al-jazeera. donald trump's lawyers deny the charge that he incited his supporters to storm capitol hill on the eve of his impeachment trial at the senate. but on a cloud this is out 0 live from doha also coming up. here miles pots and pans protest the people show their anger after the coup leader defends his actions.

al jazeera los angeles. let's take you through the headlines on al-jazeera donald trump 2nd impeachment trial is nearly finished final vote in the senate is expected as early as this weekend lawyers for the former president wrapped up their defense describing the trial as unconstitutional this unprecedented effort is not about democrats opposing political violence is about democrats trying to disqualify their political opposition it is constitutional cancel culture history will will will record this shameful effort as a deliberate attempt by the democrat party to smear censor and cancel not just president trump but the 75000000 americans who voted for him. simply trying manages insisted donald trump whipped up the right hands and didn't act to stop their rampage he knew the violence that was underway he knew the severity of the threats and most importantly he knew the capitol police were overwhelmingly outnumbered and in a fight for their lives against thousands of insurgents with weapons we know he knew that. we know that he did not send any individuals we did not hear any tweets we did not hear him tell those

al jazeera los angeles. let's take you through the headlines on al-jazeera donald trump's 2nd impeachment trial is nearly finished final vote in the senate is expected as early as this weekend lawyers for the former president wrapped up the defense describing the trial as unconstitutional.

al-jazeera. donald trump's lawyers deny the charge that he incited his supporters to storm capitol hill on the eve of his impeachment trial at the senate. also coming out. pots and pans protest the people after the coup leader defends his actions. rescue workers in northern india searching for more than 100 missing people after a classier burst sent a flood of also done a valley. recovery operation to be in court. and honduras president. is being investigated by u.s. prosecutors he's only been accused of profiting from illegal drug trade. so then donald trump and lawyers are denying the charge that the then president incited supporters to storm capitol hill a day before his 2nd impeachment trial at the senate they're also arguing it's unconstitutional to hold a trial for a former president but democrats prosecuting trump say he has no valid defense we'll have john hendren live on capitol hill in just a moment but 1st castro takes a look at what the impeachment trial will entail. we fight like hell and if you don't fight like you're not going to have a country anymore those were some of donald trum

fighting may end and libya could be on track to becoming a democratic state ballot trainer al jazeera. donald trump has launched a blistering attack on top senate republican mitch mcconnell days after he blamed the former president for last month's assault on the capitol building in a statement released by his political action committee trump said the republican party can never again be respected or strong with political leaders like senator mitch mcconnell at its helm he went on to say mitch is a sullen and unsmiling political hack and if republican senators are going to stay with him they will not win again well our comments are political analyst in washington d.c. and he explains what motivated trump's statement. well the reason is because we saw that blistering critique of the president by the senate minority leader just after he was acquitted where mitch mcconnell actually blamed the president not only for the insurrection that took place at the u.s. capitol but suggested that there might be other formal criminal charges coming for the president and so i think what you're seeing now is a forme

so these are the top stories this hour on al-jazeera donald trump's 2nd impeachment trial is nearly over with the final vote in the senate expected as early as this weekend lawyers for the former president wrapped up their defense calling the trial unconstitutional. protests are expected in nigeria's largest city of lagos activists are angry at the decision to reopen the leckie toll gate this is where 12 people were killed last year during protests against police violence. in the u.s. is due to lift its terrorist designation for yemen's hurt these on tuesday the shift in policy that comes with a warning from the white house of more sanctions if violence continues somalia and at least 4 people have been killed and many others injured in an explosion near the parliament in the capital a car bomb blew up in a busy intersection in mogadishu destroying several vehicles there are also reports of gunfire in the area and no claim of any responsibility yes. in maine mob people are out on the streets again protesting for an 8th consecutive day against the military 6 6. they want the generals to re

still ahead on al-jazeera donald trump's lawyers say the senate has no authority to try him plus. after a successful test launch the rocket space x. hopes will one day go to mars explodes on landing again. for the. winter sponsored ploy qatar airways. the atmosphere there you cannot see it is thinking about changing the start of the introduction of cloud in a few showers in iraq and running up into eastern turkey is just it let me step back a bit and get this northerly breeze in the north each part of circulation which will generate as it sits rain for western side all northwestern saudi running up through jordan elsewhere in the levant and in iraq and rather than sitting there it will turn around and bring the rain in a line through saudi arabia and more substantially syria iraq including in baghdad with the backwash still bringing showers into egypt and for example past indian territories now how far further south will it go sometimes these things last and produce some significant right this one looks like falling apart and focusing its witness and they'll be some flooding from

al-jazeera concision zimbabwe. the headlines on al-jazeera former u.s. president. donald trump has been acquitted in his 2nd impeachment trial 7 republican senators joined 50 democrats in a vote to convict him but that fell short of the 2 thirds majority needed in the house speaker nancy pelosi said the 43 republican senators who backed trump committed the most this honorable act in the country's history but what we saw in that sense.

al-jazeera hong kong. the weather hanks here on al-jazeera then donald trump isn't president anymore but his influence so looms large for us republicans will have a report plus new firing and you are finding out what is possible when we dream big you know the u.s. vice president talks to the 1st african-american national spent months aboard the international space station. but. we've got some snow in the forecast for the korean peninsula and also for japan it's been a lovely recently in japan not big area of high pressure in charge that's just not going away into the northwest pacific it's next system comes through this cold front is still area of low pressure will sink further south words that will bring quite a bit of snow in across north korea that is likely to cause widespread disruptions some of that snow sneaking into the north of south korea but for much of south or is going to be the really heavy rain that will cause some problems as we go on through monday we could see of around 70 or 80 millimeters of rain coming through here and cause widespread disruption in that wetter weather will gradually push

al-jazeera concession zimbabwe. the headlines on al-jazeera former u.s. president donald trump has been acquitted in his 2nd impeachment trial 7 republican senators joined 50 democrats in a vote to convict him but that fell short of the 2 thirds majority needed house speaker nancy pelosi said the 43 republican senators who backed trump committed the most honorable act in the country's history but what we saw in that senate today was that cowardly group of republicans apparently have no options because they were afraid to defend their job respect the institution in which they served trump welcomed the verdict on repeated his claim it was the greatest witch hunt in the history of the country he also hinted at plans for his political future crowds are demonstrating against me in mars' military rulers for a 9th consecutive day the generals are granting themselves new powers to monitor search and detain people involved in protests 3 people have died from a bowl in guinea at least 11000 people died during the epidemic in west africa that last that between 20132016 the virus has also

al-jazeera. al-jazeera where every. move. welcome back a quick amount of our top stories here on the al jazeera the 4th day of donald trump 2nd impeachment trial has concluded his defense team argued the trial is unconstitutional and the evidence against former president had been manipulated trump is accused of inciting a deadly riot on capitol hill last month. the u.s. will revoke the terror designation of yemen is who the rebels on tuesday president joe biden said the u.n. and aid groups say that blacklisting who things would prevent a deliveries to areas controlled by rebels. amounted to protesters out on the streets in. consecutive day they want the generals to release deposed leader out on tanks machines under arrest friday some of the biggest demonstration against the jointer since the coup on separate 1st. russian opposition politician alexina valmy has been back in court charged with insulting a world war 2 veteran who'd spoken in favor of president putin and the accuse the judge of helping prosecution witnesses he also told her to improve her knowledge of russian law the valley was jailed ass week for violating parol

al-jazeera kinsell mir the netherlands. hello again the headlines on al-jazeera the former us president donald trump has been acquitted in his 2nd impeachment trial 7 republican senators joined 50 democrats in a vote to convict him fell short of the 2 thirds majority needed house speaker nancy pelosi said the 43 republican senators who backed trump committed the most honorable act in the country's history. but what we saw in that senate today was that cat wordly group of republicans who patently have no options because they were afraid to defend their job respect the institution in which they served well trump issued a statement welcoming the verdict on repeating his claim it was the greatest witch hunt in the history of the country he also hinted at plans for his political future crowds are demonstrating against me in maher's military rulers for a 9th consecutive day the generals are granting themselves new powers to monitor a search on detain people involved in protests 4 people have died from ebola and guinea at least 11000 people died during the epidemic in west africa but last of between 20132016 the virus has also seen

i'm about to send him to over the headlines on al-jazeera senators a donald trump 2nd impeachment trial of her that the former president's supporters believe they were acting on his orders when they stormed the capitol building last month here as democrats have wrapped up the 2nd and final day of opening arguments against him they've used graphic and at times hot owing evidence to make the case that the former president is responsible for the january 6th violence and has shown no remorse i challenge you all to think about it if you think this is not impeachable what is what would be president trump's lawyers endorse his breathtaking assertion that his conduct in inciting these events was totally appropriate. and the senate acquits donald trump than any president could incite and provoke insurrectionary violence against us again if you don't find this a high crime and misdemeanor today you have set a new terrible standard for presidential misconduct in the united states of america oh no donald trump's defense lawyers has dismissed the evidence presented by the democrats calling it offens

al jazeera los angeles. tough a quick check of the headlines here on al-jazeera the 4th day of donald trump's 2nd impeachment trial has concluded his lawyers wrapped up their defense arguing the trial is unconstitutional and that evidence against trump was manipulated he's accused of inciting the riots on capitol hill last month in which 5 people died both sides face questions from senators. this unprecedented.

al jazeera. this is al jazeera and these are the top stories donald trump's 2nd impeachment trial is nearly over with the final vote in the senate expected as early as this weekend lawyers for the former president wrapped up their defense calling the trial unconstitutional. and he could protesters are out on the streets of myanmar for an 8th day in a row they want the release of the supposed leader unsung suchi. the head of the world health organization says the origins of the corona virus pandemic are still not clear after an investigative mission in china w.h.o. experts haven't confirmed the source during their trip to work with the virus was found back in well late 2019 was the team says it likely originated from bats but they don't know how it jumped to humans. some questions have been raised as to whether some hypothesis have been discarded having spoken with some members of the team i wish to confirm that all hypotheses remain open and require further analysis and studies. some of that work may lie outside the remit and scope of this mission. we have also said that this mission would not f

al jazeera. now we've got the top stories on al-jazeera this hour the former u.s. president donald trump has been acquitted in his 2nd impeachment trial 7 republican senators joined 50 democrats in a vote to convict him but that fell short of the 2 thirds majority needed. trump issued a statement welcoming the verdict and repeating his claim it was the greatest witch hunt in the country's history he also hinted at a possible political future crowds are out demonstrating against me in mars a military coup for a 9th consecutive day the generals are grounding themselves new powers to monitor search and detain people involved in protests. tens of thousands of elderly people in syria are struggling to find the treatment they need for physical and mental illnesses after 10 years of for many are living out their final years and camps cattle up as reports. you know this is how on hussein moves around her camp in northern syria her health is getting worse and walking is no longer an option. for years she thought she would one day go back to her hometown but that hope is now fading the war is just

al-jazeera. the attack was done for donald trump addresses struction and to feel his wishes democrat lawmakers in the u.s. wrap up their arguments in the 2nd impeachment trial of donald trump his defense team presents its case on friday. about this and this is a doozy of a live from doha also coming up me and was ruling general signals he's running out of patients with protestors ordering them to go back to work. mexico's going to get a 1000000 and a half doses of a covert 19 vaccine but some remote communities don't want to take it. to american jazz legend has died at the age of 79 he won 23 grammy music awards for his work. ok let's start in the u.s. where house impeachment managers have wrapped up their case in donald trump's trial they say the former president must be convicted for inciting and said action in the january the 6th riot on capitol hill be barred from public office chums defense team are going to begin their arguments on friday alan fischer reports from capitol hill. there was no dramatic video from the impeachment managers on thursday and instead there was a warning donald trump

al-jazeera. welcome back a quick reminder of the top stories here on al-jazeera the 4th day of donald trump's 2nd pietschmann trial has concluded his defense team argued the trial is unconstitutional and that evidence against the former president had been manipulated from present used in inciting a deadly riot on capitol hill last month. the u.s. revoked the terror of designation of yemen's $23.00 rebels president joe biden the u.n. and aid groups all feel the listing would make yemen's humanitarian crisis even worse by preventing a deliveries to areas controlled by the rebels. and antic who protesters are out on the streets in myanmar for the 8th consecutive day they want the generals to release deposed leader on sense and she was under arrest friday saw the biggest demonstration against the june to since the coup on february 1st al-jazeera scott joins us live now from the thai capital bangkok scott so another day of protests in myanmar and the demonstration seems to be gaining traction what's been happening there. yes it has there and we're looking at what would probably be another big day larg

al-jazeera. but there are mcloughlin there how the top stories here on al-jazeera 1st lawyers for former us president donald trump filed defense papers so in the senate impeachment trial started on tuesday is unconstitutional they also deny the charge that trump incited his supporters to storm the capitol hill but democrats prosecuting trump say he has no valid defense i did your customer reports now from washington we fight we fight like hell and if you don't fight like hell you're not going to have a country anymore those were some i'm donald trump's last words on january 6th moments before a violent mob fired up by his false claims that the election had been stolen broke into the u.s. capitol and tried to stop congress from making joe biden's win official for rioters and a police officer died in the attack 2 more officers later died by suicide the grounds for this impeachment are deeply deeply troubling and if the united states senate acquits donald trump this round it's essentially a green light for future presidents to try to overthrow elections close to the end of their terms house democrats bring the charg

trial with most republicans already making it clear they will not vote to convict donald trump shared hansie al-jazeera and now georgia has opened an investigation into donald trump's efforts to overturn the state's 2020 election results and a leak telephone call last month trump pressured secretary of state brad raffensperger to find votes based on unfounded fraud claims joe biden won georgia you remember by a narrow margin legal experts say the trumps phone call may have violated at least 3 state criminal election laws. hostile ahead here on al-jazeera. no clear leader of the somali president's term ends with no agreement on who will replace him. betting big on tesla invests $1500000000.00 in the digital currency but plans to accept it too as payment. as expected the shamali is blowing down the gulf it's not particularly dusty nor particularly strong but it is there all the saving makes the skies a little bit less blue otherwise the weather's fairly quiet now in your a beer and throughout iran and turkey if anything is getting slightly warmer in the levant and in egypt there are a few showers in yeme

al-jazeera. i'm about to sit in doha with the top stories on al-jazeera former u.s. president donald trump has praised his acquittal then a 2nd impeachment trial he was accused of inciting deadly capitol hill riots on january the 6th that macross had the support of 7 republicans but there were 10 votes short of a conviction. $57.00 days for ease 3. 2 thirds of the senators present not having for a guilty the said judges that responded john trunk former president states is not a guilty as charged in article of impeachment top senate republican mitch mcconnell launched a searing attack on trump even though he voted to acquit him there's no question now on their present trouble is practically. and morally responsible for provoking the events of a day. no question about the people who storm this building believe they were acting on the wishes and a truck of their president from capitol hill alan fischer takes us through how the historic day's events played out. the day started with quite a bit of a surprise because the democrats announced that they were going to call witnesses we weren't expec

al-jazeera. the u.s. senate votes to proceed with donald trump's impeachment trial rejecting defense arguments that trying to convict a former president is unconstitutional. play watching al-jazeera live from doha with me fully back to go also coming up police get tough on protesters in myanmar the military is reported to have raided the offices of atsic leader on sunday. cracking down on undocumented migrants in chile thousands of colombian and venezuelan families are being separated before being sent back home and a world health organization team in ruhani china dismisses a theory called the 19 was leads from my lab but says it still doesn't know which animal it kate. the u.s. senate has voted to go ahead with the 2nd impeachment trial of former president donald trump rejecting the defense's argument that it's unconstitutional to try a former president al jazeera sound fishes on capitol hill any reports on what to expect from the trial in the coming days. in a place that has seen a lot over this truly was an historic day the 2nd impeachment trial of donald trump before the senate can even begin to quest

hello i'm daryn join in doha with the top stories here on the al-jazeera on the 4th day of donald trump's 2nd impeachment trial has concluded his lawyer has wrapped up their defense ogling the trial is unconstitutional and that evidence against trump was manipulated he's accused of inciting the riot on capitol hill last month in which 5 people died both sides face questions from senators this unprecedented effort is not about democrats opposing political violence is about democrats trying to disqualify their political opposition it is constitutional cancel culture history will will will record this shameful effort as a deliberate attempt by the democrat party to smear censor and cancel not just president trump but the 75000000 americans who voted for him alan fisher has more now from capitol hill. well this is donald trump getting the defense that he wanted it was aggressive it was fractious it was his team saying look there's a number of reasons why you can't proceed with the impeachment of donald trump the 1st one was on constitutional grounds they said he simply can't be tried because

time for a quick check of the headlines here on al-jazeera the 4th day of donald trump's 2nd impeachment trial has concluded his lawyers wrapped up their defense auditing the trial is unconstitutional and the evidence against trump was manipulated he's accused of inciting the riot on capitol hill last month in which 5 people died both sides face questions from senators for this unprecedented effort is not about democrats opposing political violence is about democrats trying to disqualify their political opposition it is constitutional cancel culture history will will will record this shameful effort as a deliberate attempt by the democrat party to smear censor and cancel not just president trump but the 75000000 americans who voted for him the u.s. senate has paid tribute to a man they say is a hero of the capital riots eugene goodman was awarded the congressional gold medal its highest civilian honor for his role in protecting politicians during the insurrection senators also gave him a standing ovation the u.s. says it will revoke the terror designation of yemen's who the rebels presid

al-jazeera kinsell mir the netherlands. i'm about to send in doha with the headlines on al-jazeera former u.s. president donald trump's praised his acquittal in a 2nd impeachment trial it was accused of inciting deadly capitol hill riots in january the 6th democrats were 10 votes short of a conviction as republicans largely swung behind the former president to shield him from responsibility the. 57. days for ease 3. 2 thirds of the servers present not having for a guilty the judges responded john trunk former president states is not a guilty is charged in article ph but in demonstrations against me and more as military rulers continue for the 9th day the generals who seized power in a coup in favor of the 1st are granting themselves new powers to monitor suction detain people involved in protests activists are troubled by the increase in one time raids by police. police in cyprus have used tear gas and water cannon to break up protests in the capital nicosia hundreds of people rallied against corruption and coronavirus too strict cyprus has been registering easily easing its 2nd lockdown which it imposed in cases jump

al-jazeera . on down jordan and the top stories head on al-jazeera president biden has declared the u.s. is back sweeping away donald trump's america 1st policies biden addressed the munich security conference seeking to reassure allies sideline and join the trump is. i know the past few years of strain and tested our transatlantic relationship but the united states is determined determined to reengage with europe to consult with you earn back our position of trust and leadership which.

al-jazeera. the us senate acquits donald trump on charges of inciting an insurrection of last month's attack on the capitol buildings. collapse the whole romney watching al-jazeera life my headquarters here in doha are also coming up the advance military is accused of cracking down on opponents as it hunts down supporters of protests denouncing the coup. a burglary services in west africa health workers say at least 3 people have died in getting and declare it an epidemic. also before march in time president carlos menem has died at the age of 90. welcome to the program former us president donald trump has been acquitted in an impeachment trial for a 2nd time the senate found him not guilty of inciting an insurrection the verdict was expected but 7 republican sided with democrats now trump was accused of encouraging his supporters to storm the capitol hill are january the 6th while senators were certifying joe biden's election with ellen fisher has more now from washington d.c. the. 57 days for ease 3 put a 2nd time donald trump acquitted of high crimes and misdemeanors by the u.s. senate john trun

al-jazeera. al-jazeera. in doha you watching al-jazeera is continuing coverage of donald trump's 2nd impeachment trial. for the 1st time in more than 200 years. the seat of our government. was ransacked democrats lay out their case against the former u.s. president saying he planted seeds of the capitol hill attack well before january 6th. to us it may have felt like chaos and madness but there was nothing in the madness 7. or well what. do you know your. newly released recordings and video i used to recount the violence which trump is accused of inciting also ahead. she was a powerful advocate for women's rights and really sure was the right thing to do u.s. president joe biden welcomes the release of a prominent saudi woman rights activist who spent years in jail. u.s. senators have been sifting through videos recounting in graphic detail of the violence on capitol hill that democrats say was whipped up by former president donald trump describing him as insights are in chief impeachment trial prosecutors say trump was fully responsible for the deadly attack on january 6th and should therefore be conv

about justice al-jazeera fall as human rights campaign is in libya investigation since the 2011 revolution. libya unspeakable crime on al-jazeera. the u.s. senate votes to proceed with donald trump same each man trial rejecting defense arguments that trying to convict a former president is on. this is al jazeera live from doha fully back to or also coming up on tyco protesters in myanmar take to the streets for a 5th straight day despite a growing police crackdown chile moves to expel undocumented migrants thousands of colombia and venezuela and sammy's have been separated before being sent back home . and a world health organization team in will hunt chai.

al-jazeera. the u.s. senate votes to proceed with donald trump the impeachment trial rejecting defense arguments that trying to convict a former president is unconstitutional. play watching al-jazeera live from doha with me fully back to bill also coming up police get tough on protesters in myanmar the military is reported to have raided the offices of ousted leader on sunday she. cry.

al jazeera los angeles. tough a quick check of the headlines here on al-jazeera the 4th day of donald trump's 2nd impeachment trial has concluded his lawyers wrapped up their defense auditing the trial is unconstitutional and the evidence against trump was manipulated he's accused of inciting the riots on capitol hill last month in which 5 people died both sides face questions from senators. this unprecedented effort is not about democrats opposing political violence is about democrats trying to disqualify their political opposition it is constitutional cancel culture history will will will record this shameful effort as a deliberate attempt by the democrat party to smear censor and cancel not just president trump but the $75000000.00 americans who voted for him and u.s. senators that paid tribute to a man they say is a hero of those riots eugene goodman was awarded the congressional gold medal its highest civilian honor for his role in protecting politicians during the insurrection senators also gave him a standing ovation. the u.s. revoked the terror designation of yemen's who the rebels president joe bide

al-jazeera. this is al-jazeera. in doha you watching al-jazeera is continuing coverage of donald trump the 2nd impeachment trial. for the 1st time in more than 200 years. the seat of our government. was ransacked democrats lay out their case against the former u.s. president saying he planted see.

al jazeera los angeles. time for a quick check of the headlines here on al-jazeera the 4th day as donald trump's 2nd impeachment trial has concluded his lawyers wrapped up their defense arguing the trial is unconstitutional and that evidence against trump was manipulated is accused of inciting the riot on capitol hill last month and which 5 people died both sides face questions from senators this unprecedented effort is not about democrats opposing political violence is about democrats trying to disqualify their political opposition it is constitutional cancel culture history will will will record this shameful effort as a deliberate attempt by the democrat party to smear censor and cancel not just president trump but the 75000000 americans who voted for him the u.s. senate as a paid tribute to a man they say is a hero of the capital riots eugene goodman was awarded the congressional gold medal its highest civilian honor for his role in protecting politicians during the insurrection senators also gave him a standing ovation. the u.s. will revoke the terror designation of yemen's who the rebels put in place by t

al-jazeera. a diverse range of stories from across the globe and from the perspective of our networks journalists on al-jazeera. the u.s. senate acquits donald trump of charges of insider to get insurrection of last month's attack on the capitol building. collapse the whole romney watching al-jazeera life headquarters here in doha also coming up the abbas military is accused of cracking down on opponents as it hunts down supporters of protests denouncing the coup. a bowl of resurfaces of west africa health workers say at least 3 people have died in getting declarator at the devon. also the former arjun time president collars but it has died at the age of 90.

al-jazeera. 'd the democrats reject the claim by donald trump's lawyers that a senate impeachment trial for former president is unconstitutional. the president cannot simply resign to avoid accountability for an impeachable offense nor can they escape judgment by waiting until their final few weeks in office to betray our country. this is our desire to live from doha also coming up colombia gives legal status to hundreds of thousands of undocumented venezuelans refugees and migrants. hong kong's top court to decide whether media tycoon g. lie can be granted bail in a high profile legal challenge to beijing's national security law. and tesla's bitcoin boost the long musk's electric vehicle giant buys into the crypto currency and promises to accept it for payments. so donald trump's lawyers are denying the charge that the then president incited his supporters to storm capitol hill a day before his 2nd impeachment trial at the senate they're also arguing it is unconstitutional to hold a trial for former president but there are kratz prosecuting trump says that he has no valid defense i do j. kustra b

al-jazeera. and the word on the top stories on al-jazeera this hour the former u.s. president donald trump has been acquitted in his 2nd impeachment trial 7 republican senators joined 50 democrats in a vote to convict him but that fell short of the 2 thirds majority needed and trump issued a statement welcoming the verdict on repeating his claim it was the greatest witch hunt in the country's history he also hinted at a possible political future. crowds are out demonstrating against me in mars' a military coup for a 9th consecutive day the generals are granting themselves new powers to monitor search and detain people involved in protests. kosovo is holding parliamentary elections and the outcome could affect relations with serbia and the rest of europe an anti establishment party is likely to win the most seats but its leader has ruled out any talks with serbia a country kossovo broke away from after a year long war in the late 1990 s. and serbia backed by russia doesn't recognize costs of those independence and this has prevented kossovo from joining international agencies and the e.u. p

trump years. al-jazeera has seen parts of a u.n. report which accuses an ally of donald trump erik prince of violating a libya arms embargo confidential report alleges that prince sent weapons to a militia commander who is trying to overthrow the internationally recognized government. and wealthy nations have pledged to pour more money into the un's coronavirus vaccination program kovacs which aims to inoculate poorer countries the e.u. has promised $1200000000.00 while the u.s. says it will put in 4000000000. millions of people in the u.s. state of texas don't have clean drinking water after a rare winter storm power lines were caught in the cold snap affecting water treatment plants john hendren reports from chicago. frigid texas is trading power problems for water woes this past week has been an enormous challenge maybe unlike any challenge that you've ever dealt with before has been far too burdensome for the lives of all those affected. we're working around the clock and we will continue to work around the clock to address to meet your needs and challenges after day

al-jazeera. if you think this is not impeachable what is what would be. us democrats rest their case against donald trump saying the former president is responsible for the capitol hill riots. by money invited this is al jazeera in life and also coming up myanmar's ruling generals signals he's running out of patients with anted to protestors ordering them to go back to work. the indigenous communities in mexico largely spared by coronavirus who are resisting vaccination. and the dutch green initiative that has a german energy companies seeing red and demanding $2000000000.00. democratic impeachment managers have wrapped up their case against donald trump they spent 2 days laying out what they describe as overwhelming evidence that the former u.s. president in santa january deadly insurrection in washington d.c. trumps defense team will take the senate floor on friday alan fischer reports from capitol hill. there was no dramatic video from the impeachment managers on thursday and instead there was a warning donald trump had a history of political violence and if he wasn't convicted then there would inevit

al-jazeera. time for a quick check of the headlines here on al-jazeera democrats have ended their 1st day of arguments in the 2nd impeachment trial of donald trump and laying out their case against the former president they described him as insights and chief who riled up supporters to attack the capitol by force to claiming the election was stolen and impeachment manager walk in castro said trump did nothing even when the rioters went looking for his vice president mike pence over an hour and a half into the attack and this is what he tweeted and he still even at this point did not acknowledge the attack on the capitol let alone condemn it instead he further incites the mob against his own vice president whose life was being threatened some of these insurgents were heard saying quote that they hoped to find vice president mike pence and execute him by hanging him from a capitol hill tree as a traitor. the united states is imposing new sanctions on those responsible for the military coup in me and mall more arrests have been made in the country including a close aide to detain leader. protesters return to the streets for a 5th consecutive day de

al jazeera. former u.s. president donald trump has rejected a request by democrats to testify during his second impeachment trial. democrats have accused him of endangering the lives of all numbers of congress by inciting his supporters to storm capitol hill. trump's legal team says the senate lacks the authority to try him now that he is no longer president. the trial will begin on tuesday. as we mentioned earlier, resident joe biden has called on the myanmar military junta to step aside. they also called for aung san suu kyi's immediate release. they held a second meeting after failing to agree on a statement in a previous session. we will hear from our diplomatic reporter at the u.n., but first this reporter: -- small protests and the second largest the immune are. these students and activists are speaking out against monday's military coup. but with the military clamping down on internet and social media providers, it is hard for people to come you kate and organize protests. >> we have no access to any news. no news about aun

al-jazeera kinsell mir the nat'l and. i robot to send in doha to the headlines and al-jazeera former us president donald trump has praised his acquittal in the 2nd impeachment trial he was accused of inciting deadly capitol hill riots in january the 6th democrats were 10 votes short of conviction as republicans largely swung behind the former president to shield him from responsibility. 57. days for ease 3. 2 thirds of the senators present not having guilty the judges responded john trunk former president you know states is not guilty as charged in article peach but top senate republican mitch mcconnell launched a searing attack on trump even though he voted to acquit the former president there's no question no one there president trouble is practically and morally responsible for provoking the events. of the day. no question about. the people who started this building believe they were acting on their wishes. and it struck. in other news demonstrations against b.m.r. as military rulers continue for a 9th day the generals are granting themselves new powers to monitor and detain people involved in the protests activists a

al jazeera. al-jazeera has seen parts of a confidential u.n. report which finds donald. trump's ally and private security contract to erik prince violated an arms embargo on libya the report to the security council reveals how prince sent foreign mercenaries and weapons to warlord khalifa haftar in 2019 when he was fighting against the internationally recognized government in tripoli as kristen salumi reports now from washington. erik prince is best known as the founder of blackwater security a private contractor whose employees were implicated in the killing of 17 iraqi civilians in 2007 he's also a prominent supporter of former president donald trump and brother to former education secretary betsy divide us. but it's his role in a malicious assault on the internationally recognized government video in 2019 that's now a question al-jazeera has seen excerpts of a 121 page report submitted to the u.n. security council and 1st reported by the new york times alleging prince help supply a trove of weapons including attack helicopters to the military's commander khalifa haftar are in

al-jazeera. the u.s. senate acquits donald trump on charges of insight insurrection in last month's attack in the capitol building. i don't declaw if this is out 0 live from doha also coming up 1000000 miles minute tree is accused of cracking down on opponents as it comes down supporters of protest denouncing the ku. ebola resurfaces in west africa health workers say at least 3 people have died in guinea and declare it an epidemic. and cause of it goes to the polls and econometric lection insults could complicate his territorial dispute with serbia. so u.s. president donald trump has been acquitted during an impeachment trial for the 2nd time the senate found him not guilty of inciting and the verdict was expected but 7 republicans did side with democrats drug was accused of encouraging his supporters to march on capitol hill on jan with the sec while senators were certifying joe biden's election win i'll official reports now from washington d.c. . the a's 57 days for ease 3 for a 2nd time donald trump acquitted of high crimes and misdemeanors by the u.s. senate john trunk former president. is not guilty

but i'm not talking to all the top stories here on al-jazeera and for me u.s. president donald trump has been acquitted in his 2nd impeachment trial 7 republican senators joined 50 democrats in a vote to convict him for that fell short of the 2 thirds majority needed through. 57. days for ease 3. 2 thirds of the senators present not having for a guilty the judges that responded john trunk former president states is not guilty as charged in article of impeachment will trump issued a statement welcoming the verdict repeating his claim it was the greatest witch hunt in the country's history he also hinted at plans for his political future top senate republican mitch mcconnell launched a serious attack on trump even though he voted to quit and there's no question. president tropp is practically and morally responsible for provoking the event of a. question about the people who started this building believe they were acting on the wishes and instruction of their president house speaker nancy pelosi didn't hold back when referring to the 43 republican senators who backed trump calling thei

al-jazeera kinsell mir the netherlands. hello again the headlines on al-jazeera the a former u.s. president donald trump has been acquitted in his 2nd impeachment trial 7 republican senators joined 50 democrats in a vote to convict him of that fell short of the 2 thirds majority needed in the house speaker nancy pelosi described the republicans who backed trump as cowards and took issue with mitch mcconnell's logic for voting against impeachment saying he was the one who delayed the trial in the 1st place for mitch mcconnell who created the situation where it could not have been heard before that 20 or even begun before the 20th in the senate to say all the things he said oh my gosh about donald trump and how horrible he was and is and then said but. that tack at that time that the democrat the half chose to bring it over no we didn't choose you chose not to receive it so i think that's really important will trump issued a statement welcoming the verdict on repeating his claim it was the greatest witch hunt in the history of the country he also hinted at plans for his political future crowds are demonst

you're watching al-jazeera live from a headquarters and i'm very navigator also coming up donald trump on trial the former president's impeachment moves to the u.s. senate's where politicians will decide if he's guilty of inciting an insurrection. a world health organization teamed with china rules out the theory code with 1000 was leaked from a lab but says it still hasn't determined which animal it came from and. i'm elizabeth brown i'm in northern india where best cubans are attempting to free dozens of people trapped in a tunnel since a catastrophic flood ripped through this mountainous region. thanks for joining us police and me and more are stepping up their crackdown on protests against last week's military coup there are reports they have raided the headquarters of the national league for democracy that's the political movement led by angst on suchi the civilian leader who remains in detention hours earlier protesters took to the streets for a 4th straight day and were met with tear gas and water cannon scott hired lawyers monitoring events from bangkok. facing live ammunition

al-jazeera los angeles. at half past the hour on al-jazeera these are the headlines donald trump's 2nd impeachment trial is nearly finished with a final vote in the u.s. senate expected as early as this weekend lawyers for the former president wrapped up their defense they simply described the trial as unconstitutional. this unprecedented effort is not about democrats opposing political violence is about democrats trying to disqualify their political opposition it is constitutional cancel culture history will will will record this shameful effort as a deliberate attempt by the democrat party to smear censor and cancel not just president trump but the 75000000 americans who voted for him. house impeachment managers that insisted donald trump whipped up the right hands and didn't act to stop their rampage. he knew the violence that was underway he knew the severity of the threats and most importantly he knew the capitol police were overwhelmingly outnumbered and in a fight for their lives against thousands of insurgents with weapons we know he knew that we know that he did not send any individuals we did not hear a