this is bbc news, with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. i'm ben bland. turning on trump — members of the president's own party plan to vote with democrats to impeach him. indonesia begins its covid vaccination programme — the country's president is one of the first to get the jab. as north korea's ruling party congress comes to a close, kim jong—un�*s sister hits out at the government in seoul. and heavy snow continues to cause disruption in spain — the army is called in to help.

hello, and a very warm welcome to the programme. a race by democrats to remove donald trump from office is gaining momentum as some of his fellow republicans begin to abandon the president. the house of representatives plans to vote later on whether to impeach him over last week's attack on the us capitol building, accusing him of incitement to insurrection. from washington, our correspondent barbara plett usher reports. just one week after the deadly attack on the capitol building, the house is racing to impeach donald trump for inciting it. the president's actions demonstrate his absolute inability to discharge the most basic and fundamental duties of his office, therefore, the president must be removed from office immediately.—

office immediately. first, though. _ office immediately. first, though, democrats - office immediately. first, | though, democrats versed office immediately. first, - though, democrats versed there boost the vice president, mike pence, to take action, to invoke the constitution and declare this to come unfit to govan. he won't do that, he wanted this would further inflame the nation. republicans have begun to abandon the president, including the third ranking republican in the tent house, liz cheney, saying they will vote to impeach. the dam is beginning to break. mr trump has made it easierfor his party. venturing out of doesn't since the first time of the —— since the first time of the —— since the first time of the —— since the riots. since the first time of the -- since the riots.— since the riots. this is causing _ since the riots. this is causing tremendous l since the riots. this is - causing tremendous anger and division and pain, far greater than most people will ever understand, which is very dangerous for the usa, especially at this very tender time. in especially at this very tender time. ~ ., , ., , time. in washington, its lawmakers _ time. in washington, its lawmakers who - time. in washington, its lawmakers who are - time. in washington, its i lawmakers who are getting

angrier, as growing evidence shows how brutal the mob was. in a sweeping investigation, dozens have been charged, hundreds might be. and security officials are bracing for more violence ahead ofjoe biden�*s inauguration. they want of plans for armed protests, even a plot to try to overthrow the government. the country is reaping the whirlwind of donald trump's presidency. and today marks a pivotal step in its dramatic and, mrtrump marks a pivotal step in its dramatic and, mr trump is facing the unprecedented stigma of a second impeachment. his fractured party is facing a dramatic moment of reckoning. barbara plett usher, bbc news, washington. we can now speak to nathan ballard, who is a us democratic strategist and attorney. he was formerly the communications director for the governor of california, gavin newsom. it's very good to have you with us. ijust wonder, when you think about the option to impeach president trump, that

would necessarily keep him very much in the public conversation, or, if he is not impedes, things move on more quickly. where you stand on that choice? well... we will leave you on tenterhooks waiting for nathan's answer. unfortunately, technology has gone against us. we will try and reconnect and speak to him later. for more on all 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. in other news... the number of people dying from covid—i9 in the united states has reached a new daily record. johns hopkins university said 4,470 people died in the 2a hours to tuesday evening. more than 235,000 new cases of coronavirus were also recorded. earlier, us health officials

said everyone flying to the country will need to show a negative covid—i9 test taken within three days of their departure. to indonesia now, where in the last few hours, it has begun rolling out its coronavirus vaccine programme. like in other countries to go before it, the president was the first to get the jab. joko widodo was vaccinated on live tv in front of a banner reading "safe and halal". but unlike much of the world — it's the working age population, and not the elderly who are first in line to be vaccinated, as paul hawkins reports. no other country in south—east 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 has 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 you have to use the highest efficacy vaccine possible and you have to vaccinate 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 near future. 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 on to 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's 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's promised a general election once the outbreak is under control, but when that happens is anyone's guess. paul hawkins, bbc news.

let's return to our process on impeaching donald trump for the second time. the process has been studied by democrats and house of representatives. can speak more to our american correspondent, david willis. where they are up to with this process, david?— where they are up to with this process, david? well, that move than to invoke _ process, david? well, that move than to invoke the _ process, david? well, that move than to invoke the 25th - than to invoke the 25th amendment was purely symbolic on the part of house democrats, it really stood no chance of getting off the ground, not least because the vice president, mike pence, had said that he would not go along with it. but what it does do is it sets the stage for a vote later today on impeaching donald trump for the second time in the course of his presidency, on the grounds of inciting insurrection in connection with the violence that the us estate the violence that the us estate the us capitol last week. there are several prominent republicans who have come forward already to say that

they will be supporting that called for impeachment, among them, liz cheney, who is a senior republican and the daughter of the former vice president, dick cheney. she issued a very strongly worded statement today condemning the actions of donald trump in incentivising his crowd to go along there and protest outside the us state capitol, and there are of course rumours as well hear that the majority leader in the senate, mitch mcconnell, is very disgruntled by president trump and his behaviour over the last few weeks. and he himself is in favour of impeaching the president.— favour of impeaching the president. ., ., , ., president. you mentioned some key figures _ president. you mentioned some key figures there. _ president. you mentioned some key figures there. but, - president. you mentioned some key figures there. but, do - president. you mentioned some key figures there. but, do the l key figures there. but, do the numbers add up in the senate? because it needs more than just a simple majority, doesn't it, for impeachment to go through? it does. for mr trump to be found guilty in a trial in the

senate, it would require a two—thirds majority there, of course the upper chamber is split 50—50, so that would mean 17 republicans coming over. now, that is not beyond the realm of possibility, of course, this time around, given the growing sense of outrage, if you like, in washington, over what happened. the violence last weekend and the desecration. we willjust have to wait and see. but crucial of course to any vote in the senate is the possibility that donald trump could also be banned, as far as being impeached in the upper house, but being banned from holding public office in the future. flirting with the prospect of standing again, donald trump has been, in oh years the bars time —— four years' time.

has been, in oh years the bars time -- four years' time. thank ou, time -- four years' time. thank you. david _ time -- four years' time. thank you, david willis. _ stay with us on bbc news. still to come: speaking ill of the neighbours — find out what kim jong—un�*s sister had to say about south korea. 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 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. hello, iam ben. this is hello, i am ben. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: turning on trump — members of the president's own party plan to vote with democrats to impeach him. indonesia begins its covid vaccination programme — the country's president is one of the first to get the jab. the influential sister of north korean leader kimjong—un has hit out at the government in neighbouring south korea, labelling them "idiots" and "truly weird". her comments to state media in the north came at the end of the ruling party's congress there, which also saw an appearance by kim. 0ur correspondent laura bicker�*s in the south korean capital, seoul.

laura, is this set of comments by kimjong—un�*s laura, is this set of comments by kim jong—un�*s sister anything more than the usual flareup of i suppose goading we see from time to time?- see from time to time? well, i think it comes _ see from time to time? well, i think it comes at _ see from time to time? well, i think it comes at the _ see from time to time? well, i think it comes at the end - see from time to time? well, i think it comes at the end of. think it comes at the end of what has been a rare party conference, the first congress, the first held in five years. in fact, there have only been eight of them in north korea's history. it has taken six days for them to discuss a way forward for north korea, and at the moment this is a country thatis the moment this is a country that is facing quite a bleak economic future after a very difficult year. but kim yo—jong was my comments, also at a time when the south korean president said just yesterday that he would meet with the north, any place and any time. she in this statement that she describes south koreans as a truly weird group that are hard to understand. she accused the south korean military of having nothing better to do and

craning their necks to watch over pyongyang. they are the idiot at the top of the world's list of misbehaviour, she says in this state media statement. she is criticising south korea's military who have been watching john young very closely during this party congress, because it is thought there was going to be a military parade, and of course there is a keen interest in what kinds of military hardware they were prepared to show off, especially after october, when they showed off one of their largest intercontinental ballistic missiles we have seen to date. kimjong—un ballistic missiles we have seen to date. kim jong—un taringa congress has also made it clear that he has vowed to continue to build nuclear weapons and expand nuclear capabilities. —— kim jong—un expand nuclear capabilities. —— kimjong—un had said in the congress. that is kind of scene in the peninsula is throwing the gauntlet to new us presidentjoe biden to say, look, this is what we are prepared to do. perhaps try and stop us?

prepared to do. perhaps try and sto us? . . prepared to do. perhaps try and sto us? ., ., �* stop us? laura bicker insole, thank you — stop us? laura bicker insole, thank you very _ stop us? laura bicker insole, thank you very much. - it is emerged that huawei has patented a system to pick out we got minorities from other pedestrians. meanwhile, 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. italy's coalition government is thought to be on the verge of collapse. a cabinet meeting has been taken place in which two ministers from the former italia viva party were expected to quit. that will bring down the government of giuseppe conti as the government struggles to contain coronavirus. people across spain are continuing to experience disruption amid freezing temperatures that have followed

the heavy snowfalls of storm filomena over the weekend. roads and train routes continue to be affected, with the army being deployed in some areas to clear the snow. gail maclellan reports. after the snow, a deep freeze. several people have died across the country and temperatures as low as —25 celsius. madrid experienced the heavy snowfall in 50 years. trees fell over, many water pipes broke. countless roads have been blocked by snow and workers deployed to clear them as an emergency was declared in the t did prime minister pedro sanchez visited the emergency unit headquarters to see what has been put into place as the interior minister warned of continuing problems. translation: continuing problems. tuna/mom- continuing problems. translation: ~ ., ., translation: we wanted to emphasise — translation: we wanted to emphasise that _ translation: we wanted to emphasise that we _ translation: we wanted to | emphasise that we are still on alert due to this cold wave thatis alert due to this cold wave that is hitting the centre and east of the country. with the

lowest temperatures between —12 and —i6 lowest temperatures between —12 and —16 degrees. the lowest temperatures between -12 and -16 degrees.— and -16 degrees. the ice is treacherous. _ and -16 degrees. the ice is treacherous. 2000 - and -16 degrees. the ice is treacherous. 2000 injuriesj and -16 degrees. the ice is - treacherous. 2000 injuries from falls have put hospitals under pressure. the snow has also hampered the country's efforts to increase the pace of its coronavirus vaccination programme amid rising infections. the storm has swept away but temperatures are set to hold at below zero until thursday. the american billionaire sheldon adelson — one of donald trump's most prominent supporters — has died at the age of 87. he had been suffering from cancer. mr adelson was a major donor to republican politicians and a staunch supporter of israel. the bbc�*s tim allman reports. january 2017, and the inauguration of donald trump. among the great and the good in attendance, sheldon adelson, a man who had spent millions of dollars to help

the republicans win back the white house. a big supporter of donald trump and conservative causes, but, his life's great passion was the state of israel. his backing of the trump administration paying off in spades, with the us embassy being moved tojerusalem, and america withdrawing from its nuclear deal with iran. translation: sheldon was an enormousjewish patriot, he strengthened the position of the state of israel, strengthened its position in the united states. born tojewish immigrants, sheldon adelson was a natural entrepreneur. he founded dozens of businesses, but really made his fortune here in las vegas. eventually, he would own casinos in the us, singapore and macau, becoming one of the world's richest men. paying his own tribute, donald trump said sheldon adelson had earned immense wealth and a great name. he lived the true

american dream. let's get an update from the bbc sport centre. hello i'm chetan pathak with your wednesday sport briefing. we start with manchester united who are top of the english premier league after a 1—0 win over burnley at turf moor and it's thanks to paul pogba who volleyed in united's second half winner. burnley failed to register a single shot on target until stoppage time as 0le gunnar solskjaer�*s side move three points clear of the champions liverpool — who they'll meet at anfield on sunday: you have to go in there knowing that we play against the team that we play against the team that has been, by a mile, the best in the country for the last 1.5 years. they are champions by right and we are

looking forward to it and it is a great test of where we are at. meanwhile atletico madrid have gone four points clear at the top of la liga in spain after beating sevilla at the wanda metropolitino. angel correa got the opener just after a quarter of an hour. and saul niguez sealed the win a quarter of an hour before the end as it finished 2—0. the fulham manager scott parker says it's scandalous his side are being made to play their rearranged english premier league fixture with tottenham on wednesday, just two days after the game was confirmed. both sides were due to meet last month, but the match was postponed at short notice after covid hit the fulham squad. tottenham were set to play aston villa on wednesday but that game is off because of coronavirus cases in the villa camp, so the premier league says fulham will have to play spurs instead. tottenham managerjose mourinho says he has no complaints: the biggest impact is to have

matches postponed. that is the biggest impact. the changing of the order of the matches, the impact is i would say minimum. you have to play 19 matches at home and 19 matches away, you have to play two matches against every team. if this will help the plan mia league to grow properly i think it is a solution that we all have two, we'll have to accept. aryna sabalenka will play her fourth wta final in twelve months on wednesday when she faces veronika kudermetova in abu dhabi. sabalenka made it to through with a 6—3, 6—2 win over maria sakkari of greece. kudermetova will be appearing in her first title match on the wta tour. the two have met just once before, sabalenka won that encounter back in 2015. and finallyjust six weeks after walking away from that horrifying crash

at the bahrain grand prix, romain grosjean has revealed his hands are no longer in bandages after suffering burns. he's tweeted a picture of himself stroking his pet cat petrus, something he wasn't able to do in the early stages of his recovery, but he can now — hence the big smile. good to see! you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me chetan pathak and the rest of the team, that is your wednesday sport briefing. as coronavirus cases continue to rise across france, there seems little hope of life returning to �*normal�* anytime soon. many industries have struggled — but it's been particularly tough for those in the arts as tanya dendrinos reports. 0pened opened in the 1780s, many a tale has played out on this

stage. audiences transported through time and emotion. but the seats are now empty and the players have fallen silent. the art, players have fallen silent. the art. another — players have fallen silent. the art, another victim _ players have fallen silent. the art, another victim of the coronavirus pandemic. translation: coronavirus pandemic. tuna/mom- coronavirus pandemic. translation: , ., ., translation: there is no longer an ho -e translation: there is no longer any hope for _ translation: there is no longer any hope for a — translation: there is no longer any hope for a reopening - translation: there is no longer any hope for a reopening date. i any hope for a reopening date. what happened on december 15 was very harmful. that moment when we were told we could reopen if the situation got it up. we saw department stores reopen and people rushing for black ride a sales stop we saw metros and trains crowded during the holidays but we were left on the side of the road and that took a huge emotional toll. . ., ., , ., toll. french authorities have acknowledged _ toll. french authorities have acknowledged the _ toll. french authorities have acknowledged the country i acknowledged the country remains a long way off its active, still well within the groups of this pandemic. theatres among the list of venues which will remain closed until at least the end of the month. the palais royale has taken a huge hit, only three of

more than 20 employees are still working while revenue slumped for more than 5 million euros in 2019 to one quarter of a million. but this is one of the oldest theatres in paris. it stood the test of time. so, even now, optimism prevails. translation: i even now, optimism prevails. translation:— translation: i think it is auoin to translation: i think it is going to be _ translation: i think it is going to be a _ translation: i think it is going to be a real- translation: i think it is i going to be a real party when we reopen. that is my impression. we are here, waiting, telling ourselves that we cannot wait to start again and i think there will be a party atmosphere even stronger than before we closed stop we are just waiting for one thing, to get back on stage. i think we will go there with outrageous desire. we will go there with outraueous desire. , , outrageous desire. desire felt the world over. _ outrageous desire. desire felt the world over. longing - outrageous desire. desire felt the world over. longing for i outrageous desire. desire felt l the world over. longing for the covid curtain call. don't forget you can reach me and most of the team here on social media. you can find me

on twitter. these stories and more on our website or on our app. we will see you soon. 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.

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