Lebanon get that a businessman is the likely choice to become the next Prime Minister. Saudi arabias stays on oil company red is for its stock market debut amid questions about how much its really worth how are all profit with the sportswear laurie from die hards brand new alger new stadium where asian champions qatar will face saudi arabia in the summer finals of the gulf cup. There are thinking of a boat carrying refugees and migrants of the case of mauritania has killed thousands of people at least 58 drowned when their boat capsized its still too been carrying at least 150 people on board most of them from gambia dozens swam to shore and survivors are being treated in the northern mauritanian city of new. Now globally more than 2 and a half 1000 migrants have died at sea so far this year thats according to the International Organization for migration but that number of deaths although quite shocking is down compared to the year before mohammed valis our correspondent in the mauritanian capital no uk shot about 83 people managed to swim to the shore and they were found by the military Police Outside the Northern City of and why they were that was the early evening hours yesterday those people gave more news about what happened that boat capsized off the shore. After about 10 days being stranded there running out of fuel and so on so they gave more details and scores of people at least dozens of people are still missing they are supposed to be of course dead women and children where on that boat coming from gambia the majority of the migrants were from the country of gambia lots of small nation west africa one of those poor countries that supply this migration to words up this story is still unfolding those people who escaped are being treated in and why do you we dont have much information about whats happening to the bodies are they going to return them to their countries of origin or are they going to be buried in itself. But weve been speaking to Leonard Doyle from the International Organization for migration and he says people are being exploited by callous smugglers. I think we can fairly assume that this is the result of nancy where the vessel overcrowded as were learning or 150 people who are and out of fuel so it speaks really to the callousness of this mother is a smuggling operation well of course it may you know money already and disappeared into the wilderness and i think thats basically the problem here isnt you being exploited well one can imagine that theyre deeply traumatized and our staff are you as you rightly say are there helping with them arent any authorities but people will be will need some medical care and then really to establish where whats their origin that we understand from the gambia and try to help them return in a in a dignified way as possible and then the vehicle all of this is that theres no happy solution for people who take these routes when certain especially when things like this happen they are actually end up back where they started and the only winner is this mother. Well ive also been speaking to anya kathy wonder whos executive director of the African Foundation for development he says Young Africans chasing prosperity and opportunity in europe theres been an issue with african labor the last 400 years during the slave era and it was taken to the americas to work for free and now people have. These boats to come to where the economy is so we have to disentangle lots of things why isnt that enough because this concession into the Global Economy for 400 years has been so problematic that simply take issue that we need to. You know this in time dont 2nd issue here is the demographic growth that is taking place and on the continent in africa at the moment by the end of this century 40 percent of the worlds population will be african so what youre seeing is africa are exploiting its labor in a very dysfunctional munna and there is a some of the issues driving this and then the final huge thing is whats happening with then african economies where theres growth west africa is enjoying a period of growth of the moment but its largely jobless growth so a lot of people who are looking to go head north because they can see that by getting into europe. They can transform their lives because theyve seen artists who remits to people in gambia and they see the difference is that theres remittances make because youre dealing with the difference that strains wrecked. Now one of the largest strikes a mole in a decade is starting to cripple services across france with schools closed transport disrupted many government offices shut tens of thousands of workers have not turned up to work a march is a happening all over the country theres been major disruption particularly in paris with trains canceled as well as hundreds of flights the strikers are angry at president plan to overhaul the Pension System they say theyll end up working longer for less money in retirement lets go live now to our correspondent. Who is at the train station i do believe natasha and it looks very much as though this heed for workers to unite and come out on to the streets to protest against these punch pension reform plans is being heated. Well i was at a train station a bit early and there were many people there that because most of the trains are working but right now im actually at a march in central paris where thousands of people have gathered theyre going to be walking across the city and they are here all to protest against the french governments plans Pension Reforms now some of the people ive been speaking to been telling me about why theyre here why theyre concerned and what theyre mainly worried about is that the governments reforms will mean that they will have to work longer so later in life and they are also worried that some of them or have their pensions reduced weve got all sorts of people who have more from across French Society really are transport workers teachers lawyers Health Workers and as you can imagine that means theres an awful lot of disruption not just in paris but across the country where trains are working buses make sure schools are shut universities disrupted so this really is a truly nationwide strike you know weve been speaking to people who really have opinions on both sides weve been speaking to those who feel that this protest is necessary theyre very angry the government even. Also been speaking to people though who say that this is them does need to change the Pension System is out of date and they all support you. Know me as passionate about his job producing bread and pastries in his bakery outside paris but after working for more than 40 years hes looking forward to retiring he hopes the french governments plans to reform the Pension System wont affect his future and he understands why so many people oppose them. The ideal would be defined a system thats fair for everyone its a big ask some people were hired with certain benefits and now theyre being told those advantages could be taken away. In france the Pension Systems complicated each profession has a different scheme some people fear losing certain advantages or having their pensions reduced under the governments proposed reforms others say the system must be simplified. I think Pension Systems need to be reformed its not acceptable that there are so many schemes i think france has needed reforms for a while theyre not done because theres a lack of courage and people take to the streets immediately reforming the Pension System was one of Emanuel MarcosCampaign Promises says it needs to be streamlined to make it fairer and save public money but past president s have tried to reform it and failed. In 1995 president jacques chiracs government scrapped its reform plans after 3 weeks of nationwide strikes in 2007 president Nicolas Sarkozy pushed through some changes but not without public protest macros plans faced opposition from many sections of society including transport workers who threatened rolling strikes. The ideal would be to find a system thats fair for everyone its a big ask some people were hired with certain benefits and other being told those advantages could be taken away this analyst says the president faces his big. Test yet. You think theres a risk that all the sectors join in health transports lawyers university then the government could fall i dont think that we had that point yet but the government certainly cant back down because it would be a political failure. Or has a ready past several controversial reforms and although he may feel confident of to surviving months of yellow vest protests social discontent still lingers. We saw you know events protests not reports and there are protesters here in this march because they say they go to join in todays events and what the protesters the trade Union Leaders want is the more this nationwide action to continue for as long as it takes for the government to meet their demands that the far as we know most people are actually going back to work tomorrow but chance to start certainly see in paris that they will continue some form of industrial action over the next few days so they will be more disruption. All right Natasha Butler live in paris thank you very much for that right lets go to the United States now where the house of representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi is about to deliver a Public Statement on the status of this impeachment inquiry into the president within the next hour we believe in a cause and says it will go to it but shes giving her statement after meeting the Democratic Caucus now that was after 3 leading scholars testified saying President Trump did commit impeachable offenses the president is accused of having ukraine investigate his own domestic political rivals lets go live now to our White House CorrespondentKimberly Harkat so kimberly waterway expecting then to say in this statement. I think were going to get a sense martine of where things move from here as you point out there was the hearing of the Judiciary Committee a long and lengthy 8 hour process where legal scholars debated the merits of whether or not the articles of impeachment should be drafted but i think that what were going to hear from the 2 palosi is whether or not that will actually take place what that timeline would look like and in just the last few minutes weve heard from u. S. President donald trump on twitter where hes advocating that this happened very swiftly he says the do nothing democrats have a historically bad day yesterday in the house they have no impeachment case and are demeaning our country he goes on to say therefore i say if you are going to impeach me do it now fast so we can have a fair trial in the senate so that our country can get back to business i was elected to clean the swamp and thats what im doing now the tweets were a bit longer the president went on to say that he wants to call various witnesses and thats something that were hearing on capitol hill that we know that republicans had a huddle if you will with some of the white House Counsel on wednesday and what they discussed is that there is this conclusion that the president has not had an opportunity to defend himself in the house of representatives so they want this process to move forward in essence what you just heard from the president there was go ahead impeach me because the that is it seems a foregone conclusion down party lines that thats what democrats appear to want to do why does the president want this to go to the senate the senate is controlled by republicans so hes looking for a trial one that republicans could use to their political advantage as the president has said repeatedly as he seemed to suggest here on twitter he wants to call some witnesses that would not be particularly favorable to the democrats namely hunter biden this is the son of the former Vice President joe by. And in a political rival the if foundation of this impeachment inquiry has always been did the president abuses political powers in order to dig up dirt if you will on joe biden its a very involved case but the essence of this is as it stands right now were watching very carefully to see what the house Speaker Nancy Pelosi has decided to do following those hearings in the Judiciary Committee is there going to be a drafting of the articles of impeachment is it going to happen quickly now in december so that we may see a senate trial in january sounds like a very interesting moment. Well get back to the soon as we do hear from the. Lots more to come on this aljazeera news hour including somalias measles emergency claims more lives but the Prime Minister says people are getting the message about vaccination. We take a walk along the older streets in baghdad where history is repeating itself with the latest revolt against government leaders. In schools another racism rally hits italian Football Ground talisman. Hundreds of people protesting across lebanon as politicians come closer to nominating a new Prime Minister demonstration started in central beirut on wednesday against some near hes the man widely thought to be the frontrunner people are angry at the outgoing Prime Minister saad hariri because hes backing mr. Protesters have been calling for a complete overhaul of the political system which is dominated by sectarian politics lets go live now to then a hot air a chorus when shes just outside beirut and then what are the specific objections then to this man mr hottie and and also how thats spilling over on to his predecessor possible previous as a hariri. Were some aerial footage of according to the protesters is close to the ruling elite yes heres a businessman he may have no political experience but he has ties with those in power so there are demands that the next government should be independent from any Political Party in order to pave the way for early elections has not been met people continue to take to the streets definitely the numbers not as large as it was during the 1st weeks of this uprising which began in mid october a lot of people definitely are tired but people like you mentioned they consider him. Part of the ruling elite and its not just that what we understand is that the next government is going to have representatives of the political powers the Political Parties so basically nothing has changed maybe the faces will change but it is the same Political Parties who have been governing this country for the past 30 years so that is why people are angry but theres also anger in these suddenly street this is a country divided by sectarian lines and the post of Prime Minister is reserved for the Sunni Community and many people feel that. Does not represent them and that the choice of severe fatigue was done unconstitutionally they are accusing the president and im including former Prime Ministers here even the something religious establishment has not endorsed theyre saying you shouldnt have held back door meetings to agree on the next Prime Minister and the cabinet without holding 1st binding parliamentary consultation so there is agger here those consultations are expected to begin on monday but anything can happen in lebanon on a deal can break the last minute so its still uncertain if those consultations will happen early next week so the protesters want to complete the whole of what is centrally is a sectarian based political system theyre not going to get that do they have a candidate in mind who might satisfy them at least for the time being. No theyre not putting forward any candidates they are concerned they continue to insist that this is a spontaneous Leaderless Movement they believe that there are enough experts in this country who can form a Transitional Government a smaller Transitional Government that will come up with a new electoral law and early elections they have been really criticized because they havent presented an alternative plan or leaders who can you know take this country or this country forward there is a dire economic crisis in this country the lebanese leader is devaluing so a lot of uncertainty at this moment. Then the whole. From holiday which is just outside beirut thank you. The medical teams are going door to door in summer as they raced to vaccinate as many people as possible against Measles Outbreak there in the Pacific Island nations killed more than 60 people messes in children and that of course has prompted an Emergency Response jessica washington reports from the capitol appiah thousands of red flags hang all over summer each one represents an unvaccinated household as the measles crisis in some o. Escalates authorities have opted for a change in strategy. No longer asking people to go to clinics the message is to wait at home and help will come to you the only family is among those immunized in the early hours of the vaccine dr we are so thankful and i know that its v