Is piecing together what could be the largest dinosaur that ever walked the earth. Good to have you with us. We begin with the impeachment trial of the former us President Donald Trump which has formally begun, with the charges being delivered by a group of representatives to the senate stopping democrats in congress have accused mr trump of inciting insurrection by encouraging his supporters to attack the Capitol Building while joe attack the Capitol Building Whilejoe Biden was formally being confirmed as the winner of novembers collection. Here is our north america correspondent. It is a rare virtual. Lawmakers filing through the marble halls of congress, the seat of government desecrated less than three weeks ago by a violent mob to signal the start of only the fourth impeachment trial in American History and the second within the space of a year. Passing statues of eisenhower, jackson, jefferson and grant, they carried with them across they carried with them across the Capitol Rotu
Canada to geneva. French oil company has been killed in a plane crash on a moscow runway. We begin in iraq and the governor of kirkook told al jazeera he needs help from the u. S. Led coalition to stoep stop isil from taking the city and the oilrich area lies on the main road between baghdad and arbil and goes from the town of dibs to south of the city to the town of kirkuk and the towns are 500 meters from each other and we have a report from kirkuk. Reporter the kurds own the oil fields but maybe not much longer. There is a 64 kilometer defensive perimeter around this city in northern iraq, kurdish troops replace Government Forces here when isil pushed them out of many cities in june and since then there has been a struggle to hold the ster territory and the governor is asking the coalition to launch intense and sustained assault from the group and isil wants kirkuk oil fields. That is what i said when i talked to them here and that is why its so important for the United States and f
Row over vaccines as the eu threatens to restrict supplies to other countries if it doesnt get what it says is its fair share. As the uk says supplies here wont be affected, the eus Health Commissioner vows to take tough action. In the future, all companies producing vaccines against covid in the eu will have to provide early notification whenever they want to export to vaccines to third countries. Im very confident with the team. We talk to them all the time. They are confident they will deliver for us, yes. And astrazeneca, the bulk of Astrazeneca Oxford is manufactured in the uk because we made that early investment. Well be asking if this row might affect supplies of vaccine here. Also this lunchtime 10 days quarantine in a hotel when you arrive back in england and you pay. The government plan which could scupper Summer Holiday plans. The growing toll of coronavirus. New figures which suggest more than 100,000 people have now died with covid i9. Bracing for the worst on the frontli
Meet up when outdoors in Northern Ireland. And detectives investigating the shooting of 19 year old student in blackburn continue to question three men on suspicion of murder. Good morning. Theres been an increase in the number of people claiming unemployment benefit across the country as the effects of the coronavirus lockdown start to impact the economy. Figures released by the office for National Statistics show the number of people claiming state aid has risen by more than 70 from 856,500 to 2. 1 million, and the total number of weekly hours worked showed its largest annual decrease for ten years, a drop of 25 in the final week of march, after lockdown was introduced. In westminster a group of mps have written to borisjohnson saying the governments testing capability for coronavirus has been inadequate throughout the pandemic, and led to a scaling back of Contact Tracing. In the us, President Trump has said he is taking the anti malaria drug hydroxychloroquine to ward off coronavir
Of eighty the former United Nations shes a Nobel Peace Prize laureate served two terms as the worlds top diplomat later he became the u. N. Special envoy for syria will have a look at his legacy. And commemorating the dead italy holds a stage funeral for the victims of tuesdays bridge collapse in the Northern City of genoa relatives and friends join the countrys leader to say goodbye to their loved ones. Welcome to the program im marrying a. German chancellor on the america all and russian president Vladimir Putin are holding talks here in germany german or russian ties have been tense for years bonked marital stress the need to talk saying controversial issues can only be addressed in dialogue and through dialogue while the conflicts in syria and ukraine are feed. During high on the agenda which also covers Energy Issues and trade. Well im joined now by moscow correspondent emily sure when and Thomas Sparrow whos in mares about where the meeting between putin and merkel is underway an