A socalled gay conversion therapy to meet one man who even underwent an exorcism in an attempt to go straight but it didnt stop the suicide. Im still girl welcome to the Program Americas house of representatives is debating whether to approve articles of impeachment against President Trump republicans attempted to hold the session since it began by calling a vote to adjourn which was dismissed along with other attempts to condemn the democrats the most expected to take place after several hours of debate if successful mr trump will go on trial in the set us. Straight to capitol hill where were joined by Washington Bureau chief alexandra phenomena welcome alexandra to talk us through what is shuttle to happen today. So as you just said the morning started with a disruption only minutes after the house convenes to republicans presented a motion to adjourn without considering the impeachment articles to knew that they would fail but they did it anyway because its part of their strategy for ridges tiring their protest against impeachment so definitely we are going to see more of that today we are also going to see a very heated debate it is scheduled to go on for 6 hours but again here that republicans can try to slow down the process eventual lead the house will vote in 2 separate though its on to impeach on the 2 impeachment articles and it looks right now the democrats have enough votes to impeach dont know trump but lets pause for a minute and lets see how it all began. 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 a properly is all going to blow up and here we are one witness intoxicated or turned out to leak he ordered sandland the u. S. Ambassador to the European Union and so much on arms he told the investigators there was indeed a quid pro quo in the works that President Trump pressed the Ukrainian Government to get dirt on Joe Biden Julia exchange for a meeting in the white house at the same time you asked for military aid for ukraine was put on the hold out as the president directed 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. Good morning. The facts are uncontested the president abused his power for his own personal political benefit at the expense of our national security. If use 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 the at trumps party stands by the president decrying pietschmann as a political witch hunt you cant make your case against the present because Nothing Happened 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 use the power of the preacher and what is not charged is an embarrassment to this country. Whatever the outcome what is happening in washington right now reflects the hyper partisan divisions in american politics. So alexander phenomenon in this type of partisan environment that you describe is the president is impeached today and it goes take goes for trial in the senate will they if we do expect them to immediately just dismiss this. Well that is still not clear why it now if the Senate Majority is going to dismiss the case straight away they could be there could be 2 or 3 republican senators who would like to see more evidence would like to learn more about the alleged gauge or allegations or to hear more witnesses so that its not clear. Right now watch seems to be rubber unlikely though is that there will be a 2 thirds majority in the republican led senate to convict president strum and to remove him from office so this is this is clearly a very serious a business one wonders how a decision to impeach would affect the country. Well president strong has been talking a lot about that a lot about impeachment and hold bad this is for the country he has accused the democrats of opening a war on american democracy or focusing only on the impeachment and not paying attention and attention to the matters that are important to the American People who work or we have to say that it doesnt seem to be true because what we saw in the last weeks is that the democrats are trying to Work Together with the republicans if they think that it is important for the American People the house passed 2 bills they use today to avert a Government Shutdown and the house is also scheduled to approve a trade deal with canada and mexico this week so it doesnt seem to be true that the democrats democrats are only focusing on impeachment there are president ial elections next year how are todays actions likely to affect the balance. Will feel i think that its too early to say how impeachment is going to affect the 2020 president ial election a president trying to believe that impeachment is going to help him to fire up his base and get reelected but we dont even know who is going to run against him what is however notable is that impeachment will lead. Will force democrat senators running for president to interrupt their campaigns because they will needs to come back to washington to be jurors at the sets trial for talking to you thank you for that its wonderful norman in washington. Now lets take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world germanys chancellor says she opposes u. S. Sanctions against the north stream 2 gas pipeline from russia to germany identical suggested talks to resolve the issue the us Congress Approved the sanctions on tuesday washington says the almost complete pipeline will make the European Union dependent on russia for Energy FrenchUnion Leaders of met with Prime Minister eduardo phillipe in a bid to end the deepening crisis over proposed Pension Reforms the talks came on the 14th day of strikes that have paralyzed transport and other Services President mccraw has offered to make changes to his office insists reforms must go ahead. The deaths of 2 mcdonalds employees in peru have prompted protests against the fast food giant the teenagers were electrocuted in a restaurant kitchen they have a cab to lima but donals says it is cooperating with an investigation and has closed its peru outlets for 2 days of mourning. And journalists are sure ito has won a Sexual Assault case in japan and been awarded 30000. 00 in damages was eaten accused a high profile t. V. Reporter of rape and became a symbol of the need to move but in japan where Sexual Assault is rarely reported. Now to australia which has suffered its hottest day on record with the National Average temperature reaching 40. 00 degrees celsius beating the record set in 2013 the record breaking heat comes as the country battles a severe a severe drought and a bushfire crisis hotter than ever australia is going through record high temperatures and for a few here thats just another reason to make a splash. The norm. Is spared the health rest dehydration can be deadly. For the fauna rescue team the threat to wildlife is foremost. Through. That supply of. This probably not very much food up there because of the drought theres not a lot of water they dont get me in the river but some people have been calling out of the river this morning. So its just going to get worse and worse this is going to build up their already did once apparently have trays. Here with 6075 pretty clearly made of the extreme heat is compounding this problem since august millions of hectares of australian bush have the hotter and drier weather has rendered firefighters helpless. Scientists say it is a result of mankind failure to address Global Climate change fire chief warren wash could be to come over the next few days were going to say far far as Emergency Services and all those communities close to farmers and in doing those some distance from are going to be a challenge with the news written a new challenge as we head into this heat wave conditions that are going to dominate much of the sky and anger is growing up Prime MinisterScott Morrison after failing to concede for weeks that the fires were linked to Climate Change hes gone on holiday. For shoppers in central sydney however there is no escape a festive themed monument crafted from charged branches stands as a bleak reminder of the national crisis. Here in germany medicals government bans socalled conversion gay conversion therapy for minors think the government says the practice which claims to make gay people have sexual has no say. Basis of course is psychological. Has approved the law which must not be passed by parliament before it can come into force. By banning conversion therapy Germanys Health minister says he wants to protect young people the law says that socalled cures for homosexuality that try to change peoples sexual preferences lead to considerable emotional and physical damage. This is about addressing individual suffering and the suffering of those who have received the therapy but it also signals to society that homosexuality being gay or lesbian is totally ok mr. Bastone measure has experienced socalled gay conversion therapy today hes openly gay living without the guilt his strict pentecostal Christian Community pressured him to feel he had been playing by thoughts of suicide finally he sought the help of a doctor who performed an exorcism on the he then said that a big black bone was coming out of my back and that it was a really big evil demon that was responsible for my homosexuality and. Doctors have long agreed that homosexuality is not a disease but its estimated that 2000 people undergo pseudo therapy to treat their sexuality each year in germany alone the World Health Organization says this is a violation of human rights. One of the jewels of flemish mediaval arts is going on show in belgium after 3 years of painstaking restoration the adoration of the mystic. Brothers conversation on its original glory in the city of ghent the 15th century old the place is renowned for its radiant colors its been a frequently been a target for fees that has been stolen 6 times over the years. His reminder top stories of this stuff is out the u. S. House of representatives is debating whether to approve articles of impeachment against president from the public and strive to hold a session on the attempt was defeated several hours of debate will precede the vote which will trigger ive trial in the senate if successful. Dont forget you can always get the news on the go just download from google play from the app store and give you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as push notifications or any breaking news and also use it to send us photos and videos. 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