[000:00:00;00] my . my god. time's up britain leaves the european union after 47 years. this is the bit with the dual brakes. on the us. brought. my. time he had seen and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up donald trump is a step closer to being a quote says in his impeachment trial as the u.s.

senate rejects calls for witnesses to give evidence. foreigners who travel to china in the past fortnight and i bands from entering the u.s. as the coronavirus death toll rises again. and the u.s. imposes immigration restrictions on people from 6 more countries citing security risks. well there's been drawn out debate delays and division but just over an hour ago the u.k. officially left the european union explicitly. was the departure was greeted with cheers by pro bricks that crowds gathered outside parliament for the can't turn it comes more than 3 years after

a referendum where the live vote not only won. the u.k. now enters a transition period with the e.u. while you trade agreements is negotiated breaks it turns divided the country and been delayed 3 times plagued by political deadlock while speaking shortly before the u.k. left the bloc boris johnson urged citizens to come together to move the country forward for many people this is an astonishing moment of hope a moment they thought would never come and there are many course you feel a sense of anxiety and loss and then there's a 3rd group perhaps the biggest who had started to worry that the whole political wrangle would never come to an end i understand all those feelings and our job as the government my job is to bring this country together not take years but the most important thing to say tonight is that this is not an end but a beginning this is the moment when the dawn breaks and the curtain goes up on

a new act in our great national drama well jonah hole is in london for us and john of the prime minister they're calling for national reconciliation though the u.k. has left the e.u. well the british public a that co. well it's going to be a big job it's clearly one of his priorities boris johnson is not the 1st time we've heard him talk about reconciliation he was making these sort of calls immediately after winning his landslide election victory back in december. but if you look closely at the events tonight it was perhaps a clue a hint of substance in all of it it couldn't be much bigger official celebrations here there were no fireworks displays it was all pretty low key it seems the government keen not to put on a show of great triumphalism to deepen the saloons that have very clearly felt in this country boris johnson is all too aware that he's victory in december the fear me a fact of bricks as well have both come at

a significant cost both to divided communities sad hurt anxious people on the other side of the divide damage that has been done in the tumultuous 3 and a half years leading to this point to bedrock institutions like parliament behind me like could you just shrink the civil service the very union in this united kingdom is under threat with support for scottish independence reaching its highest point this week in the last 5 years northern ireland could in time go that way so as far as johnson almost immediately now scrambles to try and prove the benefit of bracks it to at least as he said the potential for this country obviously he would like people to be behind him will they heed his call for reconciliation but i think if you are if you were never a bricks it supporter if you didn't vote for brakes if you are mourning tonight the loss of european union citizenship and all that goes with it and there are a lot of people who are i don't think there's much that boris johnson can say that will sway them the proof will be in what he can do in the months and years to come

to show benefit for the whole of this country from breaks it all indeed the u.k. . all the european union joe now what happens next. well again the government here has an absolutely gargantuan list of tasks not just united the country but also repaying a great debt owed to former labor supporters in the north of this country that switch sides and delivered this huge victory to the tories or is johnson this evening promising to live all opportunities north and south of this country big infrastructure spending big public service spending it's money that the but the government will have to borrow in all likelihood in addition to all of that he's got 11 months now to make a trade deal with the united kingdom as a transition period until the end of the year not much will change until then but 11 months is perilously short experts will tell you it takes years that means they'll probably be a bare bones deal something very simple with a whole series of additional deals to come in years to come that will only increase

uncertainty for the business of the time when the bank of england as just this week downgraded growth prospects for this country similar tenuously trade deals to be done with the united states with china with india with japan all these great promises of brics it to come the people who were partying and celebrating here tonight may think all of that is going to come quickly i think all of the available evidence suggests that it will not ok john hall for now in london thank you very much indeed. bracks that has not officially happens but the u.k. as we were hearing from jonah is still quite some way from distant tangling itself from the european union charlie rangel has more. just because it has happened it doesn't mean the story is over britain has now left the easy institutions and lost its vote in the e.u.'s bodies but the 11 month transition period means almost everything else stays the same it's now crucial for the u.k. that it so it's a trade deal with the e.u. the u.k. is still signed up to e.u.

rules but can negotiate a new deal up until the 31st of december can a deal be done by then well the european commission president us live on the land was blunt she said it would be impossible to complete in the time frame. and without an extension of the transition period beyond 2020 you cannot expect to agree on every single aspect of our new partnership we will have to prioritize one option to speed things up is the slicing tackling the negotiations area by area making smaller separate deals on aspects of trade fisheries and transport for example then there's an interim deadline at the start of july the final time britain can ask to extend the transition period but prime minister boris johnson says he won't made it against british law to do so this means the u.k. could be left with the prospect of a cliff edge the deadline expiring with no trade deal in place doing business on

world trade organization terms with all the tariffs border checks that entails but don't forget one final date december 31st 2022 that's when the transition period could be extended to if boris johnson changes his mind and asks for an extension. in the us president's impeachment trial could be just days away that's after the senate votes to block any witnesses or additional evidence is stored trump a step closer to being acquitted senate majority leader mitch mcconnell says the trial will conclude in the coming days which is accused of abuse of power and obstruction of congress for threatening to withhold military aid to ukraine in exchange for an investigation into his political rival. while earlier

manager adam schiff made in the 11th hour plea for the senate to hear testimony. if people of power and influence can insist to the judge that the house that the prosecutor is that the government that the people must prove their case without witnesses or documents a right reserved only for the powerful because you know only donald trump only donald trump of any defendant in america can insist on a trial with no witnesses if that should be true in courts throughout the land then as adams wrote the government becomes arbitrary white house counsel of patrick philbin said the senate should reject the articles the senate is not here to do the investigatory work that the house didn't do. where there's been a process that denied all due process that produced

a record that can't be relied upon the reaction from this body should be to reject the articles of impeachment not to condone and put its imprimatur on the way the proceedings were handled in the house and not to prolong matters further by trying to redo work that the house failed to do by not seeking evidence and not doing a fair and legitimate process to bring the articles of heat of impeachment here. castro has been following developments on capitol hill across her life no no no witnesses then is this over and i for the democrats. well it really is but that's an outcome that had long been predicted even as the impeachment trial and the inquiry were starting in their in their nascent days really this all this last pitch by democrats to get at least 4 republicans to agree to open this trial

extended for 2 witnesses that failed and we have a statement from one of those moderate republicans who had been lobbied the most lisa murkowski who prior to voting no along with her colleagues she said that it is a sad for me to admit that as an institution the congress has failed interesting there in that she seems to be in agreement with chuck schumer who of course is the top democrat in the senate the minority leader who following the votes failure said that this was a tragedy and a day that america will remember in that the senate failed it did not meet its responsibility so now what we have these and all but certain acquittal for president trump in the coming days we expect senators to come back to the chamber just to discuss a few more formalities tonight so a few amendments that democrats wish to submit but really the outcome is already preordained and we're hearing that

a lens day is when this vote to acquit the president is expected so we still have a few more days to go into. where does the troil go for the year what happens next . that's right it's not about what happens now it's about how history will remember it and that's why coming monday and tuesday we expect the final closing arguments from both sides and this is a little bit of a give from republicans who have been discussing with democrats behind closed doors how exactly the next few days will play out democrats had a hope to have this thing perhaps extend even past the state of the union address which the president is expected to make on tuesday and it appears that they will get that wish president trump will not be able to declare his acquittal his

exoneration on that shining evening of his presidency that comes only once a year on tuesday and then still have this hanging over his head likely to be quoted the following day but what we're really seeing are members of both parties pitching for an opportunity to make their statements heard before the american public to explain why they had to make this difficult vote likely you'll hear from some republicans including senator marco rubio who did lay out his thinking in a newspaper article earlier he says he fully intends to acquit because this is not so much about whether he thinks the president is guilty or innocent of the charges whether he thinks it's a good idea to remove a sitting u.s. president via this impeachment process which has never happened before in u.s. history ok. live from capitol hill thank you very much indeed let's stay with this . is a political analyst and lecturer at the university of maryland coed park he joins

us from washington d.c. could have you with 06 and this doesn't come as much of a surprise to see you think that democrats miscalculate he's here with the some mystique. no i don't think so at all i don't think the democrats were supposed to look at this from a political standpoint they were supposed to do their job and their job is oversight that is the job of the house of representatives in our system and i think that they did their job unfortunately there were people who had their minds made up and didn't want to hear more evidence even though we saw things start to come out in the press and it's really a shameful day here in the united states and for our government and in the name of accountability which is what our forefathers point impeachment in place for and so really. not a failure for democrats it's a failure of congress it's

a failure of the senate to act when they had when they needed more information. and signs of the real trial the u.k. don't like you that it's in the court of public opinion especially now in these days for social media plays a huge rule when you have this very poor eyes and very gauge public how do you think that trial will play out. well donald trump has a not a very large base but he has a loud base and they're going to remain with him no matter what as he said doesn't matter if he pulls out a gun and shoots someone on 5th avenue they're going to stay with donald trump but i think that 70 percent of americans according to polls and 75 percent and recent polls say they wanted to hear from witnesses they wanted to hear what john bolton had to say and i think that is not going to play very well for republicans of course the ones in safe red districts they're going to be ok safe red states

they're going to be ok but there are some that are in swing districts and they're going to pay the price and i think that you're going to see that republicans are going to lose even bigger in some house races in 2020 and maybe even lose a couple of senate races but there was certainly a demand from the public for witnesses and evidence but on the whole this impeachment trial hasn't really moved the dial much and. shifting supports to or or from the president in fact one of the difficulties that this prosecution had in the 1st place was could visit people that donald trump the done anything wrong with toll this isn't the 1st time he's been accused of gross misconduct and things that would have brought in any other president is a very good chance he could come back from this as well and indeed use it to his advantage. well that is true but i will say this that

impeachment is never popular with americans we don't like of to remove presidents it's never happened in our history however 51 percent of americans according to some polls wanted donald trump removed from office and that is significant that the majority of americans albeit a slim majority wanted donald trump removed i believe that you know in some of those close states like wisconsin and michigan and pennsylvania i think that this is actually going to play out where maybe some of those people who are in the middle didn't like hillary clinton in 20162020 they're going to say that this president is immoral this president is corrupt this president does things that nullify american votes and they're going to vote the other way whoever the democratic nominee is and that is where he could pay a price and that is where in 2020 you could see a democrat become the president elect. we'll have to leave it there but thank you

very much indeed for sharing your thoughts on. so it's a come on al-jazeera palestinians rise up on the 1st friday since the u.s. president announced his middle east peace plan. and plenty of mild weather across much of asia we have had some rain and snow across areas of japan but nothing like we should have this time media just have a look at this this is a ski resort in the mountains in western honshu barely any snow it's all that had to show us many of the slopes and the japanese metal has a saying it's actually been the mildest winter since records began for many parts of japan and staying that way as we go through saturday more of that snow possible into the west some rain showers as well but 11 degrees the tokyo and osaka monis one across into the parlor and that is the logic

a picture across much of china but as we go through the weekend more rain will develop through more central areas pushing towards the south a slightly cooler day as well sunday into hong kong just 19 degrees celsius maybe a shower. and ash akira picture across much of japan and also a carer picture through borneo as we go through the 1st part of the weekend there also showers but not as widespread or as heavy as we have seen just lately but there will be some heavy amounts of rain through much of java again this coming on top of recent heavy rain so some localized flooding out of the question again by sunday there's rains beginning to increase again into the southern areas of borneo most enjoy across india as a go through saturday want to show is developing through odisha and continuing to the coast on sunday. dizzier explores prominent figures of the 20th century and how libel reigns

influenced the course of history was the cuban revolution communist away feel castro is a feudal eastern not a communist custer wanted his country che wanted international revolution there came a point when the relationship came to an end the icons of revolution who changed the course of latin american politics. and fidel castro face to face on al-jazeera . the or are. this is al jazeera command of the top stories this hour he has officially exits the european union the countdown was projected on to the fronts of 10 downing street the home with british prime minister was johnson has called this

a moment of national renewal. the u.s. senate has voted to block any witnesses or additional evidence in the impeachment trial of u.s. president donald trump senators are likely to acquit john in the coming days. the number of people killed by the coronavirus us present to 259 after china announced 46 year fatalities many of them in hoop a province that's the epicenter of the outbreak now this comes as the united states says it's banning foreign nationals who've traveled to china in the past 14 days from entering the country a public health emergency has been declared in the u.s. with 7 confirmed cases there american citizens who have been in china in the past 2 weeks will also be screened and quarantined for 14 days the

risk of infection for americans remains low and with these and our previous actions we are working to keep the risk low it is likely that we will continue to see more cases in the united states in the coming days and weeks including some limited person to person transmission. the american public can be assured the full weight of the u.s. government is working to safeguard the health and safety of the american people well japan turkey germany and the u.k. are among the nations evacuating those citizens from han the horse over the outbreak so he reports now on the in some national evacuation efforts. a mission to get foreign nationals out of new han as quickly as possible as this german air force plane departed from cologne airport it was one of a number of countries that intensified efforts to get its citizens out of the city at the center of the outbreak. there are more than 100 people none of whom are

infected there are also now suspected cases amongst these people in order to guarantee the safety of the people in germany evacuees with florentine for 2 weeks into german army base to ensure that none of the evacuees is infected. at least half a dozen people in germany were confirmed to have tested positive for the virus and the pressure to contain it is urgent in the u.k. on friday the 1st cases of the illness appeared the same day as the british government transported its citizens back from the lockdown region. aboard the plane another $110.00 evacuees who managed to make it out. but there are still many other foreign nationals trapped in the city unable as of yet to get out. those who arrived were immediately taken away by coach to a health facility in the north west of england they will now spend the next 2 weeks in quarantine monitored for any signs of the disease and if any one of them develop

symptoms they will be taken to one of 4 specialized hospitals for treatment. with a vaccine still months away from being remotely ready countries are focusing on containment and management of any outbreaks mosques are becoming prevalent in high risk areas such as airports as a threat of the virus is still to be assessed sony vaio al-jazeera brize norton england. the us governments has also announced immigration restrictions on 6 additional countries citing security concerns acting homeland security secretary chad wolf said the u.s. will suspend these says that can lead to permanent residency for nationals from eritrea kurdistan myanmar and nigeria he also said sudan and tanzania will stop receiving diversity visas a process that awards green cards to countries with low immigration to the u.s.

or gabriel joins us now from washington d.c. gay boy is the u.s. imposing these additional restrictions on these countries in particular. yeah that's a very good question and we pressed homeland security officials on that we said exactly what is it with these 6 countries and they gave a broad overview basically saying this was a top to bottom review of security measures when it comes to immigration from many countries and these are the 6 that were identified when we pressed him on why they briefly went down the list but they basically said that all of these countries either do not use electronic passport technology and or don't properly liaise with interpol or don't release information about potential terrorist suspects or suspects with criminal activity in their countries as they go through the visa process with the united states so they didn't get into exact specifics on

all the countries but said for example sudan is still on the department of state state sponsor of terror list so that's one reason for sudan nigeria for example they say there's just an elevated risk in threat environment so these are generally the reasons why a bottom line it's going to affect thousands of people from the 6 countries that want to come and immigrate to the united states but now simply won't be able to give us all harkens back somewhat to the original travel that provokes widespread fury how do you think these restrictions are likely to be received by the american public. i think a key date to watch will be february 22nd because that's when this is going to go into effect. washington officials are very cognizant of the fact that the last travel ban in 2017 caused widespread confusion at airports and also

heartbreak with many families that were separated at the at the airports as well and caused protests throughout the united states department officials say this is different they're saying it's not necessarily a travel ban they're saying it only will affect people trying to migrate to live in the united states it won't affect they say anyone that's already legally living in the united states from the 6 countries it won't affect students coming here to study and that one effect people from these countries coming to the u.s. with proper work he said he's never the less there could be a lot of confusion and that's why i say february 22nd is a key date to watch because if you start to see people detained at airports or sent back to their countries from airports in the united states that could certainly cause an incredible amount of outrage and also immigration lawyers in the u.s. will be watching this very closely as well ok gabriel songs of their life for in washington d.c.

thank you very much indeed. president trump is also ruling back obama era restrictions on the use of landmines which have been bans by more than 100 countries the policy which was implemented in 2014 had put american troops at a severe disadvantage on's control proponents being quick secret societies the move which will allow the use of and see personal landmines in exceptional circumstances where the u.s. is not a signatory to the 1997 mine ban treaty. israel's military says it launched air strikes on targets in the gaza strip in response to 3 rockets fired by palestinians there's been no reports of casualties from the exchange of fire israel said it hit targets linked to harm us including underground infrastructure used to manufacture weapons tension has been high since u.s. president donald trump announced its middle east peace plan on choose day meanwhile

palestinian protesters have been rallying against the plan in gaza lebanon and turkey thousands demonstrated in the gaza strip where they burnt u.s. and israeli flags and also torched pictures all of it donald trump and israel's prime minister binyamin netanyahu or the proposal of those israel to maintain control of all its settlements in the occupied west bank where the head of the u.n. agency for palestinian refugees as i urge the international community to oppose the u.s. plan the plan that was released this week is extremely unsettling for the palestine refugees living under occupation under blockade and through conflict after conflict and crisis of the crisis hoping for justice and human rights and with the constant fear that the international community will want to abandon them today more than ever there is a need for stability and today the international community must send a clear message to the palestinian refugees and to the world at large that the

international community stands firmly behind them. as truly as capital canberra is under a state's over mergence e is bushfires threatened its southern suburbs there are concerns all weather and strong winds over the weekend will spread and eyes of control fire currently burning south of the city is the worst form of threats camber has seen in 2 decades . this is al jazeera and these are the headlines u.k. has officially exited the european union the countdown was projected on to the fronts of 10 downing street the home of the british prime minister boris johnson has called this a moment of national renewal he's got 11 months now to make a trade deal with the united kingdom as a transition period until the end of the year not much will change until then but 11 months is perilously short experts will tell you it takes years that means

they'll probably be a bare bones deal something very simple with a whole series of additional deals to come in years to come that will only increase uncertainty for business at a time when the bank of england has just this week downgraded growth prospects for this country symbol tenuously trade deals to be done with the united states with china with india with japan all these great promises of brics it to come. the u.s. senate sounds force him to block any witnesses or additional evidence in the impeachment trial of u.s. president donald trump trump a step closer to being acquitted senate majority leader mitch mcconnell says the trial will conclude in the coming days. the number of people killed by the corona virus has risen to 259 after china announced 46 new fatalities many of them in hope a province the epicenter of the outbreak it comes as the united states says it's banning foreign nationals who've traveled to china in the past 14 days from

entering the country a public health emergency has been declared in the u.s. well the u.s. government also announced immigration restrictions on 6 additional countries citing security concerns the u.s. will suspend visas that can lead to permanent residency for nationals from eritrea kyrgyzstan and nigeria sudan and tanzania will stop receiving diversity visas. israel's military says it launched airstrikes on targets in the gaza strip in response to 3 rockets fired by palestinians it's been no reports of casualties from the exchanges of for israel said it hit targets linked to hamas including underground infrastructure used to manufacture weapons. well those are the

headlines stay with us now to inside story is up next. a break that is finally happening britain and the european union up to more than 3 years of political calles but what does it stand to gain for the quotes in the blog and does it signal the beginning of the breakup of the u.k. itself this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i'm nick clegg and also more than 3 years of political wrangling to general elections and angry protests across the united kingdom brics it is finally here 2300 g.m.t. on friday the time that goes down in history the out the u.k. became the 1st country to leave the european union ending its 47 year membership of