the endemic corruption and we listen so if you repeat plays china's enemy of the woods and that's really then yours we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that matter just 0. china trade in wild animals after more people die from the coronavirus it's a warning it's gaining strength. hello i'm sammy's a dan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. 5 more protesters killed in iraq crackdown by security forces a demonstration. rescue teams refuse to give up hope of finding more

survivors after a powerful earthquake in turkey plus. the evidence is actually overwhelming. that the president did nothing wrong. donald trump's legal team deliver the case in defense of the u.s. president in the trial. china's health says the corona virus which is killed 56 people so far appears to be getting stronger officials say they're taking action to address 100 cities urgent medical needs that's where the virus was 1st reported on december 31st the source of the disease is still not confirmed though it's thought it came from a wild animal market in one han chinese authorities have now banned the commercial trade in wildlife. a number of popular pollock's me ma have been shot down in the

home call it's all in the attempt to try and prevent the spread of the virus if you're brown is standing by for us at one of those theme parks but 1st let's go live to scott hyde live in beijing for the latest and scott the warning there that it may be getting even stronger must be sending a chill down people's minds in china and it certainly would be yeah they said that you know it's definitely getting stronger they're trying everything they can do to understand how this virus spreads how strong this virus is but as you mentioned they admitted that it is getting stronger now this comes more transportation restrictions across china but here specifically in the capital beijing we know that long distance bus service has been suspended there are several bus stations across the city they have now halted that's because the bus system here is less regulated than say high speed rail and airlines so they're

worried about being able to track people because they don't have to show their i.d.'s they're worried about tracking people specifically but also where they have traveled from so that's something that's a big concern and we're seeing that in other places to other areas around china further restricting travel to try to contain those who might have this virus and as you mentioned you know the the ministry of national health held a press conference within just the last hour and they admitted that the virus is getting stronger and that they have many challenges ahead. we have taken preventive control measures into han as our top priority and we have set up a frontline working group to guide the local authorities and relevant efforts we have closed relevant markets in speedy manners to tighten control of illegal breeding transportation trading and consumption of wildlife or wild animals we have close on a temporary basis airports train stations and other exit channels from mohan to prevent the spread of the virus we have also coordinated the mobilization of central medical researchers to distribute the relevant medical material to one.

and the concern is yes obviously the restricting that travel there really clamping down on wildlife sales now but the big question is you know there's still a lot of mystery around this virus and and what is spread the virus what caused the virus we kind of know now but the big concern is now how long this incubating period can be with people who are asymptomatic in other words those who traveled from mohan and the province before all these travel restrictions were put in the place that's the big question that this ministry of health is really having to focus on or it's going thanks for that let's cross over to a john brown he's in hong kong outside a theme park that's now been shut down and think perhaps of how much of a hit this is dealing to hong kong's economy right now. yes sammy indeed in what is another blow for hong kong's tourist industry already suffering of course because of months of protests over demands for more political

reform it's now been announced that this theme park ocean park theme park is to close its doors for the forseeable future also shutting temporarily the disney theme park on nearby atlanta island of course just a few days ago disney in shanghai also announced that the theme park there was going to be closed also for the foreseeable future now at the moment we still have 5 confirmed cases of this virus in hong kong but more than 300 suspected cases now the hospital authority here in hong kong is due to give a briefing in the next 30 minutes or so so those figures could well change this of course all has echoes of the sars epidemic in 20022003 the question now is what lessons have been learned from that crisis i've been finding out. china's leaders appear to have learned an important lesson from saas don't try to cover it up so this time honesty has been the strategy that's what president xi

jinping has been demanding from his officials especially in the city who hand with a virus 1st emerged in late november and this time china does appear better prepared across the border in hong kong with 300 people died during the sars outbreak important lessons also appear to have been learned all arriving in poor passengers have the temperatures checked suspected virus sufferers are immediately quarantined those who refuse face jail and there's better protection for medical workers age of whom would killed by some beyond those 17 years ago when you are working in do those normal medical was surgical was no on red mosque today wearing a face mask is standard procedure at chinese new year 17 years ago when the sars epidemic was just starting to take its toll the mood was very subdued it is today and the question then as now is this how worried should i be china's failure to be

open about the sars outbreak damaged its international reputation which is why the leadership hopes to convince the international community that in some precedented containment measures are working but some hong kong medical experts remain skeptical i don't think they have much improvement in this aspect personally i think even if it may even more window dressing that before baby because of the political climate in mainland china analysts say president xi jinping is confronting a huge challenge but what is already a testing time for his leadership so people realize also that siege and pain is the need for power contents freighted in the sand and he basically has to be responsible for all its chief mond's and setbacks experts say this new disease may be harder to control for one important reason 17 years ago few chinese travelled overseas today they fly to destinations around the world. well of

course in the past many of those tourists from china have come here to hong kong but hong kong's chief executive kerry has ruled out even a temporary closure of hong kong's border with china many people here in hong kong wanted to do just that but i think it's fair to say that her political masters in beijing would not allow that to happen you know hong kong sammy has a lot of resilience it's famed for its resilience and it's going to need a huge reserves of that resilience in you know the weeks and months ahead adrian brown bear from hong kong security forces in iraq have killed 5 protesters during a crackdown on anti-government demonstrations police in the capital baghdad moved into the streets near to where you square firing tear gas and burning tents the area became a focal point for the protests ever since they began in october saturday's crackdown came shortly after influential shia cleric knocked out

a southern withdrew support for the demonstrations in iran can joins us now live from baghdad am i was the sentiment like there after all the drama of saturday . well let me just show you move out the way of the camera as you can see things are almost back to normal as normal as they can be for toughness where we've seen a number of protesters in marches walk around the square you see the flags of the 3 wheeler took took take people to and from says very much back to business as usual now what we've heard from the all over it is actually quite interesting a lot of the bridges on the roads leading directly into tahrir square just where is that border this area have now been opened in recent weeks what the protesters have done is they've tried to get down that road a few kilometers down the road as possible they've set up blockades they burnt ties and that's where they've come into clashes with the opara says that's where we've

seen light fire being used to gas against the protesters and now what's happened is you authorities want to try and contain everybody within taqueria square itself and 3 kids won't queue of the protesters actually that might not be about i think. it's portable manageable when they're all in one place is what the authorities want and they also want baghdad to be reopened again that gets out to these protests have been going on since october. and then how the you know is there is there any indication of just how long these protests are going to go on for. what i asked the question that's on many people's lips now one of the biggest political supporters of the protests previous was the title of his political bloc is the largest in politics on saturday he withdrew support for the protest movement he accused the protesters of going against his wishes his anti

us agenda of getting things and the diplomatic presence out of iraq any accuse the protesters of not supporting him when he had supported them now that he's left the question on everybody's lips is how sustainable is this protest movement now there are a few different schools of thought within the protest movement itself you speak to a lot of people who say well actually it was hijacked you know me but would be said to us and what we want is political reform when you elections with a new prime minister. message others have said without his political influence and his physical protection that very worried she will coming to talk which way and clear the square completely of all of these tents and everything that you see around me so there is real concerns how long the protest movement loss is anybody's guess but we all in a moment of reckoning for the protest movement and it's likely that in the next few

days we're going to see if you go to new strategy and certainly a rejigging of what the protest movement means to people here. all right thanks so much imran khan there. and still ahead on al-jazeera peruvians go to the polls to elect a new congress but there's not much enthusiasm among voters will tell you why. the patent most of europe is caught in cold not excessively so. there's not much snow around that streak of clad is coming in across british isles from the atlantic this one here that's another frontal system which will develop to some degree you'll notice is not rushed out of spain or portugal well that's good because it's been pretty wet there recently the next system as marching in slowly will increase

the wind down the rain eventually to the northwest parts of spain and france as you can see to the east part and the showers and adriatic and they could be poking around albania and montenegro for example is a quiet sometimes cloudy sometimes foggy as well but nothing excessive but this increase in wind and rain i think will be substantial and it's colder to see a bit of snow coming into the parts of both and scotland are a visitor this winter actually so given what's happening it has been in portugal the remains of the sherry stuff they drifted away and then over our area you'll find a few sparking off here or even in libya some of that we're talking about dry with this this typical wintry wind sometimes get strong picture does are seeing temperatures there as a result of the overland breeze in some process and go up to 40 more typically in the capital in dhaka we're talking about the high twenty's.

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commercial wildlife trade following the outbreak of the corona virus seafood market in central one province is believed to be the source of the outbreak the health ministry says the virus is getting stronger. canada has become the latest country to record an infection at least 11 other countries responded have reported rather individuals with the virus the u.s. france and russia are working to help their citizens leave the epicenter of 160. 5 more protesters are being killed in iraq as security forces crackdown on anti-government demonstrations police in the capital baghdad fired tear gas and protesters tents. police in lebanon have fought with protesters to try to storm the government headquarters in the capital security forces used tear gas and water cannon to push back demonstrators saturday marked 100 days to. the protests began people are demanding an end to corruption they want the government to tackle an

economic crisis to a new cabinet was announced on tuesday where protesters have rejected it. rescuers in southeastern turkey are searching for survivors after friday's earthquake $31.00 people were killed more than $1000.00 injured people are still being found alive in the rubble this 5 year old girl their mother were pulled from under a collapsed building on saturday and it's fear the number of dead will rise the magnitude 6.8 quake was centered near the town of severe ha said of course all of the ports nearby elastic. this man is happy and relieved as his relative is pulled out alive from this rubble should have been stuck under the rock and debra's of a collapsed building for nearly 20 hours after a magnitude 6.8 earthquake hit to ihsan province of. it is my mother the son rushes back through the rubble there are still 4 more people stuck down there. there have been more than 400 aftershocks in the region hundreds of

emergency teams and security forces have been mobilized to provide aid and assistance. and the onlookers some of them are all mecurio while others hope to hear from loved ones. so i think all buildings have to be replaced by new ones we need to tell each structures risk areas have been working here looking for any survivors buildings that have collapsed like this one were either badly constructed or older the damaged or the problem for history of earthquakes meant to say turkey needs to do more now to ensure building safety turkey is among the world's most suspect reactive countries and sits on several active full mines dozens of minor earthquakes and aftershocks up here nearly every day. with quakes themselves don't kill. no we're not going to happen because the engineers in constructive duty to build compatible buildings for now on the 5 buildings have

collapsed but there is no record of the damaged buildings in eleazer yet that's why many people are afraid to go inside their homes and live in the freezing temperatures it will be difficult to seek shelter in sportscars or other large places see now because although al-jazeera and turkey. fighting is flared up again in libya despite a recent surge of diplomatic activity there were talks in berlin and algiers last week when the conflict rockets have now been fired towards tripoli international recognized government blames forces loyal to war. but most of the wide has more from the capital. one moroccan man was killed by a random rocket landed in the vicinity of m 80 get airport the only operation an airport in the libyan capital tripoli the only witness the government says that half the us forces landed the attack the tripoli based health ministry meanwhile

says that civil other civilians were injured by random rockets that landed in densely populated areas and will launch it by after forces many of these rockets launched by half the schools and landed in neighborhoods densely populated area in the city center other rockets landed in our their neighborhood near the city center now the tripoli based government is accusing haftar as forces of committing war crimes by targeting these residential areas it also says that these attacks are violations of the truce or the peace talks and the cease fire accord that was proposed by both turkey and russia it also says that these violations by half those forces are dealing directly link the peace talks that are the youth to be held in february engineer for now the latest report by the united nations secretary general until you get turkish revealed that nearly 300 civilians were killed since the

beginning of the military offensive long said by have their forces to take control of the capital tripoli back in april and nearly 400 civilians were wanted now the same report also revealed that about 140000 people left their homes because of the fighting. rescue charity ship has saved 70 eight's migrants in the mediterranean off the libyan coast earlier 59 others were rescued as they attempted the dangerous journey to european shoals hundreds of people have died trying to cross the mediterranean in recent months. white house lawyers defending the trumpet the senate impeachment trial say the u.s. president has done nothing wrong in his dealings with ukraine it's the 1st time is legal team address the trial it will have 2 more days to argue its case from prison

cues of abuse of power and obstruction of congress why did joe castro faults from washington d.c. the opening argument of president trump's attorney saturday focused on 2 main points that trump did nothing wrong when he asked ukraine to investigate former vice president joe biden a potential rival in the upcoming u.s. elections and that it's the democrats who wish to steal back the white house by hurting trump politically they're asking you to remove president trump from the ballot in an election that's occurring in approximately 9 months they're asking you to tear up all of the ballots across this country on your own initiative. take that decision away from the american people. polling this week shows trump's approval rating is the highest it's been since he

took office 44 percent of americans say he's doing a good job higher than when the ukraine allegations 1st surfaced and most instances when there had been political crises of course the president's popularity is a numbers go down in this case i think the president will actually be strengthened by this and especially after his acquittal acquittal is likely given most members of the senate jury are republicans and it takes a 2 thirds majority to convict get potential new evidence against trump continues to emerge harness and indicted ukrainian american businessman says he shared this audio recording with investigators they were a little over a year after the all of them were. to go out there to do what it appears to be trump's voice ordering the firing of the u.s. ambassador to kiev democrats say corrupt ukrainian officials had wanted her gone those same officials then began smearing biden if you really want the truth you

want witnesses you want documents we hope our republican colleagues will agree with that democrats hope to convince at least 4 republican senators to agree to open the trial to new witnesses including some of president trump's closest advisers who have not yet testified the senate is expected to vote on that question next week if their answer is no then president trump could be acquitted within days time castro al-jazeera washington. voters in italy are heading to regional elections it's a crucial test for former deputy prime minister. and his far right league party a strong showing on sunday could help him in general elections so they go go reports from. a few minutes ago italy's former deputy prime minister paid a visit to tell him to news in family home to be let in the premise he said

to find out if the family's youngest son was a drug dealer but the humiliation of a family targeted over a rumor was live streamed of a mateo salvini social media page without any evidence to support the allegation. it is a tactic that has seemed to believe part of this quest to click bait his way to popularity there was ever a time where the leak could dominate italy it would be now even some familiar faces such as former prime minister silvio berlusconi also lending his support and. historically has always been left wing it was a base for the resistance during fascist italy and it's proud of that tradition but right wing parties have been trying to break out. long live. long live freedom long live democracy long live the league are crucial to. capturing

these left wing. if they manage to win. meaning is convinced they are the way to. my minister. that would actually almost seismic change in the political landscape. was strong on slogans but little offered in the way of detail it against the odds the league have powered through in the opinion polls part of the just behind the center. candidate but it has not gone unchallenged i pushing back has been the phenomenon of the so-called sardine movement left wing activists fearful of a far right takeover have been loudly voicing their opposition at the direction italy is taking. the saudi movement to the rise of salvini and his politics is in a warning from the past but. this type of populism has the same roots as

fascism we were all resigned to the narrative because there wasn't an alternative but for my 1st demonstration in the nanya we managed to cause a reaction all the italy. the saudi activists hope that they can assure in a new wave of politics that focuses on dealing with people's grievances rather than using populist tactics if they can take on the might of a hard right party that has seen its support swell over the past 2 years easily see its power consolidated across the country so i mean i i go al-jazeera italy. peruvians are also heading to the polls to elect new members of congress on sunday the vote comes amid a wave of political turmoil and for months after president denver skara dissolved the legislative body was not on the sanchez reports from lima voter apathy is on the rise causing concern among some candidates.

a lifetime sleeping streets as involved in this how they got this to run for congress in sunday's elections the previous parliament was dissolved by president diem discover in his anti-corruption fight this it's time for a clean up i knew something about the experience that i have is what i live through every day i understand the needs of workers how to make ends meet or what it feels like to be laid off i know. the candidates are running including legislators of the opposition majority in the last parliament. try to control the judiciary and remove . and that's what. i'm angry the idea to close congress was to prevent any of them from running again and that is not happening they run to make business take bribes steal and protect their allies voting for the same thing she says she'll only vote to avoid being fined voting is mandatory but many peruvians feel the same way

a recent opinion poll says more than 43 percent of peruvians will spoil their ballot or leave it blank analysts say apathy is widespread. these towards the politicians and a lack of ideas and leadership voters expect much more from legislators and what they are capable of delivering the leadership has failed. candidates of $21.00 parties are running for $130.00 seats analysts say the new congress will be fragmented into small groups but unlike the last one that radically opposed to precedents this no one is likely to support person in the political and judicial reforms. has been immersed in political turmoil for almost 3 years since the brazilian all the bridge bribing scandal broke leaving 4 former presidents involved one committed suicide dozens of politicians and businessmen are in jail the candidate who got to be so says the new political class must show they can be

different. but people are tired of the same politicians instead of consolidating an image of the previous congress opposing reforms our challenge now is to comply with the people's demands for. prove you are demanding parliamentary immunity is lifted it off from protects legislators and their allies from criminal prosecution and they want better regulation of campaign funding in the hope someday selection will not bring more of the same many innocent just. now protests are being held in australia calling for the national day to be changed to all scrapped altogether. demonstrators say the anniversary represents the start of colonial oppression and shouldn't be a day of celebration australia day marks the arrival of the 1st fleet of convicts ships from britain in 1788. india is celebrating the 71st anniversary

of its founding as a republic. brutally in present day out of also nado south alongside prime minister narendra modi as the guest of honor signed 15 deals to increase trade among the 2 g. 20 countries the occasion marks the day the constitution came into effect after the india gained independence from british rule. and let's take you through some of the headlines here on al-jazeera now china's health ministry says the corona virus outbreak appears to be spreading faster 56 people have been killed and 2000 others been infected china has banned all wildlife trade the outbreak is believed to have originated in this seafood market in the

city of one hand in central china. we have taken preventive control measures in ruhani as our top priority and we have set up a frontline working group to guide the local authorities and relevant efforts we have closed relevant markets in speedy manners to tighten control of illegal breeding transportation trading and consumption of wildlife or wild animals we have close on a temporary basis airports train stations and other exit channels from hard to prevent the spread of the virus we have also coordinated the mobilization of central medical researchers to distribute the relevant medical material to hard. canada has become the latest country to record an infection at least 11 other countries have reported individuals with the virus the u.s. france and russia are working to help citizens leave the epicenter of war hard city 5 more protesters have been killed in iraq as security forces crackdown on anti-government demonstrations police in the capital baghdad fired tear gas and

burned protesters tents police in lebanon 4 with protesters who tried to storm the government headquarters and the capsule security forces used tear gas and water cattle to push back demonstrators people are demanding an end to corruption or the government to tackle crisis. rescuers in southeast turkey are searching for survivors after friday's earthquake 31 people were killed or more than a 1000 injured people are still being found alive in the rubble of this fear the number of dead wrong rise a rescue charity ship has saved 78 migrants in the where the trainee an off the libyan coast earlier 59 others were rescued as they attempted the dangerous journey to european shores let's talk to our now. we understand the differences and similarities have cultures across the wound. so

no matter what you see how does that bring you the needs and current affairs that matter to you. how does iraq. you see. it was the 1st black republic in the 1900 century created by a revolution that overthrew slavery montagne by french. but independence came at a cost and haiti had to pay billions in compensation that left the country bankrupt since its creation high levels of inequality and poverty have persisted over the years and political attempts to fight it have not ended well. for him intervention led by france and the united states have always preserve the status quo and those who once tried to implement some type of change did not end well. the country's

1st democratically elected president in 1994 was removed from office twice what he called front of the country's elite.