steps up night time raids on civilians. we will start in the us. the former us president donald trump has been acquitted in his second impeachment trial after last month's storming of the capitol building. the senate vote fell short of the two—thirds majority needed to find him guilty of the single charge of incitement of insurrection. seven republican senators voted with their democratic colleagues, ten short of what was needed for conviction. our north america editor jon sopel has the latest. after four days of acrimonious hearings, the second impeachment trial of donald trump came to a close and the vote to convict or acquit. the senate judges that the respondent, donald john trump, former president of the united states, is not guilty as charged in the article of impeachment. seven republicans did find him guilty — but not enough to convict. the leader of the republicans in the senate voted to acquit, but then launched a lacerating attack on donald trump and his behaviour. there is no question, none, that president trump is practically and morally responsible for provoking the events of the day. no question about it. the people who stormed this building believed they were acting on the wishes and instructions of their president. the events of 6january, when the trump supporting mob most on congress and ran amok after the former president told them to march there, will never be forgotten. closing arguments in this trial set out dramatically different versions of events. the cold, hard truth is that what happened on 6january can happen again. this impeachment has been a complete charade from beginning to end. the entire spectacle has been nothing but the unhinged pursuit of a long—standing political vendetta against mr trump by the opposition party. senators, please be seated. earlier, there was a mighty kerfuffle over whether democrats would call witnesses, following a new disclosure about comments allegedly made by the president while the riot was going on. in the middle of the insurrection, when house minority leader kevin mccarthy called the president to beg for help, president trump responded, "well, kevin, i guess these people are more upset about the election than you are." this wasn't in the script. at times the exchanges seem to belong to the school playground rather than the senate floor. that's civil process. i don't know why you're laughing. it is a civil process. that is the way lawyers do it. to have called witnesses would prolong the trial and is probably the last thing joe biden wants, holding up his plans to push through a covid relief package would make no difference to the trial outcome. but, of course, the person most relieved today's vote will be donald trump. he escapes conviction but he'll go down as the first us president in history to be impeached twice. jon sopel, bbc news, washington. let's look at how events unfolded on the sixth of january. at 8am that morning, president trump again tweeted allegations of vote fraud ahead of his rally in washington dc at ten in the morning members of the proud boy movement, a right—wing militia, are seen heading towards the capitol. at midday, president trump was speaking at a rally and urged his supporters to march to the capitol. and at quarter past one — an officer calls for reinforcements. next — at around 2pm vice president mike pence is evacuated from the senate floor and nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives is taken to a secure location off site. the president tweets his anger towards his vice president. later he asks the protestors to go home. footage shows a sprawling mob, and a sea of people on the capitol grounds. we can get the reaction now of two senior senators. first mitch mcconnell, the minority leader of the republicans. he voted to acquit donald trump. but he said events on the sixth of january wouldn't be forgotton and more action could still be coming. january 6th was a disgrace. american citizens attacked their own government. they used terrorism to try to stop a specific piece of domestic business they did not like. fellow americans beat and bloodied our own police. they stormed the senate floor. they tried to hunt down the speaker of the house. they built a gallows and chanted about murdering the vice president. they did this because they had been fed wild falsehoods by the most powerful man on earth, because he was angry he had lost an election. former president trump's actions proceeded the riot were a disgraceful, disgraceful dereliction of duty. now to the leader of the democrats in the senate, chuck schumer. he says justice has not been done and the american people shouldn't forget what had happened when rioters stormed the us capitol. by not recognising the heinous crime that donald trump committed against the constitution, republican senators have not only risked but potentially invited the same danger that was just visited upon us. so let me say this, despite the results of the vote on donald trump's conviction in the court of impeachment, he deserves to be convicted and i believe he will be convicted in the court of public opinion. he deserves to be permanently discredited, and i believe he has been discredited in the eyes of the american people and in the judgement of history. donald trump has released a statement. he thanked his legal team, and accused the democratic party of getting a free pass to denigrate the rule of law and suppress other viewpoints. he went on to say: "this has been yet another phase of the greatest witch hunt in the history of our country. no president has ever gone through anything like it.". and beautiful movement to make america great again has onlyjust begun. in the months ahead i have much to share with you, and i look forward to continuing our incredible journey together." we can now speak to jennifer kerns who's a republican strategist and the conservative host of all american radio, she joins us from mussel shoals in alabama. thank you for coming on the programme. thank you for having me. do programme. thank you for having me. y ., ~ programme. thank you for having me. ~ me. do you think it was the riaht me. do you think it was the right decision _ me. do you think it was the right decision today? - me. do you think it was the right decision today? i - me. do you think it was the i right decision today? i predict that this would _ right decision today? i predict that this would be _ right decision today? i predict that this would be the - right decision today? i predict that this would be the likely l that this would be the likely outcome. it was very unlikely that republicans were going to have 17 senators go out on a conviction vote even though six republicans earlier in the week supported it. his self but i do think there were many people around him, aides and advisers who stoke to those claims. hopefully now we can move on however i think president trump is not out of the woods yet. our reporting is that chuck schumer is planning to take something to the floor of the us senate and that is an invocation of the 14th amendment of the united states constitution that actually i think would have a good chance of pairs —— passing because democrats did win back the majority of the senate, that would prevent him from running for president in the future. they are going to quickly draw up that resolution. we don't know yet if that will happen or not but say it does not for the time being and nothing does happen. time being and nothing does ha en. ~ ., ,, time being and nothing does hauen. ~ ., , ., , _ ., happen. would you be happy that someone like _ happen. would you be happy that someone like mitch _ happen. would you be happy that someone like mitch mcconnell. someone like mitch mcconnell described donald trump as practically and morally responsible for storming the capital and there are no consequences for that? i think the free market _ consequences for that? i think the free market will _ consequences for that? i think the free market will speak - consequences for that? i think the free market will speak in l the free market will speak in the free market will speak in the united states of america. myself and many other republicans are ready to move on. . ., republicans are ready to move on, ., ., ., republicans are ready to move on. . ., ., , ., . on. hang on. if a democratic president — on. hang on. if a democratic president was _ on. hang on. if a democratic president was in _ on. hang on. if a democratic president was in charge - on. hang on. if a democratic president was in charge and | president was in charge and held a rally and asked people to go, everything we know that has happened, and stormed the us capital on the floor of the house you would say that's just time to move on? i house you would say that's 'ust time to move omi time to move on? i listened to and i read _ time to move on? i listened to and i read the _ time to move on? i listened to and i read the transcript. - and i read the transcript. there were more than 10,000 words that president trump uttered that morning, he spoke for one hour and 15 minutes and i have gone through the tapes several time looking for that one statement that incited a riot. the fbi has said that the riots were planned long before by groups that were spread across the country in different areas and they were not co—ordinating with the tram campaign. so in terms of directly convicting him, i think they did the right thing. there are millions of people still out of work in this country. i am disappointed that this was how the democrats chose to wield their new—found power. i thought thatjoe biden should have called out for the senate and said, look, if we want unity in this country let's forget this impeachment thing, let's move forward, let's have a day of service for covid—19, let's get people back to work in america, let's not focus on the last four years. nathan ballard is a democratic party strategist and attorney. he was formerly the communications director for the governor of california, gavin newsom. thank you very much for coming on the programme. so you herded there, the democrats should have thought unity and moved on. . ., , ., on. yeah, that is one perspective - on. yeah, that is one perspective but - on. yeah, that is one perspective but it - on. yeah, that is one perspective but it is i on. yeah, that is one - perspective but it is clear that today the democrats won the day. they forced the republicans to endorse a lawless mob in the capital. basically, this mob came along and ransacked a sacred shrine of american democracy and now nancy pelosi has succeeded in making the republicans accomplices to tom's mob. many of them voted _ accomplices to tom's mob. many of them voted to _ accomplices to tom's mob. many of them voted to acquit - accomplices to tom's mob. many of them voted to acquit today - of them voted to acquit today and that was not their line. their line was that this was about process and they did not want to set a precedent that a former president could be treated like this. i former president could be treated like this.- treated like this. i think that, really, _ treated like this. i think that, really, the - treated like this. i think - that, really, the republicans who voted with donald trump put it that way out of fear. the democrats have a healthy fear of their left—wing basin that is natural. republicans, on the other hand, fear that their base may assassinate them if they vote the wrong way. that is how much they live in fear. so even though republicans knew that they were voting the wrong way they had to vote with trump because they are so afraid of that republican base that remains loyal to trump. given where we _ remains loyal to trump. given where we are, _ remains loyal to trump. given where we are, acquittal - remains loyal to trump. given | where we are, acquittal today, do you think that the story line under it?— do you think that the story line under it? yes. i think it is really _ line under it? yes. i think it is really the _ line under it? yes. i think it is really the american - line under it? yes. i think it. is really the american public, myself included, we are all exhausted by donald trump. and now we have made sure he is the only president to be impeached twice in american history and, also, this is the most bipartisan rebuke ever delivered in an impeachment process. and i think now it is time to turn the page. i think president biden has played this the right way. he has been off at camp david and has not mentioned his predecessorfor his entire first few weeks in office and now it is time to turn the page and move on. find turn the page and move on. and for the republican _ turn the page and move on. and for the republican party? from where you are sitting do you think this splitting into two parties now? that may be the case. as a part of them, as a democrat, i am enjoying this. as an american i am not. ithink enjoying this. as an american i am not. i think it is sad to see the republican party is so afraid of the extreme right wing trump minority in their party that they have basically become accomplices to mob rule. however, as a democrat i am happy because i believe this portends well for us. i believe that we will represent the mainstream of american voters right now and the republicans are out of the mainstream. apart from the 71 million voters who did vote for donald trump. voters who did vote for donald trum -. , , ., trump. yes. there is not quite enou:h trump. yes. there is not quite enough to _ trump. yes. there is not quite enough to get _ trump. yes. there is not quite enough to get him _ trump. yes. there is not quite enough to get him elected - enough to get him elected president the second time around. ~ ., around. we will leave it there. great to have _ around. we will leave it there. great to have you _ around. we will leave it there. great to have you on. - 0ur correspondent nomia iqbal is on capitol hill on an historic day in washington. it really was. i have to say though there was no real cliffhanger with this impeachment trial. we knew how it was going to end. the only drama that happened was earlier this morning, when there with the potential for witnesses to be called, and this is all because of a phone call that emerged, this was overnight, a story emerged, that a phone call emerged between donald trump and a republican called kevin mccarthy, which donald trump said was backing the rioters as they were ransacking the congress and this was one of the key arguments that democrats had made that, not only add donald trump insight the mob to carry out the violence that we saw onjanuary 06, but he had no problem with that while they were doing it. but that went away quickly, the call for witnesses, and instead the trial moved swiftly and ended in that result. that we saw, where the republicans back to donald trump, and it was interesting listening to your guest there, about where do the republicans go from here? they made it clear that, even though donald trump is no longer in the white house, he is still someone they value very much for their party. the stakes were always high for this impeachment trial, not just for them but for the country because it opens up the possibility that donald trump could run for the office in the future again. let's get some of the day's other news. a strong earthquake has hit japan, just weeks before the tenth anniversary of the quake that caused a nuclear meltdown in fukushima. at a magnitude of 7.3, the earthquake produced powerful shaking along parts of the east coast, and was felt strongly in tokyo, but triggered no tsunami alert. no major casualties have been reported, but more than 50 were injured. local news broadcast images of a landslide on a highway, but there were no other immediate reports of significant damage. there are calls for china to make more data about the earliest stages of the coronavirus pandemic available. the world health organization says only limited information was given to the team that visited wuhan where the pandemic started. the who says information had been withheld despite repeated requests. beijing has insisted it has been transparent with the investigators. of the coup have released the names of seven opposition activists they want arrested. large demonstrations against the military takeover have continued across the country. paul hawkins has more. an eight successive day of demonstrations, this was yangon city on saturday afternoon, hundreds of thousands still mounting and still ignoring the military crackdown on the protests. the latest tactic by the coup leaders, suspending security forces from detaining suspects or getting property without court approval and they release the names of seven opposition activists they accuse of disturbing tranquillity, a rarely used charge. human rights watch and said 300 have been detained, many during nighttime raids. irate many during nighttime raids. we have many during nighttime raids. - have neighbourhoods now trying to organise, using pot banging when it looks like the military or police are coming into the local area to possibly arrest someone, to warn someone. so, it really has become a situation where the crackdown is now going after anybody that the military identify that the leaders of these protests. meanwhile, football is also playing its part in protests, outside the national stadium, many of the countries top footballers to be making their voice heard. translation: ~ voice heard. translation: ., , voice heard. translation: ~ ., y translation: we will only play football on the _ translation: we will only play football on the street _ translation: we will only play football on the street until - translation: we will only play football on the street until we i football on the street until we get democracy. we will not play for the national team until the military dictatorship —— under the military dictatorship. we are protesting to send that message. translation: ~ ., message. translation: ., translation: we are football -la ers translation: we are football players that — translation: we are football players that we _ translation: we are football players that we are _ translation: we are football players that we are also - players that we are also citizens of myanmar. we know people have relied on each other in this moment the people from sport is participating in this revolution also. the from sport is participating in this revolution also.- from sport is participating in this revolution also. the us is still the only _ this revolution also. the us is still the only country - this revolution also. the us is still the only country to - still the only country to impose sanctions on the military of myanmar so far with the rest of the world still wondering whether to follow suit, the protests and the arrests go on. paul hawkins, bbc news. let's go to south africa, where the great white shark has drawn tourists for decades, but numbers spotted off the coast of cape town have fallen drastically recently. our africa correspondent, andrew harding, has been investigating the reason for their disappearance. on a hillside overlooking false bay, shark spotters are keeping a close watch on the waves. after all, this coastline near cape town has long been home to hundreds, if not thousands, of the world's most famous predators. until now. south africa's great white sharks — the stuff of nightmares and of nature documentaries — have gone mysteriously missing. wherever you go, if you put your feet into the water, you expect to encounter a white shark. but that's not the case no more. i don't even remember the last i've seen a shark. none at all? no white sharks in false bay. it is two years now since they vanished, and the economic impact has been devastating. the great white tourism industry has collapsed. unfortunately, we are suffering a lot. it is very, very difficult times. for the whole town. the whole town, yes. the whole industry. yes. it is really, really sad. we miss these sharks a lot. but why did they disappear? this amateur footage shows the arrival of two suspects — a pair of orcas, killer whales. could they have scared off all of those great whites? for us, the arrival of these orcas and then the reduction in shark activity does all seem to be correlated. it appears that the orcas arrive and the sharks just are aware they are no longer the apex predator anymore. but here's another theory — local fishermen have been catching smaller sharks to export to fish and chip shops in australia. those sharks formed part of the great white's diet. this quite simply meant that the bulk of their food was no longer available in false bay, so logic tells you if yourfood is not available here, you go look elsewhere, and that is what a lot of us believe is what's actually happened. but other shark detectives see a more complicated crime scene. doctor sara andreotti used to study the great whites here. now she's using a harpoon to scrape dna from smaller species. now we have to collect this very carefully. her view is that the great white population has been shrinking unnoticed for many years because of climate change, pollution, overfishing — a range of human activities. it is not for us just frustrating, it's the feeling that that happened under our watch, you know? we saw the sharks, we saw the numbers were not great and the work we did was not enough to get them the environment, make it protected in a way, or maybe it was just too late. her conclusion is that the great whites did not move elsewhere, they simply died out, their turf taken over by these copper sharks. plenty of beautiful sharks down here but no great whites, none at all, and so many theories about why they may have disappeared but the real fear is that they may have gone for good. perhaps, but nothing in this great white mystery is certain, except the knowledge that we humans are, as usual, prime suspects. andrew harding, bbc news, south africa. this should have been one of the mostjoyous weekend in brazil has my calendar, the rio party is one of the biggest parties in the world but it is cancelled and it is hit business hard and the country is suffering. stricter bars and overflowing with colour, this is what rio typically looks like during carnival, february 2020 saw parties in full swing, fast forward and the scene is very different. translation: ., .,., translation: compared to other ears, translation: compared to other years. everything _ translation: compared to other years. everything is— translation: compared to other years, everything is paralysed, . years, everything is paralysed, we are praying and grateful for the little that is still coming in but without carnival, there is no movement.— in but without carnival, there is no movement. the financial toll is undeniable. _ toll is undeniable. translation: , translation: everything financially _ translation: everything financially depends - translation: everything financially depends on - translation: everything - financially depends on crowds. we need a crowd to sell beer, for people to get together for a party, a birthday, a football match, all of this involves a crowd and the pandemic cancelled all crowds. it has cancelled all crowds. it has cancelled our work, 100%. but this is all come about because of the harrowing human cost of the pandemic. brazil is one of the pandemic. brazil is one of the worlds worst affected countries with more than 9.7 million coronavirus cases, and the number of deaths approaching 240,000, and counting. in a tribute to the victims, the rio sombre drone, usually the heartbeat of the can that carnival has been eliminated. the hope is a triumphant return in 2022 and for that, the hopes are pinned on a vaccine and so comes a need for diversification. translation:- need for diversification. translation: ., ~ , translation: the workers -- the callers will — translation: the workers -- the callers will need _ translation: the workers -- the callers will need to _ translation: the workers -- the callers will need to carnival, - callers will need to carnival, we need for vaccines. we have donated them now to the health ministry, this was a small adjustment for the storage of vaccines for millions of health sites throughout brazil. but, for now,, the sequins and feathers remain on ice, also. that is it from me. back with the headlines in a few minutes time. please go to the website for more news any time. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @lvaughanjones. this is bbc news. goodbye. hello. the temperatures in the isles of scilly reached 10 degrees celsius on saturday evening and that's the first time we've had double figures in the uk in a week. so, the sun is now setting on this spell of bitterly cold weather. for all of us in the week ahead, it will be much milder. we'll notice it by day and by night but it means the return of spells of rain in what will be quite a blustery week. already, as sunday begins, milder air is nudging into westernmost parts. for many of us, it's one last cold morning as temperatures hover close to freezing. there is a bit of wet weather moving in from the atlantic and, for scotland and northern england, there's a chance of seeing some freezing rain, rain that freezes instantly as it hits the surface and that could make things treacherously icy in some spots as we go through sunday. so, do have that in your mind if you have to be making a journey. for all of us, it will be cloudy and there will be outbreaks of rain spreading eastwards as the day goes on and it will be windy, the eastern side of northern ireland, western scotland, into the outer and inner hebrides. we are going to see some gusts up to around 70 mph, so some big waves, and if you are outside, you will notice it feeling much milder. whereas across the eastern parts, well, it is still another cold day but not quite as cold as it's been and temperatures will continue to rise as we go through sunday night. cloud and outbreaks of rain still across parts of england and wales going into monday morning. elsewhere, some clearer spells and a few showers. these are the temperatures as we start off on monday morning. many of us did not even reach that for a high in the past week. so, the air is coming from a different direction, low—pressure dominating things now, pulling in air from the southwest, but it's on that flow, we will get these wet and windy weather systems at times. but, again, this flow is from a different, warmer direction and lifting temperatures above the average for this time of year for some of us. still a bit of rain affecting parts of the eastern side of england as monday begins. some showers pushing from southwest a large part of the day will be dry. some breaks in cloud and a few sunny spells. 13 celsius in london, 9 in glasgow. it stays mild for the rest of the week. there will be further spells of rain and it will be blustery but what a different week from last week! this is bbc news, the headlines: donald trump has been acquitted in his second impeachment trial after senators failed to reach the two—thirds majority of votes needed to convict him. the former president was facing one charge of inciting an insurrection after protesters stormed the us capitol building in january. seven republican senators voted with democrats by 57 to 43 to convict mr trump while others openly condemned his conduct. meanwhile he's put out a statement vowing to carry on fighting with his �*beautiful, patriotic followers'. and in other news, myanmar�*s military leaders, who seized power in a coup almost two weeks ago, have released a list of seven opposition campaigners they want to arrest. it comes as the army performs night—time raids, following mass protests. a strong earthquake has hit japan, just weeks before the tenth anniversary of the quake that caused a nuclear meltdown in fukushima. at a magnitude of 7.3, the earthquake produced powerful shaking along parts of the east coast, and was felt strongly in tokyo, but triggered no tsunami alert.