for example china be a drag on the global economy 2020 counting the cost on al-jazeera. china cancels new year's celebrations in beijing 20000000 people a sealed off in 2 cities as it tries to stop the spread of a new virus. this is al jazeera live for god also coming up prevented genocide protect the evidence the international court of justice orders me about to ensure the safety of rohingya muslims the pitch for the trial of the u.s. president is set to resume the live in washington d.c. . an elite venezuelan police unit accused of violence we hear from the victims

announced this week. just celebrations for luda new year in china's capital beijing a being canceled to try to stop the spread of the new virus there also emergency restrictions in 2 of the cities affecting 20000000 people all public transport services is c. and road out of the city of who on 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 nearby a closed in beijing subway trains will be disinfected every hour and the world health organization is meeting again to decide whether to declare an international public health emergency avian brown reports from hong kong. 3rd 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 and it has not been tried before as a public health measure so we cannot at this stage say it will order to unmount work 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 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 me a 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 has also ruled that me and protect all evidence for a potential genocide trial may muslim to aung san suu kyi denies genocide has been committed and it uses refugees of exaggerating abuses they've baka has more from the hey. 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 they're trying to cremate

a serious risk of genocide on thursday the un's highest courts agree 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 must also preserve all evidence ahead of a very complicated genocide trial. the judgments binding and cattle be appealed mommas 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 we shoot 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 suchi 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 its says the raids on the hang of ellipses in iraq and state in 2017 were legitimate counterterrorism 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 group . formed in different parts of a new war that were present in different cultures and values.

to the general. cannot be tolerated by anyone in the wall. diction our top. today that just. this is a great day for us we were. 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 me faces a similar judgment the barque al-jazeera the hague 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 now reopened but port in tripoli closed after a series of rocket attacks on wednesday. 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. earlier u.n. secretary general antonio terrorist told al jazeera there's a danger that conflict will spill out to the rest of the region. what has happened in libya is that levy became a playground of neighbors and actors and the libyan people is of space 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 hope and the element of hope comes from. a serious 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 the impossible 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 libya has been a center. of arms export and also fighters export let's remember arms that went to syria from the beginning and the the most worrying impact is of course with the sale and with the lake charles because more and more these 2 scenes are interlinked and what we are living in a sale on the lake chad is a war with terrorist organizations that we are not winning the 2nd prosecution

arguments u.s. president donald trump's impeachment trial is due to begin in the coming hours the democrats have 2 more days to make their case then trump's defense thing will have the same matter of time for the rebuttal that means the trial could potentially end next week if the senate decides against admitting new evidence and witnesses let's go live there to our white house correspondent kimberly halkett in washington d.c. it is donald trump saying anything a head of today's hearing. in fact the u.s. president has been tweeting much more aggressively since leaving davos switzerland where he tended to be more focused on middling with the world's leads now he's back here in washington very much in attack mode not only defending himself on social media but also attacking the case attempting to poke holes where he can saying that the case put forward by the lead house manager adam schiff in the president's words is loaded with misrepresentations the president also accusing the former

administration headed up by barack obama of withholding aid and of course withholding aid is exactly what is part of the focus of the impeachment articles that the president allegedly withheld aid to ukraine something that in fact was proven but only after this was brought to light did this administration release military aid to ukraine now in the midst of all of this the white house has been also in the last hour defending comments that president trump made in davos switzerland specifically the claims that he was almost boastful about withholding evidence as democratic members of congress try to get to the bottom of this case he said we have the evidence of we have all the evidence but this is something that's been dismissed by deputy press secretary hogan gidley a in fact he says that that's ridiculous that the notion the president would be boasting about this they've gone on to say that they are working very closely with republican members of congress and they say that the president is looking forward

to his defense team making his case they believe and are very confident they say the president will be exonerated and kimberly what is the response to. the democrats' triesman obviously the inevitability of us would have huge news that the republican dominated senate will acquit donald trump but there is the public as well what about making of this. yeah that's been the challenge for democrats to engage the public in all of this in a compelling way and it's hard because this is a legal case it's very meticulous in fact adam schiff the lead manager on this has been commended for his meticulous case but it's not particularly good television and that's the challenge to keep the american public interested so this is the challenge that they're presenting and they're having some trouble i'll tell you the polling doesn't really seem to show many more americans are more interested in ink this case and they were many months ago and that's the fear of democrats that's

something though that republicans are seizing on they hope it will help donald trump on the campaign trail if it came to thank you for that complete help at joining us there. still ahead on al-jazeera a new government has not come to protests in lebanon now it's asking for billions and by about money to help solve its crisis and i'm going to go occur in the far west breeches of alaska where the once in a decade u.s. census begins we'll tell you why it's important white starting here why it's a potential lifeline for the native people of this state. i went to places say we've got some quiets weather into the eastern side of the mediterranean sea the majority of the cloud pushing through iraq just rolling across iran where we are seeing some rather wet sand at times some rather wintry weather formalised a lot of clout here across the gulf and possibly arabia but

a bit of wet weather possibly have a knight says because through friday into saturday here in costs out of russia's up behind to be just around 20 degrees celsius that cloud and rain will stretch his way down to the fos 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 center. possibility here easing further east 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 largely funded right see what crossed much of north africa but we have got want to see is shall is just across northern parts of morocco courtesy 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

. but. frank assessments the one good thing about these bush bars is it really was going to the politics of climate change informed opinions economy i think is actually what's keeping donald trump afloat right now critical debate sequel on those 2 schools even know what the noise is all about this argument is astonishingly patronize an in-depth analysis of the day's headlines this is the beginning of the new iraq of a new conscious and aware youth about struggle against an ethnic sectarian kotor inside story on al-jazeera. you're watching al-jazeera here's a reminder of our top stories this hour another person has died from a new virus in charge of the 1st outside the province where the outbreak started

all major events for a lunar new year celebrations in beijing a canceled to try to stop the crowd a virus spreading through transport shutdowns elsewhere affecting some 20000000 people. the international court of justice has ordered me a mars government to take emergency measures to prevent soldiers from committing acts of genocide against drove him to still living there be a muslim leader aung san suu chief denies genocide has been committed to the united nations secretary general has just told al-jazeera the conflict in libya is at risk of spilling out into the wider region and tony are good terrorists says the crisis is already linked to violence in west africa's so hill bridge. the murder rate in venezuela has soared and it's now is to make it to be the worst in the world and a 3rd of all killings are carried out by police and non-government organizations says what it calls an epidemic of police violence is terrorizing the country his

outlet the american editor lucy in yemen 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 of originally formed to fight crime has become synonymous with extrajudicial executions all sick of made or lost his 18 year old son and 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. inside her house and made to bleed to death. i don't know why they killed him but i know that the 1st tortured 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

middle has joined other relatives of people killed by face who are demanding justice they show us the photographs of young men who police say were confronting them. this is an extermination the se 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 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 venezuela observe the tree 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 we asked venezuela's chief prosecutor about the allegations which he says are exaggerated c. or. 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 fi its 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 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 fighting has intensified in syria's last rebel whole province over the past few days. have been killed off the government and strikes hit a town in southern italy and 2 camps for displaced people in the east there are also reports of heavy fighting between rebels and government forces 40 soldiers

that did the 45000 people have fled their homes in the last 3 months. living on 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 met for the 1st time on wednesday but within hours people were back on the streets they say the new government belongs to the same political elite that they blame for widespread corruption so no horror has more. 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 through riots and violence some people still believe in peaceful protest but we have tried that for 97 days and it didn't work. a new government was formed this week but its

ministers have been chosen by the established parties blamed for widespread corruption they are struggling for legitimacy at home and abroad. some of the already 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 has it wasn't he 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. as i'm sure the lebanon is facing an unprecedented crisis and the responsibility facing the government under 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 abroad brasil who attended the world economic forum in davos in a personal capacity how did you get here. how. did you take a private plane i came simply on my own expense on your own expense so this is family money this was offered to me. like i have friends i was you know i was invited. it's like that when you're in government you think. we're not unfortunately. if you believe a government controlled by the iranian backed hezbollah and its allies would be able to rally support needed to avoid economic collapse so far there has been no offer of aid nor a statement of support from a foreign country for the ups government the u.s. secretary of state mike pompei all 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. beirut russia's lower house as you know in a mostly approved a bill to amend the constitution submitted by president vladimir putin is the 1st of 3 readings that is part of a week of rapid political changes that critics say will help extend his grip sebastian has been following developments in moscow and sent this report. in a country known for its sluggish bureaucracy the process to amend the constitution seems to be breaking all the records only a week after put in surprise announcement that he wants to change the distribution of power lawmakers have voted unanimously to adopt

a hastily written draft while lawmakers will get some more powers like approving ministers the presidency will be strengthened to by given the head of state more control over the judiciary. the presidential republican there is no reason to move to a parliamentary republic russia is not only the biggest country in the world and a great state but it is also a country that unites many nations and regions. analysts believe that president putin is changing the constitution to create a way to stay in power after 2024 but nobody yet understands how there's a term for people who try to explain the policies and plans of russia's head of state just put into most recent moves have left all of them guessing but many believe after us annual speech that he will step down don't finish it's 4 years from now a week later so i'm not so sure on the date put in move to change the constitution his ally prime minister met fate of replaced by the largely unknown half of the tax

office. in a few days later he appointed a new cabinet even many russians puzzled by to speak in which these changes are taking place. what we see is the strengthening of presidential power but we don't see anything to conduct balance it therefore it seems to me that out of all possible scenarios the one where put in somehow just days in power in cuba of this looks more likely now than it was a week ago. whatever game of chess putin is playing the head of the constitutional commission has denied that he can run for president again the 2nd parliamentary hearing to adopt the amendments will be held on february 11th once parliament approved them the people of russia will get a chance to vote as well although it's not sure how and if that outcome will have any impact step fasten al-jazeera. africa's richest woman is a suspect in

a major fraud. isabel dos santos is being investigated for stealing public phones while she was chair of the started or companies an angle she denies transferring millions of dollars into her offshore accounts for 2 years police say a bank a link to the scandal has died it appears he took a lot. a remote frozen village in alaska has become the 1st to take part in the u.s. census and the gallic reports the once in a decade had gardens to overcome physical barriers as well as government mistrust among the native population. clinging to the edge of the bering sea and surrounded by arctic tundra took bays isolated even by alaska's hardy standards it's not the kind of community many alaskans of even heard of until census officials picked it to start the 2020 count the 90 year old you pick elder. is officially the 1st person to be interviewed oh yeah they are. not sure who i appreciate that i'll

be the 1st person counted i'm happy i live this long to see it the village is so remote it's only accessible by plane dog sled or snowmobile when the snows melt it's population scatters specific to this location is that they're actually in the village in this frozen environment and while they're gathered it makes counting a lot easier if we wait until the snow starts melting then they're out fishing and hunting and doing other things it will take officials weeks to reach similar communities there are close to 200 villages with no access by road and many native alaskans remain suspicious of the u.s. government the logistics of starting the u.s. census in a place this remote is simply mind boggling but there is another issue here another is one of trust between the native alaskan people and the u.s. government there's a long history here of broken treaties mistreatment and misunderstanding that many say continues to this day and ultimately that could lead to an inaccurate count the

sovereignty of alaska's native communities was only recognized by the state in 2017 tribal advocate denise kenny jackett says when 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. 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 so 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 that affects the distribution of over a trillion dollars in public funding these alaskans won't see government officials for of a decade but the results of the census will have a lasting impact and agalloch or al-jazeera bethel alaska. this is al jazeera these are the top stories another person has died from a new virus in china the 1st outside the province where the outbreak started or major events for lunar new year celebrations of beijing being canceled try to stop the corona virus spreading there are transport shutdowns also with affecting some 20000000 people at the international court of justice has ordered me about as government to take emergency measures to prevent soldiers from committing acts of genocide against rohingya still living there be

a muslim to aung san suu kyi denies genocide has been committed accuses refugees of exaggerating abuses 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 rita right of the need to uphold the international arms embargo the on the operating a poor who will. libya has reopened they took a port in tripoli closed after a series of rocket attacks on wednesday. the united nations secretary general has told our jazeera the conflict in libya is at risk of spilling out into the wider region to terrorists as the crisis is already linked to violence in west africa as a whole region libya has been a center. of export and also fighters export let's remember that went to syria from the beginning and the most worrying impact is of course with the site and the lake charles because more and more these 2 scenes audience

are linked and what we are having into silence is a war with terrorist organizations that we are not we need the 2nd prosecution argument said u.s. president donald trump's impeachment trial is due to begin in around half an hour democrats have 2 more days to make their case then trump's defense team will have the same amount of time for rebuttal 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 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 those are the headlines here on al-jazeera the news continues right after inside story.

me and more must prevent genocide against the war he got that's the order from the international court of justice if judges say rohingya muslims there are extremely vulnerable but will this ruling make a difference or is it just symbolic this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i'm homage i'm joined the international court of justice the world's highest court has ordered me and mars government to prevent its military from committing acts of genocide against the ruling a federal in myanmar have been subjected to actors which are

capable of affecting their right to fix these things.