this is al jazeera. hello i'm adrian figure and this is the live from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes fighting against a spreading virus china restricts the movement of tens of millions of dollars a new hospital in will harm be built within a week. huge crowds come out in iraq's capital after a senior cleric calls for a protest against u.s. military presence. 10 newborns die in one south african hospital in just 2 months the mothers one aunt says. i'm touching partly in paris where the sun fashion

design is sustainability is more than a fashion statement. and in sports arena well you will suffer as a shock defeat at the australian open the 23 time grand slam champion is not down in the 3rd round by china's kang wang. china is taking drastic measures to try to contain the outbreak of a deadly new virus as hundreds of millions of people prepare to celebrate the lunar new year at least $26.00 people have died and more than 8 $130.00 cases of the coronavirus have been confirmed but health authorities fear the infection rate could saw during what is normally china's busiest travel period of the year but the outbreak 1st emerged in who base provincial capital will han it's in a transport lock down

a lot. other cities in the province of also enforced restrictions affecting around 40000000 people but the virus is spreading the 1st 2 deaths outside of who have now been confirmed one person has died in hub a which borders beijing the other in a long jang cases of the coronavirus are now confirmed in nearly every province in china new year celebrations have been canceled in the capital beijing and shanghai disneyland will be shut down from saturday on tuesday was a dream brown is in hong kong weather investigating more than 110 possible cases of the virus and in beijing we have scott heide lead but 1st his scots report. rushing to catch the last trains before the lunar new year many of these passengers at the beijing west railway station i thinking of the corona virus. i don't think this virus has been properly controlled i just kept back to china i read a lot of news i'm too met i'm not very satisfied with how the government prevented

the disease they're afraid of getting infected i am really afraid of those people were relieved and left but i do hope the situation can be improved. and those inside the city of will han are becoming more frustrated because medical supplies are running short and hospitals are short staffed many festivals for the lunar new year holiday have been canceled across china and not just in the central who pay province the epicenter of the virus in a rare move the government has closed the forbidden city here in beijing over health concerns related to the coronavirus something they didn't do some 17 years ago during the sars crisis. the chinese government was criticised for the way it handled the sars virus back in 2003 mainly for its lack of transparency the world health organization has decided not to declare the current outbreak a global health emergency but there's growing concern over the coming week when the millions of people who have traveled through the holiday return again raising the

risk the virus may be spread further by people who are contaminated but have yet to show symptoms. joins us now live from beijing brings up speed scott with what the chinese authorities are doing to strong the spread of this virus what the one thing they've done in just the last couple of hours than that is that they have appointed control over the handling this crisis to the cabinet the government cabinet here in china and also they have appointed they've created a special group to deal with the situation and leading that special group is a specialist that was brought in for the sars epidemic back in 2003 so he's going to be leading this special group we also know as we mentioned you know there's a lot of festivals for the new year's lunar new year celebrations over the coming week have been cancelled we're also hearing that parts of the great wall of china have been shut to visitors obviously very concerned about this virus spreading part of the reason for that is that there have been cases there have been incidents

where some some people who have tested positive for the virus were asymptomatic for some time so that's a big concern you know when people become ill they go to the hospital but the big concern is now there could be people out there walking around with this virus and don't have any symptoms and what about in the epicenter of this outbreak what's happening the. in the epicenter will find us something quite remarkable they are building a hospital a special hospital purpose built for the patients of this coronavirus they broke ground thursday evening they say they're going to finish this hospital they will have a 1000 beds within 6 days so early next week they expect to complete this hospital now this is something they did during the sars epidemic as well they built the hospital in a week just outside beijing here to handle the sars epidemic so they're doing that again down and work on that the center of this coronavirus all right scott by thanks indeed scott i live in beijing let's go to hong kong when i was there as

a dream brown is the what's happening where you are a drain. well adrian to set the scene for you i'm at a flower market in causeway bay in central hong kong this is an annual lunar new year event but as you can see saw fewer people here this year various reasons is that the virus of course and also the ongoing political protests here in hong kong now we do have more than $200.00 suspected virus cases here in hong kong we have 2 people confirmed with the virus and we've been hearing today from the hospital authority of hong kong outlining the challenges they face in trying to ensure they have enough beds to cope with demond if indeed this fire is spreads and continues to spread here. yesterday we have more than 5000. and 10 this. medical been see rate is 97 percent and she is quite full

but not as full as the peak of the winter so right now is slightly better but we are we perceive that after. the long holiday usually there will be for this. amount not just from the isolation that but from the other things like the fruits in terms. of the kind of the season. and what about the wider asia region how far has this virus spread. before i mention that i just want to say i've been speaking to a doctor adrian who represents 6000 doctors working in the public sector here in hong kong and she says you know in a good month occupancy rate in hospitals is about 9899 percent so she questions actually whether hong kong is capable of actually handling a major outbreak we have to remember that you know the hong kong china border is one of the busiest in the world hundreds of thousands cross backwards and forwards

every day and in fact we learned tonight that more than 2000 from hong kong and china have now been canceled because of that as well as a number of carnivals and lunar new year festivals here in hong kong as for the rest of the region adrian well slowly the disease is spreading we have 2 cases now 3 cases now in singapore 3 in vietnam 4 in thailand and also a couple in japan i think the worry for the world health organization is you know what would happen if this virus would have spread to you know a poor country like me in a manner which doesn't have a very developed health service you know japan singapore and hong kong obviously too but if this were to spread to poorer parts of asia then i think we would see real problems are serious adrian brown lives in hong kong adrian many thanks indeed a 2nd case of the corona virus has been confirmed in south korea which is also seeing a large influx of chinese tourists for the lunar new year holiday i was there as

rob mcbride is in the capital seoul with more on precautions that are being taken there. south korea is one of the most popular destinations in asia for chinese tourists and in this coming holiday period the country is expecting to play host 213-0000 visitors from china now while direct flights from hand have been suspended this influx is a cause for concern here and south korea is putting in place the usual precautions such as health checks at points of entry and so on the country is no stranger to outbreaks like this one back in 2050 it was badly impacted by another type of corona virus the mers virus from the middle east that made nearly 200 people sick 38 of whom actually died so south korea is well aware of the dangers and has in place the kind of precautions a nice to take the same cannot be said of north korea

a lack of resources then means it is far more vulnerable to a public health emergency such as this one and it has done in the past for example with the a bowl of virus put in place far more drastic measures stopping all visitors now while this might guarantee that it will get no cases of the coronavirus it is very bad for its economy because a tourism especially from china is one of the few areas that are not covered by u.n. sanctions and that has been developing as a much needed source of foreign revenue and that is a stream of revenue that will now start as long as they seem urgency continues there with the news from syria still to come donald trump set to announce plans on his middle east deal of the century but a key player is unlikely to be in washington when that happens. james puts in a milestone performance with one very special fans in attendance find out who that was a little later. thousands

are rallying in iraq's capital against the united states military presence there. this is baghdad right now people are responding to a call by the carrot top to al sabah who controls the largest bloc in the lower house of parliament earlier this month m.p.'s passed a bill asking foreign forces to leave that was in reaction to the killing of the senior iranian general custom solid money and a u.s. drone strike near baghdad's airport was shia cleric behind the protest issued a statement as the march began saying that it was an attempt to exhaust all peaceful political and non political means to create a should you will to physically remove the occupying forces from iraq he also called on the government to close all american military bases present on iraqi soil close the iraqi airspace to occupying warplanes and cancel all security agreements

with the occupier out zeros in on can as in baghdad and says the process to swell to become one of the largest in recent months. whether there are a 1000000 people hey all know it almost doesn't matter but ted also to has managed to get his message across that he wants all u.s. presidents out of iraq and he's got these people behind him now they've come from all over the south of the country many people have been bussed in to show support to the very influential shia cleric now this is a rally that's likely have been planned for a while. either meeting with key here militia leaders over the last few weeks to join discuss what they would need to do to put pressure on the government to get rid of u.s. troops and u.s. presence in iraq now they decided that something like this would be the best way of sending a message. the message is very clear it like i say it's about getting rid of

u.s. troops however this is a government that's in turmoil there have been on going on see government protests since october this is quite separate from those protests and there is a caretaker prime minister prime minister ability now he hasn't been able to put any pressure on the u.s. indeed what the u.s. has said is that we have at the invitation of the rockies we're going to start. protests to separate the anti government demonstrations that have been held since october those protests began because of anger over unemployment corruption and a lack of government services more than 600 people have been killed since they stopped this amnesty international says the government security forces have repeatedly used excessive force to silence activists has openly supported the anti-government rallies but many activists in baghdad struck a scrap the hub of the protest movement have distanced themselves from today's

march saying they want escalating tensions between iran and the u.s. to be moved out of the country. is a political analyst he joins us now live from baghdad good to have you with us what is the strategy here why is he called his supporters on the streets just how anti american is he. well 1st of all i believe that what that is trying to say that to the strongest political reader in iraq i can mobilize tens of thousands of iraqis. for whatever cause i would like to say he's trying to send a message to 3 important 1st to the international powers to the united states especially that i am the strongest leader and i would like all of the american troops to be out of the country and the 2nd message i believe is to the political

power in iraq stating that there is no prime minister to be chosen without my approval without the me having the final say of who is going to be the next prime minister and who is going to be in the government and i think the 3rd messages to the iraqi protesters who have been demonstrating in their iraqi streets and but that and more than other tent cities all over the country is that we are the ones who love the country we are the ones who would like to get their american troops out of the country while you are probably not as much as in love with this country are not real. loyalists to iraq and to probably you are allied with the united states more than anything else so this is what he is trying to say i think is as powerful as he seems to think years to what extent is he a kingmaker. i believe that he is their only

political leader in iraq for the last few years who was able to move mobilize people and calling for demonstrations and bringing thousands and thousands of iraqis into the streets even with respect to demonstrators since the beginning of october last year he has in a way infiltrated the. different. squares up to his square and other squares and other cities and stating that i am the only one who can be in control and to can manipulate these demonstrations and can. direct it to the way i think it's better suited for the political post so he is playing the role and he would like to play that but as far as the the anti-government protesters are concerned to what extent is. a part of the problem is just another part of the establishment which. he is absolutely and everybody is stating

that we understand what you are trying to say what you are trying to do why you are trying infiltrating the. protesting parks all over the country we know that you are part of the regime you have been part of the team you have been part of the gmo signed the agreement of for bringing international troops including us 3 troops to iraq to fight isis so what has changed now adays and at the same time the demonstrators feel that this these protests called by. which is that acted against the united states should have been directed against anybody who is interfering with the iraqi politics with iraq internal affairs with . a spear ation of the iraqi people to change this regime could tokyo many thanks live in baghdad. range of muslims are welcoming

a unanimous ruling from the un's highest court ordering miramar to take all possible measures to prevent genocide against rohingya remaining in the country the international court of justice also ordered the government to preserve all evidence for potential trial says that it's taken note of the ruling out a serious need barker reports now from the hague. jamar 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 there are a. cremation. rescore genocide on 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 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 judgment finding and cattle be appealed to 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 you 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 in my request a call to remove the case from its newest she also denied genocide has been

committed and accused refugees of exaggerating abuses. says the raids on the hang of ellipses in rock island 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 i believe was and is trying to wipe out an entire think group. 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 into all. a mere thought direction our top priority is just today that just stop 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 he barca al-jazeera the hague. live to cox's bazar in bangladesh home to hundreds of thousands of refugees 0 is a town their child free is the autonomy of the me i'm not government says that it's taken note of the judgement what people they're hearing from back home in myanmar has anything changed. so far we haven't actually we have been talking last several days with various community leaders are going to have people in the camp. that do have contact on the site that basically they're saying that look there's still people still being prosecuted at some people even trying to cross into this site usually turn away by bangladesh border guards the situation is still quite tense a recent report by. $45.00 writes

a human rights body say that documents an eyewitness report that over $125000.00 growing as i mean internment camps and there is also a chorus and forcefully many of the ring us told to take an n.b.c. card which is essentially a card that says their bengali muslim nothing to do with their status in myanmar so this is a concern a lot of the growing refugees here said that look we don't want that kind of car we want to be recognized as we've got to have our citizenship or some sort of document stating we are national love me and my not n.b.c. cause that's a very touchy issue for them this ruling that came out is a positive sign for them they're very happy they said it's a moral victory it's a psychological victory that thing there is be something hopeful in the future something good in the horizon now the bangladesh also reacted positively there said that look this is a victory for human rights the foreign minister said it is a milestone for international human rights activist he also went on to say that

this should bring a good sense should prevail in myanmar and this should start. their people and we also need to remind that there is a bilateral agreement between these 2 countries which need to be enforceable because they are under the agreement they're supposed to take these people back within a statutory time which actually 2 attempts were made but they none of the really happened because most running us didn't want to go back because the situation is not conducive and we also know that the community. here feel more restricted you can see that. it's going to be barred was the most of the camps are going to be confined now and about when they're going to be watched our. communication blackout there is a restriction of movement so they feel increasingly frustrated and there's a sense of anxiousness to go back yet they know that this is not going to happen very soon and this is making them much more anxious but this void exe giving them

some sense of hope that down the road maybe international community in will now put pressure on me and much to start this. process much sooner than they expected. on their child reporting live there from cox bangladesh down there many thanks indeed . grieving parents in south africa's largest city are accusing hospital managers of hiding information about the deaths of at least 10 newborn babies drug resistant bacteria is blamed by hospital administrators johannesburg but the government's critics blame poor hygiene understaffing and overcrowding in the public health care system so reports from pretoria yes team b. is not her real name and she doesn't want to show her face because she's afraid she'll get into trouble for complaining reading this newspaper article has made her angry because it could explain why a new born baby died at least 10 babies have died in the same hospital into bisa township in johannesburg in the past 2 months the government blames drug resistant

bacteria i think. this. information. if they're hiding information from us like. they've is only only thing that. the cause of the infection isn't clear doctors say it could lead to pneumonia and meningitis some south africans blame hospital overcrowding understaffing and poor hygiene health department manages admit employing more nurses and doctors could help prevent more deaths but there are other issues the problems that we're dealing with these issues related to a distance to antibiotics because when we use antibiotics when finished the course we use i did not prescribe for doctors prescribe antibiotics for any other group isn't it leads to our our our our by to not being able to this point

to these and to politics which is a problem. africa's most industrialized economy is struggling to provide affordable quality health care for the majority who are poor in some neighborhoods private clinics try to ease the burden it patients can afford to pay to avoid. the long queues but there aren't enough private clinics to substitute overstretched and early quipped state run hospitals the government wants to introduce a national health insurance scheme to try and close the gap between the rich and the poor at the moment only a privileged few use the world price to pay a private hospital while millions of mainly poor black south africans have to rely on understaffed and overcrowded public health facilities. with the proposed insurance scheme boastfulness to be debated in parliament if it becomes law the state will control how much private health facilities charge make it more affordable for the poor tax rises will be needed to pay for the scheme but some economists say the country struggling economy can't afford it the ruling african

national congress says universal health insurance is to solution but the mothers who recently lost a baby say it's too late for them. after. al jazeera to tory. now as you'll know if you've been watching there it's been pretty wet of late in madagascar with more on that here's with us and folks thanks very much ira you have us bang on this been really nasty across madagascar add on the other side of the mozambique channel actually see this area cloud here just looking across the far north of madagascar pushing into northern parts of mozambique southern areas of tanzania have seen some really heavy rain really over the past few weeks floods and landslides as a result of that this is a typical rainfall valley that are found in the north of madagascar and in 34 millimeters of rain in the past 24 hours now we're going to see further showers as we go on through the next $24.00 to $48.00 house won't be downpours that force

northern madagascar into the north of mozambique across the good parts of tanzania and in fact those showers stretch across pushing across southern parts of the democratic republic of congo pushing into a good part of angola more of the same as we go on into sunday further south it's generally fly because it's a decent amount of sunshine into south africa but of course where the cricket is just one of those things we have seen some shall is just around to harness but further north you see some showers around the middle east as well this is the process of clearing away will turn quater over the next couple of days here in doha took temperature of 22 on saturday but a chilly and windy 17 on sunday 18. ever so many thanks indeed still to come here on the news for the u.s. imposes new visa rules for pregnant women traveling to the country will tell you why in a few minutes. liverpool's hot streak rumbles on thanks to the brazilian superstar for what all the details coming up in sports.

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hello again it's good to have you with us adrian figure here in doha with the news out from al-jazeera the headlines china has reported the 1st deaths outside the epicenter of the corona virus outbreak and health officials are worried that more people could become infected as millions travel to celebrate the lunar new year which starts on saturday south korea has confirmed its 2nd case of the corona virus it spreads further beyond china's border those 2 cases have also been confirmed that hong kong authorities say they're investigating more than $200.00 suspected cases. thousands of people held a rally in baghdad against the u.s. military presence in iraq shia cleric book called on his supporters to demand that

all foreign forces withdraw earlier this month and he has passed a resolution asking foreign troops to leave. demolished thousands of makeshift homes surrounding the busiest airport in ivory coast government leaders in abidjan so they were built illegally and were a safety hazard but the homeless say they weren't given enough warning of zeros laura but manley reports. a desperate and futile scramble to save their home. within a few hours nothing but. people try to salvage what little is left to the authorities these makeshift houses were built illegally but for the people here this was home to many don't know what. it was but these men are asking why did they do this where were they sleep what kind of country is this where those with air conditioned homes are destroying people's homes but the so

it's also their livelihoods they've all been able to evacuate those few chickens but many died they surprised us and started to demolish they broke everything. this is once past the labyrinth of homes that house tens of thousands it's situated on the outskirts of a big german international airport that's where earlier this month teenager. hit in the landing gear on an air france flight his lifeless body was found by fighting the shoals in paris. believe in but they're limited hidden in the shanty town before jumping the fence onto the runway the government ordered the a jew for neighborhood evacuated to clear 200 meters safety zone communications milissa city toy said these occupations post air safety and security problems.

a while most of the people living here were given 45 days to leave many was shocked when the 1st take is wrote in this week in his own view this was the look i was born here i've been here nearly 40 years even the mosque was destroyed we said at least leave the mosque but they destroyed everything we go we could from the harness. residents say the government is not dealing with the crux of the issue the high cost of living in a country where almost half of the population lives in poverty and it's poverty they say that led to the teenage boys escape and then having no choice but to live near the airport now many have no at. nor about money is there a. president

donald trump's impeachment trial has seen another marathon day democrats have made their case for the fast article of impeachment of what they call trump's dangerous abuse of power how does your castro reports from washington with cameras banned from showing the full senate chamber a sketch artist captures the scene 100 senators without their phones barred from speaking and some even looking bored with the process the democrats lead impeachment manager opened the 2nd day of arguments in the case against president trump with a moment of where levity remarking on his audience's silence of course it doesn't hurt that the morning starts out every day with the sergeant at arms warning you that if you don't you will be in prison but then it was back to the arguments thursday focused on the allegation that trump abused his power when he asked ukraine for election interference to his own benefit the articles in the evidence conclusively established the president trump his 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 conduct is not america 1st it is donald trump 1st republicans have stuck by the president some calling the democrats' arguments repetitive and unconvincing i want the american people to pick the next president not me the president's attorneys will present their case for acquittal in coming days arguing trump did nothing wrong and that the accusations against him are not impeachable offenses he still have to meet basic fundamental constitutional obligations and they have to expect to hear more arguments from both sides for the next few days than senators will have a chance to ask questions before democrats make their next big move they hope to open this trial to new witnesses only possible with some republican support the question is whether the democrats' arguments will be convincing enough to leave the

senate wanting more heidi joe castro al-jazeera washington one hour from al-jazeera should have pretend see on the tussle between republicans democrats so it's whether to allow witnesses in the trial. we're going to get a better understanding of the republicans arguments against witnesses both to its own caucus the republicans and to the democrats to the republicans are saying look if basically they're saying if more of you say you're going to want witnesses bear in mind this will go to court donald trump will sue this will take months and months and months and in the end if witnesses finally do appear in the senate will have the same result donald trump will be acquitted why waste our time if the house wanted witnesses so much why didn't they go through the courts they just are making us do their dirty work so that's that's the republican argument to its own to its own members and to the democrats becoming pretty clear that they're suggesting look if you somehow by some miracle perhaps get john bolton or someone to testify we

will go after we will go after joe biden and that would be a bit of a disaster for joe biden as he's trying to fight for the nomination of the democratic party already from the left of the democratic party he's facing accusations of corruption there was an editorial in the guardian just a few days ago from a left winger saying biden has a problem with corruption for its entire career he's just done the bidding of the fossil fuel industry the banking industry the the health care industry but i'm taking that as taking their donations biden denies all that but now if he was actually to be cross-examined in the senate as to why his son had a plum drawl but a ukrainian energy even though he has not had no experience in energy while biden was in vice president that would be pretty disastrous for him to president trump meanwhile says that he'll release his peace plan for israel and palestine by tuesday is expected to come just ahead of a visit to washington by israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu and his political rival benny gantz next week trump says it's a great deal that will benefit the palestinians and palestinians have rejected the

so-called deal of the century after a series of pro israel moves by trump kristen salumi is in washington and looks back now at some of those decisions by the u.s. president. we know that the trumpet ministration has been working on this deal for 3 years with the president's son in law jared cushion our senior advisor taking the lead on the negotiations we know that president trump would really like to deliver on this campaign promise he's in the middle of an impeachment. exercise here in the united states it's an election year and he considers himself a deal maker and he has said that peace in the middle east would be the deal of all deal so there's a lot of incentive from the administration to get something done here as far as the details though don't have a lot of information at this point we know that there's an economic component and a political component to the deal the economic component was announced by kushner

back over the summer he said $50000000000.00 in economic development package politically though the united states has already made concessions to israel they recognize jerusalem as israel's capital moved the u.s. embassy there over the summer just recently secretary of state my pump aoe said that the united states would no longer consider israeli settlements in the west bank illegal all of this opening tradition in the u.s. for a long time international agreements international law these were issues that were supposed to be part of final status negotiations in the united states kind of unilaterally moved ahead and took sides with israel now we have prime minister netanyahu talking about annex in part of the west bank and so there's been some speculation some reporting that that could be the next phase of something that the united states is considering it that may be what the palestinians were warning against. the u.s. has impose new sanctions on 6 companies that are accused of helping iran's national oil company it's the latest step in washington so-called maximum pressure campaign

to curb iran's nuclear program the company's allegedly violated existing sanctions by helping to transfer millions of dollars worth of oil exports for iran the u.s. says that iran's oil industry funds what it calls global terrorist activities. libya's neighbors have united behind calls for foreign forces to stop interfering in libya they also urged an end to violations of the arms embargo the meeting in algeria came before a planned meeting of libya's warring parties in geneva tony berkley reports 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. are 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 internet security cannot see. as we expect more why i. guess why why 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 oil output plummets the cost to the economy saws at least $77000000.00 a day but the lost revenue will also hurt have to ask side already hurting because they guess what the debris from benghazi electricity will go off and i don't think we will be able to afford 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 and 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 or medicine if the cost

of lost and i don't 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 he's 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 love the water in it is one of the 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. in venezuela they've been rival rallies by pro both pro and anti government supporters some opposition supporters gathered in caracas saying that they've been prevented from holding a large demonstration the same time president nicolas maduro told supporters the opposition leader was

a clown and that is overthrow attempt last year was nonsense. police in mexico prevented hundreds of migrants who forced their way across its border with guatemala from going any further security forces used shields and pepper spray to force hundreds of central american migrants onto buses they've been taken to a detention center in tapachula the migrants have crossed into mexico on thursday a fake good scene that has been taken center stage in puerto rico. protesters rallied outside the home of the governor demanding resignation one device because god said it is accused of delaying aid supplies following recent earthquakes protesters were infuriated at the discovery of a warehouse of unused aid sent for survivors of hurricane maria 3 years ago. the u.s. government plans to limit visas for pregnant women to stop a practice known as birth tourism that's one foreign nationals into the u.s.

to give birth so the children can become american citizens pregnant women applying for visas could now be required to prove that they have a specific reason for travel such as a medical emergency it's estimated that in 2017 more than 9000 children were born to mothers who lived overseas the state department says that it's difficult to provide exact numbers but u.s. foreign embassies and consulates report the practice is growing sarah pierce is not a list of the migration policy institute she says the new regulations will be it effective. 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 a visa years before she has 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 history these companies coach foreign nationals on how to get through their visa

interviews how's them when they're in the united states and hook them up with medical care to to assist with the birth so going after those companies would be a far more effective way to do this 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 it's under 10000 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 this is the same 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 or the political capital capital on immigration to

pull off this regulation without significant backlash. just ahead here on the news and sport tiger woods aims for a record breaking title far o.b. here with the rest of the sport in just a few moments. or

. hello good talk the sport is far thanks so much ager and it's been a day of major upsets out the australian open in melbourne 2 of the top women's player serena williams and defending champion will saga have been knocked out of the tournaments osaka was stunned by 15 year old coco golf american defeat in osaka

japan in straight sets become the youngest player to beat a top 5 opponent since 1901 and her australian open debut golf beat 7 time champion venus williams in her 1st round face either way or sofia accounting for a place in the quarter finals. 23 time grand slam champion serena williams spelled china's when hang in 3 sets america lost the 1st sad but her quest for a 24th grand slam title looked to be back on track when she took the 2nd but all that ended when wang sealed the 3rd set taking the match 646775 williams last won the australian open back in 2017 when she was 8 weeks pregnant it's. not even about the slams about just me playing tennis and i didn't do that today and that is more disappointing so it's not even about the win or more boat better i'm better than

there is. it is for me to. well things went much better for the women's world number one and home favorite ashley barty the australian beat elaine everett by kina in st sat 6362 to reach the 4th round. and it was a bittersweet ending for caroline wozniak you played the last match of her professional career the 29 year old who won her only grand slam title in melbourne lost to tunisia's on. the danish former world number one heads into retirement after 16 years on the women's circuits. i usually don't cry. but you know those are the special memories the. just the journey to get her we got all together it's been really amazing it's been a great. you know i really am happy you know i really. went defending champion novak djokovic has eased into the 4th round the 7 time

champion had no problems brushing aside his opponent. japan in straight sets a world number 2 b. to rafa nadal in last year's final and mel ben faces diego schwartzman of argentina next. basketball star le bron james was that is dominant best on thursday as he reached a major landmark for the season the 3 time n.b.a. champion scored his tampa triple double of the campaign for the western conference leaving l.a. lakers james getting 27 points 12 rebounds and to have assists helping his team down brooklyn that's 128 to 113 this effort seem to have impressed one very special fan in particular james getting some love from former u.s. president bill clinton. it was raining threes over and portland the dallas mavericks nailed $22.00 shots from beyond the our because they beat the

trailblazers 133-2125 the mabs are firmly in playoff contention sitting 5th in the west. liverpool have increased their lead at the top of english primarily to 16 points some thursday the walls to want to weigh things to a late strike by roberto for me you know liverpool now won their last 14 league games and become just the 3rd team in a.p.l. history to go 40 matches unbeaten. we don't go perfect for perfection we go for a perfect reaction if possible so if you try to do that do you really. fight back in difficult situations in the game that's what the boys do dips well again and so. yeah we want a game which is really unbelievable mexican striker have you hernandez says he's not feeling any pressure beating being zlatan ybor him a bitches replacement at major league side the l.a. galaxy a 31 year old has played in europe's top leagues including

a stint at manchester united and he's tallied $156.00 career club goals. you can see in the names of the me in this club roy keane stephen gerard given you the samples you're out on the samples not only read each landon donovan i mean david beckham course that's a the most iconic one obviously saw and then my name is over the old saw. i don't i don't care i was almost so in other words i don't care about comparisons and about which state i am or i am not i'm just so that i can feel all of this just by doing really. does aiming for a record breaking 83rd p.g.a. tour victory the 44 year old made a solid start at the farmers insurance open at torrey pines in san diego shot around a $69.00 to set 3 strokes off the pace with his helping to pass sam snead on the all time list. ok and that is all your support for now adrian back here for many thanks indeed but it's fashion week in paris with celebrities celebrating

the industry's top designers and eco freshens on the catwalk this year as. it doesn't display of all people and fantasy at dutch designer ronald fonda camps paris could to show models will school drool gallons for an elegant take on eighty's glamour but fun to campus 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 this is no answer to free because this is made with all leftovers from old collections the code was made by an organization helping women in morocco part of fun to camps conviction that fashion must be responsible he launched his sustainable couture label 5 years ago we're leading the way to make sustainability sexy sustainable the new normal because that's what it needs to be i think the

bigger bros shoot. you know. jews there with their productions make the last clothes and concentrate on making beautiful clothes rather than all these clothes that nobody needs. the fashion industry is one of the world's biggest polluters high end labels influenced 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 waist message don't brands of clothes 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 use 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 because. 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 money to give the designers an 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 hours. next on al-jazeera i'll see you again by.

so i bring on al jazeera. and the tension with the u.s. and protests over a plane downing iran's parliamentary election will be held on february 23rd parties to syria explores the fate of india's religious minorities on the prime minister modi's hindu move us voters get there fast chance to weigh in on the 20 twentieth's action al-jazeera will have comprehensive coverage a new series looks at how female scientists across the globe are opening doors for other women to pursue careers in science and up to 5 years of civil rule can bitter

rivals agree a peace deal to revive africa's youngest nation. treasury on al-jazeera. frank assessments the one good thing about these bushfires is that really wiping out all of the climate change informed opinions economy i think is actually what's keeping donald trump afloat right now critical debate sequel on those 2 school lawyers on a bogus argument is astonishingly patronize an in-depth analysis of the day's headlines this is the beginning of a new iraq of the new conscious and aware youth about stood up against an ethnic sectarian kota inside story on al-jazeera one of the really special things that work in progress here is that even as a camera woman i get to have so much and put in contribution to a story i feel we cover this region better than anyone else working for us as you know it's very challenging the body but the good because you have a lot of people that are divided on political issues. with the people who believe

to tell the real stories are just mended used to deliver in-depth journalism we don't feel in favor. good audience across the globe. to move. fighting against the spreading virus china restricts the movement of tens of millions and orders a new hospital and would be built within a week. time sammy's a dan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up huge crowds come out of iraq's capital after a senior cleric calls for a protest against the u.s. military presence. 10 newborns die in one south african hospital in just 2 months and mothers one downside loss. this president must be removed from

office.