america's public enemy number one is drug abuse and the launch of the international . drug trafficking politics and. drug lords on al jazeera. is expected to face in senate trial after becoming the 1st president to be impeached twice he's charged with inciting an insurrection. but i'm glad this is out 0 life and also coming up the number of americans seeking unemployment benefits soars by nearly a 1000000 in a week as coronavirus cases and deaths climb to new highs. warning of large scale famine the u.n. calls on the u.s. to reverse its terrorist designation for humans from 3 rebels. polls close in uganda's election pitting the longtime leader you were to use of any case popstar

everyone. so we begin in the united states where donald trump faces another senate trial after becoming the 1st american president to be impeached the 2nd time or wednesday the house of representatives of formally charged him with inciting an insurrection a week after supporters storm the u.s. capitol building to try and prevent the certification of joe biden's election victory 10 republicans brought ranks and join democrats to vote for impeachment with just 6 days to go until joe biden's inauguration the top republican in the senate that's mitch mcconnell he says he won't order politicians to reconvene for trump's trial before he leaves the white house if convicted trump could be barred from holding future office squashing any ambitions for a comeback all the while security at the u.s.

capitol and other federal buildings in washington has been bolstered amid warnings that further attacks could take place both there and across the country let's cross to all of fischer's life at the white house and we had nothing from donald trump. no not a thing we know he's in the oval office i just had a look there is the marine in the dress uniform standing there but clearly he's he's been silenced a degree because here is off twitter there are very few people in the press office today as well a lot of the offices here at the white house are clearing out because of course donald trump only has 6 days left seeing a lot of groups coming through from both the old executive office building just on the back side of the the white house and from the white house itself who are coming out and getting pictures here on the north lawn as a keepsake of their time during the white house don't trouble of a few memories to keep them warm in when he steps away next wednesday and one of those of course will be the fact that he will go into the history books as the 1st

president to be to be impeached for the 2nd time. we know that he's not best pleased that more people didn't put up a defense for him and according to the new york times apparently he considered yesterday going to capitol hill and on to the floor of the house to conduct his own defense he was talked out of that by close aides close aides to according to reporting here in the united states he's growing more frustration with people like rudy giuliani who charges $20000.00 a day for his consultancy during the efforts to overturn the election like kelly mcanany who is of course the press secretary he believes she should have been here speaking to the american t.v. networks defending his position on what he claimed without any evidence was electoral fraud he's also upset that mark meadows his chief of staff and jerry couche know who as well as being a special adviser is also his son in law so some family tensions as well as

professional tensions there but nothing from the president we did of course get that statement made by video released on the white house channel late on wednesday but what was interesting in that he made no mention of joe biden no mention of the fact that he would hand over power no mention of the fact that he would invite joe biden to the white house or even call joe biden and that led a number of people to say that the president should have done more certainly he said there should be no violence and he didn't want to see any vandalism but they feel he could have taken a step farther than that and ignore that joe biden won the election and won it in a fear manner and so they are pleased that he spoke out because of the growing stories going rumors growing reports that the f.b.i. are preparing for violence here over the weekend and on inauguration day itself but the they say he could have done a bit more to defuse tensions and it now seems as if there'd be impeachment trial

where you take place until after he leaves office. well donald trump will no you see out his term in office and this time last week you weren't sure that we could see that there was talk of invoking the 25th amendment mike pence ruled out saying it can't be used for punishment it's hard to make the case that he's not fit to be president and then of course there was the question of would he resign if he realized he would go into the history books as the 1st president to be impeached for the 2nd time it's highly unlikely that he will do that so he will see out his full terrine but he faces impeachment in the senate passed by the house it goes to the senate no it's not going to happen before the 22nd of january which means that all those people that thought that the trump you know which has been 6 years along 4 years in the white house would end on the 20th of january at noon it's not going to it's going to leak or in for several months into joe biden his presidency and

then of course there will be the question of if he is convicted by the senate will they vote to stop him running for office again and if not there's every possibility that he will run again in 2024 he's talked about that with a number of advisors believes he could beat joe biden and believes he's got the support in the country to when you are out on top of that and official at the white house well ww americans filed 1st time jobless claims last week that is the highest figure since mid august the pandemics had an unprecedented effect on the economy a subject at the heart of donald trump's presidency but the fallout means the incoming administration will have a long road to recovery program has taken takes a look at trump's economic legacy. in the trump era tax cuts deregulation and low interest rates made the rich richer much much richer everyone else not so much the net effect of his economic policies has been that he's transferred an enormous

amount of wealth from lower income and working class americans to the top 10 percent the top one percent the most important thing that you did was a massive tax cut in 2007 tane the benefit of the wealthiest americans for example tesla founder elon musk added $132000000000.00 to his wealth over the past 12 months from 2017 to 2019 the stock market boom and unemployment fell. then came the pandemic and an uncoordinated federal and state response that led to business shutdowns and mass unemployment in my opinion research now earlier and all of us a doctor knew sabrina johnson is a freelance personal trainer in los angeles as the coronavirus took hold gyms closed and she became unemployed and nearly became homeless there came

a time you mines i still manage my own employ me. and i will. burn through almost all my savings and that. is kind of like you're paying the bills. or my bank you know. damn near and meanwhile right and then i see the disinfectant but not in a minute one minute and is there a way we can do something. by injection troops rejection of scientific expertise his refusal to come up with a coherent nationwide strategy and his politicize zation of mass wearing help big. the u.s. the worst affected country in the world us we have. proximately 2526000000 workers who've been hardship so huge share of the labor force over 315

percent of workers are suffering today directly as a result of the corona recession compare that with japan where a culvert 19 public education campaign and widespread mask wearing helped prevent major shutdowns as of late december fewer than 80000 japanese workers had become unemployed amidst the pandemic trump leaves an economy in ruins one that will take years to repair robert oulds al jazeera los angeles the united nations is edging the u.s. to reverse its decision to designate yemen's who 3 rebels a terrorist group citing concerns of a large scale famine the designation is due to come into effect and join you in the 19th century state my poem poses the aim is to hold the rebels accountable for what the u.s. says all terrorist acts do and his the designation to prevent aid from getting to those who need it most. the many stage of priority in yemen right now mr

president is to prevent a mass i mean it data shows that 60000000 people will be this year already about 50000 are essentially starving to death in march essentially a small. amount of 5000000 are just one step behind. every decision the well of makes right now must take this into account. some day the united states announced it won't as it made answer as a specially designated terrorist at the. foreign terrorist organization or at unnamed u.s. domestic law. mom said he did say so you know i must be a pretty. but i believe it will excel or. interview. or person suddenly has more knowledge from the u.s. . country's already considered the largest humanity cad

a humanitarian catastrophe in the world saying this move to designate a. terrorist organization will push the country over the brink into widespread famine and he attempted to explain how this is connected basically saying that 90 percent of in yemen it comes from imports and is reliant on commercial distributors so even though the united states is saying that we will make exceptions for aid agencies to allow food to get into these areas that are controlled by who the rebels the united nations and aid agencies are saying that may not be enough because these commercial enterprises could be prevented from getting in there and doing the job that they need to do and it's not just united nations officials who are saying this numerous aid agencies have condemned the move the world food program as well david beasley the director of that wood for world food program also spoke today he is

a trump appointee to head this is agency an american a former republican governor of south carolina and he said that this will be catastrophic for yemen the united states for its part had its deputy ambassador richard mills speaking during this meeting he expressed his respect for the people speaking in their opinions but said that the united states after watching years of stalled political process in yemen under secretary of state might pompei o had decided that another additional step would be needed to send a signal and to move that political process forward. still ahead here on al-jazeera charged with treason by opponents cambodia's government is calling for an upcoming mass trial a sham. lebanon begins an all day curfew expanding the scale of the nationwide lockdown to contain coronavirus.

recent thunderstorms and western society feasible to flooding around mecca and look at this repeat potential performance as well the weak little trough giving showers as far west as mecca probably as far east as riyadh bahrain but not much to it i don't think they gone through saturday and sunday that the active weather returns to the eastern med and to turkey that's quite stormy easily be snow in the high ground some parts of syria more especially turkey and into levant that strong wind will mean rain or showers now bench that might make its way eastwards but on saturday probably not we've seen a lot of rain this season this year if you like in the maybe year and it shouldn't really often come to this west coast which is a cold and dry place normally but no not rain has reached there and is back in the forecast reaching the scouts and coast through when talk but further south

surprising warps in cape town it's been over 30 degrees the last 2 days of forecast for thursday is 33 degrees well above the average which we reach with a change of wind direction for both friday and saturday which become showery now the heaviest of the rays like to be further east particularly focusing in zimbabwe . gay calm and make sure you're not hyping the situation be part of the debate my main characters are women when no topic is off the table the law is in the last allow child marriage to happen legally these are basically archaic walls that often the jet mines and legalized pedophile on air online jumping to the comments section and meeting to be part of the discussion this stream on out is there

a. way. in. but again what she had 0 remind of our top stories this hour and donald trump faces another senate trial up to be impeached for a 2nd time the senate proceedings are unlikely to start until after his term ends in 6 days he's been charged with inciting an insurrection of his supporters a time to come for a loss when. nearly a 1000000 new in u.s. jobless claims were filed last week as current price cases and deaths rai's the increase is a sign that the economic recovery is faltering is businesses bear the brunt of a new wave infection. the united nations security council is being briefed on the situation in yemen he wants humanitarian chief in the u.s.

to reverse his decision to designate yemen 2000 rebels a terrorist group citing concerns for not scale famine. polls have closed uganda's general election long queues formed before polling stations opened later than planned and they stayed busy president knew any missive any who's been in power for 35 years is seeking a 6th term in office but is facing a serious challenge from the opposition leader or the wind good days ago social media was switched off but yes that is. blacked 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 while he's kept in the dark about uganda that's enough from catherine sawyer who's in uganda's capital of kampala with more on the concerns that the election result will be contested. president 70 has voted he voted just

a short while ago in western uganda and as you can see appalled many polls across the country have cleared up people have voted but the electoral commission is saying that those who are still in line in polling stations will be allowed to vote so now what happens next is counting the votes are going to be counted in polling centers and then this count is going to the district tallying centers where the votes will be verified and collated before being put in a system and sent to the main polling main palings center here in couple compiler their electoral commission says that we should expect a declaration of results on saturday and this is worrying very many people who are saying that they are concerned that these will see their election results presidential election result is contested which is very likely if president yoweri moves heaven is going to be declared winner so that happened people are saying

they're afraid that they could see more violence electoral commission the same whether he's aggrieved with the results should go to the court but political opposition leaders that we've spoken to a saying they do not believe and trust that the courts are going to give them a fair hearing. scientists from the world health organization of arrived in the chinese city more than a year after the 1st coronavirus cases were reported that the group has finally been allowed to investigate the origins of them it comes as the country's north is battling resurgent cases katrina new reports from beijing. after months of negotiation with the chinese government members of the world health organization team have arrived in ruhani on a mission to trace the origins of carbon 19 we'll be looking at in more detail.

cases human cases that were detected in december 1000. at the markets the famous one market and see. what happened there but also investigate the theory that the virus burst came from an animal and hopes to gain access to hans institute of the role of the trump administration has claimed without evidence that the pandemic was caused by a leak from this laboratory we need u.s. secretary of state mike from peo has accused the chinese government of a cover up and on tuesday tweeted that the show was corrupted by beijing the u.n. agency has denied claims and says its focus is not about assigning blame but uncovering facts to fight the pandemic beijing has so far tightly controlled any investigation into the outbreaks origin but his mission comes as china is struggling to contain an outbreak in the country's not with more than 700 cases discovered in a week and the 1st coronavirus death recorded in 8 months discovering the origins

of personalities has become highly politicized many governments around the world haven't called for an independent inquiry the premier are skeptical chinese government would provide access. to communist as a person so closer to its own narrative about the outbreak spares us chinese state media have been pushing reports that the corona virus was 1st discovered in europe in late 2019. beijing has been stoking the theory by pointing to traces of the virus on imported frozen food but says this is highly speculative but many residents in holland are convinced tell me why you know well combat team to all han to look for the origin because i don't believe china is where it started. we were set up didn't originated not even in china health experts say it's unlikely they will discover the source of carbon 19 any time soon and additional missions may be needed. it took them some 10 years to find the origin of sars hollowing with

it takes. maybe less time because we have more experience. easily and is more complicated it will take time to find definitive answers a team of experts from around the world the chinese scientists and mohan but 1st the 14 days of quarantine. al-jazeera beijing must the distribution of the chinese made vaccine has begun in turkey where health care workers and higher 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. delivery of 3000000 doses in december this update from one of the vaccination centers in istanbul. as of thursday morning to him medical workers in turkey started to receive the koran a virus vaccine that truth you received from china they say no a lot quacks and 3000000 doses came to turkey on late december and now medical

workers in the state hospital are receiving their vaccinations. everybody needs to be vaccinated we have no other alternative from the really mature did it as we health workers are fighting the virus but when a medic falls ill and is absent for 14 days it becomes a problem that's why medical workers are prioritized to receive the vaccine. turkey is planning to complete $50000000.00 of the chinese vaccine by the end of march and beginning of april also turkey will receive $500000.00 doses from pfizer beyond tag and currently negotiations underway to receive 20 $5000000.00 doses of vaccine according to the pools conducted before the new year at this 41 per cent of the turkish population is happy to receive the vaccine because they are fed up

of being indoors and being limited with masks and everything and turkey also is conducting some other works to how it's all vaccine turkish vaccine which they expect to be ready by the end of april well of course there are 18000000 people living in the country there were there will be a need for more vaccine and of course everybody's sorting to be free by the beginning of summer. around the clock curfew has come into force in lebanon to combat a dramatic surge in corona virus infections or wednesday there were long queues outside food stores and residents stop top of the lockdown will be imposed for 11 days in is the country's toughest response the point of it so far comes amid growing criticism that uncoordinated policies helped fuel the spread of the virus. this update from lebanon's capital of beirut for the 1st time really the government is requesting people apply online or call a hotline to get permission to venture outside for. it

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 police in belgium but arrested more than $100.00 people from the police station during a long street peaceful protest hundreds rallied in brussels calling for justice softer 23 year old died in police custody demonstrations when riot police try to disperse protesters large gatherings have been restricted because of coronavirus prosecutors are investigating the circumstances surrounding the man's death. russia's president authority has warned that the opposition leader like scene of on the faces immediate arrest once he returns from germany the round he says he plans to go back this weekend despite threats he hasn't been to russia since being poisoned in august the kremlin has repeatedly denied having any role in poisoning

his critique of president vladimir putin. hundreds of families in refugee camps in bangladesh have been left without shelter after a fire raged through a district in cox's bazaar the blaze destroyed more than $500.00 homes in the ny apartheid camp in the early hours of thursday no casualties have been reported many of the refugees a range of muslims who fled from ongoing violence and persecution at the hands of me and mountain army the us is added the chinese national overseas oil corporation to its economic blacklist washington has accused the company of helping china's government intimidate its neighbors in the south china sea trump administration has sought to increase pressure on beijing in the final days of his presidency the company has been removed from the u.s. stock markets s. and p. 500 index. and then unprecedented move the hong kong government has used a controversial national security law to restrict internet access the website tong

kong chronicles has been blocked material related to the mass pro-democracy protests seen in the territory throughout 2019 internet access is widely sensitive mainland china it had been mostly free and hong kong a crackdown on dissent as escalated in recent weeks. a court and cambodia has resumed a mass trial of more than 60 opponents of the government most have been charged with treason for taking part in a nonviolent political activities the trolls heavily criticized by rights groups and described by the opposition. as this. theory saying cambodian american human rights activist and lawyer is facing charges of conspiracy to commit treason and incitement to create social disorder she's described at 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 but the political theater of the decision will be made by politicians not judges so this is

why we know that it's not a genuine the trial i'm being prosecuted tell my political opinion nearly 130 people mostly former supporters and members of the disbanded opposition party the cambodian national rescue party all c.n.r. pete 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 arrested ahead of the election rights activists say the upcoming trial will help who's been prime minister 36 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 in r.p. . various political activists civil society people are all being swept up in these mass trials the government says the charges on the just to make and that the trial will proceed like any other florence li al jazeera. original drawing of comic book hero tintin was sold for $3100000.00 at a paris option breaking the record for most expensive comic book in history it's a drawing from $934.00 is by the belgian art as o.j.

and it was intended as a cover for the blue lotus which is the 5th volume of the adventures of the young reporter called tintin this iconic piece features a red dragon on a black background and close to the frightened characters face perhaps because of the intricate craftsmanship the drawing never made it to store shelves as it's too expensive to refuse and why it's. going to recover the headlines here in al-jazeera and donald trump faces another senate trial after being impeached for a 2nd time with senate proceedings are unlikely to start until after his term ends in 6 days he's been charged with inciting an insurrection after his supporters attacked the capital last week nearly a 1000000 new u.s. jobless claims were filed last week as coronavirus cases and deaths rise the increase is a sign that the economic recovery is faltering this.