who knew. the. times of 1st and leaves the european union after 47 years this is the way with the dawn breaks goes on on the new and great. i'm kept it all this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up america will remember this day unfortunately we're the senate did not live up to its responsibilities were the senate turned away from troops and went along with the sham trial donald trump a step closer to being acquitted in his impeachment trial as the u.s.

senate rejects calls for witnesses to give evidence. foreigners of recently traveled to china are now banned from entering the u.s. as a prone to death sorry coronavirus death toll rises again. and the destruction of a town in syria after a bombardment by government and russian forces lasting days. after 3 and a half years of drawn out debate delays and division the u.k. has finally left the european union the historic moment to ending 47 years of membership was marked by both celebration and protests prime minister abbas johnson is now vowing to bring the country together but he faces an uphill struggle as rory chalons reports from london.

for those who see this is national liberation for those who see the e.u. is suffering t. sapping monster this is their moment 11 pm g.m.t. on january 31st 2020 britain is no longer part of the european union the foundation is countries built in the same. time. i mean yesterday threw it off and a lot of children moaning about it to think that the european union had a lot of faults and had been a bit more accommodating to david cameron this week. boris johnson who staked his political career on bracks it and won the prime ministership has marked it with an address to the nation when we look at the potential of this country waiting to be unleashed. that we can turn this opportunity into a stunning success and whatever the bumps in the road ahead i know that we will succeed we have

a bay the will of the people we've taken back the tools of self-government. never before has the e.u. had to do this it hopes it never will have to again experienced only an expansion now the e.u. has taken down a member's flag because it's left europe's leaders want to show that there's little to be gained from this we want to have the best possible relationship with the united kingdom but it will never be as good as membership. for europe and for those who thought should remain this is a moment of sadness and in a sign of the constitutional challenges ahead for the u.k. bret's it is boosting the coals in scotland for independent study it's very very sad and i think what really does or is it sure is that it isn't really a future but in and europe and the way that we've enjoyed over the last 3040 years hand but it is a future for scotland you know but the crowds in parliament square on friday nights

the possible breakup of the u.k. is made do you mongering considered do you mongering to the concerns of britain should be too fussed about doing a deal with the european union i told. i was. and this is that moment they say that knowing it doesn't the sky will be headed if things sorted out a trade relationship with the european union is just beginning. to brics it is just finished for the countdown to the end of the transition period and a little under a year's time well that's just begun for a challenge al-jazeera london. while breaks it has officially happened to the u.k. it's still a long way from disentangling itself from the e.u. charlie and explains. 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 live on delay and 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 salami slicing tackling the negotiations area by area making smaller separate deals on aspects of trade fisheries and transport for example then as an interim deadline at the start of july the final time britain can extend the transition period but prime minister boris johnson says he won't be made

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. changes his mind and asks for an extension. of the impeachment trial against donald trump a scheduled to wrap up on wednesday after the senate voted to block any witnesses from testifying donald trump is all but certain to be a question it's given the republican majority in the senate trump 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 joe biden since the vote us president donald trump has taken to twitter where he said no

matter what you give to democrats in the end they will never be satisfied in the house they gave us nothing. either castro has more now from washington d.c. . democrats say the impeachment trial of president donald trump is the 1st trial in u.s. history without witnesses is this a fair trial without the ability to call witnesses and produce documents the answer is clearly and unequivocally no but despite hours of arguments trying to convince republican senators to allow a new witnesses in the trial the yeas are $49.00 the nays are $51.00 the democrats last all but 2 republican senators voted no it's a grand tragedy america will remember this day unfortunately where the senate did not live up to its responsibilities where the senate turned away from truth and

went along with a sham trial democrats had hoped to get the support of moderate republican lisa murkowski but in the end she rejected the idea saying in a statement i have come to the conclusion that there will be no fair trial in the senate i don't believe the continuation of this process will change anything it is sad for me to admit that as an institution the congress has failed this means the senate jury has essentially sealed its ears to john bolton chums former national security adviser in his soon to be released book bolton reportedly says trump asked him to help pressure ukraine for dirt on political opponents and it tied u.s. security aide to the request trump has denied the reports his attorneys argue even if true trump should still not be impeached so this idea that they haven't had witnesses. is that's the smokescreen you've heard from a lot of witnesses the problem with the case. the problem with their position

is even with all of those witnesses it doesn't prove up an impeachable offense the articles failed the impeachment trial now nears its end with trump's acquittal all but certain given that republicans hold the majority trumps political fate more likely lies in the hands of american voters who will decide in november whether to give him a 2nd term. castro al-jazeera washington. australia's qantas airways has become the latest airline to halt the fights to china because of the corona virus outbreak that suspending services to beijing and shanghai from next week until the end of march the number of people killed by the virus has now risen to $259.00 after china announced $46.00 new fatalities many of them and it's a province the epicenter of the outbreak the u.s. says it's banning foreign nationals have traveled to china in the past 14 days from

entering the country the risk of infection for americans remains low and with these and or 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. thailand has the highest number of infections outside of china with 19 confirmed cases thai health officials are expected to give an update within the hour following the country's 1st case of human to human transmission that exceeded brian is in bangkok. on friday the 1st case of human to human transmission that's basically when somebody catches the virus from somebody else here in thailand it was announced it was a thai txi driver he hasn't been to china it's thought that he may have picked up

the virus when he was carrying chinese tourists here in thailand china is the biggest source of foreign tourists for thailand about 10000000 visitors last year so the government is screening all passengers coming in and out of china it's something that they. have been doing in recent days but they say that there's actually no need to block all flights coming from china because of the actions taken by the chinese government now some local authorities and a tourist hot spot in ireland off the coast they have announced that they are going to be screening about 3 and a half 1000 chinese visitors they going to about $31.00 hotels on the island to check them for any symptoms and to monitor them during their stay and they're just doing that to try and stop the spread of the virus here thailand government is also sending a plane to hand to the same tour of the outbreak they are going to be picking up about 60 tie citizens who are there and they will be on the way back at about a 4 hour flat and also for the next 14 days hong kong's chief executive has

rejected calls by a medical union to close the border with mainland china to try and help the spread of the virus 13 cases have now been confirmed in hong kong when he is there. the authorities in mainland china are struggling to get on top of this given that those statistics that are announced daily from the national health commission certainly worse than the previous day 46 deaths confirmed on friday and those latest numbers that were announced on saturday morning by the national health commission most of the infections and the fatalities are being recorded in who bay province still that is where it is thought that this outbreak began and certainly there the medical stuff is struggling to deal with the sheer number of cases thousands of extra doctors and nurses have been sent to the area from other parts of china but there is still a shortage of medical equipment there in particular the protective suits that those medical personnel need to wear when dealing with the patients and also test kits

and that is partly why many experts outside china are saying that the actual number of infections will be a lot higher than what the chinese government is recording also there is a shortage of hospital beds and that's why everyone is eagerly awaiting the completion of 2 makeshift hospitals that are being built in that provincial capital city we expect those hospitals to be completed within the next week or so and that will mean an extra 2 and a half 1000 hospital beds but this virus is now spread to every single province in territory in china including tianjin in the northeast a long way from who province but a city that neighbors the capital beijing there are 32 confirmed cases intending and the provincial of the local authorities there the local government have announced that they are altering all schools and non-essential business to remain closed. still ahead on al-jazeera the body of a mexican activist is found near the forests he protected receptive more questions

than arts its class on concern that the i say to you does not have really great outdoor. raging bushfires in australia and not the only thing that has homeowners worried. hello there is a little snow working its way throughout much of turkey and on its way into northern iraq how much of iran but in the meantime there's been some very heavy snow to the poles just on the banks of the black sea this is very close to sochi and they've had to actually shut the slopes for the training sessions women's downhill well to cup so as i say there is certainly something as too much snow over this punches no work as we go throughout the weekend the 1st part is when we'll see that snow continuing to work its way east was out of turkey pushing into know that our western areas of iran but if any milestone for the weekend across the eastern

end of the mediterranean 16 celsius in beirut 13 celsius in damascus and by sunday it's a similar story we've got the temperatures also back up to where they should be sunny cool soon to doha 23 degrees and a very warm 27 across in dubai the rain showers have been a bit light of the last few days across much of madagascar we have got a few calls in the 4 calls and then throughout saturday mostly through south africa one or 2 shots further to the east but the rains are already very widespread right the way across tools the east up into tanzania and it's a very sinister oriel sunday that's a day probably across much of mozambique want to scout of showers on a warm day with a high of 26 degrees. talk to al jazeera. we talk about 2 of the biggest problems facing and they are the

endemic corruption and the current we listen so if you really put place china as an enemy of the winners and that's really that yours we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that matter just 0 understand the differences and similarities of cultures across the little man you take it will bring you the news and current affairs that matter to you. you're watching are just there are a reminder about top stories this hour the u.k. has officially left the european union the countdown was projected on to the front of 10 downing street the official home of british prime minister barak johnson is called person 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 expected to acquit trump in a vote on wednesday. the number of people killed by the corona virus has risen to 259 after china and else to 46 new fatalities it's come as the united states declared a public health emergency after confirming 7 cases of the virus. or japan turkey germany and the u.k. are among the nations evacuating their citizens from will harm the city at the heart of the corona virus outbreak sagna gago reports on the international evacuation if it. and. to get foreign nationals are to hand 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 one of whom are

infected there are also now suspected cases amongst these people in order to guarantee the safety of the people in germany evacuee florentine for 2 weeks into german army base to ensure that none of the evacuees is infected 'd. 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 a 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 northwest 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 the vaccine still months away from being remotely ready countries are focusing on containment and management of any outbreaks masks are becoming prevalent in high risk areas such as airports as the threats of the virus is still to be assessed sony vaio al-jazeera brize norton england. the us government has announced immigration restrictions on 6 additional countries citing security concerns acting homeland security secretary chad wolf said the u.s. will suspend visas that can lead to permanent residency and nationals from eritrea kurdistan me and bar and he also said 2 done in tanzania will start receiving diversity visas that's a process that awards green cards to countries with low immigration to the u.s. gabriel elizondo has more on the homeland security announcement from washington

d.c. . well administration officials are saying that in their words it's not a travel ban they're saying it's just travel restrictions it only applies in theory at least they say to a certain group of people that want to come to the united states it would be citizens of these 6 countries but they say will only apply to immigrant visas for people that from those countries that wanted to move to the united states administration officials are quick to point out that it will not apply they say to people that are applying for student visas or work visas they also say it will not affect any of the citizens currently in the united states from these 6 countries that are legally here on valid visas they're saying it's simply will only affect those that are applying for movie service to immigrate to the united states but that still potentially is a lot of people thousands of people potentially any people from these 6 countries

that will be applying from here on out for immigrant visas to the united states with a few exceptions will have those pieces denied no administration officials are saying they're trying to avoid the situation in 2017 and that so-called muslim ban on those 7 come predominantly muslim countries where they were coming to the united states airports being detained held sent back to their countries and all sorts of confusion and hearty for many families the department of justice department homeland security saying they are specifically trying to avoid that by making this a little bit more clear however the big question is when this goes into effect which is february 22nd how will it actually play out at airports in reality and that's a big question the watch to wait and see as strikes on opposition held territory in northern syria forcing hundreds of thousands of people to flee to the turkish border at least 21 civilians have been killed in government attacks backed by russia in recent days for him mohammed reports. there's only rubble and de brézé

left off the days of strikes by syrian forces backed by russian airpower the target the northern syrian town of and it led province the last major rebel held stronghold and insecure red activists showed the extent of the damage there an area devastated by barrel bombs. from an awful lot of the bombardment continues here a helicopter just dropped a bomb on the syrian civil defense group known as the white helmet has been working round the clock to rescue those caught in the conflict moderates a new money is now ghostly quiet among the derelict buildings remnants of artillery used by the rebels they've held the town since 2012 a strategic location on the m 5 highway which links damascus to syria's 2nd city of aleppo now syrian soldiers patrol the streets for those who fled the airstrikes

they join tens of thousands of others searching safety and heading north towards the turkish border the drive by russian backed government forces to recapture a serious lost opposition and claves has displaced more than hundreds of thousands of civilians since december many of them children the u.n. has described conditions as bleak one element already had about relieving our houses and evacuating it living because of the constant terror strikes in we left because of the shelling and the bombardment we are lost and we don't know where to go and everywhere we go we find the army is following us it's cold and raining. life here is very tough and difficult we are displaced become find jobs become a nation here is overcrowded with people coming from everywhere. turkish president time to one who has repeatedly called for syria's bashar al assad to step down has threatened to launch a military operation if the strikes. here fuses the russian government of breaking a cease fire agreement. if the situation in live does not return back to normal

immediately we will have no choice but to choose the same road we are also heading to the same crossroad where promises given to us are not being kept. moscow has denied targeting civilian areas but as the bombing continues syrians say there are unsure about where they'll go next and if they'll ever return. al-jazeera and mexico their suspicion over the death of a prominent environmental activist or major gomez's body was found shortly after he had disappeared leading some people to believe he was killed but the cause of his death is still being investigated mandrel apollo reports. one of mexico's most iconic species the monarch butterfly has just lost perhaps its greatest advocate. we're not going to you know got. known as

mexico's monarch butterfly defender was found dead in a pond in the state of the chalk on. his mysterious disappearance 2 weeks before his body was found has raised concerns among many in mexico who say violence against environmental activists has become commonplace isn't that. he was a defender of the environment in a region with many conflicts mito khan is a perfect example of where natural resources are under a lot of pressure especially when it comes to 4 is being cleared for avocado plantations. the iconic monarch butterfly is known for its annual migration to the forests of central mexico where millions spend the winter is. days before his disappearance gomez posted this video on social media surrounded by thousands of flapping wings gomes invited tourists to visit his butterfly sanctuary a federal investigation is determining how gomez died but one thing is certain the

death of the monarch butterfly defender has dealt a significant blow to environmental conservation efforts in central mexico nationwide mexico continues to shatter records for violent homicides especially in states like me to account for many of the deaths of conservation workers highlights the government's inability to curb violence. and that's not only does this threaten the butterflies but the risk exists for those who defend against illegal logging the threat is also against indigenous people who defend their culture and the history. a funeral for. those was held in the village of admiral saadi. the country's president called his death painful and has vowed to fight the criminal gangs suspected of being behind his death madrid up in mexico city. australia is a capital canberra is under a state of emergency as bushfires threaten its southern suburbs authorities are concerned hard where there aren't strong winds over the weekend will spread

a fire burning out of control south of the city crank up the reports smoke billowing towards see a street in capital canberra bushfires in a national park to the south post the most serious threat to the australian capital to a tree or in nearly 20 years. government officials fear that strong winds blowing over parched land combined with high summer temperatures can make the fires even more unpredictable and difficult to control the i.c.t. is now facing the worst push for threat since the devastating fires of 2003. the combination of extraneous heat weaned and a dry land skype will play suburbs in cambridge say off at risk in the coming dice . the auroral for has now grown to itanium a half 1000 hectors that's 195 square kilometers or nearly i percent of the total

land mass of the australian capital territory. people preparing for the worst and stalking up on water many remember the 2003 bushfires that killed 4 people the canberra and destroyed hundreds of homes on concern that the icy turd does not have relief report for 2000 and throwing at a little small fire burned for it was either candidate no attention given toward them and when other results of that the unpredictable weather through the summer has made the fight more difficult this video shows how bushfires have exploded in minutes because of sudden gusts of wind about 90 bush fires are burning in different parts of the country the largest are new south wales where high temperatures are returning back in the forty's in the next 24 hours before it's ready canberra is also moving towards new south wales the state's government is

investigating white this fire season is so bad we've got everything to gain from this process and nothing to lose we won't leave any stone unturned it's in our interest it's in our citizens' interests to find out everything we can into and to bring forward those recommendations that are critical for the future. this is been australia's most devastating summer in decades dozens of people have been killed by the fires thousands of homes have been destroyed and more than 11000000 hectares of land scorched and with some of far from over there are many more testing days ahead . our dizzier. it's an emotional day for basketball fans in los angeles is the lakers play their 1st game since the sudden death of kobe bryant crowds paid tribute to bryant as they made their way inside the staples center the downtown arena is often called the house that kobe built the former l.a. lakers player won his 1st of 5 n.b.a.

titles there 20 years ago this 13 year old daughter died in a helicopter crash on sunday with 7 others. results there and these are the top stories the u.k. has officially left the european union happened more than 3 years after a referendum marilee one by the leave out the u.k. now it is a transition period with the e.u. while a new trade agreement is negotiated by minister bars johnson says the country is in a moment of national renewal. for many people this is an astonishing buy a bit 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 and i understand those feelings and our job as the government my job is to bring this country together and take

a support the most important thing to say tonight is that this is not an end but a beginning this is the moment with the dawn breaks and the curtain goes up on a new act in our great national drama. the impeachment trial against donald trump is scheduled to wrap up on wednesday after the senate voted to block any witnesses from being called trump is all but certain to be acquitted given the republican majority in the senate he's accused of abuse of power and obstruction of congress for threatening to withhold military aid to ukraine and exchange for an investigation into his political rival joe biden the number of people killed by the corona virus has now risen to $259.00 after china announced $46.00 new fatalities many and it's who bay province the epicenter of the outbreak the u.s. says it is banning foreign nationals from entering if they've traveled to china in the past 14 days and australia's qantas airways has become the latest airline to

halt flights to china because of the outbreak the u.s. government has announced immigration restrictions on 6 additional countries citing security concerns washington is suspending visas that could lead to permanent residency for nationals from eritrea kurdistan me and ma and nigeria sudan and tanzania will also start receiving diversity visas airstrikes on opposition held territory in northern syria forcing hundreds of thousands of people to flee to the turkish border at least 21 civilians have been killed in recent attacks in recent days those are the headlines talk to al-jazeera is up next. the story is just thousands of headline some media angles in this story are too numerous for comfort separate the spin from the facts the misinformation from the journalism the listening post on al-jazeera form.

the nile at almost 7000 kilometers it's africa's longest river. its waters run through 11 countries. and for the 218000000 people living along its banks the nile symbolizes life itself just as it did for those who settled along the river centuries ago. but a huge new project in ethiopia has triggered a major dispute with egypt. and scientists warning construction of the rene so it's damp aimed at massively increasing ethiopia's electricity supply could cause irreversible damage not only in egypt but in the entire region. and it's feared if the dispute is.