if you want to help save the world. isn't hero. rescue workers in the major find body parts and wreckage while searching for a passenger plane that crashed into the sea with 62 people on board. hello i'm daryn jordan this is our jazeera live from doha also coming up. to ranged unhinged dangerous president of the united states calls for an unprecedented 2nd impeachment of donald trump gain momentum with the democrats determined to make the president accountable for wednesday's siege of the capital. for the 1st time in

decades the u.s. and restrictions on official contacts with taiwan in a move that could increase existing tensions between washington and beijing. and appealed for a stricter lockdown grow in the u.k. where corona virus infections across 3000000 is the highest in europe. rescue workers in the nation have recovered body parts and wreckage during their search for a missing passenger plane the boeing 737500 disappeared from radar shortly after takeoff from the capital jakarta 62 people were onboard al-jazeera has just got washington reports now from tanjung priok port in jakarta where rescue teams are hoping that better weather conditions will help their search. but this is a huge coordinated effort involving the military the navy the national police and experienced divers let me just give you a sense of what's happening here where the search operation. is being

a warden agent there is a disaster victim identification center and just behind me you can see some of the debris that authorities have found already what appears to be some sort of emergency ramp now authorities say that overnight the search effort was hampered by the darkness of course it being late in the evening but of course also heavy rains and choppy waters today conditions are more favorable but it is still quite windy divers have gone down hoping to find more debris from the plane authorities have sent some of what they found to jakarta call for the investigation and also been speaking with the aviation experts here in indonesia resave that. airlines has quite a decent record and has never had a major safety incident before these inquiries will continue today and possibly a weeks as to what happened to this 26 year old boeing aircraft yesterday in jakarta while on the phone from jakarta. general of the indonesian red cross

mr side so what more can you tell us briefly about the search operation and the work that you're doing with the indonesian search and rescue teams. i would like. the victims and the families. on. the whole this is the big. theme what a nice enough sort of thing we need and i want to. fly hundreds of volunteers including sending them to be. messy and also. be identifying the dead bodies. on them and i think the process we've got in the cockpit one thing and also the mandating that they're for being with us but if we fly on lesson on.

i'm sorry let me just jump in here i mean what what about the issue of coronavirus how is that affecting the work of the search teams and your teams from the red cross. that is a big challenge to the 19 as well so we equip them from the beginning we. know so some will be a. bit quiet and now we are fighting the. fighting that. the banks and the saudi. for all programming the 19 side and what support is the red cross giving to the families of the victims both passengers and crew. one of the many of the pluses of fighting. family. first they close out this one for the

family. also part of the victims. who we are now on the phone on in the. board and also from the. i want to. because the family. thank you very much indeed for talking to al-jazeera thank you sir. calls to impeach us president donald trump a growing after wednesday's siege in the capital the house speaker nancy pelosi says nothing is off the table articles of impeachment could reach the house of representatives as early as monday globalism the reports now from washington d.c. . and ultimatum to the president resign or face impeachment this is a message from house speaker nancy pelosi to donald trump. with trump showing no sign of stepping down willingly before january 20th an occupation of joe biden it's

full steam ahead for impeachment starting as soon as monday sadly the person's branch is a drain judged unhinged dangerous president of the united states and a number of days until we can be protected from him but he has done something so serious that there should be prosecution against him it's believed palosi spent the weekend going over the final language for the articles of impeachment a draft circulating in washington says he'll be impeached for inciting an insurrection democrats are determined the trump needs to be punished for the rioting by his supporters and they're also determined to make it quick impeachment proceedings and possibly a vote as a release the middle of next week donald trump must be removed from office immediately. he should be impeached. convicted.

and thrown out of 1600 pennsylvania avenue ever have a benefit a dustbin of history which a growing number of republicans in congress have abandoned the president the latest being senator pat toomey of pennsylvania who on saturday said he thinks trump committed fences with a growing tide against trump congress has many options to pursue against the president in his final 2 weeks in office the congress has 3 choices they have met which says. this is a high crime insurrection of the 25th amendment saying he's not able to carry out his duties they also have the 14th amendment that the congress hand if somebody has participated in or abetted an insurrection they can be stripped of their title and not allowed to run for office again 3 days after the riots in washington d.c.

is eerily quiet there are almost no tourists on the streets and many office buildings remain closed because a covert and many other businesses are boarded up like this either because of economic distress or in anticipation of more violence saturday many people who call washington home came out to see a changed city where security remains tight many still trying to make sense of the writing and damage gabriel sandow al-jazeera washington. the u.s. says it will end its decades old restrictions on official contact with taiwan secretary state mike pompei oh says officials interactions with their time in his counterparts have been regulated to appease beijing china views taiwan as his own territory and has worked to keep it isolated on the world stage the change comes just days before the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. is set to visit taiwan the highest ranking u.s. official to do so let's bring in russ feingold he's an asia political risk analyst

who joins us via skype from taipei the capital of taiwan ross good to have you back on the program how significant is this statement then by mike pompei a because in the last few is the u.s. government wasn't sticking to most of these restrictions anyway. that that's correct these restrictions had existed on paper for decades but in reality in its recent interactions with the government of taiwan on a government to government level the united states had largely departed from these restrictions anyway regardless of the fact that the united states is making this. an official announcement it's certainly going to be welcomed by the government and people here in taiwan as well as taiwan supporters in the united states congress or or in the united states generally but you are correct that frank typically speaking these restrictions have largely not been had year to in recent years anyway what about the timing of all of this given that these are the laast few troubled days of

the trump presidency is this one last job but china before trump leads you know that's a great question because you know why wait till now why wasn't this announced 201720182019 or earlier and 2020 why in the final days of the trunk been ministration perhaps they tried to ministration was holding this for a 2nd tour and would have used it at a convenient time for u.s. policy interest and now that they don't have a 2nd term there are trying to announce these kinds of measures towards china towards taiwan in their final days so perhaps in the remaining 10 days we'll see something else with regard to u.s. taiwan relations you mention the visit of the u.s. ambassador to the united nations again it's a it's a gesture that's welcomed here in taipei but it also is about that's balanced against the reality that it's coming in the final days of the trump administration in their craft while also be out of a job shortly after joe biden's inaugurated yes on we know that the u.s.

and china have had a fractious relationship on the trump out do you see that changing and abiding the ministration particularly in a sense to missions like taiwan and hong kong. it certainly still remains a big mystery what the biden policy towards china and other issues related to china such as funk on such as taiwan or the trade issues technology exports from the united states what the policy actually will be it's still a better speculation he still warming his team there's been some announcements by people who've already been announced as going on to the foreign policy or national security team that they'll continue broadly speaking to be tough on china but what those policies actually will be whether they'll maintain all or only some of the trouble ministration policies it's a it's a big mystery and that's probably why saturday's announcement by the secretary of state is so welcomed here in taiwan because at least it puts something like this

into u.s. policy for now and it would force the biden ministration either to undo it or to ignore it and frankly it puts the buying team in a tough position on this issue just a final thought before you go beijing is always extremely sensitive of a taiwan how do you think the chinese will react to this that the way that china reacts to all similar gestures by the united states to treat taiwan as a normal country and that would include statements from spokespeople articles i need pieces in official state media and military exercises in the air or on the waters around taiwan at potentially persuading countries that still have diplomatic relations with taiwan to drop those relations and to establish relations with the people's republic of china russ feingold's always good to get your thoughts thank you very much indeed for talking to al-jazeera thank you. time for a short break here now his era when we come back. one child strafford live from bishkek the capital of kyrgyzstan where people are voting for

a new president after what's being described as the country's 3rd revolution overthrew the government in a child last year. and getting to the root of it women punjab hearing from indian families are keeping up the pressure on the government over new laws more on that stay with us. weather wise is quite quite still in the arabian peninsula in the levant in iran and mostly in turkey as a western northern turkey will see more cloud wind and rain for a while there's a bit of a breeze setting up down the gulf as well so it'll drop temperatures in bahrain and the u.a.e. the showers they've been rather prominent the high ground or western side to become fewer and fewer in the next day or so i think they still like to go on the eastern

side to sudan and possibly even eritrea time of the. their house forecast shows that northwest leave the show mild is in for the next 3 days a temperature drop a little bit particularly not down to 11 degrees that's quite a cold night for their hard even this time of the year the active weather in southern africa has given flash floods over the last week or so and namibia has been one of the recipients it is the wet season we will see more showers in one to consider south but not on the west coast there are also showers likely throughout south africa although not in cape town but you may have noticed we no longer have a tropical cyclone heading towards militias it is falling apart and i think also the forecast will give you thunderstorms for the next 3 days you need no longer be worried about particularly strong winds. but. finland has committed to cutting its carbon emissions with the world's most

ambitious reduction goal carbon neutrality in just 15 years now it's really time to actually get to and we can do it if we want to but 1st the nation must tackle the dirty legacy of a profitable fossil fuel industry it's in being an active emissions source people in power finland's plummets warriors on a. welcome back a quick reminder of our top stories here on al-jazeera rescue workers in indonesia have recovered body parts and wreckage during their search for missing passenger plane the boeing 737500 disappeared from radar shortly after takeoff from the

capital jakarta 62 people were onboard. the u.s. democrats are pushing to impeach president trump for inciting violence on capitol hill 180 democrats are co-sponsoring a resolution i plan to introduce it on monday with a vote possible by wednesday. on the u.s. says it will end its decades old restrictions on officials contact counterparts in taiwan it's a move expected and the china change comes just days before the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. is set to visit taiwan the highest ranking u.s. official to do so. now the u.k. has recorded more than 3000000 cases of cope with 19 the 1st country in western europe to do so more than 80000 of those have died is currently struggling to stop a rapid surge in cases with all 4 of the u.k.'s nations under tight restrictions more than 60000 new infections were reported on saturday and another 1000 deaths

southern california is also seeing a surge in cases it's overwhelming intensive care units and ambulance services the state has identified more than 43000 cases in the past day and almost 22000 people are in hospital canada's most populous province ontario has recorded more than 3000 new infections every day for a week nearly 3500 are reported on saturday premier doug ford says the provinces in crisis and he's considering more extreme measures that's on top of the region wide lockdown that's been in place since late december and in china millions of people living in 2 cities south of beijing i've been ordered to stay home for at least a week and she has young one is the capital of her bay province they're all under lockdown authorities say 16000000 people have been tested in both cities china recorded more than 500 new cases this week including almost 80 on saturday.

authorities in several countries in latin america urged people to stay away from beaches it's high summer in countries like brazil and argentina beaches a crowded bus despite rising cases in both countries done osama reports and argentina's capital one is ours. this is not what medical experts had in mind when urging people to take measures to restrict the spread of the 2nd wave of recorded 19 pandemic beaches in rio de janeiro and elsewhere in brazil where infections top 8000000 now. there hasn't been any bare minimum planning and logistical organization for the establishment of what feasible box a nation plan brazil is at the end of the line and last for the start of a mass immunization program against covert 90 s. and there are similar tales of crowding on beaches in argentina and this video taken at the seaside park. thousands more people are preparing to escape hotting

crime cities to join the city might give it. during the 1st weekend of january it's estimated about 55000 people read trouble from the santiago metropolitan region which is the equivalent of about 2000 buses leaving a capital. however the number of deaths and infections continue to rise brazil still without a national vaccine program is one of the world's worst affected with 200000 dead. buried you are more urgently needed just my obligation as a sister daughter niece is to put the names of my family forward so people can understand the risks of this disease and that no one is immune no matter your social class race or religion we are all a tricycle losing our lives from the disease. research is in brazil have me more confirmed that the woman who contract the virus last may was really to reinfected with the soup of the real and south african strain. and in peru

a massive national testing program is underway focused on the most vulnerable after scientists discovered the highly infectious strain of the virus 1st found in the u.k. type trouble with strict things have been imposed across latin america this is the scene in the colombian capital where 85 percent of hospital beds are occupied with cobbett 19 patients who are portly scope or 8 for the sake of life and health for all the people for the world for the country and for everything else. next a nation programs are underway across latin america but while many respect the restrictions to control the pandemic thousands more don't or the numbers of dead and dying continue to rise. here are one of cyrus. polls opened in kurdistan his presidential election the frontrunner is a man who until last year was serving an 11 and a half year sentence for kidnapping paro was freed from jail by supporters during

protests following a disputed election in october stratford reports now from brisket. bake work part time on a farm on the outskirts of the skank. winter is especially hard for cuteness pharmacy kelly about his comfort in the man he's voting for in the presidential election will win and put an end to the corruption and political mismanagement q.b. stan has suffered since independence following the collapse of the soviet union 30 years ago long term in the snow them along. to power off lost his father his mother and son when he was in prison so he understands a hard life he's a sincere guy he has an open heart and he would do a lot for ordinary people compared to other politicians who say one thing but think and do another to power office honest and with god's help he will be our leader there at least 15 other candidates running in this presidential election but

analysts say none of them have the level of support the souther to power off has in rural communities of kyrgyzstan a little more than 3 months ago japan was serving a jail term for kidnapping a crime he says he never committed because he wasn't in the country at the time it happened he was freed from prison by supporters in protests off the october was parliamentary election an election that was made invalid because of widespread allegations of vote buying. spoke to supporters on the last day of his presidential campaign. he became the country's acting leader when both the prime minister and president resigned amid protests after the failed parliamentary poll. he called for presidential elections before stepping down as per the constitution so he could run for president himself he describes himself as a cutest nationalist from a conservative ruled background. he was

a member of parliament on the one of 3 presidents overthrown in revolutions over the last 30 years. but despite his recent promises to crack down on corruption his critics say he's being soft on leaders of powerful criminal networks by offering them amnesty if they hand over stolen and laundered money to the state this is to par up surrounded by supporters after they freed him from jail and stormed the parliament building you know. he says what he described just kyrgyzstan's 10 year experiment with parliamentary democracy has failed yet that voters are being asked to choose between a parliamentary or a presidential system in a referendum the departure of called for when he was acting prime minister opponents accuse him of planning to expand his own presidential power if he wins the election not that. this is bad for democracy the

parliamentary system despite its flaws is still young a return to a presidential system will reduce the activity of political parties and young people's interest in participating in this country's political future. back at the farm is looking forward to the election. he says the best chance of a better future for his young family is if saddam poddle wins. joins us live now from the capital bishkek charlie just listening to your report that mean there are genuine fears for stands fledgling democracy on them and what are you hearing from opponents of japan about the way he's carried out his campaign . that's right daryn i mean kyrgyzstan is often considered to be the most democratic of all the posts over central states and people here are highly politicized that fledgling democracy as you say something that they are very proud of but it's very safe to say that the opponents of saw

that. they are mainly situated in the capital city bishkek in other cities all concerned about what they say all thanks egypt power of splines for the future they are very critical of the way he and his supporters have conducted a campaign if you speak to opposition analysts and activists many of them say that they have suffered intimidation a few of them have suffered by supporters of there are also concerns about the use of paula meant by bear in mind that this parliament is seen as being completely illegitimate by a lot of people here because it is still made up of the same m.p.'s that was standing in parliament before all that failed paula meant tree poll that was an old in october so. it's a power of supposed it's say that he's used parliament in the wrong way in order to

become an interim leader in order to get forward this constitutional referendum and they're very concerned also about allegations of to power its connections with criminality if you polypus say that he will crack down on criminals but they say that this amnesty promising them freedom if they hand in money to the stay. it's is an indication that he has not been tough enough on criminal networks says so there are indications certainly and fear is by the opposition here that sort of if he wins this election and it's considered he will the kind of effect that he will have on the democratic progress in this country of origin of life or stand by charlie thank you for polls of also opened in neighboring kazakhstan's election there are no opposition parties on the ballot but the vote is not wholly predictable the political classes are still in transition all the president has a bias resignation in 2019 he still feels great influence but those close to his successor are also running for government posts and other positions of power

protesting farmers in the indian state of the job but vandalized more than 1500 cell phone towers and forced the closure of a dozen petrol stations target is one of india's biggest companies reliance is part of weeks of demonstrations against new agriculture knows there's been running reports from parties in punjab state. side of jihad singh and his cousin to cut mustard leaves on the father in the state of punjab the plant is one of the around 20 crops which are guaranteed and a minimum price by the government and many farmers fear that will end on the new agriculture bills. and hundreds of thousands of jobs have been protesting against the us for 6 weeks the region laws that we are talking about after these farm laws that implement is we feel that in the near future they will end the government procurement system with corporations dictating the prices which already happens in the state to deal with dish and be hot. if the suspicion of

large corporations which has led to protests in promise and on job to force the closure of $29.00 petrol stations belonging to one of india's biggest companies reliance. they also damaged 1500 of reliance the cell phone towers forcing its owner to say the company will not invest in the agriculture sector. farmers in punjab feel they have the most to lose from the laws punjab is known as india's bread basket it produces 40 percent of the country's cereal crops and a large part of the reason and he has food security is because of the rice and wheat punjab's farmers have grown for decades with guarantees of minimum prices. it's also because of punjab's fertile soil and high productivity that the state has nearly 30000 middle men who help farmers transport sell and store they produce for a commission they deny the government's claim that the new laws will make farmers

wealthier by removing the need for middlemen glad to get. the new laws the agricultural sector will collapse because the commission agents facility didn't die a procurement process if you look at our work we have links with farmers we've had links with farmers for the past 50 years that's why they bring their crops to us. experts say the sector needs more regulation not less and the new laws risk turning punjab's farming success story into one of disaster if at this moment farmers are. the police department or. for the big. of the world. they will basically knows their profession and they will definitely burn into land less labor. says his 1.5 acres of land is all he has to support his family for him and hundreds

of thousands of farmers that is something worth fighting for elizabeth al-jazeera job. millions are without electricity in pakistan following a major breakdown of the national power grid the blackout is affecting the entire country and was caused by a sudden surge in the system as one of the worst power outages to hit the country storm filomena has been wreaking havoc across spain with 4 people dead after an unusually heavy snow fall madrid was blanketed in snow but some residents made the most of the unusual weather skiing in and around the city's grand b.-a and having snowball fights in the city center. for a quick check of the headlines here in al-jazeera rescue workers in indonesia have recovered body parts in the wreckage during this search for a missing passenger plane the boeing 73.