Philippines forced thousands more people to abandon their homes. The u. S. Senate has launched a full proceedings for the impeachment trial of President Donald TrumpHouse Democrats read the charges in congress triggering the Legal Process the trial which donald trump has denounced as a condo by the democrats will start next week on the show castro has more from washington. The ceremony laden impeachment trial of President Donald Trump is now under way very very. All persons are commanded to keep silent on pain of imprisonment donald j. Trump has abused the powers of the presidency in that. Using the powers of his high Office President trump solicited the interference of a Foreign Government ukraine in the 2020 United States president ial election john roberts the chief justice of the Us Supreme Court has taken an oath to become presiding officer i do in turn swearing in the members of the senate just to become impartial jurors so help you god. But an impeachment trial under u. S. Law is not just a judicial proceeding it is a proceeding that is both legal and political with most of the jurists who will decide the president s guilt or innocence being members of his own Political Party and in an Election Year there is little reason to believe that republican senators when a vote to remove their own leader from the white house in the recent polling shows most americans expect a fair trial in the senate distro not one rigged in the president s favor the democrats say to get that they need to open the proceedings to new witnesses and new evidence that appear to incriminate trump further the president is blocking them and again the American People just about all of them are asking the question what is the president hiding this chamber exist perseid sleep for schussler not a president so that we can look past the daily dramas and understand how our actions will reverberate for generations so that we can put aside animal reflexes and animosities and coolly consider how to best serve our country now the senate has summoned President Trump to answer the impeachment charges its a hoax its a hoax Everybody Knows that but its unlikely hell make an appearance its his attorneys who will plead his innocence in opening arguments scheduled for next week heidi joe castro aljazeera washington. An aide to Donald Trumps lawyer claims the president knew exactly what was going on with efforts to pressure ukraine into investigating former Vice President joe biden and his son oh White House Correspondent kimberly hellcat has more on us from washington. Really like the explosive allegations came from this man left parness he says he was an associate of donald trump and worked in ukraine with the president s personal attorney Rudolph Giuliani now hes speaking out the truth. In an interview parness who is in court for various financial and corruption charges describes delivering messages directly from the u. S. President to the ukrainians it was an effort he claims to dig up dirt on trumps political rival former Vice President joe biden whos running to replace him President Trump know exactly what. He was aware of. These new allegations come at a sensitive time for the president as the u. S. Congress begins the trial phase of his impeachment trial was impeached in december on charges of obstruction of congress and abuse of power after reportedly pressuring the ukrainians to investigate bidens son hunter who sat on the board of a Ukrainian Energy company on thursday a congressional Watchdog Agency released its report stating the white house violated federal law by withholding military aid to ukraine part of the quid pro quo allegations against trump trump also denies his relationship with parness and his Associates Even as photos of trump and parness side by side have surfaced. Never had a conversation that i remember with the democrats are pushing for witnesses like parness to testify at the white house is attempting to block witness testimony in the statement White House Press secretary Stephanie Grisham pushed back on part of his claims these allegations are being made by a man who is currently out on bail for federal crimes and is. Desperate to reduce his exposure to prison but part of his claims may be hard for senators to ignore the guy at. d this. Wire barn wrote never democrats have also released new evidence Text Messages and emails they say proves the president leverage president ial powers for political purposes parness says there was a Pressure Campaign to remove u. S. Ambassador to ukraine memory of on a bitch from his post even releasing texts which suggested she was being watched and that her life may have been in danger before trump recalled her last year she testified in november she received a warning from a colleague and she said she wasnt sure but there were concerns about my security the Ukrainian Government has now launched an investigation into possible surveillance of the former u. S. Ambassador kimberly healthy at aljazeera washington. Attacks on edge a province in syria have resumed the countrys last remaining rebel held area at least 21 people have been killed in recent days and hundreds of thousands of been forced to flee as a ceasefire declared on sunday failed to hold catching up as what iran has. The damage caused by one of several air strikes in the Northwest Province of it with the survivors trying to salvage whats left. Of. Emergency crews combed the rubble to recover the body of a child was but the other civilians were among the casualties in his lips city. In the afternoon it lip says he was targeted by serco a 23. Jets they hit the Industrial Area and alcohol markets caution most of those hurt have serious injuries. In a nearby hospital friends console a father grieving his son was a ceasefire which started on sunday was shattered on a one step 6. I think jets attack it that city as well as several rebel held town. The ceasefire was brokered by turkey which supports the rebels and russia which backed the Syrian Governments 9 month offensive thank fighters are going to al qaeda are the strongest forces in these areas home to around 3000000. 00 civilians according to the u. N. Close 2400000 syrians have been forced from their homes and it lives in the past 10 weeks no time no shelter no food people are starving to death in this governor and theyre not being bald theyre dying because theyre hungry russia and turkey are reported to have been to go sheeting the establishment of a secure zone for the displaced during the winter and russia has announced humanitarian corridors have already been established to allow people in its lips to cross over into government held territory its unclear how many have chosen to go katia llopis with a yawn aljazeera. The turkish humanitarian organization is based in its lip it says in the past 2 and a half months nearly 400000 syrians have been forced from their homes including a quarter of a 1000000 children and 100 children are among 311 civilians killed many survivors are enduring the winter in makeshift tents with poor hygiene the Turkish Organization accuses the Syrian Government and its russian allies of bombing markets mosques schools have sent as and Water Treatment plants honey magali is a member of the u. N. Commission of inquiry on syria he says theres little hope conditions will improve the children in the country and each time soon. Were seeing children who have been dying not just because of the bombings and the sieges but today as we speak children are dying because of the lack of humanitarian access and the lack of medical care and poor conditions but i guess for me whats been shocking is to look at what hope there is for children in syria today Going Forward were still as i said seeing preventable deaths education is now devastated and you know in what way will they be able to catch up we were talking a generation that has lost schooling you know 5000000. 00 displaced internally and externally right now obviously the 1st thing that could be done is everybody stops bombing schools and facilities that children need thats partly Going Forward and what weve said in the report is we need. To start rebuilding these places so children can be back at school rather than be out about out on the street or involve them in the conflict etc we need to be looking at the medical facilities and and the humanitarian assistance that children need desperately because theyre dying you know which is quite remarkable that at this stage were still reporting we were reporting on children dying when they were sieges when nobody could get in and out but you know why should children die in italy bridgend. Oh no theres nothing really that should be preventing International Humanitarian assistance other than bureaucracy isnt un resolutions and the lack of cooperation on the part of of states the libyan warlord honey for have to has secretly flown to athens he is there for talks after greece was excluded from a peace summit in germany this weekend it came after a meeting with the German Foreign minister in which have to said he is committed to a cease fire even though he has yet to sign a deal and one that started on sunday failed. Now out of there has learned that the u. N. Is considering a Monitoring Mission in libya to guard against have to change his mind as james bays reports the German Foreign minister heiko mass in the Eastern Libyan city of benghazi meeting general Khalifa Haftar the man who brought fresh conflict to libya 9 months ago when he launched an offensive on the capital tripoli the general is still not fully signed up to a cease fire just days before an International Summit is due to be held in berlin. Earlier this week russia and turkey which are on different sides of this conflict could summon general half staff and fires al suraj the Prime Minister of the un recognized government to moscow for talks seraph signed a cease fire agreement half did not. Al jazeera has obtained a copy of the latest report by the u. N. Secretary general antonio good terrorists to the Security Council its critical of what it calls the unrecognised government in the east and says that the territory controlled by general have to has become a hub of Illicit Activity including the sale of drugs and arms this months president of the un Security Council is hopeful about what could come out of this weekends berlin summit were waiting for that wouldnt use from the conference aljazeera has learned from a number of Security Council members that there are plans for a mission to monitor a cease fire in libya one model will be the u. N. Mission in the port of a dater in yemen which has been observing a shaky cease fire for about a year as in her data a joint commission will be set up with 5 members nominated by Prime Minister saraj and 5 by general haftar one can look at her data as a model of observer you know people monitoring cease fires in civilian clothes in a small area libya is rather larger than the municipality of her data the actual monitors could be supplied as in yemen by the United Nations but a number of different options are under consideration including using teams from the African Union the European Union or the arab league or a combination of those im told by one diplomat that the Security Council could authorize a mission very quickly but were not there yet. One man has shown he can be both defiant and fickle stands in the way and that general hafta james weighs aljazeera at the United Nations still to come this hour how could a taliban offer for a brief ceasefire in afghanistan kick off a new peace talks in doha. An alarm over an unprecedented food shortage in Southern AfricaSevere Weather and economic turmoil being blamed. For. Palau the rain has come as you know and its not finished now its not all good news because the rain coming down the form of big thunderstorms hitting dry and thats had a fire and it doesnt necessarily soak in to the ground so they get repeated showers its cooldowns more rain to come and the fires will be quenched to some degree in New South Wales the rain might also cause flooding in fact it has already caused some flooding but as long as its collected i suppose thats good news and this is the forecast for friday so showers potentially there all the way from east victoria through most of New South Wales and right up through queensland and on shore breeze keeps it cooler temperatures nowhere that high in the interior theyre approaching 40 on that is in perth there are 2900 russia has it west australia to what has happened to change things thats just a change of pattern and on saturday the showers move bit further east theyre still there in New South Wales if it was quite big ones again flash flood potential fewer in victoria than there are in New South Wales thats where all the excitement is up here in china and japan is current clearly movement but over land for the most part its quiet wintry weather but there is rain edging up the east coast of honshu. From sunrise to sunset across asia and the pacific explore untold and fascinating stories one o one east on aljazeera. Aljazeera. And one of the top stories here is there a u. S. Senate has launched formal proceedings for the impeachment trial of u. S. President donald trump House Democrats were the formal charges triggering the Legal Process chief justice of the u. S. Supreme Court John Roberts has been sworn in as the presiding judge. Airstrikes have resumed on edge of province the countrys last remaining rebel held area at least 21 people have been killed in recent days despite a ceasefire being declared on sunday. Libyan warlord holly for have to is in greece for talks after the country was excluded from a planned peace conference this weekend comes after germanys foreign minister said have to was committed to a truce. United states has started the process of moving Asylum Seekers from the border with mexico south to question moller most of the people being put on a plane and flown 2000 kilometers south off from honduras and el salvador which on holeman is at a shelter in Guatemala City john tell us about the caravan thats coming from honduras. You know as you just described lauren theres sort of 2 fronts that are meeting each other at the moment now one of those is that the United States is sending people to and from guatemala thats from mostly from honduras and el salvador they sending them to guatemala saying that this is a safe country these are people who have asked for asylum in the United States but theres also Something Else thats going on right now and thats a caravan you might remember them from a few months and a year or so past of people thats heading up from honduras heading through guatemala and trying to get to the United States now we just been talking to a few of these are just a few of the people here started to arrive at this shelter in Guatemala City coming from honduras weve just been having a chat with them what theyre saying is that theyre fleeing not just crime not just a lack of Economic Opportunities as a lot of unemployment there but also the government itself some people there feel threatened by the state itself in honduras now were getting reports and this is from government bodies that more than 2500 people from honduras have been registered entering guatemala now the problem is not going to come in guatemala the government here has said that they going to let them come through the problem for them is going to be when they get to the border with mexico and thats because mexico has said that theyre not going to let them pass their territory they said that they might be open to giving them asylum but not giving them transit so they can get to the border with the United States mexico is under a lot of pressure from President Donald Trump and his administration to not let anyone through so they can get to the border with the United States so this is going to be a developing story and probably in the next couple of days also going to see these people get into the Mexican Border and then well have to see what happens when smits can Security Forces presumably try to seal that border off and john mayer also getting some lines about 10 question mark cutting its diplomatic ties with venezuela what would you know about that. Yes a producer and part of that he gives his just spoken to the Spokes Person of the Venezuelan Foreign Ministry and what they said is this were not cutting ties with venezuela what we cutting ties with is Nicolas Maduro and his administration say theyre not going to send any people there and theyre not going to speak to his people anymore and theyre saying that theyre doing that because they feel that the rightful president of the country is one quite though and this is particularly i suppose relevant for venezuela because its not just guatemala increasingly in latin america and also across the world their circle of influence is shrinking a lot and a lot more countries choosing to recognize one boy though as the rightful president of that country and this comes even as things in venezuela really heats up as it becomes more difficult for members of the National Assembly which is headed by one white though to even get into that building so theres a real sort of conflict within venezuela at the moment and countries outside in the region are taking sides and theyre increasingly taking them in favor of why though and in opposition to Nicolas Maduro. Gentlemen thank you very much indeed for that live update thank you despite International Pressure to abide by its 2015 Nuclear Deal Commitments iran says it will continue to enrich uranium in a televised speech president Hassan Rouhani said iran has now surpassed the limits set under the agreement a statement comes after 3 e. U. Nations that were party to the deal and watched a dispute mechanism that could lead to additional sanctions being imposed on iran after there is a said baker has more on ronnies comments that hes still willing to entertain talks. It was a very defiant message by president rouhani now we know that iran has been phasing back is cutting back its commitments in regards to that 2015 nuclear deal that started last year its been in 5 phases the last phase was early january now according to that deal theyre not allowed to enrich uranium past 3. 67 percent we know that its over 4. 5 percent we know that theyre not allowed to stockpile uranium more than 300 kilograms we know that theyve exceeded that but iran has been very clear and transparent about this that theyve said that the europeans are not sticking to their commitments as part of that deal so iran has slowly been reducing its commitments president rouhani spoke about the state of the economy he said that we accepted the risks when we started that reduction in commitments yes it has been difficult but the economy is working and again a very defiant message saying to the world that yes we we are reducing these commitments but iran is willing to talk at all these reductions are reversible if the European Countries come back to their obligations to that deal and also saying to the European Countries that they need to stand up to the United States because the United States unilaterally pulled out of this deal under donald trump the Swedish Foreign minister linda and there has been speaking and in sorry has been speaking to british media this morning and she said that the e 3 countries are trying to force iran and the United States back to the negotiating table and back to the j. C. Nuclear deal but she rejected the idea by u. K. Prime minister Barak Johnston that iran should negotiate a new deal under donald trump canada has convened a meeting of countries that last nationals in the downing of a civilian aircraft by irans military last week all 176 passengers on board the Ukrainian InternationalAirlines Flight from tehran to kiev were killed investigators are trying to establish what happened in the flights last moments but the investigation is being undermined by regional tensions if barker reports from london. A moment of reflection for the 176 victims of flight p. S. 752 countries united in grief together in the british capital demanding accountability compensation and eventual closure canada lost 57 people its the merged as the leading voice in the fight for justice there are many many questions families want answers all of the countries assembled here today want answers and the International Community wants answer the world is waiting for those answers and we will not rest until we get to them iran initially denied responsibility for the crash a plane technical failure but later admitted that it shot down the aircraft mistaking it for a u. S. Cruise missile it happened several hours after iran launched a Ballistic Missile strike against u. S. Forces in iraq it was sponsor the u. S. Drone killing of top iranian general kassam selim ani and investigations now underway in iran experts from several countries have been allowed to provide Technical Assistance in the probe ukrainian experts are analyzing the planes black box data recorders but so far few details have been released getting to the heart of what happened to flight p. S. 752 will require cooperation between all of the countries involved but in recent days rhetoric surrounding irans controversial Nuclear Program has escalated and now the u. K. France and germany threatening new sanctions against the country. The 2 was agreed in 2015 to limit the countrys Nuclear Capabilities of return for lifting economic sanctions washington withdrew from the agreement of 28 t. Irans been dropping its commitments ever since and is now enriching more you radium the before the nuclear deal responding to the threat of fresh sanctions president Hassan Rouhani said european soldiers in the middle east could be in danger this tense Political Climate of mutual distrust and suspicion could hamper investigators working together to establish how and why so many lives were lost the park out of london. The taliban says it has offered the United States a temporary ceasefire in afghanistan of up to 10 days to be seen as an opportunity to restart talks in doha between the 2 the President Trump called dead in september the taliban wants foreign troops to withdraw while the u. S. Has said a reduction in violence would see forces pull out in return for security guarantees pakistans foreign minister says the taliban often marks a positive step towards peace United Nations has raised an alarm over the unprecedented food crisis in Southern Africa 45000000 people are facing severe shortages according to the World Food Programme years of drought widespread flooding and economic turmoil are being blamed for the emergency 16 countries in the region have had a normal crop season only once in the last 5 years zimbabwe is the worst hit with 7700000 people thats half the population suffering from severe Food Shortages and one 5th of the population in zambia a regional bread basket is struggling to feed itself gerald burke is the spokesperson for the World Food Program for Southern Africa he says this is a crisis of dramatic proportions and is only getting worse. Time is running out as a say because it can take weeks if not months to procure and ship the food we really do need those commitments very urgently people are struggling artists to choose families are down to one meal a day if even that theyre taking their children out of school or selling off what little they have by way of precious belongings their borrowing money and going into debt so its a crisis of many dimensions and it is getting worse i should also say that the region has had one normal rainy season in the last 5 years the weather forecasts are telling us that in the run up to the next harvest it is going to continue to be exceptionally hot exceptionally dry so the prospects are for yet another poor harvest in Southern Africa this year thousands more people in the philippines have been forced to abandon their homes because of the threat of a major volcanic eruption Evacuation Centers in areas across the tigris from inside now almost full jimmy island again is in one about creation camp at a University Campus and sent to tell us city one of the busiest centers in the area. Weve spoken to the site manager earlier who told us that theyre around 3000 evacuees here already and that there are many more supposed to be arriving but they are moving them in different sites its important to know there that there are at least 100. 00 over 100. 00 evacuation sites across the provinces of but angus and get the well now the situation here although its getting crowded old a little difficult is manageable were seeing a lot of aid coming in from different organizations different groups bringing in much needed food blankets clothes and medicine there is also a daily supply of water beyond the physical discomfort here weve spoken to civilians to say it is the agony of waiting that makes it difficult that is because alert level is still at the alert level for which means the hazard just eruption is imminent so theyre not exactly sure when they can go home because they had to leave everything that they worked hard for behind their children are unable to go to school so now this is exactly what the National Government is asking everyone to be patient because what they need to do is to ensure that when that has or disruption actually strikes almost everyone is ready out of the 14 kilometer danger zone created monday catch up any time on our website the address of that is aljazeera dot com you can watch us live by taking my bike on. Monday now with the top stories and i was here at the u. S. Senate has north formal proceedings for the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump chief justice of the u. S. Supreme Court John Roberts has been sworn in as the presiding judge 99 senators will so sworn in they will act as jurors during the proceedings the trial which donald trump has just been denounced as a condo by the democrats will start on tuesday. Senators and the senate in conformity with your notice for the purpose of joining with you for the trial of the president of the United States im now prepared to take the oath you pay sure left hand on the bible and raise your right hand do you solemnly swear that in all things aberdeen into the trial of the impeachment of Donald Johndroe president of the United States now pending you will do impartial justice according to the constitution and the laws so help you god i do a tax on it province in syria have resumed the countrys last remaining rebel held area at least 21. 00 people have been killed in recent days and hundreds of thousands forced to flee despite a ceasefire declared on sunday that failed to hold russias ministry of defense says it was not behind the bombing the u. N. Says 350000 syrians have been forced to flee the province since and December Germanys foreign minister says the libyan warlord highly for have to is committed to a cease fire even though one that started on sunday failed like a muscle spoke with have to earlier before we secretly flew to greece for meetings in the past few hours a conference on libya is planned for sunday in germany which have to says he may attend his forces have been trying to take control of the capital since hateful the taliban says it has offered the United States a temporary ceasefire in afghanistan of up to 10 days its being seen as an opportunity to restart talks in doha between the 2 that President Trump called dead in september the taliban wants foreign troops to withdraw while the u. S. Is set a reduction in violence would see forces pull out in return for security guarantees to stay with us on al jazeera what i want east has a woman just on the Asia Pacific Region thanks for watching by fast. 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