this is good news live from berlin u.s. president donald trump has been cleared in his impeachment trial is therefore ordered and a judge have to said donald johndroe being 20 years here acquitted of the charges insert articles the u.s. senate clears tromp of abuse of power and obstruction of congress ending their congressional bede to oust him from office we'll go to our correspondent in washington for the latest also coming up. a passenger plane breaks into pieces

trying to land in houston bull officials say at least 3 people have claimed killed and more than 150 odd injured the plane was being blasted by strong winds and heavy rain. plus as the coronavirus claims more than 560 lives more questions about what china is telling the world we made a blogger in citizen journalist who says beijing isn't being honest about its efforts to fight the disease and he has the video to prove it. welcome to the show the u.s. senate has acquitted president donald trump of both counts of impeachment the senate dominated by the president's fellow republicans voted to clear him on charges of abuse of power and on obstruction of congress the result ends a congressional being to oust him from office which came from democrats in the u.s.

house of representatives. let's go straight to washington now and speak to g.w. correspondent all of a salad day. trump has been clean it's a historic day for sure but this was expected wasn't it roger and it's a story moment for sure you're right with that. and in particular because this has only happened 3 other times before this time is different however because we did not see any witnesses and we did not get any evidence the republican senators who are holding the majority here in senate and wanted to get this done as soon as possible wanted to acquit president trump because the outcome of the trial was also pretty much clear even before the trial started although i must say that there have been some republican senators that admitted that one president did there when that phone call was wrong that he should not have called president volodymyr zelinsky of

ukraine and pushed essentially for investigations against his political rival still in the end he was acquitted and one of the reasons for that is that simply many many republican senators in particular are up for reelection in november and they're simply fearing the anger of the republican voter now over this impeachment has been full of dramatic moments not least of all a few hours ago when mitt romney became the 1st senator in history to back a conviction of a president from his own party let's hear from him the great question the constitution task senators to answer is with the president committed an act so extreme and egregious that it rises to the level of a high crime and misdemeanor. yes he did so mitt romney day he broke with the republican ranks and join the democrats and voted to convict to no avail all of the what does is

a crucial mean for trump now in how he campaigns to be reelected. right so i mean he will certainly celebrate that quit he's been calling this whole impeachment proceeding the trial a witch hoax over and over again and he's already announced that he will deliver a speech tomorrow at the wide held at noon eastern time here and it will certainly be interesting to see his response but it's pretty clear that he will try to capitalize on the outcome saying that this was all a hoax essentially that it was a politically motivated trial and proceeding in order to get him from office that was his line of defense now the democrats they will certainly be saying that this is an impeach president and he will always remain an impeach president and there's another 1st that he has to go into his reelection campaign after an impeachment trial that's new so it will be interesting to see how that will play into his campaign so the democrats will certainly try to get their political gain out of it

and the republicans will do the same all of a trump's acquittal was pretty much all but certain a lot of people watching this might be asking why do it at all what was all these for well nancy pelosi the speaker of the house of representatives argued along the lines that they were simply forced to act as a certain point in time one quote we heard very often from the democrats was that no one is above the law and that certainly applies to the president as well and so they moved forward they argued in the name of the american democracy they wanted to show the strength of the system of checks and balances they failed but they knew it before they're morally on the right side this is all they argue and this is how they want to go down with this trial in history our correspondent in washington all of a salad thank you all of. now to some of the other stories making news around the world

at least 6 people have been reportedly killed doctors supporters of a populist cleric stormed an anti-government protest camp in iraq's southern city of the jobs medical sources said at least 20 more wounded cleric matata assad has wavered between support for an opposition to iraq in protest is demanding the removal of the ruling elite. climate protestors briefly forced the closure of b.p.'s london headquarters on wednesday morning activists placed hundreds of solar panels outside the building they say they want to destroy the oil and gas companies new chief executive what he needs to do to tackle the world's climate emergency at least 9 people were arrested. authorities in turkey say at least 33 people have died in a 2nd avalanche in the country several others are still missing the avalanche

struck while a large team of rescuers was searching for people hit by an early is snow slide in eastern vonn province that avalanche killed 5 people. staying in turkey at least 3 people have died and dozens injured after a plane crashed in bad weather at an airport in istanbul the aircraft belong to budget operated pegasus airlines $177.00 people were on board the plane when it broke a pot to during what authorities have described as a rough landing. at the crash site an emergency response into the night. and a desperate race to save casualties. the aircraft arrived in istanbul from the city of is mare in bad weather before it crashed into a field. although. unfortunately the pegasus airlines plane could not stay on the runway due to poor weather conditions and skidded for around

50 to 60 metres. when it fell down a height of 30 to 40 metres. 175 passengers 2 babies 4 flight attendants and true pilots were on board. so far 120 passengers have been transferred to nearby hospitals. using. pleasure the. footage of the landing shows the plane on the runway at high speed in heavy rain and strong winds it continues past the end and then plunges. not long after the smoldering wreckage passengers escaped some emerging from a crevasse onto its wing. out of the gaping fuselage which had split into 3 parts.

as the response continues flight operations have been shut down with other aircraft diverted to istanbul's other international airport. now this accident comes a month after another pegasus plane skidded off the runway at the same important is down bowl or earlier we spoke to d.w. correspondent darrien giants and we asked him if people are now going to be questioning the safety of this particular low budget airline and indeed i think the airline will be under scrutiny like you said that there was appear to be a a similar incident again bad weather was blamed for the plane careering off the runway and a year ago at a number of other provincial airports in the black sea again peco says for a plane fall off the runway and into into live by close to the sea org and there were no injuries or fatalities but the landing procedures all the airline will be under scrutiny the pilot and i think also too will be under scrutiny given the fact that both of these incidents occurred in bad weather and the way that the airport

is administered in these conditions given the fact the airport is extremely busy will also be a point of. of investigation in the coming days or weeks. daryn joins in istanbul there well to the coronavirus now in several cities in china are on lockdown notably the city where the virus was 1st detected were high on efforts are being made there to test and treat patients but it seems that not all these goings means lay as the chinese government wants its people as the chinese government wants people to believe. a conference center converted to an enormous makeshift hospital part of we have a response to the flood of new. infections chinese state television broadcast footage of recently completed hospitals with multitudes of doctors taking care of just a few patients but secretly recorded videos paint a very different picture body bags containing the dead lying close to patients even

in waiting areas. one social media activist visited 4 hospitals and we've gone. people are not being informed about the real situation state t.v. doesn't go where it hurts but i think this needs to be saying. the activists found more body bags outside one hospital. inside he saw critically ill patients together in a room he posted his videos online officials had him arrested then released him after a public outcry. but in china his online videos have been deleted by the chinese formula one grand prix is due to be held in shanghai in just over 2 months time but with several major metropolitan centers in china on lockdown there are serious doubts about whether or not the race can take place if called off the

grand prix would become the latest in a series of sporting events to be canceled since the corona virus outbreak began the 3rd most popular city on the planet suddenly seems emptied of its inhabitants lowly protests trains and spacious pavements are a rare sight around here shanghai is almost 700 kilometers from the epicenter of the corona virus outbreak but offshore it is in china are taking no chances and sporting associations are on high alert as well. things looked rather different in the run up to last year's grand prix got plans for this year's event may now be up in smoke. the shanghai sports general association has instructed all sporting bodies to suspend events until the coronavirus strait is over formula one bosses will meet this week to discuss the viability of the race which is scheduled to take place in april. with athletics and formula event elsewhere in the country already

having been on the coronavirus death toll rising to shanghai growing 3 looks in serious doubt. with a round of 16 in the german cup turned to a close on wednesday and the final is now complete only on berlin and by a living both into the quarterfinals after beating 4th t.a.s.e. fair and 2nd division respectively current title holders by munich knocked out hoffenheim broken vs cows go f c s c went in all the way into a penalty shootout before finally prevailed some sad news from hollywood now the legendary oscar winning actor kirk douglas has died at the age of 103 and made his name in hollywood's golden age of movie making and was one of the biggest box office stars of the 19 fifties and sixties his son michael douglas announced

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