for west africa. the community has taken its case before west. because they say the people have little for using 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. the muslims react after the un's highest court orders me and ma to stop it soldiers

committing acts of genocide. i was taught to botley in paris where the sole function design is sustainability is more than a fashion statement. to the program our top story millions of people in china are under lockdown as authorities take unprecedented measures to stop the spread of the deadly coronavirus city of what 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 with the virus and 18 people have died but with hundreds of millions of chinese expected to travel for new year's celebrations at the weekend there are fears the contagion could get worse and now the world health organization is split over whether they should respond by declaring a global health emergency we'll have more on that in a moment 1st though adrian brown starts off our coverage from hong kong. at 1st

china's government warned people against traveling to hand the epicenter of the virus now a day later it's gone a step further and banned all travel to and from the city 11000000 people are effectively living in quarantine many people fled to hand 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. or miracle that is. arriving in hong kong passengers from one of the last flights out of new han 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 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 of 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. well there is a great deal but to the information we have so far shows that the court of virus

originated in china where there have been more than 600 cases confirmed so far but it has spread beyond the mainland as well with cases now confirmed in taiwan south korea thailand vietnam singapore and possibly hong kong outside asia the indian government says a nurse working in saudi arabia also contracted the virus there's also one confirmed diagnosis in the united states where they are screening for it at major airports monitoring for the virus has been boosted at airports across the world now from hong kong to the united kingdom where flights from china being met at an isolated part of heathrow airport terminal full. well the world health organization says that it's still too early to declare an international public health emergency of this but also admit that they are divided on the best course of action to take care of the mother has more now on the international response. but few maci know airport had 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 hands 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 taste of a fever and ask some questions about your health in the u.s. 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 department 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 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 needs 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 dean barber al jazeera. and earlier i spoke to. senior fellow for global health at the council on foreign relations in new york who shared his view with me on whether the coronavirus outbreak is a global emergency. my understanding is that there's a huge court divide whether to declare it a public health emergency of international concern some experts believe that the conditions for what we call it a fake public health emergency be rad but disagree

and we also know that not all decisions at w.h.o. may have been based on situations and developments in the biological world and unfortunately that is often the case and currently we are the. experts who opposed the fake decision based on that we don't know much about the virus including the case but talent here 8 the transmission rate so there is still a lot needs to be no. well it is day 2 of arguments being made by us house democrats in the senate impeachment trial of president donald trump he is accused of withholding military 18 crane and exchange for an investigation into his political rival china biden democrat prosecutor started off their case 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 the birth of our system of checks and balances. this conduct is not america 1st it is donald trump 1st. castro joins us live now from capitol hill and i suppose democrats as seeking to demonstrate why trump should be impeached and why it's justified within the country's constitutional framework tell us more about the proceedings today. well short today

the goal the house of peter manager said was to argue this point about abuse of power and of course on on the face of this argument they're trying to convince at least 2 thirds of these 100 u.s. senators to convict president trying to remove him from office but that is a tall order given that as we know this chamber is controlled by republicans the president's own party so really in for practical purposes what these house managers are doing is they're trying to make these arguments leaving their republican colleagues wanting more what i mean by that is that right now this trial the parameters allow only for these arguments we are hearing day 2 on the house democrat side that will be followed by one more day of them arguing and then the president's team arguing his defense at the conclusion of that there are a short time period for senators to submit questions to the 2 sides and then perhaps the trial will come to a conclusion with

a vote at this point with that republican majority sticking said vastly by the president and a little seeming all but certain how ever there could be another scenario and that is instead of going to a vote right away if at least 4 republicans are convinced to be open minded enough to call for additional witnesses to come testify in this trial that could change the dynamics entirely there are some of president trump's closest advisers that democrats have wanted to speak with they have not cooperated with investigators thus far but they may have key information on what the president's motives were when he withheld security aid to ukraine was it to pressure ukraine's president to investigate trump's political rival which is of course the question at the very heart of this impeachment case right so far the focus has been on the present drums alleged misconduct in relation to those 2 articles of impeachment a piece of art of seduction of congress meanwhile has been. or is there spawn so

far from trump's impeachment lawyers. sure what trumps moyers have been taking in these arguments as well you don't see them on the t.v. screen but they're sitting in this chamber listening and speaking with reporters during their breaks they have stuck with their defense that a president trump they say did nothing long in the way that he handled ukraine and that the these impeachment articles they say are not valid because the accusations are not crimes according to the president's attorneys and thus do not rise to the level of impeachable offenses and we will hear much more of those arguments flushed out in the coming days when the white house and its attorneys will then have their chance to defend the president thank you heidi joe castro in capitol hill thank you heidi. now important developments today in relation to the rango muslims the man mars been ordered by the international court of justice to prevent genocidal violence against their hanka muslim minority un's highest court also demanded that

the country preserve any evidence of past crimes ahead of a complicated genocide trial members of the muslim minority of praise a landmark ruling as we've now reports from the hague. stands accused of one of the world's worst crimes the genocide of its own people the cases brought by the gambia on behalf of dozens of muslim countries they're going. cremation serial street school genocide thursday the un's highest court agreed to deal with the case it also unanimously agreed to impose emergency in order to prevent more violence the ruling composed 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 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 in 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 or press a call to remove the case from its the case she also denied genocide has been committed and accuse refugees of exaggerating abuses its says the raids on reading 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 believe was and is trying to wipe out an entire ethnic group. all 7000 j. ews from different parts of new orleans who are present in different cultures and values have all agreed. with the genocide. cannot be tolerated by anyone in the wall. or hinder in myanmar amir's put the action our top priority is justice today that justice is partially solved 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 if barca al-jazeera the hague. also ahead for you on the program

we look at a country in crisis lebanon's government is seeking billions as its people try to bring about change. russian constitutional changes that could see vladimir putin in power well beyond his term and that story coming up shortly. hello there oh my way into eastern areas of australia now i can see this massive cloud that has been streaming in our head of this system we have had some tremendous temperatures some real heat in place 41.3 degrees celsius that was the temperature thursday in sydney and that is the highest it's been since january 28th seen this is the north sydney olympic pool so certainly a day to really enjoy it now that the system as it comes through the winds will

actually be fairly gusty going to change direction but it will also bringing with it some rain showers heavy at times spreading up into the northeast of new south wales very extensive throughout much of queensland also up as you can see into the northern territory we could well see some flooding rains here over the next couple of days then on into saturday still more showers through sydney pushing to the east coast time which is the generally not too bad weather temperatures are high is out in western australia have a look at this for the next 5 days because as we get to sunday that temperature goes up to 35 degrees celsius that's about 6 or 7 degrees above the average for this time of year so there are warnings in place put out by the bureau of meteorology they're saying very hot so that have some warnings in place for the heat the winds are gusty and also because of this heat these dry conditions there's also extreme and severe danger warnings in place.

it's been dubbed the project of the century. is the real cost of china's new silk road project. 11 east investigates. on colleges in. capturing a moment in time. snapshots of other lives that provided a glimpse into someone else's world. but the witness on al-jazeera. the on. a comeback you're watching al-jazeera live from london a look at the headlines now the world health organization has said that it's still too early to declare the coronavirus

a global health emergency or than 600 people in china have been diagnosed with the virus so government bans all travel to and from the central city of. the 2nd day of arguments are being heard in the impeachment trial of u.s. president donald trump democratic prosecutors been making the case for the 2 articles of impeachment abuse of power and obstruction of congress and meehan miles government has been ordered by the international court of justice to take emergency measures to prevent soldiers committing acts of genocide against rangle muslims still living there. now to lebanon the country is seeking up to $5000000000.00 in loans from international donors to help us out of an economic crisis that striven months of protests the new cabinet met for the 1st time on wednesday but within hours people were back out on the streets they say the new government belongs to the same political elite they blame for widespread corruption and a holder of ports now from beirut. 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 and 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 on the responsibility facing the government and the finance ministry is immense a lot of lebanese protesters are 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 like i was

you know i was invited. it's like that when you're in government you think. we're not here 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 reads the bounds of the lebanese people to carry out reforms and fight corruption. reforms mean politicians who benefited from the system will no longer be able to distribute income and services to their supporters in many ways that means giving up power something they seem completely opposed to doing then a big root. israel's prime minister and his political rival will meet with 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 palestinian president mahmoud abbas has warned israel and the us administration against crossing any red lines in other developments the trump administration is likely to scrap environmental protections for streams and wetlands against the advice of its own scientific advisors white house is saying 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 drinking water federal protections for more than half of the wetlands and hundreds of small waterways in the united states will be dismantled now to developments in russia where the parliament has unanimously back to amendment to the constitution proposed by president vladimir putin which could potentially allow him to stay in power after his term ends in

2024 putin's proposed changes mark the 1st real amendment to russia's constitution in almost 30 years and could be voted on as early as april he says the reforms and necessary to strengthen democracy but his critics are not so sure set reports now 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 giving 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 a great state but it is also a country that unites many nations and regions. analyst believe that president

putin is changing the constitution to create a way to stay in power after 2024 but nobody yep understands how there's a term for people who try to explain the policies and plans of russia's had of state kremlin knowledge ists but put into most recent moves have left all of them gas aimed well many belief off for us annual speech at you will step down on its don't finish if 4 years from now oh week later song are not so sure under day puttin moved to change the constitution his ally prime minister med fate of worse pre-placed by the largely unknown hath of the tax office me hail michoud stay in a few days later he appointed a new cabinet even many russians puzzled by to speak to in which these changes are taking place through pretty rumors in it will go work out what the what we see is this strengthening off presidential poll or but we don't see anything to condo balance eat therefore it seems to me that ought of all possible scenarios the one

we're porton some ha would just days in power or in cubes all these or boring team looks more let him know than towards a week ago whatever game of chess buton is playing to had of to constitutional commission has denied that he can run for president again to 2nd parliamentary hearing to adopt the amendments will be held on february 11th once parliament approved i'm the people of russia will get a chance to vote us well although it's not sure how an if that outcome well have any impact step fasten al-jazeera moscow a banker implicate in the corruption case against africa's richest woman is been found dead in his a lisbon home new noted barrow decoy nya who manage the bank account of and girl a state oil fam sonnen goal is believed to have committed suicide company was previously chaired by isabel to santa else the daughter of on colas former president i go to in prosecutors a formally name to as a suspect in the mismanagement and embezzlement a funds during her tenure and always an appeals court has approved government plans

for more oil exploration in the arctic dismissing a greenpeace lawsuit the verdict was unanimous and rejected claims that licenses awarded to norwegian oil company ecuador and others had breached the constitution greenpeace argued the plan would violate people's right to a healthy environment. now it's been hard to cheer we can paris with the world's top designers showcasing cutting edge fashions french legend presented his last show off to some 50 years in the business with sustainability is the key theme there is one dutch designer who's been promoting responsible fashion for years as a in our ports from paris. the dazzling display of opiates and fantasy at dutch design a ronald found to camps paris good to show models will scold traill gowns for an elegant take on eighty's glamour but fonda camp's fashion isn't only a lesson in creativity but also in sustainability all these clothes are made from

recycled vintage all repurposed fabrics for is one of the worst things for the environment so for me. because this is made with all leftovers from all. 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 couture label 5 years ago we're leading the way to make sustainability. sustainable the new normal that's what it needs to be i think the bigger bros shoot. you know reduce their production make less clothes concentrate on making beautiful clothes. all these clothes nobody needs. the fashion industry is one of the world's biggest polluters and labels influence mass market brands and consumers many concede it's time for change after 50 years in the business french designers will pull gucci.

retired with a show with an anti waste message. grows on. some of the world's most prestigious fashion houses are placed 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 barbara courneya is an expert in sustainable luxury she says customers are helping to accelerate change because. consumers are increasingly aware and want to be more responsible socially and environmentally and so in the last few years babe realize that one way to act is to buy differently all the more this former fire station in the city will soon become europe's biggest sustainable fashion hope 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 responsibly make clothes may become the ultimate question statement. i'll just 0 paris. quick look at the headline stories now the world health organization has said that it is still too early to declare the coronavirus a global health emergency chinee said he of what harm is in lockdown as the government attempts to stop it from spreading more than 600 people in china have been diagnosed with the virus while people across asia and in the united states of also tested positive inside china east 18 people have died from the illness now. let it be too early to consider. these event is

a public of emergency of international concern as i told you years to did emergency committee members which i think for their work were very divided almost 5050. continued today to be inducing division with regard to the the advise concerning declare ration for the sake of a 2nd day of arguments has resumed in the impeachment trial of the us president donald trump democratic prosecutors began by outlining the 2 articles of impeachment abuse of power and obstruction of congress in what is the 1st presidential impeachment trial in u.s. history in his closing statement house intelligence committee chairman adam schiff said trump made it clear he didn't care about corruption that was a quote from him myanmar's government has been ordered by the international court of justice to take emergency measures to prevent soldiers committing acts of genocide against reading

a muslim still living there the decision was celebrated by rango refugees who are currently living in bangladesh having fled violence and persecution israel's prime minister and his political rival will meet the u.s. president on track next week in washington to discuss the middle east peace plan that the white house will propose benjamin netanyahu and benny gantz will discuss regional issues with trump and the ongoing conflict between israel and palestine russia's parliament has unanimously backed constitutional amendments proposed by president vladimir putin which could potentially allow him to stay in power beyond the end of his term in 2020 for president putin's reforms that could be voted on by april 1 i want is coming up next taking us on a trip along china's new silk road at it for myself and the team here in london but when he's from doha coming up later. all right minister the. mission is to deliver interest and making this country the greatest place to.

follow the final run into the u.k.'s departure from the e.u. . following the tradewinds of the agent slope wrote the belt and road initiative is china's ambitious plan to link the country to the rest of the world this law is not sellable as a hike. to the teller yet again in the face of what. chinese leaders say all countries along the route will benefit but some locals tell a different story as you pull that you've. got it in. one no one east investigates china's new silk road is changing lives from asia to africa.