to bring the women documentaries and life on the air and online. us democrats are ironing out the wording on what would be an unprecedented 2nd impeachment of president donald trump. alone convert all this is all just there a lie from don also coming up tawana hails a u.s. move to strengthen ties but it's likely to get china as president elect joe biden prepares to take office. back speeches in brazil in defiance of warnings about steep corona virus infections more contagious variants. and 75 years since the 1st

u.n. general assembly look at what's been accomplished and the challenges ahead. here as democrats are drafting articles of impeachment for president donald trump's role in encouraging protests which descended into violence inside congress house speaker nancy pelosi says they'll launch the unprecedented action unless trump's cabinet moves to push him from office themselves or he quits gabriel is on a report from washington 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 inauguration of joe biden it's full steam ahead for impeachment starting as soon as monday sadly the person's

ronnie 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 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 and forever benefit

a dust bin of history which is 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 impeachable offenses 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 zonda al-jazeera washington. thomas gift is a fellow in residence at the university of oxford so rough american institute is not convinced about the impeachment route. i think at this point it's almost impossible that impeachment 2.0 will end with trump being forced from office early even though democrats will almost certainly push through articles of impeachment in the house early this week a memo sent by senate majority leader mitch mcconnell suggest that and you vote in the senate wouldn't happen until after trump has left office simply because the chamber schedule it's in recess until the 19th wouldn't allow the senate to hold

a trial in time and even if there is a vote after trump leaves the white house i think the most likely outcome is acquittal peter baker of the new york times has reported that privately many republicans in the senate are fuming at trump but voting to convict trump would require that republicans on capitol hill do something publicly that they haven't been willing to do throughout all of the scandals and challenges of trump's last 4 years that is upset a sizable fraction of trump's base by revolting against him i think that it's certainly going to reinforce political divisions that already exist and i think that there is legitimate concern that if trump is impeached that this will make him a martyr to the far right it will further insight violence or spates of social unrest and it will continue to create this aura around trump among his supporters that lead to the kind of incidents that we saw this week certainly all of that is

part of calculus among republicans when they decide whether to support this initiative or not while the 50 people are now facing charges for taking part in stalling capitol hill thanks angele who was seen wearing holmes during the siege and also this man named says adam christian johnson who was photographed carrying speaker nancy pelosi is lectern from house of representatives many of the rice has posted images of themselves online the f.b.i. is asking for help to identify them. disturbing video continues to emerge including this one of crowds chanting hang mike pence shortly before the capitol hill attack vice president had put out a statement saying he would not block the red occasion of president elect joe biden's election victory relations between pence and trump have since i was dived. and president tribe's online presence is shrinking even further amazon has become

the latest tech company to suspend the free speech platform pollo follows moves by apple and google to ban the social media network paul had sought in popularity among trump supporters in recent months because posts aren't monitored closely amazon's is pollo wasn't acting quickly enough against violent content that spread across the app. the u.s. says it will end decades of restrictions on official contact with taiwan secretary of state mark pompei o says official interactions with the taiwanese counterparts have been regulated to appease beijing china views taiwan as its own territory and is works to keep it isolated change comes just days before the us ambassador to the un is said to visit taiwan the highest ranking american official to do so. on a time again is a political analyst he says china expects biden to reverse this decision. they're not going to let this slide by taiwan is a and it's a red line i don't know how else to put it crossing that you you are in fact

risking more this is not something i mean this is taiwan is in the constitution as part of china and it's something that they will defend and they will go to war you know there have been times in the past when people countries you know underestimated china's result in the end $62.00 and of course in the fifty's and north korea this is not something that's up to date so you can expect some very very strong reaction and then they will be looking at. you and you do that otherwise they're going to be serious consequences and even more trouble between these 2 powers it's doubtful though that i don't want to continue this there's no it can't you treat him he has a different strategy towards china. a bombing in afghanistan's capital has killed 3 people including the spokesman for the country's public protection force the award on 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 clue group has claimed responsibility. so it's teams in indonesia have detected the signal from the flight recorder from the passenger jets that crashed into the java sea some wreckage and remains have been retrieved police are asking families to provide dental records and d.n.a. samples to help identify the bodies the boeing 737500 had 62 people on board and it disappeared from radar minutes some to take off on saturday. in the name of the government and in the people we would like to express our condolences on what has happened yesterday already instructed to transport minister in search and rescue agencies to help with the search operation as quickly as possible. let's go live now to jessica washington who is in jakarta jessica also exist.

we just heard from the authorities who were involved in coordinating this operation we've heard that the point of the crash has been located in the java sea just north of jakarta they will use a crane to collect large parts of the debris 23 made his on to see part of that also includes part of the tail of the aircraft however there is still no confirmation as to both the location of the main body of the aircraft as to the black box that is of course what everyone is interested in authorities say that they are confident that they are honing in on the radius around the black box now they say that they picked up a signal with this. and they are confident that that is from the black box but they still do not have its exact location however we did just speak with the transport and safety commission here in indonesia who are involved in coordinating this operation and they did advise us that of the strong current. that the java sea just

north of jakarta those efforts to locate the exact location of the black box and retrieve the black box may be hampered and possibly will have to continue tomorrow now as for the relatives of those on board we understand that dozens of them all cooperating with this investigation police did request this morning when they found body parts in the java sea that the relatives of those on board attend or at least one touch the national police hospital to assist in that process of identification and many of them have already done so. just a washington there for us thank you. at least 11 people have been killed in 2 landslides in indonesia's west java province the 2nd hit while crews are evacuating people and rescue is among the victims the landslides have taken out a bridge and several roads making it more difficult to bring in heavy digging

equipment. still to come here on al-jazeera to bring you the latest from kurdistan's presidential election the frontrunner is an ex conflict. it's time for the perfect gentlemen. sponsored point qatar airways hello there the weather remains spreading cool across the good parts of japan but a wall terms to say less cold as we go on through the next couple days still some snow in the forecast but the snow showers not quite as intense as they have been recently 7 celsius the top temperature there in tokyo minus 2 in seoul and they begin with signs of that's a moderate started to push in getting up to one degree there in seoul on choose to i still want to see wintry flurries but they should ease as we go on through the

coming days a slushy dry air from the cool side there across a good parts of china still cold enough in hong kong temps just no higher than around 16 degrees celsius but again at least it will be dry dry too across central parts of india down to the southeast very heavy rainfall making its way through time will not do carol it will see some heavy downpours and will see some of that really wet weather also affecting shoreline as we go on through monday and on into chews day that could well lead to localized flooding further north as i said it is largely dry and settled if a little on the cool side cool enough to but dry across the arabian peninsula here in doha getting up into the low twenty's over the next couple of days a cool breeze temperatures no higher than around 21. qatar airways al-jazeera world peers into the murky world of state sponsored spy ware and the discovery by al jazeera journalists that syria like technology stocks

that smartphones their sister company is this the new frontier of espionage. think about the sophistication of exports to break into phones this is as good as it gets. the spy. on al-jazeera. why. were. they watching al-jazeera a reminder of our top stories this hour u.s. democrats are moving ahead in the attempt to impeach president donald trump inciting violence of capitol hill at least $180.00 democrats are now co-sponsor of the resolution they plan to introduce it all 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 short and get the chinese government this comes just before a visit by america's u.n. ambassador. search teams in indonesia had to take that as a signal from the flight reporter from a passenger jet that crashed into the java sea the boeing 737562 people on board disappeared from radar screens minutes after takeoff and sascha day. the u.k. health secretary says britain is vaccinating 200000 people a day against covert 19 but hancock says they're opening mass vaccinations in does this week break continues to search and so various traditions will likely be in place for another 3 months in chief medical officer is warning that the national health service is facing its most dangerous situation in the living memory. let's

go live now to the barker who's in london so nice caucus saying restrictions may be in place for another 3 months this must be very disheartening news for brits. it is going to be disheartening news it's been a weary 10 months already on and off restrictions we are now back again at least in england under full national restrictions similar restrictions apply in scotland wales and northern ireland and it is very much a race between the virus and the right vaccine but according to my hancock the health secretary you touched upon there the plan is to rapidly ramp up vaccinations in the coming weeks 200000 doses a day is what the government a saying they hope to administer equals around 2000000 doses they say a week in the coming weeks at the moment we know according to the last figure that they gave us that their number of people who are being vaccinated does around

1.51.6000000 the plan is to have 15000000 people vaccinated by the middle of february many of those in the vulnerable catch agree so people over the age of 80 people with preexisting conditions there is also this drive that's just been announced to try and encourage people who may not be in that vulnerable category to go to one of 7 vaccination hubs that dotted around the country there's a big one here in london another in bristol in the west of england so yet to encourage people over the age of 18 and also frontline workers to come and get their vaccines the plan is also to ramp up testing for frontline staff essential workers people who may be asymptomatic who car work from home but are still going out to work i'm possibly also transferring the virus in the general population as well so a strategy in place of the government's hoping to ramp up in the next few weeks ok

says the u.k. what about europe belgian past the threshold of 20000 deaths. yes a big step for belgium considering how small the country is per capita has one of the highest death tolls as a result of covert 19 out of most countries in the world and the big concern now is about the british strain of a corona virus which is between 50 and 70 percent more trans miscible actually making its way over to belgium the last thing they want is now facing a 2nd tidal wave of a much more contagious form of the virus we know that in france a few days ago they were reporting at least 10 cases of the new strain of the virus the message very much for the french authorities is that restrictions that are in place cannot be lifted any time soon we know that the curfews that have been in place in various different parts of the country are being brought forward by

a couple of hours it's mostly 8 pm in the majority of the countries that are being bought 4 to 6 pm to try and slow the spread big concerns but the situation could massively worsen if more isn't done to kind of nip that in the bud as quickly as possible knowing how critical things are particularly here in london where according to the latest figures at least one in 16 people in a couple of london boroughs has coronavirus. ok thank you for that in london pope francis has described opposition to the covert vaccine as suicidal denial the leader of the roman catholic church says he'll be vaccinated next week and is urging others to do the same when they can that it can city is home to 450 permanent residents and will soon launch its own vaccination campaign. the discovery of a more infectious variant of the corona virus in latin america is raising alarm

tougher restrictions are in place but large numbers of people are defying orders by travelling and attending politics and reports from other datas cattle when a scientist. 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's i mean 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. . there are similar tales of crowding on beaches in argentina and this video taken at the seaside party in chile. thousands more people are preparing to escape hot in cramped cities to join the city might give it. during the 1st weekend of january at

least made it about 55000 people will travel 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. do more educated or 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 meanwhile confirmed 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 to

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 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. a 3 month old baby thought to be one of the world's youngest covered 9000 patients has been discharged from a hospital in spain. the infant spent 70

days inventing hospitals pediatric intensive care unit contracted the disease from his brother who had no symptoms. people in care of voting in presidential elections 3 months after master. force the government's resignation frontrunner so there is a part of has cost is that last just months ago he was serving a lengthy prison sentence for kidnapping he was freed from jail by supporters during demonstrations in october of a disputed parliamentary elections the results were in although after allegations of vote by charles stratford has more from the capital bishkek there are big concerns about the direction of democratic progress in this country has made in recent years the power of supposed insecure of intimidation using his supporters to bully opposition opposition figures and activists in the run up to this election activists that we've spoken to have said that some of them have even

received threats and there are also legal questions about his standing as being a candidate in this election centered around parliament let's not forget that the parliamentary poll that was held in october was made known void because of the vote buying allegations and it was that parliament that basically voted for japan or off to become the interim leader of this country all through was freed from jail by protests and it was also that parliament the basically greenlight cheated the holding of this referendum is also being held today that is giving people the choice of choosing between a parliamentary system the current system or a presidential one and the fear is the monks par of scrutiny that a presidential system would eventually if he was to be president give him more power and this voluntary election in neighboring kazakhstan president talk if voted early in his party's expected to win easily the only registered opposition group is boycotting they say the political system is rigged this is the 1st legislative

election since the former president resigned in 2019 of the nearly 3 decades in power. on sudan ethiopia and egypt are expected to resume negotiations over a contentious dam they've been all over the ground ethiopian renascence dam since construction began 90 years ago it's been built on the blue nile which feeds into the nile river i hear the arguments from both sides if you opiah says the 100 power project is crucial to its economic development and will provide electricity for 70 percent of its population downstream sudan and egypt are worried the dam will affect the flow of the nile that's their main source of fresh water if europe wants to fill the dams reservoirs and 5 to 7 years egypt has proposed 12 if and when an agreement is reached egypt and sudan say it should be legally binding with 3rd party arbitration for disputes ethiopia would prefer to settle between themselves ever morgan is in sudan's capital khartoum. over the past week sudan has been

urging the african union and the. u.s. to mediators and observers to have a greater role and it's been asking if you and egypt for the same thing and it says it doesn't want a partial deal what it wants is a complete deal that is it doesn't want a deal that would settle differences over the 1st filling but not the permanent operation of the ground if you can renaissance dam of course talks have been going on virtually between the 3 sides sudan if you can egypt since may last year it's been on and off they were not able to reach a deal especially when if you are filled the dam last july without an agreement and it says that it doesn't want any deal between between egypt and sudan that it would reach if the talks are successful to be legally binding it says it doesn't want any deal that would hinder it as per their words previously from having any other operation or any other down build along the nile they say that this is their right and this is something that is needed for their development now sudan is quite

concerned about the fact that he has filled it had begun the initial feeling of the dam last july without an agreement and that it will continue feeling the strain he sees and ask for the words of the if european minister of irrigation this rainy season especially if no deal is reached so sudan has been urging the african union and the u.s. mediators over service to have a greater role they say that's because they want the deal to be more binding and they want to make sure that any agreement that that is settled in these round of talks to be conclusive and something that is very permanent and not something that would deal with a temporary filling. 75 years ago delegates gathered in london for the 1st meeting of the united nations general assembly plants to celebrate the anniversary have been scaled back because of covert bunting and disease the u.n. chief says it is the biggest test for the world body that at a fixed has at diplomatic editor james bass central hall westminster was the face doesn't for the meeting of representatives from the 51 united nations the united

nations in session for the very 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 165 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 us russia china france and the u.k. were given permanent membership and the power of veto on any security council decision most is not counted to favor the ballot 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 incoming 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 london. this is al jazeera and these the top stories u.s. democrats are pushing to impeach president donald trump inciting violence at capitol hill at least $180.00 politicians are co-sponsoring a resolution a plan to introduce it on monday with a vote possibly by wednesday. sadly the persons running negative branch is a doraine judged on his.