join me as i put the questions to my special guests and challenge them to some straight talking political debate here on al-jazeera. the desperation to contain coronavirus increases in china as the death toll jumps to more than $100.00. this is al jazeera live. the pressure builds for donald trump's former national security adviser to give evidence at the u.s. president's impeachment trial. mourning the dead in the libyan city of misrata but they found to keep fighting the forces of war the war to leave for half the. belong to the fix for the people living downstream a mining dam collapse in brazil. warnings

are being issued to travelers heading to china as the death toll from the corona virus outbreak rises to 106 the number of people infected by the illness is now more than 4000 after the virus broke out in ruhani earlier this month canada has confirmed cases of the virus and he's warning citizens against travel to japan's foreign minister says the government will send a plane there to evacuate its citizens scott the reason beijing with more on how the government is responding to the opera. what's really concerning about this virus and there are so many layers of it is how quickly and this is coming from the officials here the health officials here in china how quickly it has spread you know every morning we wake up and the numbers have just increased dramatically so

that is really the focus right now trying to understand this virus how it spreads you know we've been talking about how some people can spread it even though they are asymptomatic there's still a lot that's not known about it and as you mentioned a lot of travel restrictions down in the epicenter the province of a province and the city itself will han world's 1st discovered heavy travel restrictions there but then you look at countries and territories of china and provinces of china putting on their own restrictions of people who are from there and coming back in stand that's going to be a big issue come toward the end of the week because this lunar new year holiday even though it's been extended is going to come to an suv a lot of people from there trying to get back to where their jobs are we've already seen some very very busy scenes from some of the high speed rail stations here in beijing the coronavirus. through global financial markets is early on tuesday as china to address to steps to control the virus key indices in the u.k. france and germany also dipped on fears of the potential economic impact john as

you once lead to its lowest level this year affecting commodity leaves currencies like the australian dollar as a. business editor for al-jazeera law and he explains where the economic fallout will be felt must. there are 2 forces that drive financial markets and that's greed and fear and right now with all the uncertainty surrounding the virus and the impact the potential impact that it's going to have it is that fear element that is driving the markets dition lee when market traders are faced with such a scenario what they switch who is a default risk off. the 4th mode as it were so what that means in practical terms is that they're going to be selling off things like stocks commodities like oil for example so what that money goes into

what they consider to be safe haven assets like the japanese yen and u.s. treasury bonds gold for example gold prices have surged to their highest level since about 2013. in the markets over here in asia we've seen a big sell off in places like korea remember a lot of markets are still closed for the chinese new year including china and hong kong. but when these markets open up chances are they're going to see a big sell off just like you pointed out in europe in america we've had big sell offs overnight on all 3 of the big major indices in the u.s. and that is once again feeding through into the markets over here. very. precious growing from us democrats for a key witness to testify donald trump's impeachment trial they want the president's former national security adviser john bolton to appear before the senate following

his claims trouble ordered him to tie between the ukraine with an investigation into rival joe biden. we now have a 3rd witness who is apparently a direct witness to the president's timing of military aid to investigations of master bolden we could not have made a more powerful case for calling him than the case the president's lawyers just did in trying to contest that link between military aid investigations so once again they underscored the importance of john bolton as a as a witness who would corroborate exactly what the uncontested evidence that the house put on shows that president trump used hundreds of millions of dollars of military aid to coerce an ally to conduct these political sham investigations how does or castro has more now on the call for bolton to give evidence as democrats say the new information from john bolton that trump directly linked to u.s. security aide to his demand that ukraine announced investigations into joe biden

could significantly bolster the impeachment case this is stunning. it goes right to the heart of the charges against the president ambassador bolton essentially confirms the president committed the offenses charged in the 1st article of impeachment that article is abuse of power for allegedly putting his personal interests above that of the united states trump denies the allegation he's characterized bolton once his national security adviser as a disgruntled former employee who wants to sell more books i haven't seen a major script but i can tell you nothing was ever said to john but i have not seen a baby. i guess he's writing a book i have the answer to but several moderate republican senators appear to have been moved by bolton's revelations only for republicans would need to side with democrats to cold bolton to testify i think it's increasingly likely that other

republicans will will join those of us who think we should hear from john bolton inside the senate chambers the president's legal team ignore the bolton development completely not a single witness testify that the president himself said that there was any connection between any investigation and security assistance a presidential meeting or anything else by the end of the week the u.s. senators will likely vote on whether to call bolton and other witnesses but with or without witnesses the odds remain squarely in the president's favor it would take a 2 thirds majority of the republican controlled chamber to remove trump from office castro al-jazeera washington which good state is a democratic strategist and former outside advisor to the clinton white house during the $9099.00 impeachment trial he says republicans are adamant about not letting t. witnesses be hood in the senate hearing. the complaint from republicans has been

well we haven't heard firsthand from anybody who actually spoke directly with the president hearing him say that he was predicating the delivery of this military aid on political favors by presidents alinsky well john bolton is that person and he's written about it. but i will tell you this just so people watching don't get their hopes up i think most of the republicans have set their mind that there will not be witnesses no matter what i mean it's an argument on one hand they claim well we haven't heard firsthand but they don't actually want to call the people that have firsthand experience and i think it's a simple political calculus which is donald trump knows and senate republicans know that if they're witnesses they will not reflect well on president trump and therefore if there are witnesses it will make him weaker and by result make the senate republican candidates weaker well if you're one of those you don't want that

to happen to you so people come up with all sorts of convoluted explanations i'm sure but again the day i'm fearful that there will not be witnesses and this trial will be over relatively soon by the end of this week saturday sunday something like that fighting has been reported in the area east of misrata in libya with forces loyal to the warlord who for have to have lost in the fence to take the city at least to live and government soldiers were killed and 100 others injured after his forces are accused of bombarding civilians in the capital tripoli as well tony burke he has more from misrata. mourners queuing in the hundreds to pay respects to $1.00 of the government soldiers killed in an attack by forces loyal to warlord khalifa haftar 11 men died and nearly $100.00 were wounded on sunday as they defended the small town of abu ghraib 80 kilometers east of misrata they included mohammed 23 year old son abdul aziz who volunteer to help repel have to own a tank. and get the question if instead. we have another 12 sons and i would

sacrifice them all in the struggle against a man who wants to be a dictator. these images were put on social media it's thought that at least 12 have to men were killed in the fighting the attack took everyone by surprise. as there was a ceasefire and we weren't expecting an attack there was a lot of firepower. he suffered shrapnel wounds to the head i chest and hand the museum on tripoli street tells the story of misrata as previous battles in the 2011 revolution and more recently against i saw in libya the fighters of misrata are known for their bravery it's what say the city 9 years ago and was a key factor in the downfall of moammar gadhafi but the people here also know what a cost can be when you oppose a dictator. in the 2011 revolution give aphis forces offered by the city for 3

months 2800 people were killed and more than 13000 were wounded but it was the men from misrata who captured the libyan leader in sirte and brought the war against him to a close here they believe the warlord khalifa haftar is just like gadhafi. and as an object he wants to rule libya the same way as gadhafi but we fought against a dictatorship which controlled us for 40 years and we want allow that to happen again if you here thought the sacrifices of the revolution would have to be made again and few here are willing to predict when the day will come when misrata no longer has to mourn the deaths of its young men tony berkeley al jazeera misrata still ahead on the al-jazeera the u.s. president prepares to unveil his middle east peace plan but palestinians say it's far from the deal of the century every member of the horrors of war survivors say this story 75 years after being freed from a notorious nazi death camp. hello

when the ship blows in the winter that northerly wind that comes down the gulf from kuwait it often feels quite cold it has been doing so recently but there's nothing in the sky what's in the skies over turkey or even after afghanistan that's i think where you'll see rain or snow but the wind itself that's been dropping temperatures even the really in kuwait bahrain and qatar where he's easy say for tuesday we're up to 21 degrees that's far more reasonable and is pretty compatible with most places around reacts disappointing at about 18 degrees or so but the next trough is on its way down see these blue spots here down through saturday as been in the mountains or be thunderstorms it will be rain over the red sea and this is probably just the castells fault to rain probably later on wednesday or thursday going down through the gulf otherwise remains quite weather which is don't the case for the

south in the rift valley big showers around like victoria been showing up recently in tanzania we had some pretty big totals and we are in the forecast represents the same sort of thing again around uganda possibly in rwanda all this eastern side of africa is seasonally wet now have the next couple of days a shot as far north as ethiopia that's true further south as well well think substantial storms now on their way through south africa too because i'm be. counting the cost of nation representing points 3 percent of the world's population but 5 percent of carbon emissions in australia gave up its addiction to call it promises to go carbon neutral by the 2050 us we're looking at 11 and how long before it has to turn to be counting the cost on al-jazeera.

both the number 2 stories from asia and the pacific on al-jazeera. what the world order. you're watching al-jazeera his reminder about top stories health officials in china aside the death toll from the corona virus outbreak has jumped to 106 but up of people infected has also gone up becomes the head of the world health organization visits china the talks on the upper right. republicans are on the growing pressure to our witnesses to testify u.s. president donald trump's impeachment trial it follows the leak of a book drafted by former top advisers john bolton sr president told him to time

military aid for ukraine to an investigation into his political rival joe biden. fighting has been reported in the area east of the libyan city of misrata with forces loyal to the border to leave behalf of course an offensive at least 11 government soldiers were killed and 100 others injured. u.s. president donald trump is preparing to unveil his long awaited middle east peace plan is right the prime minister benjamin netanyahu and opposition leader benny gantz are in washington to discuss that proposal which palestinians have rejected white house correspondent kimberly hellcats reports. the president alongside israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu u.s. president donald trump announced he is releasing his long awaited middle east peace plan many of the arab nations have agreed to it they like it they think it's great they think it's a big start trump didn't say which arab nations supposedly like the plan only that he'll unveil it on tuesday after white house consultations with the israeli leader

and his political opponent blue and white chairman benny gantz katz was invited to the white house and met separately with trump amidst an intense election campaign back in israel. but missing from any announcement are the palestinians there are concerns tribe's plan will deny palast. refugees the right of return palestinian leaders have declared proposal dead on arrival given there's been no consultation this is actually the front of the century defraud or the century. cancelling everything get into international law and international. discussions broke down when the us embassy to disputed jerusalem from tel aviv in december 27th teen the white house also cut off aid to the palestinians closed the palestine liberation organization offices in washington and recognized israel sovereignty over the golan

heights moved seem to support netanyahu especially as he attempts to win reelection amid corruption allegations 1st. that the people of the structures the opportunity of the century the israeli elections are in march trump denies he's interfering instead trump is touting this plan as an economic opportunity for palestinians. months ago his son in law jared cushion or proposed a peace to prosperity plan to raise $50000000000.00 to improve the lives of palestinians in the west bank and gaza it's something they should want they probably won't want it initially but i think in the end they will i think in the end they're going to want it the unveiling of president trumps middle east peace plan has been delayed repeatedly initially the white house said it was waiting until after the israeli elections given israel is now preparing for its 3rd vote in under 12 months the white house now says it's moving ahead with the plans release

can really help at al-jazeera the white house investigators in the u.s. are trying to find out what caused the helicopter crash that killed 9 people including basketball legend kobe bryant bryant's private helicopter came down on the hillside in california on sunday. near the arena where kobe bryant thrilled so many l.a. lakers. fans and led his team to so many victories for 20 years hundreds gathered to mourn flowers candles balloons and basketballs filled the square many people came wearing the l.a. lakers team colors or jersey with bryant's number i just wanted to pay my respects so one of the greats in basketball and just a great human being in general. the mood was some and tinge with disbelief this time is the outcome of the blackhawks larger than have been interesting to see how we're still all trying to process this he was well loved as you can see all these

people here if he was not love none of us will be here for many bryant was more than a mere sports star he did a lot for kids and he did a lot for the world is not just in the united states but globally he inspired so many men and women all over the world bryant was 12 year old jayden jackson hero and an inspiration colby was my idol he really made it like men a lot to los angeles and like he just pushed hard and really inspired all of us here he you affected california usa all over the world. it's kind of hard to just imagine that such a legend was gone at the scene of the helicopter crash that killed bryant his daughter and 7 others several bodies were recovered the search continues for more remains federal crash investigators combed through the wreckage scattered across a hillside we take

a broad look. at everything around an investigation around an accident we look at man machine and the environment and weather is just a small portion of that the national transportation safety board says determining the cause of the accident could take weeks or more weather conditions at the time of the accident which included heavy fog and low visibility as well as the pilot's decision to use what's known as special visual flight rules could be key areas of the investigation on monday the national basketball association postponed a game scheduled for tuesday between the l.a. lakers and the l.a. clippers that contest would have been the 1st lakers game since the death of kobe bryant it will be rescheduled rob reynolds al-jazeera los angeles. the u.s. is one of its military planes is crashed in afghanistan the jet came down in a mountainous area in the eastern province of gaza and the military is denying

claims by the taliban that it shot down the plane bodybuilder aircraft is used to provide communication type abilities in remote locations the taleban says high ranking u.s. officers were on board and everyone was killed mexican officials say a soldier was killed at a general injured during a drug plane right in the state of quinton a route according to authorities the traffic was pulled up in 2 vehicles near a plane that landed on a roadway and tried to unload an estimated 800 to 1000 kilograms of cocaine in 26 packages when soldiers showed up the traffic is open file 2 suspects were at the time. the 2090 mining dam collapse in brazil claimed the lives of $270.00 people it set a wall of toxic mud and debris into the surrounding area now one year after the disaster environmental activists say the effects of the contamination of far from

over and people are getting saved man rappel reports from brooding. it's the rainy season in the new brazil. so the sea says she's worried the river will soon flood. last year a dam operated by the brazilian mining company valley collapsed contaminating the pave a river with high concentrations of iron ore waste such as aluminum and mercury. living downstream from the mining accident means that fish are no longer safe to eat the water isn't safe to drink and anything that grows in the soil is now tainted. i'm sad and what hurts me the most is to see my banana trees because i love bananas and my sister who is handicapped loves to eat them and i have to try to explain to her that we can't eat them because they're toxic. the collapse of the dam produced nearly 12000000 cubic meters of toxic mud many people here say they

now suffer from depression there's been a reported increase in suicides and many appear to be developing strange illnesses from a shot to the moon to property damage that we have many problems with skin disease were all covered in red bombs our animals are dying my son in law has rashes all over his body my neighbor says well all this began after the mining accident. but the company responsible for the collapsed dam is the world's largest iron ore producer it has also been involved in at least 2 other mining accidents since 2000 hoare teen there are $36.00 mining dams in the state of maine as the brazilian government has categorized as at risk for many here the worry is that it's only a matter of time before the next mining disaster. environmentalist's like catalina they warn the problems associated with iron mining could become worse yes i thought you know if you're in our region the iron ore and the water exists at the same

geological depth and if we keep mining we will destroy the awkward 1st so this is a matter of choice we can either take the water and awkward for or allow the mining companies to operate. since the latest accident valley has agreed to shut down 10 dams similar to the one that collapsed in bruma the new environmental activists however say that's not enough and are demanding stronger regulation of brazil's mining industry. boom of the new brazil. lebanon's parliament has passed this year's budget as it tries to lift the country out of a deepening economic crisis protesters tried to block politicians from getting the vote calling it unconstitutional so hard reports from beirut. it's all happened so quickly but after months of delays and protests the 2020 budget drafted last year by former prime minister saad heavies government has finally been ratified the biggest challenges facing lebanon's new government is in

a collapsing economy it says its priority is to introduce a financial rescue plan and never walk the walk and this is now these are exceptional circumstances nothing is normal in lebanon today and the complexity dictate we act with logic and urgency while the bill was adopted by a majority of 49 votes some m.p.'s didn't attend with a number of opposition members calling the boat unconstitutional is i'm not sure that i will but. if it's a necessity to stop the budget then it can be a priority to return all perspire minutes until the government receives a vote of confidence on the new cabinet 1st. in the matter must be available that was unable to list the budget usually ends at the end of general so i insist that the vote must be held now but this doesn't mean parliament doesn't have the right to legislate even if there is no government. i was outside parliament several people were injured in protests against the vote

security forces used to gas in response to some history rocks at the security setup protests failed to stop politicians from entering parliament to vote on this controversial budget always meant to take c. days to just a few hours with m.p.'s eager to bring in these economic reforms as soon as possible but some are calling it a sham many argue the budget isn't a true reflection of the current state of the economy which is deteriorated further since nationwide protests started in october against corruption in the mismanagement of public funds the new government will be going into the new year it was the book the budget of the old government so it's really very absurd and surrealistic and we are definitely against it but unfortunately because of the forceful way that the protestors were treated we couldn't stop the session from happening last week newly appointed finance minister says he wasn't he said that

$4.00 to $5000000000.00 of foreign loans are urgently needed to buy basics such as wheat medicine and fuel for the coming year this year's budget includes further cuts to government spending but it's not clear if this among other economic changes will be enough to meet the demands of millions of lebanese. al-jazeera fadal. the younger brother of the manchester arena bomber has appeared in court in the capital city faces $22.00 counts of murder is accused of helping to plan the 2017 bombing which targeted a concert by u.s. pop star ariana grande his brother solomon a baby died when he detonated his explosive vest. some of the last surviving survivors of the holocaust shared the emotional testimony as they backed the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the auschwitz death camp in poland more than a 1000000 people by the jews were killed at auschwitz between 140 and died in 45.

facing the entrance to auschwitz birkenau seated alongside the railway line that delivered multitudes mostly jews in cattle trucks to their deaths survivors shared their stories. i remember. the barracks. i can hear them screaming i could hear it. when i remember those events. well bleeders royalty and religious leaders listened this was not a moment for them. and there was this dream. within my heart it was still alive maybe tomorrow will come one day and tomorrow did come

indeed memories remain. 75 years after the liberation of auschwitz scene of some of the worst atrocities of the holocaust the deaths of more than a 1000000 people this was an occasion vivid with memory and resonant with emotion the pain of those who lived through it and heartache for those who did not but above all another opportunity for some perhaps the last to repeat the mantra of a lifetime never again. zyban. who was the lines between good and evil. to avoid that. there must be reconsidered between nations. therefore it is a moral obligation for all those present here. to. act. and such a way that nothing like that ever happens again. this may be the last

major anniversary of which survivors turn up in significant numbers some have come here they say to refresh their own memories of what they lived through others to say goodbye to family and friends whose ashes were scattered across the fields as fertilizer most know when they speak to offer the hope that even when they are gone the world does not forget jonah how al-jazeera at auschwitz birkenau death camp in poland. this is al jazeera and these are the top stories warnings are being issued to travelers heading to china as the death toll from the corona virus outbreak rises to 106 the number of people infected by the you'll miss is now more than $4000.00 after the virus broke out in this month japan's foreign minister says the government will evacuating its citizens still there the quote

a virus outbreak is sending jitters through global financial markets asian says that again early on tuesday as china took drastic steps to control the virus key indices in the u.k. france and germany don't feel as of the potential economic impact of chinese yuan sleep to its lowest level this year affecting commodity even currencies like the australian dollar. republicans are under growing pressure to allow witnesses to testify u.s. president donald trump's impeachment trial follows the leak of a book draft by former trump advisor john bolton in which he claims the president told him to tie military aid for ukraine to an investigation into these political rival joe biden meanwhile donald trump has been talking up his long delayed middle east peace proposal which he's due to release on tuesday israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and opposition leader benny gantz are in washington to discuss the deal which palestinians have already rejected fighting has been reported in an area east of the libyan city of misrata where forces loyal to the war lord of the 4

have to last an offensive on sunday at least 11 government soldiers were killed and 1000 injured investigators in the u.s. are trying to find out what coors the helicopter crash that killed 9 people including basketball legend kobe bryant broad's private helicopter came down on a hillside north of malibu in california on sunday heavy fog at the time they grounded other aircraft including police helicopters. mexican officials say a soldier was killed in the general injured during a drug plane raid in the state of quintana roo according to authorities the traffickers pulled up in 2 vehicles near a plane that landed on a roadway and tried to one load an estimated 800 to 1000 kilograms of cocaine in 26 packages those the headline news continues here after counting the costs. of thousands of.

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