Scuffles at the border between guatemala and mexico hundreds of wygant trying to head to the u. S. First a fire now flooding heavy rain sweeps across eastern australia. Has been a nicer violence in lebanons capital as protesters demand a resolution to the economic crisis but its turned water cannon integris on demonstrators in beirut when 200 people have been injured in a horde of reports. Rage in the streets of the capital in what might be a new phase in an uprising against lebanons leadership that is now in its worst months fierce confrontations between antiriot police and antiestablishment protesters turned downtown beirut into a war zone this is the epicenter of a protest movement that until a few days. It was relatively peaceful running battles began when demonstrators who want the Political Class they blamed for mismanagement and corruption to leave power tried to Storm ParliamentBuilding Security forces responded with tear gas like the message protesters to back off and that they cant win and i think that the message of everybody here is that. Lebanons economy has been in turmoil for months a proposal to tax whats up holes which should be a free service triggered the protests in mid october unemployment was rising and the lebanese local currency was losing value in an economy everybodys going to everybodys going to need to do this. I dont have to convince anybody about whats happening today its clear whats happening who can get their money in the banks we lost a job finally everything that says. It was an amazing country they took everything. This is our only option is to go down on the streets and violence we have to use violence and off i think a 40 year career up the government. There is anger at banks which imposed caps on withdrawals there is a shortage of dollars its been almost 2 hours since the violence began antiriot police have been using excessive amounts of tear gas to disperse the crowd but. Protesters are defiant the wounded were in the dozens both protesters and Security Forces were taken to hospitals there is a political vacuum many lebanese are growing impatient with politicians who are refusing to form an independent Government Free of the influence of Political Parties instead they are bickering among themselves for ministerial posts in the next cabinet thats you know got. From an Office Allegedly technocrats that was really just a smokescreen for the old ruling oligarchic elite so the processes were really upset this is the 3rd night of violence as tuesday when activists said they plan to revive the momentum of the protest movement after a brief lull they announced what they called a week of rage they seem to be living up to that promise. The United Nations has already described events in lebanon as dangerous chaos it is what comes next that many fear that a fatality to be able to. And might have is director of research at the arab sent to washington d. C. He says the ruling elite just isnt doing enough to also people of the hmong problem is that the ruling class is not responding to what people on the streets want. Pony of course one of them performing the formation of a new government even though the protesters have given the new. Prime minister designate. A whole month so far to form this one called government but apparently he is not being allowed even by the people who leave him and they picked him to do that job not being allowed to vote that government so the state county is really very very and in very bad shape unemployment. Exchange rate the local currency everything has collapsed and things are going well that mean whats happening or since tuesday has been expected i mean that people cannot take it anymore this is weve just entered the 4th month and i think its going to go on like this at all. To libya now where waller had evolved and the leader of the un recognized government have arrived and then the head of a highly anticipated peace conference its hoped progress will be made in the german capital that would lead to a ceasefire in the conflict the turkish russian and french president s are all expected to attend the u. N. Backed meeting on sunday forces loyal to often have attacked 5 eastern oil ports in the state oil has closed down the sites thats expected to result in the loss of 800000. 00 Barrels Per Day of puts mahmouds of the one he does in tripoli and says the oil blockade is already having an impact on global markets. In less than 24 hours their libyan dinar has lost about. 10 percent of its value compared to hard core of his b. Because of the blockade of the terminals and Oil Exporting Ports in the east of the country the United Nations support the mission in libya has 1st concert of the blockade of the installations and its sad that the. Must not be part of the conflict end there and no see thats the state oil for the National Oil Corporation must stay neutral away from the current of the conflict thats going on the oil revenues are of the bag borne of libyas National Income which is estimated at about 55000000. 00 a day lost because of the. As i mentioned earlier World Leaders are gathering in berlin for that conference on libya. Has more from the german capital. This was the moment libyas arch rivals were supposed to agree to a cease fire Prime Minister phases and warlord in moscow for a meeting brokered by Vladimir Putin and. But after walked out of the last minute the collapse of those talks has been a setback for International Efforts to and the conflict many are now waiting to see whether leaders from 12 countries can achieve what eluded put in and done in moscow and persuade rival factions to reach a truce while people in conferences try to do is get agreement between the states meddling in libya to stop their support to the warring parties problem is that western states on the operated put pressure on half past 4 and alters in particular the u. A. E. So the problem is that the foreign medicine. 2nd killing it in ring hollow german chancellor Angela Merkel is pushing for a permanent ceasefire in libya and implementing an arms embargo but that may not be an easy task libya has been marred by an Armed Conflict for years after is leading an offensive to capture tripoli backed by the u. A. E. Arabia france and russia the general has brushed aside reconciliation efforts. Hes intent on defeating his opponent as Prime Minister of the International Recognized government based in tripoli. They were suggesting any talks taking place when tripoli is under a question is an absolute disrespect for those who are killed for the sake of democracy it is a disrespect for those forced out of their villages and cities have to has a list of demands he wants armed factions in the west to disband and his Libyan National army to take over hes also made it clear that the military and maritime deal said was just government signed with turkey should be scrapped for the leaders attending the berlin peace talks the libyan conflict has reached a Tipping Point violence is on the wires and an arche has paved the way for a wave of mass in areas to join the conflict raising fears it could be a prolonged and spillover threatening your security thats why the International Committee is determined to end war in libya. In. Migrants any u. S. Bound caravan have begun crossing into mexico earlier there were scuffles on the quote violent Mexican Border since then mexico has allowed some people to cross Central American countries have come under increasing pressure from washington to stop migrants from reaching the u. S. Border at home and has more from a guatemalan city on the Mexican Border. It was a scuffle it was a few young men who were trying to push their way across and they got repulsed by the Mexican Border guards and then after that the gates of that border bridge closed from then on in the midst of 30 started letting people through the 20th time the question was where they were taking them off to that they would take them in buses to migrant stations state run migrant stations n. G. O. S later told us that the migrants would be able to get out of the question to many that was sort of looking on and not going through that border was wherever they were being processed for visas for work or for asylum or if they were being deported back to them dualists not while a lot of people held back they didnt go through those gates into mexico and they sort of in a standby mode waiting for more people in this caravan to arrive its about full of found some people thats what guatemalan Authorities Say that would go through this country trying to get to mexico and we know that some have gone to another part of the border some of arrived here and a lot of them still on their way still ahead on out to say i mean. Today i am being seriously threatened in my physical integrity and that of my family the venezuelan government is accused of offering bribes to the opposition. And u. S. Airports to screen passengers coming in from china more cases of a deadly new virus have been concern. Hello there some coldplay conditions across northern sections of china we have got one of the. Across the Korean Peninsula studly away from japan but look at this because this is in northern china under those cold clear skies its a week ahead of the Lunar New Year and this is known as the chinese little new years have plenty of good case guys to enjoy the dry conditions as well if you want sunday across the northern sections of the Korean Peninsula maybe just some snow flurries in the not too bad sunday across much of japan one to 2 showers and snow flurries working their way east was all monday but mostly dry across much of china and not a bad day in hong kong 22 degrees celsius now the rain is a very widespread throughout indonesia weve had so few days of dry conditions not sure about sunday across much of borneo its as we head off into monday we see some much heaviest spells of rain this could lead to some localized flooding and also some heaviest piles into northern and Western Areas of a fairly quiet picture in india we have seen a few showers to the north as so quote of course that were also being played again by this fall this is up into punjab and just look at the is so very dense nothing really to clear that either as we go through the next couple of days maybe a few showers into Southern India but still cool in new delhi at a high of just 16. When. That open topped the space. Race is the problem its not accountable and its impossible for people to school end up on people trying to take a lead at the forefront of Strong Demand or song woman getting the growth projection is in. Europes forbidden colony episode 2 on aljazeera. The in the the us. Youre watching aljazeera a reminder of our top stories this hour Lebanese Police turned water cannon and tear gas on protesters demanding a resolution to the economic crisis there more than 200. 00 people have been injured by room. Full of belief a half dollar and the leader of libyas un recognized government of iraq to the head of talks aimed at ending 9 months of conflicts be turkish russian and french president s all all expected to attend the u. N. Fact meeting on sunday. Migrants in a u. S. Bound caravan have begun crossing into mexico earlier there were scuffles on the bottom on the mexico border since then mexico has allowed some people to process. And the u. S. The house impeachment managers have filed a brief laying out their arguments for the charges against the president saying he must be removed from office the trial on capitol hill was formally opened on thursday with Opening Statements expected on tuesday in their briefing documents democrats say trumps removal is necessary to protect the integrity of this years election meanwhile the president s defense team has said trump is on solid legal and constitutional grow scobell and his own daughter has more from washington d. C. Moment teams 1st briefing ahead of that trial. They are going to argue they say the fundamentals of the 2 articles of impeachment against the president the abuse of power and obstruction of congress theyre going to say from a constitutional and legal standpoint that nothing the president as being accused of is necessarily a crime and they will say it does not rise to the levels of high crimes and misdemeanors something the president shouldnt be impeached for so theyll have one argument on a legal basis then they will say also number 2 that theres a procedural problem theyre going to argue that the democrats in the house of representatives did not follow proper procedural avin use when they were pursuing impeachment in the house of representatives and that that was biased against the president theyre going to argue that a number 3 theyre going to also or a few a 3rd more subjective thing they are going to say and they wrote in this brief and this is their words if this impeachment is a brazen attempt to overturn the 2016 election and they will say it is also an attempt to affect the 2020 election theyre basically going to make the argument that the democrats could not be donald trump at the polls and so that is why they are trying to impeach him and kick him out of office well making their own demands for trumps removal from power thousands of protesters in washington and across the u. S. They held rallies marking the 3rd anniversary of the womans months that drew millions of protesters to the streets the day off to trumps inauguration in 2017 as well as the main event in washington rallies were held in chicago new york and los angeles they say trump must go in order to protect city equality and human rights. In yemen 30 government soldiers died in a missile strike in the Northern Region of moderate dozens of people will also enjoy its sources say who the rebels were behind the attack. Members of venezuelas opposition tossing say they have transcripts of government officials offering them bribes i say audio recordings reveal 700000. 00 each was offered for them to turn on later one ls in america editor of c. N. N. Human reports from caracas. A new twist in the hostile takeover of the news whalers opposition controlled parliament. Nearly 2 weeks ago soldiers prevented Opposition Leader from entering the legislature. While a small group of dissident deputies installed their own man as speaker of the house with the governments full support. Now the majority Opposition Leadership is showing would it says is proof of how the government tried to buy off deputies to oust why the law including. The things we agreed on 700. 00 initially there was another proposition of 1000000. 00 i suggested 1. 00 but they came back with 500. 00 and said no thats unacceptable so we arrived ability ground of 700000 which is still money you know. Kina says he met and taped. A deputy whod been expelled from his Opposition Party offering him the bribe just ahead of the january 5th vote for control of parliament he says only 16 out of more than 100 deputies took the bait and that he and others who refused are now in danger. Today i am being seriously threatened in my physical integrity and that of my family aljazeera tried without success to speak to who nevertheless responded to the accusations on twitter calling the recording a hoax and threatening to take his accusers to court for slander he added if deputy mad gina had this audio why didnt he make it public 2 weeks ago after the election as a director of the National Assembly he didnt because he did. Didnt have what is a vulgar montage we asked mccain not the very same question and he responded that it was because of fears for his and other deputies safety now that theyve gone public he says that if anything happens to them they will hold president Nicolas Maduro personally responsible the white house has accused than israel and government of using bribery tactics to oust what it regards as the legitimate Opposition Leadership and slap sanctions on deputy no idea that according to the voice transcript the socalled turncoat deputies met with president mahmoud a personality the night before the bribe offer was made to calculate how many votes were needed. None of this is admissible in a court of law but then its the court of Public Opinion that the opposition is trying to win over. You see in human aljazeera. At least 6 people have been killed by flooding and landslides in southeast brazil firefighters arrived by helicopter on saturday to rescue people trapped in houses buried in mud Officials Say a whole months worth of rain fell in just 24 hours turning streets into rivers its destroying buildings away. After a season of devastating bushfires severe flooding is all sweeping through parts of the strait here heavy rain has soaked coastal areas of queensland and New South Wales for the last few days shelob ellis reports. Risky from fire now carry from floods last week bushfires came within 10 kilometers of the straining rift park never got it coming in the park a war. Since thursday heavy rain has lesh parts of australia as east coast for queensland and New South Wales plagued by record breaking busch buys this was welcome relief i might. Just drinking. In