witness our time machine. on a. unprompted and uninterrupted discussions from on london broadcast center. on al-jazeera. let us be clear the indiscriminate use of lethal and or less than lethal weapons against peaceful protesters is unacceptable in the un human rights council of arms a resolution calling for the release of deposed civilian leader aung san suu kyi and demands that the military join to restore civilian. a week of protests continue in myanmar as hundreds of thousands of people to fire arrests and the crackdown to demand a return to the motor city. again

i'm a very unforgiving this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up the bite that ministration provokes foreign terrorist as a patient of yemen's could be rebels beginning next week 3 of their leaders will remain under sanctions donald trump's lawyers are set to defend the former u.s. president accused of inciting an insurrection. britain's economy slumps by record mine point 5 percent its worst performance of more than 300 years. international pressure for the military john to give up power and be an ma is growing the un human rights council has unanimously adopted a resolution calling for the release of us that leader aung san suu kyi of other detainees it also calls on the military to reinstate the government and to exercise

restraint with protesters this softer human rights abyss to gators so there was growing evidence that officers were using live ammunition on demonstrators here are some of the highlights from that meeting in geneva. to the international community i expressed my concern that any sanctions on the consideration should be carefully targeted against specific individuals who are credibly alleged to have violated people's rights leaders of the school are an appropriate focus of such actions your mind is undergoing complex extremely complex challenges and delegate transition we do not want to stall our new democratic transition in the country we therefore look forward to receiving a better understanding of the prevailing situation in the country and contractor engagement and cooperation from the international community you know i will continue to engage with the united nations towards lasting peace stability and sustainable development to the benefit of the people in the country china is not in

favor of holding the special session by the human rights council what happened in myanmar is essentially internal affairs what is required now is for the international community on the basis of respecting myanmar sovereignty political independence and territorial integrity and national unity and help all the parties concerned me engage in dialogue and reconciliation in accordance with the wishes and the interests of the myanmar people earlier we spoke to tom andrews the un special rapporteur on human rights and he's been giving evidence to that human rights council meeting in geneva and says that efforts to suppress the protests could be considered illegal. we now have incredible access to video footage and documentation of what's going on so we've seen live ammunition being shot being used we've seen people falling we've seen the harassment of individuals the people

going into hiding journalists going into hiding. significant arrests that continue so we're watching very very closely and i wanted to make sure that the council had a true appreciation of the of the reality on the ground in the indian model which is quite horrific the representative from the in march talked about not interfering with their progress toward democracy i mean it's just absolutely stunning and saying that you know we have to the protesters have to stand back in order to preserve democracy the tatmadaw the amazing thing is that they are violating the very constitution that they themselves wrote even their own rules they have violated making this coup completely illegal from however you look at it so it's just really quite bizarre frankly to see the arguments that they are that they're making in light of the reality that just about everybody else can see and hundreds of bill and his cities towns large and small coming out and protesting and it's an

amazing cross-section of the me and mar society that are working in marching together monks buddhist monks watching marching with with with with with muslim leaders and it's just every ethnic group marching together all sectors of the economy on strike and on the street marching it's quite remarkable to see and yes we're now seeing police. changing sides walking over the barricades and joining the protesters it's quite inspiring particularly when you consider the track record of the tatmadaw they have brutally massacred democracy activists in the past they've they've slaughtered. british monks in san fran robes of course we know about the massive atrocity crimes committed against the writing or ethnic minority in rakhine state so this incredible acts of courage that we're seeing from the people with me and more but they are totally totally committed to making sure that they don't go

back into the dark ages of this rule under this authoritarian regime let's bring in our serious rory chalons who's a bright than the u.k. but has been keeping an eye on that a human rights council meeting at which that resolution of calling for the release of deposed civilian leader aung san suu kyi was adopted along with the models that the military joined to restore civilian rule worry what's the significance of this . well i think it shows that by and large with a few notable exceptions there is a unified voice from the international community. admitted li most of the countries that were in favor of this resolution were either western or western aligned and the notable exceptions as so often is the case with resolutions put before the united nations were china and russia now both

those countries by china and russia have disassociated themselves from this resolution they say that essentially it's. politicized to move from the un human rights council and it's me and my heart is going through a delicate internal up evil and that messing around in its own internal affairs isn't going to benefit the country at all now both russia and china have much closer relations with the tatmadaw or with the you know the the military authorities in me and mar than in most western countries or western aligned ones do and they often take contrary positions to those adopted by western powers in the united nations so i don't think that's a massive surprise that they have done so again what the resolution does it is

essentially how i mean it puts the or thora g.'s in there and mar on a kind of warning basis there were calls from certain speakers today the united nations in geneva to perhaps consider strong sanctions at least against individuals in the in the in the military junta. the resolution didn't. but you know we have seen the united states is prepared to do so joe biden say that he's adopting a. a an executive order putting sanctions into motion and we might see more of that sort of thing from other countries to al-jazeera story shallots reporting live many thanks indeed in myanmar protests remain defiant hundreds of thousands of people have rallied against the let's rejoin to its one it has been

one of the biggest days of protests so far despite the government's efforts to quell the demonstrations scott hides are reports. as they tap their creativity for the marches for a 7th straight day the antic who protestors across myanmar continue with their movement calling for the return of democracy and the release of their civilian leaders the now that we are asking international football fans on twitter facebook instagram to save our country and share what is happening here. and not just premier league football fans in yangon. in the eastern city of mean police broke up a protest arresting several people for the last few nights security forces have rounded up people who have taken part in the growing civil disobedience movement. and as man mars military celebrated union day in the capital which marks the anniversary of the nation's independence facebook announced it would reduce the distribution of all content in profiles run by the military the move is not

a ban but to lower the number of people who see their content the social media giant saying the military has continued to spread misinformation. and there's growing concern about a cyber bill proposed by the junta. the military says its new laws are to protect the public and prevent crimes that could harm the country's stability. freedom of expression advocates see it as an unprecedented censorship. and this is sort of a page out of the authoritarian playbook you define something so broadly that it can mean anything and then you can charge anyone and 9 times out of 10 that's going to be a government critic or an activist so we're really worried that this law will be pushed through and then it will be used to suppress criticism of the military or resistance to the military coup also marking the union day holiday the who to announce a prisoner amnesty more than 23000 prisoners were released the military leaders say the move was to establish

a new democratic state with peace development and discipline protesters are concerned that part of the reason for the release is to make room in the prisons possibly for more political detainees scott hodler al-jazeera. some breaking news out of washington the u.s. president joe biden is officially revoking a trumpet ministration move to designate yemen's who theme movement as a terrorist organization let's go live now to our white house correspondent kimberly how kids who can tell us more kimberly so they're getting rid of the terrorist designation but they're going to keep a close eye on the who these nonetheless. yeah there's no question that this is something that the white house was under pressure to do particularly from the international community that it is now reengaging with and as part of its recalibration with its relationship in the region including saudi arabia there is a lot of pressure to remove this designation now as you point out the state department has made clear that it no way condones the who is the actions in fact

the state department is called this and the actions at times reprehensible still what the concern was is the humanitarian crisis and the fact that aid groups said that this designation of the who things as a terrorist organization was affecting the aid that gets into yemen as a result of the fact that this is a country that is on the verge of a very dire crisis with respect to famine the fact that there is a country and a population dependent for its survival on not only those commercial imports into the country but also in this humanitarian assistance so this is something that was lifted as a result of those concerns but at the same time the state department watching very closely but again this is something that not just the international community but the u.s. congress has also been pressuring the biden administration on given the fact that there have been grave concerns about the relationship with saudi arabia the saudi

led conflict and the fact that the united states is already frozen some of their arms sales this is sort of an extension of that recalibration of the u.s. relationship in the region a white house correspondent kelly helicopter live in washington kimberly many thanks indeed. in the coming hour day 4 of donald trump's impeachment trial will begin trump's defense team will present its opening arguments house democrats a spent the past few days alleging that the former president inside to see john capitol hill on january 6th they say that trump should never be allowed to hold office again in a moment we'll speak with any gallagher who's in west palm beach in florida close to donald trump's results but 1st let's go live to capitol hill just as hard as you castro is there heidi what are we expecting to happen today. adrian works pocketing a pretty short arguments not the 16 hours allotted to trump's defense team but

rather fewer than 4 that is what his lead attorney david showing has told reporters to expect today that will be followed by up to 4 hours of question and answer which could move this vote on whether or not to convict to tomorrow or sunday show and also telling reporters that he believes the impeachment managers arguments have been quote making a movie but that they in no way tie the violence seen on capitol hill in january 6 directly to trump and today we expect more of that 1st amendment defense of the former president with his legal team arguing that he had a right to voice his opinion that the election had stolen that he had the same right as any other american to be dissatisfied with the outcome and they're expected to show videos of democratic lawmakers using language like fight in their own political speeches we also expect a repeat of the argument that this trial is unconstitutional because as trump's

defense team says you can't try a former president or you may be wondering why that argument again when it was rejected on monday by the senate but if you'll remember that argument was reject. by a majority of senators but it was agreed with by more than a 3rd of the senate and that's all that you need in order to avoid a conviction and we're getting indications that's exactly where republican senators are add at this point with mike rounds of south dakota saying that most republicans are still dealing with this issue of whether or not the trial is constitutional but there are also signs that the greater republican party continues its fracture nikki haley trump's ambassador to the u.n. who wants to be the next republican voted president she has told politico in an interview that was published today that she is in breaking with trump in the harshest of terms saying we need to acknowledge he let us down he went down

a path he shouldn't have and we shouldn't have followed him we can't let that ever happen again those words coming from one of trump's closest aides and also a person who was seen as a potential political heir heidi even a thanks heidi joe castro there live on capitol hill let's go to 0 as and began ago that is in west palm beach in florida close to where the former president president trumps residence that he of course having been deprived of we have very little about what the president thinks of current proceedings on capitol hill. yeah never has the former president being so silent for so long of course as you said he's now banned from twitter it's a stark situation from his 1st impeachment trial which in just one day he tweeted out about $140.00 times with various claims that that impeachment was a witch hunt now what we are hearing is the president was potentially rather

unhappy with his defense team's performance on the 1st day of the impeachment trial there are other sources saying that he's pretty happy with how proceedings are going and on thursday he spent the majority of the day on his golf course here close to. his residency and mar a lago the president trumps legal woes are far from over there is now a criminal investigation opening in the u.s. state of georgia following that hour long phone call the president made to. the republican secretary of state in which he was recorded asking for one more vote than was needed to win that state of course he lost that state and after losing that state to democratic senate says were then elected there was also a meeting here in palm beach on thursday night because some of the residents here don't want the former president residing at mar-a lago claiming that they would lower the house prices here of course this is a very very wealthy community but i think that goes to the heart of what a divisive character the former president is even in a city like this in

a state which he calls his home and he has lived up for about 30 years of zeros and he got to live in west palm beach florida and the many thanks indeed. the weather next here on al-jazeera then the head of japan's olympic organizing committee resigns after making sexist comments will tell you. i didn't i did not. i didn't even think you have to take us here tomorrow. but our white house correspondent kelly how could has a surprise encounter with the president biden and the 1st lady to evolve coffee but sadly no doubt that it's. time for the perfect jenny. sponsored point qatar airways holiday we've got more wet weather just pushing away from central parts of china

that'll just clip its way across the far south of japan a little trot to the north of that but there are weather systems on either side of that movie we'll see some wet some wintry weather moving across northeastern china as you go through the next couple of days the better day last you fine and dry 13 celsius in seoul a similar temperature there for tokyo so a few showers just to the south of q.c. but you see this area of cloud in the rain just making its way across western and central parts of china and that will continue just ease a little further eastwards where the weather coming in across the yellow sea there be some snow into the far north east of china some of the snowfall also affecting the funnels of north korea but notice some wetter weather also affecting south korea pushing towards q.c. it will be heavy at times dry skies come back in behind not you find it dry across india china you can follow that dry weather across a good part of india i'd also into pakistan one of 2 showers in the forecast though for a small anchor as we go through the next

a day or 2 eastern parts of the country will see one of 2 shallow snow showers just creeping up fools the fon north as well elsewhere as i said it is settled in try but a few showers there for the pool by the weekend. super sport support qatar airways. 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 as policy should be left off of football you know doesn't know about football isn't all politics and misses he has. the passion and the politics of liverpool f.c. the defiance joint. part of the fines who make football series on al-jazeera.

hello again this is al jazeera the main news this hour the un human rights council has unanimously adopted a resolution on myanmar calling for the release of asked of leader aung san suu kyi it also calls on the military john to to reinstate the government and to exercise restraint with protesters. the u.s. is officially revoking the designation of yemen's hooty rebels as a terrorist organization affective tuesday secretary of state tony blinken says the move is in recognition of the dire humanitarian situation in yemen. and day 4 of donald trump's impeachment trial is set to begin shortly trump's defense team will present its opening arguments house democrats have spent the past few days alleging that the former president incited a siege on capitol hill on january 6th. france germany and the

u.k. so that iraq is endangering future nuclear negotiations by producing a rainy a metal nuclear inspectors say the turnaround has begun developing the metal despite it being banned by the 2050 nuclear deal european leaders say that iran has no civilian justification to enrich uranium which is used to develop a nuclear weapon israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu has appointed the head of his national security council to the nuclear negotiations. will head any talks on the 2050 nuclear deal israel has been vocally opposed to it being reinstated saying the deal didn't go far enough to ensure iran wouldn't get nuclear weapons. the u.k.'s economy has recorded its biggest annual contraction in more than 300 years driven largely by the impact of the coronavirus its g.d.p. shrank nearly 10 percent in 2020 that's the largest decline along 7 countries who

did however grow one percent at the end of the year which means that britain averse had a so-called double dip recession paul brennan reports in 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 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 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 under the restrictions imposed by the government then surely there has to be some other way apart from lockdowns in order to proceed. the u.k. supreme court is allowing nigerian fishermen and farmers to sue the oil giant shell in english courts lawyers representing tens of thousands of nigerians so that oil leaks in the niger delta of contaminated their land and water the judges say that

shell has a duty of care despite the multinational company arguing that the court didn't have jurisdiction 2 weeks ago a separate dutch ruling ordered shell to compensate by jury and farmers of the oil pipeline leaks his royal highness godwin. is the king of gali and in china he told us that his people are elated by the judgment that it's bringing them hope the damage can at least be partially undone. if they can because our parents are these qualities nation of carbon in this case a lawyer can be godparents at least to take care of the underground water and they destroy it if it can begin to look at how there are strange diseases now in our galilee as a result of 'd 'd of the destruction of our own government. skin diseases. of a lot of strange trend disease that is going on so the proper medical. records

of our people and be ticking. and sot it can never. give us 100 percent. of work to live our lives and back but at least we can begin to the to make progress program so that is the root of what this judgement does call that game. then one huge amount of money. to lawyers to keep dragging dragging the last through the court systems they can use to beat up people are suffering the united nations report says that they want to add underground water in organic is contaminated to 91 percent the level of being seen that's what other people are drinking here so. so yes this ruling has given us some sort of

hope. the families of $35.00 men thought to be trapped inside a tunnel in the indian state it was our can say that only a miracle can save their loved ones now rescuers have been moving mountains of sludge to try to reach the work on but have been able to make much progress it's been 6 days now since the tunnel and much of the surrounding valley was flooded and part of a glassy a collapsed into a river at least 36 people died around 200 are still missing the head of japan's olympic organizing committee has stepped down after recent sexist comments issued and mori had been facing a backlash in japan and the broader after saying that women talk too much and have a strong sense of rivalry bernard smith reports. it's taken more than a week for tokyo's olympic chief to realize that you can't complain in a meeting that women talk too much and expect to get away with it your shiro morry

had apologized but refused to stand down but a groundswell of criticism from sponsors athletes diplomats and the japanese public forced the former prime minister to resign if you choose not seeing in 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. game's organizers say they'll set up a transparent candidate review committee to select a mori successor but no date has been set they've just 5 months to pull off an olympics in perhaps the most challenging circumstances the modern games has faced one. i don't think these any needs to discuss the agenda in the selection of the president i think it's all about choosing the qualified person. one challenge of the new chief will be to persuade an increasingly skeptical japanese public that

the games will be worth the expense and effort 80 percent of the public in japan if you look at surveys once these games canceled or postponed so this is done nothing absolutely nothing to restore anybody's confidence that these games are going to come off and if they come off they won't be risky which of course they will be the international olympic committee president thomas back says they'll continue to work hand in hand with maurice successor to deliver a safe and secure games but it's made their countries across east asia have been marking the lunar new year this time it's the year of the ox in taiwan thousands flocked to temples to pray for luck and prosperity people are required to wear a mosque the government has cancelled some new year events hundreds of people also went to buddhist temples in china's capital despite the gates being locked officials in beijing have been discouraging travel in the lead up to the holiday

after the discovery of new cases that earlier you have seen me talking to our white house part correspondent kimberly hellcat she has been having something of a busy day prior to covering that breaking news out of the u.s. for us she had a bit of a break with the president at a well and coffee. i'll bring that down it's next friday he come back a little. politics here i did i did not. i didn't even have a table to come on i promise you i'm going to get in trouble i don't know my math i figured my word i did have a bow thank you i appreciate. that is he with us hello adrian figure here in doha the headlines this hour the un human rights council has unanimously adopted a resolution on myanmar calling for the release of honestly the own censor cheat it also calls on the military jointer to reinstate the government and to exercise

restraint with protesters there are growing reports and photographic evidence that mean morris.