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it confirms human to human spirit of a new virus and the toll climbs again. besides the loss of the sense of peace feel like there is no. young libyans wonder whether their future lies abroad because of the continually fight for control at home. plus mexico detains dozens of margarets who crossed the border from guatemala on their disparate journey to the united states. u.s. president donald trump has delivered an upbeat headline address at the world economic forum in switzerland that is the final details of his impeachment trial is set to be hammered out on the other side of the atlantic that trump told the gathering of political and business elite that america was experiencing an economic boom like never before he dismissed what he called prophecies of doom as concerns of a climate change overshadow the summit. this is not a time for pessimism this is

a time for optimism fear and doubt is not a good thought process because this is a time for tremendous hope and joy and optimism in action but to embrace the possibilities of tomorrow we must reject the perennial prophets of doom and their predictions of the apocalypse ahead of his address trump responded to queries on why he chose to be in davos instead of washington at such a critical time for his presidency the way he'll be meeting with world leaders the biggest most important people in the world and we're bringing back tremendous business it ignited states and they're all here to see i'll be make it a speech and then we'll be leaving shortly but i think it's very important that the other is just a hoax it's the witch hunt that's been going on for years and it's frankly it's disgraceful but diplomatic it is

a giant by as was monitoring trump speech he says the u.s. president has tried to avoid talking about the impeachment trial while the dolphins . those words you just heard were not in the speech it was going into the speech and that is the only time so far since he's arrived in dallas he's been here for several hours now that he's mentioned the i word and we all know from following his recent comments what he said in recent days on twitter he is obsessed by impeachment but a very conscious decision i think in a speech that was more than 30 really long not to mention coming impeachment trial that has been so discussed in the american media and then actually starts formally in the senate in a matter of hours instead very clearly they have decided to use divorce as a backdrop a backdrop for president trying to sell his economic message i'm sure there will be some will be going through some of the list of facts that he gave out doing some

fact checking because certainly he presented a very bullish view of the u.s. economy he said it was a very inclusive economy said the poorest were doing better under a trump presidency and even made claims about the environment that the u.s. had the cleanest there and the cleanest water a very upbeat optimistic i would say campaign approach to his speech here in davos while leaders meet in davos protesters who blame them for the climate change crisis a dramatic action to protect the planet hundreds of activists from across whistle and bars for 3 days to the ski resort to make their voices heard they're demanding the end of investment in fossil fuels and reforms to the global economy to save the environment john howard is in davos he says the climate crisis is taking center stage at the summit. the world economic forum has has made climate and environment major issues at this davos for not least because its own global risks

analysis survey released annually discovered that the top 5 risks to the planet in the long term all involve climate change and environmental destruction. gratitude berg of course given toppling here alongside president trump he's known to be a major climate skeptic in that speech that we heard from donald trump they were perhaps the most tepid signs of optimism for climate activists watching because he didn't simply reject the whole idea he didn't simply ignore the whole idea he did pay it some attention by saying that the u.s. would join up to this 1000000 trillion trees initiative being launched here at davos it's a public private initiative to parties around the world to boost reforest right forestation to sequester some $200.00 gigatons of carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere over the coming 10 years and that will be held aloft i think by the world economic forum in terms of its climate is gender is a major achievement of climate activists gratitude among them it's important to say

have already said that planting trees is important but it's simply not enough and we've heard twice this morning from gratitude on 2 different panels saying the most recently our house is still on fire echoing the words she used a year ago here your inaction talking to business leaders here is fueling the flames by the hour she says her fight the fight of global activists has only just begun much more needs to be done take a listen this is not about rights or lefts. we couldn't care less about your party politics from sustainability perspective the rights the left's as well as the center have all failed. no political ideology or economic structure has been able to tackle the climates and environmental emergency and create a cohesive and sustainable. because that world in case you haven't

noticed is currently on fire what is extraordinary thing that gratitude bergs global activism began just 18 months ago with those school strikes in sweden now of course a global movement this is her 2nd visit to davos we met up with her last year when she was strolling the streets of davos along with her father a relative unknown now of course the world's most prominent global climate activist here alongside donald trump as i said arguably the world's most famous famous climate denier but i think for most people here it is gretta tomba as much as the president if not more that they want to see and listen to so lots going on in this results but while trump is in davos after months of arguments and build up his impeachment trial set to begin in the senate later on tuesday senate republican leader mitch mcconnell has proposed rules for president donald trump's impeachment trial and they're designed to end the proceedings as quickly as possible kimberly

harkat our white house correspondent joins us now live from washington d.c. and kimberly critically here are questions around where the new evidence will be tendered and whether we'll hear from witnesses what are the prospects of that. yeah well that is going to be debated at length today but those rules that you talked about that are fairly controversial is something that democrats are really pushing back on because they believe this is an effort to obscure of the witnesses they have been pushing for you know in the last 24 hours we've got a sense of the timeline of what the senate trial is going to look like it's pretty condensed with 24 hours over 2 days for the impeachment managers or the democrats in the house of representatives to argue their case and then for the president's defense team is going to go into the wee hours of the morning but we know that ultimately this means that it could end up wrapping up before february 4th which is an important day that's the day the president of the united states gives his state of the union address to a combined house is both the lower house and the upper house of congress so

significant in all of this is the debate that we're going to be watching very carefully today this is where democrats are going to try and flex their muscle once again trying to put these witnesses out but aides appears at this hour that that's going to be a challenge for them because again it's republicans that control this body and so alternately they have the votes to overrule this effort by democrats to not only get the witnesses heard but also introduce new documents and evidence we want to get your thoughts as well on donald trump's decision to go to davos rather than the in washington of the misuse that he was sitting there which was very much it seems a misuse for people back home. it definitely is because what he's doing there is something that he hasn't been able to do here and that is tout really his biggest legislative achievements thus far the fact that he was able to keep a campaign promise negotiating and renegotiating this new trade deal not only with

canada and mexico but also phase one of the china trade deal this would be an enormous headline both of these different stories but it's been overshadowed by the impeachment inquiry and now the trial so the opportunity the white house says for him to go to davos for the president trying to go be able to talk about this message 100 percent you're right stan is about trying to not only sell it to the rest of the world these accomplishments but it's for the audience back home that really isn't fixated at all on trade isn't focused on what we heard from james bass the i word impeachment it's been very difficult for the president to try and get above those headlines so that's a lot of the calculation am going to davos and all of this thank you kimberly can be helped a lot for us from washington d.c. . a new virus is causing increasing concern in asia doctors in china say the response 3 infection has killed 6 people and infected almost 300 as it spreads it's

also been confirmed that the corona virus can be transmitted between people increasing worries of so-called super spreaders brown has borne from hong kong. china's tightly controlled state media says the mysterious virus has now spread to some of the country's major cities. in addition to more deaths new infections including hospital workers. and for the 1st time confirmation that this respiratory virus can be passed from person to person noted by and it's usual some cases happened in 2 places one in guangdong the other 11 where human to human transmission has been confirmed that the disease was 1st identified in wu hand late last year the majority of the confirmed cases of the virus in china are here but a handful have also been identified in other parts of asia where authorities are

ramping up their defenses with a mandatory screening of air passengers from who had this week china becomes a nation in motion as people travel home to mark the new lunar new year but many are also traveling overseas and from will hand it's now possible to fly to 40 international destinations which is why i say some experts this outbreak is going to be more than just china's problem china has been here before 17 years ago another virus called sars severe acute respiratory syndrome claimed the lives of around 800 people almost 300 of them in neighboring hong kong at 1st china's leaders asserted there have been only a handful of cases but later admitted providing false information about the epidemic a city mayor and health minister revenge sacked professor oleo pune of hong kong university was one of the 1st scientists to decode the sars virus he says the city

has improved its disease control work but he and other scientists were racing to understand this new virus is it very efficient or not. right now we only know that there's a limited human to human transmission but what does that mean we need data to actually come up before more our career estimation so it's a race against time. i agree we need more information pharmacies are stocking up on face masks the growing health emergency across the border now replacing media coverage of the young going protests demanding political reform and while there is no panic there is deepening concern adrian brown al-jazeera hong kong. still ahead on al-jazeera running battles in iraq as anger spreads over the lack of action on government reforms are tented cities in the philippines may be on the way for thousands made homeless by

a smoking volcano. hell i was surprising amount of rain is developing on a line that comes out of more or less nose noonan's for the middle of china's heading towards japan now it's not so obvious on the satellite picture give you the forecast for wednesday and there it is the blue is rain says the heart of china heading out through on towards shanghai it's rain it's not snow your night is the real cold is still held right at the known ceased of china and up in siberia or the temperature in japan or where they should in china in particular in beijing they're higher than average and this is the rain at the end the day on wednesday probably tearing off through shanghai the darker blue he's had to get through south korea towards japan and most of honshu is going to be expecting at least some rain during

the day it could well be snow of course on the top of the highest masses so fuji but not everywhere else i mean turkey's up to 30 degrees can see are more or less above average and the next wave of rain is starting in the middle of china and this is by the end says the heading towards shanghai once more that is a big gap not much happening shower wise about the philippines southeast asia to get down to into the easy way to expect this time of year to get daily big showers and your guess and they develop this widely in borneo than of late but rather more widely throughout sumatra and java. for. a journey personal discovery. which is the core. of a letter. addressed. to the regime of benito mussolini and asks his fascism return to italian.

fascism in the family. this letter. found. on al-jazeera. or. you're watching al-jazeera he's a reminder of our top stories this hour the u.s. president has delivered an upbeat headline address at the world economic forum in davos donald trump says america is experiencing an economic boom like never before trump also dismissed what he called prophecies of doom of the climate crisis the final details of president trump's impeachment trial in the senate are being hammered out on tuesday senate republican leader mitch mcconnell has announced the

rules that will govern the proceedings which are designed to end it as soon as possible democrats say they'll try to amend. the death toll from a new virus in china has gone up to 6 and nearly 300 people have been infected is concerned about so-called super spreaders after transmission between humans was confirmed. at least 14 people have been killed in syria by government is strikes on italy province and the countryside some of those killed were children tens of thousands of being forced to flee during 4 consecutive days of shelling the u.n. has called for an immediate end to hostilities security forces are trying to clear protesters in iraq is a new wave of demonstrations spreads across the country. in the southern city of basra police officers attempted to remove barricades while in baghdad protesters for back against security forces with rocks and fire bombs at

least 5 protesters were killed in the violence round of violence after police opened fire in the capital on monday as i'm a binge of a joins us now from baghdad tell us what's been happening to the to die around the country. stand much more of the violence that we saw on monday has continued on tuesday there have been ongoing clashes between security forces and protesters at least one protester has been killed and more than a dozen have been wounded on tuesday as protesters try to block the major artery between east and western parts of baghdad on the tigris river the qassam highway they tried to set up barricades and more semipermanent barricades and the police came in and they tried to push them back and that is something that the police have been trying to do since monday that was when the deadline given to the government expired by the protesters who have been calling for an end to corruption and a beginning of a new chapter of without the corrupt politicians that they have seen so far and it

was not just in baghdad it is widespread across the country we've been hearing reports of what has been happening in buster another of karbala and many of the places across iraq where protesters are trying to come to words the main streets and main arteries which link these provinces and they have been blocking them traffic has been paralyzed in these areas for hours and then there is a cat and mouse game which goes on between protesters and the police where they threw rocks and molotov cocktails at the police and the police have been fighting tear gas canisters as well as rubber coated steel bullets at them we've been getting some reports of injuries today as well not just in baghdad but in other places in iraq as well. is there any indication at all that they're having an impact that their demands are going to be heard let alone actual. but it is going to be a very difficult challenge for this interim government which is only here to make sure that there is a smooth transition of power to words a government which will be here for an interim period which is supposed to make all

of these reforms and hold early elections in the constitution according to the demands by protesters but here's the catch protesters have been rejecting everyone that have been who have been put forward by politicians because they see them tainted with corruption and with their allegations of abuse of power who's remote be linked to anyone and they're also against the influence of both the united states and iran as well and in the political scenario of iraq almost everyone who is in the political circles can be accused of that so the government is finding it very hard to meet these demands because there is no candidate that they have so far been able to find which is acceptable to all sides and after that they have to see the challenges that face iraq in terms of its economy and lack of jobs and also do it big revenues after the the oil price crisis so it is a very multifaceted tough challenge for the politicians here and the protesters are saying that they will continue to come in until their demands are met or the

government kills them all summer thank you so big of a job live from baghdad european union foreign ministers have agreed to look at ways to support a long term ceasefire in libya but only if warring parties stick to a tentative truce that could include a monitoring mission and restarting a dipole operation drop old a u.n. arms embargo that is 20 birthday reports in tripoli after years of conflict many young people there they'll see their future away from their home life. they signal v. for victory but these 5 year olds don't really know what it means it was a common gesture in the revolution 9 years ago now it's being used as libya is mired in conflict once again this school in tripoli has been hit 3 times by rockets these children are caught in the middle of a fight between government forces in those led by warlords khalifa haftar and they are learning about death and destruction 50 percent of the $450.00 peoples at this school is said to be suffering from trauma. with war

destruction and indiscriminate shelling this is an extremely hard and difficult psychological impact on the children can see many are completely broken and they have no desire to continue their education. it's not a good time to be young in libya life is precarious the economy is suffering and the staples of life will become luxuries and once they finish school the opportunities are limited to us the sky's the limit for it when you kind of live in libya that limit is kind of you know decreased. more and more are leaving they prefer to take their chances abroad and stay and face unemployment and hardship at home 100000 students at tripoli university just half of them are expected to find a job after graduation. and many have left their studies to fight because the government did not give to the use the opportunity to

study in these hard times it's destroyed the future of half of young. men let me make my last year in the middle of no i wish i could leave who doesn't hope for that when a country cannot guarantee you a job abroad they show appreciation that you're educated. there are no official statistics of how many of the young educated are leaving but everyone agrees it's not an insignificant number next to achieving a lasting peace here the biggest challenge is going to be how to stop the departure flow of libya's young talent before it becomes a flood. at this intellectual form they're trying to do that by helping people set up their own businesses like so large and you've lost the sense of you feel like there is no hope if you have a lot of them are trying to go upward and various you know departments of the various nationalities but it's it's very worrying because they don't see if you're training. when moammar gadhafi was overthrown as leader in 2011

people the young in particular who promised a bright future 9 years on and the children of libya are still waiting tony berkeley al-jazeera tripoli. dozens of migrants from central america have been arrested in mexico after whitey through a river across the border from guatemala and as john heilemann reports from through that had the migrants had been stopped from crossing a bridge connecting the 2 countries. supermarket work to 2 young children jorge and jasmine a fleeing they say for their lives across the river from guatemala to mexico. they tried 1st to cross the border bridge with a caravan of thousands of central americans trying to reach the u.s. he said he had told us why going in from the errors are easy to me thanks just come to extol you when you have to pay all there's a gun to your head they ask me for half my salary of a $20.00 a day i'd have to give them 10 and i have to provide for my children that wasn't

enough left it's kind of authority as we're prepared to let the caravan go through the bridge crossing together only in small groups. the migrants feared that would just lead to deputation so a mass exodus began to the water everyone's now decided they're crossing the bridge or trying to cross it isn't worth it so they're crossing the river that's right next to her. with a helping hand they made it succeed academically when i said and i said what good did it do closing the gates if we were going to cross anyway. but she spoke too soon security forces were waiting chaos broke out. i was right you see me a drop the rocks out with everything they had and they scrambled up the banks. at the top a race between the national guard a migrants to outflank each other. many people got through or resisted attempts to detain them we saw the national guard push people back but refrain from using

excessive force. but some tear gas to get into jorge's eyes it was too much for him and yes any of those let us know you said we're going back but will try and go again we have to cross whatever happens i need a better life for my children but just as they were heading back to the river a migration agent arrived with food and water for you and let them know you need asylum 13 many criminals in guatemala and her family were taken to a health clinic and then let go. but many were less lucky and hundreds ended the afternoon on the mix can bank of the suit the river john home and how does it i see that it i will. a government appointed commission in may and boss says the army probably committed war crimes against going to muslims but not genocide the commission found security personnel would use disproportionate force including killing civilians ripe and destroying homes united nations prosecutors said

genocide was committed during the crackdown on the muslim minority 3 years ago around 3 quarters of a 1000000 fled to neighboring bangladesh where most remain heavy snow rain and guile force winds in spain the being blamed for the deaths of at least 4 people storm gloria battered much of the country on monday with more bad weather forecast catalonia is regional government has banned outdoor activities because of the potential danger more than a week after the tower volcano erupted in the philippines 100000 people remain in evacuation shelters the philippine government says there are funds available for emergency needs. reports from batangas province there's growing concern for the long term rehabilitation of those forced to flee their homes. liz it is desperate she had to flee her home with her 5 children with but i'll volcano 1st

erupted more than a week ago now they are staying in this community school in a town hosting thousands of evacuees across the town this province by the way i'm getting we're afraid of the continuous earthquakes here but also whether we still have a home we can return to. her story is repeated many times over here more than 100000 people are now displaced and staying in temporary shelters like this one. though is on the alert level for which means that they has or does eruption is imminent within days or even hours the evacuation has put a strain on several towns but official see they're doing the best they can the food supplies we have enough for the next couple weeks. willing and more than willing to accept and take charge of this evacuees even if from there from

different towns but there are growing concerns about illicit that may develop due to difficult conditions in temporary shelters this field hospital was set up just days after the initial volcanic eruption there are birthing surgical and observation areas this can handle as many as a 100 patients a day from different evacuation centers and it operates for 24 hours mostly they are respiratory coming back from the us came this is hard to vascular he she says hybrid the front end was kind of pacing. back at the evacuation center louis said the ground the weeks for a life that has never been more uncertain her husband is sick and your home has been destroyed like many others here louise. grew up around people kaino they loved it and did meyer now they want there was something so beautiful can be so

terrifying. to al-jazeera this province northern philippines and you can find much more on our website the address to that is w w w dot al-jazeera don't call. this is al-jazeera these are the top stories the u.s. president has delivered an upbeat headline address at the world economic forum in davos donald trump says america is experiencing an economic boom like never before troubles are dismissed one called prophecies of doom and gloom climb across this this is not a time for pessimism this is a time for optimism fear and doubt is not a good thought process because this is a time for tremendous hope and joy and optimism in action. but to embrace the

possibilities of tomorrow we must reject the perennial prophets of doom and their predictions of the apocalypse while leaders gather there outside protesters who blame them for the climate change crisis a demanding action hundreds of activists bots for 3 days across which learned to bike to ski resort or to the ski resort to make their voices heard activists grits and birds told a youth panel at davos despite all the talk about global warming not much is being done to tackle. the climate and environment is it's hard to talk right now and i'm not saying see young people pushing but of course if you see it from another perspective pretty much nothing has been done since the global emissions of c o 2 has nots and reserves and that is of course what we are trying to achieve among other things the final details of president trumps impeachment trial in the senate a being hammered out on tuesday senate republican leader mitch mcconnell has

announced the rules that will govern the proceedings which are designed to ended as soon as possible democrats try to amend them the death toll from a new virus in china has gone up to 6 and nearly 300 people have been infected there's concern about so-called super spreaders after transmission between humans was confirmed one man in ruhani where the outbreak was discovered has infected 14 medical stuff at least 14 people have been killed in syria by government is strikes on italy province and the aleppo countryside some of those killed were children tens of thousands of been forced to flee during 4 days of shelling of the u.n. has called for an immediate end to hostilities. those are the headlines unused continues here on al jazeera right after the strike. al-jazeera we were told that between russia has this been addressed by turkey we listen

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