But says it should also be shared with eritreas leader. Says he impeachment charges against him a week Democratic Party leaders announced on tuesday accusing him of abuse of power and obstruction of congress heidi joe castro reports from washington standing before a portrait of one of the nations Founding FathersGeorge WashingtonHouse Democratic leaders made a historic announcement today in service to our duty to the constitution and to our country. The House Committee on the judiciary is introducing 2 articles of impeachment charging the president of the United States donald j. Drum with committing high crimes and misdemeanors the 1st article is abuse of power for withholding security aid and a white house visit with ukraines leader in exchange for political investigations that would benefit trumps reelection the 2nd obstruction of congress for refusing to cooperate with impeachment investigators the evidence is every bit as strong that President Trump has obstructed congress fully without precedent and without basis in law if allowed to stand it would decimate congresss ability to conduct oversight of this president or any other in the future trump is only the 4th u. S. President to have impeachment proceed this far he denies all wrongdoing tweeting during the democrats announcement witch hunt democrats say the evidence against trump is damning it includes testimony from more than a dozen witnesses and a white house call summary showing trump asked ukraine to launch investigations into his political rivals republicans though say thats not enough to remove a president theyre not impeaching the president because they they can the list and Impeachable Offense theyre impeaching him because theyre afraid he will get reelected thats not why you have the power of impeachment thats the abuse of power democrats are keeping the impeachment articles narrowly focused on trumps recent conduct with ukraine they decided not to charge the president trying to stop the previous moller investigation that examine whether his campaign had colluded with russia in the last president ial election in less than a years time a deeply divided america will return to the polls that will be after trumps impeachment trial in the senate where hell likely be acquitted by his fellow republicans democrats say despite the slim chance of removal doing nothing or waiting what amounts to complicity with trumps misconduct the argument why dont you just wait amounts to this. Why dont you just let him cheat in one more election why not let him cheat just one more time democrats say trump remains a threat to the Upcoming Elections and to his own country heidi joe castro aljazeera washington the old Saudi Arabian military students in the u. S. Have had the training suspended it follows an attack on the air base in florida last week in which 3 people were killed Gabriel Elizondo reports. The decision taken by the pentagon its being called a security and safety stand down all saudi military students at all u. S. Military bases barred from training indefinitely in the United States the decision comes as the f. B. I. Continues to investigate a shooting on a u. S. Military base on friday when a Saudi Royal Air force officer killed 3 u. S. Service members and wounded several others the gunman Mohammed Saeed he 21 year old lieutenant was killed by police the decision to shut down saudi training is believed to affect more than 850 saudi military personnel in the u. S. Analysts say the move to halt saudi training is significant for sending a signal to a country that you have a close relationship with you sell a lot of military equipment that we dont trust the people that are part of your your your government theyre trying to send a signal that its important that you make sure that the people you send us are not prone to do some of these terrible things the shutdown is part of a 10 day security review ordered by defense secretary marc esper any tended to examine betting procedures of Foreign Military students in the u. S. Its an escalation by the pentagon it 1st said the halt to training would only affect about 300. 00 saudis at 3 bases in florida but then late tuesday expanded that to all saudi military students in the u. S. Person after the shooting the governor of florida said it was terrorism and urged the pentagon to do a better job of screening for newer terry students theyre doing a big review about how all this stuff is done in terms of the vetting my sense is that more needs to be done over the weekend the defense secretary signaled a review was considered anybody that comes to United States to train is or should be. Its vetted by the Department StateDepartment Homeland security and ultimately us there are more than 5000 military personnel from more than 150 Different Countries currently in the u. S. And various bases throughout the country doing training its a military exchange thats been going on for many years now but since the shooter was from saudi arabia its now saudi military personnel that are being closely scrutinized gabriel zonda oh how does it or washington. And the saudi diplomats who headed the kingdoms istanbul consulate where journalist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered has been barred from entering the u. S. Mohammed al of tybee is accused of human rights 5 violations over the killing in october last year the cia and some western governments have said they believe crown Prince Mohammed bin solomon ordered because showed his murder that saudi officials deny that. The white house says donald trump is again wont russia not to interfere in u. S. Elections as he met foreign minister sergey love at all as our correspondent patty kohei it had all the pleasantries expected when a foreign diplomat visits the u. S. Meetings a working lunch with the secretary of state but somewhat unusually the Russian Foreign minister got another meeting at the white house with the u. S. President earlier at the state department circle of robin might pompei o said their discussions pretty much spanned the globe from syria to venezuela ukraine to israel but it was the 2016 u. S. Election and allegations that russia interfered in it they provoked some tough talk a flat denial from liberals who repeatedly said the white house was refusing to release correspondence to prove their innocence. Is the clothes we read them all or report there is no proof of any collusion for the 4th time now our suggestion is to publish that data that would show how russia responded through especial channels to review threats and Cyber Networks to show how russia responded to show how we suggested how to discuss this confidentially i will publish all the documents we think appropriate we think weve shared plenty of facts that show what happened in the 2016 election with our russian counterparts we dont think theres any mistake about what really transpired there but critics say tough words here at the state department are simply not enough they say the entire welcome sends a dangerous message i think we should not be receiving foreign minister of russia over. The state department it rewards their bad behavior it rewards the kind. Of disruption you know democracy in russia has been gauged in and it will lead to more the visit comes at a time when the u. S. President is facing impeachment for allegedly trying to get ukraine to interfere in the next election but this made it clear what happened in the last one is still proving to be a problem for both countries relationship pedicle hain aljazeera at the u. S. State department. Gunman who shot dead at least 5 people in somalias capital mogadishu had a hotel near the president ial palace. Police killed 2 of the attackers and rescued dozens of people from the building alshabaab has claimed responsibility. Meanwhile see the un c. G. Is set to lead her countrys defense against allegations of genocide a day after sitting through graphic accounts of mass murder and rape the crimes have said to have been committed by the military and are at the center of a case that the International Court of justice in the hague when hey is there. Once a human rights and democracy campaigner myanmars leader arrived at the International Court of justice accused of being complicit in genocide the case against Aung San Suu Kyi is government was brought by the gambia on behalf of the organization of islamic cooperation on the opening day it was alleged widespread abuses were carried out by me and my Security Forces against communities which they say amount to genocide every day of them means that more people have been killed more woman ive been alive and my children have been burnt alive for what crime and the because they were born different born of a different ways and to a different religion from doors who kill and weep them and for this honorable judges they have been made the ultimate price genocide. As lawyer after lawyer laid out the game because case suchi watched and listened in the court room one could only imagine what was going through her mind as repeated allegations were made of rape torture and murder by soldiers it was very important for thir have to 30 inches away from people who are describing and really excruciating and painful detail of the horrible crimes of the Burmese Military that happened on her watch me and says the raids on villages in Rakhine State were legitimate Counterterrorism Operations the gambian say me and maher was and still is trying to wipe out an entire ethnic group in the short term the court is being asked to order me and mar to take steps to protect the rich from 3rd the genocidal acts the opening of this trial was ironically held on International Human rights day day 2 will see me and begin its defense led by Aung San Suu Kyi herself it will be a remarkable sides a Nobel Peace Prize winner detained for years by the military now defending them and herself against charges of genocide. The case before the i. C. J. Is not a criminal trial meaning charges wont be brought against individuals but given what she wants stood for own son sued she is effectively on trial along with the military and government as she left she was jeered by protest as we came to see the rigging finally had their day in the worlds highest course when hey aljazeera the hague. Still to come here in aljazeera says may and laura volcanic grumbling cant recover a cruise away from new zealands one time an. Elegant welcome back to International Weather forecast what we do have a few clouds pushing through iraq right now making their way towards iran you can see it on the satellite image right here and that is going down here towards the southeast more towards the arabian sea and were going to be seeing some rain showers here for karate here on wednesday maybe 28. 00 degrees but the snow is going to increase in the Higher Elevations by the time we get towards thursday we do have a storm system that we are going to be watching very closely over the next few days comey and off the mediterranean making its way towards the east and that is going to bring some very heavy rain not only for turkey for a cyprus for parts of syria as well as into lebanon as well for beirut expect your conditions to start to deteriorate as we go to the next couple of days we have seen flooding there already so it is going to be heavy rain here on thursday and windy conditions by the time we get towards friday well we have seen a lot of rain here across much of the gulf the rains going to continue on wednesday but by the time we get towards thursday things will be clearing up across much of the area and then very quickly a plus across parts of Southern Africa we are going to be seeing rain for durban with attempts of 24. 00 degrees but by the time we get towards friday we are going to see those temperatures come down as well johannes. You may pick up a few showers as well a 24 and cape town 27 degrees. Sponsor. You out on the test whether on line you feel the weight of the system you do walk through each and every layer further and further into the jail or if you join us on we tend to start from day one whether again youre in detention or your own car this is a dialogue everyone has a voice for the studies that support. People the reason for joining the global conversation is iraq. Taking over the top stories here. And president has called the impeachment charges against him weak Democratic Party leaders announced in one choose to accusing him of abuse of power and obstruction of congress. The pentagon has suspended the training of more than 850 Saudi Arabian military students and follows an attack by a Saudi Air Force officer at an air base in florida last week. She is set to lead her countrys defense against allegations of genocide they stem from the 27000 military crackdown which force 70000 mostly rango muslims to flee to neighboring bangladesh. The volcanic activity has significantly increased on new zealands why fall into what could be a blows to efforts to recover the 8 people who are still missing but believed dead erupted on monday killing at least 6 people 1st. Others are in hospital 25 a veteran are in Critical Condition theres mounting pressure from relatives to find the 8 people who remain unaccounted for but police say safety is paramount weve got to be suitable the environmental. Situation in iran the oil and. Then we can like senator sessions once weve got all the information. So the. Huge priority for us weve got to get this right we cannot put other people. To go out there into. The oil and actually. Correspondent jessica washington is on the coast near to white island and shes been speaking to people who helped the survivors the mood here in fact attorney is noticeably grim this community has been deeply affected by the tragedy that happened just 50 kilometers from here on white island. River systems when we flew into the war we could see a lot of people really distress lawing and. Some searching with her for looking. To sort of to. Help people. This is. A horrendous and while large number of the people who have been negatively affected overseas visitors coming onto boats and things like they. We do have local people some. Boats which would normally be packed with tourists are instead docked here as we await information from authorities on whether or not its safe for them to commence their recovery operations on white islands. That investigation by the Reuters News Agency has found that former white house executives helped to build a controversial spying. Unit for the United Arab Emirates the program is code named dread by the u. A. E. And was built to follow suspects in the years after the september 11th attacks reuters says Richard Clarke a former counterterrorism chief of president s clinton and bush set up the program in 2008 the units fake us went further though targeting human rights activists and both the government of qatar and footballs governing body fifi over the 2022 world cup Joe Shechtman is the Investigative Reporter who broke the story for reuters he says the u. S. State department probably didnt intend for the program to become what it has yeah i think that the legal lines of what they could do became very blurred and i think they became more blurred over the years you know as we previously reported you know the same project would end up targeting aljazeera itself would end up targeting media figures human rights activists b. B. C. Journalists womens rights activists all over the world and i dont think that thats you know what someone like Richard Clarke or or the state department have had ever necessarily intended the problem is when you when you create a Surveillance Program like this its very easy for it to spiral out of control and become like sort of a tool for for those in power to go after their enemies i think the u. S. Government its within their power to say that. You know former n. S. A. People cant go to work you know for the u. A. E. As hackers you know they cant stop the program from functioning but theres no reason that the u. S. Government has to authorize and allow people who gave these kind of hacking skills to go and work for a monarchy that is you know using those skills to you know to to stifle dissent. Gulf leaders have made a show of unity at a summit in the saudi capital despite lingering divisions the Gulf Cooperation Council called for closer military and financial ties but the ongoing blockade of catarrh loomed large over the meeting saudi arabia the u. A. E. Bahrain a non g. C. C. Country egypt cut diplomatic and economic ties with catherine 2017 they accuse its government of supporting terrorism which it denies north. As you may have noticed since the crisis began weve been moving in 2 axis and the 1st is the crisis itself and the core of the problem his Royal Highness the emir of kuwait has been mediating between all concerned parties and this was at the highest level as you have seen all of the state leaders have been hailing the air force exerted by his Royal Highness