stations people then how it affects their every day. we are free to put the money in to really gauge this is because we know that all audience is interested not just in the street but also the more hidden stories from parts of the world that often go on the record. it's dishonest and the american people don't deserve this any longer you must acquit. defendant donald trump at his impeachment trial his lawyers say there is no proof the inside of the capitol hill at the time. and i'm kemal santa maria here in doha this is the world news from al-jazeera protesters in nigeria return to the scene of the controversial deaths of 12

demonstrators last year in lagos activists plan a rally at the very spot they were killed. celebrating after the u.s. lifts its terrorist designation but the white house decision comes with a warning. that protests in me in mars' the u.n. human rights council are pressure on the military over the. so donald trump 2nd a patron trial is nearly over and with a final vote in the u.s. senate expected as early as this weekend lawyers for the former president wrapped up their defense describing the trial as unconstitutional a just say the democrats are pushing for a conviction because they're in seeking revenge trump is of course accused of inciting the january 6th riot on capitol hill all the details now with this report from out of fish. that some team took on a markedly 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 primaries 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 use of violence or lawless action when to walk down to the capitol the only gets you. are 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 well worn lines this is an article of them pietschmann 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 on constitutional because it violates due process on a t.v. 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 goodman actions probably saved lives that day the senate will meet on saturday that is the possibility they could call witnesses but really we're looking at moving towards a vote on the acquittal of donald trump. so what happens next so let's run it through the senate will reconvene for its 5th day of the 2nd impeachment trial it will 1st vote on whether to subpoena witnesses or documents u.s. media are reporting both sides are more likely to move straight to the next phase which is closing arguments house impeachment managers and trump's defense lawyers will each get 2 hours to wrap up the cases then it goes to the final vote we could be talking as early as saturday 2 thirds majority of the evenly split senate is

required for conviction as you saw in alan's report u.s. senators also paid tribute to a man they say is the hero of the capitol hill riot eugene goodman was awarded the congressional gold medal and its highest civilian honor goodman kept the rioters out of the house chamber the senate majority leader chuck schumer thanked him for going above and beyond here in this trial we saw a new video powerful video showing calmness under pressure his courage in the line of duty his foresight in the midst of chaos and his willingness to make himself. a target of the mobs rage so that others might reach safety officer goodman is in the chamber tonight officer goodman thank you. onto other news and protests are expected in nigeria's largest city lagos off to

activists called for a rally at the very spot where 12 people were killed last year during protests a number of arrests have been made already supporters of the movement against police violence are angry at a decision by an educational panel to reopen the lekki tollgate which has been closed since the killings many say that reopening of the toll gate is ill timed and inconsiderate to the victims but to get an update from a headdress he covered the protest extensively for us at the time he's back there in lagos what's happening. when brits are going to come out it's been. right you know initially based probably of this morning that in some skirmishes a police officer who by the way of a number of journalists or testers tried to address some you individually identified as such to try and check out that i think the directive given to them was that the rest of any group that you see constituted trying to get through touch

the gathering to stu the say you know the. protest council which is right here licky told kate holley i want to get one of the arrested person testis holders which we've lost to pay talk to why are they coming out today he said they don't trust because one of the things which is yet to come through and it's it to get people to take the opening hopefully licky told good standing right behind me for them this represents a very important police apparently going to want to see many people who need help police took a time to learn but usually process is completed and. all in his own words if you look at the front of his clients get the feeling that they would not get justice and that's pushing the protesters who have been victims of what happened here on the 20th of october last year there have been some controversy some. back and forth in terms of the organizers of peace particular movement bandsaws movement and the

security forces the organizers of the participants just that a lot of them have been killed the security officers had no nobody was killed but the question is why they were because they keep asking was why are they to opening the school gate which they consider very important in fact they want to be told that to be demolished and a movement directed to one of victims of the october 10th at the incident here right here in lagos last may given the security presence that we see behind you there do you think that will deter people or is there an expectation that actually more practice is much show up. at camaldoli directive given to the security forces have to use not only this time of the of the tollgate on all sides of the cole get a lot of policemen have been deployed on the border given to them was that if you see 230 people gathering address them before they start anything serious and that's what has been going on since morning this project was supposed to be off and running for the last one and half hours yet nothing has been happening so far the

number of policemen a journalist caught up number even the cars and pedestrians crossing by the school gets 0.0 if people are expected large numbers this is not happening at the moment about probably let me gather late taking the day in other locations but this is not happening at the mic he told get right. ok keep an eye on that one with fact. the united states is due to lift its terrorist designation for yemen's heard these on tuesday president joe biden the united nations and aid groups had feared the designation could worsen an already catastrophic human crisis but the shift in policy does come with a warning as kathy lopez of the un reports that. 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 what to know how but even 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 or your 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 hese 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 f t o 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 is internationally recognized government is widely seen as a proxy conflict between saudi arabia and iran and now taking the coup thieves 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 on that same token it's going to help cool temperatures in yemen and possibly will temperatures tween 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. up

a civilian al-jazeera. the wild weather in a moment and then fronts holds off on its 3rd covered lockdown critics are warning that that might be a risky strategy and i jury's been plagued by oil spills but now a court ruling in the u.k. may have opened the door to legal redress. for the perfect janet. sponsored plan qatar airways however remains very cold across the good parts of central and northern europe but some changes underway will gradually see some milder air pushing into western passes a systems just squeeze their way in from the atlantic bumping into an area of high pressure so cold but quiet here but we have got to see distinct areas of low

pressure whatever it was at least the side of it bringing some more heavy snowfall towards the west and russia and the other one that's making its way across southern parts of italy with some very heavy rain some snow over the high ground and that's because it's just ease its way further east was so some significant heavy snow fall coming into parts of greece over the next $24.00 to $48.00 has one of the spots could see in excess of a meter of snow across central and northern greece that's gradually going to make its way it's was that western side of just look at the temperature athens no woman then around 8 degrees celsius and the a touch with a little b. in glasgow as that model rest stops the pushing across into scotland wales and much of a england so some cloud of rain coming in here still cold across central parts of few showers down through central areas of the mediterranean what are those showers just just getting the far north of algeria maybe into tunisia but for nots of north africa it's warm and sunny. sponsored by

a qatar airways when freedom of the press is under threat demonstrators and journalists are dealing with internet outages police intimidation and charges of said dish and the state line becomes the default media mainly looking for images that leak that let it get to these guys and just how did he create a new system makes it hard for people to know what's real and what's not step outside the mainstream shift the focus covering the way the news discovered the listening posts on a. so these are the top stories this hour on al-jazeera donald trump's 2nd impeachment

trial is nearly over with the final vote in the senate expected as early as this weekend lawyers for the former president wrapped up their defense calling the trial unconstitutional. protests are expected in nigeria's largest city of lagos activists are angry at the decision to reopen the leckie toll gate this is where 12 people were killed last year during protests against police violence. in the u.s. is due to lift its terrorist designation for yemen's hurt these on tuesday the shift in policy that comes with a warning from the white house of more sanctions if violence continues somalia and at least 4 people have been killed and many others injured in an explosion near the parliament in the capital a car bomb blew up in a busy intersection in mogadishu destroying several vehicles there are also reports of gunfire in the area and no claim of any responsibility yes. in maine mob people are out on the streets again protesting for an 8th consecutive day against the

military 6 6. they want the generals to release deposed leader aung sang suu kyi is under arrest have increased their efforts to crack down on the gatherings which they say violates code 19 restrictions security forces of those who arrested protesters in overnight raids and the u.n. human rights council adopted a resolution calling for our release and all political prisoners in fact have been detained since the coup the original text was watered down though to get china and russia on board and china still really distancing itself from the measure a resolution that also demands the military and to reinstate the civilian government and use restraint with protesters here's more from scott hydra is reporting from bangkok. what appeared to be the largest number of people on the streets across myanmar on friday yesterday today saturday it's shaping up to be the same if not maybe more and again it we're looking at the you know the similar

gathering point at least in yangon the nation's largest city commercial capital they're gathering they started gathering a few hours ago kind of mid morning in an area that's right near yangon university and then there are also other areas where they popped up we know that again embassies and the united nations offices are probably going to be places where they gather where they march from this gathering spot and then kind of regroup if you will in these certain locations and we can imagine that chinese embassy is going to be one of their locations with a bit of anger and that is generally we've been seeing this over the past week they focus on the chinese embassy they focused on china's stance. through this whole period after the coup and they are going to focus again today we're hearing because of that human rights council special session that was conducted on friday were china essentially said that what's going on in myanmar is an internal matter so obviously that's not going to sit well hasn't sat well with the protests to sort of

focus on that but again what we're looking at so far everything seems to be peaceful. the head of the world health organization says the origins of the coronavirus pandemic are still not clear after their investigative mission in china to be experts haven't confirmed the source during their trip to han with the virus was found in late 2019 the team says it's likely it originated from back but they still don't know how it jumps to humans some questions have been raised as to with some hypothesis have been discarded. having spoken with some members of the team i wish to confirm that all hypotheses 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 origins of the virus in france most schools have shut for the winter break with no travel restrictions actually within the country some people are heading away on holiday despite high daily infection rates the french president unexpectedly decided not to impose a 3rd full lockdown and critics say that is risky this report now from the in the coastal town of unfair in normandy. the february went to holidays underway in france and in all flown out tourists have begun to arrive to enjoy the picturesque harbor on normandy east coast this couple say they feel lucky to be here because like most people in friends they had expected to be in lockdown we only think. we

are happy to be able to travel as we really thought we would be confined again so we're trying to make the most of things even if the situation means we can't enjoy a restaurant or bar for several weeks french ministers had suggested that a 3rd nationwide lockdown was imminent because covert cases the high and more contagious strains are spreading so french president emanuel markwell sudden decision not to impose one took most people by surprise and forced the government to change its tune just today are. certainly exists apart to avoid a letdown it may be narrow but it's there and will be wrong not to try and follow it. the government has tightened the existing measures it's extended a nighttime curfew and imposed more restrictions on shops and travel in and out of france restaurants bars cultural and sports centers remain shot but schools are open mike hall is said to be worried about the impact of now the lockdown on the economy and on people's mental health but with the pandemic showing no immediate

signs of abating in the country it is clearly a political gamble because. the president is taking a risk as it's his decision even though the government announced it obviously he wants to protect the economy so he's waiting as long as possible to see if a full lockdown is needed it's a big gamble but if it pays off it will put him in a strong position before next year's presidential election but this doctor says there's no room for gambling when it comes to people's lives and without a strict lock down the health situation could deteriorate rapidly this might be a big mistake actually because the situation in france is is really bad so we are seeing. a plateau. or a plateau because the number of contaminations per day is still increasing the government has not totally ruled out another lock down but they hope the tighter restrictions some regional measures and

a stepped up vaccine rollout will help avoid 11 year before the next election it is clear that macro has a lot to gain if his strategy succeeds but he could also have much to lose if it does not natasha butler al-jazeera all for the moment. just another note from france the health of people who've already been infected with covert 19 will get just one dose of the vaccine all jobs approved by the e.u. are designed to be given in 2 injections a few weeks apart but small u.s. study showed recovered patients had high antibody levels after just the one dose and a single dose regimen really would help speed up france's vaccination program is the government's been criticized for a slow roll out. let's look at nepal where hundreds of people joined a rally in the capital after the gang rape and murder of a 17 year old girl demonstrated staged a mock funeral procession in katmandu to bring attention to rising violence against

women police say more than 2000 cases were reported last year and 2018 dozens were injured as thousands poured onto the streets after the rape and murder of a 13 year old school girl like you by anything we are here to challenge the government to put pressure on the government to get justice there has to be an independent investigation into the teenager's death the murderer must be severely punished in a system where you can play for trial but the state has failed us there are so many rape cases and yet none next to none have received justice if tomorrow something happens to me or somebody i love and care about who is going to be accountable who is going to give us justice. russian opposition politician alexei been back in court charged with insulting a world war 2 veteran who's spoken in favor of president vladimir putin the accuse the judge of helping prosecution witnesses he also told her to prove her knowledge

of russian law abound he was jailed last week for violating parole conditions that was when he flew to germany for treatment after being poisoned with a nerve agent. which. i am very disappointed and i want to point out your behavior once again every time that witnesses the prosecution failed to answer my 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 threaten to break up ties with the european union tensions between the e.u. and moscow have been building since novelli was poisoned. of from russia has accused western powers of lacking mutual respect in conversations with his governments. probably a miserable 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 . several u.n.

agencies say at least 400000 yemeni children under 5 could starve to death this year without urgent help severe malnutrition is worse than it is the pandemic worsens the impact of the war many aid programs are in the closing or being scaled back because there's not enough money for them and the u.s. congressman whose push to end american involvement in yemen's war since he was yelled at by the u.a.e. ambassador to washington broken i was the lead sponsor of a resolution to cut off u.s. support for the saudi u.a.e. coalition in yemen representatives of ambassador used to follow tabor deny that he ever raised his voice at the congressman but can recall the incident in an interview online. you know i've never had a gas that are up for another country come to my office and literally yell at me but that's what i had with the investor to us am and i think that they were used to the investor u.a.d. in saudi arabia having a very positive reception in the hill 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 a democrat came to the white house libya's interim president had talks with regional leaders in the eastern city of 2 broke mohamed men fees to visit included meetings with tribal elders and activists in the east the administration and to brooke has been in conflict of course with the u.n. recognized government in tripoli since 2014 when he was appointed head of the transitional council last week at u.n. led talks in geneva. and may decide we hope the new presidency council and the new government will express its patriotism and devotion to this country the dissatisfaction with the turkish occupation and the presence of militias inside tripoli police in chile have used tear gas and water cannon against anti-government protests since hundreds of demonstrators gathered in the capital santiago for

a weekly march against inequality police are under scrutiny after officers shot and killed a street performer last week rights groups accuse them of using excessive force to suppress the regular protests. supreme court has given the go ahead for nigerian fishermen and farmers to sue the oil giant shell in british courts lawyers representing tens of thousands of nigerians say oil leaks in the niger delta have contaminated their land and water the judges said shell has a duty of care despite the multinational company arguing the court didn't have the jurisdiction his royal highness god will. be is the king of a kingdom and told us his people are elated by the judgement it's bringing them hope the damage can be at least partially undone. if they can because paramount. 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 they can begin to look at how there are strange disease now in our galilee as a result of 'd the destruction of government. skin diseases. of a lot of strange strength disease that is going on so the proper medical. records of our people be taking. and sought it they can never know what 100 percent. of our lives and back but least we can begin to the to make progress program so that is the hope for this judgment just hope that again. then one huge amount of money. to 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 underground water in organic is called time you need to 900 percent the level of being seen that's what other people are drinking here. so. so yes these really not even those sort of oh. this is al-jazeera these are the headlines stunnel trumps the 2nd impeachment trial is nearly over the final vote in the senate is expected as early as this weekend lawyers for the former president wrapped up their defense describing the trial as unconstitutional this unprecedented effort is not about democrat.