A controversial bill that sets religion as the criteria for granting citizenship to foreigners. Now a court in algeria has sentenced 2 former Prime Ministers to long prison terms for corruption. Was given 15 years and his predecessor. 12 the charges came from sweeping fraud investigations after the former president. Stepped down in april but we can speak to a new father who is the executive director of the nordica center for conflict transformation he joins us now on skype from robots mr brigitte stop with these sentences i understand prosecutors were asking for 20 years for these true former Prime Ministers and these are less than that so how are these punishments being views. 1st of all we have to mention that this is the 3rd this is the 1st time in our jury Prime Ministers are tried since the independence of the country what is important to mention also east peace trials. Are selective. The informal spin course that is also selective and this comes in time when elections has already started outside of syria among others overseas. In the context in which the protest protests continue for over 40 years and its a lot like to thank the young women and men who are in the streets in ontario in the most trading for more than 40 weeks and this is not what they expected from the system. It is not really about the what the sentence in it but its about how the same system that created these judges who are pronouncing these sentences is the same system that created these ministers were Holding Power allegedly misusing allegedly public funds so these are the main questions that need to be answered well to put this all into context right thats happening 2 days before a hugely contentious election so thats surely no coincidence as you say this is about trying to persuade protesters potentially to come to the ballot box i mean is this is this about justice or is it about trying to give this this election a just a messy. You know people in the streets and brought it over for you weeks this is not what they expected the need not ask for punishment for constructive change for now more than 48 weeks it is important to mention that this is not what will persuade their to go to the ballot boxes and participate humbly honestly integrating change in the country what is their protest and were very clear they are not against very specific people they are against the system in its earth and they were ready to negotiate on the table the women and men in the 3 to create collective positive change in the country i dont think i dont believe that this collection will resolve anything it is just another kind of informants of elections on the are getting people so then if this was a ploy on the part of the government well that the caretaker government at the minute to try to get people to the ballot box you are saying you dont think its going to work the protest movement is going to continue and its its because of the election i do believe so big the main claim of people mentioned its about the system its the same system that is trying these ministers is the same system that allowed them to be in power hold many years is the same system that some of them to me to this public land. In the parade in these ministers now publicly is not going to change the mind of the process and they are very people who are actually asking and humbly asking and peacefully ask for constructive change. The executive director of the Nordic Center for conflict transformation thank you for joining us on aljazeera thank you. Now myanmars leader Aung San Suu Kyi has arrived at the uns top court in the netherlands to defend her country against charges of genocide the west african state of gambia launched a bid to bring me a lot of International Justice over a military crackdown on ridding of muslims and stooges backed by the 57 Nation Organization for islamic cooperation now more than 700000 ringer were forced to flee to neighboring bangladesh and 2017 the United Nations is accused of carrying out mass rape killings of the burning of homes during that military Campaign Says it was conducting a legitimate counterterrorism response and denies the charges of genocide meanwhile began news legal team is asking the court to impose protections for the remaining go before the case can be had in full recent attempts to repatriate tens of thousands of refugees have failed with many still fearing for their safety well the gambian Justice Minister gave the opening remarks and he called on the court to act. It is indeed sad for our generation that 75 years of the humankind committed itself to do was never again another genocide is unfolding right before our eyes even as i me do statement to you today yet we do nothing to stop it this is a stain on our collective conscience and it drew be irresponsible for any of us to simply look the other way and pretend that it is not our business because it is our business. Correspondent wayne hayes in the hague and he explains theres a high bar when it comes to proving genocide in court. It goes without saying its going to be very difficult already we have heard from the gambian attorney general so the legal team that is speaking now inside the courtroom they have referenced many times already over the past hour or so that United NationsFact Finding Mission that found that there was genocidal intent gambian case is going to go a lot further than that and say that there were genocidal actions and continue to be genocidal actions inside the country not just because of the attacks on the ring a village is and the People Living there including murder and rape but also in some of the other actions like discriminatory laws and rules that are designed well targeted specifically at the range of population also hate campaigns that were carried out by various groups inside me and with allegedly the support of the me and my government we know less about what the me and my side will say when we hear from them on wednesday on sunset she herself is expected to make the Opening Statement on behalf of all of myanmar but it is expected they will focus largely on technical technicalities legal technicalities with the main statement being that this court does not have the jurisdiction to rule in this particular case. Now u. S. House democrats are preparing travail 2 articles of impeachment against president on a tramp in a bad term they have him from office that could see a possible vote on his impeachment in the house of representatives as early as this week more from mike hanna who is in washington d. C. At an evening function the speaker of the house nancy pelosi refused to confirm that articles of impeachment against President Trump had been agreed upon earlier she met with the chairman of the house committees to decide exactly what these articles were going to be a formal announcement as to these articles is expected in the course of tuesday however various agencies including the Associated Press and the Washington Post report that the democrats have agreed on 2 articles of impeachment one on abuse of power the other on obstruction of congress now if these are indeed the articles that will be introduced it indicates a very narrow form of impeachment focused on President Trumps dealing with the ukraine and the allegation that he used his political position his position as president of the United States to get political information on an opponent for the next u. S. Election then that the obstruction of congress charge would deal with the white houses attempts to interfere in that Ongoing Investigation into the ukraine situation their refusal to give witnesses the refusal to provide documents that had been subpoenaed now this could all move very quickly indeed there could be a vote in the Judiciary Committee as soon as thursday that would then see a vote being taken on the floor of the house the following week and that in turn could lead to a trial in the senate in very early january. Well lawyers for both the democrats and republicans appeared before the house Judiciary Committee on monday and once thought to be the final public hearings before the impeachment articles are announced how does a caster has more. Fireworks inside of mondays impeachment hearing likely to last before the house Judiciary Committee draft articles of impeachment came not just from protesters but also republican men. Committed to showing that they believe the proceedings against trump are a sham. Schedule not to consider the major ruling it would or to appeal to him and was going to try to overturn the results of an election we have not elected people to the gentlemen less than the witnesses were attorneys for both parties and though the facts were the same that trump froze military assistance to ukraine then asked its president to launch investigations into trumps political opponents the interpretations of those facts couldnt be more different president trouble use the powers of government for domestic political airing to put his political interests above that of the nation and each a president whos 63000000. 00 people voted for over 8 lines in a call transcript is boni its unclear who the lawyers are trying to convince members of the house Judiciary Committee made up their minds long ago along party lines democrats hold the majority and will draft articles of impeachment likely by next week if the president puts himself before the country evaluates a president s most basic responsibility he breaks his oath to the American People. If he puts them south before the country in a manner that threatens our democracy and our growth our privacy the American People requires us to come to the defense of the nation trumps attorneys declined an invitation to attend the hearing signaling deliberately defend the president before the senate in a likely trial in january and its a disgrace to our country its a hoax republicans hold the Senate Majority which means that obviously a conviction in the sun will fall well short of the 2 thirds requirement to remove President Trump from office and i think you would likely expect that it would be entirely a partisan vote outside the ivory domes of the u. S. Capitol polls show the American Public is also strongly divided by party voters who identify as democrats strongly support the impeachment republicans are strongly opposed that about split the population evenly in halves with opinions unchanged since the beginning of this impeachment inquiry republicans say trump spate should be decided by the people in next years elections but democrats say because trump is accused of soliciting foreign interference in those very elections he must be held accountable now heidi joe castro aljazeera washington. Still ahead on aljazeera grieving family as a tough action by the mexican president after yet another jump in the countrys imagination. And federations in argentinas capital i had found of theres an alteration as the countrys new president. Hello winter has settled in now the snow will mount fuji proper snow but the real cult distil held over in the mainland united boss talk on the nice not massive well probably see some stuff the High Temperature of minus 3 and thats no good extend to north korea its 6 degrees in sapporo the snow comes across it will settle in the high ground but by day you might get enough to not have it settle very much in the city the high ground in northern honshu also looks snowy weather was talking about rain again it was the exception of fuji to succeed above average but its going to get colder and we are in low single figures anyway elsewhere on the nice rainy sunny skies although quite possibly foggy mornings thats true for beijing as well in fact for the whole of Mainland China its quiet weather there puffiness but a cat here in sichuan own goals and you know which might produce a shower to tempt the regime more or less where it should be for this time the year there are still a few showers in the South China Sea and catching the philippines as well but the main rainbow goes through tokyo as you will central somalia its on its way down towards java which is where you might expect it to be the northeast monsoon is still bringing frequent showers distro lanka a little less to tell lottie so look up the northwest once again the next winter fronts on its way through here with rain and snow. Inch and a bruise to communist leaders. Age old philosophies and the rule of order remain central to the worlds oldest living civilization. In the 1st of a 2 part series the big picture charts how our history standing by 1000 years chinas will in the industrialized world. But surely a complex part one on aljazeera. Hello again im starting a tender heart or mind of our top stories this hour an Algerian Court has sentenced former Prime Minister to 15 years in prison for corruption charges his predecessor was also sentenced to 12 years and follows sweeping fraud investigations after the former president. Stepped down in april. Myanmars leader Aung San Suu Kyi has arrived at the uns top court in the netherlands to defend her country against genocide charges as military is accused of mass rape the killings and burnings during its crackdown on ring of muslims and 2017. And us House Democrats are preparing to reveal 2 articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump a possible voters on those by the full house could come as early as this week. Now qatars Prime Minister is meeting gulf leaders amid hopes of an easing of the regions diplomatic crisis he greeted saudi arabias king selma after arriving at the. 40th Gulf Cooperation Council in the capital Riyadh Saudi Arabia the u. A. E. Bahrain and egypt cut diplomatic and economic ties with cattle in 2017 thank you as the country of supporting terrorism which has repeatedly deny and will not get ansari is a professor of political sociology at cateye university and he says any major change is still a long way off i think its quite sumptuous to think that there might be any. Breakthrough doing this summit. Crisis that took place during the past 3 years will not be solved this quickly in this hastily in. Summit in india so i think there are 3 main obstacles 1st of all there is an issue of trust trust has been broken between the neighbors especially from the side of cut out of that work very closely with saudi arabia between 20132017 after the crisis this trust between the leaders and between the states will need to be amended in a in a very severe way if you will the 2nd challenge i think is the need of the locating countries defined as a face saving way out of the crisis and this will not happen unless got there concedes to some kind of at least a media show of weakness in front of the other countries something i dont think that at the moment is quite inclined to do or needs to do the 3rd challenge is the place of saudi arabia now with its allies you a brain especially you aid seems very clear that was there we are seems quite open to the idea of ending this crisis doesnt seem in such a hurry to do so. Libyas un recognized government as warning that forces loyal to warlord Khalifa Haftar are close to entering tripoli and its foreign minister says huffed as troops have been helped by an influx of russian fighter is the uns envoy to libya has also warned of a possible bloodbath in the capital after us forces launched an offensive to take tripoli back in april but have so far failed to enter the city check police say the gunman suspected of killing 6 people in a hospital has now killed himself the shooting took place in a hospital waiting room in the eastern city of Ostrava Police say the suspect then shot himself shortly afterwards he was inside a car that officers were searching for well earlier i spoke to tears or much out of it shows that journalist at check t. V. He told me a little more about the incident. So we know for sure that this this was not an employee this was a guy who entered the hospital with a gun in a concealed gun apparently and then he just entered one of the waiting rooms inside of the hold spittles and killed people from the very short distance he actually pointed the gun towards the the head or neck and shoot at them one after another and then he left thats what we know so far and as i told you we dont know about the motivation but the according to the Police Sources it might look that this was a local guy this was not like an International Terrorist or anything like in that sense. There have been protests across northeastern india after a controversial citizenship bill passed its 1st stage in Parliament Demonstrators blocked streets with burning tires and student groups organized a large scale shut down across 8 different states now the proposed law is geared towards granting citizenship to those fleeing religious persecution but it excludes muslims some say its the governing hindu nationalist parties latest attempt and sidelining muslims in india indias upper house are set to vote on the bill on wednesday. As in new delhi and she says its likely the bill will pass the upper house to why there are sharp divisions the government did pass the bill in the law has a bit of thumping ridge already of 3 111. 00 people watering for it and just about 80 was against it so