a poll out a few weeks ago that you had almost 30 percent americans believing they were on the cusp of civil war both sides accuse each other of doing things that are so plainly wrong the bottom line on u.s. politics and policies and their effect on the world. this is al-jazeera. the whole roman you're watching the al-jazeera news our live from our headquarters here in doha coming up in the next 60 minutes. you have been the greatest friend israel has ever had in the white house. donald trump and israel's prime minister congratulate each other on a new middle east plan under which israel annexed large parts of palestinian

territory. also there were no palestinian leaders present at the white house and on the ground the plan is being met with anger and protests. in other news donald trump's legal team wraps up its defense that the president's impeachment trial as pressure grows on republicans to allow former national security adviser john bolton to testify. and we visit the front lines of libya's civil war those forces allied to the tripoli government defend an offensive by warlord khalifa haftar. hello welcome to the news that u.s. president donald trump has revealed his plan to end the israeli palestinian conflict with israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu standing beside him it's billed as a 2 state solution but under it israel will immediately and its large. areas of the

occupied west bank and the jordan valley while a palestinian state only comes into existence after 4 years and only if israel feels its security concerns have been met let me are who says israel's cabinet will meet to formalize the annexation assume a sunday president trump announced that the u.s. will support those moves trump also said that jerusalem would remain israel's capital the palestinian state would have its capital in parts of eastern as opposed to east jerusalem. president mahmoud abbas calls trump's plan a conspiracy and says no palestinian can accept a state without jerusalem as its capital but i'm not sure. that in the announcement we did not find anything new compared to what we heard 2 years ago it is sufficient to say that 2 years ago we heard the jerusalem is the undivided capital of israel as claimed by them we cannot wait and wait and keep on waiting

our position has not changed and after we heard this our turn on to and we say no no and a big no to the deal of the century well in a moment we'll get reaction from harry forces to in west jerusalem but 1st let's hear from like hanna in washington d.c. a long awaited plan in the making might that wasn't well it's not set in stone but it was supposed to be up for discussion i mean what is there to discuss when the ground rules have already been preset and additions add it all to them as well. well a spokesman for the trump administration has said that this plan was long baik to this in response to inquiries about the timing of the announcement given that both president trump and prime minister netanyahu have their own legal and political problems back home however it is as you said something that has been based on a series of steps taken by the u.s. government under the trumpet ministration the recognition of jerusalem as the

capital of israel the divide disavowal of settlements as contravening international law which was announced by secretary of state mike pompei a few months ago so the steps have been in place as you said this peace plan as it is called merely cementing those moves that have already been made giving the green light to israel in fact the encouragement to israel to conduct wide scale an expression particularly of the jordan valley so certainly this plan comes as no great surprise given the nature of the architects of the plan and given the steps that the u.s. administration under president trump has taken in recent years. then wonders why present a plan when they're not looking to be any palestinians present and the palestinians themselves would reject anything that's on the table that hasn't been negotiated with them. well the cynics would say that this is suitable the timing of the plan for prime minister netanyahu in particular is about to go through yet another

election cycle for president trump who's facing as i said his own problems with an impeachment trial in the senate but that question does open why introduce a plan in which the major part is not included at all in fact of actively boycotted it now it's significant to note that present at that crowded announcement of the plan in the white house were some ambassadors from the united arab emirates from amman and from bahrain now this is significant in that it's the 1st time since the original camp david agreement back in 1979 that any arab states has signed off on a u.s. brokered peace deal as it were it's also significant though to mention that the major players in the region jordan saudi arabia qatar were not present so certainly there's going to be great to bishan in the arab world on the impact of this particular plan and also within the united states indeed will for the updates mark thanks very much well it has been another historic day in the middle east chapter

our white house correspondent kimberly halkett has more on the day's events from the white house in washington d.c. . killing it is a deal to bring peace to israelis and prosperity for palestinians u.s. president donald trump presented his long awaited middle east proposal at the white house alongside israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu we have an obligation to humanity to get it done this is an extraordinary orange trumpets proposed a 4 year freeze on new jewish settlements on palestinian land the plan also proposes a tunnel connecting the west bank and gaza and a doubling of palestinian territory to include a capital in what it calls al could be arabic name for jerusalem with the. added states would open an embassy but in a contradictory statement trunk declared jerusalem israel's capital where u.s.

embassy already exists under this vision jerusalem will remain israel's undivided very important undivided capital. sites holy to muslims christians and jews would also remain under israel's control these ancient lend should not be symbols of conflict but eternal symbols of peace and does expected trumps 80 page plan also calls for israeli sovereignty over the jordan valley that israel's prime minister argues is necessary for security israel must have sovereignty in places that an able israel to defend itself. but absent from the white house announcement palestinian leaders discussions on trucks middle east proposal broke down in 2017 following the move of the us embassy from tel aviv trump announced he sent

a letter to palestinian authority president mahmoud abbas outlining a 4 year timeline for recognition and implementation of his plan president abbas i want you to know that if you choose the path to peace america and many other countries will we we will be there we will be there to help you in so many different ways and we will be there every step of the way to ask you about something but in an exclusive interview with al jazeera trump son in law jared christian are said what isn't helpful to the palestinians future is the palestinian authority would rather go in and complain as opposed to come to the table or negotiate which quite frankly shows that they're not ready to have a state if you're ready to have a state and you don't call for days of rage the white house says acknowledge the dire economic conditions of palestinians. planned builds on a previously announced $50000000000.00 economic proposal with additional grants and loans implemented over the next decade but only if reconciliation is achieved the

timing of the white house plan announcement was overshadowed by president trump's impeachment trial in the u.s. senate still the plan is likely to be a key talking point in donald trump's reelection campaign can really help at al-jazeera the white house let's bring in a hurry for said our correspondent in western leaser of jerusalem and harry we're expecting denunciation from the palestinians a mixed reaction parents from europe and other global capitals but in terms of what is coming out of israel certainly clear differences are now emerging certainly from the defense minister for example. well yes this is one of the complexities of this whole thing i mean if you think of benjamin netanyahu and his keenness as it obviously is to present this what he's been calling a historic opportunity just ahead of the election on march the 2nd and be able as

he says he intends to use these his office does to stop the inaction of the annexation of israeli settlements illegal israeli settlements in the occupied west bank as soon as sunday obviously you'd expect the israeli right to the process cement right to applaud that but there are large elements on the far rights in israeli politics who oppose this deal the yes the council which represents the majority of settlers and indeed as you say is own defense minister from another party naftali bennett. health has the very nature of any kind of recognition of a palestinian state no matter what form it comes in is not acceptable and that it was important to work to ensure that israel never recognized a palestinian state so there are some elements the israeli politics for whom even this what is seen to be an incredibly pro israeli format is not enough indeed there

was a great deal of confusion really as well in that speech given in the white house when it came to where the palestinian capital would be and the issue of the terminology in terms of east and east jerusalem i mean general clarity on that. yes it is written in black and white in the planet self and section 14 about jerusalem and it really costs aside what donald trump 1st said in december 27th gene when he talked about recognizing and he did recognize israel israel's capital jerusalem but said that the future of borders of that capital would be left up to final status negotiations between the sides will now united states is saying that it's in this plan determining that border and that israel's capital jerusalem in its terminology would be undivided the entirety of jerusalem behind or to the west

and south of the israeli wall which is obviously inside palestinian territory there are the suburbs or neighborhoods of jerusalem like parts of the swofford refugee camp abu dis which are nominally jerusalem but there on the other side excluded cut off from the city proper it's that part of jerusalem on the other side of the wall that is really the americans are referring to when they talk about a potential future palestinian capital so it's not what the palestinians have been demanding for all these decades proper sovereignty of east jerusalem as it's commonly understood or for that update thanks harry how you foresee the force in west jerusalem thank you. daniel levy now he's the president of the u.s. middle east project which is an independent policy institute and joins me via skype from london good to have you with us on the program mr levy now you have read the plan and had time to dry death digest partly its contents is it viable is it fair.

it's giving me indigestion so hell it is not an attempt to be viable there i think we have to recognise this for what it is and reading the plan. something kept coming up in my head and i went back and i read a speech that israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu gave just over a decade ago in 2009 in burial and when he 1st was reelected to that job in that speech he sets out a narrative in which only jews have historic claims only jews have rights and he sets out what the parameters could be for a deal which as far as he was concerned if you want to call it a palestinian state call it a state but it will be no such thing in reality this is america taking in his rage proposal and translating it into an american position but it's worse than that it takes what ostensibly looks like what a model peace agreement might look like and raps into that an act of aggression

very close to a declaration of war all the palestinians it is not intended to advance peace it is intended to force the palestinians to say no to depict palestinians as rejectionists and to allow israel to pursue with greater pace and greater support israel's own unilateral plans it's a very dangerous cynical and aggressive move daniel you can say that from a position of experience because our audience won't know that you yourself were an advisor to a former israeli prime minister and in what the 2 thousands you've been in the middle of those sorts of negotiations when it comes to peace with the palestinians how far removed is that conversation now from what you've experienced in your sort of cannot verify say your diplomatic history. well it's really

interesting you should put it like that's a help because that's exactly what i've gone through in the last few hours reading the text i tell that's interesting they've got a section on prisoners that's great and it's almost like they did a cut and paste of what a peace deal should look like when it talks about prisoners or refugees or settlements but instead of putting in the language of a peace agreement they put it through this supremacist extremist exclusivist grind up where there's only one side that has to be paid attention to so instead of that again the chapter on prisoners really important issue talk palestinians instead of it saying look we'll move from a state of war to a state of peace prisoners get released that's what peace agreements look like so how this says we move to a state of war to a state of peace prisoners who weren't accused of doing a b. c. d. e. might be released it turns the entire logic of what peace should be on its head israel retains control everywhere israel agrees to take on itself not to do things

that it didn't intend to do anyway like this question of jerusalem those neighborhoods which israel doesn't want to be part of jerusalem because it's put them on the other side of the wall it is magnanimously say or the americans are saying on its behalf will be part of this new palestinian creation of jerusalem this is literally taking what peace looks like turning it on its head and turning it into a declaration and if that is the scenario then that we face says that israel to all intents and purposes has got what it wanted and more it's been rubber stamped by vi the us where do we go in terms of negotiations with palestinians how far or or what level can any form of conversation even begin if a conversation is going to begin now in a month's time or within the next 4 years well i think there's a couple of things going on here in terms of what you're referring to so how. if

indeed president trump israel acted then i think there are 2 options one of which i think many in his circle would be very happy with israel goes ahead and does whatever it wants another of which i think will also be an approach that's pursued is that is been this is this 4 year time horizon right. is that the palestinians will be under increasing pressure and we're now witness the use of almost mathy a style believe tactics from this administration we've seen the international reaction quite muted but good part of why that is quite muted is that countries around the world look at this american government and they're really not sure what to do in terms of protecting their own interests so there will be an attempt to try and bludgeon the palestinians bludgeon the palestinians into going to negotiations on this basis i don't think that can be a recipe that any of the ultimately gets as close to peace sustainable and i think

what this excel writes is the trend that we are already on but will be moving faster towards which is the typical denouement of of a 2 state option and the palestinians eventually saying we have to adopt a whole new struggle a whole new strategy a whole new set of endgame goals and taking a sledgehammer. to 2 peace efforts is essentially what this is. interesting to get your insight i don't know every thanks so much for joining us from london thank you . well plenty more ahead on the al-jazeera news hour including barbed wire and military restrictions why many believe cox's bazaar has gone from a refugee to a prison camp. a win for competition or a security own goal boris johnson's weiwei decision on same offside with the u.s. . and why 7 was the lucky number for roger federer the australian open peter has

all of the sports section. lawyers for president donald trump concluded their opening arguments against his impeachment democrats accuse trump of abusing his power by asking ukraine to interfere in the upcoming u.s. election and say trump obstructed congress by refusing to cooperate with investigators algis there is hydrogen castro has. 3 days of arguments for president trump's acquittal can be summarized as it is trump didn't do what democrats accuse his lawyers say but even if he did he should not be removed from office the bar for impeachment cannot be set this low danger danger danger trumps lawyers downplayed recent revelations from john bolton the former national security adviser who reportedly writes in his upcoming book that trump withheld

security aid to ukraine in order to get investigations into democrats including joe biden responding to an unpublished manuscript that maybe some reporters have an idea of maybe what it says and that's what i'm that's what the evidence if you want to call that evidence i don't know what you call it i call it inadmissible but democrats want to call bolton to testify who haven't done so yet under the president's orders but says he will appear if subpoenaed their whole argument is diversion. if you don't believe the newspaper report called the witnesses democrats must convince at least 4 republicans to go along with that idea senator mitt romney a moderate republican says he'll be one i'd like to hear from john bolton and i think the idea that's been expressed in the media about having each side be able to choose a witness or maybe more than what west witness pared basis has some merit republicans

want to call joe biden and his son hunter to testify trump accuses them of being involved in ukrainian corruption the basis for wanting their investigation in new jersey enthusiasm for trump's innocence was on display as supporters camped out for days to attend his campaign rally polls show about half of americans believe trump should remain in office and half want him gone. from capitol hill to heidi where all we know in terms of the impeachment process. sure as hell so right now the outstanding question is whether or not to extend this trial past this week and incorporate new witnesses and we have some developments just now on capitol hill with senators on the republican side huddling together in the past few hours and now reports from the republican majority leader that he may not be able to prevent democrats from opening this trials of more witnesses so we will have an answer to

whether or not that happens on friday when the chamber will meet again and vote on whether or not to extend the trial that will be a decisive vote there because we will then either see this go on for perhaps weeks longer with potential court challenges if new witnesses are subpoenaed or if the answer to opening to witnesses is a no then we could see a vote to acquit the president as early as the end of this week so it has been of course a few days of will they or won't they vote of course we'll have the answer very soon wonder how all of this is actually playing out in the public arena. kustra because of course they can read it on the internet they can watch on television and it really makes you wonder how it's actually impacting for the american public at home. that's right and what the polling has consistently shown is that people have their minds made up even before this impeachment process began

democrats have been very consistent in polling in saying they want the president to be impeached and removed from office republicans saying the very opposite so even as people have been tuning in watching these hours after hours of arguments in this impeachment trial it appears that few minds have been change for the moment kustra of course we'll leave that of course follow vents with you from capitol hill thank you. now 3 children have been killed in a rocket attack in libya's capital tripoli the missile landed in a neighborhood near the city center the and recognize government is blaming forces loyal to warlord khalifa haftar nearly 300 civilians have been killed by rockets or airstrikes since have to began his campaign to seize the city in april meanwhile libya's u.n. recognize government says its allies have shot down an ember rotty supply drone which has been used by have to forces the aircraft came down the misrata turkey has

been sending reinforcements to the tripoli based government including air defense systems. government troops are making further advances into have to as controlled territory and of halted operation by the wall ought to take misrata tony betty reports now from the front line in the town of. driving to the frontline through territory that just 3 days ago was held by warlord khalifa haftar us forces. this government soldier is passing on intelligence about a possible air attack he tells everyone to be vigilant the threats from the air is always present heavy artillery and air power unable to have to as units to overrun government forces and take the town of abu grain 80 kilometers east of misrata on sunday but in the face of a massive counter offensive they could only hold it for less than 2 hours soldiers

and civilians answered the call that. the families of misrata are all together united of one voice of one hour print he found him came from misrata grain with ammunition and weapons. this is the new frontline after retaking abu graine units then pushed have to ask forces back 20 kilometers they may be wounded but they are not beaten they are a well equipped and heavily armed enemy which can attack at any moment but only. it's dangerous they're using drones every artillery rockets but god willing it will protect us we are taking our precautions. they lost 11 men in the weekend attack and 100 were injured including some civilians this is the funeral of a little girl who died of natural causes the people have remained here living with danger every day and they are suffering largely a block on the actions that you have that then you are facing life shooting it's the biggest danger from all sides it's indiscriminate it's difficult because in

wars you can't predict what will happen. this medical facility in nearby zam zam is the only community health care center for 100 kilometers the administrator said have to as fighters ransacked the place and salt ambulances and all the equipment it only adds to the misery and increases the anger. you know global why syria but no luck this young wounded fighter has lost comrades he's calling half of dog he like many others may find reconciliation difficult when police eventually comes but many are growing weary of fighting in iraq but look we prefer no ceasefire we are all libyans and we want to stop the bloodshed but if these old man after announces every day that he wants to take them all land and kill more living and young man then we will continue to fight until our last man it's a wild rugged land where little grows but so much blood is being spilled to control

it even though there is a notional ceasefire in place no one yet a declared the ceasefire dead but what has happened here and in the sporadic attacks in tripoli showed just how volatile the situation still is and how quickly calm can turn to bloodshed tony berkely al jazeera abu ghraib east of misrata. well still ahead here on al-jazeera hong kong's leader announces drastic cuts to cross border travel with mainland china to stop the spread of the corona virus outbreak. back home the field of rugby's controversial star gets a new club peter we'll have those details. of. how i once again weather doesn't look too bad across a good part of north america but we have got some outbreaks of rain sleet and snow driving through the plains that's going to continue pushing further east which as

we go on through the next day or so deep south seeing some rather heavy rainfall potential for some flooding just around mississippi alabama pushing over towards georgia for the northeast is generally dry possibility some wintry weather up towards the great lakes over the next as i do the majority of the wintry weather will be around the pacific northwest that western side of canada just around british columbia and that will continue to ease a little further east which as we go on through thursday brought us guys coming back in behind quite a brisk wind there for b.c. and notice as some blizzard setting this we head towards the weekend elsewhere to talk temperatures around 3 celsius there for new york and for d.c. but lousy dry fine and sunny as is the case across the caribbean lots of sunshine coming through we will see some wetter weather just around the gulf of mexico joining up with that weather system we have across the southern states of the u.s. yucatan peninsula seeing some rather a wet weather over the next day or so a rationale is

a possibility into cuba but for most it's fine dry sunny and warm. so i bring on al-jazeera. and the tension with the u.s. and protests over a plane down to iran's parliamentary election will be held on february 20. 5th to see explores the fate of india's religious minorities on the prime minister modi's hindu. us voters get the last chance to weigh in on the 20 twentieth's action al-jazeera will have comprehensive coverage a new series looks at how female scientists across the globe are opening doors for other women to pursue careers in science and after 5 years of civil law could be to rivals agree a peace deal to revive africa's youngest nation. separate on al-jazeera. americans live side by side in 2 parallel universes the trouble parts of america

are getting trampy or there is a poll out a few weeks ago that you had almost 30 percent americans believing they were on the cusp of civil war both sides accuse each other of doing things that are so blatantly wrong the bottom line on u.s. politics and policies and their effect on the world. book about what realtors there is with me to hold rob to remind of our top stories double trouble puzzle belled his plan to end the israeli palestinian conflict but you know he by a side the so-called 2 state solution will immediately and experience of the occupied west bank and seek to resell it as israel's capital palestinians have rejected the proposal. also lawyers for president trump are finished the arguments

against his impeachment democrats charge trump. abuse of power fasting in ukraine to interfere in the upcoming u.s. election of a calling for witnesses to be allowed to testify. and one way is to have a limited role in the development of the united kingdom's 5 g. network the us had called on britain to exclude the chinese tech firm from the project because of security fields. let's get more now on our top story in president trump's announcement of his long awaited middle east peace plan and the reaction to it jason green blant was an advisor to donald trump on israel and a key figure in the go shooting the plan he told barbara sara earlier it's in palestine's interest to accept it. this plan has a point it is to give the next generation a better future you say that the west bank and gaza don't want to i don't agree with that i've sat in i've sat and taken input from so many palestinians and i know

that while there are many challenges to get this extraordinary complex conflict result and i know that on many pages they will be very upset as israelis will be about the many significant compromises that are necessary in order to implement this plan i also know that it provides tremendous promise for them they could create out of this plan something as prosperous and thriving as the israelis have managed to create under threat of war and terrorism for decades i suppose on paper at least this plan does present a kind of 2 state solution now the reality of it is that because of the details of that's where the devil always is it doesn't really give them the option so i wonder whether you think that this will also shifted the focus as a 2 state solution becomes ever more difficult because of expanding settlements do you think it will shift the focus in israel itself between 2 state to now citizenship or israelis will be faced with the question of either they have a democracy and they gave everyone a vote or they can no longer really have

a majority jewish state which they have now because it is a one state and the number of palestinians within the west bank is no longer makes that majority jewish well that would be up to the israeli and the palestinians what this does provide is a realistic 2 state solution palestinian leadership has been asking for a state for a long time this provides them with the conditions on the path to get that state if they choose not to take advantage of it i think what will happen is israel will continue to thrive and to prosper and palestinians will fall further and further behind that will be tragic for the palestinian people but i do think that the question you raise is an interesting one and it's an important one but i also think that both sides would prefer to have their own state and i hope that the path. standing at leadership takes this tremendous opportunity to work towards their own state as this plan and using this plan as a basis for that when you say you have on a final point when you say that israel will thrive and prosper i mean as well as an

extinct illegal settlements in the west bank do you foresee even further settlement expansion in the west bank i think the plan is clear that israel is going to set aside if there is a lot of it we have designated here and a plan is not accepted meaning in 4 years from now no meaning now because the palestinians haven't accepted the plan so as far as they're concerned there is no plan well but israel i believe is going to accept the halting of activity within the areas designated for the palestinians we have given the palestinians 4 years to absorb the plan and hopefully to change their minds lead their people to a brighter future 4 years is a long time for that to happen that's why i think this plan is not only bold and courageous it's quite historic well let's bring in our diplomatic editor james bays who joins me now from the united nations in new york and james we knew that international reaction was going to come in and it was much trickling in but it's pouring in now. yeah we got reaction from all over the globe and i have

to tell you so most of it is either negative or pretty lukewarm let's start where i am in the u.n. headquarters and tonio good tennis the u.n. secretary general has issued a brief 2 barograph statement saying that he's seen the announcement of the plan by the u.s. and then they stress that he as the head of the u.n. is bound by the resolutions of the security council and the general assembly and clearly some of what's in this plan particularly with regard to the annexation of settlements and also potentially the capital of a future palestine not actually in jerusalem but on the edge of jerusalem would be something that was contrary to security council resolutions that are already in place the jordanians they were not present at the ceremony today they're on bass there was not one of those present but the jordanian foreign minister i am and so far the says that he warns about the dangerous consequences he says of unilateral

israeli measures such as the annexation of palestinian lands the saudi king he has been in touch with president abbas he's in saudi arabia will stand by the palestinian leadership stressing that kingdom's position on palestine is not going to change very strong comments coming from turkey they say the plan is born dead they say their red line is jerusalem and they say the palestinian people and palestinian territories cannot be purchased comment from tehran foreign ministry spokesman describes this deal as the trail of the century in lebanon the most important military power there has been lost says it's an attempt to wipe out the palestinian people's rights moscow russia is where the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is heading next going from wash from washington to. moscow to

briefed president putin earlier on the russian foreign ministry said we don't know if the american proposal is mutually acceptable to both sides clearly we've since that statement heard from the palestinian side and heard that they do not accept it difficult position i think for some of the u.s. his closest allies they clearly don't want to upset donald trump they're being polite listen to the words of the u.k. foreign secretary dominic rob he says this is clearly a serious proposal reflecting extensive time and effort but then he goes on only the leaders of israel and the palestinian territories can determine whether these proposals can meet the needs and aspirations of their people and clearly we've heard the comments coming from the palestinian side a similar dance i think being performed by the germans heiko marsa statement on what he says is the long announce u.s. proposal now on the table but he says the u.s. proposal raises questions that need to be discussed with our partners in the you

particularly how the proposal relates to internationally agreed parameters and clearly this contradicts some of those parameters and existing security council resolutions as well as governments analysts around the world and there are many experts on this conflict have been giving a very you were perhaps just giving you ones and it's rob malley you had something called the international crisis group which carries out a great deal of analysis on conflicts around the world he's interesting because his past job in the obama administration he was the chief middle east expert for president obama just listen to his comments he says strip away the domestic and israeli political considerations the message to the palestinians boiled down to is its essence is you've lost get over it. sure get more reaction as the days progress and we get more analysis from you as well james thanks so much

for joining us from the u.n. . well hole goals leader has issued drastic new measures in a bid to stop the spread of the coronavirus carolan says ferry and train services to mainland china will be halted flights will be cut in half and personal travel permits suspended him brown has more on the impact the decision will have. hong kong may be part of china but a border still separates the 2 it's one of the world's busiest from 2 years more than 40000000 mainland visitors crossed over last year but a highly contagious virus means that traffics being drastically reduced rail and ferry services will be halted from thursday flights between the mainland and hong kong are being harmed. and verified pictures on social media appear to show more visitors than usual trying to enter hong kong before this crossing point was closed the new measures were announced by hong kong's chief executive kerry lamb

a leader under siege and behind a mask for the 1st time. needs always here in ny they guy create things on the mainland has also decided to temporarily poor. to hong kong they make up about 20 something. the rest would be business travelers and those visiting relatives and coming up the reason. the partial closure of the border is unprecedented and would almost certainly have needed the approval of china's leadership the outbreak of this virus is feeding into a growing anti mainland sentiment here it's been a theme of the ongoing protests but many legislators say this latest measure simply doesn't go far enough and they're demanding that kerry shut down the entire border local people we spoke to agree. i think the government has done too little the government should shut down all the ports to the media instead of a partial shutdown. i think the government announced these measures too late since

there is already an outbreak of the corona virus in the city the ports should have been shut down earlier there's a run on facemasks in some pharmacies their prices risen almost 30 percent in 4 days there is uncertainty over how quickly the virus is spreading here and uncertainty as well over how many people from the worst infected areas have made it here. adrian brown al jazeera hong kong. meanwhile china has agreed to lessen experts from the world health organization to help increase understanding of the krona virus outbreak the death toll has surpassed 100 with more than 4600 infected scott hietala has more from beijing. a 50 year old man was the 1st person in beijing to die from the corona virus he had returned from the epicenter in mohan on january 15th just 5 days before he died he texted a friend saying that he was sure that he'd get better some of the capital are not

surprised by the 1st death you know if i am not too worried it is. a serious disease it's normal to have some i don't think we have seen the peak. yet the beijing government has slashed train service 10 percent even though the holiday has been extended until sunday many people here are coming back early they're worried they'll be more restrictions on transportation lays out danger of my train stopped for a few minutes nobody got on the train but i was still scared and a few very confortable the united states is evacuating its will haunt consulate and some civilians still in the city who are on lockdown japan is also dispatching a plane to pull its citizens out and deliver supplies. the 1st plane to airport tonight we also deliver a mosque protective and the other relief supplies to chinese and japanese people. but kind of kooky. among other countries south korea is planning a series of flights over the coming days to evacuate their citizens and once they

arrive home they'll face days of quarantine the director of the world health organization was quoted by chinese state run media saying that he does not agree with the evacuations and the people need to remain calm and not overreact but with the city of 11000000 bunkered in their homes and more than 50000000 people on a transportation lockdown it's far from clear how long a plea for calm will last god or al jazeera beijing. to europe way will have a limited role in the development of the united kingdom's 5 g. network the u.s. had called on britain to exclude the chinese text of the project because of security fears. the london. it's a yes but one with caviar as the u.k. government approved chinese firm huawei providing infrastructure for the promised 5 g. rollout they were at pains to stress there was no security risk defying warnings from the us a key member of the so-called 5 eyes intelligence alliance we looked at the issue

of how to maintain network security and resilience over many months and in great technical detail. we would never take decisions that threaten our national security or the security of our 5 eyes partners who are we itself says it's reassured by the long delayed decision we have supplied the cart age technology to operators that yorkie for more than 15 years. we will build on this strong tracker our cold supporting our customers as they invest in 05 g. network the chinese firm as a so-called high risk vendor will be banned from quote core functions like data stations it will be excluded from sensitive geographic locations such as nuclear sites and military bases and it won't be allowed to own more than 35 percent of the infrastructure in any 5 g. networks periphery including radio masts but senior members of boris johnson's conservative party are still worried and their fears are shared by the opposition

let us be no doubt 5 key infrastructure from china is not safe under chinese law every chinese company is mandated to give whatever help it is asked to give to the chinese intelligence services and in secret that a lot of should have been enough for the prime minister to decide against allowing this company access critics of who are ways involvement say chinese hackers could access internet connected things such as self driving cars as a backdoor into strategically vital networks allowing them for example to disrupt power stations a complicating factor here in britain is that many providers already rely on while way technology and they'd warned that seeking alternatives would be expensive or a loss like these installed by huawei across the u.k. the company is deeply involved in existing 4 g. infrastructure so a total ban would have meant removing lots of technology bringing higher costs and

delays to the 5 g. rollout. the u.s. government has said in no uncertain terms that it doesn't want quote way involved in 5 g. threatening to review intelligence sharing with the u.k. if it happens with secretary of state might prompt coming to london on wednesday that transatlantic conversation is far from over. al-jazeera london. a powerful earthquake has struck in the caribbean the 7.7 magnitude quake was recorded in the waters between jamaica and cuba at a depth of 10 kilometers sinkholes have been reported in parts of the cayman islands a tsunami warning for the region has now been lifted supporters of a problem ethnic push through rights activist in pakistan are protesting against his arrest the leader of the pashtun protection movement burns will push team was detained on monday pakistan's government accuses him of inciting violence has more

from islamabad. there were scattered protests all go the trend very big dozens of supporters coming out in support of money. 'd by the police in the city of. he would be accused of denouncing the country's constitution of speaking against the country's security forces and for you doing wrong and threatening language after that a member of parliament from not really understand that they should be countrywide protests demanding his release dozens of his protest. in front of the press club in islamabad despite the rain and after that there were reports 'd that one of the members of parliament who had gone through off the border on monday were pristine was detained they figure to force it of course i think the statement from the police that he were detained and not at

a stage the government had leaked you christine the organization of taking funds from the of one intelligence and even india yesterday the president are sure of any also tweeted in a statement saying that he wanted the release of. august on the foreign 'd ministry day and reacting strongly saying that the afghan president should not interfere and internal affairs of the state so indeed there has been some support for christine on the social media most of the pakistani mainstream media has not been focusing on this particular story the frustration is growing among stronger refugees in cox's bazar of the restrictions placed on them by bangladeshis. rallies and protests in refugee camps and new fences are being built some say the situation reminds them of conditions they fled in meanwhile something reports no.

more than 2 years after 700000 rohingya fled a military crackdown in myanmar they're still can go home and continue to live in what is the world's largest refugee camp but cox's bazar in bangladesh far from being a refuge for growing up from death and destruction they experienced in myanmar is now to many nothing more than a prison camp graphic a big one was tortured and abused by me and more security forces she still has nightmares about the violence she suffered but as a member of woman's advocacy group now helps others at the camp however she fears for their future might have been my see what i don't like there are a lot of restrictions on us in myanmar now i'm afraid we will be kept under similar strictures here in bangladesh many of us now want to leave and head to another country rallies and protests are no longer allowed at cox's bizarre but that didn't stop some elderly rowing a woman expressing their views about the new fencing. despite protests by the rights group bangladesh army is building fences around our owing

a refugee camp together with restaurants and recently imposed on their movement and communication blackout refugees said increasingly frustrated and anxious the government say it wants to stop the flow of drugs into the camps stop human trafficking and prevent crime but the rights groups say the fencing and guard towers violate refuges right to freedom of movement i want. the bald wire fencing around us reminds me of myanmar it now appears that the authorities here want to keep us under confinement and restrictions as well. restoration has been growing in bangladesh about hosting the refugees particularly since the last 2 attempts to repair trade them to me and my failed the sympathy and compassion too as they're going on in bangladesh aims to be slowly fading and for the refugees as the prospect of returning home to me on my looks even more distant then i fear they're no longer wanted in bangladesh either. cox's bazar bangladesh.

well still hadn't spalls the count dumping his own to all of the year's biggest sporting occasions pito up the details after the break.

with. no moon. it was. all about his peter. thank you very much the n.b.a. say they are working with the l.a. lakers to decide when the team will return to action following the death of legendary player kobe bryant tuesday's game with the l.a.

clippers was postponed tributes continue around the world including in italy bryant's favorite football team ac milan and their fans offered respects during the cup game with torino banners inside the stadium red always cody he spent 7 years of his childhood in italy and it was a country close to his heart lauren smith reports. in a gym far away from los angeles young basketball players remember kobe bryant he grew up in italy where his father joe enjoyed a professional career in the sport. 12 year old cody would go on to join the team at reggio emilia. kabhi kabhi record about 4 coby played for us for 2 years and always kept a tight relationship with italy he gave italian names to his daughters he was very competitive and passionate about the game and his teammates here playing in the n.b.a. was just a dream i remember him many times saying guys one day i will be

a professional player i don't know where in. italy or europe or or an n.b.a. . i would play basketball for sure my life. right never forgot his italian roots and returned many times off to make it big in the n.b.a. he often spoke formally of his time there including playing each of these main sport football mad aboard tower where bathwater out there playing soccer on a 1st our players are going to be just stuck me in a goal because i had these really long arms a long way and said ok kid just stop whatever ball comes your way and that's what i did and then i started getting better and better but i was i was never you know close to being as good a soccer as i was about the war but he needed a causes to work in his house was down there and he used to play there koby loved to play every kind of game so you know spit on a corner waiting for kobe to visit us again the last time was june 19th 2007 i

remember the day well he stopped by a tape o'clock in the morning and i saw him that the playground with a disposable camera taking pictures of way he used to play for koby was one of us he was like us legends like him never going to look we brought in 7 years in italy left an indelible mark on this small community now left alone the boy they grew up with who would go on to excel in the world stage. and smooth out as if i wrote ephedra overcame injury and survived 7 match points to reach the semifinals of the australian open he was up against tennis sam britton the american ranked 100 in the world who has been living up to his 1st name at this tournament tennis went to states to one up as federal struggled with a growing problem but then it was the american who got injured when a bone goal ran into his leg during the 4th say tie break what could have been the greatest moment of his career kept eluding him federer saving match points number 5 here for spring sanders resistance in the 5th set to reach the 46 grand slam samey

for 5. i federer in our faces a race to recover for the semifinal against the defending champion novak jochum h. the serb had a much easier match against canada as miller sure around it should winning in straight sets struck a match has already won this grand slam a record 7 times it's. over on the women's side world number one ashley barty is on course to become the 1st australian winner since 1978 she came through against czech picture of a bit of a in the quarter final next step for boss he is american saffir killen in the semifinal controversial australian israel folau is making a return to rugby he's been signed by french rugby league side cattle and dragons flower was sacked by the australian rugby union for making homophobic comments on social media he has been given

a one year contract at the super league club. the build up continues in miami ahead of super bowl $54.00 that one taking place on sunday one of the biggest spectacles in world sport sees the san francisco $49.00 is up against the kansas city chiefs it's the chiefs 1st appearance in this showpiece game for 50 years and they are ready to seize the moment. we're going to fine tune it hear their little tweaks it you'll make down here. not drastic changes in the game plan. but i like the focus that they have as a super bowl. as a super bowl i mean if you're ready for this one then you're. you do your team injustice man ok we'll leave it there for now we'll see you again later from all sports news. thanks peter of course you follow all stories by looking at all websites at altus ever dot com of course we're following a reception to trump's middle east peace plan and the rejection of it by the palestinians i've got more news on the other side of the break from me on the news

thanks for your time and your company. in russia many cuddy's migrant black. grazing. 6 going in increasingly for many a global trend. epic alias labor force left vulnerable to exploitation in xenophobia. people in power investigate. moscow's little caca stand.

on al-jazeera. it's a tough time for the afghan security forces taliban attacks have increased suffering heavy casualties and the prospect of a withdrawal of u.s. forces hangs over them yet young men are still joining up some for reasons others it's the only way to get a job despite the risks midway's karimi was an army bomb disposal engineer in helmand province he knew the risks he was blinded in both eyes and lost a leg when a roadside device exploded as he tried to defuse it always aware of the danger of seeing friends wounded while working on mines i wasn't scared to lose and religious to sacrifice we have to like to serve this country donna the president's son donald trump jr was promised a damaging information about hillary. and to allegation like to see an investigation seductress did the trump campaign collude with russia did you at any time birch former f.b.i.

director james comey in any way shape or form the closer the backdown the investigation into michael flynn and also as you well know. next question battlefield washington on al-jazeera. donald trump and israel's prime minister stand united all the middle east plan that will see israel and its large parts of palestinian territory. under this vision jerusalem will remain israel's undivided very important undivided capital. there were no palestinian leaders at the white house and on the ground the plans provoked anger and protests.

the whole romany watching out is there a lot of my headquarters here in doha are also coming up lawyers for the u.s. president finished the arguments in his impeachment trial rejecting calls for a.