this is the w. news live from berlin the u.s. congress formally charges u.s. president donald trump with inciting his supporters to attack the capitol building last week calling it an armed rebellion against the country means trump will go down in history as the only u.s. president to be impeached twangers also coming up in uganda begin voting in parliamentary and presidential elections after a campaign mocked by widespread violence better at present if you are worried most of veiny is facing a challenge from pop stuff turned politician ball being one. and up to months of

delays and political wrangling a team of international experts from the world health organization arrives in the chinese city of would have to investigate the origins of the coronavirus painted. a method he held welcome to the program the united states house of representatives has voted to impeach president donald trump for a 2nd time trump was charged with incitement of insurrection following the storming of the capitol by his supporters last week the president will now face trial in the senate but that's unlikely to happen before he leaves office in a week from now. this was the moment that made history donald trump became the 1st us president ever to be impeached twice on this throw the i

32 the nays are 197 there is that resolution is adopted without objection the motion to reconsider is laid upon the total. and this time it wasn't just democrats who were in favor 10 members of trump's own republican party also voted to impeach the president the president took a no to defend the constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic last week there was a domestic threat at the door of the capitol and he did nothing to stop it that is why with a heavy heart and clear resolve i will vote yes on these articles of impeachment. the impeachment proceedings moved at breakneck speed the result coming just a week after the violence the capital democrats were hoping to remove trump from office just days before his term ends but that would 1st require a trial in the u.s.

senate and their majority leader mitch mcconnell has rejected a quick process saying there is no chance of a fear or serious trial before the president leaves office donald trump denies his fiery speech last week incited his supporters to storm the u.s. capitol building shortly after his impeachment was announced he released a video online in which he distanced himself from the violence. mob violence goes against everything i believe in and everything our movement stands for no true supporter of mine could ever endorse political violence no true supporter of mine could ever disrespect law enforcement or our great american flag. it's unclear if lawmakers will get the 2 thirds majority needed in the senate to officially convict trump of incitement of insurrection but now it does seem clear

that any trial will take place once he's already left office. correspondent of a cell that joins us from washington for more of a welcome trump has finally clearly denounced the violence of his supporters last week at the capitol but made no mention of peace in meant what do we make of that well this is the condemnation we have been waiting for and that was essentially expected on the day of the day after all of us president of course now live now cable week after the riots and 1st year remember it all trump sent all those mixed messages like we're used to hearing from him throughout his presidency he said we love you your very special addressing his followers after he inside a violent mob to take on the capitol where 5 people were killed he then later told that crowd to remain peaceful and now condemns the violence a week later but still as you mentioned earlier no congratulations for instance for

joe biden for winning the presidency no acceptance of his defeat and also he did not mention the impeachment proceeding against him with a single word so the democrats are now saying this is simply too little of too late mr trump has made history all of a by becoming the on the u.s. president to be impeached twice and this time with bipartisan support how significant is the latter point. it is very significant those were only 10 volts of the republican party that voted in favor of impeaching donald trump but if you consider how close the ranks of the republicans were throughout all of tom's presidency and if you compare this to the 1st impeachment trial and proceeding earlier then of course you can tell that the ranks are not as closed anymore that support for donald trump crumbles and the party is right now really in a face without a certain direction with with no clear vision and is facing big challenges

especially where all the republicans headed with donald trump so the next step is is a trial in the senate if you only have 7 days left in office how does this proceed from here well this is going to be the 1st trial after a president has already departed so just imagine that the trial will take place without donald trump being president it will be joe biden that have that has never happened before the democrats will then hold the majority in the senate they can shape the rule of the trial that will be a certain advantage for them but remember you need 2 thirds in senate to convict a president and they don't have that the democrats so is unlikely he will get convicted but it will certainly be a statement and one for the history books 6 days now into inauguration and security precautions being ramped up but one could argue this is a case very much of closing the stable door after the horse has bolted here.

well that's right and i mean if you just imagine how washington d.c. feels like at this point the whole capitol hill area is cordoned off there are fences with razor wire really surrounding the whole capital and a large part of the downtown area $20000.00 soldiers on the streets this is more than than in afghanistan really it's a surreal atmosphere the whole downtown area also on ur lockdown. so d.c. seems safe right now at this point but of course the problem is that the f.b.i. is concerned about violent protests throughout the whole country and the concern is then that it's not everywhere safe as it might seem right now in washington d.c. all of us sell it in washington thanks so much oh polls have opened in uganda's presidential and parliamentary elections that are invading vini who's been in power

for 35 years is seeking a 6th term in office he's my challenge is the sing a tent bobby wine the campaign has been mobbed by violence against both opposition figures and they support his and there are fears the violence could once again flare up on election day. it's a crush of generations in one of africa's youngest countries incumbent you will remove any is one of africa's longest serving leaders whose 36 years in office in a country where the average age is less than 30 ugandans because shouldn't we help you to see. how we quote him is strong the army is strong and experienced the population. a little going to. go out and vote 1st these polling pits him against opposition front runner bobby white. the former singer has managed to channel the

frustrations of a generation into a viable challenge against mr viens ruling national resistance movement the n.r.m. has cracked down on opposition candidates band social media and messenger apps as well as cut off access to the internet. pre-election violence has also taken the lives of dozens of opposition supporters one recently appeared at one of their funerals. are arrant for the election really not preparing for their lives one sleep now rising they are our friends over the president through the back of the group that didn't work at iceland by the military and that money is. really out right thing for our other than fast on the other hand out conducted by their example i don't know whether. the enter him promises the elections will be free and fair but without the presence of many outside observers the european union and the united states fear the vote will lack accountability and transparency. a

correspondent julia joins us on the line now from cannes is what a day what is at stake in these elections. what a day we should say it has never been like elections of begun and we cannot have intended we cannot know what is upsetting. the polling stations are far from where you're standing i understand this morning where the police station where. voting delayed for more than 2 hours i'm a gentleman that i spoke to and she say this morning she's moved to modify polling stations and be putting their hot plate was a major reason given out by your matrix experience that was supposed to be used by they make sure the commission also was affected by the internet shut down but as we speak at the polling station way i mean come on i love watching as begun but you got delayed for more than 2 hours. you speak about the blackout many voters

rely on social media particularly young voters to get their information leading to the question how transparent is this election without social media. you have to imagine. very slow in coming so you can know to know what you copping elsewhere because this was you going to hold you to say and to seek election before went through and to pick um veins where many supporters were not meeting the candidates were not asking questions directly and they relied on social media now when social media was got to go down would be to be for the whole intended for the casual i would have been live with i feature now but i can't do that because there is no internet now i can imagine how that has compromised. they need to monita you know they need to see what's happening elsewhere so you've got to be to asia now that blackout of a 2nd very many people. and transparency aside the election campaign was also

overshadowed by violence do you think julie's these times in steiff case post. today has a chance of things peaceful there is that very big hope that the data could be peaceful if things continue the way they are at the moment especially in kampala where there is a big chance and election will be very peaceful but again violence does not really announce that he's going to step now or saying it could be this police minutes i'm hanging around after the end of manage so if the situation now is maintained the way to describe to me that things will be fine and be forced back if anything changes then there's a possibility we could slide into violence and the images that was painting become painting but as we speak there's not been any care what i have seen but also we did a background that i don't have a lot of information from other regions of the country to lease will be staying in touch throughout the day the doubly correspondent julie's encounter alice thanks so

much can take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world. north korea's 2nd party congress in more than 4 decades is wrapped up with performances from the military and civilians works kim jong un and other officials gathered at an indoor stadium in the capital pyongyang to watch the closing of it one theme of the show on the kim's leadership. hundreds of suspected gangsters have gone on trial in italy is biggest case against the mafia in decades defendants include politicians lawyers and businessmen allegedly involved in organized crime their cues to murder drug trafficking extortion and money laundering the trial will last at least you. can do pilgrims have flocked to the ganges river in india to mark the start of the . july the privileges festival the annual event attracts millions of people over

several weeks unesco has a board of the baby ritual cultural heritage states. because in perth have gone on strike they're demanding higher pay and better protection of the coronavirus from frontline has more than $200.00 doctors have died from copd 19 in the country since the pandemic began. well scientists from the world health organization have arrived in the chinese city of blue hand to investigate the orange of the arjun's rather of the corona virus pandemic international team of experts will 1st spend 14 days in quarantine before searching how the virus might have moved from animals to humans early on it was traced to this market now shut it off where wildlife was sold as food it suggested it was here that it made the leap that the lead trip follows months of diplomatic wrangling china initially denied entry to the scientists that the virus may have originated elsewhere.

well for more we go to our correspondent that is building in beijing mathias welcome to you what can we expect these scientists to determine here. the scientists themselves have sad that they will probably not come back with the conclusion they will not come back knowing where the virus has originated what they will do during these several weeks that they will spend after they would be out of quarantine they will meet with doctors medical personnel and people who have been walking or working on this market that would probably try to find pneumonia cases that have been unaccounted for that might have happened before the 1st known cases of coal with 19 and so they want to get back to the to the 1st patients in order to get closer to the origins of the virus but as they have said it is highly unlikely

that we'll look at that that they were gets to the moment when it was food when 1st occurred in a human being scientists that then now a quarantine florentine but why did this mission take so long why did china block this mission for now. yeah 10 days ago some of the scientists were already on their way when they were told by china that they how it would not be admitted to the country that was a surprise china's saying that this is a misunderstanding this has been a misunderstanding but what's very clear is that china has not been very cooperative in the past few months it took a lot of diplomatic efforts to get this mission on track when other countries when australia the australian government 1st asked for an investigation into the origins of the virus china acted furiously banning some of the imports of australian products this is a highly sensitive topic and all research by

a chinese scientists is also strictly monitored and sense that china wants to avoid shedding light again to its initial failure was in the beginning of the outbreak and it wants to keep control over any information about the origins of the virus and that is this is all happening this is the backdrop as china sees a spike in infections and is locking down several areas what more can you tell us about this turn of events yeah there have been a few 100 new cases mostly in the province of survey that's a province that surrounds paging in other countries an outbreak of this size would be considered as having the virus on the controlled $500.00 cases so far reported that is not a lot but it is. alarming the chinese authorities because it had gone it seems to have gone unnoticed for quite some time they're finding new

cases now for a few days in a row the virus seems to have spread mostly in villages in the countryside and these villages seem to have been a weak spot of epidemic prevention that has mostly been concentrated on the cities it is billing it in beijing many things. well new figures from germany show the country is still failing to bring down the number of corona virus infections despite lockdown measures the public health authority says over the last 24 hours cases have increased by more than 2501200 people have died the news comes as health minister was put on the defensive over what critics say is the government's slow roll out of its vaccination campaign. after more than 2 months of increasingly tougher restrictions in germany the number of new infections and deaths from the corona virus remains alarmingly high speaking in

parliament on wednesday german health minister young defended the government's vaccination plan the target of criticism in recent weeks. the fact that vaccines are in short supply worldwide is a fact that we cannot change this is the same for us as it is for almost all other countries in the e.u. and around the world the reason for this shortage at the beginning of the vaccination rollout is a lack of production capacity and not a lack of purchasing contracts. opposition parties weren't convinced because from the business friendly f.t.p. to the left party the vaccine rollout was criticised for being slow and chaotic for the greens germany's federal political system is partly to blame our federal system has wonderful advantages but it also sometimes slows down the process and i think that the roll out was rather question of internal german matter then of e.u.

policy and that's where we should improve and fix that where needed germany has so far administered the job to more than 750000 people but has vaccinated a lower share of the population than several of the e.u. countries with vaccines from more manufacturers being approved the hope is that enough doses will be available for the rollout to soon pick up pace. and now for a look at some of the other developments in the pandemic in the u.s. has enjoyed its worst dice with more than 4300 recorded deaths nearly 400000 have died of roll by far the highest number in any country in a strike the queensland state premiers said she was considering using remote camps to parenti an international arrivals the philippines meanwhile has confirmed its 1st case of the british identified coronavirus variant that country had hoped to keep the mutation out by shutting its borders to foreigners arriving from 30 countries. or italy is facing

a new political crisis after former prime minister n.z. pulled his party's ministers out of the cabinet and he is angry about the government's spending plans for billions of euros pledged by the european union for covert 19 relief now the ministers withdrawal is significant as it leaves the ruling coalition led budgets have gone without a majority. italy has been plunged into political turmoil at the worst possible moment the country is again struggling with a coronavirus pandemic as well as a worsening economic crisis on wednesday evening the italian parliament voted on a more than 200000000000 euro covert relief package from the european union but 2 cabinet ministers from the junior coalition partner former prime minister matteo renzi italia viva party abstained and then he announced their resignation. prince's party disagrees with prime minister tzipi qantas plan over how to distribute the economic aid. but there are also deeper political frictions between

content and the frenzy that led to the crisis. reserve you know what people are going to soften. let's solve your problems that's politics it's populism to believe that you can resolve them with a post treat on instagram story to government demands respect for the parliamentary rules it must be a target to you specially during a pandemic and a crisis like this. qantas a mel avoiding a new election at all costs for that he either needs to cobble together a new majority in parliament or win over a tally of eva you know. if this is the political will i will work until the very end to create confusion among the majority party so it will never be my own personal matter the interests of the people have to come 1st for that is for the future. if the government does not reach awful new elections could be on the horizon. a correspondent joins us from rome for more on this how did

this internal coalition spat. into a full blown government crisis. yes a crisis indeed and in this warning of the words that are being used to describe what to renzi has done irresponsible in comprehensible and just chaotic and really it comes about as far as mr wrenn sees concern because he believes it was in a crisis that he created he says that this is because the government didn't respond to the needs of the people and what he's doing is actually responsible now the law threatened to be a support over the issue of how the government is going to be spending the billions of euros out through the recovery fund the fund at the money that's been put forward so that it can't get out of the situation of the pandemic and to deal with the economic problems now he said that more needed to be done in terms of health

care spending as well as cultural issues and also investment in infrastructure and the government came forward and meet changes to their plans but then he said again that that wasn't enough and they should instead tap into this european stability but caddis it which is something that the 5 star movement a coalition partner is did against because they don't want to be beholden to e.u. rules and so all that this issue now he's essentially the decision to yank his ministers from the government at the was possible time when the country is trying to deal with a resurgence of the virus it's rolling up its vaccination program and it's in a recession so really it comes in the was possible time but mr renzi clearly feels that this is what he needs to do it order to express his point of view in terms of the politics of the day i mean you're touched on it but context is all important here italy is one of the countries most affected by the pandemic it's just passed $80000.00 coronavirus related deaths can you speak a little more to the timing of

a political fight that would require an election to resolve just briefly. oh well essentially to sum it up really look at what an eclipse in get it the hit of the center left democratic party said it's only right now eats jobs it needs investment it needs health in order to fight the pandemic the last thing it needs is a government crisis and the italian people only count some 3 percent in opinion polls so it's really a small party in terms of its share into the public eye but yet it's taken this move so mr renzi very much living up to his reputation as a disruptor. in ron thanks so much to some football news now and running german cup champions by munich have been knocked out in the 2nd round of the competition by a 2nd division side host and killed this violating 21 kill equalized at the last

moment to send the match into extra time then with the score still to all it went to penalties where kill converter there for a kick but by an missed one by an now out. and a reminder of the top story we're following for you this hour has become the 1st president of the united states the state's rival to be impeached twice the house voted 200 322197 twitter page trump with 10 republicans breaking ranks lawmakers afraid to impeach him on a charge of incitement of insurrection of the storming of the capitol building by his supporters last thing. out of to get you can always get the news on the go just download out from google play or from the app store itself but to give you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as push notifications full. and if you're part of the news story can also use the d w at the scene as photos and videos of what's happening and going to. watch

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