censorship by chinese authorities. and a health system struggling to call al-jazeera investigation 3 days that stopped the world. donald trump's impeachment trial is in the senate and will begin in february he's accused of inciting an insurrection. columcille rahman you want you out of there alive my headquarters here in doha 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 a national emergency. also under lockdown thousands of people in hong kong are

ordered to stay at home as the city struggles to contain a coronavirus outbreak in one of its districts. and baseball legend hank aaron has died tributes focus on how he overcame racism and death threats to clinch the home run record. but into the program the date has been set donald trump's 2nd impeachment trial get underway in february senate leaders agreed to a 2 week delay allowing the chamber to focus on confirming joe biden's cabinet picks and a covert 900 stimulus bill trump is accused of inciting answer actually when he encouraged his supporters to march on the capitol building earlier this month had to castro has more 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. 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 really 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 and that's a momentous decision to be made and i don't mean made with the solemnity of 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. u.s. president joe biden has signed 2 more executive orders this time focused. relieving the economic impact of the kovac $1000.00 pound mc the measure is all short term fixes ahead of a much larger proposal biden is looking for bipartisan support in congress for a $1.00 trillion dollars stimulus package 100 house wolf in 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 beat of big 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 they 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 the covert 1000 pandemic forces one business after another to shutter its doors. the economic recovery depends in large part on this speed of the 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 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. thousands of people in hong kong have been ordered to stay at home the lock down is the toughest pandemic restriction imposed on the city so far to fix a densely populated district which accounted for half of all new cry to virus cases over the past week hong kong has been struggling to contain a new outbreak since november adrian brown is in the district where the lockdown is in place and explains why it's been hardest hit by the fire us. well this is something the hong kong government probably wanted to avoid looking down one of the most densely populated neighborhoods in the city but the yama tate and jordan areas have been seeing very high infection rates during the past week to 10 days those infection rates running up between 70 to 100

a day so now over the weekend medical workers are going to be testing tens of thousands of residents who live in these pretty decrepit buildings you can see behind me and that's possibly one of the reasons why the virus has been spreading many people live in lot of basically subdivided apartments within a flat basically one room apartments where there's barely enough room very even a bed they share washing facilities. ities toilet facilities kitchen facilities and government officials say they believe that the virus here has been spreading through broken sewage pipes now so far hong kong has recalled recorded about 10000 coated infections since the outbreak began in january last year we've had more than $160.00 deaths but this is the 1st no lockdown up until now and of course the worry for many people is this lockdown might have to spread to other areas if we start to see infections rising in those areas. britain's prime minister is warning the krona

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 in reducing the spread infection rates have started dropping by around 4 percent each day but boris johnson says the u.k. can't consider easing restrictions until the government is confident vaccination program is protecting the population. argentina is more than 3 weeks into a massive vaccination drive using russia's but nick vaccine it was one of the 1st countries in latin america to impose a lockdown to find covert 19 but while most lockdowns have been lifted thousands in the northern province of formosa are still living in isolation trees about reports not one desirous. and isolation center in the province of one or more sat in northern argentina. people you see they are being held here against their will. this man says nobody is taking care of them they're here for that yesterday he was

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 i didn't know was one of the 1st countries in latin america to impose acquiring team to. event this part of covert 19. but when most lockdowns 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 the local us a 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 are no one in tears with psychologist 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 former members of the one 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 the same man for 25 years old were divorcing your jillian's fran who many accuse of controlling the province like a personal fiefdom. argentina is struggling to contain the spread of cold with 1000 over 40000 people have died in the past year and when many here justify extreme measures others say forethought have gone too far. and when i say to us. brazil has received more than 2000000 doses of the vaccine from india the vaccine was developed by astra zeneca and off for the university and is being manufactured by india's syrup institute the vouchers arrived in brazil registered more than 56500 new cases of crowd of virus on friday the outbreak in

brazil is the 2nd deadliest in the world only behind the us with more than 215000 deaths. police in eastern russia have clashed with supporters of the jailed kremlin critic alexina valmy this was the scene in couple waskow on friday it's one of 60 cities set for rallies on saturday all planned in defiance of a police in the valley was arrested in moscow last weekend as he returned from germany where he was treated after being nearly fatally poisoned by a nerve agent in russia now the opposition leader has accused president vladimir putin of ordering his murder. still ahead here on al-jazeera. we are in one of the most famous museums in the world in front of i would be some of the most famous paintings in the world and stephanie decker in the if it's a museum in florence whether reopening is raising a debate among the targets about the need to control mass tourism. also musgrave's

in libya authorities try to identify hundreds of civilians killed in the civil war to stay with us. storm christophe whipped through the british isles 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 fell the storm itself is producing strong winds in scandinavia that is it if you follow the course of the frontal system is attached to it the next area development down in the west and met the breeze a lot of rain for italy equally the croatian coast was there up at height and the a community colder than it was probably the focus to continuous rain is going to be southwestern france poach go in some parts of spain stop to kick out here so the

let us know if there is a lot of rain but the code 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 you get to monday so the picture on sunday is increasing me the wintry feel returns with breakfast now whatever the price including in england and in france the western med does improve to some degree but great should i say shows what the rain is going to do it's windy on the coast and it's wet for 2 days. but. it's the biggest sport. a truly global game. and it doesn't end at the final whistle. in a new series al-jazeera uncovers the passion the rivalries and the politics at play

. because beyond the pitch that beautiful game is a way of life. the fans who make football coming soon on al-jazeera. you. look back you want yards or at least a homerun a reminder of our top stories donald trump's 2nd impeachment trial will get underway the week of february the 8th the former president is accused of inciting the siege of the capitol building. u.s. president joe biden has signed 2 executive orders to help families hard hit by covert 90 biden is looking for bipartisan support in congress to pass

a stimulus package worth $1.00 trillion dollars and thousands of people in hong kong or been ordered to stay at home it affects a district that's accounted for half of all of new current virus cases of past week of khan's been struggling to contain the outbreak since november. a retired army general has become the 1st black 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 victoria gate and the reports. lou dosed in iraq to the pentagon shortly after his senate confirmation his 1st day shed you will include your cool with nato secretary general and a briefing on the coronavirus pandemic good to see you guys and. thanks for being here look forward to working with you earlier the retired army general had shattered a racial barrier in the united states by becoming the 1st african-american secretary

of defense he was confirmed with overwhelming bipartisan support from democrats and republicans the yeas are 93 the nays are 2 and the nomination is confirmed security analysts say his appointment symbolizes a turning point in the fight against systemic racism it's so significant because many black thousands and thousands 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 that happen so this is so significant austin says his main priority so deterring any threat posed by china and rooting out domestic extremism but some analysts say it's unlikely they'll be a huge shift in u.s. defense policy with his appointment basically reify the policy of strengthening american defenses keeping the fans budget robust building up u.s.

nuclear forces while the green negotiations with other countries and so on so i didn't detect a major shift in u.s. defense policy from what we've seen since pretty much the last dozen years or so president biden who say wants austin to restore stability at the pentagon during the trumpet ministration there were 2 senate confirmed secretaries of defense who he helped post on an interim basis victoria gates and be al jazeera. u.s. democrats are calling all the president joe biden's new intelligence chief to declassify reported to the saudis. shoji adam schiff the chairman of the house intelligence committee published a letter on social media asking for the report to be released he says the murder that took place in the saudi consulate in istanbul in 2018 was an assault on human rights mike hanna has more 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 a demand to the trump administration 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 the 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 a. 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 declassifying the contents of this report to congress the issue that we do not know

at this particular stage we may not learn more with incoming ours 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 is said that this report may well be provided to congress as demanded now formally by the majority leader in the senate. tropical cycle in the weeds has made landfall limos and big sports city of biro which was devastated by cycling 80 less than 2 years ago rivers in the surrounding areas were already swollen before the storm hit and at least 3000 people have been evacuated from the busy district in the east and he's expected to

lose strength as it travels in london ping rain across in barboy eastern south africa and botswana. libya's internationally recognized government has opened an exhibit to help people identify the personal belongings of the remains of loved ones in the hope that they might be recognized and laid to rest on a train or possible from tripoli. close and personal belongings from the remains of people found in mass graves this site has been opened in tripoli to help people identify bodies and possessions belonging to their relatives and loved ones at least 338 people have been reported missing in the town of sort of allegedly killed by the el kenya militia loyal to warlord khalifa haftar during his failed military campaign on libya's capital other mass graves are being uncovered is the heart of me that identified the body of one of her 3 sisters last week today she's

recognized 2 more of her sisters also. i came to identify my sisters who were kidnapped by the our county admonition my message to those who killed my sister is they are women why did you kill them the youngest had 4 children and she was pregnant now these refrigerator containers are where the bodies of those found in the mass graves and to whom are kept at once their bodies are identified they're then transferred to their loved ones so they may be buried so far approximately 125 bodies have been found they are brought here for autopsies. and their personal belongings are documented and put on display malik is a nurse and has 2 brothers missing he thinks he recognizes one of them by his clothing and the ring he bought how i feel it's it's difficult to explain you know

it's have been this body should be my brother or not we cannot confirm and come down. and least we have percentage just we have like 80 percent that sand. and. that is the others didn't found their sons and their brothers their sisters they don't deserve this from desire to end this way. there are $31.00 bodies here for family members to attempt to identify including those of 4 women and 2 children get it and have thought of that once we believe the family is identified a person's belongings we make sure only information matches clothing ted rowlands dental records once confirmed a request is made to release the body to the family. although there is pain after identifying her sister's there is also some long needed closure but it will likely

take more time for her to know the fate of her 2 brothers malik traina al-jazeera tripoli. u.s. baseball hall of fame hank aaron has died at the age of 86 aaron's best known for overtaking babe ruth's career record in 1974 eventually finishing with 755 home runs but he had to contend with racism and death threats from people outraged as a black man could overtake a white baseball icon and was only sparse as homerun king in 2007 nicknamed hammerin hank you spent most of his 23 years as a professional with the atlanta braves among those paying tribute was the former president barack obama now he said in a statement that humble and hard working hand was often overlooked until he started chasing babe ruth's home run record at which point he began receiving death threats and racist letters letters he would reread decades later to remind himself not to

be surprised or hurt those letters change tank but they didn't stop him. museum in florence has reopened its stores to the public lockdown rules to curb the crime the virus pandemic meant that the world famous museum was closed for most of 2020 but the pandemic also means the usual crowds of taurus and the people of florence finally getting a chance to enjoy their autumn culture and a more personal way stephanie decker as well for problems. intimacy with a masterpiece getting back to chile spring all to yourself would usually be unheard of the crew in a pandemic has stopped the mass tourism that would usually fill these corridors rooms and that means florentines are coming back to visit something many had long stopped doing she saw start happening on the ship. i lived here until i was 25

years old i would come on sunday mornings as you would go have a coffee in the p.f. of the drama then you'd come for a walk around the your feet see we would walk in and out with this of course was a long time ago. consider. if we consider it part of our culture as a florentine it's our home museum you'd have to book a month in advance then you'd have to stand in long queues you don't feel like it's your home any more it makes you lose the desire to visit these are arguably some of the most famous paintings in the world this is what the chinese spring and then over there you have the iconic the birth of venus to be able to observe them pretty much alone is an extraordinary privilege and it's raising a question here among italians about the need to control mass tourism. outside florence is unrecognizably empty. temp you know the miley week in normal times this was before you could even take

a picture there were so many people there was a queue here with the pontiac you know behind it's a bit sad that florence needs people. for those who live here despite the hard economic times at the pentagon. because caused something should change the rebel sit in the lunch i mean there should be a balance a bit less people i don't know how but there's a need to rethink it also for the future because it isn't beautiful for anyone not even for the tourists feel to come to find the city's so chaotic say for you can't even take a walk. with you and the director of the feats he tells us that this is one of the most sought after museums in the world with around 4 and a half 1000000 visitors each year florence together with. our other 3 top cases of really bad over tourism. and it's not just bad for the city for the inhabitants of the city but it's actually bad for the tourists themselves i think it's it's really important to take advantage now of this very

difficult situation and really really think how we are going to. project our offers in the future. arts and culture many here tell us is a right for all the coronavirus has forced us all to stop and here at least many hope it will result in a new better way for everyone to be able to enjoy and share these cheshire's of the past stephanie decker al-jazeera at the museum in florence. a man is recovering after receiving the world's 1st double shoulder and transplant in france felix a good at a song from iceland lost both limbs 2 decades ago after an accident while working on a high voltage power line the operation was performed in new york by a french hand transplant pioneer who met mr gretta song at a conference in reykjavik is unclear how much function he'll recover but he's described the transplant as his greatest dream. and that i would like to think the

whole team of doctors who made this operation possible special thanks go to the nurses or dilys and physiotherapists who didn't explode. new job for me to help me get through this very difficult week i am very touched by the efforts of all the resuscitation staff who have far exceeded my expectations they have shown great humanity and professionalism and i am very grateful to them in. portugal just there with me still rob a reminder of our top stories donald trump 2nd impeachment trial will get underway the week of february the 8th the 2 week delay allows the senate to work through cabinet confirmations and broaden help for the unemployed the former president is accused of inciting the siege of the capitol building 100 has more from washington d.c. what happens now is the house will send over the.