he is determined to find out what caused his daughter's death and brought him such heartache. the story of a committed parent turned activist a fan of this protest part of the viewfinder asia series on al-jazeera. the senate will conduct a trial of the impeachment of donald trump. top democrats push ahead with the trial of the former president over his involvement in the attack on the capitol building . hello i'm mariama mozzie and london you're watching al-jazeera also coming up on the program u.s. president joe biden on veils his economic relief plans targeting those hardest hit

by the coronavirus pandemic. games must go on a japan dismissed as talk of canceling the olympics and says they'll be a symbol the world has overcome the virus. keeping the faith out of russian religious minority has carved out a place for itself in may need muslim care guest on. the senate trial of donald trump could begin as soon as next week after the chambers top democrat revealed that the impeachment charges would be received on monday a former president made history becoming the 1st to be impeached twice by the house of representatives is accused of inciting writers to attack the capitol building on january 6th majority to chuck schumer says truong will receive a fair trial but the support of at least 17 republicans would be required in order

to convict him it will be a full trial it will be a fair trial but make no mistake there will be a trial and when that trial ends senators will have to decide if they believe donald john donald john trump inside the erection insurrection against the united states. or the senate's top republican mitch mcconnell maintained that the process is being rushed this impeachment began with an armed person or a life raft minimal process over and of. the sligo cannot be an insufficient senate process that do not former president tried to due process or damages the senate or the president 3 it's up i did your caster is following developments now and she's at the capitol it wasn't expected as soon as this but nonetheless a trial is expected to get underway give us

a sense of the sequencing of the timeline. on mondays when we expect the ceremonial elements of this trial to take place that will be the marching of this article of impeachment across the u.s. capitol grounds to the senate where it will be read aloud the managers will be presented and the senators soon afterwards will be sworn in as the jurors in a former president trumps 2nd impeachment trial now the republican minority leader mitch mcconnell had been pushing for a slight delay of a few days to give trump's legal team more time to prepare their defense it's notable that many of those a listers that defended trump in his 1st trial they're not coming back to defend him the 2nd time around and there's still some doubt about when and how long this trial will be yes it officially kicks off on monday in those again those ceremonial

elements but opening arguments may not be for days to come because the senate still can consider special rules to really lay out the law just sticks of how this trial will unfold. and off on his plate we now learn that the house intelligence committee is also requested that the files in the investigation of murdered saudi jealous jamal khashoggi be made public and what more do we know about about this development. that's right this comes in the form of a letter written by adam schiff the chairman of the house intelligence committee and it's written to april haynes the newly confirmed director of national intelligence for the by the administration and shift writes that he wants the media disk declassification and release without delay of the report into saudi arabia's role in the killing of jamal khashoggi in 2018 this is a report that members of both parties have been demanding to see for more than

a year but that the trunk administration held closely to. it's best despite the cia's conclusion with a high degree of confidence that it was mohamed bin sell the crown prince of saudi arabia who ordered the killing of a conclusion that was also supported by an independent u.n. investigation but despite that as you as we well know trump maintained a cozy relationship with saudi arabia with the royal family that is likely to change now with biden in the white house and with that pressure now for the declassification of that report thank you very much heidi your culture on capitol hill thanks heidi. well u.s. president joe biden is set to target the economy on his 2nd full day in office he is due to sign a series of executive orders shortly which are expected to help those who've been hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic mike hanna joins me now from the white house or what do we expect from these latest executive orders that he is due to

sign this evening. well president biden has signed a large number of executive orders dealing with combating the pandemic the order set who are expecting to see in the course of coming hours is to combat the results of the pandemic infect the economic and social results on america's citizens in monkey orders it is expected does a series of things very importantly he's asked the agricultural department to review food assistance to impoverished families he's also asked for the assistance to being given to children who studying virtually who are not getting free meals at school to get a 15 percent increase in their budget for free meals so he's actually looking at the nuts and bolts of the issue here of families who do not get enough food he's also for example looking at the issue of workers' protections workers who are laid

off because they do not want to work in a corona affected area he is trying to get these kind of protections in place he's also instituting a $15.00 an hour wage minimum for those contracted to the federal government obviously he doesn't have the power to do that throughout the workforce but we've just heard from his spokesperson jen to psyche giving her daily news briefing and she made very clear as well though that all these measures these. orders being passed to combat the pandemic to combat its effects must be seen within the context of what is the most important step at all and that is that over rocking pandemic relief bill that joe biden has sent to congress $1.00 trillion dollars dollars it is and that is the key issue to push that through on a bipartisan basis these executive orders 'd that we are seeing very largely are holding patterns to try and get things in place before that massive bill is passed thank you very much from washington mike hanna.

britain's prime minister has been saying that a coronavirus variant 1st found in his country could be more deadly it was already known that mutations spread more quickly but boris johnson insisted that vaccines were still effective against it we've been informed today that in addition to spreading more quickly it also now appears that there is some evidence that the new variant varian that was 1st identified in london in the scythe east may be associated with a higher degree of mortality. of any of barker joins us now from london the bars johnson there saying that it's not only more contagious the new variant is more fatal what did his medical advisors have to say at this press conference. or even known for some time the new variant according to the medical and scientific of

scientific officers that were both either side of boris johnson is between 30 and 70 percent more transmissible but were both gentlemen confirmed is that the u.k. strain of the virus is also contributing to a higher mortality rate as well in the example given was for an average man in their sixty's for every 1000 people that get the virus you can expect 10 deaths that's for the 1st variant of the virus but for the new variant figure is higher between 13 and 14 the good news is according to 'd both experts that they this virus does respond to existing vaccines however there are concerns about the 2 other strains the south african strain and the brazilian strains that are according to the expos may need more research as to whether or not it does actually respond to existing vaccines that would be a significant cause for concern if for instance given how high the level of

infection is given how high the death toll the number of people in hospital is if those strains suddenly have an increased impact on the population going forward but there is of course hope very much in the shape of a vaccine for a 5400000 people have now been vaccinated 2000000 in the past week a significant milestone for the government and the hope is that by september. every adult in the country will have at least one dose of the vaccine but it is something of an uphill struggle particularly given the low uptake from some minority ethnic communities who have cited concerns as to whether or not the vaccine is compatible with their religious beliefs and also some deep seated distrust about the health service but it hasn't always seemed to favor people from minority ethnic backgrounds now very much a drive by the government to try to encourage community leaders to get the right

message out as we found. 32. 100 salaam aleikum and very this is where the battle against vaccine disinfo mation is being fought community by community this british muslim t.v. network in east london's lead debate is tackling some of the many myths that have taken root around the pandemic whatever the myths whatever the false information out there that is not correct we all need to i mean obviously we are we are british muslims we are part of the society we need to make sure we get out of a box and. in a recent british survey 42 percent of respondents from bangladeshi and pakistani communities so that they were all likely or very unlikely to be vaccinated and their figure rises to 72 percent of black and black british people meaning those people who are most at risk of contracting cope with 19 and ending up in hospital or even dying of the virus and now at least likely to be vaccinated. it's

a growing concern for the british government that wants to offer a 1st dose to every adult in the country by september if the adult population of the rest of the countries vaccinated the virus will look for a place for it to infect a human for it to infect and if it infects particular communities because they happen to be unvaccinated it will absolutely go through the market and will be hugely damaging while the whole world is searching for a vaccine this is one of many fake news items distorting people's understanding of the virus and the vaccines it claims inhaling steam kills the virus specks it is. specks it is going to change your d.n.a. wild conspiracy theories of deepening public distrust of medical science leading to an angry protest by this man outside a muslim community center offering covert jobs with muslims or south asians it can

be this article that seen where there's any i'm going in the vaccine specifically for products which is of interest to the muslim community and then there's other types of minutes which are at all. viruses. work all the vaccine can cause infertility or it can fundamentally change your d.n.a. of course i'd like to buy into all of these arseholes there's no truth and. there's a sense of unease among some black londoners many a keen to be vaccinated but one man told us he thought there might be different facts or. as for black and white people i was scared scared because these days you don't know what was covert hesitancy also extends to alter all the books jewish communities the game over fears the vaccine contains pork or is this controversial israeli rabbi popular on you tube suggested over fears that alters people sexual

orientation conspiracy theories exploited a lack of trust in the government and the health system that for some ethnic minorities appears to favor white people the more affluent the challenge now lies in building trust in vaccines proven to protect us all the barca al-jazeera london when all the developments portugal is running out of beds in both public and private hospitals after a record surge in corona virus cases their schools were closed on friday for the 1st time since march and they'll remain shut to students for at least 2 weeks 234 people died with the virus on friday a 5th day of record figures pressure on the health system is also pushing up non-corrosive virus deaths to the biggest daily total since records began field hospitals are now being opened to ease the strain and then in germany the number of people who have died from the virus has exceeded $50000.00 chancellor angela merkel

is defending a decision to extend the lockdown until the middle of february she says it would be unwise to ease restrictions given virus mutations have been found in the country it's been in lockdown since november. watching al jazeera live from london much more still ahead on the program and a look at the delicate rescue mission to save trapped chinese gold mine is it could be another 2 weeks before they left it to safety. big tax big threat google accused of blackmail and bullying is it challenges new regulations. for. storm kristoff through the bridge aisles yesterday and left the river mersey breaking its banks into its flood plain much of north wales northwest and saw some flooding from the amount of rain that fell the storm itself is producing strong

winds in scandinavia that is it if you follow the course of the frontal systems touch to it the next area development down in the west and met the breeze a lot of rain for it's a lay a creek the croatian coast was there up at height and the a community big color than it was probably the focus to continuous rain is going to be southwestern france poach go in some parts of spain stop to keep cold here so there was no it was a result of rain but the cold is returning to eastern europe look at these current temperatures and remember a few days back we were subzero by many degrees when not any more not that it will last innsbruck for example goes back down to subzero once the snow has gone through enough to be on sunday and stays that way for gets colder by the time we get to monday so the picture on sunday there is increasing me the wintry feel returns with briggs's snow one of the places including in england and in france the western med does improve to some degree but great should i say the rain is going to it's windy

on the coast and it's wet for 2 days. from every one of us. even those working quietly behind the scenes. so you can relax enjoy a little break in your journey. and when you leave with a smile we know a day's work is done. welcome to. the all the the world.

and back the headlines now donald trump could go on trial in the u.s. senate as soon as next week chambers top democrat says the articles of impeachment against the former president will be delivered on monday. meanwhile u.s. president joe biden is set to target the economy on his 2nd full day in office is due to sign a series of executive orders shortly which are expected to help those hardest hit by the pandemic and our other top story new variant of the corona virus which is spreading globally could carry on higher risk of death britain's prime minister says both vaccines used in the u.k. are still proving affective against it. in other news rescuers the same but it could take at least another 2 weeks to free $21.00 gold miners trapped underground in eastern china the desperate attempt to save the workers buried after a blast 12 days ago has been further complicated now by a blockage delaying drip drilling efforts authorities are saying that 10 of the men

are alive with 11 others unaccounted for adrian brown reports from hong kong. state television is giving prominent coverage to the rescue in a round the clock operation a giant drill is boring through granite to create a tunnel wide enough to bring up the miners trapped more than half a kilometer below it's become a race against time oxygen is limited because the main ventilation shaft is blocked by rubble there's also a risk of flooding an animation captures the drama of what happened. and the challenges that lie ahead rescue teams have already drilled several emergency shafts 6 days ago a handwritten note confirmed 12 of the miners were alive don't stop trying to reach us it implored they detach the paper to a wire cable lowered from the surface the miners are receiving medical supplies and

food just an attempt to own up the food in the quids we've seen to them a rich in nutrients and a more necessary than eating meals it's still difficult for them to take in protein like meat as more time is needed for the digestive systems to recover a telephone connection has also been set up the mine was reportedly under construction when the blast happened but it was only reported 30 hours later the local communist party secretary and there has since been sacked the mine is owned by a private company registered here in hong kong but ultimately controlled by one of china's largest gold producers labor rights activists who can't operate in china say the media coverage of the accident has raised on comfortable questions not just for the owners but also the authorities. previous accidents of exposed a cold hearted reality says one activist base to the united states sometimes the companies don't even want to rescue the miners it's just too expensive for them but

for this case they have to because of all the attention from the media it is almost 2 weeks since this latest accident and while rescuers are still hopeful of getting the man out alive state media is also warning the operation could last another 2 weeks adrian brown al jazeera hong kong. united nations is voicing concern after spate of murders in syria's largest refugee camp at least 12 people have been killed in the whole facility since the start of the year the u.n. says the violence could jeopardize aid and humanitarian assistance for the camp it says the authorities need to safeguard the security of both residents and the aid workers. japan's government is insisting the tokyo olympics will go ahead this year the games were delayed last year because of the coronavirus pandemic and the times newspaper in britain says officials have admitted it won't happen in 6 months time victoria gate and be reports. the olympic games with

jewel to be held last year but were delayed because of the coronavirus pandemic now a rise in infections has forced the government to impose a state of emergency in tokyo and other parts of the country and that's raise questions about whether the summer games will be held in 6 months as planned newspaper reports that you pans government has privately concluded the games will have to be reshaped jeweled have been denied by the prime minister. regarding the tokyo games it will be a symbol of humanity overcoming the novel coronavirus and a chance to showcase japan's reconstruction from the devastating northeastern earthquake and tsunami to the world we will be well prepared on the measures for the infection japan has spent $25000000000.00 preparing for the take care lympics they stick which is public money but a recent poll shows 80 percent of japanese people don't want the games to go ahead this summer. even if japan was able to curb the coronavirus i don't think we can

welcome athletes considering the current situation it should be canceled the money we spend on the game should be used for antivirus measures and stayed. 80 percent i want the olympics to go ahead but the other 20 percent i wonder what would happen to japan if it was canceled when i read it going through a lot. analytics has been cancelled only 5 times before in war time a final decision on whether to hold the games this year or not is expected in early spring i think the date to watch is march 25th that's when the charge really begins for northern japan 4 months 10000 runners crossing the country arriving there will enjoy our 23rd in tokyo it would seem absurd to start the torch relay and then have to have no olympics the international olympic committee make 75 percent of its income from selling broadcast rights of the olympics if is cancelled it could lose

an estimated $2.00 to $3000000000.00 of revenue victoria gate and be al-jazeera. the families of $62.00 people killed when a jet crashed into the sea off indonesia early this month of held a memorial ceremony at the site they prayed and threw petals into the water before the fatal crash the tree which i add jet had been out of service for months because of the corona virus pandemic indonesian investigators are looking into whether a problem with the system responsible for controlling engine power contributed to the accident google has issued australia with an ultimatum drop plans to make it pay news outlets for content or it will block its search engine australia is introducing a well 1st law to make google and facebook negotiate payments with news outlets for using their content in search results or news feeds or about in manny reports. google dominates the search engine markets around the globe humbling about 90

percent of all internet queries but the tech giant may be about to switch off its services in australia that's of the country passes a bill that would force it other things book to pay for news content they feature that google says this will open it up to too much risk the principle of unrestricted linking between websites is fundamental to search and coupled with the unmanageable financial and operational risk if this version of the card were to become law it would give us no real choice but to stop making google search available in australia. google is the inventor of the world wide web tim berners lee. in a submission to parliament he says he supports the right for content creators to be rewarded for their work but in this way it would undermine the fundamental principles of the ability to think freely on the web. media giant facebook also

says it will block uses in australia from posting or sharing links to news if the bill is passed ideally what i'd like to see is platforms like google and facebook paying a fair price for news content and this recognizing that this content is premium content that it gives a certain malu to search results and social media fades because news content has facts and accuracy and australia's prime minister how does old message for the tech firms. strive you mike's our rules for things you can do in a strike that's done in air power and it's done by a government. and that's how things work here in stride and people who want to work with that. you're very welcome but we don't respond to threats. it's just targeting. the french competition authority has ordered the company to

negotiate with french publishers in the landmark agreement on thursday google is now paying news publications that could challenge the power and dominance of tech giants. assailed who gets paid. now. country that guarantees freedom of religion to its minorities a russian orthodox community in the north is a living example of it traces its origins to russia in the 1900 century settled in what was the most recent outpost of the empire. has been speaking to descendants of the settlers at a religious ceremony and to. priests .

they recently arrived. in russia most 4000 kilometers away. community have gathered to pray on the day of the. many of the worshippers can trace their lineage back to cossacks way into and then settled in this remote region of central asia in the mid 19th century. almost finished with we get support from local cagas people in from russia it's important because our community is small it is sometimes difficult to find money for things like coal to keep the church woman winter we feel accepted and very much part of the kid is community the original church was built in $863.00 but was destroyed by fire it was once the center of a small close garrison on the most eastern edge of the czarist russian empire the current building was constructed in 1912 on the same spot as the original it was

renovated last year this is one of 10 churches in the it's a cool region serving an estimated 40000 ethnic russians many of them descendants of those the settled here around 200 years ago vladimir and the cossack leaders lead the congregation chancing the russian orthodox liturgy down to the frozen river they gather on the bank and pray the icy water is blessed before the priest splashes it over them they then collect water to use in prayer and ceremonies at. the most the biggest fany was good everyone should be blessed by the holy water we pray for russia and whole people may god bless them or league with his medals with pride his cossack mother was born here she met his father when he came from southern russia to live here off to world war 2 there it is it is this year for the russians in this region are deep rooted we have been here for

generations so we feel like kurdistan is our motherland. their ancestors came from far away to expand an empire but for these russians kyrgyzstan has always been holland strafford al-jazeera. northern kurdistan. they can head to al-jazeera dot com for the latest on our top stories also you'll find analysis that takes you behind the headlines. because main stories this hour now donald trump could go on trial in the u.s. senate as soon as next week the chamber's top democrat says the articles of impeachment against the former president will be delivered on monday he's charged with inciting the moment which rioted inside the capitol building earlier this month an event which led to several deaths but politicians in trump's republican party say starting the process.