and asks has there been a shameful fame here to protect some of the world's most vulnerable citizens. disabled victims talk to one of josie get up. it's dishonest and the american people don't deserve this any longer you must acquit donald trump's defense lawyers deny the former president in sight of the capitol hill attack and denounce the impeachment trial as a shop. down in jordan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up the u.s. says it will remove yemen's with the rebels from a terrorist designation but warns it still could impose sanctions. pakistan is

facing a shortage of white sugar some produce a government action isn't helping. and we'll speak to activists about the rise in violent crimes against asian americans in the u.s. . donald trump's 2nd impeachment trial is nearly finished with the u.s. senate expected to acquit him as early as this weekend lawyers for the former president wrapped up their defense describing the trial as unconstitutional they say democrats pushing for a conviction are only seeking revenge but trump is accused of inciting a deadly riot on capitol hill last month helen fisher reports the truck came to kill remarkably short time to wrap up its defense just under 4 hours it argued that the proceedings were unconstitutional were rushed and were driven by a hatred of donald trump this impeachment is completely divorced from the facts the

evidence and the interests of the american people. the senate should promptly and decisively vote to reject it far from promoting insurrection against the united states the president's remarks explicitly encourage those in attendance to exercise their rights peacefully and patriotically if you don't fight like hell you're not going to have a country anymore this is ordinary political rhetoric you have to get your people to fight and if they don't fight we have to primary the hell out of the ones that don't fight hatred is at the heart of the house managers frivolous attempts to blame donald trump for the criminal acts of the rioters based on double here stay for hearsay statements of fringe right wing groups based on no

real evidence other than rank speculation hatred is a dangerous thing they have not and can not prove mr trump explicitly or implicitly encourage the use of violence or lawless action when to walk down to the capitol the and we're going to cheer on our brave senators and congressmen and women make no mistake and i will repeat it now and any time i'm ever asked january 6th was a terrible day for our country the attack on this building shocked us all president trump did not incite or caused the horrific violence that occurred on january 6th 2021 the senate then moved to a question and answer session it was combative it was fractious and it allowed both sides to repeat the well worn lines this is an article of impeachment for

incitement this is not an article of impeachment for anything else. so one count they could have charged anything they wanted this process is so unconstitutional because it violates due process i'm not even to get into the jurisdiction part. the due process part should be enough to give anybody who loves our constitution and loves our country great pause to do anything but acquit donald trump at no point was the president informed the vice president was in any danger because the house rushed through this impeachment in 7 days we don't come here in anger contrary to what you've heard today we come here in the spirit of protecting our republic and that's what it's all about. there was a moment of unity at the end of the day when both sides agreed to present the congressional

gold medal to capitol hill the officer who led the rioters away from the senate chamber eugene goodmans actions probably saved lives that day the senate will meet on saturday there is the possibility we could call witnesses but really we're looking at moving towards a vote on the acquittal of donald trump the u.s. government says it will remove yemen's who the rebels and its terrorist blacklist on tuesday president joe biden the united nations and aid groups all fear the designation would worsen an already catastrophic humanitarian crisis but the shift in policy comes with a warning as cutting up as they are reports. well that was the u.s. state department says yemen's who thier bibles will be taken off its list of terror groups it's a move that could reflect a shift of u.s. policy in the middle east but the announcement comes with a warning after the who these admitted they attacked a saudi airport on wednesday the u.s. says if the violence continues sanctions will follow if the who the leadership is

under any illusion that the intent to revoke this designation suggests that we're going to let up the pressure on them they are sorely mistaken the who things however are defending their actions. by war is legitimate because it is based on the right for self defense when saudi and the u.a.e. stop their war on yemen we will stop immediately and without the need for any dialogue or political solutions in the past we stopped attacking saudi arabia hoping that it can change its policies and stop its aggression we have in the past introduced many concessions therefore we emphasize once again that we are not waiting for a change of heart inside the american administration or inside the saudi leadership . the war in yemen has led to a humanitarian crisis leaving millions of people on the brink of starvation more than 80 percent of the population lives in areas controlled by whose many fear keeping the group on the terror list or f t o would make the crisis worse as it limits the access of aid workers with

designation in place those aid workers ace handled the jail time and you know it just really shuts down the international humanitarian assistance. the war between who the rebels and yemen's internationally recognized government is a widely seen as a proxy conflict between saudi arabia and iran and now taking the who things off the u.s. terror list could have wider political implications i think it's going to possibly upset the saudi u.a.e. led coalition or. that same show in it's going to help cool temperatures in and possibly all captured in the u.s. and iran while the war appears to be far from over people in yemen hope new policies will eventually lead to more concessions and peace agreements. the young al-jazeera. ramadan has the reaction from the yemeni capital sana'a. the latest

decision by the u.s. new administration has brought some kind of joy and hope among the any society. from the whole point of view the siniora houthi of fishel. he says that this is a positive vibe the new administration he hopes also that the new administration could do all full up more decisions or resolutions in order to lift what he described the blockade imposed on the country and also to put an end to the current war the decision has been also applauded by a number of servers according to the united nations it says that over 19000000 yemenis have become in the brink of famine it has also outlined another gloomy picture. that. during 2021 more than 1000300

women pregnant or breastfeeding women could die in case more serious action is not taken in order to. provide them with the required the mrs and the sas 3 aides the more people hoping that the new administrations could do something serious as well and to the to the war that has brought more people to the brink of famine as we mentioned earlier also to prevent father more. situation in the war torn country. for you an agency is say at least 400000 yemeni children aged under 5 could starve to death this year without urgent help survey among the tradition has worsened as the coronavirus pandemic has compounded the impact of the war many aid programs are closing or being scaled back because they don't have enough money. a u.s. congressman whose push to end american vote meant in the war says he was yelling

that by the u.s. ambassador roe conn i was the lead sponsor of the resolution to cut off washington support for the saudi and the rot in the coalition representatives of ambassador yourself but deny even raised his voice of the congressman but cannot recall the incident during an interview with the intercept podcast deconstructive you know i never had a gas that are up to another country come to my office and literally yell at me but that's what i had with the ambassador to us here and i think that they were used to date the best year u.a.e. in the ambassador to saudi arabia having a very positive reception of it you know and it's really shifted dramatically in the 4 years i've been here and i also think they miscalculated in assuming that trump would just be there for another 4 years and really may no effort to think about how the world may change if the democrats came to the white house. protesters around on the streets in myanmar for the 8th consecutive day. 6

6 they want the generals to release deposed leader aung san suu kyi was under arrest police have increased efforts to crackdown on the gatherings which they say violate code 9000 restrictions on security forces and the recent protesters in overnight raids well the u.n. human rights council has unanimously adopted a resolution condemning me and miles military coups the original text that was watered down to get china and russia on board the resolution calls for the release of the unsung suchi and all political prisoners who've been detained since the coup would also demands the military join to reinstate the civilian government and use restraint with protesters. russian opposition politician has been back in court charged with insulting a world war 2 veteran who spoke in favor of president vladimir putin about the accuse the judge of helping prosecution witnesses he also told her to improve her knowledge of russian law now than he was jailed last week for violating parole conditions when he flew to germany for treatment after being poisoned with

a nerve agent. i am very disappointed and i want to point out your behavior once again every time that witnesses the prosecution questions you interrupt the process and let the witnesses leave the room and have a chance to get advice from other people on how to answer the question. russia's foreign minister has threatened to break off ties with the european union tensions between the e.u. and russia have been building ever since alexina valley was poisoned so the lavrov has accused the e.u. and other western powers of lacking mutual respect and conversations with moscow. but. all the problems between us and the european union started a very long time ago and has been essentially wearing as have patience and goodwill a former european central bank boss is officially becoming italy's latest prime minister mario draghi his cabinet is a mix of technocrats and politicians from his broad coalition party wrangling

brought down the previous administration in the midst of the pandemic and economic freefall. lots more still to come here not just here including nigeria has been plagued by oil spills but now a court ruling may have opened the door to legal redress and we asked what the realities of regs it might mean for the prospects of a united ireland and the stay with us. it's time for the perfect jenny. sponsored point qatar airways hello there the weather is slushy set fair across the middle east at the moment but some places of hazy sunshine release a little bit of cloud up towards the caucasus want to see showers coming into georgia maybe a shower or 2 into armenia but the main weather action will actually be spilling across the i and c. greece and turkey seeing some very wet weather as we go on through the weekend by

the end of the weekend could see some very heavy snowfall over the greek mountains maybe a meter of snow in one or 2 spots here across see this out of africa is generally settled there around the horn of africa and the me picking up the showers across southern areas of kenya pushing across into uganda the be one of 2 showers 2 coming in to where tanzania but by far the wettest weather is going to be through the most challenging to see this clutch of storms quite a nasty little development coming in here i could develop into a tropical system as we go on through the next day or so trouble still certainly a possibility set in a korean fall amounts that would justify that that wet weather could bring some localized flooding into the western side of madagascar heavy showers an onshore breeze just pushing some big downpours into that eastern side of south africa and by the end of the weekend it could well cause widespread flooding for many. sponsored poll qatar airways. to own their own. tell us all when

a case worse for the company in compensated severely is all we listen to the only music you hear is your own the most beautiful music in the world is silence we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories the on the edges iraq the us is always of in fact the people all right the world people pay attention to what you can hear and i do see it is very good to bring the news to the world from here. welcome back a quick amount of our top stories here on the al-jazeera the 4th day of donald trump's 2nd impeachment trial has concluded his defense team argued the trial is

unconstitutional and the evidence against the former president had been manipulated by trump was accused of inciting a deadly riot on capitol hill last month. the u.s. says it will revoke the terror designation of yemenis who the rebels president joe biden the u.n. and aid groups who feel the listing would make yemen's humanitarian crisis in the works by preventing a deliveries to areas controlled by the right. onto protesters locking streets in limited and consecutive day they want the generals to release deposed leader aung san suu kyi was under arrest friday some of the biggest demonstration against the gentle since the coup on february 1st. well richard purcell is a professor of american politics at the university of tennessee he doesn't think many minds have been changed during the trial. well turned to imagine the beginning of the trial that a conviction was going to come out i think the democrats did in fact of jobbers of showing some footage that people hadn't seen before putting this footage will turn

context i think the republicans the defenders of donald trump the attorneys did a pretty poor job the 1st day but they managed to recoup a little today because of the sort of more aggressive tack that the attorneys took today that to they took a few liberties with the truth and so the democrats may want to sort of re you know back when this is a broom or bring in witnesses for the 1st time and have those individuals testify that what the attorneys were saying was not true for one you know that impeachment is a pretty political weapon and the public's you know split you know in the united states maybe 60 percent support conviction and 40 percent don't but i think the point is 2 to one is that donald trump am forbidden from running for public office again and number 2 is that you send a message to future presidents that this kind of behavior on the the partisan

divide is very bad in this country but i think that you're seeing with 10 republicans in the house and maybe 7 or 6 or 7 republicans cross in the senate. with about 140000 people in last few days renouncing their membership in the republican party were may actually be seeing a little bit of sort of some move. towards maybe a little bit more towards. the head of the world health organization says the origins of the corona virus are still not clear following an investigative mission in china the experts haven't confirmed the source during their trip to where the virus was 1st found in 29 teams but it's all but disprove the theory it came from and a barratry that the team says it's likely it originated in a bat but they don't know how to jump to humans some questions have been raised as to whether some hypothesis have been discarded having spoken with some

members of the team i wish to confirm that all hypothesis is remain open and require further analysis and studies. some of that work may lie outside the remit and scope of this mission. we have also said that this mission would not find all the answers but it has added important information that takes us closer to understanding the all regions of the virus. pakistan is one of the world's top 10 sugar producing countries but this year it's seeing a shortage of refined why should the governments now start to touch free imports to try and improve the situation. although paul just gone into 5th largest producer of. the country is confronted with. the prices of white sugar.

and that means that it is an affordable for most people across pakistan and that of course has political ramifications for the project on. government led by imran khan people blame him for not being able to control the prices of essential commodities but the government is now moving to import tax free in order to garner . and mitigate that price and also to be able to send a signal to the sugar mafia and. to keep the prices on the sugar price has skyrocketed due to the wrong policies of this government supporting the sugar mafias however to cross. farmers are also busy producing around. harvest then they make more money by crushing their own sugarcane and sending it to the field of me because it does not

pay for the extra costs involved in transportation and. to produce. beneficial. now finding an increasing market within the country. after the face. has become quite evident. in the number of patients and the number of. grown children. for the white pointed and local farmers said i didn't want to go to go round because they earn 57 percent more money. though we are trying our best to produce jaggery which has health benefits the government is stopping us from producing it instead it's providing sugarcane to the sugar industry which mr government is behind the mafia and the poor are suffering with high priced. government also had.

foreign exchange earning but the country will have to. write. laws. and. in order to bring down. 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 say oil leaks in the niger delta have contaminated their land and water the judges say shell has a duty of ted to spot the multinational company arguing the court didn't have jurisdiction 2 weeks ago a separate dutch ruling ordered shell to compensate nigerian farmers of oil pipeline leaks well his royal highness. the king of the kingdom he told us his people elated by the judgement and it's bringing them hope the damage can be at

least. if they can be godparents. this quality notion of carbon in this case really can't 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 disease now in our county as a result not of 'd 'd the destruction of the current. skin diseases. of a lot of strange strength disease that is going on so the proper medical. records of our people be taking. and saw it can never. give us 100 percent. of our lives and back but least we can begin to the to make progress program so that is the root of what is judgement. just caught that again.

then one huge amount of money the. lawyers to keep dragging dragging the last through the court systems they can use to the people are suffering the united nations report says that they want to add on to their own water in organic is called time we need to know 100 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 now the bugs that voted was almost 5 years ago but the most profound effects are reverberating now scotland's political leadership is looking to exit the u.k. under polls are to be believed there's growing support from northern ireland to do the same and as it has done a whole reports for health. the border is invisible but division

a fact of everyday life northern ireland from the republican protestant unionists catholic nationalist and now the u.k. from the e.u. breaks it has changed everything so the u.k. leaves me you the fact that northern ireland in its majority voted to stay mean you let's change the date the dynamics completely and also of course you've got the fact that the union of the u.k. is under some flux at the moment and relationships between the nations in the regions within the u.k. is also under pressure so that's making unionists feel somewhat in secure and uncertain about the future. some things will never change like the protestant orange order bedrock of unionist belief culture and identity since the division of ireland a century ago our sense of british and us i think if you look at the last 100 years alone the contribution that northern ireland has made to the rest off in a kingdom as an integral part if you look at the mass of the influence north in our

own heart in the 1st and 2nd world wars in terms of the service and sacrifice of people from here and i suppose under a period of that say 40 years of sustained attack to transair progress from the united kingdom that has made our determination even more greater to stay as an enviable part of the night a kingdom but nationalists believe their day has come there is nobody calling for a pull to take place tomorrow morning but what we are calling for is that that ability with the good friday agreement with the people on the sale and alone can determine their future i think now is the perfect time to be talking to be planning for a paul broks it has shown us how you're not to conduct a referendum on constitutional change and i think even colbert has added to that to be at the benefits of the law leyland responds to a worldwide pandemic that the conversation has changed cheers permanently. and northern ireland may be heading for you. yet another moment of reckoning this is a community park built on the site of

a former british army barracks at the heart of a nationalist community a tribute to lives lost in the troubles as a possible i just said to me but it's also a testament to the spirit of pragmatism and compromise that ended those troubles that led to the good friday agreement itself in turn threatened by the new reality of bragg's it paving the way potentially for a referendum on irish unity but the question of a united ireland won't be decided across traditional dividing lines there are new incentives european union membership and all ireland economy and health service that could displace the sectarian struggles of the past jonah how al-jazeera northern ireland for now is what's supposed to be a time of lunar new year celebrations for asian communities around the world attacks are rising against asian americans it's a particular problem on the u.s. west coast a warning some viewers may find images in rob reynolds reports disturbing the

videos are shocking in san francisco a man attacks 84 year old vito rock tonopah de injuring him so badly he later died in oakland's historically chinese neighborhood a 91 year old man is violently pushed to the ground smashing his head on the curb and causing serious injuries surveillance video in an oakland chinatown shop shows an assailant waiting till an elderly woman takes out money then tries to violently rob her before racing off researchers see an uptick in crimes against asian americans we don't know if they're racially motivated or not and so we're not calling it crimes because we have no clear racial bias and tent. we do know that american idol we have targeted in our data i'm asian american are we are disproportionately represented and that's why it's so horrific among asian

communities a wave of attacks has turned what should be a time of celebration the lunar new year and dawning of the year of the ox into a season of fear instead we think it can many and many seniors who lead inside chinatown they are also afraid it will on their own streets in the too violent attack seen here police have arrested suspects and charged them with crimes we've increased our routine patrols and our chinatown area community members are coming out and walking and be a more visible in our chinatown areas in san francisco community members have started a sidewalk patrol group what we want to do is to make our old really feel safe you know there are a lot are out and about right now to be because of the chinese new year a new new year and we just wanted to feel safe activists say the assaults reflect a bigger problem in us society it's part of the again deep rooted systemic

racism in america. see some people as belonging and others as outsiders and right now are cast as perpetual foreigners and rights researchers at san francisco state university recorded 2800 racist incidents involving asian americans last year ranging from verbal abuse and spitting to physical assault rob reynolds al jazeera los angeles. tough a quick check of the headlines here on al-jazeera the 4th day of donald trump's 2nd impeachment trial has concluded his lawyers wrapped up their defense arguing the trial is unconstitutional and that evidence against trump was manipulated he's accused of inciting the riots on capitol hill last month in which 5 people died both sides face questions from senators. this unprecedented.