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of one honcho the number of new cases of the coronavirus has dropped for the 1st time. places of protests turned into open a galleries paint as an activist in india react to the controversial citizenship will. follow our top story u.s. president all trump has just concluded a lengthy address where he celebrated his acquittal on impeachment charges and lashed out at his political rivals the senate voted on wednesday to acquit trump on both articles of impeachment brought by the democratic led house of representatives from spoke at the white house in an unscripted off the cuff speech which lasted for over an hour at one point he held up copies of 2 newspapers with the headlines acquitted. they're lousy politicians but they do 2 things they're vicious and

mean vicious these people are vicious adam schiff is a vicious horrible person nancy pelosi is a horrible person i've done things wrong in my life i will admit not purposely but i've done things wrong. but this is what the end result is. of thanks. a lot house correspondent kimberly is live for us now in washington so this was characteristic of free willing off the cuff remarks who particularly was the target of his fury today. it seems that everyone that had ever wronged him was mentioned it was an airing of grievances that time it was profane in terms of the language used donald trump lashing out not only at house speaker nancy pelosi but also one of the lead impeachment managers the chair of the house intelligence committee adam schiff this

was certainly a settling of scores well it was supposed to be a celebration and certainly we saw donald trump doing a bit of a victory lap there as he held up those newspaper headlines he also was lashing out i think what we've got from this is a sense of what the campaign is going to be like moving forward as trump seeks reelection and the democrats work to unseat him that it is going to be bitter it's going to be acrimonious and it's going to be at times painful as we watch the president sort of resurrect these settling of scores where he believes he still has work to be done. and how does this then set the tone for the next 1011 months as trying faces reelection in november. well for those of us that were maybe thinking this might be the end of one chapter in the start of a new one and i think we may be mistaken the fact is that the trial is over now in

the u.s. congress but it appears that dollars from wants to really litigate some of what was alleged against him so expect that we're going to hear a lot of these off the cuff remarks as he moves forward campaigning we've also heard republicans saying that they want to call for investigations into former vice president joe biden his son hunter biden what hunter biden was doing sitting on the board of an energy company when the former vice president was overseeing ukraine policy but for their part democrats say that they want to hear from john bolton traumas former national security advisor set to release a book in march where he says in fact the president did abuses. actual powers when he held a phone call with the ukrainian leader of lattimer's alinsky a in an effort to not only withhold military aid but to leverage try to dig up dirt on his political rival joe biden so. we expect that there's going to be more of this as each side tries to leverage it in the midst of all of this though there are

some saying democrats would be wise to put it behind them because what this inquiry has done is not remove donald trump from office but instead instead see his poll numbers go to their highest since the start of when he took office the process might be over but we've definitely not heard the last of it thank you very much our white house correspondent can really help it there for us on out to our other top story the israeli army says it's sending around a 1000 more soldiers into your cube i'd west bank after a surge in violence over the past 24 hours that have been clashes in several cities there between palestinians and the israeli army on to 4 palestinians were shot dead in separate incidents israeli military has arrested a palestinian man who's accused of driving a car into a group of israeli soldiers in west jerusalem 12 soldiers were hurt in that attack sorry force it is in west jerusalem and says the palestinian leadership is blaming tom's middle east plan for the unrest. as far as the reason a lot of people are pointing to the fact that it is just 9 days of the revolution

or the unveiling of the u.s. peace plan there had been talk about possible violent reaction to it or an escalation of tensions at least of course it's difficult to draw a direct line but that's certainly the message coming from the palestinian president mahmoud abbas his office saying that the trump plan has created this escalation in tensions we've seen a couple of incidents in jerusalem occupied east jerusalem earlier afternoon there was a palestinian citizen of israel from haifa in the north of israel he got very close to an army. checkpoints risky forces checkpoint just outside the luxor mosque compound and it is the temple mount to jews he pulled a gun out of his pocket shot a group of israeli forces there injuring one likely he himself was shot and killed and that came just a few hours after something that took place in the early hours of this morning

a suspected running attack on a group of israeli soldiers who were on their way to a swearing in ceremony at the western wall this was in west jerusalem the driver got away one soldier seriously injured 12 injured in total the car discovered in beit jalla in the occupied west bank and there were raids and searches in bethlehem with some confrontations with palestinians resulting from that meanwhile senior white house adviser jared kushner is in new york to brief the u.n. security council about the u.s. plan so let's go live to our diplomatic editor james bays who is at the u.n. now and presumably the key issue in that briefing will be the onix ation of west bank settlements and concerns over that. absolutely i'm not actually in the u.n. that's the u.n. i'm on the other side of the road from the u.n. this is the u.s. mission to the united nations effectively the u.s.

embassy and it's in this building that jerad cush there is meeting with the 15 ambassadors of the u.n. security council all the security council members we know that they'll be meeting and are meeting right now over lunch at the end of that i'm told 10 will leave and then the 5 permanent members of the security council will have a 2nd meeting with mr kushner no all of these are bastards know that this is a rather difficult situation they have this brand new plan unveiled by the trumpet ministration in conjunction with israel but without her of the coronavirus emergency. it's running out of hospital beds as the number of deaths and confirmed cases continues to rise while there are signs that the number of new cases is dropping the world health organization says it's still too soon to say if the outbreak has reached its peak meanwhile chinese authorities a still battling to treat patients with the virus

a 2nd new hospital with 1500 beds has just opened outside on there are reports that china might even delay its biggest political meeting because of this the national people's congress and this would be the 1st time that's ever happened thousands of members would you to meet top communist party leaders in beijing in march and china's state media is saying the virus has been confirmed in a newborn baby the mother had tested positive and was separated from her child immediately after giving birth adrian brown brings us the latest now from hong kong . china is on a war footing. video on social media shows streets where the virus originated being sprayed with disinfectant. but questions linger over how china's government is dealing with this invisible enemy few countries can marshal the resources now of china's disposal and that's the thrust of the narrative on state controlled

television but hospitals are swamped with an acute shortage of beds gymnasiums and sports stadiums have been turned into temporary medical centers to cope with demand on thursday the death toll reached 565 the latest infections included a newborn baby but china's government says the number of virus victims who are recovering is also increasing here in hong kong the fear of catching this virus appears to be more contagious than the virus itself on thursday morning there were reports of panic buying in some local supermarkets with shelves being cleared of rice and other staples forcing the hong kong government to say there's no need to worry there's plenty of food. but there are not plenty of facemasks those that are on sale costs 3 times what they did before the crisis began people we spoke to don't understand why the government isn't providing them for free there are many poor people they have to queue up to buy to us and i think the government should do

more on that to solve the problem because they're not doing enough because they did not plan ahead to press a c. mas ford as it. is so now the crisis word be my ass is like throwing out. the day after the hong kong government announced it would soon begin isolating all arrivals from the mainland it remains unclear how that will happen the 2 options appear to be self isolation or being placed in holiday camps converted to quarantine centers in hong kong a luxury cruise liner the 2nd in asia with infected passengers is now a floating quarantine center as medical teams continue screening the 3600 passengers and crew the authorities are also appealing to passengers who were on a previous forage to get in touch fearing thousands more may have been exposed to

the virus adrian brown al jazeera hong kong. well health organization says the number of new cases of krajina virus in one has dropped for the 1st time. oh apologies for that obviously there's still a great deal of global concern and alarm around the crime of viruses a number of confirmed cases and deaths continues to rise but also some important for nation about those cases dropping for the 1st time from the world health organization now in all the stories of following techies to send more reinforcements to live the syrian government continues its advance on the country's last rebel held stronghold going to bring you that and then also important developments in germany there is outrage that over an election results in which the winner has quit just a day after being voted into office we'll tell you why. hello

it's still stormy in the southeast of europe and in turkey turkey of course has got the snow problem the thunderstorms are easing but they're still there in the same daylight hours or show friday to be still wet and sundry from cyprus and so on and talking to the event the wind behind the cold wind has eased to some degree does this start for on the ground but not very much here and much of europe is not as cold as it was say the day before now moscow isn't mine so it's not a pleasant change to proper way into the change korean's the atlantic as everything moves slowly eastward seeing increasing wind seems likely through ali and the british isles in general potentially damaging at least later on friday saturday and strengthens again later on saturday otherwise your mains wrote to be quite literally done through fronts so the bottom right hand corner there which would

affect libya and egypt and the whole advantages of the interns windy and wet but that's the extent of north africa's involvement otherwise it's quiet of course temperatures aren't necessarily particularly high but they have been so on the western side of north africa dropping down a little bit i think showers a further south as they should be the seasonal rains are taking a back step for that was just a good scattering of showers. in india identity politics on the rise what we're seeing is the construction of partitions and coats and loads of millions of people across the country and there's a dark side is you do see the grit from his offer to majesty of the him into something more like the team i didn't see of the british today i meet with victims of violence and discover what life is like for minorities in the country join me on

my journey in search of india's soul on al-jazeera. to me. the world. welcome back a recap of the headlines now a day after the u.s. senate voted to acquit him on impeachment charges president don't trump was lashed out at his political rivals in a speech at the white house while health organization says that there are signs a number of new cases of the coronavirus is dropping but it's still too soon to say if the outbreak has reached its peak and the israeli army says it's sending around a 1000 more soldiers into the occupied west bank in clashes in several cities between palestinians and the israeli army after 4 palestinians were shot dead in

separate incidents. now to libya where talks to end months of violence have wrapped up without any concrete plans for a ceasefire ago she has from the un recognized government of national accord and all of us forces have been meeting in geneva after has been trying to seize the capital tripoli for 10 months now the un envoy for libya says both sides still want to work towards ending the conflict. oh apologies for that some technical problems there obviously those talks have been taking place between the un recognized government and then also the forces of khalifa haftar of course he has been waging an offensive to take the capital tripoli since april of last year and the had been hopes and go shake his might be able to at least lay the groundwork for some sort of longer lasting cease fire but

that appears to be a distant prospect our correspondent hard to abdulhamid is following this story very closely and says it though only a few points standing in the way of an agreement. these talks are about reaching a permanent cease fire that would pave the way to try to find a political solution to the conflict in libya they talked about everything according to the u.n. envoy. from what to do with the heavy weapons to the future of the armed groups 2 ways of lifting the oil look aids and also to the eventual presence of you and monitors on the ground in libya now there are points we do 2 sides had agreed upon we don't know which exactly but the u.n. envoy did say that there were 2 or 3 points that were still sticking and those are probably the most difficult points upon them probably do future of the armed groups that talks are continuing here. are wanting to finalize

a draft that both sides could then take back to their political readership for agreement so we're still not there yet but there is hope that at some point they would be a breakthrough because if these 2 sides agree at least on the military track then things could eventually come down on the ground in libya and that could pave the way for economic development political solution and also the future of the more than 150000 displaced people since april who need to return home. now at least 5 civilians have been killed as fighting intensifies in syria's last rebel stronghold turkey has sent more reinforcements to the northwest province of in an attempt to stop the syrian government advances ankara set up a military post after a rare confrontation between turkey and syria on monday an impressive visit in a makeshift camp in a province where people displaced by the fighting and now having to contend with

the winter weather. this is one of those camps and sarmad are in it live nearby the roads of the camp was actually built in. by the civilians who have to escape their lands is since august after the syrian government advance its strikes in the south of there at the camp situation is very dire a because it's all make up to make up shelters there are only tents and because of the harsh weather conditions a people have been suffering as you can see here the tents have been flooded it is getting more difficult for those people to live around here because there are also more people coming over and they have to share their tents it with those people and of course it is very difficult mostly for women and children who suffer bad conditions mainly lack of hygiene food lack of education everything is a problem here and those this is not

a regular camp by the way the camp was built by the financial fight or by the finance of the people who have been living here and i'm told by the local n.g.o.s who brought us here that even the rules are built by the civilians all money so it seems the administrations are not enough are not capable enough to take care of all those people who have been displaced from all over. across it lip. this is not a life it's no way to live. in a new cloudy lab we lost our homes and our land our kids it's not safe for them to go away we are subjugated there's no fit for the children no education no schools we don't have the basics even i feel like my soul is leaving my body there's no need there's lots of months there's no school no aid no water no bread it's hard

for us to play even going to the market is difficult i'm scared of the planes. people have a lot to cope with here for instance here they are trying to fill in that order so that they can stop the floods reaching their tents so that they can keep their stuff clean and a usable i have to tell that in this water it is not only water it is also the sewage of the scam that's why hygiene is a very big problem and it is a risk for people diseases that might be seen around people and i have to remind that there is no medicine here when it's 8 doesn't reach to everywhere especially medicine and it is difficult for dignitary and aid organizations to access everyone especially given the conditions given more displacement from south to the north it is very difficult it is very very dire in these camps and if people are tired people are tired of struggling with everything and when we speak to people they

always cry because they say they lack everything here now it's a call from those people to the international community that the syrian government's attacks must be stopped very soon. now to iraq where thousands of students have rallied in the cities of baghdad and basra to condemn attacks on protesters by supporters of an influential shia cleric demonstrators in tahrir square in baghdad denounced the attacks which left at least 10 people dead supporters of the total souther stormed an anti-government protest camp in the southern city of najaf on wednesday. or now to some important political developments in germany a politician elected on wednesday with the help of a far right party says he will stand down to pave the way for fresh elections thomas kemmer except into power on wednesday when the alternative for germany party lent him their support in the central state of 3 india it ended months of political deadlock after an inconclusive election in october but it also sent shock waves to

berlin where it was described as a political earthquake it was the 1st time in 75 years that an ultra nationalist party had acted as a kingmaker in german politics. together with my state department colleagues of the free democrats we decided to ask for the 3 state parliament to be dissolved by doing so we'd like to make a new elections possible to remove the floor of the f.t. support for the position of state premier democrats' new democratic majorities which obviously does not exist in its parliament. some news from zimbabwe rescuers there are searching for survivors after a disused gold mine collapsed killing at least 2 people who were mining illegally around 20 people are reportedly trapped underground in the mine just outside of the city of quick the shaft caved in on wednesday night and local media say that the mine it officially closed down in 2007. meanwhile police in to say they are worried

the prime minister's wife might flee the country after she was released on bail ahead of her scheduled to trial but appeared in court on wednesday accused of the murder of prime minister thomas to ban his former wife in 2017 and the trial is due to start on feb 18th she crossed the border into south africa after police 1st question to the media millar is in johannesburg and says the scandal is a major blow to the prime minister's credibility. the current wife of the prime minister time to bonnie is out on bail in a suit to their work concerns from the police that she was a flight to us despite that the judge presiding over the case did grant of bail and they've even been questions raised around that and the judge's ties to the prime minister tom to bonnie they have been questions around that judge previously also previously accused of misconduct and that judge's relationship and has also been criticized by all pursued to convention the party in power and the one that tom de

bonnie belongs to the story goes back all the way to 2017 when a rather was killed at that time police said that they thought perhaps an armed gang was behind the killing killing it was then emerged that. time to bond his current wife was then questioned in fact on to bonnie himself was also questioned he's not facing any charges but since then messiah has been charged with murder as well as attempted murder because the companion the friend of the polo was with her at the time and she was injured in that shooting and now people across the country are concerned about the political ramifications that add some marchers pushing for the prime minister to step down because the story of the scandal has certainly affected his credibility. artists across india are joining the campaign against the nation's controversial citizenship lot. which opponents say it discriminates against muslims they are using their work to show that anger at the

citizenship amendment act and to highlight violent police crackdowns on protests against it elizabeth for on them has been to me radical artists in the capital new delhi. the writing is on the board and shopping bag the name of this one's little known neighborhood in new delhi has become synonymous with the protest movement against the citizenship amendment act it's also become a place for artistic expression the road protest is occupied looks more like an open air gallery just an aria has been portraying the protests on paper since the indian government passed a little in december it seems they go away. from the lottery got. something to go it was actually going. to draw it's have been shared online and used in protests around the country they criticize the law which fast track citizenship to minorities from 3 neighboring

countries but not muslims want. to see i know my well name because. it's not my only role it's. the movement has drawn in musicians to rapid innovation kumar who's performed shaheen bob says have a responsibility to use their voice these are times when you should speak up in any way through whatever you do. as he was inspired to write his song ball speak to police used force against protesters and students at johnny a 1000000 islamiya university while brown might have a assistant job a limb and i have some on painted this work reflecting the violence is wild but what's special about this wall is you see that mark in the middle that is real blood from the student who was beaten by police let's not hide that. police removed his other paintings of the protests from the india fan the 2nd of february.

new delhi's other big protest site the day off for a man opened fire at peaceful protest is it a valley here all the. 30th of january 2 women created this new role depicting the incident. the gunman praised police has he carried out the shooting but despite 3 shootings that shahid bike and job one week the artists and the people keep coming elizabeth proud of al-jazeera new delhi. and i want to bring you news of an important milestone american astronaut christina cox who let the 1st female space walk has returned to earth after a record breaking stay on the international space station. cox 328 day mission is a new record for the longest single spaceflight by a woman previously held by nasa as whitson carried out research on the effects of

long duration spaceflight and study the behavior of fire in space. look at the headlines now u.s. president donald trump a celebrated his acquittal on impeachment charges with a speech at the white house trying lashed out at his political rivals calling democratic party efforts to undermine his presidency corrupt at one point he held up copies of 2 newspapers with the headlines acquitted their lousy politicians but they do 2 things. their vision should mean vicious these people have issues that i'm sure of as a virtuous horrible person nancy pelosi is a horrible person i've done things wrong in my life i will admit not purposely but i've done things wrong. but this is what the end result is.

in our other headlines this hour the israeli army says it's sending around a 1000 more soldiers in the occupied west bank after a surge in violence there over the past 24 hours have been clashes in several cities after 4 palestinians were shot dead in separate incidents. israeli military is arrested a palestinian man who's accused of driving a car into a group of israeli soldiers in west jerusalem. the world health organization says there are signs the number of new cases of corona virus are dropping but it's still too soon to say if the outbreak has reached its peak or not spike this will harm the chinese city at the center of the emergency is running out of hospital beds to treat patients. at least 5 civilians have been killed as fighting intensifies in syria's last rebel held stronghold turkey has sent more reinforcements to the north west of the know what northwest province of idlib in an attempt to stop the syrian government's advances agger has set up for a new military post after

a wreck on front taishan between turkey and syria on monday. thousands of iraqi students have rallied in the cities of baghdad and basra to condemn attacks on protesters by supporters of an influential shiite cleric supporters of other stormed an anti-government protest camp in the southern city of najaf on wednesday at least 10 people were killed. the stream is coming up next asking if brecht's it could break up the united kingdom.

ok and your in the strain to say that is finally here the union flag is down at the european parliament but i cite scotland and northern ireland that apart from the e.u.'s spot great interest even the u.k. scotland for the 62 percent to stay in the e.u. over the island 49 percent to stay in the you say we will discuss where the proxy could possibly break up the united kingdom of course we want to know what you think so you can share your thoughts with us live in our chat i need to get me right here on the street. and national we're going to wave. and if you can. i said really.