the listening post strips away the spin what kind of reporting if you can see on the ground misinformation is right lays bare the bias a lot of people believe things because they want to believe them done covers the uncomfortable truths do you think they did enough to scrutinize the case for war the listing posts on a. a 2nd impeachment trial for donald trump the u.s. senate formally begins the process that could bar him from ever holding office again. john trump engaged in high crimes and misdemeanors by inciting violence against the government of the united states. hello i'm daryn jordan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. with a pandemic worsening and more contagious variant contagious variants spreading this

isn't the time to be lifting restrictions on international travel new concerns for world leaders about the deadly a variance of corona virus. a delay in vaccine production has europe demanding action from drug maker astra zeneca plus. we are standing for what is moral what is right and what is just uganda's high court says bobby winds house arrest must end but the opposition politicians home is still surrounded by troops. members of the u.s. house of representatives have delivered their article of impeachment against former president donald trump to the senate he's been charged with inciting the capitol insurrection on january 6th trump 2nd impeachment trial is scheduled to begin in february out of your caster reports now from capitol hill. it was just 2 and

a half weeks ago that the statues of great americans passed looked on as a pro trump mob desecrated the u.s. capitol. now they watch as house impeachment managers marched past to the senate bearing papers that charge former president trump with inciting an insurrection. donald john trump engaged in high crimes and misdemeanors by inciting violence against the government of the united states. the accusation relates to the events of january 6th when trump gave a speech to supporters telling them to march to the capitol and fight like hell is young never take back to our country with weakness you have to show strength. the riders broke into the legislative chambers in a failed effort to stop congress from certifying joe biden's election when 5 people died as a result president trump gravely endangered the security of the united states and

its institutions of government he threatened the integrity of the democratic system interfered with the peaceful transition of power and imperil co-equal branch of government if these proceedings look familiar it's because there are repeat of events from a year ago when trump was impeached the 1st time he's now the only u.s. president who's been impeached twice and the only one to be tried after leaving office some republicans have argued that should make this impeachment illegal the constitutional experts say otherwise from constitutional structure and from our history there is no reason to suppose that he cannot now be tried and convicted on the article of impeachment that was voted while he was still president trump was acquitted in his 1st impeachment when only one senate republican voted against him conviction this time around would require the votes of 17 republican senators then

and only then could a simple majority in the senate vote to bar trump from holding future public office polls show a slim majority of americans do want trump to suffer that consequence. the but as the january 6th row. i it fades further into memory more republicans appear to be leaning away from conviction the legal teams now have 2 weeks to prepare before the trial begins in mid february heidi joe castro al-jazeera washington for top belters professor and political management program director at george washington university he says the trial will send a clear message to all future presidents. a lot of the the appointments that president trump is made are vacant and they need to be replaced especially with with biden's own people so he can get the government working so he can get the economy up and going and so he can do the the work on the vaccines that he's

promised as well so there's a lot that needs to be done that the senate needs to do which is one of the reasons why the democrats were ok with giving this 2 week delay before they start it up so they can get some of that work done and it looks like they'll probably go for a split session when they get this under underway but of course it's going to take a lot of the oxygen i mean because it is you know it's very controversial well if he is going to get acquitted then you know ultimately they're there are no prices to be paid at least for now but the message is there for any future presidents who would try to wreak havoc with our electoral institutions of democracy in the future there won't always be a $5050.00 split in the senate and there won't always be the type of polarization that we have now at least i don't think there will be we do have swings that go back and forth in our country so it does send a message in the long run that this this cannot go on if he is not convicted then

he couldn't be removed he couldn't be disqualified and i think also let's not forget 2022 in 2 years we have some big senate elections including marco rubio seat and there's some speculation a vodka truck might run for it there might be some other trumps running for senate so i don't think we've seen the last of the trump machine as it's about to be rebuilt here i think the. u.s. pharmaceutical company says it's coded $900.00 vaccine appears to work against new coronavirus variance the early findings showed success against the variant 1st detected in the u.k. but the vaccine is less effective against the south african what health experts are concerned about mutations of the virus that appear to be spreading fascia and may be deadly if i got the reports. as the fight to contain a global pandemic continues several new variants of the $1000.00 virus spreading

early research suggests these so-called mutations are more infectious and potentially deadly is one variant 1st discovered in the u.k. and another in south africa and now the focus of madonna's efforts to develop a booster injection the company says its original vaccine does fight the u.k. variant of the virus but there are questions about the mutated strain discovered in south africa i'm hearing reports that there may be some concern about the south african variant there's action in the ability of the vaccine to neutralize the virus i'm hearing a 6 fold reduction we'll see if that's in firm. that is some concern but it still will likely cross protect out of an abundance of caution madonna says it's now working on an alternative version of its vaccine the company says its original vaccine does give antibodies above levels that are expected to be protective against a south african variant it's a sign of the shape shifting nature of the virus dr anthony felt she says the

entire medical community needs to adapt even though right now the vaccines seem to be able to work against them we need to be prepared to upgrade in maybe even as a boost lead iran who is a by scene then goes against the world and the newton's in a bit to contain the variants the biden administration has reimposed a travel ban on non u.s. citizens the ban will prohibit travelers from the u.k. ireland and 26 nations in europe as well as brazil and south africa with the pandemic worsening and more contagions variant contagious variants spreading this isn't the time to be lifting restrictions on international travel and in light of the contagious variant the 1351 south africa has been added to that restricted lest from tuesday other international travelers to the u.s. must test negative for covert 19 before boarding their flight as the covert 19

virus continues to mutate companies like madonna say it's vital they stay proactive in the fight against the pandemic the company and others say their original vaccines do provide protection but they want to make sure people get updated vaccines before things potentially get worse gallacher al-jazeera miami florida so let's bring in john nichols he's clinical professor in pathology of the university of hong kong and joins us via skype john good to have you back on the program let's talk 1st if we can about the chinese vaccine we don't really know how effective it is because there's very little of information about it even though hong kong where you are hasn't accepted it that's quite worrying isn't it. well you see because see the vaccine in china is use using the traditional method and the inactivated vaccine that's a virus but i think the good thing is that as you mention is that we really don't know what not this vaccine is effective against these mutants but so that's why i

think the government being cautious and so right now beginning with the on it back seems as your report indicated that right now even even though there may be susceptibility to this vaccine even if the we get these escape mutants return now is able to pass the. end of rate produce that a new vaccine so don't because of the technology it can rapidly get this new some new strain of a vaccine against a new strain ok. with the existing swords of the vaccines trying to take a long much longer time so i think that's good news is that they can quickly adapt you touched on madonna there because pfizer and madonna are the 2 most prolific job at the moment but still lots of questions john about their true efficiency and whether or not they are effective against these new strains that you talked about. well as your report mentioned is that the they do seem to be

a trick to the. south african wondrous i'm concerned but i say that we were caught indicated it still provides a good level of protection but even as dr trotty said you know how even if we do get variations then i think probably will be fast for them to get a new variant so we may be likely to influenza that is a different strains is that we may end up having a injection which has all these different strains. in the same trap so i could. eat. but make the most important thing is that right now we can actually get the vaccine into a number of people so if we can eat crease the actual number of people getting infected then make a decrease of rate if mutations bearing so so how concerned john should we be because people around the world are worried about these new covert variants being

perhaps more transmissible and deadlier. actually. we worry about lots of things but i think the main worry should be actually getting the vaccine to the right number of people i think is it's as a rule child great concern. to that and these variants which are very good right now all the strains which are which are right now dominant are susceptible to the vaccine so as i mentioned before if we can actually decrease the total number of people getting infected then we can draw down that rate of reputation so decrease that chance of mutation so yeah so i think the fires and with that being sensible they're practically looking at strains ok and they then 42 days to get a new vaccine against john just a final thought to you what exactly do these vaccines protect you from because many people believe if you get the vaccine it's a silver bullet and you then can't get the disease or transmit it but that's not

true is it you can still get the disease and you can still become ill. there's the yes and no and that is that the because he's vaccines of a and in the short term muslim world in decrease or variants of a disease keeps the people out of hospital will it prevent transmission in some people it does but not all the full effects so i think that's the thing is to keep the severe illness down and keep these people out ospital and then to decrease this rate of transmission to people so they break up like they were in. all of the john nichols who was going to get your thoughts thank you very much indeed for talking to our to 0 john thanks dan. and we'll have more on coronavirus later that's time for short break when we come back i think for help us cope with 19 slips right camp for saddam seekers in the u.k. . on the $1000000000.00 palace the black sea that's made russia's president issued

a rare public denial monarch stay with us. it's time for the perfect gentleman the weather sponsored point qatar airways. maybe mid winter but temperatures are actually on the rise in a few places the breezes coming down the gulf is lightning so temps are coming up in doha for example in beirut going from 17 to about 20 says what we have in the levant as well car lost obviously and you can see why because what's happening in western turkey will eventually come in effect the whole levant the beirut forecast maybe demonstrates it is 20 degrees on wednesday not much when you go to 30 in friday in the wind slams in asked us to count as to the showers in the temperatures back down to average or indeed below average bad happen obviously it's not just

going to be beirut the whole event is like to be affected rain in a rather warmer environment has been showing itself in the society of south africa over the whole lots move west and if you look at the circulation developing over the deserts of the southwest of botswana or west and south africa that's probably helped by the remains of the tropical cyclone eloise which is now left mozambique just with a few showers and they are back up to 30 degrees but i may get to wednesday the still a line of potentially very heavy flash flood the rain just in the western side of the hive or start to kill back in again to threaten the suit 2 s. we're teeny and south africa. qatar airways gay com and make sure you're not hyping the situation be part of the debate my main characters are women when no topic is off the table the law is in the last allow child marriage to happen legally these are basically archaic walls dads off in the

jet minds and legal wise pedophiles on arrow on line jumping to the quick section and the teen to be part of the discussion this stream on out is the era. welcome back a quick recap of the top stories at this hour the process to formally begin an impeachment trial against former u.s. president donald trump is underway the u.s. house of representatives presented its article of impeachment to the senate again from 2nd trial in february. the u.s. pharmaceutical company mcdonough says the lab tests show its code with 1000 vaccine appears to work against new there is none in the u.k.

and some of the more studies are needed to confirm the results of the findings yet to be peer reviewed. u.s. president joe biden says he might be able to improve on his 100 day goal of administering 100000000 vaccination shots against her but 19 biden that seems likely that 1000000 or more shots a day will be delivered in about 3 weeks. i'm quite confident that we will be in a position within the next 3 weeks or showed to be vaccinating people at the range of. of of a 1000000 a day or in excess of that is my promise that we would get a least a. 100000000 vaccinations that's not people because sometimes you need more than one shot vaccination but 100100 1000000 shots in people's arms of the vaccine i think with the grace of god the good will neighbor the crick not rising as they're all saying goes i think we may be able to get that 215-0001

point 5000000 a day rather than 1000000 a day but we have to meet that goal of a 1000000 a day. britain's prime minister is considering hotel car and team to anyone arriving in the country to stop the spread of new strains the u.k. has been under strict measures since last month in a bid to cut the impact of new variants we're looking at the data as it comes in looking at the rates of infection this year is you know. the j.c.b. i agree it's wonderful we're going to be vaccinated by the 15th of february before then we'll be looking at potential of a relaxing some measures but don't forget that this country has made huge progress in reducing infection i don't think people want to see another big surge in infection thought there are fears that a health crisis is unfolding at a former army barracks filled with hundreds of asylum seekers in the u.k. more than a quarter of residents there have tested positive for the coronavirus many say it's

impossible to socially distance jonah hold traveled to the site in kent to speak to some of those inside. they've survived oppression poverty and war but for many the worst part of escaping has been arriving in great britain what is life like it was . widely back to last week when i did it it would have got all of us 130 yes i. was lucky if everybody everybody this is not a lot of a little. bit 19 is the latest hardship they face a recent outbreak has infected more than a quarter of the $400.00 asylum seekers housed at this former military barracks behind the curtain a man who has tested positive this is what passes for isolation and social distancing. in a statement the government blamed residents themselves for failing to take proper precautions in response they addressed an open letter to all british citizens when

we are becoming more and more mentally vulnerable and physically ill due to the coded outbreak ministers are intentionally ignoring us and trying their best to cover up the disaster in this army camp. i spoke to the man who wrote the letter signed by 200 of his fellow residents he wanted to remain anonymous. i want to live your. golden. boy we want. oh god many have been here at napier barracks for months denied access to legal assistance and with no idea how long their claims for asylum might take a combination is derelict there's little access to medical or mental health care

one for 400 people there been suicide attempts and hunger strikes in protest at the way they're being treated and it's alleged that staff from the private company appointed by the government to manage this and other facilities like it over warn the refugees that if they speak out in any way they'll risk jeopardizing their asylum claims they've got 4 principles of schools aerospace engineers barbers. internationally recognized chefs and athletes and chip chip to find yourself somewhere like this surrounded by barbed wire fencing when you think this this is the country that you are going to to make your life and contribute to society but this society is putting you in a camp like this and leaving you there in you invade with no answer to your asylum claim they came hoping for something better they can't have imagined this i don't know how al-jazeera can't. but even who has reacted angrily after the british drug

astra zeneca said it would not be able to meet supply targets australia and thailand i've also been warned of delays the e.u. is joint vaccination program has already been criticized as the number of people receiving shots remains low. last friday that company astra zeneca surprisingly informed the commission and the european union member states that it did tends to supply considerably fewer doses in the coming weeks than agreed and announced this new schedule is not acceptable to the european union that is why i wrote a letter to the company at the weekend in which i ask important and serious questions the european union has preferred the development of the vaccine and its production and wants to see the return business and political leaders from

all over the globe are taking part in this year's world economic forum in davos top of the agenda is the pandemic and the economic fallout triggered by the crisis oxfam released a report to coincide with the meeting revealing growing inequality across the world it found the billionaires that increase their wealth in the last year by nearly 4 trillion dollars. phenomenon in communist party's meeting to select new leaders that will determine the country's policies for the next 5 years the southeast asian nation is one of the few remaining single party states florence italy has moved. the vietnamese communist party congress is arguably the country's biggest political event held over 9 days and mostly behind closed doors delegates will elect 200 candidates into a central committee that committee will then vote in politburo members who intend nominate for top jobs including party chief the main candidates for the new positions are said to be widely known but in december the government imposed an

official ban on such discussions to discourage potentially critical debate they're extraordinarily sensitive because this is a one party state where is the payback where is the firming abode of the people public opinion polls and a tory was that in the newspapers even opposition they have none of that and so extreme party feels extremely sensitive rights groups say the government has intensified a crackdown on critics prior to the congress vietnam consistently ranks in the bottom 10 in the world press freedom index compiled by reporters without borders political watchers say they don't expect much to change the main focus for the country for the next 5 years will still be trying to keep understandable rate of we could make growth and maintains all sorts of ability is firstly made the comment make foreign policy but the past 5 years are the main challenge trying to keep it in china and the us army is

a very increasingly hostile environment in the south china sea vietnam and china are locked in a territorial dispute in the south china sea and have had several standoffs that the u.s. meanwhile has been seeking to counter china's rising influence in the region party delegates will need to choose new leaders who can navigate those tensions along with the countries risk. points to the corona virus vietnam has been successful in containing it so far with strict quarantine and extensive testing and tracing but like the rest of the world its economy has suffered growth has slowed to its lowest level in more than 30 years but is on track to recover and the party's new leaders will need to make sure that happens florent slowly al-jazeera. ugandan security forces are still surrounding the home of the country's most powerful opposition leader hours after a court ordered them to leave the high court directing the police and the military to leave bobby wines residence he's been under house arrest since you ganders

presidential election on the 14th of january president you were in a 70 was declared the winner with 58 percent of the vote and the opposition has accused the government of rigging the results unfortunately 6 hours later now the military and police are still surrounding our home i mean the we are still looking our gates and they're not allowing anybody to move out or anybody to come in journalists have been blocked from accessing us our party officers and our friends and even family have been blocked from coming to us is us it is clear that you know 70 is continuously using the military and the police in their party's own man to oprah's he's on it's under some priests all our human rights will continue to call upon the world leaders to hold you know a 72 hour count according to order to ensure that our rights are respected because we are nonviolent we don't intend to use any violence but we are standing for what

is moral what is right and what is just. now a human rights commission launched by ethiopia's government says children as young as 11 being detained in the western gambetta region along with dozens of ethnic to grains a military crackdown in the demba is believed to have led to thousands of people being killed and thousands more fleeing to sudan for safety the un's also warning growing reports of sexual violence in. protesting farmers in india are planning to bring thousands of tractors to the capital new delhi as they ramp their ramp up their efforts to stop new agricultural laws ahead of the rally farmers broke police barricades just outside the capital they rejected the government's proposal to delay the laws for 18 months while the new rules to be completely withdrawn. the demonstrations coincide with india's republic day celebrations a massive military parade is held to mark the day india got its constitution in 1950 usually

a foreign dignitary is the guest of honor but britain's prime minister boris johnson had been invited pulled out because of covert 19. india and china say military talks to end the border dispute have been positive and constructive both sides have held the 9th round of negotiations after confrontations in the himalayas the indian army says there was a minor skirmish with chinese troops in the border state of sikkim last week with injuries reported on both sides china's foreign ministry hasn't released any details but is told its neighbor to keep the peace tensions have been high since 20 indian soldiers and an unknown number of chinese troops died during clashes in london last year. russian president vladimir putin has condemned protests demanding the release of opposition leader alexina validated describing them as dangerous and illegal at least detained more than 3 and a half 1000 people across russia during saturday's demonstrations tens of thousands defied extreme cold and police warnings to call for the values released from jail

he was held when he returned from germany. meanwhile a video posted by the valley has forced to vladimir putin into a red denial about the claim that the president owns this lavish palace on the black sea is investigation teams as the palace was built to putin through an elaborate corruption scheme but putin says neither he nor his family owned the building. for months. the information about this palace has been discussed for more than 10 years but now that the opposition has gotten this opportunity they've compiled everything and decided to brainwash our people with this information thousands of yemenis are protesting against the trumpet ministrations decision to designate who the rebels as a foreign terror organization the testers have been rallying in the capital sana'a and other controlled provinces. tuesday will mark the one year anniversary of the death of basketball legend kobe bryant he was killed on january 26th in a helicopter crash along with his daughter giana he was $41.00. because he spent

his 20 year playing career with the lakers like us forward le bron james took a moment to reflect on bryant's legacy when it takes time everyone has a own grieving process everyone understands you know everyone individually is different and one is going to you know grieve differently and how long it takes him to come to grips with it that's up to them and an individual is a lot of things are done in this world but let's just never duck. and he's so it's all about representing. time for quick check of the headlines here on al-jazeera members of the u.s. house of representatives have delivered their article of impeachment against former president donald trump to the senate he's been charged with inciting an insurrection at the u.s. capitol on january 6th a conviction would require the support of said.