The senate voted 59 to 21 in favour of going ahead with the trial against Rousseff, which is likely to be held at the end of this month.

At least 250,000 people are believed to have been trapped in rebel-held areas of eastern Aleppo.

The launchers have been hidden from aerial surveillance and they have yet to be armed, but could be made operational within 2 or 3 days.

Japan and the U.S. said they could not accept the proposed changes to the draft by China and dropped the bid for a Security Council statement.