wants answers she says she wants to be asking the questions and so we traded places in she took the microphone will we find peace how can we make the violin stop when will i be able to return home. china council's new year's celebrations in beijing and 20000000 people are sealed off in 2 cities as it tries to stop the spread of a new virus. i'm stan grant 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 benefits 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. prevented genocide protect the evidence the international court of

justice orders me and to ensure the safety of rohingya muslims and of a venezuelan police unit is accused of violence we hear from the dictums in our special. all major celebrations in lieu of a lunar new year in china's capital beijing a being canceled to try to stop the spread of a new virus there are also emergency restrictions into other cities affecting 20000000 people or public transport services is c. and road out of the city of will have been suspended that's where the virus was 1st detected last month in the neighboring city of hong kong all transport services have been shut down from midnight local time trying stations in the bayou joe also closed in beijing subway trains will be disinfected every hour and the world health

organization is maybe again to decide whether to do a clear and international public health emergency avian brown has more 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. the miracle that is. arriving in hong kong passengers from one of the last flights out of blue han 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 home 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 algeria has hosted a meeting with 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 but said the country would not support foreign troops intervening. 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 one mall where the diplomatic editor spoke to u.n. secretary general antonio good terrorists about the conflict in libya. we are here in davos and all of the key world leaders are here among them the head of united nations antonio good terrorists thank you for joining us secretary general azure can i start with the situation in libya because you are one of the world leaders that were there in berlin on sunday that was supposed to cement a cease fire and instead we have general hurley for half launching an air strike 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 ceasefire in. but when we appealed for a cease fire we have

a truce and that's was 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 a true ceasefire 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 the prime minister of the jna fires also raj he has signed that cease fire have to has not is it one man now in the way of peace. 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 a true ceasefire obviously that is that all of these joint military committed to

the find the conditions for this 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 and resist their arms going in there are countries like russia turkey u.a.e. 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 species so it's very important and one of the things that was achieved in berlin was a commitment by all of those states not to interfere anymore in the internal affairs of 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 op 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 no 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 that 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 us remember arms that went to syria from the beginning and that the most worrying impact is of course with the sale and with the lake charles because more and more these 2 seams are interlinked 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 there's 5 going to the sale and the international community we have the me newsman 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 coast. again binny things are getting closer to those borders there is a closing to linkage between silent lake chart and that is the reason why since the beginning i have been saying that the secure independently of the questions of the vellum and humanitarian that's also need to be addressed but that 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 in forcing and counterterrorism force that should be there mandated the 7 of the charter by the security council and with guaranteed financing to make sure that there will be an effective deterrent simulation to the terrorist groups

operating in the area me about the government has been ordered to take emergency measures to prevent soldiers committing acts of genocide against our huge muslims still living there the international court of justice is also ruled that me and protect all evidence for potential genocide trial me and bars leader aung san suu kyi denies genocide has been committed and accuses refugees of exaggerating abuses need baka has more from the hague now ma stands accused of one of the world's worst crimes the genocide of its own people the case was brought by the gambia on behalf of dozens of muslim countries their very. creamy at serious risk of genocide on thursday the un's highest court agreed to deal with the case it also unanimously agreed to impose an emergency in order to prevent more violence the ruling compels me on mass forces to end all acts of genocidal violence including

murder rape the burning of villages the prevention of access to medicine myanmar must also preserve all evidence ahead of a very complicated genocide trial. the judgments binding cannell be appealed must prove it's following the order reporting back to the courts in 4 months time and every 6 months after the court has ordered these periodic reports and that is definitely a way forward to continue to get information on what's happening on the ground on another order that they that they issued was to the preservation of evidence so that in the future if they were say individual prosecutions that could still happen but indeed they want to see every 6 months what is happening how are you compliance with this order so that they don't lose track of what's going on the decision comes despite a personal intervention from myanmar civilian leader aung san suu kyi the nobel peace prize laureate appeared at the court in person last month where she asked for the case to be dropped my requests a call to remove the case from its newest she also denied genocide has been

committed and accused refugees of exaggerating abuses. says the raids on reading of ellipses in iraq and state in 2017 were legitimate counter-terrorism operations around 3 quarters of a 1000000 of the most a minority fled to neighboring bangladesh joining the military offensive against them 3 years ago. the gambia believed was and is trying to wipe out an entire creep all 7000 just use from different parts of new orleans were present in different cultures and values have all agreed that the genocide. cannot be tolerated by anyone in the wall. our top priority is just today that justice is partially sop this is a great day for us we will celebrate it took the i.c.j.

more than a decade to reach a verdict of genocide following the balkan wars in the 1990 s. it's expected to be many years before myanmar faces a similar judgment the barca al-jazeera the hague to have a child reason cox's bazar in bangladesh where he's been with a group of running the refugees as they listen 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 anxious listen to some of their reactions and i think we should include thanks to our love for this verdict and gambia free negotiating 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 of peace in our heart out of me said i we've been suffering for the last 70 years and we're sticking it justice 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 is known that they had been recognised that crime has been committed they've been telling the whole was the last several years that atrocity have been committed against us now that's been recognised it's a very symbolic it's a moral and a psychological victory for them as to what there tony. well still ahead on al-jazeera another tragedy in the battle against australia's bushfires plus. i'm

going to gallacher in the far west reaches of alaska when a 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. how the rain clouds continue to gather across central parts of china since thick cloud here just pushing over toward shanghai driving over the east china sea easing its way towards q.c. much of japan will be dry over the next couple of days i can't say the same for those central areas of china the wetter weather will actually sink its way further south with that we will see a few showers just rolling into hong kong over the next a day or 2 if it taiwan it should stay last the dry stays largely dry to into the

philippines but this area cloud is still such a storms will introduce some wet weather into central areas as we go through the next day or 7 maybe just pushing up towards the north of the country as we go on into saturday then further south any a showers there to malaysia and on into india uneasy will see some showers too pushing their way towards that eastern side of striker but across much of south asia except that we have lost the clear skies temperatures do still struggle in new delhi to be hot around 17 or 18 celsius here over the next couple of days and that dry weather see cause much of india further north you see want to be flour is just pushing their way out of northern pakistan into the far north of india they will continue should live the way further east winds through the weekend. but. one of the really. special things that work in progress here is that even as a camera woman i get to have so much and put in contribution to

a story i feel we cover this region better than anyone else working for it as you know is that it tends to be about it but the good because you have a lot of people that are divided on political issues we are we the people we live to tell the real stories are just mended is to deliver in-depth journalism we don't feel inferior to the audience across the globe. you're watching al-jazeera his reminder of our top stories this hour all major events for lunar new year celebrations in china's capital beijing a being canceled to try to prevent the spread of a new virus and 20000000 people in 3 of the cities are being affected by the

shutdown of public transport the united nations secretary general has told al jazeera the conflict in libya is at risk of spilling over into the wider region and to the terrorists says the crisis is already linked to violence in west africa so he'll reach. the international court of justice or the government to take emergency measures to prevent soldiers from committing acts of genocide gets we're going to still living there 1000000 miles later on saw suchi denies genocide has been committed. fighting has intensified in syria's last rebel held province over the past few days 8 civilians have been killed after government is strikes a town in southern italy and 2 camps for displaced people in the aged there are also reports of heavy fighting between rebels and government forces 40 soldiers a day nearly 45000 people have fled the highlands in the last 3 months synonym for soldier who is following developments from his temple. there was

a ceasefire that was a stablish agreed actually by russia and turkey on january 12th so current did there shouldn't be any gunfire by by either of the size however we are seeing that in the last one week the 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 people have been again displays across and most of them moving towards the turkish syrian 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 cease fire 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 the president vladimir putin but he doesn't believe so i spoke to some turkish military sources they told me the same is 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. tributes are being paid in australia to the 3 crew of an american aircraft that crashed while fighting bushfires every thomas says 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 fire fighting plane used by australia's rural fire service is capable of dumping 15000 liters of water all retardant each flight 3 i'm eric

and crew members were on board contractors from a us aerial firefighting company all believed to have died it's impacted heavily with the ground and initial reports are that there was a large fall ball associated with the impact of the plan as it hit the ground we've got a number of forefathers and a number of crew are that are in the area and working to contain and work around the far it is still an active far ground. and and it did take some time with the use of ground crews and a number of aerial surveillance platforms to try and locate the wreckage of the flying today is a reminder. of how every single person who is defending life and property is at risk because of the dangers 2nd stances in the firefighting community around new south wales a star 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 1st a very hot very windy conditions returned and dozens of new fires flared up bushfires near the capital camera forced 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 law. strike andrew thomas said. africa's richest woman has been named as a formal suspect in a major food case in angola isabeau dos santos is being investigated for embezzlement while chair of state oil company sonangol the daughter of angola's former president denies transferring millions of dollars of government money into

her offshore accounts at a bank implicated in money laundering has been found dead in portugal water mahler's new government says it will keep to a so-called safe 3rd country agreement for asylum status said from the united states the us has deported around 230 central american asylum seekers to guatemala in the past 3 months but rights groups say guatemala is unsafe because of crime and drug trafficking. that is why it has one of the world's highest murder rates new report by the venezuela observatory on violence found that many of them extra due judicial killings by police it is accusing an elite special forces unit of being given the freedom to kill indiscriminately he is out latin america editor lucy newman in the capital caracas. nothing strikes more 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 elite 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 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 my son 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 i mean 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 800 offices 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 symptoms since 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 fives 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 a remote frozen village in alaska has become the 1st to take part in the u.s. census as that it gallacher reports the once in a decade head count has to overcome physical barriers as well as government mistrust among the natives. clinging to the edge of the bering sea and surrounded by arctic tundra took isolated even by alaska's hardy standard. it's it's not the kind of community many alaskans of even heard of until sensors officials picked it

to start the 2020 count them 90 year old you pick elder. is officially the 1st person to be interviewed oh yeah they are. i appreciate that i'll be the 1st person counted i'm happy i live this long to see it the village is so remote it's only accessible by plane dog sled or snowmobile when the snows melt it's population scatters specific to this location is that they're actually in the village and it's frozen environment and while they're gathered it makes counting a lot easier if we wait until the snow starts melting then they're out fishing and hunting and doing other things it will take officials weeks to reach similar communities there are close to 200 villages with no access by road and many native alaskans remain suspicious of the u.s. government the logistics of starting the u.s. census in a place this remote is simply mind boggling but there is another issue here another

is one of trust between the native alaskan people and the u.s. government there's a long history here of broken treaties mistreatment and misunderstanding that many say continues to this day and ultimately that could lead to an inaccurate count the sovereignty of alaska's native communities was only recognized by the state in 2017 tribal advocate denise kenney gak says when locally just travel in the u.s. they realize many other states away ahead of alaska their states did hear them and had a healthier communication and partnership i think they came back in question why why are we still behind participating in the census is historic and as alaskan native people we are counting the census is a lifeline for this remote part of alaska and relations between the u.s. government and tribes are improving on the back says the allocation of federal funds is vital helping maintain the runways in a lot of our remote villages to our entire tribal health care system very he

federal funds that help essentially provide a form of economy way out here in southwestern alaska the future of took suck but in every other. immunity in the u.s. will be shaped by the census it's used to redraw legislative districts allocate electoral college funds that affects the distribution of over a trillion dollars in public funding these alaskans won't see government officials for another decade but the results of the census will have a lasting impact and a gallacher al-jazeera bethel alaska. this is al-jazeera these are the top stories all major events for a lunar new year celebrations in china's capital beijing are being canceled to try to prevent the spread of the new virus and 20000000 people in 3 other cities are being affected by the shutdown of public transport beijing has pledged complete

transparency as a deals with this outbreak. china will continue to maintain an open transparent. responsibly meant 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 the findings about the outbreak on truth science in patiala reasonable analysis and sound judgment algeria has hosted a meeting with 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 but said the country would not stop support or wouldn't support foreign troops intervening the united nations secretary general has told al jazeera the conflict in libya is at risk of spilling over into the wider region and terrorists says the crisis is already linked to violence in

west africa's so whole region. the international court of justice has ordered me about as government to take a budget see measures to prevent soldiers from to meeting acts of genocide against rangers to living there around 3 quarters of a 1000000000 fled to neighboring back the days during the military offensive against them 3 years ago they had bows leader aung san suu kyi denies genocide has been committed the fighting has intensified in syria's last rebel whole province over the past few days of indians have been killed after government is strikes into town in southern italy and 2 cabs for displaced people in the east there are also reports of heavy fighting between rebels and government forces 40 soldiers did was all the headlines the news continues here after talked to al jazeera.

as. you see. with libya's civil war now into its 6th year world leaders held a summit in berlin to try to end it various countries have been supplying the warring sides with weapons so they pledge from now to respect a u.n. imposed arms embargo the prime minister of the internationally recognized libyan government. and warlords have to recognize but not in the same room. can this diplomatic effort achieve a permanent cease fire libyan prime minister. talks to al-jazeera.