this is bbc news. i'm james reynolds with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. the former president has been acquitted of inciting a mob to attack the us capitol. democrats failed to get the two thirds majority they needed. the yays are 57 and the nays are a3. two thirds of the senators at the respondent donald john trump, former president of the united states is not guilty. the charge related to the storming of the capitol injanuary. unexpected condemnation of mr trump's actions came from his fellow republican mitch mcconnell. president trump is practically and morally responsible

for provoking the events of the day. no question about it. in a statement donald trump said the democrats had been given �*a free pass, to transform justice into a tool of political vengeance. " hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. the former us president donald trump has been acquitted in his second impeachment trial after last month's storming of the capitol building. the senate vote fell short of the two—thirds majority needed to convict him on the single charge of incitement of insurrection. in a statement mr trump said this had been yet another phase of the greatest witch hunt in the history of america. our north america editorjon sopel has the latest. after four days of acrimonious hearings, the second

impeachment trial of donald trump came to a close, and the vote, to convict or acquit. these senatejudges have responded to donald john trump, former president of the united states is not guilty of the articles of impeachment. several republicans found him guilty but not enough to convict. the leader of the senate republicans voted to acquit, but then launched a lacerating attack on donald trump and his behaviour. there is no question, none, that president trump is practically and morally responsible for provoking the events of the day. no question about it. the people who stormed this building believed they were acting on the wishes and instructions of their president. the events of january the 6th, wendy trump supporting mob

the events of january the 6th, when the trump supporting mob marched on congress and ran amok after the former president told them to march there, will never be forgotten. closing arguments in this trial set out dramatically different versions of events. the cold, hard truth is that what happened on january six could happen again. this impeachment has been a complete charade from beginning to end, the entire spectacle has been nothing but the unhinged pursuit of a long—standing political vendetta against mr trump by the opposition party. senators, please be seated. earlier there had been a mighty kerfuffle over whether the democrats would call witnesses following a new disclosure about comments allegedly made by the president while the riot was going on. in the middle of the insurrection, when house minority leader kevin mccarty called the president to beg

for help, president trump responded, and i quote "well, kevin, i guess these people are more upset about the election than you are." this wasn't in the script. at times, the exchanges seem to belong to the school playground. rather than the senate floor. that civil process. i don't know why you're laughing. it is a civil process. that is the way lawyers do it. to have called witnesses with a prolonged trial and is probably the last thing joe biden once, holding up his plans to push through a covid relief package, and it would make no difference to the trial outcome. the person most relieved by the vote today will be donald trump. he escaped conviction, but he will go down as the first us president in history to be impeached twice. jon sopel there — and injon�*s report we heard the top senate republican mitch mcconnell deliver that scathing criticism of donald trump — despite voting to acquit the former president. let's hear some more

of what he said. january six was a disgrace. american citizens attacked their own government. they used terrorism to try to stop a specific piece of domestic business that they did not like. fellow americans beaten and bloodied our own police. they stormed the senate floor and try to hunt down the speaker of the house. they built a gallows and chanted about murdering the vice president. they did this because they had been fed wild falsehoods by the most powerful man on earth because he was angry and lost an election. president trump's actions preceded the riot and

it was a disgraceful, disgraceful dereliction of duty. there is no question. none that president trump practically and morally responsible for provoking the events of the day. no question about it. the people who stormed this building believe they were acting on the wishes and instructions of their president. and having that belief was a foreseeable consequence of the growing crescendo of false statements, conspiracy theories and reckless hyperbole that the defeated president kept shouting into the largest megaphone on planet earth.

this was an intensifying crescendo of conspiracy theories orchestrated by an outgoing president who seemed determined to either overturn the voters decision, or else torch our institutions on the way out. whatever our ex—president claims he thought might happen that day, whatever reaction he says he meant to produce by the afternoon, we know that he was watching the same live television as the rest of us. a mob was assaulting the capital in his name. we can now speak to republican strategist seth weathers who joins

us from atlanta. it was an acquittal, but wasn't really exoneration?_ really exoneration? clearly, the reality _ really exoneration? clearly, the reality was _ really exoneration? clearly, the reality was it _ really exoneration? clearly, the reality was it wasn't - really exoneration? clearly, l the reality was it wasn't even really an impeachment which is why the head of the supreme court refused to sit of the trial. , , trial. he resumed refused because _ trial. he resumed refused because he _ trial. he resumed refused because he only - trial. he resumed refused because he only presides| trial. he resumed refused - because he only presides when only a sitting president is there. that is a very separate issue from whether or not it goes out or not. from 36 to 3a to let the trial continue, you can carry on but when you make a statement like that. the reality is. _ a statement like that. the reality is, the _ a statement like that. tue: reality is, the constitution makes it very clear that you cannot impeach someone who was not a sitting president. we cannot impeach someone who was not a sitting president.— not a sitting president. we are not a sitting president. we are not auoin not a sitting president. we are not going to — not a sitting president. we are not going to keep _ not a sitting president. we are not going to keep talking - not a sitting president. we are | not going to keep talking about this. ., , ., ., ., this. you 'ust get to toggle of an i aet this. you just get to toggle of any i get to — this. you just get to toggle of any i get to correct _ this. you just get to toggle of any i get to correct when - this. you just get to toggle of any i get to correct when you | any i get to correct when you make. 0h, any i get to correct when you make. oh, you can correct? that statement _ make. oh, you can correct? that statement is _ make. oh, you can correct? that statement is clarification, thatis statement is clarification, that is how it works are you going to the bbc. i ask a question and if you make a

statement that is incorrect a jump statement that is incorrect a jump in. can we carry on and i keep talking the consistent, talk about the unconstitutionality. seth, can you talk about what donald trump will do now we shall do wanted to discuss this are you going to talk over me. so wanted to discuss this are you going to talk over me.- going to talk over me. so you are the one — going to talk over me. so you are the one to _ going to talk over me. so you are the one to talk— going to talk over me. so you are the one to talk over, - going to talk over me. so you are the one to talk over, you | are the one to talk over, you are the one to talk over, you are the one to talk over, you are the constitutional scholar of the united states of america, you know all when you get to correct me and shut me “p get to correct me and shut me up on air if you say something. the reality is, you cannot impeach someone who is not a sitting president. the constitution makes that clear because the purpose is to remove a president from office, thatis remove a president from office, that is the only point i'm trying to make. i don't know. and i think you also know and just let me speak, you also know that the senate voted the other way to let the trial continue. i know you disagree with that but they did vote. let's talk about today. 57 to 43. that let's talk about today. 57 to

a3. that included seven republican senators, does it sting to have them vote against former president trump? tito. sting to have them vote against former president trump? no, it doesnt former president trump? no, it doesn't stink _ former president trump? no, it doesn't stink at _ former president trump? no, it doesn't stink at all, _ former president trump? no, it doesn't stink at all, the - doesn't stink at all, the people voted against them or little weasels and mitt romney etc, if they were devon election anytime soon in their states, specifically someone like ben says, they're very likely going to lose the reelection of these the people that had it out for donald trump from before he first ran, they hated him, they are establishment hacks, the people on the base, we do not like these people. dc likes them, these people. dc likes them, the media likes them, that is pretty much it and so, these are the people that are not going to be in some situations but it comes to reelection and again, everything about this was a farce. there is no legitimacy to this. both sides of the aisle are clouds in the senate. ~ ., ., of the aisle are clouds in the senate. a, ., ., , senate. moving on, donald trump was moving _ senate. moving on, donald trump was moving on — senate. moving on, donald trump was moving on with _ senate. moving on, donald trump was moving on with making - was moving on with making

america great again, does want to get back and politics? t to get back and politics? i think it's going to be very active when it comes to and supporting people that were opposed to him, whether it is in this impeachment and other areas and that is speaking to republicans. and i don't personally believe he is going to run into thousand 2a, i think you would rather in essence uses the fear of him rooting further republicans to keep the position open and be a bit of a kingmaker and whoever that individual ultimately is and i do think you will have a kingmaker role in that. seth, we did get — kingmaker role in that. seth, we did get there _ kingmaker role in that. seth, we did get there in _ kingmaker role in that. seth, we did get there in the - kingmaker role in that. seth, we did get there in the end. | kingmaker role in that. seth, j we did get there in the end. i hope we can have more of a back—and—forth next time. hope we can have more of a back-and-forth next time. seth, thank you _ back-and-forth next time. seth, thank you so _ back-and-forth next time. seth, thank you so much. _ well let's hear more from the leader of the democrats in the senate, chuck schumer. he said thatjustice had not been done and that the american people should not forget what had happened when rioters stormed the us capitol in early january. my fellow americans. if this nation is going to long

endure, we as a people cannot sanction the former presidents congress because of lying about the results of an election is acceptable. if instigating a mob against the government is considered permissible, if encouraging political violence becomes the norm, it will be open season, open season on our democracy and everything will be up for grabs by whoever has the biggest clubs, the sharpest spears, the biggest guns. by not recognising the heinous crime that donald trump committed against the constitution, republican senators will have not only risked but potentially invited the same danger that was just visited upon us. so let me say this. despite the results of the vote on donald trump's conviction in the court of impeachment, he deserves to be convicted

and i believe he will be convicted in the court of public opinion. he deserves to be permanently discredited and i believe he has been discredited in the eyes of the people and in the judgement of history. we can now speak to democratic strategist mary anne marsh whojoins us from boston. so good you with us. the historical record will now show the donald trump is not guilty of inciting insurrection. he won this. of inciting insurrection. he won this-— of inciting insurrection. he won this. , .,~ ., won this. let me 'ust take one second to h won this. let me just take one second to correct _ won this. let me just take one second to correct your - won this. let me just take one| second to correct your previous guests. in the constitution, it says all impeachments will be followed by a trail in the senate. donald trump was impeached by the house twice, therefore there had to be a trial in the senate and that is what we had today. in terms of donald trump winning. he was acquitted, yes and only seven republicans voted to convict

him. however, the republican party and mitch mcconnell still have a donald trump problem and you heard that in the clip of mitch mcconnell speech, if you did not know any better, you thought you would've voted to convict them. instead, he and the other republicans are unwilling to do what needs to be done, which is to hold donald trump accountable and are now begging the department ofjustice and the district attorney to hold donald trump accountable. what is going to happen is voters and in these congressional districts are going to hold all of these republicans accountable because independent voters have rejected donald trump. and have rejected donald trump. and have rejected anyone who stood by him you cannot win a race in this country with just republican votes. there are not enough of them and their independent votes and women in particular, suburban women, independent voters have had enough of donald trump and so all of the republicans are going to have an awful tough

time in 2022.— time in 2022. the senate is 50-50 at — time in 2022. the senate is 50-50 at the _ time in 2022. the senate is 50-50 at the moment. - time in 2022. the senate is 50-50 at the moment. so, | time in 2022. the senate is i 50-50 at the moment. so, the 50—50 at the moment. so, the republicans there have not fallen behind the democrats, there does level. i am curious, and average reasonably complicated criminal charge may last couple of weeks. this was a political trailerfor last couple of weeks. this was a political trailer for the most consequential moment in us soilfor over most consequential moment in us soil for over two most consequential moment in us soilfor over two decades wedded to take soil for over two decades wedded to take less than soilfor over two decades wedded to take less than a week? , ., , week? this was unique in the fact that everyone _ week? this was unique in the fact that everyone who - week? this was unique in the fact that everyone who was . fact that everyone who was judge and jury of the house manager who was essentially the prosecutor was all there that day. they were witnesses, they were victims, there were survivors and other asked to renderjudgement on donald trump's role in it and they looked at the compelling footage, much of it that had not been seen before in the heard the senate is finally realising just how close they were to harm, if not, death. including mike pence and other senators, only 50 feet away from the mop that attacked the

capital, something they managed that osama bin laden did not do. and fortunately, i think many people thought this was the outcome in the end and for history sake and for the sake of our democracy, he has to still be held accountable and there will be other ways to do it. we have elections in this country and we have to outvote and this is a difference as to whether or not we stay a democracy. whether or not we stay a democracy-— whether or not we stay a democra . , democracy. this we find quite fascinating. _ democracy. this we find quite fascinating. the _ democracy. this we find quite fascinating. the processes - democracy. this we find quite | fascinating. the processes are aboutjoe biden, the first want to stopjoe biden from winning an election, the second one after he won the election to stop joe after he won the election to stopjoe biden from taking office. how would the president, president biden react to the culmination of all of this? ,, . , , react to the culmination of all of this? ,, ., , , , ., react to the culmination of all of this? ,, .,, , , ., ., of this? she has been smart to stay away _ of this? she has been smart to stay away from _ of this? she has been smart to stay away from it _ of this? she has been smart to stay away from it but _ of this? she has been smart to stay away from it but it - of this? she has been smart to stay away from it but it is - stay away from it but it is clear, joe biden has repeatedly said the donald trump, that our democracy is the most important thing, elections are sacred and the rule of law has to be followed and in this case, it did through the process donald

trump is not held accountable, but he will. donald trump has released a statement. he thanked his legal team, and accused the democratic party of getting a free pass to denigrate the rule of law and suppress other viewpoints. he went on to say: more people, of course, voted for his opponent, joe biden. let's get more from our correspondent nomia iqbal who's there on capitol hill for us.

trump was acquitted, is this a springboard for him to return to an active role in american public life and politics? i think if we go off that statement then yes. he in a nutshell is basically saying, i will be back and it's something that struck out was how he said the make america getting a movement had onlyjust begun and that was the slogan —— make america great again. and while the hopes of the democratic process had with this impeachment was ended and the conviction, the next step would've been to take a vote which would've required a simple majority to stop donald trump from holding office again. it remains to be seen whether or not he runs the presidency because he did lose to joe presidency because he did lose tojoe biden even though he doesn't accept that loss and will he want to put himself through that again? there's lots of talk about his children potentially running, ivanka

trump potentially, his son donald trumpjunior and i've donald trump junior and i've been donald trumpjunior and i've been to one of his rallies and saw how the crowd really, really liked him. if donald trump doesn't stay in politics and an obvious way, i am certain he will somehow be involved whether his children or having some say in the republican partyjust to add, one of the real close allies of donald trump, lindsey graham who voted to acquit him said tonight that he had a conversation with donald trump about how the republican party moves forward and so, senator graham thinks the donald trump still has a role to play in the party. still has a role to play in the na . �* still has a role to play in the .a _ �* , ., still has a role to play in the .a _ ~ , ., ., z: party. and the first one to 20 ears of party. and the first one to 20 years of american _ party. and the first one to 20 years of american history, i party. and the first one to 20 | years of american history, the country had one impeachment trial in the last 22 years, america has had three. will this one stand out or do they all in the and just merge into one for americans? i all in the and just merge into one for americans?— one for americans? i think that's a — one for americans? i think that's a really _ one for americans? i think that's a really good - one for americans? i think i that's a really good question,

i imagine of the next few months, there will be lots of debate and opinion pieces about whether or not impeachment trials work or not because impeachment trials are not criminal trials, their political when i watch conservative media here, by and large, most of them weren't even covering this trial. they thought it was a sham trial and they are now covering it because donald trump is been acquitted in saying that this trial was unconstitutional, it was all political but i think of donald trump up in the democratic president accused of inciting an insurrection, they would if you do differently. how america moves forward with impeachment trials be interesting to see because the quote the lead democrat who let the impeachment trial, if this is not impeachable, then what is. as far as the democrats were concerned, you don't get any worse than a president accused of inciting a mob to overturn the election results of the opposition in an election those democratically held. if this does not result in any kind of punishment, then

what will? ., ., in any kind of punishment, then what will?— what will? thank you so much. two other— what will? thank you so much. two other news _ what will? thank you so much. two other news now. - what will? thank you so much. two other news now. the - what will? thank you so much. | two other news now. the great white shark. to other news and the great white shark has drawn tourists to south africa for decades, but numbers spotted off the coast of cape town have fallen drastically in recent times. our africa correspondent andrew harding has been investigating the reason for their disappearance. on a hillside overlooking false bay, shark spotters are keeping a close watch on the waves. after all, this coastline near cape town has long been home to hundreds, if not thousands, of the world's most famous predator. until now. south africa's great white sharks — the stuff of nightmares and of nature documentaries — have gone mysteriously missing. wherever you go, if you put your feet into the water, you expect to encounter a white shark, but that's not the case no more. i don't even remember the last i've seen a shark. none at all? none at all.

no white sharks in false bay. it's two years now since they vanished, and the economic impact has been devastating. the great white tourism industry has collapsed. unfortunately, we're suffering a lot. it's very, very difficult times. for the whole town? the whole town, yes. the whole industry? yes. it is really, really sad. we miss these sharks a lot. but why did they disappear? this amateur footage shows the arrival of two suspects — a pair of orcas, killer whales. could they have scared off all those great whites? to us, the arrival of these . orcas and then the reduction in shark activity does all seem to be correlated. _ it appears that the orcasi arrive and the sharks just are aware that they are no longer the apex _ predator anymore. but here's another theory — local fishermen have been catching smaller sharks to export to fish and chip shops in australia.

those sharks formed part of the great whites�* diet. this quite simply meant that the bulk of their food was no longer available in false bay, so logic tells you, if yourfood's not available here, you go look elsewhere, and that's what a lot of us believe is what's actually happened. but other shark detectives see a more complicated crime scene. dr sara andreotti used to study great whites here. now, she's using a harpoon to scrape dna from smaller species. now, we have to collect this very carefully. her view is that the great white population has been shrinking unnoticed for many years because of climate change, pollution, overfishing — a range of human activities. it is not, for us, just

frustrating, it's the feeling that that happened under our watch, you know? we saw the sharks, we saw the numbers were not great and the work we did wasn't enough to get them the environment, better protected in a way, or maybe it was just too late. her conclusion is that the great whites didn't move elsewhere — they simply died out, their turf taken over by these copper sharks. plenty of beautiful sharks down here, but no great whites, none at all, and so many theories about why they may have disappeared, but the real fear is that they may have gone for good. perhaps, but nothing in this great white mystery is certain — except the knowledge that we humans are, as usual, prime suspects. andrew harding, bbc

news, south africa. a reminder of our top story. the former us president donald trump has been acquitted in his second impeachment trial after last month's storming of the capitol building. the senate vote fell short of the two—thirds majority needed to convict him on the single charge of incitement of insurrection. in a statement, mr trump said this had been yet another phase of the greatest witch hunt in the history of america. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @james bbc news he said his movement would continue implying a possible return in some form to public life in america. donald trump is the first president to be impeached and tried and acquitted twice in american history. seven republican senators defected for this vote does the fourth impeachment vote. fourth in american history, all four ended in

acquittals. hello. the temperatures in the isles of scilly reached ten celsius on saturday evening and that's the first time we've had double figures in the uk in a week. so the sun is now setting on this spell of bitterly cold weather. for all of us in the week ahead, things will be much milder. you'll notice it by day and by night. but it means the return of spells of rain on what will be quite a blustery week. already as sunday begins, milder air is nudging into western parts. for many of us it's one last cold morning as temperatures hover close to freezing. there is a bit of wet weather moving in from the atlantic and for scotland and northern england, there's a chance of seeing some freezing rain, rain that freezes instantly as it hits the surface and that could make things treacherously icy in some spots as we go through sunday. so, do have that in your mind if you plan

on making a journey. for all of us, it will be cloudy and there will be outbreaks of rain spreading eastwards as the day goes on and it will be windy, particularly across the irish sea coasts northern ireland, western scotland and into the area, up to around 70 mph and if you're outside, you will notice it feeling much milder. where as across the eastern parts, it is still another court date but not quite as cold as it's been an temperatures will continue to rise as we go through sunday night. cloud and outbreaks of rain still across parts of england and wales going into monday morning. elsewhere, some clearer spells and a few showers. these are the temperatures as we start off on monday morning. many of us did not even reach out for a high in the past week. the air is coming from a different direction, low—pressure dominating things now. pulling in airfrom the southwest, on that flow, we will get these wet and windy

weather systems at times. but this flow is from a different warmer direction and lifting temperatures above the average for this time of year for some of us. still a bit of rain affecting parts of the eastern side of england as monday begins. some showers pushing from southwest to northeast elsewhere, but for many of us, a large part of the day will be dry. some breaks in cloud in the few sunny spells. i3 celsius in london, nine in glasgow. it stays mild for the rest of the week. there will be further spells of rain and it will be blustery. but what a different week from last week.

this is bbc news, the headlines. donald trump has been aquitted in his second impeachment trial after senators failed to reach the two—thirds majority of votes needed to convict him. the former president was facing one charge of inciting an insurrection after protesters stormed the us capitol building in january. the yays are 57 and the nays are a3. two thirds of the senators at the respondent donald john trump, former president of the united states is not guilty. seven republican senators voted with democrats by 57 to a3 to convict mr trump while others openly condemned his conduct. meanwhile he's put out a statement vowing to carry on fighting with his �*beautiful, patriotic followers�*. and in other news, myanmar�*s military has named seven opposition campaigners they want arrested as the army

performs night—time raids, following mass protests sparked by their coup.