And its expected to get bigger with people hoping to reach the u. S. The United Nations considers setting up a Monitoring Mission in libya to keep an eye on any potential future cease fire. I mean again this news in the United States where the senate has launched formal proceedings for the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump as democrats have read the charges in congress what set in motion the Legal Process the trial which donald trump has denounced as a condo by the democrats is going to start next week i did jocasta reports from capitol hill. The ceremony laden impeachment trial of President Donald Trump is now underway 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 is 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 and again the American People just about all of them are asking the question what is the president hiding this chamber exist pershing eisley 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 a good animal reflexes in animosities and coolly consider how to best serve our country now the senate has summoned President Trump to answer the impeachment charges to hopes its a hoax Everybody Knows that but its unlikely hell make an appearance if his attorneys who will plead his innocence in opening arguments scheduled for next week. Well heidi is joining us now from capitol hill heidi where are we in the process where do we go from here. Well rob that summons has been issued by the senate is likely now at the hands of the white house and its directed to President Trump himself but its very unlikely that he himself will be answering to the accusations against him rather he has indicated he will be sending his attorneys to argue his case on tuesday in the afternoon that is when the senate will reconvene with the impeachment trial with Opening Statements from either sides we expect those statements to perhaps last several days and only afterwards will the question of witnesses be addressed which would introduce an entire wildcard into this trial scenario again it takes 2 thirds majority of the senate in order to convict and remove the president from office. I do thanks very much indeed. Well 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 our White House Correspondent kimberly has more on this 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 i want to get the truth out. In an interview harness who is in court for various financial and corruption charges describes the live ring 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 was going on he was aware of when movements these new allegations come at a sensitive time for the president 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 but i dont know i have never had a conversation that i remember with them democrats are pushing for witnesses like parness to testify 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 row 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 Maria Vonnegut from her 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 orion grammas d. C. Bureau chief of the intercept its an online investigative News Organization is joining us live from washington d. C. Thank you very much indeed for your time so one of the key questions in this situation is going to be whether or not witnesses are going to be called how likely do you think that is. You know its becoming increasingly possible lets lets put it that way because the way that a lot of these the way that these decisions get made is by a majority vote and democrats have 47 members of the chamber so if they can convince 4 republicans to join them then. They can you know move on these procedural questions its interesting though that this has become such a focal point and part of that is because the a lot of the suspense is drained out of this occasion because everybody kind of acknowledges that what the president is accused of he did quote the question is whether or not that is impeachable you know a lot of republicans have you know some publicly will say well there was no pressure but most will say ok yes you know but this is what president s are allowed to do and even if it was wrong it wasnt so wrong that its an Impeachable Offense and so because you have the. Facts of the matter kind of stipulated to by both sides then you start to have debates about the process that were going to undergo to get to get through this trial rather than debating the facts themselves you know for those of us watching from the outside one gets the impression. That this is essentially being staged for an audience of american politicians and for the media how engaged are u. S. Voters in all of this process. Theyre not terribly engaged at all and its i think significantly because of the reason that i just said where theres actually no suspense over whether or not the president committed the act that he is accused of you know we have a trial and if we have a transcript of the phone call where he you know pressures the ukrainian president to launch an investigation against joe biden we have. Everybody from Rudy Giuliani to is now his and his bag man to everybody else saying that theyre that this that this happened and so with without the mystery that without the whodunit. Its difficult to keep people involved and also you know the American People are not terribly concerned with what goes on inside ukraine theyre theyre theyre just not this seems like a distant. Kind of severe of influence to most voters and i think democrats probably made a mistake by not including the more salient corruption charges around him all humans claws around the you know the government use of Trump Properties and other ways that trump has profited from being president those are the kinds of things that you can get people interested in but democrats decided to keep it very focused just on this ukraine question if as you say that the outcome of this process is pretty much a given where you obviously yet to see for them that will be there is still an element of doubt that will be focused on in the impeachment trial itself of course but given what we know given the evidence thats been appearing head of the impeachment process in the last couple of days how do you think this is going to play out when it comes to the election that were going to be facing in a few months time are people actually going to care that much is it going to influence their decisions when it comes to voting. Right and its its not even a few months to well it depends if you mean the general election or the primaries but you know the the Iowa Caucuses start in. Early february you know theyre right around the corner and the wild card here is that if democrats succeed in bringing witnesses into this question the republicans have signaled that they plan on calling as a witness hunter biden and joe biden and thats going to throw it enormous wrench into the into the president ial politics no need neither of those moments are likely to go very well for the bidens on the other hand the but biden is certainly hoping hoping that it will create some type of partisan rally around real rally to his standard you know im under attack by republicans they fear me so everybody should come to my defense but so youre right to identify what the real wild card is in this question of how it how its going to impact the president ial Campaign Going green thanks very much indeed for your time. Bunny more ahead on the news hour including a deadly winter in pakistan authorities declare an emergency in several areas hit by avalanches and blizzards. The u. N. Is warning of a grave food emergency in parts of Southern Africa and it says Climate Change is to blame. And baseball rocked again another manager loses their job as the astros cheating scandal by its followers got more. Russians denied bombing civilians in the deescalation zone in syria as a liberal than attacks on the countrys last remaining rebel held area resumed on wednesday despite a cease fire at least 21 people have been killed in recent days got to look as oduya as more. The damage caused by one of several airstrikes in the Northwest Province of a plant survivors trying to salvage whats left. Emergency crews combed the rubble to recover the body of a child was one of the other civilians were among the casualties in his lips city. In the afternoon it lib says he was targeted by sukhoi 23 jets they hit the Industrial Area and alcohol markets she must of those hurt have serious injuries. In a nearby hospital friends console a father grieving his son want. A ceasefire which started on sunday was shattered on when so. 6 jets attacked it the 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. Fighters are going to al qaeda are the strongest forces in the serious home to around 3000000 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 bombed theyre dying because theyre hungry russia and turkey are reported to have been to go she to be a sampling of a secure zone for the displaced during the winter and russia has announced humanitarian corridors have already been established to allow people in itll have to cross over into Government Health territory its unclear how many have chosen to go karts e. L. O. Piece of the young aljazeera more than 5000000 children have been displaced since the conflict began in years ago thats according to the u. N. Which says young people are subject to alarming rates of abuse a report by the Un Commission of inquiry for syria says warring parties on both sides have killed maimed and subjected children to serious violations progovernment forces used cluster munitions and chemical weapons Sexual Violence and torture were used against men women and children dozens of schools have been destroyed or used for military purposes and more than 2000000 boys and girls are not attending classes regularly. Honey magali is a member of the u. N. Commission of inquiry and syria says the majority of children dying in syria could have been saved. 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 to 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 streets 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 it liberally jhon. You know 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 there are any and president says dialogue over his countrys Nuclear Program is still possible and the televised speech Haasan Rouhani said he wants to prevent war but he also revealed iran is now enriching more uranium per day than before signing the nuclear deal in 2015 to irans accusing europe of yielding to u. S. Bullying after a triggered a dispute mechanism that could really impose u. N. Sanctions on iran but do. Not want to live in when the u. S. Pulled out of the nuclear deal we contacted the other parties and expressed our preparedness to fulfill our obligations however today we in terms of the Nuclear Power we have no limit we are in a much better situation compared to before the deal are you rhenium enrichment today its much higher than that stipulated in the deal we had signed we cannot sit. There bundled in their obligations we will reciprocate. Said begs into iran and says it appears rouhani is still willing to entertain talks it was a very defiant message by president rouhani you know we know that iran has been facing back its cutting back its commitments in regards to that 2015 nuclear deal they 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 risk. 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 has been speaking and 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 Johnson that iran should negotiate a new deal under donald trump 5 countries who losses and when the ukrainian jet was shot down shortly after taking off from takraw on average they ran to take full responsibility for the incident representatives from canada ukraine sweden afghanistan and britain met in london they also want to run to pay compensation to the families of the victims 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 who 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 in response to the u. S. Drone killing of top iranian general cast themselves. 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. 7052. 00 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 deal was agreed in 2015 to limit the countrys Nuclear Capabilities of return for lifting economic sanctions washington withdrew from the agreement in 2018 irans been dropping its commitments ever since and is now enriching more you radium that before the nuclear deal responding to the threat of fresh sanctions president has done ruini 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 in the park out of london. Libyan wally for half the hour has secretly flown to athens is there for talks after greece was excluded from a peace summit in germany this week and it came after a meeting with germanys foreign minister and which is said here was committed to a cease fire even though hes yet to sign a deal and one that started on sunday failed aljazeera has learned that the u. N. Is considering a Monitoring Mission in libya to guard against changing 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 or 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 haftar and fires al suraj the Prime Minister of the un recognized government to moscow for talks seraph signed a cease fire agreement after 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 who 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 ceasefires in civilian clothes in a small area libya is rather larger than the municipality of 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 who has shown he can be both defiant and fickle stands in the way and that general haftar james days aljazeera at the United Nations. And sin and cos there are those in istanbul and she says turkish troops deployed in libya will help in an advisory role but not in combat. Presents are gone actually repeater their reality of that was a older the on the ground because since turkey n. D. Un back government d. N. A. Has signed is a detailed Corporation Agreement on security and defense is some turkish troops have already been deployed some the military doesnt exactly resign it and number about how many troops ive been deployed bout my sources and a grounds told me today that there are air around 18185 turkish troops who are own advisory n. Military Training Mission not combat mission so far Turkish Military hasnt stated anything about a potential sized of the turkish troops that are going to be deployed in the re out to support the jna ed but what we know was that the Turkish Military deployment in libya is going to be noncombat theyre just going to be advising the jna forces and theyre going to be it training at them were corresponding mark were the other war heard it is in tripoli and he says the u. N. Rocky was government as us turkey to help defend the city half the us forces have been striving over the past few months to get into into the Capital City Center but they have not so far because of the Turkish Military existence as a cell in the form of troops or advanced weapons remember that the government of national called said several times that. The request therefore should request. To turkey to send troops and weapons because the government says it is the only libyan legitimate institution by virtue of. Legitimacy it can request officially from another Government Military assistance and thats the same what the president of the un said in several occasions he said that we we will not mind to send troops and weapons to libya as long as we receive an official request of invitation from the legitimate government the government of National Accord said several times that if have. A legitimate. Leader is that. Unofficial mercenaries from our russia from african countries like sudan and chad then the government believe that it is their right it is its right to. To request help from another legitimate government as long as its defending itself and also facing the aggression by have to the forces on the capital tripoli. Still ahead on aljazeera why palestinian authorities are calling israels plans to create 7 and nature reserves dangerous plus. People in poland are illustrating divisions across the political spectrum through the odds and in sports the competitors in the dakar rally have the finish line in sight as they actually. Are. And theres a big storm system developing in the pacific its that thing swirling into British Columbia with this frontal system straight youre right stretching right into california that will bring rain and of course snow to the cascades and strong winds elsewhere in the u. S. But have a southerly breeze out through the plains states is producing a fair amount of rain or snow depending on the temperature its not that cold in minneapolis at minus 2 when if they get minus 10 is if the suddenly keeps blowing temps will keep rising but hes not going to keep blowing now theres the pacific storm on its way and of course is icing strengthens Everything Else has moved east was which means the south least now morning running up to the ohio valley the stars in the north the talking cold air means be down to minus 18 when you take a not cold is going to creep into the midwest so many up his mind history maybe the warmest day of the weekend. Baffert assess standards whether really the breeze is blowing to the northeast there are a few showers around the satellite picture shows you know great detail but you can imagine those showers again are blowing across eastern cuba some places his from the early for example the north coast could be a science coast and this coast larry from costa rica northwards frequent showers i think falls on the storms. But. Will investigate in crime and admission of guilt is the ultimate corroboration. Or is it they are tactics that can be used to get innocent people to confess to crimes they didnt commit witness explores the shocking phenomenon of people incriminating themselves the person who falsely contrast actually came to believe the lie that they were told about their own behavior false confessions on aljazeera. When the news breaks today the current government has lost trust the people they cant do anything because the protestors are against it when people to be hurt by supply working represent the law for sure for opponents of brechts its drawing from the conservatives aljazeera has teams on the ground right now hopes the meeting in paris will push politicians to create a competent and credible government to bring in the room when documentaries and nightly on air and online. Youre watching aljazeera a reminder of our top stories at this hour the u. S. Senate has launched formal proceedings for the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump the chief justice of the u. S. Supreme Court John Roberts has been sworn in as the presiding judge along with 99 senators as the jury. And that process has been further complicated after an aide to Donald Trumps lawyer claimed the president knew exactly what was going on with efforts to pressure ukraines leader. Russias denied bombing civilians in syrias it lived province attacks in the area resumed on wednesday breaking a ceasefire agreed by russia and turkey came into effect on sunday at least 21 people have been killed there in recent days. More than 2700 people have entered guatemala in a fast growing u. S. Bound caravan that originated in honduras mexicos government is bracing for the arrival of hundreds of migrants on its southern border with guatemala most people only skipping chronic poverty or Gang Violence u. S. President donald trump is pressuring mexico and Central American nations to accept more migrants is the administrations also beginning the process of sending Asylum Seekers from the u. S. Border with mexico to guatemala but john holmes at a shelter in Guatemala City john just fill us in a little bit more background about the caravan of migrants is heading from honduras and the kind of conditions that youre seeing at the camp there. Yeah definitely that were actually in the overflow section of citys biggest. Migrant shelter the cost of that migrant a couple of hours ago there was no one here let me show you what there is here now there is food still to being given out now people are rising food water he has i say in the last couple of hours weve seen a lot of people here because clothing bins of finesse you turn to your left a little bit there looks people here putting on fresh clothes a lot of them been traveling a couple of days already to ride from honduras and then you can see people just beginning to bed down for the night theres quite a lot of people of the earth and you said actually in your introduction the people that are coming here coming for Different Reasons some of them weve been speaking to coming because they say basically i dont earn enough to live on so much in debt as a result of not learning enough to live that i cant go in my country need to get out other people are saying that they need to escape from violence doris in particular you can see i think theres so many things being handed out here people quite handsome clothes when they can a lot of other people saying they trying to escape violence in honduras in particular is really been in the grip of several gangs for quite a number of time gangs from the modest suffered through to their code so a lot of people are trying to escape as well now as you said these people are trying to get up through mexico and probably to the United States mexico has said that its not going to allow that its been under a lot of pressure from President Donald Trump the United States for quite some time to not allow people from Central America to reach the u. S. Is southern border so you can expect once these people get to the border of guatemala or mexico to be met with quite a. Sort of strict resistance there thats probably going to be in a day or 2 to come john as we were talking about before the u. S. Is now sending Asylum Seekers from the its border with mexico back into guatemala thats obviously going to put pressure on guatemala and its ability to be able to support this influx of my. Yeah its like 2 fronts sort of colliding at the moment let me tell you exactly whats happening there the u. S. Has argued that guatemala is a safe 3rd country for Asylum Seekers particularly from honduras and el salvador so that when people from honduras and el salvador get to the United States border instead of having to sort of process their claims for asylum there they can instead fly them to guatemala as a safe country and they can instead apply for asylum in guatemala now of course the critics of that policy have said what the model is it a country. A lot of people even from guatemala going to the u. S. Border because he has problems with its economy its one of the poorest countries in latin america and it also has problems with violence as well not as much as honduras and el salvador but theres gangs here and thats not coming from me that such me coming from a u. S. Travel advisory that was put out in 2019 a warning its citizens not to go to guatemala warning them to exercise cool shipping going to parts of guatemala because of gangs because of robbery and because of safety problems with the country thats the same country that the United States is selling sending Asylum Seekers from honduras. Because its supposedly a safe country john and then were going to be checking in with you as those numbers from honduras particularly increase but for now thank you very much indeed well the lower house of russias parliament has overwhelmingly approved. As the nations new Prime Minister he succeeds Dmitri Medvedev who resigned along with the entire government on wednesday after president Vladimir Putin announced major constitutional changes that informs could see putin retain major influence over policy even after the end of his final term as president in 2024. The taliban is saying its offered the United States a temporary ceasefire in afghanistan of up to 10 days is being seen as an opportunity to restart talks in doha between the 2 that President Trump cold 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 offer marks a positive step towards peace. Is following the story from the Afghan Capital kabul he says theres some uncertainty over what exactly the announcement will mean in practice. What the significance is of this latest announcement of what many are calling a ceasefire what the taliban are referring to is a reduction in violence the significance really depends on what happens next now from our part here the bureau in kabul weve spoken to members in the Leadership Structure of the taliban both here in afghanistan and as part of the negotiating team in doha in qatar and what weve been told is that they cannot confirm exactly how long a ceasefire will be the initial reports were suggesting between a week to 10 days they do not want to confirm any specific timeline but they can say that they have agreed in principle in a letter that was delivered to the u. S. Negotiators for a short reduction in violence and that reduction in violence language is very important here they were keen not to call it a cease fire they acknowledge that perhaps that is what many are referring to it as actionable on the ground that is likely what it may look like if an agreement is reached but theyre keen not to call it specifically a cease fire referring to it as a reduction in violence because they dont want to interrupt any sort of. They dont want to cause any sort of disruption within their ranks the taliban are very focused on the fact that within the ranks of their own organization there is a great deal of skepticism when it comes to negotiating with the United States the taliban also know that their biggest bargaining chip that the main power source they have in any sort of talks is their ability to have military strength and their ability to carry out Violent Attacks both on the provincial and district level allen says extensive snow fall and harsh Winter Weather have killed more than 100 people across pakistan in the past few days and weather emergency has been declared in many areas with experts saying the cold spell is likely to continue. Has more from the countrys northwest. The while in snow is strong and heavy rain had left a trail of destruction particularly in pakistans Northern Area and pakistani administered kashmir most of the problem is because d of the boy infrastructure which could not take the weight of the recent dawns as you can see he didnt rule there not stand a chance against the heavy snow that were dumped over this area by digressive them i guess on has to concentrate on improving infrastructure because most of the ball people indeed the regions are already living on steep slope which are wild every driver laundered and landslides and the fact that most of the poor cannot afford properly accommodation and although the government keeps promising new homes it would be better to concentrate on how to improve the standard of construction even in the rural areas of progress on to mitigate the effects of Climate Change and 2000000. 00 might casually play a film on the sun less on the pond a coffee either due to heavy snow the roof of this Building Collapse causing a lot of damage and losses despite the toll claims from the government we havent received any help and are at the mercy of gone government filled full park a common should immediately are symmetry to send big helicopters for rescue and relief operations are small helicopters are not able to cope with visit conditions not help but rescue off lots of people who are in dire need of highly a cording to the buckets on made here logical department this was an unusual bomb that emanated from the air a b. And c. And because they had picked up moisture from the sea where surface temperature not already warming a bonded area norgaard grid heavy rain expected in all which had blog logistic and rescue and relief. If efforts have been hampered mostly leave all but asians are now being carried out by Pakistani Military helicopters but the warning signs are quite clear for fagots on it had already seen devastating floods and now makes even roll catastrophes every issue of Climate Change is not expected globally august on earth go ahead rape or infrastructure what we have been able to see a damage to the adverse struck just caused by heavy snow and also the fact that because of deforestation most of the landslides are now happening in the mountainous region and sometimes even avalon caves which has claimed a number of lie and pakistani administrate crush me this may be a warning sign for a country like bhagavan richard one of the most while notable country then dont worry when it comes to the effects of global Climate Change the Palestinian Authority says it will complain to the un after israels defense minister authorized 7 new nature reserves in the occupied west bank the Palestinian Environment Authority says israel has already occupied 32 of its 52 nature reserves as well has built more than 250 illegal settlements in the occupied west bank home to more than 600000 israelis made a booking reports from on monday in the Jordan Valley in the occupied west bank. Still dont know the exact locations of the areas israel is to declare as need to preserve what a man there is one of them is really fully controls more than 60 percent of the occupied west bank so building is already not allowed but these measures are expected to impose more restrictions particularly on farmers and shepherds nature reserves those military areas and historical flights are all seen here as part of a policy that aims to drive palestinians. You know her on about how much of many people have already left because of the lack of grazing land and these are really harassment they sold all the sheep and if it keeps getting worse i will leave to this Israeli Defense minister Neftali Bennett has made the announcement bennett is a right wing politician who usually gets to support from israelis residing in illegal settlements this comes a few weeks before the israeli elections and is considered the way for bennett to shore up his support among his base now palestinian officials are saying that israeli politicians use an anti palestinian rhetoric just to win more votes more people in Southern African countries are facing severe for Food Shortages than ever before the 45000000. 00 people now in the grip of a hunger crisis the u. N. World food program says its data shows the crisis is on an unprecedented scale and its only going to get worse this blaming the emergency on years of drought widespread flooding and economic turmoil the 16 countries in the region have only had one normal crop season in the past 5 years zimbabwe is the worst hit with half the population suffering from severe Food Shortages and 20 percent of people in zambia struggling to feed themselves book is the World Food Program a spokesman for Southern Africa and he says its a crisis of dramatic proportions and its 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 they are destitute families are down to one meal a day if even that theyre taking their children out of school theyre 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. They have a divide between the political right and left and poland has extended to a battle for the countrys cultural spaces especially the arts conservative attitudes are often at odds with more liberal thinking not just in politics but on stage 2 that reports. To the street a cold night in good danskin thousands of people pay tribute to their format damn of it should campaign for the rights of migrants was murdered on stage at this very event a year ago. This years fundraiser here part of a National Charity drive raising money for hospital equipment was dedicated to him. It used to be shown live on Public Television since 2017 its only been carried by a private channel. This events been going for nearly 3 decades but in recent years its become controversial for some people here and its just one example of the culture wars being waged between liberals and conservatives. The head of one Regional Councils actually refused to take part in this years fundraiser claiming the event had become political this year was supposed to be in on our 2 ma it has been and who was murdered i asked pawel a dime of it shes with now a center left member of the European Parliament and campaigner against hate speech what she made of that maybe they are not aware bad in day or sell of there is a lot of hate there is a lot of maybe disappointment in daily life and a half. Bad idea but as we see in the air by here only half and new. Records we gather more in law said that. Some poll sympathetic to the ruling lower and Justice Party see the charitys founder yes as a left wing in his politics or at odds with traditional values. Its a view shared by todays cruise joint speaker who hosts a Current Affairs show in public. Television. His liberal attitude is expressed in his motto do whatever you want at the same time he supports very problematic issues like abortion and euthanasia which are contrary to the current governments vision and that struggle for control over polands cultural space is now moved here in this. Between art and society the. Center for contemporary arts in warsaw the new director here who was appointed by polands culture minister has spoken of the art world being dominated by a neo marxist ideology saying he wants to promote artists with other views conservative patriotic profamily this nomination is. Of. Known for extremely conservative views and. He doesnt have access to our community which will make this mission extremely difficult polands Political Landscape is perhaps more polarized than its ever been with little appetite for compromise thats only likely to make it harder to see the world through someone elses eyes and the aljazeera warsaw. Still ahead on aljazeera and in sports catch of the day or perhaps not a moment to forget for this goalkeeper at the asian championships. Or. His father with the sports. Thanks very much Major League Baseball sign stealing scandal has seen another big name lose their job Carlos Beltran stepped down as manager of the new york mets on thursday a belgian played for the Houston Astros during their 2017 world series winning season which was under investigation the team were punished by the m. L. B. For using an on field camera to detect pitch or signs from opponents which is against the rules a report claimed beltran played a pivotal role in the deception hed only been the mets manager for 3 months and hasnt yet taken charge of a game. The New Orleans Police Department has issued an arrest warrant for n. F. L. Football star odell back in junior for allegedly slapping a Security Officer 2nd junior was involved in this incident in the Louisiana State teams locker room after this weeks Us College Football championship footage posted on social media appears to show him hitting the officer on the backside the 27 year old is a former Louisiana StateUniversity Player back in junior is wanted on a simple battery warrants theres one day to go at the 1st dakar rally to be staged in the middle east with carlos sainz and ricky brodbeck poised to take the main titles barring a surprise saints looks set to claim his 3rd success in the car category the spaniard holds a 10 minute lead on the field after the 11th stage in the bites race american brodrick has an advantage of nearly 14 minutes as the looks for his 1st dakar title the drivers and riders have just 447 kilometers left to negotiate before the final stage and on friday. Founder storms have helped clear the air in melbourne ahead of tennis its 1st grand slam of the year which starts on monday smoke from bushfires that badly affected some players taking part in the Australian Open qualifiers earlier this week defending mens champion Novak Djokovic has been drawn against germany xian leonard stross transam is the reigning womens champion the 22 year old admitting she still gets nervous at the sight of Serena Williams before work to talk to serena she talks to me and i get surprised that she talks to me and that i dont talk that. This is a serious thing. No i just see. Her. And she is i dont know i dont like playing when she talks to me to be honest. The draw also delivered another opening round match up between 15 year old coco golf and Venus Williams the teenager caused a sensation by knocking the 7 time grand slam champion out of wimbledon last year world number one ash barty will face lisas soaring create in her 1st match barty finding form as well on thursday she eased into the semifinals of the Adelaide International beating mark vonder of soviet in straight sets. The draw for next years Rugby League World cup received a lot of extra attention on thursday with prince harry hosting the event at Buckingham Palace is a patron of englands a Rugby Football League were hosting the tournament in october and november 2021 this was harrys 1st Public Engagement since he announced hes stepping back from his royal duties. Goals for steer a peon tour event of the year is underway in abu dhabi world number one brooks capita is making his 1st appearance since reinjuring his need back in october american shot a 66. 00 and is tied for 2nd with australian Jason Scrivener heres italys renate pro toure on the 18th the world number 273 fired a round of 64 to sherry 2 shot lead shaun norris of south africa englands cricketers produced a strong finish to the opening day of the 3rd test with south africa in Port Elizabeth the doors closed on 224 for 4 after choosing to bat 1st about it with 2 wickets for south africa. Former barcelona star chavis says he turned down the chance to be their new coach as he knew it wasnt the right time for him to accept the job hes currently in charge at catterick club side and very good full of. Was going to go for the proposal about this is not the right time for me of course is my dream to go. But its not the right time and of course because it be a nice piece of ready to go to barcelona i love him as a god john i wish him all the best of course my heart these before but as a loner im now always for it because at the end i wish him all the best. The group stages of the asian under 23 championships were completed on thursday with the finalists from 2 years ago vietnam knocked out and no things to their goalkeeper they were leading into north korea when a howler from rita and levelled the march on a pretty replay for him or the Vietnam Veterans to go on to lose 21. 00 and exit the competition after finishing bottom of their group. Of 3 medals were up for grabs on day 7 of the competition at the winter youth olympics and it was an japans man in china as women took the titles in the mass start speed skating events but the drama came on the curling rink this was the last stone of the mixed team final between norway and japan which was level out for all the new agent team with the perfect attempts knocking out their opponents in clinching the Decisive Point to win the match to norway 2nd gold medal of the games so far. And thats all your support for now more later. And ill be back in a moment with more of the days news i from a. Frank assessments the one good thing about these bush fires is that its really wiping out the politics of Climate Change informed opinions economy i think is actually whats keeping donald trump afloat right now critical debate sequel on both through school youve been told what the law is all d about this argument is astonishingly patronize an indepth analysis of the days headlines this is the beginning for a new iraq of the new conscious and aware youth about struggle against an ethnic sectarian cult or inside story on aljazeera. The Climate Crisis and the environment take center stage at this years World Economic forum in davos Business People experts and leaders from around the world can expect an icy reception from some as they discuss how to save the planet from the threat of rising temperatures get the latest updates on al jazeera. In a 2 part series. Observes the lives of 2 children. Over 20 years. Where insights into circumstances that shape lives. In a rapidly changing world. 20 years of mean continues with good morning groups in young on aljazeera. We understand the differences and similarities of cultures across the land. So no matter what you seek out is enough to bring you the needs and current fantasies that matter to the. Aljazeera. You will do impartial justice according to the constitution and the laws so help you god i do as the impeachment trial against President Donald Trump officially begins there are new revelations about his alleged efforts to pressure ukraine to investigate a political rival. Rob matheson this is all just here live from doha also coming up hundreds of migrants enter guatemala to join a rapidly growing caravan with hopes of reaching the and i