so no matter how you take it out you see. the nice and current affairs. countersteering. china tightens travel restrictions on more than 40000000 people to contain the coronavirus more new cases reported around the world hong kong's leader declares a health emergency as she raises the threat level hosed by the outbreak. this is out there alive from the also coming up at least 22 people are killed in a powerful earthquake in eastern turkey hundreds are seriously injured. and the

death of a young man in libya highlights the harsh conditions for migrants held in detention camps. trumps lawyers prepare is defense in is impeachment trial that's after democrats declared the facts proven against. begin with the growing corona virus outbreak that's casting a shadow over the chinese lunar new year it's causing alarm around the world to buy a province the is the epicenter and it's facing a severe medical situation according to an official there the military has been deployed to the province which is urgently appealing for more supplies just masks protective suits well and cities where the outbreak began it's banning all non-essential vehicles starting from monday a doctor treating patients in her by become the latest victim of the virus. well

the doctor's death brings the total number of those killed to $42.00 with close to $1300.00 others infected in china malaysia is the latest country to report the virus infections of also reached europe though with 3 patients confirmed in france in an effort to contain that spread the chinese government has expanded its travel restrictions more than 40000000 people are now impacted. adrian brown is standing by live for us in hong kong which has declared a health emergency here also talk to us about the spread of the virus in other parts of asia but 1st to scott in beijing it's the lunar new year there does it feel like a new year. it really doesn't quite honestly you know a lot of parks and other areas here in the capital beijing were supposed to have festivals festivities going on to be

a very vibrant day normally the 1st day of the lunar new year here in china but it is not it's very subdued it's muted that's because of what's been going on with the current a virus and a lot of people we spoke with who were out on the streets there are some people not many they were very concerned most of them were wearing masks they were very concerned about the coronavirus and what could be happening but obviously the government taking a very conservative approach even way up here in beijing there are cases of the coronavirus here where up here in beijing they are doing everything they can to the limit the exposure the potential exposure of this coronavirus mainly because the large concern with this virus this silent killer as it's been is that some people can be carrying the virus but be asymptomatic they might not show any symptoms yet so that's why it's a big concern when there are large gatherings and that's rather cancelled all these events that were supposed to be going on right now tell us a little bit about the screening efforts which are being brought in to try and tackle this school. yeah the screening efforts have been ramped up all

across the country but particularly in that sense of who bay province where you know the epicenter for the corona virus we know now that airplanes trains and buses they are putting in mechanisms measures to to go through people and see if they are exhibiting any symptoms i would imagine that means a lot of temperature taking body temperature taking and observing people going in and out again you know that's the big concern is because of the potential for there to be a lot of people out there who are asymptomatic who are carrying the virus they don't know yet so they are trying to limit that but again we look at you know these travel bans that have gone in steadily increased over the last couple of days you know there are a lot of people to travel before that for this holiday period and here's a look at how this 1st day of the lunar new year unfolded here in china. like the past several days the people of china again woke up to news that the corona virus has claimed more lives and more people have become infected. living with his family

in will han moved to china 25 years ago we spoke to him in skype are you worried even further down the line that this this quarantine could last a month 6 weeks so this is like for you and you were. so yes. well we don't go out. on monday right so there's already all these concern is shared by people here in beijing and they're worried about the disease i always wash hands before and after me use and every time a go out i wear a mask back inside this time we didn't realize all serious to situation was but we've learned and doing much more actively knowing the government of responding quickly and we fully support them 17 years ago the chinese government was criticized for acting too slowly when the sars virus killed nearly 800 people well most of whom province the epicenter of the corona virus is now under lockdown there

is concern about the people who traveled before restrictions were put into place this as there's growing evidence that people might be carrying the virus without showing symptoms unwillingly passing it on to others the detail in park here in central beijing would normally be teeming with people out celebrating the 1st day of lunar new year but like right across china the festivities here have been canceled over concern of spreading the virus nationwide measures are being put into place on airplanes trains and buses to detect infected people the people of all han are being told that starting sunday no cars will be allowed on the streets of the city center. hundreds of military medical personnel have been sent to han to help with the growing number of cases and this is in addition to the more than 1000 civilian medical staff who have already been sent in from around china to hospitals are overcrowded and some who have been treating patients have been infected so as the people of china have a muted celebration it's still far from clear what impact the wuhan coronavirus

will have on the chinese new year ahead. and obviously the awareness of what's going on with this corona virus is out there here with the chinese people and around the world but the bigger concern is that there are still many questions as to exactly how this virus was spread how it was started so until people get answers to those there's still going to be a very increased concern here in china all right good stuff there from scott let's cross over now though to adrian brownlee is live for us in hong kong with the latest right now there in adrian as we look at the headlines more cases in more countries it looks like a virus that spreading right. that's right here in hong kong the seriousness of the situation was underscored on saturday afternoon when the chief executive carrier addressed the media she had arrived back in hong kong just several hours earlier from the davos world leaders' economic forum she announced that she was basically. changing the government's response to this crisis

to emergency that's a very high level and that and as i say reflects just how serious the government is now taking this she setting up no less than 4 task force to look at various aspects aspects of how to contain this spreading virus other measures she announced did not though include the temporary closure of the border between hong kong and china that's what many people here in hong kong had wanted her to do instead she's going to insist that all people arriving from the mainland fillion health declaration forms but of course honesty then becomes a fact but she says people who provide full simply mation or will have to pay a fine of something like $650.00 u.s. dollars you also announce that school holidays will be extended until february the 17th and said that the suspension of flights and rail services between hong kong and we would remain caroline's message essentially this with sami she wanted to reassure people that the health of hong kong people was her priority this is what

she had to say. and yet the doorway in with our response has reached emergency level i will personally have into department to meetings and we have a command center so we can get the views from the experts and come up with strategies and initiatives when we deal with this public health event i think you'll understand that we need to be quick in making decisions then we can make decisions for the society of hong kong. we are at emergency level sammy but i have to stress there is no panic here on the streets of hong kong but there is a deepening sense of unease more and more people are wearing face masks that wasn't the case just a few days ago there are many things of course kerry can do but one thing she can't change is just graffiti hong kong is bolted to the mainland and from the mainland every day tens of thousands of visitors continue to arrive and of course the fear is here is the people are coming from move via other places in china like shuns in

a row just across the border and that's the real worry here that people who are perhaps not showing the symptoms at the moment could well do so a few days later adrian brown there in hong kong. is in paris with details on the infected patients there. the french health minister confirming the fact that there are 3 cases confirmed of the kora virus coronavirus i should say in france now she says that the cases are all people who came from china there are 2 people who've been hospitalized in paris and one in the southwestern city of bordeaux we don't know a lot about these patients we have though a few more details about the one in bordeaux it is apparently a 48 year old man who was at home he called the doctor because he was having these flu like symptoms when the doctor came he ascertained that this man had actually

traveled from one city the epicenter of this virus where it all began and then he come through the netherlands on his way to france now that point of course the doctor raise the alarm and the patient was immediately hospitalized and what the french health minister says is that it's likely that there are other cases in france they are surveying all the people that these 3 patients came in contact with very carefully and she says that the reason perhaps that these cases have been confirmed in france isn't necessarily because they are elsewhere in europe because these are the 1st confirmed cases in europe it's more a question she said of french authorities have been very fast to assess and test the coronavirus and then announce the fact that these cases have been found emmanuel couple bianco is director of health care for the international federation of the red cross and red crescent societies who gave us details of the organizations response to the our break. around 13000000 volunteers all over the world in b.

are critical individuals that can now. report on messages for prevention all the mission of the disease or anyone in countries like like china lake in japan we are already activating get these these volunteers work on on person to person and within communities we're also activating our response who used social media the red cross has hospitals in some countries that are on a state of a higher i lurked for so green once and for management of patients we manage our lines for response and you're ready to provide services. water and food and anything else if the situation requires but at the moment we are focusing on force our support or can do to countries that have been affected particularly china supporting the government health authorities there for the rest we are preparing and getting all of our volunteers and our systems ready in case of

the outbreak i spritz for and there is a more need to overcorrect cross engagement so join rescue efforts are underway in turkey after a powerful earthquake struck in the east late on friday at least 22 people have been killed and more than a 1000 are injured buildings collapse near the epicenter of the magnitude 6.8 tremor in the last it province emergency crews are searching for people feared trapped in the rubble of the epicenter was in a town of about 4000 people in the sparsely populated province of realizing that's about 700 kilometers east of the capital. and that was the moment the earthquake struck interrupting live broadcasts many people ran outdoors for safety those with damaged homes are still afraid to return . so the course is in the last week she says people whose

homes survived the earthquake are free to return this was a very strong earthquake 6.8 and if people felt it here in the immediate cities we know people felt it in lebanon in syria in many places near because this is one of the strongest fault lines and turkey the major fault line is north or told you fault line which crosses through istanbul and this is the 2nd strongest fault line and. geologist is say that they were all already expecting a 7.0 magnitude earthquake it was late but they say thank god this happened 6.8 magnitude earthquake happened and finally all the danger is gone this is it there are aftershocks but there is no major risk awaiting for these cities this is what the geologists have been telling since yesterday but of course people when we

speak to them they say they were very afraid and everybody is curious about their family members living in the surrounding neighborhoods or in the surrounding cities but let me say this is just a waiting for now people are avoiding are waiting to to hear good news but the weather conditions as i said minutes ago it is the fickle currently there is some but it's one degrees and at night it's going to minus and this will be some difficult days for the citizens of the residents living here because most of them will be afraid to go inside their homes. still ahead of al jazeera turkey and greece dig deeper into a dispute over drilling rights in the eastern mediterranean. hallow

the last 3 days a seen a band of cloud develop into a significant band of rain throughout china south korea and japan is a pulse after pulse moving slowly through now there are some times the year july will not be normal but in january is not really so this is unusually heavy rain snow on the northern flank in china affecting hong kong and shanghai this is a forecast of sunday is heaviest the orange stuff is somewhere near taiwan has gone offshore by this time and heading up towards japan they've got this northerly breezes call what opposing newborns which is what we typically see way developing a proper storm system is just the wrong time here but they were heavy rain not far away from home she curling back into shanghai and the tail off has dried up to be a dry day in hong kong come monday but bear in mind this is not really the weather for this time of the year let's move away with west where you should expect the northeast monsoon bringing showers to sri lanka and occasionally get

a band of rain or snow of course further north so in near pakistan it's quiet time the at the moment we've had of course as you know all now for the last few weeks significant snow in afghanistan northern pakistan got a bit more to come this is monday and if you shasta south otherwise it's quite quiet. from fossil fuels to modern day renewables as societies develop the energy demands increase requiring innovative solutions to meet such demands as a global power development of investment company nebraska power is uniquely positioned to deliver against these demands we provide business growth promote social economic benefits and provide innovative safe and environmentally sound energy solutions for future generations the breastpin pioneering future energy.

but i'm back here watching out to see a time to recap our headlines now china has deployed 'd its armed forces to the epicenter of the corona virus outbreak an official in norway province says situation there is severe the latest victim is a doctor who was treating patients there the outbreak has killed 42 people hong kong's leader kerry lamb is declare their health emergency in response to the corona virus outbreak in mainland china there are 5 confirmed cases there search and rescue efforts are underway in turkey after a powerful earthquake struck in the east late on friday the magnitude 6.8 trauma killed at least 21 people and injured 1000. the death

of an eritrean teenager in a tripoli detention camp this week has highlighted the plight of more than 40000 africans living in makeshift centers in libya most have been detained while attempting to cross to europe aid agencies say conditions are appalling tony berkeley visited one detention center near the libyan capital. driven by poverty or pushed by fear and persecution either way most migrants escaping their homeland mostly in sub-saharan africa end up here on the coast of north africa libya can be the start of a bright new life for the beginning of a nightmare in the capital tripoli thousands wait each day for the chance of manual work the money they earn is used on a mediterranean crossing to europe sent back to their families or to buy food they come with a dream but the reality of life here is far from a dalit and doesn't i came here to make money and it's better than staying in your

own country because here your mind is more free but now there isn't work like before you sometimes don't even have enough to eat. they won't openly say they want to go. to europe that would provoke arrest but most not all want to. joshua made that crossing and spent 6 years in europe before being deported from austria last year his dream was to become a rap artist but he found only hardship and difficulty in europe i can midmorning evil better than the people i live in abroad so i decided to work my morning. go back to my country and establish my talent because i'm a good musician. but you can tell from the drain faces that optimism among many african migrants is in short supply these africa workers do the jobs that they don't want to do they earn just a few dollars a day but it's still more than they can earn in their own countries they often live in basic deprived conditions but even so in some respects they are the lucky ones these migrants are some of the estimated 40000 detained in libya most were arrested

trying to cross the mediterranean sea to europe at this center in zawiya west of tripoli there are almost 500 detainees some of whom have been held for 4 years many of applied for political asylum or settlement in europe it's a place of bad living conditions and broken dreams 16 year old adel de brett see on a skate political persecution in eritrea with a dream of a new life his life ended in a detention center in tripoli when he died in mysterious circumstances aid organizations say that getting explanations and access to migrant centers isn't easy it is a sovereign state and where we can advocate to. improve the conditions close the centers and find alternatives to this approach but. in the state that the country is in right now. it's very very difficult undertaking. the cash

strapped internationally recognized libyan government says it's doing its best under the circumstances but can't adequately help its own people who've been displaced in the conflict let alone migrants that's no comfort to a large who is from nigeria she's been in detention for nearly 4 years 3 of her 5 children have been born in centers and she's being caught trying to reach europe 4 times my kids are going through a lot of going through crises. going through they risk on the sea there are cultural pressures and that's makes i'm not proud of my. i'm ashamed of myself because i kept on asking myself why am i brought them to this award. for the migrants have learned to cope with hardship in limited choices they've had to the so-called crossing season with karma sees in the mediterranean is approaching and many will be making the choice of either sticking with what they have or gambling on a dangerous voyage and the unknown prospects in

a europe which is not as welcoming as it once was. tony berkeley al-jazeera tripoli . turkey and greece are bracing for a standoff in the eastern mediterranean over a turkish plan to drill for gas in cypriot waters it comes as regional industry leaders are discussing energy plans at a conference in athens johnson office has more from the greek capital. more tension in the eastern mediterranean as cyprus accuses turkey of using stolen data to position a drilling ship similar to this one precisely on top of the potential gas field in its waters greece 2 is bracing for the potential appearance of turkish exploration versus in waters east of crete and it's threatening to sink them yes the boy who should get higher but he could have joined egypt israel greece and cyprus in the east made gas for him to develop gas fields but has chosen instead to be a habit you'll transgressors. of international law the east med gas foreign

countries planning to build a 2000 kilometer pipeline to sell gas to europe turkey has reacted by drilling in cypriot waters without cyprus permission and threatening to do the same in greek was his last year turkey and libya marked out a corridor of territorial water claimed by greece raising tensions further can trigger sustain such an ambitious foreign policy that is at the same time adventurous has opportunistic. dangerous and not fully. in supported or not at all actually supported by most of the great powers i think that this will not and very well that's my prediction for the future if you go by the book by then i think if it's not on the book that pipeline passes it to the turkish maritime zone and they could sit down

and. we have a pool full of i don't know 200 miles or 100 miles across is this like turkey is already a major transit land wise offer many pipeline is also a major transit point for if it is built the pipeline will carry about 2 percent of the gas in europe consumes and might manage 4 percent it isn't a game changer europe will still rely on russia for about 40 percent of its gas but it would be a political statement that europe wants pipelines built by europeans that cross european territory marking out territory though is the problem turkey has not signed the international law of the sea and claims areas of the mediterranean that greece and cyprus also claim under that law europe denounces the turkish view as illegal but that doesn't seem to be deterring turkey and tension is set to rise further jumpstart ople us al jazeera athens. billions of locusts across kenya

somalia and ethiopia have triggered calls from the un for international help kenya is facing its largest invasion in seventies decades. waitin food every day and of the straw and thousands of kilometers of crops the u.n. is concerned this will further threaten food supplies in east africa unseasonal rains last month caused the locus of elation to boom. bolivia's interim president says she'll run in the upcoming elections despite initially suggesting she wouldn't janina as says she hopes the united divided country devoted may will be a rerun of october's futile election which saw former leader is on or others reelected he resigned and fled to mexico after weeks of violent protests and their then took power in november i think of a protests have been held in chile marking 100 days of social unrest police used

water calorie intake asked to break up the demonstration in the capital santiago started in october as a protest over rising metro fares this transformed into widespread anger over the struggling economy and social inequality at least $27.00 people have been killed since the protests began. u.s. democrats have wrapped up the final day of opening arguments in the impeachment trial of president donald trump they accuse him of being the ringleader in efforts to push ukraine to investigate political rival joe biden later on south they white house lawyers will get their say no arguing trumps defense shabbath fancy reports from washington d.c. so ordered senate it's adjourned on friday democratic party house managers concluded their opening arguments against donald trump over 3 sessions very meticulously presented their case the trump abused the office of the president in

an attempt to gain a competitive advantage against his democratic rival joe biden by attempting to blackmail the ukrainian president president trump tried to cheat he got caught and then he worked hard to cover it up only his will goes he is a dictator this must not stand and that is why another reason he must be removed from office and that the president obstructed congress as it proved his alleged wrongdoing by withholding evidence and intimidating potential witnesses. it's simple the president abuse the powers entrusted in. by the american people in his skiing to suppress evidence and skate accountability and orchestrate a massive cover up any did so in plain sight and his obstruction remains ongoing now it's up to the president's lawyers to make

their case we're going to rebut and refute and we're going to put on an affirmative case tomorrow unlike the democrats the white house lawyers are not expected to use all of that time they will be assured morning session on saturday but their arguments are expected to start in earnest on monday don't trump has made it clear that he wants his case made in weekday t.v. primetime and not during the weekend the white house will argue that it was in the national interest to ask the ukrainian president for an investigation into biden and his son and potential conflicts of interest why did hunter biden hold a lucrative position at an allegedly corrupt ukrainian energy company despite having no expertise in the area while his father was vice president why they opened up the door as wide as a double door on the hunter biden joe biden brás. i guess they figured that was their way of getting ahead of it we will address that in addition they will argue that it is the democrats who are abusing their power as they seek to overturn the

results of the 2016 election and influence the next and violate the constitutionally mandated separation of powers between congress and the president the sense here is that it's still very unlikely that any witnesses will be called so the white house is still on track for an acquittal of the president before the state of the union address on february 4th. 0 washington. and let's take you through some of the headlines here in al-jazeera now china has deployed its armed forces to the epicenter of the corona virus outbreak an official in hawaii province says the situation there is severe the latest victim is a doctor who was treating patients there the outbreak has killed 42 people hong kong's leader kerry lamb is declared a health emergency in response to an outbreak in mainland china there are 5

confirmed cases there. are responses reached emergency level i will personally have into department to meetings and we have a command center so we can get the views from the experts and come up with strategies and initiatives when we deal with this public health vent i think you'll understand that we need to be quick in making decisions when we can make decisions for the society of hong kong. search and rescue efforts are underway in turkey after a powerful earthquake struck in the east late on friday at least 22 people have been killed more than 1000 injured. buildings collapse near the epicenter of the magnitude 6.8 tremor in allows the province emergency crews are searching for people feared trapped in the rubble. that was the moment the earthquake struck interrupting live broadcasts many people went out doors for cover

those with damaged homes are still afraid to return billions of locusts across kenya somalia and ethiopia have triggered calls for the u.n. for international help the insects of destroyed thousands of kilometers of crops the u.n. is concerned this will further threaten food supplies in the east africa and the government protests have been held in chile marking 100 days of social unrest police used water cannon and tear gas to break up the demonstration in the capital santiago what started in october as a protest over rising metro fares is transformed into widespread anger over the struggling economy and social inequality at least 27 people have been killed since the protests began its inside story now.

china is stepping up efforts to contain a new corona virus outbreak but people abroad have already been affected so are these efforts enough or is the world witnessing the start of a global epidemic this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program. china's reporting people of coronavirus outside the epicenter of the outbreak have now died this as health authorities fear around the world the infection rate could increase during what's usually china's busiest travel period of the year hundreds of millions of chinese are preparing to

celebrate the lunar new year although beijing has canceled all 'd public celebrations and as the death toll rises more countries are taking their own precautions scott hi there has me.