happening at all his argument that he laid out on the floor about an hour ago is that there should not be an impeachment proceeding against a former u.s. president in fact this is the 1st time that we will see that take place and there is constitution are constitutional arguments on both sides once rand paul brings up this order this motion of this objection that will likely force the full senate to take a vote on whether to sustain or dismiss this objection and the reason that is something we're watching closely is because for the 1st time senate republicans will have to go on the record the question being whether or not they even think this trial should proceed which could be an early indicator of how eventually they may vote on the question of conviction as we know it would take 17 senate republicans to cross the aisle to convict former president trump right now we know only a handful who have indicated they're even open to the idea of conviction and how

this upcoming vote falls is will be a good indicator of just how much support there is within the republican caucus in the senate to proceed with this trial at all it will indeed heidi you'll be monitoring events for us and we'll cross live to you as soon as there are some changes 'd very interesting few hours coming up that's for sure. with the latest from the capital thank you. now the who is urging a vaccine companies to honor their contracts as the block struggles to inoculate people quickly both astra zeneca and pfizer biotech have announced that they will fall short of their promise to liveries the house rights to block exports are being traded with warnings against quote vaccine nationalism dominic kane reports from berlin. freshly produced for sending out to distribution centers it's highly likely

these doses of the astra zeneca vaccine have already been injected into british patients but while the global demand for this product is very high now the make is very ability to supply non u.k. clients is not specifically the $27.00 member states of the e.u. who collectively paid more than $400000000.00 upfront for a possible $400000000.00 doses their allocation of the vaccine for the 1st quarter of the year has been cut by 60 percent prompting an angry reaction in many european capitals europe invested billions to help develop the world's 1st covered $1000.00 vaccines to create a truly global common good and now the companies must deliver they must honor their obligations and this is why we will set up a vaccine export transparency mechanism europe is determined to contribution to this global common good but it also means business. the german health minister has

suggested imposing export limits on vaccines produced in the e.u. potentially hindering the dispatch of the buy on tech pfizer product destined for the u.k. something the british government wants to avoid i think the thing to do now is not to. go down the sort of the dead end of vaccine nationalism it's to work together to make sure that we protect our people that's my priority is to protect the british people to protect the united kingdom but also to protect the whole world is no one is safe from tools that it's no more than 4 weeks since germany began its own mass vaccination program 1st in care homes and more recently vaccination centers such as this one here in central berlin using a combination of the bond tech pfizer vaccine and the mode products and the health ministry says that it plans to take delivery by the end of february of more than 6

and a half 1000000 doses of both those vaccines what's not clear is how many doses of the astra zeneca product will be added to that e.u. regulators hope to approve it for use later this week dominic kane al-jazeera berlin. dutch police are on high alert after a store delight of unrest over a curfew and forced to curb the spread of coronavirus more than 180 people were arrested on monday riot police have been called out to more than 10 cities at least one area has issued an emergency ban on gatherings for tuesday the curfew is the 1st since world war 2 and was put in place to deal with a wave of infections caused by a virus variant 1st identified in the u.k. . a 1000000 indonesians have now been diagnosed with coated 90 hit makes it the worst affected country in southeast asia with almost 30000 confirmed deaths the

health care infrastructure is close to collapse and doctors say they've been forced to turn away critically ill patients jessica washington reports from jakarta. on indonesia's most populous island java hospitals are stretched to their limits these covert 900 patients were able to get treatment but many others are missing out on how to get there not fastened on among we have rejected so many people in the hospital reject patients every day because there's nothing else we can do the doctors having to reject critically ill patients is a heavy burden the new assignment it makes me so sad to turn down patients i read the files of patients who are referred to our hospital they can hardly breathe but we cannot help them. the indonesian hospitals association says hospitals on the island of java and bali are close to collapse doctors are forced to turn away patients because of a lack of intensive care unit beds and

a shortage of health care workers. indonesia's covert 19 times course says in some cities all hospital beds are full. and health specialists say on average more than a quarter of people are testing positive for the disease. across indonesia the positivity road is 27 percent it's high the w.h.o. standard is 5 percent to ensure that the pandemic can be controlled many have struggled to get care for their loved ones it also must. be the emergency unit was full there was a tent for all the positive cases but all the rooms were full so my parents were sent home with medication. out of desperation some families have turned to a local covert 19 data agency to help them get their relative into a hospital often it is too late. from our cases one died in the health center another died in a taxi after being rejected by many hospitals another died in hospital because the

i.c.u. was full. despite the rise in cases and deaths indonesia's president says the situation is under control. we're grateful that indonesia is one of the countries that can control this crisis well. but many health workers have criticised the government for failing to properly implement restrictions to stop the spread of the virus and allowing a crisis to unfold in the hospitals just to washington to counter. the some more positive news israel says it's recorded almost 0 kovac 1000 infections among the recipients of 2 doses of a coronavirus vaccine the country's health minister says more than 6 percent of its population of received both doses of the finds are by on tech job just over not point not one percent of them contracted a mild form of the virus tests of people have been inoculated also show the pfizer

vaccine is effective against the u.k. strain of the virus. lockdowns venue closures and wedding cancellations meant fewer champagne corks were popped in 2020 sales fell by 18 percent compared to the previous year 245000000 bottles were sold down from sri 100002019 that's a $1200000000.00 shortfall by the end of year surge and purchases meant the overall decline was less than producers had feared. tens of thousands of indian farmers broke barricades with their tractors to force their way into the center of delhi as police officers fired tear gas and water cannon to beat them back it's the latest confrontation in 2 months of protests against reforms which have posed one of the biggest ever challenges to the prime minister's rule at least one demonstrator died in the clashes as katia lopez hardy

and reports. frustrated and angry thousands of farmers occupy india's most prominent landmark conic record blocking highways and. they see new agricultural laws being introduced by the government to the state there might be hoods in favor of large companies. what began as protests 2 months ago has turned into a move to the former. and let us take you there to the u.s. senate where we will be seeing the swearing in of senators for the impeachment trial let's listen in the core of the constitutional law as you saw hope you guard . call the name group of poor. rural preserve.

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and we're watching a senators in the u.s. being sworn in as. the impeachment trial of donald trump let's go to heidi show castro who is following events for us in washington tell us a little bit more about what's going on here and what i guess significance of it is . by what we just saw the 1st person to take this oath was patrick leahy who is now the presiding officer in this court of impeachment it's notable that the person sitting in the judge's rule really in this trial is not the supreme court justice that we saw the 1st time that trump was impeached this time around it's leahy who is the longest serving democrat in the senate and thus he has

the title of president pro tempore and that is his ceremonial role now is to be presiding officer over this trial the reasoning for this difference of course is because trump is now no longer in office in the u.s. constitution says that the chief supreme court justice must preside when a president is in a trial in an impeachment proceeding and that gets to the center of the argument of some republicans in the senate who say that this trial is unconstitutional in fact we're expecting senator rand paul to object to these proceedings he wants he earlier he said he would object on grounds that this cannot proceed that the senate does not have jurisdiction because trump in his words is now a private citizen this really will be interesting because if that objection leads to a vote and it may well do so then it would put senate republicans in possibly

an awkward position in that they'll be asked to go on the record for the 1st time as to whether or not this trial should proceed at all this will not deter this will not change the outcome there's enough democrats in the senate as we know to proceed with the trial anyway but it will be very interesting to see how many of any republicans vote that this trial should proceed who disagree that this trial is. there are a number of republicans who have already said they do it they do think that this trial should stop that it's unconstitutional there are others who say that trump did nothing wrong at all in that he was exercising his right to political speech protected by the 1st amendment and that the words he spoke do not count as inciting violence as democrats accuse him and then there are also remaining republicans who

are opposing this impeachment proceeding because they say this will sow more division in the country at a time when coming together in unity is what's needed and that is something that indeed democrats agree on that unity is needed but democrats were pressing for that with this impeachment saying order to reach unity 1st there must be accountability and just because trump left office before there was time to hold him accountable in this impeachment trial which it had he been in office of course would result in removing him from office they say that it is still worthwhile to proceed to hold him accountable in the eyes of history and also very importantly if he were convicted then the senate could move to bar him from holding future office. since the 6th of january of one of those rioters stormed the capitol i mean we have

seen republicans 1st maybe not say much but then several of them coming out against the actions of the president do you get the sense that some may now that flipped back in a way in the past 2 weeks or so. yeah you're certainly not hearing as as many forceful denunciations of the january 6th riot as we did when we were less removed in time from violence. and. it's interesting that just yesterday when we saw the. pietschmann managers deliver the article of impeachment to the senate they walk past the very statues within the capitol that also watched on as this capitol was desecrated on january 6th by that mob of pro trump supporters and we should not forget that led to the deaths of 5 people and you will see the democratic impeachment managers leading up to this trial and throughout the

trial continue to emphasize oh those images of violence that certainly shocked americans and many who watch from around the world and in fact although there's little known about exactly what parameters this trial will entail whether that's witnesses or evidence or how long it will go we do know that once it does kick off in about 2 weeks time that there is the possibility that those very images that were spread on social media of the rioters broadcasting themselves as they committed their crimes that may be used as evidence against not only them but against who democrats say incited that action former president. how does your house or with the latest from washington d.c. heidi we'll cross back to you soon for the latest let's bring you some breaking news now some coronavirus related breaking news on what you can see on your screens there is the johns hopkins tracker which has just gone over

100000000 the coronavirus cases around the world you can see that number in red the top right of the screen more than 100000000 cases of coronavirus across the world the other number worth pointing out 2000000 149818 that's the total number of deaths but i guess today is that they overall numbers we've. 100000 deaths in the u.k. and now 100000000 cases of corona virus around the world looking at those figures it's all surprising that governments around the world are racing to vaccinate as many people as possible but new coronavirus mutations are raising new concerns about whether approved vaccines will remain effective katrina you reports from beijing. one year ago the central chinese city of cotton went into

what was then an unprecedented lockdown 11000000 people were isolated from the rest of china and the world in a desperate attempt to prevent the spread of a deadly corona virus that attempt failed cases of a quickly identified in thailand japan and south korea and the united states began restricting travelers from china in han authorities makeshift hospitals to treat thousands suffering from the illness the world's 2nd largest economy was at a standstill as authorities work to contain the outbreak. in february the virus was officially named curve of 1000 and europe faced its 1st major outbreak a certain cases in italy spread a lockdown in the body well it also arrived in iran on the 11th of march the world health organization declared a global pandemic we have never been before seen a pandemic spark could by virus this is the 1st fundamental caused by

a cauldron of bias and we have never before seen a bunda me that can be controlled at the same time the number of corona virus infections around the world now exceeds 100000000 and more than 2000000 people have died the us brazil and india have recorded the highest number of deaths more than 50 countries are now racing to inoculate their populations several vaccines have been approved for use internationally but poor countries are struggling to secure doses meanwhile fast spreading virus mutations are raising concerns of a vaccine efficacy concerns health experts are trying to address there's a thing called a cushion effect so if you have a vaccine like the moderna and the pfizer vaccine that can suppress the virus at a delusion let's say of one to 1000 and then you influences it by bringing it down to maybe. want of doing

a 100 something like that you are still well above the law you know of not being affected in china months of tough measures and closed borders have seen the outbreak largely controlled but in the north authorities are now battling resurgent cases in beijing mass testing and tracing measures have been reimposed. not alone countries previously numbers of infections have retreated restrictions due to increases in cases 2021 may be a new year but it has grown at the glue to fight to contain covered 19 is far from . al-jazeera beijing. and let's just remind you of that breaking news we had in the past few minutes that's the johns hopkins corona virus cases and deaths tracker there and the number you see on the top. left hand corner 100000000 cases of corona virus around the world that

number has just come in now the other key number of course they are on the right white 2000000 149818 those are the deaths of around the world as well as some pretty shocking numbers there. well the current virus is of course having a political impact everywhere in italy the prime minister just epochal into has resigned but will carry on his care take a leader as he still hopes to form a new coalition government contant formally offered his resignation to the president said who will now speak to all the party leaders to decide whether there's a chance that they could reach an agreement italy has been in a political crisis since the italian party of former prime minister met their n.z. pulled out of qantas ruling coalition 2 weeks ago accusing the government of not handling the current of iris pandemic well. iran is threatening to block some

international inspections of its nuclear facilities a starting in 3 weeks time unless the united states starts lifting sanctions new u.s. president joe biden wants to return to the 2015 nuclear deal which was abandoned by donald trump and which saw iran restrict its nuclear program in return for sanctions relief iran's though says it wants the americans to make the 1st move. on no plan for talks of contacts with the u.s. still waiting for the official stance of the u.s. government about their luton to their commitments in removing somethin's which is part and parcel of the commitments any progress in this regard is totally dependent on the practical steps of the tech to meet its obligations under the loser lucian $2231.00 actually america's time is limited and the window of opportunity for the u. s. and the european members of the g c p a remains all been for a limited period. let's go to brazil no where relatives and friends of hundreds of

people killed in a mining disaster are marking the 2nd anniversary of the tragedy as family members gathered for memorial services they also called for those responsible to be held to account all the while efforts to find then dri cover the remains of those who died still ongoing in the southern state of rena. reports 2 years after her sister went missing natalia do leave there are still hopes her body will be found some families in the town of broome a gene your continuing to search for the remains of their loved ones they were swept away when the dam collapsed nearby you must watch thankful for that my sister can be anywhere in this search for listen i come in pray hoping to find her as soon as i can there's a lot of possible areas we don't know if they're here we pray for everyone to be found when the dam collapsed at this mining complex 12000000 cubic metres of mud in

mining waste was unleashed authorities say more than 270 people were killed but people here say that's a low estimate and many more were swept to their deaths to myopia hedo sister was among them along with other families he wants the mines operator valley to be held to account for what happened excavation efforts are still taking place. not only did they destroy my family countless families were destroyed the lives of many people today we don't smile is only said notice the state government is seeking billions of dollars in compensation from ballet the world's largest producer of iron ore while the company's former c.e.o. was charged with homicide last year no one has been convicted. of vigils in memorial services provide moments of solitude and reflection many here still feel anger and they say it's hard to move on and move forward when no one has faced justice and al-jazeera. economic

conditions in syria have drastically worse and in recent months the currency is in a downward spiral sending the price of food and basic goods soaring by more than 200 percent that means increasing numbers of children are trading in school for landfills shelob ellis reports. more lives in a refugee camp in the syrian province of it lou every day with her friends she comes to this landfill she searches for plastic she can sell for of cycling. i come here every day to work and help my father who is sick and can't work i'm helping my father to buy some bread because we left our area jar and we have nothing but some clothes. after 10 years of civil war syria's economy is in tatters in 20 live in the currency traded at $47.00 layers to the dollar now it's

more than $1200.00 the u.n. says food prices tripled last year and used to mates 4 and 5 syrians now live below the poverty line this winter has been a shortage of fuel and wheat crossover on a juggler. we come here every morning scrapping through leftovers and plastics to bring back home and sell to make a living sometimes we find food and eat it even give it to our children at home if there's enough of it. it leaves home to about 3000000 syrians displaced by the war about half the children many here are abandoned their assets use this savings to flee and in are desperate for work they have little buffer for an economic downturn so there is a growing reliance on child labor like the last the leg had been research for plastic iron and copper we go to every car that comes and then collect and sell what we can so i can have enough money for my family and return home. more than 30

refugee camps around it lives landfill sites those who scavenge here contract's skin and lung diseases of course hippa titus 3 weeks ago 3 children died after a landfill collapsed on them. i know now we are poor and don't have anything to eat we struggle day and night working with injured hands breathing fumes from smoke in the waste it's a lot of suffering only to earn $4.00 which is not enough to cover the basics like medicine for us or our children. the world food program estimates more than $9000000.00 syrians suffer from food insecurity that's half the country and the highest on record the worst of the war may be over but the fight for survival goes on charlotte dallas al-jazeera. and that is it for this hour before i leave you let me just remind you of the breaking news we've had in the past few minutes and that is the number of coronavirus cases around the world has now gone

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