this is al jazeera. hello i'm adrian finnegan this is the live from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes 20000000 people are sealed off into chinese cities public transport is halted to try to stop the spread of a new virus. the international court of justice says the groping the muslims in myanmar are at serious risk of genocide a calling for emergency measures. lebanon's new government is already under pressure from protesters international donors to help bail out the economy. and u.s. experts call for an investigation into any role that saudi arabia may have played

in hacking the phone of amazon boss jeff bezos and i have all these a sporting including sensations. down. players find it highly anticipated and be a debut for here. nearly 20000000 people in china will soon be affected by a shutdown of public transport that's aimed at stopping the spread of the deadly coronavirus services in and out of will hand of already been suspended that's where the virus was 1st detected people are being a voice advised to avoid large crowds. 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 will or it will not work in the neighboring city of crying all transport services will be shut down from midnight local time to prevent people leaving the chinese government says that it will be disinfecting subway trains every hour the world health organization is due to meet again to decide whether to declare an international public health emergency out a series adrian brown is live for us in hong kong at the airport there it will come to what's happening in hong kong in just a few moments but 1st if you can summarize for us the various measures that have been put in place by the chinese government to try to prevent the spread of this virus. well on wednesday the chinese government advise people not to leave on or go to hand on thursday it went a step further and banned all travel to and from that city a city of 11000000 people that is now effectively in quarantine on social media

we've been seeing reports from people saying they are concerned about shortages of things like disinfectant also face masks are being rationed and of course people are worried about things like food supermarkets are open but there has been panic buying and people are also complaining about the price of food suddenly jumping in in price so i wouldn't say there is there is outright panic but certainly there is a heightened sense of concern among those people who are unable to leave that city that is now effectively locked down and adjoining city has also been basically in a fashion a lockdown as well and that's a city of what 7 and a half 1000000 people so what we're seeing gradually now is the chinese government starting to slowly lock down infected parts of the country now probably it's only the chinese communist party that could get away with this but i guess the question

is will the government perhaps take a step further and also do this in other towns and cities in the affected province of herb a certainly i think president xi jinping wants to demonstrate to the world in particular the world health organization that he is serious about trying to contain this fire as and to prevent it spreading but as you saw earlier in that clip you played from the china representative the world health organization there was a a note of skepticism in his voice about whether that is indeed possible course trains and flights. come from we're hungry said which is a transport hub in china to the hong kong way where you are still a lot of people behind you wearing face masks what's the situation there. well that's right i would say about 80 percent of the people around me here in the departures area of hong kong international airport are wearing face masks the

airport is in fact sold out of face mask you can't buy surgical masks anywhere earlier on the staff the noon passengers arrived on one of the last flights from they were silent and i think that was deliberately so nobody wants to really say they have come from home because who has become a sort of byword for plague there's a stigma attached to it and of course you know we know that the incubation period for this virus according to some experts could be up to 10 days which means that some of these people don't know whether or not they are sort of carrying a silent killer also here in hong kong adrian it's been confirmed that those 2 suspect cases that were announced yesterday have been confirmed so we have 2 people suffering from this virus now another in macau and also in macau the chief executive of that form a portuguese colony has announced that he hasn't ruled out closing down the casinos

should the situation worse and then of course that takes us into the area of the economy and the economy particularly here in hong kong is already being squeezed and hurt at the moment by the ongoing political protests. i was there as a dream brown reporting live from hong kong airport adrian many thanks indeed victor gao is vice president of the center for china and globalization he joins us now live via skype from beijing victor good to have you with us this shutdown of 2 major cities in china it's quite an undertaking for the chinese government isn't it can it be done absolutely i think. the lockdown of war is unprecedented not only for that one city itself which has a 12000000 population but for china as a country and i think in my judgment it has never been dumb in the world history for such a large city with more than 10000000000 populates 10000000 population i think on the one hand it will create

a lot of inconvenience to the people of war and the health problem probably will get worse before it will stabilize and get better on the other hand i think china is fully mobilized the chinese government is doing everything it can to stop the spread of virus not only. out of war to other parts of china and also to other countries in the world and i think liz demonstrates the ability and the capability of the chinese government to really mobilize the whole nation to do the right thing and that is to spread to stop the spread of the virus he say that they want to mobilize people to do the right thing it's come at the worst possible time for people in china with the chinese new year fast approaching what will people abide by the restrictions will they stay put when you when you consider that so many people usually at this time of the year travel to see friends family relatives . absolutely i think the timing is the worst it is been assessed that dear in the

chinese spring festival period there will be a total of 3000000000 travels by the chinese people mostly going back to be reunited with their families 100 city is a major transportation hub it is a major center for aviation for high speed rail way for traditional railway for highways for river transportation your name it andy warhol and there is there is also a total number of more than 1000000 college students are expected to go back to be united with their family and i think to lock down to prevent people from leaving and go into harm is really a very drastic measure but i think it is a really choice of the 2 evils and i think the people in china he will harm and the government will need to do the right thing and i think at this moment

people are sympathetic with the decision by the government and this is truly the necessary thing that we as a nation need to do at this very important and difficult target if think that the chinese government is i mean it took some time to become mobilized to the threats of this virus but the chinese government is prepared to do whatever it takes to stop the spread of this virus. absolutely when the coronavirus 1st started to surface early in december i think that all hope government probably did not anticipate how serious this problem could have become and i think we need to also give the benefit of the doubt to the local government in all harm in 20022003 when the sars was. reading havoc in beijing and hong kong was

a fortunately and their time very much spared as a result the local government probably does not have a lot of expertise or experience or infrastructure build up for example to deal with such a massive. health problem and therefore it took some more time for the 100 government to really get into action and realize how serious this could be especially for a city like will harm which is a major major transportation hub now i think it is no longer up to the city government or the herb a probably should government to deal with this because it has become a national problem it may become an international problem so we need to mobilize all the resources and all the efforts to fight against this coronavirus to stop it from spreading to more people more praises more provinces and more other countries in the world i hope the world who will fully support china support to do the right

thing to occur and stop the spread of the coronavirus course could store to victor many thanks david together in beijing thank you very much about having me. breaking news now out of the hague where there's been a major development in the case of range of muslims in the claims of genocide in the past few minutes the international court of justice has ruled that man ma must take all possible measures to prevent its military from carrying out genocide they've ordered me on moscow for months to protect all evidence to save us time their child free is standing by for us in cox bazaar of bangladesh which is home to hundreds of thousands of range of refugees but 1st let's go live now to neve baka who's at the hague tell us more about this ruling. let me start by giving you a bit of context last november the gambia brought this case against me i'm on the gambia at the backing of 57 largely muslim countries and in doing this the country

alleges that has breached the un convention on genocide that all important 948 convention signed in the wake of the 2nd world war not only to punish but to prevent genocide from ever happening again that was an earlier hearing in december attended by the civilian leader of me out of myanmar saying suchi she wasn't here today for this final result for the court has been asked to do is rule on 2 things to say whether or not he has jurisdiction and it has come back saying it does indeed have jurisdiction meaning a genocide trial will take place and secondly it was by the gambia to to impose something called provisional measures which amounts to an emergency injunction to put the brakes on any form of genocidal violence so what we've heard from the courts a short while ago is that there are terms of what it wants me to do wants to make sure that its military and all irregular forces that work alongside it stop all

acts of violence including the rape the burning of villages mass murder the prevention of access to medicine it's also asked me. to serve all evidence when it comes to the ongoing trial. the future trial of genocide and also further terms when it comes to the timing is what he wants me ahmad to report back 4 months from today and then every 6 months going forward to show exactly what it's doing to the international community to prove that it is actually living up to what the i.c.j. the un's highest court has now imposed upon it does not have to follow this ruling or is it merely symbolic. but that's the problem the i.c.j. despite the fact that it's described as the world court the world's highest court and this ruling is binding but it cannot be in force that's the problem and in the

past other countries have simply ignored them but what can be done in terms of escalating pressure is that could in theory take things all the way to the u.n. security council but given the makeup of the u.n. security council with the likes of china and russia being sympathetic towards me i ma the thoughts of the possibility of any serious resolution being slapped upon mar is somewhat windles in that respect an awful lot of faith and trust i suppose is being put in myanmar to act off its own back and given that i'm saying see she came here in person in december something that she didn't have to do does show to some extent that she respects the jurisdiction of the court but whether or not they will actually act upon what the court has imposed upon myanmar is a different question tiley the fact that these timeframes of 4 months and 6 months checkups have been imposed have told employees that the court really wants to see some movement from me on muslim leadership i was there as

a reporting live from the hague let's go to cox's bazar in bangladesh where rousing us tommy a child is right now another ruling came out what within the last 3040 minutes or so time this a perhaps a little bit early but what's the what's been the reaction there to this. so far i haven't got a chance to talk to anybody but. last few days we've been talking to many of the camp residents the community leaders that hypothetically what if the ruling is in favor of the rowing guys and they said that we welcome this i mean it's a it's a very much a waiting for a long time we want some sort of justice so this would be very much welcoming news to them as well as for the bangladesh government and bang the shit south which has been the most thing over a 1000000 that nearly a 1000000 refugees for over years now so they would welcome this because they have been persuading the international community to insert pressure on me on my own and to acknowledge the fact that i trust it has been committed on the other side which is why so many influx took place in 2017 and on what even now on and off

a lot of running start trickling down on the border because of that trust that it's still been going on there the 45 rights and a human rights body just a week back put in its report that by 125000. internment camps many of them are course to accept this national very fixation card which is nothing more than a card that says they're muslim bengalis it doesn't verify anything else so this would be symbolically a big ask for the rohingya community here as well as for bangladesh government and the nation itself because they've been trying to put this across to the international community what it with doing both time is the next question it's such a late pay the fines are a quick question for the going as we don't know i mean will it encourage many of the nation to actually impose sanctions on myanmar will you and other bodies to do something more about this this we'll have to see it from. abide by this ruling you

know so in the end it's very symbolic it's a moral victory if nothing at all it's a psychological victory and rowing guys will be very much welcoming will bring you more from the camp in coming days. of each other reporting live from bangladesh and the many things deeds. this is the news hour from al-jazeera still to come on the program another tragedy in the battle against a stray leah's bushfires. and it's for the tennis world number 4 encounters some on court difficulties in a 2nd round of straight in open match the details coming up a little later. fighting has intensified in syria's last rebel held province over the past few days 8 civilians have been killed off to government asked trikes at a town in southern italy and 2 camps for displaced people in the east there are also reports of heavy fighting between rebels and government forces let's go live

now to what istanbul out 07 costello is following developments in syria what's the latest on. well there was a ceasefire that was a stablish agrees actually by russia and turkey on january 12th so current did there shouldn't be any gunfire by by either of the size however we are seeing that in the last one week the indic lashes have intensified and according to some reports by the same estate turkish news agency within the last 48 hours just because of the bomb weidman spy the syrian government and russia at least 39000 people have been again displays across live and most of them moving towards the turkish syrian border or moving to euphrates schildt or operation all of ranch areas that are current the under the syrian opposition control right now the cease fire seems seems not to be holding gadarene but none of the government or is

neither turkey nor russia say anything about that they believe they say they want to pursue this cease fire however a couple of days ago coming back from berlin turkey's prisons are gone told turkish journalists that this is not acceptable and he said that he's telling what's going on and the president vladimir putin but he doesn't believe so i spoke to some turkish military sources they told me the same as the syrian regime when they ask about the cease fire despite the cease fire why are you attacking the syrian opposition the syrian government says they are attacking gas we are retaliating however on the other side the opposition says exactly the same and they say they are bombarding they are attacking us that's why we have to retaliate for the last one we are seeing good tactic change in syrian opposition. towards the syrian government they were fighting at the front. there in the clashes now it seems they

prefer hit and run tactics in order not to lose territory and not to lose people also. just a couple just almost one hour ago syrian state news agency reported that the opposition set of car forms and have a gunfire to sort to storm army positions syrian army positions and this warning however we've checked with our sources with the opposition they say this is not true so the many thanks did are serious and consider them wives in istanbul. lebanon is looking to secure up to $5000000000.00 in soft loans from international donors the new cabinet is promising to adopt financial methods different from the previous governments but barely a day off for it was formed protests as well back out showing that anger. reports from blames. the people versus the state lebanon is in

turmoil anti-establishment protesters briefly broke through security barriers outside parliament square there is anger over a new government. is so nicely made the authorities are all liars corrupt we don't trust them they can't deceive us they can't form a government the way they want they will not stay in power we will not leave the streets we are hungry and dead and we have nothing left to lose. for hours out-i riot police tried to quell the unrest using teargas and water cannons but the few 100 young men were defiant challenging security forces for hours using rocks stones and firecrackers central beirut has been a battleground in the past week but in the past few hours the confrontations have to harass those that are violent. the most violent and aggressive since the protest movement against the political class began in october anger is escalating among the

lebanese who are demanding a new leadership they believe the new cabinet reflects the previous one protesters are not convinced politicians will carry out the needed reforms because that would mean losing access to the state's resources for personal gain they also question whether the ministers appointed by politicians are able to hold corrupt officials accountable. is good though the rim of. this government doesn't represent the lebanese the politicians brought there's the thinking we wouldn't look nice but they are both looking at together. a little known engineering professor and one time minister as lebanon's new prime minister has the choice of the country's ruling alliance his cabinet lineup has been criticised for lacking change and being one sided it convened for its 1st session on wednesday and it now needs to work on an economic and financial programme to reassure the lebanese about their future but president michel aoun also told the government they need to regain the confidence

of the international community foreign support is needed to unlock billions of dollars in aid the international community cares about one thing today is the ability of the government to deliver on the form will this team prove to be really independent. when they prove that they can they are not but is in the office system. in place. and. opponents of the political class are divided over the way forward some believe the movement should remain peaceful while others support a violent campaign. for a 2nd consecutive night try to convince the security forces to join their ranks and to stop protecting the elite who he said are responsible for all their pain. orders were carried out and the unrest was eventually contained scenes like these are

becoming more frequent it's causing concern about the future of a country deeply divided with those who are defending the status quo and those demanding a new lebanon. and santa joins us now live from beirut how is this request for soft loans for such a huge amount $5000000000.00 from international donors going down with those times who's going to lend to a country which is in chaos. well so far no country really has. come forward with the intention of bailing out levanon or providing international assistance it has become clear that the international community is conditioning aid to a set of reforms really they have conditions they want the new government reforms structural economic reforms as well as fight corruption we heard the u.s. secretary of state. peo say to this is going to be our condition for

aid and really it's not just that for the united states they see this new government as one which is led by the iranian backed group hezbollah and its allies a group which is under u.s. sanctions a group the united states considers a terrorist organization the new finance minister of saying that they even acknowledging that the international community is watching monitoring to see what reforms will be elected before the country can receive aid and you mentioned he is appealing for $5000000000.00 in order to import the basic supplies fuel medicine wheat this country has a lack of foreign currency a lack of dollars and it imports at least 80 percent of its needs so the crisis is the the crisis is desperate in the words of the new the new prime minister has found dead there is a catastrophe and that is why we're seeing more outbursts of outburst of violence

in the streets of central beirut we are outside parliament square which was a battle a battle zone yesterday so we have to wait to see whether or not any country will come forward to offer support but so far there hasn't been any pledges of financial aid of 0 for us live in beirut said to many thanks indeed. time now to get a weather forecast weather some folks is here the rate of spray and they say falls mainly on the plane but snow at the moment it's windy there too yeah that's right bit of everything adrian it's been horrible we crossed a good part of spain add also into portugal frankly the satellite picture you can see our offending area of low pressure which has been swirling away just around spain and portugal now just pushing to the southwest of portugal's nasty weather coming through here elsewhere across much of your passion is fine and strike as high pressure dominates in the weather so a lot of settles the weather some sunshine as well and in light winds really quite

pleasant said optically warm the city pleasant this is the same in east in spite of the said adrian some horrible conditions push across the border into southern france as puppy on where the rivers of burst their banks we've seen some really heavy rainfall coming through here as we go on through the next 24 hours or so see that rain continuing to cause problems that's no way of the pyrenees for a time but wet weather at least gradually pulling away from the southern front still seeing some rather nasty weather as is the case too into western areas of spain pushing across a good part of portugal so go on through the next couple of days and it is going to stay just down across siberia those central areas lossie fine and sure i look a little further north we have got some well malt weather coming to moscow you might see want to 2 flakes of snow but it is very mild here adrian temperatures around knowing degrees above celsius sorry about the average full moscow with a high of 3 degrees. ever so many thanks come here on the news a threat from the libyan warlord khalifa haftar closes tripoli its main airport.

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it is good terry with us hello adrian fenty going to here in doha with the news out from al-jazeera the headlines a 2nd city in china has announced a shutdown of public transport to try to stop the spread of a deadly new virus pangani is there will hand with the corona virus outbreak was 1st reported last month. the international court of justice has ordered me and mas government to take emergency measures to prevent soldiers committing acts of genocide against the hinge mostly still living that around 3 quarters of a 1000000 fled to neighboring bangladesh during the military offensive against them 3 years ago. the fighting has intensified in syria's last rebel held province in the past week 8 civilians been killed after government airstrikes on the town and 2 camps for displaced people 40 soldiers also have been killed in fighting with rebels. un 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 riyadh saudi after

the murder of jamal khashoggi the saudi journalist was a regular contributor to the washington post that's also owned by his osce nicolas cage 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 khashoggi 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 bases phone in 20 itin that happened after base 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 to or high certainty that the show also of the hacking was a videophile send to me stories. 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. i'm 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 hotshot g but not aware of any attempt to blackmail him well i think upset is exactly the right way the idea that the

conference would have jeff bezos of photos absolutely silly. as baze also supported g.'s fiance following his murder in 2018 relations with been some man sourwood bays 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 mykola gauge al jazeera a water bomber aircraft has crashed while fighting bushfires in australia all 3 crew members on board were killed before the crash contact was lost in the capital canberra and the thomas reports. filmed by al jazeera 2 weeks ago this is believed to be the plane that's crashed the c 130 hercules is the biggest fire fighting plane used by australia's rural fire service is capable of dumping 15000 liters of water all retardant each flight 3 i'm eric and crew members were on board contractors from a u.s. aerial firefighting company all believed to have died it's impacted heavily with the ground and initial reports are that there was a large fall ball associated with the impact of the plane as it hit the ground we've got a number of forefathers and a number of crew that are in the area and working to contain and work around the

far it is still an active far ground. and and it did take some time with the use of ground crews and a number of aerial surveillance platforms to try and locate the wreckage of the flying today is a reminder. of how every single person who is defending life and property is at risk because of the dangers 2nd status in the firefighting community around new south wales a strat in the world is very tight needed i many people have been impacted rain across southeastern australia had recently dampened the country's unprecedented bushfires but on thursday a very hot very windy conditions returned and dozens of new fires flared up bushfires near the capital camera force the complete closure of its airport people living nearby were told to evacuate until the fires got so bad the flooding became more dangerous than staying put after a terrible month it had seemed australia's fires were easing those days heat and

wind across new south wales shows how quickly they can return the loss of a plane and 3 lives how quickly tragedy can strike andrew thomas al jazeera so. maybe as a former chief executive of victoria's country fire authority joins us now via skype from sydney neil what was this this aircraft a bit a big aircraft what was it doing. at the time that it crashed. it's a c $130.00 it's a hook you lazy profit or lodging engines at a sewer. cilia can take up to 15000 liters of water or. being with the rule of law services for a number of years now. runs the suppose and this. is a very setting that isn't well thoughtlessness for you indeed as outer thomas

was was saying just a few moments ago that the rain that south eastern australia had experienced had a kind of given some relief for a while it appears that the worst is not yet of it's a false sense of security people don't understand that the torah the faucets and usually stops at that time of the is try and open which it only started yesterday so we're now looking at the jury is coming into a no wolf last season after having an hour range as 2 months the one hand and at the same time the while saws and normally out by now and we can utilize you south while the earl appliances and its crews that's not going to happen because you so well still has significant was the thought of me going to take months to roll the rain was helpful didn't do anything to containing the major flaws. so basically just as victoria and to us it's it's traditional bushfire season

you've got all of these these fires right along the eastern seaboard what about queensland at the moment. queensland still has a couple of fawaz for remaining from the earlier on this year when they had a very early fire season but. unfortunately with the way the weather patterns are at the moment the climate changing the way it is going will be coming into the monsoon season so did go on from august the monsoon and the bone teves that normally look after those sort of incidents are going to be very very tolerant so how does some new south wales and victoria then if resources are that stretched out how do they they cope with what's to come well using technology like the lines that we're seeing and they're utilizing this stuff in some hard decisions

have to be united which follows you let run which 5 time be. around canberra was a perfect example of what can happen in a very short on that's not a guess that i burned by 100 i think it is land close the nice sions major 8 or and the only happened yesterday so if we get a lot strikes at the being so we'll get on to storm his broadcloth me we're going to have more fawaz starting over the next month. neil i've a feeling we're going to be talking a lot more in the next few weeks unfortunately for the moment many thanks indeed for being with us once again will be the former chief executive of victoria's country tomorrow for. gone yet what you can do is send some of that rain to your with them and let's talk about i don't it was absolutely fair idea there are many thanks indeed. the main airport in libya's capital is closed after war khalifa

haftar a no fly zone over tripoli the port announced flights were grounded until further notice shortly after they restarted following a rocket attack on wednesday the un recognized government says that after us forces are incapable of enforcing a flight ban. and in the month. a year we announce the activation of a no fly zone that we previously described as you can see on this map the no fly zone includes maty get airport the areas are now forbidding for civilian or military aviation any civilian or military aircraft whoever it belongs to will be in breach of the cease fire and therefore will be directly destroyed. africa's richest woman is a suspect in a major fraud case in angola isabel dos santos is being investigated for mismanagement allegedly siphoning off funds while chair of the state oil company

the daughter of angola's former president denies transferring millions of dollars of government money into offshore accounts. house democrats are begun the process of trying to convince the senate to remove president donald trump from office they've opened their arguments in his impeachment trial wednesday with 2 warnings aimed at the upper chambers republican majority history is watching and so the american people notice here is how to 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 for help in his reelection campaign if this conduct is not impeachable. then nothing else 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 whatever the heck he said it and it's troll 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 there 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. president trump is back in washington after attending the world economic forum in davos in switzerland where he lashed out against the proceedings he also boasted about withholding evidence from the democrats white house correspondent kimberly helka ports. 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 a o. and other top officials he even floated the possibility of showing up himself had left. the white you know sort of lovesick right the front row and stare in their corrupt faces i'd love to do it i don't know talking because i may 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 but honestly we have all the material they don't have the material to try. 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 promises 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 washington. the u.s. has launched its once a decade head count of the entire population starting in the far reaches of alaska well most people are expected to answer the 2020 census online or by post in remote alaskan villages people are being counted by officials out as a result of gallagher reports from talk soup bay on how it can be a lifeline for native alaskans. clinging to the edge of the bering sea and surrounded by arctic tundra took bays 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. 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 and it's 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 kenney gak says when locally just travel in the u.s. 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 still 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 where out here in southwestern alaska the future of took suck but

in every other. immunity in the u.s. will be shaped by the census it's used to redraw legislative districts allocate electoral college funds it effects the distribution of over a trillion dollars in public funding these alaskans won't see government officials for another decade with the results of the census will have a lasting impact and a gallacher al-jazeera bethel alaska venezuela's opposition leader is calling on the european union to broaden sanctions against the government of president nicolas maduro one of those on the tour of europe in the finance of a travel ban e.u. countries have recognized him this interim president have imposed sanctions on some venezuelans and the donors in a circle but they've also been pushing for mediation which says has failed guatemala's new government says that it will keep a so-called safe 3rd country agreement for asylum seekers sent from the united

states the u.s. has deported around 230 central american asylum seekers to guatemala in the past 2 months migrants rights groups condemned the u.s. policy saying that guatemala is unsafe due to widespread crime and drugs trafficking. just ahead here on the news hour in sport we'll tell you about a game. that descended into one of the biggest pools in college basketball history .

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other guitar the sport has far thanks so much adrian the most highly anticipated n.b.a. debut for years has finally happened this year is number one draft exile on williamson played his 1st game for the new orleans pelicans after injury delayed his entry into the leaks a home. reports by the junction of the waiting is finally over die on williamson the teenage sensation to become one of boss of the world's biggest gong finally made his n.b.a. debut ok and he didn't waste any time making an impact here in china and still think that when you take a look you williamson had been missing all season long because of a knee injury there were no signs of rust however there's a lot to stay were his 1st month on the job still need to come back for his team the new orleans pelicans against the visiting san antonio spurs the number one draft pick showed off the skills that made him a star college level we were with an epic fun quarter display he scored 17

points in just 3 minutes to say we're going to be good and go to new orleans within touching distance having started the quarter 12 behind your years ago you were his long range shooting was particularly impressive the rookie sinking all 4 of his 3 point attempts. and why you didn't get to new orleans over the finish line for the win he did leave fans with plenty to be excited about be there is certainly more to come from the man hailed as the next le bron james so he'll malik al-jazeera play and be as western conference later the l.a. lakers are back to winning ways to beat the new york knicks at mattson square garden on wednesday the lakers bounce back from their worst loss of the season on monday bron james helping out with 21 points in the game he's down just 44 behind coping bryant in securing the number 3 scoring spot in n.b.a. history the lakers going on to beat the next $100.00 tonight too. american football

star manning is retiring after 16 years in the n.f.l. quarterback led the new york giants to choose super bowls and was named and the both times but he's $39.00 now and only started 3 games this season spending most of the time as backup to rookie daniel jones that has rolled over one rafa nadal is playing frederico double in a in the 2nd round of the australian open every rain and dust storms have been wreaking havoc on thursday mornings play us open finalist daniel medvedev struggled with slippery conditions in his match against pager martinez of spain were eventually close but his problems on core didn't end there while number 4 needed a medical timeout to nurse a bloody nose to spite all the obstacles medvedev beat martinez in straight sets to reach the 3rd round in melbourne. it was great when we stepped on the court

we just played 11 game with the only let's say all the records and of course assuming the roof was closed everything is different because it's more hard you know you get inside the ball goes faster or i think the sound of the ball even is different so everything is completely different and as i said today i think it was in my advantage. women 2nd seed caroline of political vowels so advanced was straight sets the check served 8 aces in her win over germany's boris sigman the former semifinalist said she was just happy to get through an ugly match. i was not feeling perfect i think i did ok i mean both kind of thought but i think against her you never going to feel amazing because she tries to play a lot of styles a lot of you know drop shots lives so there's lot of different shows which is playing and i think she just wanted me to feel this way and the premier league leaders liverpool are hoping to stay on beaten when they travel to wolves later wanderers meanwhile are pushing for a top 4 finish on wednesday burnley sprung

a major upset in the league beating manchester united the 2 male defeat means you know they are now 6 points short of champions league places. but it's the 1st time since august we've lost at home in the league and the players need to remember that as well make sure it's going to be a long time that until we lose these types of games you can you can lose to teams that i'll play you. know should have been a game that we should want. well a new era for rugby league begins next week when canadian side toronto wolfpack makes its debut in the english super league just 4 years after they were formed sonny bill williams is trying his big name signing for the new season he has switched codes and is returning to league after 5 years. to not just experience you know the way of life and to be usable to further legitimacy who you are what experience came because he gave it

a fair and sometimes it will be one of the exactly what's going on but they were pretty colorful when i played in chicago once actually it was a beloved so it could be for both teams. now was meant to be a great game between 2 old rivals broke out into one of the biggest brawls in college basketball history things started to get heated between the kansas jayhawks and the kansas state wildcats after this deal with just minutes left in the game with a hoax or sylvia d'souza retaliated with a blog that said want going into the ground 0 players from both sides came off the bench to get involved the players have been suspect she looks like a case stick guy comes in here and to show support. just ball players and that is all your sport for now adrian back to you thought about it thanks dude sorry just never to update you but that's of what use are all seen again by.

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