this is the news live from berlin police clamp down as tens of thousands defying a protest by a 4th straight day of determined mass street protests after a military coup that overthrew aung san suu kyi she's elected government protesters are demanding the restoration of democracy also coming up donald trump's 2nd impeachment trial starts today while democrats are determined to hold him accountable for the violent siege on the u.s. capitol republicans are calling the trial quote absurd and unconstitutional.

and is there life on mars as not one but 3 probes are closing in on the red planet we ask what exactly there is to gain from this race into space. as well come to the show security forces in. arresting protesters and again used water cannon to try to disperse crowds after people demonstrated for a 4th day against a military coup military leaders are threatening to quote take action against large public gatherings hundreds of thousands defied the protest ban and took to the streets in the country's largest cities to denounce the military takeover of the country and the arrest of deposed leader aung san suu kyi. he has now imposed a curfew on young gone mandalay pro-democracy activists say they will continue to

fight. the week of military rule in myanmar has triggered a groundswell of protest across the nation. in the biggest city young gone they have a simple demand for the military had back the power to the elected officials and on line i want i sense a cheat and president to be released quickly. we want all the people from the winning party the n l d to be released that's what we all want. my family and of the. monks and protesters marched holding the red flags of our son said she's national league for democracy they say it's their last chance to fight the dictatorship. to use power to run the country and use the country's resources for their families and for their own sake they don't do anything good for the citizens and the country's development. and they will read protests in the capitals

night. where demonstrators braved police water cannon blocking that path. many here a state employees perhaps a sign of the anger of those who have briefly enjoyed democracy after 5 decades of military rule. in a t.v. address to the nation the country's new military leaders sought to justify the gentlemen repeated the military's line that campaigning in last november's poll has been unfair. we are getting the responsibility for it is regarding voter fraud. that election delivered just a handful of seats for the generals party and a landslide to see cheese n l d she's now believed back in cancer arrest where the army had kept her for 15 years that peaceful resistance made her and i can a democracy. but the hunter is already warning that any resistance to their rule is

unlawful. and you posed a night time curfew bringing more protests and taking fees a to bloody crackdown could soon fall out. of all of this story i'm not joined by an activist in mandalay and for security reasons he wishes to remain anonymous so was we'll just call him sam sam the military has banned gatherings and mandalay and threaten to take further action against us traitors tell us what's going on on the streets where you are. so i'm actually standing behind a large demonstration taking place right now in mandalay. destroying. the people who was arrested by the police for trusting and people here are demanding their immediate release. has there been any of violence against these protesters so far. no not at all it has happened yet. there's

a launch number of police here and they also have water cannons and other. well yes i you worry about further crackdown a harder crackdown from the military. yeah. so basically the military has never been you know scared to make people. aware. they are going to continue on making people fear and i'm. afraid sooner or later do it they will resort to violence. so how far you and all the other activists are willing to take these these protests. to b.n. because this is an acceptable business not lawful and this can't happen ever again

so. we are going to read all this evil. but do you see any possibility for compromise to be arranged with a military government. then i do not see any country was. over we are not going to you know. how again. we as a people have determined that we're not going to. the been. reduced to sign. sam and activist and mandalay protesting the military coup that thank you very much for your time. thank you very much. to the u.s. now donald trump's lawyers are condemning today's start of his impeachment trial as an act of quote political theater set to get on the way later the former president will stand trial before the senate accused of inciting the deadly riot at the u.s. capitol on january 6th it is his 2nd impeachment trial democrats say they have

overwhelming evidence of his guilt and side many legal scholars who say the trial is valid under the constitution senate leaders have agreed on a rap it's time table democrats are determined to hold the former president accountable for the violence each on the u.s. capitol while republicans are calling the trial absurd and unconstitutional the stock divide between the 2 sides is every bit as obvious among ordinary americans steve w. washington bureau chief in a sport has this report. it's been over 2 months since election day but trump seems to be as present as ever in rural pennsylvania and his upcoming impeachment trial is finding little support here my. parlin grew up in piketon a small village on the outskirts of harrisburg he's about america we're not trump

followers we want somebody that represents long time america and where we came from america is at a crossroads and pennsylvania is a prime example for the wide between rural and urban on the one hand you have trump supporters who still believe that the election was stolen on the other hand you have democrats who want to hold stolen from the accountable for the storming of the capitol ungenerous 6. only 20 minutes away in uptown harrisburg the political landscape changes from deep red to bright blue the democratic phenomenon which can be found all across america i'll be happy to give it all up front and its supporters. why because the. capital you know i mean the lives that was lost for what i talked to 2 pennsylvanians state

senators. because of covert restrictions is it really worth taking the risk to deepen the devide of the country even more with the impeachment there's a greater danger in not prosecuting him because by not doing it were more or less ok it's all right that he did that we can go 'd on he committed a crime. and he needs to be held accountable for their crime you know his words and the republicans have a different take so i can do anything that you will the nation i thought i thought you know obviously we want joe biden well i'm. a great move he could do it is to say you know what and talk to his friends in the house and senate state stop it it's too symbolic it's meaningless he's out of office back in piked on paula does not feel optimistic about our country's future now that trump is no longer president it will be a big divide. is scary actually very scary because we're patriots or not

going down easy and the next generation might be still living in a fractured nation on this the new president can preach that. well that's pretty and will improve his pawel us election team here it's a w when proceeding starts today what will happen 1st of all. i guarded yes today is probably going to be mostly a formality the senate will be debating whether they have jurisdiction to hear this trial at all that will likely pass that will lead us to opening arguments starting wednesday when each side is going to have 16 or up to 16 hours to present their case after that the impeachment managers that's basically the prosecutors democrats from the house will have the option to call for witnesses and then if that were to happen there be a vote if the senate senators want to hear witnesses and things will go on from there going into next week when you have you william how likely is it that this

impeachment trial will come to a conviction of donald trump well to convict democrats are going to need their entire party the 50 democrats in the senate plus 17 republicans to join them that's looking unlikely democrats are hoping to recreate that feeling of anger of fear of just shock that many people on both sides of the aisle felt on january 6th of the days immediately thereafter to try to get republicans to confront the evidence they're going to present of trump's culpability in that mob on january 6th but it's unlikely given the partisan divide in the senate and in washington in general that they're really really gets 17 senators maybe a few republican senators but 17 is looking unlikely. has been said that this procedure touches fundamental constitutional questions how. well republicans will say you can't try

a president once he's out of office but there is precedent albeit very little precedent and you have to go back quite a ways more than 100 years to find an example of where the u.s. senate tried not a president but another high official of the u.s. government after resigning and leaving office and many constitutional scholars will agree that because the president was impeached while he was still in office just a couple days before he left that it is legal to do this and of course the whole point is democrats hope that if they could convict donald trump they could then take the next step the senate to take the next step to then bar him from ever running from office for office again and therefore not being a threat to u.s. politics in the future that's the constitutional claim there's also of free speech claims republican supporters and trump's own lawyers say that you know he has the right to free speech and whatever he may have said if it wasn't incitement but was his constitutionally protected right to state his opinion which is something that

many constitutional scholars are also rather doubtful about. in our report we have a rep of the republican senate to say that this trial will not help heal the country what's your take on this. well it probably won't but i'm not sure if that is the point we also heard in that report from someone on the democratic side that said accountability is important in your head in the sand and hoping that that often will be to things it bad behavior to give just one quick comparison you know when barack obama came into office there was a lot of pressure on him to investigate the bush. into the iraq war. allegations. strikes that were considered by some to be assassinations and. you don't want to divide the nation we don't want to dig all of that up and. not as

a result but but by basically was because the country remain extremely divided under his 8 years in power and republicans used every. nation in turn people against him they investigated or didn't so much the impeachment process in. the nation for democrats this is about accountability. here are some more stories making headlines around the world in brief a court in hong kong has denied bail for jimmy lai a newspaper publisher and government critic he faces charges of the territories new national security law ly was arrested in december in a crackdown on pro-democracy activists protesting chinese influence in hong kong. rescue efforts continue in the indian himalayas following sunday's dam collapse 26 people have been confirmed dead and some 170 more are still missing was overwhelmed

in a flash flood after part of a glacier broke off. e.u. members germany poland and sweden expelled 3 russian diplomats on monday in a coordinated response to the expulsion of the country's own diplomats by russia last week russia accused the diplomats of participating in demonstrations in support of jailed kremlin critic alexander valley. global health authorities have sought to reassure the public about existing coronavirus vaccines following concerns over the affective against new virus variants britain's step deputy chief medical officer urged people to receive a covert 19 an occupation now if offered saying he was confident contacts inside a substantial effect on preventing serious illness even from new variants britain is one of many countries that has bought large amounts of the vaccine developed by oxford university and astra zeneca at the weekend south africa suspended plans to

launch a massive vaccination program using that vaccine as studies show that even though it largely prevents the illness getting serious it offered less protection against mild to moderate illness caused by the virus variant that originated in south africa. fish reports for it was supposed to be the turning point in south africa's fight against covet 19 the arrival of 1000000 doses of the astra zeneca havoc seen last week presidents who are on up was signed the health minister came to receive it personally but the deuces will remain in storage for now and you study suggests the vaccine appears to offer only minimal protection against mild and moderate disease from the new variants that was discovered in south africa the government's roll out plan is now on hold. the 1st thing we want to send is a risk what do we do with just as any. just dream that is what you.

did so there is no potential sense because we speak right and out some say just how to deal with it or it is clear however that health workers will not stop receiving their vaccine as planned this week and for the rest of the population there's even one certainty and that is quite unfortunate because we actually thought the vaccine was in people especially in south africa and i do. actually. no vaccine means. and that means. all of us meaning people in jobs meaning. when they go back to school and gaze into them and then i need to stay in town and how loud they do the homework on. top of that scene that beginning in scientist citing evidence that the vaccines prevents grave illness and death while astra zeneca said it's believed it's vaccine could protect against

seaview disease by religious chabi a modest says south africa could see an upsurge in infections once winter approaches he suggests not to completely abandon the us president to cut jeb covert 1000 vaccines. safe for most safe and even question marks and effectiveness of. disease do we want to. not to vaccinate thing. and of course they do might be protected against severe disease south africa is now pinning its hopes on the johnson and johnson vaccine that delivered promising results against the new variant new deliveries are expected in the next weeks but in the long run it is scheduled to be manufactured in south africa. and also the government is warning against travel to the alpine province off to roll hundreds of cases of the south african virus variant has been

identified in the popular winter sports region austria is using its national lockdown but with some new rules classrooms shops museums and addresses can reopen but many facilities will require medical moscow to negative covert 19 tests so difficult from visitors still funny for chop off filed this report. getting ready for their 1st guest since december that's how long. and his partner have had to keep their cell phone post for their 3rd closure since depend dammy began despite being able to reopen today he's not excited. we are on the brink of bankruptcy we don't see a future for hairdressers but the new rules if they stay in place will in the back of our mind we also ask ourselves when will we have to close again they're going to reopening hair salons comes with a new rule customers must present a negative call the test is pretty i cannot ask every customer to show their

documents i'm not the police why do i have to do that i'm off their calendar was fully booked only 2 weeks ago when customers heard about reopening but with corbett tests now mandatory most of their clients have cancelled at the same time an unusual scene inside the city's museum of natural history the 1st visitors are welcomed with flowers in front of cameras something very normal has become news for 30 we are happy to be here but of course it could be dangerous to you may think there are more important places to reopen than this one where you can look at stuff mammals but this easing off restrictions in austria specifically applies to places in the category non essential most shops are also allowed to open trying to get rid of their winter clothes promising huge sales the relaxing of locked on rules does

not apply to hotels to restaurants to theaters and all the cultural venues that vienna is known for an increasing number of people here in austria say the locked on rules are too harsh. thousands have taken to the streets in recent weeks demanding an end to the strict measures and calling for the government to resign among them there are u.s. radical and extremist elements groups that the authorities are increasingly struggling to control a light lockdown bowing to pressure to appease some by risking a lot what does this move mean from a public health perspective do you hope that you see going to the scene in your mind i'm reading and there are 2 main risk factors the 1st human behavior and the other the behavior of the wires there is a lot of talk about a new mutation from south africa that does not only affect least real junee switzerland but many countries in europe. are right you know only lending though

you know it's meeting that he addresses again into a shop finally the 1st customer has arrived with a testy i happen to know yes i got the test i can show you i know many other customers will not go for it due to time constraints but for me it was important to support my hairdresser. increase sales of things in men and preserve them to states and this has alone was a dream come true when the 2 partners opened a year ago to light a lockdown won't change their economic situation they say it will only prolong their struggle to keep their business afloat. a 2nd look now at some other developments in the coronavirus pandemic the european union has finalize the deal with biotech and pfizer for an additional 300000000 doses of their covert 900 vaccine the us faced heavy criticism for the slow rollout of its vaccination program russia has issued up there just

a 26 on coronavirus link best last year more than 162000 people died with covert 19 last year far higher than previously reported and germany's 7 day incidence rate is at its lowest in 3 months federal and state leaders will meet on wednesday to review germany's current lockdown measures which are set to expire next sunday. now let's take a trip into space where not one but 3 nations are currently in a race to reach mars nasser's perseverance rover will arrive on the red planet in just over a week but china's mission to mars arrives tomorrow and today is the day the probe sent by the united arab emirates enters mars orbit it represents a giant leap for that country. the u.a.e. probe is called out or hope it's been traveling between earth and mars for the past 6 months it enters mars orbit on tuesday. this is either going to

work or it's not going to work there's nothing in between and it's not a spectrum of success now they could only wait and see if the mission goes according to plan. leads the u.a.e. mars mission the 34 year old is one of 70 women on the emirates team that developed the probe the u.a.e. government which provided $200000000.00 to launch the project wants to inspire more women to go into science. we need to have a greater risk appetite to be able to work in areas that is considered a quite challenging specially when it's the transformation of your economy to be based on science and technology the emirates oil reserves are dwindling with only enough oil left for a few decades so the u.a.e. are no developing their image in the fields of science and technology this has allowed our researchers and our huge for science to get to

a point where they are able to work with the global mars science community in a short amount of time since we started this mission about 7 years ago it's a short amount of time for any nation to enter into any scientific community and this is one of the main proponents all of our space exploration the probe will monitor weather patterns on mars and it will also help the u.a.e. establish itself as a technology hub of the future. but we spoke to claire jolly who's the head of the space form of the organization for economic cooperation and development and we asked her to tell us how the global expansion of space of tipitina's benefits us here on a few. well down to earth are many jobs revenues i have quite a number of start ups that have been actually springing up in many parts of the world often not in what you would think of when you figure the space industry very often in the use of satellite data for its g.p.s.

signals but it's also off of the nation data middle of the call data that you can find now in your apps on your phone very often you have small startups that have actually created new products and services there are records you write from space signals and that creates really and you ecosystem that we really saw jumping over the past 8 years more or less. you're watching t.v. news here to remind off the top story we're following for you security forces in myanmar have been arresting protesters on half again used water column to try to dispose crowds off to people to find a balance of demonstrated for a 4th day against a military coup some reports also suggest employees are firing gunshots into the air at. present from me and the news team a fun hour don't go away though coming up next kick off with all the highlights from the bonus league and also remember you can get all the latest news on our web

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