A nationwide Vaccination Program trying to stem the Measles Outbreak that has already claimed more than 60 lives. Could have become need for the news we start in the u. S. Where the u. S. Congress itself has moved a step closer to impeaching President Donald Trump building on last months testimonies before the House Intelligence Committee the Judiciary Committee has held its 1st formal impeachment hearing fall legal experts discussed allegations trump abused his power by asking ukraine to investigate his political rival joe biden we begin our coverage with heidi castro. Found. Perjuring some of us constitutional scholars have weighed in in President Trumps ukraine scandal is an impeachable then nothing is and professor gary hart did President Trump commit the impeachable high crime in misdemeanor of abuse of power we 3 are unanimous yes the 3 law professors call by democrats running in unison alarm bells that the countrys democracy is under threat by the president s actions what has happened in the case today is something that i do not think we have ever seen before a president who has doubled down on violating his oath to faithfully execute the laws and to protect and defend the constitution this president has attacked each of the constitutions safeguards against establishing a monarchy in this country in the simplest possible terms the president put his personal game ahead of the National Security interest its better to be on t. V. Than by a whole. 4th scholar said if trump had tried to force ukraine to investigate a political rival in exchange for military aid it would be impeachable but the scholar wednesdays sole republican witness testified the case against trump has not been proven this would be the 1st impeachment in history where there would be considerable debate in my view not compelling evidence of the commission of a crime more than a dozen white house and state department professionals have testified that trump used the power of his office to pressure ukraine to open an investigation into joe biden a potential political rival in the upcoming us president ial election the House Intelligence Committee drafted a report saying there was overwhelming evidence for this including trumps own words in a phone call with the president of ukraine thats not politics as usual at least not in the United States or not in any mature democracy trump says the law professors called by democrats right. Resents the liberal left but he declined to testify himself and refused to send white House Attorneys to represent his case for in a sense what theyre doing is a very bad thing for our country its of no merit and the Republican Party has never been more unified ever trump is counting on republicans who control the senate to acquit him of wrongdoing in an eventual impeachment trial. Castro aljazeera washington all speaking after the hearing the chairman of the house Judiciary Committee democrat jerry nadler the evidence presented so far is overwhelming this situation meets or 3 test the president committed impeachable offenses they were important impeachable offenses they go to the constitute the heart of our Constitutional Republic they threaten the survival of democracy itself in the integrity of free elections and a majority of the people and of the end of the house i believe i understand that. But the Top Republican on the committee doug collins says the facts are on their side when you talk about facts being undisputed these facts are disputed not just disputed theyre actually contradicted so we have no problem final subs this president did nothing wrong there was nothing that we found as impeachable he did not do anything wrong so ive said all along its easy for us to make the arm up because the process is terrible and the facts are on our side how he lets me in is a former u. S. Justice Department Official and the host of talking feds podcast i spoke to him earlier and i asked him what happens next. I think things were divided along partisan lines in the clinton impeachment but everybody understood the facts and the need to confront but here only one side seems to see this as important and grave how how will it proceed from here i expect you know its just along party lines as it did for during the overwhelming presentation of facts before the Intelligence Committee and the republicans i think are telegraphing their content to make it a procedural circus and not to take it seriously and if they do it that way and particularly in the senate the democrats efforts to make it a serious National Sort of civics discussion are limited. The pentagon says the u. S. Will ship has cut should a vessel with missile parts believed to be linked to iran the seizure was made in the middle of the new arabian sea and the crew has been transferred to the emmy coast go to washington accuses to haul of illegally smuggling arms to. The fighting the yemeni government. The nato summit has ended with leaders uniting behind common commitments despite the meeting highlighting bitter divisions leaders agreed on issues like russia and china and settled a major stumbling block when turkey dropped its objection to nato baltic defense plan but behind the display of unity cracks were showing as jonah hole reports from what ive heard just north of london so good morning i think were ready to start if you can find your seats this gathering of nato leaders had one objective a show of unity to mark 70 years of the worlds most successful military alliance one for all and all for one instead it was a public display of differences that began the day before on tuesday u. S. President donald trump was on the combative form number one point from his not only will macron on nato strategy budget payments and trumps unilateral withdrawal of u. S. Troops from Northern Syria this way. There is more of the various party years ago. But trumps views are no longer those of a president seen as preeminent leader of the alliance now some allies here including the british french and canadian leaders see donald trump as disruptor in chief apparently sharing a joke at his expense tearing tuesday nights reception at buckingham palace. Trumps response on being asked about the canadian Prime Ministers comments. And soon afterwards he tweeted that there was no need for a final press conference. Emanuel macron meanwhile continued to press his case for change you know to me who is our enemy how can we act together against International Terrorism in particular these are all subjects that were not sufficiently settled. To be about something or their budgetary and Financial Issues or this particular lot of thought if the voices of reassurance were left sounding a bit thin. Always been able to overcome these differences and then unite around the record tossed to protect the Founding Fathers and thats exactly what to do today the question it all raises is central to what nato is and what it exists for what happens to an alliance built on collective defense when that collective commitment that spirit of unity isnt just solid as some would like it to be nato member turkeys president richard tired earlier on earlier demanded that the kurds abandoned by trump in Northern Syria be recognized as what he called terrorists or hed veto Alliance Efforts to bolster eastern defenses against russia this was a threat that represented a fracturing of natos central accord is what trump and macron do seem to agree on but many others dont that russia is no longer the enemy it was and while nato is focus has widened to include china Cyber Security hybrid warfare the alliance cant hide from the difficult truth that multiple challenges mean multiple conflicting interests undermining the unity theyd come here to celebrate going to aljazeera at watford north london Robert Peston is a former Us Ambassador to turkey he says leaders made commendable steps to resolving some of the problems but issues still remain especially with turkey. I think that the worst hasnt happened but the best hasnt happened either so the problem still remains turkey danish they are more is required from nato about what it perceives as its threat on the southern border and allies are concerned at turkeys action in northeast syria in the last month and more to march as actually d met a this situation worse and has aided the russians and surprised other countries and so i think that there is a lot of work to be done and i think theres a lot of suspicion of turkeys long term motives the Eastern Mediterranean security picture is worse than its been and the time that nato it was created so they get a lot of work to be done there in turkey owes more than just sawing a problem here and they are. Now russias president is accusing the u. S. Of using space as a potential theater of war blood in me a putin says the Rapid Development of americas Space Command has prompted moscow to ramp up its own sect the putin insists hes again thema tries ation of the cosmos the old trump says that he wants the u. S. To dominate space. Now theres a diplomatic fight between germany and russia following the expulsion of 2 Russian Diplomats in berlin prosecutors say they have sufficient evidence a musket could be behind the killing of a georgian man in the lead in the victim a chechen separatist who fought against russia was shot last oldest the kremlin denies any involvement and promises retaliatory measures saying the expulsions are unfriendly and unfounded step vasant has more from will skate of. This is rapidly turning into a diplomatic rod between russia and germany after german prosecutors have announced that they have strong indications that russia is behind the murder of a former Chechen Rebel commander selim khan congress feeley and 2 Russian Diplomats have been expelled from germany now russia says it will take countermeasures and the Foreign Ministry here in moscow sas that these expulsions have been groundless the murder took place in berlin on broad daylight in august and a Russian National has been arrested for shooting him in the hat but according to media reports his identity papers were false and they have suggested that the Russian Secret Service was behind the murder something that the spokesman of president putin the nice. I dont think there are serious suspicions and there cannot be a what relation to the russian authorities does this this is absolutely groundless speculation dystopic has been somehow whipped up by german media but this doesnt mean that this is how things are this murder in berlin has been compared to the poison attempt on foremost by cripple and his daughter in the United Kingdom in 2018 also then the Russian Secret Service was mentioned as being really high in the attack and the incident had a very bad impact on the relationship between the United Kingdom and russia now this role with germany comes only a few days before president putin is about to board a plane to paris where he will meet with german chancellor Angela Merkel to discuss peace in Eastern Ukraine a visit which is meant to improve ties between russia and europe. The head of a japanese medical aid group has been killed in an attack in afghanistan Tetsu Nakamura was shot dead along with 5 members of his team when their car was bush t. Being awarded an honorary afghan citizenship for his years of charity work no group has it claimed responsibility. Now the International Criminal court will decide whether those involved in the war in afghanistan including the u. S. Should answer allegations of war crimes a panel of judges ruled against a similar request made earlier this year finding that it was unlikely that any of those involved would cooperate lawyers representing victims say theyre united in wanting an investigation Tony Berkeley has spoken with relatives seeking justice for 4 men killed during the conflict in eastern afghanistan this was a bedroom that became an Execution Chamber the night Afghan Special forces stormed a family home in jalalabad suspecting it to be an eyesore terrorist cell the operation ended with the death of 4 brothers hands tied behind their backs and shot at close range. Mohammed millet sadder describes the way his nephews were killed in cold blood. Sidique joannes eben supports a hill well were not i saw members one was a judge another a lawyer and 2 were money changes the government has not given an explanation as to why they were killed and to the families knowledge no one has yet been charged with a crime among why richard other son when you will we want all those involved to face justice the one who shot that the one who gave the orders and the one who gave the wrong intelligence they need to be hanged in front of us then we will know justice has been done. The villages of jo daraa in eastern afghanistan want justice as well to avenge the deaths of 70 friends and relatives who died in a bomb attack as they prayed in a mosque the perpetrators are either eisel all the taliban ready girl lost 10 members of his family in the blast. But there was a bandit i wasnt in the mosque when i came home i found the bodies of my family including my little son i fell unconscious it was truly horrible and as devastated our village. In a country that has suffered for decades of conflict justice has been in short supply the International Criminal courts chief prosecutor for 2 bensouda wants to end the climate of impunity in afghanistan and start an investigation of war crimes a request has been refused by the i. C. C. His own judges on the grounds that none of the main players will cooperate and the process will be lengthy and costly shes appealing that decision and has accused the taliban of targeting innocent civilians and the Afghan Government of torturing prisoners but she also says that the United States may be guilty as well the United States is concerned that if this i. C. C. Investigation goes ahead it will also focus on the role of the cia in afghanistan its black ops and socalled black sites where prisoners were subjected to controversial some say inhumane methods of interrogation and treatment. Misspend sudha says there is information that members of the u. S. Military and Intelligence Forces committed acts of torture cruel treatment rape and Sexual Violence against conflict related detainees. The u. S. Has defended its actions in afghanistan and has responded by attacking the i. C. C. Its threaten to prosecute its investigators and take retaliatory measures against any country that cooperates with the investigation. In eastern afghanistan theyve been bombed from the air shot on the ground and no investigation is about to change that. Were caught in the middle when Government Forces on the other side of the fighting were the ones who suffer our houses are destroyed our loved ones are killed we want it to end. Its not clear if the i. C. C. Investigation will ever get off the ground and achieve anything but what is clear is that all sides have blood on their hands and most people in afghanistan want something more than justice they want peace tony berkely al jazeera eastern afghanistan. Plenty more ahead on the news hour including saudi state all Company Readies for its stock market debut despite questions about how much its really worth plus. Why tens of thousands of people are blocking roads and walking off the job in colombia. The best heavyweight boxer about a battle it out in clash of the you more not story in sports with peter. Summer is rolling out a mass Vaccination Program to stand its fast growing measles crisis 62. 00 people have died from the disease with more than 150. 00 new cases each day and we know is ation is compulsory under a state of emergency imposed last month families who are vaccinated are being advised to fly a red flag or cloth outside their house to help speed the process jessica washington has more from the summer when capital of up here weve just heard from the samo and Prime Minister his message is for people to stay calm in these tragic circumstances while of course acting on those demands to make sure that people do get vaccinated we have just heard that the number of cases has actually increased to more than 4200 the message from the Prime Minister is that from these tragic circumstances there are lessons for thought from for some our children learn but that they are doing the best they can in the circumstances. That we more countries now people are more conscious now than before that by coming here and have your children vaccinated is the only way. More. If one of yo