this is bbc news. i'm samantha simmonds with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. impeaching the president — take two. democrat house leader nancy pelosi says holding donald trump accountable for the riots on capitol hill shows that "nobody is above the law". international scientists travel to wuhan in china to investigate the origins of covid—19. italy's new political crisis — former prime minister, matteo renzi, pulls his party out of the governing coalition. and the works of art stolen by the nazis — finally reunited with the families of theirjewish owners.

hello and welcome. donald trump has become the first us president to be impeached twice. he's charged with incitement of insurrection over last week's assault on congress by his supporters. ten republicans sided with democrats in the house of representatives to vote for impeachment. but mr trump's trial in the senate won't happen until afterjoe biden is inaugurated as the new president next week. barbara plett usher reports from washington. 232, negative, 197. the resolution _ 232, negative, 197. the resolution is _ 232, negative, 197. the resolution is adopt - 232, negative, 197. the resolution is adopt it i 232, negative, 197. 11.6: resolution is adopt it without objection. the motion is laid upon the table. 50 objection. the motion is laid upon the table.— objection. the motion is laid upon the table. so ended a week like no other— upon the table. so ended a week like no other in _ upon the table. so ended a week like no other in washington - like no other in washington with the astonishing collapse of donald trump �*s final days in office lawmakers return to a capital transformed. thousands of national guard troops

deployed to protect them from the loyal supporters of the departing president who had stormed congress. the people's house looked like a war zone. the debate to impeach the president for inciting the violence was sharp and emotional.— violence was sharp and emotional. , , , emotional. the president must be impeached _ emotional. the president must be impeached and _ emotional. the president must be impeached and i _ emotional. the president must be impeached and i believe - emotional. the president must| be impeached and i believe the president must be convicted by the senate. a constitutional remedy that will ensure the republic will be safe from this man who has so resolutely determined to tear down the things that we hold dear. and that hold us together. it things that we hold dear. and that hold us together.- that hold us together. it has alwa s that hold us together. it has always been _ that hold us together. it has always been about - that hold us together. it has always been about getting i that hold us together. it has i always been about getting the president, no matter what. always been about getting the president, no matterwhat. it is an— president, no matterwhat. it is an obsession, an obsession that— is an obsession, an obsession that has— is an obsession, an obsession that has now broadened. it is notiust— that has now broadened. it is notjust about that has now broadened. it is not just about impeachment anymore it is about cancelling. cancelling the president and anyone _ cancelling the president and anyone who disagrees with them. most_ anyone who disagrees with them. most republicans did not defend mr trump. most republicans did not defend mrtrump. instead most republicans did not defend mr trump. instead they questioned the process and warned it would deepen divisions. and ten voted for impeachment. a stark difference from the first time around a year ago.

from the first time around a yearago. next, this from the first time around a year ago. next, this goes to the senate for trial but only after the inauguration ofjoe biden when mr trump will have left office. i biden when mr trump will have left office-— left office. i cannot emphasise that there _ left office. i cannot emphasise that there must _ left office. i cannot emphasise that there must be _ left office. i cannot emphasise that there must be no - left office. i cannot emphasise l that there must be no violence, no lawbreaking and no vandalism of any kind. in no lawbreaking and no vandalism of any kind-— of any kind. in a video message he still did _ of any kind. in a video message he still did not _ of any kind. in a video message he still did not concede - of any kind. in a video message he still did not concede the - he still did not concede the election but with the threat of more attacks to come he called for protesters to remain peaceful. if for protesters to remain peaceful-— for protesters to remain peaceful. if you do any of these things, _ peaceful. if you do any of these things, you - peaceful. if you do any of these things, you are - peaceful. if you do any of these things, you are notj these things, you are not supporting our movement. you are attacking it. and you are attacking our country. we cannot tell a rate. it attacking our country. we cannot tell a rate.- attacking our country. we cannot tell a rate. it has been one week _ cannot tell a rate. it has been one week since _ cannot tell a rate. it has been one week since the _ cannot tell a rate. it has been one week since the riot - cannot tell a rate. it has been one week since the riot and l one week since the riot and there is one week to go before joe biden is inaugurated. in the middle of this the house as it has acted to protect democracy by impeaching mr trump. but a peaceful transfer of power still feels very fragile. we can speak to barbara now. welcome, barbara. dramatic

scenes there in the house. what ha--ens scenes there in the house. what happens next? _ scenes there in the house. what happens next? well, _ scenes there in the house. what happens next? well, next - scenes there in the house. what happens next? well, next it - happens next? well, next it goes to senate trial and that is not going to happen until after the inauguration because the senate is in recess right now. it could be convened in an emergency for emergency measures republican in the senate mitch mcconnell, has said that is not going to happen. so they will need, once they convene, they will need a two—thirds majority to convict mr trump, two—thirds majority to convict mrtrump, that two—thirds majority to convict mr trump, that is 17 senators. that seems unlikely but, frankly, it seems more possible now than it did 2a hours ago, given what we have seen. there were ten republicans who voted for impeachment including one who was very much a pro trump from south carolina. we did not see that coming. liz cheney, in the republican leadership in congress and part of the conservative establishment. the top republican in the house did not vote for impeachment but he did say that mr trump was responsible for the riot which was significant. and then you

had the top republican on the senate, mitch mcconnell, who said he is not sure how he will vote and that leaves open the possibility that he may convict. it is a fluid political situation. convict. it is a fluid olitical situation. �* political situation. and given the trial will _ political situation. and given the trial will happen - political situation. and given the trial will happen after i the trial will happen after trump leaves office, what sanctions might he face? well, if he is impeached _ sanctions might he face? well, if he is impeached then - sanctions might he face? well, if he is impeached then he - sanctions might he face? well, if he is impeached then he will| if he is impeached then he will possibly lose things like his pension and his security detail and other things that you may get is a former president of the united states. but the key thing i think that would interest democrats and some republicans is that he could then make another move, it would be a separate movement off the back of an impeachment, to prevent him from running again which would mean he would not be able to run in 202a. and, barbara, given the country is so divided that anticipation and tension is so high in washington, what has the reaction been?—

washington, what has the reaction been? well, that is interesting. _ reaction been? well, that is interesting. and _ reaction been? well, that is interesting. and from - reaction been? well, that is interesting. and from a - interesting. and from a republican point of view, a recent poll shows that republican voters actually still support mr trump in the majority. they think he was right to question the election results. they do not blame him for the capital riot. and they do want him to run in 202a. for the capital riot. and they do want him to run in 2024.1 think that much do want him to run in 2024. i think that much of the country that was very appalled by what happened on the capital, certainly many democrats but others as well will be glad to see that some action has been taken see that some action has been ta ken towards see that some action has been taken towards accountability ta ken towards accountability and taken towards accountability and taking a stand in terms of and taking a stand in terms of a president being accused of violating democracy. but there is a concern about more violence. the intelligence briefings are saying that the extremists may have been emboldened by the breach and that you may see more attacks being planned in the future

and, perhaps, the impeachment may also strengthen that resolved.— may also strengthen that resolved. . ~' , ., , . let's get some of the day's other news. protests have erupted in brussels after the death of a 23—year—old man in police custody. a police station was briefly set on fire and local streets vandalised. the belgian king's car was hit by projectiles as it passed through the area. one of the largest anti—mafia trials in decades has begun amid high security in southern italy. it's targeting more than 350 people suspected of links to the organised crime group the �*ndrangheta. those accused include politicians, police officers and civil servants. charges range from abuse of office and money—laundering to drug—trafficking and murder. south korea's supreme court has upheld a twenty year prison sentence for former president — park geun—hye. she was removed from office in 2017 after accusations of corruption. miss park has refused to take part in any of the court proceedings. four of south korea's past presidents have been convicted of criminal offences and sent to prison.

here in the uk, the government's delayed the introduction of new rules requiring travellers arriving in england to have a negative coronavirus test. the regulation had been due to come into force early on friday morning, but now won't take effect until monday. the latest daily coronavirus figures show more than 1500 people died in the uk within 28 days of a positive coronavirus test. a team of 10 international scientists has arrived in the chinese city of wuhan to investigate the origins of covid—19. the world health organization has spent many months negotiating the visit with beijing. the who says it is not seeking to apportion blame for the virus, but to prevent future outbreaks. robin brant is in wuhan. the team comes herejust the team comes here just as china is facing a resurgence in the number of new locally transmitted cases. the authorities are very much focused on trying to peron up

further outbreak. this team is focused on looking back and trying to work out how and where this whole thing started. now the two week period of quarantine for the ten member team and during that time we are told they will be in touch with chinese counterparts, videoconferencing every day and after that there will be a further two week period of fieldwork. they will visit the market not far from here where the original cluster of cases was found a year ago. will they go to the now infamous work and institute of urology? the place not far from here where the decades china has studied corona viruses. will they go further south to the province of yunnan, home to the cave where the bats live which are believed to be the original source of this coronavirus? at this stage we do not know. what we do know is that they are reliant on their chinese hosts for access to samples for pretty much everything during the period here. we're told team comes here with an open

mind and no theories have been ruled in or out. what we do know, as i said, they are very much reliant on the chinese oath. going forward, china wants to focus on its near miraculous recovery. it's containment success, particularly here and were hand but also muddying the waters when it comes to the origin. state media now for several months has been focused on claims, unsubstantiated, with little or no credible evidence that coronavirus did not start in this city, may be did not even start in this country, was it in italy or in spain, it in the united states? all part of an effort to muddy the waters and try to undermine the reason this team is here, to look at the origins, to look at the near insurmountable evidence that this is the place where it all started. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: hollywood hammered — why the pandemic�*s sent profits plummeting to a 40—year low.

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. the latest headlines: pesident trump is impeached for a second time, accused of insighting the violence on capitol hill last week. international scientists travel to wuhan in china to investigate the origins of covid—19. more now on our top story: the impeachment of donald trump for the second time. keith naughton is a political strategist. he joins us from washington. what you think is the type frame —— time frame for what is going to happen? can you take us to the next few weeks or possibly months? i

us to the next few weeks or possibly months?— us to the next few weeks or possibly months? i think mitch mcconnell— possibly months? i think mitch mcconnell is _ possibly months? i think mitch mcconnell is kind _ possibly months? i think mitch mcconnell is kind of _ possibly months? i think mitch mcconnell is kind of calling - mcconnell is kind of calling the shots on the republican side, i think it will take a bit of time, they are probably going to start on the 19th, the day before the inauguration, but i do not think that is going to drag on for months. i think this thing is going to wrap up in a couple of weeks, if that. a, wrap up in a couple of weeks, if that. ~ ., ., , .,, wrap up in a couple of weeks, if that. ~ ., ., , ., if that. a lot of people are wondering _ if that. a lot of people are wondering what _ if that. a lot of people are wondering what is - if that. a lot of people are wondering what is the - if that. a lot of people are l wondering what is the point if that. a lot of people are - wondering what is the point of this if it is going to happen after president trump has left office? ., , ., , office? for the democrats, there are _ office? for the democrats, there are voters _ office? for the democrats, there are voters are, - office? for the democrats, there are voters are, they l office? for the democrats, i there are voters are, theyjust detest the president so much that there is nothing they can do against the president, soon to be former president that could satisfy them. it's about satisfying the democratic base. i think on the republican side, some of the leadership would like to disqualify donald trump from running in 2024 because they think they view him and accurately so, as someone who simply cannot win in 2024. indie

simply cannot win in 2024. we saw some _ simply cannot win in 2024. we saw some republicans for the first time side with the democrats last year, in the first impeachment trial, and it was always very clear from the beginning that he was never going to be found guilty because the democrats just didn't have the numbers. you see it as being very different this time around? i see it as being very different this time around?— see it as being very different this time around? i think it is auoin to this time around? i think it is going to change _ this time around? i think it is going to change significantlyl going to change significantly because he is heading out of power. he only has the card he can whip up, he doesn't have anything else. and i think mcconnell in particular would like to get him disqualified, i think that mcconnell and his fellow republicans in the senate have been treated very badly by donald trump, they have been treated like a bunch of valets, i don't think they like it one bit. so mcconnell needs about 17 or 18 votes to commit. if you can collect those votes, excuse me, to convicted. i think then they would convicted and he would be disqualified for 2024. can

would convicted and he would be disqualified for 2024.— disqualified for 2024. can he ardon disqualified for 2024. can he pardon himself? _ disqualified for 2024. can he pardon himself? well, i- disqualified for 2024. can he | pardon himself? well, i don't know. pardon himself? well, i don't know- you — pardon himself? well, i don't know. you would _ pardon himself? well, i don't know. you would have - pardon himself? well, i don't know. you would have to i pardon himself? well, i don't know. you would have to ask| pardon himself? well, i don't. know. you would have to ask the legal eagles about that, so to speak. i think the general consensus is that he cannot. but even if he could pardon himself, it would not include state crimes in local jurisdictions, and it would not obviate impeachment. so if he is impeached and convicted after impeachment, he would still be disqualified. he cannot sign a piece of paper to get himself back in the running for 2024. ., ., ., ~ for 2024. keith naughton, thank ou ve for 2024. keith naughton, thank you very much — for 2024. keith naughton, thank you very much for _ for 2024. keith naughton, thank you very much for being - for 2024. keith naughton, thank you very much for being with i for 2024. keith naughton, thank you very much for being with us| you very much for being with us in sharing your thoughts.- in sharing your thoughts. thank ou. italy's been plunged into political chaos after former prime minister matteo renzi pulled his party out of government, leaving the ruling coalition without a parliamentary majority. it's unclear what his motive

was, but the timing couldn't be worse with the country trying to rebuild the economy and contain the cornavirus pandemic. tanya dendrinos has more. september 2019, this was italian prime minister giuseppe conte ringing in the new coalition government. it was made of four political parties, but 16 months on, one of them, italia viva, led by former prime minister matteo renzi, has left, leaving the current majority —— current government without a majority in parliament. translation: we are ready to help, we are ready to talkj about everything with everyone, without ideologies. we're not doing something irresponsible. we're saying if there is a political crisis, it should be faced in institutional settings. it's not clear why his party left government. prime minister conte changed his plans to spend 223 billion euros of eu financial aid after the former pm said he did not like it. translation: we will never be complicit in the greatest waste l

of money we could have in republican history if we were to move forward. we have to move forward with the project. now it is up to the government to decide, and not to us, because we have only told the truth. since quitting as pm, matteo renzi's popularity has nosedived, with polling suggesting his italia viva party attracts less than 3% of voters. but his a decision to pull out of government could not have come at a worse time for italy. more than 80,000 people have died with covid—19, and infection rates remain stubbornly high. a state of emergency has been recently extended until the end of april. and to that, the economy in ruins and now an unstable government. meaning big political choices for the current prime minister, who could try to renegotiate a new pact with italia viva or ask the government to put together a government of national unity.

failing that, the only choice would be a general election — two years early — which could be won by a coalition of right—wing and far—right parties, if the polls are right. matteo renzi's nickname is the �*demolition man' — the only thing he's bringing down is the government and italy's sense of security in a time of crisis. whistling tanya dendrinos, bbc news. few industries have been harder hit by the coronavirus pandemic than hollywood. cinemas have been forced to close their doors all around the world. in america, revenues have plummeted as people give the silver screen a miss. new figures showjust how bad the downturn has been, as the bbc�*s tim allman explains. iconic, familiar, unchanging. the hollywood sign may be constant, but the fortunes of the industry it represents are anything but. the cinemas and picture houses of la, along with many other cities across the nation, remain closed, and that has had a dramatic impact on the bottom line.

according to research firm comscore, the industry generated $11.4 billion in revenue in 2019, but twelve months later, it was only $2.2 billion, a drop of 80%. and that's the worst performance since 1981, when the industry generated less than $1 billion in revenue. film after film have had their release dates postponed, and then postponed again. there will be nothing left to save. the latestjames bond movie, no time to die, is due to open in april, but with the speculation it might move to the autumn. christopher nolan's tenet did appear in cinemas worldwide, but its performance was seen as disappointing.

the recent wonder woman sequel was released in movie theatres but also streamed online at the same time. and those streaming services have been the real winners in all this. platforms like netflix, amazon prime and disney+ have seen revenues booming. the question is, will we all flock back to the cinemas when the pandemic ends, or is this the new normal? tim allman, bbc news. that is the question indeed. let's get an update from the bbc sport centre. hello there, i'm gavin ramjaun — and this is your thursday sport briefing. santos are through to the final of the copa libertadores — after a stunning 3—0 semi—final second leg win over boca juniors. the brazilian team were ruthless in disposing of one of the most successful sides in the competition's history. diego pituca in the first half — then two in quick succession at the start of the second were enough, as boca struggled to get back into the match. yeferson soteldo and lucas braga with the other goals. santos now face palmeiras

in the final, on the 30th of january, as they seek a fourth libertadores trophy. tottenham missed the chance to move into the top four of the english premier league on wednesday. they were held to a 1—1 draw by fulham. harry kane's header in the first half for spurs gave them the ideal start in the rearranged fixture, but fulham had other ideas. ivan cavaleiro scored a late header to earn them a point, in their fifth successive league draw. concerns about the spread of coronavirus in the uk continue to dog the premier league, here's the spurs boss, jose mourinho. do we want to finish the season or... do we want football to — to keep going or not? do we want to be the only country in europe without football or not? do we want the end of the season with a champion, with a cup winner, with relegation, with europe, or, we don't? that's the main — that's the main question.

to tennis now, and aryna sabalenka won her third straight tour title and 15th straight match, beating veronika kudermetova in straight sets to take the title in abu dhabi. the fourth—seeded belarusian was last defeated in the fourth round of the french open in october, and her win will move her up three places to seventh in the world rankings. sabalenka and kudermetova will now travel to australia, where they will spend time in quarantine, with limited practice opportunities ahead of the australian open and its warm—up events. the spanish super cup holders real madrid play their semi—final later against athletic bilbao. they've been in training in malaga, where the match is taking place. real can extend their unbeaten run across all competitions to nine matches, the winner will play barcelona in the final on sunday in seville after barca beat sociedad in the wednesday's semi. and it's finely poised in the test series between australia and indi, ahead of the fourth and final match in brisbane. india held out to claim

a draw in sydney. tensions, though, are running high, with the series tied 1—1. australia head coach justin langer has come to the defence of talisman steve smith after suggestions the batsman deliberately scuffed up the crease during the final day of that third test. i literally cannot believe some of the rubbish i read about steve smith. absolute load of rubbish! what steve smith does at the crease, he probably doesn't most games, he's just thinking about the game. anyone who suggests for one ms he was trying to do something untoward... way out of line! a defiant justin a defiantjustin langer there. you can get all the latest sports news at our website, that's bbc.com/sport. but from me — gavin ramjaun — and the rest of the sport team, that's your thursday sport briefing. 0ur our thanks to gavin there. germany says it's reunited the last of 14 highly valuable paintings with the heirs of theirjewish owners after they were stolen by

the nazis during world war ii. the paintings came from an original trove of 1,500 artworks, discovered in a munich flat in 2012. paul hawkins reports. this is the cloudiest appeal, or playing the piano by carl spitzer, seized by the nazis in 1939, some 80 years later, the wishes of its originaljuice owner had been finally the field and it has been handed over to sotheby�*s in london. the last 14 priceless artworks to be returned to their owners that were identified as stolen by the nazis during world war ii. they came from this munich flat an incredible hoard of 1500 paintings including by picasso enmity is discovered by tax investigators seven years ago. the home of this man, cornelius gurnett, whose father, hildebrand girl it, was a nazi. —— an idealfor the nazis. insiders collection, a

renoir porter, 0'malley seascape, or this moon a depiction of waterloo's waterloo bridge, which is with millions today stopping museum of fine arts in switzerland inherited the collection when he died in 2014, but they spent the last five years working at which paintings he legitimately owned and which were stolen. germany's culture minister said behind every one of these pictures is a tragic human fate. we cannot make up for that great suffering. by reckoning with the art looted by the nazis, we are trying to contribute to historical justice. in contribute to historical 'ustice. ., ., ., justice. in a mountain cave... a treasure — justice. in a mountain cave... a treasure trove _ justice. in a mountain cave... a treasure trove was - a treasure trove was discovered. some historians estimate nazis stole 20% of all of the art ever made, and billions of euros of art is still there, waiting to be reunited with the owners of its families. paul hawkins, bbc news.

an incredible story. you can reach me on twitter, i'm @samanthatvnews. thank you very much for being with us. in bye for now. —— bye for now. hello there. we've got wet weather across many parts of the country at the moment but it's notjust rain. we've got some snow falling, too, increasingly across scotland and northern england. we have this amber heavy snow warning from the met office. these are the main areas of concern. there'll be snow across other parts of scotland and northern england. this is where we are expecting the heaviest snow to be. over the hills, 20cm by late morning on thursday, and some snow to lower levels as well inland. we have seen this band of cloud on that weather front moving its way slowly eastward. whilst we see milder air out towards the west, there's still cold air across northern and eastern parts of britain. that's why we're seeing the rain turning increasingly to snow, partcularly over the hills. quite a range of temperatures early on thursday morning. that wintry mixture of rain

and sleet and snow continues across much of scotland and northern england throughout thursday. there's wetter weather through the midlands down towards the south—east and we could see a bit of sleet and snow in that, especially across lincolnshire for a while, and the midlands. it's going to be cold underneath that wet weather. temperatures 2—4 degrees. colder still over the high ground. much milderfor northern ireland and wales and the south—west, where it will be drier and we have some sunshine on the way for northern ireland. during the evening and overnight, we will find a lot of that wetter weather, that wintry mix just petering out, so it does become drier by the time we get to friday morning. but we're likely to have a widespread frost and that's going to lead to some icy conditions as well as that covering of snow. things are drying off because we're seeing this little ridge of high pressure building in from the south—west. the winds are going to be light across many parts of the country. so we're going to be left with probably a lot of cloud around. and there may well be some quite low cloud and some fog

which will be slow to lift. probably the best of the sunshine towards north—eastern parts of scotland, probably improving, though, towards the south—west as well. temperatures here lower than they've been over the past 24 hours. and for many parts of the country, it's going to be another chilly day. we've got a weather front sweeping across the country early into the weekend and then behind that, we get more of a north—westerly airflow, so for a while, early on saturday, we've got a spell of rain, maybe some snow over the hills. it's soon replaced by sunshine and the rest of the weekend should be sunny but it's still going to be rather blustery.

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