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a reality u.k. begins a new chapter outside of the european union. the trumpet ministration rolls back restrictions on the use of landmines disregarding the impact on civilians. in sports a 1st grand slam title for american civic kennon the 21 year old beating spain's coping with a recess when the us training on. how the arab league has rejected u.s. president donald trump's middle east peace plan at a meeting of foreign ministers in cairo palestinian president mahmoud abbas here's how to the u.s. during the mergence a meeting of the arab league in cairo the trumpet ministrations proposal allows israel to annex its settlements in the occupied west bank it also says the capital

of a future palestinian state would lie on the outskirts of east jerusalem in. that something about it says his people will never accept usually a little and approach the moment they said you do salamis and next to israel i knew i have to say it loud and clear we will never accept that under any circumstances i will never sell jerusalem is not for me it is for all of us were just the guards were only here because it is our duty our responsibility jerusalem is our capital it is our capital. that's crossover announced stephanie decker she joins us live from gaza how are people reacting to the position taken by the arab league stephanie. well they just came in in the last hour or so i know it is going to be talking to people yesterday and today who were very shocked i have to say at the sort of moderate position taken by all of the countries all the statements that

have been coming out saturday even now on friday prayers in there. in the mosques highlighting that what they call the treachery of the arab world so i think this is a u. turn people certainly i think in the analysts they are things are quite surprised that they have come out with such a you know that will a unified statement saying that they reject the geo. was very clear that he really wanted and needed the support of the arab countries to put more weight behind the rejection what many people will tell you is extremely one sided we've been talking to people here who tell you that there is nothing new in the deal that the only thing it does is legitimize israel's control of what is already a defacto situation on the ground one man here saying that if you want to come to the situation in gaza savvy there is no political horizon anymore at the border posts have changed basically you're looking at a young population now that have no hopes no aspirations and many people certainly here in gaza he says are also in the question you know there's almost more dignity

in death than there is in life here and what does that mean so i think again the only thing that this deal highlights sami is the fact that we have never been further away from a political solution that everyone can agree upon is the feeling is the political horizon is closing what is it that people feel their leaders should do at this point. well there's a lot of frustration with their leaders if you talk about here in gaza and in the west bank their frustration with hamas superstation with fatah they want people to take a stronger role there's been talk here about perhaps changing the rules of engagement there are so many options on the table i think a blanket frustration with their leaders there's a lot of infighting here sammy the palestinians are not united even though yes now the dialogue the narrative is that thought that hamas and other factions are going to come together we are expecting a delegation here in the next couple of days a factor crossing into gaza to discuss

a unified position and perhaps policy moving forward in the result of the announcement of this deal so people expect more from their leaders were talking to one lady today just to highlight the situation in gaza there's no cooking gas as she was and no electricity says she was burning wood to cook for her 6 children and she said you know the politicians don't care about us how masters and care about us but that doesn't care about us israel doesn't care about us the international community doesn't care about us we don't care about politics we just want to be able to live day by day that means jobs that means money that means medicines that come in here you know remember this is under a blockade so step by step these are massive aspirations that people want but here in gaza certainly the situation becomes so desperate that people just want an ease of life on a day to day basis and even that seems to be very far away or thanks stephanie thank you very gaza those continue this because relations between the u.s. and palestinians have worsened on the president from washington you might remember

that 250 $1000000.00 in financial support for palestinians it's also withdrawn $300000000000.00 it used to give to the u.n. agencies forcing palestinian refugees and the u.s. close the palestine liberation organization diplomatic mission in washington d.c. . rhonda shara is al-jazeera senior political analyst he joins us from paris marwan how should we take how should we digest the apparent gap if not contradiction between what individual arab countries said about the trump peace plan and what they're collectively saying now in the arab league now that's such a good question well look clearly some arab countries are willing to support the palestinians but still unwilling to reject trump directly for fear of american reaction in one form or another

a lot of other bridges so they are either vulnerable or just too cynical of course the 2 smaller gulf countries the united arab emirates have consistently tried to say something about look less need not deal with it the palestinians cannot miss the chance to deal with peace they have to be realistic. at the same time there's clearly some new members around the block here in this arab league summit like algeria like sudan like tunis in addition to others of course iraq lebanon and certainly a cutter who there mentally reject the betrayal of palestinian rights so publicly and in front of the public opinion and hence collectively you could say and i must admit i was skeptical that they would come up with such a statement so directly against the american plan and against dealing with it which is even more important so they don't only reject it passively what they're

saying is we cannot deal with it and that tells you. just how horrible this plan is and of course we've been saying for the last 23 days why this is in fact an israeli radical plan repackaged as an american plan and that stinks so much so much that not a bleeders could collectively a stock market and hence we see that collectively they reject it but one or 2 or more countries might still try to work with the united states in form for another but with the palestinian positions being so clear that the door is closed shut and that the you know that the palestinians would be severing relations with both the united states and israel made it clear that any out of position that compromises the palestinian position would be seen as total betrayal. on that point how likely

is it the palestinian authority will actually sever at least even security contacts with the u.s. and israel. well look they're threatening to do so in the past and they didn't exactly go through with their threats and for example i'll give you something very technical but what would a bass do when he returns to palestine if he will no longer coordinate with the israelis because although he is the president of palestine he still needs believe it or not and that's really important for our international viewers to understand that a palestinian president needs an israeli permission to leave the occupied territories and to come back to the occupied territories called palestine and so asserting relations with the united states and israel with the united states it means that total rejection of a trump netanyahu conspiracy against the palestinians but in practical terms

severing the relations with israel it means undoing the all the arrangements all the peace process agreements between the israelis and the palestinians and that might have major repercussions now the fact that the palestinians there say that of course president abbas now is going to some african summit and some. muslim conference and he will get more and more supports moving forward now that he got the arab league and i think it's going to be more difficult for the israelis especially for netanyahu on the eve of israeli elections to have another intifada on their hands because if the israelis try to respond in any punitive measure against the palestinian authority if that might lead to a certain eruption and the palestinian street which means you know a major upheavals where on bashar

a good analysis from paris thanks for that. claymore still ahead on the news hour including president trump's senate impeachment trial reaches a pivotal moment. the scale of devastation in syria emerging after a fierce government solves. nothing god brother. i did stall the los angeles lakers remember the life of time tries legend kobe bryant . about china is turning to the european union for assistance as it struggles to contain the corona virus outbreak the chinese prime minister is asked the e.u. to help find urgently needed medical supplies 259 people have died from the virus with china reporting more than 11000 confirmed cases both the u.s.

and australia moved to ban visitors who have traveled to china in the past 14 days vietnam and pakistan have also adopted a similar measure and countries around the world are scrambling to evacuate their nationals when hey begins our coverage from hong kong. china's war against corona virus is being waged around the country as it spreads to every province and territory so far the virus is winning with the number of infections and deaths growing by the day on the front line in who province where the outbreak is thought to have started the challenges made greater by a shortage of medical supplies. on the track with the full support from the party central committee the state council and all the chinese people the shortage of medical supplies has eased to some degree but protective suits and losses and 95 masks are still in tight balance and have to be scheduled dalal there's not enough medical personnel either which the government is trying to address by sending thousands of extra doctors and nurses both civilian and military to

a much of the provinces shut down as authorities try to contain the spread of the virus but supermarkets remain open and the government says it's trying to maintain a steady supply of food at regular prices. we can ensure sufficient supply for daily necessities such as vegetables lamb beef pork and eggs in supermarkets as foreign nationals are evacuated from the provincial capital china's government has started bringing stranded nationals home from overseas the 1st charter flight arrived in hand from thailand amid reports of who bay residents being prevented from boarding commercial flights back to china in hong kong medical workers are threatening to strike next week unless the government does more to restrict the flow of travelers from the mainland while some border crossings have closed flights from chinese cities are still operating the latest official statistics show that on one day last week almost 10000 mainland chinese residents flew into hong kong it's

that traffic that many people here want stopped the government says existing measures to control the outbreak are working and stopping the flow of people goods isn't the answer but critics say unless hong kong follows the lead of some other governments. and closes its border with the mainland completely this city could be about to see a big increase in infections wayne hay al jazeera hong kong. now the world health organizations representative in china has defended the decision to declare the outbreak a public health emergency is warning bell be no relief from the spread of the virus in the near future this increase is no plea to continue because there are almost as many specimens are waiting to be studied as there are already in a court so. the numbers will continue to go on now to serious alexia brian is in bangkok where thai officials provided 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 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 tour 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. bring you some breaking news coming in now but iraq president has nominated a new prime minister former communications minister mohammad dahlan we confirmed the announcement on twitter iraq has faced months of mass protests that plunge the country into political crisis outgoing prime minister are. resigned last year amid widespread discontent over corruption unemployment and a lack of government services. now after 3 and a half years of drawn out debate delays and defection the u.k.

has finally left the european union the historic moment ending 47 years of membership was marked by both celebration and protest prime minister barak's johnson is now promising to bring the country together but he faces an uphill struggle for a challenge explains from london. for those who see this is national liberation for those who see the e.u. suffering t. sapping monster this is their moment 11 pm g.m.t. on january 31st 2020 britain is no longer part of the european union. countries. i mean yesterday through the half year and a lot of children moaning about it i think the european union had a lot of faults and had a bit more come

a day to david cameron this with. boris johnson who 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. that we will succeed we the bay the will of the people 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 it isn't really a future but in and europe and the way that we've enjoyed over the last 3040 years hand but it is a future for scotland you know but for the crowds in parliament square on friday nights the possible breakup of the u.k. is made do you mongering consider do you 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 no it doesn't the sky will be heading they think so it's a get out of trade relationship with the european union is just beginning to block the brics it has just finished with 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. let's cross over now to nadine baba he joins us live from the lambeth bridge in london so how does the day off to brags that look like there. well certainly it's a quiet scene here on the thames and indeed around parliament on like. friday evening as you saw in rory's report but lots and lots of attention now on the future relationship with the european union there have been hustings again for the potential leadership of the opposition labor party and one of the favorites because starmer has been talking about how in a haze opinion boris johnson and his government failed to have failed to address the underlying reasons behind the brics it vote he says that yes there does need to

be a closing of the divide between so-called remain isn't so-called relievers but he has he's now putting the pressure on johnson to come up with actions and there's a lot of uncertainty for a for example the 3000000 e.u. citizens living in the u.k. and britain's abroad french president emmanuel mccall has been saying the last few hours he wants to do everything to guarantee the rights of britons in france and french people living here but he says that the ease of relations in future will depend on to what extent britain follows european union rules alignment we're hearing from boris johnson's camp but they don't want that they want divergence that makes it much more tricky to get the kind of deal within the next 11 months that howard's been talking about and now we're hearing that they're negotiating strategy will start by saying there will be full border checks and custom checks on

goods from the e.u. coming into britain that is worrying some people here in terms of higher prices in terms of ease of access to products these these 2 blocks have been so tightly involved with each other for decades many people now are wondering whether in fact that is a realistic timetable the end of this year the government says there will be no extension so the pressure really is on all right thank you nadine barber there in london. supporters of scottish independence have gathered in edinburgh to demand a new referendum 62 percent of scots wanted to remain in the european union at the breaks a vote since then calls for independence have grown however britain's prime minister boss jones has rejected demands for a new referendum on independence saying scotland had that chance in 2013 and voted to stay in the u.k. . john finney is

a green party member of the scottish parliament he joins us by skype from inverness scotland good to have you with us so is it a case of the break up blues that they off the break that for most scots. sadly it is yes and the overwhelming feeling is one of sadness and sadness that losing a connection that's been particularly beneficial to scotland and overly beneficial to the highlands and islands the european regional development fund the visual social fund the freedom of movement all of these things the support that the european union put in place to have a university in the highlands and islands has transformed the highlands and islands in my lifetime and it's very very sad that i am ill informed him. you can nationalise of drag this out against a rule because no one is area of scotland voted to leave the european union. now it's been reported quite extensively about how the briggs's vote is bolstered the

feeling of nationalism in scotland or drive at least for independence do you think now that we're past brags that that momentum will continue to build or people will slowly get used to the new reality. well in my lifetime support for independence which is not about nationalism people want a forward looking outward looking country has grown and it's no the most recent poll just the other day sure that the majority of scots want to diet the fact there's a as i change that's been bolstered by bricks at that's undoubtedly the case for instance to be scotland's largest union unison thought that when the scottish parliament decides that the should be a 2nd referendum now the scottish parliament is agreed that the should be a referendum the majority in the scottish parliament for that am joining the transitional period so there's an undoubted move this going to see scotland and the supporters who largely would remain in scotland become really joiners because how

how the route do you think that referendum was actually about only given that boris johnson's all already refused to he said you know there's been one in a generation and that's enough. well it's not for us johnston to determine the sovereign rights of the scottish people the people are so often in scotland not on and the reality of the situation is that scotland to substantially changed since that last referendum not least and the proponents of staying in the u.k. told us of course that we to guarantee your membership of the european union was to vote no and to keep scotland part of the united kingdom that was monday one of many false leads that didn't bear fruit so the reality of the situation is it's the scottish people who will determine scotland's future not out how drape tory prime minister and london right thank you so much for your analysis on that john finney. let's bring you now more on that story we broke early out of iraq on the

appointment of a new prime minister lamont cond joins us live from baghdad so we know the new prime minister's been appointed will the protesters accept him though he does come with a bit of former baggage from former administration zelazny. that's right mohamed tawfik was a member of nuri al maliki's government however he did actually quit maliki's government saying that maliki had sectarian policies which he vehemently disagreed with so he actually left that government the question you ask is will he be acceptable to the protestors well there's a long way to go before the protestors actually get to that stage he actually needs to win over the parliament he's now prime minister designate the procedure is quite simple the iraqi president has appointed him to form a government he needs cabinet parliamentary approval before he could actually do that one of the biggest blocs in the parliament is the been the party already

rejected his name when it was up in discussion a couple of times it's likely that this is simply a fait accompli what it is is that they couldn't agree on anybody else so they've had to circle back to mohammed to fake a law we had and say ok well if this is the name that dharamsala wants to put forward we're going to have to take seriously have to talk about this once he's approved by parliament yes be approved on the street by the protesters and given that we've been speaking to protest as a bell him in particular there really seems to be 2 different kind of takes on the situation if he supports the protest movement say the protesters then yes he's acceptable to say well actually he is part of the old school he's part of the previous government and our demands of always been for a clean sweep we want new faces new names now mohamed tawfik alawi's already tweeted throwing his support behind the protest movement the understands how important that is so he's already looking to the protest movement but there's a long way to go before he actually gets to the stage where you can form

a government he does need to be approved by the parliament as i say. or good stuff there from imran khan thanks for that. still ahead a now just 0 body of a mexican activist found in the forest to protect. the u.s. he had 6 small countries with travel restrictions and it's called the northern hemisphere his biggest international rugby tournament is underway and he is here with that story. of. how i once again it looks a little quieter over the middle east in the next couple of days we have seen some cloud rain sleet and snow yet again into turkey pushing over towards the caspian sea some when she weather there for

a time ensued northern parts of iran and that will make its way further east was couple picking up a little bit of snow as we go on into monday but bright skies do come back in behind it temperatures just starting to not jump over the next time just hit in doha they are around 20 degrees celsius quite a stiff smile for time but things will improve as we go through the week well as you try to across north africa wanted to be some pieces of that weather cloud up towards but it's rainy but essentially a lot of sunshine so we'll see temperatures in tripoli at around 18 celsius l.g.'s touching 20 degrees chance of the want to ever travel to the if you have been highlands just running down into the heart of africa just around the the gulf of guinea but for the most part it is strike full of the showers there down into where you can the 3 kenya pushing down to northern parts of tans and there will see want to see showers there yet again it's in northern areas of mozambique and also into madagascar that line of heavy rain pushes all the way across into angola.

in russia many cuddy's migrant lack of. grazing. 6 echoing and increasingly for many a global trend. labor force left vulnerable to exploitation in xenophobia. people in power investigate. moscow's little caca stand. on al-jazeera. frank assessments the one good thing about these bushfires is that it's really wiping out the. climate change informed opinions economy i think is actually what's keeping donald trump afloat right now critical debate sequel on those 2 school even though we're always on a bogus argument is astonishingly patronize

a in-depth analysis of the day's headlines this is the beginning of a new iraq of a new conscious and aware use of that still against an ethnic sectarian kota inside story on al-jazeera. to. form. welcome back you're watching al-jazeera time to recap our headlines iraq's president has appointed mohammed allawi as the new prime minister former communications minister confirm the announcement on twitter and 2 months of political stalemate. china's prime minister has asked the european union for help in getting urgent medical supplies to deal with the worsening coronavirus alberich

259 people have now died nearly 12000 infected the arab league has rejected donald trump's middle east plan an emergency meeting was held in cairo at the request of palestinian president mahmoud abbas he called trump's proposal a disgrace and threatened to end all cooperation with israel and the us palestinian israelis have been protesting against trump's peace proposal under the plan one area inside israel known as the triangle would be part of a possible territory swap with all the parties agree. jhoom has more from. inside the so-called triangle. this is one of 10 palestinian towns in this part of israel referred to as the triangle communities the members of these communities they are palestinian israelis that means they are palestinians with israeli citizenship and one of the reasons they're out on the streets demonstrating today

is to show their opposition to u.s. president donald stance plan for peace which contemplates the possibility going forward that perhaps with the agreement of all the parties that the boundaries and the bridge of israel might be redrawn such that the triangle communities would essentially become part of a future state of palestine anyway we spoke with here today is very much opposed to that happening and clueless sense that we are against the whole deal and we believe the support for the upcoming election when you look at this deal with the wider view you see it's meant to completely kill the palestinian polls that gave them our message to tromp and all the failing leaders no one is going to move even a centimeter short of the leader of our land will be taken we are steadfast here and staying. i was sure if we accept the deal of the century we will lose the resistance that we've lived through since we were young we were raised to know that this land is ours. that's interesting is that this idea had actually been floated

before many years ago far right you say this enough not to go lieberman but actually proposed this as well it was rejected then and it is being rejected now. now protesters from across the have been and are marching in the northern city of tripoli to show the government. and give up the rallies of being going on for months as demonstrations continue to fight for the government's removal the still anger over corruption and mismanagement despite new prime minister has and they're taking over the role. it's called life now to sort of hide it choosing a place so if the protesters won't take set the new prime ministers and look like the country might be heading towards new parliamentary elections. well this sounds racist the gentleman. and comes in the room moving so slow motion wouldn't. know what they're

saying it was a school must have been a whole different clubs same police continue to bring it inside and make. use of many things you haven't but hope to bring in the cabinet speaking all right so close touch with those let us not all say that their government is just a repeat of the previous one they said that they think you should visit all of them you spoken to so many people don't want the loss they took the last few months of their weenies struggling to make the most basic. medication the government felt that would be a lot of money from the international community to help the economy like in that case whether we will gut election stuff to kill her. seems to me the scene a right. 2020 budget cuts in place last year from the previous government by

surprise we know it might take a bit coming out of the country from the pain from the place is beginning to see and let the government the new government run the think boy he's going to go it's going to be open to government and they have to be able to the same again. foreign sile hyderabad thanks so much. now the stage is set for us president donald trump to be acquitted in his impeachment trial but after the senate votes is a block any witnesses from testifying trump is all but certain to be acquitted since the republicans have a majority in the upper house of the u.s. congress is accused of abuse of power and obstruction of congress threatening to

withhold military aid to ukraine exchange for an investigation into his political rival joe biden just after the vote trump took to twitter to say this no matter what you give to the democrats in the end they will never be satisfied in the house they gave us nothing exclamation mark i did jocasta has more from 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 chums 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 aid 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 trance political fate more likely lies in the hands of american voters who will decide in november whether to give him a 2nd term how did joe castro al-jazeera washington. the race for the u.s. presidential election officially begins on monday in the state of iowa still a wide field of democratic candidates vying to take on president donald trump in november the original number of candidates was 28 now it's down to 11

looting billionaires mike bloomberg and tom steyer official reports from iowa. there have been rallies and debates. there have been t.v. ads and lots of them and there has been the traditional shaking of hands and kissing of babies but no the politicians are almost done the people will soon have their see the 1st presidential contests of 2020 the caucuses in iowa donald trump all win on the republican side that's a certainty the big story will be the democrats there have been 28 democratic presidential candidates that are 11 still left in the race many of them would have thought they'd spend the summer campaigning across the country instead their campaigns will end here in the snows of america's midwest the conversations largely been dominated by discussions of. senator bernie sanders senator warren and mayor people who did it and i think those are the 4 candidates that everyone is going to

be watching but this state is known for producing surprises famously a little known senator called barrack obama won in 2008 and went on to the white house other long shorts of talk at the polls people who won the nomination have finished 2nd or 3rd you don't have to win year to be a winner the performance of who finishes 2nd in who finishes 3rd and 4th that can have an effect on the campaign as well moving forward you know certainly whoever comes out of iowa in 1st place if there really is a true victor is going to have wind at their back it's going to help them in new hampshire in nevada it might help them in south carolina but ultimately this is a long primary season last minute campaigning has been difficult for the 4 senators in the democratic race they've been tied to washington for the impeachment trial another missing big name billionaire michael bloomberg he was too late into the race to register to run here he's pouring money into his campaign hoping to know

what success is later in the process from a group of $28.00 the field will be much tighter in just a few days iowa does. pick the president but it will eliminate several possibilities alan fischer al jazeera the more in iowa. the u.s. government has announced new immigration restrictions on 6 countries citing security concerns citizens from eritrea stand me and mar in nigeria will no longer be able to apply for long term residency sudanese nationals in tanzania ends are also facing restrictions nigeria's government says it's working with the us government to try and find a solution. president trump is rolling back obama era restrictions on the use of land mines which have been banned by more than 100 countries trump said the policy which was implemented in 2014 had put american troops at a severe disadvantage arms control proponents have been quick to criticize the move

it'll allow the use of anti personnel landmines in exceptional circumstances the united states is not a signatory to the 997 mine ban treaty most of the world is a total of $164.00 countries global production and exports of mines have both been reduced and more than $10000000.00 have been destroyed but the latest figures show land mines killed more than 3000 people and injured almost 4000 in 2018 more than half of the victims were children armed conflict and wars in afghanistan mali near my nigeria syria and ukraine have the highest number of casualties at least 31 countries signed up to become mind free 5 of them algeria but on the mauritania montenegro mozambique managed it within the last 5 years andrew smith is a spokesman for the campaign against the arms trade he says is reversing years of

empty land mine policy. i think this is part of the trump narrative that the u.s. military needs to be upgraded they need to spend more and more money i think this is all part of the i think this is all part of the broader election strategy of trying to be the most cruel military president he could beat and there's a lot of damage has been done by the u.s. military of the day it's in the u.s. has by far the highest military budget any rhythm and i think it would be in credit i'm very very very concerned about a lot of chumps foreign policy moves that we've seen over recent years the last we want to use another term with a trunk full to bush the same instincts landmines last for decades kill indiscriminately and that are already far too many and we need to be moving landmines not between don't more airstrikes in opposition held territory in northern syria forcing hundreds of thousands of people to flee to the turkish

border at least 22 civilians have been killed in russian backed government attacks in recent days right and how many reports. 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 show 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 group known as the white helmet 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 become a nation 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 continue here chooses the russian government of breaking a cease fire agreement. if you do if the situation in live does not return back to normal immediately we will have no choice but to choose the same road we are also heading to the same crossroad were promised is given to us are not being kept. moscow has denied targeting civilian areas but as the bombing continues syrians say they're unsure about where they'll go next and if they'll ever return for healing mohammed al jazeera. more anti-government protests have been held in chile despite the government promising a referendum on a new constitution security forces and santiago used water cannon against protesters threw rocks and blocked roads at least 2 people have been killed recent violence demonstrations have been held since october calling for social reform last

month the president agreed to hold a referendum on the main demands. in mexico the suspicion over the death of a prominent environmental activist or mad over him as his body was found in a pond 2 weeks after he was last seen alive because of his death still being investigated by europe are reports. one of mexico's most iconic species the monarch butterfly has just lost perhaps its greatest advocate. they're not going to. known as mexico's monarch butterfly defender was found dead in a pond in the state of beach. also his mysterious disappearance 2 weeks before his body was found has raised concerns among many in mexico who say violence against environmental activists has become commonplace is on the fence that he was a defender of the environment in a region with many conflicts me jochen is

a perfect example of where natural resources are under a lot of pressure especially when it comes to forest being cleared for all of a kauto plantations. the iconic monarch butterfly is known for its annual migration to the forests of central mexico where millions spend the winter is going to be given to the least of these are my days before his disappearance posted this video on social media surrounded by thousands of flapping wings gomes invited tourists to visit his butterfly sanctuary a federal investigation is determining how gomez died but one thing is certain the death of the monarch butterfly defender has dealt a significant blow to environmental conservation efforts in central mexico nationwide mexico continues to shatter records for violent homicides especially in states like me to account for many of the deaths of conservation workers highlights the government's inability to curb violence. and that's not only does this threaten

the butterflies but the risk exists for those who defend against illegal logging the threat is also against indigenous people who defend their culture and the history. a funeral for. those was held in the village of admiral saadi. the country's president called his death painful and has vowed to fight the criminal gangs suspected of being behind his death madrid up in mexico city. also the head of al jazeera in spalls will have the australian. and women's final if the man hoping to be novak djokovic for his 1st title on sunday. played. cybering on al-jazeera. and the tension with the u.s. and protests over a plane downing 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 that 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 war could be to rivals agree a peace deal to revive africa's youngest nation. separate on al-jazeera. the stories just sounds so headline the media angles in this story are numerous for comfort separate the spin from the facts the misinformation from the journalism the listening post on al-jazeera. rule. or. oh.

all right sports fans it's time to catch up with all the action that's why andy's here thank you so much sammy well american severe cannon has won the australian open title beating. out of spain it fulfills a 16 year dream for cannon whose ambition has always outstripped her experience poorest reports. w. the reader few would have predicted an australian open final between these 2 spain's. a 2 time grand slam champ but unseated after a terrible 2019 and 21 year old american saffir canada who had never before been beyond the 4th round to slam me by saying. if the much help was unpredictable the match itself would prove even more so but only after muguruza had taken the 1st set

$64.00 seemingly on the way to a regulation win over her far less experienced opponent i can in though has said she was already dreaming of winning a grand slam final when she was just 5 years old the moscow born daughter of russian immigrants grasping the opportunity to turn from to see its reality and taking the 2nd set 6th who it was then that she showed her true mettle 40 love down on her own serve she won 5 straight points to go $32.00 up set. she continued to snuff out any attempted comebacks from the spaniard but. then on match point ken in saw her rival double fault. all over in favor of the american 466262 i am home this is my 1st speech but i'm going to try my best. i decided and actually going to be on another great match and i was returning into my dream house official he came into my 1st grand slam final the 1st

speech and the 1st win for canada and unlikely to be the last full race al-jazeera. went on sunday austria's dominant team or aims emulate ken and win his 1st major title team beat rafa nadal on his way to the final he'll be taking on title holder and 7 time champion of a joke of it she has though got the better of the serb in their last 2 matches i warn the thing more of the last and columnist and he did but i think it doesn't count so march it's absolutely his comfort zone here i mean he always plays his best in his in australia since many many years so i'm expecting that as well in the finals. now the l.a. lakers have returned to action for the 1st time since the death of kobe bryant's bron james leading the tributes the player who spent his entire career with the team for a small reports. less than

a week after kobe bryant's dad the team he made his own was back playing the game a lot but a tribute to honor bryant his daughter giana and the 7 others killed took place before the l.a. lakers took to the court for their 1st game since last sunday's fatal helicopter crash. oh bryant was 41 he played his entire 20 year career with the lakers before retiring in 26 team but remained a franchise icon bryant inspired a generation of young players and was a mentor to others i want to tell you a moment samus the kid so you his legacy not only for his year. as long as we can play the game of basketball or we love because that's what called the. so i was called by. mamma but in the words of us not for god they're all brothers excuse. next and every player we're bryant's now

retired numbers roses were placed on the seats were bright and giana would have sat . real doesn't make it while this game gets a portland trail blazers ended in defeat for the lakers the team are at the top of the western conference and in with a good chance of winning their 1st title since bryant led them to championship glory in 2010 it was a heavy emotional night you know from the tribute all the way throughout the game you know we felt it and our guys porter got out out there so i could be more i we were disappointed we get the win back and be more happy and more proud of you know our guys effort you know anybody feels like we walked away as a as a winner tonight in the wood given the circumstances. and the memories that were taken away from us you know just said. just to. this night the 1st step in a healing process for city and a team that has lost one of sports all time greats far is smile al-jazeera

whiles are on course to make a winning start in the defense of a 6 nations rugby tonsil the welsh taking on it's all in the opening much of the northern hemisphere is biggest solomons its only without a 6 nations when since 2015 our latest score wiles' $28.00 its silly nil beats and walk of one is in the while they'll start their campaign against france in paris on sunday coach eddie jones keeping faith with the majority of the team that lost to south africa in november france were faced by a single point against wales in the last state of that world cup. they can turn a lot but they can be dangerous. rewash the course final they played that they have been pretty disappointed is not going to be honest. but even even more so now is it is a bit you can you can sense is that a new era for the new challenge fresh start. ok that is i suppose looking for now sorry find so much and balance it for me for this news out of the back in

a moment with more of the day's news and stay with us. over 40 years ago the mysterious killing of the president of north yemen the nation . it's a story of deception and. one that still resonates today. al jazeera world reveals how a banquet for your many dignitaries became the backdrop to a brutal assassination. yemen the last launch.

on al-jazeera. new leaders plays childred in this refugee camp the latest victims of the unending sick tarion violence in central african republic among them are survivors of unspeakable violence 10 year olds his mother is dead her father is gone killed because they were christian by their own muslim neighbors this is a least you home an overcrowded refugee camp of 23000 people surrounded by armed militia groups celine wants answers she says she wants to be asking the questions and so we traded places inch took the microphone will we find peace how can we make the violence stop when will i be able to return home. an award winning investigation i know workers' rule right behind it has ring factories when we operate for less and we buy for less we can pass those savings on your customers. into the supply chains to produce cheap clothing. with little regard for workers'

lives the remains of the fire are still everywhere rewind made in bangladesh on al-jazeera. to news. iraq's president picks a new prime minister after weeks of political deadlock and empty government protests calling for change. hello i'm sam is a dan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up the arab league says nodes of president trumps middle east clients and it doesn't secure the basic rights of palestinians. a plane for help china's prime minister asks the e.u. to provide medical supplies.