brought on board 1st hungry and thirsty it hasn't taken much time to pull the boat about 200 people have been rescued and more want to get on but this simply no space . but this is what the end result is. president and boston has of course only impeachment charges taking aim at democratic senators calling them dishonest and corrupt. hello i'm maryam namazie and london you're watching al-jazeera also coming up on the program 24 hours of violence for palestinians shot dead tensions rise in the wake of the u.s. president's controversial plan for the middle east. the chinese doctor who tried to alert the world to a new disease has died another victim of the coronavirus. and

a political op evil in germany outrage over an election result sees the winner which just a day after being voted into office. welcome to the program our top story this hour u.s. president donald trump has used a speech at the white house to celebrate his acquittal on impeachment charges he also launched attacks on his political rivals in an address which could set the tone for his 2020 election campaign our white house correspondent can really help it reports to us now. what day after the u.s. senate voted not to remove the u.s. president from office donald trump was in the mood to celebrate i have 2 things wrong in my life i will admit not purposely but i've done things wrong. but this is what the end result is. troubled railed against

opposition democrats who watched the impeachment effort against him at times using language that was derogatory and profane it was all but. he tried to coerce a now into helping him cheat trump took a bit congressman adam schiff who led the inquiry into whether trump abused his presidential powers by withholding military aid to ukraine in an attempt to get them to investigate his political rival former vice president joe biden a corrupt politician named adam schiff made up my statement to the ukrainian president he brought it out of thin air just made it up they say he's a screenwriter a failed screenwriter donald j. trump earlier that day at a national prayer breakfast trump also went after mitt romney who was the only republican senator who voted to remove trump from office he also lashed out at house speaker nancy pelosi i don't like people who use their faith

as justification. for doing what they know is wrong. pelosi blasted the president in response a pretty hard for him because he's so off the track of our constitution but throughout trumps more than an hour long remarks he repeatedly maintained he committed no wrongdoing it was a sharp contrast to president bill clinton's more than a minute long statement in 1999 following his own impeachment acquittal i want to say again to the american people. how profoundly sorry i am. for what i said and did. to trigger these events thank you. troubles only apology came not to americans but to his family who he says has been caught up in allegations and investigations since the start of his presidency i want to

apologize to my family for having them have to go through a phony rotten deal well the impeachment trial may be over the allegations are not both democrats and republicans are vowing to take this case to american voters in november who will ultimately decide if donald trump is a one or 2 term president can really help get al jazeera the white house. whatever you want the latest on the corona virus outbreak now the world health organization has been speaking out saying that there are signs the number of new cases is dropping though they have issued a warning saying that it's still too soon to say if the outbreak has reached its peak. there is still

a lot we don't know we don't know the source of the outbreak we don't know what it's natural result of our ease and we don't properly understand its transmissibility or severity to defeat this outbreak we need answers to all those questions and there are the tools we don't have we have no vaccine to prevent infections and not our puti x. to treat them. a rounding up the other developments for you chinese authorities are still battling to treat patients with the virus a 2nd new hospital with 1500 beds as opened just outside of the city of one hand where it all originated there are reports as well that china might delay its biggest political meeting over this the national people's congress that would be the 1st time that's ever happened thousands of members were due to meet top communist party leaders in beijing in march and then china's state media is reporting that a virus has been confirmed in a new born baby a mother who tested positive and was separated from her child immediately after

giving birth adrian brown has the latest now from hong kong. china is on a war footing. video on social media shows streets in 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 which 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 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 i had to press a c. mas for this it's a it's so now the prices were the mass 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 comes 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 foraged to get in touch fearing thousands more may have been exposed to the virus adrian brown al-jazeera hong kong. a chinese doctor meanwhile he sounded the alarm on the krajina virus has died from it. when it was one of the original people to highlight the new virus when he posted about it on a local messaging app he was accused of were in the mongering by the will hunt police he is one of several whistle blowing medics targeted by the chinese police.

now the israeli army says it's about 1000 more soldiers and he occupied west bank after a surge in violence over the past 24 hours i mean clashes in several cities that between palestinians and the israeli army after 4 palestinians were shot dead in separate incidents and the abraham reports. it's been the deadliest 24 hour period in the occupied west bank in a year i were killed by israeli fire in 2 separate incidents on thursday and dozens of palestinians were wounded. in geneva north of the occupied west bank tensions escalated after the israeli army demolished the house of a palestinian prisoner in the city. 19 year old years on a boat base was killed in confrontations between palestinian protesters and israeli forces following the house demolition of augustinian police officer was also killed the funeral of 25 year old daughter but when it was delayed till mid day friday to

allow his wife and 2 children to come from jordan where they live police surveillance video shows by the end standing before he was killed i witness his $1.00 that but when i was watching the confrontations when he was shot by a sniper a 3rd person was killed in the old city of jerusalem one israeli police officer was lightly injured after the gunmen shot at that is really police force in the city. mass praised the attacks the palestinian presidency described the latest tension as a dangerous israeli escalation it sir this follows the u.s. announcement of its proposed mideast plan that was unveiled more than a week ago. palestinians of strongly rejected the plan they say it's means them accepting this radio station and the status quo. analysts say the general mood in the west bank is that the frustration i think that there is going to be a continuity for a while for some actions because i think the palestinian public wanted to show that

the palestinian people are against this deal and that this deal is compromising the legitimate rights of the palestinian people and the land but i don't think that it will continue on the long. lead on thursday if the israeli army said it arrested the palestinian it says it rammed his car into israeli soldiers in jerusalem. the attack has left 12 israeli soldiers wounded one of whom sunstein severe injuries it's not clear whether tension will escalate frustrate has been mounting for a long time and palestinian factions of called for protests on friday against the u.s. peace plan but if the previous calls are any indication it seems unlikely that these will materialize need a break him al-jazeera the occupied west bank meanwhile senior white house advisor

is in new york to brief the u.n. security council on that u.s. plan out of platic editor james bass has more on this now from the u.s. mission to the united nations in new york. here are the united nations ambassadors from the 15 members of the u.n. security council have been meeting here at the u.s. mission to the united nations effectively the united states embassy where they've been having lunch with jared cushion or he's been briefing them on his middle east plan and bassett as arriving here know that that plan in some ways for example on settlements in the status of jerusalem contradicts many of their previous resolutions but before they arrived here they said for now they were listening mode but it's mainly an opportunity to to hear from mr cautionary sell himself about the plan so i think it's will mainly be an opportunity for asking questions maybe some clarification on some aspect of the plan we support the 2 state solutions juries

and him as a kid of the 2 states we are supporting this position because we strongly believe this is the only pragmatic way to resolve the issue is opposition compatible with his plan. i think. next week will be a big test for the trump plan a formal meeting of the security council take place on tuesday palestinian president mahmoud abbas will be here in new york the palestinians helped by 2 newsier the current arab member of the security council will put forward a resolution rejecting the trump plan the u.s. are almost certain to veto how the rest of the council responds will be important. on now to the war in libya talks to end months of violence in the country wrapped up without any concrete plans for a cease fire negotiations from the un recognized government of national accord and khalifa haftar us forces have been meeting in geneva now have to as representatives

of been trying to seize the capital tripoli for 10 months now the u.n. envoy for libya says that aside still want to work towards ending the conflict. progress has been made. on many important issues and we have before us a significant number of points of convergence. are we happy was what we have certainly yes is this. complete certainly not and that is why. working on refining our basic wrath. and on. bridging the gap on a few points of divergence now watching al-jazeera live from london much more still ahead to send more reinforcements as the syrian government continues its advance of

the country's last rebel held stronghold also. in a island where record numbers of families are now living in emergency accommodation the country's housing crisis is central in this year's general election. hello looks at the worst case scenario if a heavy rains in new south wales may not be achieved if you still got some pretty big showers i have already happened but they're going to continue good good feed of moisture in from the water and that comes of against a cool study warm land and the time of year we get thunderstorms now we could have seen the worst of it over sydney anything up to $400.00 millimeters are going to buckle from that and i would just say good scotch english as your queensland and use as was which will be useful right at the same time currents the coast of west

australia is that spinner it is indeed a tropical low probably a tropical cyclone it's like to make landfall jury in south a day just south of port hedland the whole area will be particularly badly hit was rain and strong winds there will be flash flooding it does happen to 3 times a year has already happened this year but it's about to happen again that's come straight north and different season different countries still snow showers and i'm sure that welcome given how little stuff has been so far so i think the next 2 or 3 days will see some on the western slopes northern home she and her cardio this range the size of the circulation trust develop if the sudden alden's of japan that's all going eastwards to least on john but stay showers continue to take care of it surprisingly at 13. in japan thousands of men and women of that issue without a trace one i want to use investigates why people engineer their own disappearance

and. how to 0. informed opinions the economy is actually what's keeping donald trump afloat right now and in-depth analysis of the day's headlines the protest movement is only getting stronger the more people he killed the resilient the resistant it will become inside story on al-jazeera. who like. to. welcome back to the headlines now a day after the u.s. senate voted to acquit him on impeachment charges president donald trump denounced the proceedings and lashed out at his political rivals in

a speech at the white house is right the army says it's sending about a 1000 more soldiers into the occupied west bank off the clashes in several cities 4 palestinians have been shot dead in separate incidents a palestinian man accused of running a car into a group of israeli soldiers in west jerusalem has been arrested and the world health organization says there are signs the number of new cases of the coronavirus is dropping but it's still too soon to say the outbreak has reached its peak. well now to syria government forces have entered the northern town of sorrow as part of an offensive to retake the country's last rebel held stronghold this despite fighting between syrian and turkish forces in which 5 people were killed turkey says it's sending reinforcements and it set up for a new military post threatening to drive back syrian troops sarka is one of is of strategic importance in the area as it sits at the intersection of 2 major highways will the u.n. special envoy to syria get pettish and says the fighting could lead to a bloody unprotected last stand on the border with turkey so now because you're

glue has been to a makeshift camp in a province for those fleeing the violence and she explains how the the harsh winter conditions there making life particularly difficult. this is one of those camps and so our mother in it lives nearby the roads of the camp was actually built by the civilians who had 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 if 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 lept. this is not a life it's no way to live the. american am 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. you know many

has lots of money 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 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. well now to iraq thousands of students have rallied in the cities of baghdad and basra to condemn attacks on protesters by supporters of an influential shiite cleric demonstrators in tahrir square in baghdad denounced the attacks which left at least 10 people dead supporters of more total souther stormed an anti-government protest camp in the southern city of najaf on wednesday souder has at different times of both supported and opposed the protesters who want the complete removal of iraq's elite. now a rural community in mexico a spark control the sea off the images were published of children as young as 8

years old being recruited to fight alongside members of a community defense militia and you rappel reports on this now from mexico city. these young boys from the mexican state of get away don't are learning combat techniques. they are the newest and youngest recruits of the community run militia their ages range from $8.00 to $12.00 this is yes we can even go outside because the school we used to go to is in another town controlled by criminal gangs and if we go there we could be kidnapped. many of the boys say violence in their communities has grown out of hand they're afraid to go back to school and have traded their textbooks for rifles. i joined the community police force to help my people in my family and they've told me a lot about guns and about how to defend. last year there were nearly $1600.00 homicides registered and get laid off according to official sources. violence has

become so common many residents see no other choice than to put firearms in the hands of anyone able to wield them no book and it was the doing of these because we like guns we are farmers the work field over a wide for all families we had doing these out of necessity because the government has failed to keep communities safe the man joe recent images of armed children dressed in fatigues and lined up like soldiers have circulated on mexican social media they've also sparked new concerns from children's rights groups to hamper the fact that gauss boys participate on degree have a series of implications when it comes to iraq the status that the risk to their lives but also that development they are often forced to leave school there's also the impact on their mental and emotional health. ha over the past decade violence in mexico has grown exponentially experts estimate that in that time as many as 30000 mexican children and teenagers have been involved in some form of gun

violence mexico's president has called the act of arming children quote shameful vowing to address the issue by creating more opportunities for. hildreth with few resources and limited access to education. a debate in mexico is now underway over how to best care for the safety and mental health of children in regions of conflict it's clear however that would these children really want is a normal child. manildra. mexico city. to political developments in germany a politician there 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 ics whipped into power on wednesday when the alternative for germany party lent him their support in the central state of syringa 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 new elections possible and 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 this parliament saturday's general election in ireland could shake up the status quo it may be one of the fastest growing economies in europe but thousands of people have been left homeless because of a shortage of affordable housing as neve parker reports from dublin the crisis is now a defining election issue lifting the little islands housing crisis left this family homeless forced to live with friends and relatives or in particular areas short term housing the result of sky high red so the market here the games the the main town draws people not wanting

a single mother with 3 children because maybe single mothers are trouble or why or the single you know i did walk the streets and i often. just days where i i just felt despair charities have intervened where the government has and the family now has a long term home and a place to grow. 'd 'd this charity is inundated with desperate calls some from entire families affected from their homes you have children with today a record number of babies are now being born into homelessness currently we have nearly 4000 children who are homeless time includes only 2000 families it's a disgrace that there are so many children homeless but it's just a reality of the homes crisis in our love moments island was hit hard by the economic crash in 2008 the house building stalled since then wages have increased but rents and house prices have risen by a bigger margin it's left an entire generation struggling to afford rents that are

higher in dublin and tokyo sydney and singapore meanwhile house prices have soared as social housing is scarce on the outskirts of dublin a new suburbs emerging from wasteland built by an american property giant to attract large investors this is a tree but in a nearby development this 3 bedroom apartment costs more than $3000.00 above well beyond the reach of many we need something in the order of $35000.00 houses a year we're only delivering 2025 so the main political parties at the moment are promising 406-088-0000 extension 0 units every over the course of the next government whereas i think they perhaps might need to look and see how feasible those numbers are it is a critical issue in this year's election all parties agree that rents need to be lower and they need to be more houses but they can't agree on how much to intervene

in the lucrative private markets the government of prime minister leo varadkar is having to account for its time in office opinion polls are predicting a shift away from the main. centrist party safina galan feel for who wield it power for generations towards left wing shin fein during the conflict in northern ireland the party was regarded as the political wing of the republican paramilitary group the ira it's put housing at the heart of its campaign. charities urging all politicians to find a robust solution to the housing crisis the consequences of inaction are clear for families tonight the basic right of a secure place to live. leave park out is here. now has an important milestone for you american astronaut christina koch who led the 1st all female space forecast return to earth after a record breaking stay on the international space station.

cook's 328 day mission is a new record for the longest single space flight by a woman previously held by nasa as peggy whitson apart from participating in a nasa research on effects of long duration spaceflight also conducted scientific experiments looking at the behavior of fire in space. quick reminder of the if the headlines now a day off to the u.s. senate voted to acquit him on impeachment charges president donald trump has lashed out at his political rivals it was an unscripted off the cuff speech at the white house that lasted for over an hour or so celebrated remaining in office by holding up copies of 2 newspapers with the headlines acquitted i want house correspondent can believe hope that explains trump singled out for attack. 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 the settling of scores where he believes he still has work to be done. israeli army says it's sending about to fouls and more soldiers into the occupied west bank after a surge in violence over the past 24 hours i mean clashes in several cities after 4

palestinians were shot dead in separate in. siddons israeli military has arrested a palestinian man who is accused of driving a car into a group of israeli soldiers in west jerusalem injuring 12 of them. and then a chinese doctor who sounded the alarm on the corona virus has died from its dr lee when leon who was one of the original people to highlight the new virus. did so when he posted about it on a local messaging app but he was accused of rumah mongering up by the 100 police he was one of several whistle blowing medics targeted by chinese authorities so want to what he says coming up next with the story of japan's evaporative people looking at what drives some people to engineer own disappearances. just going to the polls to elect a new government faced with criticism over the housing crisis. and unemployment in

rural parts of the country will the current prime minister manage to reset this position and join us as we look at the country through breaks. every year thousands of japanese men and women that age without a trace. the guns came back and we'll make up the bulk of them on what. they are known as the joe hockey operations people. and they engineer only disappeared since. the journey do you. think you can see them. why do they choose to disappear. just a thought you must. do to them. and what do they leave

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