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died in guinea. and kossovo goes to the polls in a parliamentary election the results could complicate its territorial dispute with serbia. fellow for a 2nd time the former us president donald trump has a skate conviction during an impeachment trial many had expected the acquittal delivered by the senate but 7 republicans cited would democrats in favor from peach friends trump was accused of inciting the capitol hill riots on january the 6th alan fischer begins our coverage the. 57 days for ease 3 for a 2nd time donald trump acquitted of high crimes and misdemeanors by the u.s. senate john trunk former president knows states. is not guilty is charged the charge he incited the crowd ahead of the violent riot at the capitol on january the 6th. 57 senators said he did including 7 republicans but that's not

enough for the 2 thirds majority to convict this was about choosing country over donald trump and 43 republican members chose trump they chose trump it should be a weight on their conscience today the day started with a surprise the democrats asking for witnesses a move which could delay the process we would like the opportunity to subpoena congresswoman herrera regarding her communications with house minority leader kevin mccarthy and to subpoena her contemporaneous notes that she made regarding what president trump told kevin mccarthy in the middle of the insurrection if they want to have witnesses i'm going to need at least over 100 depositions not just one both sides though wanted to bring this to

a quick end so reached agreement which meant no witnesses and a move to closing statements from the man who led the prosecution an appeal to senators to meet the moment senators this trial in the final analysis is not about donald trump the country in the world know who donald trump is this trial is about who we are who we are this is almost certainly how you will be remembered by history that might not be fair. it really by not be fair but none of us can escape the demands of history and destiny right now trump's team so often echoed the ex president supports this impeachment has been a complete charade from beginning to and the entire specter bill expected call has been nothing but the unhinged pursuit of a long standing political vendetta against mr trump by the opposition party it is

time to bring this constant unconstitutional political theater to an end it is time to allow our nation to move forward with the result 10 donald trump meet his 1st comment since the trial began a statement from his florida home thanking senators for their vote but insisting this is yet another phase in the greatest witch hunt in the history of our country no president has gone through anything like it but one of his closest allies in the senate who voted to acquit him made it clear the former president was responsible for what happened rather than trouble still for everything he did while he was out of as an ordinary sort of a less structured levitation to iran. for everything you do watch it all and get away with anything yeah yeah the decision here means that donald trump will not be excluded for running for political office in the future he could run again

for the presidency in 2024 his supporters say he should and he would when but despite the not guilty plea january the 6th will always be attached to donald trump's presidency on the day when democracy was threatened in america alan fischer al jazeera on capitol hill house speaker nancy pelosi didn't hold back when referring to the 43 republican senators who backed trunk calling their refusal to convict him the most dishonorable act in american history. but what we saw in that senate today was that cowardly group of republicans who patently have no options of because they were afraid to defend their job respect the institution in which they served or president joe biden issued a statement after trump's acquittal and he says that even though there was no conviction the charge is not in dispute and even those opposed to the conviction like senate minority leader mcconnell believe donald trump was guilty of

disgraceful dereliction of duty and practically and morally responsible for provoking the violence on least on the campus of scott lucas is a professor of international politics at the university of birmingham he says the republican party could see years of internal fighting. this is not going to be by diminish ration versus republicans this is going to be the fight inside the republican party in 2021 that fight will be between donald trump and the trump asst and those include a lot of senators many representatives and mitch mcconnell the senate republican leader what you saw play out immediately after the vote was mitch mcconnell who had protected donald trump his last act of protection donald trump in the past 4 years by ensuring that he was acquitted and really turned and said yes donald trump was in effect guilty of incitement of insurrection we loan off on a technicality but then become a what's that with further mcconnell saying that donald trump could be liable in criminal courts rich mcconnell at the end of the day who is

a political animal who's a pragmatist didn't want to give the democrats a victory secondly i think mitch mcconnell knows that there's a real problem inside the republican party which is that he's got a lot of legislators who for their own political reasons are willing to work with trump and he's looking at republican voters who have said in opinion polls throughout the past few months even after the cattle attack that donald trump is their preferred candidate in 2024 for president and remember this fight doesn't start in 2024 it starts next year because donald trump will put up his loyalist those people he considers to be good trump as versus republican incumbents in races for the senate and for the house for demonstrating against him in maher's military rulers for a 9th consecutive day the generals are giving themselves new powers to monitor search and detain people involved in protests activists say they're concerned by the increase in 1000 police raids more than 380 people have been detained since the

military seize power in a coup on february the 1st florence who is following developments from kuala lumpur . the people in myanmar really seem to be keeping up the pressure on the giunta protests are taking place all across the country in yangon crowds have gathered in different parts of the city in front of the u.n. building in front of the chinese the u.s. embassies as a main intersection in the city of downtown in the city center there's also a protest and naypyidaw on sunday a large convoy of cars and motorbikes drove through the capital some protestors holding up pictures of democratically elected leader aung san suu kyi demanding her release and there is also a protest in mandalay where protesters pay tribute to a young demonstrator who was shot during a protest by police and remains in critical condition well also getting reports that protests are taking place in smaller towns and also in ethnic dominate inec minority dominated areas so people are turning up on the streets of and in the

streets of cities and towns across despite a military ban on gatherings of more than 5 people despite the military warning that actions would be taken against people who break the law as people are keeping up the pressure on the military. health officials in guinea have reported the deaths of 3 people from ebola at least 11000 people died during an ebola epidemic in west africa that lasted between 20132016 the virus has also been reported in the democratic republic of congo that's week to blues the regional representative for epicenter africa the research branch of doctors without borders he's joining us from cameroon is capital you know and dave thanks for your time with us on al-jazeera so what we understand is that these are the 1st cases of ebola since that outbreak in 2013 to 2016 why is there a reemergence now of the virus and in this particular area of guinea. thank you for inviting me it's important to highlight dr the same cause will

produce the same effect we know all that even those forests in 0 korea are on their behalf those most likely the past were carrying those virus so we never will have contact between the human and animal is very our break we don't know yet how it happened whenever there will be contact there will be a transfer between the i mean moles and a you might be so that might explain why we have dr reversions of the hour what about the numbers we're seeing in the democratic republic of congo so far 3 cases reported there this must be concerning that it's spreading from one country to the next. actually due to outbreak or not at all i think what is happening in india see we are trying to figure out if there is a link between the latest outbreak into temple because the lady the 1st one who how who was the accused was the wife of survival and also no doubt the brothers can

stay for a long period of time in the cement so is it the reason why it's happening we don't know yet but with something that we'll be able to figure out and what about the challenge for the health authorities now what can be done to contain the ebola virus and also taking into account the of course there is a corona virus pandemic. yes i think something to have in my is that 5 years ago when we had that huge outbreak in west africa we have no vaccine we have no drugs against the ball and now we have what we even have 2 dogs in the merc and it just and johnson to reach me we have 2 tools to handle the outbreak whether india at sea or in guinea it's definitely a challenge to have ebola and could be the 2 at the same time but those 2 countries because they are being exposed to different they have an experience as periods of contact trysting or all of those to a deal in the next coming hours and days the vaccine will be there will be able to

buy to people all around the keys and let's hope that there are but will be content soon arrive thank you so much 1st speaking to us from here one day thank you. measure. still ahead on al-jazeera. bahrain 10 years on we look back at the only gulf country to see protests during the 20th arab spring. blooming but no longer we need to flower growers in zimbabwe refusing to give up on their struggling businesses. it's time for the perfect gentlemen. sponsored point qatar airways hello i'm afraid we got to return to waiting 3 weather for japan over the next couple of days it's not been too bad recently with some decent temperatures but

we've got a little area cloud moving through the korean peninsula cross the sea of japan driving some very heavy rain in this we go on through monday temperatures in tokyo around 13 degrees and fulling as we go on through shoes day we will see that snow grassi making its way into western parts of japan back up into her car by significant snowfall coming through and that cooler weather will continue to drive this way east was just one celsius there in the so 3 degrees there in beijing that way some western weather coming back into southern parts of china as we go on through the next couple of days just as somewhat of weather moving towards sri lanka or over the next day or so but across much of south asia is generally sat there with a good deal of dry weather and sunshine they fog up towards the northern plains that will continue a few showers just around the pool around town but as you can see largely dry and finally we might just catch a shower or 2 pushing into work carol as we go on into the middle part of the way

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all over again the top stories on al-jazeera this hour the former u.s. president donald trump has been acquitted in his 2nd impeachment trial 7 republican senators joined 50 democrats in a vote to convict him but that fell short of the 2 thirds majority need to. crowds are out demonstrating against me in maher's military coup for a 9th consecutive day the generals are granting themselves new powers to monitor search and detain people involved in protests. health officials in guinea have reported the deaths of 3 people from ebola at least 11000 people died during an ebola epidemic in west africa between 20132016 the virus has also been reported in the democratic republic of congo. the rebels have attacked security forces in the d r c s 2nd largest city there's been heavy gunfire at a military base in the city of lubumbashi the military says separatist fighters

stall weapons after storming both a military base and a presidential guard units at least 9 people have reportedly been killed and. as more from kinshasa he just feel very tense in some areas you know. it big city a very big town. i think these militia on the right now. so soldiers are trying to follow them they report is also saying that some soldiers of the well were killed. but as additional bodies. because 2 business were cut and one of them we have to mention that it's worse. than. dissolution will pick which all of the 4 heavy guns protected in this military business. so we have some soldiers have been killed also according to sources from

military but our officially we have 4 militia those who were killed during the opposition and of course soldiers a. different city the big challenge to the military is also the militia on the civilian dress the i'm not in the military so it's very difficult to detect them when they are hiding themselves some of them have family in the city so decide to cut. going on in the town of. demonstrations have been held in bahrain ahead of the 10th anniversary of the popular uprising against its monarchy reign was the only gulf country that saw a protester in the 20 alive an arab spring bomber the look back at the crackdown on pro-democracy campaigners. how it looked when the arab spring reached the gulf region 10 years ago. 6000 people protested in the behind a couple minutes on february 14th 2000.

the turnout was unprecedented they called it. but to be addressed in behind had begun before the arab spring countries majority shia population complained of marginalization by a sunni. constitutional reform socio economic justice and that he least of detained political leaders at the start of the protest they didn't seem to openly seek a complete removal of the ruling family. but the spectacular success of tunisian and egyptian protesters in toppling well powerful rulers gave a similar hope to those in behind. they occupied madonna's pearl roundabout and chanted for the creation of a democratic republic. the. security forces intervened in a heavy handed manner. dozens of activists were injured or arrested by the end

of that day 21 year old idea that had to lay dead dozens more were killed in the months that followed. the killings ignited anger thousands of the occupied the square a few days later. they pitched tents in an attempt to copy what happened in cairo's tahrir square during those initial weeks the behind the government seemed to offer concessions. the crown prince called for dialogue and laid out a plan of the constellation and reform but the show opposition expressed mistrust. the protesters now demanded the act to removal of the ruling family and to the monarchy. on march 14th 2011 the gulf cooperation council dispatched 1500 soldiers with armored personnel carriers mostly from saudi arabia and the united arab emirates to behind to support the government. the same day the king

declared a state of emergency and now in the security forces to clear the per square by any means. i hospitals choked with the wound hundreds were arrested. iran and the protest leaders criticize the gulf country's military intervention describe it as an occupation and the other hand behind this government accused iran of meddling in its internal affairs by supporting the protest movement. the us navy which has its 5th fleet stationed in behind didn't seem to want to put real pressure on the government or to openly support any party in the uprising because of behinds geo political importance being you know between saudi arabia and iran and hosting the flames are now also a base for the united kingdom there are a lot of interests that are based on behind where and you know when we took to the streets in 2011 when you know that we weren't just up against the bahamian

government but rather the sixty's you see countries plus their allies the united kingdom and the united states over the years and with other arab spring countries sliding into anarchy and civil war behinds uprising began to fade. most of its shia political leaders were locked up and are still in jail still the leaders of the uprising insist their struggle will continue as long as people's anger and grievances are not 10. tens of thousands of elderly people in syria are struggling to find the treatment they need for physical and mental illnesses after 10 years of war many are living out their final years in camps catch up as hardy on reports. you know this is how own hussein moves around her camp in northern syria her health is getting worse and walking is no longer an option. for years she thought she would one day go back to her

hometown but that hope has now fading the war is just one of several tragedies she's had to endure her husband became death some of their children have died others are scattered in different camps medicine is a luxury she can't afford or. i have nothing except my old age other people can walk and go anywhere they want but i can only crawl on my knees this is where some of the elderly go to get help a makeshift medical center set up in another camp for the displaced it's estimated that about 200000 elderly people in syria are homeless this is the only medical attention many will have access to. we mostly care for the elderly and many of them have long term illnesses like high blood pressure diabetes and heart problems for many things are worse because they're suffering from psychological hardships many of which stem from worrying about the future. the war has devastated entire

communities more than 5000000 people fled syria during the fighting about another 6000000 are still displaced within the country without a home camps have become their only refuge and humanitarian aid their only lifeline leverage the homeless and with failing health many here say their only hope is to try and live out whatever time they have left with dignity. now the dizzier. kossovo is holding parliamentary elections in the outcome could affect relations with serbia and the rest of europe and the establishment party is likely to win the most seats but its leader has ruled out any talks with serbia the country kossovo broke away from after a year long war in the late 1990 s. serbia backed by russia doesn't recognize costs of those independents and this has prevented kossovo from joining international agencies and the e.u. of new ones or

a chance more from the capital pristina. these are the 2nd snap parliamentary elections in less than a year in the hull of and. out and the. next government it is big the 3rd the government sees the reason for such a situation are mostly the disagreement between coalition partners on very important issues like dealing with coronavirus and as mentioned issue of you for the dialogue with serbia as calls for was a serbian province and that's declared independence 13 years ago in serbia still does not recognize it some 1800000 of course ours are able to watch today and many of them are here in awarding stations besides the very cold weather and the snow day hope that next the government of course will be able to gain a political stability needed to deal with many problems that these youngest but those of the poorest european country have like economy recovery like job creations

and when you talk with people in kosovo they will tell you that they need jobs also there is an issue of. people from the last region that need the visas to travel almost anywhere in the europe there is an issue of them recalls and the next course of a government of will have to deal with maintaining its health system in a country that has very big numbers when it comes to coronavirus voting is underway in spain's catalonia region in an election that could reshape its political landscape separatist parties dominate the regional parliament polls suggest the socialist party which opposes catalan independence could make significant gains on the far right is projected to win seats for the 1st time. people in northeastern japan are inspecting damage after a major earthquake struck off their coast on saturday crews are gradually restoring

electricity after the magnitude 7.3 quake. left nearly a 1000000 homes without power one of the hardest hit areas fukushima prefecture was the site of a major nuclear disaster a decade ago following its tsunami and earthquake. a world health organization investigator says china has refused to hand over raw data on early coronavirus cases they w.h.o. team visitor to han the chinese city where the pandemic is believed to have emerged and after a 4 week visit looking into the origins of the pandemic the team had wanted more information about the 1st cases in december of 2019 but the investigation has it playing by delays concerns about access and bickering between beijing and washington so many wires an australian infectious diseases expert on the w.h.o. team he says china only provided summaries on the early cases in the ideal world you would go through it. and that's what we call it and that's standard practice

for an outright investigation. why should the chinese guy the dolls we would have liked i guess to erode gaza but that can still come new zealand's largest city is going into a 3 day lockdown after 3 people tested positive for cocaine 19 essential services will remain open in auckland but other businesses and schools will close new zealand has managed to keep the number of infections down with fewer than 2000 cases since the start of the pandemic. and lebanon has begun its vaccination drive after receiving its 1st shipment of the pfizer vaccine the caretaker prime minister has sent to visited the hospital where the 1st shots were given about 28000 doses arrived on saturday the country has ordered 2700000 more through the global kovacs scheme a recent increase in cases has filled up intensive care units and led to a shortage of oxygen tanks. well the pandemic prune the profits of the world's

flower industry growers in zimbabwe were already struggling before the outbreak now their country is in its worst economic state in years but farmers are refusing to give up her aunt's house so reports in the town of concession. overseas demand for fresh cut flowers plummeted last year because of cove at 19 and that affected zimbabwe's biggest rose export company. managers say orders dropped to about 50 percent but this year they say demand is picking up. zimbabwe has high levels of unemployment and more orders mean more jobs on an average day on a summer's day rather riccarton area between 100230000 stems a day where you have 700 labor force who are working from 62 i live in 32325700 people on cutting so it's

a nonstop operation more than 20 years ago flower exports brought in a lot of foreign currency for the country but under then president robert mugabe's land reform program the government seized thousands of white owned commercial farms since then the industry hasn't been what it used to be back in 2001 the bali was the 5th biggest exporter of flowers to the european union then came years of economic decline and now called 19 many girls left but others are still here carrying on. kenya and ethiopia africa's top exporters explain how they have managed to stay in business we were dealing with auction system ok we're looking in and if you're marketed in primarily with auction system we deal directly with customers ok and. our our main customer base is the supermarkets and supermarkets in europe was still open because it was part of the essential and

that allowed us that. their fertility of so high in those markets. called it has batted businesses and economies globally is no different on this farm workers here receive food parcels every month in addition to the salaries to help them push on and they know the job security depends on being able to export roses to more global markets how do with al-jazeera concision zimbabwe. the headlines on al-jazeera former u.s. president. donald trump has been acquitted in his 2nd impeachment trial 7 republican senators joined 50 democrats in a vote to convict him but that fell short of the 2 thirds majority needed in the house speaker nancy pelosi said the 43 republican senators who backed trump committed the most this honorable act in the country's history but what we saw in that sense.