to on the jersey. they were sent to afghanistan to help but now we're struggling soldiers facing allegations of war. including murder. when a statistic. on al-jazeera. the u.s. senate votes to proceed with donald trump's impeachment trial rejecting defense arguments that trying to convict a former president is unconstitutional. play watching al-jazeera live from doha with me fully back to go also coming up police get tough on protesters in myanmar the military is reported to have raided the offices of atsic leader on sunday. cracking down on undocumented migrants in chile

thousands of colombian and venezuelan families are being separated before being sent back home and a world health organization team in ruhani china dismisses a theory called the 19 was leads from my lab but says it still doesn't know which animal it kate. the u.s. senate has voted to go ahead with the 2nd impeachment trial of former president donald trump rejecting the defense's argument that it's unconstitutional to try a former president al jazeera sound fishes on capitol hill any reports on what to expect from the trial in the coming days. in a place that has seen a lot over this truly was an historic day the 2nd impeachment trial of donald trump before the senate can even begin to question whether or not he was guilty of high crimes and misdemeanors whether he sent a crowd towards capitol hill for

a violent insurrection aimed at overturning the results of a democratic election there's the question of whether or not it was constitutional to put him on trial the democrats said absolutely he had to be held responsible for what he did in those final days in office his defense team argued that he's no longer in office and so it's too late our case is based on cold hard facts people died that day officers ended up with head damage and brain damage people's eyes were galloped off for a heart attack after last 3 fingers that day 2 officers have taken their own lives senators this cannot be our future this cannot be the future of america we cannot have presidents inciting and mobilizing

mob violence against our government and our institutions because they refused to accept the will of the people under the constitution of the united states was also an unforgivable betrayal of the oath of office of president trump oath he swore. an oath that he sullied and dishonored to advance his own personal interests long terms defense team said that what happened on capitol hill on january the 6th was horrendous but also putting him on trial was unconstitutional this the argued was simply the democrats carrying out a partisan political hit job on a man they didn't want to see run for office again forgetting that 10 republicans had also voted for the impeachment of donald trump you will not hear any member of the team representing former president drum they anything but in the strongest possible way denounce the violence of the

rioters and those that breach the capitol the very civil law of our democracy we can't possibly be suggesting that we punish people for political speech in this country with this trial you will open up new and bigger wounds across the nation for a great many americans see this process for exactly what it is. a chance by a group of partisan politicians seeking to eliminate donald trump from the american political scene the senate has no voted to push ahead with the hearing it will begin on wednesday one republican senator was asked why he voted to make sure that the hearing would go ahead he said that the house team led by jimmy ruskin was much more focused and answered the questions that were in front of them whereas donald trump's team was much more unfocused almost as if they were trying to avoid the central question of whether or not he was responsible for the violence that was

seen here on capitol hill what is clear is that donald trump's team will have to be a lot more focused as they move in to the important part of the impeachment proceedings will donald trump be convicted it's still a long short but his legal team will have to perform much better than they did on day one. for the white house says joe biden is focused on the economy and will not be spending much time watching is fred assesses impeachment trial biden met with chief executives of several large firms including wal-mart and j.p. morgan to discuss his proposed $1.00 trillion dollars relief package the president is trying to bull support for the package which faces tough opposition from republicans. in other world news protesters in myanmar have taken to the streets for a 5th straight day these are the latest pictures from young gone where thousands have already gathered still angry about last week's military cool on tuesday when he stepped up their crackdown on protesters and must national league for democracy

says his headquarters have been raided the n l d z political movement led by entente ci the civilian neighborhood manes in detention scott hi there is monitoring events from across the border in thailand. facing live ammunition fire rubber bullets tear gas and more water cannon the actor who protesters defied a van and headed out to the streets in their thousands for ford. straight day i the military junta has barred any gathering of more than 5 people and imposed a curfew in many areas from 8 pm to 4 am. undeterred and determined from many walks of life the protesters still came out i was here and if the civil disobedience movement accelerates in the country as a whole the government machinery will start not only the lawyers i hope all the people will join the movement we must not lose a new is a joy. we must win that is why we are on the street now.

in yangon police prepared for the protesters in the early hours there were 2 main areas in myanmar's largest city where they gathered by city hall and a large intersection near the university of yangon. in the country's 2nd largest city mandalay thousands of protesters face water cannon and at least 27 people were arrested. international condemnation of the coup has grown over the last few days new zealand the 1st country to go a step further new zealand is suspending all high level political and military contacts with. midsomer who is also interested that new zealand's i'd program to mean my should not include projects that are delivered with all benefit the military government we've also agreed to implement a travel ban to be formalized in the coming week on me and as military leaders. further international action is expected after a request by britain and the e.u. the united nations human rights council will hold

a special session on the february 1st coup and all that's been happening in myanmar since. al-jazeera. chile is interior minister says undocumented migrants who have been entering the country will be expelled more than 6000 venezuelans have come in through a remote desert passage in the last 6 weeks a lot america at its end for some culture. the chile bolivia border in the at the time of desert excruciating the heart by day and freezing by night. than a distant nation for the news whalen's seeking a better life in chile. i have 7 grandchildren here they are they're the reason i come here to help feed them because in venezuela they conservation here thousands of undocumented venezuelans have been really made here crossing at night through illegal entry points into the isolated town of chani. lives

suffering from hypothermia altitude sickness and hunger at least 3 have died including a baby it's becoming more and more windy and pretty soon it's going to be dark but the temperature will drop to below 0 absolutely freezing conditions these people have already spent one night outdoors. to build a makeshift shelter so that they could have a place to sleep. at 17 year old. her toddler and husband were among the lucky few who were allocated a tent by the local police get them laughing coming night then lover i thought i would freeze to death getting here my little boy's hands and feet turned purple and he screamed with pain i was terrified my husband couldn't breathe it was pitch dark and he couldn't carry up belongings anymore this is all i have. their stomachs are is empty as their pockets went through doesn't arrive the children get priority in adults tell us they're willing to bear any hardships not knowing the chinese

government has just decided to send them back to venezuela. and if you keep it in a city anyone who enters legally will not be allowed to apply for residency and will be expelled administered to. chile's government has started bussing the women and children into the city a gift 1st 240 kilometers away to be quarantined for 2 weeks for covert 19 separating them from fathers and husbands but no one knows how long. the plan is to fly them back to venezuela once the quarantine period is over catalina rantin is shocked when you do you have to do the job please don't send us back they'll kill us if we return that's what the government does to people like us and if not will starve to death please chile help us a desperate plea the choice to be repeated by thousands of more venezuelans as this humanitarian crisis worsens you see in human al-jazeera china.

iran has begun its mass vaccination program using the russian developed sputnik vaccine front line health care workers are among the 1st to receive the job iran is the worst affected country in the middle east with nearly 60000 cold 1000 deaths. or some tehran. was recording a lot of that at $10.00 a shot of hope after nearly a year of despair iran is now officially on the path to vaccinating millions of people against cope with 19. the 1st shipment of 10000 doses of the russian me sputnik vaccine arrived in the country on thursday and on tuesday about 1000 health care workers were inoculated parson and mikey the health minister son was a 1st person to get the job. considering all the efforts by medical personnel and off to sing what my father and gone through and how much pressure he was under i decided it was my duty to do this and the smallest contribution i could make to our

fight against the spiers. 430000 frontline workers across the country will also receive the shot iran has purchased 2000000 doses of sputnik back scene and the rest we delivered by the end of the month. despite severe economic sanctions imposed by the us on iran's banking sector iran has so far purchased another 16800000 vaccines from other countries. in china and india. people should know that when we import a vaccine officials trust it and it will be beneficial for everyone this vaccine and other domestic vaccines will help us keep people safe we hope to enter a new phase from this moment in the fight against covert 900. in december officials began human trials of the cobol para cat vaccine the country's 1st domestically developed shot 56 volunteers are waiting to get their 2nd dose

a 2nd homemade vaccine is due to be tested on people with iran is the worst affected country in the middle east with nearly 60000 covered 19 deaths and almost 1500000 people infected much like the rest of the world people here are tired of all the restrictions and economic hardships that this pandemic has brought with it but many say that if they see officials getting the vaccine they imported or do the best ones there are much more likely to trust them and join the mass vaccination program and officials say they hope to end that program by early next year. or so jabari al jazeera. still ahead on al-jazeera to holocaust scholars are ordered to apologize in a libel case in poland raising when concerns about the siphoning of independent research and micro finance gone wrong we take a look at why nigeria's government is planning to take legal action against thousands of price falls.

it is really cold at the moment in the northern plains states and central kind of in fact we have it one to minus fifty's in the yukon but coming closer to where more people if it's still really cold from the rockies right across to missouri or in kansas the data minus 16 minus 19 at around the bottom is real cold that any weather is being steered rain or snow depending on how low temperatures of course and it's snow developing out to the ohio valley to eventually reach new york as an example most likely on services not a lot in this but there's a to. element taking place the culture is leaking says little rock's next only 2 on thursday suggests that where you get this meeting of is you know what happens if you get the moisture in the was coming from the gulf the cold coming time from

below and these can be pretty poky thunderstorms i'm not sure if there's a tornado potential but it would not surprise if we have seen them after all this month and the last. quarter weather throughout the gulf in the caribbean the trade winds are blowing like shasta unlikely in the last round to these temperature wise is a nice 31 in kingston and in havana the on shore breeze from nicaragua costa rica and panama just bringing a few light showers not a persistent dry of a couple of weeks rather pleasant ready. to make a change. change a life or the path of a country challenge the accepted truth you want to create something you 1st break it continually mold it up turn the status quo and fight injustice down the whole month iraq there. will.

witness personal documentaries that don't turn out deception on al-jazeera. you're watching al-jazeera a recap of our top stories the u.s. senate has voted to go ahead with the 2nd impeachment trial of former president donald trump impeachment managers rejected the defense's argument that it's unconstitutional to try after the president. protestors in myanmar are back on the streets for a 5th straight day thousands are rallying in young gone to voice their opposition at last week's military coup despite an escalating police crackdown. and

a humanitarian crisis is unfolding in chile where thousands of mostly venezuelan migrants have entered through the end day in order with believe the locals in the town of call chinese say they've been overwhelmed by people seeking food shelter and a warm clothing. now a team of experts investigating the origins of covert $1000.00 in china has dismissed circulation that it leaks from a lab while health organization researchers have traveled to the city of want to find out how the virus spread to humans the team bans to expand its inquiry to other parts of the country's course it's an investigation that's been plagued by delays and concerns over axis but after a month long mission to woo her and considered by many to be the place where covert 19 originated the world health organization says it is not the only city of interest we can. agreed that we have. found evidence of why does your pollution of the virus in in december

it was not just only a cluster outbreak in the one market but the virus was also see plaited. outside of the markets the team visited k sites and were hand where the infection was detected in december 29th teen bats and pangolin have long been suspected as the origin of corona virus but other species including cats and minks will now be investigated but since one hand is not a city or in environments close to. these but environments a direct jump from bats to this each year we use is not very likely and therefore we have tried to find what modern human species were introduced and moving in and out of the city that could have potentially introduced a contributes to introduce the virus. in in particular in the one market the visit

by the w.h.o. led team was subject to intense scrutiny and political pressure both within china and internationally claims that the state run virus laboratory we're had was the origin of the outbreak formed part of the mission but the team says a leak from this lab is extremely unlikely and that imported frozen animal products and those from within china itself may be a potential host the china representative however says there's no evidence of only a cases of the disease in 2019 women to use there's no indication of the sars kovi 2 in the population before december 2900 so there's not enough evidence to determine whether there was a spread and was gone before december $21000.00 on the former president of the united states donald trump accused china of failing to reveal the extent of the outbreak and share scientific does. the chinese government has always rejected that

prime. china will as all use uphold an open transparent and responsible attitude continued to koori with the w h. one year on china still has in place strict quarantine controls and continues to enforce community lock downs but it could be years more before the source of the pandemic which is now killed more than $2000000.00 people worldwide is identified sir clock 0 china has brought the social media clubhouse after the growing number of residents joined uncensored discussions on political and human rights issues they invite only american audio opulence users to interact in chat rooms it's become increasingly popular in china as it provided a platform to discuss sensitive topics rarely debated online including the persecution of way gore's taiwan's independence and the pro-democracy protests in hong kong. turkey has indicted indicated it could be willing to limit its use of

the russian air defense system bought less than a year ago turkey's purchase of the russian s 4 hundreds had strained relations with the us and led to american sanctions against ankara washington has been demanding that the russian missiles be decommissioned in an interview published by the daily to defense minister who said he was open to a compromise on the issue rival factions hamas and fatah have strengthened their commitment to holding the 1st elections for palestinians in 15 years at talks in cairo they agreed to respect the time table and results of parliamentary and presidential votes in may and july allyson in governance has been divided between fatah in the occupied west bank and hamas in gaza a surprise election win by hamas in 2006 triggered a longstanding rifts. the united nations security council has called on somalia's leaders to resume dialogue after talks over the weekend ended without

agreement indirect parliamentary and presidential polls were agreed last year but have been derailed by a rift between the president and regional leaders and a statement agreed by the 15 members of the council they said inclusive elections should be held as soon as possible and welcomed the announcement of further talks on feb 15th the members of the security council called for somalia's leaders to resume their dialogue urgently and work together in the interests of the people of somalia to reach consensus on the arrangements for the conduct of inclusive elections with a view to holding them as soon as possible senegalese army says it's captured 3 rebel basis from separatist groups in its southern cousin mosque region one of the bases was on the border with guinea bissau our while another was an operational center the conflict in the region is one of the oldest in africa and it's claimed

thousands of lives since its brought 1st broke out in 1902 the catamounts region is religiously and ethnically distinct from the rest of senegal to nigeria now if thousands of farmers could be taken to court for failing to repay loans provided in an attempt to boost rice production and reduce food imports more than a 1000000 farmers were given cash and tools but many are now refusing to make repayments putting the scheme at risk of collapse force from our go go in northern nigeria are one and of course we're in the making and we're just too as prepared you probably feel sure and you crop a few metres away the workers tend to shoot. my going to one of nigeria's major rice produces with hundreds of hectares of land dedicated to growing rice is a serious thomas like him are benefiting from a government loan scheme to boost domestic production but says a scheme faces risks.

now. given them. though they are. what. the 34 member farmers corporative and says they weren't told there have anything back either. if it was made clear to us that it's a loan we have 9 house approaches we didn't apply for it so i can tell you that we won't pay back a dime not all of it was money we consider it is gifts or systems after all we see politicians take public funds with no accountability. the so-called i could borrow a scheme encourages thomas a small holdings to produce a variety of commodities and to connect produces with the process but 5 years after the program was introduced nigeria's tilley port foods the scheme was meant to

produce in excess sr interview an estimated $600000000.00 has been provided to more than a 1000000 farmers to boost rice production critics of the process say it's corrupt and lacks transparency they accuse government officials and politicians of hijacking a scheme that could now collapse because of a failure to pay back the loans. an estimated 40 percent of those who've received money the field or refused to fully repay some officials say that's often understandable. but one can understand that. for one reason or the other so sometimes comes especially the last time we had a flood so you can imagine our farmers lost a whole lot of africa's most populous nation has 34000000 pictures of land but only 33 percent is on the production this country of more than 200000000 people imports

much of what it eats agricultural experts say that's because farming technology is out of date and if the government doesn't encourage mechanization. nothing will change. greece al-jazeera article. according poland has ordered 2 prominent holocaust researchers to apologize for suggesting a polish man helped kill jews during the 2nd world war the family of edward money navasky argue he saved jews during the german occupation and they reject the holocaust survivors testimony connecting him to the death of 18 people the court found discrepancies in that testimony the authors plan to appeal they say the ruling jeopardizes independent research rabbi abraham cooper is global social action director at the simon wiesenthal center a global human rights organization he says a lawsuit is an attempt to stop research a sensitive topic in poland. it is meant to intimidate the independent future

research into that very complex era in poland it's really politically motivated it's a deeply emotional issue for all sides what's at stake here is the fact that you had both sides are sham for example on it of over 7700 posts for their heroic right his conduct in saving jewish neighbors but there were others in a society that was heavily anti-semitic who collaborated or actually killed jews on the on their own and this is something that the conservatives conservatives don't want to incorporate into their worldview it was not unusual for some thick cities to remember a persecutor who save them while turning over or even murdering other innocent

individuals so it's clearly not about this case so much as it is a push back to. take polish history from the 2nd world war and recast them exclusively as victims of the nazis and not god forbid some of them also victimizers of their jewish neighbors and i think we should also keep in mind that poland was a communist state for many decades and the whole idea to start truth i think is still sir something that the polish people are really learning in real time how many european cities are experiencing heavy snow this week the deep freeze in another and has seen the return of ice skating on k'naan and with the sound 0 temperatures forecast to continue the crazes creating new challenges for the phony ensuring a pandemic that boston by force amounts to them. i scaping favor and then that will ins for the diehards at least because the ice is still there and unreliable snow

and ice are a great relief after months of lockdown and even inker a few and these extreme winters have become so rare that this is all the dutch are talking about as you can see my bench was quite wet so the 1st trail not that good but afterwards it was the perfect so you went straight through through the eyes yes . and this is a unique opportunity for the dutch to turned a few hills in this flat country into a playground in the country has become awfully out of practice this is one of the main public transport hops in amsterdam but trams and trains and metros and buses are barely functioning or not functioning at all over test locations vaccination locations are closed garbage is barely collected so much of public life must come to a standstill and only because of 30 centimeters of snow. and

with freezing temperatures to continue for the rest of the week many here are getting their ice skates ready to shop for hundreds of ice skates that he to be shopping by the end of the week you mean to go really are getting crazy just know our shirts and already starting to get nervous but the authorities are trying to time the enthusiast and to cope with restrictions by looking at the height of ice skate fever in the novel and this will be a huge challenge. again i'm fully back to go with the headlines on al-jazeera the u.s. senate has voted to go ahead with the 2nd impeachment trial of former president donald trump. manages rejected the defense's argument that it's unconstitutional to try a former president alan fisher has an interest from capitol hill this is really just an appetizer for was.