al jazeera. where every. the pressure builds for donald trump's former national security advisor to be called to give evidence in the u.s. president's impeachment trial i can understand the. the reasons why and i think we knew this already why the president and his allies have wanted to suppress john bolton stressed. kellogg's the whole robert you're watching al-jazeera like my headquarters here in

doha also coming up the u.s. president prepares to unveil his middle east peace plan but palestinians say it's far from the deal of the century also this is actually the fraud of the century defraud of the century. and mourning that died in the libyan city of misrata but they vow to keep fighting the forces of war more khalifa haftar. remembering the horrors of war survivors share their stories 75 years after being freed from the notorious nazi death camp. good to have you with us welcome to the program pressures growing from us democrats for a key witness to be allowed to testify at the impeachment trial of president donald trump calling for trump's forward national security advisor john bolton to appear before the senate following his claims that trump ordered him to tie military aid

for ukraine with an investigation into joe biden. we now have a 3rd witness who is apparently a direct witness to the president's tying of military aid to investigations of master bolton we could not have made a more powerful case for calling him than the case the president's lawyers just did in trying to contest that link between military aid investigations so once again they underscored the importance of john bolton as a as a witness who would corroborate exactly what the uncontested evidence that the house put on shows that president trump used hundreds of millions of dollars of military aid to coerce an ally to conduct these political sham investigations. of the cole for bolton to testify as democrats say the new information from john bolton that trump directly linked to u.s. security aid to his demand that ukraine announced investigations into joe biden

could significantly bolster the impeachment case this is stunning it goes right to the heart of the charges against the president. ambassador bolton essentially confirms the president committed the offenses charged in the 1st article of impeachment that article is abuse of power for allegedly putting his personal interests above that of the united states trump denies the allegation he's characterized bolton once his national security adviser as a disk run toward former employee who wants to sell more books i haven't seen him at this group but i can tell you nothing was ever said to john bolton but i have not seen a baby. i guess he's writing a book i haven't but several moderate republican senators appear to have been moved by bolton's revelations only 4 republicans would need to side with democrats to cole bolton to testify i think it's increasingly likely that other republicans will

will join those of us who think we should hear from john bolton inside the senate chambers the president's legal team ignore the bolton development completely not a single witness testify that the president himself said that there was any connection between any investigation and security assistance a presidential meeting or anything else by the end of the week the u.s. senators will likely vote on whether to call bolton and other witnesses but with or without witnesses the odds remain squarely in the president's favor it would take a 2 thirds majority of the republican controlled chamber to remove trump from office castro al-jazeera washington. while his conduct is being debated on capitol hill at the white house told trump is preparing to reveal his long awaited middle east peace proposal israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and opposition needed by the gods are in washington to discuss the deal which the palestinians

have already rejected all white house correspondent kimberly healthcare reports. that president alongside israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu u.s. president donald trump announced his. policing his long awaited middle east peace plan many of the arab nations have agreed to it they like it they think it's great they think it's a big start trump didn't say which arab nations supposedly liked the plan only that he'll unveil it on tuesday after white house consultations with the israeli leader and his political opponent blue and white chairman benny gantz gats was invited to the white house and met separately with trump amidst an intense election campaign back in israel. but missing from any announcement are the palestinians there are concerns tribe's plan will deny palestinian refugees the right of return palestinian leaders have declared proposal dead on arrival given there's been no

consultation this is actually the front of the century the fraud or the century. cancelling everything get into international and international. discussions broke down when the us embassy to disputed jerusalem from tel aviv in december 2017 the white house also cut off aid to the palestinians closed the palestine liberation organization offices in washington and recognized israel sovereignty over the golan heights moved seem to support netanyahu especially as he attempts to win reelection amid corruption allegations 1st. that the deal of the structures the opportunity of the century the israeli elections are in march trump denies he's interfering instead trump is touting this plan as an economic opportunity for palestinians. months ago his son in law jared cushion or proposed a peace to prosperity plan to raise $50000000000.00 to improve the lives of

palestinians in the west bank and gaza it's something they should want they probably won't want it initially but i think in the end they will i think in the end are going to want it the unveiling of press. in trump's middle east peace plan has been delayed repeatedly initially the white house said it was waiting until after the israeli elections given israel is now preparing for its 3rd vote in under 12 months the white house now says it's moving ahead with the plans release can really help at al-jazeera the white house let's go to europe now where the younger brother of the man just read a bomber has appeared in court in the u.k. capital hashem a baby faces 22 counts of murder he's accused of helping to plan the 2017 bubbly which targeted a concert by u.s. pop star on a grand day his brother salvatore baby died when he detonated his explosive vest chalons is following the case from london and explains how the trial is expected to proceed. the defendant hashim

a baby spoke only once at the beginning of the day to confirm his name after that it was a couple of hours of legal argument between the prosecution and the defense most of which i can't go into with all because of legal reporting restrictions until i ju or has been properly for in there are lots of things i can't say in order not to prejudice a fair trial but the crux of it is is this trial ready to go ahead yes and the judge just said to be more time to consider this so he has adjourned things and till 1030 g.m.t. on wednesday morning if if and when this does go ahead hashomer baby will be answering $22.00 counts of murder against him and one count of attempted murder which applies to all the $260.00 people that were injured in the manchester bombings there is also the charge of whether he was conspiring with his brother to cause an explosion that might have been painted his life now when his

brother blew himself up in front of 17 may 22nd in the lobby of the manchester arena lots of people coming out of the concert having seen ariana grande day. the youngest of the victims was just 8 years old the oldest was 51 this was a an artist that is very popular with teenagers so they made up a large bulk of the victims now the defendant says that he is not guilty of any of this the trial if what happens is expected to last some 8 weeks long. the fighting has been reported in an area east of the libyan city of misrata where forces loyal to the wallet clean for half the last of the fence on sunday at least 11 government soldiers were killed and 100 others were injured after us forces are accused of bombarding civilians in the capital tripoli as well tony berkley reports

now from misrata. mourners queuing in their hundreds to pay respects to $1.00 of the government soldiers killed in an attack by forces loyal to warlord khalifa haftar 11 men died and nearly $100.00 were wounded on sunday as they defended the small town of abu ghraib 80 kilometers east of misrata they included mohammed abu zaid 23 year old son abdul aziz who volunteered to help repel have to attack. and i get the impression is that and behave as you might have another 12 sons and i would sacrifice them all in this struggle against a man who wants to be a dictator. these images were put on social media it's thought that at least 12 have to as men were killed in the fighting the attack took everyone by surprise. as there was a ceasefire and we weren't expecting an attack there was a lot of firepower. he suffered shrapnel wounds to the head i chest and hand the museum on tripoli street tells the story of misrata as previous battles in the 2011

revolution and more recently against i saw in libya the fighters of misrata are known for their bravery it's what say the city 9 years ago and was a key factor and the downfall of moammar gadhafi but the people here also know what a cost can be when you oppose a dictator. in the 2011 revolution give up his forces occupied the city for 3 months 2800 people were killed and more than 13000 were wounded but it was the men from his rot who captured the libyan leader in sirte and brought the war against him to a close here they believe the warlord khalifa haftar is just like a daffy. limit you know learning it and as an object he wants to rule libya the same way as gadhafi we fought against a dictatorship which controlled us for 40 years and we want allow that to happen again if you here thought the sacrifices of the revolution would have to be made again and few here are willing to predict when the day will come when misrata no

longer has to mourn the death of this young man tony berkeley al jazeera misrata. still had all jazeera mourning a legend basketball fans pay their respects to kobe bryant after he is daughter and 7 others were killed in a helicopter crash to stay with us here on al-jazeera. hal is right on his way through japan now the same stuff that was unusually wet in china but it's going out of the way now so thunderstorms and significant rain most of it i think on the pacific coast of honshu once it's gone through the air is remarkably warm 14 degrees in a socket that's above the average by quite a few degrees tokyo joins in by the time we get to wednesday is going to be rain rather than stay for the most part i think of a hawk but you get some snow at least 1st of all behind it all it's now gone quiet

and not cold beijing's 7 degrees were hans' at 11 hong kong right about 18 mark in the sunshine of course but shanghai has gone up to 9 but a breeze but 9 degrees all same big showers are forming once again in borneo or typically at she's right into the sea which is where you might expect to be but they have been showing themselves quite big over java recently including jakarta and especially in sumatra and that's where the forecast shows for tuesday and wednesday they will both crittenton growth of course during the day when the sun is out the temperatures rise and humidity goes up in the air as clouds and increasingly so that's the case in borneo whereas for india we're talking really about looking to the north where that cloud is coming in rain or snow with height for india and pakistan. for. a journey of discovery. which is the cause.

of a letter germany addressed ground. 0 as barbara sierra traces a family link to the regime of benito mussolini and. his fascism return to italian. fascism in the family. this letter. found. on al-jazeera. welcome back you're watching al-jazeera news hour with me as a whole rob a reminder of our top stories republicans are under growing pressure to allow witnesses to testify at u.s.

president donald trump's impeachment trial it follows the leak of a book draft by the former trump advisor john bolton in which he claims the president told him to tie military aid for ukraine to an investigation it is political rival joe biden. also donald trump has been talking up his long delayed middle east peace proposal which she's due to release on tuesday israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and opposition leader benny gantz are in washington to discuss the deal which the palestinians have already rejected and fighting has been reported in an area east of the libyan city of misrata where forces loyal to the wall between for have to launched an offensive all something day at least 11 government soldiers were killed and 100 others injured. investigators in the u.s. are trying to find out what caused the helicopter crash that killed 9 people including basketball legend kobe bryant bryant's private helicopter came down on

a hillside north of malibu in california on sunday heavy fog at the time had grounded other aircraft including police helicopters where rob runnels is live outside the staples center in los angeles the crowds really growing still trying to come to terms with the loss of a global sporting hero rob. that's right sale and just a quick update for you the national transportation safety board is holding a briefing for reporters at this moment closer to the crash site they are stressing that they're going to be looking not only at the wreckage in the debris field of that sikorsky $76.00 b. helicopter that went down killing 9 people including kobe bryant but also looking at all maintenance records for the helicopter discussions between the pilots and the ground controllers other pilots record and

a host of other things so it's going to be a very thorough investigation now yes people here have been gathering all day we've been here since early this morning and the crowd has just grown so many people here to pay their respects want to talk to one of them cynthia graham who's here with some of her friends and family cynthia thanks a lot for talking with us each only you were a big laker fan you'd gone to a lakers game and like games what it what it kobe bryant me to you well he meant a lot to me he was a legacy he was a hero to me he was he was everything that. that every he was just my love he was my heart he was our hero he was the king allée he created like a nation. there was no color and ball our colors his purple ingle purple and gold powerful in gold there's no black white asian. hispanic is just powerful and all we're all a family we're like a nation and he meant a lot to me because he was

a very positive person to put a positive impact on anyone. koby was 17 right out of high school when he went to play professional ball do you sort of feel in a way like you watched him grow up from a kid to a man yes i do i watched him when he very 1st came on to the court all the way. up until of his day a definite and it's just. it's just hard to really process in china process this during the time that i heard that he had passed i was actually in a grocery store grocery shopping and as i heard from a cashier that my hero had died in a helicopter accident and how i got out i was his shot until i went on my phone and i seen that it was real and i'm still trying to process this in my mind as well as my friends and my family and i'm still in unbelief and so it still hasn't quite sunk in yet i can still no it hasn't i was up all night this morning looking at

i've been crying all day i've been here since 9 and i'm a be here until i can really feel a little bit of closure does this change will it change your joy in the game of basketball in the future and no it will not i will always be a laker fan i'm a laker fan from sun up to sunset i have to say and for you very i mean how much of like a fan and i wore a particle because of this morning i was washing dishes i was crying and got a low bleach on my clothes but i still want to come out and represent for his family and my prayers go out to his family as well to the people that also died on the helicopter or and i was always be a laker fan i will always be in a sports and so mixed with all this sadness and this disbelief there's a certain. a certain pride and even

a certain joy would you say would you say that 'd that there's that looking back the memories and then the determination to keep going on yes we can't stop here we hope he will say he would tell us to continue the legacy continue it if you look around here all you will see is like the fans and all of these people love him and i will continue his legacy and i will continue. lakers will not stop this is not the end this is the beginning of the excellent place to stop cynthia and your friends and family we appreciate you speaking with us this afternoon thank you very much so with that said a slice of the intensity of emotion that we feel among fans here in los angeles a city that is remembering kobe bryant with sorrow and with joy there are some difficult days and weeks ahead of show for many of these towns in california and across the u.s. thanks rob. well germany has become the 2nd country in europe to confirm the case

of corona virus it comes as the head of the world health organization arrived in china for talks on how to contain the outbreak so far 81 people have died while 83000 more are infected scott highclere reports now from beijing. the streets in the capital beijing are almost empty and the most likely stay that way until next monday now that the lunar new year holiday has been extended to help curb the spread of the corona virus more countries and territories have increased restrictions on people from a province or even banned their entry in some cases as the chinese government continues with its plan on containing and treating those who have the virus. i have to keep wearing is a mask if i throw this away no mask then i'm asking the government to sell more masks so i found out that everything sold out to buy food and vegetables now i hope the situation can get better after the chinese new year holiday china's 2nd most

powerful government official premier league has been put in charge of the coronavirus situation he travelled down to will hutton visited the construction site of a hospital that's been purpose built for the virus that we should build this hospital as soon as possible we set the date this february 2nd we bringing all the medical resources from all over the country will bring thousands of medical stuff to other hospitals in here he then spoke with medical workers on the front lines of the virus outbreak. who was in a safe and save lives because what you're doing now is to save lives your nation is relying on you while the people of china might be relying on those medical workers the entire world watches as the number of dead and infected continues to rise it's got higher al-jazeera beijing. well staying in asia the u.s. says one of its military planes is crash in afghanistan the jet came down in

a mountainous area in the eastern province of ghastly the military is denying claims by the taliban that it shot down the plane the bulb it is built an aircraft is used to provide communication capabilities in remote locations the taliban says high ranking u.s. officers were on board that everyone was killed. syrian government forces backed by russia have stepped up their campaign to recapture the last rebel held province it lip it's forced tens of thousands more people to flee doles towards turkey the click gauge how small. families pack everything they are in and head for safety forced from their homes unsure where they're going for a cell ever return many have already fled other parts of the country during syria's 9 years civil war. do you have nothing my daughter is about to give birth and i don't know what is going to happen to her i don't know where we are going to live

where you are going to go. this is what they're running from syria and russia are attacking rebel held from the air on the ground fighting has intensified with reports of heavy battles between rebels and government forces. or a new drive by president bashar al assad to recapture the country's last opposition enclave in the northwest has sparked a new exodus on monday tens of thousands of civilians fled towards turkey's border . since december it's estimated that more than 350000 people have been displaced from the region but then the people can no longer handle all the shelling many have been very patient and waited but today they offload because of the regime's advancement. syrian regime forces are raging closer tomorrow tell no man it's now largely deserted and destroyed after months of gone bad meant but it

sits on the m 5 highway which links damascus to syria's 2nd city our party the u.k. based syrian observatory for human rights says government forces have reached the cities east in northern and southern outskirts its capture would mark a signature. glinted johnson al assad's drive to take back all of syria. that is fighting escalates the human cost is also rising above i'm going to get all of them out which organizations here are totally powerless that's why we are calling on the un and other international associations to intervene in turkey which backs some rebel groups are poised to al assad's regime already hosts more than 3500000 syrian refugees this latest from bottom and could potentially lead to more soon crossing the border become a gauge al-jazeera. italy's right wing leader. has admitted defeat after his

party failed to win the northern region of emilio romagna so he had hoped to overturn decades of leftist rule in the region to bring down the national coalition government but the sitting democratic party governors the father bought a cd won with 51.4 percent of the vote compared to 43.7 percent for the league's candidate but all. the little lieberman there was he who tried to turn this election into a referendum for or against the national government i'm talking about mathias l.v. and i have to say i consider his behavior inappropriate and he's coming out as the big loser in the competition the reality is the citizens and the local communities took it as a referendum on him and so he comes out beat him. well responding to the results of it he was keen to highlight how the 5 star movement dated both the regions that voted on sunday but still unknown in time and anguish religion the 5 star movement

hasn't even made it to the regional assembly in calabria we're talking about the main party in parliament which went everywhere in the last a real actually and still 6 or 7 weeks ago had the most votes they also barely made it in the media. it's clear there's been a shift to the left and we can't wait to confront each other on a national level with our proposals for the economy society and family because prosecutors have volved of the geoffrey epstein sex trafficking inquiry want to speak with britain's prince andrew but the chief federal prosecutor for new york geoffrey bourbons says prince andrew has provided 0 cooperation he says the best gaiters have contacted the duke of york's lawyers and asked to interview him but there's been no response. some of the last living survivors of the holocaust have shared their emotional testimony as they are the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the death camp in poland more than a 1000000000 people barely jews were killed at auschwitz alone between 140 and 945

jonah hill has more from the ceremony. facing the entrance to auschwitz birkenau seated alongside the railway line the delivered multitudes mostly jews in cattle trucks to their deaths survivors shared their stories. from when. i remember making women driven in trucks from the barracks a gas chamber i can hear them screaming i can hear it in my subconscious when i remember those events world leaders royalty and religious leaders listened this was not a moment for them. and there was just dream. within my heart it was still alive maybe tomorrow will come one day and tomorrow did come

indeed memories remain. 75 years after the liberation of auschwitz scene of some of the worst atrocities of the holocaust the deaths of more than a 1000000 people this was an occasion vivid with memory and resonant with emotion the pain of those who lived through it and heartache for those who did not but above all another opportunity for some perhaps the last to repeat the mantra of a lifetime never again. blurs the lines between good and evil. that there must be. between nations. all those present here. to. act me and such a way that nothing like that ever happens again. this may be the last

major anniversary of which survivors turn up in significant numbers some have come here they say to refresh their own memories of what they lived through others to say goodbye to family and friends whose ashes were scattered across the fields as fertilizer most know when they speak to offer the hope that even when they are gone the world does not forget jonah how al-jazeera at auschwitz birkenau death camp in poland. your child is there with me cell robert a reminder of our top stories republicans are the growing pressure to allow witnesses to testify at u.s. president donald trump's impeachment trial it follows the leak of a book draft by former national security advisor john bolton bolton claims the president told him to tie military aid for ukraine to an investigation into his

political rival joe biden we now have a 3rd witness who is apparently a direct witness to the president's timing a military aide to investigations a bastard but bolton we could not have made a more powerful case for calling him then the case the president's lawyers just did in trying to contest that link between military aid investigations so once again they underscored the importance of john bolton as a as a witness who would corroborate exactly what the uncontested evidence that the house put on shows that president trump used hundreds of millions of dollars of military aid to coerce an ally to conduct these political sham investigations. meanwhile daal trump has been talking up his long delayed middle east peace proposal which he's due to release all choose state israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and opposition leader benny gantz are in washington to discuss the deal which the palestinians have already rejected fighting has been reported in area

east of the libyan city of misrata where forces loyal to the warlord gleeful have to launch an offensive on sunday at least 11 government soldiers were killed and 100 others injured. germany has become the 2nd country of europe to conserve the case of coronavirus france reported 3 people of the illness last week in china where the outbreak started least 800 people have died while close to 3000 already affected. now the u.s. says one of its military places crashed in eastern afghanistan the military is denying claims by the taliban that a shot down the play the ball but they're built craft is used to provide communication capabilities in both locations the taliban says high ranking u.s. officers rowboat and everyone was killed those are the headlines more inside story is next.

tribute for a legend on and off the basket every brand. new heights and became a global superstar how will he be remembered and what legacy he leaves behind this is inside school. and welcome to the program the world is mourning the death of one of basketball biggest ever still kobe bryant was killed in a helicopter crash near los angeles along with his daughter and 7 other people the 41 year old's appeal went far beyond the.