number of calls to make it official federal holiday. people see it as a great opportunity to take to the streets to continue to let their message be heard. never before seen footage from former president trump's impeachment trial the tense video showing just how close protesters came to taking over the seat of democracy. i'm going to santa maria here in doha this is the world news from al-jazeera a 6th straight to day event protests across me and now the u.s. announces sanctions against the military leadership. i'm elizabeth warren and the

indian himalayans with a rescue operation to find 35 men trapped in a tunnel since some days lots has expanded and caught in the crossfire we made villages living along the border between sudan and ethiopia disputed the land and resources taken so many lives. well it's been described as troubling distressing and emotional u.s. politicians themselves have been saying that about the video shown on day 2 of former president trumps in preachment trial it shows just how close the russians gots to leading politicians the likes of mike pence and chuck schumer as they stormed the capitol building on january 6th. and the senate also hearing out now speaking nancy pelosi was rescued just before

the riders broke into her office impeachment manager stacy plaskett argued if they'd found her pelosi quote i would have killed her another previously unseen clip showed capitol hill police officer using goodman running toward senator mitt romney their incomes escorting him away then as the mob approaches and this one senate majority leader chuck schumer being led away and then about face running back on the other direction to avoid encountering the protesters of course trump is charged with inciting the attack on capitol hill there is one more day of evidence coming up against him today thursday before his legal team presents its defense this report now from alan fischer on capitol hill the day was punctuated by video much of it which had never been seen before much of it security footage from actually inside the capitol building itself senators could only want to join in

horror as they saw or hope police officers were overwhelmed cody sent frantic radio messages arguing for help how the student against the violent tide that swept towards them threatening to challenge the results of the presidential election at the very heart of american democracy. the evidence will show that he clearly incited the general 6th insurrection if you will show that donald trump surrendered his role as commander in chief and became the insider in chief that mob was summoned assembled and incited by the former president of the united states donald trump and he did that. because he wanted to stop the transfer of power so that he could retain power the the this was never about pursuing legitimate claims he was saying

anything he could to trigger and anger his base so that they would fight like hell to overturn a legitimate election just the. do this violent attack was not planned in secret the insurgents believed that they were doing the duty of their president. for you. the democrat impeachment managers also highlighted donald trump's criticism of vice president mike pence how he didn't have the courage to do is job and then we showed the video of how close the crowd came to the vice president on the awful consequences that mia followed this next security video shows that evacuation you can see vice president pence and his family quickly moved down the stairs the

vice president turns around as the riders reached the top of the stairs they were within 100 feet of where the vice president was sheltering with his family and they were just a feet away from one of the doors to this chamber where many of you remained at that time. vice president pant was threatened with death by the president's supporters because he rejected president trump's demand that he overturn the election the 1st critical hour and a half of this bloody attack donald trump tweeted his rally speech and did nothing else. was. senators. you've seen all the evidence so far and this is clear on january 6th

president trump left everyone in this capitol for dead the democrats may have moved some republican senators with the audio and the video that they played today but it's still unlikely they'll get enough votes to convict donald trump but what they have done is lay the narrative of donald trump's final days in office and the assault on the capital on january the 6th 2021 on to other news to me in march 1st of all where tens of thousands of people are protesting for a 6th consecutive day against the military coup they are demanding the release of their elected leaders and for the u.n. to step down but the army is not backing down and has actually detained on the coast of the deposed civilian leader. who is under house arrest itself earlier the united states announced it's imposing new sanctions on those behind the military takeover president biden says the 1st round of targets will be announced shortly let's focus on me in florence the reason i call and you sent the following

developments from there today these latest arrests florence let's start with that. that's right now according to the national league for democracy that's the party that won last november's election the top aide of sun city he was a minister in the office to state councilor that's also an suv g.'s position he was taken in the middle of the night and 4 other people directly connected to the national league for democracy government were also did have also been detained now on top of that there are also reports that the top leadership of the election commission have were also detained now it appears that the military is casting a wide net and we're now into more than 10 days after the coup now according to reports more than 140 are still detained now if you remember the military had used the excuse or use the justification for carrying out this coup was because they believe there had been widespread fraud in the election although independent

observers have said there was no deliberate and widespread fraud now it also appears that the military is wants to tighten its grip there are reports that it's proposing new laws that would give it wide censorship powers and also violent privacy and it's really causing enough concerns that large internet companies have issued a statement to say that the this new proposed law would not only violate fundamental rights but also hurt the myanmar economy florence you have reported on me and more me and maher a lot you've reported from there as well as what are your thoughts on sort of what could be coming next the fact that the protesters are still stirring up there is quite something they're showing resilience but we also know and you know i'm sure about how brutally army can be in retaliation. that's right and that's the 1000000 dollar question i mean you know the the myanmar military history has shown they don't tolerate dissent very well i mean we've seen that in just the way they've arrested they they arrest people they detain people

during the time when it was a military dictatorship people were detained for criticizing the military really you know it really we really have to see how much longer they're going to tolerate the sort of the. dissent and also there's just widespread civil disobedience that has spread across the country we're hearing that rail workers have stopped work there part of this strike now that's gone on for. nearly 10 days now so you know the question now is how far the military is going to take it now and in the last couple of days we've seen the military push back escalating it's it's it's it's response but what we're seeing today and yesterday was that they the less security presence on the ground i think that's a sense that the military is trying doesn't yet know how it's going to respond and if these protests get larger that may force their hand and you know we may see a more lethal force being used to break up these protests ok thanks for the

florence louis reporting from quantum of the. now we mentioned the united states the action they're taking against the military leadership more on that in this report from roslyn jordan. the u.s. wasted no time calling the overthrow of me in maher's democratically elected government on february 1st a coup a wednesday president joe biden said it was time for the military junta to pay the price to begin imposing consequences on the leaders of the coup the us government is taking steps to prevent the generals from improperly having access to the $1000000000.00 in burma's government funds held in none of the states and today have approved a new executive order. a new executive order name attached immediately sanction the military leaders who directed the coup their business interest as well as close

family members by also called for the immediate release of state councilor on song suchi and president when met. and praised the thousands of bernie citizens demonstrating for an end to the clue violence against those asserting their democratic rights is unacceptable and we're going to keep calling it out the people of burma are making their voices heard and the world is watching will be ready to impose additional measures at the state department a recognition of just how much diplomacy it will take to end the crisis i think what we are most concerned with is the restoration of civilian leadership and putting an end to these anti-democratic actions this coup the new me and more sanctions and biden's announcement that the pentagon will review how it engages with china all part of a day designed to focus on the president's role as commander in chief by and vice

president kamel harris whit to the pentagon to meet with defense secretary lloyd austin and to boost morale as we. faced global threats to our climate and to our health to our physical security and cyber security your work is of profound importance and consequence and that's why the president are here today to tell you that we stand with you and we stand for you biden told a reporter he wanted to know all the facts about how china handled the start of the covert 1000 pandemic a diplomatic answer as the u.s. takes the measure of a rival pacific power rosalyn jordan al-jazeera washington. for the families of 35 workmen thought to be trapped in a tunnel in a constant in india so they're losing hope the tunnel and much of the surrounding valley was flooded when part of the glass you collapsed into

a river on sunday rescuers have searched through the night but still no sign of survive as food parcels are also being sent to some of the remote villages cut off by the floods at this stage at least 35 people have died but around 200 are still missing here is elizabeth purana reporting from the top of. the rescue operation to find the 35 men who were in the tunnel when a flooded is facing get another challenge in the middle of the night drilling teams began drilling into an area that they hadn't looked into before the silt filtration tunnel that's 12 to 30 meters below the entrance behind us the police say that they were only able to truly hof way down before they machine stopped working meanwhile all of the agencies involved in the rescue efforts that the police the army navy disaster response the indo tibetan border police they continue on with their operation to remove large amounts of sludge from inside the tunnel this still hoping to get to about 180 meters from the entrance where they believe there are

pockets of air and that is a possibility of where they could find the missing men meanwhile relatives off the 35 men are here and they are growing increasingly frustrated. under hardly so dark i have no heard from the administration or come with the hope that the administration would at least be able to give me my son's body but i have lost much hope to of been here for 4 days my family is calling and asking me where our son is now you tell me what i tell them meanwhile away from here 6 men who are missing since the flood hit on sunday have been found they were installing cell phone towers when the flood hit and they took shelter on the health pad and it took them 3 days to walk to the nearest village after bridges was swept away in the flood and so engineers are building zip lines that are going to carry cable cars across the river to connect people in around 13 villages who have been cut off since many

bridges were swept away. and check the wild weather in a moment and then grief and outrage in lebanon as a prominent hezbollah critic noted last week is laid to rest until it's been the one the c.d.c. releases new data on how double masking turned off a greater protection against a coronavirus. it's time for the perfect gentlemen. sponsored point qatar airways how i once again we've got more rain making its way across southeastern parts of china it is clearing through not see this massive cloud just easing away from taiwan we're going to see that pulling out into the open waters to try weather coming back in behind high pressure further north into japan the game will keep it last 5 and try and temperatures not faring too badly 13 celsius in tokyo on friday

a tad warmer for saturday but now i just want to show is just creeping the way into southern parts of the country the key issue could turn a little wet as we go on through the day largely dry then for much of china one of 2 showers down towards the southeast towards taiwan little bit of wet weather it was that western side of the country as well we'll see some western weather too just making its way towards flying carpet for the time being it's lost the 5 and dry in that dry weather stretching up across much of south asia settled and fine for the most part and notice temperatures in new delhi picking up to around 30 degrees by saturday they go by saturday we will see some of that wetter weather just creeping into eastern and northern parts of sri lanka meanwhile across the middle east it is generally dry across southern parts of the arabian peninsula further north things starting to improve as well a little bit of cloud rolling through high sea window ha 27. qatar airways. the song. the father.

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how close ryan has got to leading politicians the likes of mike pence and chuck schumer the rush to storm the capitol building people and me and my protesting for a 6th consecutive day as the army detained another key aide to the civilian leader unsung suchi people still demanding the release of their elected leaders and rescue was a continuing to search for 35 workman thought trapped in a tunnel in the indian state of a truck and rescue workers continued through the night but there has been no sign of any violence. india and china have agreed to pull back troops from a disputed lake area in the western himalayas the standoff began last april when india said chinese troops crossed to its side of the border china denied the claims and accused indian border guards of provocative actions these 20 indian soldiers were killed when the 2 sides fought in the golden valley in june. u.s. president joe biden's had his 1st conversation with chinese leader xi jinping since

he took office biden raised concerns over what the white house called beijing's unfair economic practices the u.s. president also spoke to she about the pandemic about the situation in hong kong about allegations of human rights abuses in the region president xi and return stressed the need for the 2 nations to avoid confrontation and to have mutual respect here is sarah clarke in hong kong with the latest on what the leaders said . a release from the white house has details some of the content of that conversation from joe biden side biden shared his greetings as well as his well wishers on the eve of china's biggest holiday celebration that starts to tomorrow that's the lunar new year he also affirmed the u.s. as priority is to protect the american people sovereignty and prosperity and preserve a free indo-pacific region he did however raise concerns about in particular hong kong and taiwan he noted concerns about the crackdown on hong kong this of course is the arrest and the time and number of pro-democracy activists and legislators of

politicians of the last 18 months or so since the national security law was introduced on july 1st last year as for taiwan he wants his noted or mentioned china's increasingly assertive actions in the region another point raised was the concerned about beijing's coercive and unfair economic practices china's state media have detailed some of the content certainly from china's side and she didn't ping she has told the united states that confrontation between the 2 countries is a disastrous situation for both economies she told biden he hopes that the u.s. cautiously handles matters related to taiwan and hong kong but he did not but he wants to reestablish dialogue and to better understand each other's political intentions and avoid misunderstandings and the misjudgments of the past so the overall message from shooting pain is the 2 countries should respect each other but as i said beijing has repeatedly called for these 2 world leaders in these 2 countries to mend relations and analysts are hoping this will be the 1st step in

that process. u.k. researches say the corona virus mutation 1st found in kent could become the world's dominant strain the kent variant is already in more than 50 countries it was 1st detected last september in the southeast of england and since then has spread at an alarming rate across the u.k. forcing the government to introduce new lockdown measures last month when these comments about the can vary in time from one of the u.k.'s leading genetic scientists will talk to of course want to really challenge about that now what so we hearing about the long term impact of this is short term we know as we say quick lock downs and the strain moving quickly but the long term. as much as anyone does i think about what makes the coronavirus tick she is the

head of the u.k.'s genomic investigations unit she's also the head of a consortium of u.k. public health bodies and labs that is currently analyzed analyzing 30 plus 1000 positive coronavirus tests a day so what she has said about the virus is that this strain that you just mentioned the can strain 1st detected back in september in the south of the u.k. has swept the country and it is likely to sweep the rest of the world as well because it is so much more transmissible it is more effective the policy is from one person to another the previous variants of corona virus did now. what she says about the long term prospects of corona virus of that she expects to be mapping the the sequence the genetic sequence of corona virus for 10 more 'd

years at least now that might sound boring given that the issue doesn't say that this is going to be a public health crisis for 10 plus years but the way the viruses mutate means that you have to stay on top of them even when they receive from part received from public view you have to stay on top of them so that the vaccines you developed can continue to be as effective as possible and that is a long term project thank you for that rory chalons with more on the kent variant as it's known there in the u.k. . well for many of us wearing a mask to protect ourselves and others from covert $9.10 has become a common practice should be but it turns out we could do even more to stop the spread the u.s. c.d.c. the centers for disease control has conducted experiments on the effectiveness of wearing masks and it's now saying double up with 2 layers binding a cloth mask over a surgical mask locks more than 95 percent of particles if 2 people wear it the

c.d.c. also says a tight fit is essential to stop any air escaping from around the edges. chairman of the world health organization's global outbreak alert and response network says multi-layered masks are critical in stopping the virus from spreading . the research has shown largely what we know and that is that a single layer is not of is not as effective as multiple layers it's getting translated a little bit into. we're going to masks or even 3 and i think that's really not the point it's about wearing masks that have those different layers and this is the main really common knowledge for some time the standard surgical mask has the 3 layers that we talk about w o w i j i was released guidelines on how to my cloth masks with those 3 layers.

you need a non absorbent inside. story and absorb an inside layer not absorb an outside law and then a filtration process in the middle which is typically polypropylene and this is how you can make your own cloth that describes how to water and all the sort of things so i don't think i'd be pushing too masks but i'd be pushing good masks still with coated in the drug company astra zeneca well that's our annual profits have surged not surprisingly to 3200000000 dollars news comes as the world health organization backs the use of the astra zeneca covert 1000 back scene despite questions about its effectiveness among older people and against those new variants experts say while the jap may offer less protection against mild cases caused by the mutation strains they are confident it god's against severe disease south africa for example suspended the use of the astra zeneca vaccine this week.

mourners have gathered for the funeral of a prominent lebanese activist who was shot in his car and was outspoken critic of hezbollah his murder last week provoked public outcry across lebanon and whether it's at the memorial service. the authorities have promised the swift investigation but as of yet there has been no development and if you ask people who are here including his family there tell you that they're not expecting any results any time soon because there is little faith in the judiciary there is little faith in the security agencies in this country the judiciary has been repeatedly been accused of being politicized in fact the prosecutor general in charge of this file was appointed by one of the 2 main parties in southern lebanon and the issue of a transparent investigation of the german ambassador as well as the american ambassador they were here and the swiss ambassador and they threw their support

they threw their weight behind the family saying that we're not allowed we're not going to allow this crime to go unpunished we're going to keep pushing for an investigation we want to know the truth but in this country it has been a history of really or a culture of impunity so people here will tell you that they're not expecting to know the identities of the perpetrators or hold anybody accountable really for that crime. when the sudanese villages along the border with ethiopia caught in the standoff between the 2 countries over an area known as. both countries claim that land intentions of led to increased military presence in the area civilians are reported attacks by ethiopians as him morgan reports from gathering near the sudan ethiopia border. this is the village of the state of. the people here are poor the only water comes from the river the women still gather

firewood for cooking. as a liberal hims wife was out looking for firewood when she was killed in an attack by ethiopian militia men last month he's now raising their 4 some salone the youngest nearly 2 years old is already starting to show signs of malnutrition. the whole lot of them were there she went out with 12 women to gather wood ethiopians came from across the river attacked they killed 6 including a young baby since she died our youngest has not proper food she keeps calling for her and they allies in a fresh account an area of about 3000 square kilometers contested by sudan and neighboring ethiopia sudan's government uses to colonial agreement signed by if he appears then emperor to claim the region but ethnic on her farmers from ethiopia say the area belongs to them and they have been farming it for nearly 5 decades some of those who live near the sudan if you appear border have reported having family members kidnapped by if you have been militia men and held for ransom the attacks usually happen at the start of the farming season in april and may now with

the army pushing back if they have been farmers from especially there are fears this season could be the most violence here. the push back up with european farmers in the area started in december last year since 2002 talk to demarcate have stalled between the 2 sides so down once the boundaries drawn according to the 19 deal if you are on the other hand wants to renegotiate for a new deal after failed round of talks in december if you stated it want to continue without the down with growing from a fresh something's to dance army has refused to do this sort of go out on a wild ride out of the most important thing was securing the land and that's happened we've taken back our land in the land of our ancestors and we want to move from here but it's not only the people will be area who will be buried here people from all over sudan can be buried here. the army says it's taken back more than half of the farmland once occupied by. ibrahim that his farm was one of them.

or land that he was there i still can't farm on it because ethiopian sometimes come and attack us they killed the villages we need security but you can see the condition when you development to live to farm there are poor roads poor machinery life here is hard residents say they hope the move by the army to take control of official is followed by development projects that will make their lives easier people morgan al-jazeera and they got out of state. half past the hour on al-jazeera these are the headlines never before seen security camera footage has been shown on day 2 of donald trump's impeachment trial it shows how close the rioters got leading politicians like mike pence and chuck schumer as the mob storms the capitol building on page one manager working castro said trump did nothing even when the writers went looking for his own voice.