plainly wrong the bottom line on u.s. politics and policy is a matter of fact on the world. this is al-jazeera. alone convert al this is the news hour live from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes u.s. basketball star kobe bryant's dies in a helicopter crash and california at the age of 41. tributes are pouring in from all corners of the sporting world in memory of bryant's one of the game's all time greats he was a 5 time n.b.a. champ and. i'm sort of the job we've been back now to tell you about that. if iraq out of. china warns that the deadly coronavirus is getting more contagious

and airports around the world are stepping up screening of the deceits. protest against the gambia as president turned deadly with police using tear gas to disperse the crowds calling on him to step down. u.s. basketball legend kobe bryant has been killed since a helicopter crash in california the former los angeles lakers player was one of 9 people who died it's believed bryant's 13 year old daughter is among the victims the helicopter went down just outside l.a. . as the chief indicated there were no survivors we have a manifest in the case and there was 9 people on board the aircraft the pilot place he'd individuals. there why speculation who they did these are

a however it is be entirely inappropriate right now to identify anyone by name until the coroner has made the identification through their very deliberative process and they've made a notification is the next of kin. in addition to our far as far as i can into the incident we had one helicopter flying to the incident with firefighter paramedics on board those paramedics were hoisted down to the incident early into the incident. they did a search of the area for survivors unfortunately all those survivors or were determined to have been perished. firefighters and hand crews were to extinguish the fire wall carefully for preserving and soon for investigation to occur in the this best case and still on going.

salas said from near the scene of the crash we're hearing that cousins dog set was also killed in the crash and apparently 9 people now who have died who can tell us . that's right just a few minutes ago we heard from los angeles county sheriff alex the on the wave of saying that the death toll in this terrible crash is now 9 previously we'd been told that there were 5 people involved there is confirmation from multiple sources that the basketball great kobe bryant a 41 and is 13 year old daughter giana were among the dead as you heard from sheriff bill in a way that they are not releasing any of the other names pending coroner and examination of the bodies and then notification of their next of kin i know that we'll get into just a few moments to the tributes that are pouring in from basketball and from the sports world in general i'd also like to mention that it goes beyond the world of

sports president donald trump also tweeted this morning calling brian step terrible news and president former president barack obama himself an avid basketball fan but said social media that coping with a legend on the court and would have had just as meaningful a life in a 2nd act he'll push to offer his condolences to the bryant family as for the crash itself that occurred in the hills behind me the aircraft was a helicopter the sikorsky s. $76.00 b. a helicopter which has by the way a robust safety record 1 and the n.t.s.b. that's the national transportation safety board said it is scrambling a team of investigators in washington who will fly here probably arriving in california in the evening to examine the debris field which stretches for something . sidorov will. expanse across the rugged hillside to examine and see what could

have caused 'd this crash eyewitnesses said they heard a helicopter flying low flying erratically then some eyewitnesses said they saw the helicopter drop at great speed and impact on the hillside the fire department of course responded with multiple emergency vehicles and even a helicopter but to no avail of course kobe bryant was a hero in this town he was more than just a basketball player he also won a academy award for best animated short for a cartoon feature in 2017 called for love of basketball he was a well known figure in this town and of course everyone in california and in los angeles california and beyond very shocked and saddened today there are people

gathered here along the roadway at last very nice canyon road lots of media but also lots of people who just came out to pay their respects and many of them wearing the yellow and blue collars of the los angeles lakers and some wearing jerseys with kobe bryant's number on them so in all of a terribly sad day the loss of a superstar and amplifying that tragedy a thousandfold the loss of his child back to you think that that's rob reynolds and i forget a scene of the accidents. well let's get more now from our sports presenter at the ritz and he joins me in the studio andy looking through kobe bryant's records his accolades he really was a superstar of the game he really was and it's all that without his contribution the n.b.a. wouldn't be the globally that it is now i remember i was lucky enough to spend

a bit of time with the u.s. basketball team of the 2012 olympics in london and he was very keen answering gauge with fans who engage with with journalists there because you realize that was a really good opportunity for him and his teammates to talk to people who weren't normally gauged with the n.b.a. to take his sports to new fans in new audiences and you know have a league which is watched all over the world and house players from from every consonance. when michael jordan retired it was arguable that the n.b.a. wants were bit of a low they were looking for a new superstar and it turned out that kobe bryant was the superstar we just had a statement actually in from from michael jordan saying. i loved kobe he was like a brother to me we used to talk often and i will miss those conversations very much she was a fierce competitor one of the greats of the game and a creative force and i think it's the fact that it's not just michael jordan talking about him it's former presidents it's actors we had the pierce chief

streicher in in europe neymar scoring a goal just a couple of hours ago in a major league paying tribute to kobe bryant that is the sort of influence he had not just in sport but across culture across the whole world taught me through some of the accolades some of the things that he achieved in his time. he was seemingly destined for greatness from a very young age he apparently started playing basketball at the age of just 3 his father was also a professional player moved over to italy when he was was a child because of his father's career that took him over there so i think that again helped him have a kind of global take on the game the front he grew up and spoke italian went back home to the states the age of 17 he signed an n.b.a. contract and when he played his 1st games in the n.b.a. he was at that time the youngest player of its player in the n.b.a. league east side it's a skip college and not go through that process and when you come into the game at

such a young age it can often be so difficult to then actually capitalize on that by young potential but he did just that he stayed with the l.a. lakers for 2 decades he wants 5 n.b.a. championships and also want to impute gold medals and i think those olympic gold medals maybe not as important to fans back in the states but in terms of taking new sports that wide global audience really important to how basketball is now perceived all over the world and his legacy be on the game goes on as well doesn't it i mean it seems like yes he was an important man to sport but you know it doesn't matter whether you are into possible or not you know who kobe bryant is and his ethic is editor towards the game yeah it's come out in the people we've spoken to in the people we're hearing talk about him was that say it's all very well having that level of talent when you're when you're a young player but you've got to have the work ethic to really capsulize on it and that is what he was trying to instill in the young players he was coaching in his in his post basketball career and it's also worth mentioning that he'd it won an

oscar for sure animated film he put it put out about his love of basketball but at the age of $41.00 there was so much potential still for him to contribute to basketball and also to the wider world of sports and obviously will now never know just what else he could have achieved and we'll have more about kobe bryant's. agassi a little bit later in sport for now though thank you fence for cutting. gary was spun as the boston globe n.b.a. reports and joins us now from national harbor and maryland gary just put us into context how good was kobe bryant as a player. he was one of the great basketball players of all time and depending on you know your opinions on who's number one and number 2. you can't name. 73 basketball players of all time without naming kobe bryant on that list the one of the top players of all time he was simply a special player a great score

a very amazing competitor someone who uplifted his teammates someone who was just had no fear on the floor and he kind of galvanized a sports community a community after the retirement of michael jordan there was a lot of concerns of what direction with the n.b.a. going and what's going to happen with the n.b.a. once the greatest or import of all time michael jordan is gone and kobe was definitely one of those players who took the n.b.a. to a nother level another plateau him obviously a lot like a lebron james but colby was. you know mainly responsible for taking the n.b.a. to another level after retirement of michael jordan he made a lot of current n.b.a. players consider him their hero they're a little young to have seen michael jordan play but they definitely all remember kobe bryant playing and so there's a lot of players many players i would assume all of them who are just devastated

right now because he was a hero to them when someone of bryant status done it's sort of felt across the world isn't it and it's held deeply because people really feel like like they knew him. yeah i mean he was a guy who on the floor he was a great score a great competitor he he brought back the lakers franchise the lakers franchise was down for many years after the hiv diagnosis of magic johnson and they drafted him and he was able to kind of uplift along with shaquille o'neal the lakers to another level and so he was a guy that people loved watching him play he was so exciting he could dunk he could shoot he could dribble he could run the floor he played with excitement he played with the childhood vigor that we all wish we could play with him in approach our lives with and i think he grew he gained a legion of fans from his style of play and how hard he played every night he did

not disappoint on any night he played his best he bought out a plate. you know the greatest games of all time in near times he miss shots but he always played his heart out and i think that. especially younger fans grew to to idolize him he was their michael jordan and after his career he was kind of a prince you know he was he go to later games it was kind of like that a prince walked in or a king walked in where he was while t. because he had done so much during his playing career and he was done and he so he would walk in and he was just a legit and he was a 41 year old legend and i think that's what everyone is sad about because he had so much love to accomplish he was working a lot with his daughter obviously us you know she perished in this tragic accident also he was kind of a endorser a big supporter of women's basketball women's sports so

a lot of women's athletes love the fact that here's a man who now has girls and he's got to help raise them in him get them in athletic there in that flood it's that he's being a ardent supporter of women's athletics so that was i think one of his next steps he wanted to do obviously more things in hollywood in the movie industry he just he was just ready to take off can do so many things beyond basketball so this is just a real tragedy i don't know how anyone whether you liked him as a player didn't you like whether you liked is as a press personality was sometimes quirky and he was so self-confident might have put people off at times but news no one who's in the sports world who isn't devastated by this is this is one of our sports kings who died way too young i was always really captivated by how could he brian talked about the man that mentality what did he mean by that. just relentless don't give up and i think that's how we

approached his playing career he was just relentless he was the guy had that killer instinct there's players who play were very talented players in the n.b.a. but they don't have that killer instinct there are nice guys on the court kobe bryant was not a nice guy on the court he wanted to take your heart out every time he stepped on the floor and i think people do begin maybe resent him for that because they thought maybe he's overly competitive but as his career progressed i think people in meyer that because that's what we want to approach our lives you want that mob mentality so the mob mentality became you know take it to the workforce take it to the track if you try to you know work it out to try to lose the weight of the mob mentality is where little it's you just don't stop you keep going you are trying to get that victory and that's what kobe did for his entire 20 year career i mean he was able to witness passionate fast a ball player one of the great basketball players of our time of all time so i it's

just a devastatingly sad day it's a tragic day his family has the you know his young daughter passed away also this is just something you just never could be prepared for but i have to leave it there thank you for your time that scary movie boston globe's n.b.a. reporter thank you. plenty more ahead on the news hour including we'll have the latest results from actually these regional elections which could mark a political turning point. for the erosion of a russia and turkey brokered cease fire in libya fighting for examples. of the u.s. embassy in baghdad green zone has been hit by a rocket the 1st direct hit on the facility which has recently been target 3

rockets landed in the compound with one has ng an embassy dining area 2 other rockets fell near the u.s. facility let's get more now on this some of been devalued joins us live from iraq's capital just bring us up to speed what more do we know. what can this is being confirmed to us by a security force who said that the 3 rockets landed inside the u.s. embassy compound and it was the 1st hit as you mentioned on one of the buildings inside the u.s. embassy compound so far we have not had any claim of responsibility as there has been no claim of responsibility in the previous attacks it's been this these attacks have intensified when the assassination i sense in it money and many and more on this took place in january and there's been multiple rallies but you'd be tight in the green zone and aimed at the u.s. embassy come and spend the last time we heard from iraqi security forces was in the

doctrine area of the trace the launch pads of these rockets which were fired inside the green zone in iraq the prime minister has commented saying that this is something that you beacons iraq something that brings iraq's refuge into question and the safety of diplomatic missions as the routes are sponsibility it and it will continue to maintain that we also heard from the iraqi security forces who have so far ducked and for anyone who has been wounded in this attack but we are all right here in new paltz of some aerial traffic multiple helicopters and other aerial assets in the air after this attack we also heard the sirens going off at the u.s. embassy up to this attack took place and these sources have confirmed to us there is something significant it's taken place and in the last few minutes we also heard from the former foreign minister of iraq was shouted the very same and then. we seem to have lost we've got some technical difficulties there that was some of

binge of aid and we will be continuing to bring you updates on that story earlier in the day iraqi security forces fired tear gas and live bullets says antigovernment protests turned violent in baghdad the crackdown began after an influential shiite cleric knocked out also there withdrew his support for the protesters on saturday dozens were injured in baghdad and in the southern city of nasiriyah as police try to clear camps. in other news health officials around the world are racing to prevent a pandemic of coronavirus the head of the world health organization is going to china the virus has already killed 56 people and infected within 2000 others still too early to know exactly how dangerous the virus is chinese health authorities say it can spread between people before symptoms show that can take up to 14 days new measures to contain it spread have been put in place china has stopped nationwide

sales of wildlife while hong kong won't allow people to enter from her province that's the epicenter and the city of one hand is currently building more medical facilities to deal with the outbreak and health workers there expect around a 1000 more patients in the coming days the chinese government says public safety is its top priority has more from beijing. 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 any way 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 the 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 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 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. adrian brown is in hong kong hey explains what messes the territory is taking. 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 to 6 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. of 5 cases have been confirmed in the u.s. the centers for disease control and prevention says all the patients recently traveled from her on in china with more on that let's bring in kristen salumi who

is live for us from washington kristin what more can you tell us. well of the 3 most recent cases 2 are in california one is in arizona as you say all 5 of the people with the virus did recently traveled to hahn that's an important point we don't know a lot about the individuals we know there's a 60 year old woman in chicago a 30 year old man in washington state and the arizona case involves someone affiliated with the university there so that's being closely watched and investigations are under way to determine exactly where these people who have the virus have been in the united states who they may have come in close contact with and may have exposed c.d.c. fully expects more cases to develop here in the united states that the centers for disease control they say they're currently investigating 70 cases and so it's

likely that more will develop just tell us once tips is the u.s. government taking to try and contain the outbreak. well also this weekend the united states state department announced that it is sending a plane to han to retrieve u.s. officials who work at the consular office there they're making that plane available to other americans in the area who want to come back to the united states for a price they say that. they are warning citizens not only not to travel to rouhani but also to the province of who is well and the centers for disease control are also screening any passengers who come to the united states from hahn through 5 of the major airports here in the united states they include chicago atlanta. new york and los angeles and san francisco the centers for disease control also very

closely watching the situation here in the united states they have teams deployed to the 4 states that have confirmed cases they have teams deployed to other countries with confirmed cases they say that people who had casual contact with these cases here in the united states are probably not at risk but this is a very serious public health health situation that they're watching but overall they do you know try to calm people down and say that the overall risk to the general public at this time is not high thank you that that's kristen salumi there live from washington will target as a rivet says the spokesman for the world health organization he says there are multiple measures people can take to protect themselves. so to general overall 'd to those issues that this is already an emergency china and there is a high risk of spread to other countries now we can reconvene arts you could be

a very short notice and we are obviously considering the. situation but to what is really important to see is that the clearing lot of works or not does not mean that there are not to be dispy done for the day one of the neutral is in contact daily ringback contact with chinese authorities trying to understand this situation trying to understand the virus together with the chinese culture officials also the appropriate measures can be recommended we need to understand really disability for the time being the symptoms are after the floor like a respiratory illness like and also we have noticed that a lot of people who fall severely sick are older people underlying health conditions so we have to understand all of these things that we have to try to understand what is the source of this virus at the same diet we really want that people get the right message would have done everyone to follow all precautionary

measures that are normally commended for respiratory illnesses such as hand hygiene such as covering model translate using such as avoiding contact with people who may have a few like symptoms and especially people who are having fever and who are coughing and who are having problems with breathing should immediately look for medical care high lathan is a professor of anthropology at the london school of hygiene and tropical medicine she says the properties of the virus is still being discovered. i think they're trying to get as much information as possible as they're going they characterize the virus pretty quickly and are working on it they've already a coalition for epidemic preparedness an innovation that got set up as a fund after a bolo was quick to fund 3 programs for vaccines to start good on getting under development 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 i think between the various. we've been facing in recent years. you can see that there have been lessons learned and we still have more to do but that's if there's a good side to the story i think that would be. votes being counted initially as regional elections which are being closely watched for a possible swing to the life opposition leader must. lead party has been pushing hard to take the northern traditionally leftist region. meanwhile in underdeveloped colombia in the south he's on course to expand his footholds so he joins us now live from belong years sony i believe that the exit polls are starting to come out

what are we hearing. book him so far we are hearing that the incumbent the democratic party candidate is just about to head about a few points ahead that's what we know from the exit polls however also projections have also been released which would put him 10 points ahead of the league party candidate as well now it's still very early on only about 8 percent of the votes have been counted but it certainly does look like the. democratic party at this point appear to retain their their hold on this left leaning region just a few moments ago the lead party leader. gave a press conference here where he touted the party's success so far in the southern region of calabria the lead party backed candidate that has is seeming to do very well sweeping up the votes there that is not being repeated here so far in

immediate or mine yeah there was a little bit of. disappointment in that but saying that he wasn't going to be giving up the battle to try and gain the party at some point for the league itself but so far these votes are still being counted maybe some time or another couple of hours or so when we get a clearer picture of what is going to happen but it would appear so far that what they are attempt to try and turn this red belt of italy into a lead party. let's talk a little bit about that if the democratic party does win that would be interesting wouldn't because a lot of people were saying they are so vinny's league party has been pushing hard and doing well in these regions. well he certainly has been giving a very enthusiastic campaign especially on social media platforms where he really

is actually known for campaigning practically nonstop on on the social media platforms in fact when he walked out of the coalition he immediately began his campaign here in the media at all manya touting all the famous products that this region is known for such as promise and cheese ferrari sportscars so with that he spends a lot of time trying to sort of ingratiate himself with this brand type of projects but the problem is is that in this part of italy which is really has been a left wing bastion since the 2nd world war right wing politics hasn't really played out as well as he would hoped and also the fact that he made it more of a national campaign in fact he was dominating the campaign even though it was his candidate who was supposed to be in the in the running for this but he is been seen as the face he's also been strong on this anti migrant issue that he has been known for while he was the interior minister and deputy prime minister in the italian

government continuing with issues for example is lowering the tax for richer people and for corporations and also maintaining a sort of strongman values populist base values as well with that came the saudi movement people reacting against that and that would appear to have been having some kind of effect on the way this vote is turning out kim thank you so much for that across developments that's when you're going to go live from belong here. 3 people have died during protests in the gambia that's according to a hospital in the capital violence broke out after the army was deployed to try and disperse demonstrations who want president to resign they cuba's barrel of breaking his promise to step down after 3 years he now wants to stay on to complete the 5 year presidential term like last up reports. it ended before it started after multiple requests to protest against president adam a barrow were rejected the government gave demonstrators

a short 3 hour window for what was supposed to be a peaceful protest but minutes before it began police fired tear gas into the crowds who were rewarded for prison but. if you want for coming in on top our we will not go in we are not going to accept that so this is what or do scarcely are and we will not relent we are $100.00 klute we were told by one of the top of the presidency was. the. thousands fled some were beaten many were left injured others killed. let me holding. the injured were taken to hospital because military deployed back to the security forces organizers of the march and several local journalists were arrested al jazeera was not granted a critic taishan to cover this demonstration democracy this is a democratic government and we are committed to ensuring that those democratic

moderates. protesters accuse bearer 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 to 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 yard 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. israel has officially allowed its citizens to visit saudi arabia for the 1st time if they're on a religious or business trip travelers would still need to seek saudi arabia's permission to enter currently the government in riyadh does not allow israeli passport holders to visit the kingdom unless for muslim pilgrimage announcement comes just days

before u.s. president donald trump says he will release his middle east peace plan or force it is in western he says this highlights the warming of relations between 2 countries . what it does is that it allows anyone with an invitation from a saudi arabian official and a visa to exit israel to go to saudi arabia to pursue business interests seek investment opportunities for a period of up to 90 days now this is a very major change in the public relationship between these 2 countries and it comes at a very interesting time just ahead of the expected unveiling of the trump plan in washington d.c. we believe an event with benjamin netanyahu the israeli prime minister on tuesday before that on monday president trump will be speaking to both netanyahu and the israeli opposition leader benny gantz and this normalization of relations which this is an increment of between saudi and israel really put saudi arabia at least

in tension with its own initiative the arab peace initiative of 2002 which says that normalization can only come about after the palestinian issue is settled including a withdrawal of israel from the occupied territories including palestinian sovereignty over east jerusalem and all the indications all of the leaks that we've seen so far of the trump plan suggest that it blows through all of those sorts of palestinian red lines about what they would require and expect from a future state so if this is an indication of the current state of the relationship between israel and saudi arabia it was very interesting at least to see how saudi reacts to that announcement and other arab neighbors of israel later this week. well as harry mentioned the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says he hopes to make history when trump unveils his plan and that will be 2 months. we are in

the midst of very dramatic diplomatic events but the comics he's still ahead of us i'm going to washington to meet my friend of the president of the united states donald trump who will present his deal of the century an opportunity such as ace comes once in history and cannot be missed. first bannister is a fellow at the institute for policy studies and joins us now from washington d.c. via skype thank you for your time what do you make of this announcement by israel well it is historic in the sense that this is for the 1st time a meeting of the impeached and indicted together. president trump of course has been indicted by the house of representatives prime minister netanyahu has been indicted by the israeli courts i don't think much will change in the so-called peace plan that's going to be. discussed it will consolidate the existing very close levels of support by the united states for the further it's right wing

policies of israel for netanyahu himself of course the goal of this is not any sort of peace not peace by anyone's definition this is to provide political and legal protection this is really about keeping trump in the white house keeping bibi out of jail and getting them both reelected so the timing is very much framed by their election campaigns and their legal problems let them know already so as i continue i just want to ask you quickly saudi arabia has traditionally sort of posited itself as the champion of the palestinian cause is this saudi giving up on the palestinians. well i think for many years the saudis have been trying to normalize relations with israel and the israelis as well they've had to figure out how to do that when there is massive popular opposition to it in saudi arabia certainly. the king and more importantly the crown prince have been negotiating a way to normalize relations with israel under the auspices of u.s.

support in the context of opposing iran that's kind of the framework for this saudi israeli rapprochement selling business interests are very interested the printers very interested in building this relationship with israel so the official level this isn't something new it's newly public they think they can get away with it now i think because there is going to be this so-called. new peace plan which of course what we know already of what the u.s. has been providing to israel the gifts if you will to to the to the israelis recognition of jerusalem moving the embassy to jerusalem recognition of the israeli occupation of the golan heights as somehow legitimate recognition that is of of the settlement process as not being a violation of international law as if the us gets to decide for itself what international law says or doesn't they stop funding on a at the beach the request of the israelis they stop funding palestinian humanitarian institutions including hospitals they close the p.l.o.

office in washington they accepted the new israeli law the nation state law that says explicitly that only jews have the right of self-determination in israel there is no palestinian right here what we're hearing about what's in this so-called peace plan it when it probably includes is legalized recognition of the israeli an extension of of the jordan valley and virtually all of the rest of the west bank legalizing the settlements that are clearly illegal under international law are allowing full israeli control of jurors. permanent israeli security control of all of the west bank gaza and occupied east jerusalem throwing a few bits a few handouts to gaza in the form of some kind of egyptian involvement in some sort of investment in a couple of factories between somewhere between gaza and egypt there will be no palestinian state they've already set the preconditions what would have to happen

for some kind of increased autonomy not anything like what anyone in the world understands as a state but even that would require recognition of israel as a jewish state disregarding the 20 percent of israeli citizens who are palestinians recognition of jerusalem as the capital soli of israel this is not anything serious as a peace agreement ironically there may be some pushback internationally from the international community but probably only because it's not going to officially call for a 2 state solution this at a moment when i think most of the world and certainly most palestinians recognize that the 2 state solution is done it's over whether anybody wants it or not there's no lab left for it is for a palestinian state with any level of viability so that may be the basis on which international communities particularly the united nations and perhaps the europeans

will come out against the peace plan but nobody is likely to do anything to say this is thoroughly illegal thoroughly illegitimate thoroughly in violation of international law violates un resolutions well well that they do will be will be varying we will be hearing the details of that so-called middle east peace plan in the coming days i believe before tuesday we have to leave it there thank you for that 1st dentist there thank you. and libya had least 11 u.n. backed government soldiers have been killed and 100 others injured in heavy fighting that broke out snare the western city of misrata forces loyal to more likely for half the are had been trying to advance on the town of. its writer is libya's 2nd largest city and it's home to groups who oppose half time after launched his offensive to seize tripoli in april last year tony pertly is in misrata misrata. ceasefires been holding pretty well for the best part of about 12 days now and suddenly today was the day when he sort of kicked off there was

a surprise attack by half does forces against the position that. they took it the fighters were forced into retreat they regrouped got re arms resupplied and they went back and they took back that position in the early afternoon and then carried on even further into have to our territory holding as we understand it america. which is been in their control about 20 kilometers in but having said that this is a big open expanse of land and territory and it does change towns quite regularly so there's no big strategic objective to this that we can see but sunday has been a day in libya where things have changed a little bit the cease fire may have gone out the window a little bit because we heard reports also over artillery exchanges in the south of tripoli more rockets are being fired at the airport and remember the airport was closed on 2 occasions because a rocket fire we don't know if this is

a start of something bigger or this is just a one day wonder both sides flexing their muscle showing what the other has a spokesman for half past said that the solution in libya can only come through fighting. hell of a man who. went to moscow and to berlin and before that we went to several other countries we were not searching for a solution we know that the solution is that the solution isn't the only mission in the hearts of our men still we always try to listen to the international community and the mediators until the world is pretty convinced that we are fighting criminal and terrorist groups. in southeast brazil the at least 46 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 in the city of bell or his alter forecasters recorded 172 millimeters of rain over 24 hours that's the highest figure in more than a century. a major rescue operation to pull survivors from collapsed buildings in

eastern turkey is beginning to wind down it's been 2 days since a 6.8 magnitude earthquake killed at least 38 people and injured more than 1600 crews have been using drills mechanical diggers and their bare hands in the search for survivors in the laws that province dozens of people have been pulled from the rubble the quake struck on friday evening followed by hundreds of aftershocks. relatives of those murdered or missing in mexico are calling on the government to do more to stop rising violence a so-called caravan for peace left the city of when i walk out on thursday and has now arrived in mexico city more than 35000 people were murdered last year more than 60000 of vanished since 2006 when the current war on drugs began. john homan is in mexico city and says the protesters want. the

people on this march a walking in science and that's because the photos and the banners that they're holding up really tell the stories on their own there of people that are missing and there are people that hear mexico in the last year 2009 was the most murderous year on record in the country but behind those sort of bold facts and figures most of the people here have quite an excruciating story to tell we've spoken to one lady whose parents and whose disobey disabled brother were both knife will knife to death in a robbery we spoke to another family who just a couple of months ago their family members would disappear they don't know anything about it and they haven't had any answers yet from authorities about what could have happened 61000 people disappeared in mexico right now now the people in this march to going towards the national palace because they're seeking answers from the government about what's happened here president lopez obrador has been in

power for a little more than a year now but he says that he doesn't want to meet this march because he says he doesn't want to make it into a show the people here are saying is not a show the people that we've lost the people that are missing are not a show they're looking for answers from his government some of his ministers apparently are going to meet with them so far president lopez obrador security strategy hasn't really stopped things in fact it got worse it's been more than a decade now of this violence in mexico and it doesn't look like it's getting any better. the prime minister of the netherlands has made the 1st ever apology on behalf of the dutch government for the water time persecution of jews marketo was speaking at commemorations ahead of the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the us what's birkenau death camp on monday some survivors attended the event in amsterdam only 38000 of the 140000 jews who lived in the netherlands survived world

war 2. meanwhile pope francis says the world has a do seem to remember the holocaust he calls on people to never allow such an atrocity to happen again. no money recorder's tomorrow marks the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the house which birkenau death co symbol of the holocaust in the face of this immense tragedy this atrocity indifference is not at miscible and we have a duty to remember. tomorrow we are all invited to have a moment of prayer and recollection sang in our hearts never again never again. still ahead on al-jazeera board full have more reaction to the news that basketball legend kobe bryant has died at the age of 40.

al-jazeera tells the story of thousands of algerians forced by colombian affronts to adopt obscene family names. words this is so offensive that some can't bear to see that the meet. the burden of ridicule that has been passed down through generations. the shame of my name. on al-jazeera. al-jazeera. and. i.

will remove. the order. it's time now for sports here's andy thank you so much ken as you can imagine tributes pouring in from all corners of the sporting world in memory of the life of basketball legend kobe bryants he has died at the age of $41.00 in a helicopter crash son hamish 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 bucketfuls 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 in 5 occasions bryant also won to him to gold medals for the united states. is a giant in the sports world it goes far beyond the n.b.a. 'd goals for far beyond basketball he is a world wide giant in sports. is hard pressed to find anyone that doesn't know cobie he was bigger than life he is one of the big. most will know immediately as waltz on after michael jordan he is one of the players that made the n.b.a. into a global school into going into this 'd next situation. after excel ing on the court at high school in philadelphia bryant opted to skip college and find his 1st n.b.a. contract 8 just 17 at the time of peace deb you in the 19962990 7 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 korea had only just begun. was he won an oscar for the animated shoot 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 with his mark hasse by a present day great the bron james bryant's final social media post congratulated james on continuing to move the game forward if you could was. something brian had done throughout his own korea. china i'll just say it

was all the reactions this news on social media puts his influence into some sort of context former u.s. president barack obama says he was a legend on the court and just getting started in all would have been just as many for a 2nd back preferring to prance daughter who was also in the crash she says to lose giana is even more heartbreaking to us as parents. his former like his teammate shaquille o'neal who's also considered one of the best buys of all time says there's no words to express the pain he's going through and cream abdul-jabbar another former lake and the highest point scorer of all time saying most people will remember kirby is the magnificent athlete who inspired a whole generation of basketball players but i will always remember him as a man who is much more than an athlete or brandon scoobie robinson is a columnist at it's are in part cast host as well as a senior writer at heavy dot com he joins us live from new york brandon just tell us what role did koby play in making the n.b.a.

a truly global league as we know it now. he did it his way i think what's interesting about kobe bryant was his a he was that of his time i often use this term being a 2nd generation ball player his dad jellyby bright played in the n.b.a. and he took a lot of cues big time in italy watching guys like guys they had thomas and michael jordan magic johnson that lars you see guys like steph curry today clay thompson and some of the other winning players in the n.b.a. kind of take that that kind of key and start the engine kyrie irving playing minutes away from here in new york city as a member of the brooklyn nets actually left the arena at madison square garden the member of the knicks of the nets they played the knicks he left because he and kobe were so close he couldn't play in tonight's game here in new york city a great loss here today kobe bryant at 41. and just give us an idea beyond the stats in the titles what sort of carrot so was carby. he

should be honest with you as as a writer but also as a fan of the game basketball kobe bryant was very inspirational i started my career at 12 doing radio when he started as a child prodigy i spent time with his dad a few years ago at a basketball exposure program and his dad was literally right across the hall from me in the hotel and he talked about just how many hours koby put into studying the game of basketball studying the greats to be the great you got to study the greats and put in a lot of manual hours to be the great you know was 17 years old when he came into the league and despite some missteps he found a way to still cement and self as one of the greats 5 n.b.a. championships and you know playing with the greats like shaquille o'neal and playing with head coach phil jackson but as i recently went to mexico on a vacation and i threw an empty bottle of water into the garbage can and it was a kid looking at me i found out he was from germany i threw it in the water bottle in the garbage and he yelled koby he could speak a lick of english i couldn't speak german but we had an understanding of colby

which meant we had a tough off balance shot that went in that's that's that's legacy that's that's impacted kobe bryant definitely had that and just quickly if you could just pick out one moment from his career that you'll always remember what would it be. probably the last game when he scored $61.00 against the utah jazz and to be honest with you it's sad that he will not be able to give a speech for his hall of fame inductee induction but kobe bryant was definitely an impactful player. brandon scoobie robinson joining us from new york remembering the life and career of kobe bryants the l.a. lakers legend who played there for 20 years and has died at the age of just 41 in a helicopter crash just a few hours ago. ok that is how sports is looking for now thank you that day that said for me for this news i'll be back in just a moment with more of the day's news stay with us.

big stories general sounds like maybe angles in this story are too numerous for conflict with different angles from different perspectives is going to really bring relief. money in the war to the even separate the spin from the facts the misinformation from the judge so this is clear in the chance to. hear people think that the listening post on al-jazeera there is no child coverage

like we do as a running correspondent i am told. i bring topics from politics to conflict environmental it. sounded like nothing you've ever. done but we want to know how do these things affect people revisit. ace's day even when there are no international headlines. al-jazeera really invested last that's a privilege as a journalist. trust is fundamental to all our relationships we trust banks with our money doctors without really personal protection got what happens to trust in a world driven by our us as more want to citizens are made for us by these complex piece of code the question that comes up is inevitable can we trust algorithms in the 1st of a 5 part series re questions the neutrality of digital deductions trust me i'm an algorithm on a jersey or. holding the powerful to account as we examine the

us its role in the world on al-jazeera. basketball superstar kobe bryant is among 9 people killed in a helicopter crash in the u.s. . i'm kimbrough this is al jazeera live from dar also coming up i'm solidly job we've been like that and i'll tell you about the latest on the news and about iraq. reports a book by donald trump's former national security advisor details freezing ukraine ahead which could undermine the president's impeached.