the great friend. al-jazeera. hello i'm adrian figure and this is the news live from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes 20000000 people sealed off in 2 cities that public transport shut down as china tries to stop the spread of a new virus. protect the evidence and prevent a genocide the international court of justice orders myanmar to protect muslims. a demand to end foreign interference in the fight over libya from the foreign ministers of neighboring countries. and an elite venezuelan police unit is accused of violence here from the victims in

a special al-jazeera reporters. and i'm sorry i have all the day's sport including . sensations. highly anticipated. you can inspire when. china's capital has announced that it's canceling all major public events for a lunar new year as the country tries to strong stop the spread of a new virus the extreme move comes after restrictions were ordered on 2 cities affecting some 20000000 people all public transport services air sea and roads out of the city of new han have been suspended that's where the virus was 1st detected last month in the neighboring city of all transport services will be shut down from midnight local time to prevent people leaving or entering the chinese government

says that subway trains will be disinfected every hour of the world health organization is meeting again to decide whether to declare an international public health emergency al-jazeera is adrian brown begins our coverage from hong kong. at 1st china's government warned people against traveling to hand the epicenter of the virus now a day later it's gone a step further and banned all travel to and from the city 11000000 people are effectively living in quarantine that brought a measured response from the world health organization 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 honor to unmount weyrich many people fled to han before the ban took effect

unverified pictures posted on social media shows signs of panic among those who stayed behind a hospital in the city where face masks are now reportedly being rationed now the ban on public transport has been extended to other cities in central china. well here. arriving in hong kong passengers from one of the last flights out of. silent by choice the incubation period for the virus last up to 10 days doctors say it's therefore possible that some of them could be carrying a silent killer after returning to hong kong if you have a fever or other symptoms where a surgical mask as this disease spreads and hong kong's medical authorities are raising awareness with cheery public service announcements. like other parts of china hong kong is becoming a city without a face the official advice is to wear surgical masks in crowded areas including on

public transport yet some experts doubt they'll be effective. from manila to tokyo airports across asia are screening all passengers for signs of infection medical experts still don't know if this is a highly or mildly contagious disease there is a lot the experts still don't know about this disease they're still trying to find its source and they're still not sure how easily it can spread from person to person adrian brown al jazeera hong kong beijing has pledged complete transparency as it deals with the outbreak. china will continue to maintain an open transparent egg donor responsible manner for the global health and safety and reports any outbreaks we will maintain close communication with the world health organization relevant countries and regions including hong kong and taiwan we also

believe that the emergency committee at the world health organization will base their findings about the outbreak on truth science and possibility reasonable analysis and sound judgment. peter j. hotez is dean for the national school of tropical medicine a baylor college of medicine and he is with us now live to tell you with us from your perspective is this unprecedented hour do you go about containing a virus like this. well the the best way to contain a virus is to have a vaccine readily available and to vaccinate the population and unfortunately the world did not respond after the sars vaccine to have those vaccines in place and we could talk more about that but you know for now i think what we're seeing with the chinese leadership is and a reaction maybe an overreaction to what happened in 2003 when the stars coronavirus erupted in spread across china create a global panic affected asian markets and other markets and really shut down the

city of toronto after was exported there in the chinese leadership was heavily criticized for not being proactive not being transparent so i think what you're seeing is a response to that and trying to double down and that's why we're seeing the measures being taken right now how quickly can a virus like this be produced as i understand it is a corona virus the same virus that causes the common cold there's no vaccine for the common cold. no but there is there have been prototype vaccines for sars the 1st serious corona virus infection in the early 2001 for example we developed a prototype vaccine for that then when we tried to seek funding to get clinical trials to advance it to license or license or so we have a ready to go the investor community said that there is no more sars any more we do we need a vaccine and so it it we're still continuing to monitor it for its stability but

it's basically we haven't been able to advance it for all the safety testing f. we have done that by now there's a possibility we'd have a vaccine ready to go so we're in this situation where we're we're too much in reactive mode we're not in to support tory enough and and looking at the importance of vaccines and other countermeasures there's been some improvement new organizations like seppi that was created at davos. barda the biomedical advanced research development authority and we've done improve things in terms of global health governance after the sars epidemic we created the international health regulations i.h.r. 2005 which is increased steps of monitoring international transportation hubs as well create a global health security agenda so there's no question things are better than they were in the early 2000 but there's still a lot of hits in the system from what you know of this virus so we all regardless of age or state of health vulnerable to it what do you look for and

patients a these heat sensors at airports effectively give you some indication as to who's got the virus. well he sent sensors may tell you if you have a fever but remember the time of year this is happening it's really happening at the worst time of the year possible not only because at the start of chinese new year's when the whole country is on the move but it's also the peak of influenza season so chances are that we're going to be seeing a lot of people with this having fever registering positive about those heat sensors not overwhelming majority will have the flu and so that's going to create a lot of confusion as well so it's unfortunate that it's also happening at this time of year really good to talk to you we're p.j. hotez the dean of the national school of tropical medicine at baylor college in houston many thanks indeed thanks for having me government has been ordered to take emergency measures to prevent soldiers committing acts of genocide against a range of muslims so living the international court of justice is also ruled to

protect all evidence for potential genocide trial around 3 quarters of a 1000000 in just fled to neighboring bangladesh during a military offensive against them 3 years ago when miles later denies charges of genocide. in accordance with its obligation is under the convention on human relation to the members of their own juggling units $3038.00 all remeasure within its power to prevent the commission or. within the school of article 2 of the genocide convention a parka is covering this from the hague he says the ruling will be difficult to enforce but is still a significant development from the court. what the court has been asked to do is rule on 2 things to say whether or not it has jurisdiction and it has come back saying it does indeed have jurisdiction meaning a genocide trial will take place and secondly it was asked 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 and what we've heard from the courts a short while ago is that there were 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 rape the burning of villages mass murder the prevention of access to medicine it's also asked. preserve all evidence when it comes to the ongoing trial the future trial of genocide and also further terms when it comes to the timing as what he wants me on my part 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 and turn him all the is executive director of legal action worldwide on profit groups focused on human rights law she joins us now live from beirut what's your reaction to this ruling. today is momentous day mean who would have thought that the international court of justice has made a decision a unanimous decision a panel of 17 judges one appointed by selected by me and mom one by gambia a provisional measures to prevent acts of genocide in the me i'm on military must not commit further acts of genocide and as we heard earlier from your reporter not to destroy evidence and to report back to the courts i mean it was incredible and we represent the hang refugees who are residing in bangladesh and we saw their faces and their reactions that the world has taken note and the highest court in the land has has made this decision it's really very very landmark today and

going forward what does that mean you know the rangar have been seeking justice we've been helping them to try to obtain that and this is an incredibly important step even though it may take years for the full trial to to to go ahead but as i understand it the court's decision is on enforceable menard does not have to comply just to google. well it is a legally binding decision and i think let's go back to the hearings in the in december and song suchi herself went to represent her country and i think that's very significant that shows us that she and meum are have actually engaged in these proceedings so it is legally binding of course it's a $1000000.00 question will me and mark comply they do have very strict reporting provisions that have been requested by the court what happens if they don't it

would have to go to the u.n. security council i think here it's going to be really important that we continue international pressure on me and mark to abide by its legal obligations and also those that are in bangladesh want to see what happens to the remainder and when they come if they have to flee still memoir into bangladesh and we take their stories and hear what they have to say so i think now we're going to see what will be the reaction and of course to till now we haven't seen a response from mansome suchi to the court's decision they're just going to ask you what this means for him censored she given that she denied that the genocide of the couldn't be a more. you know i would love to be a fly on the wall right now in seeing what designing some city think to this you know human rights icon and there she was at the hague now defending the actions of the of the me and mom in a tree and i was there in the hague with some of the rangar refugees who had fled during the 2017 clearance operations some of them who'd lost

a 20 year old widow it had 9 members of her family killed and subjected to very serious sexual violence who'd want to just reach out in the court against answering suci i think that she had said before to the world she didn't know what is happening she cannot deny that and the highest court in the land has also said to take action now to prevent further acts to to protect 600000 rangar who still remain in rakhine state i'm in mind i think that's incredibly important we shouldn't forget that there are still many still residing in the and that's absolutely crucial that decision for them today ok many thanks indeed good to talk to you into the movie the executive director of legal action worldwide. this is the news hour from al-jazeera still to come on the program spain on high alert a storm gloria brings more snow and flooding. 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. and in sport the tennis world number 4 encounter some difficulties in his 2nd round us trade in opening match details coming up a little later. algeria is hosting amazing to find ways to stop the fighting in neighboring libya algeria as foreign minister is rejecting any foreign interference libya's only operating airport in the west but tripoli was shut down after a series of rocket attacks on wednesday. after that announced a no fly zone of the capital that the u.n. recognized government says he doesn't have the means to do that will be live with our correspondent in tripoli in just a moment but 1st let's hear what algeria's foreign minister had to say.

i'm not going to name any parties when i'd like to say that in principle algeria rejects any foreign intervention and we reject the presence of any foreign troops in libya we accept troops a force is accepted by the libyans they have the sovereign right to agree with whichever party but we are concerned about the whole situation our principle is that any foreign intervention in libya will complicate the matter. let's go live now to tripoli. of the what is the forests what does this meeting aim to achieve. well adrian as the journey and the foreign minister mentioned in that meeting is that they are trying to prevent foreign intervention in libya rather reject any foreign intervention in libya and also to stop the flow of weapons into libya but i have to tell you that this meeting that might have been

disrupted by the absence of the. minister how much say you how much the yellow the foreign minister of tripoli. the government of national accord did not respond to our journey is invitation protesting or objecting on the fact that algeria and vita that evil foreign minister who is loyal to the warlord cliff or have to in the east of libya so now the government here says that the government in the east of the country that is loyal to the warlord 34 have to it is not recognized by the international community and has been in conflict with you and that ignited the government for the past 4 years now this meeting that all libya's neighboring countries are inviting so. wants to send

a message to these neighboring countries not to allow any weapons into libyan borders and also not to send troops to fuel the. fuel that conflict between that i've ordered that warring factions in the country as you know that according to a larger years foreign minister he is a stressing that libya's neighboring countries should play a leading ghoul in bringing back stability and ending the conflict in the country it seems that this meeting is going to be a continuation. international mediation is due in the conflict in libya but the fact that. the foreign minister is not attending this according to many people at the government here tripoli is not a good sign despite the fact that. wants to make sure that the neighboring

countries of libya are playing the leading good rule in india in this conflict and bring the stability back to the country as you know that both egypt and tunisia neighboring countries of libya 6. accused of supporting the watering factions in libya observers would have their lives in tripoli many thanks indeed. lebanon is looking for up to $5000000000.00 in loans from international donors to help it out of an unprecedented economic crisis its new cabinet met for the 1st time with an alice. back out showing that. reports from beirut. 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. 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 try 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 arrest 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 all the money. for them this government doesn't represent the lebanese the politicians brothers the thinking we wouldn't look nice but they are both looking at a little known engineering professor. and one time minister is lebanon's new prime minister has was the choice of the country's ruling alliance his cabinet lineup has been criticized 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 but they are not but isn't 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 center for their beirut. fighting has intensified in syria's last rebel held province over the past few days 8 civilians have been killed after government asked trying to set a town in southern england to camps for displaced people in the east there are also reports of heavy fighting between rebel. forces. storm gloria is continuing to cause major weather problems in spain days of heavy snow high seas and flooding of led to the deaths of at least 8 people alexi o'brien reports. the winter storm has lashed spain bringing white out snow conditions and winds of more than 140 kilometers an hour gloria triggered weather alerts across the country with some saying it could be the worst ocean storm the same. sea water has been

pouring into the delta one of spain's most important flooding thousands of hectares of rice crops the local lisette he'd never seen anything like it. looked on nervously as the only a river rose almost breaking its banks. yesterday city officials told us that water could possibly enter our shop. so we put this year to trouble rainwater getting in because it would be a major disaster. at one point 200000 people without power and tens of thousands of students out of school as roads remained impassable . snow piles and drivers dug into the drifts to find their cars. we have to spend a couple of days here we were supposed to leave yesterday but we couldn't because everything was covered in even more snow than it is now. forced to use more

unconventional methods to forge a path not. the only thing i could think about was the spray from the kitchen because we are waiting for shovels so we decided we better use whatever we had at home and improvise a little bit. this isn't snow even though it looks like yes it's c. farm flooding the streets of the small town of toss a demand about $100.00 kilometres up the coast from barcelona the storm's gale force winds smashed into several safe. towns damaging shops and restaurants. and some waves were record breaking 13.5 meters high as they slammed into the shore barcelona's famous speeches didn't escape the storm but they still pulled the crowds and while several people thought the where that was worth documenting scientists expect scenes like this to become more common along this coast because of climate change. it's not just spader's portugal to hear to tell us more is

better or just whether some faux yeah that's right i dream not the place to pay for out a little bit of winter sunshine is it failing the satellite pics you can see where gloria is still swirling away just around spain and portugal and in fact we're seeing some wet weather also extending its way up into the southern parts of france we're seeing flooding here as well warnings remain in course across a good part of 1st spain portugal and the day the southern areas of france is for the public on burst its banks we have got the wet weather now started to push away still without rain affecting the good parts of portugal at the moment as we go on through friday and on and see saturday that wet weather will drive as well little further inland and they will still be for the snow to come over the higher ground that's certainly the case as we go on through the next couple of days other side of the mediterranean seeing some rain and snow here as well not quite as lively as spain and portugal things in the process actually of gradually clearing away as it

does seeing it make its way across iran at the moment pushing a little further east was that same area cloud actually bought a few spots of right here in doha so we've had some wet weather here too much specifically on the wintry side at present in terms of the coalfields whether this we go on through the next couple of days that cold wind continue to drive its way across a region always here in doha 20 celsius adrian but not feeling that warm. everson many thanks still to come here on the news out another tragedy in the battle against a straight he as bush fires plus. he personally asked a foreign government to investigate his opponent. making the case terrific president trump from the white house. i support this 2 time super bowl winner calls time on his n.f.l. career.

the big stories generates thousands of headlines maybe angles in this story are too numerous for comfort with different angles from different perspectives things never really being believed. muddying the water even separate the spin from the facts and the misinformation from the journalism is so clear and it sounds to me and you hear people just think that with the listening post on al-jazeera. a healthy environment depends on a healthy insect population but across the world. numbers are dwindling. countless creatures are declining as a result of human activity. people in power investigates the extent of the crisis and asks what can be done to abate it. in said to get in on

al-jazeera. hello again this is al jazeera adrian forget here in doha with the news out of the headlines china's capital has announced that it's canceling or major public events for lunar new year as the country tries to stop the spread of a new virus the extreme move comes after restrictions were ordered on 2 cities affecting some 20000000 people. the international court of justice is ordered me a mass government to take emergency measures to prevent soldiers committing acts of genocide against revenge of muslims still living that they are mass armies accused of carrying out acts of genocide against the 2070. of algeria is hosting

a meeting to find ways to stop the fighting in neighboring libya libya's only operating airports in the west but in tripoli will shut down after a series of rocket attacks on what state. tributes are being paid in australia to the crew of an american aircraft that crashed while fighting bushfires of 0 as andrew thomas reports from sydney. filmed by al jazeera 2 weeks ago this is believed to be the plane that's crashed the c 130 hercules is the biggest firefighting 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 believed to have died it's impacted heavily with the ground and initial reports are that there was a large far wall associated with the impact of the plan 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 fly and today's a reminder. of how every single person who is defending life and property is at risk because the day your 2nd stance is 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 cambra forced 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 and examples al-jazeera. new government says that it will keep to 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 few months migrants rights groups condemn the u.s. policy say that is unsafe due to widespread crime and drugs trafficking. but as well as opposition leader is calling on the european union to broaden sanctions against the government of president nicolas maduro. is defying a travel ban by visiting european capitals countries recognize him as interim

president of imposed sanctions on. what's being described as an epidemic of police violence is said to be terrorizing venezuela among government organizations as the band as well has the world's highest rate of murder many of them extrajudicial killings by police and an elite special forces unit is accused of being given the freedom to terrorize communities a latin america editor loose in human exclusive report from the capital caracas. nothing strikes fear among venezuelans been seeing this special action force or fire on patrol in low income neighborhoods armed with assault rifles and with their identity hidden this police force originally formed to fight crime has become synonymous with extrajudicial executions. last his 18 year old son. 8 months ago the day he went to visit a woman he was seen in an area where the fire was patrolling he says the boy was

shot at point blank range inside her house and made to bleed to death. i don't know why they killed him but i know that the 1st tortured angel because they thought he belonged to a gang of delinquents had no criminal record and wasn't involved in the business i want the girl to make a statement because she's too frightened. mr committal has joined other relatives of people killed by 5 who are demanding justice they show us the photographs of young men who police say were confronting them can you tell me this is an extermination the say is arrived to kill to steal everything in your house with total impunity these were brothers 1st they killed one then the other there's a case where they killed all 4 people in one day often they kill all the men in a house. a report by the u.n.

high commission on human rights describes the 5 as a para police group that carries out extrajudicial killings and has called for it to be disbanded this mural is an homage to just one of the hundreds of people allegedly killed by the 5 s. in this part of caracas alone according to the locals some of them may have been involved in criminal activities others are not but that harming them nominator according to people who say they are too afraid to speak to us on camera is that they were murdered in cold blood. according to the venezuelan observatory of violence and n.g.o.s specializing in murders the homicide rate in 2019 was $60.00 for every 100000 inhabitants the highest in the world but what most stands out is that one 3rd of the killings are reportedly carried out by police. asked venezuela's chief prosecutor about the allegations which he says are exaggerated

see or what the 800 offices have been accused of homicide torture cruel and inhumane treatment illegal arrest or entry among other crimes. yes it's a lot but it reflects authority and judicial action on my can. in the united states but the vast majority of cases go unpunished alexis leda is still fighting to bring 3 fires officers under arrest for the murder of his brother to trial despite constant death threats he says. you can have $800.00 under investigation or even charged aware of the sentences they operate with impunity. president nicolas maduro responded to the latest report on institutional violence by congratulating 5 for its hard work. the u.n. high commissioner for human rights suspects the government is using the 5 and other security forces to spread fear in order to maintain social control if so it seems

to be working you see in human. got access. iraq's president has told global political and business leaders that gathered in switzerland that foreign interference in his country must end on m sallies call came after growing protests against u.s. troops in iraq and missile attacks from iran he's been speaking at the world economic forum in davos also in davos isn't a serious diplomatic it is a james bass with him is nato secretary general james. yes absolutely a.j. all the great and the good to hear business leaders political leaders and the head of the world's largest military alliance u.n. stoltenberg secretary general of nato is with me secretary general start by telling me about what is supposed to be your newest mission because certainly the president of the united states donald trump has given it a name he says nato me nato middle east is it authorized what are you planning well

nato is all depressed and in the middle east we have a training mission in iraq we are working with partners like to nice sharp and jordan helping that would special person forces intelligence and of course if you look at the broader region we are present in afghanistan what we're doing now is that we are looking into how to scale up to do more in the fight against terrorism especially by providing more support to do rocky security forces you say scale up you've got about $500.00 or so troops currently suspended in iraq but president trump is talking about something much bigger is talking about you replacing u.s. troops and there are thousands there are you really going to get authorization for that well we are now discussing innate to what more we can do and we are doing that of course in close consultation with her very rocky gomen and i met there are press than today i spoke with her old prime minister yesterday and we are looking at how the nato can do more focus not on combat missions focuses on how can we train

assist and advise the iraq is and help them build in their everything from minister of defense command the control to train their forces so they can stabilize their own country fight terrorism themselves you say you're talking about iraq you say you talk about a training mission you seem to be a slightly cross purposes with president trump because he said we can come home or largely come home and use nato and i've looked at how many u.s. troops there are in the middle east 6000 iraq 800 syria 13000 kuwait 7000 bahrain 13000 cattle u.s. a 5000 saudi arabia 3000 jordan 3. oh man $600.00 is nato really going to replace that or as donald trump got it wrong well our focus is on what more can need to do in that region to fight international terrorism of course nato has a potential to do more than we do today not so many years ago had more than 140000 troops in afghanistan in the combat operation but are we could be talking something

of that scale or no because what you're looking to now is not big combat operations what we're looking into now all of us do not the states and european nato allies is hard can enable the countries in the region him self to fight terrorism because in the long run it's better that they fight terrorism themselves that they is stable on countries because nato will always be our color foreigners coming in so therefore the best thing we can do is to help them strengthen their security forces so they can stay with us on their own to be clear he says we can come home and use nato is there any suggestion are you going to get any buy in particularly from the french and germans who want to iraq really have not liked the history of all of this involvement in iraq are you going to get any buy in for the sort of scale of operation that president trump seems to be hinting there or do all or all are looking into what can we do together and the us is a member of nato is what can we do together to create the conditions so we can

reduce our presence no one wants to stay in afghanistan or iraq or in other places fighting terrorism longer than necessary but we cannot leave to early because then we see that there is a risk for al qaeda taliban or isis dollars coming back we saw that in iraq so we need to make sure that when we leave we have some kind of sustainable peace and we have forces authorities governments. in the places that are able to make sure that isis just finally we must touch on the long war in afghanistan you said one of the dangers with the taliban coming back but the u.s. is negotiating for the taliban. and to come back do you have any worries that if the taliban is welcomed into the government in kabul some of the gains in terms of justice media for freedom women's rights some of those gains that nato soldiers have given their lives for may be lost we are of course very concerned about afghans on moving back backwards back to the time when afghanistan was

a safe haven for international terrorists and when human rights watch where what while it is on a wide scale that's exactly why we are looking for a sustainable peace in afghanistan at the end of the day it has to be the afghans themselves that negotiate the terms under the last in peace arrangement well we are doing now is support the u.s. efforts to sit down with the bomb and to find a way to end the fighting there while ns and then critical decisions for the afghan led afghan owned peace process the best thing we can do as nato is to continue to support the afghan security forces we have here a flea 16000 troops there again to attain assist and wise them understand the clear message to taliban that they will never win the the battlefield we are committed to stay there but by staying we create the conditions for a negotiated solution that enables to reduce eventually leave the country in stoltenberg secretary of nato thank you once again for joining us here on

al-jazeera the nato secretary general among the dignitaries here telling us the nato plans for iraq and obviously nato has long involvement there in afghanistan a true diplomatic effort to james bay is reporting live from davos many thanks james u.n. human rights experts are calling for an investigation into allegations that saudi arabia's crown prince was involved in a hacking the phone of amazon boss jeff bezos relations between the world's richest man and riyadh saudi after the murder of jamal khashoggi a saudi journalist was a regular contributor to the washington post that's also owned by bezos was there as nicholas 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 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 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. 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 base also as foreign as part of a broader intimidation campaign against ji but not aware of any attempt to blackmail him well i think upset is exactly the right way the idea that the conference would jeff bezos of phone is absolutely silly. as baze also supported to show g.'s fiance following his murder in 2018 relations we've been so man selwood 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 weekly gauge al-jazeera house democrats have begun the process of trying to convince the senate's to remove president donald trump from office they open the arguments in his impeachment trial of weapons stay with 2 warnings aimed at the upper chambers republican majority history is watching and so the american people how does your caster 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 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 had 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 trumps final jurors in november at the polls castro al-jazeera washington a remote frozen village in alaska is the 1st to take policy in the u.s. census as andy gallagher reports the once a decade head count has so overcome physical barriers as well as government mistrust among natives. clinging to the edge of the bering sea and surrounded by arctic tundra took cirque 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 in makes counting a lot easier if we wade into all the snow starts melting then there are 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 has 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 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 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 in effect 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. just ahead here on the news hour in sports only about a game that descended into one of the biggest rolls in college basketball history seems.

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for. i got time to support his far thanks so much danger and the most highly anticipated n.b.a. debut for years has finally happened this year is number one draft pick zion williamson played his 1st game for the new orleans pelicans after injury delayed his and tree into the league so hell malik reports looks like some of the waiting is finally over guy on williamson the teenage sensation tipped to become one of possibles biggest dunk finally made his n.b.a. debut. and he didn't waste any time making an impact on resigning and stepping

forward to take a look we've been had been missing all season long because of a knee injury there were no signs of rust however much i love this job thank you 1st month on the job so i 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. with an epic fun quarter display he scored 17 points in just 3 minutes. and go to new orleans within touching distance having started the 4 to 12 behind there was a game. his long range shooting was particularly impressive the rookie sinking all 4 of his 3 point attempts. and why he didn't get to new orleans over the finish line for the win he did leave fans with plenty to be excited about. the energy to crowd. the energy the city brought on there was a lectured. and i'm just grateful that they did so it was

a culture to finally get out there. and i do want to where. there is certainly more to come from the man hailed as the next le bron james so hell malik. american football star you lie manning is retiring after 16 years in the n.f.l. the quarterback led the new york giants to 2 super bowls and was named m.v.p. both times but he's $39.00 now and only started 3 games this season spending most of the time as a backup to rookie daniel jones rafa nadal had a comfortable when to advance to the 3rd round of the australian open while number one did struggled to convert break points and needed a tiebreaker to take the 2nd said against argentinians frederico delaunay but he dropped only a single game in the 3rd set. i lost a lot of blood the whole party saw him on the break points on the sleeve but yeah i found the way finally build the win that 2nd set and then in the 3rd i think i i

pled to a little bit more relaxed more aggressive and i find a better feeling than that and much i have the rain storms have been wreaking havoc on thursday's morning play us open final is down you know medvedev struggled with slippery conditions in his match against pedro martinez of spain there is eventually close but his problems on court didn't end there the world number 4 needed a medical timeout to nurse a bloody nose spite all the obstacles medvedev did the martinez in straight sets to reach the 3rd round in melbourne. was great when we stepped on the court we just played 11 game with 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 carolyn aplus cove also advance with story

checks served 8 aces in her win over germany's laura sigman former semifinalist said she was just happy to get 3 when she. what 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 up to this deal with just minutes left in the game jayhawks forward silvio d'souza retaliated with a block that sent one cord into the ground players from both sides came off the bench to get involved 4 players have been suspended. ok and that is all your support for now adrian back to you for a body thanks dave that's it from the news hour but of course the news continues i'll be happy to back to update your just sort of.

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this is it. 28000000 people sealed off in central china with public transport shut down authorities are trying to stop the spread of a new virus. hello i'm adrian forget this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up protect the evidence and prevent the genocide of the international court of justice orders myanmar to protect. us but to mom to end for the interference in the fight over libya from the foreign ministers of neighboring countries. among the 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.