dizziness. you will do impartial justice according to the constitution and the laws so help you god i do as the impeachment trial against president donald trump officially begins that our new revelations about his alleged efforts to pressure ukraine to investigate a political rival. matheson this is all just here a live from doha also coming up hundreds of migrants enter guatemala to join a rapidly growing caravan with hopes of reaching the united states with. the. cease fire broken attacks resume on syria's it led province with at least 21 people

killed. in iten nations considers setting up a monitoring mission in libya to keep an eye on any potential future cease fire. the u.s. senators last fall proceedings for the impeachment trial of president donald trump house democrats read the charges and congress triggering the legal process the trial which donald trump has denounced as a condo by the democrats is going to start next week i did joe castro as more from washington for. the ceremony laden impeachment trial of president donald trump is now underway theory. all persons are commanded to keep silent on pain of imprisonment donald j. trump has abused the powers of the presidency in that. using the powers of his high office president trump solicited the interference of

a foreign government ukraine in the 2020 united states presidential election john roberts the chief justice of the us supreme court has taken an oath to become presiding officer i do in turn swearing in the members of the senate to become impartial jurors so help you god. but an impeachment trial under u.s. law is not just a judicial proceeding it is a proceeding that is both legal and political with most of the jurists who will decide the president's guilt or innocence being members of his own political party and in an election year there is little reason to believe that republican senators when a vote to remove their own leader from the white house and the recent polling shows most americans expect a fair trial in the senate distro not one rigged in the president's favor the democrats say to get that they need to open the proceedings to new witnesses and new evidence that appear to incriminate trump further the president is blocking and

again the american people just about all of them are asking the question what is the president hiding this chamber exist pershing eisley for schussler madam president so that we can look past the daily dramas and understand how our actions will reverberate for generations. so that we can put aside animal reflexes and animosities and clearly consider how to best serve our country now the senate has summoned president trump to answer the impeachment charges to hold us it's a hoax everybody knows that but it's unlikely he'll make an appearance it's his attorneys who will plead his innocence in opening arguments scheduled for next week castro al-jazeera washington. well an associate of donald trump's lawyer has come forward with allegations the president knew exactly what was going on with efforts to pressure ukraine into investigates and political rivals white house

correspondent kelly hall has the story really like the explosive allegations came from this man left parness he says he was an associate of donald trump and worked in ukraine with the president's personal attorney rudolph giuliani now he's speaking out i want to get the truth out. in an interview harness who is in court for various financial and corruption charges describes delivering messages directly from the u.s. president to the ukrainians it was an effort he claims to dig up dirt on trump's political rival former vice president joe biden who's running to replace him president trump know exactly what was going on that he was aware for when movements these new allegations come at a sensitive time for the president of the u.s. congress begins the trial phase of his impeachment trial was impeached in december on charges of obstruction of congress after buz of power after reportedly pressuring the ukrainians to investigate biden's son hunter who sat on the board of

a ukrainian energy company on thursday a congressional watchdog agency released its report stating the white house violated federal law by withholding military aid to ukraine part of the quid pro quo allegations against trump trump also denies his relationship with parness and his associates even those photos of. and parness side by side have surfaced but i don't know him i have never had a conversation that i remember with him democrats are pushing for witnesses like parness to testify the white house is attempting to block witness testimony in the statement white house press secretary stephanie grisham pushed back on part of his claims these allegations are being made by a man who is currently out on bail for federal crimes and is desperate to reduce his exposure to prison but part of his claims may be hard for senators to ignore the guy at. her.

your house. while you're bored. never democrats have also released new evidence text messages and e-mails they say proves the president leverage presidential powers for political purposes parness says there was a pressure campaign to remove u.s. ambassador to ukraine memory of on a bitch from his post even releasing texts which suggested she was being watched and that her life may have been in danger before trump recalled her last year she testified in november she received a warning from a colleague and she said she wasn't sure but there were concerns about my security the ukrainian government has now launched an investigation into possible surveillance of the former u.s. ambassador kimberly healthy at al-jazeera washington. more than 2700 people have entered guatemala in a fast growing u.s. bound caravan that originated in honduras mexico's government is bracing for the

arrival of hundreds of migrants in the southern border with guatemala most people are escaping chronic poverty or gang violence is president donald trump is pressuring mexico and central american nations to accept more migrants as it ministrations also begin the process of sending asylum seekers from the u.s. border with mexico to guatemala john holmes in guatemala city at a shelter or migrants and started arriving. we're actually in the overflow section of guatemala city's biggest migrant shelter the custard on the ground the couple of hours ago there was no one here let me show you what there is here now days to sort of being given out now to people the rising food water as i say in the last couple of hours we've seen a lot more people here there's clothing bins of finesse you turn to your left a little bit there looks people here putting on fresh clothes a lot of them been traveling a couple of days already to arrive from honduras and then you can see people just

beginning to bed down for the night there's quite a lot of people the herb the people that are coming here coming for different reasons some of them we've been speaking to coming because they say basically i don't earn enough to live on so much in debt as a result of not owning enough to live that i can't go in my country need to get out other people are saying that they need to escape from violence in honduras in particular is really been in the grip of several gangs for quite a number of time going from the modest up of through cheer they're called so a lot of people are trying to escape that as well these people are trying to get up through mexico and probably to the united states mexico has said that it's not going to allow that it's been under a lot of pressure from president donald trump the united states for quite some time to not allow people from central america to reach the u.s. is southern border so you can expect once these people get to the border of guatemala or mexico to be met with quite a shock sort of strict resistance there. russia has denied bombing civilians in the

deescalation zone and so is it lead province as acts of the country's last remaining rebel held area resumed on wednesday despite a ceasefire at least 21 people have been killed in recent days. as more. the damage caused by one of several airstrikes in the northwest province of ethnic survivors trying to salvage what's left i emergency crews combed the rubble to recover the body of a child was other civilians were among the casualties and it lit city. did it have a jihad in the afternoon it lib says he was targeted by stick or 23 jets they hit the industrial area and alcohol market sloshing most of those hurt have serious injuries. in a nearby hospital friends console a father grieving his son was

a ceasefire which started on sunday was shattered on one so. 6 just attack it that city as well as several rebel held town. the ceasefire was brokered by turkey which supports the rebels and russia which backed the syrian government's 9 month offensive. fighters link to al qaeda are the strongest forces in these areas home to around 3000000 civilians according to the u.n. close 240-0000 syrians have been forced from their homes and it lives in the past 10 weeks no tents no shelter no food people are starving to death in this governor and they're not being bombed they're dying because they're hungry russia and turkey are reported to have been to go shooting the a sample isman of a secure zone for the displaced during the winter and russia has announced humanitarian corridors have already been established to allow people in its lip to

cross over into government health territory. it's unclear how many have chosen to go. with a yawn al-jazeera iranian president says dialogue over his country's nuclear program is still possible in a televised speech husain rouhani said he wants to prevent war but he also revealed iran is now enriching more your rhenium per day than before signing the nuclear deal in 2015 to one is accusing europe of yielding to u.s. bullying after it triggered a dispute mechanism that could really impose un sanctions on iran. when the us pulled out of the nuclear deal we contacted the other parties and expressed our preparedness to fulfill our obligations however today we in terms of the nuclear power we have no limit we are in a much better situation compared to before the deal our uranium enrichment today

it's much higher than that stipulated in the deal we had signed we cannot sit. at their bundle their obligations we will reciprocate. still ahead on al-jazeera a deadly winter in pakistan authorities declare an emergency in several areas hit by avalanches. hello air quality in northeastern china the most part isn't bad just south of beijing it's been quite bad recently but the air is moving the other east the cloud is moving is not producing very much good daytime temperatures at or of just above where the average would suggest but the coast of japan is certain the southern islands it's rather a different story that's rain developing even a hint of a proper circulation here you might sing wrong time of the year for that and you'd

be right but of course the waters are all one way or when they were so they are capable of doing this sort of thing but bring significant rain other to tokyo or just to the coast the eastern turkey doesn't change the temperature much but 9 degrees is where it should be but the rain the heavy rain for sun will be a bit disappointing to the south of that and of course it's the rainy season in indonesia and that's reflected by satellite picture it's not wall to wall thunderstorms of course not and we have seen a bit of an easing recently even in sudden sumatra maybe in job western java we'll see them start to build again on friday or saturday they're obviously there and kind of on time further north so much of northern borneo there's also a hint of the drifting east which is sort of and eastwards looks pretty wet come saturday jakarta maybe a lesser. crime

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chief justice of the supreme court has been sworn in as the precise judge along with 99 senators as the jury. or than 2700 people have entered guatemala in a fast growing caravan bound for the united states the migrants many of whom are from dillon will 1st have to enter mexico the top administration has been pressuring central american countries to accept more migrants. iran's president says new dialogue with the world over his country's nuclear program is still possible and he wants to prevent a war on rouhani also has revealed iran is now emerging more uranium per day than before signing the nuclear deal in 2015. vive countries the last citizens when a ukrainian jet was shot down shortly after taking off from tehran have urged iran to take full responsibility for the incident representatives from canada ukraine sweden afghanistan and britain have met in london they also want to run to pay

compensation to the families of the victims evocate reports from london. a moment of reflection for the 176 victims of flight p.s. 752 countries united in grief together in the british capital demanding accountability compensation and eventual closure canada lost 57 people it's the merged as the leading voice in the fight for justice there are many many questions families want answers all of the countries assembled here today want answers and the international community wants answer the world is waiting for those answers and who will not rest until we get to them iran initially denied responsibility for the crash a plane technical failure but later admitted that it shot down the aircraft

mistaking it for a u.s. cruise missile it happened several hours after iran launched a ballistic missile strike against u.s. forces in iraq in response to the u.s. drone killing of top iranian general kassam selim ani an investigation's now underway in iran experts from several countries have been allowed to provide technical assistance in the probe ukrainian experts are analyzing the plane's black box data recorders but so far few details have been released getting to the heart of what happened to flight p.s. 752 will require cooperation between all of the countries involved but in recent days rhetoric surrounding iran's controversial nuclear program has escalated and now the u.k. france and germany threatening new sanctions against the country. the deal was agreed in 2015 to limit the country's nuclear capability to return for lifting economic sanctions washington withdrew from the agreement to 28 t. iran's been dropping its commitments ever since and is now enriching more you

radium the before the nuclear deal responding to the threat of fresh sanctions president has done rouhani said european soldiers in the middle east could be in danger this tense political climate of mutual distrust and suspicion could hamper investigators working together to establish how and why so many lives were lost the park out of london. libyan warlord holly for half dollar has flown to greece after its government criticizes exclusion from a un backed peace conference athens and says it should have been included in the talks because tripoli assigned amount of time and military deal with its regional rival turkey the conference in berlin is the latest international effort to end 9 months of fighting between half hours forces and the un recognized government after said he is committed to a cease fire that's despite the fact that he's yet to sign a deal and the failure of a cease fire that started on sunday al-jazeera has learned that the u.n.

is considering a monitoring mission in libya to guard against changing his mind as a diplomatic editor james baker is now reports new york. the german foreign minister heiko mass in the eastern libyan city of benghazi meeting general khalifa haftar the man who brought fresh conflict to libya 9 months ago when he launched an offensive on the capital tripoli the general has still not formally signed up to a ceasefire just days before an international summit is due to be held in berlin. earlier this week russia and turkey which are on different sides of this conflict had summoned general haftar and fires alsa raj the prime minister of the un recognized government to moscow for talks seraph signed a cease fire agreement after did not al-jazeera has obtained a copy of the latest report by the un secretary general antonio good terrorists to the security council it's critical of what it calls the unrecognised government in

the east and says that the territory controlled by general have to has become a hub of illicit activity including the sale of drugs and arms this month's president of the un security council is hopeful about what could come out of this weekend's berlin summit we're waiting for that would news from the conference al-jazeera has learned from a number of security council members that there are plans for a mission to monitor a cease fire in libya one model will be the u.n. mission in the port of a dater in yemen which has been observing a shaky cease fire for about a year as in her data a joint commission will be set up with 5 members nominated by prime minister saraj and 5 by general haftar one can look at how data as a model of observer you know people monitoring cease fires in civilian clothes in a small area. libya is rather larger than the municipality of data

the actual monitors could be supplied as in yemen by the united nations but a number of different options are under consideration including using teams from the african union the european union or the arab league or a combination of those i'm told by one diplomat that the security council could authorize a mission very quickly but we're not there yet. one man who has shown he can be both defiant and fickle stands in the way and that general haftar james al-jazeera at the united nations. the taliban says it's over the united states a temporary ceasefire in afghanistan of up to 10 days it's being seen as an opportunity to restart talks in doha president tom called them dead in september the taliban wants foreign troops to withdraw all the u.s. has said a reduction in violence would see forces pull out in return for security guarantees pakistan's foreign minister says the taliban offer is

a positive step zain verjee is following the story from the afghan capital kabul he says there's some uncertainty over what exactly in unspent will mean in practice. what the significance is of this latest announcement of what many are calling a cease fire what the taliban are referring to is a reduction in violence the significance really depends on what happens next now from our part here the bureau in kabul we've spoken to members in the leadership structure of the taliban both here in afghanistan and as part of the negotiating team in doha in qatar and what we've been told is that they cannot confirm exactly how long a ceasefire would be the initial reports were suggesting between a week to 10 days they do not want to confirm any specific timeline but they can say that they have agreed in principle in a letter that was delivered to the u.s. negotiators for a short reduction in violence and that reduction in violence language is very important here they were keen not to call it a cease fire they acknowledge that perhaps that is what many are referring to it as

actionable on the ground that is likely what it may look like if an agreement is reached but they're keen not to call it specifically a cease fire referring to it as a reduction in violence because they don't want to interrupt any sort of. they don't want to cause any sort of disruption within their ranks the taliban are very focused on the fact that within the ranks of their own organization there is a great deal of skepticism when it comes to negotiating with the united states the taliban also know that their biggest bargaining chip that the main power source they have in any sort of talks is their ability to have military strength and their ability to carry out violent attacks both on the provincial and district level. authorities in the philippines eroding those who haven't evacuated near their how volcano to leave their homes immediately around 54000 people are in evacuation centers across but i'm just problems because of the threat of a large scale eruption some buildings in towns near the volcano which 1st erupted

on sunday have collapsed under the weight of falling ash right mcbride's joins scientists as they monitor the volcano in but i'm just province south of manila and he sent us this report. it looks deceptively small and right now deceptively benign. but it's in a lake formed in the crater of a much larger ancient volcano. the combination of molten rock and water is explosive and threatening what experts call a volcanic tsunami are missing we just need the ingredients. and water. up there since sunday's 1st eruption after being dormant for 40 years scientists from the philippines volcanic agency 5th arcs are working overtime to try and predict what the hull might do next. in. the next few days we're in we are trying to if this right

now are going to intensify. researchers are tracking the number and intensity of many earthquakes coming from the volcano as well as testing for gases it emits. although the plumes of volcanic dust and ash have declined the amount of invisible sulfur dioxide gas is a good indicator of how much molten rock is moving towards or reaching the surface . very tricky so whatever it's not always you get a lot so there are a lot of things happening underneath and you know why don't we know actually what the volcano is doing right now and there need it if we monitored. these tests are proving to hard poses a potential danger and provoking warnings of an imminent fall can make explosion forcing $40000.00 filipinos to seek safety. there's been criticism of the

philippines vulcanologists that they weren't able to give more of a warning about this eruption especially as increased activity was detected months ago but in spite of their experience active volcanoes such as this one are notoriously unpredictable and no one can predict what will do next rob mcbride al-jazeera batangas province northern philippines. southern africa is facing a hunger crisis on an unprecedented scale that's the verdict of the united nations the un's world food program says $45000000.00 people there are in urgent need of food aid and only has hof of the $500000000.00 it needs to respond to the emergency this blaming drought flooding and economic hardship half of zimbabwe's $15000000.00 people face chronic food shortages zambia the sotto and namibia also badly hit avalanches extensive snowfall and harsh winter weather have killed more than 100

people across pakistan in the past few days a weather emergency has been declared in many areas with experts saying the cold spell is likely to continue or has more from the country's northwest. the while in snow is strong and heavy rain had left a trail of destruction particularly in pakistan's northern area and pakistani administered kashmir most of the problem is because 'd of the boy infrastructure which could not take the weight of the recent dom's as you can see the general did not stand the john against the heavy snow that were dumped over this area by doug read their system i guess on how best to concentrate on improving infrastructure because most of the ball people indeed the regions are already living on the slope which are wild every driver laundered and landslides and the fact that most of the

poor cannot afford properly accommodation and although the government keep promising new homes it would be better to concentrate on how to improve the standard of construction even in the rural areas of pakistan to mitigate the effects of climate change and $2000000.00 might casualties but if i'm honest on where on the front of coughing the other 2 g.b. snow the roof this building collapse causing a lot of damage and losses despite the toll claims from the government we haven't received any help and are at the mercy of gone government should fold back a common should immediately are symmetry to send big helicopters for rescue and relief operations are small helicopters are not able to cope with minute conditions not help but risk us lots of people who are in dire need of. a cording to the buckets on material logical department this was an unusual bomb that emanated from the air a b. and c. and because it picked up moisture from the sea where surface temperature not

already warming a bonded area nor does it create a heavy rain expected in all we're just blog logistic and rescue and relief. if efforts have been hampered most relieve all but asians are now being carried out by pakistani military helicopter but the warning signs are quite clear for fagots on it had already seen devastating floods and now may see even more catastrophes every issue of climate change is now expected globally progress on roads or had very poor infrastructure what we have been able to see a damaged or the adverse struck just caused by heavy snow and also the fact that because of deforestation most of the landslides are now happening in the mountainous region and sometimes even avalon caves which has claimed a number of lives and pakistani administrate crush me this may be

a warning sign for a country like bhagavan richard one of the most wanted or brazil country then don't worry when it comes to the effects of global climate change. this is all just here are these are the top stories the u.s. senate has launched the formal impeachment trial of president donald trump the chief justice of the u.s. supreme court has been sworn in as the presiding judge along with 1009 senators as the june rain that process has been complicated after an aide to donald trump's lawyer claims the president is guilty let's ponder says trump knew exactly what was going on with efforts to pressure ukraine's leader. more than 2700 people have entered guatemala in a fast growing caravan bound for the united states the migrants many of whom are honduran will 1st have to enter mexico the trumpet ministration has been pressuring

central american countries to accept more migrants john homan is in guatemala city and he explains the tough and border policy the moderates will face if they continue their journey these people are trying to get through mexico and probably to the united states mexico has said that it's not going to allow that it's been under a lot of pressure from president donald trump the united states for quite some time to not allow people from central america to reach the u.s. the southern border so you can expect once these people get to the border of guatemala or mexico to be met with quite a show sort of strict resistance there iran's president says new dialogue with the world over his country's nuclear program is still possible that he wants to prevent war but husain rouhani also revealed iran is now enriching more uranium per day than before signing the nuclear deal in 2015 more than 100 migrants landed on the

shows of the greek island of lesbos on thursday comes there are already overcrowded with conditions being described as catastrophic the government says they've been reestablished a migrant ministry aimed at dealing with an increase in a rival's and bad living conditions authorities in the philippines are urging those who haven't evacuated near the holler volcano to leave their homes immediately because of the threat of a major eruption many are already in evacuation centers across but on god's providence some buildings in towns near the volcano which 1st erupted on sunday have collapsed under the weight of falling ash and those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after inside story good bye for now.

donald trump has always said he'll be tough on china and now he's signed a deal with beijing he says it will correct what he calls the mistakes of the past but this is really the beginning of the end of the trade war between the u.s. and china and who stands to gain or lose this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i'm richelle carey after more than 2 years of escalating tariffs and a seemingly never ending trade war the u.s. and china have a grade on a 1st step towards a truce.