to 130. 00 and the humidity is so low just between 3 and thomas and theres no moisture at all so what we have across the south a break extreme fire danger and this again is the extreme red flag warning some have not posted before but the numbers still here 17800000 people under a red flag warning but those numbers are coming down because the warnings have been lifted across Northern California theres such a difference on the weather conditions in United States to the east where all this cloud is we have rain and we have some snow but out towards the west we dont have any of that now its not just Southern California as you might expect these santa ana winds are actually further to the south and so this is just across the border into mexico about 20 kilometers south of the 2 you want to hear the firefighters are working with volunteers to actually put out some of these bases 3 people have died 150 homes have been lost through thursday it stays fine and dry out towards the west meanwhile thursday into friday that snow and that rain works its way up the eastern side into eastern canada. Sponsored town. Another day another explosion. From one of the thousands of i. E. D. Strewn through the landscape of this lawless tribal region in pakistan with only the most basic equipment phillis bomb Disposal Unit are determined to counter the horrors of the relentless taliban onslaught. With face a witness documentary. On aljazeera. Dealing with poverty unless you deal with the guy you just. Oh i disagree with that a lot this is going to be leaving the public become a treat for the. Well trained. Very easy to. Join me as i put the questions to my special guests and challenge them to some Straight Talk political debate. Aljazeera. Its good to have you with us on the aljazeera news hour these are our top stories aghast of has exploded on a train in pakistan sparking a huge fire and killing at least 70 people the train was on its way from karachi to rob appendage just outside the capital islamabad. Plans to reopen schools and universities in lebanon have been canceled as antigovernment demonstrations continue the problem is assad has resigned on tuesday but hes been asked by the president to stay on as a temporary caretaker until a new government is formed and only 5 months of protests have pushed hong kongs economy into recession for the 1st time in a decade the city has now recorded negative growth in 2 consecutive courses. It is a crucial day for the impeachment inquiry into u. S. President donald trump the house of representatives is due to vote on the rules that will govern hearings Going Forward when we involve former u. S. National security adviser john bolton has become the highest profile former official asked to testify but as lawyer says he will testify only if a subpoena is issued heidi show cost reports impeachment investigators are eager to question john. Bolton the former National Security advisor to President Trump was a central figure in the administrations policy toward ukraine and one who said to have used colorful language to describe efforts to compel ukraine to investigate trumps political opponents a drug deal is what boltons assistant said her boss called a july 10th meeting between ukrainian and u. S. Officials at the white house the assistant testified bolton walked out of the meeting after sensing other u. S. Officials had an agenda apart from solidifying the relationship between the 2 nations to get ukraine to investigate trumps domestic rivals i think that with heard over the last several weeks a lot of lower level people and now the house is going to start moving up the food chain but boltons attorney said Late Wednesday his client will not accept the invitation to testify democrats will likely issue a subpoena but whether or not bolton complies is an open question hes been quiet since being forced out of the white house in september due to policy disputes with the president but 2 weeks before he left his position bolton visited kiev on official business and delivered this message to the ukrainian people people of the United States fought for their independence their sovereignty we understand what that kind of struggle means and the people of the United States are with the people of ukraine at the time ukraine was expecting the delivery of u. S. Military aid to help fight russia but trump was temporarily withholding the aid as his surrogates continue to pressure ukraine to investigate democrats on capitol hill wednesday nominee to become u. S. Ambassador to russia was asked to comment do you think its ever appropriate for the president to use his office or solicit investigations into a domestic political opponent. Soliciting investigations into a domestic political opponent i dont think that would be in accord with our values and nother assistant to john bolton is expected to testify on thursday tim morrison is the director of european and Russian Affairs on the National Security council and named by previous witnesses as having Key Information into the president s decision to withhold aid from ukraine and drumming up expectations further is morrisons announcement on the eve of his expected testimony that he is resigning from the white house hi joe castro aljazeera washington now the House Resolution is set to formalize procedures all of the impeachment investigation and to President Trump and when the hearings scar public both democrats and republicans will be able to question witnesses and the transcripts of previous closed door hearings will be released republican for now have the power to request subpoenas for witnesses and documents the democrats hold the majority in the house so the approval will be needed and the decision to move ahead to the next stage would lie with the Judiciary Committee here chums legal team can get involved they can offer evidence request documents and crossexamine witnesses and looks at the events leading up to this. For the 1st day of his presidency there have been calls for Donald Trumps impeachment. For the 1st 2 years with his party in control of congress it was more along in from the left than an actual possibility until. The democrats won back control of the house of representatives in the 28000 election and some of the most left leaning members make clear their intention because were going to go in there really. That was not a sentiment shared by the speaker of the house nancy pelosi who resisted all calls to start an impeachment proceeding this in the early hours of the. Or after the conclusion of special counsel Robert Muller is investigation which left it up to congress to decide if the president acted appropriately in regards to russian interference in the 26000. 00 election but that changed in Early September of this year when a whistleblower complaint came to light in it the still anonymous National Security official wrote of more than a half dozen officials who knew about a phone call between President Trump and the president of ukraine and they found it deeply disturbing the allegation was that trump was Holding Hundreds of millions of dollars in military aid meant for ukraine which is fighting off russian aggression intil the ukrainian president promised to investigate trumps potential political rival Vice President joe biden and his son hunter who had worked in ukraine in damage control mode the white house released notes from the call it did more damage because the notes point out as the ukrainian president is promising to buy more u. S. Missiles trump responds quote i would like you to do us a favor though he goes on to ask for investigations into a debunked Conspiracy Theory about the election and later brings up the bidens the president must be held accountable no one is above the law thats when democrats announced an impeachment inquiry would be good along with the president s almost daily defense of the call i made a call the call was perfect there was no way broke there was nothing to which i. Have no idea how they stopped me it didnt help in the president s own acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney went on camera and seemed to admit it happened and i have news for everybody get over it theres going to be political influence in Foreign Policy he later tried to take it back while the white house made clear they would not cooperate define subpoenas for testimony and documents attorney bruce fein says that could backfire i was there at nixon what we did is ok that itself the defiance itself is an impeachable offense. Go try yourself because the impeachment process becomes farcical if the president can simply withhold and block access to the relevant evidence democrats have spent weeks calling witnesses for closed door testimony officials from the National Security council and the state department appearing before Congress Even though the white house told them not to his republican allies in congress didnt defend the call but complained about the process. Even symbolically rushing into the secure room to disrupt testimony nancy pelosi needs to have a fair price as a vote on the floor to actually ask the rice this impeachment inquiry with a standard set of rules and due process so after a few weeks and more testimony that seemed to confirm what actually happened on the call democrats did what was asked they said we will have a vote and lay out the procedures Going Forward for the public testimony that wasnt good enough for some of the president s offenders here on capitol hill i applaud the speaker for finally admitting it is a hold tire sham but you cant put the genie back in the bottle this is an attempt to have to dress it up a little bit to try and give it to the shino but legitimacy and i just dont think thats going to sell but according to polls once the scandal broke Public Opinion began to change the majority of americans now agree the impeachment proceeding should go forward and the president should be removed that was made clear to trump when he attended a washington baseball game he was greeted to what is a familiar chant to him but with a twist. This time they shouted lock him up for now the house is going to weigh in on whether he should keep his job if they vote to impeach then it moves to a trial in the senate where members of the president s own party will decide his political fate and likely their own as well. Aljazeera washington. Now the park is found where a large antigovernment protest convoy is expected to arrive in the capital islamabad the conservative jamia to allow me islam party has been voting supporters across the country to take part in what theyre calling the freedom much calling on time for and long time to step down of the struggling economy lets get more on this all cost want to come on hard times joining us live from an islamic its a march that started 5 days ago kemal so how big a crowd we expecting in the capital. Where they really are expecting tens of thousands of. Well i know for the ram on the head of the job there was a man kick started a march in the city of karachi on sunday and other call and while. Driving from baluchistan from the high the province are all going to be 10 words and its lot more by all encouraged me high regret im standing right now on an ordinary day this road would be packed jam packed with bumper to bumper drive bank but special arrangements have been made by the Security Forces really expect though its going to be reaching its normal body within the next hour well at the main randi you thousands of paper live already gathered a lot of fodder there man of course also has the support of Major Political parties that did the Pakistan Peoples Party to focus on which they believe now was their leaders of course are in jail part departed of course have said that they will provide all kinds of support what we have not seen a d. Other Party OppositionParty Members on board with them all and im sure to be important as the read that they join their head at least some of it is going to be it bob or show from the opposition. Im kemal how why do you think that Prime Minister and long time in the government will be by these protests especially since they are supported by the main opposition party. Well the Prime Minister is very. Nice. Also. Cannot afford to take a step which is unconstitutional it. Would be a major violation. Is also playing great care for the. Big day and that is going to be a move which is likely to continue for some time he will be rethinking if he gets more support from the opposition parties but the government. Making a. Resigned. Buckle under pressure in part it all depends on what happens within the next few days. Planning to spring a surprise once. Theyre going to head towards parliament a big question mark its regarded forces that are going to. Have been employed in the military has been employed. To ensure that nobody is able to bring. Them all thank you for that that has come out high there with the latest live and islam about thank you to myanmar now willing to on phone suchi has again called for an end to decades of fighting between ethnic groups and the military the peace talks are the focal point of a campaign when i pod he was elected 5 years ago the boches caught 100 reports not only does the fighting continue the more accusations that the military is carrying out attacks against civilians. In myanmars north for more than 50 years shan state has been the battleground for armed ethnic groups fighting the countrys army for more autonomy during a recent Army Offensive military helicopters were seen opening fire in civilian areas in a township of Northern Shan State in the un how long the sound of helicopters and a lot explosions were terrifying and it doesnt matter if they were in town on the edge by assad was very frightening for the children just this month an Amnesty International report accused the military of committing war crimes against civilians in Northern Shan State the report also said that armed ethnic groups use of use of tactics as they fight the army and among themselves as they battle for control in shan state an area rich in minerals and where much of the worlds illegal opium and heroin is produced civilians fleeing the recent fighting gathered at a buddhist temple seen as a safe haven most of them are part of the dutch hill tribe for generations they have cultivated t. V. As their main source of income. Because they have been fighting like this you cant go and pick the team this cause this is a big problem over ripens and nobody who want to buy it and thats because economic problem especially. Northern shan state is one of myanmar is least developed regions of the fighting continues theres little hope that the situation will improve for the people here an example of the failure of a nationwide ceasefire agreement signed 4 years ago but it could also mean political difficulties for a leader on song suchi once she starts campaigning for next years election its got harder aljazeera. Fire has devastated an ancient castle in the japanese island of okinawa its one of the regions most popular unesco World Heritage sites although pride has more. Surely castle is one of aachen ours best known tall response and had earned World Heritage status in 2000. The fire broke out in the main buildings before dawn the flames spreading quickly through the ancient timbers more than 10 fire engines were sent to tackle the blaze but there was little they could do local people looking on helplessly the full extent of the damage was revealed at 1st light many of the buildings reduced to smoking ruins the castle dates from the rio q kingdom which spanned 450 years until lock in our was an expired japan in the 19th century. As a symbol of the islands heritage it had in recent days been holding an annual festival recreating rituals from the past. Ok now as loss will be felt by japan as a whole think they understand sure a castle a World Heritage site