Transformer National Security adviser is a no show at the impeachment inquiry john bolton says he will testify only if a court clears its. The former congo these military leader known as the terminator gets 30 years in prison for war crimes including murder rape and recruiting child soldiers. Police in iraq are far dont antigovernment protesters in the Southern City of basra killing at least 7 people demonstrators had been staging a sit in for days now blocking the entrance to the ports of cars are many iraqi cities have been gripped by weeks of antigovernment protests as anger over a lack of Public Services corruption and unemployment well in iraqs capital at least 6 more protests were shot dead on thursday Security Forces fired at demonstrators on the shuhada bridge have a junction has more from baghdad. Curity courses used live fire on protesters outside of government buildings there there are also reports that some protesters may have been trying to storm government buildings and bus are of course the main source of iraqs oil wealth and demonstrations as you indicated have been going on there and not just port also you had thousands of demonstrators that are gathering around other Government Installations you had a group in the past few days to block the entrance the bus the provinces and also the oil refinery you had official to come out in the past few days saying that this type of activity is costing the government billions of dollars so attention continuing to rise about that we must stress so that we have not been able to get any type of government confirmation yet with regard to these latest reports be it didnt basra the violence there for the violence that you spoke about in baghdad there are these reports now in baghdad that several antigovernment protesters have 24 hours have been shot all of this happening against this backdrop where you had iraqs military spokesman saying on wednesday that Security Forces had been ordered not to use live fire on demonstrators and Major General abizaid couldnt cut that had told reporters at a press conference on wednesday he had said to avoid any confusion clear and strict instructions had been handed down that no live ammunition being used orders have also been given to not allow any live ammunition on the scene of protests. Chiles president has announced new measures to clamp down on violent government demonstrations carry on for a 3rd week earlier on thursday protesters shouted at the Health Minister he was visiting a hospital in the chilean capital president Sebastian Pinera proposed to toughen penalties for looting and rioting especially by people hiding their faces from mosques a series of concessions have failed to pacify the protests is all to serious latin america its good to see human isnt something. President s have a stamping it has called for a highly unusual meeting of the National Security council which i havent met in this country since 2014 thereby sending a message that things in the country are more serious than some may believe this came on the heels of announcement of new measures to try to curtail the violence that has often been associated with these protests he says that theyre being carried out by isolated but very very violent groups she says are organized by being led by organized crime although he gave no specific evidence of this at least not yet part of the measures include prohibiting the use of people from covering their faces during the demonstrations putting the barricades the police will also be given far more one money doing prove intelligence and also the use of helicopters overflying demonstrations this is not on don gone down very well with the demonstrators who say that this is just an attempt to try to criminalize the protests while the opposition says that people will continue to protest until the government really gets the message that would people need is substantial change social change an economic change. The former National Security advisor to donald trump has failed to appear before the impeachment inquiry into the president john bolton was formally asked to testify on thursday but his lawyer says his client wont appear voluntarily bolton who was fired by President Trump in september says he would only be willing to testify if the federal courts backs a congressional directive asking him to do so it means inquiry centers on whether President Trump abused his power by pressuring ukraine to investigate his political rival chills biden and the transcripts of the testimony of the state Department Official who appears before the inquiry last month has been released george kent says he was told to keep his head down on ukraine by senior colleagues despite the country being part of his portfolio he also criticized the apparent influence of the president s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani in shaping ukranian policy its the 4th transport to be released from the inquiry lets get more now from and together he joins us live from washington d. C. And say starting with the impeachment inquiry just talk us through the significance of the latest revelations. Well john bolton being a no show is not really much of a surprise i think the democrats were quite prepared to push on without him regardless i think really what people are looking forward to now or looking to now is a new chapter in this impeachment process which is open public hearings which Begin Next Week that is the Democratic Partys real solid chance to present to the American People their case against President Trump and that he was trying to withhold military aid in return for dirt on a political foe and there are 3 key witnesses next week weve got marie youre one of which the former ambassador to ukraine weve got george when you were just talking about his deposition which was released today and then youve got bill taylor whos all highly connected to ukraine all whove been quite vocal in. How upset theyve been with President Trump and what happened in these phone calls so i think that is the attention of the Democratic Party right now because millions of people will be watching this its not behind closed doors as it has been over the past few weeks its out in the public eye and it gives the democrats a real chance to set their case to the American People never mind the politicians this is all about convincing the American Public something went very wrong here and the impeachment proceedings against President Trump should go forward. Meanwhile and the pressure on the u. S. President seems to be increasing after his foundation was fined 2000000. 00 tell us more. You know this is a judges decision basically saying that on trump used the Trump Foundation a Charitable Foundation to further his own political gains he was using his Campaign Workers were working in conjunction with the foundation and the route to the Iowa Caucuses in 2016 thats not supposed to happen he had a portrait commissioned for 10000. 00 using Foundation Money he since gave that back and he settled some legal claims at his golf club in florida all things that are not supposed to happen with a Charitable Foundation the 2000000. 00 fine will now go to an a range of different charities but clearly not good news for President Trump it doesnt look good but i think far more attention would be paid to this story if not for the impeachment proceedings ok and to gallacher their life as in d. C. Thank you very much indeed. The International Criminal court says sentenced a former congolese rebel leader to 30 years in prison both going to grand also known as the terminator will serve time for war crimes that were committed in the democratic republic of congos northeastern it turi region catherine so i reports from q one ger in eastern d r c mada rape and conscripting children a soldiers offenses committed by post contact and that along with other war crimes have led to him being sentenced to 3 decades in prison he ordered fighters to carry out attacks in the tora province over to yes in 200220032 drive out one Ethnic Community judges of the International Criminal court in the hague described his involvement in atrocities carried out by rebel soldiers as a substantial. Parade of civil unions as a crime against humanity and as a war crime vent the a. T. s for a manager and attempt an attempted murder as a crime against humanity and as a war crime said he is for prosecution as a crime against humanity said 2 years of imprisonment a move into ganda was called the time in a time by people in eastern democratic republic of congo the crimes committed by the patchy arctic force for the liberation of congo rebel group included mada Sexual Violence and the sexual slavery a female child soldiers one as young as 9 and tug on the lead the military wing Thomas Lubanga was the head of the group and the 714 years in jail at the i. C. C. This man says his 2 brothers were killed by the fighters with a different musical being the we lost many family members Sisters Brothers uncles we also lost a lot of property. It to remind be the focus of an attack on this case but in another town more than 800 kilometers south victims of a massacre where 150 people were killed in one day in 2006 have been following Court Proceedings kinley they claim to have done to was one of the leaders of rebel fighters who attacked their villages in q one and was in charge of the killings almost everyone here in q. And a lost a loved one of those we talked to said whats going on and the fighters he led to use them off protecting a rival rebel they also say they want justice of when they queue and unthought rebecca shows us has scars she says her husband and one year old son were killed in isnt it whats happening with entire gonda should be a deterrent to others who want to come and terrorize us in the villages those people destroyed our lives and again that is the 4th person to be convicted by the i. C. C. In it turi says he deserves to be in jail for life rebecca. Is still waiting for Justice Catherine saw aljazeera q one job hes done democratic republic of congo. The president s of south sudan and the Opposition Leader have once again delayed forming a unity government president salva kiir and his longtime rival rear agreed to extend the deadline by 100. 00 days they met in uganda for talks but were unable to resolve differences over a peace deal the 2 men fellow gets in 2013 sparking a civil war that left hundreds of thousands of people dead their parts they signed a truce last september. Still to come on aljazeera thousands of refugees each taken refuge in the french capital find themselves looking for new homes. And a prominent cambodian Opposition Leader whos been living in exile is frustrated since his efforts to return home to campaign. What is almost stopped raining now in china still cloud out in the west as to cloud in the east by satellite picture but in the forecast theres really not much there all the action is still over the water in fact you go circulation here and one behind me so that still quite active but if youre in hong kong or shanghai its lotion miti temperatures still reasonable coming down slowly for the most part on the skies cloudy or ensure we do but it is the king mostly dry now that spin is yet another Tropical Cyclone developing to the west the philippines it will most certainly drift towards the vietnamese coast following is brother or sister which he is or has reappeared in the bay of bengal now that is a rare event but thats where all the energy is so there are all that many showers further south through borneo to be a few maybe soloway see much of indonesia looks pretty dry through sumatra it looks cloudy was some rain blocking kalen and a pin in thailand as well maybe in myanmar but not much around at the moment however in the bay of bengal is a Tropical Cyclone has been renamed as bulbul and it might well become pretty nasty on its way study notes was to make landfall bringing big waves and shoot amounts of rain by sunday. The weather sponsored by katherine. When an ethiopian mother put her daughter up for adoption she knew little of what was to come. With family bonds severed a traumatized child tone between 2 worlds struggles to return home in a profoundly human story exposing deep flaws in denmarks adoption system having. A girl in return a witness documentary on aljazeera. This is al jazeera a quick reminder of the headlines this hour iraqi Security Forces have opened fire on antigovernment protesters in the Southern City of basra and the capital baghdad killing at least 10 people demonstrations over corruption unemployment and poor Public Services have gripped iraq for over a month. And the government protesters in chile have shouted down the Health Minister as he visited the hospital to meet people injured during demonstrations the president has proposed tough laws to toughen penalties for looting and rioting. And all trumps former National Security advisor fail to appear before the impeachment inquiry into the president john bolton says hell only testify if a federal court orders him to do so. Cambodian Opposition Leaders from a bands Political Party are being prevented from returning home they want to lead protests on saturday against Prime Minister who sent. Or burton has more. From his home in paris sam rainsy says hes determined to return to cambodia hes been in exile for much of the past decade raese says he wants to gather other opposition politicians from the band Cambodian National rescue party to lead protests against Prime Minister. Was telling us he says its to restore democracy to the country but as he arrived as an airport in paris in an effort to return home this happened and not enough for me to. Im not allowed to vote or to try international. Right and so i visited. A certain have received from very high up in the structure not to allow the to hold his deputy musak its one of several Opposition Leaders who fled from cambodia fearing arrest she to try to return to cambodia but was detained after landing in malaysia and has since been released. A day before her News Conference in jakarta was interrupted by the come podium ambassador to indonesia so youre here then. Why are you going to come. But shes a really difficult here. Shes a criminal we have chosen to go back home to cambodia. We have high hopes that. That chair. Would be on the side of cambodia democrat. Partys acting leader sam rainsy has been part of cambodias political fold for decades he was the finance minister under a unity government in the early 1990 s. Before 100 senseis power in a coup in 1970 he says of his own Opposition Party but he left cambodia many times to avoid government charges against him cambodia trying to bully all its neighbors. C. N. R. Exiles out or arrest them and send them back we dont think that anybody actually embody the dirty work to arrest people and actually. Argue c. N. R. Like all. Have the right to return to their country. Sam rainsy says hes ready to return home and bring an end to Prime Minister hun sens government and restore democracy in cambodia even if it means prison or worse laura has a manly aljazeera. The french president has criticized nato calling it brain dead in an interview with the economist magazine manual mccrone warned European Countries they can no longer rely on the United States to defend the alliance microns says nato is suffering from a lack of coordination and u. S. Predictability german chancellor Angela Merkel says she disagrees with microphones quote drastic words tony c. Is a former Georgian Deputy foreign minister he says other nato members are unlikely to agree with macro. Even we if we can agree on the currency analysis about the problematic issues inside nato such as the american and been american president s had to just always lease open a zation the problems with turkey i think hes. Conclusion and so he the solutions hes proposing are quite radical and nato still remains the most powerful Defense Alliance in the world. If we just look at the head of military budgets and the military capacities of the countries that are involved in this Organization Organization they are still far far ahead. Had their their immediate competitors like china russia or some other countries if he wants to replace