this is g.w. news live from berlin tonight donald trump on trial again the former president's 2nd impeachment trial has begun in the u.s. senate democrats insist that he's guilty of inciting the violent scenes of congress last month republicans condemned the process calling it unconstitutional also coming up tonight the united nations condemns police violence against protesters and me and mark a 4th day of demonstrations sees tens of thousands defying water cannon and tear gas and at world health organization scientists fail to uncover the origins of the

corona virus but they say it probably jumped to humans from an animal. and a lighting up the sky over dubai to celebrate the 1st arab interplanetary project a spacecraft called. enters orbit around mars on a mission led by women scientists. i'm bringing off to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and to all of you around the world welcome we start tonight in the u.s. where history is to be written once again in washington d.c. donald trump's 2nd senate impeachment trial is underway at the capitol. right. senators to be caesar there patrick leahy of vermont or brought down the

gavel and kicked off the proceedings targeting the former president democrats and some republicans accuse trump of inciting last month's riot at the capitol building that left 5 people dead trump has said that he's not to blame for the by his legal team insist that the trial is unconstitutional. and has the trial began leading democrats wasted little time in making the case for convicting the former president let's hear some of those arguments now from senate majority leader chuck schumer and house impeachment manager jamie raskin it's our solemn constitutional duty to conduct a fair and honest impeachment trial of the charges against former president trump the grave this charges ever brought against a president of the united states in america in his present in the united states is forbidden to commit high crimes and misdemeanors against the people at any point

that he's in office indeed that's one specific reason the impeachment conviction and disqualification powers exists to protect us against presidents who try to overrun the power of the people in their elections and replace the rule of law with the rule of mobs. or let's go now to the u.s. capitol in washington d.c. our correspondent oliver salat is standing by going to need to you heard the trial and started the arguments of the house impeachment managers being laid out what is their line of attack. all right they started off with some video footage from this violent insurrection and that edited together with some very strong cold so if donald trump saw really damaging material really also there were some very emotional moments when the lead impeachment manager was moved to tears literally cried when he described the the people that lost their lives here 5 people died

during this insurrection but overall the focus was on laying out the facts and the democrats argue that donald trump can be held responsible for this riot that took place here on the capitol the actions in the weeks leading up to his baseless claims of voter fraud and then later inside saying this violent and then afterwards also the failure to stop it that he did not really condemn what happened here so really the democrats trying to paint the bigger picture and to put things into context here as they began the 1st day of this impeachment trial and we know all of mr trump's warriors they are calling this entire trial unconstitutional on what basis all they're doing is they're trying to question the legitimacy of this trial they say that is no longer president of the united states and therefore count be

impeached as you say trying to make the case that this whole trial is unconstitutional but they do really try to hide behind the single one technical question here and really trying to avoid the real question that this trial is about and that is about what what kind of damage this insurrection has done to democracy to the american democracy democrats call this insurrection a coup attempt and we're looking at live pictures right now all of her inside the u.s. senate chamber of this trial the one person that we are not expecting to see it all is donald trump right. that's right the democrats would have liked him to be here though they invited tim to be questioned they invited him for a testimony under oath of course but as you know donald trump has a special relationship with the truth and it's therefore no big surprise that his lawyer has neglected that invitation also he's banned on social media so he will

not play any part in this physically at least but of course he will always be at the center of this trial and we know a conviction would require 2 thirds majority is that you know anywhere close to being likely. it's not likely at this point at least before the trial has really started we know that some republicans will vote to impeach donald trump so we are seeing a shift from the 1st impeachment trial where a congress people really voted along party lines so this will not be the case anymore but in order for donald trump to be impeached it needs 2 thirds and that means 17 republican congressmen would have to support this impeachment trial and that is very unlikely the case of the democrats want to hold republicans accountable here and also to make a move for the history books and for the record so of course as they're also eyeing

the midterm elections. all over salad at the u.s. capitol on this 1st day of the 2nd impeachment trial of former u.s. president bill will drop all over thank you. well here are some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world that u.s. investigators say the pilot in the helicopter crash that killed basketball star kobe bryant may have broken safety rules by flying through cloud cover bryants his daughter and 7 others were killed when the helicopter went down in january last year near los angeles 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 opposition politicians say the current president's term has expired and they've named their own interim head of state the government has accused the opposition of an attempted coup. a court in hong kong has re fused bail for publisher jimmy la the government critic

faces charges under the territory's controversial national security law he was arrested in december during a crackdown on pro-democracy activists protesting against chinese influence in hong kong. well scientists from the world health organization have wrapped up an investigation in china into the origins of the corona virus without identifying the source they found that the virus was probably jumped from bats to humans via an intermediary species but they didn't identify that they also said that it was extremely unlikely that the virus was leaked from a chinese lab. the stated goal of the world health organization's mission was to identify the origins of the corona virus a mission they weren't able to accomplish. sars cove

2 may have originated from a 0 nada transmission but the reservoir hosts remain to be identified so it's. all the work that has been done on the virus and trying to identify all regions continue to point to what's the. reason of this virus and similar viruses in better population. it was here in just over a year ago that the world's 1st cases of the novel coronavirus were reported in the city of 10000000 went on a hard lockdown for 76 days only bare essentials were let into the city its market believed to be the ground 0 from where the virus spread was closed down testing samples were taken and it was fenced off. hans hospitals were swamped with patients and the images of the new deadly disease traveled around the world. about

a year later w.h.o. experts arrived and. as well as scientific challenges they face diplomatic ones fears from the west that china might try to what wash results and fears from beijing that the mission might be politicized. scientists spent 2 weeks in coron teen leaving just 2 more for field work including visits to the seafood market and the region's virological institute despite not accomplishing the mission's main goal experts say they were able to all but eliminate a controversial theory that the virus had come from a lib oratory and. the findings suggest that the laboratory incidents hypotheses. east extremely unlikely and. to explain the introduction of the virus into the human population but the more pressing question identifying the intermediary species that might have transmitted

the virus from bats to humans remains a work in progress. or let's take a look now at the other developments in this pandemic german chancellor angela merkel says that she wants to extend the country's current coronavirus lockdown until march or government will meet with the leaders of germany 16 states tomorrow to decide on lengthening the shutdown that greece's prime minister has announced a full walk down for the capital athens beginning thursday schools and all nonessential shops will be required to close and russia has issued updated statistics on coronavirus related deaths more than 162000 people died last year of covert 19 that is much higher than previously reported. protesters in me and more have staged a 4th day of demonstrations against the military coup that alst of the civilian government last week security forces have responded with water cannons and tear gas

and there are reports of police firing rubber bullets and wife and munition the national league for democracy the party of deposed leader aung sang suu kyi she says the army has raided its headquarters. was. that a ban on gatherings hasn't deterred them here in the capital naypyidaw police fired water cannon the protest is rallying for their freedom. to demanding a return to democracy and the release of elected leader aung sang suu kyi from naypyidaw. to mandalay ok still too young gone. for a week of military rule in may and ma has triggered a groundswell of demonstrations right across the nation. everywhere the same demond there are a lot i will only go to university when sun suchi is released i have no plans to go

under this military government and it isn't only support for one party or even later these demands for democracy run fun i know i know i know that we are very glad that the protests are happening in the entire country but not that we will fight until we win. and there are signs the tide is turning among all foreign 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. until now the protests have been largely peaceful but this video being circulated by activists shows a woman being shot by police. in his 1st t.v. address to the nation now the country's new military latest sought to justify repeating allegations of fraud in last year's election you don't we are

investigating the responsible for a tease regarding voter fraud. promised fresh elections but gave no timeline for when they might be held. their comments have done nothing to quell the anger and defiance of these protest is they say it's too little too late. they want the army out and say compromise is no longer an option. for more i'm joined by ana robards she's executive director of the burma campaign u.k. she joins me tonight from the u.k. it's good to have you on the program and they you last visited me understand back in 2019 and you're in contact with activists there in your opinion do these protests do they have the hallmarks of a national uprising yes they do i mean the scale and size of the demonstrations that are taking place across the country is is incredible and

we've seen and not just in capitals but thousands of people in all areas across the country and not just the kind of demonstrations that we've been seeing pictures of but there's also say a campaign of civil disobedience there's also growing boycotts of military products in the country is wow so i think it is really growing and it shows the kind of outrage and anger of people across the country it is a military coup and their determination not to not to return to that military dictatorship protesters are calling for the release of aung sang suu kyi we know outside of the country her reputation has been somewhat tarnished in the last year or so what does she represent to the people of me and more. well it depends for many people in burma she remains incredibly popular one a big big victory in the election in november last year however she's also

disappointed many people particularly in ethnic areas where they've continued to suffer abuses and she hasn't led a government that has respected human rights and she's continued to imprison physical prisons and so on so i think is very much that makes reckless that but she still has a lot of support within the country but i think these protests are not just about exams you change if people don't want to return to the to the break and hybrid democracy that that we had before this killer you know the military never really gave up that power people want genuine democracy in genuine justice. the military really never give up its power then do you see any way of resolving this. with a military that's going to be in a peaceful way. well it's very worrying we've seen today you know the police and military. resistance to the protests and we've seen some violent

put downs of protest is. we are very worried about what will happen next we know that this is a minute train that is incredibly britain is never hesitated in the past to use violence to put down. demonstrations against the. executive director of the u.k. and we appreciate your time and your insights tonight thank you thank you. 6 months ago bella ruses disputed presidential elections sparked widespread protests against longtime leader alexander lukashenko more than 30000 people have been arrested in the brutal police crackdown that followed his controversial victory in august despite this protest showed no sign of abating prominent athletes like olympic basketball player yelena lloyd chunka are among those pushing for

change she was jailed for 15 days for taking part in the protests she spoke to us from athens where she now plays and from where she supports the protest movement. before i am an athlete i am. human i have a right. too. braise my thing is to not remove something and maybe an apple. it was time for me to to give the fans for the people that supported me throughout my career and i use my platform and my words and all those terrible terrifying events happen and. i can be quiet and. there was no other option for the one we i did together we knew there is a chance that we are not an exception and the government can use us to show

other athletes to show people that you know that anyone the. my father dropped me off that they were poor and i was racking my leg each and insulates have managed order and when i turn around those 2 police men and they said they are there to arrest me for participating in protest i mean you literally couldn't sell it's very very small and my 2nd day there they have taken everything from us they've taken matches to so you can literally the only place you can sit is kind of a bench. to turn off the hot water our tool it was an election. in 15 days i was there the now it's acoustic shower i believe till the last minute because they didn't release nina arrested in jail they took me they put me in a car the only way i could i would ever last when i found that car company how my

dad and i acted like a little bit we want to just add to that and i love that we want to just add this is more than just being using. without knowing who are inspired by here if you could call me a number and be arrested there are. already i don't regret anything that has happened to me throughout my career i learned from negative. to positive and say. it was the bill the olympic basketball player there you lena lloyd chunka well the crackdown in bell the roost still provoking debate and outrage right here in germany this week and german chancellor angela merkel had this message for president lucas cinco if you will from the put it this if you will and we're calling on the political leadership in minsk to immediately end their repressive acts and to release a political prisoner and see all of the thing we call on you to respect the rights

of your citizens to free expression of opinion which germany and the european union will continue to hold accountable all those who are responsible for the ongoing human rights violations in belarus as we've demonstrated with the round of e.u. sanctions and the changes are also announced details of the german government's action plan for building a civil society and bill root is aimed at providing active support for the opposition and this will include offering refuge to persecuted opposition activists through easier visa access and offering treatment to traumatized torture victims there's also a plan for scholarship programs for young professionals and independent journalists . a space probe called hope launched by the united arab emirates has entered orbit around mars it's the 1st of 3 spacecraft that are scheduled to reach the red planet this month and the project led by women

scientists is the 1st arab interplanetary mission. that it took 15 minutes for the signal to reach earth that the mission had been a success. the probe called mall arabic for hope is finally orbiting mars after nearly 500000000 kilometer journey the orbiter had to fire its main engines for 27 minutes in a high stakes maneuver that slowed down the craft enough to be caught in mazas orbit the probe will now circle the planet collecting data about its atmosphere so incredibly the mission's priority is research but it's also part of a push to diversify the economy of the united arab emirates oil reserves are dwindling and time is of the essence so the u.a.e. is now expanding into the fields of science and technology.

miri is that leading the mission the 34 year old is one of 70 women on the emirates team that developed the probe the u.a.e. government provided $200000000.00 of funding for the project. this has allowed our researchers and scientists to get to a point where they're able to work with the global mars science community in a short amount of time since we started this mission about 7 years ago. the probes the safe arrival puts the u.s. in the company of just 5 space agencies that have pulled off a successful mars mission. 5 or more nellis keith cowing he's an astrobiologist and a former nasa engineer good to see you again you know wes week we were talking about the billionaires space race tonight let me get your take on this we've got the 1st successful arab interplanetary project. not the everybody's just

thrilled certainly the folks at the u.a.e. are thrilled and you know you can see that there's a lot of enthusiasm for this being not just the 1st but one of many missions that they intend to accomplish as part of a national initiative to bring more of a technology focus to their economy so now members happy that so is everyone happy or i mean are we talking about more competition here especially when we're talking about trying to do more research or even to reach mars in the near future well you know i get this question how is the city space race is this competition if you look at this mission this is really collaboration i mean the spacecraft was built in colorado and the university of colorado university california berkeley were involved it was launched in a japanese rocket in the deep space tracking system with dishes around the world has been listening in and on top of that you know you you see this a lot with missions these days it's not just one country and indeed the u.a.e.

recently signed the artemis accords which is something the u.s. is good for in its mission to go back to the moon so yes you're competing you want to always you know be better than the others guys but it's a very collaborative competition that we see these days in space that is true we've got 3 countries that are trying to get to the red planet without the u.s. china and the u.a.e. what in particular makes mars so attractive right now to the space agency's. well you know the officer mars is hard but then again what everybody seems to want to go to mars penya chair when is going to arrive tomorrow and then the march for severance rover and his helicopter will arrive on the 18th and you know this happens every you know 20 months or so that's the way that the planets orbit the sun but the thing about mars is that in many ways it's very much like earth anyways it's not like earth and of all the places in the solar system that we can get to easily and has the greatest possibility of being a place where there may once have been life and some people's minds may still be

alive so it's easy to get to it it's interesting and sort of you know interest breeds more interest and we'll just be seeing more missions not fewer in the years to come the frightening thing and just as things like we're forgetting the moon sometimes i don't know what keith alexander about them that's why we haven't forgotten there and that's right it's a close as always good talking with you thank you. pleasure. our here's a reminder of the top story that we are following for you the 2nd impeachment trial of former u.s. president don't want trump has begun in the senate in washington d.c. traumas accused of inciting that deadly riot at the u.s. capitol building on january 6th democrats say they have overwhelming evidence to prove trump's feel for the united nations has condemned police violence against protesters in myanmar opponents of last week's military coup are refusing to back down a 4th day of demonstrations has seen tens of thousands defines water cannons and tear gas. they're watching the w.

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