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acts of genocide and. i was probably in paris where the so far should design a sustainability is more than a fashion statement. and in sports world number one rafael nadal stays on course at the australian open it's around 3 and his efforts to win a record equalling 20th ground slam so it's. a low a very warm welcome to the program our top story this hour millions of people in china are under lockdown as authorities take unprecedented measures to stop the spread of the deadly coronavirus the city of the capital of a province is at the forefront of these efforts with public transport banned and flights suspended hundreds of people have been infected and 18 people have been.

killed by the virus but with hundreds of millions of chinese expected to travel for new year's celebrations that weekend a fear is a contagion could get worse while health organization is split though over whether they should respond by declaring a global health emergency we'll have more on that in a moment 1st though adrian brown has our report from hong kong but 1st china's government won't people against traveling too high on 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 many people fled to higher before the ban took effect on verified 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. or

miracle. arriving in hong kong passengers from one of the last flights out of. silent by choice the incubation period for the virus last up to 10 days doctors say it's therefore possible that some of them could be carrying a silent killer after returning to home 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 worse surgical masks in crowded areas including on public transport yet some experts doubt will 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. so the current a virus originated in china in the city of will hon where there have been more than $600.00 cases confirmed so far but it has now spread beyond the mainland with cases also confirmed in taiwan south korea thailand vietnam singapore and also possibly hong kong outside of asia the indian government says a nurse working in saudi arabia also contracted the virus and there is also one confirmed diagnosis in the united states where they are screening for it at major airports in fact want to train for the virus has been boosted to airports right across the globe from hong kong to the united kingdom even flights from china are being met as an isolated part of heathrow airport terminal for. meanwhile the world

health organization has been meeting about this they say it's still too early to declare international public health emergency but the chiefs do admit they are divided now on the best course of action and then bob has more on the international response. but few ported road they're taking no chances for good reason the people being monitored with heat scanners have just flown in from will hand the center of the outbreak. they left before the chinese city was put in lockdown but scenes like this have played out around the world but sydney airport serving australia's largest city many of those flying in from blue hand on thursday will face masks they knew they'd be screened but there were no reports of illness and they weren't overly worried before we got off the plane and. a few. people come to the graves to be able to hear and when we get out and. a sun

some people a test of a fever and they ask us some question about your health in the us one person is known to have contracted the virus health officials in the state of washington where the man lives so he's well and should be allowed home soon as of now there are at least 16 identified close contacts local health departments started reaching out to them yesterday and continue to do so today the world health organization the united nations party base to geneva says for now it can classify the outbreak as a global health emergency. response system and the outbreak is very high risk in china. high risk regionally and globally but the list of countries with confirmed cases of the virus is getting larger most in the east of asia but some further afield like in india a nurse working in a hospital in saudi arabia the data that we've gathered has suggested you know that

this could be a very dangerous virus but potential for global spread in and even i don't think it's being too extreme to say even potential you know for a global epidemic. but i don't think that's inevitable at this point in. the next couple of weeks will be really important to making an assessment of what the real risk is still the mere possibility checks like this at major airports until medical experts know a lot more there's a whole series of questions we have to ask we don't have all of those answers yet we have some of that we know how to diagnose it we increasingly know how to treat people when they get it what we don't yet know is when somebody is infectious and who they pass it on somebody else the next few weeks could tell us exactly how much of a threat this corona virus poses worldwide the al jazeera. let's go to new york now where we can speak to young john junk senior fellow for global health at the council on foreign relations 1st of all i want to ask you why you think the

world health organization has been struggling to reach a decision on whether to declare this a global health emergency. yes from my understanding is that there is. you could divide whether to declare it a public health emergency of international concern some experts believe that the conditions for what we call it are fake public health emergency have being met but disagree and we also know they're not or decisions w.h.o. may have been based on situations or developments in the biological word unfortunately that is often the case and currently we are the. experts who opposed the fake decision based on that deal we don't know much about the virus including the case but talet arrayed the

transmission rate are so there's still a lot needs to be know and so as you say that so the world health organization has taken a cautious position because they say that there is a great deal we don't know about how faithful the virus says and how quickly it's being transmitted it comes from the same family assads doesn't it now when you look at the characteristics of this new virus could it be could it end up being just as bad as cells. well it belonged to the same family of corona virus which is what we call it at our ngo biros compare him to. a virus or subject to a high mutation and also can potentially more very rural and so there is indeed a likelihood that it could be developing into a sars like virus if not even worse so just just so that i understand this

correctly because this particular virus is subject to mutation even if it's not so fatal now because symptoms go from mild to severe that could change as the outbreak progress isn't mutates exactly there there are already reports that we are saying that we are seeing the 3rd and 4th generation of the virus is now. so human to human transmission is obviously been confirmed we have seen it spread what do we know about how easily it spread from one person to another. wow so far we don't have the large enough number of cases to make a. conclusion to how transmissible or the virus is there's a fear and we call it a not to refer to the harmony secondary cases

a person who's in fact it will cause so occur but there i saw a report that suggest that as a research that suggested that currently based on existing data one person in fact it did an error which could lead to due to infections. now the chinese government is taking some unprecedented measures some 5 cities are subject to travel restrictions and millions of people under lockdown are they doing the right thing to contain this virus because of course during the sars outbreak there was a great deal of concern about information being concealed and not enough being done a lot i think go. probably we have to wait maybe a couple more days are actually probably 2 weeks are so to tell whether that these measures will be effective those measures however they are very unusual are i haven't seen that the government implementing such measures like quarantine

a cd even during the sars outbreak but that practice itself. can be traced to several 100 years ago maybe evil europe would be got that they caught on stand and tell you know basically a racket there barrios you know there are buffer zones to prevent people from crossing the psalms and those who are there. in these areas could be executed thank you very much it was interesting to talk to you get your perspective on this senior fellow for global health at the council on foreign relations my pleasure. and with the news out live from london well still ahead the u.s. actually general speaks to us about his hopes for peace in libya. a russian constitutional changes that could see blood damage pollution in power well beyond his term limits. and then later install one of basketball's brightest young stars

doesn't disappoint on his n.b.a. debut and you'll be here with that story and much more. but it's the 2nd day of arguments by u.s. house democrats in the senate impeachment trial of president donald trump he is accused of withholding military aid to ukraine in exchange for an investigation into his political rival joe biden democratic prosecutors began by outlining the 2 articles of impeachment a piece of power and obstruction of congress this presidential stonewalling of congress is unprecedented in the 238 year history of our constitutional republic it puts even president nixon to shame taken together the articles in the evidence conclusively established the president trump is places own personal political interests 1st he has placed them above our national security above our free and

fair elections and above our system of checks and balances this kind that is not america 1st it is donald trump 1st. castro is live for us in capitol hill and so we have seen democrats today try to establish the case for impeachment within the country's constitutional framework tell us more about what they're trying to accomplish today. well merriam on its face these democratic house impeachment managers are trying to argue for the removal of president trump but given the reality of how difficult it would be to convince these senators 2 thirds of whom would have to vote for the president's removal for it to be effective really it's a much lower bar in practice that these arguments are trying to achieve what is that bar simply to convince enough republican senators to be open minded and left frankly with wanting more that at the conclusion of these arguments

democrats are hoping that senate republicans will say that they should call at least that that they should call more witnesses who have not been heard from gets and to make that happen only for republicans would need to side with their democratic colleagues in order to open this trial to more witnesses so we're seeing these long arguments this is day 2 out of 3 days are expecting on the house democrat side they'll be followed most likely by 3 more days from the president's own defenders at the conclusion of that time is when we'll see democrats make that next big move when they're hoping to convince some of those republican colleagues to open the trial to witnesses who really would be wild cards given that these are individuals that are press or hoping to get who have not shared their evidence with investigators up to this point so will either see a very short trial ending possibly as early as next week or

a much longer one with witnesses who at this point we don't know what they would say or what impact they would have about the conclusion of this trial. what about the response so far from president trump's impeachment is. well sure you don't see them on camera of course because these scenes we're seeing are controlled by government cameras not journalists however there is a long table where the president's attorneys are sitting and hearing these arguments as well now they did speak with reporters just a few minutes ago jay sekulow one of president trump's attorneys saying that these arguments from democrats simply do not rise to the level of of impeachable offenses and they don't have the legal validity to merit removing trump from office their other line of defense of course is they say that the president simply did nothing wrong so it'll be interesting to see what their arguments are flushed out when the

president's team of course will get their turn in the coming days thank you with the latest from capitol hill heidi castro. now important developments with me a modern country has been ordered by the international court of justice to prevent genocide of line and against muslims the un's high school also demanded that the country preserve any evidence of pos crimes head of what's likely to be a complicated genocide trial members of the muslim minority have praised a landmark ruling the fokker reports to us now from the hague. yamas 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. crisco genocide on thursday the un's highest court agreed to deal with the case it also unanimously agreed to impose an emergency 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 cannot 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 when she asked for

the case to be dropped my requests a call to remove the case from it's the case she also denied genocide has been committed and accuse refugees of exaggerating abuses its says the raids on range of villages 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 ethnic group. from different parts of new all who are present in different cultures and values have all agreed. that the genocide. cannot be tolerated by anyone in the wall. or hinder him in. action our top priority is just today that justice is partially solve 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 as you're hearing violence and persecution has forced the rangar into bangladesh counted chadri reports just now from cox's bizarre way he's been speaking with refugees after they heard the international court of justice is 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 be a little 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 that peace in our hearts added he said i'd 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 these people don't know that in to case complex detail of legal matters what they know that the ruling was in favor of the rohingya refugees 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 me and my 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 as to what they told me. now foreign ministers from nations bordering libya are meeting in algeria to look at ways of ending the fighting in egypt see don chad algeria and tunisia as well as mali have all suffered the fallout from the conflict in libya only burkley has more now from tripoli. at the meeting in the algerian capital libya's neighbors renewed their support for the enforcement of an arms embargo and called for an end to foreign involvement in the conflict a lot of the. the we agreed on many principles the only solution for the libyan crisis is a peaceful solution a political solution the solution must be a libyan solution with support from the international community. libya's internationally recognized government of political experts say that support is vital and the only way a lasting peace can be achieved but they're disappointed there has not been greater

international pressure against the united arab emirates in particular which they say is supporting have to with arms and finance we are surprised because the international community cannot sequoias or cannot. expect more white. kids who are white because the money. maybe because the money warlord khalifa haftar ass forces control 2 thirds of the country for the last 9 months they pounded the suburbs of tripoli with rocket and shell fire trying to capture the capital there has been an uneasy ceasefire for the last 10 days but there has been violations in the south of tripoli the capital main airport was closed after the government said it was hit by 6 rockets and an unmanned drone was destroyed both sides claimed they had shot it down. have to us forces are blockading oil ports bringing libya's life blood industry to a virtual standstill as all output plummets the cost to the economy saws at least

$77000000.00 a day but the lost revenue will also hurt have to side already hurting because their guys were debris from benghazi electricity will go off and i don't think we will be able to or to hold on for for a long time have to us forces continue to receive their salaries from the central banking tripoli one of the many ironies in this complicated conflict 1st the berlin conference and now the algerian conference on the 27th of this month is going to be another conference in geneva the libyan people have heard a lot of talk about ways to end this conflict but what they haven't heard are concrete measures about actually how to do so most libyans are concerned with security and day to day living including the price of food and medicine lives of course of most of my girls so i can feel it's the same old story in berlin or moscow they talk but in libya people are dying why is just wants to go back home he

fled with his wife and 2 children when his home in south tripoli was destroyed by shelling home now is in a school. life is hard here we have very little and our home was destroyed it's not safe to go back we just want the water in. he is one of 146000 people who've been displaced in this conflict the hope is there won't be any more but in libya there are no guarantees tony berkely al-jazeera tripoli. mattick editor james bass but u.n. secretary general and take a terrorist is that the conflict in libya is endangering entire region particularly the subtle 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 fully happens but i think there is an element of all the elements of the good comes from i would say how serious the situation. 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 conflict and in my humble opinion it is there to risk that to a certain extent make believe possible and force all those are involved to understand that now it's becoming a dangerous game and 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 seams are interlinked and what we are living in the sale of the lake chad

is a war with terrorist organizations that we are not winning. israel's prime minister and his political rival will meet u.s. president donald trump next week in washington to discuss the white house's middle east peace plan benjamin netanyahu and benny gantz will discuss regional issues with the ongoing conflict between israel and palestine on tuesday a spokesman for the palestinian president mahmoud abbas has warned israel and the u.s. administration against crossing any red lines so let's go now to our white house correspondent kimberly how it can really tell us more about the purpose of this meeting. well it's a little bit unclear and the timing of it a little bit on usual news of this meeting 1st leaked out from jerusalem the vice president is there and it was reported the vice president giving an interview where he said that in fact he had at the invitation of president trump invited the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu initially and it was just invitation for

the one but then we're told that president trump asked for that invitation to be brought in to include the leader of the blue and white party benny gantz so yes it's unusual that these 2 political rivals descending on washington at the same time and also the timing unusual given the fact that there are questions about whether or not this is yet another attempt potentially by u.s. president donald trump to influence the outcome of the israeli elections that will be taking place in early march and given the fact that washington is embroiled in this senate trial involving the impeachment of u.s. president trump you know is there an effort to manipulate the headlines perhaps there too we simply don't know the white house won't say it also won't say if there's any aspect of this up until now very secretive middle east peace plan that will be unveiled during this meeting it's certainly unclear but what is clear is regardless of what's in this plan given the policies of this administration that have many people argued have been dangerously lopsided in favor of israel for

example the moving of the u.s. embassy to jerusalem and that it's likely that whatever this plan contains we still don't know that it's likely to be dead on arrival given the fact that the palestinian authority has not been consulted thank you very much from the white house can buy it. with the news hour live from london more still ahead killing with impunity the elite paramilitary force that strikes fear into the venezuelan public u.s. fire fighters die in a plane crash the latest victims of australia's deadly summer. and then in sport after more than a decade away we'll hear from the international cricket team making their return pakistan. has some pretty calm conditions across central areas of europe quite

a bit of cloud around but nothing really in the way of rain or snow plenty of strong winds and some rain and some snow across into the north but of course still we are talking about western areas of europe the southwest in particular now this is the southeast of pinion look at this river it is literally about to burst its banks just a raging torrent of water that has been so much rain of course there's been sitting in the region for several days and then down into eastern spain and this is the picture in one of the towns and again we are looking at several centimeters of snow it is going to be a while before that all clear is that the storm itself it is clearing through friday working its way into southern areas of france but there's another system just sitting here off the coast of portugal and southern spain so that will bring some more rain showers in but as we go on into saturday that system which was gloria that will produce one or 2 showers into central northern areas of italy and then we'll see more rain just spreading in from the south into much of spain at times that could also be fairly heavy but nothing like we have seen with that

recent storm meanwhile the rain staying to the north of the u.k. pushing rain and snow across into northern areas of scandinavia and as a says a fairly cloudy picture not cold in london the same impious been unfortunate on both days not much sunshine. when a french soldier was murdered in a so-called terrorist attack. his mother retaliated with a love. speaking out against intolerance and alienation. she travels the world with the result of a grieving mother who lost a son but adopted a generation. for a witness documentary on al-jazeera. they join one of the world's most notorious groups. but found

a way out rebuild their lives and now help others. a tale of course for commitment child soldiers and the have referred to exploitation of women daughters are. part of the radicalized you'd soon on al-jazeera. welcome back a look at the headline stories this hour the world health organization is that it's still too early to declare the coronavirus a global health emergency or the 600 people in china have been diagnosed with the virus and 18 people have died 2nd day of arguments are being heard in the

impeachment trial of u.s. president donald trump democratic prosecutors have been making the case for trump's impeachment focusing specifically on the 1st article of impeachment abuse of power . i mean government has been ordered by. the international court of justice to take emergency measures to prevent soldiers committing acts of genocide against the rangar still living there. and now to political developments in russia the parliament has unanimously backed amendments the constitution proposed by president vladimir putin which could potentially allow him to stay in power after his term ends in 2024 cushions reforms marked the 1st change in russia's constitution in almost 30 years and could be voted on as early as april step vasa reports from moscow. 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 forwarded 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 must be. presidential republican there is no reason to move to a parliamentary republic russia is not only the biggest country in the world and the 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 kremlin knowledge ists but put into most recent moves have left all of them guessing but many believe after us annual speech that he will step down on a stone finishes 4 years from now a week later some are not so sure on the date put in move to change the constitution his ally prime minister met fate of pre-placed 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 in pretty woman 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 keeps all 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. the time of her astray sion is likely

to scrap environmental protections for streams and weapons against the advice of its own scientific advisors white house says that the regulations will be a victory for american farmers but environmental groups fear the rollbacks will harm people's health because it could pollute the drinking water federal protections for more than half of the wetlands and hundreds of small waterways in the united states will be dismantled. who'll see all the measures from the u.s. government it's also planning to limit visas for pregnant women as it tries to stop a practice known as birth tourism where some foreign nationals enter the united states to have their children so they can become american citizens pregnant women applying for visas could be required to prove they have a specific reason for travel like a medical emergency the most recent figures from 2017 show about 9300 children were born in the u.s. to mothers who lived overseas state department said it was challenging to provide

the exact figures for this but they also said they were increasing they were increasing reports on the practice from u.s. foreign embassies and consulates well sara pierce is a policy analyst at the migration policy institute and joins me now from washington why target women in this way this is really a pet issue of the administration the administration has an issue with birthright citizenship to begin with the idea that anyone born inside the united states becomes the earth citizen and the fact that there's this cottage industry built around taking advantage of that that aspect of american law really has put it into the crosshairs of this administration. and i guess they're doing it because under the u.s. constitution kids that are born in the u.s. are automatically granted u.s. citizenship that's right and the administration has always been very uncomfortable with that they believe that people can use that part

of the constitution to really take advantage of the different resources in advantages that u.s. citizenship comes with so the white house is saying that it's necessary this is a necessary measure and they say that this is for public safety national security and the integrity of the country's immigration system what's your response to that . i think this is actually really an effective way to go after birth tourism people can apply for visas to come to the united states and those visas are granted for up to 10 years so a woman could could apply for years before she is even thinking about having a child if they really wanted to go after this industry they would pour more resources into going into after the companies that have built up the birth tourism is industry these companies coach foreign nationals on how to get through their visa interviews how is them when they're in the united states and hook them up with medical care to assist with the birth so going after those companies would be

a far more effective way to do this and i think the administration has put out this regulation and kind of subject all for national women of childbearing years to extra interrogation as a way to really just signal and be symbolic that they are going after this issue. right because in terms of the information that this regulation is based on what was interesting to me is that the government doesn't actually have accurate statistics on how many parents are coming to the u.s. for the purpose of giving birth to children that will then get american citizenship why although no accurate figures illness. there's just no one reporting you know that they're coming to the united states for the sole purpose of giving birth to a child in the united states and i also think that it's not a huge issue like you said it's under $10000.00 women a year are reporting that when they're giving birth in the united states that they

reside abroad so these are really small numbers this is likely not a huge threat to u.s. safety and security but i like i said earlier politically this is a huge pet issue for the administration right so it's as you say there are not accurate statistics because this isn't exactly something that is easy to track all gauge in the country it's not likely to have much of an effect in practical terms it's a sim symbolic move how do you think an announcement like this resonates in the u.s. given you know everything that's happening there particularly with the president trumping up for reelection in november so there's already been significant outcry about this regulation people are concerned about it being essentially a travel ban on pregnant women i don't think it will actually rise to that level when it's in acted on the ground but i do think that outcry really shows how the public trust in this administration has been eroded especially around immigration

this is the same an administration that tore babies from mother's arms at the southern border and now they have signaled that they're specifically going after women of childbearing years i think they just they just don't have the public trust of the political capital capital on immigration to pull off this regulation without significant backlash so it appears from the migration policy institute thank you. on out some news from venezuela a new report from the un is accusing the venezuelan government of running a paramilitary police group used for extra judicial killings special action forces officially to be an elite branch of the police but the u.n. commission on human rights says its powers of being abused america in yemen has more. nothing strikes more fear among venezuelans than seeing the 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. 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 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 5 who are demanding justice they show us the photographs of young men who police say were confronting them. this is an extermination the arrived to kill to steal everything in your house with total impunity these were brothers 1st they killed one then the other there is

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 fison 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 at home 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 we asked venezuela's chief

prosecutor about the allegations which he says are exaggerated sea org. 800 offices have been accused of homicide torture cruel and inhumane treatment illegal arrest or entry among other crimes. yes it's a lot but it reflects authority and judicial action on my can. in the united states but the vast majority of cases go unpunished alexis leda is still fighting to bring 3 fires officers under arrest for the murder of his brother to trial despite constant death threats he says. you can have $800.00 under investigation or even charged aware of the symptoms and they operate with impunity. president nicolas maduro responded to the latest report on institutional violence by congratulating pfizer 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 now or firefighting aircraft has crashed in australia killing all 3 people on board a water bomb a plane was battling bushfires south of the capital camera all 3 crew members were from the united states under thomas has more. 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 onboard contractors from a u.s. aerial firefighting company believed to have died it's impacted heavily with the

ground and initial reports are that there was a large far wall associated with the impact of the plan as it hit the ground we've got a number of forefathers and a number of crew that are in the area and working to contain and work around the far it is still an active far ground. and and it did take some time with the use of ground crews and a number of aerial surveillance platforms to try and locate the wreckage of the flying today is a reminder of how every single person who is defending life and property is at risk because of the day your 2nd stance is in the firefighting community around new south wales a star in the world is very tight needed and 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 forced the complete closure of its airport people living nearby were told to evacuate until the fires got so bad that fleeing 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 under thomas al jazeera. so that. oh. in sport rafael nadal aims for victory but hits a bold and you'll be hit with that story and the rest of the action from the australian.

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the o.r. . now it's been hot kucera week in paris with the world's top designers showcasing cutting edge fashions french legend john paul go to presented his last show off to 50 years in the business with sustainability as the thing but there is one such designer who has been promoting responsible fashion for years and reports on this now from paris. the dazzling display of opulence and fantasy at dutch designer ronald found to camps paris good to show models was skilled traill gowns for an elegant take on eighty's glamour but found to camps fashion it isn't only a lesson in creativity but also in sustainability all these clothes are made from

recycled fin teach all riposte fabrics for is one of the worst things for the environment so for me this is nonsense and fake for because this is made with all leftovers from old collections. the code was made by an organization helping women in morocco part of frantic camps conviction that fashion must be responsible he launched his sustainable could 2 label 5 years ago we're leading the way to make sustainability sexy and sustainable the new normal because that's one of needs to be i think the bigger brands should. you know reduce their with their productions and make less clothes and concentrate on making beautiful clothes rather than all these clothes no nobody needs. the fashion industry is one of the world's biggest polluters and labels influence mass market brands and can see. many concede it's time for a change after 50 years in the business french designer john paul gucci retired

with a show with an anti waste message. grows on. some of the world's most prestigious fashion houses are based in paris and most say that they're trying to become more environmentally friendly but campaigners say this is a stain abilities increasingly used as an on trend marketing tool rather than a real plan of action. is an expert in sustainable luxury she says customers are helping to accelerate change the. consumers are increasingly aware and want to be more responsible socially and environmentally so in the last few years they brutalize that one way to act is to buy differently. this former fire station in the city will soon become europe's biggest sustainable fashion hub called black has their own bringing together designers and experts helping them to create responsibly but they don't have the choice because now we know the nature is

suffering we cannot do exactly what we've done before we need to change something changing a multi-billion dollar industry is a challenge but in an environment driven by trends where we responsibly make clothes may become the ultimate action statement the tosh butler al-jazeera paris. now to andy and a half sports thank you so much marma world tennis number one rafael nadal reached the 3rd round of the australian open but his win came at some cost to one of the ball girls in melbourne. was. that out foreigner returns straight to the girl's head in his match against very i don't want us she took it well both responded that his best to apology was. now not showing his soft science to his opponents the argentinean they've put up

some resistance early on but now dow blue don't want to so why in the 3rd and deciding set 637661 the final score nice new down then come about one more time with another quick check up on the ball. well honestly. i've been one of the more scary moments i had on the tennis court because the ball was a straight on the head well for her probably was not the good moment. i was so it was good for had 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 done. is that his australia's nick curious doing his best rafa nadal impression parfait and opponent will see one of from scrapping that are serving routine after they were given time violations curiosus previously criticised the doubtful time wasting they did win this match and could go on to me in the forty's. or heavy rain and dust storms affecting some matches u.s.

open finest on medvedev struggling with some slippery conditions in his match against hadron martinez of spain the roof was a venture to close for this one his problems on court didn't end there the world before needing a medical time out due to a bleeding nose despite all of his problems he did go on to beat martinez in straight sets and he is through its around 3. now the most highly anticipated n.b.a. debbie for years has finally happened this year is number one draft pick design williamson played his 1st going for the new orleans pelicans after injury delayed his entry into the league so malik reports it looks like the waiting is finally over diane williamson the teenage than station tip to become one of basketball's biggest stars finally made his n.b.a. debut. and he didn't waste any time making an impact on staff executive

williamson had been missing all season long because of a knee injury there were no signs the rust however much i loved the sound of the his 1st night on the job following lead a comeback worth the new orleans pelicans against the visiting san antonio spurs the number one draft pick showed off the skills that made the list dark college level. with an epic final quarter display he scored 13 points in just 3 minutes. to. go to new orleans within touching distance having started the quarter 12 behind do you see. his long range shooting was particularly impressive the real. he's thinking all 4 of his 3 point attempts. and why you didn't get new orleans over the finish line for the win he did leave fans with plenty to be excited about. the energy to grow. into the city were on there was a low shoot. i'm just grateful that they did so it was

a culture of finally get out there. in a duel where. there is certainly more to come from the man hailed as the next le bron james carville malik al jazeera. reverser feminized late goal gave liverpool a 21 win over walls on thursday night and a 16 point cushion at the top of the english premier league jordan henderson put liverpool one up inside 10 minutes of molyneux roll him in as did a cross for the home seam only in the 2nd half and it was 11 with full time approaching before for many a one it's liverpool 16 points ahead in our 2nd place manchester city iranian clubs have stepped back from their threats of boycott the asian champions league tournament organizers initially decided to stage all matches involving iranian seams on neutral territory due to safety concerns a compromise deal means that same's will now play all the away matches 1st before the security situation can be reassessed by going to his cricket same says they're happy with the security arrangements in place for their

t 20 matches in pakistan the 3 game series in lahore was only finalised last week and it's bangladesh's 1st tour of pakistan in 12 years the country hosted trying to for a test series last year the 1st such series in pakistan since gunmen attacked sri lanka's team bus in lahore back in 2009. and the fierce american college rivalry has rather live down to its reputation a basketball game between towns the states and the university of kansas descending into chaos the off court action getting underway with less than a seconds ago in the game local police officers and coaches took several minutes to break up the fighting for players have been suspended. ok that is just for let's get some marion in london all right thank you very much andy with that wraps up the news hour but i'll be back in a moment with more of the day's news a full round of the top stories coming up very shortly in.

the 21st century began with extraordinary economic growth across much of latin america. but since this halted in 2008 there's been a political shift to the right on a continent west socialism on strive to. achieve land politician goes on a journey to me leading left wing figures to understand why that politics have lost ground so dramatically. latin america

a giant in time oil on al-jazeera big stories generally sounds like the media angles in this story are too numerous for comfort with different angles from different perspectives something has never really been believe. me in the war to even separate the spin from the facts the misinformation from the judds up this so it was clear in towns to. hear people just think that the listening post on al-jazeera. trouble began at the end of the country's civil war when most people started returning home from refugee camps. more horse shopped and killed during a demonstration in 2017. right here in the middle of the street as a sign of resistance to the mining companies and government are set in your. nation's news and displacement between the communities the mining companies and the government has now escalated to west africa region. the community has taken its

case before west african regional war because they say the people have little for use in the justice system. the chinese city of one hand in lockdown as authorities try to contain a deadly virus but health experts are divided over whether to declare a global health emergency. hello i'm maryanne demasi or watching al-jazeera live from london also coming up on the program day 2 of impeachment arguments from u.s. democrats as they present their case for abuse of power by president trump. rager muslims react after the un's highest court orders me and martyrs stop it soldiers

committing acts of genocide. i will start a bottle in paris where the song fashion designer sustainability is more than a.