Report from one of the key transit routes for african migrants heading to europe to slim my friends have been hidden by a smuggler who brings in across the Sahara Desert to be on the migrants safely and to the smugglers has enough of them for one transport and then the dangerous and sometimes deadly journey begins well go to niger where despite tightened orders by france continue to risk their lives in the desperate and a 6 goal thriller and the bogus legal lexicon dont mention to a draw it was one of the most entertaining games of the season one of the highlights wants her 3 little. One. My friend. To say goodbye to the star wars rise of the skywalker trilogy as the final movie in the series makes its world premiere. Im carnap and welcome to the Program Later today u. S. Lawmakers will take an historic vote on whether to impeach President Donald Trump the democrat democrat controlled house of representatives is expected to back a move that would make him just the 3rd president in 240 years to be impeached within trigger a trial in the senate on whether or not to remove trump from Office Thousands of demonstrators have rallied across the country in support of the democrats push for impeachment meanwhile President Trump attacked the impeachment proceedings in a furious 6 page letter to House Speaker nancy pelosi the president accused the top democrat of declaring quote open war on american democracy. Where washington correspondent alexander phenomena has been following the story since it broke and she traces the path to impeachment a historic day on capitol hill for just a 3rd time the house of representatives will vote whether to impeach as president though that is expected to be strictly on party lines after weeks of contentious hearings an expected bombshells and partisan fighting. It all started with a phone call a phone call in which President Trump asked president zelinsky of ukraine to investigate his main political rival democratic president ial hopeful joe biden and his son hunter i became increasingly aware of what followed was a congressional inquiry with a 1000 witnesses testifying in public describing crimes dealings with ukraine as improper and in as roughly its all going to blow up and here we are one witness intoxicated turned out to leak he ordered sunland the Us Ambassador to the European Union and so much. He told the investigators there was indeed a quid pro quo in the works that president pressed the Ukrainian Government to get dirt on joe biden jewel in exchange for a meeting in the white house at the same time you asked for military aid for ukraine was put on hold as depressive deckchair rections everyone was in the loop so we followed the president s orders corruption other witnesses added more damning details about Donald Trumps conduct time machine no evidence for the democratic majority in the house to move forward with the impeachment. The morning. The facts are contested 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. Abuse of power and obstruction of congress to charge and the democrats say that amounts to high crimes justifying impeachment however they havent convinced a single republican yet trumps party stands by the president theyre crying pietschmann as a political witch hunt you cant make your case against the prison because Nothing HappenedPresident Trumps high crimes threaten our democracy it so they dont like thats what this is about you know like the president they dont like the present supporters and they dislike us so much theyre willing to weaponize the government the votes in the house will mark the climax of this somber moment in history if the majority of lawmakers approved the articles of impeachment which seems likely it will trigger a senate trial to determine if the president is guilty of high crimes and misdemeanors and should be removed from office. At trial President Trump seems to be gearing up for he expects to be exonerated by the republican led senate and hopes impeachment will backfire on his rivals there was nothing done wrong to the power of the peach but one is not charged is it embarrassment to this country. The controversy has already fired for her in general Public Opinion is split over the matter whatever the outcome what is happening in washington right now reflects the hyper partisan divisions in american politics. Our heres a check now of some of the stories making news around the world. President emanuel says he is willing to make changes to his proposed pension reform by entering into talks with trade unions that announcement comes a day after a brand new nationwide protest the french government is hoping for a break in transport strikes before the christmas holidays. Chrysler and peugeot manufacturer p. S. A. Group have announced that their boards have signed a binding deal to merge the 2 automakers the company said the new group will be led by p s as c. E. O. Car lot of us the new company will be the worlds 4th biggest auto company. Australia has endured its hottest day on record with the National Average temperature reaching 40. 9 degrees celsius that tops the last record from 2013 the record busting heat comes as the nation battles a severe drought and bushfire crisis. Well the United Nations has urged rich countries to do more to tackle the world wide refugee crisis speaking at the 1st Global Refugee Forum engineer u. N. Secretary general antonio good terrorist criticize what he called a quote hostile political environment for posing a threat to Asylum Seekers now one example of this can be seen in the west african country of niger but the recent increase in the number of migrants going from africa to europe the e. U. Decided to shut down some of the main transit routes that go through niger brussels provided support for military to patrol the countrys borders and since then the number of migrants passing through the country has sharply decreased but Human Trafficking remains a lucrative business in places like a this mario miller traveled to aga dess or many claim pressure from the e. U. Is making the situation for migrants more dangerous for nearly 30. Brought people across the border from activists into libya he never thought he was doing something criminal. Like this who had its not true that we are socalled human traffickers and we are deceiving people its also not true that we treat communes humanely or badly. Europes politicians have demonized him as a criminal smuggler but here people like him used to be called press says and their work was considered the most normal thing in the world why should it be criminal to bring people from a to b. Most asks for centuries the desert city of agadez has profited from people passing through from west to north africa in search of work. But this stopped in 2015 when the European Union signed agreements with several transit countries to curb migration to europe because of that suddenly became unemployed 6000 other former smugglers in asia at his fate store and hotel owners who used to live from the travellers had no income. Even though migration decreased it never stopped say human rights organizations such as Doctors Without Borders this week even though the law is been in force in 2015 the bigger issue never stopped and they will never stop oh if you could doors to the recognition the reviews are good doors so what we see is the greater in small compared to the past they are much more vulnerable why because everything has to be. Over in the cloud the city hidden we managed to meet a smuggler who still active now his job is illegal if he gets caught you risk several months in jail ever since the military started patrolling the borders he tells us scenes like this one getting more and more common. This if you have to lets say im a driver transporting migrants when suddenly the military shows up with the letter of the migrants out of the car just down the road and tell them to wait there until i come back and then i just leave and they die there there are many such cases. Its very rare that drivers actually come back the un suspects at least twice as many people die on their way to the mediterranean than in the mediterranean itself who are these people who despite these dangers make the Journey Towards europe. We are close to the socalled get away at the border of the tunnel this this is where migrants are being hidden by a smuggler who brings them across the Sahara Desert to the migrants say here to the smuggler has enough of them for one transport and then the dangerous and sometimes deadly journey begins. A clay court yard under the open sky down hundreds of my grans waiting in places like this across the city. One of them as. A student from guinea he has tried to leave 3 times each time he was picked up by the military on the libyan border and the route through the desert is not good libya and the mediterranean are not good but what else can i do for you as a migrant from guinea was a man but he has little chance of receiving the right to stay in europe but that doesnt stop him. Although i want to go to europe i hate europe why do i europe because europe cant exist without Africa Africa is rich with resources like diamonds and uranium but who benefits from these resources. Europe is where these Young Africans dream of living and although the chances of actually getting there are slim for them giving up and going back home is not an option. Well joining us now from geneva is Leonard Doyle hes the spokesperson for the International Organization for migration thank you for speaking with us now 1st of all the u. N. Secretary general is urging developed countries to do their fair share when it comes to the global refugee crisis what would that look like. Well i dont your your broadcast being primarily about migrants who are traveling. From Subsaharan Africa north and indeed within theres a large component of side of the city a genuine fear for their own personal safety many migrants too as well they may not be in touch but they are definitely people in need if you need protection and. I think what the sector generally is really talking about is that there is the equality that you see in the world that leads to people spontaneously leading a lot of Good Governance in their countries for themselves up and were seeing all these fuckers who you so well documented in that last piece most mothers have no interest in the welfare of the people of their charges they want the money if youre a simple and although you do the piece seems trading somewhat sympathetic to us losing out in this game they are appalling and probably here and murderous in their treatment tomorrow so i think what we need is more equality and better migrants Good Governance so we say from this formerly in this regular people are not encouraged to put themselves at risk and use it all for ways to soften and tragedy one thing that the European Union has been doing is working to stop african migrants from coming to europe in the 1st place that was a policy thats been criticized i mean is that an effective strategy in your opinion. Well i would take some issue with the way you phrased it there so if youre a regular marge without regular documents so of course we are you seriously if youre if you open part ways for illegal migration to your that is not happening but the notion that people should be allowed to cross borders without awkward i think its time for them to stay an age when there are concerns about everything from the economy to security i dont know any country in the world this is how good are we have you with or without a passport so i think we need a little bit about this in the way you framed this question Leonard Doyle from the International Organization for migration thank you very much. The you parliaments top accolade the annual sakharov prize for freedom of thought has been given to weaker human rights activists toti the board was handed over in the European Parliament in strasbourg to his daughter because told he couldnt be there is currently serving a life sentence in prison in china on charges of separatism before his imprisonment of 2014 total worth more than 2 decades to improve the rights of the persecuted bigger minority more than a 1000000 members are currently being held in a term in camps in northwest china. Will home toti hasnt been seen in public for years this footage was filmed before he was jailed his fight for the rights of chinas predominantly Muslim Minority cost him his freedom for years he drew attention to the suffering of the weaker their restricted access to education in the labor market and the suppression of their language religion and culture. May want to drive you theres no representative for us no newspaper of our own version of what can ordinary people do when they meet in justice we are some of them will find in resistance for calm. In 2006 tohti himself wieder founded the internet portal weaker online to highlight the plight of the ethnic group the chinese authorities blocked the website repeatedly in 2014 told he was put on trial charged with separatism the former economics professor was found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment in october the European Parliament awarded toti the sachar off human rights prize describing him as a voice of moderation and reconsideration yeah but on your sack out of the parliament has decided to award the socket of prize for freedom of thought to. That a lot he has done much to improve understanding between leaders and the han as the group in china that has been put in prison for life. In the European Parliament expresses its full support for his work and wishes him to be released immediately by the chinese authorities i mean he got shot. She nice. His arrest in 2014 was seen as a sign of a crackdown by Chinas Communist Party sense then reports of socalled reeducation camps have surfaced x. Prisoners speak of torture forced labor and mass rape around 1000000 we girls are thought to be detained in these camps the last time our family members heard about my father it was 2000. That was also when the concentration camps started. Our family members are no longer able to visit him and we dont know if he still had health in the same prison if we we dont even know he is still alive. And so the winner of this years secor off prize may not even know about his award. Right now here are some of the other stories you need to know about protesters have gathered once again in indias capital delhi to challenge a new citizenship wall along provides a path to indian citizenship for non muslim migrants only the countrys Supreme Court has turned down a motion to stop the implementation of that. China has unveiled the 1st Aircraft Carrier built completely in china president xi jinping took part in the commissioning ceremony of the shandong the ships launch comes as the naval rivalry between the u. S. And china increases especially in the south china sea. Journalist ito is one a Sexual Assault case in japan and has been awarded 30000. 00 in damages ito accused a high profile t. V. Reporter of rape she has become a symbol of the need to movement in japan where Sexual Assault is rarely report. Our sports now and in the bonus League Leipzig dortmund drew 33. 00 in one of the seasons most entertaining matches so far that result gives leipzig a 3 point lead at the top of the table. You know whove been called the title fixpoint so the problem he never won in dortmund is a coach. Its a form the hosts dominated the early running and though jade insan show shot was blocks reprise was only temporary uni inveigled is right foot sort of that. If i go back in dormans midfield and feeling much more at home. I dont mean were in control and turning on the style censure again at the heart of things and brands with the fancy footwork making geometry look cool to nail 34 minutes go on. Like sixpence chance of the half came just before the break tipped over by roman turkey but he soon went from hero to villain 2 minutes into the 2nd half spiderman misjudged his leap with catastrophic consequences. Team a very no with the grateful recipient hed never scored against dortmund until today. Good things come in pairs the saying goes it was certainly true savannah 4 minutes later he kept his composure to equalise after geometry man branch got his angles all wrong. The pendulum instantly swung back into opens favor Marco Royce Cross for sam show the englishman smashing in his 8 goal in 7 games. But even dortmund actual super hero isnt invincible he limped off and like see grout their chance again with a little help from burkey patrick shit fired in his 3rd of the season. A breathless encounter had reached its end 33 the final score now government still hasnt won in dortmund but this will feel like a success. For looks like my lightsaber isnt working but either way its a big day for fans of star wars as the 9th and final film in the Skywalker Saga has its world premier the ri