a very warm welcome to bbc news. with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. my name is mike embley. donald trump �*s second impeachment trial begins in the us senate. he is accused of inciting the mob attack on the capitol building. democrats say the case against him is clear. to ask what a high crime and misdemeanour is under our constitution? that is a high crime and misdemeanour. if that is not an impeachable offence then there is no such thing. mr tom's lawyers say the trail is about freedom of speech and a warning about the consequences. we are really here because the majority — we are really here because the majority in the house of representatives does not want to face — representatives does not want to face donald trump as a political— to face donald trump as a political rival in the future.

the — political rival in the future. the world health organization enquiry concludes that coronavirus did not originate from a laboratory in china but cannot say where it did come from. and a rendezvous with the red planet. the uae's historic mission successfully entered orbit around mars. i mission successfully entered orbit around mars.— orbit around mars. i believe ou orbit around mars. i believe you have — orbit around mars. i believe you have a _ orbit around mars. i believe you have a filter— orbit around mars. i believe you have a filter turned - orbit around mars. i believe you have a filter turned on i orbit around mars. i believe i you have a filter turned on on the video settings. find you have a filter turned on on the video settings.— the video settings. and the texas lawyer _ the video settings. and the texas lawyer trapped - the video settings. and the texas lawyer trapped by i the video settings. and the texas lawyer trapped by a l the video settings. and the i texas lawyer trapped by a cat filter on his doom call. the formerjudge said he is not a feline. —— zoom call. hello to you and welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the historic second impeachment trial of donald trump has begun with senators shown graphic video of the riot last month at the capitol building. they included images of violence and the

former president calling on his supporters to fight like hell to help overturn the result. mr trump is charged with inciting insurrection. his lawyers have argued that the process is unconstitutional because he has left office of the senate has now voted to go ahead with a full hearing. our north american editor reports. hear he, hear ye, hear ye. in the building where a policeman and four protesters lost their lives, where the trump—supporting mob ran amok last month, donald trump today went on trial. on the question of whether donald john trump is subject to thejurisdiction of a court of impeachment... charged with inciting an insurrection at the capitol, the most serious accusation ever levelled at an american president. the democratic party prosecutors setting out a vivid and searing video timeline. shouting. leading the democratic team is a congressman who'd buried his son the day

before the riots, and he'd persuaded his wife and daughter to come to the capitol to witness american democracy and the peaceful transfer of power. she said, "dad, i don't want to come back to the capitol again..." of all the terrible, brutal things i saw and i heard on that day...and since then, that one hit me the hardest. that, and watching someone use an american flag pole, with the flag still on it, to spear and pummel one of our police officers ruthlessly, mercilessly. if donald trump is to avoid conviction, it won't be because senators will forgive or condone his behaviour. instead it will rely on a constitutional argument that you can't impeach a former president. the trump legal team, though, seemed to be struggling to make their case. i don't know about off the top of my head,

but each one of them, once there was the vacuum created that the greatest deliberative bodies, the senate of greece sitting in athens, the senate of rome... the beating heart of us democracy is now padlocked and chained. there are miles of fencing and razor wire and literally thousands of deployed national guardsmen. this is fortress congress. beyond the heavily guarded perimeter, a few protesters are making their point, a far cry from what the trump—supporting insurgents found a month ago when they'd taken the former president at his word. we fight like hell, and if you don't fight like hell, you're not going to have a country any more. the trump defence is that his speech was figurative and not literal. but the new president is trying to put maximum distance between himself and what's unfolding at the other end of pennsylvania avenue. the senate has theirjob. they're about to begin it.

i'm sure they're going to conduct themselves well, and that's all i'm going to have to say about impeachment. thank you very, very much. since leaving office, donald trump has spent more or less every day playing golf. but you can be sure that today he'll be watching, and closely. jon sopel, bbc news, washington. jennifer kearns is a conservative commentor and hosted all—american radio. she insists that donald trump is not to blame for the violence but claims that of his advisors are. i but claims that of his advisors are. . , but claims that of his advisors are. ., , ., ., , ., are. i have been doing a bit of research on this since january six and i have spoken to sources close to the president and his advisers and i do believe that while the president himself did not incite the riot onjanuary six i think his remarks were quite clear and he spoke for one hour and 15 minutes onjanuary six. he used the word find several

times but among the 10,000 words uttered from his mouth that day there was nothing that rose to the level of incitement. i do think his usual cub i'll have advisers, people like steve bannon and roger stone, roger stone ten days after he was pardoned actually reserved the website stop the steel .com. so the plan obviously was hatched around the november elections. i think the advisers close to president trump gave bad advice and obviously they were up to antics and i do think his advisers did cause some of the riots on january advisers did cause some of the riots onjanuary six. however, i do not think that he ought to be impeached right now. he is not even holding office. i think the constitutionality of this is the big question. i this is the big question. i don't know if it is a question anymore because the senate has voted to proceed and you must

know that most senior constitutional lawyers agree it is constitutional. i'm looking at one article here that gives the senate absolute power to run an impeachment process anyway it wants. and in any case, when he was impeached he was president. so the argument really goes away. can i ask you, your expectation that are this he will now be acquitted and he will still be either a candidate or a kingmaker of some kind in something like 7a million voters behind him? i something like 74 million voters behind him? i think that the republicans _ voters behind him? i think that the republicans who _ voters behind him? i think that the republicans who voted - voters behind him? i think that| the republicans who voted that it was constitutional, there was not an overwhelming number of republicans, only six in the senate voted that it was constitutional. and they were the usual suspects, mitt romney, susan collins and others. they were people who are not big trump fans anyway so i was not surprised at that.

according to constitutional lawyers and we should not relitigate the question of constitutionality. it is genuinely interesting why mr trump is seen as such a winner within the party given that this is a guy who has lost you the house of representatives, the house of representatives, the senate and the white house. why do you think he is still great? why do you think he is still ureat? , ., ., , ., ., great? there is a group of what i call the great? there is a group of what | call the maga block _ great? there is a group of what i call the maga block voters . i call the maga block voters who will always be with him. he will continue to wield some form of power in the republican party over the next 18 months— two years. but of the rnc and i say this as a conservative. i cannot believe that the chairwoman was re—elected. when is the last time the republican party chair in america got renominated to a position after losing the us house, the senate and the white house? so i think the republican party has some rebuilding to do. but i personally do not believe in the trump dynasties anymore. i think that power runs out when

a new candidate for 2024 announcers and that will happen sometime in the summer of 2022. i think we will see some other stars step up into that space. people like josh stars step up into that space. people likejosh hawley, the senator from people likejosh hawley, the senatorfrom missouri, marco rubio from the state of florida. you will have some different voices there that will really compete with the old trump ways and i think any republicans now, if you look back onjanuary republicans now, if you look back on january six, republicans now, if you look back onjanuary six, they republicans now, if you look back on january six, they say thatis back on january six, they say that is not the direction we want the country moving in and neither is impeachment, by the way. i was republicans and democrats could work together to get americans back to work and get us beyond covid—19. i think that is what congress ought to focus on rather than impeachment.— impeachment. and briefly, surely he _ impeachment. and briefly, surely he will _ impeachment. and briefly, surely he will be _ impeachment. and briefly, surely he will be a - impeachment. and briefly, i surely he will be a kingmaker in four years time. whoever he backs will have a lot behind him. . , backs will have a lot behind him. ., ,, backs will have a lot behind him. ., ., , him. that is possible. that is possible- _ him. that is possible. that is possible- i — him. that is possible. that is possible. i think— possible. i think it does depend on the legal cases

winding their way through. we still have many cases against trump and the trump family but i think republicans, before they decide who they support in 2024, we need to hear more about those cases as we are getting over the hour trump hangover here in america. that was jennifer— hangover here in america. that was jennifer kearns _ hangover here in america. that was jennifer kearns there. the wasjennifer kearns there. the world health organization is saying that covid—19 is extremely unlikely to have originated in a chinese laboratory. the conclusion was reached by a team of expert on a fact—finding mission in wuhan where the first case of the virus was recorded. they suggested is more likely to have come from that. our correspondent listen to them present their findings. it's one of the most important questions of our time — where did the virus come from? but the scientists had more to say about what they hadn't found than what they had. it has not been possible to pinpoint any animal species

as a potential reservoir for this disease, and it doesn't look like there was wide circulation of the virus in any animal species in the country. china's wet markets were once thought to be the prime suspect, where the virus was most likely to havejumped from animals to humans. this market, linked to some of the earliest cases, was a particular focus, but with animal tests said to be negative, the team has come up with another theory — frozen food. and an idea china itself has been promoting in recent months. the virus, they suggest, may have travelled to wuhan on imported frozen produce. the who arrived here insisting this was going to be all about the science, and yet signs of the politics have been there every step of the way, from the wrangling about access and timing, from the team's reliance not

on its own investigation, but on data provided by china. the questions about how independent these findings really are from china's own narrative are unlikely to go away. locally the narrative is taking hold. it is impossible for the virus to originate from here, he tells me. it came from overseas. no interview. this is a press conference, i'm allowed to ask questions. after the press conference, chinese officials tried to stop any interviews. concerned perhaps that they may lose control over such sensitive issues and a few more sensitive issues and a few more sensitive than this. some believe the virus could have leaked from this laboratory

known to have been experimenting on corona viruses. the china had little to fear from the scientist we were able to speak to. some had been calling the laboratory leak theory a conspiracy from the start. isn't your credibility on that somewhat undermined by the fact that you were rolling it out before you even came? fix, were rolling it out before you even came?— even came? a large group of exerts even came? a large group of experts looked _ even came? a large group of experts looked at _ even came? a large group of experts looked at this - even came? a large group of experts looked at this and i even came? a large group of l experts looked at this and they have been to the labs around the region and spoken to people and asked critical questions got critical answers and they came to the conclusion and i have as well. what they say is that it have as well. what they say is thatitis have as well. what they say is that it is extremely unlikely and that stands. covid devastated this city first and for now its origins remain almost as much of a mystery as before. let's get more on this now from level bio security professor in new south

wales. she had the bio security programme, you have something like a 28 year record in pandemics. what do you make of what is coming from the who? i think it is pretty much what was expected, that it would be very difficult to come up with any searing new insights on what they have said is pretty much what has been said for the past year which is that the virus is related to a bat ancestor but there is probably ancestor but there is probably an animal intermediary species and we don't know what that species is. the ruling out of the lovely i think will be useful to know what data was made available to the team and what data was not made available to the team and then the evidence base on which they made theirfindings. the evidence base on which they made their findings. that is not very transparent at the moment. not very transparent at the moment-— not very transparent at the moment. ,, , ., , moment. so you think they only looked at what _ moment. so you think they only looked at what they _ moment. so you think they only looked at what they were - looked at what they were allowed to look at. do you

think once the experts are out of china we may learn more? i think the only hope of learning more is through independent research. i think the who has limitations in its capacity simply because they do have two consider issues of... they have to consider keeping their member states happy and china is a big contributor to the who. the team itself probably did not have diverse expertise. they were mainly virologist and there was one member of the team who was actually involved in a non—government organisation, a not—for—profit organisation, a not—for—profit organisation that provided funding to that institute of virology for research. so i think, really, our only chance

of getting any further answers is through independent research. do you think food cannot be the source? ., .., source? you can never say it cannot, with almost every infection you can identify a strange and unusual mode of transmission that is not the dominant mode. it is definitely not the dominant mode of transmission but i think it's a bit of a red herring. half the people in that first cluster in wuhan did not attend that market, and the environmental samples that were positive in the market were not positive in the market were not positive in the expected areas where they were selling wildlife, for example, they were positive in the seafood section, and that is quite unusual.— is quite unusual. how optimistic _ is quite unusual. how optimistic or- is quite unusual. how i optimistic or pessimistic is quite unusual. how - optimistic or pessimistic are you. what chances do you think of changing habits and systems to avoid future pandemics or at least being better prepared? well, i'm not that optimistic, to be honest, and i think there

is still, of course, this virus may well have originated from a bat and then another intermediary animal but it also may have been a laboratory leak, and i think it is important to know more about that second possibility, because that is something we do have more control over, potentially, than viruses emerging in nature. we better let ou emerging in nature. we better let you go _ emerging in nature. we better let you go and _ emerging in nature. we better let you go and deal _ emerging in nature. we better let you go and deal with - emerging in nature. we better let you go and deal with your i let you go and deal with your dog, thank you very much indeed for talking to us us copy eight men have been arrested here in the uk in connection with allegations that try to hack into the mobile phones of a number of american celebrities. the national crime agency working alongside the fbi said a criminal network had been trying to steal money and personal information from sport stars and musicians. the eight men aged between 18—26 now faith possible extradition to the us. state with us, much

more to come: the historic emirates mission to mars successfully enters orbit around the red planet. music. there's mr mandela, mr nelson mandela, a free man taking his first steps into a new south africa. iran's spiritual leader, ayatollah khomeini, has said he's passed a death sentence on salman rushdie, the british author of a book which many muslims say is blasphemous. the people of haiti have flocked to church to give thanks for the ousting of their former president, ba by doc duvalier. because of his considerable value as a stallion, - shergar was kept in a special secure box in the stud - farm's central block. shergar was driven away. in a horse box the thieves had brought with them. there stepped down from the plane a figure in mourning, elizabeth ii, queen of this realm and of all her other

realms and territories, head of the commonwealth, defender of the faith. welcome back, very good have you with us on bbc news, the latest headlines this hour: senators in the us have voted to go ahead with a second impeachment trial of donald trump, rejecting suggestions the proceedings are unconstitutional stopping the world health organization team has concluded coronavirus did not originate from a lab in china but they cannot say where it did come from. a space probe launched by the united arab emirates has entered orbit around mars. only four other space agencies have made successful trips to the red planet.

mission accomplished — the united arab emirates has made it to mars. after a tense wait in the control room, celebrations. as a signal sent from their spacecraft millions of miles away beams in. it's like the weight of seven years has been lifted from my shoulders on arriving to mars. i'm truly looking forward to the scientific discoveries. and i truly hope this mission will impact an entire generation to strive for things that are even bigger. the spacecraft is called hope and has pulled off a make—or—break manoeuvre, firing its thrusters so it's captured by the gravitational pull of the red planet. the hope mission will see more of mars than we've ever seen before. its spacecraft has an elliptical orbit, swinging in closer and then much further away. at its closest, its flight path matches the rotation of mars, so it hovers over some key features,

like olympus mons, the biggest volcano in the solar system. at its furthest point, the planet spins beneath it, giving it a much wider view. this means it will see almost all of the planet, both from close—up and from far away. arriving at the red planet is a huge leap for the uae. until now, the nation has only sent satellites into earth orbit. the spacecraft will study the martian atmosphere to solve a big mystery, how mars transformed from a planet like earth, to the dry, dusty world it is today. it's not the end of the journey for hope. reaching mars is just halfway through the journey. we still have to do the science work, we still have to collect data and still have to come up with new discoveries about mars. and this mission is again just a starting point. for the united arab emirates, they have made history, establishing themselves as a new space power. but they're not the only ones heading to mars.

tomorrow, china's spacecraft arrives, then next week, nasa's rover is due to land. the red planet is about to get busy. we round up some more of the main news. the security forces and denmark have raided the headquarters in yangon. the national league for democracy says police forced their way into the building after dark. the enquiry into the helicopter crash who killed retired basketball star kobe bryant and his daughter said the pilot was not licensed to fly in cloud stopping nine people died including the pilot when the aircraft crashed in cloudy conditions into a hillside near la. twitter is saying its number of active daily users has grown to more than 190 million. that a rise of more than a quarter compared to a year earlier. twitter says it made more than $200 million in

profit in the final quarter of last year. a virtual court hearing in texas has been interrupted by a lawyer who accidentally appeared on screen as a wide—eyed fluffy kitten, yes that filter has made an appearance against. he was able to turn ——he was unable to turn it off. video of him forlornly telling the hearing, i'm not a cat, has been watched online millions of times. we've seen unexpected guests during a live tv interview, a local authority chairman disbarred from taking part online in his own backyard. you have no authority _ online in his own backyard. you. have no authority here, jacki weaver! no authority at all. he's just kicked weaver! no authority at all. he'sjust kicked him out. no, she's kicked him out.- he'sjust kicked him out. no, she's kicked him out. now, it's the turn of _ she's kicked him out. now, it's the turn of a _ she's kicked him out. now, it's

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trying to do this mostly with a straight face and mostly my own face thank you very much for watching. the cold snap across the uk continues. and no sign of anything milder for the remainder of this week. very cold nights ahead and some pretty bitterly cold days as well. a subtle change for today is that the wind will be lighter than it has been on monday and tuesday, though perhaps it won't feel quite as raw, but it's still an easterly or northeasterly wind. still some chains of showers being fed in, some making their way a reasonable way westwards. some of the heaviest snow on wednesday possibly for kent and sussex, the southeast of scotland and the northeast of england. as we move overnight wednesday into thursday, i've got the pressure pattern on behind me, notice how the isobars open up. the wind becomes much lighter. now, as i said, that wind has

made it feel very raw through the early part of the week, but for very cold nights, what you need are very light winds, and that is what we will have to take us into thursday morning. and that's important because at the moment, that's indicating signs that for some areas to the south of the uk, these are the temperatures of the towns and cities. we could have the coldest night in around a decade for some of the suburbs of london, for example. thursday, dawn, icy but with a lot of sunshine. there will be quite a bit of fair weather and largely light winds, a few north sea showers. temperatures, well, scraping just above freezing. towards the west, perhaps three degrees for belfast and plymouth. notice a little frontal system trying to push its way in here. this is the first signs of something a bit milder trying to approach from the atlantic. friday, it still looks like it'll be the high pressure in the east and the cold air, though, that will dominate. we could see some more organised snow showers for a time running into the northeast of scotland. towards the west, i think advancing cloud through the day

turning any sunshine hazy, but 4 degrees in belfast, 5 degrees in plymouth. some signs of something milder trying to head in. subzero, though, further east across the uk. and then for the weekend, it's that classic battleground that we so often talk about — high pressure in the east pushing the cold air our way, low pressure trying to come in from the atlantic and bring in something milder. at the moment, it looks like by sunday, we could start to see some significant improvement in our temperatures. but before that, there is the possibility of some further snowfall, but this time pushing into the west as we begin our transition.

a very warm welcome to bbc news. with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. my name is mike embley. donald trump's second impeachment trial begins in the us senate. he is accused of inciting the mob attack on the capitol building. his lawyers have claimed the child isjust his lawyers have claimed the child is just about mr trump running again and it is unconstitutional, but senators voted it should proceed. scientists from the who are investigating the origins of the pandemic in the cheney city of wuhan. they say they do not believe the virus has come from a lab but cannot say where it did come from. —— chinese city. chinese authorities have suggested it may have arrived through imported frozen food. and a rendezvous with the red planet. the uae�*s historic mission successfully entered orbit around mars. only four other space agencies have made successful trips to the red planet.