the at. this is the don't we news live from but the historic impeachment trial of u.s. president donald trump opens in the senate with a fierce debate over the rose supported question is the question you must answer today will the president and the american people get a fair trial. the republicans brought democrats moves to subpoena witnesses and documents in the case over whether the president should be removed from office over his dealings with ukraine also coming up 7 inskeep prime minister announces the

formation of a new cabinet in this country to have a new government be able to satisfy demonstrators demanding radical change. and as australia's wildfires burn soldiers the country's unique long life tell mother and a son a world away are doing their part to help save the beloved kangaroos. i'm helena home free glad you could join me we start in the united states where history is being made donald trump is now the 3rd president 80 u.s. history to face removal from office by trial now the u.s. senate is the setting for an impeachment trial where chunk faces charges of abuse of power and obstruction of congress congressional democrats say truong conditioned critical military funding for you. crane on the country's help in hurting

a potential political opponent in the 2020 an election and then try to cover it up with republicans and trump legal team say trump actions were appropriate neither illegal nor impeachable where the senate spent hours debating rules for the child so. well the leaders of 2 political parties in the chamber republican majority leader mitch mcconnell and democratic minority leader chuck schumer have presented their cases for and against the resolution that says the rules for the trial mcconnell calls it fair and based on the bill clinton impeachment trial in 1999 she was says it is anything but his what they had to say finally some fairness on every point 'd are straightforward resolution will bring the clarity and fairness that everyone deserves this will go down this resolution as one of the darker moments in the senate history perhaps one of the even the darkest senator

graham to pick up and carry on the house is at adequate investigation which set a new precedent that could incentivize very quick and hasty impeachment from future house majority leader mcconnell claim that the house has run had run the most rushed least arrow and most unfair impeachment inquiry in modern history the truth is leader mcconnell is plotting the most rushed least storrow and most unfair impeachment trial in modern history well shocking every twist and turn on capitol hill today is our correspondent on of assad it all of the main battle today has been over format the ground rules so walk us through it who wants what and why. that's right helen and the underlying problem here is that there are not many rules on how such an impeachment trial is supposed to be shaped let's not forget this is only the 3rd time that an impeachment trial is taking place in american history so

there's also not a lot of experience and how to move forward and the democrats are alleging as the republican party here to exploit their position here in senate it's the position the opportunity basically of the republican party here because they hold the majority and senate to shape those rules at the allegation is that they're just trying to rush through these proceedings through the trial and then another very important point is the question of witnesses and evidence that the republican party wants to vote on at the end of the trial the democrats want obviously to vote in the beginning before they start to dig into the arguments of both sides have 24 hours time for to do so stretched over a timeframe of 3 days and the democrats are alleging the republicans here to shape those who have shaping those rules only for the benefit of president trump well the

president speaking about him he is in davos in switzerland that manual meeting of the while the economic forum but have we heard from him. well he delivered a speech in davos today and this is for him this was essentially the opportunity to shine basically to speak at the world economic forum about the great economic data of the united states of course it's interesting that he decided to travel there today it's for him also a good opportunity to direct the attention basically on the american economy the question is to which extent this will work since the focus here on the news agenda will certainly be on the impeachment trial in the coming days and weeks and over me mommy what do you. make of the impeachment trial i mean. the latest poll suggests that a majority of the americans are actually in favor of including evidence and

witnesses and that might have been part of the reason why senate majority leader mitch mcconnell decided to weigh in and to alter the rules slightly he has also faced criticism from within his own party is some individual republican senators foist criticism over the rules but the overall impression is that the majority of the americans are still staying behind party lines when it comes soon preachment all right do you have any correspondent on a sonnet that for us in washington d.c. thanks a lot of. and now some of the other stories making news around the world chinese officials say that 90 people have now died of an outbreak of a saucer like virus the new strain of current virus has been confirmed to more than 400 patients china is warning that the illness is likely to spread. living to limit some public gatherings 5 countries have reported cases of the virus so far. venezuelan intelligence agents have raided the office of opposition leader one guy

though he is currently traveling in europe seeking support for his bid to oust president nicolas maduro opposition lawmakers condemned the office raid is illegal and said it is unclear what agents did inside. russian that as strikes have killed at least 18 people in a village in northwest syria a major government offensive is targeting the area to clear out rebels rescuers say it sent tens of thousands of people sleeping tools the border with turkey. well lebanon has a new government ending a 3 month power vacuum triggered by mass demonstrations against the country's ruling elite and the prime minister and his cabinet must be come up with a plan to tackle lebanon's deep financial crisis is that to soaring inflation of banks restrict the access to cash but the new hezbollah backed government may find itself having trouble winning support both at home and abroad months of protests left rudderless without effective leadership but now lebanon finally has

a new government. prime minister has sunday announced his cabinet chosen after intense wrangling by shiite group hezbollah and its allies getting a handle on lebanon spiraling economic crisis is the most urgent issue at hand. the father i salute the uprising that pushed for this path to be taken lebanon has one. this is a government that meets the aspirations of the protesters across the country after more than 3 months of anger at that what. he did and it will work towards addressing their demands with a family that some of the majority of him that instead of calming them protests flared up again on the streets of the capital beirut and around the country. demonstrate to say they wanted a government of independent experts who be able to deal with the country's

financial crisis and not ministers selected through horse trading by political parties. and we want a government of experts the politicians should not have brought their advisors and have them on this is stablished minton these leaders do not represent us this government doesn't reflect us we want a government that's ours. protest is a demanding swift progress which may prove difficult for the new government with hezbollah does ignited a terrorist group by the us its key role in picking lebanon's ministers who make it harder for the country to win the foreign support it so vitally needs. when our correspondent bustle every day is in beirut and i also have challenges hats be tackled by evidence new prime minister and his cabinet. he made it clear in his speech after the formation of his government from the presidential palace that the main challenges main obstacles that his cabinet was piece of the economy and

financial crisis even the new finest minister guys he was said in several meetings several interviews it was some local t.v. channels that the main target of his ministry now is focusing on the financial and economic crisis and he asked for foreign financial aid and as one he said that the cabinet must be stored the confidence after the county was in state of collapse according to the. finance this last point that the financial yari do go ahead. i'm saying that it's obvious that the financial economy crisis are the main challenges that the protest is of course that mean that the calling for a complete overhaul of government sets how do you think they're going to view this new cabinet. even that even though the premier. addressed the protesters as you speak and he said that movements he told that

movement the revolution but at this moment while you are talking that is a confrontation and chaos in downtown beirut in the parliament between stop protestors and the i asked after during a school to forces the protesters are throwing stones a mullet of. other project odds on one day the other the i.s.f. with this on a large body the by the water cannon it's obvious that the for justice not quite happy by the formation of the government some a peace process just because in a small competition between the number who just great now don't on beirut and some other major cities and some other approaches that are blocked some measure of lebanon. in comparison with the other days it seems that they are fewer protesters now here if a test is that nevertheless you just described some scenes including militant cocktails for example which begs the question i mean how stable can we expect this

cabinet to be. depends on the ministerial statement according to my sources ministerial statement was focused on financial and economic issues is this government is even going to be able to over come and take this country out if you stray since then the protesters and the my major citizens the 7 of them will give that give it their trust but until this moment it depends on the achievements that these government going to are going to make. correspondent bassinette e.-d. they invade before john lebanon's new government and continuing protests thank you so much thank you. and when the fires finally stop in australia this is what is left 100000 square kilometers of land which has been scorched now scientists say that the country's landscape is being how minutely damaged along

with it the biodiversity it is famous for and the other side the wall the boy and his mother trying to do that it to help. the australian bush fires have been devastating to wildlife an exact figure is all but impossible to come by but the estimated telly is 1000000000 animals killed among them australia's beloved kangaroos no one knows just how many have died or got lost but many of the little ones are on their own without their mother's pouch to keep them warm their lives are at risk. this situation has moved a group of fallen tears seamstresses half a world away to take action. here in quetta in southern poland these women are sewing 50 pouches for orphan kangaroo infants known as joey's. i thought about my son was deeply touched by a photo of a house they had been trying to flee from the burning bush but they couldn't escape

they were trapped by a wall by the highway and they were burned to lawyer. them honest. the idea is that a volunteer in australia can wear the power and take care of the joey the group hopes to deliver 50 pouches to australia by the end of the week a simple and modest gesture they say but one that shows how people can help each other no matter where you are in the world. because 8 year old son tony who inspired the project has more ambitious plans because. if everyone in the world so one such pouch then probably all kind groups would be saved is. a tall order but given the scale of the fires big ideas may be exactly what's needed . and the wind out of the top story we're following for you u.s. lawmakers are debating the rules for president trump's impeachment trial democrats accuse republicans of trying to prevent evidence against trunk in the form of

witnesses and documents trump said of the 3rd president face removal from office by trial. in washington we'll have coverage of the annual meeting of the world economic forum in davos coming up next indeed i believe business with christoph i've had in a frame a while at the top of the alice here that. what secrets lie behind us was. discover new adventures in 360 degrees. to explore fascinating world heritage sites. w world heritage 360 get the map now. in the. climate change. to suit.