confession on al-jazeera. donald trump's impeachment trial is delayed until february he's accused of inciting an insurrection. this al-jazeera life from a headquarters and. also coming up. we. will let people go hungry here as president joe biden signs executive orders to help millions struggling financially during the pandemic calling it

a national emergency. under lockdown thousands of people in hong kong are ordered to stay at home as the city struggles to contain a cord of virus outbreak in one if it's districts. and forced from their homes 2000000 people displaced in africa somehow the region the u.n. says aid agencies are dangerously overstretched. hello thanks for joining us the date has been set and donald trump's 2nd impeachment trial will get underway mid february after senate leaders agreed on a 2 week delay but the trial process will be triggered this monday when the house of representatives sends the articles of impeachment to the senates trump was accused of inciting insurrection when he encouraged his supporters to march on the capitol building earlier this month. jocasta reports from washington d.c. . donald trump has left washington but not his presence he'll soon be the center of

attention again as the defendant in his 2nd impeachment trial this scene from trump's 1st impeachment will be repeated monday when the house sends to the senate one impeachment article charging trump with inciting insurrection. egged on by trump's call to overturn the election a mob of his supporters stormed the u.s. capitol on january 6th causing 5 deaths we all want to put this awful chapter in our nation's history behind us but healing and unity will only come if there is truth and accountability and that is what this trial will provide will all senators now stand or the $100.00 senators will be sworn in as jurors on tuesday with the trial scheduled to begin in earnest the week of february 8th from patient began with an on president. of

the cannot be an insufficient son of. the former president trying to do. or damages the sun. or the program it's. president joe biden has stressed the trial should not jeopardize the senate's focus on passing covert relief and we're trying very hard to get up and running these crises. the trials timing will depend on whether the senate will hear from witnesses how many hours of arguments will be allowed and if there's a way to make progress on biden's agenda simultaneously there is also the constitutional question of how to put a former president on trial a 1st for the nation really this impeachment trial is about whether mr trump will run for president again in 20241 of the punishments authorized by the constitution

for conviction on pietschmann is disqualification from holding future office and that's a momentous decision to be made and i don't mean made with the solemnity and gravity conviction would require the vote of 17 republicans only one voted to convict trump after his 1st impeachment now resigned to his florida golf course polls show a majority of americans want to see trump gone from public office for good. castro al-jazeera washington clara finkelstein is professor of law in philosophy at the university of pennsylvania she doesn't think trump will be convicted but says the trial could provide valuable information. i do not think that the democrats will command 17 republican votes and that's on the assumption that all democrats in the senate go along with it i think that's likely by the way so i think breaking ranks in the democratic party in the senate right now is very unlikely democrats are very united and we know that they will have more senate votes in the republican

party than they had the 1st time around but the major benefit would be discovery namely that we have enough information that they have the ability to call witnesses that the senate can resurrect their ability to demand that witnesses come and testify before them which was sorely tried during the trump administration and that they get access to documents possibly that they wouldn't otherwise be able to get they may even be able to get information about possible support behind the scenes on the part of hallie and cruz and whether or not there were communications between those 2 and donald trump or anyone in his administration we're also learning more than we knew on january 6th about ties within the white house individuals in the white house who were involved in the insurrection in

various ways so information is critical here and the more transparency and the more information comes out the better informed the american people and the stronger our democracy will be. what. president joe biden has signed executive orders to help millions of americans struggling to make ends meet because of the cove in 1000 pandemic biden says the country is in a national emergency and is looking for bipartisan support in congress to pass a stimulus package worth $1.00 trillion dollars john hendren report. some washington d.c. . the new president pleaded for urgent and aggressive action to turn around a floundering economy families are going hungry people are risk a beatific to job losses are mounting again we need act on capitol hill

president joe biden is pressing for a massive 1.9 trillion dollar relief package for workers and businesses hit hard by the global pandemic but that measure following the 900000000000 dollar economic rescue in december faces opposition from republicans in a bitterly divided congress i don't think it's bill's going to make it but we need to do something so in his 2nd full day in office biden took 2 largely symbolic steps signing executive orders to expand food assistance for families who need it and raising the minimum wage for workers on federal contracts to $15.00 an hour and the american people are hurting and they can't afford to wait they need help right now and that's the motivation behind the actions that the president will take today i want to be very clear these actions are not a substitute for comprehensive legislative relief. but they will provide a critical lifeline to millions of families. the executive orders are stopgap

measures in an economic spiral that has 10000000 americans out of work as the covert 1000 pandemic forces one business after another to shutter its doors. the economic recovery depends in large part on this speed of a vaccination program that seeks to deliver 100000000 shots in biden's 1st 100 days in office the goal herd immunity that would ultimately allow americans to take off their masks and get back to work but there are 328000000 americans and those shots might not reach most of them for 6 months or longer president joe biden says he's been playing catch up following a trump administration that never developed a comprehensive national covert plan costing precious months and lives mirroring the economic toll is the death toll here in the u.s. now topping 400000 likely to reach 600000 before the pandemic is over

john hendren al jazeera washington well tens of thousands of people in hong kong have been ordered to stay at home the lock down is the toughest yet covert 1000 restriction in the territory it affects a densely populated district which made up half of all new cases over the past week the territory has been struggling to contain a new outbreak of cope with 19 since november let's bring in andrew brown who's joining us from one of the affected areas so what's prompted this lockdown and in this particular area adrian. well jerry no i mean the jordan district of hong kong one of the most densely populated areas of a very densely populated city and behind me you can see really a very familiar scene medical workers in hazmat suits police and of course the media all here because the area behind me the neighborhood has been in lockdown since 4 am this morning that's more than 6 hours ago the government decided to

impose this lockdown because of the shop rise in the number of infections during the past week now one of the reasons why the infection rate here is spreading is actually down to the way people live many of the apartments you see behind me subdivided apartments which means that people often live in a room that offers little more room than you know just to accommodate a bed and of course when you have cramped conditions like that it creates a perfect conditions for the coronavirus to spread what we've seen in other parts of the world of course is that you know the virus has sort of flushed to the surface some of the uglier aspects of life and here in hong kong that is often squalid housing many of the people who live in this district of from south asia that also new migrants from china it's a pretty poor neighborhood but at the moment we estimate tens of thousands of

people over the weekend are going to have to be tested and the government says you know any one of coles who is found to be testing negative will have to go into into quarantine or of course if it's worse in the hospital it's a vast operation but counsellors it telling us you know what what needs to happen is actually testing on a mass scale because of course during the past few days people living in this neighborhood would have been going about their business in other parts of hong kong and potentially taking the virus with them. so what's been the reaction to all of this and here i am because so far we understand the hong kong has resisted sort of these aggressive stance is that other cities have taken. yeah absolutely i mean hong kong never thought it would come to this you know this is one of the few places in the world that has not had to impose a lockdown but you know on saturday morning the inevitable happened when that code

would cross the grew in this area of hong kong now of course the concern among many people is that this lockdown the restrictions that we're seeing in other parts of hong kong is going to continue in the run up to chinese new year in a few weeks time and of course that's the most important period in the chinese calendar code cost to pull over the chinese new year celebrations a year ago and now it's threatening to do so again this time as well right and your brand reporting from hong kong thank you. still ahead. new fears about a highly contagious u.k. coronavirus strain that spread to dozens of countries details coming up. it's time for the perfect gentleman who went sponsored point qatar airways

they will be considerable snow miles i think in honshu where it has recently because rain is coming in as far north as tokyo which could be the transition zone where you might see the new be more falling at night for most parts of east asia is fine looking now stopped especially code shanghai is down to 9 but hong kong is about $24.00 though just cool little bit by the time you get to sunday there is some more cloud in the west that bits of light to straighten this circulating rain will disappear and the coal will come back in afterwards i think for japan there are considerably deep showers over most of the philippines and this is inside of indonesia further west it's rather cross now sumatra get daily thunderstorms that but instead malays are largely fine mostly it's true in the entirely in thailand and a pleasant change temporarily at least for some parts of india where in the northern plains it's fog inequities poor in the cities is clearly something happening and wesley disturbance new delhi's forecast reflects that called is pretty poor on

saturday but the breeze picks up and should be fine on sunday until the fog returns home across the day on monday it's pretty dry elsewhere even down in tallinn lauder in sri lanka very few showers in the forecast. sponsored pol qatar airways al jazeera is investigative unit obtained censored and unseen video for would harm filmed as the coronavirus are great is just beginning to live on all the bullshit the us is only of the background noise exposing this secrecy and censorship by chinese authorities. ha ha ha ha ha and a health system struggling to cope al-jazeera investigation 3 dates that stop the world.

war. well again the top stories on al-jazeera donald trump 2nd impeachment trial has been delayed until the week of february the 8th this follows an agreement between the senate leaders former presidents is accused of inciting an insurrection earlier this month president joe biden has signed 2 executive orders to help families hit hard by the covert $1000.00 pandemic biden is looking for a bipartisan support in congress to pass a stimulus package worth $1.00 trillion dollars tens of thousands of people in hong kong have been ordered to stay at home to walk down affects a densely populated district which made up half of all new cases over the past week . britain's prime minister is warning that the coronavirus varian found in the u.k. is not only more contagious but could be more deadly the news comes just as britain

appeared to be making headway infection rates have started dropping by around 4 percent per day but boris johnson says britain can't consider unlocking until the government is confident the vaccination program is protecting the population need barker has more on what the prime minister and his medical advisors have to say. we're known for some time that 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 it 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 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 earth 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 concern as to whether or not the vaccine is compatible with their religious beliefs and also some deep seated distrust about the health service that 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. belgium is banning residents from taking nonessential trips abroad it's trying to stop the spread of the more contagious covert 19 variant the restriction goes into effect next wednesday and will stay in place until march it will also tighten restrictions on people traveling from britain south africa and south america where the new coronavirus trains have been found belgium has one of the highest per capita death tolls in the world the un's refugee agency says the number of people displaced by violence in africa region has passed 2000000 that's

a 4 fold increase since 2019 it says humanitarian teams are now dangerously overstretched and is appealing for more international help armed groups have been spreading across the region in recent years fueling ethnic tensions and attacking security forces in countries including mali. remained close a spokesman for western central africa at the un refugee agency he says civilians have been bearing the brunt of the violence here we told you. that it was 2 years ago and that's because of the. attacks bootle gruesome see the . people of the. wall and they're not just the clothes on the back. and there are things in their own country they're receiving support from their host communities local communities or themselves stretch and that's a tragedy and here we're talking about 2000000 internally displaced people on the observed you have over 860 souls and refugees people have fled the crisis and cross

the border to neighboring countries so host communities are of a stretch the teams on the ground in her. gruesome testimonies people sling attacks telling that's the lead middle of the night groups were shooting around that tell us about section violence rapes that i was about me at night walking for 3540 kilometers on food. when they arrived then it's shelter because wherever they go the host communities don't have enough space to hold some of the people we don't even want or they need food they need to burn a city's core sentient but they also need to have access to health so here on top of all of those sensual for now that people need to move to ensure that they have more downside if they wish and the government they live all of the action against the pandemic and yes we need international community to gauge support the overall

humanitarian response so that we can show those who are showing response and in the and generosity that supporting people forcibly is everybody's job human rights watch is calling for an investigation into a french airstrike on a village in northern mali this one that killed 19 people witnesses say the attack at a wedding party attended by civilians but that's the spirit by france meanwhile the un's peacekeeping chief has warned against a possible drawdown of french forces what's become an increasingly volatile region because he has more from dakar. it's on the heels of a memorial for 3 un peacekeepers from ivory coast that were killed in mali the u.n. chief for peacekeeping operation. made his statements saying that a draw down of troops as suggested by paris a drawdown of french troops in the region is perhaps not the right time given that

there is a heightened escalation of attacks by armed groups in the region specifically and central mali and. it's a question of. what can you do to further improve. there is a lot of work that has been done despite the obviously regrettable losses at the end of the year we had far fewer deaths despite an increased number of addiction last year but the presence of more than 5000 french troops has come under criticism both in mali where there has been protest against the presence of french troops but also in france a recent survey suggests that the majority of people in france want to see their troops returned home france has announced that almost $600.00 troops will return home they'll be replaced by another force made up of european special forces but there's also been some criticism following an attack on what appears to be

a wedding in central mali in the region of now human rights watch has called for an investigation on what happened the french say they have not attacked a wedding rather they have attacked armed fighters in the area now al jazeera has spoken to doctors without borders m.s.f. that has treated some of the wounded in there and this is what their spokesperson had to say. that's the kind of. war. those of people with more than 2000000 people displaced currently the sile because of the ongoing fighting in mali but also across its borders the chief of the un peacekeeping operation. suggests that on groups that have not

signed the algiers accord in 2015 should also join the peace agreement that this illusion is suggested by the government and neighboring government for armed groups to negotiate with the government for a peaceful solution so that all these millions of people displaced can return home u.s. democrats have sent a request to joe biden's new intelligence chief to declassify report into the murder of saudi journalist. sen adam schiff the chairman of the house intelligence committee has tweeted a letter asking for the report to be released he says the murder which took place in 2018 in the saudi consulate in istanbul was an assault on human rights michael moore from washington d.c. . basically he's reiterating a request that was made by congress indeed a demand that was made by congress way back in the months after the show g.'s

murder in the congress sent to demand to the trumpet ministration asking for the report on his killing to be declassified and presented to congress the deadline was put on that request january last year president trump simply ignored the request the deadline passed president trump insisted that whether or not it is a saudi arabia was in part responsible or specifically the crown prince of saudi arabia was responsible he regarded the matter as closed now on tuesday the new director of national intelligence every hain held or even hearing in the senate she was asked directly whether she would be classify the report on jamal khashoggi as murder she replied i will follow the law so the indication is that the director of national into intelligence would consider a declassifying the contents of the report to congress the issue that we do not

know at this particular stage we may not learn more within coming hours is what is the white house's position on the matter we do know from what has been said in the early days of the biden administration that it's reviewing its relationship with saudi arabia very closely it has expressed concern about the ongoing bombing in yemen it has said that it will no longer supply weapons for such actions so we are going to wait and see in the hours ahead what the white house position is but we do know from what the director of national intelligence a said that this report may well be provided to congress as demanded now formally by the majority leader in the senate. a retired army general has become the 1st african-american pick to be u.s. defense secretary the senate voted $93.00 to $2.00 to confirm joe biden's nominee lloyd austin to run the pentagon austin will oversee the 1300000 active duty servicemen and women who make up the nation's military says he's committed to rooting out the growing threat of domestic extremism in the country the by the

administration says it will review its peace agreements with the taliban the deal was signed last february paved the way for the u.s. to withdraw its troops from afghanistan the white house wants to ensure that the taliban is sticking to its commitments to reduce violence cut ties with armed groups sending gage in negotiations with the afghan government a powerful storm is due to make landfall in central mozambique threatening to devastate a region still recovering from another cycle in less than 2 years ago more than a 1000000 people in high risk areas have been moved to temporary shelters cyclon elouise is expected to bring heavy rain and winds up to 200 kilometers per hour it's on course to land near the port city of barrow which bore the brunt of cyclists in 2019. it's been 2 years since venezuela's national assembly leader declared himself interim president on high dose still has the support of the international community including the new u.s.

president joe biden but back at home embattled president nicolas maduro has consolidated his power is still in danger of being arrested a sentiment as us reports. 2 years after being declared interim president but in israel is former opposition controlled legislature. future and his freedom hang in a potentially a spouse. after taking over parliament this month following a widely contested election president legal last mughal appears to be setting the stage to finally make good on his threat to quote make wide all rot in prison. look at that but on the whole me i think the government is waiting for the right moment to make its move has been delaying its waiting for president trump to leave office but now the balances tips towards prosecutes inquiry don't if it doesn't go into exile. parliament has asked the supreme court to order why those arrest for

alleged subversion and treason. but the new u.s. administration me make it as unadvisable as the previous one. despite speculation to the contrary president joe biden has confirmed he'll continue recognizing why the all not only is in israel is opposition leader but as a to mainly symbolic interim president. as a clear warning to muddle by those ambassador to washington. was invited to biden's inauguration is a message for the venezuelan people. us will stand with innocent people in their quest to restore democracy how do you that now the donald trump is out why those arrest is imminent when. the political cost is what we need to raise our voices. new orleans i don't mean a senate will vote for not brought up the why those hopes of overthrowing by winning the the army with a massive popular uprising have failed so have 2 years of international sanctions

that have added to the misery of ordinary venezuelans it's closed or idle significant popular support yet he is still the most recognized opposition figure. but the how long that's the question as he struggles to remain relevant and has tens of thousands of his disheartened countrymen continue fleeing venezuela you see in human al-jazeera. color again the headlines on al-jazeera donald trump 2nd the impeachment trial has been delayed until february of this follows an agreement between the senate leaders the former president is accused of and citing an insurrection when he encouraged his supporters to march on the capitol building earlier this month president joe biden has signed 2 executive orders to help families hit hard by the covert 1000 pound demick.