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this isn't the time to be lifting restrictions on international travel and new concerns for world leaders about the deadly a variance of coronavirus. a delay in vaccine production has europe demanding action from the drug maker astra zeneca also. a sign of crisis now climate change in south in some validation is pushing thousands of indigenous people to leave their villages. 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 capital insurrection on john roos 6 2nd impeachment trial is scheduled to begin in february jocasta 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 march 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 because you'll never take back 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 threaten 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 could not 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. 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 started 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 room 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 of vodka trump 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. the u.s. pharmaceutical company madonna says its covered 19 vaccine appears to work against new coronavirus variants they only finding showed success against the variant 1st attack today in the u.k. but the vaccine is less effect in against the south african one health experts are concerned about mutations of the virus that appear to be spreading faster and may be deadlier than a gallica reports. as the fight to contain a global pandemic continues several new variants of the covert $1000.00 virus spreading early research suggests these so-called mutations are more infectious and

potentially deadly are 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 will see if that's infirm 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 so 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 will raise a buy you know investment scene that goes against the one in the newton's. in a bid 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 the restricted lest from tuesday other international travelers to the u.s. must test negative for covert 19 before boarding the 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 for john nichols is clinical professor in pathology at the university of hong kong he says future versions of vaccines could be effective against multiple variants of covered 19. if we do get variations then i think probably will be fast them to get a new variant so we may be like we see with influenza that is a different strains is that we may end up having a junction which has all these different strains of. the same gap so i don't. eat. make mustn't one thing is that right now we can actually get the vaccine into a number of people so if we can be creased the actual number of people getting

infected then we can decrease the right if mutations occurring i think the main worry should be actually getting the vaccine to the right number of people i think is it's as a great concern. to that and these variants which turn because right now all of the strains which which are right not dominant are susceptible to the vaccine so as i mentioned before if you can actually decrease the total number of people getting infected then we can go down that right a reputation so decreasing that chance of mutation so yeah so i think the pfizer and with that being sensible they're practically looking at strains and they in 42 days get a new vaccine against. the u.s. senate has confirmed janet yellen as treasury secretary the 1st woman to hold the position the vote was 84 to 15 to confirm yellen she's also the 1st person to hold the top 3 economy jobs in the u.s.

government yellen was chair of the federal reserve in the obama administration and white house council of economic advisors under bill clinton. on the senate foreign relations committee has also confirmed anthony blinken as u.s. secretary of state paving the way for a full senate vote during his confirmation hearing lincoln said he'll order a view of the decision to designate yemen's who the rebels as a terror group he said he also build on the u.s. brokered normalization deals between israel and arab countries for a time for a short break here when we come back a plea for help us cope with 19 sweeps through a camp for asylum seekers in the u.k. . and the $1000000000.00 palace in the black sea that's made russia's president issued a rare public denial stay with us. 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 so it's warming up 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 bay ridge forecast maybe demonstrates it is 20 degrees on wednesday not much when you go to thursday and friday in the wind slams in as just a cloud as to the showers in the temperatures back down to average or indeed below average but happy 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 lot's 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 lot of potentially very heavy flash flood the rain just in the western side of the highs or starts to kill back in again to threaten the su 2 s with teeny and south africa. on counting the cost a trillion dollar man we take a look at president biden's plans to revive the pandemic even on a meet and create millions of jobs plus can he man fences with america's traditional allies we talked to multiply minister for the view from the when he's. counting the cost on al-jazeera. if you want to help save the world. isn't a euro. welcome

back a quick recap of our top stories here on al-jazeera the process to formally begin an impeachment trial against former u.s. president on the front is underway the u.s. house of representatives presented its article of impeachment to the senate again trump 2nd trial in february. and the u.s. senate has confirmed janet yellen as treasury secretary the 1st woman to hold the position that was 184050 to confirm she's also the 1st person to hold the top 3 economy jobs in the u.s. government. the u.s. pharmaceutical company mcdonough says early lab tests show it's covered 19 vaccine appears to work against new variants found in the u.k. and south africa more studies are needed to confirm the results on the findings

have yet to be here with the. u.s. president joe biden says he might be able to improve on his 100 day goal of administering 100000000 vaccination shots against cope with 19 adds that it is 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 high promise that we would get 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 crik 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 seen for 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 curb the impact of the variance. we're looking at the data as it comes in we're looking at the rates of infection this is you know. the j.c.b. i agree 24 going to be vaccinated by the 15th of february before then we'll be looking at the potential of of 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 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 they have tested positive for the coronavirus many say it's

impossible to socially distance traveled to the site and can't 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 in this. widely battle last week when it was all about 130 yes i. was up to 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. for you. oh like many who've 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 of 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 recognised chefs. and chip chip to find yourself somewhere like this surrounded by barbed wire fencing when you think 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 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 thier opinion has reacted angrily after the british drug astra

zeneca said it would not be able to meet supply targets australia and thailand have also been warned of delays the e.u. has joint vaccination program has already been criticized as a number of people receiving shots remains in. last friday that company astra zeneca surprisingly informed the commission and the european union member states that they did hence 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 for justice in lebanon by forthwith police in the city of tripoli as anger grows over derating living conditions and

a strict coronavirus lockdown security forces fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse crowds after demonstrators threw stones at a government building on monday night protesting farmers in india bringing thousands of trucks to the capital new delhi as they ramp up their efforts to stop new agricultural laws they rejected the government's proposal to delay the laws for 18 months the farmers want the new rules to be completely withdrawn. and 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 barak's johnson had been invited pulled out because of covert 19. ugandan security forces are still surrounding the home of the country's opposition leader hours after a court ordered them to leave the high court direct the police and the military to leave but the winds residence he's been under house arrest since uganda's

presidential election on the 14th of january the president very much 70 was declared the winner with 58 percent of the vote but 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 b.s.t. 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 patio preachers and our friends and even family have been blocked from coming to us it is us it is clear that you know mr binnie is continuously using the military and the police you know but his own man to oprah is he's openly and to some priests all our human rights will continue to call upon the wild leaders to hold you know a 72 hour count to according to order to ensure that our rights are respected because we are not invited we don't you doing to use any violence but we are

standing for what is monro what is right and what is just a human rights commission launched by ethiopia's government says children as young as 11 are being detained in the western gambetta region along with dozens of ethnic to gran's a military crackdown in november is believed to have left lead to thousands of people being killed and thousands more fleeing to sudan for safety the un's also warning of growing reports of sexual violence in the great. global warming is blamed for drying up water resources in the chicken hill tracks in southeastern bangladesh forcing thousands of indigenous people out of their villages while rural and coastal areas have been recovering from floods and cyclons climate change has wreaked havoc on the south asian countries high altitude region as tanveer challenger reports environmentalist say the hill tracks regions are in danger of losing their water streams. monitoring lives in bunder barnhill district in bangladesh she says for years ago villagers here grew an abundance of rice and

vegetables and the streams provided fish and drinking water but not anymore she says global warming has changed that yet not dilute goldie mouli he. now it's much more difficult to get water since streams and wells dry up especially in the winter now we have to walk so far to get water and vironment tillis tracks regions are in danger of losing their prehistoric hill streams dream like this all across chittagong hill tracks are gradually drying up villagers have to struggle to get their fresh water needs they're getting increasingly concerned for their future need for fresh water woman here collect water and it's getting harder it's become much more difficult to get water from the streams and wells drying up especially in winter unlike before we have to walk far now to get fresh water social activists say the whole ecosystem of the heel tracks region is now under threat apart from

the global warming there are some issues affecting the local people in lots of alters for example the human make noise. like a stone extension asunder starts and the forestry since we've also been stuck to illegally without any calls and all the local people. losing their traditional way of life many among the tribal population are now moving to our supplement to find work yeah a lot of we used to be farmers then but now the environment has changed drastically run able to farm an email telling us to move to the town just to earn a living environment to lex but say erratic rainfall drought and landslide in the hilly regions are also forcing people to leave the chittagong hill tracts in bangladesh it's the most elevated area in the country and it's actually quite susceptible and vulnerable to the impacts of climate change particularly plants like sometimes heavy rain and then also droughts and lack of water as well so impacts of climate change will be quite significant in dikshit of. the perry

segment and climate summits mean very little to the people here as the struggle to survive for them the impact of climate change is already harsh reality tundra charge 3 al-jazeera chittagong hill tracks the new u.s. special climate envoy says his country is back to take a leading role in fighting climate change john kerry's got a virtual summit hosted by the netherlands on how to adapt to a woman planet previous summit so focused on the causes of the issue this is the 1st address in the effects as an biden agreed last week to return to the 2015 paris climate accord after donald trump pulled out. we have a president now god who really use tells the truth and you see used by this issue in president biden knows that we have to mobilize an unprecedented way to meet a challenge that is fast exhilarating so we're proud to be back we come back and i want you to know if you are really the absence of the last 4 years and will do

everything in our power to make up we're stuck fast and reports from the hague. well we've been listening to 30 world leaders government leaders in the last couple of hours and they all make very strong commitment to put money in the into climate adaptation as of course it's significant that the $2.00 largest emitters china and the united states are involved as well but of course this summit comes at a very crucial time when all the countries are struggling with the covert 19 pandemic and that's of course immediately the 1st question will they actually put this money in climate friendly investments and that's where a lot of people are worried about so that's why for a marker to the prime minister of the nat'l and sad climate should be at the heart of this covert 19 response so the 12 trillion u.s. dollars that worldwide it's black to put into the recovery of economies should go to climate adaptation at least part of it it's very important because especially

also in an adolescent the country is 30 percent below sea level we've been struggling here not only way to change in weather storms but also drop and rising sea levels russian president vladimir putin has condemned protests demanding the release of opposition leader alexina valmy describing them as dangerous and illegal police detained more than 3000 people across russia during saturday's demonstrations tens of thousands to fight extreme cold and police warnings to call for the violence release from jail he was held when he returned from germany. meanwhile a video posted by in the valley has forced a lot of near putin into a red denial the valley claims the president owns this lavish palace on the black sea his investigation team says the palace was built for putin through an elaborate corruption scheme but putin says neither he nor his family own the building physically for months it was 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 italian prime minister just said they can't is expected to resign in the hope he'll be able to form a new government in his office says it will submit his resignation on tuesday content reportedly hopes the presidents. will then give him a mandate to form a new coalition prime minister lost his absolute majority in the senate last week when a junior party quit of the government's handling of the coronavirus crisis thousands of yemenis are protesting against the trumpet ministrations decision to designate who the rebels as a foreign terror group protesters have been rallying in the capital sana'a and other who the control provinces. tuesday will bought 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 toby spent his 20 year playing career with the los angeles lakers lakers forward le bron james took

a moment to reflect on bryant's legacy. oh and it takes time everyone has a own grieving process everyone understands that 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 s. up to them an individual is a lot of things are done in his world but let's just never duck. and he says act it so it was all about ribs and. tough a quick check of the headlines here on al-jazeera members of the u.s. house of representatives that 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 17 republican senators well the lead impeachment manager said trump should never be allowed.