back on the streets thousands of people joined new anti crude rallies in myanmar defying a military ballot on gatherings. of their i missed on the attack and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up the race to find survivors of india's glassy avalanche hundreds are still missing. the president cannot simply resign to avoid accountability for an impeachable offense setting the stage for donald trump's impeachment trial his lawyers deny that he and signs of supporters to storm capitol hill. and hong kong's top court

deny his bail to media tycoon jimmy lie following a high profile legal challenge to beijing's national security oh. all right now thousands of protesters in myanmar are rallying for a 4th day in defiance of a ban on large gatherings military rulers have imposed restrictions on the 2 biggest cities young gone and mandalay and for have a gatherings of more than 5 people activists those say they will continue to hold protests against the ousting of the government last week that's despite hearing from the head of the military men on the plane he addressed the nation for the 1st time since the takeover on monday promising a new election next year now that speak to scott haile he's following all of this for us from across the border and bangkok it's got a 4th straight day of protests now and these after that national address we saw last night is the military leadership feeling the pressure. yes and studying

this and they are feeling the pressure and you can kind of see that in their increased the security presence on the streets of the main cities that we saw the protesters come out to over the last 3 days for if they were coming out again. being one of them that we know that thousands of protesters are there we know a neighborhood or the capitol thousands of protesters have come out as well and in men delay what's interesting is yes there's a increased security presence we know that in they put over the capitol where the water cannons by the police were used for the 1st time during these protests over the last week or so they were used on monday they're also being used again there were used again today on tuesday a neighbor door but we also are getting reports from a nother city south of yangon that the water cannon were used there as well so this is something obviously that the security forces see as a way to try to quell these protests but they're not they're not slowing the flow

of people coming out you know we've had these calls from different walks of life we've had labor unions with that teachers unions we've had students come out we've even had. protests leaders from back in 1988 where there was a protest movement pro-democracy protests movement that was really kind of clamp down on bloodily clamp down on by the military they are also coming out saying that they want to be part of this and they're saying that things need to be better organized more organized and it seems as though that is happening because even after all of this there are still thousands of thousands of people coming out and we are watching these live pictures now of what appears to be a standoff to that of paying and yangon we'll be following that very nicely indeed there for us and back up thanks so much. rescue workers in northern india are trying to free more than 30 people who are trapped in a tunnel that collapsed last year triggered a flash flood on sunday at least 26 bodies have now been recovered and almost 200

people are still missing well our correspondent elizabeth cohen joins me now from outside that tunnel near the power plant atop about where people are still trapped liz can you talk us through how the rescue operation there is going right now. hello and starts here we are outside the tunnel near the top of van dam where hundreds of rescue workers are continuing this search for around 35 people who were in that tunnel when it flooded on sunday they worked throughout the night we spoke with a member of the state disaster response force earlier when he had finished his night shift he said that they were only able to enter about 70 meters inside this 2 and a half kilometer long tunnel one of the biggest challenges is there is a lot of mud and sludge 4 to 6 feet of mud and sludge inside the tunnel and any time they are able to clear it more is falling in from the inside and there is only this is the only entry and exit point to the tunnel there is concern that workers

could be suffering from hypothermia because temperatures have been dropping to below 0 degrees at night the other concern is that the rescue teams haven't been able to establish communication with anyone inside on sunday 12 workers for rescued from another tunnel nearby and rescue teams were able to use mobile phones to communicate with people in that group they say though that that tunnel was much more shallow against 2 and a half kilometers and they might not be cell phone signal in there but away from here there are a number of villages who have been which have been rather cut off because of bridges have been washed away and so helicopter. being used to deliver food rations to people affected elsewhere in the state elsewhere in the region to thinking isn't really complicated rescue scenarios their lives that were surely there are also increasing questions about just why these dams were actually built there in the 1st

place. yes there are 2 big issues being discussed here at the moment 1st is what caused this flooding. the head of india's geological survey department says that part of one of the biggest place here is the nun the broke off and that's what's caused the flooding the going to have to look at more data though to be completely certain now we know that himalayan glaciers are melting and scientists in the region who've opposed a 900 kilometer long road widening project that's very much underway in the himalayas have said that there's been a massive increase in carbon dioxide emissions in the region in recent years there's also concerns about the way that the roads are being widened the mountains are being cut into reducing green cover and resulting in landslides and of course the other issue is the building of dams in the himalayas which is considered a very ecologically fragile and sensitive region there is the couple van dam behind

me part of it has been completely washed away the entire vishy ganga dam and hydroelectric power plant a much smaller project a totally washed away and the fate of 125 people who are working on that is still unknown environmentalists say these dams these hydro power plants should not be built here they have been protests in the past that have stopped the construction of other dams but despite that at the moment there are 50 hydro power plants including those under construction in this region of that auckland and there's a bit pran in there on the ground for us. thanks so much less. a day before his 2nd impeachment trial at the senate donald trump still is denying the chance that the then president incited his supporters to storm capitol hill they're also arguing that it's unconstitutional to put a former president on trial but democrats who are prosecuting him say he has no valid defense how does your castro begins our coverage now from washington d.c. fight we fight like hell and if you don't fight like you're not going to have

a country anymore those were some i'm donald trump's last words on january 6th moments before a violent mob fired up by his false claims that the election had been stolen broke into the u.s. capitol and tried to stop congress from making joe biden's win official for rioters and a police officer died in the attack 2 more officers later died by suicide the grounds for this impeachment are deeply deeply troubling and if the united states senate acquits donald trump this round it's essentially a green light for 'd future presidents to try to overthrow elections close to the end of their terms house democrats bring the charges against alleged he intentionally whipped his supporters into a frenzy inciting an insurrection trumps attorneys say the trial is unconstitutional because he's no longer in office and that the former president's

speech was protected by the 1st amendment robert ray defended trump during his 1st impeachment i don't think the words as charged in the impeachment article go fight like hell can be you know seen as chant i'm out to a call to violence $45.00 of 50 republicans in the senate try to dismiss the trial on grounds that it is unconstitutional they failed but the early vote showed republicans are now falling back in line behind the former president and the likelihood. if convicting trump is slim's the impeachment managers will nevertheless try to present an emotionally charged case forcing senators to relive the hours they spent cowering for their lives inside the capitol fearing american democracy was on the verge of collapse will we see witnesses will this trial last longer than a week those are still pending questions trump has refused

a request to testify although it's become clear that this trial is not just about his guilt or innocence it is also about politics with senators way how their verdict on trump will also impact their own grasp on power hijo castro al-jazeera washington on nearly $400.00 congressional staff as a u.s. senators to convict donald trump they documented their experiences during that january 6th capitol hill riot in an open letter and they want the former president held accountable she has returned to reports from washington d.c. . hundreds of congressional staffers who were trapped on capitol hill as a mob rampage through congress on january the 6th are speaking out they've written an open letter to senators damone doing that donald trump be held accountable and convicted at his impeachment trial absolute concern is driving that letter concerned for the safety of our democracy the safety of our lives that was put in

danger. here's the thing staffers we don't speak of this is for and we don't we usually speak to our members about what issues and members speak on behalf of those issues. and religion both would describe a chaotic terrifying scene that day when you see those couple 100 people trying to thousands of people. quickly we're in our office i mean see we. alert that a pipe bomb has been in place close to our building all morning. now we need to shelter in place it was terrifying. in hindsight i should have been more afraid but i you know my faith guys knew so i was glad you know i know who but. if i hadn't known what i know now i would have been. even more concerned than what i am now the letters signed by almost $400.00 congressional staff whose names trump

the rose. by former president donald j. trump it says on his political allies some of whom we passed every day in the hallways at work both of how the republican staffers research so i can imagine that it wasn't to be it wasn't a. partisan experience it wasn't a partisan letter it didn't condemn either party they condemned the person unilaterally responsible for the insurrection. and so i felt that some of the staffers who were afraid for their lives and barricade in their offices would find it necessary would be open to signing this letter and i can't say that they weren't open to it i can't speak to something i'm not certain but i can only speculate that they may be feared retaliation. or not partisans but is likely to be on display in the senate chamber during the trial with most republicans already making it clear they will not vote to convict donald trump shared hansie al-jazeera and now georgia

has opened an investigation into donald trump's efforts to overturn the state's 2020 election results and a leak telephone call last month trump pressured secretary of state brad raffensperger to find votes based on unfounded fraud claims joe biden won georgia you remember by a narrow margin legal experts say the trumps phone call may have violated at least 3 state criminal election laws. hostile ahead here on al-jazeera. no clear leader of the somali president's term ends with no agreement on who will replace him. betting big on tesla invests $1500000000.00 in the digital currency but plans to accept it too as payment.

as expected the shamali is blowing down the gulf it's not particularly dusty nor particularly strong but it is there all the saving makes the skies a little bit less blue otherwise the weather's fairly quiet now in your a beer and throughout iran and turkey if anything is getting slightly warmer in the levant and in egypt there are a few showers in yemen and down the southwest of saudi nothing much changes or so into wednesday as well as a little less strong the wards are still obvious $3.00 to $5.00 but average all the way from probably parts of syria to be well we're down to the valley of the kings maybe beyond that. now the changes in southern africa raw subtle again with the sun now starting to go north mostly the rains falling so they're all but many showers in south africa but there are a few but there's a certain concentration of rain in madagascar in the indian ocean there is a tropical storm but we've got nothing yet developing here but we should watch just in case the wind starts to cool it certainly gives those so very you are in

madagascar and certainly from central mozambique but nothing formed as a circulation just yet the main rain band the seasonal rain still stretches far west almost as a skeleton coast in the movie and eastwards the indian ocean. on counting the cost china could become the 1st country to issue a digital currency is it rains in the tech giant's pacifies his rise despite tanking economy is increasing the divide between generations and fishermen in the philippines struggle for make a living. counting the cost on al-jazeera play an important role. ringback.

i miss all of your take and let's remind you the top stories here this hour right now thousands of anti crew protest as a neon are rallying for a 4th day in defiance of a ban on large gatherings military rulers have imposed restrictions in the 2 biggest cities and also prohibited gatherings of more than 5 people. rescue workers in northern india trying to free movement of people who are trapped in the tunnel after the collapsed glass here triggered a flash flood there on sunday at least 26 bodies have now been recovered and removed 200 people still missing. lawyers for a former u.s. president on a trump filed defense papers saying the impeachment trial starting on tuesday is unconstitutional they also deny that he and cited his supporters to storm capitol

hill but prosecutors say he has no defense. well it's the highest profile prosecution on to beijing sweeping national security law now hong kong's top court has denied bail to the media tycoon jimmy lai the 73 year old is accused of fraud and of conspiring with foreign forces under that controversial legislation he'll now have to remain in custody until his trial is heard well let's now bring in syria dave he's an associate professor at the school of law at city university of hong kong he joins us now from there this isn't just a high profile case but also one that's setting precedent so obviously everyone's watching very closely indeed what options does jimmy lie have now. i mean the decision given by the court appointed bill today it provides 7 interpretation of article 42.2 on initial security low so jimmy like is still going to lie for bain

but he has to go before the lower court based on this interpretation of the test which is a very hight threshold to get a baby so it is darned that he cannot get a baby but the chances of getting a bail are going to be very very limited and not ok as some implications for other defendants tell me why talking about setting precedent i also see in a separate case that's being prosecuted under these national security no less and seems that that case is going to go ahead without a jury we're likely to see that also in all the trials i mean that is the problematic aspects of that national security law because the more you try these sound really established common law principles that have been there in hong kong so why me as though presumption on bainbridge is not really good i'm don't but benighted brit cases and article put it would be worse is that so now the big thing is normally to be denied and it made it on to didn't accept on cases that we have as broadly as you know about that the secretary for justice issue asserted picking

they're doing a trial is not designed it will and i think it has been done in a case betty the assembly yesterday that certificate was issued and i think i will have some concern that 2nd justice may sure some are far better certificates of this nature in future and this is again going to be one of the issues which is highly problematic from the human rights perspective because it creates well big institutions which may be unaccountable well given the level of interference that the annoyance imply the one consequence what sort of power as to how long the courts now have to be independent with beijing especially watching so closely. i mean now under the basic law judy should he still remain so dependent and the chinese will tell it is going to need to say that their doctor indicating that the independence of judiciary and the same time their idea of independence is very different from our independence as understood in hong kong so

they were like judges do operate they didn't get any mind set by the chinese authorities and they would like judges also to be implementing the policy is better they are about national security or other aspects so i think that judges will trey's significant pressures there are already commenters the newspapers from broad stablished politicians or chinese commenters are agreeing that bill should not be given in such cases so i think the and at and i would like to also also highlight it on not just lol the chief exec you don't get to designate judges every year but when you know that these cases so i think it creates some kind of pressure on judges behavior particular matter and decide cases in a particular matter so it's going to be highly challenging for them so you're just taking a bit of a step back now by my count it's been something like more than 6 months since these go with one person mostly in that time we've seen dozens of arrests and then also

activists who've been fleeing abroad to safety has that you think decimated the pro-democracy movement that i think it is definitely having that impact on the pro-democracy moment but i think we should also keep in mind that there's another equally why joe element which is the 19 social distancing. so i think it's a cocktail of the national security law and it got 19 that has really created this situation in hong kong that the space for democrats see the local and human rights the shrinking body fast it is not about out about only watching very closely in town out there dave from the city university of hong kong great to take you inside china is there thanks for being with us sir. my pleasure thank you very much oh the coronavirus has wrecked the global economy but after a difficult year the price of oil has now returned to prepare endemic levels remember back in january 2020 the price of

a barrel of west texas intermediate crude oil was above $60.00 by the end of february when coded 19 spread to europe the price had dipped below to $45.00 and then as countries shut down and travel halted crude oil stockpiles rose causing prices to crash by april they fell to historic low of minus $37.00 per barrel but now while prices creeping back up on monday w.t. i crewed reached 57 dollars and 90 $0.03 a barrel for the 1st time since this pandemic began. on is the head of oil markets research of energy intelligence he says many factors have contributed to this rebound. our view is you know demand has been diminished that is true but there's been so many other supportive factors for oil supply has been you know it continues to be pegged below demand as the supplies are actually even more restrained in demand that's been helpful for for market balances we've had

a lot of other factors that have been supportive for the prices like the weakness in the u.s. dollar the fact that you're having more momentum around global stimulus being built up that of course with with an election here in the u.s. with president biden winning the odds of that went up and so you have a lot of support of factors that have that are pretty much negated some of the weakness and it's office in demand in fact even over the winter months you've even had extremely cold weather which you provided an uplift for for demand in certain parts of the world. we are expecting a sequential improvement in consumption in mobility over the next couple of months you know you touched on the divan seen roll out and you know and some of the new the wave 2 of the virus of the winter cresting so that's really what we're seeing now but you know for the again at this point there are you know there are execution risks that that that need to be carried out we reached we reached $60.00 pretty quickly. certainly if we don't have that demand recovery if the vaccine uptick

doesn't continue then likely will we'll see a little bit of a pullback from here because you know there is quite a bit of you know an anticipation big into the price now somalia's opposition leaders say they no longer recognize president mohamed that they like you mohamed after his term expired without new elections he has been embroiled in a dispute with regionally it is that's prevented a vote to find his replacement the united nations is calling for a quick resolution to the crisis a diplomatic at a james base as well. it was supposed to be presidential election day in somalia but following a dispute over the way the poll was to be organized it hasn't happened instead a coalition of opposition candidates have now declared the government of president from a show illegitimate in an interview to be broadcast on talk to al-jazeera the foreign minister mohammed abdul razak told me that's wrong the government will stay in

office until an election can be held well after that time after that 4 years he is no longer legitimately the president no it cannot be a fact the federal parliament in both chambers have signed voted for by a majority of 215 in the lower house and 40 senators to have. a law that would allow for the parliament with its full authority to continue with its mandate and for all the institutions of the federal government to continue the un is urging all sides to go back to the negotiating table but it won't rule on the constitutional position where it is not for the united nations in any setting to annoying to government declared legitimate or not legitimate if there are institutions that are in place that have been agreed to that have been negotiated we believe that somali political leaders need to come together whether you think

the government is legitimate or illegitimate somalia now finds itself in a constitutional gray zone this in what was supposed to be a pivotal year for the troubled country this year ama so on the 2000 strong african union force is supposed to hand over its responsibilities to the somali national army but most experts believe it's not yet equipped to take the lead role the group most likely to benefit from the current political crisis is al-shabaab which continues to fight amazon and the somali government an indication of the concern of the international community is the fact the un security council will now meet to discuss the situation on cheese day james pays al-jazeera at the united nations. now rescue is a moral curve have recovered the bodies of 24 people who died when an underground textile factory flooders the private residence in the northern city of tangier was being run as an illegal workshop 10 people were found alive and they were taken to

hospital the country has experienced heavy rainfall in recent weeks after a lengthy drought facebook and instagram say they're expanding their efforts to remove misinformation about covert 19 on their platforms groups repeatedly spreading false information will be banned that includes theory is that $1000.00 is manmade and that vaccines cause autism facebook is already removing posts debunked by the world health organization well tesla has bet big on bitcoin the cryptocurrency has hit a record price of $44000.00 a unit after the automaker invested $1500000000.00 tesla says it will soon begin accepting payments to in the digital currency is under has more now from new york. the bitcoin craze has reached new heights thanks to tesla the announcement by the electric car company that had bought $1500000000.00 worth of the cyber currency and

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currencies reached over $1.00 trillion dollars. i'll just you know new york. well remember you can always find much much more on our website including that developing situation in myanmar that's al jazeera dot com. that this is al jazeera and these are the headlines thousands of anti protesters in myanmar are now rallying for a 4th day in defiance of a ban on large gatherings military rulers have imposed restrictions on the 2 biggest cities scott heide last has more now from bangkok. what's interesting is yes there's a increased security presence we know that the capital where the water can.