the new silk road. china wants to expand its influence with this trade network consumer. china is promising news partners bridge. but in europe there's a morning whoever exceptional news from the new superpower will become dependent on a. chinese gateway to your. starts feb 19th on g.w. . bush this is news and these are our top stories the u.s. senate has voted to move forward with the impeachment trial of donald trump senators voted by a margin of 56 to 44 on whether the proceedings are constitutional the former president stands accused of inciting the storming of the capitol by his supporters that left 5 people dead last month. the un has condemned the use of

force against anti kook protesters in yen mark security forces deployed water cannons and there are reports of police firing rubber bullets and live ammunition despite a ban on large gatherings thousands have taken to the streets for a 4th day to demand the military hand back power. scientists from the world health organization have wrapped up an investigation in china into the origins of the corona virus without identifying the source after weeks of research and they found it probably jumped from bats to humans via an intermediary species they also said it was extremely unlikely the virus leaked from a chinese lab. the news from berlin you can follow us on twitter and instagram at news or on our website w dot com. for

a war. the 2nd impeachment trial of former u.s. president will trump has begun never before has a u.s. president been charged with inside an insurrection the january 6th attack on the u.s. capital never before has the u.s. senate been both the impeachment court and the scene of the alleged crime and never before have senators been both jurors and witnesses as witnesses it may be painful to recall the events of that day as jurors deciding donald trump's fate for some it may hurt less if they choose to forget i'm broke off in berlin this is the day. what happened here today was an insurrection incited by the president of the united

states we fight like hell and if you don't fight like hell get up get out of a country and there was sure he could say we couldn't see it coming what drugs good to try and give the guy to try and baldness and they need to take back our country inciting to attack the capitol let's walk down so they knew this temple to democracy was desecrated we will never give up we will never get it does it after the. president has committed and i speak assault on our nation and our people. and to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and to all of you around the world welcome we begin the day as donald trump once again stands accused of an impeachable offense and once again you may have the numbers needed to acquit former president donald trump is accused of

inciting the january 6th storming of the u.s. capitol 5 people died when a. trump supporters ransacked the building housing both the u.s. house of representatives and the u.s. senate the house voted last month to impeach trump the senate is now taking up the impeachment trial this trial is unique because practically the entire world watched in real time as the events in question unfolded as the assault took place and the u.s. president remained silent house managers will argue that donald trump must be held accountable for the riot trumps attorneys will argue that he did nothing wrong but perhaps most important we know that most republican senators voted against holding this trial barring any surprises those republicans will most likely also vote to acquit the former president not guilty yet again we have this report.

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 of 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. yeah. 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. so i think the trial is stupid i think it's counterproductive. democrats say it's important to hold trump accountable and the senate has a solemn responsibility to try and hold donald trump accountable for the most serious charges ever ever levied against a president the impeachment trial will be a test for both parties at a decisive moment for donald trump's legacy. let's go now to the u.s. capitol in washington d.c. our correspondent all over saletan standing by good he needs a you heard the trial has started the arguments of the house impeachment managers

being laid out what is their line of attack or when 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 capital the actions in the weeks leading up to his baseless claims of voter fraud and then later inside thing this while in malden and 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 lawyers 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 dog 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 done will trump right. now that's right the democrats would have liked him to be here though they invited tim to be questions 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 lawyers 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 conviction would require 2 thirds majority is. in the 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 but 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. is all over salad at the u.s. capitol on this 1st day of the 2nd impeachment trial of former u.s. president donald trump all over thank you. lebanon's medical system is in crisis at the height of its battle against the government it started it's round the clock lock down even though the number of deaths is still rising the economy is in freefall with more than half the

population now living in poverty many health workers are having to work abroad. every band here is full. staff working round the clock as they risk their lives to save lives. like their patients here at rafik hariri university hospital in beirut they too are frightened. the situation is getting worse every day for the last 3 weeks of ours here birds are full and we have about 20 patients and the emergency room waking crew are empty but. this is really is very exhausting for all of stuff. for almost a month the country has been on dry 24 hour a day caffeine to try to tackle the spread of cove $819.00 but anti

lockdown protests in cities like tripoli push pressure on the government to begin easing restrictions and on monday ministers began relaxing some of its lockdown measures that may help the struggling economy but it's worrying health workers the number of. infections and the community is still hard we have more than 20 percent positivity and if we prematurely open the country that will lead to reversal of the older games that we have. in our chief. more patients here are receiving the best care available a shortage of medicines is making the job for health professionals even tougher. the economic crisis is also forcing some to leave lebanon altogether.

we can't see the skilled have switched gears at all of it as they are looking forward to leave because i don't have exact numbers but at least a role for a hopeless tejas is to show who's still a lot of stuff to have the city 30250 physicians like 60 people have departed they have left which is that which it could have been. in the middle of a pandemic hospitals like this can't afford to lose a single member of staff. but with lebanon in crisis they may have no choice. when they went in search of the origins of the corona virus that has paralyzed much of our world but they didn't find anything that we didn't already know a team of scientists from the world health organization has finished its investigation in china into the origins of the corona virus without identifying hell the virus jumped to humans they say the virus probably came from bats the

intermediary species which we already knew and they say it is extremely unlikely the virus 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 with. the sars cove 2 may have originated from zoonotic transmission but the reservoir hosts remain to be identified so let's so all the work that has been done on the virus and trying to identify it's all region continue to point to what's. the reason of this virus and similar viruses in but 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 $10000000.00 went on a hard luck for $76.00 days only bare essential as we were let into the city this market believed then 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 in the images of the new deadly disease traveled around the world. about a year later the w.h.o. experts arrived. as well as scientific challenges they faced 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 missions 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 for more let's bring in epidemiologist eric feingold the he is in washington d.c. tonight erik is good to see you again the w.h. of china mission has all but ruled out that the virus escaped from a laboratory in china has that angle has it been a distraction in the search for the origin of this pandemic. yet to some

degree it's. this change goose chase that we've been chasing at this point i view as an epidemiologist we have so many bigger challenges and you know we probably do not have access to all the data from the on the outs so in certain ways the this conclusion doesn't change how i feel about the buyers the virus right now is a clear and present danger cross a world with many mutations and the all new hunt virus is almost completely disappearing around the world now so i feel like we should move on and actually focus the real transmission of how keeps mutating and that is ultimately school stop i want to ask you about these variants and these mutations in a moment but let me stay with the team for just a moment they say that their investigation really didn't dramatically change the

picture of the origin of the pandemic so are we then any closer to knowing where this virus came from. you know we're not any closer knowing because you know we still have not been solved why and how this sars cove 2 corona virus was found italy in november of 2019 before no one has explained how it got there to begin with even then so we're not any closer in many ways and then there's the theory of how it's frozen food so exposed in seafood transfer and that is still needs more to be studied and we have no idea but that could be one of the reasons maybe new zealand somehow got it despite all their a careful measures but there are still so many questions but none of those questions actually solve our current paper that's true let me ask you more about the possibility of it coming from animals but not directly from wild animals if it

did transfer to humans the meek or cats what does that mean for our relationship to those animals. well it's possible because we know that minks definitely have a reservoir for this virus and we've seen humans to mean to me to human transmission and in between it mutated me before it came back to us humans that certain possible but the thing is we've seen human transmission of human mutations of 20 houghton within one person over 5 months and in certain ways that are among immunocompromised people when millions of people that is a bigger threats then human or me. or cat transmission you know i think those are smaller the things that go for your code so that yours 0 in me 0 humans 0

on the planet let's talk about the vaccines and their effectiveness against the corona virus variants i want to take a listen to what the chancellor of austria said today the suit of the county chivalry on 10 for south african variants is an extremely challenge infested a shave of the astra zeneca vaccine is a lot less effective against the south african variant and that is a big problem with glee because 50 percent or nearly 50 percent of a vaccines we will have delivered by the samoa off from astra zeneca. comment so we've got that information that austrian of the words that they put strict restrictions on movement in and out of the to roll area of where this outbreak is centered how serious is this. this is a very serious crisis you know just for context u.k. only has 870 cases of the south african variant austria within this teeny tiny

region austria into your role has 293 confirmed and a potentially 400 suspected cases of this south africa are very alone and if anything people also notice us to roll some variant of the south africa where it's already mutating there is a serious problem because the vaccine that a vaccine doesn't work for the mild moderate is still could work for the severe but we don't have enough data on the south africa seneca and only shows we need to stop emitting gates and add travel restrictions and greater testing to restrict this fire is out of central austria and the worry is it could already be out of austria in already many other countries where you bring up a good point about the astra zeneca vaccine we we don't have the data letting us

know how effective it is when we're talking about severe cases that lead to hospitalizations that could lead to death and if that's the case then it it may be too early to write the vaccine off or you know we've we've seen south africa say they're not going to roll out the vaccine. right. vaccines definitely do work just this is a very tricky parent we do know that the johnson and johnson vaccine works word albeit attenuated about 60 percent. if you can see among the negative people in south africa the novak's also works as well so albeit attenuated it's much higher when it's not the sound very but 5060 percent in these johnson doesn't know that x. is still very good we would have prayed in how to present efficacy vaccine a many many months ago last year so i think she's still do have axioms and i think

austria should reach out and acquire these other vaccines are proven you know it's the south africa berry you know let me ask you before going out of time we got so many vaccines that we are at our disposal now or and that are in the pipeline having this selection to choose from is that going to be the real solution to dealing with these these variants and these mutations of the corona virus. yeah i think having a wide variety of these scenes is just so certainly a good thing because we all work in different ways some are from our names some are 10 or viruses some are not to vaccines and so it's good to have the right in countries clearly austrian europe has learned the need to diversify their vaccine supply beyond just one astra zeneca vaccine which was recently cut 60 percent for all strain many other european countries and also there is also the option of boosters and now they're also mixing potentially mixing certain vaccines for to see

if you are having great accuracy so righties as i said went and righty and greener innovation produced are specifically tailored to south africa they're very could actually be our salvation as well and those are under works in progress that's right mix and match may save a life who knows epidemiologist eric feigele being joining us tonight as always we appreciate your time and your insights thank you. les cheers olympic games in tokyo were postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic and with less than 6 months to go before the rescheduled games as we just heard the virus is still a lethal threat japanese who hope to be involved as spectators torchbearers and volunteers they're confronting the prospect of the olympics being drastically scaled back or maybe even canceled altogether organizers say the games will go

ahead but they warn spectators might be limited or barred altogether. i'm a turkey olympics main lot for karate instructor. tokyo will be the 1st games to include karate in the competition and although he can't compete i kind of still wants to participate. we're going to go then the reason i'd be happy even if there were no spectators to be a torch relay runner for an olympics in japan is a once in a lifetime chance. if it's possible i do want to do it by the river. for 56 year old you she could tanika everything hinges on whether spectators will be allowed in she and her family won tickets for the judo and hoping to attend to napa has been in or of the game since she saw her 1st live event in 1998 at the winter

olympics in the garner. they had tomorrow they're going to she's a guess i thought i was struck by how many people there were saying the no i was surprised by how quiet everyone was when the races started then the noise when the races who won was something i remember to this day what it was amazing was i was struck by how different it was when you watch it live on are the ones that. it's not just 14 fans who are disappointed organizers had recruited some 80000 volunteers for the original dates but the delay now means many are unable to take part my to roomie is one who still intends to join in but she says she'd prefer the games to be postponed another year if possible for the c r. then i opinion it'll be difficult to hold the games in july this year we will see the march 8th that. was the 4th and if we have the option of postponing it again i think we should increase the rake it up the more they will she'd understand

she says there's just too much at stake. you don't like i need a month or even languish on hold in the kind of situation we're in now where tens of thousands of people are still infected with the virus in so many countries and i think the world will look at us with disdain thinking we're selfish to enjoy it just by ourselves i would feel bad about it what it is and they deny that this is a myth the fact that you know that. but with the games having already been delayed once organizers still insist that this summer the show must go on. all right the day is almost done but the conversation continues online you'll find us on twitter either in news or you can follow me at brant golf t.v. and remember whatever happens between now and then tomorrow is another day we'll see you then everybody.

is a mass. sexual assault is part of everyday life for women in egypt it's time to resist. the filmmaker shows a young female superhero mocking downstream. and islamized clerics are putting

their foot down initiatives against sexual violence on the streets and. next on. this speech go it doesn't leave any crimes behind. because there's enough plastic a minor amount in change town to one geo is clear enough. for cycling this is a make or break your hand as you can. see the bigger picture they will think that they kill where they live. for. them $65.00 it's w's. we're all set to get to good. government.

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but dark as we take a look at the harmful effects of night. but 1st we take you to egypt where a filmmaker is challenging the culture of silence around sexual harassment. sexual harassment is hugely widespread the term covers a range of experiences from unwanted groping receiving inappropriate calls or messages. to being the victim of a physical sexual assault. british study of the l.g.b. . t. community find that 68 percent of game by and trans people have suffered sexual harassment at work. women are especially if acted according to the results of a european study an overwhelming majority of women in france denmark and sweden

have been the victim of sexual harassment. but it's a problem all over the world in our next report and women as a filmmaker in egypt in the sashing act and change the narrative around the issue. tara she heard his latest documentary has touched a nerve in egypt. in its the 26 year old filmmaker explores attitudes towards public displays of affection. the previous film she made dealt with the issue of sexual harassment many many in the country downplay the seriousness and extent of the problem dismissing crimes of this nature as mere misdemeanors for tarrasch taking on this issue meant creating a powerful protagonist and then i started to think you know what if i was super hero and i really wanted to. but didn't happen for me so i interpreted. the protectionist as a 14 year old christian girl with

a keen sense of justice the budding heroine ponders what a good disguise could be and finds the answer on the street. she sets out in her superhero disguise she hands down men who sexually harass women . a christian woman in the cult critics say it's an abuse of islamic values but the filmmaker replies that it's a subject which affects us. thankfully i never experience something very tragic like. but i definitely like just walking in the streets of egypt if you like 100 percent or 99 percent of women experience sexual harassment on a daily basis i. have constant calls which is normal woman experience in egypt i had a home and come into my building before. in the film for example men see tight

jeans as an invitation. for. the heroine's message enough. above all charter criticizes the fact that sexual attacks are mostly kept quiet she and her allies want to see that change. the scholars of the islamic us our university are considered the moral compass of muslims in egypt they made their own short film aimed at tackling sexual harassment while the scholars are advocates for what they call decent clothing for women then this it is clear. the model of one of the women wears is no justification harassment imagine living somewhere else that are certain dress codes does that justify sexual harassment absolutely not in the event of sexual assault it's a matter for the judiciary. there in miss. go to the or far as he is they say

never before have the clergy come out so firmly on the matter. she later meets with the heroine of his short film yes mina the director wants to broach the subject of sexual assault in a feature length film just mina is passionate about the project because it affects her directly. when she had her directed yes mina in the short film the actress was just 14 years old i mean obviously it's actually asked what was the thing to me and i knew what it was but once we started so many and it happened while we were on set they were just like making fun of the costume saying things about my body it really opened my eyes to the whole situation and kind of gives of feminism some as a kick. tyrone charters path to the cinema won't be easy his short film has gained international recognition but in egypt the subject of sexual assault is still to blue and considered inappropriate for the silver screen. but the

manager of the independent cinema sow's ear is interested. for she has it's a relief she's often accused of lambaste in egypt. but i'm looking for international audiences for this film because one i think the topic of sexual harassment in general is a universal topic it's not something that just happened happens in egypt it happens everywhere it's not just in egypt. attorney rashly are on the run represent several women who have exposed sexual assault and violence on social media even naming perpetrators the me too movement has brought many previously untold stories of harassment to light for the 1st time large numbers of women are breaking their silence. their accounts that sprung up over the summer of 2020 brought attention to the issue to a wider audience egyptian women who do go to the police stations to report sexual harassment do not always get. a positive. or encouragement to file the

report there's a lot there's sometimes pressure to kind of you know settle the. case amicably by getting the perpetuator to you know apologize. gender relations are the main theme and she hurt his films she asks people on the street questions they've never been asked before kissing before marriage yes or no she wants to bring tippoo's out of the shadows and into the light tara she has says the subject of sexual harassment is one of the most important in egypt because it's too often downplayed when it's just like a word and no one really talks about it became a say you know it wasn't a big deal just forget about it but these little things add up and they matter and the affect a woman's life and those who are her us live. so i really think that we should

enforce laws to. stop those minute. repression and discrimination are part of life for many women around the world on our new facebook channel d.w. women you'll find stories about those taking a stand and inspiring others to do the same d.w. women gives a voice to the women of our world. peachy . keen is a strong and independent young woman for.

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revolutionized our lives by making lightbulbs readily available. the defects of almost artificial life can have a damaging effect on both the environment and our health. i have never ever seen anything like this obviously or ever heard the phrase really it's a magnitude 6.6 earthquake. in 1904 los angeles was hit by a strong earthquake it cost chaos on the streets and a blackout to see as you look out your window it's probably fish dark red herring the blackouts many people called observatories and even 911 not because the earth was shaking but because they saw a giant silvery cloud in the sky that cloud was in fact the milky way countless stars they had never seen before you maybe haven't heard much about it yet but light pollution doesn't really consume stars it seriously affects our health and

the environment. yet. when the 1st light bulb was turned on in the 19th century it marked a real revolution night suddenly became day. it's great with electric light we can travel work. go out or party whatever the time of. the pioneers might not have expected then mention to take over the whole world in fact in many places electric light has banished. terms of proportional changes to the world the introduction of this late into the night is one of the most dramatic changes that we've made to the biosphere. this is . he researches artificial light emissions from cities and their impact today more than 80 percent of the world's population is no longer experienced. for example

nights are so bright in singapore that people can't adapt their vision for us today scientists are warning of the dangers of artificial light at night it did me. and that's when i decided to measure. this is you know activists in india. reduce night but scientists now consider artificial light at night a form of pollution. during the entire development of. multicellular organisms. in edibles and vertebrates mammals primates and humans during death whole time there was this constant signal coming from the environment this is daytime this is night time this is the lunar month. in areas that experience strong light pollution that signal is effectively has been

dramatically creative. industry as a shadow over the past century has led to assertion artificial illumination so we see that most countries in the world are becoming brighter this is accelerated in recent decades particularly in asian cities all violet dots on this map show new light sources installed in india between 20122016 it's just you know horrible and inaudible it's just so you would you know you can you can just see the orange on a little cross. combined with a lot of absolution this is the view from the u.s. apartment in mumbai he lives in the 7th floor with his family and is literally in the spotlight the lights from nearby streets and the stadium shine directly into their apartment light used to want to let programmers sometimes felt. and be more i used to get this job i don't like you know bright lights coming into my my my my bedroom and it really impacted.