a very warm welcome to bbc news. my name's mike embley. our top stories: making history — congress debates whether donald trump should be removed from office. this is the scene live in the capitol. the fbi and justice department have now said hundreds of trump supporters will face charges for last week's violent attack on the us capitol. continuing the fight against coronavirus, indonesia begins its vaccination programme. malaysia introduces a state of emergency. and after one of the bloodiest campaigns in history, uganda is only days away from its presidential election.

hello to you. the vice president of the united states, mike pence, has now made clear he does not support using the 25th amendment to remove resident from office for inciting last week's armed attack on the us capitol —— president. the house is continuing a debate on that but is mozo are to hold a debate on impeaching mrtrump is mozo are to hold a debate on impeaching mr trump for an unprecedented second time, most likely on wednesday. in a letter to speaker of the house, nancy pelosi, mr pence said, "i do not believe that such a course of action is in the best interest of our nation or consistent with our constitution." calling on ms pelosi and members of congress to "avoid actions that would further divide and inflame the passions of the moment" and adding

a plea — "work with us to lower the temperature and unite our country as we prepare to inaugurate president—electjoe biden as the next president of the united states." despite knowing that vice president pence won't invoke the 25th amendment to remove president trump from office, the house is still debating the process. democrats justify the move because they consider the president is unfit for office and a danger to us democracy. the president's actions demonstrate his absolute inability to discharge the most basic and fundamental powers and duties of his office, therefore the president must be removed from office immediately. we can now speak to our washington correspondent barbara plett—usher, who is on capitol hill. just to be clear, for new readers who are starting here, because it is complicated, of course, the democrats in the house of representatives are continuing the process they know will not work, the vice president has already said i'm not going to invoke the 25th

amendment to remove the president. they want to go ahead with a vote and this makes it almost certainly will go ahead with a vote to impeach the president.— the president. yes, that's ri . ht. the president. yes, that's right- the _ the president. yes, that's right. the democrats - the president. yes, that's| right. the democrats have the president. yes, that's- right. the democrats have made clear they want to try to force president trump from office because they believe he is a threat to democracy and even though he is only a week left in his term, they say the attack on the capitol shows he needs to be removed from office as quickly as possible so then they looked at the options for that to happen, one of them is that the vice president could invoke the constitution to say that he is unfit for office and entering a process to remove him. that is what we're talking about right now. they have agreed to vote on a resolution asking him to do that and now they are speaking before the vote. now, as you said, mr pence has already said he will not do that for the reasons you mentioned, but they are still going through with that. there will be a vote. but then it will be a vote. but then it will move onto the second option, which is what the

democrats had figured they would probably end up doing all along and that is to impeach the president. they have already introduced articles of impeachment. there will be a debate starting wednesday morning about those articles and then we are expecting there to be a vote and it is almost certain they have the votes to pass it. in which case, mr trump would become the only president in us history to be impeached twice. but, first of all, they are going through this other process that involves a constitutional way of dealing with a president they believe is unfit for office. ., ., , office. barbara, if it does then come _ office. barbara, if it does then come to _ office. barbara, if it does then come to a _ office. barbara, if it does then come to a trial- office. barbara, if it does then come to a trial in i office. barbara, if it does| then come to a trial in the senate, a lot of interest now in whether the dam is breaking, whether support for mr trump in the senate is beginning to dwindle. there are some moves there. ~ , , ., , , there. well, yes, it has been reported _ there. well, yes, it has been reported that _ there. well, yes, it has been reported that the _ there. well, yes, it has been reported that the top - reported that the top republican in the senate, mitch mcconnell, does believe that mr trump has committed impeachable

offences and that here in fact is willing to possibly support or is pleased that the democrats are going through with impeachment because it would be a way to purge mr trump from the party, because there is a lot of concern about there is a lot of concern about the future of the party now, it is deeply fractured, it is tarnished with what happened last week, corporate sponsors have full—back so there is kind of a moment of reckoning for the party. mr mcconnell himself has not publicly stated this, although he has not denied what has been reported and again there is some reporting that there is some reporting that there might be a fair number of republicans who would follow suit, especially if he is giving them political cover to do so. this is something we will have to wait and see to see if that is in fact the case. we do know that in the house where the vote will take place tomorrow at least three republicans have said they would vote for impeachment, including liz cheney, who was the third ranking member of the

house and therefore somebody significant to throw her hat in that ring. she was criticised, by the way, just now in the debate that has started by one republican lawmaker who said she did not consult the party for and she was not respecting the votes of republicans and i think ence, we don't want to minimise the contentious nature of this and the number, the amount of support mr trump might have the amount of feeling might be for not taking this strong step of impeachment. but it is, it doesn't feel like, yes, there is movement, there is fluidity and how this might proceed. barbara, it is no secret that mr trump's team have been raising money for another run at the presidency in 2024 and he has 74 million voters also this time. if the senate did vote to convict they could in effect take away any chance of him running for public office again. they could also remove his presidential pension, his travel budget, and his secret service protection. that would

be one of— service protection. that would be one of the _ service protection. that would be one of the reasons - service protection. that would be one of the reasons to - service protection. that would i be one of the reasons to pursue this process for many of the democrats and, perhaps, some of the republicans, as i said. if he is convicted in the impeachment trial then there can be another move, a separate move to then say, to deny him the chance of holding public office again and that would still have to be done separately, but it would be a much lower bar than the actual senate trial. so it could be done, i think, senate trial. so it could be done, ithink, withjust senate trial. so it could be done, i think, withjust a majority which means he would not be able to run in 2024. so that's a consideration for sure for some of the members who are contemplating how to vote. barbara, thank you very much indeed for that. we can now speak to seth weathers, who's a republican strategist and was the georgia state director of trump's 2016 campaign. good to talk to you again. fair to say you are a supporter of

mr trump. to say you are a supporter of mrtrump. it to say you are a supporter of mr trump. it feels as if things are on the move under him, doesn't it?— doesn't it? inaudible. forgive _ doesn't it? inaudible. forgive me, _ doesn't it? inaudible. forgive me, we - doesn't it? inaudible. forgive me, we want . doesn't it? inaudible. | forgive me, we want to doesn't it? inaudible. - forgive me, we want to talk to you, we want to hear what you have to say, very much so, but at the moment there is a problem with the sound. we will come back to injust problem with the sound. we will come back to in just a problem with the sound. we will come back to injust a moment. we will come back to that story. we will come back 21 of course. right now, indonesia is waking up to the start of a mass covid vaccination programme. the country has one of the worst outbreaks in south east asia. meanwhile, malaysia has introduced a state of emergency to deal with the pandemic as paul hawkins reports. no other country in southeast asia has seen more people die and more people infected by covid—i9 than indonesia. today, the fightback begins using the chinese vaccine called coronavac. translation: the vaccine makes the requirements i of the who which have a minimum efficacy of 50%. an efficacy rate of 65.3%

from the clinical test in bandung shows that this can decrease the rate of infection on top of ongoing protocols. but achieving herd immunity in the world's fourth most populous country is no easy task. the government set itself the ambitious task of vaccinating all 180 million people in 15 months. because indonesia is a young population, working age adults get priority. the idea being that the economy rebounds faster and herd immunity protects the elderly because young people transmit the virus. the principle is using the highest efficacy vaccine possible and to vaccine as many people as possible. so if you have a vaccine that is 90% effective you can achieve herd immunity by vaccinating 66% of your population. meanwhile in malaysia, a month—long state of emergency has been introduced to deal with the pandemic.

translation: covid-19| infections are on the rise and show no signs of decline in the nearfuture. therefore the government needs to have certain powers to ensure this outbreak can be curbed more effectively. and that means suspending parliament. but because the government has a thin majority, some suspect state of emergency could be away for it to cling onto power. translation: | feel this - emergency has nothing to do with the pandemic. maybe it was imposed because of another agenda. maybe politics. that is what i think. there are some good to this emergency but look at it from the angle of finances it is not good because we are forced to stay at home, to go out to work would be difficult to any people would be left with no work. they would be fired because of things like this. the prime minister, however, insist the state of emergency is not a military coup and the curfew would not be enforced. he promised a general election once the outbreak is under control but when that happens is anyone's guess.

it's emerged that the chinese tech company huawei has patented a system that can pick out members of the uighur ethnic minority from other pedestrians. it comes as britain and canada accused china of human rights violations and barbarism against its uighur minority and announced new rules to ban imports of goods suspected of being made using forced labour. 0ur correspondent in beijing, john sudworth, explains. it is already being met with a furious response from china, one official describing it as baseless. and it may well become to be seen here as the moment when the so—called golden era, launched just a few short years ago by david cameron, finally came to an end. china's critics will say it may not go far enough. there was no announcement from the uk foreign secretary of sanctions on chinese officials responsible for these policies, and nor does he support the putting in place of tough human rights preconditions for any post—brexit trade deal with china. nonetheless, these were very tough words. he says what is happening in xinjiang is truly horrific, barbarism, he said, we hope was lost to another era. and whatever they think of the measures, that kind of language will certainly

rankle here in beijing. john sudworth for us there. with two days to go until its presidential election, uganda has banned social media and messaging apps. the vote will come after one of the bloodiest campaigns in years. president museveni has been been in power for 35 years — he's one of africa's longest serving leaders. his main challenger is the 38—year—old singer bobi wine. he's attracted a large following among young people in a nation where 75% of the population are under the age of 30. from kampala our africa correspondent catherine byaru hanga reports. a search that has failed to bear fruit. devis has been looking for his brotherfor two months. dawdi was picked up in november during a government crackdown on political protests.

the people having him, they don't care. so it's actually heartbreaking. even if he was dead, i don't think it would be emotional like this one, if he was dead and they give us the body. maybe he was collateral damage in this. collateral damage in a bitter contest for power. dawdi went missing during this violent protest over the arrest of opposition candidate bobi wine. dozens were killed and hundreds arrested. the politician is one of uganda's biggest music stars. he has turned his star power into a political movement. the majority of people here are below 30 years of age, but struggle to finish school and find work. bobi wine is tapping into these frustrations, but his run for president has seen him and his supporters face retaliation from the state. standing against general museveni is a more dangerous crime than any crime here in uganda.

the incumbent, president museveni, took power three decades ago after leading a rebellion, but now, he's 76 and fighting to keep up with his young challenger. ugandans, be confident, we have everything. our economy is strong. the army is strong. museveni is offering more of the same, stability and security, which he says has allowed this country's economy to grow. but bobi wine says most people are not benefiting, especially the young and the poor, and that it is time that they have a say in how their country is run. ok, the kind of uganda you want? we want uganda where everybody has a job. translation: he has improved security and promoted _ discipline in the army.

the army no longer disturbs us, you understand? that is why i like yoweri museveni. change might not come at this election but whether it is bobi wine leading it or not, young people here are ready for it. catherine byaruhanga, bbc news, kampala. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: we'll continue our coverage of the impeachment procedures, as democrats make the case for president trump's removalfrom office. day one of operation desert storm to force the iraqis out of kuwait has seen the most intense air attacks since the second world war. tobacco is america's oldest industry and it's one of its biggest. but the industry is nervous of this report, this may tend to make people want to stop smoking cigarettes. there is not a street that is unaffected. huge part of kobe were simply demolished as buildings crashed

into one another. this woman says she had been given no help and no advice by the authorities. she stood outside the ruins of her business. tens of thousands of black. children in south africa have taken advantage of laws passed by the country'sl new multiracial government. and enrolled at formerly white schools. tonight sees the 9,610th performance of her long—running play, the mousetrap. when they heard of her death today, the management considered whether to cancel tonight's performance, but agatha christie would have been the last person to want such a thing. this is bbc news. our main headline: democrats are pushing their case for impeachment, with president trump showing no remorse for his actions in the run—up to the capitol siege.

we can now speak to democratic strategist amanda renteria. she was the political director for hillary clinton's 2016 campaign. good to talk to you, thank you for your time. good to talk to you, thank you foryourtime. how good to talk to you, thank you for your time. how are you with the current process in congress, this would not be the wayjoe biden want to his term? as everyone is looking at what just happened in the capital, i think democrats have no other option here but to do something about the actions of this current president. i thinkjoe biden is well aware that he cannot start a presidency with this kind of unrest, with having trouble supporters going to capitals, attacking, attacking members of congress on both sides of the ayala, that's no way to start out and i think what you are beginning to see is unification in the house of representatives in the senate to say it is time to start a new and and this presidency, and it starts with them coming together in saying

this is an election that was fair, right, and really moving from a side.— fair, right, and really moving from a side. and yet, the vice president _ from a side. and yet, the vice president mike _ from a side. and yet, the vice president mike pence - from a side. and yet, the vice president mike pence has - from a side. and yet, the vice i president mike pence has made clear he will not evoked the 25th amendment. misses all the way to say to president trump behave in your last remaining time in office? he is on his out anyway, they there are going to be criminal charges, surely all of this will get in the way of the things thatjoe biden really needs to do, confirm his cabinet, deal with the pandemic, get a stimulus be going. it the pandemic, get a stimulus be hoin _ ., , , the pandemic, get a stimulus be anoin. , ., going. it was very important for the democratic - going. it was very important for the democratic party, i going. it was very important| for the democratic party, the house and the senate, and those leaders, to start off saying this is not an acceptable way of behaving, and that we have to come together. one of the things that is incredibly hopeful is seen republicans in the house, this evening, and i think we will see more in the coming hours, coming on board to see this time we will impeach this president. there is a very important message here for anyone who has ideas attacking this nation's

capital, you will be punished and held accountable for it, and held accountable for it, and that message is a unifying message, one that america has not had for some time, we tried in the white house, so i do believe this is the right course of action, and a good start, so that we can get to the work that needs to be done here in america. b5 the work that needs to be done here in america.— here in america. as you know very well— here in america. as you know very well the _ here in america. as you know very well the impeachment i here in america. as you know. very well the impeachment vote would be in the house, a trial for conviction rests in the senate. it helps to a trial that that the witnesses would be the members of congress, the people who were at the centre of what happened last wednesday. not all the complications and political difficulties are bringing in witnesses from outside will be present. witnesses from outside will be resent. , .., witnesses from outside will be resent. , ., ,, present. this can happen quite cuickl , present. this can happen quite quickly. and — present. this can happen quite quickly, and for _ present. this can happen quite quickly, and for many - present. this can happen quite| quickly, and for many members of congress who have really faced some very tough days, after being, after having hours of being on the house floor, knowing what it feels like to call your family and say i'm going to be ok or i hope i'm going to be ok or i hope i'm going to be ok, that kind of experience, that will be at the forefront of this trial, and i think there are a lot of

questions about which house members, who actually helps the mob get into the house, a lot of those questions are really servicing now, and that will be part of what we will see more of in the coming days, and it is important in order to rebuild trust, to really understand what happened, it has really been a part of this process, and i think that is the unifying part of both of these parties coming together, and then what i hope will happen is those same parties will be able to work together to do what is needed for the people of this country. amanda, thank ou people of this country. amanda, thank you very _ people of this country. amanda, thank you very much _ people of this country. amanda, thank you very much indeed - people of this country. amanda, thank you very much indeed for| thank you very much indeed for that. people watching, we are trying to get back to south weathers for the pro— trump view on this, but at the moment we have technical problems with the audio. for more and all of this, go to the bbc news website. you can get full background and analysis on what may well be the second impeachment of donald trump. go to bbc.com/news — and follow the links. let's get some of the day's other news italy's coalition government is thought to be on the verge of collapse.

a cabinet meeting has been taking place in which two ministers from former prime minister matteo renzi's italia viva party were expected to quit. that would bring down the government of giuseppe conte as the government struggles to contain coronavirus. travellers flying into the us will soon need to provide proof of a negative covid—19 test result within three days of travel. the us centers for disease control and prevention announced the move on tuesday saying it hoped it would help slow the spread of the virus. the policy will come into effect on 26 january. in indonesia, investigators have recovered the flight data recorder from the airliner which crashed on saturday. it came down in the java sea four minutes after taking off from jakarta. the location of debris suggests that the boeing 737, with 62 people on board, was intact when it hit the water. the irish prime minister has

described the deaths of 9000 children in homes for unmarried mothers and babies as a dark and shameful chapter in the country's history. institutions were often run by the catholic church, much of the last century. 0ne home in county galway, nearly 800 children died. explored many of them were buried in the sewage system. the only thing i can remember is the beds being wet. we were marched down to school. i had to go ten minutes late in the morning. you had to leave ten minutes early in the evening. we were all cordoned off in a section of the playground by the nuns so we wouldn't mix with the other kids. and to be locked up in what i call a prison, really. and to think, like, why? just because i was born out of wedlock. pj haverty spent his first seven years in the home which once stood here. ireland in the 1950s was a deeply conservative catholic society.

unmarried women who were pregnant were taken into religious institutions, and separated from their children. the fathers got away with it. it was always the woman that was to blame. it was always the woman's fault. and i suppose, then, when you look at other people, i was lucky i got to meet my mother. if i didn't meet her, i would be blaming her for leaving me in there. there's another reason why pj thinks he's lucky. at the tuam home, nearly 800 children aged up to three died between 1925 and 1961. investigators believe many were buried at the site in some kind of sewage system. when i go down there and stand there, to think that i could be in there, too. that a religious country, that we are supposed to be, that would do the likes of that to a helpless, little baby. the irish government has committed to having this site excavated so the children whose remains are beneath this ground can be reburied with some dignity. tuam is the mother and baby home which has generated

the most international attention, but there are many other institutions in the republic of ireland with long histories of shame, neglect and unspeakable cruelty. the inquiry report says around 9,000 children died in 18 homes which were investigated. that's about one in seven of those who were born in the institutions. investigators state it represents an "appalling" level of infant mortality. the irish government has said there was decades of brutality. the regime described in the report wasn't imposed on us by any foreign power. we did this to ourselves, as a society. we treated women exceptionally badly. we treated children exceptionally badly. but pj thinks the report hasn't gotten to the full truth. there's nothing in there today that would say, god, that's fantastic, now my mother is being recognised, or they are apologising to my mother. and they didn't do that today.

there will be a compensation scheme and a memorial, though history will still hurt in ireland for years to come. chris page, bbc news. let's almost finished with them and to help get you through the northern lights on all their glory. this is an image from the scottish highlands taken by the scottish highlands taken by the bbc weather watchman. the lights happen when adams and the earth's at a smear collide with charged particles from the sun. this natural wonder can only be viewed in clear skies and in darkness. a reminder there is light out there in the universe, you just have to look for it sometimes. a reminder of our main news story, seen from the house of representatives on capitol hill, the vice president of the united states mike pence, has now made clear that he does not support using the 25th amendment to remove president trump from office or

inciting last week's armed attack on the capital. you can see the house is continuing the debate on that, it is now certain to hold a vote for impeaching mrtrump certain to hold a vote for impeaching mr trump for an unprecedented second time on wednesday. there will be a trial in the senate, and a conviction that depends on support from republican senators for mr trump. thank you for watching. hello there. the weather really can't make up its mind this week. one day, it is going to be cold and bright. the next day, cloudier and milder, with outbreaks of rain. wednesday and thursday, both look pretty wet, in fact, some pretty heavy rain around and some wintriness over the high ground as we'll start to see a bit of a battle of the air masses. this wedge of milder air slowly pushing up against the cold air across the eastern side of the country through wednesday means we could start off with an ice risk, with freezing rain across western scotland, north—west england for a time on wednesday morning. a bright and cold start across northern and eastern areas, but soon the clouds will build in here as the rain

out west starts to very slowly push its way eastward, some snow developing over the pennines and the higher ground of scotland. some heavy rain for northern ireland, that rain stretching down towards central and eastern parts of england. further south and west though, it's going to be pretty mild. double figure values here, much colder further north and east and it will feel quite grim with a mixture of rain, sleet and snow. wednesday night looks very wet, some heavy rain around, a risk of localised flooding in place. further snow over the high ground of northern england and into scotland. it's here where it's going to be cold once again. further south and west, though, less cold — those values no lower than around seven to nine degrees. now, as we head into thursday, we've still got those weather fronts with us, almost stalled across the country, and they'll very slowly move their way south—eastwards. this ridge of high pressure will build into the west. that'll start to drive things out across western areas on thursday. so, a drier picture from northern ireland, some sunshine, one or two showers. much of britain is going to be a cloudy and a very wet day. again, heavy rain around,

snow on the pennines and on the higher ground of scotland, turning a little bit drier across western areas as that ridge of high pressure moves in. again, the temperature contrast, cold in the north and east verses milder in the south and west. and through thursday night, eventually the rain begins to fizzle out and the hill snow turns a bit dry, leaving a legacy of some cloud. some mist and fog around as the winds fall lighter under this ridge of high pressure, which will bring a fine and settled day on friday, but then rain will push in to the north—west of the country later on friday. and then for the weekend, low pressure takes control, so it will be turning wetter and windier. so, largely dry and cool for many of us on friday, a bit of rain pushing into northern ireland and scotland, then it's unsettled into the weekend with wet and windier weather moving in.

this is bbc news, the headlines: the vice president of the us, mike pence, has made clear he doesn't support using the 25th amendment to remove president trump from office for inciting last week's armed attack on the us capitol. the house of representatives is continuing with a debate on that, but is now almost certain to hold a vote on impeaching mrtrump, for an unprecedented second time. mr trump has dismissed the impeachment moves as a witch—hunt. visiting his partially—built mexican border wall, he was unrepentant about last week, and claimed there was no

danger his own administration would oust him beforejoe biden takes over next week. the fbi and justice department have opened criminal investigations into more than 160 people for their part in last week's attack. the charges are likely to include murder, assault and seditious conspiracy. us military commanders have issued a statement condemning the riots. now on bbc news, panorama. siren wails. 0ur health service is being pushed to the limit. i've just taken up another sick covid patient. young man, younger than me. the patients with covid have been some of the sickest i've seen. we're all really concerned, particularly about the next couple of weeks, in terms of how we're going to cope. a new variant of coronavirus

is driving record numbers of infections and deaths. many hospitals are at breaking point. at the moment they're having to work in conditions that have