number one is drug abuse and the launch of the international. drug trafficking politics and to the it's an al-jazeera. speech this is the. storytelling of the biggest issues but i have to take issue with. 'd the end. no one is the fall of the law not even the president of the. charge for inciting an insurrection donald trump becomes the 1st u.s. president to be impeached twice. the as. you're watching al-jazeera live from doha with me fully back t. ball also coming up turkey rolls out coronavirus vaccinations with dozens of

centers set up across the country. lebanon begins an all day curfew expanding the scale of the nationwide lockdown to contain a virus. and voting is underway in uganda's general election amid an internet blackout and records of violence plus half of the world's climate change funding should help poorer nations adapt to its effects according to a new u.n. report. the as. donald trump has become the 1st president in the history of the united states to be impeached a 2nd time with just a week before he leaves office the house of representatives has formally charged him with inciting an insurrection 10 republicans broke ranks and joined democrats to vote in favor of impeachment it's a rebuke of trump's repeated questioning of election results which included a speech he gave to supporters before they over on the capitol building castro has

the latest from washington. the arguments came down to what's more dangerous impeach donald trump again and risk further dividing the country or allow him to remain in office even if it's just for a few days he is capable of starting a civil war he must be impeached he must be stopped now on this though the final vote was 232 to 197 in favor of impeachment and took place in what a week ago was a crime scene that's when a pro trump mob occupied congress in an effort to overturn the presidential election leading to 5 deaths democrats argued this was the shattering of trump's glass house of lies built upon 4 years of racist fear mongering every one of us in this room right now could have died as senator lindsey graham said the mob could

have blown the building up they could have killed all and now the far right is calling for returning gauge mut from january 17th to generate 20 if they're asking the president to pardon the conspirators in last week's rant page as they prepare for a race war. republicans defending the president called the rioters a lunatic fringe rejecting the claim that trump had incited them during a speech moments earlier he was wrong to set such a confrontational tone in a politically tense situation but what did he actually survey his exact words were quote i know that everyone here will soon be marching over to the capitol building to peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard unquote. that's impeachable but trump also called upon the crowd to march on the capitol to fight for him and then silently watch the riot unfold despite pleas to intervene

only later recording a message telling the crowd to go home but that he loved them we love you you're very special a year ago trump was impeached with no republican support this time 10 republicans joined democrats in the vote to impeach last week there was a domestic threat at the door of the capitol and he did nothing to stop it that is why with a heavy heart and clear resolve i will vote yes on these articles of impeachment. a few hours later house speaker nancy pelosi signed the impeachment article today in a bipartisan way the house demonstrates that no one is above the law not even the president of the united states. that donald trump has a clear and present danger to our country. and that once again we are

over the office to protect and defend the constitution of the united states in a late video message from the oval office trump did not address his 2nd impeachment and instead asked the country for unity what is needed now is for us to listen to one another not to silence one another all of us can choose by our actions to rise above the rancor and find common ground and shared purpose today i'm calling on all americans to overcome the passions of the moment. joined together as one american people trust message will not stop this impeachment though from heading to the senate for trial mitch mcconnell the senate majority leader says that will not happen though until after trump leaves office on january 20th mcconnell is among the senate republicans who've indicated they may be open to

convicting trump with the potential consequence of barring him from returning to office. castro al-jazeera washington. well the u.s. capitol looks very different than a date a week ago now fences are going up and fountains of soldiers are being called in as joe biden's inauguration. the f.b.i. has to be on high alert for extremists activity chronicle hand reports in washington. many of the people that did this by linley storming the u.s. capitol terrorizing the people inside say this was just the beginning social media post suggesting in the coming days as the presidential inauguration gets closer there will be a repeat in washington d.c. and in state capitals across the country this threat is real it's present and the american public should know that law enforcement is working relic clock to make

sure that this threat is checked at bay but if they come this is what they will find as many as 20000 national guard soldiers some armed surrounding federal buildings sleeping in the hallways between shifts a heavy police presence and heavy equipment the top leadership of the military taking the unprecedented step of sending out this letter to the entire military reminding them they're bound to support and defend the constitution and that joe biden will be the 46th commander in chief and there are renewed calls for people to stay away from the inauguration and be taking the unusual step of canceling all d.c. rentals for the event we have asked americans not to come to the washington d.c. event but instead to participate virtually inside the capitol members now ask to pass through metal detectors to enter the chamber several republicans refusing democrats are making serious allegations that some of their political opponents even colluded with the rioters those numbers of congress and groups coming through

the capitol that i saw in general. are condescends the next day as members of congress that excited to sign a. out the leader of one of the groups that was at the capitol says he has been coordinating with at least 3 members of congress allegations they all deny but in a sign of how polarized this institution has become some members like democrat alexandria cortez now say they were afraid to shelter with others afraid they would tell the mob where they were i can tell you that i had a very close encounter where i thought i was going to die. i did not know if i was going to make it to the end of the game life across the country police are being deployed capital buildings boarded up but former cia agent glenn curl says the u.s. capitol could still be at risk the center of everything is washington. so if you want to make a statement or if you're really angry you want to strike where things are most

important going to be more fuel your remarks on january 20th this is where joe biden is expected to take the oath of office surrounded by images of a country at war with itself how to call him. washington. scientists from the world health organization have arrived in the chinese city of war han they have been sent there to investigate the origins of the corona virus pandemic china has just reported its 1st death in 8 months as it battles with a resurgence in cases of fatality was in heavy province where most of the country's new infections having may. they want a vaccine being developed by china's sma pharmaceutical firm sein nowak is coming under at scrutiny from regulators after the latest data from brazil shows it's only 50 percent effective just last week brazilian researchers have said it was 78

percent effective against the virus they've now revised that figure saying it did not include all the data from the clinical trials the beijing based on a suitable company has defended the vaccine saying it's still safe for use on mass distribution of that same chinese made vaccine has just begun in turkey where health care workers and high risk groups are being prioritized in a mass inoculation drive the health minister says doses have already been delivered to 81 sites across the country take it took delivery of 3000000 doses in december and seen him go so noise that a hospital any son will weigh the vaccination campaign is underway. the health workers are prioritized and there they have been they have they have started receiving the vaccine says early morning again today just right behind me you are seeing one of the nurses working at the state hospital of course when we speak to them they are happy to be able to receive the vaccine as they say they are highly

exposed to the core of the virus stress and their families also have been under a risk within those 10 months that the country has been dealing with color on the virus and the death toll actually reached 23004 the last couple of months especially the last 2 months have been a very critical in turkey and that's why this is the hope for everyone of course it's also the seniors that both 65 years old who are impatiently waiting for the vaccine because they were mostly limited segment of the society they were they were stuck at their homes for many months and now everybody's waiting to see because. as the vaccine it came to turkey late december there was a 14 days of clinical trial period and now this is the 1st work seen after 2 weeks this health worker is going to be receiving her 2nd vaccine of course the

clinical results that brazil have has revealed so far which is their level 50 percent is a little bit of concern among the public but they were poor school doctors here and according to the polls at least 41 percent of the turkish people are willing to have the vaccine. around the clock curfew has come into force in lebanon to combat a dramatic surge in corona virus infection is on wednesday there were long queues outside food stores as b. routes residents stocked up and all done will be in polls for 11 days and is a country stuff response to the pandemic so far it comes amid growing criticism that uncoordinated policies helped fuel the spread of the virus in a holder has this update from be able to for the 1st time really the government is requesting people apply online or call a hotline to get permission to venture outside for and for any emergency authorities really had little choice from january 3 to 1030000 new cases

were detected and this is a small nation of 6 to 7000000 people so a 70 percent increase in sections but a lot of blame is being pointed at the government for its policies a lack of strategy that has been mitigating the crisis not containing the crisis health experts are saying that these on and off lock downs are not going to do much what is the strategy after 11 days what are you planning to do hospitals are overwhelmed they managed to add a few beds yesterday to help deal with this crisis but the medical staff there they are tired they're understaffed in fact and many will say that they that they just can't continue so a lack of strategy and when you impose a lockdown really this is the last resort when you lose control and lebanon has lost control in the biggest question 6 is will people comply for the next 11 days especially the vulnerable families many people rely on daily wages in order to

survive what happens to them this is a cash strapped government was unable to help the people a government which open the country which chose the economy over the health over over health because they wanted to lure in dollars from abroad still ahead on al-jazeera. i'm being persecuted for my political opinion for the express being at my. club like spreading my opinion mass trial on treason charges cambodian opposition members backing or to accuse a government of political persecution. it's time for the perfect gentleman who went sponsored point qatar airways the extreme cold has gone away but still cold enough for snow showers at the moment then what's the significance of the word of course we've had

a rise in temperatures of the avalanche risk is likely in japan there's more snow in north korea the far north east of china this is forecast for friday the heart is still fairly cold in the extremely so temps have come up in salt plus 9 and look at shanghai now that is pretty warm really well above where it should be it won't last we're going to add about 6 degrees by saturday the coldest is coming out again so drops subzero both by day and by not you get more snow showers in hong shu in the can concentration of snow in her car the sun shines more thing for most of the old in china but the cloud in the snows creeping out from the west through central china it's still cold unsettled in northern india you can't see very much but there's a lot of fog up here which means activities particularly poor bit more action in the northeast monsoon in tamil nadu and in straight line care we expect to see showers around here they will carry on we don't expect to see much change in delhi with fog which at the moment his recording has to say called it might prove it

improve a little bit by saturday or sunday but it's still foggy and pretty poor quality. sponsored paul qatar airways. under silent storm as they once prosperous fishing village sinks beneath the mud. parliamentary elections ignite fierce rivalry that will determine the future of this defeated and politically divided community. a microcosm reflecting the plight of a nation witness venezuela a sinking revolution on and just get on. board . or.

the and to a recap of our top stories on al-jazeera if you're just joining us donald trump's has become the 1st u.s. president to be impeached twice the house of representatives has charged him with inciting an insurrection over his repeated questioning of election results which included a speech he gave to supporters before they overran the capitol building turkey has begun its called 19 occupation drive health care workers in high risk groups will be vaccinated 1st turkey took delivery of 3000000 doses of the sino vaccine in december. and around the clock curfew has come into force in lebanon to combat a dramatic surge in corona virus infections on wednesday there were long queues outside food stores as residents stocked up the knockdown will be imposed for 11 days. now the u.n. environment program has warned of unprecedented challenges across the world because

countries are adopting too slowly to climate change in his latest report the u.n. agency says most countries have come up with plans but they're not raising enough money to fund them particularly in the developing world it surveyed $1700.00 projects that aim to reduce people's vulnerability to climate change and it found most are in the early stages of implementation and only 3 percent are meeting their objectives the report singles out nature based solutions as one of the most cost effective ways in which communities can adapt to climate change but it says they are too few initiatives and limited financing available for them let's speak to anderson about this she is the executive director of the united nations environment program unit headquartered in nairobi kenya and she joins us via skype from there mr anderson thank you very much for speaking to us on al-jazeera tellus 1st why why have countries not been able to raise enough money for their climate action plans

and what effect it's having on vulnerable countries and communities. well i think when we met in paris in. in. $21.00 in $2151.00 of the articles of the paris agreement speaks to that we need finance obviously and that we need to equally have finance for what we refer to as mitigation and what we refer to as adaptation mitigation means essentially finding nonpolluting energy sources and investing in that and adaptation means obviously adapting to a climate changing world and the paris accord calls for that these funding needs to be in balance and you need to have equal amount of funding to both and in copenhagen some years prior it was agreed that you needed $100000000000.00 per year by 2020 so that's where we're at what this report that we've now brought out speaks to the adaptation side of the story and on the adaptation side it's the poorest in

the most vulnerable as we well know that suffer 1st and suffer most and here while some countries have put plans in place like you rightly referred to in the introduction these plans are early stage so it's absolutely critical that the solidarity on the wealthy nations who after all caused the problem in the 1st place is one that will put money into the green climate fund that allows similar vesicle funds to ensure that countries that need to adapt whether they speak because of their agricultural situation and rainfall patterns will change whether it's because they're low lying and they would be hit by type from still hurricanes but those resources are available and finally if i may you of folly to need to base aleutians are investing in with you like nature's infrastructure right the coastal forests coastal send junes and mangroves etc that can protect us from those rising i want to talk to a bit more about that but i do want to ask you you know about the fact that

a lot of countries wealthy countries and donors find themselves today cash strapped because of the corner virus pandemic and and its effects and priorities in support of climate action are changing how do you convince them to increase financing for climate action in the current situation. well here we are right we've had this pandemic when we had that when we looked at what might be the risks year ago the world economic forum. this was not one it was considered with high impact with very low risk and yet here we are so we understand now that risk is real and lead us but but the good news is and it's dreadful of course kobe don't get me wrong that there is a vaccine that we're now developing it's being distributed it's cetera et cetera the human cost has been enormous in terms of talent but there is a vaccine that we can hopefully get out and help communities recovery will take

a year will have dreadful consequences there is no vaccine for climate change climate change is just as real and absolutely happening and if we do not take action what we've seen with coleridge is but an overture to what we will see with climate change therefore the kind of. recovery packages that countries are rolling out we need to be very smart around them sure that they are investing in green renewable and protection of people and communities because that's the only way that we can really bolster but of course 1st making sure don't get me wrong that we invest in health and public seen it done right don't get it wrong but when we putting it into infrastructure we need to be smart about that and there is a real or opportunity right there is an opportunity as you say but when you consider how challenging it was in the 1st place to agree to the paris accord and the 2 degree celsius target and many countries especially in the developing world

as you've said are still finding it very difficult to bring about real with actions in time it risks how optimistic are you about real change being achieved. well it's my job to be the due to be very very forceful on the imperatives of action because if we zoom out to the end of the 21st century and we have not taken action that's scenario too awful to contemplate therefore i see many countries stepping into this including poor countries and i can call out a future of light that have really aligned their economy let's take kenya where we are proud to be based kenya has invested over the last 10 years in renewables kenya has 70 percent renewable in their electricity supply. has illicit 9000000000 in concentrated solar and solar related production pakistan is doing a huge effort on the 1000000000 stories tsunami precisely investing in restoration

of ecosystems so there are many good examples the trouble is that we have not had the sufficient salute area to have the sufficient funding and now i think that there is an understanding that if one person has called we on how cold it those should certainly be an understanding that if one country has climate change we all have climate change and therefore. we are now looking to cop $26.00 that will happen at the end of 2021. as it all goes as planned and at that point countries must come with the next step of ambition that's what we're calling for and and that's what we expect countries to live up to their obligations while i hope your message is heard and anderson thank you very much for talking to singer anderson is the executive director of unite joining us there from nairobi. thank you for having me. now voting is under way in uganda's general election long

queues formed before polling stations open at 7 in the morning after 35 years in power president yoweri must have any seeking a 6th term but he's facing a serious challenge from opposition leader bobby why in the run up to the vote has been modified finds 2 days ago social media was switched off but you said the internet blocked out this is one of the many efforts that gentleman 70 is doing to make sure that we vote in the dock to make sure that uganda he skipped in the doubt but that is get in the dark about uganda. gaurdian cambodia has resumed a mass trial of more than 60 opponents of the government also have been charged with treason for taking part in nonviolent political activities that been heavily criticized by rights and described as a sham by the opposition florence 3 reports. theory saying

a cambodian american human rights activist and lawyer is facing charges of conspiracy to commit treason and incitement to create social disorder she's described the charges as absurd but at the same time hasn't ruled out the possibility that she could be found guilty and sentenced to prison and the political theater the decision will be made by politicians not judges so this is why we know that it's not a genuine trial i'm being persecuted for my political opinion nearly 130 people mostly former supporters and members of the disbanded opposition party the cambodian national rescue party all see an r p have been charged with similar crimes their trial was due to begin last november but the court split the cases into 2 with one hearing due to start on thursday in march the un has voiced concerns the charges appear to be politically motivated many defendants are accused of being involved with organizing

a failed trip by former opposition leaders sam rainsy to return to cambodia from self-imposed exile brains he had been prime minister who is biggest political rival for years in 2017 a year before the last general election who launched a sweeping crackdown on his opponents. the c. an r.p. was forced by the court to disband its leader kemp soca arrested ahead of the election rights activists say the upcoming trial will help in sen who's been prime minister for 36 years to strengthen his grip on power what we're seeing in cambodia today is the consolidation of dictatorship we're seeing the last vestiges of political opposition swept away that means local and provincial councillors of the sea and r.p. . various political activists civil society people are all being swept up in these mass trials the government says the charges on the gentleman and that the trial

will proceed like any other florence li al jazeera. sam rainsy is the acting president of the banned opposition party and his living in exile in paris his says his party's popularity in cambodia is one of the reasons behind the crackdown on dissent. at the last election. when we were allowed to. recollect a nearly ha the popular vote and a nice in spite of a massive 1 fraud or had shown being our oneness that we would have a wonderful already and since then the popular support has been growing for us and this explains why the government is so our friend of. our of the floor following the election they knew that we were going to we need a new reason why the man us just before the election and now they prevent the

leaders of europe and sent him back why prosecuting them. shows that the government used a very abstract of that when you actually account now my colleague vice president who are trying to back in 2 days a but. fear. not be allowed to do so so it's a very strange or under one. use of process. he is accusing us of for many many ludicrous crimes but only other men we are not allowed to act. in an unprecedented move the hong kong government has used a controversial national security law to restrict internet access the web site hong kong chronicles is being blocked it pollsmoor terrio related to the mass

pro-democracy protests seen in the city throughout 2019 internet access is widely sense it in mainland china but had been mostly free in hong kong and that's not a crowd that size a crackdown on dissent in the chinese territory continues to escalate hong kong police have arrested another 11 people on suspicion of helping activists in an attempt to flee to taiwan just over a week ago authorities rounded up 53 pro-democracy politicians and activists. to a to go again i'm fully battle with the headlines on al-jazeera donald trump has become the 1st us president to be impeached twice the house of representatives has charged him with inciting an interaction over his repeated questioning of election results which included a speech he gave to supporters before they overran the capitol building now the news turkey has begun it's called the $1000.00 occupation drive health care workers

in high risk groups will be vaccinated 1st turkey took delivery of 3000000 doses of the sign over vaccine in december.