On this International Day to end violence against women thousands rally across latin america trip to protest the alarming rate of time in size in the region plus another bout of extreme weather brings flooding and landslides to 3 European Countries. Thank you for joining as the United Nations is calling for calm in eastern democratic republic of congo after hundreds of protesters in the city of beni stormed un buildings and set fire to the Mayors Office at least 4 people were killed by gunfire but the u. N. Denies that its peacekeepers shot at anyone reports on why the compound was talk it. This is the moment protesters in beni rachele time from inside a United Nations compound. The libyan people accuse the u. N. Mission in the democrat. Sick republic of congo a failing to protect them against the allied Democratic Forces rebel groups. Determined to kick out one of the biggest peacekeeping missions in the world protesters stormed this u. N. Building and a few others. That was suffering a lot because the killing in everyone here in time leaves ive lost my mother and father to the rebels on be honest about that the u. N. Must syllable the phillips un more leave them we wont stop with strong point the loss of many of our brothers and sisters to the river killings was on saturday 8 people were killed in an attack and benny was blamed on the rebels that put up with the violence people caught the victims bodies to the protests it was i think that this is my dead sister right here she came from her temple to visit me last week but the rebels killed the protesters set the town hall and maze office on fire theres been a week long shutdown of shops and businesses but. The Congolese Army dont see an offensive against the allied Democratic Forces in october but locals say its not enough oh with roots in uganda the rebel group has been fighting in the north kivu region for more than a decade. To vowell its killed more than 1500 people in the area in the last 5 years and its one of many armed groups fighting for control of the mineral rich border region. In solidarity with those in bend people in the eastern border city of goma also protesting i remember showing us that they can finish up were blocking the road and we reject all of the uns work here because it remains silent that people are killed or better and other areas the u. N. Does nothing but the u. N. Mission here has defended itself saying it does not shoot at protesters and can also engage in operations in a war zone without strict coordination with the congolese on. Me but its has also warned it will use force when needed to protect its star. Meanwhile the violence and bennys hampering efforts to contain an Ebola Outbreak thats killed more than 2000 people since august sort of height of aljazeera. While the u. N. Says is trying to find a resolution to the situation in beni the secretary general special representative laylas ruki took part today in a meeting of the National Security council chaired by the president with ministers and military leaders she stressed that she understood the peoples anger and frustration after further deadly attacks by militia known as the allied to Democratic Forces otherwise known as the a. T. F. The mission will work closely with the authorities to jointly find solutions for the people of benny now for the last 20 years the knighted nations has been trying to stop allies Eastern Region of the democratic republic of congo with its largest peacekeeping operation in the wild as mission known as miniscule has nearly 20000. 00 soldiers stationed in the north keevil and the turei regions where multiple armed groups operates raiding villages and running illegal minds when isco has an annual budget of 1400000000 dollars despite being the largest and most expensive peacekeeping mission of the United Nations the violence continues and the d r c is also struggling with poverty corruption and unemployment that speak to Maurice Carney about this his cofounder and executive director of friends of the congo is via skype from washington d. C. Thank you so much for being with us is my great anger at the u. N. Peacekeeping mission justifies. Certainly if you take into consideration the lack of stability the insecurity that in the region and United Nations mission and money go i was sent there to assist in bringing about stability in bringing about security so. Stand to reason that the local population would be angry at the school however. Put all the blame on the new School Middle school and the United Nations cannot replace the congolese state congolese state has the responsibility to exercise authority over its territory and has failed to do so that is why the current president a fixture security when he was running for the presidency in the elections of 2018 he said he promised the people of any regret he was going to camp out in the region and to peace and security is delivered however his actions and then far from the words that he pronounced during the campaign ultimately the responsibility is on the economy state. It as relates to how it engages the disco while its there as it relates to how the congolese state deal with its neighbors were won in uganda who been really the main source of the instability in the east of the congo for the last 2 decades that they invaded the congo themselves or their sponsored militia groups inside the congo so i know a lot of people that indeed the dear sir neighbors have been accused of you know being behind some of the instability that weve seen in the northeast and thats going back to the u. S. Mission at me just ask you that why has the United Nations not been able to maintain peace in this part of the d r c they are many today who are asking what purpose this mission really says a mission which is one of the biggest peacekeeping operations the world. What are they there for there is a good question. Congolese people across the border really calling for them to to leave because they havent been able to fulfill on their mission in. Keeping the peace there hasnt really been a peace to keep since the end of the war in 2000 to 2003 theres been an ongoing conflict simmering conflict led of course by multitude of militia groups but also backed by by congos neighbors so d there is a real question though congolese are mobilizing to call for the un to retreat however once that happens the. Responsibility is certainly going to be on the congolese state and thats where the ultimate responsibility lies irrespective of the performance of the United Nations and we must be very critical of United Nations in its inability to bring about some motor come security for the for the people in the region if the u. N. Were to retreat which is far from being the case right now would the Congolese Army be able to take responsibility for the security in the east are do they have the means to do so. At this juncture where they do not have the means to do so there is also a problem within the Congolese Army itself some people believe that its been infiltrated highest levels. By neighboring countries who do not want to see stability in the congo so they can continue to benefit from congo and riches we also see Congolese Military also being a part of the problem to some extent and that they have been engaging in appearing of congos no terror congos resources as well so there has to be some kind of fundamental reform in the military itself and weve seen cases where strong leadership stepped up in the case of money doing dollar back in 2112012. 00 however what we saw happening is that he was assassinated so whenever we see a strong leadership step up in the Congolese Military we see that theyre usually struck down so theres a. Number of players who are benefiting from from the instability and as long as those players continue to benefit from instability irrespective whether were talking about new school were talking about Congolese Military were going to see a lack of security continue in the in the in the belly region in the east of the congo thank you so much for speaking to us maurice conny cofounder and executive director of friends of the congo live there from washington thank you for your time. In other world news in lebanon supporters of 2 shia movements have been fighting with antigovernment protestors for the 2nd night vining hezbollah and amal oppose protesters demands for a complete overhaul of lebanons power sharing system where polls are divided on a sectarian basis as some of the worst violence since protests against the ruling elites began last month a scenes like these are putting lebanons military and Security Forces into an increasingly difficult position theyve gone to Great Lengths to protect antigovernment demonstrators for more than a month now confronting the powerful iran backed hezbollah could draw in the neutral position the military seeks to maintain and split its ranks the armys one of the few state institutions that enjoy wide public support its seen as a Unifying Force in a deeply divided country rami hoary is a journalism professor at the American University of beirut and a senior fellow at Harvards Kennedy school i asked him earlier what message has been and its allies are trying to send by putting their supporters out on the streets so one theory is that these are this show of force just before the negotiations begin to create a new government to maintain a certain role for them in the new government thats created another serious that no this is not linked to any kind of political resolution this is the hizbullah and ill and some other people allied with them saying were fed up with this kind of citizen protest. And the issues that is causing and were going to send these people back home as happened in the past where a little bit of rough handling by the. The young men of hezbollah and them alone others has sent protesters back home so well see which way it goes and the Lebanese Army meanwhile finds itself in the middle of this kennett stay neutral if the situation where to degenerate if you know things were to get worse is a risk that the Lebanese Army could be. Facing off with has been as powerful forces know theres no risk of army has both a faceoff thats never going to happen the risk is that the army would get pulled into. The tensions on the street and some other words and then perhaps the army would. Implode from within and it will collapse in some share members some christian members some so members some Group Members would all leave the army and go form their own militia this year happened during the civil war when the army collapsed with i dont think thats going to happen a u. S. Giant has ordered former white House Counsel don mcgann to appear before congress its a setback to president Donald Trumps efforts to keep top aides from testifying again was a witness in special Counsel Robert Mueller as investigation into election interference the decision could lead to renewed efforts by House Democrats the current other high ranking officials to give evidence at the impeachment inquiry the Justice Department says it will appeal against offending it as winning game lead is underway in washington d. C. To further explain this soul gave another setback for President Trump remind us 1st of food on the gun is and why his testimony could be so important. Don began as you mentioned was the white House Counsel for donald trump and the white house for many many many months there during the moments during the. Process of the 1st couple years of the Trump Presidency during key critical moments there the Judiciary Committee the house Judiciary Committee since april has been requesting to have made gand testify in their investigation in to whether donald trump obstructed justice in the investigation into russian meddling into the 2016 election the Judiciary Committee sees seesmic and as a key witness and in this and again has said all along he would not testify in this to the justice to the Judiciary Committee because he and his lawyers said that he was immune that is the argument but that was clearly shot down in a 120 page ruling by a federal judge came down late monday in the ruling the judge essentially said that any argument that mcgann was immune is quote fiction and forcing him to testify do we expect to see him testifying anytime soon probably not because as you mentioned the Justice Department already said they are going to appeal this on behalf of mcgann it could be a lengthy appeals process and even if he does testify at some point he could perhaps deflect and not answer all of the questions claiming. Immunity so nevertheless so a huge setback for President Donald Trump in his attempt to shield some of his top officials from testifying in some of these investigations irish set back what could it mean for the impeachment inquiry. Yeah it could mean a lot quite frankly could throw off the entire timetable for the democrats and there in impeachment investigation the democrats have been saying they wanted to have a vote on impeachment by the end of december this changes things because and this is why people like john bolton the former National Security adviser and Mick Mulvaney trumps current chief of staff those for example are 2 key people they are also saying they are not testifying to the House Intelligence Committee because they are also claiming the same thing that mcgann claims that saying they are immune so this ruling by this federal judge saying basically that mcgann is not immune could mean also now that these other Top White House officials one present and one former also now potentially could be forced to testify as well this could be a precedent set by this judge and clearly the house. Judiciary committee and the House Intelligence Committee would certainly want to wait to push through any sort of vote on impeachment intil they could potentially hear from bolton and or mulvaney so this changes everything potentially thank you very much for that gaven elizondo live for a sane washington d. C. Plenty more ahead on this aljazeera news hour including thousands marching georgias capital calling for snap elections find out what else they want us. Past on the brink of a fiction far as well as gather in indias capital to protest against plans that could affect millions and in sports saudi arabia and the u. A. E. Send their football teams on a direct flight to doha for the gulf cup. A 1st since same post of blockade on qatar in 2070. First to hong kong where the leader kerry has said probation parties will continue to serve the people she promised to listen to the electorate after prodemocracy candidates dominated local Council Elections the results follow months of demonstrations and political unrest candidates pushing to newson chinas control won an overwhelming majority of seats but we will where of the large number of voters coming out to cast a vote perhaps not only to select a preferred candidate to sit on the District Council but also to express a view on many issues in society including now i would readily accept that including deficiencies in governance including unhappiness with the time taken to deal with the current unstable environment. All right scott heiler is live for us in hong kong outside the government complex where kerry now im just spoke her reaction to the beating of the pro beijing parties in those local Council Elections tell us more about her message scott. Yeah it was very interesting yes obviously that last part of the what we just heard her say is really the biggest line that has come out of this press conference that is that she recognizes this overwhelming voice as she puts it of the people of hong kong voting for prodemocracy candidates in these local elections this to counter elections really sends a message that there was there is a general dissatisfaction with the way the government is handling this political crisis that now almost 6 months old so that is really kind of the top line before that she thanked all the people who were participated in putting the elections forward she thanked the people to come out who came out and voted you know this was the biggest turnout for any election in hong kongs history so its quite a big deal for the territory here but obviously a sending a specific very specific message and what she said too before she took a question and answer the question answer period she said that she hopes that this calm that weve been experiencing here in hong kong a couple days before the election now a couple days after the election she hopes that that will remain and obviously its going to be really depend i would imagine on what she does however government reacts to what she says was a voice of dissatisfaction from the p