hello i'm daryn jordan in doha with a quick reminder the top stories here on al-jazeera an independent panel set up by the world health organization has criticized china's response to the coronavirus interim report says officials could have applied measures more forcefully during the initial outbreak in who had a panel also criticised the double h. ozone response saying the global pandemic alert system is not fit for purpose the organization says it's too early to comment meanwhile al-jazeera is investigative unit as a tang video smuggled out of china that show the earliest days of the covert 900 outbreak in the city of who had the footage shows police cracking down on journalists and hospital wards full of newly infected people u.s. health officials are calling for transparency but team which found the route well last week will be will only be successful who lives provided with the following information conley possession of chinese authorities 1st all stories produced in china on the presence of sars cool v 2 related genetic sequence sequences in animals. animal testing results in aro

hello i'm daryn jordan in doha with a quick reminder at the top stories here on al-jazeera india's drug regulator has approved 2 coronavirus vaccines for emergency use astra zeneca oxford and a domestic that seem to have got the go ahead 300000000 people including frontline workers and citizens about the age of 50 have been identified to receive the 1st dose india has a 2nd highest number of cases behind the us at least 50 people are feared to have been killed in 2 attacks on villages in western asia happened in the killer bury region an unstable area neighboring mali fast and many fighters from mom groups linked to al qaeda and i saw a cross in the now porous borders. correspondent ahmed addresses in the capital niamey and says the attack took place on the same day as election results were announced. and officials said the gunman who targeted the 2 villages have crossed in tunisia from the border with mali and that is not the only problematic area. the border with brooke you know faso is porous and has seen attacks from armed men on groups loyal to al qaida and islamic state and on the

hello i'm daryn jordan in doha with a quick reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera mexico's president. has tested positive coverage 19 he says he's being treated for mild symptoms and will continue to work from the presidential palace mexico has the world's 4th highest death toll al-jazeera was john home and has more now from mexico city. he's 67 years old he has got high blood pressure he also had a heart attack in 2013 so this is a president that even when he got into power there were certain questions about his health so far during his tenure as time how he hasn't had any serious health problems but will be keeping an eye on this and it comes at a time in mexico when there are serious problems for the country trying to deal with the pandemic the hospitals in the capital are close to full and have been for some weeks now there's a real shortage of oxygen tanks for those who are trying to treat their relatives at home so it's a real critical situation this week alone records have been broken more than once of the number of people that die daily from coded and the number of daily pati

hello i'm daryn jordan and the quick reminder of the top stories here on al-jazeera the u.s. capitol is on high alert after f.b.i. warnings of possible violence leading up to the inauguration of president elect joe biden barriers have been set up across washington d.c. and thousands of national guard troops have been deployed. gabler's and as more on the security measures. washington d.c. is completely on lockdown here you can see these are big concrete. block any try to get in that way and then you come over to this side and you can really get a sense of how militarized this city has become here there are national guard troops on corners blocking traffic there are going to be 25000 national guard troops here in the city by wednesday there are already over 20000 and as you can see they're blocking off most of the traffic over here as many of the streets in d.c. remain quite frankly very deserted because of all of the security presence security officials in washington say they are most concerned about. and on friday we're being told by the capitol police that they are arrested

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hello i'm daryn jordan this is down to 0 live and also coming up the u.s. puts cuba back on the list of state sponsors of terrorism a move that could frustrate future attempts by joe biden to revive peace with honor . and malaysia declares a state.

hello i'm daryn jordan and with the top stories on al-jazeera members of the u.s. house of representatives have delivered their article of impeachment against former president donald trump to the senate he's been charged with inciting an insurrection at the u.s. capitol on january 6th trump 2nd impeachment trial will begin in the senate in february a conviction would require the support of 17 republican senators for the lead impeachment managers said trump should never be allowed to hold public office again in all this president trump gravely endangered the security of the united states and its institutions of government he threatened the integrity of the democratic system interfered with the peaceful transition of power and imperil co-equal branch of government he thereby betrayed his trust as president to the manifest injury of the people of the united states. has the latest from capitol hill. this is making history in 2 ways of course we know that there has been no other president that has been impeached twice now trump has that distinct honor and we know that h

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hello i'm daryn jordan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up president joe biden plans to renew a travel ban on several countries at the total number of covered 9000 infections in the u.s. a process 25000000.

hello i'm daryn jordan the sub-zero live from dell also coming up brazil rolls out its corona virus inoculation campaign after proving to vaccines for emergency use. china becomes the only world economy to make a positive economic growth in 2020 yet it's the slowest pace in 4 decades. and russian opposition leader in the valleys arrested on.

hello i'm daryn jordan and a quick reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera mexico's president address 9 yellow press has tested positive covered 19 he says he's being treated for mild symptoms and will continue to work from the presidential palace mexico has the world's 4th highest death toll al-jazeera was john home and has more now from mexico city 67 years old he has looked precious you sort of you know he doesn't see so this is a president.

daryn jordan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up a group of democrats draft articles of impeachment against president trump accusing him of inciting insurrection. is one of the most incompetent. presidents in the history of the united states of america joe biden says trump is unfit for office but the president elect says his priorities other career.

hello i'm daryn jordan and the quick reminder of the top stories here on al-jazeera the u.s.capital is on the high alert after f.b.i. warnings of possible violence leading up to the inauguration of president elect joe biden barriers have been set up across washington d.c. and thousands of national guard troops have been deployed. as more on the security measures. washington d.c. is completely on lockdown on this story here you can see these are big concrete barriers that have been placed here to block any cars that could try to get in that way and then you come over to this side and you can really get a sense of how me.

hello i'm daryn jordan and with the top stories on al-jazeera rescue workers in a recovered body parts and wreckage during this from missing passenger plane the boeing 737500 disappeared from radar shortly after takeoff from the capital jakarta 62 people were on board washington post. report in jakarta where search teams are hoping that better weather conditions will help. but this is a huge coordinated effort involving the navy the national police and experienced divers let me just give you a sense of what's happening here where the search operation.

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hello i'm daryn jordan the sound is iraq live from doha also coming up a group of democrats draft articles of impeachment against president trump accusing him of inciting insurrection. is one of the most incompetent. presidents in the history of the united states of america joe biden says trump is unfit for office but the president elect says his priority is.

hello i'm daryn jordan and with a quick reminder at the top stories here on al-jazeera india's drug regulator has approved 2 coronavirus vaccines for emergency use astra zeneca oxford and a domestic that scene have got the go ahead 300000000 people including frontline workers and citizens about the age of 50 have been identified to receive the 1st dose india has a 2nd highest number of cases behind the us at least 50 people are feared to have been killed in 2 attacks on villages in western asia happened in the tele barre region an unstable area neighboring mali and benny.

hello i'm daryn jordan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up search operations resume in the nation for the 62 people on board a passenger plane that crashed into the sea minutes after takeoff. calls for us.

hello i'm daryn jordan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up president joe biden plans to renew a travel ban on several countries as a total number of coded 9000 infections in the u.s. 25000000. israel close.

hello i'm daryn jordan this is our jazeera live from doha also coming up. you ask a nurse the hope you and she says she can't do anything because she's dealing with another patient who is dying right in front of you hospitals are some to brazil with the number of covered patients rising sharply as the vaccination program gets off to a slow start also. we have to get the full truth.

hello i'm daryn jordan in doha the quick remind of the top stories here on al-jazeera more than 20000000 people in the u.s. have now tested positive for corona virus that's almost a quarter of the world's cases it comes as the government struggles to distribute vaccines fewer than 3000000 have been given the job right reynolds reports now from los angeles. it was nobody's idea of a good way to ring in the new year on friday johns hopkins university reported the u.s. had surpassed 20000000 cases of covert 19 with more than 346000 deaths the number of infections has doubled since november 9th less than 2 months ago the u.s. accounts for nearly one quarter of all coated deaths worldwide in places like southern california hospitals and their staff are increasingly overwhelmed forcing doctors and nurses to ration care of one california public health epidemiologist like in the situation to a viral tsunami florida became the 3rd state after colorado and california to report a patient with the relatively new more transmissible cova variant 1st identified in the u.k. the man had not traveled rece

hello i'm daryn jordan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up remove donald trump a we will house speaker nancy pelosi finds a resolution in his dismissal failing which democrats would push to impeach us for .

hello i'm daryn jordan this is out to 0 live from doha also coming up russian opposition leader alexina valmy is arrested on a rival from germany after recovering from a poison attack. brazil rolls out its coronavirus inoculation campaign after approving 2 vaccines for emergency use. and a discovery that could help rewrite egypt's ancient history archeologists find coffins and artifacts dating back more than 3000 years. washington d.c. is almost closed off with unprecedented levels of security ahead of the inauguration of president elect joe biden defense officials have told the associated press news agency they fear possible inside attacks during the inauguration will have national guard troops vetted well roads around the capitol building have been blocked with barricades and metal fence is there are fears of more violence by supporters of the outgoing president donald trump following an insurrection that left 5 people dead. i'm not i'm not only concerned about their state capitals i'm also concerned about other parts of washington d.c. and what you're showing is really the federal en

hello i'm daryn jordan this is our jazeera live from doha also coming up. to ranged unhinged dangerous president of the united states calls for an unprecedented 2nd impeachment of donald trump gain momentum with the democrats determined to make the president accountable for wednesday's siege of the capital. for the 1st time in decades the u.s. and restrictions on official contacts with taiwan in a move that could increase existing tensions between washington and beijing. and appealed for a stricter lockdown grow in the u.k. where corona virus infections across 3000000 is the highest in europe. rescue workers in the nation have recovered body parts and wreckage during their search for a missing passenger plane the boeing 737500 disappeared from radar shortly after takeoff from the capital jakarta 62 people were onboard al-jazeera has just got washington reports now from tanjung priok port in jakarta where rescue teams are hoping that better weather conditions will help their search. but this is a huge coordinated effort involving the military the navy the na

hello i'm daryn jordan in doha with the top stories here on al-jazeera the u.k. has completed its grip from the e.u. after formally leaving the bloc single market and customs union the prime minister boris johnson hailed it as a new beginning after 4 years of political drama this is an amazing moment for this country we have our freedom in our hands and he's up to us to make the most of it and i think it will be the overwhelming instinct of the people of this country to come together as one united kingdom england scotland wales and northern ireland working together to express our values around the world leading both the g 7 and the cop 26 climate change summit in glasgow the royal london hospital says it's operating in disaster medicine mode as the country reports 964 deaths and nearly 56000 cases in a single day surging infections in england are forcing the authorities to reactivate emergency hospitals that were set up in the pandemic again but are of kurva deaths in california has exceeded 25000 struggling hospitals and housing patients in the hallways and even

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hello i'm daryn jordan this is al jazeera live and also coming up donald trump announces the lifting of coronavirus travel restrictions on brazil and e.u. countries from the 26th of january a move rejected by incoming president joe biden. and brazil's darts vaccinating its people but to some it comes to little too late. an independent panel set up by the world health organization has criticized china's early response to the coronavirus interim report says officials could have applied measures more forcefully during the missile outbreak in will hand the panel also criticised the double h. ozone response saying the global pandemic alert system is not fit for purpose its full investigation will burn least in may. show says it's too early to comment on a senior us health official has called in beijing to provide evidence linked to the outbreak and we were on including samples taken from the wet market. team which found the route well as we will be will only be successful had to do. with the following information conway possession of chinese authorities. first of all stories produced in c

hello i'm daryn jordan this is our 0 live from doha also coming up a leading expert on infectious diseases in the u.s. says despite vaccines the pandemic will get worse before it gets better. donald trump cuts his vacation short to seek more republican support for opposing the official approval of joe biden's election win. and any moment now the famous times square ball drops in new york city as the world says goodbye to 2020 and hello to 24. well as millions around the world welcome in the new year britain has marked the end of an era officially breaking its decades long relationship with the european union the u.k. is no longer now a member of the single market or customs union and the break the transition period has formally expired prime minister johnson has hailed it as a new beginning this is an amazing moment for this country we have our freedom in our hands and he's up to us to make the most of it. and i think it will be the overwhelming instinct of the people of this country to come together as one united kingdom england scotland wales and northern ireland working together to expr

hello i'm daryn jordan this is obvious here at live from doha also coming up brazil rolls out its coronavirus inoculation campaign after proving to vaccines for emergency use. china becomes the only world economy to make a positive economic growth in 2020 yet it's the slowest pace in 4 decades. and russian opposition leader alexina valley's arrested on arrival from germany after recovering from a poison that. u.s. defense officials have told the associated press news agency they fear a possible inside attack at the inauguration of president elect joe biden and will have national guard troops vetted the army says there's no place for extremism in the military and it's working to determine which service members require additional background checks but washington d.c. meanwhile is almost closed off with unprecedented levels of security roads around the capitol building up been blocked with barricades and metal fences there are also fears of more violence by supporters of the outgoing president donald trump following an insurrection there that left 5 people dead. i'm not i'm not only concerned ab

hello i'm daryn jordan in doha with a quick reminder the top stories here on al-jazeera breaking news coming from washington d.c. u.s. president donald trump has pardoned former white house strategist steve bannon and more than 140 other people down and was accused of defrauding political donors who gave money to build a wall on the border with mexico he had yet to stand trial he's also reportedly pardoned elliot brody a former donor well john hendren joins us live now from washington d.c. john so president brought in.

along daryn jordan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up president joe biden plans to renew a travel ban on several countries as the total number of covert 9000 infections in the u.s. a pass is 25000000. israel closes its skies to most international flights an effort to contain a new highly contagious strain of corona virus. called the edge of the atlantic in the city of st louis and sinegal in what is a disco world heritage sites being destroyed by the rising you should find out next why people here are struggling to cope with a changing climate. mexican president and there is money lopez obrador has tested positive for coverage $19.00 the 67 year old said he's being treated for mild symptoms and will continue to work from the presidential palace while john holdren joins us live now from mexico city john so the president testing positive for corona virus what more details do we know at this stage. well so far we just know that there's a team of medical experts there are around him and treating him as he said he said these symptoms a moment it's also the 1st day that he's re

daryn jordan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up president joe biden plans to renew a travel ban on several countries at the total number of coded 9000 infections in the u.s. a passive 25000000. israel closes its skies to most international flights in an effort to contain a new highly contagious strain of corona virus. in the city of. what is this world heritage sites being destroyed by the rising you should find out next why people here are struggling to cope with a changing climate. he's been criticized for his handling of mexico's pandemic now president and raise money and lopez obrador has tested positive a covered $19.00 himself the 67 year old tweeted that he's being treated for mild symptoms and will continue to work from the presidential palace john holdren has more now from mexico city. he's 67 years old he has got high blood pressure he also had a heart attack in 2013 so this is a president that even when he got into power there were certain questions about his health so far during his tenure as time in power he hasn't had any serious health problems but will be kee

hello i'm daryn jordan this is our jazeera live from doha also coming up. you ask the hope you and she says she can't do anything because she's dealing with another patient who is dying right in front of you hospitals are swamped in brazil with a number of covered patients rising sharply as the back of the nation program gets off to a slow start also. we have to get the full truth and we have to make sure it never ever happens again nothing like this happens again in a new report says the number of deaths an elderly care homes may have been grossly underestimated in new york. and there's outrage in the u.s. as the acquittal of a man convicted in the murder of american journalist daniel pearl is upheld. we begin with a global effort to contain the corona virus pandemic there's a positive development on vaccines a new job developed by novak's has proved to be 89 percent effective in late stage trials in the u.k. but in germany health officials have warned that the astra zeneca vaccine should only be used on people under 65 years old saying there isn't enough

hello i'm daryn jordan in doha with a quick reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera u.s. president donald trump's personal twitter account has been permanently blocked follows the storming of the capitol building by his supporters on wednesday the social media platform cited the risk of further violence particularly around the inauguration of joe biden in 2 weeks' time al-jazeera television castro has more now from washington d.c. well it's difficult to overstate the significance.

hello i'm daryn jordan this is al-jazeera value from doha also coming up. with a pandemic worsening and more contagion it's variant contagious variants spreading this isn't the time to be lifting restrictions on international travel and new concerns for world leaders about the deadly a variance of coronavirus. a delay in vaccine production has europe demanding action from the drug maker astra zeneca also. a sign of crisis now climate change in south in some validation is pushing thousands of indigenous people to leave their villages. members of the u.s. house of representatives have delivered their article of impeachment against former president donald trump to the senate he's been charged with inciting the capital insurrection on john roos 6 2nd impeachment trial is scheduled to begin in february jocasta reports now from capitol hill. it was just 2 and a half weeks ago that the statues of great americans passed looked on as a pro trump mob desecrated the u.s. capitol. now they watch as house impeachment managers march past to the senate bearing papers that

hello i'm daryn jordan this is al-jazeera also coming up. celebrations as it does president wins a 6th but his main challenger calls the election results a sham and says there's been widespread fraud. where in my house in brazil where emergency supplies of oxygen not being sent to hospital.

hello i'm daryn jordan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. celebrations as a gownd as president wins a 6th but his main challenger calls the election results a sham and says there's been widespread fraud. we report from analysing brazil where emergency supplies of oxygen are being sent to hospitals struggling to deal with the coded 19 outbreaks. and out in the cold refugees stuck near the bosnia herzegovina border are forced to camp in subzero temperatures. the u.s. capitol has been transformed into a fortress just days out from the inauguration of president elect joe biden barriers have been set up across washington d.c. thousands of national guard troops have been deployed and roads and bridges are being closed the city is on high alert off the f.b.i. warnings of possible violence leading up to biden's swearing in officials are geared up for possible pro drum demonstrations to protest at biden's victory or a lone wolf inspired by far right groups of zeros gable is on those in washington with more on the security measures. washington d.c. is

hello i'm daryn jordan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up search operations resume in the nation of the 62 people on board a passenger plane that crashed into the sea minutes after takeoff. calls for a strict a lockdown grow in the u.k. where corona 1000 factions of crossed $3000000.00 the highest in europe plus. one charge strafford life for bishkek the capital of kyrgyzstan where people are voting for a new president after what's being described as the country's revolution overthrew the government in october last year. with just 10 days left in his presidency donald trump could well become the 1st u.s. president to be impeached twice democrats want to hold trump accountable for the riots at the capitol building that left 5 people dead including a police officer the house speaker nancy pelosi says if trump doesn't resign immediately should impeach him. sadly the person is running negative branch is a drain just unhinged dangerous president of the united states and only a number of days until we can be protected from him but he has done something so serious that there shou

hello i'm daryn jordan this is obviously a lawyer from doha also coming up. celebrations as a guard as president wins a 6th but his main challenger calls the election results a sham and says there's been a widespread fraud. we report from the now also in brazil where emergency supplies of oxygen are being sent to hospitals struggling to deal.

hello i'm daryn jordan this is down to 0 alive and also coming up the u.s. puts cuba back on the list of state sponsors of terrorism a move that could frustrate future attempts by joe biden to revive peace with hannah. and malaysia declares a state of emergency to curb a rise in corona virus infections. we begin in the united states where the final days of donald trump's presidency are setting the stage for a tense transition to the incoming administration of president elect joe biden the u.s. house of representatives has introduced an article of impeachment against trump for his role in inciting a mob that storm the capitol building last week al-jazeera as hard as you castro has more on the growing calls for trump's removal. this is the insurrection that president trump is accused of fueling as alleged in the single article of impeachment introduced to. on monday incited by president trump the article reads members of the crowd he had addressed unlawfully breached and vandalized the capitol injured and killed law enforcement personnel menaced members of con

along daryn jordan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up president joe biden plans to renew a travel ban on several countries as the total number of covert 19 infections in the u.s. a pass is 25000000. israel.

hello i'm daryn jordan and with the top stories on al-jazeera members of the u.s. house of representatives have delivered their article of impeachment against former president donald trump the senate he's been charged with inciting an insurrection in u.s. capital long john or 6 trump 2nd impeachment trial will begin in the senate in february a conviction would require the support of 17 republican senators for the lead impeachment managers said trump should never be allowed to hold public office again in all this president trump gravely endangered the.

hello i'm daryn jordan in doha with a quick reminder the top stories here on al-jazeera an independent panel set up by the world health organization has criticized china's response to the coronavirus interim report says officials could have applied measures more forcefully during the initial outbreak in. the panel also criticize the w.h.o. zone response saying the global pandemic alert system is not fit for purpose the organization says it's too early to comment meanwhile al-jazeera is an investigative unit as obtained video smuggled out of china that show the earliest days of the coded $900.00 outbreak in the city of.

i'm daryn jordan in doha with the top stories here on al-jazeera but some breaking news 1st from south korea the samsung boss jay wiley has been sentenced to 2 years in jail for bribery he was convicted of bribing an associate of the former president park geun hye he was previously convicted in 2017 but only served a year in jail the supreme court ordered a retrial washington d.c. remains locked down with unprecedented security ahead of the no gration of president elect joe biden a military green zone has been established at the fears of more violence following an insurrection at the capital part of those concerns now reportedly include troops deployed to the capital offense officials have told the associated press they fear a possible insider attack at the inauguration and would have national guard troops vetted she had the chance he has more from washington d.c. it's not just the national guard relying on its usual mechanisms to ensure that those within the service armed radicalized in some way some ways the reports we've got now is the f.b.i. is also taking a look at the some $25000

on a 0. 0 . 0 i'm daryn jordan and with the top stories here on our jazeera a team of investigators sent by the world health organization is preparing to leave the hotel coryndon in the chinese city of. look into the origins of the corona virus covered 19 was 1st detected in late 2019 katrina you as the latest now from. some of the team members here in waiting in the hotel behind us including dr brawley just marian minutes she said that she's feeling quite optimistic that the team is in good spirits and she's going to get any citizens of the team will do what they can but also she says that the public may need to temper its expectations this is only the very beginning of what is a deep dive into the origin of the war in a virus and to expect any conclusive finding in the next few weeks is unrealistic this could in fact take years but u.k. is tightening coronavirus travel restrictions arrivals from 22 red list countries not to hotel quarantine for 10 days it's an effort to stop the influx of new strains of covered 19 the new us secretary of state blinken says of iran returns to full compl

hello i'm daryn jordan in doha with the top stories here on al-jazeera israel's most senior military commander has revealed the development of new offensive plans against iran left and general aviva harvey says he's older his forces to step up preparations for possible military action in the coming year is also urging u.s. president joe biden to step back from any return to the 2015 nuclear. how to instruct their army to prepare a number of operational plans to the existing ones we are taking care of these plans and developing that in the coming year does he decide on cutting them out of course at the political leaders but these plans have to be on the table ready on practice. for a force that has more now from western. i don't think it should be read this early as an immediate threat of an imminent attack on iran but it is very much a setting out of israel's position that it should be maintained in terms of a hard line against iran and against iran's potential for getting a nuclear weapon not just from here but also from the united states and this is a real sign of the chief foreign

hello i'm daryn jordan in doha with a quick reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera u.s. president donald trump's personal twitter account has been permanently blocked follows the storming of the capitol building by his supporters on wednesday the social media platform cited the risk of further violence particularly around the inauguration of joe biden in 2 weeks' time al-jazeera was how does your castro has more now from washington d.c. . well it's difficult to overstate the significance of this trump has tweeted more than 56000 times since taking office he has used his twitter account as a weapon to kill bills that are pending in congress to fire cabinet secretaries and now most recently to incite violence and so he tried in vain after twitter banned him from the platform to use his secondary accounts potest as was his campaign account only to have those tweets quickly deleted as well and so the reporting is that he has gone ballistic since these actions have been taken by twitter and the white house ultimately put out a message on behalf of the president saying that th