oh, i m adrian said again. this is al jazeera alive from dough, also coming up. while speaking of confronting north korean threats, the u. s. and south korean president, south of the country help with its cove at 19 outbreak. 13 coming to an end awful election, but opinion polls suggest will end the decade of conservative government in australia. plus, it s difficult to find a street in her pain that hasn t been hit by gunfire or tank shells or mortar rounds. we report from a pin, one of many ukrainian cities and towns struggling to rebuild after russian occupation. ah, a funerals been held for a 17 year old palestinian boy was shot and killed by his worthy forces in the occupied westbank. palestinian factions of called a general strike to mourn. i m jot out fired. another teenager was seriously injured during the rate on that refugee camp in jeanine. it happened in the same area where israeli forces killed al jazeera journalist to be and i will i play last week. and the chan
at the australian open. to set up a 4th round match this afternoon to. the lawyers for us president donald trump is set to begin his defense of the senate impeachment trial shortly they ll have 3 days to counter democratic argument that he abused his power in dealing with ukraine trumps accused of pressure in kiev to investigate his rival former vice president joe biden by withholding military aid he s denied any wrongdoing will go now to heidi joe castro who is standing by on capitol hill in washington d.c. let s start heidi with what we can expect today we know the line they re going to run and they ve said it through out this shouldn t even be happening it doesn t warrant impeachment this shouldn t even be before the senate that s what we ll be hearing today. that is absolutely the crux of the argument stand and we just heard a preview from some of the president s defenders speaking with the media moments ago saying that the democrats case that was laid out over the last 3
committing acts of genocide. i was taught to botley in paris where the sole function design is sustainability is more than a fashion statement. to the program our top story millions of people in china are under lockdown as authorities take unprecedented measures to stop the spread of the deadly coronavirus city of what the capital of a province is at the forefront of these efforts with public transport banned and flights suspended hundreds of people have been infected with the virus and 18 people have died but with hundreds of millions of chinese expected to travel for new year s celebrations at the weekend there are fears the contagion could get worse and now the world health organization is split over whether they should respond by declaring a global health emergency we ll have more on that in a moment 1st though adrian brown starts off our coverage from hong kong. at 1st china s government warned people against traveling to hand the epicenter of the virus now a day later i
Bloodiest onslaught in five years and. Syrian government backed fighters enter our freend provoking a response by turkish troops besieging the kurdish enclave plus. The negotiators are sitting right behind me ready to talk but we will not chase after a heated words at the u. N. After the palestinian president calls for an International Summit to resolve the conflict with israel also. We have to do more to protect our children days after the fall of the shootings president proposes a ban on devices that turn semi automatic weapons into machine guns. Theres been no letup in the Syrian Governments assault on eastern despite a growing International Outcry Syrian Forces are backed by their allies russia bombs rockets and shells have killed at least two hundred fifty people since sunday and the last rebel stronghold near damascus activists are describing the death toll in the last forty eight hours as a massacre and they say its the highest since a twenty thirteen chemical attack on the area
Eastern syria and Government Forces a pounding the rebel held area with airstrikes nearly three hundred people have been killed since sunday. A warning from the u. N. The democratic republic of congo faces a crisis of extraordinary proportions of Ethnic Violence in the east. South africa unveils its budget which the finance minister calls tough but hopeful. And i have all the latest winter games in chiang. Lindsey vonn takes bronze in the womens downhill in what she says will likely. So we begin in syria and the two most important battles being fought in this latest chapter of the countrys new seven year long war rebels holed up in. The capital damascus are refusing to bend to more heavy bombardment activists are accusing russian and Syrian Forces but the kremlin denies any involvement thousands of civilians are traps nearly three hundred have been killed since sunday. At least forty on wednesday Eastern Ghouta was designated a deescalation zone to make civilians safer it is not the on