trees you. know what. palestine is leader to announce as president trumps that elise plan mahmoud abbas insists he will never give up on the claim to jerusalem. and i'm richelle carey this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up a plea for help china's prime minister asked the e.u. to provide medical supplies needed to fight the coronavirus. no witnesses no documents. is a perfidy outrage from the democrats as president trying to set to be acquitted after the u.s. senate rejects their bid to call new witnesses. the scars of war how libyan women are suffering the effects of conflict with little help to cope with the trauma.

palestinian president mahmoud abbas has had out of donald trump's proposed middle east plan as president has suggested that the capital of the future palestinian state should lie only and parts of east jerusalem speaking at an emergency meeting of the arab league in cairo abbas says he his people will never accept that plan was negotiated with israel with no input from palestinians and parts of the plan run counter to international law. in the occupied west bank with more on what the palestinian leader had to say. but he pointed out that he wants an arab support for his rejection of the plan that doesn't meet any of the palestinian demands or aspirations for steve he's explicitly talked about jerusalem something very important he said it's not just important for him it's also important for the arabs

he talked about also the illegal israeli settlements that have been being built and he attacked the u.s. saying that they have been talking about this plan without trump being involved mostly talking about the team and neglecting and ignoring palestinians now he said that the u.s. has given the palestinians 4 years to respond to this plan while israel is already creating facts on the ground by building illegal israeli settlements and moving forward with an extension of you talked about students on the street today many of them one might not even know that there is an arab league meeting they would tell you that they lost hope that the arabs have been going to be supporting them to be giving them even political support many of those we speak to in the streets say that they believe that the arab people are with the palestinians however it's not necessarily deflected in that way by their political regimes so it doesn't seem that the street is really holding so much hope however politically politicians want

to see the arab league unified in rejecting it or at least supporting the buses rejection of it there are fears that this will become the new standards that palestinians will be sitting in a few years to accept even less than that and they will be told that you already rejected something less than that president abbas has reiterated that he wanted to go back to international legitimacy and the arab peace initiative as basis for negotiations china is turning to the european union for assistance as it struggles to contain the outbreak of coronavirus the country's prime minister has asked the e.u. to help urgently needed medical supplies china 59. people have now died from the virus after china announced 46 new deaths australia and the u.s. have moved to ban visitors who have traveled to china in the past 14 days it now and pakistan have also adopted a similar measure than countries around the world are scrambling to evacuate their nationals when he reports from hong kong. china's war against corona virus is being

waged around the country as it spreads to every province and territory so far the virus is winning with the number of infections and deaths growing by the day on the front line in who province where the outbreak is thought to have started the challenges made great by a shortage of medical supplies. and that. with the full support from the party central committee the state council and all the chinese people the shortage of medical supplies has eased to some degree but protective suits losses and 95 masks are still in tight balance and have to be scheduled dalal there's not enough medical personnel either which the government is trying to address by sending thousands of extra doctors and nurses both civilian and military to bay much of the provinces shut down as authorities try to contain the spread of the virus but supermarkets remain open and the government says it's trying to maintain a steady supply of food at regular prices. we can ensure sufficient supply for

daily necessities such as vegetables lamb beef pork an exit in supermarkets as foreign nationals are evacuated from the provincial capital china's government has started bringing stranded nationals home from overseas the 1st charter flight arrived in hand from thailand amid reports of who bay residents being prevented from boarding commercial flights back to china in hong kong medical workers are threatening to strike next week unless the government does more to restrict the flow of travelers from the mainland while some border crossings have closed flights from chinese cities are still operating the latest officials to to. stic show that on one day last week almost 10000 mainland chinese residents flew into hong kong it's that traffic that many people here want stopped the government says existing measures to control the outbreak are working and stopping the flow of people or goods isn't the answer but critics say unless hong kong follows the lead of some

other governments and closes its border with the mainland completely this city could be about to see a big increase in infections wayne hay al jazeera hong kong our desires aleck's here brian is in bangkok retired fishbowls gave us an update on the virus. and they have confirmed that the number of confirmed cases remains unchanged at 19 but the number of suspected cases here in thailand has jumped to 344 from 200 on friday they're not saying that's because the virus is spreading much faster here it's actually because they've widen the net they're now looking at people who have arrived from cities outside of the center of that operatic but also ties who may have come into contact with chinese tourists for example because china is the biggest source of foreign tourists to thailand they have been about 2000000 people come through just in december and january since the outbreak began so if you have a look at the map behind me that has been a map made up to show the outbreak as it stands at the moment that big red circle

is and china's hu by province the as i said the same tour of that outbreak and down a little bit here you can see the red flashing dots that is bangkok and that's because the thailand has the 2nd number of highest of cases 19 outside of china and also thirty's here say thailand remains the most at risk country outside of china because of the number of people traveling back and forth but that number 19 is dwarfed by the number of moves with me here 11011300 that's the number of global cases most of them though in china. the stage is set for the u.s. president trying to likely be acquitted in his impeachment trial that's after the senate voted to block any witnesses from testifying trump is all but certain to be acquitted since the republicans have a majority in the upper house of the u.s.

congress he's accused of abuse of power and obstruction of congress for threatening to with hold military aid to ukraine in exchange for an investigation into his political rival joe biden so just after the vote this is what trump tweet it no matter what you give the democrats in the end they will never be satisfied in the house they get. yes nothing i does or castro has more 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 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 chum's 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 aid 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. an impeachable offense the articles failed the impeachment trial now years it's and 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. the president is rolling back obama era restrictions on the use of land mines which have been banned by more than 150 countries try to set the policy policy which was implemented in 2014 and put american troops at a severe disadvantage arms control proponents have been quick to criticize the move which will allow the use of anti-personnel land mines and quote exceptional

circumstances united states is not a signatory to the 1000 $979.00 ban treaty but most of the world is a total of $164.00 countries overall production exports of mines have both been reduced and more than $10000000.00 have been destroyed but the latest figures show land mines killed more than 3000 people and injured almost 4000 in 2018 and more than half of the victims were children are in conflict and wars in afghanistan mali me and maher nigeria syria and ukraine have the highest number of casualties but only 31 countries signed up to become mine free and 5 of them algeria mauritania montenegro and mozambique managed to do that within the last 5 years andrew smith is a spokesman for the campaign against arms trade he says the trump administration is reversing years of anti landmine policy. i think this is part of the trump narrative that the u.s.

military needs to be upgraded they need to spend more and more money i think this is all part of the i think this is all going to be part of the broader election strategy of trying to be the most military presence it could be and there's a lot of damage has been done by the u.s. military. the u.s. has by far the highest military budget anywhere in world and i think it would be in credit and they're already very concerned about a lot of chance foreign policy moves that we've seen in recent years lastly want to use another term with a trunk full of people who are same instincts landmines in the last day it's been ill indiscriminately and are already far too many and we need to be moving landmines not getting down more still ahead on al jazeera the u.s. had 6 more countries of travel instructions will tell you has affected and why. our. data becomes a reality of u.k. officially the european union.

how i once again we got the plum rains yet again showing their hand across central parts of china and think a cloud just coming through here this will make it swell little further south which in the east which is we go through sunday and on monday some really heavy downpours possibility of some localized flooding further north high pressure stays in charge as a lid on the atmosphere it keeps it dry and somewhat clearer beijing at around 3 celsius with some sunshines focus while at times with those light winds in place in the similar conditions there into the korean peninsula for japan we have got some rain some sleet and some snow through the heaviest snow into the final thought of the country they want across southeast asia not so bad north of the equator actually we

have got lively showers yet to get into malaysia as showers of course they stand their way down into indonesia some big downpours for java and also for some art a bit to the north of there there we go with that sunshine in this plenty of sunshine too on the other side of the by have been gold so india generally set that a pop with plenty much just pick out here into the northeast of india edition seen some clouds and rain as we go through sunday and monday a chillis of the old shout to into kerala but for most is fine and dry. gives you an feel dead and did you get the peace prize too soon. is this going to hurt or help donald trump's reelection chances it is very free money for you could shoot somebody on 5th avenue and not have any consequence this is not a muslim issue this is a human colony issue join me maddi how fun i'd like to put up from questions to my

special guests and challenge them to some straight talking political debate here on al-jazeera. they're watching al-jazeera let's pick out the top stories right now palestinian president mahmoud abbas is calling on arab nations to take a clear stance against the u.s. president's middle east plan arab league call for an emergency meeting in cairo to discuss total trust so-called deal of the century abbas told members he was not consulted and would never accept the enix ation truce. china's prime minister has asked the european union for help in getting urgent medical supplies to deal with

the worsening coronavirus turn a 59 people have now died from the virus on saturday chant china announced 46 new jets been good friends violet us president ali trump will likely end on wednesday and that's because the republican controlled senate voted to block any witness testimony so that means trump is all but certain to be acquitted. for this woke up saturday no longer part of the european union although months of work is still ahead the case now has until the end of the year to hammer out its trade relationship and other arrangements with the e.u. day to day life for britain's will remain much the same until then with freedom to trade work and travel in europe meanwhile e.u. leaders have called on their remaining members to form closer ties charlie rangel reports. 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 while 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 fix expect to agree on every single aspect of our new partnership we will have to prioritise one option to speed things up is so alarming 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 a 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 if boris johnson changes his mind and asks for an extension. one of the biggest challenges for the e.u. in the u.k. . is northern ireland all that remains part of the u.k. customs territory it also follows a year rules and many businesses relying on cross border trade with ireland that remain in the block i don't know how this is going to all work in the future all right and reports. port of belfast accounts for 64 percent of northern ireland's freights traffic half a 1000000 trucks a year pass through here fetching and carrying products between the u.k. mainland and the island of ireland but with ireland in the e.u. and the u.k. now out new checks extra paperwork and added costs are inevitable we've grif

concerns we've grif concerns about our business models with grave concerns about choice we've also grave concerns about affordability for northern ireland part so it's quite simply there calm before cost rises from fraction and what this plan has at the moment is lots of friction the amount and intrusiveness of the new customs declarations will form part of the transition negotiations we want to see want but there are a medication for this because to come across the irish sea the volume of trade on not would be be a hugely time consuming and expensive formality for drivers and businesses top to complete and we hope we'll be this common sense from both sides where we levy at the need for the. o'neals is a multi-million dollar sport to a company with factories in the north and the south and a manufacturing process built on frictionless movement between them. from the royal yacht to the finished product here the shirts are the nails go through a complex series of stages about 8 of them in all cutting printing embroidery sewing and coloring and crossing from the factory here down to assist the factory

in dublin and then back again through the process now a hard border and no deal brecht's it will be a nightmare for this company but the m d here is reasonably optimistic i do think there's a good opportunity to know here for the economy in northern ireland because today on the day you'll find out investors we look at northern ireland a country that has opposed both you know free trade with you know the 27 member states of the european union and also the access to the u.k. as well not everyone agrees on the irish side of the border up in county donagh all the bulk fertilizers animal feeds and equipment at this farmer's co-operative mainly come from ports in northern ireland in the frictionless way the farmers currently send livestock and produce to markets looks set to and some of the arguments that have been made is that it would be like a digital type order you cross it seamless you hardly know you cross put

all of that adds a lot of cost i was long enough doing haulage to know what it was like to have to do customs papers to get through from here to dublin we had to we had 4 border crossings to do. and it was delays and paperwork and we don't want to go back to that but it was a nightmare in the next 11 months of trade negotiations a specialized committee to represent northern islands specific interests but the challenge is complex and time is short paul brennan al-jazeera belfast. nigeria plans to work with the u.s. and interpol to interests issues that. by washington it's one of 6 countries affected citing security concerns the department of homeland security said it will suspend cases that can lead to. permanent residency for people from eritrea christan man mar and nigeria sudan and tanzania will also stop receiving diversity the says that award great cards to countries with low immigration numbers to the

u.s. air 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 pieces 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 new visas 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 now administration officials are saying they're trying to avoid the situation of 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 walk to wait and see. there's been another shooting at a protest against india's controversial new citizenship law a gunman opened fire at demonstrations in the capital new delhi he has been arrested there are no reports of casualties that comes just 2 days after one person

was injured during a shooting at another rally in the city allows minorities from 3 neighboring countries to get citizenship but it excludes muslims in mexico their suspicion over the death of a prominent environmental activists a marrow gomez's body was found in a pond 2 weeks after he was last seen alive a cause of death is still being investigated and iraq will reports. one of mexico's most iconic species the monarch butterfly has just lost perhaps its greatest advocate. they're not going to. 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 is on the fence i mean 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 gomez 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 a little side of. 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. firefighters in australia's capital are trying to control bushfires threatening its southern suburbs on friday at the ready has declared a state of emergency in canberra conditions there have been described as the most challenging since 2003 when bushfires destroyed $500.00 homes and libya years of conflict since the fall of later more market off we have scarred an entire generation i mean children in particular are struggling to cope with the loss of family members and many say they cannot get the help they need tony bartley reports

of misrata was. these women in misrata a knitting hats and scarves for men at the frontlines it's a small gesture but it's part of a big campaign to help the u.n. recognize government repel fighters loyal to warlord khalifa haftar they opposition 100 kilometers away and could attack at any moment women in libya don't fight with guns but in a unique way of fighting every battle we feel like we're part of what's going on in like we're helping to defend our country and i was to tears it's kind of a. we're supporting each other we feel like we're doing something we're not just sitting there watching t.v. and listening to the news. many of these women have sons at the front line and some know the bitter reality of the risks each has lost a son or brother. lost one son join the revolution in 2011. and her last surviving son 23 year old abdul hamid was killed last sunday in the

fight to defend the town of abu ghraib. prison but i lost my sons for my country but it was very painful losing them they died defending their land and on a but i have to be honest that didn't take away the pain i don't wanna meet the what do you see what we are tired of what it took only my little brother he was engaged and we were planning the wedding for him but he went to fight and he became a master in stede. for them there is closure of sorts for the judge there is not. instead pictures of his disfigured courts were posted on social media by his killers with music added. i need to get my son's body so i can bury him i don't know where he is and what they have done to his body where they have thrown it why when they give us the body we just want to bury him her son mohammed must offer was on the frontlines when he

was killed a month ago his body has not been recovered it's rare for women in libya to speak so publicly but many are suffering from the wars effects u.n. studies have shown that around 30 percent of people in conflict zones are likely to suffer from some form of mental illness and women will suffer more than men but in libya there's no structure in place to help them deal with that trauma these children are all suffering from war related trauma that libya is struggling to find enough qualified mental health workers and funding to help them let alone for women can see had only endemic then. some have inner mental issues where they don't want to leave the house or to work there are many cases where they become isolated and alone they don't want to do anything and they treat their kids with anger if they are able to get out and meet others they become more relaxed. but that's not so easy for women to do in this conservative society they often stay home battling

their grief and trauma on their own. tony. misrata. i'm richelle carey these are the headlines right now on al-jazeera the arab league has rejected president onil trump's middle east plan and said it will not cooperate with the u.s. to execute the proposal palestinian president mahmoud abbas said he was not consulted about the plan and insists he will never accept the annexation of jerusalem. and approach the moment they said you do salamis and next to israel i knew i have to see it loud and clear we will never accept that under any circumstances i will never sell jerusalem it is not for me it is for all of us were just the guards were only here because it is our duty our responsibility jerusalem is our capital it is our capital and as prime minister has asked the european union

for helping getting urgent medical supplies to deal with the worsening corona virus outbreak both australia and the u.s. are banning foreign nationals who recently been to china 259 people have died from this virus then trial of u.s. president onil trump will likely end on wednesday because the republican controlled senate voted to block any witness testimony so that means trump is all but certain to be acquitted he is 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 job by. president trump as rolling back obama era restrictions on the use of landmines which have been banned by more than 150 countries trump said the policy which was implemented in 2014 had put american troops at a quote severe disadvantage. geria plans to work with the u.s. and interpol to address issues that led to the restrictions by washington and it's

one of 6 countries affected citing security concerns that apartment of homeland security said it will suspend visas that can lead to permanent residency. 3 years after the u.k. narrowly passed a referendum to leave the european union it is finally official. the departure was greeted with cheers by probing crowds who gathered outside parliament for the countdown now enters a transition period with the e.u. while a new trade agreement is to go shaded that supposed to be about a year long process so the headlines keep it here on al-jazeera front as next. we understand the different cities and similarities of cultures across the sentimental value taking. current affairs. down to 0. all wrong in the united states on the path to

war on today's on a special debate between a former iranian diplomat and a retired u.s. general. also on the show us the investigative calabar was accused the crown prince of saudi arabia of hacking into the cell phone of washington post jeff bezos almost calabar whether anyone can stand up to m.p.'s but 1st off the iranian general hossam solo while he was assassinated in iraq on the order of u.s. president donald trump the islamic republic of iran.