but i believe that. this is deja vu news live from berlin and beyond mark protestors remain determined and defiant don't. prove to me that it goes through that understood group is just not the truth. to give hope and. tens of thousands take to the streets and anger after a military coup that overthrew on songs to choose elected government also coming up a spacecraft called polamalu arabic for cult it's about to reach mars is orbit it's

the 1st arab interplanetary mission and it's aimed to unravel the secrets of weather on the red planet we'll speak to one of the chairs of the nation's space agency. and donald trump's 2nd impeachment trial starts today well democrats are determined to hold him accountable for the violent seat on the u.s. capitol republicans are calling the trial unconstitutional. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program security forces in myanmar are using water cannon and firing shots to disperse crowds after people defied a ban and demonstrated for a 4th day against a military coup now d.w. sources are also reporting that a woman has been fatally shot by police the junta has imposed occurred. you are

young gun and mandalay but pro-democracy activists say they will continue to fight . that a ban on gatherings hasn't deterred them here in the capital naypyidaw police fired water cannon and protesters rallying for their freedom and. they're demanding a return to democracy and the release of elected leader aung sang suu kyi from naypyidaw. to mandalay oh. too young gone. a week of military rule and man man has triggered a groundswell of demonstrations right across the nation. everywhere the same demand. something i want unsung suchi and president when meant 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. in mit mr know.

it isn't only support for one party or even one later these demands for democracy run fun taper. you know i know i know where very glad that the protests are happening in the entire country. but we will fight until we win. and there are signs the tide is turning among all thora ts to this video posted on social media appears to show a policeman shaking the hand of a protester before they open up the barricades designed to hold protesters back. in his 1st t.v. address to the nation not the country's new military latest sought to justify the coup repeating allegations of fraud in last year's election. we're investigating the responsible for eighty's regarding voter fraud. promised fresh elections but gave no time. and for when they might be held. the comments have done nothing to

quell the anger and defiance of these protests does he say it's too little too late . they want the army out and say compromise is no longer an option. and for more i'm joined now by an activist from mandalay and for security reasons he is wishing to remain anonymous so i'm just going to call him sam sam welcome to the program what's happening where you are. yes i'm kelly i'm mentally. well earlier today there was a large crowd there on or to the protester in a street and i saw. the police are using water cannons and tear gas to disperse the crowd. right off. another group will vote with their house gather to again protest. ok and protesting we have to say despite warnings from the

military are you and other protesters worried about a crackdown from the military and we have some reports of shots fired at protesters and one female protester killed in the capital what have you been hearing. yes there has for a guard well or. in these groups so. the police shot at the. largely peaceful protesters that were just. standing and just standing on the street and apparently i'm very and one person has died and at least 3 has been injured and emotionally. more than a 100 people has been detained and arrested by the police. apparently for obvious reasons i'm not are currently inside the protests but i'm right close to the truth for your protest and as we wait for verification of those reports tell us what is

the mood right now among protesters and what is the sense of resolve and how far are you another activist willing to take this given you know the challenges that you are now facing. yes for. for for the cause we are willing to go to the end and the mood amongst people is like. we're not going to give up. i can hear people chanting in the streets very loud right now so i can definitely see that the fear is not with innovations anymore we are ready to break off from the fear and put his military. to the. city of. bam thank you so much for joining us to tell us a little bit about your experience out there on the streets of mandalay. as we mentioned you are an activist and we appreciate your insights.

first here are some other stories making headlines around the world record in hong kong has denied bail for jimmy lie a newspaper publisher and a government critic he faces charges under the territory's new national security law live was arrested in december and a crackdown on pro-democracy activists protesting chinese influence in hong kong. german exports tumbled to 9.3 percent and 2028 into coronavirus trade disruptions according to new government data meanwhile new lockdown measures have hampered a trade for coverage that began in the 2nd half of the past year in december german exports edged up just a point one percent. police in haiti have fired tear gas at protesters demonstrating near the presidential palace in port au prince tensions have been rising over who should be the country's legitimate leader the opposition

politicians say that the current president's term has expired and have named their own interim head of state the government has accused the opposition of an attempted coup. survivors of a dam collapse in the indian himalayas have been telling their stories of the moment that they had to run for their lives the day it was overwhelmed in a flash flood after part of a glacier broke off it sent a wall of water and debris rushing down a mountain 26 people have been confirmed dead at least 170 more are still missing. the cleanup is under way but for the man working in underground tunnels as the floodwaters hit the memories are not so easily pushed aside. the difference between life and death was just 2 minutes if we hadn't run if we'd waited even 2 minutes we would have died around $25.00 to $30.00 over survived. i

was working down and the others were high. they're up and suddenly the workers started screaming front run run away water is coming. i ran and got away but many just couldn't escape and which rocked. the flash flood in the top of an area of a tara can state destroyed bridges and roads and hit 2 hydroelectric power plants. more than 2000 members of the military paramilitary and police forces are involved in the search for survivors but increasingly they recognize that their work is becoming a recovery mission. team as he is searching for bodies if we see anyone near the banks or in the river our job is to recover them. the survivors are all too aware of how fortunate they were to escape everything i feel like i've been given

a new life i am still very shaken by what happened some people got stuck inside the tunnel. meanwhile rescuers continue this search as best they can aware that time is of the essence. now in just a couple of hours the 1st mars probe from the united arab emirates is set to and to orbit around the red planet the allam all arabic for hope is the 1st weather satellite 2 to orbit mars it is its goal to obtain a comprehensive picture of the martian atmosphere over the seasons and maybe even to answer the question of why earth's once life friendly neighbor has become a frosty desert of ice and dust box the 1st column all of us to get all systems operating correctly after entering mars orbit remote control from earth will no longer be possible. and we're joined now by her excellency

sarah been to you so if she is minister of state for advanced technology in the united arab emirates and chair of the country's space agency thank you so much for making time to speak with you today 1st of all congratulations on making history 2nd of all i'd like to ask you how hopeful you are that mission hope succeeds especially given the complexities of mars missions and the failure rate which stands at around 60 percent. it's a pleasure to be here with you today and i'm comfortable the spacecraft as currently stand we've been operating it for all 7 months now on its journey. and it's been operating according to our expectations with my and i'm comfortable due to this entire procedure being heavily tested by the team we are awaiting now the sequence of entering orbit around mars. comfortably leading and just the anticipating our entry into space exploration as

a nation and we know that this is the arab world's 1st interplanetary mission why is the u.a.e. going to mars now. the 1st reason for us going to ours is to develop our skills and skill sets and join us in science in the emirates to design and develop complex systems as you mentioned earlier this is a fully autonomous system very complex piece of technology that needs to operate on its own for most of its journey that has accelerated the rate of development of capabilities within the emirates sciences and also into new york and we're hoping that spills over into other industries and streams in the country it's also important from a scientific perspective speaking the 1st satellite markets give us a better understand dynamics and climate change on a neighborhood looks somewhat like us and to get a better understanding on how planets transform and changed your time so what happens next now because we know that this is of course not the only mission perhaps you can shed some light on the further steps and also the level of

coordination that is happening right now. so this is not only mission we are starting to get the emmys is it not today the as month with the will of 3 different spacecraft to mars from 3 of the nations this is the 1st time in history that 3 different nations are arriving to the red planet same time for us in the end it's a continuation of our endeavors and research this is the start of our sign think mission we're going to be in orbit for almost 2 years gathering science data we can also extend a further 2 years so a lot of the exploration efforts is now going around planetary exploration and development of science in that area we're also transitioning into establishing an industry in within the space sector in the emirates and that allows us to do more and more companies that are focused on science and technology and focus on design in developing its krauts and that's where we hope a lot of this know how it's transferred onto the transferred onto the private

sector talk with us a little bit more about that transition and how it is that you plan to get there in fact. to get having a private sector in. space our endeavors are 1st on the regulatory framework to ensure that the regulations are within the expectations when it comes to. business in the state sector moreover we are also working on ensuring the transfer of a lot of experience has been built on the back of this mission and that needs to be transferred on into companies that are now going to be designing developing small supplies for multiple uses earth ok so i mean this mission is it's really very much about the future of the country and i'd just like to ask you before we go if i could get your assessment perhaps on a personal level because you know we've had much reporting about the number of women in fact that are on your team it's been reported that you know some 80 percent of your science team in fact is female do you consider yourself

a role model in a country where i am see international for example says women continue to face discrimination in law and in practice. so we're going on in terms of women in science in the fire we just go back to graduates 50 percent of graduates in stem where the course last and women so the percentage graduates the caller's degree are one is that reflected on to the. overall it's the spacecraft and that's designing a very let's mission from the 34 percent women like you mentioned for science teams 80 percent women are there based on merit based on what they contribute to the design and development mission i myself have not face any adversity throughout my career abuse working at the the russian space center for from almost 12 years ago always becoming a mixture of within the cabinets and also has representation the same thing with

our parliament that is today if you percent and they did to be women sarla marry a minister of state for advanced technology in the united arab emirates thank you so much for joining us here on news and we look forward to hearing more about how your mission proceed with. you we had to the united states now where donald trump's lawyers are condemning his impeachment trial as an act of political theater the former president's 2nd impeachment trial will open before the senate today trump is accused of inciting the deadly riot at the u.s. capitol on january the 6th and democrats say that they have overwhelming evidence of his guilt republicans and trump's lawyers argue that the trial is unnecessary and unconstitutional. a solemn procession through the halls of the u.s. capitol. with donald trump's future in their hands. democrats from the house of

representatives set in motion a 2nd impeachment trial for the former president by delivering the single article of impeachment to the senate. article one incitement of insurrection donald john trump engaged in high crimes and misdemeanors by inciting violence against the government of the united states the democrats say donald trump's baseless claims of election fraud were an incitement to violence culminating in a speech he gave before congress was set to confirm the election results america we will never give up we will never concede it doesn't happen you don't concede that. shortly after these remarks a violent mob breached the u.s. capitol building. yet. rioters took over the building for hours and forced lawmakers into hiding 5 people died during the assault.

while several republicans had criticized trump after the riot on january 6th members of the g.o.p. are now softening their stance and are increasingly criticizing the impeachment proceedings talking about those i think the trial is stupid i think it's counterproductive democrats say it's important to hold trump accountable. look everyone wants to put this awful chapter in american history behind us but sweeping it under the rug will not bring healing the only way to bring healing is to actually have real accountability which this trial affords the impeachment trial will be a test for both parties at a decisive moment for donald trump's legacy i and let's bring in his william blue cross who is following all of this for us william what can we expect to see today as this kicks off. well today's going to be quite a formality the senate will spend a few hours debating whether they even have the jurisdiction the right to hear the

trial that's likely to pass which with an open of the trial for wednesday when both sides the prosecution which is called the impeachment managers these are a handful of democrats from the house they'll have up to 16 hours to present their case followed by up to 16 hours for donald trump's defense that brings us to the weekend or early next week and then the house impeachment managers the prosecution they'll be able to decide if they want to call for their witnesses the senate has the ability to vote whether they even want to hear those witnesses and if they don't we can wrap this up quite quickly if they do then the process will go on even longer as those witnesses would be called for now ok it's still early days william but tell us i mean we know trump has prevented ph that's just a fact so now the real question is whether or not he will indeed be convicted based upon how things are looking right now how could that play out. and impeach twice as as we mentioned at the top much like the 1st time around it's looking unlikely

he'll be impeached the $22.00 can sorry to convict to convict him he needs 17 republican senators have to join all the democrats with no democrats can can break away from the party line 17 republican senators we might see a few more senators and the 1st time around in the 1st impeachment trial proceeding but to get to that magic 17 is really looking unlikely given the partisan divide in washington of course the senators swear an oath that they will administer justice impartially they're supposed to play the role of jurors a jury is supposed to be impartial but as we know while the senate may look like a court of law in an impeachment trial it's not quite the impartiality of a jury that you might see in a real u.s. court of justice of course paul politics will play a big role in the republican party is still very much in dollar terms camp. you know this trial of course it's so unprecedented on so many different levels you

know at some constitutionality might also come into play here tell us a little bit more about the defense strategy of john and trying because you know some documents have been submitted by them which direction can we see the skull and . right both the house prosecution and dollar terms defense attorneys have been exchanging briefs back and forth leading up to the trial basically laying out their cases dollar terms defenses a few points one this cut this it can't even be held this trial because he's out of office that's been called into question by a lot of constitutional scholars there is some precedent in u.s. history of trying a high official not a press president but a high official for after they've left office because donald trump was impeached by the house while he was still in office so there is precedent for that to happen they're also arguing that he has protected speech what he may have said to incite the violence wasn't actually incitement use as opinion he has the 1st amendment

rights to say that that's also been called into question by a lot of constitutional scholars and of course democrats and naturally republicans are looking for a way to swat this trial away you know the 1st impeachment they said hey why are we having an impeachment trial in an election year we look at the voters decide if we want to keep donald trump around another saying hey he's out of office why are we bothering with this democrats of course counter as you heard in the report is about accountability and make sure even a lame duck president doesn't have a free hand to do whatever he wants as he's leaving office he has blamed blue crossed reckon it down for us thank you. the world health organization team investigating the origins of the corona virus pandemic is revealing its findings they spent several weeks visiting sites in the tiny city of han where the virus is thought to have originated the lead time these officials said that their research showed the virus may have started and baths and penguins and been transmitted to humans via another species that has yet to be identified he also says there was no

indication of coded 19 in rouhani before december 29th team. well now we go to india where in as many countries around the world cove at 19 has prevented children from attending school for most of last year while some schools have now reopened many children in india's villages won't be going back that's because millions of parents have no work and so it is up to their children to become the breadwinners. of them on started apprenticing 6 weeks ago at this one in a village in it that for this. the shy 12 year old has been half heartedly listening to instructions. he's clearly not enjoying it. i want to go back to school. meet my friends i don't want to work here. but he

doesn't really have an option nor does his younger brother who joined him here a few days ago but both of following their father's instructions up to him on is out of work himself. with schools closed for nearly a year now and due to the corner of iris he has given up hope that education will secure them books him on says he's only looking out for their future is going by the way schools are being closed they were studying but they aren't doing anything now we've asked them to work out of desperation so that they can learn something of hopefully a livelihood if schools reopened and they leave work to lose out if they stay it helps to survive there's no advantage in going to school now. the state government has just announced the junior classes are set to resume but a sudden us just need to stay at work to support their family. high school classes resume back in october but children younger than 15 years have hardly studied for

the better part of the year. at best the vital way that i'm playing with their friends at worst they are forced into labor or a bad adult. go to the ensure that he has weathered endlessly about this especially about the 400 children who attended his school his class is much smaller now he just helps his own daughters with their studies private school slightly odd that he's educated close to hostel for india's children often feel very little money. now his own school survival is at stake. i saw that he waved his hundreds of been approximately bundle monthly fee jawed in the lockdown he still feels that many can't afford to continue sending their children another thought about your will mob of most of the children our company their parents to work. i fear 70 percent of them will drop out we try to appeal to the parents to keep educating their kids but

they just say if we don't have money how are we supposed to send their children to school. or we're going on. the lack of resources also the without online education toddy says. if parents already can't afford a nominal fee how can they pay for multiple smart schools for all the children at home education has not been a priority in his village he says and a tad been an uphill battle even before the lockdown hit. georgie is excited to see the children again soon but he's also realistic he knows that even if just a quarter of them show up. he can count it as a victory. a quick reminder now the top stories we're following for you here on the it is security forces in myanmar have been firing shots using water cannon to try and disperse crowds after people to 5 fans and demonstrated for

a 4th day against the military coup there are also unconfirmed reports that a woman has been seen only shot by police just. up next it is you have you business with my colleague christophe kober there's always more on our website w dot com and on social media news i'm sorry kelly thanks for watching.

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