snapshots of all the lives that provide an eclipse into someone else is what you're going to witness on al-jazeera. 0. 0 i maryam namazie a watching the news hour live from london coming up basketball legend kobe bryant is killed in a helicopter crash in california. china warns a deadly new virus is getting even more contagious as authorities around the world race to prevent a pandemic. defiance in iraq hundreds of protesters flood the streets as security forces ramp up their crackdown. and local

elections in full swing in italy with the far right to surge back into power. we begin the news hour with some breaking news a retard there were tied u.s. poskitt will star kobe bryant has been killed in a helicopter crash in california the city of calabasas has tweeted to confirm this news saying that for all the people have also died the 41 year old former los angeles lakers play it was traveling in his private helicopter when it went down just outside of los angeles. brunell's is live for us in los angeles now and what more do we know about the circumstances of his death and indeed who else was accompanying kobe bryant on that helicopter. well mary i'm i can assure you 1st of all that the city of los angeles lakers fans to be indeed

basketball fans around the world are shocked and saddened by this news of kobe bryant's death at the young age of $41.00 and the official accounts from cal a bass an area just to the north and west of the city of los angeles indicate that eyewitnesses saw a helicopter apparently flying appearing in b. to be in distress flying low people said they heard a loud helicopter sound in the area some eyewitnesses then saw the helicopter which is described as a sikorsky $76.00 fall at a high rate of speed into the hills there was a fire that started a small fire which los angeles fire department officials have been trying to put out there were no fatalities on the ground but all 5 people on board the aircraft

died there were no survivors we do not know at this stage. who was accompanying kobe bryant on that fateful flight now bryant was by all accounts one of the greatest foot greatest basketball players of all time he began his career at the age of 17 straight out of high school he played 20 years for the los angeles lakers becoming one of their great stars when he retired a few years ago the lakers retired his jersey number 24 he was among the youngest people ever to score 30000 points and remains one of the top 4 point scores in basketball national basketball association history. bryant was also a father of 4 young girls he after retirement began to work in the

entertainment industry and actually won the academy award in 2017 for best animated short subject a film that he produced called called. i love called before love a vast ball now bryant was. obviously a wealthy man he owned this helicopter we do not know exactly what went wrong with the helicopter however i can tell you that there was fog in the area a low ceiling low clouds in los angeles today whether or not that contributed to the crash is unknown at this point there will be a press briefing by local authorities including the los angeles county sheriff's department at $22.00 g.m.t. a little over a little less i should say than an hour from now and it is also known that bryant used his helicopter frequently to trap.

in the area this again was a hilly brushy area you can see these photographs of these videos now from aerial photography showing a column of smoke rising in those hills no one was injured on the ground but the national transportation safety board that's the federal agency that is charged with investigating air crashes or incidents is on its way to the scene they will hopefully provide more information in due course as to what caused this terrible crash that claimed 5 lives including the life of 41 year old basketball legend kobe bryant thank you very much rob analysts following the story that for us from los angeles i'm now joined by sports presenting at present richardson and his

endo harn as rob was saying that one of the greatest well players of all time 5 time and be a champion but i mean his stardom really went beyond that as a legendary iconic figure with people all around the world. yeah and he was one of the key voices in the key players in making the n.b.a. the global product that it is now i was lucky enough to interview him on a couple of occasions one memory that stands out is at the 2012 olympics when he was part of the gold medal u.s. winning team there when there was a whole lot of media trying to get his attention obviously at that particular event but he had time for everyone because he was aware of the power of his voice he was talking to a new audience potentially being over in europe at that time and being at olympic games and aware that this was an opportunity to sell his sports and the game he loved so much to a whole new audience he'd been playing basketball from the age of 3 group partially

in europe as well which i think helped his helps his focus to not just be on the domestic game but to see see the bigger picture of where the n.b.a. could go was mentioning he chose not to go to college which is an entirely usual he signed a contract the age of 17 with the n.b.a. and at the time he made his debut in 199697 season he was the youngest ever player to take part in an n.b.a. game so it shows what a phenomenon he was even at that young age and he lived up to that promise on the course and some teaming up famously with shaquille o'neal. in the early 2002 and 3 straight straight titles with the lakers finished up when he retired in 2016 he was 3rd on the all time scoring list and somewhat ironically that mark was only past only just past on saturday nights. james in his final social media post kobe bryant said his congratulations to to lebron james saying he was continuing to push

the game forward and continuing to push the game for was something that kobe bryant did throughout that remarkable 2 decade career at the l.a. lakers and what you say about him can include congratulates. his colleague on beating his his former record i mean that really is. it really shows you who the man was his his attitude towards his colleagues his work ethic people had a great deal of respect for him not just the people that played with him on the team but his competitors as well. and you can see now in the sort of social media reaction that starting to come in just the sort of role he's played in so many people's careers i'm just reading for a merger and beat of the philadelphia 76 ers who said it was because of him seeing kobe bryant placer brilliantly in the 2010 n.b.a. finals he decided he wanted to be like kobe and take up the game and his was

a fame that spread well beyond the n.b.a. we've got tom brady saying that people not just within the n.b.a. but those who just appreciate excellence in sport are starting to miss kobe bryant's already and it only just started his post basketball career he wasn't quite so it wasn't quite clear if you skin to stay involved directly in the game had already won an oscar believe it or not sergio after being involved in a short animated film about the game he loved so much but at 40 warney had so much more to offer to basketball and since the wider world of sport as well and i think that's something that's going to resonate with not just his fans you don't have to be a basketball fan to know who he was he was a very prominent figure in the country but i'm also saying to many people all around the world how is he going to be remembered dandy. will be

remembered is as one of the all time greats of the game. when they retire when he retired they retired his shirt and that doesn't happen the retired his jersey the lakers which doesn't happen very often it is a storied franchise and it's a storied franchise in great parts to his contributions to it no point did he leave the lake is again something that is quite rare if you consider his his equivalency in the n.b.a. the moments lebron james he has jumped from franchise to front choice seeking new challenges. that desire to want to win n.b.a. titles with different teams with kobe he stayed at the lake his. winning 5 titles that not only that. the olympics which was something the n.b.a. players hadn't been involved in particularly for many many years due to their professional status in the status of the players involved in the olympics for that

change during his career and he was part of that move to get n.b.a. players involved in the olympics because he saw that as a huge global stage a real chance to take basketball beyond the perhaps ensure surrounds of the n.b.a. show it off to the world get the best players playing in the olympics and as a consequence now there's no argument that the n.b.a. isn't just the north american league it's a global league attracting players from all over the world and from every continent thank you so much andy richardson there in we'll continue to stay across that story for you bring you more information and reaction to our breaking news story this hour also following all the news that particularly in iraq reports there that 3 out of 5 rockets fired in baghdad's green zone directly hit the u.s. embassy iraq's security forces earlier reported no casualties it comes after security forces also fired tear gas and live bullets in we need clashes with protesters the crackdown began after info. until shiite cleric with drew his

support for those demonstrations on saturday dozens of protesters were injured in baghdad and in the southern city of nasiriyah as police try to clear a city in camps protesters are seeking the removal of what they see as a corrupt ruling elite and an end to foreign interference will in one column has been the protests in the capital baghdad where that take gas and also live rounds were fired into the crowds. this is khiladi square in central baghdad just over there you can see the tear gas being fired by anti-riot police into the crowds there are hundreds of people well they're doing is they're coming in from chris where just beyond me and they're moving towards where they're gathering in their hundreds to make that point that will the iraqi security forces are trying to. clear everybody chromed this area push them towards grid square where they tried to contain them while they tried to do is open up all of the roads and the bridges

leading in to try and. back in to central baghdad but these protesters are absolutely determined to make their point they say it's been months these protests began in october but there haven't been there is no prime minister there is a new prime minister and there's no new elections and they determined however as you can see to take is very thick and heavy in. how long this will go on for is unknown there's a bit of a kind of cats and mouse game going on the protest is running very very wrong. and then they're beaten back by the iraqi security forces. that sounds speak to mark kimmitt he's a retired brigadier general in the u.s. army joins us live now from washington i want to ask you about these rockets that have been fired into the greens and that have landed in the facility of the u.s. embassy a very significant developments tonight now previously rockets have been fired into

this area have landed just nearby but it seems as though these have landed inside the u.s. embassy what do you know about this and how how important a development is this well i think we have to wait for the confirmation from the pentagon and state department all indications or that's what happened and if it does that is troubling because this to me indicates a ramp up of the situation inside of iraq that was not concluded with the killing of so a monitor. so it doesn't necessarily come as any surprise that there is no confirmation as to who is behind this you know i think what is not surprising is while many have thought 'd that the tit for tat between iran and the united states was over after the outlaw sought attack in response to the still money killing it's important to recognize there was somebody else inside that car as well and that was mahdi elma hondas who is the leader of the top hizbullah proxy

in the side of iraq and candidly probably the one person that can keep all the proxy groups together the pm of groups together so i think while the iranians may have had their outs of flesh it would look like right now the iraqis have are starting to get their pound of flesh this is the substantial difference from previous rocket attacks this is an attack on sovereign u.s. territory into the u.s. embassy in i would expect that there will be some kind of response. one of the possible scenarios then well i think the same range of options that we talked about. the iranians conducting after the attack on on cost some sort of money the united states has that same range of options as well ranged in terms of how they do it when they do it and where they do it so i

think all of us can recognize that that response could come from the ground could come from the air candidly could come from the sea or it could come through cyberspace but i would expect that if there is a response from the united states and i can't see how there wouldn't be i think will be pretty disproportionate. right because the assumption right now the reason you're saying that is because the assumption is that while the rockets did reach the u.s. embassy itself inside the green zone there were no casualties and this would have been in response to an attack in which 2 figures were killed us i'm still a mani and i will not be $100.00. well i don't think i'm saying that at all what i'm saying is that for months and months the proxy forces the p.m.s. have been foreign rockets indiscriminately but have done it over bases a rocky bases that held americans and it was the response that you saw at the end

of december when we attacked the 2 popular mobilization bases out by the border right we just used to be which they all say they kill saying that if the u.s. if the u.s. was to respond to this attack on its embassy it would probably be disproportionate because the assumption right now is that there haven't been any u.s. casualties in this rocket attack. well i think we have to wait to see what has happened and if it's a large number of american citizens who were killed in there i think it's one the level of response of it was a small number i think it's another level of response but it's clear that after the killing of sort of money in the response that i last saw it there were many were saying that deterrence had been reestablished with the iranians but if the iranians were backing a proxy the conducted this kind of attack on cyber news as territory to my mind it is clear that deterrence has not been reestablished so the united states would have to send a message perhaps even stronger the next time to make it very clear that the united

states is prepared to take actions in response to these kind of attacks on sovereign u.s. territories and american civilians all right well can it continue i want to say that story in iraq where rockets have been fired at the u.s. embassy in the green zone of course awaiting for a bit more clarity on the fallout from that but for now thank you very much mark kimmitt for sharing your thoughts with us of course our other top story this hour has been a deadly new virus that's killed thousands of people infected thousands getting more contagious possibly health authorities around the world are racing to prevent a pandemic after the corona virus strain which originates in central china spread to other countries china's health minister says the virus can spread between people before symptoms actually show which can take up to 14 days at least 56 people have died in the chinese mainland and more than 2000 of those infected but the mayor of the han the epicenter of the outbreak says he expects another 1000 new patients in the city at least 50 cases have also been reported in 10 other countries along with

hong kong macau and taiwan and then the head of the world health organization is now heading to beijing to meet with chinese authorities that scott hina reports from china's capital. yet more measures to curb the spread of the corona virus outbreak everyone entering the beijing subway system is checked for symptoms and subway cars are disinfected. every hour still concerned about infection somehow doubt anyway they try i'm really afraid that the virus might infect me or my family members i'm supposed to go back to work in a few days and my son will go back to school soon well there's no more maybe i need to go to work or i have no other choice if i do need to work i will definitely stay at home keep wearing the mosque and keep washing their hands this is one of several long distance bus stations here in the capital beijing they're all closed now that's because the government is concerned because the bus system is less regulated than high speed rail and the airlines so they're concerned that they can't track

people or where they travelled from but it's not just in the capital other cities have begun to restrict long distance transportation problems will suspend all inner city and into provincial buses some neighborhoods on the outskirts of beijing are sealed off because of suspected corona virus infection all wildlife trade is now banned across china the krona virus was traced to a seafood market in will one that was illegally selling wildlife. fund 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 in 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 while the central government has elevated the control over the virus to the highest level there's a growing call for the local government in will one to be replaced because of the way it handled the outbreak and overcrowding hospitals there continue to plea for more supplies and staff scott either al-jazeera beijing. protest as in hong kong of

set fire to a building that was meant to be a virus quarantine center crowds angry at the government's handling of the outbreak they attacked the complex for authorities a plan to house patients and medical staff site is near the border with mainland china. there are now 6 confirmed cases on the coronavirus in hong kong and the territory says it's banning entry of people from the chinese region of who by all those who have been who have traveled there in the past 14 days so that restriction does not apply to hong kong residents adrian brown has this update from the city the number of suspected cases has now gone up by 77 taking it to more than 380 suspected cases and the number of confirmed cases have risen from $5.00 to $6.00 also another confirmed case in macau taking the total there to 3 the hospital 30 also say they are readying another quarantine center turning

a former holiday camp into a quarantine center and we've also heard from a microbiologist who was talking yesterday he says that he believes there are number of undetected cases in hong kong now some experts are now warning of the incubation period for this virus could be up to 14 days so it's possible that somebody who was in 2 weeks ago is now in hong kong and could have the virus now in response to the spreading virus the hong kong authorities have announced that a number of big tourist attractions in hong kong are going to close for the forseeable future that includes the ocean park theme park and also the big disney theme park that attracts hundreds of thousands of tourists every year just a few days of course disney announced that they will be shutting their theme park in shanghai also for the forseeable future it all has echoes of course of the sars

epidemic from 20022003 in which 800 people died so 17 years on what lessons have been learned. so i'm joined now by heidi lawson a professor of anthropology at the london school of hygiene and tropical medicine does the latest information suggests that the virus is becoming harder to contain well it's as you have more people to spread it spreads more quickly so i think that the efforts in the restrictions they're putting on movements is is appropriate to try to contain this right now but is it becoming more contagious the virus itself well that's the that's not clear it seems like it's spreading more but you also have more people to spread it so whether that's the virus or virus getting more potent or more people spreading it more movement so that's an important distinction to make because obviously you have

a country like china you have millions of people just the city of one alone some 11000000 people they've taken these measures but if more people are catching it and more people can spread it all is it actually that the virus is mutating and just becoming more potent exactly and we don't know which one it's probably a combination could be a combination of both but we just don't know it's very early days for this. virus so is enough information being gathered in terms of understanding the virus i mean is it happening quickly enough in terms of how it's being spread and the severity of the disease well i think they're trying to get all as much information as possible as they're going they characterize the virus pretty quickly and are working on it they've already the coalition for epidemic preparedness and innovation that got set up as a fund after a bola was quick to fund 3 programs for vaccines to start good on getting under

development so although châlons they did not take the vaccine that's not going to be anytime soon is it no it won't be. anytime soon but they're moving on it quickly so if this does become a more normalized virus we will have something so i it's it is overall pretty impressive with the speed of things moving it's been much more transparent than the early days of sars so we because it was here and i mean i think it was what 20022003 when. the chinese government hadn't been transparent and concealed information in the reaction just hadn't been just hadn't been swift enough in this case it would seem that as though lessons have been learned you'd say absolutely i think between the various epidemics we've been facing in recent years. you can see that there have been lessons learned and we still have wanted to but that's if

there's a good side to the story i think that would that would be i guess what's alarming people at this point is the fact that it's possible to spread the virus without exhibiting or actually showing any symptoms for up to 14 days so people could be completely healthy and passing it on without knowing that they're actually carrying out the illness it's a bit i mean it's like the flu you don't always know straight away but that's why they have what they call universal precautions you just go with the way that you can restrict it as much as you can and try though. prevent it from spreading well thank you very much good to get you on this fascinating story heidi loss and thank you very much presser anthropology risk and decision at the london school of hygiene of course we're following other stories as well israel has officially allowed its citizens to visit saudi arabia for the 1st time if they are on a religious or business trip but travelers would still need to seek saudi arabia's

permission to enter the government in riyadh doesn't allow israeli possible holders to visit the kingdom unless a muslim pilgrimage the announcement comes just days before u.s. president donald trump says he will release is much touted middle east peace plan meanwhile the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is heading to the white house and says that he hopes to make history when trump finally unveils a plan. and i would so much. we are in the midst of very dramatic diplomatic events but the climate still ahead of us i'm going to washington to meet my friend the president of the united states donald trump who will present his deal of the century an opportunity such is this comes once in history and cannot be missed i'm joined now by a cynical is a professor of international relations at regent university here in london and 1st of all the easing of these travel restrictions between israel and saudi arabia i mean there has long been a strengthening relationship between these 2 countries with with coordination on shared interest is it just that it's becoming more conspicuous now i think

gradually something that has been taking place for for more than a decade not only with saudi arabia but also with the rest of the g.c.c. countries you see increase or visits through some toyed with you about cybersecurity cooperation sharing intelligence again the big factor that you're brings them together you spoke to the 1st for me on whether it's the nuclear issue or general given in the venture ism in the region so i think it's the best they're getting coming together in working more can the it's longer the palestinian issue is not resolved it's difficult for a lot of countries actually to move to full open relations but what's striking about this is that it comes at a time when actually there is no hope of resolving that issue even the prospect for dialogue between the israelis and the palestinians is more remote than ever and yet

it would seem as israel is winning acceptance from gulf. countries but if you see the announcement came for me it's about people meeting for religious rituals and business for fall for the hard job dollar but we haven't heard what saudi arabia has to say about it so in interest to see if we're going to be reaction or if i got . it was in israel's interest to publicize something like this where is the saudis would want to. play it down absolutely and especially for nathanial know what if it comes from news and now we have to bear in mind that there are in few weeks the election the 2nd of march elections so every piece like this is actually tells is these early voters look there is an acceptance of our policies work you know there are those cited you that we felt peace would never be accepted in the region there won't be improvement in the relations in the middle east but they actually we felt

making any concession to the country. and really getting all of this benefits if you like form from the 3 never experience before when they think this is this is the kind of the message and of course the interesting thing about this is that. apart from trance policies and the hostility against iran the one thing that really united gulf arab countries to israel the policies of barack obama. during the course of the arab spring and then obviously with the iran nuclear deal but now i suppose there are questions about whether we could see full scale minimization in the relay in the diplomatic relationship at some point i don't think there would be full diplomatic relation i think would be a source sort of a 3rd of relations very great stable you step out all out off into this in a weird way it's actually terms also bring them together because since his visit. to saudi arabia needs and actually flying for the 1st time directly formally

a total of eve there is a sense that they feel more confident with the current administration in washington all with the didn't really the way the it if you 2 of the administration under obama didn't presume it was the middle of the filth and we feel a gin though on human rights of peace or of. too quick too fast movement to the would see is pushed through democracy we felt on the spending the may choke off or the conditions in the middle east and of course with opinions in syria and that is a change no whether it's the right or the loot in the sense that the home is the one with bush that it's a different question thank you very much for a shape it workers oh now 2 political developments in italy voting is taking place in 2 regions which could signal a return of the far right to the national stage the politician was kicked out of government last year and is hoping these elections will held a political comeback

a win in the wealthy more than a 1000000 or a minor region is bought it nonetheless could be politically significant for him meanwhile an underdeveloped calabria in the south is hoping to expand his foothold that as well swing to the right could give salvini the clout to demand an early general election bringing down just happy conti's coalition government everyone is as good as on a gay guy who is in bologna a forest so really has all the money is staking his political future on these elections he is hoping that it means he returns to national governments one of the prospects at this point in our money and in calabria. yes with calabria looking like it will certainly be a victory for the party not necessary also just because of the fact that my view also was the senator for the region until recently in me had

a manja though it is known as clear cut yes the party had been neck and neck with their political opponents of the democratic party they have force especially medicine to me has fought of a very energetic campaign on the social media platforms as well something that he has been doing he started campaigning early quite early on after he walked out of a coalition government and began giving promotions to the products that this region is famous for such as ferrari sports cars parmesan cheese assessor etc but the interesting thing is that beyond giving paying lip service to local products is the fact that he has really built the campaign around national issues also to the league parties national issues like for example the flap tax plan by the league party to lower taxes for corporations and. individuals but

also of course again immigration the heart of this thing which really has had. a lot of support across the country in fact it has boosted legace fortunes in italy however there is a push back with this region which has been really a left wing bastion since the end of the 2nd world war with the advent of the saudi move in the circle saudi movement which started really when left wing liberal activists were quite appalled at the idea of there being a hard right italian. government risking that kind of future so they called on these flushed. they practice that they packed the this squares not just him but on the heart of you know minute but also across the country as well so with that they hope to have galvanized some kind of opposition so far the turnout

has been nearly 60 percent now it's double the amount it was in the last elections in 2014 however it could be that people are galvanized by the way to vote in this election both parties stand to gain or indeed lose mariama from boiling a sun again thank you. with the news hour live from london much more still to bring you live this breaks out in gambia why demonstrators accuse the president of betraying his promise to step down. in his monday not 75 years since the liberation of the largest nazi concentration camps we'll hear a survivor tell his story. had plenty of rain across areas of europe also quite a bit of snow in the forecast a very mixed picture generally on this is as you can see but we have had some snow

finally across into moscow time which is of course have been well above the average for the last few weeks that there is some snow and it's indeed it needs to be cleared but there's plenty of snow elsewhere this is actually in the czech republic up into the mountains and this is the whole one sledge a competition is an annual event and it's all about the traditions and it's about these holds the edges that. bring down the the war from the mountains that there's more snow certainly on the mountain tops quite a cloudy picture there generous to go through monday but has some rain with some snow across areas into the southeast some heavier showers working their way away from the balkans and then look at this by monday we got this wave of rain pushing through very heavy at times through the central southern areas eastern areas of france on into germany and some pretty strong winds as well for the next couple of days really beginning to impact will continue to impact much of the u.k. through the channel and spreading a lot of this rain and look at this by choosing more heavy rain this time pushing into northern areas a spade and portugal so widely unsettled time is there not too bad 8 in london

under cloudy skies an ace over in belin. al jazeera world tells the story of thousands of algeria is forced by colombian affronts to adopt obscene family names the. words this is so offensive that some can't bear to say that don't meet. the burden of ridicule that has been passed down for generations. the shame of my name . on al-jazeera. when the news breaks. when people who need to be heard general situation of course is affecting both of any of the land syrian refugees and the story needs to be told with exclusive interviews as a country that is used in polarized and in-depth reports. have i thought 5 years

out as iraq has teams on the ground there saying that they're against the idea to play and moreover good when documentaries and live news. to war. welcome back you're watching the news hour live from london our top stories retired u.s. basketball star kobe bryant has been killed in a helicopter crash in california u.s. media is reporting that his teenage daughter. is among the 4 other people who died. china has won a new coronavirus train that spread to other countries is getting more contagious

france has become the latest nation to announce its evacuation citizens from the han the city that was the epicenter of the outbreak and then at least 5 rockets have been fired in baghdad near the fortified green zone and it comes up to security forces fired tear gas and live bullets in renewed clashes with protesters . now to gambia police there of used tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse thousands of protesters calling for president adama barrow to step down and came to power he had promised to step down after 3 years but now he wants to stay on to complete the 5 year presidential town hall points. it ended before it started after multiple requests to protest against president. the government gave demonstrators a short 3 hour window for what was supposed to be a peaceful protest but minutes before police fired tear gas into the grounds. well rewarded for prison but over 2 years if you want for coming in on our we were going

we are not going to accept that so this is what or do scarcely are and we will not relent we are not going to treat our we were told to go out of the top of duplicity this is a fight on the. thousands fled some were beaten many were left injured others killed was not good. not only example of the injured were taken to hospital military deploying the security forces organizers of the larking so the local journalists were arrested al-jazeera was not granted a critic taishan to cover this demonstration we personally this is a democratic in our government and we are committed to ensuring that those democratic moderates. protesters accused of breaking intellectual promise he made to the people of gambler who brought him to power in 2017 shortly after being sworn

in barrow told al-jazeera at the time he would only leave the country through its transition to democracy organizing elections in which he would not take part with 3 years into his presidency he says he will instead complete his mandate until 2021 for protesters it seems barrow is tightening his grip on power just like his predecessor jummy and so for many the fight to protect democracy in the gambia is not over it's just the beginning it was hard al jazeera. in southeast brazil at least 44 people have been killed and 28 others are missing after 2 days of heavy rain caused widespread flooding thousands of people have been forced from their homes because of landslides and buildings collapsing the city of bell horizonte forecast has recorded 172 millimeters of rain over a 24 hour period at this is the highest rainfall in over 100 years lining it up i joins us live now from goma daniel what can you tell us about

conditions that moment. merriam unfortunately we can report that at least 40 people 44 people are now confirmed dead as a result of the of the rains and the historic flooding here in southeastern brazil in the state of maine is it's 44 confirmed dead at least 19 people are still missing and we expect that number to continue to rise the state of emergency remains in effect the ladies are warning residents to take extreme precaution given that landslides mudslides and building collapses are still a possibility as you can see the rain has subsided the rains have stopped for now but the flooding has continued even now this is where we were just 24 hours ago that the river was at least one meter less than than than what we're seeing right now i want to give you a sense of what the flooding is like right now this is downtown breaux medina we're about one hour away from bellotti zone ship which is where the majority of the worst of the of the flooding has taken place and just yesterday there was

a commemoration ceremony to mark the one year anniversary of the disaster of mining collapse that happened on january 21st of 200-1000 were 270 people were killed so that apart from that that sadness in the morning commemorating that anniversary yesterday there is also fear and a lot of concerns over the flooding that's taking place now earlier today we visited a full vella just outside of the city abilities on ship and unfortunately as with many of these tragedies it's always the poorest of the communities that tend to suffer the most so for people who are looking and seeing the sun finally come out and the rains finally starting to stop really their troubles are only now beginning as they start to clean up the flood waters in the mud left over and just as a reminder we're talking about 30 kilometers of mud that was spilled last year during that mine collapse and a lot of mining waste aluminum mercury high concentrations of iron ore waste poured

into that mud and with these rains that runoff is going into this river the. river and that mud that's filling people's homes in many cases is still talks it is still full of these high concentrations of toxic mining ways so apart from the concerns over the continued flooding the forecast for more rain there's also that concern about contamination of the water contamination of people's homes so there's a lot of fuel fear and a lot of concern among the people here in broome and in the rest of the state of beingness should i smell right so they could be very warring in dangerous hazards as a result of these rains and then obviously you have this death toll over 40 people have been killed that could rise because there are still missing thousands of enfolds from their homes is anything then being done to help these people. we're seeing rescue we're seeing rescue workers working diligently in the city of below the zone she again that's where majority of the flooding is taking place and

again the rains have subsided so people so rescue workers are able to get to attend to the mudslides are able to attend to still looking for the people that are still missing again we're talking about 1000 people that are still missing but these numbers could rise roadways are still cut off there is the possibility of more landslides the possibility of more building collapses and access to a lot of these places especially the more rural areas that's for the biggest concerns live because these are these are places where we're bridges have collapsed we don't even have an exact number yet of how many bridges are no longer in service but there are there is a concern among the people here again the forecast is calling for more rain and there are rural areas that are still not accessible to rescue workers mary thank you very much and women to bring us all the latest well now to turkey the president has accused the international community of failing the libyan people as a type i don't is making had made these remarks during the news conference in

algeria where he held talks at present i've done my duty to bill and turkey is set to deploy more troops to support the un backed government in tripoli this says that european and regional leaders try to broker a more permanent ceasefire after a peace conference held in but then last week but inside the country officials from libya's 2 rival governments are saying that fighting has broken out near the western city of misrata forces loyal to have to have advanced on the town of a 920 kilometers east and there are clashes on the outskirts misrata is home to the groups which oppose have to and taking control of the city is an important part of the government's defense of the capital because of course after launched his offensive to seize tripoli in april last year. now the dutch prime minister apologized for the wartime persecution of jews he made the comments during an address in memory of the victims of the holocaust ahead of the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the auschwitz nazi death camp it's the netherlands

1st governmental apology for the role the authorities played in wartime persecution meanwhile germany's foreign minister has warned that jews could leave the country on a massive scale if action is not taken against the current rise of anti semitism and pope francis has also been speaking out asking catholics have vowed never to allow an atrocity like the holocaust to happen again during presence in peter's square he invited people to join him to reflect on the tragedy declaring that the world has a jew seat to remember what happened in nazi camps during world war 2 of course as we were saying monday 75 years since the liberation of auschwitz and of course during world war 2 more than a 1000000 people mainly jews were murdered at the site in poland manakin who survived the camps spoke to al-jazeera about the last thing horror he and did and still lives with today. my name is menachem harburn i was

born in czechoslovakia in 1927 i come from a religious jewish home we lived in a city called cuts we don't warm home and we were happy we had a big family in march 944 the germans entered our part of the country and within a week the established to get to my c.n.n. cuts. shop in may 944 they took us to the railway station s.s. men came with their dogs they ordered us to leave the house we didn't know where we were being taken they told us they were transferring us to another place to work we arrived at auschwitz they ordered us to get off the train that they started the selection right left my sister and me on the right side my mother in siblings on the left side i didn't know where they went i found out the next day. but that they are says to roll up our sleeves there were 5 prisoners each with a needle they filled it with the boiling ink the injected us forcefully until the

needle reached the nerve from that moment i stopped being me with my name and my family name i became a man with a number 10111 good bye looked at me as we received our numbers they took us to the baths they shaved our heads they stripped us they took us to purifying water with chlorine and other chemicals we left red like blood the 1st day of work was clearing out the ash from the crumb of tory m we were given a long hole when they brought lorries laden with us in the evening next to me there was an older person i asked him what was that work he said yes i see you you arrived yesterday with your family and i said yes he said yesterday afternoon your family your mother and the children are there i came here to the river and that will hold kate we walked all day almost naked in minus 22 degree weather they put 450 people. in one room lying on top of each other in the morning 30 to 40 you

never walk up and the last one about i've not been released from auschwitz every day i look at the limit every day every night i am in auschwitz for me there is no liberation of auschwitz i think only when i die will i be released from auschwitz. that was auschwitz survivor when i can have been speaking there about his time in the camp well let's now go to doha because andy is standing by with more on our top story this hour the death of basketball legend kobe bryant and there have also been these reports in the u.s. media about his 13 year old daughter accompanying him on that helicopter. that's trying merom here tributes pouring in from all corners of the sporting world in memory of the life of basketball legend kobe bryant's the start of the age of 41 in a helicopter crash some how many now reports on the career of one of the game's all

time greats. for 2 decades kobe bryant rose above every challenge that came his way in basketball's elite league the n.b.a. one of the game's all time greats he spent his entire career with the los angeles lakers winning the n.b.a. championship and 5 ok sions bryant also won 2 the olympic gold medals for the united states. after examining on the court at high school in philadelphia bryant opted to skip college and signed his 1st n.b.a. contract 8 just 17 at the time of his debut in the 199629927 season he was the youngest player ever to appear in an n.b.a. game. he more than lived up to that early promise famously teaming up with shaquille o'neal to win 3 consecutive championships with the lakers in the early

2000. bryant retired in 2016 and his post basketball career had only just begun. he won an oscar for the animated short film india basketball. when he scored his final n.b.a. points in 2016 he was 3rd on the all time scoring list. only on saturday was his mark passed by a present day great the bron james bryant's final social media post congratulated james on continuing to move the game forward something bryant had done throughout his own korea sohn hamlisch al-jazeera. is that sort of black sports online and he joins us now live from los angeles. just give us some idea wrists the impacts this news will have not just on basketball but on the

water sporting world as well. that kolbein is a giant in the sports world that goes far beyond the n.b.a. goals for far beyond basketball he is a world wide giant in sports. is hard pressed to find anyone bit doesn't know kobe bryant the reaction on once the news came 'd in and was quick people a very emotional body thoughts and prayers are going out to his wife and his family he was bigger than life he is one of the big is most well know in the players of all time after michael jordan he is one of the players that made the him be a into a global sport and to get into this next situation what people are feeling right now in that said this earlier is everyone feels like they lost a family member when they when called wise has passed away was he destined for

greatness from a very young age was it always written in the styles that he would be as good as he turned out so hey. it was the type of situation his father played in the n.b.a. beg me talent see that he had a mom but mentality was there from a 'd very young age to come into the n.b.a. at 70 to come to los angeles lakers he had to work at that that he was going to be great for 20 years he never left anything to chance it was always hard work yes he had athletic ability and yes he was talented but it seems to work it is work ethic that i believe is what he's one of the malls through remember for and that started you know at 17 years old and it continued on for the next 20 years in the n.b.a. how did he handle the pressure of being such a global figure in an important thank you for the n.b.a.

. i think in his situation was very simple in the sense that he thought if you were taught and you i want your opponent it didn't set an example on the basketball court is that an example for people for life and so he accepted any at all challenges the no it didn't matter if it was a dwayne wade on the broad james he was planned against or a he you know he got he got into the fail horo 'd he except the challenges head on and he had the mentality that 'd he was just going to out you so he did i don't think he looked at it like you know handling of responsibility 'd because no one was going to put more pressure on him that he put on his self to be great. and just finally his his post basketball career had only just begun what what kind of we have been doing how did lift on beyond and show life well i think most importantly you really saw how much of a family man he was how much he loved his daughters i'm unfortunately his daughter

jean was also 'd in the helicopter crash he was coaching basketball he was in the tech world he was in besting he was doing shorts fail and and like i said i think the most important thing is he was helping kids he was help ensure he was sparking young minds that he was into that i think he was really getting comfortable in that role of not finding the next you know kobe bryant but given kids an opportunity to understand it's not just about sports whatever you want it to excel and if you work hard enough and you had an opportunity you could do that and it was an example for that is 'd an example for his daughters and he was an example for hundreds of thousands of kids of what you can accomplish if you just put your mind to do it on off the court rob and that's how it's sort of black sports online thank you so much for that remembering the life of carly brian's who died and it's an idea of just 41 thank you. thank you. let's move on so some football man liverpool maybe world and

european champions but they couldn't find a way past 30 in the english f.a. cup shrewsbury staging an unlikely comeback to draw 22 with the high rolling visits as the pool fielding an unfamiliar line up for this 4th round so i looked on course for comfortable with kurdish jones giving them a 1st time flea and just after the break and own goal here it's was settled the outcome i instead it was the cue for sri sri substitute jason comes to write himself into top history. he scored twice i just see a replay i thought i r.k. about is it sir for me phenolics get back samarium in london andy thank you very much for that wraps up the news hour but i will be back in a moment with a full bulletin for you around of the day's top stories including all the latest on the kobe bryant coming up very shortly.

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returning home from refugee camps. ammo more horse trucked and killed during a demonstration 4017 is buried right here in the middle of the street as a sign of resistance to the mining companies and government are set in your this time the. nation saw for you was an displacement between the communities the mining companies and the government has now escalated to west africa's regional court the community has taken its case before west africa's regional court because they say the people have little for using the justice system. don presence on donald trump journey or was promised damaging information about hillary clinton relegation like to see an investigation stick the troops did the trump campaign with russia did you at any time of the urge the former f.b.i. director james comey in any way shape or form the closer to back down the

investigation into michael flynn and also as you know no. next question bottle filled washington on al-jazeera. the. e.u. . basketball legend kobe bryant is killed in a helicopter crash in california the los angeles lakers star was 41. below i maryanne demasi in london you're watching al-jazeera also coming up on the program china want to a deadly new virus is getting even more contagious as authorities around the world race to prevent a pandemic. and in defiance in iraq hundreds of are.