facing allegations of war crimes including the. investigates on al-jazeera. we cannot have presidents inciting immobilizing mob violence against our government the u.s. senate votes to proceed with donald trump's impeachment trial rejecting defense arguments the process is unconstitutional. but again i'm kemal santamaria here in doha with the world news from al-jazeera the european commission president has said mistakes were made when it comes to how the e.u. handled the covert 19 vaccine also in the news preliminary results released about

the cause of the indonesian airline crash that killed $62.00 people on board last month. and rescue his use drones to help in the search for workers trapped inside a flooded tunnel in india. and over in the u.s. senate has voted to proceed with the 2nd impeachment trial of donald trump rejecting a defense argument that it is unconstitutional to try a former president ellen fisher is on capitol hill looking back on day one and telling us what to expect in the coming days. in a place that has seen a lot over this truly was of 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 called hard facts people died that day. officers ended up with head damage and brain damage people's eyes were gala just after the heart attack officer lost 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 the oath he swore an oath that he sullied and dishonored to advance his own personal interests but all times defense team said that what happened on capitol hill on january the 6th was horrendous but also putting him on trial was unconstitutional this they 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 settle 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 jamie raskin 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 shot but his legal team will have to perform much better than they did on day one. meanwhile the white house says president joe biden is focused on the economy and so won't be spending much time watching his predecessor's impeachment trial by then was meeting chief executives from several large firms the retailer wal-mart the bank j.p. morgan this is to discuss his proposed $1.00 trillion dollars relief package joe biden trying to boost support for the package which faces tough opposition from republicans on to other news the european commission president has in the last hour also expressed regret over the slow vaccine rollout. admitted the targets haven't been met in the block wasn't where it wanted to be in the fight against the virus not only stars in full design like we were late with the approval we were too optimistic on mass production and perhaps you're also too certain that the orders

would actually be delivered on time. natasha battle with more from paris and. defending the e.u. strategy in parliament what else has she had to say. yes the head of the e. commissioner silver honda lion speaking to any piece in the european parliament they will be questioning her about the use of vaccine strategy she has come under a lot of personal criticism for it with some people within the e.u. saying that it's simply the rollout has simply been too slow it's worth noting only 3 percent of adults in the e.u. have been vaccinated so far for vanderlyn though this was an opportunity for her to perhaps put a problem cross point of view to defend her position and clarify any misunderstandings as she saw them now what she said was that she admitted there had been mistakes that the rollout that's certainly been too slow she repeated her assertion that you

know managing a pandemic like this is what she calls a marathon not a sprint something that takes a lot longer than you actually think she said that perhaps the e.u. hadn't foreseen that it would need to boost its production capacity and in terms of solutions she said she's going to be putting in place a task force that would oversee ways to work on a vaccine rollouts much better in the future boosting production capacity working on new variants which she said with a new big threat of course to the block there'd be a lot more tracing all of these new variants to make sure that the e.u. wasn't left behind and they would be ahead of the game if you like she also said that in terms of some of the shortfalls in the doses of vaccine that we've seen in the e.u. as companies like pfizer and astra zeneca have all said that they would not be able to deliver as many doses as they expected in the 1st part of this year she said

that it was very important that those companies continue to deliver those doses and that the e.u. had put in place these controls on exports you can go further into the now but of course you have on delay and has been at the forefront of a route between the european union and and those. pharmaceutical companies most notably astra zeneca over the last few weeks she also said that she hoped that the e.u. now would really focus on getting these vaccines rolled out that 70 percent of the adult population would receive their doses would be immunized by the end of the summer and she she reminded m.e.p. is that whilst the vaccine rollout may have had its hitches and its obstacles. ultimately it is also put in place you know nearly $700000000000.00 recovery fund that will help the economies once the worst of the pandemic is over. with that update from paris thank you indonesian investigators say

a plane crash last month in which 62 people were killed may have been caused by technical problems through air flight 102 crashed shortly after takeoff from jakarta into the java sea this was january 9th one of the victims' relatives is now suing the engine manufacturer boeing jessica washington as the subject from jakarta . they say at this stage of the investigation it is too early to say whether there was a specific technical issue which would have been the sole cause of this particular crash what we've just heard moments ago is that they are looking into potential issues with the automatic throttle system off this aircraft in particular on the left side of the plane they are also investigating whether there were any issues with the ground proximity warning system this aircraft which was a 26 year old boeing 737500 planes now with regards to all the auto throttle system what we know based on maintenance logs from sri with giant air is

that pilots who flew with this specific plane noted that there were issues with this system but according to these maintenance logs they should try and says that these issues were rectified on june january 5th just 4 days before this plane crashed into the java sea at this stage they say it is too early to determine what the specific cause all this crash was we've been able to speak with some aviation experts here in indonesia who say that none of these technical anomalies should be the sole cause of this plane crash and what we really need to get a clearer meaning no one with long lives what is the hope that voice recorder which investigators are still trying to retrieve from the java sea. rescue was using drones to search inside a tunnel with 35 work when a believed to be trapped in the indian state of oaxaca and the tunnel and much of the surrounding area was flooded on sunday when the glass here collapsed dams power

plants road school destroyed $32.00 people are known to have died and at least $190.00 is still missing it took rescuers days to remove enough debris from the tunnel to allow teams to even enter the structure elizabeth purana is at the site of the tunnel collapse with this report. it is day 3. since the flood occurred and rescue workers are continuing their search for the men who were in this tunnel when it flooded on sunday they have removing large amounts of sludge and they're trying to reach 180 meters from the entrance because they believe that if the men are alive the best chance of finding them remains pockets of air which are 180 meters from here they were able to dig up to 110 meters yesterday but by this morning it was only 120 meters the rescue team say that large amounts of sludge keep pouring in as they clear more and they also say that if the men are alive they will be

suffering from severe hypothermia given its being needy 3 days since the flood hit meanwhile relatives of the men are continuing to come here to watch the rescue efforts and there's been a small protest by frustrated residents who say that the rescue efforts aren't moving fast enough there is going to be a meeting with all of the agencies involved as the police and army navy disaster response even the india tibet border police personnel to decide how to move forward given it has been nearly 72 hours and rescue teams say that those 72 hours after such a disaster are the most crucial in saving lives. at least 4 people have been killed and 5 others injured in 3 separate bomb attacks this isn't afghanistan's capital kabul one happening near the ministry of labor in the city center the other 2 explosions targeted police vehicles this is a day after unidentified gunmen killed 4 government workers the government's

blaming the taliban but so far no group has claimed responsibility. the rest of the day's news is coming up mexico they're putting the economy 1st is the capital pandemic restrictions despite a national surge in corona virus infections and drugs that tensions brewing in northern ireland as some communities fear separation from britain. it's a sherry time for the philippines the moment rather less so though for most of the lazier and most of indonesia there's been some big dampening comment on recently and there are a few forecast on thursday and indeed friday but that's not the trend is the trend really is still to focus them in jar and eastwards and in the southern philippines

further west even sumatra if you're in the north it's largely dry there are few showers of course the focus is still south of the equator and it's been fairly wet something like $88.00 millimeters fell over the parched ground in western australia and that's going to be on this frontal system as it develops into south australia back towards adelaide that sort of figure will get flash floods but you might welcome it particularly if you are playing tennis and sweltering in melbourne which is the case it's $33.00 degrees on thursday that perth is to 25 slowly warming with a southerly breeze and the showers in tropical queen's and particularly big is the forecast for melbourne after sweltering day on thursday it's much better after morning showers a southwesterly breeze means it will cool down for friday and saturday and that's the process on his way through sydney ahead of it until the evening thunderstorms gets a fairly humid 29 but that's not exactly extreme. it's

one of the most recognized sites around the world famed for its support from far and wide but for the fans back home it's more than just a football club and he wanted his policy should be left out of. politics and. the passion and the politics of liverpool f.c. the defiant giant. part of the fans who make football series on al-jazeera. hullo. they were. back with al jazeera and the top stories this hour the u.s. senate has voted to move forward the 2nd impeachment trial of former president

don't trump the pitchman talismanic has rejected the defense argument that it's unconstitutional to prosecute a president after leaving office. the european commission president expressed regret over the use slower vaccine rollout so sort of until and admitted that targets haven't been met block wasn't where it wanted to be in the fight against the virus. and rescuers in india are racing against time to reach dozens of workers trapped in a tunnel the area flooded after last year collapsed washing away dams roads and houses 32 people have died in 190 and this. on to more coronavirus news in mexico's capital has eased coronavirus restrictions factions extending opening hours for restaurants and shops this is despite nearly 4000 new cases in iran 530 deaths reported in the past 24 hours manuel rubble has more from mexico city were struggling restaurant owners are preparing to welcome back they cost us.

the streets of the mexican capital are returning to their usual hustle and bustle. an easing of coronavirus restrictions is allowing many people to return to work since the start of the health emergency mexico's economy has been battered leaving millions in dire straits she broke out here for yet i mean i have to support the children and support the son in laws and most of all the grandchildren it's chaos then there's not even enough to eat i mean it is very difficult for us but if there was economy unemployment because of the. state of the economy we can't just stay home we have to keep moving the people who go out and aren't careful they go to parties or gatherings when they know they shouldn't that's unacceptable i do not agree with that. after more than 2 weeks since testing positive for kobe 19 mexico's president and the. has resumed his daily press conferences the president has been criticized for downplaying the severe. end for almost never wearing a mask in public. why did i get infected because like millions of other

mexicans i have to go to work fortunately i got through it and here we are still fighting oh mexico's government has struggled to curb coronavirus contagion even under orders to shut down non-essential services coronavirus cases have continued to spike today most can cause. much of the pressure to lift the most recent law has been led by restaurant owners mexico's food service industry has been among the worst hit by the economic downturn in agreement between business owners and city officials means restaurants have expanded their hours of operations their new sanitation measures only allow for outdoor seating to reduce the risk of contagion for those facing the highest risks however are the country's nearly $30000000.00 informal sector workers caught in a country where the coronavirus pandemic has forced people indoors and an economic crisis that's left them no option but to take to the streets in search of work.

mexico city. iran's began its mass coronavirus vaccination program using the russian developed sputnik back same front line health care workers are among the 1st to receive the job in what is the worst affected country in the middle east iran with nearly 60000 coronavirus debts dosage of barry with oil from teheran. that was a lot better cutter though 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 the 1st person to get the job. considering all the efforts by

a medical personnel enough 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 including china and india will more to my and bush and i get a box anybody the cash 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 19. in december officials began human trials of the khobar 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 sick 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. dosage of mari al-jazeera. has some good news europe's oldest person a blind nun who's going to turn 117 on thursday has beaten coronavirus. seal randomly took the name sister andrea when she joined a charitable or

a back in 1944 she was diagnosed with covert 19 last month was isolated from the other residents and their retirement home in southern france fortunately didn't show any symptoms and has now been cleared to celebrate her birthday with her friends. more the i'm happy to be with you but i wish to be somewhere else joining my big brother and my grandfather and my grandmother. somalia's leaders are due to resume talks on when to hold the next election meetings last week ended without a deal parliamentary and presidential polls agreed i'm sorry agreed to last year been derailed by a rift between the president and regional leaders the un security council says elections should be held as soon as possible and welcome the announcement of further talks next week. 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 a court in poland has ordered 2 prominent holocaust researches to apologize for suggesting a polish man helped kill jews during the 2nd world war the family of edward argues he saved jews during the german occupation they also reject the holocaust survivors testimony which connects him to the death of 18 people the court found discrepancies in that testimony and the authors plan to appeal as a ruling jeopardizes independent research rabbi abraham cooper is a global social action director at the simon vice intell center for human rights organization and he says this lawsuit is an attempt to stop research of what is 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 or sham for example on it all over 7700 poles 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 on their own and this is something that the conservatives conservatives don't want to incorporate into their worldview and it was not unusual for some thick for these 3 member 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 of historic truth i think is still sir something that the polish people are really learning and real time senior diplomats from britain and the european union will meet on thursday to discuss the latest friction in the bronx a process goods moving from britain to northern ireland now need a customs declaration to be made this is a change and send things from one part of the u.k. to another and i'd be understandably it angered a lot of people john howell reports from belfast the not. on the 29th of january the european commission made a fateful mistake in a dispute with the u.k.

over vaccines it briefly triggered article 16 of the northern ireland protocol collapsing negotiated arrangements for post trade and prompting fears of a hard border on the island of ireland unionists were outraged their anger focused as much on e.u. duplicity as it is a at the government in westminster for agreeing a new economic division that many here consider an existential threat one of the most intractable conundrums of bricks it especially the hardest of economic brakes chosen by boris johnson's government is that there has to be a border somewhere it can't be a land border because of the threat to peace on this island so it has to be a border dividing great britain and northern ireland down the irish sea and that's a real problem for unionists who see themselves as india visibly british no where in the united kingdom is the concept of britishness felt more keenly than here in northern ireland and nowhere is loyalty to the british crown and state more vividly

expressed than in the historic military and religious symbolism that lines belfast's shankill road to may grandfather fought in the same way more immigrants were found for a fortnight 1st world war all for all for one. that has me feeling that i am a foreigner and me on the contrary we're not even allowed to order so and seeds for plants and to men from the land because it. so any directives town is we're not allowed plants are not an argue taste so i am what i was and my opinion on what is a fact standing on the u.k. side threats to the safety of port workers in forcing the terms of the protocol may have been overblown say the police but the message to politicians in london and brussels is clear ignore the strength of unionist feeling at your. peril one day a short period of time possibly 5 years there will be a referendum on a united ireland and the way things are looking at the moment from the opinion

polls in northern ireland and this shows that that that the political goals are reunification now if you're you know just that steps you know that armageddon and the last judgment rule it won't be the ongoing struggle between divided communities in northern ireland he's joined now by a struggle for unionist relevance unloved by westminster and faced with the possible breakup of the united kingdom there are no easy options join a whole al-jazeera belfast. funny many european cities are saying a lot of snow this week in the deep freeze in the netherlands as in the return of ice skating on the canals and with the subzero temperatures expected to continue the craze is creating new challenges for a far his during the pandemic so fast and said as this report from amsterdam. i scaping favor and then that allowance for the diehards at least because the ice is still an unreliable snow and ice are a great relief after

a month of lockdown and evening curfew 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 perfect so you went straight chromatic straight through the ice 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 hubs and i'm so that but trams and trains and metros and buses are barely functioning are not functioning at all over test locations vaccination locations are closed garbage is barely collected so much of public life press comes to a standstill and only because of 30 centimeters of snow. and

what freezing temperatures to continue for the rest of the week many here are getting their ice skates ready to shop and hundreds of ice skates that need to be shopping by the end of the week i mean for people really are getting crazy just know our shirts and already starting to get nervous at the authorities are trying to temper the enthusiasts and to cope with restrictions by looking at the height of ice skate fever in the novel and this will be a huge challenge. on al-jazeera these are the headlines the u.s. senate voting to move forward with the 2nd impeachment trial of former president don't trump and patron managers rejected the defense argument that it's unconstitutional to prosecute a president after leaving office. the european commission president has expressed regret over the slow vaccine rollout vanderlyn admitted the targets haven't been

met and the block wasn't where it wanted to be in the fight against the virus not only stars in full designedly we were.