After barely escaping the last rebel held profits. And everyone sudans former president has just stepped into a court in the capital khartoum where a judge will soon deliver a verdict in the 1st of several trials after his near 30 years of ruling but she has been facing charges of corruption and the illegal possession of foreign currency remember he was overthrown back in april after months of demonstrations this case against him centers on the suitcases found in his home which was filled with multiple currencies with more than 130000000. 00 but she denies any wrongdoing and says much of the money was actually a gift from the Saudi Crown Prince mohammed bin summon him organising a cartoon keeping an eye on things i have a take us through whats expected today. Welcome all people are expecting that this will be the final hearing again in the heat in the trial against former president im going to be here as you said hes been charged with illicit possession of illegal possession of foreign currency and illicit financial gains charges he and his lawyers for with deny and they say that he has the right to receive money as head of state but these are not the only charges that is facing former president obama to be sure he will be handed a very big and sentencing for these charges here today but they are the charges just a few days ago he was investigated and enter a gated for his role in the 1989 coup that brought him to power and also a democratically elected government so even if a hearing is issued today and over it is issued and he is sentenced to jail sent to jail or not then there are other charges that are still waiting on the president bashir ok slight tangent here but lets go with this part of the end of of bushs role was about the dismantling of the entire regime and everything that was associated with him part of that is the labor unions if im not mistaken if theyve been disbanded and that happened just recently how does that affect what might happen today in the protest movement and for the people of sudan. Well people his supporters specifically and supporters of the former ruling party which was dismantled less than 10 days ago have said that they do not accept the decision there is thing that this whole trial is illegal that as former head of state he was allowed to do what he thought was right for the sake of or for the interest of the country so yesterday the Sovereign Council issued a decision to dismantle the labor unions as part of the decision to dismantle the former ruling party most of those labor unions were established during the time of the former ruling party so they view those unions as strongholds and as held by members of that party which is now dissolved the people are not taking this lightly theyre calling for a 1000000 man march that is why most of the streets leading to the Army Headquarters as of last night had been closed by the military and they were there was a statement by the military wearing all the citizens to not approach the Army Headquarters not just in the capital hudson but various other states as well so there was a bit of attention here and how to many other states people are worried that if a verdict is issued in favor of the former president then there will be protests because people would say that the trial has been a sham an unfair and if it is against and not in his favor then his supporters will come out to protest that ok thank you for now him or morgan in khartoum and this is the courtroom is where we are expecting some more news later on today concerning this 1st trial against omar bashir former president we bring you that news as soon as it happens to other news in the taliban is claiming responsibility for an attack in afghanistan the Defense Ministry says 9 soldiers were killed on friday in the district of the province several other attacks were also carried out there the u. N. Mission in afghanistan says 10 civilians were killed in one of the. North korea says its conducted another quote crucial test of its long range rocket facility state t. V. Has released these pictures kim jong un overseeing the test at the so hay launching station near the border with china this is the 2nd test at that site and just under a week and come ahead of a year end deadline north korea gave to the u. S. To drop its insistence on unilateral denuclearization. And his Main Opposition Congress party is organizing a rally against the governments over a controversial new citizenship law that excludes muslims its led to protests across the country new law which creates a path to citizenship for 6 minority religious groups from neighboring countries but muslims are left off the list and show voter reports on the northeast side of us and where weve seen most of the violence. d in the state of assam a Popular Resistance movement is growing. 2 people died in a violent protests on thursday and theres no sign of a let up people here say the law is against their interests. Them baser heater says the assamese people fought to preserve their identity in 1971 when bangladesh was formed and a flood of refugees made a sahm home. The new law extends the cutoff for refugees to 2014. The Central Government in there b. Has been between us put to long here using assam as a dustbin by showing whoever they want. A movement against immigrants from bangladesh has raised in a sample decades with claims it further strains the states resources they have been robbing the. They have been struggling yeah theyre been robbing jobs and that surely the local people the Indigenous People have been feeling a kind of insecurity some assamese fear they could become a minority in their own land these are some means have been singing songs expressing their love for their language and their culture this is a although there are cars on the roads and the shops may reopen things wont return to normal anytime soon not until the whole state of us is exempted from the new law. The protests here and go hearty on friday were relatively calm compared with the previous 2 days but those taking part see the stock market are humble not be looked for years. We dont have rice lentils anything but our movement is not over nothing is new. The japanese Prime Minister shinzo abi was supposed to be in goa harty for a summit but thats been deferred. Some worry the movement may lose its momentum but others insist the fight for us. Are to aljazeera. India there are also protests in the capital new delhi so how raman is there for us and as many demonstrators believe indias constitution is under threat. Thousands of people have gathered a cross in india to protest the citys many here in new delhi many have gathered not just here. But that makes you know way to the main area where they expect to hear political leaders and Civil Society denounce the b j p led government signed into law. The act as many see is discriminatory on many levels whether it be culturally socially on religious grounds and for that reason Civil Society and the opposition led in this particular case by the all India Congress all suggesting to the public at large that if you do not agree with the secular india if you agree with a secular india then you have to come out onto the streets because our constitution is under threat thats the message that the opposition are trying to get out and that message is being replicated across states such as carola punjab and in west bengal by west bengal on sunday were expecting a very large gathering of Trinamool Congress supporters led by my band the g. The chief minister that also denouncing what the Central Government in new delhi want to implement a soon as they possibly can for the moment it seems that the government may have a much longer fight on the house. A Us House Panel has recommended the impeachment of President Donald Trump this is another crucial step in the process that has divided congress and really the whole nation the full house of representatives is expected to vote in favor of impeachment at some point next week this report from the White House Correspondent kelly aka. Another foreign visit to the white house overshadowed by domestic politics as the president apparent why sat on comfortably in the oval office u. S. President donald trump railed against the democrats pushed to impeach him in congress for his dealings with ukraines president its a witch hunt its a sham its a hoax nothing was done wrong 0 was done wrong its a scam its something that shouldnt be allowed and its a very bad thing for a country and you are trivializing impeachment and i tell you what someday there will be a democrat president and there will be a Republican House and i suspect theyre going to remember that objection the committee is a journey. But democrats argue trumpet be used as president ial powers for political gain the House Judiciary Committee voted to approve 2 articles of impeachment against President Trump the Vote Along Party Lines allege trump withheld military aid in order to pressure ukraine to dig up dirt on a political rival former Vice President joe biden trumps also accused of obstructing congressional oversight into the matter for the 3rd time in a little over a century and a half. The House Judiciary Committee has voted articles of impeachment against the president for abuse of power. And obstruction of congress a vote to officially of ph trump is expected next week in the house of representatives hell become just the 3rd president in u. S. History to be impeached trump was visibly angry following approval of the charges against him lashing out at those he believes have done him wrong like the woman overseeing the impeachment House Speaker nancy pelosi is a liar and others a dishonest fake media horrible f. B. I. People crooked hillary a fighting mood morphing into strategy spotted on the white house campus on friday trucks personal attorney and ally Rudolph Giuliani its a signal trump is pushing to call witnesses and expand the impeachment process he says has been politically biased against him even as the republican leader Mitch Mcconnell is pushing for a swift trial in the senate i think theyre giving the signal that this is really just a show trial that senator mcconnell knows where the votes are and knows how this is going to come out and he wants to have a very short proceeding so that they can move past this quickly but for in a tory asli thinskinned president the personal humiliation of a looming impeachment in the house of representatives appears to have only intensified Donald Trumps desire to fight back in the u. S. Senate in an attempt to clear his name can really help get aljazeera the white house. In the news ahead. United nations accuses chile of using Excessive Force but some antigovernment protesters killed and others suffering severe i. E. Injury. And maybe an end inside china signed a tentative deal to ease the nearly year long trade war with the United States. Hello again welcome back to your International Weather forecast i want to take you over here towards the western part of spain notice those clouds pushing very quickly across parts of Northern Spain and Southern France it brought a lot of rain brought a lot of winds to the region but i want to show you what happened here in pamplona in terms of the flooding situation there of course pamplona is at a lower lying area in a flood plain a lot of the rain came out of the pyrenees and now were dealing with widespread flooding across the region not just in the city but across many of those areas these are the pictures that we are getting out after the last 24 hours were still going to be dealing with a lot of problems here down across the central and also the eastern part of the med this is that area of low pressure that came through and now were going to be seeing a lot of rain across much of greece as well as turkey over the next few days the winds also going to be very strong across much of this area athens at about 14 degrees here and as we go into a sunday notice that the system pushes a little bit more down here towards the south were going to lose the rain but were not going to be losing the winds and for athens as a 3 day forecast as we go through the rest of the weekend today is going to be a very windy and rainy day still a few a clouds here across the region on sunday but as we go towards monday things are looking better with a temperature of 70 degrees. The weather sponsored by countdown and. The stories generate foundations of headlines these protests are saying down with the system and down with all of the parts with different angles from different perspectives just because we came to prison doesnt mean right stopped at the gate separate the spin from the facts you western media jumps on stories we dont taking down the misinformation from the journalism its about telling the stories of those human beings on the ground with the listening post on aljazeera. With aljazeera and these are the headlines this hour a verdict is expected soon in the corruption trial against saddams former leader Omar Al Bashir he was overthrown in april after months of demonstrations soldiers then found suitcases in his home with currency worth more than 130000000. 00 inside saturdays verdict will be on corruption charges illegal possession of foreign currency and illicit. The taliban is claiming responsibility for an attack in afghanistan the Defense Ministry says 9 soldiers were killed on friday and they cut about district of gus name it was one of many attacks in the province. And indias Main Opposition Congress party is organizing a rally against the government over a controversial new citizenship all that excludes muslims the adoption of the bill has led to protests across the country creates a path to citizenship for 6 minority religious groups from neighboring countries but muslims are not on the list. Just days before the u. S. China trade war was about to intensify in the 2 economic giants of struck an interim deal a trumpet ministration has called off a new round of tariffs that was due to start. On sunday and will instead reduce levees in return chinas agreed to buy more American Farm products and to ease rules on u. S. Companies accessing its markets lets go to a city in eastern china a manufacturing hub there and katrina you is there for us its not a deal to end all deals katrina but its a start. Thats right its definitely a start and were here in erie city and if china is considered the factory of the world then it would be the shop front of the world hundreds of thousands of all of the world come to this sprawling commodities market to make orders for objects and other goods to sell back home in their home countries and many of those who come every year from the u. S. So this region the people who work 8 in this mall and generally in the south east in manufacturing belt of china these are these people who are among the worst affected by the trade war by the tariffs which have been imposed since the trade war began so definitely those what we hear today of breathing a big sigh of relief from this news particularly the wrist you are working with products that might have been given new taxes from the Top Administration this weekend but because of this deal those taxes have been called off and among those are the people who are selling Christmas Decorations to homes and households and companies all over the world. A Christmas Wonderland in southeast china bias from all over the wound come to this market city for the Festive Season decorations. But this year its not married bright vendors here say the trade with the United States is bad for business. Business is noise good as it used to be there are more and more sellers and fewer and fewer buyers i can barely make a living. But christmas has arrived early for the suppliers with chinese and u. S. Negotiators announcing they will sign whats called a phase one deal soon delayed extra tariffs on 156000000000. 00 worth of chinese products including Christmas Trees tinsel and a range of other goods however i dont want any agreement is only a temporary truce not an end to the trade was. They might be able to reach a mild as small trade deal but in terms of the stuff both sides really want the u. S. Really want china to get rid of in this drug policy odd to create a leveling playground for Foreign Companies this is not going to happen anytime soon to many chinese manufacturers expected agreement is likely to be too little too light extra duties imposed earlier this year some as high as 25 percent have already forced many factories to scale down production and fire stuff these workers have been on had since the spring will be gathered and with good reason the bicycle industry is one of the worst affected by an increase in tyrants and distracted the lies on im never going to buy it to buy. Later goods supplied bicycles to major u. S. Retailers including walmart and says a rise in tires has caused sales to drop by about 20 percent we lost soul our fears for this person worst still what we want to see how the person was going to do this year because this is the 1st year christmas was the for the purpose of. In order to keep going during difficult times this bicycle make it is relocating some production to cambodia and the asia back in many suppliers have already started m