the stage is set to immortalize fading memories. in a magical race against time. witness our time machine. on a. tens of thousands of protesters defy the military crackdown across me and mark demanding a return to civilian rule while the u.s. imposes sanctions on the coup leaders. but again i'm come out santamaria here and with the world news from al-jazeera. the attack was done for donald trump and his instructions and to feel his wishes.

donald trump had sent them there. democrats conclude their opening arguments in donald trump senate impeachment trial of former president's defense team when i make its case. britain's economy slams to a record 9.9 percent the worst in more than 300 years. i'm elizabeth random and the indian himalayas with a rescue operation to find 35 men missing in a tunnel since it flooded on sunday is continuing but family members say they've lost all hope. and the head of japan's olympic organizing committee has resigned after the sexist comments he made about women. all over it was starting in may and now where tens of thousands of people have been rallying against the military.

it's said to be the biggest day of protests against the truth so far footage circulating on social media showed demonstrations outside yangon being violently broken up by police undeterred though they are continuing their demands to release the deposed civilian leader and so. and for the generals to give up power also mean miles new military leader has urged demonstrators to work with the offices if they want democracy isn't is releasing more than 23000 prisoners as well in a move it says is consistent with establishing a new democratic states let's check in with your pardon in hong kong following those developments in me in mar week of protests and what continues to amaze me is the way those protesters are simply not backing down. indeed there are very passionate in fact the protests are growing despite the government's efforts to try and contain them for instance in these term on states

rubber bullets were said to be fired student leaders who were also arrested there have been a number of arrests made so far to date since those protests targeted around 350 people have been arrested in the clue include activists protesters 2 didn't leaders and a large number of human rights people are advocates also but it doesn't seem to be deterring those protestors as you said in fact we've seen some of the largest numbers are the largest turnout in young god were there some number of speculating there about 100000 people who've come out on the streets they're also groups who have come out in front of the russian and chinese embassies calling for those 2 countries not to support the military regime so that seems to spite the fact that the government seems to be or the military regime seems to be making more efforts to try to contain these protests with both messages televised addresses and action of the police trying to crack down on groups of protesters and arrests the

protesters still have a lot of momentum the other development today do you view the release of the amnesty for 23000 prisoners are believed this does happen regularly around this time of year but who is don't regularly happen around this time of year so the timing becomes interesting. so that's right you've hit the nail on the. nail on the head with that one they do do this usually during a big public holidays it's union day it's a public holiday in myanmar ironically it's supposed to be a day calling for unity and they do release prisoners often to make space in the presence and and as a gesture. benevolence from the government but this time this happens just after a coup and there's a more sinister underlying message to this many rights activists are saying and

including prison activists are saying that this could be a message being sent out to those protestors that the military regime is making room on those in those prisons for those protesters for political activists now what is also key is who is it that they're releasing so far there's no indication that are either on sun to cheer any of their allies or any of the other protesters earlier this week who have been detained are those among those being released so. if you look at how it's being viewed and particularly by those on the ground in particular by the protesters it's being viewed with a lot of suspicion and viewed with a sense that it is sent to meant to send a message to spook the protesters someone and say this is what the future holds for you thank you did you could problem with the updates on the situation in myanmar. thousands of kilometers away in geneva the violence and meanwhile as been the focus of a special un human rights panel investigators say there's growing evidence security

forces have used live ammunition on the protests china which is an ally of me and ma has refused to condemn the violence and says what happens there is and is an internal matter but the un special rapporteur says there have been violations there are growing reports and photographic evidence that mean more security forces used live ammunition lethal force against protesters this violates international law arbitrary detentions and intimidation are also on the rise not only are political leaders targets but community and civil society leaders as well rory chalons is keeping an eye on that human rights council meeting for us rory anything has come out of it or expecting to come out of this. well what we're expecting to come out of it at least what i think the the body itself is hoping for

is that there will be some sort of resolution adopted at the end that draft resolution we understand is being prepared by the european union and the u.k. which jointly called for this special session we have heard a whole parade really of voices speaking out in condemnation of the actions of the talmud or the military in our we have from the special rapporteur the the clip we just played there who also said that he thought that state should consider punitive sanctions against the leaders of the military in the end maher we heard from the deputy high commissioner for human rights of the u.n. human rights council not at all no sheep who said that let us be clear that the use of lethal munitions and weapons against peaceful protesters is unforgivable cannot be accepted and said that the military should

back off should return to its barracks should hand power back to the civilian leadership should release all the detainee's and should undergo a process of significant reform as well essentially putting the military back under or putting the military under civilian control there are of course divisions in the united nations and whenever you have these sorts of meetings you get a lot of unity amongst western states and then countries like china and russia have different views and so we did hear that from the representatives of both those countries china saying that this was an internal affair for me en masse saying that it was in contact with your thora g.'s their. workers working with them to return the country to normal. russia also having a view that this was a matter for me in mars internal affairs and that it didn't really agree with this

kind of unbridled criticism that the authorities the military was being subjected to by the succession of voices western voices standing up and saying their piece at the un human rights council so as with the un often you do get that division between china russia and the western states thank you very challenge skipping an eye on those human rights council developments now to other news and in the coming hours former u.s. president donald trump's lawyers will present their defense on charges of inciting an insurrection democratic impeachment managers have wrapped up their case in trump's senate impeachment trial and official has more on thursday's proceedings in capitol hill there was no dramatic video from the impeachment managers on thursday instead there was a warning donald trump had a history of political violence and if he wasn't convicted then there would

inevitably be more the attack was done for donald trump and his instructions and if ifill his wishes donald trump had sent them there we love them we love you bro know you'll be happy what do you mean we're fighting for jobs. all of these people who have been arrested and charged they're being accountable held accountable for their actions. their leader the man who incited them must be held accountable as well. how do you. know you. don't know if we don't try the line here what's next what makes you think the nightmare with donald trump and his lawmaking in violent mobs is over. if we let him get away with it. and then it comes to your state capital or comes back here again is

there any political leader in this room who believes that if he is ever allowed by the senate to get back into the oval office donald trump would stop inciting violence to get his way. would you bet the lives of more police officers on the. i'm not afraid of donald trump running again in 4 years i'm afraid to say run again and lose. because he can do this again. the democratic impeachment managers quoted extensively from republicans who had blamed criticized and condemned donald trump for what happened here on capitol hill on january the 6th a clear message to the republican senators no sitting in judgment impeachment is not to punish but to prevent we are not here to tarnish donald trump we are here to prevent the seeds of hatred that he planted from burying any more fruit many of the insurrectionist the president trump incited to invade this chamber were

dangerous people on the f.b.i. watch list violent extremists white supremacists. i challenge you all to think about it if you think this is not impeachable what is what would be. president trump's lawyers endorse his breathtaking assertion that his conduct in inciting these events was totally appropriate and the senate acquits donald trump than any president could incite and provoke insurrectionary violence against us again if you don't find this a high crime and misdemeanor today you have set a new terrible standard for presidential misconduct in the united states of america donald trump's defense team will no take about less than half the time allowed to present its defense convinced it has the votes to stop the conviction of donald

trump on the charge of high crimes and misdemeanors so it's a little after 6 in the morning in washington now which means trump's defense team just has a few hours before it'll be making its argument that one of his always has already dismissed everything the democrats presented so far i think to make. sense of. the healing process. the frenzy that happened on the. i think there's the american. well the u.k.'s economy has recorded its biggest annual contraction in more than 300 years driven largely of course by the impact of coronavirus on the pandemic g.d.p. shrank nearly 10 percent and 2020 the largest decline amongst g 7 countries brennan has more from epson in sorry. and the bank of england has been forecasting

a recovery for next year but the office for national statistics data that has been released today certainly shows just how big a roller coaster ride it was during 2020 as the pandemic hits and those 3 lock downs that were experienced here in the u.k. took that toll on the overall contraction in g.d.p. gross domestic product was 9.9 percent and as you say that's more than double the previous worst recorded annual statistic it did go up and down though in the 3rd quarter of 2020 the economy grew by 16 percent it grew by one percent in the 4th quarter as well but the overall impact of minus 9.9 percent just shows how grim it was in that 1st part of the year when everything essentially was shut down not the bank of england is as i say forecasting

a some degree of recovery based on the power of vaccinations in 2021 but there's a lot of pressure given the economic impact of 2020 for the government here in the u.k. to start relaxing lockdowns politicians of the conservative side the ruling conservative side saying that when you look at just how bad the economy fares on the restrictions imposed by the government then surely there has to be some other way apart from lockdowns in order to proceed. in the news ahead a german company is suing the netherlands over a ban on coal but it raises questions over whether countries tackling climate change will have to pay a high price. and chile faces criticism for its decision to expel venezuelan migrants and to deploy troops to the border.

it's time for the perfect johnny. winter sponsored plan qatar airways we've got some dry weather now pushing into eastern areas of china cloud and rain now pushing out into the open waters a couple of disturbances just rolling across the north of china maybe just clipping the far north of japan but essentially japan looks 5 and dry for the most part over the next couple of days as that dry weather into much of china although we've got this little disturbance making its way through western policy easing into central areas and as we go on through sunday that will make its way up towards the yellow sea pushing across the korean peninsula so some snow on the northern flank of that some western weather for south korea easing into q.c. as we go through sunday got some weather to make yes waits was a bit for much of south asia it does look fine and dry that rain will gradually notch its way into eastern parts so sri lanka as we go on through saturday as we go

on into west sunday you can see how it just makes its way a little further westward so they will see more the way of cloud just tumbling in here across india it is settled and sunny because a few spots afraid some wet weather just making its way around the foothills of the himalayas and i were course over the high ground but it's not so bad in new delhi although it is looking a little misty and folky. sponsored poll qatar airways its america's worst kept secret cracked open in the time of a pandemic exposed in the time of trump through the turmoil of 2020 the big picture traces a century of racial injustice to reveal how philanthropy politics and economics preserve structural inequality keeping white a supreme and black in its place the race for america part 2 on a jazzier.

results is here and these are the top stories the un's human rights investigator for me and maher says there is growing evidence security forces of you've used live ammunition on protesters tens of thousands of demonstrators have been rallying against the military coup for a 7th day. instead across the finish presenting their case against donald trump in his 2nd impeachment trial they say there is overwhelming evidence that he incited a capitol hill riot last month. and the u.k.'s economy's reported its biggest annual contraction in more than 300 years driven largely by the impact of the pandemic g.d.p. shrank nearly 10 percent and 2020 the largest to climb amongst g 7 countries.

the families of $35.00 men thought to be trapped inside a tunnel in the indeed spoke of a truck so only a miracle could save their loved ones now and as with as this from the site of the . rescue work is continuing at the top of on tunnel with digging machines being used to remove the sludge that filled the tunnel when it flooded on sunday i spoke to the engineer who built the tunnel and he said that rescuers trying to reach the right places but they're not making enough progress but the sludge is one of the most difficult substances to deal with it's not a liquid that you can drain and it's not solid enough to remove quickly rescuers also haven't been able to reach the last known location of the men a silt filtration tunnel that's about 30 meters below the entrance they said they were only able to drill about halfway before they hit on stable rocks and couldn't go any further meanwhile the family members of the men and side of the tunnel are

still here they've told us they've lost all hope and just want the bodies of their loved ones bodies of people swept away in the flood have been found more than a 100 kilometers downstream from where the flood hit such was the force of the deluge now the government has said that natural disasters are beyond its control and that hold them shouldn't be built on drugs or banks but environmentalist say neither should dams and hydroelectric power plants in fact after the last devastating flood and all tricon in 2013 turned around 6000 people a supreme court appointed committee said that dams and hydro power plants shouldn't be built above an elevation of 2000 meters above sea level members of that committee say that that's continued to happen including those she got in a dam which was completely washed away on sunday and the fate of 125 people who worked on the bridge she got the power project is unknown. a german energy company says the netherlands owes its 2. dollars are making the claim using

a controversial treaty that's designed to offer foreign investors protection from so-called i'm stable states that boston has our report from i'm hot. aside the netherlands wants to remove from its landscape emissions from burning coal at the ames happen power plant german energy provider r. w. e. planned in 20154 years before the dutch government adopted a law banning the use of called by 2030 the company's 1400000000 euro claim at an international arbitration court in washington has shocked that she lawmakers already received hundreds of millions subsidy for the biomass use yeah that's why i think it's a shameless attempt of this company and the fact that. the netherlands is way behind in reducing the mission of carbon then the whole society has to

take painful steps and also these big companies because this coal plant is the biggest emitter of carbon in the whole of the netherlands the director of r. w. e. has faced some tough questions in parliament politicians accused the company of burdening taxpayers after profiting from a lack of climate policies for many years criticism is unjustified we built this plant on the specific request of the dutch government and us we built only after we built the plants the dutch government to change its mind decided to change its mind but it was 2015 and it was already clear that coal would be a problem and i know only defer stime the parliament vote it's to look for closure possibilities of coal was after the opening of their power plant. i w.-e. is not the only european company that has used the country for energy charter treaty to claim large sums of compensation or whole european energy transition project altogether to treaty signed in the 1990 s.

was meant to protect european investors from so-called unstable states but environmentalists say it has increasingly become a secret weapon used by european energy companies against european states the largest coal power plant here in this remote part of the netherlands is at the center of an international test case the main question is whether countries that are willing to phase out fossil fuels will have to pay a high price for reducing c o $2.00 emissions and one that some may not be willing to pay. fearing similar claims italy decided to leave the energy treaty in 2015 but due to a so-called sunset provision companies can still file claims within a period of 20 years that's why environmentalists groups are urging european nations to reform the treaty to protect states i think it's absolutely been a business mistake to start this treaty in the ninety's in the ninety's although

not many people were thinking about climate change and how to adapt to it we already knew about climate change how bad it was how urgent is was to. to go down the fossil fuels and this time they signed this treaty that gives massive protection to fossil fuel companies so they could have known then that it was a problem and that it would be a big risk i w e says if it wins the case it wants to invest compensation money into its renewable energy project but a company's legal steps are not convincing those who have been fighting for clean energy in the netherlands that the energy company is on their site step 5 al-jazeera aims haven't conan. tokyo's olympic organizers say they will try to find a new president as soon as possible. morty officially resigned on friday over his recent sexist comments modi had been facing backlash in japan and abroad after saying women talk too much during meetings and have

a strong sense of rivalry. to seeing. if my inappropriate remarks caused turmoil i'm sincerely sorry for causing trouble for so many including organizing committees and everyone involved in the olympics as long as i remain in this position it causes trouble it would ruin everything we've built up until now and this cannot be allowed to fight his enemy following this one from tokyo today hi fatty i guess this had to happen didn't it it was so much pressure and they continues to be so much controversy about these games even going ahead. yes indeed the snowball has been just growing and becoming more and more bigger since the last we can say this controversial comments although he apologized just in the next day but he couldn't stop all. this brought against his comments. inside japan outside japan even from big sponsors of the olympics all this led to

his it is a connection and in the press conference held after. mr modi announced his resignation we learned that. an election committee would be set it would consist of about 10 members half of them would be females and males also men and women and they're going to oversee the election process which is going which would take place around next week many journalists during the press conference they challenged. almost all the director of the. organizing committee about the date that he certainly expressed that they understand that this is very important. for them for the committee to take to gain their trust not only of the ship and its people but also of the world with their ability to all the olympics in just one time and in

a successful way thank you fatty may keep us up to date from japan today thousands of venezuelans and migrants from other latin american countries have been entering chile through a remote desert passage border in bolivia and that is causing tension among the communities living there and latin america editor of a senior member ports from the border town of culture in telapak a region. chani is in the at that have my desert at nearly 4000 meters above sea level the llamas outnumber the locals the majority indigenous a modest who sell their wool and meat. here there are no basic services not even sewerage or electricity. so when more than 6000 undocumented migrants suddenly began arriving from across the border with bolivia 6 weeks ago residents say they felt invaded. the me that's some all of it was that they entered my house and stole

my things they're human beings who are cold and hungry but this is the government's responsibility not. this i met a woman silver spoon faces upwards as a sign of anger when they see again more just the number of migrants is more than double the number of residents here when huge numbers of outsiders arrive with different customs for example sacking or homes that produces a cultural clash. the migrants are penniless and exhausted many arrive traumatized after experiencing robbery violence and even rape along the 4700 kilometer route from venezuela made up of my thumb it but i'm not going to get more here waiting for buses to take us to the city where we will get tested for cold it and with the help of god after that we'll go to the capitol. the day i was told that after reporting to police she and her 3 children would be allowed to go on their way but that's no longer true. on wednesday the 1st 8 even israel in

some call chani were put on an air force plane to be flown back to venezuela. i don't precedented government initiative to halt the influx of undocumented migrants it was said would let me look at you look if we want to be very clear about these 2 laws a plan to enter illegally and clandestinely risky as the law states. earlier the ministers of defense and interior visited the border to oversee the plan called chani which significantly increases military and police controls to keep out undocumented migrants. we went on one of the night patrols officers searched trucks and illegal border passes they stopped believing in strength to smuggle close. but for the 1st time in weeks no migrants. i think the migrants are moving to other parts of chile to enter because of the increased controls that they are

carrying out that makes it more difficult for them to enter through here. but as the government prepares to expel thousands more. are still getting through these 5 young migrants arrived here yesterday they have been walking they say for 25 days and they already know of the chilean government's plans to send them back to their home country if they're caught so they say they're going to walk through the desert here around the mountains are void police brought her barriers everything they need to do to keep going. others simply can't keep walking like night who brought her 10 year old granddaughter ashley to chile to join her father a dream that now seems more unlikely than ever. you see in human al-jazeera called chani chile. past the hour on al-jazeera these are the headlines the un human rights

investigator for meanwhile says there's growing evidence security forces have used live ammunition on protesters and have thousands of them.