from this korean. to kerry defy the cuss words so they come to us and. the money this is and it goes straight into the coffers just in the interest of a $2.00 part people in power investigation bureau $39.00 cash for came to. donald trump's impeachment trial is delayed until february he's accused of inciting an insurrection. play watching al jazeera live from doha with me fully back to bill also coming up. we. will not let people go hungry u.s. president joe biden signs executive orders to help millions struggling financially during the pandemic calling it in national emergency. and down thousands of people

in hong kong are ordered to stay at home as a city struggles to contain a coronavirus outbreak in one of its districts and big tax big threats google is accused of blackmailing and bullying as it challenges proposed regulations in australia. to date has been set donald trump's 2nd impeachment trial will begin in the weeks starting february 8th senate leaders agreed on a 2 week today to allow tom's team to prepare its defense trump is accused of inciting insurrection when he encouraged his supporters to march on the capitol building an earlier this month al-jazeera. reports from washington. donald trump has left washington but not his presence will 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 also and it is now standard 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. minimal profit of. cannot be an insufficient. former pro of the trial to due process or damages.

or the program it's. president joe biden has stressed the trial should not jeopardize the senate's focus on passing coded relief and we're trying hard to get up and running these crises the better 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 that's a momentous decision to be made an enemy made with solemnity in gravity conviction

would require the vote of 17 republicans only one voted to convict 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. care finkelstein is professor of law and 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 all 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 they 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. one. president joe biden has signed executive orders to help millions of americans struggling to make ends meet because of the call the 1000 and that make biden says the country is in a national imagine c. and is looking for bipartisan support in congress to pass a stimulus package worth $1.00 trillion dollars john hendren reports from washington. the new president pleaded for urgent and aggressive action to turn around a floundering economy families are going hungry people are risk to be the victim and 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 is 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 fake can't afford to wait they need help right now and that's the motivation behind the actions of 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 a 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 by. first 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 trumpet ministration 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. i mean time on the general has become the 1st african-american pick to be u.s.

defense secretary the senate voted 93 to 2 to confirm joe biden's nominee noid austin to run the pentagon austin will oversee the one point $3000000.00 active duty service men and women who make up the nation's military and says he is committed to rooting out the growing threat of domestic extremism in the u.s. castleberry is a u.s. military veteran and national security specialist she says austin's appointment mox a turning point in the fight against systemic racism. it's so significant because the many black thousands and thousands of black soldiers have served since the american revolutionary war and why did it take so long well we know we have systemic barriers institutional issues that prevent these type of things from happening so this is so significant especially right now in the country where we're taking diversity a lot more serious and especially with this new administration so this is definitely a celebration for hope and change and looking forward with this new leadership cory

leader like him to know how it is to experience racism on a personal note he'll be able to you know take that perspective and tackle that issue on a more effectively because he knows how bad those barriers are and have an impact on a personal or professional life so i think this is deputy so we need on attack in life if we have. extremism domestic extremism this is a time where you've seen this administration take in diversity every inclusion really serious in giving the each death row who opportunity prarie right to be assessed forty's position so. this is deathly feels like a new time right now as far as you know a new administration taking very serious. or the biden administration says it will review its peace agreement with the afghan taliban it wants to ensure that the taliban are sticking to their commitments to reduce violence cut ties with sending

gage in negotiations with the afghan government a spot of the deal signed last february the us agreed to withdraw its troops by may of this year. in other world news thousands of people in hong kong have been ordered to stay at home the lockdown is the toughest pandemic restriction imposed on the city so far it effects a densely populated district which accounted for half of all new coronavirus cases over the past week on kong has been struggling to contain a new outbreak since november brown is in the district where the lockdown is in place and explains why it's been hardest hit by the by. the i'm in the jordan district of hong kong one of the most densely populated areas of the city and during the past week to 10 days or so the infection rate here has been running up between about 70 to $100.00 a day and the infection is proving very stubborn to suppress so the government is now taken the the drastic measure of locking down this neighborhood which means

that tens of thousands of people are now going to have to be tested the aim of the government of course is to try to get the infection rate down to 0 but of course the the worry of people here is that perhaps the lockdown might spread to other areas of hong kong if indeed the infection starts to spread to those areas this is a 1st for hong kong up until now hong kong this had no lockdown there are something like $1700.00 police officers taking part in this operation reasons why i think this virus has been spreading in this area is because the buildings here a pretty decrypted and people live in very cramped conditions even more so than in other parts of hong kong often people are living in modern basically subdivided apartments with people in a room where there's barely enough space for even a bed they share washing facilities toilet facilities kitchens and of course that creates a perfect breeding ground for covidien the government says they believe the broken

sewage pipes are one of the reasons why the virus has been spreading at such an alarming rate and still ahead on al jazeera new fears about a highly contagious you can strain that's right to dozens of countries and radical . why community knowledge and tina says it's being stigmatized then held against its well. conditions on the ground in northern syria eastern turkey they defaced displaced people's camps been poor because the weather was so awful it isn't improving story is still yucky on the ground but in the sky the sun is out and temperatures sols slowly on the increase in fact he's gone quiet again through most parts of the

middle east and around this those early breezes is weakening on saturday and on sundays attempt his might rise a little bit for example in bahrain and in qatar otherwise nothing changes but there is action further south a tropical cyclon again making landfall early saturday on the coast of mozambique near bay area it briefly has been a severe tropical storm which means the winds are about a 12030 kilometers per hour and the storm surge with it now most of the daylight hours on saturday and on sunday this thing will not be a problem from the point of you wind but it is about to read it spreads across mozambique central south and zimbabwe and gauteng in this eastern side of south africa means flooding is likely pretty extensive and if not flooding then big thunderstorms right down to the eastern cape and that circulation is still visible .

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impeachment trial has been delayed until the week of february 8th and it follows an agreement between democratic and republican leaders in the u.s. senate the former president is accused of inciting the seizure of the capitol building by a mob of his supporters earlier this month president joe biden has signed 2 executive orders to help families hit hard by the over 1000 pandemic biden is looking for bipartisan support in congress to pass a stimulus package worth $1.00 trillion dollars and tens of thousands of people in hong kong have been ordered to stay at home the coronavirus lock down affects a densely populated district which accounted for half of all new cases over the past week. britain's prime minister is warning that the corona virus variant 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 today but boris johnson says britain can't consider unlocking until the

government is confident the vaccination program is protecting the population we've been informed today that in addition to spreading more quickly it also appears that there is some evidence that the new variant very that was 1st identified in london in the southeast may be associated with a higher degree of mortality need has more on what the prime minister and his medical advisers had to say. org 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 are according to the expos may need more research as to whether or not it doesn't 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 the by september the

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. argentina's more than 3 weeks into a mass vaccination drive using russia's sputnik vaccine it was one of the 1st countries in latin america to impose a lock down to 5 gold at 19 but the northern province of form also has never reopened a move being criticized by human rights groups traceable reports from by the size. and isolation center in the province of formosa in northern argentina. people here

say they are being held here against their will. this man says nobody is taking care of them they're careful that yes you're a hero here we've had children here for 22 days and no specialists or doctors have seen them please stop lying people are going to find out the truth about what's happening in this province. reports indicate there are over 3000 people in isolation in the province argentina was one of the 1st countries in latin america to impose a quarantine to prevent the spread of covert 1000. but when most lock downs around the country have been lifted the lockdown in formosa has remained in place and broken since march last year human rights groups are questioning why people are taken to this isolation centers and the treatment they receive once they're there there are reports of people being picked up in the middle of the night in their homes and taken with their families and that's why human rights organizations are

asking provincial authorities to ease this restrictions immediately for most us government says its radical measures are necessary to fight coronavirus the government claims only 6 people have died of covert 1000 in the province and that their policy has been successful. but many for most i do not agree on thursday local legislator was detained when she went to an isolation center to demand people to be allowed to do the quarantine at home. we spoke to her once she was released. new formosa feels like we're 2nd class citizens because the rise that people normally have are not even respected here we don't have freedom to move we don't have personal freedom people are kept here in isolation for ever the schools are controlled by the police the n o one tears what psychologists doctors that's not happening human rights are

violated the centers are guarded by the police people are not allowed to go inside their belongings are checked by the police it's like a detention center. indigenous communities have also claimed they're being discriminated against for members of the indigenous group were detained on thursday for protesting against local authorities. for the most or is one of the poorest provinces in the country and has been ruled by this same man for 25 years old world over was in your dealings fran many accuse of controlling the province like a personal fiefdom argentina is struggling to contain the spread of covert 1000 over 40000 people have died in the past year and while many here justify extreme measures others say forethought have gone too far. in selling out of syria when a status. brazil has received more than 2000000 doses of the cold the shield

vaccine from india it was developed by astra zeneca an oxygen averse city and is being manufactured by india's institute of batches arrivers brazil registered more than 556500 new cases of one of us on friday brazil as a 2nd worst hit country in the world only behind the u.s. with more than 214000 us. u.s. democrats have sent a request to president joe biden's new intelligence chief to declassify every horse into the murder of saudi journalist. sen adam schiff the chairman of the house intelligence committee has asked for the report to be released he says a murder which took place in 2018 in the saudi constant in the sambal was an assault on human rights mike hanna has more from washington. 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 there's a saudi arabia was in point 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 classified 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. police in eastern russia have clashed with supporters of jailed kremlin critic comics in a volley this was the scene in cover off it's one of 60 cities where ronnie's have been called on saturday in defiance of a police ban 70 was arrested in moscow last weekend after returning from germany where he was being treated for a near fatal poisoning. the u.n.

is voicing concern after a spate of murders in syria's launches refugee camp at least 12 people have been killed at the whole facility since the start of the year the u.n. says the violence could jeopardize aid for the count pushes the syria response director fave the children she says the violence has been building in recent months we didn't know to an increase in attacks starting actually in august of last year but it has really picked up in 2021 our numbers are that there actually are probably about 17 killings that have already happened whether it's for ideological reasons or personal disputes or criminality or a combination of all of this 3 the effect on humanitarian services is what's really concerning us save the children has been affected by these attacks in terms of our education services to children in one instance a wall of our school was hit by 10 stray bullets and another more recent incident one of our school tents was partly burned down so we're really looking for

a camp authorities and those who have influence on the camp to look at the protection of those 80 percent women and children you know they need a safe place to live and in general hold is no place for children to grow up we have a lot of challenges keeping children in school getting them the health care they need you know we're doing a lot to try to get children to be able to leave the camp whether it's iraqis to go home or syrians or all of 10000 foreign women and children so in general our whole it is not a place for children to grow up and unfortunately now their services are being affected by this increase in violence. the un's refugee agency says the number of people displaced by violence in africa saya region has passed 2000000 a 4 fold increase since 1900 it says he managed hereon teams are now dangerously overstretched chinese appealing for more international help armed groups have been spreading across the region in recent years fearing ethnic tensions and attacking

security forces in countries including mali and all mandich lewis spokesman for west and central africa at the un refugee agency he says civilians have been bearing the brunt of the violence. here we told you. order all the numbers that it was 2 years ago and that's because of the. attacks brutal gruesome on civilians people are being forced to flee. more often than not just the clothes on the burka . and there are things in their own country they're receiving support from their 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 8 $150.00 souls and refugees people have fled the crisis and cross the border to neighboring countries so those communities are of a stretch the teams on the ground in her even gruesome testimonies people sling

attacks during that lead middle of the night on groups were shooting around that i was about sexual violence rapes that i was about me at night walking for 3540 kilometers on food. when they arrived in that shelter because wherever they go the whole communities don't have enough space to hold some of the people we don't even want or they need food they need burn cities course sentient they also need to have access to health so here on top of all of those sensual for now that people need me to ensure that we have more time so 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 responsibility and generosity that supporting people forcibly is everybody's job a powerful storm is due to make landfall in central mozambique threatening to

devastate every gym 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 and eloise is expected to bring heavy rain and winds of up to 200 kilometers per hour at some coarser land near the port city of barrow which was badly hit by sacco and he die in 2019. the effort now again i'm fully back to go with the headlines on donald trump's 2nd impeachment trial has been delayed until the week of february 8th it follows an agreement between democratic and republican leaders in the u.s. senate the former president is accused of inciting the siege of the capitol building by a mob of his supporters only of this month john hendren has more from washington what happens now is the house.