this is indeed if you news live from berlin donald trump is acquitted of inciting last month's capitol hill riot. 7 republicans joined the democrats in voting to convict but it's not enough as trump survives his 2nd impeached trial also coming up in. germany bans travel from regions in austria and the czech republic after a surge in highly contagious coronavirus mutations only essential travel will be allowed for at least the next 10 days. and dortmund's but does lead to

a slump continues to lay cold by erling holland allows the home side to salvage a draw against top. i'll make spicer welcome to the program donald trump has been acquitted of inciting last month's attack on the u.s. capitol as expected the us senate fell short of the 2 thirds majority needed to convict the former us president however 7 republicans voted to side with the democrats making it the most bipartisan impeachment verdict in u.s. history. smiles all round donald trump the legal team revel in their client's acquittal we won guilty. it was always going to be an uphill battle for democrats they needed to convince at least 17 republican

senators to cross the aisle. in the end though only 7 republicans voted to convict giving former president donald trump his 2nd acquittal in. 57 days for ease 3 the day's proceedings was time for both sides to make their closing arguments hoping to swayed any last minute votes to believe based on the evidence you have seen that mr trump actually wanted and indeed willfully incited an armed insurrection to overthrow the u.s. government would be absurd democrats pushed back saying the senate could stop violence from happening again the cold hard truth is it would happen on january 6th can happen again i fear like many of you do that the violence we saw on that terrible

day may be just the beginning donald trump was unrepentant in welcoming his a quick to saying the trial was yet another phase of the greatest witch hunt in the history of the united states. after the vote democrats scorned republicans for voting to acquit the vast majority of the senate republican caucus including the republican leader voted to acquit former president trump signing their names in the columns of history alongside his name for ever and despite voting not guilty republican senate minority leader mitch mcconnell conceded that the former president was responsible for the riot there's no question oh oh. their present crop is practically. and morally responsible for provoking. the lawyers have rested their case on the matter of donald trump's involvement in

the january 6 riots but the divisions in us society remaining the equate to open the door for trump to run for the watch house again in 2024. and reporter william glu kroft joins me for more william with trump acquitted what impact this impeachment actually have. i struggle to imagine reality where shocking attack on the heart of a nation's politics takes place and there's no republican reaction to that if democrats just threw their hands up in the air and said well we can't get a conviction so no point in doing anything i just don't see that that line of reasoning impeaching itself is not a good look and twice now for the president and that will go down in history there is very much a historical aspect to this that democrats or pushing towards putting the evidence out there building

a story to show donald trump's culpability in the events of january 6th and also to force republicans to go on the record on where they stood with donald trump what does the vote say about the republican party that. it shows that trump is still very strong he has a lot of support his support is the republican base that republicans don't want to go up against i think mitch mcconnell summed up that that division very well by by making the democrats' case that it took democrats 10 hours to do it took him 10 minutes to do and still voting to acquit not on the merits but on the process say he didn't think the senate had the jurisdiction to try and convict a president who's no longer in office even though it should be mentioned that mitch mcconnell when he was majority leader back in january helped set the timetable to ensure that the trial would only happen after trump left office so mitch mcconnell is walking that fine line trying to show his anger and it's a pleasure with trump but still not ultimately going up against him and that is

something republicans are really going to have to struggle with going forward both electorally and in terms of what kind of funding they might lose from big donors and is therefore out of the woods now politically certainly not there's still investigations against and let's not forget the manhattan district attorney is looking into his finances there's other tax related issues georgia has launched a investigation into his potential election meddling there's a number of things that donald trump still faces as a private citizen regardless if he was president and is this a moment of bipartisanship that will continue we're going to see the parties working together now on. well president biden put out that statement looking more towards the importance of democracy and protecting truth defeating lies as he said that's the responsibility of all democrats and republicans it's really hard to see how there's any sense of bipartisanship now it's already been extremely partisan democrats and even some republicans who sided with them have to go to work every

day knowing that there are people their colleagues their colleagues among them who wanted them dead or at least supported or turned a blind eye to this kind of behavior this attack that we saw on january 6th and that's a very very caustic and difficult environment i can imagine for democrats and some republicans to work in certainly well william thanks for that insight and we turn now to some of the other stories making news around the world. the united states has expressed concern and urged china to provide more data the world health organization on possible early covert 19 cases china reportedly refused to hand over information to the team investigating the origins of the virus ageing has fired back saying the u.s. should stop pointing fingers. a magnitude 7.3 earthquake has injured more than 100 people in northeastern japan and damaged buildings and triggered a landslide in fukushima the area closest to the epicenter is believed to be an

aftershock of the devastating quake that sparked a tsunami and nuclear meltdown a decade ago. man maher's military junta has suspended laws that place restrictions on the country's security forces the change will allow them to resume detaining suspects or searching private property without court approval it's part of a series of announcements after more than a week of countrywide protests against the coup. germany has been travel from regions and neighboring austria and the czech republic after a surge of infections involving more contentious variants of the coronavirus only essential travel into germany will now be allowed from the austrian region of tyrol from czech border regions as a result there are worries about the negative effects on trade and industry. starting sunday stick travel restrictions will be in place between the varia and to

roll where the highly infectious south african variant to cope at 19 is spreading in austria travelers tests are controlled by authorities improve area occurrences of the variance a more and more frequent. better to be on the safe side i feel that we are taking the right path. from monday the border between germany and the czech republic will also be affected cross border workers will only be allowed in after daily testing and if they work and transport of goods or in health or animal care. we need test centers at the borders where truck drivers can get tested quickly if they're healthy they can continue their journey if not then of course not. it's a shipping nightmare that threatens distribution chains. are going to go before we really fear that the goods and people will be stuck in

a never ending traffic jams and that this will lead to even bigger difficulties for industry and trade. according to process border closures and travel bans should be avoided and germany should make exceptions for cross border workers and essential travel. decisions. there for the commission has asked the portuguese presidency to discuss the chording issue of travel restrictions triggering the next council. for now stricter control seemed the only way to avoid a 3rd wave of infections. time for some sports germany's bonus league. dynamic . erling holland both scored against hoffenheim but dortmund who came into this season with the title ambitions forget me and where the home side could only manage a draw. dortmund co-chaired in tears it says one only half of the game since taking

the helm back in december his star studded team came into this clash in just 6th place and against hoffenheim they were once again relying on their backup goalkeeper marvin hits with roman bookie out injured. dortmund drew 1st blood in the 24th minute jaden sanchez doing the honors i sat show leaving the hof and home defense in his way. but the lead didn't last long before making it one all 7 minutes later sebastian rudy time just passed perfectly and job or finish the job in style. and early in the 2nd half oftentimes took the lead thanks to. god hits knew he'd been beaten. rudy once again with the assist and the bull heading home. with his team facing

a loss hailing holland charge forward to score a lead equaliser and just tempers flared a scuffle broke out before he could celebrate. the young norwegian scoring machine putting on a display of sheer will and power. but the frustration was evident on his teammates faces as tears it is dortmund side had to settle for a disappointing 2 all draw. this valentine's day people around the world are celebrating love in all its forms and after a difficult year there's even more reason to celebrate in one belgian nursing home where nearly all the residents have been vaccinated against hope at 19 and have you caught up with one couple as they approach 6 decades of marriage. there's a romance in the air at this brussels care home. longtime lovers francois and the coach are marking their 58th valentine's day.

they moved here together when false was health began declining we usually do that if he's going i'm going because him alone are me alone that's unthinkable. also i was just 17 when he met his soulmate he says it was love at 1st sight. she was just beautiful she still has. he asked me to marry him almost immediately that's true and i said yes. also i need cold are among the lucky ones at the beginning of a pandemic covert 19 tore through belgian care homes claimed thousands of lives. and know that almost all residents here are fully vaccinated care home directors sister has more freedom to spread the love this february 14th. she wants to share messages of togetherness after months of isolation we want to them that they are

not alone in in their rest home we are not alone we are together and we live together so. we can. best of always. recording fonso our dreaming of many more date nights together and their hopes for the future that will be happy no matter what. with. me don't worry come on. you see he's always cold and i am always warm complementarity. the couple hopes the worst of the pandemic is now behind them they'll stick together in sickness and in health. and your course watching deed of your news from berlin up next is reporter beijing

correspondent c.s. pillinger takes us to china's dinging province to meet weaker muslims who have been to the toria so-called reeducation camps and i'm going to get all the latest news on our web site d w dot com and follow us on twitter and instagram as well i didn't use a mix visor to watch. german. jewish. i'm jewish so was. does that mean. in daily life. and at school. we should not be given a special status but be completely normal.