all jews are. no public transport in or out for 11000000 people the fear of a deadly new virus shuts down the city chinese city of one hand. i'm adrian figure this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. u.n. experts call for an investigation into evidence that saudi arabia hacked the phone of the amazon a washington post on a jeff bezos. the international court of justice is about to rule on whether emergency measures are needed to protect me on my ass roy hinge or muslims. he

personally asked the foreign government to investigate his opponent. and the lead democratic prosecutor makes the case for a moving president trump from office at his impeachment trial. the world health organization is to begin basing again soon to decide whether to declare an international public health emergency over a new virus that's spreading in china a complete shutdown of public transport is down place in the city of will hand where the corona virus was 1st detected it came into force 6 hours ago all planes trains buses and ferries in and out of the city of 11000000 people are suspended people have been told not to leave and advise against gathering in public 17 people have died since the outbreak began there are now confirmed cases in hong kong japan taiwan south korea and the u.s.

i was there as a dream brown is live for us in hong kong adrian tell us more about the the reasoning behind this public transport shutdown. well a dream on a my ship to hong kong international airport where one of the last flights to leave landed in the last hour or so. passengers arriving were reluctant to talk about what they left behind they were silent and i think they were silent for a pretty obvious reason there is a stigma now attached to the name who had it as a byword for play can of course the incubation period for this forest says according to some doctors 10 days which means that some of those people could well have been carrying a silent killer and not knowing it now all of them would have been subjected to screening thermal imaging when they arrived but you know it's possible to arrive feeling perfectly healthy and then 2 days later develop symptoms so that's another

complication for your thirty's as they seek to contain this far as what these people have left behind those who arrive from is a city that's now ineffective lockdown it is in quarantine and who has a city of 11000000 people it is a key transport hub but we understand from reports coming from home today that things like disinfectant is running low face masks are being rationed and of course people are worried about the food they feel in many ways cut off from the outside world well we've also been hearing from the world health organization on thursday and they've offered a measured response to that decision to quarantine the city of. trying to contain a city of 11000000 people it is new to science it has not been tried before as a public health measure so we cannot at this stage say

it would order to a month where. china of course is a prominent member of the world health organization and it is participating in that meeting that's now stretching into a 2nd day and we will know of course later on thursday whether the. world health organization is going to make that decision to declare this fire as a global health emergency china of course will be hoping that that is not the case because if that were to happen it would amount to you know damage to china's international reputation it wants to show that it is capable of containing this forest and by shutting down the city of it hopes to do that it's also possible of course the china might well shut down other infected parts of the country but i think it wants to avoid at all costs being somehow late to blame for this fire is

now according to the latest figures coming from china's national health commission the number of people infected in the mainland has risen to more than 570 we have 17 confirmed deaths and the virus has now spread to 25 of china's provinces which is more than 2 thirds of china's provinces so it is continuing to spread and continuing to spread of course in the very week the millions of chinese people are preparing to celebrate their most important festival of the year. i was there as adrian brown reporting live there from hong kong adrian many thanks indeed u.n. human rights experts are calling for an investigation into allegations that saudi arabia's crown prince was involved in hacking the phone of the amazon boss jeff bezos relations between the world's richest man and. after the murder of jamal has shocked the saudi journalist was a regular contributor to the washington post that's also owned by bezos nicola gage reports. 15 months after the murder of saudi journalists. in the kingdom's

consulate in istanbul the fallout continues jeff bezos the boss of the world's largest online shop amazon also owns the washington post the newspaper wrote for he's now at the center of a hacking probe un human rights experts including agnes kalmadi who investigated crucial g.'s murder say they've looked at forensic analysis that points to dart of being stolen from basal says foreign in 20 itin that happened after bay's also received whatsapp messages from the personal account of the saudi crown prince mohammed bin some on possibly the experts say to try and influence articles in the washington post the guinea shola expert conduct an. investigation concluded reason medium or high certainty that the show also of the hacking was

a videophile send to me stone. and account by the crown prince on the sidelines of the world economic forum the saudi energy minister responded to the allegation is it. was a democracy people are concerned. on stupid you know that at the same time the wall street journal reported that saudi officials close to the crown prince said they were aware of a plan to hack baze also as foreign as part of a broader intimidation campaign against ji but not aware of any attempt to blackmail him well i think is exactly the right way the idea that the conference would jeff bezos is photos absolutely silly. as baze also supported g.'s fiance following his murder in 2018 relations we've been some man sourwood baze also

security team alleged last march that the kingdom gained private information from his phone involving text messages between him and a former t.v. news presenter this latest analysis implicates the crown prince for the 1st time i think that it's hard to believe that if they had this successful capability and were brazenly willing to use it against one of the most powerful people in the world that they would stop there the saudis have been accused of other hacking attacks but baze also is by far the most high profile person involved and these latest allegations are expected to only worsen relations between the world's richest men and the kingdom a strategic ally of the us a gauge al jazeera earlier bezos treated a photo of himself with his fiance unveiling a plaque last october marking the 1st anniversary of his murder it had that jamal

the international court of justice will begin ruling in the next hour on a request for emergency measures to protect the hinge of muslims and me and all the gambia filed a lawsuit in november behalf of several muslim nations accusing the un last military of a crackdown on the minority 3 years ago more than 700000 people fled to neighboring bangladesh how does the us need barkha reports from the hague it is the world's highest court formed in the aftermath of the 2nd world war to end state abuses of power. stands accused of perhaps the greatest abuse the genocide of its own people last month its civilian leader aung san suu kyi once a human rights icon arrived at the international court of justice to contest the claims. the case against her government was brought by the gambia on behalf of dozens of muslim countries. means that more people killed more

woman. and my children i've been burned alive the court heard allegations of atrocity after atrocity. military is accused of mass murder rape and the destruction of rangoon muslim communities the nobel peace prize laureate watched on a woman detained for years by myanmar's military now defending them she doesn't have control over the army but see cheese personally accused of failing to hold it to account she called for the case to be dropped. or press a call to remove the case from its the case. says the raids a ring of villages in iraq and state in 2017 were legitimate counterterrorism operations a response to attacks by. government security posts 3 years on a more than 700000 refugees languishing camps across the border in bangladesh the gambia believes me a mosque trying to wipe out an entire group the court could take many years to

reach a final ruling on genocide. the type of evidence that is needed to prove genocide is quite burdensome for applicants states like gambia but it's also because the legal test that's needed to be met by the applicants it is often quite high so the applicant the gambia will have to show that there was specific intent to commit genocide on thursday the i.c.j. will say whether or not it is granted an emergency ruling known as provisional measures to prevent further acts of serious violence including murder rape the burning down of villages the prevention of access to medicine one thing the court cannot do though is enforce its rulings in the past some countries have simply ignored them this is not a criminal case charges won't be brought against individuals that may come later at a different court nevertheless she finds herself together would be

a man's military the focus of serious allegations accused of complicity in some of the world's worst crimes barkha al jazeera the hague let's go live now to cox's bazar in bangladesh which is home to hundreds of thousands of refugees al-jazeera via child free is with us what are the expectations there ahead of this room and. yes well there is a lot of back spectator and there is a lot of anxiousness and eagerness to find out what would be the ruling today if not most of the rowing as when he spoke to them that know about international criminal court of justice that heart of international criminal court just don't know the intricate detail of legal process and its implication what they know that if there is a ruling favoring running as that committed atrocities were done that was genocide they think that in itself is a very symbolic that the international community would get to know them and it will

facilitate to reply to me and much much quicker it's very symbolic there's a lot of interest in we've been talking to rowing us since yesterday there's been mass prayer in the mosque asking for a positive ruling you talked to anybody who was that dull didn't know something or other there you hear this news from the community radios they have some sort of mobile communication within the camp the pos on this matter it's a densely populated and the news gets very quickly that something is happening today local time 4 pm on was they should know something was going to come then know that this ruling could be symbolic for them and that most of their owing as you ask them they're very anxious that if suffering from anxiety they're desperate to go back but the conditions are not save that you can see me on my right behind me on the hilltop just barely 3 kilometers 4 kilometers from here and they can see that their home is right there yet that kind of goal so this particular process of legal

. ruling could make them feel better but we know that this is not enforceable we know that it could take years before a real ruling comes from the international criminal court but nevertheless they're very something positive to hear something in their face but they've been telling the international community and the media that this sort of atrocities been committed that people should believe us so it's very important for them to get this ruling and very anxious and they're desperate to go home and they think this. will facilitate at least somewhat what they're returning home safely and desirous to charity reporting live there from cox's bazaar bangladesh and the many thanks. a weather update next year on al-jazeera then another tragedy in the battle against australia has pushed us plus. i'm going to gallacher in the far west reaches of alaska where the once in a decade u.s. census begins we'll tell you why it's important white starting here and why it's a potential lifeline for the native people of this state.

we have high pressure still dominating the weather across a good parts of the year and see the clear skies there just around the country pushing right down through austria down towards the southeast and cold all the sort of that some clout and possibly some rain some wet weather some disturbed weather up towards the fall north of the continent lousy dry there across the british isles down into the southwest across spain and portugal where the weather remains very active we still have bits and pieces of 1st storm gloria swirling away bring some rather wet weather still in place there original thiessen parts of spain southwestern areas of france now the system bringing some very disturbed weather into southern parts of spain doubts was the southwest adding they are pushing

across a good part of portugal so if you go on through the next couple days or heavy rain coming in here how you feel it'll drive into the northeast of spain but wetter weather across much of southern france as we go on through friday elsewhere as you can see last week's raw a little further north because see some rain sleet the snow there into moscow but still on the mild side temperatures here around 2 degrees celsius without the south across the parts of africa there is generates a lot of course that disturbed weather that we have across the. far south of spy also springs and bits and pieces of right it's american. almost the last time you out on the streets protesting whether on line you feel the weight of the system going to walk through each and every love billboard layer further and further into the jail or if you join a sunset entry has to start from day one whether again you're in detention or you're incarcerated this is a dialogue everyone has

a voice before there are states that supply trucks coverage will be varying accounts but i want to give people the reason for joining a global come the same amount is iraq. again this is out 0 so much of the main news this out the world health organization is begin to begin meeting again soon to decide whether to declare an international public health emergency over a new virus that spreading in china all public transport in and out of the chinese city of han has been suspended. un human rights experts are calling for an investigation into allegations that the saudi crown prince was involved in hacking

the phone of the washington post and amazon owner jeff bezos they say that it was carried out to influence reporting on saudi arabia. and the international court of justice is set to rule on a request for emergency measures aimed at preventing further acts of violence against for him to muslims young guys accused of carrying out acts of genocide against the minority twenty's team. a water obama aircraft has crashed while fighting bushfires in australia killing its 3 crew contact was lost in the capital cumbria and initial reports so there was a large fireball on impact the c 130 hercules belong to an aerial firefighting company in the united states today is a reminder. of how every single person who is defending life and property is that rhys because of the dangerous circumstances in the firefighting community around new south wales a stride in the world is very tight needed and i many people have been impacted by

the tragic news this afternoon and we our thoughts are not just for the families and friends and loved ones but also for anybody who feels impacted by what's unfolded this afternoon and we can't thank enough people who continue not withstanding these conditions to put their own sect you to protect the lost and property of others more ferocious here as andrew thomas in sydney. this plane it was chartered by the australian rural fire service have been flying in the recent weeks to tackle these unprecedented 5 now took off from sydney it was heading south of the capital cambra into a forest there that in hot windy a weather on 1st day 598 once again and they lost contact with it and a couple of hours ago now a helicopter is searching for what they imagined by then was a crushed plane found the wreckage and it was a big fireball apparently where this big plane came down now it's a c $130.00 hercules plane it's the biggest plane the rural fire service he uses to

tackle the ball is this plane is normally used by military transport troops but it being converted into a plane that can carry other 15000 liters of water or far a top and it was on route to dump some of that when it crashed as you mentioned the plane was contracted from a company in the united states and the 3 crew members on board were american residents now this plane we filmed ourselves a couple of weeks ago fighting the fires it's been on active service throughout a big tragedy here no one killed directly as a result of the fires with 3 crew members killed fighting those fires just a sign of how desperate the situation here still is and how easily defies reignite and how quickly tragedy can strike. house democrats have begun trying to convince the senate to remove president donald trump from office they open the arguments in his impeachment trial wednesday with 2 warnings aimed at the upper chambers republican majority history is watching and so the american people are serious heidi jocasta reports from washington please be seated this was the 1st of 3 days

the impeachment managers have to present their case that president trump tried to pressure ukraine to get dirt on joe biden and withheld u.s. security aid as leverage nevertheless the documents and testimony that we were able to collect. paints an overwhelming and damning picture of the president's efforts to use the powers of his office to corruptly solicit foreign help in his reelection campaign if this conduct is not impeachable. then nothingness i would rather go the long way from switzerland president trump again called his impeachment a partisan witch hunt he said he could live with having new witnesses testify in the trial so it's not up to the president whether that he said it in its trawl wants to listen to a particular witness we have that constitutional responsibility of the courts have yielded to us in order to carry out their responsibility republican senators has

stuck by trump they include some of his fiercest offenders they're on a crusade to destroy this man and they don't care what they destroy in the process of trying to this story donald trump i do care so to my democratic colleagues you can say what you want about me but i am covering up nothing makes photos your hatred of this president to the point that you would destroy the institution it would take 20 republican senators to cross the aisle to vote to convict and remove president trump from office the possibility is remote the much likelier scenario is an acquittal with the american voter serving as trump's final jurors in november at the polls show castro al-jazeera washington the u.s. senate minority leader chuck schumer says the idea of the so-called with the straight evolving format arsenal security advisor john bolton to john by joe

biden's son the hunt to biden is off the table. 1st of all the republicans have the right to bring in any witness they want they haven't wanted to and that trade is is not on the table if house managers continue to do what they've done over the last 2 hours i think that it will continue to make a powerful case a 1st step witnesses and documents 2nd step we get a real fair trial and we knows what happens once there's a real fair trial if there's not a fair trial if they just shut it down any acquittal of president trump will have little value. president trump is back in washington after attending the world economic forum in davos in switzerland where he lashed out against the impeachment proceedings he also boasted about withholding some evidence from the democrats a white house correspondent reports. u.s. president donald trump returned home to washington ignoring reporters' questions

about the ongoing senate impeachment trial against him but before leaving davos switzerland trump in his 1st press conference the start of the trial lashed out at his democratic adversaries calling them major sleaze bags that his mind set focused on his defense trumped told reporters he wanted to let members of his administration testify like former national security adviser john bolton secretary of state mike pump aoe and other top officials he even floated the possibility of showing up himself had left. the white. sort of love sit right at the front row and stare their corrupt faces i'd love to do it i don't know talking because i know you may convince me to do it trump seemed fixated on the trial back home even as the white house hoped trump would use the world economic forum to highlight accomplishments on trade he appeared confident now democrats are accusing him of

openly admitting he's withholding documents one of the main allegations against the job but honestly we have. all the material they don't have the material trump did discuss other topics including a future trade deal with the european union and confirmed he's expanding his controversial travel ban barring citizens of certain countries from entering the u.s. we're adding a couple of countries to it we have to be safe our country has to be safe. trumps ban sparked protests in the u.s. when he introduced it less than a week after taking office. here. many called it a muslim ban for targeting muslim majority countries like iran and somalia and fought it in court 2018 the supreme court upheld the policy the white house promised this countries can be removed from the travel ban list if they step up security but those headlines from trump's impromptu press conference were once again overshadowed at the impeachment trial on capitol hill mr justice one trunk

believes could shape his legacy when i finish i think that this is going to go down as one of the greatest things i've done for our country. despite allegations to the contrary trump insists he's committed no wrongdoing and efforts to remove him from office are an attempt to undo the results of the 2016 election and influence the next one can really help get al-jazeera washington. us new president says the country will carry on taking in central american migrants sent back from the u.s. it's part of an asylum agreement the president saleh andro. predecessor had reached with washington he put off agreeing to the deal until his new government would have time to review it the u.s. assembled and $230.00 on europe and salvadorans to guatemala since november and a deal criticized by human rights advocates who say the country isn't safe.

the u.s. has launched its once a decade head count of the entire population starting in the far reaches of alaska and while most people are expected to announce the 2020 census online or by post in remote alaska villages people are being counted by officials and the gallagher reports now from talks a day on how it can be a lifeline for many native alaskans. clinging to the edge of the bering sea and surrounded by an arctic tundra took isolated even by alaska's hardy standards it's not the kind of community many alaskans of even heard of until senses officials picked it to start the 2020 count them 90 year old you pick elder. is officially the 1st person to be interviewed oh yeah they are. i appreciate that i'll be the 1st person counted i'm happy i live this long to see it the village is so remote it's only accessible by plane dog sled or snowmobile when

the snows melt it's population scatters specific to this location is that they're actually in the village in this frozen environment and while they're gathered it makes counting a lot easier if we wait until the snow starts melting then they're out fishing and hunting and doing other things it will take officials weeks to reach similar communities there are close to 200 villages with no access by road and many native alaskans remain suspicious of the u.s. government the logistics of starting the u.s. census in a place this remote is simply mind boggling but there is another issue here another is one of trust between the native alaskan people and the u.s. government there's a long history here of broken treaties mistreatment and misunderstanding that many say continues to this day and ultimately that could lead to an inaccurate count the sovereignty of alaska's native communities was only recognized by the state in 2017 tribal advocate denise kenny jackett says when law. just travel in the us they

realize many other states away ahead of alaska their states did hear them and had a healthier communication and partnership i think they came back in question why why are we so behind participating in the census is historic and as alaskan native people we are counting the census is a lifeline for this remote part of alaska and relations between the u.s. government and tribes are improving on the back says the allocation of federal funds is vital helping maintain the runways in a lot of our remote villages to our entire tribal health care system very key federal funds that help essentially provide a form of economy way out here in southwestern alaska the future of took soak in every other community in the u.s. will be shaped by the census it's used to redraw legislative districts allocate electoral college funds it affects the distribution of over

a trillion dollars in public funding these alaskans won't see government officials for another decade but the results of the census will have a lasting impact and gallacher al-jazeera bethel alaska. it is good to have you with us hello adrian for going to here in doha with the headlines on the world health organization is to begin meeting again soon to decide whether to declare an international public health emergency over a new virus that's spreading in china or public transport in and out of the chinese city of will hong has been suspended to try to stop the spread of the corona virus but the world health organization says it's not clear whether the lock down will work. trying to contain a city of 11000000 people is new to science it has not been tried before as

a public health measure so we cannot at this stage say it would order to a month work un human rights experts are calling for an investigation into allegations that the saudi crown prince was involved in hacking the phone of washington post and amazon jeff bezos they say that it was carried out to influence reporting on saudi arabia the international court of justice is set to rule on a request for emergency measures aimed at preventing further rights of violence against rohingya muslims may on mars accused of carrying out acts of genocide against the majority in 2017 a water bomb a aircraft has crashed while fighting bushfires in australia killing its 3 crew contact was lost in the capital canberra initial report so there was a large fireball on impact c 130 hercules belong to an aerial firefighting company

in the united states congressional deck democrats of the us of cold on republican senators to join them in voting to remove donald trump from office on wednesday they began opening arguments in the impeachment trial of the u.s. president who is accused of abuse of power of obstructing justice guatemala's new president says the country will carry on taking in central american migrants sent back from the u.s. it's all part of an asylum agreement the president of honduras giamatti is predecessor had reached with washington he put off agreeing to the deal until his new government had had time to review is the u.s. has sent more than 230 hondurans and salvadorans to guatemala since november at a deal criticized by human rights advocates. all those other headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after the stream next. to al-jazeera we were told to get to that between ration has this been addressed by turkey we

listen what is the proposal of spain for a couple and here we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that matter. how more leaders bring peace to libya i semi ok i don't today's program we discuss 3 stories the fallout of the berlin summit a new political party in thailand that's pressuring them. and at the mercy of project that's opening up at the sundance film festival this week and as always we want to hear from you so you can join us and i each a try to get your comments into the show but 1st we start in libya. the government of turkey the government of russia the european union the united states come to realisation that they stand by us and they stand against this

military dictator who wants to control libya. production islam from 1300000 barrels a day.