this is al-jazeera. the last and this is the news hour live from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes china cancels new year's celebrations in beijing and 20000000 people are sealed off in 2 cities as it tries to stop the spread of the new virus. prevent a genocide protect the evidence the international court of justice orders me and to ensure the safety of rohingya muslims the impeachment trial of the u.s. president is set to resume we live in washington d.c. . and a late venezuelan police unit is accused of violence we hear from the victims of al special report. on install world number one rafael nadal stays on course at the

australian open is through to round 3 in his efforts win a record equalling 20th grand slam so it's. all might just celebrations for lunar new year in china's capital beijing are being canceled to try to stop the spread of a new virus there are also emergency restrictions into other cities affecting 20000000 people now all public transport services sea and road out of the city of rouhani have been suspended that's where the virus was 1st detected last month in the neighboring city of hong kong or transport services are being shut down from midnight local time train stations in nearby joe a closed in beijing subway trains will be disinfected every out and the world health organization is meeting again to decide whether to clear an international public health emergency adrian brown reports 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 where 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 loss 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 in 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 and

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 algeria has hosted a meeting of countries neighboring libya to discuss ways to support a shaky truce agreed earlier this month algeria's foreign minister reiterated the need to uphold the international arms embargo and said he doesn't support foreign troops intervening in libya the only operating airport in western libya has reopened we see the airport in tripoli closed after a series of rocket attacks on wednesday. a whole and. i'm not going to name any parties but 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 more and mall will security in libya is on the agenda at the world economic forum in switzerland our diplomatic editor james bays is in davos along with the u.n. secretary general and terrorist chives. stan yes we are here in davos and all of the key world leaders are here among them the head of the united nations antonio good terrorists thank you for joining us secretary general actually can i start with the situation in libya because you were one of the world leaders that were there in berlin on sunday that was supposed to cement a cease fire and instead we have generally for half that are launching an airstrike

on the main operating airport in tripoli mitiga airport and declaring himself a no fly zone what's your reaction to all of this small we did not have a cease fire in. berlin we appealed for a cease fire we have a truce and that's a source violated and 2 says are not supposed to be violated it's absolutely essential to reestablish the truce and to make the committee the joint military committed it was formed with 5 elements of each side to work now together united nations the find the more though it is that can lead to or to cease fire open the way for a political process in libya it's absolutely essential that the truce is respected and it's absolutely essential that the truce moves into that he'll cease fire and there are 2 sides here there's a prime minister of the jna fires he has signed that cease fire have to has not is it one man now in the way of peace is. general after 2

signed a cease fire in the house all those that are supporting him to go on in their commitment in order to make sure that we have their true ceasefire obviously that is that all of these joint military committed to the find the conditions for these is fire to be implemented and i hope that there will be good face from both sides to make it happen and from the international community because the panel of experts that looks at this for the security council for you says repeatedly that there are most scenarios that their arms going in there are countries like russia turkey you. egypt and france that have have sent troops and have sent weapons what do you say to all of that what has happened in libya is that libya became a playground of neighbors and actors and the libyan people deserve peace so it's very important and one of the things that was achieved in berlin was a commitment but all of those states not to interfere anymore in doing tunnels affairs in libya and not to interfere in the conflict we know that there is a long way to go to make sure that it's fully happens but i think there is an

element of hope and the element of hope comes from say syria's the situation became because it's no longer a question in which you have a fighting among libyans with some international support that it's your support again such as i mention that there is now risk of a regional conflicts and in my humble opinion it is there to risk that to a certain extent made 1000000000 possible and forced all those are involved to understand that now it's becoming a dangerous game it's better to stop it to the benefit of the libyan people but also to the benefit of peace in the region you talk about the risk of violence spreading from libya but in some ways it's already spread back in 2011 we watched arms from libya go into other parts of west africa we see the instability in the sahara how worried are you about the deterioration of the security situation in west africa libya has been a center. of arms export and also fighters export let's

remember arms that went to syria from the beginning and that the most worrying impact is of course with the sale and the like shots because more and more these 2 seams audience are linked and what we are living in a sale on the lake chad is a war with terrorist organizations that we are not meaning that the countries of the g. 5 say well that's 5 guns of the sale and the international community we have them you newsmen peacekeeping mission in mali we have the french force but can we are not winning terrorism is spreading. it's settling now the countries of the coasts. again binny sings are getting closer to those borders there is a closer into linkage between silent lake chart and that is the reason why since the beginning i've been saying that the secure independently of the questions of the velour been humanitarian that's also need to be addressed but at the security system that is in place is not enough and i've always been advocating for the need for a nephew can force that is a peace enforcing and counterterrorism force that should be there mandated chapter

7 of the charter by the security council and with get and financing to make sure that there will be an effective deterrent simulation to the terrorist groups operating in the area. i think the question of the sale became a set for the security of west africa the step for the security in northern africa a set for the security of europe and the set for global peace and security do you have your u.n. peacekeeping troops in the right place because in mali you have 11000 peacekeepers across the border where arguably the violence is worse and became the 1st so you have no un peacekeeping skippers are not. the kind of force that is supposed to fight terrorism for that we need the peace enforcing force and that is what i was saying i hear you talking about the chief id sales if peacekeepers are supposed to keep the peace they were put there in order to implement the peace agreement that

was reached in the northern part of mali and now we have a completely different ball game and what is that magic is that that peacekeeping force has been submitted to more and more attacks we made a huge effort to make peacekeeping more efficient we have souls made with effort to make peacekeepers more able not only to protect civilians or to protect themselves casualties are becoming very high in 2018 and we have a big success in most of our operations but in mali we still are suffering. an enormous number of casualties as you see but account suffering casualties as you see the armies of the fossil suffering casualties and you see and that is the most dramatic. hundreds of civilians being killed in these terrible situation we need to change the capacity to address these terrorist set and we also need to respond to the problems of the veil of month we also need to this bonds to the building resilience notions of climate change as from a changes to they were of the factors that is making it more complex the

relationship without the relationship between farmers and others contributing to ethnic conflicts and contributing to make the fight against terrorism more difficult i'd like to ask you one more question about climate change in a moment but on that african force there is this g 5 sahay all force yet it doesn't seem to have the troops it doesn't seem to have the training it doesn't seem to have the funding what's your message to the security of the g 5 say i was created with a weak mandates and without to get into financing and offices in the countries of the 5 c.l. are countries with a very limited military capacity so we would need a much stronger involvement of the international community you talked about the climate it's the big theme this year to divorce and you've said how it impacts the situation in. that region the saddle how worried are you about other parts of the world the threat of violence as a result of the climate emergence additionally one of the problems that we have faced in history is a conflict between ethnic groups that are farmers and herders and this was in that

food the case it's been the case in other parts of the world now these kind of conflicts gets worst when resources are scarce and specially when there is doubt when water is scarce and so obviously as climate change is accelerating these drought is accelerating the city cation is accept anything that the mean the reduction of the resources that those different groups share the risks of conflict are increasing and they are particularly severe in that region but they can happen in different parts of the african continent or even in other parts of the world secretary general i know your time is short but quickly before you go can i get your comment on the situation in lebanon where we've had sustained protests a new government but the protesters clearly are not happy with who is being chosen and the fact it really is new i think it's very important to respect the freedom of expression the freedom of association meeting i think the lebanese people as the right to express their voice at the same time. hopeful that lebanon will be able to

find a way to address the very difficult challenges that the country is facing the very dramatic economic situation and financial situation of the country and of course the needs to stabilize lebanon an area that is now a very dangerous area of the world's 2nd general antonio good terrorist thank you very much for joining us here on al-jazeera addressing some of the main issues in the world live from davos james thank you charles buys there with the u.n. secretary general for plenty more ahead on the news hour including another tragedy in the battle against australia's bushfires spain on high alert a storm gloria brings more snow and flooding. in sport one of basketball's brightest young stars doesn't disappoint on the n.b.a. to boot and he's here with that story.

as government has been ordered to take emergency measures to prevent soldiers committing acts of genocide against rohingya muslims still living there the international court of justice is also ruled that me and protect all evidence for a potential genocide trial around 3 quarters of a 1000000 wrote in your fled to neighboring bangladesh during a military offensive against them 3 years ago 1000000 miles later denies charges of genocide. in accordance with the tall blue under the convention and in relation to the members of their own juggling units $30.00 to $30.00 days all remeasure within its power to break then become mission of all acts within the school. of the genocide convention leave barca has been covering this at the hague he says the ruling will be difficult to enforce but is still a significant development from the court. both 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 would take place and secondly it was awesome 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 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 towards the i.c.j. the un's highest court has now imposed upon it and the chadri is in cox's bizarre in bangladesh where he's being with a group of rohingya refugees as they listened to this decision. the ruling by the international court of justice is very much welcome by the rowing directly to come in it is here now we've been discussing with many of the people after the ruling sitting out in the stalls they've been waiting here for hours wanting to know what will be the outcome that's been listening to a transistor radio listening to various news and they're discussing among themselves i would talk to them see what their reaction is that said it is very welcoming they're very happy and hank says listen to some of their reactions and i think we should include thanks to our love for this verdict and gambia for initiating the legal process also thanks to bangladesh for giving a shelter finally the verdict recognised our suffering in all the atrocities we

went through the feel at peace in our heart i'd be sad and i we've been suffering for the last 70 years and we're sticking it just now we truly believe that the world has recognised the suffering now most of the people don't know that complex detail of legal matter what they know that the ruling was in favor of the running a refugee is and they're running a community in life now they know this is symbolic that may not something happen very quickly we don't know yet whether the myanmar will accept this verdict whether other countries will not put sanction and pressure on myanmar what they're doing as you know that they have been recognised that crime has been committed they've been telling the whole was the last several years that atrocities been committed against us now that's been recognised it's a very symbolic it's a moral and a psychological victory for them after what they've told me and tony of the executive director of legal action worldwide that's a nonprofit group focused on human rights law she says this decision from the

international court of justice is an important step for the rohingya. today is momentous day i mean who would have thought that the international court of justice has made a decision a unanimous decision 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 hanging 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 and

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 get ahead. of all those new government says it will keep to a so-called study 3rd country agreement for asylum seekers sent from the united states the u.s. has deported around 230 central submerged in asylum seekers to guatemala in the past 2 months margaret's rights groups condemned the u.s. policy so in guatemala results because of widespread crime and drug trafficking. venezuela's opposition leader is calling on the european union to broaden sanctions against the government of president nicolas maduro won by the early days on the tour of europe in defiance of a travel ban e.u. countries have recognized him as interim president and impose sanctions on some venezuelans in bureaus in a sort of. study in venezuela and what's described as an epidemic of police violence terrorizing the country non-government organizations as venezuela has the

world's highest murder rate many of extra judicial killings by police. in the lead special forces unit is accused of being given the freedom to terrorize communities in latin america editor of the soon human in the capital caracas. nothing strikes more fear among venezuelans than seeing the special action force of 5 on patrol in low income neighborhoods armed with assault rifles and with their identity hidden the city police force originally formed to fight crime has become synonymous with extrajudicial executions. lost his 18 year old son. 8 months ago the day he went to visit a woman he was seen in an area where the fires 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 fire who are demanding justice they show us the photographs of young men who police say were confronting them. on what this is an extermination the say s 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 un high commission on human rights describes the 5 as a pair of police 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 the harm and then 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 c. or kill she until squat $800.00 offers of 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. tributes are being paid in australia to 3 crew of an american aircraft that crashed while fighting bushfires

andrew thomas has more 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 us 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 are there 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 danger 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 that leaving 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 or thomas out is there

a. storm gloria is continuing to cause major weather problems in spain days of heavy snow high seas and flooding of killed 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 yet 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 he'd never seen anything like it. nervously is 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 try prevent water getting in

because it would be a major disaster. at one point 200000 people were without power and tens of thousands of students out of school as roads remained impassable . and drivers dug into the drifts to find their cars. we had 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. the only thing i could think about was the spray from the kitchen because we all waited for shovels so we decided we'd better use whatever we had at home and improvise a little bit. this isn't snow even though it looks like yes it's seafoam flooding the streets of the small town of tulsa demobbed about 100 kilometers up the coast from barcelona the storms gale force winds smashed into several say front 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. his didn't escape the storm but they still pulled the crowds and while several people thought the way that was worth documenting scientists expect things like this to become more common along this coast because of climate change. still ahead on al-jazeera. amanda 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 in sport after more than a decade away we'll hear from the international cricket team making their return to pakistan.

i went to places say we've got some quotes whether into the eastern side of the mediterranean sea the majority of the claps pushing through iraq just rolling across iran where we are seeing some rather wet sand at times some rather wintry weather full of this a lot of clout here across the gulf east and possible saudi arabia with a bit of wet weather possibly have a night as we go through friday into saturday here in costs out of rations up behind. you around 20 degrees celsius that cloud and right will stretches way down is the far south of iran pushing across into afghanistan tended to snow over the high ground making way for the next system which will gradually push its way into iraq some rather surprising certainly possibility here easing further race was a cold one in baghdad it just 12 degrees celsius on sas day further south as you can see across the arabian peninsula it will be fine and dry dry see what cross

much of north africa but we have got what it is shallow is just across northern parts of morocco to say of what remains of a storm gloria will be some wet weather just piling its way in here through the straits of gibraltar over the next couple of days as i said across much of north africa and it is fine and dry possibility of one of 2 showers over towards the west . al jazeera explores prominent figures of the 20th century and how rivalries influenced the course of history steve jobs a much better marketeers land bill gates was apple is going to reinvent stuff though made software what it is today will change the world to high tech visionaries whose breakthroughs inspired a digital revolution jobs and gains face to face on al-jazeera.

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a new year's celebrations in china's capital beijing are being cats to try to prevent the spread of a new virus and 20000000 people in 3 other cities are being affected by the shutdown of public transport. the government has been ordered to take emergency measures to prevent soldiers committing acts of genocide against rohingya muslims the international court of justice also warned me about protect if it ends for potential trial. the united nations secretary general has just told al jazeera a conflict in libya is at risk of spilling out into the wider region and tell you the terrorists says the crisis is already linked to violence in west africa's so hills region. where they clean the air we breathe protect against flooding and provide habitats for wildlife a pledge to plant a trillion new trees has been by our leaders in davos for the annual economic forum even the u.s. president is on board but as john a whole reports the roots of that promise start runs very deep. the world economic

forum likes to talk about improving the state of the world this year that means saving the planet the headline achievement corporate and government deal to plant a trillion trees that's a ww sucking 200 gigatons of carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere in the coming decade who's against the trees i mean the tree every once for the trees the trees are a bipartisan issue everybody's pro tree i haven't met any anti tree people yet try brazil's leader jeb also naro last year's star attraction in davos. at its peak logging in the brazilian amazon was destroying an area the size of 2 football fields every minute. reforesting the world has attracted high profile support even from ply but skeptic donald trump today i'm pleased to announce the united states will join one trillion trees initiative being large here at the world economic

forum one trillion trees. so what does it mean and is it enough the highest priority is decarbonising and cutting emissions there's not enough room on the planet to offset all of our emissions with trees so we absolutely need to cut emissions and draw down carbon and what we find is that this commitment to a trillion trees can be a really powerful tool to draw down that carbon but it must be done in combination but less and cutty is a youth climate activist from uganda who cares passionately about the forests of africa for laves without the okra systems that means we have no planet for example for africa and most of the countries in africa did not have the money for the modern solutions of climate change that everyone is suggesting so our hope is in the forest because they're the largest carbon sinks that we have extreme weather biodiversity loss the breakdown of natural ecosystems the loss of the trees this

year some of the world's most powerful people gathered here at davos are being encouraged to do something about it. saving the trees is a start but with the old rules of capitalism changing and climate now at the top of the agenda for the davos elite it's hard to imagine a return to business as usual so how al-jazeera in the swiss alps. the 2nd day of prosecution arguments that u.s. president donald trump's impeachment trial would do to begin in the coming hours the democrats have 2 more days to make their case then trump's defense team will have the same amount of time for they were battle that means the trial could potentially end next week if the senate decides against admitting you evidence and witnesses let's go to our white house correspondent kimberly halkett in washington d.c. and kimberly we've already heard in that 1st democrats making the case for abuse of power and in their words cover up and corruption as well what can we expect today.

well i can tell you already that the u.s. president that has been largely silent for the most part despite an impromptu press conference in davos switzerland as this was all going on is now back in washington and he's been up and tweeting and there was one specifically i wanted to share with you it starts out the democrat house would not give us lawyers or not one witness but now demand that the republican senate produce the witnesses that the house never sought or even asked for they had their chance but pretended to rush most unfair and corrupt hearing in congressional history and the president's been tweeting a lot kind of portraying this as an unfair process something that is certainly not new but in that there is some fact checking that we need to do and the claim by the president that he was not given any lawyers when this process started in the house of representatives isn't true he had limited access to lawyers of perhaps many would argue that it was certainly not enough for a person trying to defend themselves when who care about due process but he goes

even further and says that he was not allowed to produce the witnesses that he was looking for that part is true and now we're hearing that argument on the other side as republicans control this senate chamber is one of the ongoing arguments that we're hearing so as we hear this case being made by democrats certainly we're hearing the pushback as well that they believe that this is an unfair process so well adam schiff the lead house manager in this case former will still is the house intelligence chair makes this case he's been very commended for a very meticulous argument but at the same time he's not convincing any of the republicans he needs to win that republican controlled body to to remove the president from office the kimberley's he also is not speaking to another jury if you like and that is the american public is that with the eyes will be as to where the values shift particularly you know lection yes. it's

a really good question and hand here's why because as we discussed this very high bar that adam schiff needs to make in terms of the fact that the president acted criminally not that what he did but even morally or ethically wrong but he acted criminally he needs to make this case and this case is a little dry and that's not resonating with americans polling seems to show that the needle hasn't moved in terms of more people feeling the president needs to be removed and that's a problem for democrats because here's what's going to happen on the campaign trail very quickly the president's already been vindicated once from the russia collusion robert muller investigation that went on for 2 years now we have this impeachment probe and it looks like well the president was impeached and that is a stain he's going to be able to claim been indication if republicans do not remove him from office and that is what democrats feared when they went into this they hoped that they would be able to in some way impact the outcome of the proceedings but so far that hasn't been the case it could have the president coming out saying

they went after me twice and i won both times and that will help him on the campaign trail can we thank you can be hard to live here in washington where the remote frozen village in alaska has become the 1st to take part in the u.s. census reports the once in a decade head count has to overcome physical barriers as well as the government mistrust among the natives. clinging to the edge of the bering sea and surrounded by optic 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. 12 year old you pick elder. is officially the 1st person to be interviewed who ya know. 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 makes counting a lot easier if we wait until the snow starts now thing 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 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 backs as 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 a lettre 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 a gallacher al-jazeera bethel alaska. lebanon is looking for up to $5000000000.00 in loans from international donors to help it out of an economic crisis that has driven months of protests its new cabinet for the 1st time on wednesday but within hours people were back on the streets the new government belongs to the same political elite they blamed for widespread corruption so from verse. lebanon's 3 month old anti-establishment movement seems to be gradually shifting outbursts of violence in the streets of the capital beirut are becoming more frequent there have been confrontations between security forces and stone throwing protesters who describe their action as the beginning of a battle in a long war. the only way to topple this government is riots and violence

some people still believe. that we have tried that for $97.00 days and it didn't work. a new government was formed this week but it's ministers have been chosen by the established parties blamed for widespread corruption they are struggling for legitimacy at home and abroad. there were conditions placed by the international community the u.s. secretary of state the french president and the u.n. secretary general all place conditions for aid they said they will deal with the government if it meets the demands of the people and if it complies with international resolutions 15591701 lebanon's finance minister who is already seeking up to $5000000000.00 to buy wheat fuel and medicine knowledge that foreign donors were waiting to see the government's program and the reforms it would enact. lebanon is facing an unprecedented crisis and the responsibility

facing the government and the finance ministry is immense lebanese protesters aren't the only ones questioning the ability of the new ministers to investigate corruption allegations against the politicians who appointed them among those politicians outgoing foreign ministers. who attended the world economic forum in davos in a personal capacity how did you get here. how. did you take a private plane they came simply on my own expense on your own expense so this is family money this was offered to me and. might have friends i was in though i was invited. like that when you're in government you think. we're not even unfortunately. few believe a government controlled by the iranian backed hezbollah and its allies would be able to rally support needed to avoid economic collapse so 2 far there has been no offer of aid nor a statement of support from

a foreign country for us on the ups government the us secretary of state my problem pale made clear that international assistance will be unblocked when the new government meets the bounds of the lebanese people to carry out their forms and fight corruption reforms mean politicians who benefited from the system will no longer be able to distribute income and services to their supporters in many ways that means giving up power something they seem completely opposed to doing then what they're as is the beirut. we're fighting has intensified in syria's last rebel held province over the past few days civilians being killed after government is strikes at a town in southern italy and 2 tabs for displaced people in the east there are also reports of heavy fighting between rebels and government forces 40 soldiers are dead nearly 45000 people have fled their homes in the last 3 months simcoe sold you is following developments from istanbul. there was a ceasefire that was

a stablished agreed actually by russia and turkey on january 12th so current there shouldn't be any gunfire by by either of the size however we are seeing that in the last one week the clashes 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 $39000.00 people have been again displays across and most of them moving towards the turkey syria border or moving to euphrates schildt or operation all of branch areas that are currently under the syrian opposition control right now the cease fire seems that 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 proceed to ceasefire however

a couple of days ago coming back from berlin turkey's president our john told turkish journalists that this is not acceptable and he said that he's telling what's going on and that the president vladimir putin but he doesn't believe so i spoke to some turkish military sources they told me the same and 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 us we are retaliating however on the other side the opposition says exactly the same effort is richest woman is a suspect in the merger fraud case in angola is a bill dos santos is being investigated for stealing public phones while she was chair of the state all company so then go she denies transferring millions of dollars to her off she goes shore accounts for 2 years police a bank linked to the scandal has died it appears that he took his own and was.

still ahead on al-jazeera. was all. in sport rough on the dollar for victory but it's a bold girl and that story of the rest of the action from the strike about.

the old. or. the latest in sport well he's thank you so much don well world tennis number one rafael that i was reached the 3rd round of the australian open it did come at a cost so one of the ball girls in melbourne. oh

oh. down foreigner returns straight at the girl's head in his match against for a cut out once she saw the world live and the spaniard it is best to apologize. now then show his softer side to his opponents are the argentinean putting up some resistance early on but no doubt blue don't want to see white deciding set 637661 the final score lost an arm and coming back one more time with another quick check of. all. honestly. have been one of the more scary moment that they had on the 10 is good because the ball was a straight on the head well for her bradley was not the good mom. i was so it's good for for her honestly no the ball was quick and the straight on the has so. they happy that you are good so you have a break so well that. series field and is neat curiosity doing his best rafa nadal

impression. on the front you see one of france copying the dow serving routine after they were given time violations curiosus previously criticized the bell for time wasting himself going to win this match and could actually make it out in the ground. heavy rain and dust storms have affected some of the early matches in melbourne your side can finally stand on medvedev struggling with some slippery conditions in his match against pedro martinez of spain reefers eventually closed are the cause but his problems didn't end there the world before needed a medical timeout that's a bloody nose despite all the obstacles methadone beats martinez in straight sets to reach round 3. it was great when we stepped on the court and we just played 11 game with on their let's say outdoor court and of

course assuming the roof was closed everything is different because gets more hard and 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. means 2nd seed carolina is through with a straight sets win against germany's laura siegmund is committing to 23 times bronze function for syria williams on route to her 1st some finals in melbourne 12 months ago. now the most highly anticipated n.b.a. debbie for years has finally happened that she is number one draft picks on williamson had his 1st game for the new orleans pelicans after injury laid his entry into the early reports the police took center stage the waiting is finally over die on williamson the teenage then station tipped to become one of possibles biggest songs finally made his n.b.a. debut ok and he didn't waste any time making an impact you're a son step executive we've been had been missing all season long because of

a knee injury there were no signs of rust however it was a lot of those that were out his 1st night on the job so we 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 doing this again. is no 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 grow. the energy the city brought on that was a luxury. i'm just grateful that they did so it was

a culture to finally get out there but i do want to where. there is certainly more to come from the man hailed as the next le bron james so hell malik algis is. american football star manning is that the other end of his career it's hard enough to 16 years in the n.f.l. quarterback led the new york giants to series super bowl was named most valuable player on both occasions he's now 39 and he started 3 games this season spending most the thomas buckets of rookie daniel jones premier league leaders liverpool and to maintain their unbeaten record against wolves lights are on this thursday the same or 13 points clear of defending champions manchester city having finished one point behind city last season to individual schools all that stuff in all the family gives that's what we do that's what we have to do but the one point darling that angry god next year we will catch him nobody had an idea before

the season that we can be even close to man city or not because they can make their next steps as well iranian at football clubs a step back from their threats of boycott the asian champions league tournament organizers had initially decided to stage all matches involving iranian seams on neutral territory due to safety concerns but a compromise deal means the teams will now play all their away matches 1st before the security situation is then reassessed. bangladesh's cricket same insists they are happy with the security arrangements in place for their t 20 matches coming up in pakistan 3 game series in lahore was only finalised last week and it's bangladesh's 1st tour of pakistan in 12 years the country house to try lanka for a test series last year that was the 1st such series in pakistan since gunmen attacked trying to steal bus in lahore back in 2009 going to his camps and says he has no concerns about his players' safety. no not.

when we boarded the plane so we lifted a bit probably thought were just thinking about playing good cricket and bugger than. here and a fierce american college rather already has lived down switch reputation rather a basketball game here between kansas state saloon aversive kansas descending into chaos the off court action really getting underway with less than a seconds ago in the game the end local police officers and coaches had to be brought into break up the fights. for players have been suspect. it's just ok more for me throughout the night but i say sports is looking fantastic basketbrawl i think that's it for this news i'll be back in a moment though more of the day's.

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words that are so offensive that some cards bad to say that. the burden of ridiculous that has been passed down for generations. the shame of my name. on al-jazeera. new leaders place children in this refugee camp the latest victims of the unending sectarian violence in central african republic among them are survivors of unspeakable violence 10 year olds the work his mother is dead her father is gone killed because they were christian by their own muslim neighbors this is the least you home an overcrowded refugee camp of 23000 people surrounded by armed militia groups celine wants answers she says she wants to be asking the questions and so we traded places inch took the microphone will we find peace how can we make the violence stop when will i be able

to return home. to other councils new year's celebrations in beijing and 20000000 people sealed off in 2 cities as it tries to stop the spread of a new virus. comes to agra this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up now it's becoming a dangerous game expected to stop it to the benefit of the libyan people but also to the benefit of peace in the region the u.n. secretary general tells al-jazeera the libyan conflict threatens why the stability but is hopeful of a resolution.