he can live without. exposing the secrecy and censorship by chinese authorities. and the health system struggling to cope i'll just see the investigation 3 dates that still the world. his 1st public comments in days president trump denies he incited the violence of capitol hill and calls impeachment efforts ridiculous the breach is causing the biggest anger. hello i'm barbara starr you're watching al-jazeera live from london also coming up the search for answers in indonesia divers recover one nov 2 flight recorders from the boeing aircraft which plunged into the java sea. unwelcome and that at the

mercy of the elements thousands of migrants face a deepening winter right on europe's store stand. the voters news agency says the parting u.s. secretary of state mike pompei all canceled a planned trip to europe after luxembourg's foreign minister refused to meet him well fisher joins me now from the white house on this breaking news what else do we know about this. this coming just in the last vote or so we know that joss allbaugh who is the luxembourg foreign minister who was due to meet with might pompeo has been very critical of what he saw happen in the capital just last whedon's the in fact he described donald trump the president of the united states close. as a criminal and pyromaniac so he was very unhappy with what he saw clearly

understood this to be an attack on democracy we know that might pompeo of course famously said that there could still be the possibility of a 2nd trump terram when he was asked that question and so i saw bomb has decided that he wasn't going to meet my pompei or my pump it was going to go from luxembourg all the way over to belgium not that far he was going to meet the belgian foreign minister and he was also going to have a private meeting with the secretary general of nato no it appears that suddenly there was going to be no public events on the number of senior officials were very reluctant to meet by pompeo given that it appears that the state department then decided it was going to cancel the trip completely and so luxembourg brussels both off canceled put away no when asked about this the state department said this was because of transition planning which is interesting because my pompeo has spent a large part of the last couple of days giving speeches and making addresses just on monday he spoke to voice of america in very controversial fashion and then just

in the last couple of hours he's been at the national press club here in washington to talk about the u.s. relationship with iran accusing iran essentially of giving a safe bolt hole to al qaeda and essentially arguing the world to act on that problem but the fact that he's been he's had to cancel his trip suggests a future for trump administration officials that they might find themselves becoming political pariahs because of all that happened on wednesday and the fact that so few of them actually spoken out against donald trump or the action of his supporters well speaking of donald trump we've seen the president in public for the 1st time since last week's unrest in washington and ahead of moves in congress to remove him from office but let's just listen to what he says because he says this is all just a witch hunt. it's really a continuation of the greatest witch hunt in this year politics it's ridiculous

it's absolutely ridiculous this impeachment is causing tremendous anger and you're doing it and it's really a terrible thing that they're doing. for dance people love to jump humor to continue on this bad i think it's causing tremendous they get to our country and it's causing tremendous anger i want no bias. wow and what do you think we can read into the president's comments there. well i think what was interesting is also asked about whether or not some of the comments he made led to the. outbreak of violence he said that his comments were appropriate completely appropriate and that harks back to his phone call with ukraine that led to his 1st impeachment where of course he said his phone call was absolutely perfect it's interesting that he was criticizing the fact that there is going to be impeachment proceedings against him and there are going to be impeachment proceedings against him rather than talking about the violence that occurred he said yes he didn't want any violence but he

wouldn't criticise his supporters he wouldn't say that they were wrong to do what they did and that has been at the heart of a lot of the talk of impeachment the republicans are saying there has to be time for unity the country has to come together but a lot of those saying that including the likes of jim jordan who received a medal of freedom from the president yesterday are among the republicans who are also saying and also voted against the electoral college certifying the results so those critics are saying look you can't have it both ways you can't ask for unity with no impeachment but having voted against the result that you nor simply wasn't rigged or fixed or falsified and so donald trump clearly it's interesting that he's coming out to speak for the 1st time since wednesday although he's done a couple of facebook videos and twitter videos since then but the fact that he didn't take any questions he loves standing in front of the helicopter taking

questions from reporters how many times have we seen not over the last 4 or 40 years this time what he did was essentially come out make a statement and walk away is the country in grave danger there certainly reports from the f.b.i. that they think there's going to be more protests in the run up to the inauguration many people are doing the president 1st of all to call joe biden and congratulate him on winning and secondly to urge people to stay away from the capitol over the next few days to let the authorities. essentially plan for the inauguration make sure you don't see fleas alan fischer with the latest from the white house for the moment alan thank you let's go to capitol hill now we can join heidi show castro who's watching developments there because heidi a vote in the coming hours is due in invoking that 25th amendment but that's been preceded unsurprisingly by some pretty strong debate what's being said. that's right barbara and this new over tonight it likely will be more of

a symbolic one house democrats are pushing vice president mike pence to invoke the 25th amendment which would immediately strip president trump of his office because he is incapable of performing the duties of his office now i say this really has no teeth because ultimately it's still up to pence this would be a non-binding resolution so even if it passes the vote tonight as it is expected to do it's still up to pence to do what he wants and he there's been no indication that he would move forward with invoking the 25th despite that there has been plenty of passions in the debates in the house rules committee that's paving the way toward this final vote tonight we heard from republican representative jim jordan who you just heard allan mentioning jordan perhaps trump's most steadfast foot soldier who has been at the president's side through all of this receiving the presidential medal of freedom just yesterday in

a private ceremony at the white house while he was pressed by the democratic chairman of the rules committee to utter 5 words that the chairman said may really help dampen the tensions here those words being the election was not stolen he asked jordan to tweet it or say it but jordan refused he did acknowledge that that biden won the election which has now been certified but he was just one of 147 republicans in congress who voted against the certification of those election results many have suffered consequences in terms of losing corporate donations or book deals and today jordan and other republicans defended themselves not so much as defending the merits of those baseless claims that trump has that continues to say that this election a stolen or rather republican saying that they follow. the process to contest the results that it was all legally sanctioned and arguing to democrats that they

should not move forward with removing trump from office via either the 25th amendment or for impeachment because republicans say that would cause further distance unity in the country to which democrats responded crocodile tears saying that it was republicans repeating those allies by president trump that the election was stolen that helped foment this anxiety in the violence in the 1st place barbara you know the u.s. remains a very divided country doesn't it castro with the latest from capitol hill heidi thank you. meanwhile the president himself is in texas to talk about his border war with mexico completing the structure was a major campaign promise and he said mexico would pay for it and that hasn't happened that only a small amount of new fencing has actually been built but trump has been able to do something else turn mexico itself into an obstacle for central americans trying to get into the u.s. john holeman has more. this was the promise we will build

a great wallow in the southern border he has got anywhere near finishing. with those what she migration in mexico president trumps done something else instead turned the country itself into his will it's mid 2019 he threatened tariffs of mexico didn't tighten its southern border so the country put its newly formed national guard on the banks of the river with what tamala and toughened up its checkpoints so that those from neighboring countries couldn't get through the research a dramatic decrease all arrivals at the border as a result of. our crack down. in mexico it was so hard to travel through mexico 'd at certain point but you also saw a lot of people requesting asylum in mexico mexico also agreed that migrants asking for asylum in the u.s. could be dropped across the border to wait here while the request was processed

some was stuck in places like this camp for months others went home perhaps all of this wasn't as appealing as the big beautiful will but it did have an impact after the number of boy brits u.s. border been soaring they were right back down and interestingly it wasn't the 1st time that u.s. or tried this in 2003 president obama's administration had urged metz go get tough on migration to after an uptick in children showing up at the border both clampdowns have had side effects in the state yet those mean that there isn't any it means that migration ballots will become even more challenging which means more terror kidnapping and rapes this mark spend said to get through with the smuggling industry and violence towards migrants has worsened both from authorities and organized crime. the mits coast securing its southern border also meant siphoning off thousands of the national guard which just being created is. to stop the

countries recruit boylan's. now after a low helped along by the pandemic migrant numbers are rising again that's an issue for incoming president joe biden now he's already said he wrote back some of trump's toughest migration policies but he won't want russia look good either john home an al-jazeera exclusive. indonesian divers have recovered one of the black boxes from a passenger plane that crashed into the java sea with 62 people on board the devices which recorded the pilot's voice and flight data are expected to shed light on why the boeing 737500 plunged into the sea just after takeoff on saturday and then he's in military officials say that they expect to find the 2nd black box soon . or jessica washington has more now from jakarta. here

a ton to creel post this is where the search effort for the investigation into flight s j 182 is being coordinated you can see some of what crews have brought back from a search of the java sea north of jakarta near the 1000 islands that includes parts of the aircraft large and small mostly mangled beyond recognition crews have also found human remains and the belongings of passengers but what authorities announced could provide the clearest picture of what happened to flight s j 182 they announced that they found the flight data recorder just a few hours ago they have not yet found the cockpit voice recorder however they are optimistic that that cockpit voice recorder should be in a close vicinity to where they found the flight data recorder. and. we believe that the cockpit voice recorder is also in that area because of the beacons reading that's why we believe it will be found. the flight data recorder is

now in jakarta and in the hands of the k. and katie that is indonesia's transport safety commission they are the ones who are conducting the investigation into what happened to this boeing aircraft this boeing 737500 flight from jakarta to pontianak in west delhi months they say that it could take $2.00 to $5.00 days just to download the data from the recorder and that it is likely to be a long process be commission has also announced some early findings that they are confident that the plane was fully intact before it and to the java sea based on the size of the debris field which they say is around 300 to 400 meters. so to come here on al-jazeera getting tough versions government says it has the rules to control the coronavirus but the number of cases keeps climbing. 2 uganda prepares to vote but the president is using force in his bid to win yes.

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just links its way right back up across that so western side of russia cold enough in moscow minus 13 here we got a fair bit of snow actually just around central parts of europe as well poland's pushing across into germany rain and mild weather pushes into the british isles all the leading edge of this is that bumps into the cold air that's going to be some snow around glasgow 23 or 4 degrees over the next couple days as that snow on the leading edge has that milder weather that's pushing isn't way into west by import schools and one celsius in madrid meanwhile across northern parts of africa it's generally dry and notice a little bit of what's the lead for kyra. sponsored by qatar airways she was the society hostess in beirut in the 1940 s. she was in touch with a lot of people from the lebanese bureaucracy to make this work the code name was apparent and she spied for mossad in lebanon for 14 years this would choose doing

it was something brave as a woman al-jazeera world tells the story of shula cohen the be rude spy. the. camera for a reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera the voice has news agency says the parting u.s. secretary of state might compare or canceled a planned trip to europe after luxembourg's foreign minister refused to meet him the minister reportedly called pompei or a criminal u.s. president on trump as the night in sight in the crowd that stormed the capitol building in washington d.c. last week in his 1st public appearance since the violence trump is heading to texas

to inspect the border war. and indonesian divers have recovered one of the black boxes from a passenger plane that crashed into the java sea with 62 people on board. malaysia's king has declared a state of emergency at the request of the country's embattled prime minister more you'd then yes seen the says a new laws are needed to stop a surge in covert 1000 cases but as foreign slow in our reports critics argue it's just an excuse to stick cling to power. the emergency declaration comes just a day after the prime minister announced tighter restrictions for 5 states and the federal territories including the capital kuala lumpur a 3rd wave of corona virus infections has shown no signs of slowing down the government says the health care system is near breaking point in a televised speech on tuesday prime minister meeting yassin sought to reassure the

public. let me assure you that the civilian government will continue to function. the emergency proclaim by the young people is not a military call and curfew will not be in force king's salt on the villa salt on ahmed shah had in october rejected we dance for a quest to declare an emergency deeming existing laws sufficient to curb the spread of the coronavirus since then the number of cases has increased 5 fold but not everyone views the emergency as a necessary tool for slowing the violence to declared emergency it is their period would perhaps not an additional note and damage fighting value to date so a lot of people are number one in its belief or what a declaration of emergency and number one would look forward to learning more

details as to harvest who writes would be for the. parliament and state assembly sittings will not continue and all elections are suspended civil rights activists say they are concerned that the government will now avoid parliamentary scrutiny the prime minister says the period of emergency will give the country much needed calm and stability weeden yes it has been facing a leadership challenge for months he holds a very thin majority in parliament and the largest party in his ruling coalition the united lays national organization has threatened several times to withdraw support to force an early general election. a general election is not due till 2023. the prime minister has promised that polls will be held once it's deemed safe to do so florence the al jazeera kuala lumpur. police in the u.k. are set to get tougher on lockdown vol breakers as the country fights an infection

surge london's police chief says people who breach restrictions are more likely to be fined while the home secretary says the current rules are tough enough but always under review there have now been more than $83000.00 coronavirus thefts in the u.k. paul brennan has been out and about in richmond in southwest london to gauge the mood of people there the intervention of britain's most senior police officer into the discussion about coronavirus restrictions comes at a critical time just 24 hours after the chief medical officer pointed out that we were perhaps entering in the u.k. the darkest period of this pandemic dame cross addict the metropolitan police commissioner talking about parties house parties raves in railway arches and gambling parties as well in clear defiance of the restrictions that are in place it was preposterous she said that anybody can pretend to be unaware of the need for

restrictions given the state of the current pandemic now here in richmond the infection rate is remarkably low around $245.00 cases per 100000 but that said we've been out asking people exactly how corrosive it is to see other people breaking the rules how much does their behavior impact your behavior. i think it's quite irresponsible if you want more honest opinion on it. there's plenty trying to party as paint painted on to see your friends to socialize and if the government asking you at this moment in time to to to. a distance and be compliant i think it's a small thing to to ask and to do i think is an impossible situation i don't think we have a race particularly in richmond. but if you're young you you probably don't think it applies to you a few people breaking those rules and then impacting on

a lengthy lockdown for the rest of us that are trying desperately to abide by them is a severely damaging. in fact despite headlines of illegal raves and illegal gatherings compliance with the coronavirus restrictions here in the u.k. is actually pretty high that said the police's move from engagement with gatherings to enforcement of fines and penalties is fraught with potential difficulties there's the resourcing issue for a start are there simply enough police officers in order to do that job and 2nd of all is the sometimes confusion between what are guidelines and what are actual laws that said the government is extremely worried about the way the infection rate is going the data is very bad indeed and as the policing minister has said there may be more restrictions coming down the line with the police and the government on tenterhooks. it's going to uganda now where the main opposition candidate says his

home has been raided by the military just 2 days before a presidential election bobby wine accused the ruling party of intimidation during the bloodiest election campaign in the country's history president 70 is hoping to extend his 3 decades in power using the full weight of state security to crackdown on his opponents catherine sawyer reports from kampala. a more cigars by the towel says he was killed by soldiers during protests in the capital kampala last november 15 years old and had gone with her to the family in the city with news of opposition leader the winds are asked triggered a riot was hit by 2 bullets as they hurried home more than 50 other people also died that. he fell on the ground and stopped moving he did not even call out for me to help him i did and there i just. took us to hospital but my son

was born the u.n. and human rights organizations have blamed security forces for using excessive force while breaking up protests. several opposition candidates including bobby wine and patrick on the scene be arrested by police in this are challenging president yoweri most seventies beat for a 6th time in office but they have been blocked from campaigning and detained want to pull times. meant. every part of the country that he. government officials insist that opposition contest by land and the leaders have been defying 1000 regulations people are burning cars with protruded one for people armed groups single women hooper erecting the road to block and extorting the

moment people listen listen people are bringing drugs to post and off loading ballgowns on the road to block roads. peaceful election violence is not new to uganda some people higher than say the stakes are high and now because more people want to change the next few days are crucial security forces have been deployed heavily in hotspots like this one where for a purpose by opposition supporters are common many people who are afraid that he the president are involved in that then things will just get washed. jaron a key to town says she's closing her shop and moving out of kampala until she can be sure how only daughter will be safe there and she says she has no intention of voting in an election she blames for her son's death catherine soy al-jazeera kampala. an international arrest notice has been issued over the explosion that the

story of large parts of beirut in august a lebanese judge wants to question the owner and captain of the ship that brought highly explosive fertilizer to beirut port in 2013 it was stored unsafely in a warehouse for years more than 200 people died when it exploded last summer. respiratory illnesses have been spreading among refugees and migrants stuck in freezing weather in bosnia and herzegovina their camp was the story by fire late last year and after being initially hesitant to help also his government has been putting up heated tents but there aren't enough for everyone so some of had to find other shelter in the hatch near the border and reports. lacking the basics needed to shelter from freezing conditions migrant families and unaccompanied children are stranded in the cold waiting for a helping hand but they've learned it's unlikely to come from the local community

in the north west of bosnia herzegovina there are thousands like them hoping to cross into croatia and into the e.u. as the temperatures continue to drop conditions are worsening at camp lipa and for 900 people who called it home if only temporarily the government refused to upgrade the camp for the winter and with no running water or power its residents were living in squalor the international organization for migration the i.o.m. began to shut it down last month and tried to find alternative accommodation on a separate 23rd a fire ravaged the camp and left those living there out in the cold when they look to relocate local people block their buses so they remain in the area taking shelter wherever they can some have been doing that anyway for months 16 year old ali sleeps in an abandoned bus. i was in the barrack am for 2 months but i've been sleeping in a bus for 5 or 6 months now i'm living in really bad conditions there's no one to look off and it's not safe. the beer reception center he mentioned is fully stocked

and sits unused after the e.u. spent $100000000.00 to open it it closed in october under pressure from local authorities unwelcome and unable to move some have found shelter in homes abandoned during the war in the 1990 s. but there's no hot water to wash and it's difficult to cook mayo magnetite you just told me that there is an. industry that just because of the. there doesn't have much indicates loads most of the migrants come from muslim majority countries dominated areas have refused to accommodate them leaving aid agencies and others in a difficult position basically. to 1000 people around the region providing them food parcels people living in squats or egos finding some deserted. devastated the both warring here are in

need of the basic humanitarian assistance those people do not have the possibility for regular food distributions to receive the food and. these foreign policy chief says the reputation of bosnia and herzegovina is on the line as people are left dying in the snow and the chapelle al-jazeera. time now for a reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera the voice he says departing u.s. secretary of state my pump aoe canceled the planned trip to europe after luxembourg's foreign minister refused to meet him it's believed that he called president donald trump a criminal one pair scrapped his visit to brussels where he was shy jal to meet the nato secretary general and the belgian foreign minister a 2 day european.