you can watch al-jazeera english streaming live on the you tube channel. plus thousands of opera the winning documentaries and in-depth loser folds. subscribe to you choose forward slash al-jazeera english. a 2nd impeachment trial for donald trump the u.s. senate formally begins the process that could bother him from ever holding office again. john trump engaged in high crimes and misdemeanors by inciting violence against the government of the united states. this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. with the pandemic worsening and

more contagions 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 coronavirus. and is famous breakthrough in new delhi check points in their efforts to stop new agriculture on the. site in crisis how climate change in southeastern bangladesh is pushing thousands of indigenous people to leave their villages. we begin in the united states where the stage is set for donald trump's 2nd impeachment trial the 1st ever for an american president members of the u.s. house of representatives present to the pitchman case to the senate trump has been charged with inciting the violent mob attack on congress this month. 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 is young 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 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 through. riot 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 told belt is a professor at george washington university he says a lot depends on how the senate handles strums trial and balances the priorities of the new biden administration. a lot of the the appointments that president trump has 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 evocate 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. u.s. pharmaceutical company madonna says it's covert 19 vaccine appears to work against new variance the early findings showed success against mutated strains 1st detected in the u.k. and south africa health experts are concerned about the new strains that appear to be spreading faster and he got to get reports. as the fight to contain

a global pandemic continues several new variants of the code 19 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 years reduction 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 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 or as a buy you know investment scene that goes against both the one and the newtons in a bid to contain the variants the biden administration has reimposed a travel ban on non us 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 their flight as the covered 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 john nichols a clinical professor at college at university of hong kong he says future versions of vaccines could be effective against multiple variants of co the 19. if we do get variations then i think probably will be fast 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 direction which has all these different strains. operating in the same trap

so i. make the most important 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 a right if mutations bearing i think the main worry should be actually getting the vaccine to the right number of people i think is it's as a rationale greater concern. to than these variants which because 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 drop down that rate a reputation so decrease that chance of mutation so yeah so i think the fives and what they're being sensible they're practically looking at strains and they can then $42.00 days to get a new vaccine against any u.s.

special climate envoy says america's back to take a leading role in fighting climate change john kerry spoke at a virtual summit hosted by the nothing lands on how to adapt to a warming planet previous summits have focused on the causes of the a shame this is the 1st the dressing the effects president joe biden agreed last week to return to the 2015 paris climate accord after donald trump pulled out. we have a president now and i god who believes tells the truth and you see used by this issue in brazil by knows that we have to mobilize an unprecedented ways to meet a challenge that is fast exhilarating so we're proud to be back we come back i want you to know it's your military the absence of the last 4 years and we'll do everything in our power to make up for the fasten has very latest from the hague well we've been listening to 30 world leaders government leaders they all make very

strong commitments to put money in the into climate adaptation it's of course it's significant that the 2 largest mit us china and 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 mark up the prime minister of the nat'l and sat climate should be at the heart of this covert 19 a response so the 12 trillion us dollars that worldwide it's blatche 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 the netherlands the country is 30 percent below sea level we've been struggling here not only with a change in weather storms but also drop and writing sea levels. still ahead on

al-jazeera australia day oh invasion day thousands call for reckoning ever the country's colonial past. another night protest in the netherlands as anger grows over the government's new coronavirus related restrictions. well it's no good in london a fairly rare event to get any significant snow from start of a much of england as it's done in much of the european plane in the last week or so constantly cold now but the significant heavy snow is really bunched up against the west and russia has been moving slowly northwards and getting caught in the flow so you've got places like poland better roost on the baltic states with significant persistence know the same is going to happen in belle garia and some parts of

northern greece and there's more snow to come for the north british isles otherwise mostly it's a sunny picture on target mislead with temps in the low single figures by the day now the earliest represents that the system in snow with wind chills got a cold wind changing direction until thursday when it dies out and it gets really cold by that time now this is wednesday and the streak of more snow here at the bottom end of it is the significant weather developing in the eastern med changing things for places like turkey and greece the forecast istanbul down to single figures a snow comes in but it does warm up come friday so things will change eventually but for the next 2 days the north of africa will also be affected by what's happening in the central med clearly is going to be our geria tunisia and libya. frank assessments you've got colleagues on the ground in the canaries what is the

situation there's only one doctor and one nurse for $2200.00 people informed opinion how big does foreign policy figure in the early stages of a bi ministration he comes into office for this huge amount of foreign policy experience in-depth analysis of the day's global headlines how will a place like you live get the vaccine when there's no money at all the rest of rich countries are fighting for inside story on al-jazeera. you're watching out of their mind our top stories this hour members of the u.s. house of representatives have delivered an impeachment case against donald trump to the senate

a former president is charged with inciting this month's violent mob attack on congress impeachment trial will begin next month. the u.s. from super company modena says early lab tests show that it's coated in 1000 vaccine appears to work against new variants found in the u.k. in south africa more studies are needed to confirm the results and the findings have yet to be peer reviewed. they are fears that a health crisis is unfolding at a military barracks filled with hundreds of 1000 and seekers in the united kingdom more than a quarter of residents have been tested positive for corona virus many say it's impossible to socially distance john hall travel to the site in kent to speak to 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 bad last week when i learned it was all about 130 yes

votes. everybody everybody this is not a lot of. coded 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 we want. 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 that have been suicide attempts and hunger strikes in protest at the way they're being treated and it's alleged that start from the private company appointed by the government to manage this and other facilities like it overboard the refugees that if they speak out in any way they'll risk jeopardizing their asylum claims we've got 4 principles of schools aerospace engineers

barbers. internationally recognised chefs and athletes and chip chip chip 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 that is societies putting you in a camp like this and leaving you there in 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 the u.s. senate has confirmed janet yellen as the new treasury secretary the 1st woman to hold the position yellen is also the 1st person to hold the top 3 economy jobs in the u.s. government she was chair of the federal reserve in the obama administration and white house council of economic advisors under bill clinton. and the senate foreign relations committee has confirmed anthony blinken as section of state paving the

way for full senate vote during his confirmation hearing lincoln said he'd order a review of the decision to designate yemen's hoofy rebels as a terror group he said also builds on the u.s. brokered normalization deals between israel and some arab countries now police in india have fired tear gas at farmers who are protesting against the government's controversial new agricultural reforms in the capital new delhi. some protesters managed to storm past police barricades towards the city center that's where a large military and cultural parade was being held to mark india's republic day must have been demonstrating for months now against new rules that they say will destroy their livelihoods and favor large businesses. dozens of people in the netherlands have been arrested as protests against lockdown measures continue for another night. i was. in the city of

harlem demonstrators set fires and clashed with police on the protest sites included the port city of rotterdam centers around a covert curfew it's the 1st night time restriction on movement since world war 2. and there's been more protests in lebanon over worsening living conditions and a strict coronavirus lockdown. this is the northern city of tripoli security forces fired tear gas and rubber bullets just past crowds there after demonstrators threw stones at a government building. australia's national day has also been marked with protests demonstrators rallied in sydney they call national day invasions because it remembers the moment the british ships arrived to colonize the island indigenous aboriginal people were murdered and robbed in the process and we aboriginal people

certainly do not speak. for us it represents cultural genocide. it is a sense i mean in the intergenerational that is doing still today if you know my family history and if it's time you make me it's not the day sorry the issues that we're sacrificing here in this trial you're not going to go away overnight so until we start getting justice is that's introduced in this country will not stop ugandan security forces this still surrounding the home of the prominent opposition leader bobby wine hours after a court ordered them to leave the high court directed the police in the military to leave his residence he's been on the house arrest since uganda's presidential election on the 14th of january president you are iemma 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 party officers and our friends and even family have been blocked from coming to us says us it is clear that you know mr binnie is continuously using the military and the police in your party's own mana to oprah's he's openings and to some priest all our human rights will continue to call upon do i believe has to hold you know my 72 hour count to calling to order to ensure that our rights are respected because we are nonviolent we don't in doing to use in violence but we are standing for what is more wrong what is right and what is just hundreds of women have been protesting in home tourists against last week's congressional decision to strengthen an existing ban on abortion abortion is now outlawed under all circumstances including rape and

incest rights groups have called thursday's a vote and the physical step backwards for women women who have an abortion in honduras face up to 6 years in jail. on the opening day of it mom's communist party congress leader food chong praised the country's booming economy success in keeping the pandemic at bay hundreds of delegates have gathered in hanoi to select leaders the next 5 years. as one of the few nations still under a one party government trying is expected to be reappointed as the powerful party general secretary for you know the peace and cooperation for development is still the trend but face many challenges globalization and global integration are on the right tracks but the mit with the rising of extreme nationalism strategic competition and trade was under the impact of covert 19 the world has plunged into a serious crisis in the urges the need to strategically adjust the policies to

adapt to the new normal. as florence lilia reports any changes in leadership and or expected to change the direction the vietnam's policies. 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 paid back where is the firming abode of the people public opinion polls editorials 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 would still be trying to keep understandable rate of we could make growth and maintain social stability expressly made the comment make foreign policy but the past 5 years are the main challenge to trying to keep ballance between 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 the china's rising influence in the region party delegates will need to choose new leaders who can navigate those tensions along with the country's response to the coronavirus 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 florence louis al-jazeera. thousands of indigenous people in southeast bangladesh have been forced out of their villages because of global warming water resources in the chittagong hill tracks are drying up from their tundra choudhry has the latest monitoring lives in bangor 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 goldy 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 store next door from the sun starts and the forestry since we've also been started 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. we used to be farmers then but now the environment has changed drastically run able to farm and us to move to the town just to earn a living environment to lex but erratic rainfall drought and landslides in the hilly regions are also forcing people to leave the chittagong hill tracts in bangladesh is the most elevated area in the country and it's actually quite susceptible and vulnerable to the impacts of climate change particularly lance like sometimes heavy rain and then also droughts and lack of water as well so impacts of climate change will be quite significant in. 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 a harsh reality tundra charge 3 al-jazeera chittagong hill tracks southern

california is best known for its draw a weather but it seems rest snow at the moment in high areas ice and wind is forcing road closures more is expected with up to 10 feet of snow predicted in the sierra nevada mountains but even the beach town of malibu has seen some snow by worries that it could trigger flash floods in areas devastated by fires and trapped . this is al jazeera these are your top stories members of the u.s. house of representatives have delivered an impeachment case against donald trump to the senate the former president is charged with inciting this month while the tax on congress impeachment trial will begin next month.