and to mexico where the cartels have been responsible for a muscle a spiral of violence. the final episode of drug trafficking politics and. territories and just. 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 trunk engaged in high crimes and misdemeanors by inciting violence against the government of the united states. this is al jazeera live from 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. india's farmers break through new delhi check points in their efforts to stop new agriculture laws. and following a court ruling ugandan security forces leave bobby wines home allowing people to visit him. 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 have presented their case for impeachment the senate trump has been charged with inciting a violent mob attack on congress earlier this month hadija kastor reports 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 charged 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 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. but as the january 6th 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 belled is a professor at george washington university he says a lot depends on how the senate handles trauma's trial and balances the priorities of the new biotin and ministration. 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 rim 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 coven 19 vaccine appears to work against new variance yet the findings showed success against the mutated strains 1st detected in the u.k. and south africa health experts are concerned about the new variants 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 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 fact 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 has a boost lead iran or is a buy you seen it 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 john nichols is a clinical professor pathology at university of hong kong he says future versions of vaccines could be effective against a variance of covert 19. if we do get variations then i think probably will be fast them to get a new variant so we maybe like we see with 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 great concern. to them and these variants which because right now all the strains which are which are right not 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 decreasing that chance of mutation so yeah so i think the pfizer and what they're being sensible they're practically looking at strains and they come in $42.00 days get a new vaccine to be effective against police in india have fired take gas at

farmers who are protesting against the government's controversial new agricultural reforms in the capital new delhi take a look at this this is that live footage that we're getting in from the center of the country where some protesters have managed to storm past place barricades twelve's the city center that's where a large military and cultural parade was being held to mark and yes republic day bombers have been demonstrating for months now against new pricing rules they say will destroy their livelihoods and favor lalage businesses. the new u.s. special climate and voice says america is back to take a leading role in fighting climate change john kerry spoke at a virtual summit hosted by the netherlands on how to adapt to a warming planet previous summits have focused on the causes this is the 1st addressing effects president joe biden a great last week to return to the 2015 paris climate accord after donald trump

pulled out we have a president now who. knows the truth and you see used by this issue and present by knows that we have to mobilize. to meet a challenge that is fast exhilarating so we're proud to be we come back i want you to know with humility the absence of the last 4 years and we'll do everything in our power to make and we're steadfast and has more on the story from the hake well we've been listening to 30 world leaders government leaders they all make very strong commitment to put money in the into climate adaptation as of course it's significant that the 2 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 a covert $1000.00 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 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 that length 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. still ahead on al-jazeera that rain for help has covered 900 through account for asylum seekers in the united kingdom. australia day or invasion day thousands call for a reckoning over the country's colonial past. it's

time for the perfect gentle. sponsored point qatar airways. much smaller and now pushing into western parts of europe ahead of that still a fair bit of snow around for many sent into central and eastern parts of europe but these areas of low pressure bring you some very alive the storms in across parts of the region will stay somewhat whether it's essential parts of the mehdi easing across into greece and heavy downpours into a good part of greece as we go on through choose day that could cause some localized flooding follow that wetter weather up towards bald garia snow on the northern flank of that will see some snow just around austria pushing across and he says saga switzerland will see some fairly heavy snowfall too just around the baltic states or the west some moderate also pushing into the british isles but ahead of that we have got cold enough air to produce some snow across parts of scotland and northern areas of that model where the pushing into spain and portugal

1415 degrees here as you go through chews day some attempts just going into wednesday night just brought a could touch 20 degrees by that stage with the model where we have got more in the way of cloud and rain that will tumble its way through as we go on through the week still some snow there into central parts pushing across germany as we go on through a wet and stay a more snow maybe it will cease to side if you will some heavy falls around the black sea. qatar airways. when all that seems to matter is the headline there is always 2 sides to a story when narratives and counter narratives obscure reality the leader on the one hand the enemy is all believe there on the other hand the listening post strips away the spin what kind of reporting if you can see them on the ground misinformation is right place better 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. watching out is there a mind of our top stories this hour members of the u.s. house of representatives delivered impeachment case against donald trump to the senate the former president is charged with inciting this month's ballot while the time on congress the impeachment trial will begin next month. the u.s. pharmaceutical company will dennis says early lab tests show its covert 900 vaccine appears to work against me variants found in the u.k. in south africa more studies are needed to confirm the results and the findings have yet to be here were huge. place in india have died to gas

a bomb as protesting in the capital against the government's agricultural reforms some protesters in new delhi a storm passed police barricades where the city center promised say the new pricing rules will destroy their livelihoods and favor large businesses. ugandan security forces have vacated the home of the prominent opposition leader bobby wine after a court ordered them to leave on monday the high court directed the police on 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 were in a 70 was declared the winner with 58 percent of the votes by the opposition has accused the government of rigging the results let's go straight to our correspondent catherine so he's been monitoring developments from neighboring kenya she joins us live from nairobi katherine when we spoke yesterday we're waiting to see if if the police would comply with this court order it looks like they have.

yes it certainly looks like it we have taken to been speaking to some of our colleagues in kampala who say that the security detail that had besieged winds holme for about 10 days now what was drawn this morning there's a road block that was about 500 meters 600 meters from why is the house in my gareth that has also been taken away and all this is in line with what the spokesman also police was styling me yesterday he said that they are going to comply with the court orders but then they're going to keep a surveillance he did not give details on what this surveillance and killed but he's been telling me this even before the election when i was there saying that the reason the security forces were around will be why is house to begin with was

because of threats to national security he said that there was information that wine was attempting to plan a violent protest once the results the presidential results were declared. so they said that they had to keep zack's security detail around his house but now he says that they're going to keep the surveillance going now he supporters why supporters are going to be a very relieved indeed that the security detail has been has been removed wine himself is currently meeting with officials of his party the national unity platform but any soul so important to know my lane that he is free for now but he has also said that many of the he's election team members have been arrested in the last few months some a still being detained and he also wants them to be set free many thanks for that catherine soy monitoring developments on that story for us from nairobi.

now a health crisis appears to be unfolding at a military barracks used to house hundreds of asylum seekers in the united kingdom or than a quarter of them have tested positive for the coronavirus many say it's impossible to socially distance their own hall travel to the site in kent which is in the southeast of england 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 100 people call about 130 years ago who. was lucky if everybody everybody this is not a lot of a lot of people really hard coded 19 is the latest hardship they face a recent outbreak has infected more than a quarter of the 400 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 warned 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 this society is 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 most hospitals in chile of running a full capacity following an increase the number of corona virus infections more than 700000 cases out that recorded over 800000 deaths since the outbreak began there. dozens of people in the netherlands have been arrested as protests against lockdown measures continued for a night there. was the city of harlem demonstrators that fires and 4 with police of a protest silence included the port city of russell down the demonstrators that angry at the imposition of a covert curfew it's a fast not time restriction on movement since world war 2. meanwhile the been more protests in lebannon over worsening living conditions there and

a strict coronavirus lockdown. this is the northern city of tripoli security forces 5 to gas and rubber bullets to discuss crowds off to demonstrate just threw stones at a government building. and protests on australia's national day demonstrators rallied in sydney they called national day invasion day as it commemorates the moment british ships arrived to colonize the continent indigenous aboriginal people were killed in the process. on the opening day of it noms communist party congress leader new gone food truong praised the country's booming economy and success in keeping the pandemic at bay hundreds of delegates have gathered in hanoi to select leaders for the next 5 years vietnam one of the few nations still on the one party government trying is expected

to be reappointed as the powerful party general secretary you know or 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 louis reports any changes in leadership are more expected to change the direction of 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 payback where is the firming abode of the people public opinion polls editorials in the newspapers even opposition they have and so extreme 'd 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 countries in the next 5 years would still be trying to keep understandable rate of economic growth and maintain social stability it's wesley made the comment make foreign policy but the past 5 years are the main challenge 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 italy 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 the tundra chowdhry reports managing lives in bunder barnhill district in

bangladesh she says few 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 literally 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 kill 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 are 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 making earth. like a store next door from the sun starts and deforestation and also being a stock to illegally without any clothes and all the local people are losing their traditional way of life many among the tribal population are now moving to supplement to find work. we used to be farmers then but now the environment has changed drastically renee able to farm an email telling us to move to the town just to earn a living. environmental experts say erratic rainfall drought and landslides 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 landslides 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. this is al-jazeera these are the top stories police in india have 5 take acid farmers who are protesting against the government's controversial new agricultural reforms in the capital new delhi some protesters managed to storm halls police barricades to read city center that's where launch military and cultural parade is being held to mark india's republic day farmers have been demonstrating for months against new pricing rules they say will destroy their livelihoods and favor.