the w.h.o. warns of more coronavirus infections in china as the death toll crosses $250.00 and countries scramble to repatriate their nationals. color from john canal sons of maria and this is the world news from. no witnesses no documents impeachment trial is a perfidy outrage from the democrats since president trump looks like he'll be acquitted in the impeachment trial the u.s. senate has rejected a bid for a new witness its. case finally leaves the e.u. after 3 years of bitter divisions will be looking at what the future might hold.

and the scars of war on libyan women a falling victims of violence with little or no help to deal with the trauma. room china's premier has asked the european union for help in sourcing urgent medical supplies to deal with the worsening coronavirus outbreak 259 people have now died from the virus that was off to china announced a further 46 deaths earlier strain had joined the u.s. in banning visitors have traveled to china and american citizens have been in china for the past 2 weeks will also be screened and quarantined for 2 weeks we've also heard from the world health organization's representative in china who's defended the decision to declare the outbreak a public health emergency is also one that we know respond from the spread of the virus in the near future. this increase is likely to continue because there are

almost as many specimens waiting to be studied as there are already in import so. the numbers will continue to be one of has got harder in beijing with the latest not great them but china is now having to ask the e.u. for help. no it's not a great sun at all as it now we know that you know over the last a week 10 days that there has been concern about just how how much medical supplies are going to be needed for this and obviously that has been growing because we're seeing a growing number of those infected we are seeing growing growing numbers of those dead so we knew that there was going to be a greater need and it just doesn't seem like it's being met here in china so obviously the prime minister that could chang made a statement saying that he's hoping to work with the e.u. to procure more medical equipment didn't go into detail as to what exactly they're looking for you know they're there hastily building 2 hospitals down and move on and then starting construction on one outside here in beijing that was temporary

hospital built during the sars epidemic but those 2 and rouhani you know you got almost 2500 new beds in 2 hospitals that are going to me need to be equipped so i can imagine just those 2 hospitals and the need for equipment medical equipment would be great but then you have all the other existing hospitals and the other existing needs they have we knew you know mid last week that there was a call out for more protective clothing for the medical professionals who were treating those who had been infected so i would imagine that's one of the things they're looking for a lot of that the those materials are manufactured here in china but i would imagine that it just can't be manufactured quickly enough or you also have situations where maybe some plants are in areas of some factories are in areas that are really shut down because of the virus itself so you've got this difficult situation but a call out from prime minister that could chang looking to get more medical supplies particularly from the e.u. here into china and what about the travel restrictions the reaction to that because

again it's just another. negative sign for china having to deal with with the restrictions being put on by other countries. absolutely and it wasn't received well the united states is move to restrict non-citizens who have been been in china from getting into the united states that doesn't include green card holders and relatives of citizens close relatives of citizens that was not received well here at all actually they said it was not a show of good faith is how they worded it here the central government in beijing but one thing that's india you know the travel has been restricted in the province . even more restrictions almost every day within china the chinese government is actually chartering planes to get people who are tourists stuck who are chinese citizens who are stuck and who have province to get them out obviously they'll be screened 1st to get them out of the province and into their home provinces here in china so that's obviously something to try to alleviate maybe some of the stress

that that province is already facing and one of the things i'd like to know you know we were talking about this last hour you know apple has announced that it's closing its offices and stores at least for a week all across china in mainland china for at least a week they're going to re-evaluate this is following starbucks has done something similar mcdonald's has done something similar here but one thing to look at in the province you know you talk about the economic impact of this virus here in china and that has knock on effect around the world you know there are a lot of factories auto factories in particular down who have problems those are shut those will be shut indefinitely until they can get a handle on how this virus is spread and what they can do to contain it so you know we're going to have this supply chain issue moving forward like right now it's kind of a bit of a grace period because most of those factors would have been shut for the lunar new year holiday coming back online probably on monday that's not going to happen what's that knock on effect going to be will have to see thank you scott hyde in beijing. hong kong's chief executive meanwhile has rejected calls by

a medical union to close the border with mainland china to try to halt the spread of coronavirus there's been cases now confirmed in hong kong when he is there for us the authorities in mainland china are struggling to get on top of this given that those statistics that are announced daily from the national health commission certainly worse than the previous day 46 deaths confirmed on friday in those latest numbers that were announced on saturday morning by the national health commission most of the infections and the fatalities are being recorded in who bay province still that is where it is thought that this outbreak began and certainly there the medical staff are struggling to deal with the sheer number of cases thousands of extra doctors and nurses have been sent to the area from other parts of china but there is still a shortage of medical equipment there in particular the protective suits that those medical personnel need to wear when dealing with the patients and also test kits

and that is partly why many experts outside china are saying that the actual number all of infections will be a lot higher than what the chinese government is recording also there is a shortage of hospital beds and that's why everyone is eagerly awaiting the completion of 2 makeshift hospitals that are being built in that provincial capital city we expect those hospitals to be completed within the next week or so and that will mean an extra 2 and a half 1000 hospital beds but this virus is now spread to every single province in territory in china including tianjin in the northeast a long way from who province but a city that neighbors the capital of beijing there are 32 confirmed cases intending and the provincial of the local authorities there the local government have announced that they are ordering all schools and non-essential business to remain closed and from hong kong to thailand alexy o'brien is in bangkok where thai

officials have been giving an update on the virus there. and they have confirmed that the number of confirmed cases remains unchanged at 19 but the number of suspected cases here in thailand has jumped to 344 from 200 on friday they're not saying that's because the virus is spreading much faster here it's actually because they've widened the net they're now looking at people who have arrived from cities outside of the center of that operatic but also thais who may have come into contact with chinese tourists for example because china is the biggest source of foreign tourists for thailand they have been about 2000000 people come through just in december and january since the outbreak began so if you have a look at the map behind me that they has been a map made up to show the outbreak as it stands at the moment that big red circle is and china's hu by province the as i said the same terror of that outbreak and down a little bit here you can see the red flashing dots that is bangkok and that's because

the thailand has the 2nd number highest of cases 19 outside of china and also authorities here say thailand remains the most at risk country outside of china because of the number of people traveling back and forth but that number 19 is dwarfed by the number of moves with me here of 11011300 that's the number of global cases most of them though in china move on to other news the arab league is holding an emergency meeting in the egyptian capital cairo to discuss donald trump's plan for the middle east that was unveiled. last week preparations going on for that meeting where we are expecting to hear from the palestinian president mahmoud abbas he arrived a little bit. nations to take a clear stance against the so-called deal of the century trumps plan that was negotiated with israel with no input from the palestinians parts of the proposed deal run counter to international law.

the trial meanwhile of u.s. president donald trump will likely end on wednesday that is off to the senate voted to block any witnesses from testifying donald trump soul but certain to be acquitted the republicans have a majority in the senate the upper house of the u.s. congress is accused of abuse of power and obstruction of congress for threatening to withhold military aid to ukraine in exchange for an investigation into his political rival joe biden this is what donald trump said on twitter after that vote no matter what you give to the democrats in the end they will never be satisfied in the house they gave us nothing the support now from has your castro in washington d.c. . democrats say the impeachment trial of president donald trump is the 1st trial in u.s. history without witnesses is this a fair trial. without the ability to call witnesses and produce documents the

answer is clearly and unequivocally no but despite hours of arguments trying to convince republican senators to allow new witnesses in the trial the yeas are 49 the nays are 51 the democrats lost all but 2 republican senators voted no it's a grand tragedy america will remember this day unfortunately where the senate did not live up to its responsibilities where the senate turned away from truth and went along with a sham trial democrats had hoped to get the support of moderate republican lisa murkowski but in the end she rejected the idea saying in a statement i have come to the conclusion that there will be no fair trial in the senate i don't believe the continuation of this process will change anything it is sad for me to admit that as an institution the congress has failed this means the

senate jury has essentially sealed its ears to john bolton chum's former national security adviser in his soon to be released book bolton reportedly says trump asked him to help pressure ukraine for dirt on political opponents and it tied u.s. security aide to the request trump has denied the reports his attorneys argue even if true trump should still not be impeached so this idea that they haven't had witnesses. is that's the smokescreen you've heard from a lot of witnesses the problem with the case. the problem with their position is even with all of those witnesses it doesn't prove up an impeachable offense the articles fail the impeachment trial now nears its and with trump's acquittal all but certain given that republicans hold the majority trumps political fate more likely lies in the hands of american voters who will decide in november whether to

give him a 2nd term. castro al-jazeera washington. well after 3 and a half years of drawn out debate delay and division the u.k. has finally left the european union and start moment ended 47 years of membership and was marked by both celebration and protest prime minister barak's johnson's now promising to bring the country together that will be an uphill struggle for a challenge reports from london. for those who see this is national liberation for those who see the e.u. is suffering t. sapping monster this is their moment 11 pm g.m.t. on january 31st 2020 britain is no longer a part of the european union the foundation his country is built on the same. afternoon. i mean yesterday threw it off yet i don't have children moaning about it i think the european union had

a lot of pull and had they been a bit more accommodating to david cameron this wouldn't have boris johnson he staked his political career on bricks it and won the prime ministership has marked it with an address to the nation well look at the potential of this country waiting to be unleashed. that we can turn this opportunity into a stunning success and whatever the bumps in the road ahead i do that we will succeed we have a baby with we've taken back the tools of self-government. never before has the e.u. had to do this it hopes it never will have to again experienced only an expansion now the e.u. has taken down a member's flag because it's left europe's leaders want to show that there's little to be gained from this we want to have the best possible relationship with the united kingdom but it will never be as good as membership.

to europe and for those who voted the main this is a moment of sadness and in a sign of the constitutional challenges ahead for the u.k. rex it is boosting the coals in scotland for independent study is very very sad and i think what really does or is it sure is that there isn't really a future but in and europe and the way that we've enjoyed over the last 3040 years i am but it is a future for scotland you know but the crowds in parliament square on friday nights the possible breakup of the u.k. is made do mongering considered do mongering to the concerns of britain should be too fussed about doing a deal with the european union i told. i was. and this is that moment they say that night it doesn't the sky will be heavy they think so if you go out and trade relationship with the european union is just beginning that blocks of bricks it has just finished but the

countdown to the end of the transition period and little under a year's time well that's just begun for a challenge al-jazeera london. will update the headlines in a moment and then the shia destruction of one town in syria after a bombardment by government and russian forces studies on the days. how i welcome start to look at the international full cost of the plenty of sunshine across the philippines indochina come down into southeast asia in the heart of southeast asia what is really north of the equator we got the driest skies further south there's a lot of cloud around so much of malaysia indonesia seeing those heat of the day showers a bring up with the usual lively downpours over the coming days

a little change going on here then further south we have still got some showers extending their way into the north of australia but the cloud here your eyes may be drawn to that cloud that we have down through south australia into the southeastern corner this will introduce cooler weather we have the bushfire problems in the extreme heat that we've seen into the southeast campus had its hottest 2 days on a rock cold temperature between dipping to about 25.5 celsius the average for camera top temperature is around 27 so some really hot air still in place it will cool down over the next day or so here's a lot of cloud and rain pushing up into those central areas of oz as we go on through the next couple days the cooler air tucks in 18 celsius in melbourne very brisk winds on this system though as it does feed its way up across new south wales sydney at 29 celsius cloud and i would also make its way into the south island of new zealand.

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european union for help. in getting medical supplies to deal with the worsening coronavirus outbreak 159 people have now died from the virus off to china or not 4 to 6 for the dead sounds like. impeachment trial of u.s. president on the trump will likely end on wednesday after the senate voted to block any witnesses testifying trump is all but certain to be acquitted he is accused of abuse of power of obstruction of congress and they are being holding an emergency meeting in cairo to discuss donald trump's plan for the middle east palestinian leaders are asking arab nations to take a clear stance against the proposals the plan which was negotiated with israel with no input from the palestinians an ox would run counter to international law we'll talk more about this with stephanie decker in gaza of course there were big protests there against trump's plan on friday looking for mahmoud abbas looking for a united arab front against approaches that won't be so easy this time judging by the the early reaction we had from the likes of saudi arabia.

get that i think this is a 1st step. is looking for support 1st and foremost from the arab countries in rejection of this deal this is something that historically also yasser arafat's. umbrella of support and abbas throughout the years of negotiating of trying to deal with any potential plan that was on the table i think this is a 1st it's significant come all of the response nothing is hidden anymore if you read the responses that you've had of the gulf countries of the middle countries with the exception of jordan joined of course because of the holy sites very muted welcoming the efforts to negotiate and sort of leaving it kind of i. that you know strong words of condemnation this is something that has been noted this is something that was also even spoken about in the sermons here on friday at the mall so they called the treason of the arab world so i think this meeting is crucial and

it's very important to see what kind of wording we're going to see come out of whatever statement comes out at the end of it whether it's going to criticize this plan what kind of wording there is going to be because some sources are also saying that some of the arab countries actually are trying at the pub the scenes to the negotiating table so i think very interesting to see what kind of message is going to come out of that meeting what the president about is going to get that support in rejecting this plan that he desperately wants and just to be clear stephanie how mass which of course controls gaza where you are not involved in any of this it's all completely palestinian authority yes. well yes but they are united in the rejection of this deal come out so what you also have at the moment is all the factions talking you are we are expecting a delegation of fatah to come to gaza in the next couple of days the data still to be confirmed this is something that president mahmoud abbas mentioned on the night

when the deal was announced and also that one of the senior officials saying that they would be sending a delegation here that they were standing together in opposition to when it comes to this plan but if we're going to be serious about it come on and really look at this plan in detail the reality is very different when it comes to goals as when it comes to the west bank for goals are the details or this needs to be demilitarized the factions you need to lay down their arms if that happens and then 5 years off to the deal is signed there is the potential for a porch here for a small airport and all these kinds of things so for the situation when it comes to the people here it can't get any worse than it is right now many people aren't aware of those little details but certainly i think you know the fact that if you look at the west bank the fact that land is being taken almost legitimized by this plan whose jerusalem there's so much to reject that this is at the moment the official position of the palestinians they're saying begin to pull pull the united flood but what has he come out as always is the support of the arab world so we'll

have to wait and see what kind of extent we're going to be able to get that on the table yet expecting an address from mahmoud abbas in the next hour we'll bring you that live on al-jazeera thank you stephanie. the u.s. government has announced new immigration restrictions on 6 countries signing security concerns the department of homeland security will suspend visas that can lead to permanent residency for nationals from eritrea kurdistan and nigeria sudan and tanzania will also stop raising so-called diversity visas they award the green cards to countries with low immigration numbers to the u.s. travel restrictions of course been placed on muslim majority countries iran libya somalia syria and yemen going back to 2017. airstrikes on opposition held territory in northern syria forcing hundreds of thousands of people to flee to the turkish border those 22 civilians have been killed in russian backed government attacks in just the last few days where you know mohammed has

more. there's only rubble and daybreak left of the days of strikes by syrian forces backed by russian air power the target the northern syrian town of and it lead province the last major rebel held stronghold and insecure red activists showed the extent of the damage there an area devastated by barrel bombs. from an elephant out of the bombardment continues here a helicopter just dropped a bomb on the syrian civil defense rupe known as the white house ment's has been working round the clock to rescue those caught in the conflict moderates a new money is now ghostly quiet among the derelict buildings remnants of artillery used by the rebels they've held the town since 2012 a strategic location on the m 5 highway which links damascus to syria's 2nd city of aleppo now syrian soldiers patrol the streets for those who fled the air strikes

they join tens of thousands of others searching safety and heading north towards the turkish border the drive by russian backed government forces to recapture a serious loss opposition and claves has displaced more than hundreds of thousands of civilians since december many of them children the u.n. has described conditions as bleak one element already had about relieving our houses and evacuating it live because of the constant airstrikes. we left because of the shelling and the bombardment we are lost and we don't know where to go and everywhere we go we find the army is following us it's cold and raining. life here is very tough and difficult with displaced become find jobs the combination here is overcrowded with people coming from everywhere. turkish president wretch of time to one who has repeatedly called for syria's bashar al assad to step down has threatened to launch a military operation if the strikes. here chooses the russian government of

breaking a cease fire agreement. if you do what if the situation in live does not return back to normal immediately you will have no choice but to choose the same road we are also heading to the same crossroad where promises given to us are not being kept. moscow has denied targeting civilian areas but as the bombing continues syrians say there are unsure about where they'll go next and if they'll ever return mohammed al jazeera. in libya years of conflict since the fall of leader moammar gadhafi has scarred an entire generation women and children in particular are struggling to cope with the loss of family members killed in the conflict many say they just can't get the help they need the support from the in misrata was. these women in misrata a knitting hats and scarves for men at the frontlines it's a small gesture but it's part of a big campaign to help the u.n. recognize government repel fighters loyal to warlord khalifa haftar they opposition

100 kilometers away and could attack at any moment women in libya don't fight with guns but in a unique way of fighting every battle we feel like we're part of what's going on it like were helping to defend our country and our city as it's kind of a we're supporting each other we feel like we're doing something we're not just sitting there watching t.v. and listening to the news. many of these women have sons at the front line and some know the bitter reality of the risks each has lost a son or brother. lima lost one son join the revolution in 2011. and her last surviving son 23 year old abdul hamid was killed last sunday in the fight to defend the town of abu ghraib. prison but i lost my sons for my country but it was very painful losing them they died defending

their land and on a but i have to be honest that didn't take away the pain i don't wanna meet the will that is what we are tired of war it took only my little brother he was engaged and we were planning the wedding for him but he went to fight and he became a master in stede. for them there is closure of sorts for hadija there is not. instead pictures of his disfigured courts were posted on social media by his killers with music added. i need to get my son's body so i can bury him i don't know where he is and what they have done to his body where they have thrown it why when they give us the body we just want to bury him her son mohammed must offer was on the frontlines when he was killed a month ago his body has not been recovered it's rare for women in libya to speak so publicly but many are suffering from the wars effects u.n. studies have shown that around 30 percent of people in conflict zones are likely to

suffer from some form of mental illness and women will suffer more than men but in libya there's no structure in place to help them deal with that trauma these children are all suffering from war related trauma but libya is struggling to find enough qualified mental health workers and funding to help them let alone for women . and them and then. some have inner mental issues where they don't want to leave the house or to work there are many cases where they become isolated and alone they don't want to do anything and they treat their kids with anger if they are able to get out and meet others they become more relaxed but that's not so easy for women to do in this conservative society they often stay home battling their grief and trauma on their own tony berkeley al-jazeera misrata firefighters in australia's capital canberra are trying to control the bushfires that are threatening the city's southern suburbs on friday or thora has declared

a state of emergency in the area with conditions described as the most challenging for the region since 2003 when bushfires destroyed 500 homes. 930 g.m.t. here on al-jazeera these are the headlines china's premier has asked the european union for help in getting urgent medical supplies to deal with the worsening coronavirus 259 people have now died from the virus after saturday when china announced 46 new deaths australia has joined the u.s. in banning the entry of foreign nationals of recently been to china due to the outbreak also the world health organization's representative in china says the number of cases will likely go up he's been defending the decision to declare the outbreak a global health emergency this increase is likely to continue because there

are almost as many specimens waiting to be studied as the. board so. the numbers on. the impeachment trial of u.s. president donald trump will likely end on wednesday and that is after the senate voted to block any witnesses from testifying on the trumps all but certain to be acquitted he is accused of abuse of power and obstruction of congress. they are leagues holding an emergency meeting in cairo to discuss donald trump's plan for the middle east palestinian leaders are asking arab nations to take a clear stance against the proposals trumps a plan that was negotiated with israel and no report from the palestinians parts of the plan also run counter to international law tension has been high in the palestinian territories ever since trump made the announcement alongside israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu in washington. the u.k.

is officially left. union that happened more than 3 years after the referendum narrowly won by then the u.k. now it is a transition period with the e.u. new trade agreement was negotiated by mr barak's jumps and says the country is in a moment of national renewal. and firefighters in australia's capital are trying to control bushfires threatening canberra southern suburbs on friday all for he's declared a state of emergency in the area conditions have been described as the most challenging for the region since 2003 when bushfires destroyed 500 homes were shells got the news are few and 25 minutes time nexts it is counting the costs with a different thing again.

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