Return to chinese rule by beijing is promoting it as a model for its one country 2 systems policy. Letter is internationally recognized government has approved a military dude with turkey paving the way for ancora to play a bigger role in the of the war the agreement could save turkish troops deployed to defend tripoli from warlord Khalifa Haftar egypt which backs half the rejects the deal saying it violates Un Security Council resolutions including an arms embargo were chalons his war. Libyas warring forces are on the move here soldiers have to Libyan NationalArmy Advanced west there are breaking now and hoping to open a new front for months ive been fighting on the outskirts of tripoli against the army of the government of National Accord on thursday the un backed g. And i announced its agreed to receive greater military help from turkey but that. After half an hour as an office side is receiving support from home this is known to all by so raj with his lawful and legitimate government and not receiving any support currently based on us why decide and provide them with the assistance we can afford. This is a proxy conflict that splits the middle east and north africa and beyond the u. A. E. Saudi arabia egypt and russia have all given greater or lesser assistance to have to but if we have to or might topple the government of National Accord has spurred turkey into overt action for turkey their interest is not libya itself anybody who looks at a map of the mediterranean will see that egypt to turkey south south cyprus greece and potentially libya if it falls on the half that and therefore goes into the u. A. E. Or bit is forming a sort of maritime choke hold on to turkey for turkey libya is the final chance to prevent this chokehold from taking place although libyas g. N. A. T. Has ratified the security and military cooperation deal it struck with turkey last month is not immediately clear what kind of military support turkey might offer libya or when but it reinforces turkeys role in influencing libyas future like with syria russia and turkey have taken different sides increasing their diplomatic leverage and corporation. We russia by the way are in permanent contact with mr seraphinas government with marshall have to we continuously communicate with our partners including those in turkey in europe and in other countries in our opinion the best solution would be to find a compromise between the 2 sides of the conflict. At the u. N. Aljazeera asked the secretary general spokesman for his take on turkeys military assistance i think the secretary general a couple times yesterday was very clear in his expression and frankly of his i would say is frustration at the situation in libya of the constant flouting by various Member States of the arms embargo and of the continued fighting that were seeing in and around tripoli and other places in the country but that fighting certainly isnt over yet will reach out and aljazeera now any turkish deployment were made approval from palmettos mohamad though explain thomas farm bill. Well turkish president. Is very clear the turkey is ready willing to all for the government of National Accord in tripoli watch help needs and boots on the ground if they come up with a formal request to. What sending arms is one thing and troops is a different matter altogether it takes on a whole process and right now that military corp agreement signed between turkey and libya is going through the formalities of getting. Approved by parliament its supposed to come up for a vote on wednesday to go to the north of the Foreign Affairs committee of Parliament Just this week and even after a lot happens and that agreement is ratified by a parliament then the government of National Accord i was once again go to send a formal request for the deployment of turkish troops on the haass to go back to parliament so that the troops can get not only the approval but also among the. 4 for what they will be doing exactly in libya once theyre deployed well libya is divided between 2 competing governments the un recognizes the government of National Accord based in tripoli its supported by turkey and many western powers including italy but in the east there is data broke based government that the center of power for warlords Khalifa Haftar and his Libyan National army has backed by saudi arabia egypt and the United Arab Emirates france is also accused of providing military support and russian snipers a fighting alongside half the troops when he launches a professor at George Washington universitys school of International Affairs and he explains why turkey has offered its support. Turkey sees itself as the champion of the arab spring and what is left from the arab spring it has this geo political struggle going on with you a in egypt and others and it would like also to support the Muslim Brotherhood where its under attack now the Muslim Brotherhood is much weaker in libya than in some of the neighboring states but its a part of the coalition of the west and of course we have solid fists on both sides of the struggle but but turkey definitely wants the western government to hang on. Were remains to be seen whether turkish troops will be sent but the troops are less important right now what the western government needs is technology and arms theyre not lacking from in power as much as theyre lacking for arms it needs more help in the air war would have to really has an advantage and it needs to make symbolic gains spoil the whole the western Libyan Alliance together and to demonstrate to the International Community that the west is going to give up any time soon turkey is really the only country that standing up against the eastern government which is backed by a number of countries the latest u. N. Expert panel report that came out in early december as i think officially being released this week cites particularly u. A. E. Jordan turkey as the biggest violators of the arms embargo but there are number of their countries russia sudan chad and others who are supporting have to are in turkey is really the only country thats been systematically supporting the west obviously the italians are helping in small ways and the americans are working with the west on counterterrorism but the west needs both symbolically and in terms of arms all the help it can get. The turkish president has denounced other muslim nations for not supporting his plans to resettle refugees in Northern Syria but it further advances his countrys under increasing pressure with 50000 people migrating from syrias province into turkey the latest round of russian attacks against rebels and southeastern has killed at least 3 civilians and left many more injured shelling airstrikes in the province have escalated in recent weeks. Now yemens warring sides have agreed to create a humanitarian corridor was in the key city of whole day there the port city is the countrys main point of entry for food and aid handling 70 percent of all imports the agreement follows 2 days of u. N. Mediated talks between what the rebels on the southern Led Coalition conflict has pushed millions to the brink of starvation and created the worlds worst humanitarian disaster. Lebanons president has asked an academic to form the new government is backed by hezbollah and its allies the album urged as a candidate without a goal in Prime Minister saad hariri withdrew on wednesday but there are already protests against his nomination as Tony Berkeley reports from beirut. 24 hours ago he wasnt even in the running but on thursday last sunday ab was appointed lebanons new Prime Minister and given the difficult task of leading the country out of its worst political crisis in decades you will have no new deal of unease if it should focus on preventing the collapse of restoring confidence and safeguarding National Unity by consolidating bridges of understanding between all of a nice people political and security stability is a priority today and it is a cornerstone for the protection of their country 5 years ago mr de Service Education minister in a cats government now hes promised to be a Unifying Force and has asked the country to bury its divisions and give him a chance not everyone is prepared to do that many see him as part of the old political order they want overhauled they want someone that resent as you know and as. The guys say is not related to anyone from all the parties and all the politicians in this country and doesnt belong to the cause of the regime. And the idea is that weve been 60 days on the streets and our demands are very clear. Lebanon has suffered from nearly 2 months of often violent and disruptive street protests over government corruption spiraling inflation and a dire Economic Situation but there are those who believe mr can succeed look now and lebanon is suffering serious military and economic pressures and risks a social explosion the current social revolution may lead to insecurity and instability and we all have to help the app is a technocrat and specialist and everyone should understand that the former University Professor was not elected unanimously the large influential sunny bloc led by the former Prime Minister saad hariri did not support mr diablo or nominate its own candidate he was backed by the predominately shiite Hezbollah Alliance the media in israel has already described mr diablo as hezbollahs man. And this shows that as well as dealing with lebanons pressing domestic issues he was also juggle the interests of outside powers such as a run syria the u. S. And israel which have all played a part in the countrys political instability. I was after mr diablo accepted the nomination people were still out protesting although in fewer numbers but in sunny areas of beirut and lebanon the 2nd largest city tripoli there were reports of roads being blocked and tires being burned mr diablo begin talking to all parties this weekend but its clear that not Everyone Wants to listen. Theres still a lot of talking to be done before her son is able to head a new government and that process can still take months for the question is how will his nomination translate for the lebanese people and will it be enough to stop the violence and the demonstrations tony 3 al jazeera beirut. Are plenty more ahead of the news hour including a gunman opens fire outside the headquarters of the vashon Security Services who will have a report from moscow. At the ceremonial opening of the u. K. Parliament the governments post for exit agendas revealed and a limpid golders and Roger Federer aside for 2020 people will have more later in sport. Donald trump is demanding an immediate trial in the u. S. Senate a day after being impeached but House Speaker nancy pelosi says she wont send the case to the senate until she knows how proceedings will be managed and that certain witnesses can be called but in a post on twitter trump accuse the democrats of telling the senate how to run the trial Shihab Rattansi reports. Here is that. The democrats were unanimous in a petri donald trump 3 voted against it and one jeff drew of new jersey is now going to join the republican party. President expressed his defiance after meeting about drew at the white house it doesnt feel like impeachment and you know what its a phony deal and a cheap in the word impeach its an ugly word but they cheapen the word impeachment. That should never again happen to another president we think that. What they did is wrong we think that what they did is unconstitutional earlier the Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell attacked wednesdays vote in the house of representatives to impeach the president as the fulfillment of a long held Democratic Party plan to overturn the results of the 2016 election. Houses vote yesterday was not some neutral judgment that democrats came to with great reluctance it was the predetermined. Of a partisan crusade that began before president trouble is even nominated let alone for now mcconnell has already said that he will take his cues from the white house as he oversees a senate trial for the president the democrats happy leader mcconnell claimed the impeachment was motivated by partisan rage this from the man who said proudly i am not impartial i have no intention to be impartial at all in the trial of President Trump. What hypocrisy immediately after wednesdays vote nancy pelosi refused to commit to sending the articles of impeachment to the senate for consideration some democrats of argued no trial should take place unless there are guarantees of fairness. However on thursday pelosi seems to be speaking in terms of where a trial would occur and if a trial would take place and next thing for. Me the process that is set point and. Then the number. That we may have to go forward last night. But wed like to see a fair process but well see what they have and well be ready for whatever it is the democrats want to be able to call witnesses as they make their case in the Senate Mcconnell has said he wants a swift proceeding as possible and the House Democrats making their case and the white house making its defense only then will witnesses be considered Congress Begins its christmas recess this week the entire month of january has been set aside in the senate for impeachment proceedings but as of now its unclear when the trial will occur. The aljazeera washington. And a 6th democratic president ial debate as underway in los angeles all 7 candidates are trying to convince voters that they are best suited their best suited to take on trump and next chance in that action and spreading our correspondent rob reynolds now hes joining us from outside the debate venue so impeachment not surprisingly featuring in the debate but i did hear one candidate saying that America Needs to stop obsessing with impeachment trough. Well you know the impeachment issue was certainly a very important phrase allude to this debate a debate actually started literally 24 hours after the house impeached President Trump and not surprisingly it was the 1st question that the moderators asked of the various candidates of Vice President joe biden former Vice President who is the front runner in the democratic race said that in reference to impeachment my job is to make the case as to why trump should not be reelected as president senator Bernie Sanders said we cannot have a president of trumps temperament dishonoring his office Elizabeth Warren the senator from massachusetts saying the key question for democrats is how to defeat the most corrupt president in living memory suggesting that she was the person for that job and in the end a mayor people who to judge said that no matter what happens in the senate this is an opportunity for the ordinary people of america to reject cynicism now there was surprisingly cordial tone in this debate no really heavy or sharp verbal jousting or or jabs between the candidates at least not so far the debate is due to go on for another couple of hours Climate Change was a major issues that took up quite a bit of time the candidate the billionaire businessman tom styer saying he would make Climate Change the number one priority of his entire presidency. I lived for policy also was that discussed with warren saying that we need to treat our allies better the dictators biden calling israeli Prime Minister benjamin netanyahu. Calling his behavior outrageous and calling for a 2 state solution as the only possible remedy in the middle east for 2 the palestinian and israeli situation and a meek low but you are saying it is time to return Foreign Policy to sanity people to judge again that mayor from indiana who has done surprisingly well in the 1st state to vote a little over a month from now saying how we embarrassed he was listen to other World Leaders laughing at president from at the recent nato summit. Rob thank you for that for now theres the rub reynolds for the latest from that democratic debate. Now chinas president is in the semi autonomous city of macau a territory the Chinese Government has recently hailed as a model of its one country 2 systems policy unlike hong kong macao has seen few protests at his introduce security laws that proved controversial in the neighboring region she jinping is expected to reward the city with policies that will help diversify its gambling dependent economy friday marks the 20th anniversary off mcalister return to chinese rule but these are live pictures from macau now journalists activists and even the heads of the American Chamber of commerce in hong kong were bought from entering the city in the run