be the hero world needs right. doraine just unhinged dangerous president of the united states with just 10 days there from the white house u.s. president donald trump takes his increasing pressure to leave office of the violence that ranks the u.s. capitol. there i'm convinced this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up the u.s. ends decades old restrictions on taiwan

a move that could further complicate relations with china. salvage teams find wreckage from an indonesian passenger plane that crashed with $62.00 people on board plus. 75 years of the united nations we look at what's been accomplished analyze the many challenges that lie ahead. efforts to impeach u.s. president donald trump a gathering pace off to wednesday's siege of the capitol house speaker nancy pelosi says nothing is off the table she's also asked members to draft legislation to invoke the 25th amendment which allows for the removal of a president who is on able to fulfill his duties to reports from washington d.c. . and ultimatum to the president resign or face impeachment this is the message from house speaker nancy pelosi to donald trump. with trump

showing no sign of stepping down willingly before january 20th inauguration of joe biden it's full steam ahead for impeachment starting as soon as monday sadly the person branch is a drain just 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 believe 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 that 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 gabriels on doe washington. well than 50 people are now facing charges for taking part in wednesday's storming of capitol hill in washington and this man man named as adam christian johnson who was photographed carrying off a speaker nancy pelosi is lectern from the house of representatives and have the right has posted images on the internet and the f.b.i. has asked for help in identifying them disturbing footage has also now

merged of protesters on wednesday chanting hang mike pence. shortly before they stormed capitol hill the vice president had put out a statement saying he would not block the ratification president elect joe biden's election victory president trump had been putting pressure on him via twitter to stop the results from being certified. president trump's online presence is shrinking even further amazon has become the latest tech company to suspend the free speech platform pala it follows moves by apple and google to ban the social media network had soared in popularity among trump supporters in recent months because posts are not wanted closely amazon says paula wasn't acting quickly enough against fun and content that spread across the app larry maggot is the c.e.o. of connect safely don't or can on profit dedicated to technology it's cation he says even if sites are removed people will find other ways to communicate the

parlor has become popular in the last few months more popular as more and more of trump supporters and i don't want to say conservatives but people who align with trump would be or may not be conservative flock to them especially as twitter and facebook have not only banned trump but even prior to banning trump had banned some of his most articulate or strident supporters not because of their ideology but because of their behavior but look you can take down and fight you can do whatever you want at the end of the day if people want to use the internet to conspire they're going to find a way to do it but it won't have the kind of reach to trump now has for example with his or had up till till yesterday with 88000000 twitter followers if you know the darker portion of the web i also worry about people getting into even further into bubbles in their own little corners of the internet and having absolutely no interaction between anybody who don't share the same ideology and frankly i think

that's dangerous i'm not saying twitter didn't do the right thing but i do worry about the further balkanization of internet communications. the u.s. says it will end decades of restrictions on official contact with taiwan secretary of state might pompei or says official interactions with tiny taiwanese counterparts had been regulated to appease beijing china views taiwan as its own territory and its works to keep it isolated change comes just days before the us ambassador to the un is that visit taiwan the highest ranking american official to do so. gold is in asia political risk analyst he says the move is welcomed in taipei. 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 you know the 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 why wasn't this inodes 201720182019 or earlier and 2020 why in the final days of the trumping ministration perhaps the tribe administration 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 they 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 busy to be u.s. ambassador to the united nations again it's a it's a gesture that's welcome 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 and. also be out of a job shortly after joe biden's inaugurated. a bomb attack in afghanistan's capital

has killed 3 people including a spokesman for the country's public protection force. previously worked with several afghan media networks attacks on journalists politicians and rights activists have increased despite peace talks between the government and the taliban as yes no group has claimed responsibility for rescue workers in indonesia have recovered body parts and wreckage during message from missing passenger plane the boeing 737500 disappeared from radar shortly after takeoff from the capital jakarta 62 people well on board jessica washington has this update from the tongue force into casa. authorities here have just returned from a search of the java sea that if it is ongoing but they are unloading now some of the debris that they found from this search just off the coast of jakarta between the islands of lucky island and long chalk island we do know we do have

confirmation from police that they did find body parts during this search off the area and they were also able to find what appears to be items of clothing from those on board the plane they also found metal scraps from the plane police have asked the relatives of those on board to contact the national police hospital to assist in identifying the victims is a huge effort here in indonesia involving the coordination of the military navy the national police and experienced divers who have been returning periodically with what they have found from the search of the java sea everything that they have found here will be sent for further investigation to work out exactly what went wrong with flood s.j. one a church authorities say that there was no distress signal from the prophet before last contact the airline in question sheet which does have

a pretty good record here in indonesia has not had any major safety incidents in the past or any passenger fatalities authorities will be looking into what exactly went wrong this time. 75 years ago delegates gathered in london for the 1st ever meeting of the united nations general general assembly but plans to celebrate the anniversary of being scaled back because of covert 19 u.n. secretary general and this is called the pandemic the biggest test that the global body has faced since its founding on diplomatic editor james bass reports some. representatives from the 51 united nations the united nations in session for their . a 1st time. meeting in london in 1946 there were 51 countries seated in the un general assembly now there are 193 in 1406 there were high hopes for the new organization after 2 world wars. now the world body is

being tested again by the pandemic and many feel the un has failed that test because many of its members have been fending for themselves rather than working together. 7 days after the 1st general assembly in a conference room in a church building nearby in london it was the turn of the other main body of the un in charge of maintaining international peace and security listening back to these recordings today the 1st word ever spoken in the security council seems particularly jarring gentleman all 11 ambassadors on the council the number of members was later increased to 15 in 1965 what all men they wouldn't have realized it at the time in 1946 but with the benefit of hindsight 75 years on we now know the world was drifting into what we now call the cold war it lasted for

more than 40 years to rival military blocs mistrust which meant much of the work of the security council was paralyzed. that's because in the security council division means in action when the un was set up 5 nations the u.s. russia china france and the u.k. were given permanent membership and the power of veto on any security council decision was not created to focus on the parent number the number of times the veto has been used has been increasing again in recent years those against marking increased tension between the u.s. and its allies on one side and china and russia on the other in coming u.s. president joe biden believes in the u.n. and international cooperation but he'll face a u.n. system with growing discord in a world where some see the united nations as increasingly irrelevant james

al-jazeera lunde. still ahead on al jazeera back speeches latin americans defy lockdown orders this coronavirus cases. and why farmers in india are vandalizing cell phone towers and forcing the culture of petrol stations. it's time for the perfect gentleman. sponsored point qatar airways place to say the snow in spain is now starting to ease but it's going to stay pretty cold over the next few days we have got more the way of for wintry weather still coming into the northeast of spain truth be told we see a fair bit of snow to just around corsica and sobbed india the kolarov also feeding some snow showers into southern parts of the balkans further north it is a good deal kwassa because high pressure in charge is

a little ridge of high pressure keeping things somewhat quiet but certainly cool at least for the time being we'll see a temperature of gradually rising up towards the northwest glasgow getting up to 7 degrees celsius on sunday afternoon way warmer than spain poor madrid will struggle to get to around 4 celsius need to say still some snow flurries up towards the pyrenees up towards boss lower and some of the pictures you go on into a monday wetter weather will spill out by the state into that western side of the mediterranean still cool hip you can see that mahler wetter weather pushing into the northwest 9 celsius in glasgow by this stage similar temperature that will see in rome as that wintry mix down towards a southeastern corner of europe and across the black sea so once it weather will make its way out of spain and portugal into northwestern parts of africa we're back with a high of just 11 degrees. sponsored paul qatar airways talk to motors there are we heard scott realistically how can you do with

institutionalized corruption in this country we listen if this breaks up into a conflict between pakistan and india this has implications for the rest of the world we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that matter on their own there is no channel that covers world news like we do we revisit places the stake holders are really invested in that and that's a privilege as a journalist. or geologist they're a reminder of our top stories this hour u.s. democrats are moving ahead in the attempt to impeach president donald trump for inciting violence to capitol hill police $180.00 democrats are now co-sponsoring

a resolution they plan to introduce it on monday with a vote possibly by wednesday. the white house says it's lifting decades long restrictions on official contact with taiwan in a move sure to anger the chinese government this comes just before a visit by the u.s. ambassador to the u.s. . rescue workers in indonesia have recovered wreckage of a passenger plane that went missing shortly after takeoff on saturday 62 people were on board the boeing 737500. french warplanes have flown over central african republic for the 2nd time in 2 months president obama called condemned recent acts of violence had a call to the country's president tensions have escalated following a disputed election the u.n. says more than 30000 people are seeking refuge in neighboring cameroon because art has more. bearing scars of unspeakable violence is going to wear maxime and his family they fled the central african republic to cameroon after armed groups to go

over control of their town who are a unesco world heritage site is now in the control of the anti christian militia group carrying out what maxine describes as a reign of terror. because i was on my motorcycle when they chained my legs. they stabbed me in the stomach and in the back then they stole all i had. i made a presidential election a coalition of armed groups that fought each other in 2013 have joined forces capturing almost 2 thirds of a nation the size of france they are threatening to march on the capital bangui accusing president ouattara who has won a 2nd mandate of failing to implement a peace agreement as a result hundreds of thousands of people are on the move feeling to neighboring countries including cameroon where they are sheltering in makeshift camps u.n. staff say they are being overwhelmed by the number of refugees you have to consider

that in some traffic and public school top of the population is displaced by point 630000 refugees across the borders of the country and was in the country you have 600 scientists aus and washington displaced which is a staggering amount of people in need of assistance it will help and any improvement of the security situation will mean people can return home and it conjures up. the presidential election was supposed to bring peace to this war torn country instead it has unleashed a wave of uncontrollable violence despite 12000 un peacekeeping troops russian fighters and the country's e.u. trained soldiers. and his family are not ready to return home fearing the worst is yet to come nicholas hawk al-jazeera. in china millions of people living in 2 cities south of beijing have been ordered to stay at

home for at least a week. at the capital of herbut province are under lockdown authorities say 16000000 people have been tested in both cities. the number of people have died from covered 19 in belgium has now passed 20000 more than half of the victims were in retirement care homes a country of 11 and a half 1000000 has consistently reported more coronavirus deaths per capita than any other nation of a more than $600000.00 cases strict measures remain in place glued curfews and the closure of bars cafes and restaurants. the discovery of a more infectious variant of the corona virus and latin america is raising alarm tougher restrictions are in place but large numbers of people a define what is by traveling and attending politics there are reports from argentina's capital but as scientists. this is not what medical experts had in mind with urging people to take measures to restrict the spread that the 2nd wave of the

19 pandemic. is in rio de janeiro and elsewhere in brazil where infections top 8000000 now. because there hasn't been any bare minimum planning and logistical organization for the establishment 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. . there are similar tales of crowding on beaches in argentina and this video taken at the seaside party in. thousands more people are preparing to escape ports in cramped cities to join the team a given. during the 1st weekend of january to meet at about 55000 people read trouble from the santiago metropolitan region which is the equivalent of about 2000 buses leaving our 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 educated 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 many more confirm that the woman who contract the virus last may was really to reinfected with the super virulent 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 strictness had 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 while the numbers of dead and dying continue to rise. one of cyrus. canada's most populous province ontario has recorded more than 3000 new infections every day for a week now the 3500 cases were reported on saturday premier doug ford says the province is in crisis he's considering further extreme measures that's already on top of a region wide lockdown that's been in place since late december. a 3 month old baby thought to be one of the world's youngest covered 19 victims has been discharged from a hospital in spain. the baby

spent 70 days in valencia hospitals pediatric intensive care unit you can track did the disease from his brother who had no symptoms. pope francis has described opposition to the covert 19 vaccination as suicidal denial urging people to get the jab the leader of the roman catholic church says he'll be vaccinated next week the vatican city is home to 450 permanent residents and will soon launch its own backs a nation campaign. protesting farmers in the indian state of punjab have vandalized more than $1500.00 cellphone towers and forced the closure of a dozen petrol stations the target is one of india's biggest companies reliance it's part of weeks of demonstrations against a new agriculture laws elizabeth purana reports from perth jala in punjab state. subjects and his cousin cut mustard leaves on their farm in the state of punjab the plant is one of around 20 crops which are guaranteed and

a minimum price by the government subsidies and many farmers fear that will end under new agricultural laws. and hundreds of thousands of others have been protesting against the laws for 6 weeks you know the major laws that we're talking about after these farm laws are implemented is we fear that in the near future they will end the government procurement system with corporations dictating the prices which only happens in the states with the with danish and be hard on me. now meaning it's the suspicion of large corporations which has led to protests from farmers 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 their projects for a commission they deny the government's claim that the new laws will make farmers wealthier by removing the need for middlemen. at the new laws the agricultural sector will collapse because the commission agents facilitated the entire 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 of the new laws risk turning upon jobs farming success story into one of disaster if at this moment farmers

are open. to problem in order. for the big. of the board. they will basically nose their profession and the will definitely burn into landless libbers. for 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. voting is underway in kurdistan presidential elections the frontrunner is a man who until last year was serving and 11 and a half year sentence for kidnapping so there is a part of was freed from jail by supporters during protests following a disputed parliamentary election in october polls have also opened in neighboring kazakhstan's parliamentary election however the opposition is boycotting the vote

the ruling party is expected to maintain its stronghold of parliament's lower house it's the 1st legislative election since the former president nursultan nazarbayev resigned in 2019 after nearly 3 decades of power. but a funeral has been held for a prominent member of guinea's opposition group died while in prison supporters say roger barber was murdered and they want the government of president alpha condit to be held accountable because they love as how to get reports. of mourners remember guinea's opposition spokesman roger barber he died last month while in police custody his family says he was poisoned for being a member of the opposition the union a democratic forces of guinea the official account is that he died from liver disease. called me one night to tell me he felt sick 4 days later i arrived to the hospital he was gravely ill with

a stomach illness i asked him what the problem was he said he didn't know i asked when the symptoms started again he said he didn't know. supporters say about 300 members of the opposition are in prison and bomba has fueled their mistrust in the government. automatically they automatically arrest young men condemned them and put them away authorities are selective it is directed towards those the opposition the level of justice is terrible dozens of protesters have been arrested and many killed since finney's disputed presidential elections last october opposition leader so who. was at the funeral in the capital and says he is a rightful winner of the presidency. bumba died in prison he should have been treated here conakry is here to pay homage to the funeral procession. where he was born. the opposition says the election was stolen by president condit

the 82 year old earlier pushed through an amendment allowing him to avoid limits and one for a 3rd term he argued continuity would lower poverty and improve the economy at his wearing in ceremony he urged people to quote forget the past but protesters and members of the opposition say they'll continue to resist threats and violence and for now the president's call for political unity appears unlikely katya llopis of the un desired. results there and these are the top stories u.s. democrats are pushing to impeach president donald trump inciting violence or capitol hill at least $180.00 democrats a co-sponsoring a resolution they plan to introduce it on monday with of vote possibly by wednesday

. more than 50 people are now facing charges for taking part in wednesday's storming of capitol hill and why.