By a major nationwide strike sparked by president backgrounds Pension Reforms. And samoa shuts down his medical teams that race to vaccinate as many people as possible to stop a debt and Measles Outbreak. Welcome to the program our top story a historic step in the United StatesSpeaker Nancy Pelosi is asked house of representatives to draft articles of impeachment 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 political rival the Democrat Joe Biden well this move sets off the police the official process for a vote in the house of representatives its expected to polish the Democrat Chamber before christmas it then heads to a full trial in the republican dominate. Senate to find him guilty 2 thirds of senate would need to agree with these charges which is something people expect to happen castro reports now from washington. Its official sadly but with confidence and humility with allegiance to our founders and a heart full of love for America Today i am asking our chairman to proceed with articles of impeachment. Donald trump will become the 4th president in u. S. History to face formal impeachment charges that could remove him from office the facts are uncontested the president abused his power for his own personal political benefit at the expense of our National Security by withholding military aid and crucial Oval Office Meeting in exchange for an announcement of an investigation into his political rival the white house says democrats are abusing their power and lying to the American People are you referring to the right are usually buying up on your legacy no matter the president its a hoax or big fat 0 x. Now with the big question in washington is what these articles of impeachment will be a report by the House Intelligence Committee makes a case for abuse of power and of struction of congress stemming from the ukraine investigation but then there are still those lingering concerns from the earlier russia investigation. Into why special counsel Robert Muller told congress that while there was no evidence trump had colluded with russia to win the 2016 election there may be grounds that he obstructed justice and what about total exoneration if you actually totally exonerate the press you know the mullers appearance had little impact and the very next day trump told the president of ukraine over the phone that muller had quote a poor performance then according to the call transcript trump asked for an investigation into his political rival constitutional scholars called by democrats have testified that trumps impeachable offenses go beyond the ukraine phone call call i think the way you need to ask about this is how does it fit into the pattern of behavior by the president republicans counter democrats have been trying to remove trump since the day he took office theyve always wanted to impeach the president why. Im at their words watching at their actions watching what they have done the democratic majority in the house will likely vote to impeach trent before christmas then the senate dominated by the president s own party will put trump state on trial in the new here heidi to castro aljazeera washington. More now from mike hanna who is following the story for us from washington and mike whats the reaction there ben to this move by nancy pelosi were expecting her to make this announcement it is a historic move it is indeed certainly theres widespread recognition of exactly how historic this is remembering that only 2 president s in u. S. History have been impeached that was bill clinton and Andrew Johnson a 3rd to Richard Nixon resigned before his impeachment trial began but certainly it is appearing that they will be an impeachment trial off the president and that will take place of course in the senate under the chairmanship of the chief justice but before that its the articles of impeachment that have to be written up the spy the House Judicial Committee and here is going to be the critical point exactly what are these articles going to be the question is whether the house will focus on the narrow issue of ukraine or whether it will widen our the obstruction of Justice Charges to include those mentioned in that more than 300. 00 page Robert Miller report that heidi as you cast through referred to in her reporting there so certainly in the next few days this is what is going to be watched very closely is exactly what the articles of impeachment say and just take us through the process itself because the inquiry has now moved from the House Intelligence Committee to the House Judiciary Committee what are the the sort of factors that have changed now from this process continues. Well of course it stays within the house at this particular point there are 6 house committees that will now consider all the evidence leading to this possible impeachment they will then submit a report to the House Judiciary Committee that will all happen within the next few days and the House Judiciary Committee will then sit and draw up formally these articles of impeachment those articles will then go to the house which will vote on them only a simple majority needed there that democrats expect may be completed before christmas with the democratic majority in the house its likely that that simple majority will be achieved but then it goes to the senate now here theres a number of issues firstly it is a senate trial it is under the chair of the chief justice and more importantly a 2 thirds majority is required in the senate to convict the president to impeach him so this will be the stage the ultimate stage which at this particular point where the whole issue has been largely divided on party lines it comes down to numbers it will be easily passed in the house not so easily passed in a senate trial thank you very much from washington mike hanna meanwhile President Trump has turned to the u. S. Supreme court in an attempt to block a separate investigation that by the tanach rats this time into his finances trunk wants his financial records 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 different branches of the government. The treatment of women in india is again in the spotlight after a bright victim was set alight by gang as she made her way to a Court Hearing the incident comes after thousands of indians protested in several cities over the alleged rape and murder of another young woman mccullagh a triple its. Detectives collective didnt from a charred road side in the 2 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 was about. She was coming up and running from that side of the road and she asked for help i was skidded 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 sudar hospital. Its the latest in a series of attacks against women in india that have caused widespread outrage i i 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 girl has to go after after night after night even after 9 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. A woman was burned so that she could not raise her voice and not demand justice we are not safe when the new deal here appears happened the government said we would do this and that for women but what do they do the most 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 aljazeera. Or now to france where violence has broken out at protests around the country where a nationwide strike has caused major disruption the demonstrators are angry about present emanuel microns reforms to simplify the countrys costly Pension System they say his dismantling workers rights while not crown says there that his reforms will make it fairer and will save public money has more 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 payouts if were here to try and preserve our conscience 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. Money in. The demonstration was mainly peaceful but there was some clashes between police and socalled black bloc and his protesters i. 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 rooms like so. Yes its difficult for force the strike caused major disruption across the city there was little public transport and most schools were shots 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 1. 00 of his Campaign Promises 3 think gives in to the protesters in scotland is reform it will be a political failure of the so far the french president is showing no sign of backing down this analyst says macro 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 hold 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. Out just they were powerless. Now Croatian Police have wrongly deported 2 nigerian students to bosnia although the pair had valid visas a chance alexandra and kenneth arrived in croatia in november to play in the table tennis World University championships but the night before that departure they were arrested for not carrying their documents and were left on the bosnian side of the border they ended up in makeshift in the makeshift refugee camp where hundreds of migrants and refugees have been struggling to survive in subzero temperatures security minister says they need to be returned to croatia. And with al jazeera live from london still much more ahead days after President Trump said he wants to designate mexican drug cartels terrorist groups the u. S. Attorney general takes a trip to mexico and shopping in the worlds 1st recycled mall and how its helping one swedish city brianna gys its image. That persons already broken record for high temperatures early in the season and persistently and you can see from the lack of cloud for most of australia that a good pass is still hot and we got a forecast of 42. 00 for friday but the winds already changing the clouds coming into wont last for the contrast further east but were talking about low twentys for melbourne and less than that in this corner has been cold windy disappointing well i think for all the summer so far as late spring in the early summer it doesnt change very much on sunday is any consolation were down to 27 in perth because its still hot inland as for rain we will see were 2 showers develop in New South Wales but its not concentrated and we stoke the fires because hot and dry is the same at least inland and the smoke from those fires is being caught in the brazen taken right across the sea to new zealand where its been seen in for example oakland as an orange hue in the sky as for weather proper well thats further south of there with all these enjoying the sunshine of 24 degrees i think the wind change will probably mean the skies are clear up but for places like wellington in Christ Church and certainly west coast in south orange its a little cooler persistently cloudy and of course wet. The war on drugs in the philippines is pushing to breaking point a Record Number of languished behind bars but he is awaiting trial one i want to be locked up on aljazeera. 0. Entry. Back to look at the headlines now the process to impeach the u. S. President has moved forward to offer the speaker of the house of representatives ordered the drafting of articles of impeachment President Donald Trump has hit back calling the whole thing a hoax. An indian woman has been set on fire by gagnes she made her way to a Court Hearing the incident comes up to thousands of indians protested in several cities over the alleged rape and murder of another young. Niece of use tear gas on riot as in paris at the start of a nationwide strike transposes our lives and schools are closed across france in protest against planned Pension Reforms. Now at least 63. 00 migrants have died after their makeshift boat sank off the coast of mar tanian 83. 00 survivors managed to swim to shore but were described as exhausted and stomping 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 mark government says it will open an investigation into the incident and the Trafficking Networks thought to be responsible for it speaking from our tang is capital alley al jazeera somehow meadville says 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 they without was the early evening hours yesterday those people gave more news about what happened that boat capsized off the shore. 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 what the bill itself. Now a Mass Vaccination Campaign is underway across and now a need to contain a Measles Outbreak thats killed thousands of children all businesses have been ordered shut people told to keep their cars off the roads it comes as the World Health Organization says the number of cases of the disease is car in running 3 times higher compared to this time last year washington is at a Vaccination Center in the capital apia. Its day 2 of some Mass Vaccination Campaign and the team here at the Emergency Response headquarters are compiling the numbers from day one efforts so far theyve indicated at least 16000 people were vaccinated here in samoa on thursday those efforts will continue today on friday with the focus being on city and urban areas some more is still in shutdown mode the roads are empty and businesses are closed thats all part of an effort by authorities here to make it as simple as possible for the medical teams going door to door to administer vaccinations Authorities Say efforts are going well busts far and things should go back to normal as soon as possible the mexican president under as my new Lopez Obrador says he had the good meeting with u. S. Attorney general william r. Who is currently in mexico to discuss the threat of