Where a rape victim has been set on fire on her way to court for a hearing. On violent scenes on the streets of paris france is paralyzed by a massive nationwide strike by president mark rounds pension reforms. And arpita service in doha with all the days sport bahrain and saudi arabia will contest the arabian gulf cup final the saudis overcame host nation in a politically charged semifinal in doha. A low very warm welcome to the program and on historic step today the Speaker Nancy Pelosi has asked the u. S. House of representatives to draft articles of impeachment of formal charges against President Donald Trump she said he had abused his power for his own political benefit by withholding military aid in a bid to get ukraine to investigate his rival Democrat Joe Biden well this move sets off the official process for a vote in the house of representatives which is expected to pass the Democratic Chamber before christmas it then heads to a full trial in the republican dominated senate to find him guilty 2 thirds of senators would need to agree with the charges something few people expect to happen nancy pelosi made the announcement in a statement earlier. I democracy is what is it stake the president leaves us no choice but to act because he is trying to corrupt once again the election for his own benefit the president has engaged in at this hour undermining our National Security and jeopardizing the integrity of our elections his actions are in defiance of the vision of our founders and the oath of office that he takes to preserve protect and defend the constitution and the state. Cross the mike hanna who is in washington now it was a move that was widely expected to happen but nevertheless what has the reaction been mike well certainly everybody recognizes the historic moment of the final point at which the house decides to proceed with impeachment what happens now is that goes to the committees of the various the chairman of the various house committees they will then draw up a report on impeachment which will go to the House Judiciary Committee it then draws up the articles of impeachment heres the critical point what are those articles going to be is it going to be narrowly focused on the ukraine issue or is perhaps the whole concept of Robert Mullers report being brought into the impeachment process and the writing of the articles of impeachment as well while republicans have insisted that this whole process is political the stone lied by the speaker of the house nancy pelosi who says its neither personal nor political its all about the constitution and she reacted angrily to a reporter who asked her whether she hated president. This is about the constitution of the United States and the facts that lead to the president s violation of his oath of office and as a catholic i resent you using the word hate in a sentence that expresses me i dont hate anyone i was raised in a way that is full of heart full of love and always prayed for the president and i still pray for the president i pray for the president all the time so dont mess with me when it comes to words like that but its clear that democrats in the house are intent on this process moving quickly they want to vote in the week before christmas it would appear then that would go to the senate in the new year for a formal trial hosted by the chief justice but as you mentioned the house its likely to pass the articles of impeachment it will face a far more difficult passage at that trial in the senate dominated by republicans all right thank you very much like in washington for us. Joining me now from washington is sean zoller hes Deputy Editor of the Congressional Quarterly magazine how would you describe the gravity of todays developments there is historical significance to articles of impeachment formal charges being brought against the us president well certainly this is only the 4th time in u. S. History where an impeachment has been considered to prior president s have been impeached bill clinton and Andrew Johnson in the 19th century and Richard Nixon was on the verge of being impeached at the time he resigned so this is a rare historical moment the politics of it are not clear we dont know if its going to benefit democrats or republicans the democrats that they must do this to stand up for the power of congress to oversee a president. How broad will the articles be mike hanna was just mentioning that just that to us but there are some democrats that want this process to address the activities that have been described in the report special counsel Robert Muller all the democrats want a narrow amol specific approach how is that going to be resolved right to remind our viewers Robert Muller was the special counsel investigating whether russian interference in the 2016 election in his report which came out earlier this year said that the Term Campaign had not colluded with the russian government during the 2016 campaign but it raised the question of whether President Trump had tried to obstruct his investigation of it he came to no conclusion on that issue but a lot of democrats in reading the report said the evidence of obstruction was abundant and so the more liberal members of the caucus want to raise that in the as an article d of impeachment a separate article of impeachment from the ones that will deal with ukraine and whether President Trump tried to subvert u. S. Foreign policy to his political ends by asking ukraine to investigate the bidens but there are other democrats moderates who worry about the politics of bringing in the mall or investigation which is now in the past there all the asli crucial ethical and constitutional considerations with the decision to move forward with impeachment how high the stakes how could the way this impeachment process unfold affect who controls the white house and congress in 2020. Right as your correspondent said the prospects that the senate where a 2 thirds majority to convict is required of removing President Trump from office are very low the impeachment inquiry has not moved Public Opinion significantly especially among republicans and so republican senators seem unmoved its unlikely theyll vote to convict the impeachment is merely an accusation this is up to the senate and so the question is how will this affect the vote now less than a year away november 2020 about who the next president is about who controls the house and senate of the United States congress and you can debate it either way this certainly will motivate democratic voters progressive voters the liberal base but at the same time its motivating Donald Trumps base and whoever comes out in force in 2020 will win that election i mean how is the dial shifted in any way because i think initial polls showed that maybe there was a bit of a bump in. The support from the Going Forward with impeachment but even after weve heard from all the witnesses many of them former officials from within the administration all the hearings that have taken place there doesnt seem to be much of a change. Thats right i mean there was an initial bond where a majority of the United States voters supported impeachment but when you dig down into the numbers republicans are steadfast in support of President Trump and in swing states for example there was a poll out of wisconsin a vital swing state which both parties are fighting over for 2020 which found that only 40 percent of wisconsin voters supported impeachment and a majority there were against it. Thank you very much appreciate your thoughts on this show that joining us now from the Congressional Quarterly in washington. Meanwhile President Trump has turned to the u. S. Supreme court in an attempt to block a separate investigation led by the democrats this time into his finances trump wants his financial records to be kept out of the hands of a Congressional Panel a lower court ruled the panel could subpoena the documents held by trumps accountants appealing to the Supreme Court sets up a major clash between the branches of government. Or now to our other headline story this hour at least 58. 00 to migrants have died after their makeshift boat sank off the coast of martain e m 83. 00 survivors managed to swim ashore but were described as exhausted and starving they were taken to a temporary shelter where theyve been receiving assistance is one of the deadliest sinkings to hit people attempting the journey to europe so far this year and more tanian government says it will open an investigation into the incident and the Trafficking Networks thought to be responsible well the group is thought to have left a banjo in gambia a week ago heading north that found it off the coast of northern martain around 25 kilometers north of no idea its believed they were trying to make their way north along the coast to eventually reach europe through space in the number of crossings on the socalled western routes have risen the European Union says more than 21000 people have come that way so far this year another 11000 used the central routes heading towards italy and greece from libya while the largest number more than 60000 have taken the eastern route from turkey to greece speaking from or chinese capital. Vall said dozens of people are still missing. About 83. 00 people managed to swim to the shore and they were found by the military Police Outside the Northern City of and why the blue that was the early evening hours yesterday those people gave more news about what happened that boat capsized off the shore and thats 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 the boats coming from gambia the majority of the migrants from the country of gambia thats a small nation west africa one of those poor countries that supply this migration to words europe this story is still unfolding those people who escaped are being treated in and why do we dont have much information about the whats happening to the bodies are they going to return them to their countries of origin or are they going to be buried in and itself. The treatment of women in india is again in the spotlight after a rape victim was set alight by a gang as she made her way to a Court Hearing this incident comes after thousands of indians protested in several cities over the alleged rape and murder of another young woman nicolas cage reports. Detectives collect evidence from a charred roadside in utah pradesh hours earlier witnesses say a 23 year old woman was doused in petrol and set on fire police say she was a right victim and was on her way to give evidence in court against her alleged attackers. She was coming up and running from that side of the road and she asked for help i was skid because she was burnt these had left her fighting for her life in Hospital Police arrested 5 suspects including 2 she followed right charges against in march. In her victim impact statement she said 5 men tried to burn her alive she was immediately sent to sadar hospital. Its the latest in a series of attacks against women in india that have caused widespread outrage. Nationwide rallies will hold this week in protest at the gang rape and murder of a 27 year old woman in the city of hyderabad. Protesters want courts to fast track right cases and are demanding tougher penalties every girl is suffering from this every gun gets to go after after night after night even after 90 and every girl is like scared to go out Sexual Violence against women has attracted International Attention especially since the gang rape and killing of a young woman on a class in new delhi 7 years on and attacks continue as in their. Woman was burned so that she could not raise her voice and not demand justice we are not safe when the new delhi hero appears happened because im afraid he would do this and awful women but what did they do. The moist recent government figures from 27. 00 tane reported more than 32000. 00 rape cases that year together with unreported cases the total is believed to be far higher because the gauge al jazeera you are at the news hour live from london more still ahead some more shuts down as medical teams race to vaccinate as many people as possible to stop a deadly measles our right merges the relief hundreds of thousands of people across Eastern Africa has widespread flooding ruins crops and brings the threat of disease. Also organizers of the tokyo 2020 olympics are feeling the heat off the more events are rescheduled over health and safety concerns. Violence has broken out of protests around france where a nationwide strike has caused major disruption demonstrators are angry about president emanuel microns reforms to simplify the countrys costly Pension System they say hes dismantling workers rights while lakhan says they are fair and will end up saving public money. Has more now from paris. There were people from all walks of french life teaches students and lawyers joint transport and Health Workers in central paris part of a nationwide strike protesting against the governments plans to reform the Pension System they fear the changes would force them to work for more years and reduce their pay outs we are here to try and preserve our Production System which is one of the best in europe and we dont want to go backwards microns reforms are destroying french society. It looks like it will have to retire even later. Less money in. The demonstration was mainly peaceful but there was some clashes between police and socalled black bloc and his protesters. More than 6000. 00 Police Officers were deployed in the city this police Union Spokesperson said many of them would have wanted to join the strike a lot of them wanted to come. We had the day off today that was a load and also we do not have the right to go on strike so. Yes its difficult for force the strike cause major disruption across the city there was little public transport most schools were shot even the eiffel tower was forced to close the french president says the Pension System needs to be streamlined to make it fairer and safe public money the strike saw a major test for emanuel micron because he made reforming the Pension System one of his Campaign Promises so if it gives in to the protesters and scott says reform it will be a political failure so far the french president is showing no sign of backing down this analyst says macko has a track record of controversial reforms. Getting its mandate the government has passed several reforms that many would have believed would be almost impossible but they managed to push them through despite the challenge. Isnt risky. Michael may not want to make concessions but if the disruption continues he may have to rethink although most people are expected to return to work this week some transport workers say they wont give up their fight and will continue to strike just about learned how to just they were powerless. Im joined now in the studio by for the finale who is a professor of french and european politics at the university of london quite remarkable scenes weve seen from paris and actually in other cities in the country as well how long could this industrial action last fall do we know yet we dont know yet but i think the 1st signs are pretty good for the people who took to the street today i think 1500000 according to the organizers of the union i think it ranks very high on the scale of social movements and problems if you compare to the last very big movements against already of a pension plan of the then government under in 1905 i think the 1st strike was the number of participants in a strike was lower than today so i think it looks good its a success for the organizers might be too early to say that given the magnitude of what is happening protests across many different cities and across Many Industries how might present a manual that can be viewing this i think mark or has been so far very cautious because even though it is a very sensitive topic well again 24 years ago it led to the resignation of the Prime Minister so hes a very careful about it. Is walking on a minefield but i think he will be ready probably to concede to make concessions it would depend on the up all the force you know between the people on strike and and and himself and i think for the time being its early days because we dont know yet the contents of the bill you know that theres a re people are taking to the streets thats the interesting part is that there is we dont have all the information yet but i was so then why is such a strong reaction i think its a preowned preemptive. Because people are very wary and afraid of what might be in the bill so probably what also is quite remarkable is normally it is a type of strike which would be involving people working in the Public Sector thats not the case this time around where you have people independent workers farmers lawyers people working in the private sector professionals so that shows how big and how the scale