this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. my name's mike embley. making history on capitol hill. walking the article of impeachment against donald trump through the ornate halls of congress to trigger the first ever impeachment trial of a former president. president trump gravely endangered the security of the united states and its institutions of government. he threatened the integrity of the democratic system, interfered with the peaceful transition of power, and imperilled the coequal branch of government. he thereby betrayed his trust as president to the manifest injury of the people of the united states. president biden sets out goals to speed up coronavirus vaccinations, saying the us

should be well on the way to herd immunity by the summer. italy's prime minister giuseppe conte is set to resign, in the hope of forming a stronger government. will his gamble pay off? chelsea sack the man they call their club legend — frank lampard is out as manager afterjust 18 months in charge. the us house of representatives has delivered its article of impeachment to the senate, charging former president donald trump with "incitement of insurrection" of the capitol riot on january 6th. it's the official start of the senate trial process. led by the house speaker, nancy pelosi, nine representatives are proceeded to the senate chamber where they'll serve as prosecutors, or "impeachment managers."

the lead impeachment manager, democratjamie raskin, read out the charge in the senate. article in the senate. one. incitement of insurrection. article one. incitement of insurrection. the constitution provides that the house of representatives shall have the sole power of impeachment and the president shall be removed from office on impeachment for an conviction of treason, bribery or other high crimes and misdemeanours. further, section three of the 14th amendment to the constitution prohibits any person who has "engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the united states" from holding any office under the united states. in his conduct while president of the united states and in violation of his constitutional oath to faithfully execute the office of the president of the united states, and to the best of his ability preserve, protect and defend the constitution of the united states, and in violation of his constitutional duty to

take care that the laws be faithfully executed, donald john trump engaged in high crimes and misdemeanours by inciting violence against the government of the united states, in that onjanuary six, 2021, pursuant to the top amendment of the constitution of the united states, vice president of the united states, the house of representatives and the senate met the united states capital for a joint session of congress to count the votes of the electoral college. in the months preceding the joint session, president trump repeatedly issued false statements asserting that the presidential election results were the product of widespread fraud and should not be accepted by the american people or certified by state or federal officials. shortly before the joint session shortly before thejoint session commenced, president trump addressed a crowd at the... in washington, dc, there, he reiterated false claims that "we won this election and we won it by a

landslide". he also wilfully made statements that in context, encouraged and foreseeably resulted in lawless action at the capital, such as" if you don't fight like hell, you're not going to have a country anymore". plus incited by president trump, members of the crowd he had addressed, in an attempt to, among other objectives, interfere with the joint session's solemn constitutional duty to certify the results of the 2020 presidential election, unlawfully bridged and vandalised the capital, injured and killed law enforcement personnel, menaced members of congress, the vice president and congressional personnel, and congressional personnel, and engaged in other violent, deadly, destruct and seditious arcs. —— unlawfully breached and vandalised the capitol. let's speak to barbara plett—usher on capitol hill. there is a lot of processing ceremony, but this is a big

deal, politically and practically?- deal, politically and practically? deal, politically and racticall ? , , ., practically? yes, it is an historic— practically? yes, it is an historic moment. - practically? yes, it is an historic moment. i- practically? yes, it is an historic moment. i feel| practically? yes, it is an i historic moment. i feel like practically? yes, it is an - historic moment. i feel like i historic moment. ifeel like i have said that many times over the past couple of weeks, but it is. it is the second ever impeachment of a president and it has taken place within a year, or13 it has taken place within a year, or 13 months, it has taken place within a year, or13 months, butjourney between the house and the senate has been taken quite recently, which is very historic. —— thatjourney. it is ceremonial, as you mentioned, and the trial itself is not going to start for another two weeks. there is a question about whether there can be a conviction, because there needs to be a two—thirds senate majority, and that would require 17 republican senators to vote with democrats, and they have a lot of political considerations to take in mind when they decide whether to do that. but it is significant in that. but it is significant in that it will show what sort of republican support there is for mr trump in republican support there is for mrtrump in the republican support there is for mr trump in the establishment, in the elected members in the

capital, after the kinds of things that we have seen. if he is convicted that he could be barred from another serving, holding high office again, which would be significant. but evenif which would be significant. but even if not, as i said, he is the second president, the only president ever to have been impeached twice, and that is a stigma that he would carry with him and something that i think democrats feel, even in and of itself, would be a message that the kind of riot they saw at the kind of riot they saw at the capitol building, but not only that, mr trump was my efforts to try to spread the lie that there had been massive election fraud, that there needs to be a significant action taken and that he would bear some sort of historic mark for that. bear some sort of historic mark forthat. —— mr bear some sort of historic mark for that. —— mr trump's efforts. for that. -- mr trump's efforts-_ for that. -- mr trump's efforts. a efforts. as you said, something like 17 republican _ efforts. as you said, something like 17 republican senators - like 17 republican senators would need to vote to make up about two—thirds vote to convict mr trump. but it does look unlikely. the pressure on them from mr trump's supporters must be huge, and in many cases

they must be in some danger? well, we should say that it is completely different from the time that mr trump was impeached last year, when there were zero, well, almost no republicans who voted for impeachment. it wasjust republicans who voted for impeachment. it was just mitt romney who did so at the time. the party was very strongly behind mr trump. the party was very strongly behind mrtrump. in the party was very strongly behind mr trump. in this case, that's not happening. the lead republican has basically told senators that they can vote as they wish, basically a vote of conscience. he has indicated he is open to listening to the arguments, although he has not said he would vote for impeachment. a number of senators have come out criticising mr trump, indicating they may also be open to voting for impeachment. so that is a difference from last time. however, to get 17 would be quite a difficult thing to do at this point, because of their political futures, as you said. the grassroots of the party is still very strongly behind mr trump. the house republicans who voted to impeach have been getting blowback from their

party organisations on the ground and also from conservative talk radio and tv and social media. polling shows that republican voters don't think mrtrump that republican voters don't think mr trump should be blamed for what happened at the capitol building. so there is a lot of pressure on these senators, and to how they might feel personally about what they would like to do, —— no matter how they might feel personally about what they would like to do, there is a lot of political pressure on them about this vote. �* . . pressure on them about this vote. ., ., ~ i., , vote. barbara, thank you very much for _ vote. barbara, thank you very much for that. _ we can now speak to professor lauren wright, who's a research scholar and lecturer in politics at princeton university. professor, good to talk to you. thank you for your time. we have been continually told by republicans it is just not constitutional phone impeachment trial to take place against somebody who has already left office. there is historical precedent for that, though, isn't there?- historical precedent for that, though, isn't there? there is, and i would — though, isn't there? there is, and i would love _ though, isn't there? there is, and i would love to _ though, isn't there? there is, and i would love to have - though, isn't there? there is, | and i would love to have them pointed to the constitution where it says that. there are two main complaints here from republicans. 0ne two main complaints here from republicans. one is that anyone

except for the chiefjustice cannot reside over this. that is not true. article one, section three of the constitution clearly states that the senate has the sole power vested in it to try impeachment is, and that the president of the senate would president of the senate would preside over those trials, exceptin preside over those trials, except in the case of the president and the vice president. the other complaint is that you cannot try a former elected official, which isjust absolutely not true, if you look back through hundreds of years of history, both in the 18th century in this country and in england, where we adopted our impeachment laws from, there is lots of documentation of this in the founding documents, in conversations among the founders, and my colleague keith whittington has done a really good job of characterising that in the last few days. it characterising that in the last few da s. , , characterising that in the last fewda s. , , ., ., , few days. it surely damages the rocess, few days. it surely damages the process, doesn't _ few days. it surely damages the process, doesn't it, _ few days. it surely damages the process, doesn't it, in - few days. it surely damages the process, doesn't it, in the - process, doesn't it, in the eyes of the public, and perhaps more widely, were to have a

democratic senate are providing over it rather than a supreme courtjustice? —— democratic court justice? —— democratic senator courtjustice? —— democratic senator presiding over it. i understand those feelings. it might not be ideal politically, no matter how much patrick leahy says he will take this seriously and will be impartial, he still has a d in front of his name and that is the way most americans see it. however, i would also look at it from the angle of democrats might not want to do this, politically, but it is so egregious and so outstanding, this president's behaviour, and such a clear violation of his oath, but despite the potential political costs, they are still going through this despite the fact that he is still —— he is not still in office. fact that he is still -- he is not still in office.— fact that he is still -- he is not still in office. the most senior republican - not still in office. the most senior republican in - not still in office. the most senior republican in the i senior republican in the senate, mitch mcconnell, has been very outspoken about what mr trump did, been very outspoken about what mrtrump did, but been very outspoken about what mr trump did, but there is a feeling, isn't there, but because there is a gap between how this trial happens —— when this trail happens that it is

less likely they will be a conviction? that is a great l point, and in fact the further away we get from sixth of january, unfortunately those events are fading in the minds of many americans and even the senators whose lives were at risk that day. so, a couple of weeks ago, when i was on bbc, i said i thought you could maybe get to 17 senators if you had mitch mcconnell, the group of senators that has been moderate or consistently critical of president trump, mitt romney, susan collins, the group that is likely retiring, or certainly retiring, and then a group of constitutional conservatives and people who might like to run in 2024 and don't want to run against president trump. that is more and more looking like it is not going to happen. and more looking like it is not going to happen-— going to happen. professor, thanks very _ going to happen. professor, thanks very much _ going to happen. professor, thanks very much indeed. i going to happen. professor, - thanks very much indeed. thank ou. we can now speak to us political analyst and commentator max kutner. max, good to talk to you again. help us with the politics here.

what is at play?— what is at play? well, this is a bi what is at play? well, this is a his little — what is at play? well, this is a big little calculation, - what is at play? well, this is a big little calculation, but i a big little calculation, but these senators now have to make. 0n these senators now have to make. on one hand, trump is out of office. he has been pretty quiet the last couple of days, certainly without having a twitter account. certainly without having a twitteraccount. he certainly without having a twitter account. he is becoming quieter and quieter. that said, his figure still looms large over the republican party. a lot of these senators, even though there was just an election, they will still be thinking about their next elections. 17 is the big number that we have been hearing tonight, do they have the numbers? what is interesting to me is that we are at least talking about it as a possibility, whereas one year ago, when we had this same senate trial of impeachment, there was really no chance there was really no chance there was really no chance there was going to be a conviction. now, in this case, the number is point to a possibility of a conviction. when you add ten republicans —— hard ten republicans in the house who voted for

impeachment, when you have republicans who have come out against what happened on january six, including members of trump's cabinet, so the science point to a possibility. that said, you might on the other hand have republicans in the senate you are bringing up questions of constitutional law, who are saying, maybe we can't convict a formally sitting president, or maybe we can conviction but we cannot devote to bar him from running for a potential office. devote to bar him from running fora potential office. —— for a potential office. —— cannot fora potential office. —— cannot vote. the fact this has never happened before, that a president has never been convicted in the senate and a president has never been convicted after serving office, raises a lot of questions that could detract from the possibility of a conviction even as those other signs point to the possibility of one. find to the possibility of one. and max, the _ to the possibility of one. and max, the point _ to the possibility of one. and max, the point for _ to the possibility of one. and max, the point for the democrats of trying to get a conviction would be to then move to a vote to take away any chance of him running again for public office, take away his secret service protection, his

travel budget, i think even his pension. it is surely likely, though, even if he is disqualified, that he will be a kingmaker in four years, and whoever he backs with his 711 million votes this time will be in a very good position to take the republican nomination, and possibly the presidency again. thatin possibly the presidency again. that in itself is a huge pressure on republican senators this time, isn't it?— this time, isn't it? that's riaht, this time, isn't it? that's right. mike. _ this time, isn't it? that's right, mike. the - this time, isn't it? that's right, mike. the stakes i this time, isn't it? that's i right, mike. the stakes are very high for these republicans who are still very much in politics. they know that, as you said, 711 million people voted for president trump lost time. they know that he has raised hundreds of millions of dollars and he is still left with a very strong backing and a lot of support. i mean, there were the videos of him heading to mar—a—lago, there were a couple of boos, but there were lots of crowds on the streets cheering him on. as you said, he is still very much a kingmaker in the republican party. but if he were to be

convicted, i think about, along with the fact he is now no longer on twitter, i think washington tends to move on very quickly, especially perhaps from someone who is, or who was not in washington even before he ran for president, and is not in washington right now. so the news cycle moves very quickly, politics moves very quickly, politics moves very quick, it is possible he wouldn't be kingmaker for very long but that is exactly the political question that these republican senators are going to be thinking about over the next two weeks before this trial. ~ . , next two weeks before this trial. ~ ., , , ., trial. max, very interesting to talk ou trial. max, very interesting to talk you again. _ trial. max, very interesting to talk you again. thank - trial. max, very interesting to talk you again. thank you. . stay with us on bbc news, there is much more to come. including this. the chelsea legend given the boot. frank lampard sacked as manager afterjust 18 months as manager after just 18 months in as manager afterjust 18 months in charge. the shuttle challenger exploded soon after lift off. there were seven astronauts on board, one of them a woman school teacher. all of them are believed to have been killed.

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welcome horrifying experiences. back. very glad to have your welcome back. very glad to have your with us on bbc news. 0ne main story dominating the headlines. democrats in the united states have delivered the impeachment trial —— goes to the senate. it is triggering the process of putting him on trial. president biden, at the start of his first full week in office, has set out goals to speed up coronavirus vaccinations, saying the us should be well on the way to herd immunity by the summer. the us is also set to impose a ban on people arriving from the uk, ireland and the 26 european countries in the schengen free travel area — and from brazil and south africa, too. president biden said there were enough vaccines to exceed his target for vaccinations during his first 100 days in office. so i'm quite confident that we will be in a position, within the next three weeks or so, to be vaccinating people at the range of i be vaccinating people at the range ofi million a day or in excess of that. that is my — a

promise that we will get at least 100 million vaccinations. that's not people, because sometimes you need more than one shot of the vaccination, but 100 million shots in people's arms of the vaccine. the us travel bans come amid intense concern over new strains of the virus and whether the vaccines will work against them. the new variants have been spreading fast in a number of different countries including the uk, brazil and south africa. 0ur science crrespondent rebecca morelle has been looking at why these new variants are such a threat and how to deal with future mutations as they come along. a year into the pandemic, and the virus is changing. new variants are emerging around the world, altering its structure and the way the virus behaves. the variant spreading in the uk has a significant mutation. it's called n501y and it changes the spike of the virus.

that spike is like a key opening up a lock. it inserts into receptors and enters our cells. the mutation gives this key a much betterfit, which is how it can infect more people. the variant in south africa and a separate one in brazil has another worrying mutation. it's called e484k and it changes the spike in a different way. now antibodies made by a previous covid infection can't attach to it, so they can no longer block the virus, which means any past immunity is now not as effective. this mutation is also important for vaccines, which trigger antibody production. today, moderna announced its vaccine wasn't as effective for the south african variant, although it still provided enough protection. it did fully work against the uk variant, though. moderna, pfizer, and astrazeneca can adapt their vaccines, which target the spike. but others, aimed at different parts of the virus, are also being developed. we want to be developing

vaccines in the next generation that do cover these mutations that have been redesigned, and that shouldn't be difficult. we also need vaccines that cover other parts of the virus and notjust the spike protein because we can see that the spike protein is a highly malleable, adaptable piece of the virus. so how much more could the virus change? in the us, scientists are studying every possible mutation to the spike — nearly 4,000 of them — to flag which ones are the most dangerous. if we start out by looking at all possible mutations, then as things change in nature, we can look back at our reference table of data and see how these mutations might affect immunity rather than always trying to catch up with the virus and always being one step behind. we can't stop more mutations from appearing, but our actions will affect how quickly this happens. we really need to get the prevalence down, because the less virus is out there in fewer people, the less chance there

is of any mutations arising or being selected. it'sjust like rolling a dice. the fewer times you roll it, the less chance there is that you roll a six. there's still much to learn about the new variants, and urgent studies are under way to see if the one first identified in the uk is more deadly, but the whole world needs to step up surveillance to keep ahead of this rapidly evolving pandemic. rebecca morelle, bbc news. italy's prime minister has announced he will resign on tuesday in the hope of being asked by the president to try to form a new government. giuseppe conte lost his majority in the senate last week, after a small party left the coalition. 0ur correspondent mark lowen, who's in rome, explained what could happen next. giuseppe conte lost his majority, absolute majority in the upper house of parliament last week after a small party

within the coalition quit. following that he has tried to tempt opposition senators to try and jump ship and given the number that they need. it seems he hasn't managed to do so. so he will now have a cabinet meeting tomorrow morning and he will then go to the president's office and tender his resignation. now, it is likely that he would be tasked with forming a new coalition government. which might sound rather strange to you, that when the prime minister quits he's given a chance to form a new government. but that's one of the quirks of italian politics. remember, this is a country that has had 66 governments since the second world war. a country of seemingly perennial political crises. and when a prime minister quits, they then will go to inform the president and then usually and hope to be given a chance to form a new stricter coalition, a reformed coalition. if he manages to do so he can relaunch his government. if he doesn't then the task would move to another political figure. and failing that, if nobody can do it well then fresh elections would beckon. this is a country with more than 85,000 deaths in the covid crisis.

the highest death toll in the european union. and of course the economic crisis now since the second world war for subs to italy really chooses its moments for a political crisis. and this is absolutely the last thing that it needs. mr conte has said that he has hope to be given that mandate and two of his coalition partners have already said that they will back him. the question is whether he can get enough centrists mps and senators behind him. and a new strengthed coalition or whether his days 29th prime minister since the second world war have come to a close. chelsea have sacked their manager, frank lampard. he's been in charge of the english premier league club for 18 months. in a statement, frank lampard said: "it has been a huge privilege

and an honour to manage chelsea, a club that has been a big part of my life for so long." chelsea said it was difficult to part ways with a club legend. but they said, that �*recent results and performances have not met the club's expectations. 0ur sports correspondent katie gornall has more. as a chelsea player, frank lampard's timing was impeccable. but as a manager, even his status as a club legend couldn't stop time from running out. the warning signs were there after a slump in form saw chelsea lose five of their last eight games in the premier league, and this is not a club known for its patience. they've just always done this. i thought it would be different this time because it's frank. i thought, at last, chelsea are going to do something different. i was wrong. it's just what chelsea always do. this morning, chelsea confirmed his departure, saying: while owner roman abramovich took the unprecedented step of adding his comments, describing lampard as an icon of the club whose status remains undiminished. lampard was handed the reins just 18 months ago.

under him, chelsea finished fourth last season and reached the fa cup final. but more than £200 million was spent on players in the summer, and when a title challenge failed to materialise, he was dismissed like many before him. all we can really do is sympathise with him. and in most of our cases empathise with him because if you've been in football a long time there will be many people who can't look back and say i never once got the sack. chelsea are expected now to turn to the former gsp manager. and you can get in touch with me and most of the team on twitter. i'm @bbcmikeembley. thank you so much forging. ——

for watching. hello. a cold, frosty start to tuesday morning means the risk for some ice on untreated surfaces. bear that in mind if you are making an essentialjourney. through the day, we'll see rain pushing from the west. and as that wet weather runs into some cold air, snow is likely to develop, especially over high ground in the north of the uk. this frontal system pushing in from the west will bring the wet and wintry weather, cold air ahead of our weather front. behind this frontal system, though, is much milder air starting to make inroads. ice to start off, then, just about anywhere, but especially through the midlands, into wales and northern ireland, where rain will be falling on cold surfaces, and a little bit of sleet and snow to start off across parts of central scotland. through the day, our main band of wet weather will continue to push its way eastwards. briefly, we could see a little bit of snow mixing in over high ground in north wales, in the peak district, but more especially across the pennines,

where we could see five cm of snow accumulating on the highest ground, through the southern uplands of scotland and into the grampians, where some places could well see ten cm of snow before the day is done. more likely mixing with some rain and sleet at low levels, but just three degrees in glasgow. holding onto some brightness in northeast scotland, just three there in aberdeen. conversely, ten degrees in plymouth, into the milder air pumping in behind our frontal system. and the front will tend to die out a little bit through tuesday night into wednesday morning. still some patchy rain, sleet and snow across scotland. quite a chilly night in prospect here, although not as cold as the last few, and very, very mild indeed down towards the south—west. wednesday is looking like a drier day for many. it'll be quite cloudy, misty and murky, and we'll see some showers of rain moving through northern ireland, england and wales at times. the further north and east you are across scotland, it should be dry with some

spells of sunshine. three or four degrees here, ten or 11 across parts of wales and south—west england. and as we go through wednesday night, we'll do it all again, again, that'll run into the relatively cold air, giving the potential for some snow, especially over higher ground in northern england and southern scotland. ahead of that frontal system, still some pretty cold air in place, so temperatures maybe three or four degrees across parts of northern scotland. down towards the south, though, highs of 12 or 13.

as manager afterjust 18 months in charge. the latest headlines from bbc news. democrats and the us house of representatives have delivered an article of impeachment against donald trump to the senate, starting the process of adding him on trial. it accuses him of inciting insurrection when his supporters stormed congress earlier this month. the trial will begin in earnest on february nine. president biden says he hopes to raise the target for vaccinations during his first 100 days in office to 150 million. it claims the us could be on the way to herd immunity by the summer. italy's prime minister has announced he will resign on tuesday, but in the hope of being asked by the president to form a new government. giuseppe conte lost his majority in the senate last week when a small party but the governing coalition. his decision means the end of italy's 66 government since the second world war.

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