no space for sound bites only cavities so let's leave simplicity to the headlines join me as i take on the lies dismantle the misconceptions and debate the contradiction. i'm marc lamont hill and it's time to get out from right here and how does it. define sin me and ma thousands take to the streets once again demanding the military store civilian rule. again on peace still be a watching al-jazeera line from also coming up opening arguments by prosecutors on day 2 of donald trump's 2nd impeachment trial we're live on capitol hill. i'm elizabeth northern india with a rescue operation to find 35 men missing in

a tunnel is continuing 3 days after a devastating floods swept through the region. mystery still surrounds last month's fatal indonesian plane crash investigators combed through evidence to find the cause. protesters in me and have returned to the streets for a 5th consecutive day they're calling for the elected leaders to be freed and the military giunta to step down following last week's military coup the army cited election forward as the reason for the takeover scott wraps up the details from bangkok. a day after a violent crackdown by security forces people are again protesting against the coup on the streets of myanmar. in yangon some took to bicycles to show their support for the growing civil disobedience movement. some gathered at the japanese embassy

to elevate their plight to the international community. a message wall was also set up for people to leave their comments and thoughts about the coup last week and in mandalay they came out on motorbikes and on foot earlier in the week here protesters were injured by water cannon blasts and dozens were arrested. more groups and unions have joined the growing movement including civil servants in the capital neighbor door they're all calling for the return to democracy and the release of their elected leaders including on song suchi. students and young people are emerging as critical players in the protests many see their future at stake and was so much on the line they're willing to put themselves in harm's way i'll kill them god i know not those students are going to struggle under the military dictatorship that's why we're here on the streets giving our life to get our democracy back. she's not alone this young protesters taking part in a poster campaign supporting the civil disobedience movement going on when i'm here

with all these people i'm not scared i have no fear at her you know. the u.n. representative in myanmar has called the security services use of force against the protesters disproportionate and unacceptable the united states said it's reviewing assistance to myanmar again called on the junta to step down we repeat our calls for the military to relinquish power restore democratically elected government release those detained and list all telecommunication restrictions so while the younger generations in myanmar are taking bold and risky steps to get involved with the protests by insisting on access to social media they're putting their own twist on scott toddler al-jazeera well as one of the few western journalists to be based in me in law she has more now from young gone. the tax cut it. was early people here in this sort of downtown outside city hall was

on the front. of the city hall. was. my guide. to the current. i'm sure people have been trying to get the feel good sound thing could be our people yes which means people believe that's right to encourage the police to get them to join the people and this protest and i'm not surprised that. it was all the while some military would see the balconies that some of the worries of people generally doubtlessly was we were pretty jubilant today we've had singing we've had people playing music i've got been alone held up the runs i think people were personal protective equipment and some sort of crackdown i'm sure the other words. how do you think it. was i know.

they wanted to go. i'm so i was referring to was it was. the us senate is set to reconvene in just a few hours time for the impeachment trial of former president bill will trump on tuesday the senate rejected the defense argument that it's unconstitutional to prosecute a president after leaving office the house impeachment managers will now have 16 hours spread over the next 2 days to present their cases 2 thirds majority is required to convict trump over inciting insurrection people died that day. officers ended up with had damage and brain damage people's eyes were get out after a 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 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. ok live now to my colleague who's on capitol hill so what can we expect today. today is the official start of the case against donald trump on this article of impeachment we got

a taste of that yesterday when the impeach manager showed a graphic video 13 minutes long that juxtapose the words of the former president on january 6th when addressing his crowd of supporters and their later actions some simultaneous actions in reaching the capitol in the violence that ensued leading to the deaths of at least 5 people and the reason that they show the video yesterday was it was still the 1st day of trial they really wanted to come out of the gate with their strongest most visceral evidence which hoped which seek to put those senators back into that moment on january 6th when they themselves or evacuated from the chambers to scape the violence and today we'll see more of the same with the teacher managers laying out the evidence not only of what happened on january 6th but also the events leading up to it the likely mention comments to reporters in the summer before the election when he set the standard in

a sense by saying he would refuse but he would not commit rather to a peaceful transition of power and then leading up to election night his refusal to concede the beginning of his lie that very evening that he had been the one to have won the election the lawsuits that were supported by his attorneys each one of them tossed out of court or rejected because they lacked merits of what including this u.s. supreme court objecting to those arguments and. will argue that all of those actions leading up to january 6th allowed supporters to reach only one conclusion being that they had no other recourse but to take action. into their own hands a conclusion that was fanned by trump's continued lies day after day that he had been the one to win the election and of course the former presidents words on january 6th when he said to those supporters to march to the capitol where they

should fight like hell those words the commanders will argue were the final match thrown onto this one pile that the president the former president had been building over the course of months which led to the violence here sources close to mr trump done in florida are all saying the same thing that he's extremely displeased with the performance of his legal team yesterday do they have to today and tomorrow and the day off to kind of be seen to come out fighting because there were distinct moments when it was all a bit lackluster almost. that's right that's been a judgment that's been shared by members of both parties and like you said from some of the people closest to the former president trump his attorneys yesterday one went on for a very long time without really getting to a point the other read from a prepared statement for about an hour and the former president reportedly very angry about that performance but those attorneys will not have a chance to in

a sense redeem themselves for at least another 2 days because today and tomorrow will be focused only on the impeachment managers the prosecution's in a sense their arguments but when it finally does come time for troubles attorneys and they'll of course also have 2 days to present their defense they will likely focus in on the words of the former president on january 6th and they'll quote him as saying to his supporters to march peacefully and without violence and peacefully and patriotically or his very words to the capitol to make their voices heard democrats have said that's really parsing out a very small section of that long speech and of course there's all that history that i went into earlier but terms attorneys will likely 0 in on that as a major source of their defense as well as their continued arguments that this trial remains unconstitutional of course that was an argument rejected by a simple majority of senators yesterday just why we're still seeing these

proceedings unfold but it may be an argument that is strong enough to convince at least 2 thirds of the senate to acquit the former president which is the likely outcome heidi many thanks for that time and see how did you cast where they were from capitol hill. donald trump impeachment. rescuers are using drones to search inside a tunnel with $35.00 work when a believed to be trapped in the indian state of what sort of calmed now the tunnel and much of the surrounding area was flooded on sunday when a glacier collapsed power plants and roads all destroyed 32 people have died at least 190 are still missing rescuers spend days removing enough deborah to allow teams to enter the tunnel elizabeth brannon's at the site of the tunnel collapse with this report. it is day 3 sense 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 about 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 'd be suffering from severe hypothermia given it's been nearly 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. one month after a plane crashed into the java sea tearing $62.00 passengers in the museum investigators say is still too early to determine what caused the disaster the. russian in the news is a major aviation crash in 6 years jessica washington reports. in focus ambulance of the remains of a young family a woman named to ramani and her youngest daughter. a mother can barely handle her grief divers later found the remains of ramani his 6 year old daughter and now they are all buried together here in her hometown of could be scenes like this have played out across the country since the she would crash in january. we are in shock i'm very sad it is a big disaster for us 3 of our family members died at once why did this happen to

our family grieving families of the 62 passengers on board the flight from jakarta are trying to come to terms with the sudden tragedy one month since the crash in tunisia as transport safety commission has released its preliminary investigation confirming they're looking into issues with the plane's auto throttle as well as all those factors but ideation experts say it's still too soon to say what caused the crash and without the cockpit voice recorder determining exactly what went wrong is almost impossible. while the search continues for the voice recorder the commission is looking into several potential factors which may have contributed to the crash site the name among it but what we know so far is that the lift or throttle was moving downward but whether it was caused by a malfunction we still don't know because both travel showed anomalies. the 3 would dry air crashes into the 3rd major aviation disaster in 60 is why you want to do it

is a diver who volunteered to help with the search operation to help find the human remains . he worked on all 3 recent crashes and says despite the risks associated with the task the heaviest burden is the emotional toll but. i also found several items of children's clothing including a marvel shirt this was so emotional for me we also found the purser to get the child aviation experts say there is room for improvement but the industry has taken positive steps some of the airlines have caught up with global standards also in some cases and see that you know we need to make sure that it is evenly spread but for the many families that progress wasn't enough to save their loved ones and while they wait to find out what went wrong they are forced to say sudden painful goodbyes jessica washington al-jazeera jakarta. still to come here on al-jazeera

some promising results out of israel as one vaccine appears to dramatically holds the spread of coronavirus even after just one. and a lifeline to the outside world people in gaza it's a border crossing stays open to the 1st time in years. but. it's not as cold as it was and it's getting a bit warmer throughout japan northern china the real cults' talked of a long way knowles in the top a screen there so a few showers at 1st snow showers then they disappear maybe the focus is down here this is unusual actually season rain is typically best part of a 100 millimeters it went through one dong and is now in taiwan just to the east now as that goes away the warps the sun has brought last in beijing for a couple more days and we go down to near 0 but not actually at average even by

saturday that applies to most to central and northern china even the hobbit the ice city has caught 2 plus one the saw has started maybe the shout distribution for the south is a little different we had some pretty big showers in calamine town the last 24 hours but again the focus is further south through java once more towards west papua and what showers there were in the himalayan plateau that just disappearing eastwards and leave open skies behind so no stirring of the atmosphere which means fog has come back on the scene i'm afraid and it's persistent fog so once again from new delhi air quality really goes downhill you start off it's hazardous you improve in the afternoon to unhealthy. back. but. welcome to doha from every one of us.

even those working quietly behind the scenes. so you can relax and enjoy the perfect break in your journey past. and when you leave with a smile we know law day's work is done qatar airways welcome to our home. the end. welcome back you're watching out as here i'm peter told me your top stories so far this half hour protesters have returned to the streets of meanwhile a day after rallies were violently broken up by the security forces demonstrating against last week's military coup military rules have imposed

a curfew in the 2 biggest cities and banned big gatherings. the u.s. senate has sent to reconvene in just a few hours time for the impeachment trial of the former president donald trump on tuesday the senate rejected the defense argument that it's unconstitutional to prosecute a president after leaving office. rescuers in india racing against time to reach dozens of workers trapped in a tunnel area flooded after collapsed washing away dams roads and houses 32 people died and 199 missing. in the 1st study of its kind israeli research hoping to answer one of the most important questions regarding covert 19 banks and nations and that's the rate of transmissibility after the 1st jab israel swift vaccination rollout has made it the largest real world study of the pfizer vaccine more than half of eligible israelis have now been fully or partially vaccinated in what appears to be a game changer results do show

a significant decrease in the spread of the virus between 12 and 28 days after the 1st dose joins us live now from west jerusalem so what does this development mean for fighting covert. well yes as you're saying israel is becoming a bit of a generalized test that of the pfizer biotech vaccine and so far the indications have been positive for the cohorts of the population who've had the largest amounts or vaccines in the largest amounts the hospitalization numbers the severe illness numbers have been coming down but that is a pretty rule read of the population numbers what this is is a specific study of the impact of the virus on the of the intake of the vaccination rather on the viral load within the bodies of the people who've had it and the amount of virus is seen to be very important in terms of how much of that is then shared and passed on potentially to the next person to be infected and what they

found is that between $12.28 days after the 1st injection the average reduction in the viral load is about 4 times less than it would be otherwise and so that is hugely significant because not just here in israel where there they are following the pfizer recommendation of a 3 week interview interval between the 1st and 2nd vaccinations the suggestion here or it's the presumption here would be that after the 2nd job there would be even more of an effect in terms of reducing that viral load and hence the transmissibility but also in places like the u.k. where they are taking the approach of a 12 week interval trying to get as many people get at least one job as possible the pretty significant effect of just one injection will be welcome there too and more more broadly that the idea that the vaccination regime doesn't just reduce illness but potentially could really make a big impact on transmissibility to thanks very much air force and their reporting

live. u.k. prime minister boris johnson has defended new hotel quarantine measures in the u.k. saying they are proportional and they stop the virus from spreading from february the 15th people traveling to the u.k. from the red list countries will have to quarantine in a hotel for 10 days the government is asking for tolls near c. and airports to join the scheme but there are concerns about capacity the european commission president has expressed regret over the e.u. slow vaccine rollout the lion admitted that targets of not being met and the block wasn't where it wanted to be in the fight against the virus not understand simple resignedly we were late with the approval we were too optimistic on mass production and perhaps were also too certain that the orders would actually be delivered on time. mandatory testing of frozen food imports in china is being blamed for a backlog of container ships the chinese authorities say contaminated packaging is

spreading the virus but health authorities say the claims are baseless and it's costing suppliers millions of dollars sarah clarke reports from hong kong. this is a mandatory process in china all frozen seafood imports must be tested for the corona virus after it was found on food packaging in june last year but the regulations are causing congestion at ports and hundreds of container ships are held up in the north china i think somehow is more of a problem in most china and less so in. the south white rock they cognos was directed into korea ports some of the. china they have no toys for them they are regular shanghai and outbreak in the north eastern city of delhi and last month was linked to frozen food imports dock workers who handle the goods tested positive for covert dieting or thor is blamed food packaging but the world health organization

has questioned the link the reason that some of those food handlers are got infected is probably that the the north perfect social distancing measures that the great transmission of the virus from the contaminated food to human beings that should be wary rare are the way the restrictions are causing long delight the shortage of imported food supplies into china the most immediate impact will be a sudden and imbalance of the flaw of the food supply you know into and out of china china is to you a country that is very very very hungry for protein and china despite all day there are natural resources is a huge importer of great seafood from around awhile that was quite high for the frozen foods like. cherry from australia cherries from. all

sort of frozen from brazil here in hong kong the government has followed china's lead and has now extended testing to include frozen food items it's not testing a wider variety of food items. from around 30 countries the city's health chief says the risk of infection from touching the surface of frightened packaging is minimal and so far no cases have been recorded the shortage of ports and risk of long delays has prompted some companies to cancel shipments to china but chinese authorities are showing no sign is up on the regulation sarah clarke al-jazeera hong kong. the 1st time in years egypt has indefinitely opened its ruffo border crossing with the gaza strip the crossing is the only passage to the outside world so this is not controlled by israel the move came on the 2nd day of talks between palestinian factions in cairo that abraham has more now from ramallah in the occupied west bank. they'd released the statement after they concluded it

meeting in cairo and which they said that they were going forward with holding elections that with an ounce by a presidential decree the 1st elections would be held. to be held or the council elections and both fatah and hamas have agreed and the palestinian factions involved have agreed on some of the obstacles that would kind of stopping elections for 15 years such as holding courts that will be dealing with with elections complaints from judges from the occupied west bank and the gaza strip and indeed having the palestinian police oversee the polling station and while many palestinians have been relieved to hear the news of potential elections and factions agreeing they still many still say that anything could happen between now and may some are linking discussions and cardo to the opening of the crossing they

believe that maybe it's a gesture from the egyptians it's the 1st time for it to be open since $24.00 thousands of already. been registering their names with the interior ministry in gaza and they hope that they can make their way into egypt it's their only lifeline to the outside world but more than 3300 people would be allowed in at the time and many are still concerned that while they're happy that the crossing is open is that they're concerned that they're not going to be treated a great specifically due to some security concerns by the egyptian what usually takes a 5 hour. trip which huge when it expires hours could potentially take 2 days. somalia is facing a political crisis after the president's term expired before new elections could be organized opposition leaders want him to step down but he says he's staying until

the vote can be arranged mohamed that reports president mohamed up to life for modules for yet tom expired on monday but he's still in office new elections was supposed to have taken place in somalia before the date housing failed to organize and he's now in dispute with the regional leaders of all when on hollywood behold it's created a political crisis and raise tension in the capital mogadishu that's recovering from 3 decades of conflict. rahma hustle somewhat of a cruel thing and cosmetics shop in the city she says business is but clinton gave her a magic customers no longer come to buy goods and only call our most loyal customers they ask whether they should be thinking of buying clothes or save their money in case the current political crisis takes a turn for the worse and she has this advice for somalia's political didas calise why have we urged them to come to an agreement for the sake of the nation that they feel to give us jobs another to have establish their own businesses we don't want

their lack of compromise to affect our lives the country had told him that life to hold parliamentary elections in december 2021 talks between the federal government and regional states on how to proceed with them collapsed on february 5th the opposition says it won't recognize for a modulus president given his commas and it is easy to abide by the construction in a normal in order not to lose his. being president which is conditioned by peaceful transformation. and we hope that he listen to the face of legal experts on political is to call his and abide by the constitution which a limited system for 4 years which ended yesterday. the un has called for dialogue among somalia do this the us embassy in mogadishu also issued a statement this week saying the political deadlock is

a setback in the fight against the armed group al-shabaab support of oprah the mom of the bely for my daughter and this is really going to an office because the federal parliament last september and goes to a motion which declared a president should only need office once a new one has been elected and sworn him about motion did not give in a time from which means it's unclear how long can stay in office without holding elections. does iran. this is al jazeera these are the top stories protesters have returned to the streets of me in mar a day after rallies were violently broken up by the security forces there demonstrating against last week's military coup.