al-jazeera correspondent a moral debt. 0 . 0 i maryanne demasi or watching the news hour live from london coming up iraq's newly appointed prime minister pledges his support for the protesters but they are skeptical about his willingness to meet their demands. at an emergency summit in egypt the arab league rejects the u.s. president's proposed plan for the middle east china's fight against the coronavirus the government of peel's to the e.u. for help as medical supplies are running low and mystery surrounds the death of a prominent mexican activist who dedicated his life to the protection of monarch

butterflies. in sport a 1st grand slam title for american saffir kenya the 21 year old beating strains gobin you need to reset so when the australian are. welcome to the program we begin in iraq where the president has appointed mohamed allow we as the country's new prime minister allawi is a former communications minister and if his appointment is approved by the parliament he will govern and till early elections are held his 1st task will be forming a new cabinet iraq has faced months of mass protests over corruption unemployment and a lack of basic services the appointment of a new prime minister was a key demand of the demonstrators well in a message posted on twitter promised change and reiterated that he stood with the protesters in solidarity. the. continue demonstrating and

protesting and shouting are slogans this is your country and these are your rights our job is to meet your demands and we have to protect you and not oppress you the country's weapons should be directed towards those who carry weapons and who should stay in the streets so we manage to hold the killers accountable to compensate families of the martyrs who treat all the wounded to set time for elections restoring the pride and prestige of the security forces to reform the economy to fight the corruption and to form my government if the political powers try to impose certain names on me i will tell you directly and i will leave the same way you left your colleagues for the sake of your country and i will join the masses and finally i want to tell you that you went out to the streets to get back your nation and if i don't meet your demand i don't deserve to be a prime minister so i'm not joined by said judge from baghdad he is a political analyst and managing director by un center for planning and studies so it has taken many months of negotiations and backroom talks between rival policies

and political blocs in the country for this appointment to actually be named one of the immediate challenges priorities for the. well there are several protests continuing in the country and provinces some of the south of baghdad in fact that itself. there are up to mom's for justice for those that have been injured and killed in protests last few months in addition we have obviously the issue of foreign troops and the parliament's resolution to foreign troops leave iraq we have the fallout from the airstrikes against. the money when he won distant iraq but he americans conducted we have our issues with you know the political equation in iraq and the economic situation the country which is having lunch will i mean there are huge challenges and some people say that you know there insurmountable for somebody to come in as an independent prime is to try to take a moment once i think the you know the pm doesn't has made it clear that one thing he wants is to restore trust between his government i mean the political class and

protesters and that's why he's saying it 1st thing you will do is try to win back some of the confidence of these protesters so really he has to balance 2 big says of influence i guess here on the one hand you have the politicians and the elites on the other hand the protest as in the street in terms of the politics 1st of all in the 2 main blocs in the parliament say room led by al sadr who has expressed his support. and then also the popular mobilization unit which is led by fatah and hide and marry now can he be secure and assured of their support. well for now i mean he's in the same position as a street just ready he is relying on these 2 locks to keep him in power they spark same as i was for this reason doesn't have his own parts yours won't look so he's going to rely on these 2 largest kind of blocks and parliament to support him but

the situation could change we saw a lot more to a single being critical of the previous prime minister and withdrawing his support and support of protest against them and they could be a fear that if this new prime minister does not kind of tow the line will follow the wishes of these 2 large books that one of them could reach with their support and without their support the crimes would not be able to go on he does not have any m.p.'s in parliament does not hold a party in parliament and he's dependent in the uk for michael so to support an odd numbers without them it's not possible to govern in iraq at the moment will there be one view of 100 allawi on the part of protest as or might that be perhaps disagreements over whether he is a new face or whether he is just a part of the entrenched interests of the existing governing elite. so that's the concern i think protesters in baghdad and elsewhere 40 expressed tonight their concern that this prime minister is being born out of an equation that supports the status quo. and more to this letter and the rest of the parts cost that support the

nomination primadonna are going to want to prime minister who's not going to challenge them now it's up to him and i would to prove that he's actually not going to tow the party once but for protesters to it's similar to the moment when i'd love the media to and they didn't expect much and to be honest i had a very disappointed by what happened from from i love them and they expected more from an independent as that but perhaps the system is just not capable of working this way to have an independent prime's the beholden to large blocks and parties not able to reform and push back against you know the failings of these last 1617 years it's a big task but i think protesters don't expect that much from him about it which is why the quick. if their expectations are not particularly high does that mean that he could perhaps. gain that trust or that confidence by taking some steps against. yes on i'm sure that's what he wants to do early on to win back some trust from from the average person i think he wants to make sure that there is accountability

for the people that conducts file and against protesters which we still haven't been identified with you know everybody assumes that they are government forces but which government forces are there and how i've been able to kill almost 600 people in protests as possible months so that's an important step number 2 there's still hundreds of protesters who are either being questioned by police forces who are still awaiting questioning want us to geisha who are locked up in cells around the country perhaps an amnesty to let those go immediately would bring back some trust additionally i think you know any steps that the you promise to makes to kind of push back against the status quo i think will be welcomed but people not holding up much of it and i think he's got on his hands always saying in iraq this increasing disparity between the ability of the government to control and shape events and just paramilitary groups and different militias on the ground that are. basically pursuing their own interests. i mean we we have had the system

for you know a few years now in iraq and the results don't seem to be a proven fact we seem to be stuck in experiencing between multiple players and governments a coalition governments the power sharing that we have at this moment is leading to you know unstable governments time i think we need to get rid of the stability but you've got a system of one point of progress we've had recently is this new electoral law which should produce new types of candidates which should produce perhaps more diverse field of candidates rather than existing ones beholden to the kind of larger established parties and the 2nd thing is we need to look at you know seriously how do we prevent violence in iraq the politics most of the major parties have an armed wing and have you know how to machu groups have weapons unfortunately looks like they're going to use it and it's one of the probably respect and so that needs to be tackled and i'm not sure this temporary government that is coming in you know how are going to last for year which was capable of doing that but protestors you know will not easily go away the issues that they try bringing for

their protesting for are extremely poor to the country and i think there will be a number of years before we see these really serious street deep deep reforms undertaken thank you very much the judge joining us there from baghdad appreciate your time. well turning now to our other top story governments continue to repatriate as citizens from china in response to the coronavirus russia is the latest nation to confirm its pulling out its citizens but the military sending planes to china on monday and tuesday a german air force plane is right in frankfurt meanwhile carrying 102 germans and 26 other nationals evacuated from the city of one hand the epicenter of the outbreak also 312 bangladeshis a back home of the government that chartered a flight from 108 passengers 8 all the passengers were taken ill on board and as the number of cases in china continues to rise the prime minister has spoken to the european union asking if they can help with the shortage of drugs while in haiti

brings us the latest now 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 and i must live. with the full support from the party central committee the state council and all the chinese people the shortage of medical devices ease to some degree but protective suits and glasses and 95 masks are still in tight balance you have to be scheduled daily 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. so that 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 in fiction wayne hay al jazeera hong kong. will hong kong hospital workers will be going on strike on monday demanding all cross border travel from china is halted at a special meeting more than $3000.00 members of the hospital workers union voted in favor of the industrial action which will last for 5 days the spread of the corona virus from china has added to the tension in hong kong which was already high after months of protests against chinese influence you're watching the news hour live from london much more still ahead a sad shell of a city aleppo stands in ruins after yet more devastating as strikes firefighters hold back australia's raging flames but another day of scorching temperatures brings a new threat. and that in school the tennis player has just become the youngest

australian open champion in more than a decade we'll have and with that story. as strikes and fighting in northwestern syria have displaced hundreds of thousands of people many are escaping towards the turkish border as hospitals and in aleppo come under attack after nearly 10 years of war government forces a back in control of large parts of the country marked here in red opposition fighters are confined to the north western province of idlib with forces backed by turkey in surrounding areas after the latest russian backed syrian government advance some turkish observation posts on now surrounded to establish those in 2017 as part of the 8 deescalation agreement and as the fighting continues is not enough food medicine or tents for people to go to reports now on the conditions people are facing as the fighting rages on. it's difficult to imagine what they

might be left to salvage from this destroyed neighborhood in western aleppo homes and a hospital shattered by bombs dropped by what were believed to be russian warplanes in the town of core. russian defense ministry usually denies it involved it's the new frontline close to syrian opposition fighters main supply lines in neighboring province. their government forces are advancing fast capturing towns and villages and the 2nd largest city of martin amman the violence has once again driven families out of their homes into syria's harsh winter. i have nothing with me we fled with just the clothes we were wearing because of the heavy bombing escape the airstrikes the airstrikes were so intense that we could only take the clothes we had on our backs for people like muhammad concrete blocks like

these an adlib city is home for now the cold flows offering little comfort for the children the situation here is catastrophic because we can't find a place to live in we are here for families in this place where there are no windows or doors you don't even have water more than 3000000 people live in it live half of them i'm totally displaced businesses are suffering people say they simply cannot cope. the trade is badly hit in the city the displaced people don't have money to buy anything they can barely find a place to live what we need are places for these people apartments or houses without windows and doors are hosting 4 or 5 families now can you imagine 30 people living in one room we can't even find tents for the displaced at least 11 hospitals and health centers came under attack from government forces backed by russian air power in italy blasts month the surge in numbers of those displaced has stretched

the health workers to their limits the most important. unity challenge for us and they make us sick that against our best it is our and our because so we miss you know american medical society or we document it 82 at the act against the health care services starting last april. for president bashar al assad. the short term goal is to secure syria's main highway that runs from north to south of the country the larger plan is to capture the entire province of the last major stronghold of the rebels. but the people of if the mood remains one of defiance of. al-jazeera. the arab league has rejected u.s. president donald trump's plan for the middle east as an emergency meeting in cairo palestinian president mahmoud abbas attacked the proposal saying his people would

never accept it especially trump suggestion that the capital of a future palestinian state should lie in the village of i would be nice instead of east jerusalem and abraham reports that the. palestinians were banking on the support of the arab league states and they got it was the most interesting the ministerial council confirms the palestinian government's rejection to the so-called deal of the century in its current form the council stressed that the acceptance of such a deal would mean waiving the historical rights of the palestinian people because it's considerably less than the legitimate ambitions of the palestinian people president obama abaft detailed at length the reasons why the u.s. mideast plan should be rejected saying it adopts the israeli position in full leaving little or no room for any negotiation u.s. president donald trump has given the palestinians 4 years to engage with the plan but the best said israel will use that time to push ahead with policies which are

contrary to international law and further sort of defy the occupation we're going to go and approach the moment they said jerusalem is 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 the arab league has presented the arab peace initiative from 2002 as a solution for the palestinian israeli conflict. it calls for the end of the israeli occupation before arab and islamic states normalize relations with israel that fierce iraq and the influence of the regional conflict led some states to go along with the us administration for iran pushed them closer to the main enemy who accuse israel reflected negatively on the obscene of the official level the palestinian leadership hopes that diplomatic pressure could help keep israeli plans in check but i think it is we spoke to here today say that they've been hearing similar statements from different organizations productive and their lives under

occupation have only been getting worse there are no good now and said if the arabs are with us the u.s. and israel won't do this to us. we are not waiting for the arabs they already sold us thought if we are split amongst ourselves what are we expecting from them palestinian officials say the arab league's position helps them rally support especially as the israeli prime minister promised to push for an extension as early as next week i do believe that the dejection of this plan must must be come from the community because it is illegal it's undermines the international law not only undermines the rights of the palestinian people the palestinian leadership is also looking for the backing of the african summit the organization of islamic cooperation and the united nations security council officials here say it's not the u.s. plan itself they fear it's how israel can use it. the occupied west

bank under plan one area inside israel would be part of a possible territory swap if all parties agree on a jam jam has more now 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 to this is show their opposition to u.s. president donald trump's plan for peace which ultimately it's the possibility going forward that perhaps real the agreement over 30 years 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 and we spoke with here today is very much opposed to that happening. and clutha said 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 pools 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. over at issue 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 is this enough of a girl lieberman that actually proposed this as well it was rejected then and it is being rejected now the. person walk up on saturday no longer a part of the european union although months of work is still ahead the u.k. now faces intense negotiations to determine its future relationship with the blog this includes trade security and resource agreements but yet to be secured day to day life abortions will remain much the same as until agreements

a made from freedom to trade works and travel in europe one of the biggest challenges for the e.u. in the u.k. is going to be northern ireland why it remains part of the u.k. customs tera trade also follows a u. rules many businesses relying on cross border trade with island which remains in the e.u. to know how that's going to work in the future paul brennan reports. port of belfast accounts for 64 percent of northern ireland's freights traffic half a 1000000 trucks a year pass through here fetching and carrying products between the u.k. mainland and the island of ireland but with ireland in the e.u. and the u.k. now out new checks extra paperwork and added costs are inevitable we've created concerns we've grif concerns about our business models with grave concerns about choice of also grave concerns about affordability for northern ireland high so it's quite simply there can't afford cost rises from fraction on what this plan has at the moment as lots of friction the amount and intrusiveness of the new customs

declarations will form part of the transition negotiations we want to see want but there are a medication for this because to come across the irish sea the volume of trade on not. be a hugely time consuming and expensive formality for drivers and businesses top to complete and we hope will be this common sense on both sides where we levy at the need for the. o'neals is a multimillion dollar sport to a company with factories in the north and the south and a manufacturing process built on frictionless movement between them from the roi on to the finished product here the shirts are nails go through a complex series of stages about 8 often in all cutting printing embroidery sewing and coloring and crossing from the factory here down to assist the factory in dublin and then back again through the process now hardboard or no deal brecht's it will be a nightmare for this company but the m.d.c. here is reasonably optimistic i do think there's a good opportunity knowing here for the economy in northern ireland because of them

today you'll find out investors we love the northern and a country that has i suppose of what both compounds you know free trade with you know the 27 member states of the european union and also the access to the u.k. as well you know everyone agrees on the irish side of the border up in county down a goal the bulk fertilizes animal feed. and equipment at this farmer's co-operative mainly come from ports in northern ireland and the frictionless way the farmers currently send livestock and produce to markets looks set to end some of the arguments that have been made is that it will be like a digital type order you cross it seamless you hardly know you cross put all of that adds a lot of cost i was long enough doing haulage to know what it was like to have to do customs papers to get through from here to dublin we had to we had 4 border crossings to do. and it was delays and paperwork and we don't want to go back to

that but it was a nightmare in the next 11 months of trade negotiations a specialized committee to represent northern ireland specific interests but the challenge is complex and time is short paul brennan al-jazeera belfast. supporters of scottish independence have been running in edinburgh to demand a new referendum scotland voted 62 percent to remain in the european union in the 2016 correct referendum since then calls for independence of grown british from supporters johnson has rejected demands saying that the. referendum was a once in a generation vote. for x. it might have happened but the road ahead is far from sesson the u.k. is now in a transition period until the end of the year almost everything stays the same but any trade agreement with the e.u. has to be reached jaring this time person could seek

a transition extension it has until july 1st to make that request but prime minister boris johnson has made that illegal should he change his mind or ask for an extension the transition period could be stretched out until december 31st 2022 so why is a trade deal so important and all the e.u. accounts for almost half of persons exports and more than half of its imports person will also be talking outside of the bloc particularly to countries like the united states which buys about 19 percent of british exports so i'm now joined in the studio by political economist stephen baba so it's done but in but not done at the same time what is your sense about how this government is likely to approach negotiations with brussels at least in the initial stages i think it remains to be seen as i think really what we've had so far from the prime minister and indeed from the cabinets is a lot of empty rhetoric a lot of bluster next week we are likely to get more of a sense of what the both the u.k. strategy is and also the e.u.

strategy it be interesting to see from the e.u. side actually to what extent they view these negotiations as something focused which is a round really what the british government would like something a round. really reducing or eliminating tariffs from the british side. it would be interesting to see if it all whether boris johnson is going to be prepared to spend some of that political capital that came from his election when he's freed from the grip of the right wing the e r g of his party that getting down to the not at that is that the party that wanted a hard breck's it and want to cut all ties and it's from his own party but it's the faction within the party the party within the party who want to hard heartbreaks it he's freed from that that constraint will he spend some of that capital and go for something soft i think remains to be set and of course report suggests that he wants that to be full custom chetan checks of physical checks on all goods coming

into the u.k. from the e.u. which suggests that he's going to take a hard position i mean i'm not sure he wants that but i mean the the government's talked about frictionless borders but at the same time it's out of the customs union is out of the single market and so. all necessity there will be checks at the borders it will be slower than that than it is now and it won't be as easy to do trades cross the e.u. looking at the sheer breadth of these negotiations when you have everything here so many different strands from trade to security services the fisheries how tight is this deadline going to be because this has to be wrapped up by the end of the year well i think you ask any reasonable person and they'll say that the that deadline is is unrealistic not least because it's not it's not just a negotiation the 2 out ratifications well we've got to ratify that potentially with all of the e.u. members at the same day by the way we're not going to begin until march because that's when the negotiators come back from consulting with member states and

meanwhile you've got the british government saying it's going to negotiate a deal with the united states as well from scratch during this part of the presidential election cycle you know could potentially be a change in administration and then your timing on. realistic and interesting you know the relationship between the u.s. and the u.k. because we heard boris johnson saying that when he was campaigning as part of the 2016 backs referendum that there would be this strengthening relationship and then recently that we've seen these tensions arise. tax and technology particularly the use of 5 g. technology from tiny chinese where grimsley much of it to the e.u. in many of these instances so it's been overplayed i mean a special relationship not so much anymore i think there's certainly. i think you can see there's a lot of political goodwill on both sides too to get a trade negotiation going but it will be from

a standing start. and at the same time you've got these these vastly different sized economies from the u.s. perspective how much do they view post break that person as being weak. i think that's that that's a difficult question i think from the administration itself from trump he sees it as as part of his own accord himself you know mr brooks it i think for many other parts of the united states britain's week of britain is no longer the gateway into the the e.u. that it once was thank you very much professor stephen barbee for joining us this evening it was the news hour live from london well still ahead. when half the victims of landmines share our children the united states says it wants to start using again also we're going to fight for the right to take on donald trump it starts on monday the iowa caucuses and it's a big democratic names and then a transport and all that hemispheres biggest international rugby tournament has started and they will be here with that story and

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back i look at the headlines now iraq's president has appointed former communications minister mohammad allawi prime minister country is seen months of mass protests of a corruption unemployment and a lack of basic services. the arab league has rejected u.s. president donald trump's plan for the middle east as an emergency meeting in cairo to discuss the proposal palestinian president mahmoud abbas attacked the plan and said his people would never accept it and the german air force plane is arrived in frankfurt from the han is governments continue to repatriate their citizens from china in response the coronavirus 312 bangladeshis have also been taken while russia prepares to pull out its citizens as well. well indonesia is joining the list of nations evacuating citizens from the han hundreds of students will be flown home and doctors are preparing to quarantine them for 2 weeks or no confirmed cases in indonesia but as jessica washington now reports from jakarta

health officials are taking no chances. on the streets of indonesia's capital this is the new normal on public transport most passengers with face mask as a precaution against the coronavirus break demand for masks and sanitizer is soaring across the country some markets and stores have even sold out many parents like listy feel anxious. is one of the around 250 engine asian students who have been living in the chinese city where the outbreak began. for 2nd that something bad will happen and i cannot help my child. and the other engine asian students being brought home they'll be in quarantine for 2 weeks. the indonesian government says chinese authorities helped coordinate the evacuation.

and. doctors say they are well prepared for the quarantine process. used to dealing with cases requiring strict isolation we dealt with saz through and we have regular training so we're ready for it. at airports around the archipelago it's business as usual indonesia's lyon ed which is southeast asia's biggest airline by fleet size has suspended all flights to and from china and while many a trying to get out of china hundreds of chinese citizens flew back from indonesia this week after their travel agents cut short their holiday plans here at indonesia's main airport authorities are taking steps to defend against the virus there are 3 body scanners and quarantine offices checking the health of arriving

passengers around the country there are the same precautions in place at more than $130.00 points of entry incubators already for any passengers suspected of carrying the virus and stop transfer anyone to hospital if they show symptoms like fever coughing just washington al-jazeera. now to lebanon protesters across the country have been marching in the northern city of tripoli and the latest wave of anti-government protests the appointment of a new prime minister has 2 weeks ago failed to satisfy them they are calling for a complete overhaul of the system so to hide out who is at the demonstration in tripoli. there's thousands of phrases that take on. a weekly and listen least likely. it would look like now what they're saying is this to listen to what i

say lifelessly different face it if i think he doesn't think she was like bring him to leave something that is seeking seed right said the 1st cut of meat as well as life right they all say that this government is just too risky to the previous one they said that i think we should listen closely one of the least likely to say many people want it looks like no one but they really struggling to take the most basic feet at least they should look something else at least lots of money from the inside out. help the economy like the next is whether we will see that it actually started to feel very ok because he sees that lead a right to life when she speaks english to succeed here probably because

it's likely if they take leave it comes i the country philippe pleased to see it basically take at least show humidity and let go of the fleet up the sun if a boy he takes off really feels government anything to do the same again. well now to the bush rise in australia strong gusts of wind soaring temperatures a fueled those fires near the capital. all firefighters have been able to hold blazes back from reaching the outskirts of camera but uncontrolled fires in the territory have reached at least 350 square kilometers in size on friday the australian capital territory declared a state of emergency in preparation for fire stoking conditions throughout the weekend. age there's no homes lost but we've still got a long night ahead of us and you know 5 merchant zealots in the story is a serious issue unfortunately we've seen this occurred many times during the season but we can't be complacent when you have this much far activity now the united

states has rolled back restrictions on the use of land mines which have been banned by more than 100 countries arms control proponents have been quick to criticize this move which will allow the use of anti-personnel land mines in exceptional circumstances they say and explains. a weapon of war that most countries believe should no longer be used and cannot be justified morally. anti-personnel land mines maim and kill thousands of innocent people each year often in places where fighting ended decades ago and while most of the world has banned them the us says it's planning to use them again after more than 30 years a land mines are one of very many other important tools that our commanders need to have available to them on the battlefield to shape the battlefield and to protect our forces but the change in policy u.s. forces will be able to use anti-personnel mines in future conflicts in certain circumstances mines the pentagon says will be able to self-destruct or self

deactivate without threatening civilians unlike the millions of mines that dot the korean demilitarized zone the obama administration committed the u.s. to destroy landmines stockpiles except those intended to defend south korea the last thing which we need is more land mines is an incredibly reckless move is a very dangerous leave and people will die as a result of this move it just for her to normalise this beast as an obscene weapon they're not designed to be safe they're designed for one purpose and that is to kill. 22 years after princess diana's walk through an angolan minefield helped galvanize the world to take action 80 percent of un member states have signed the mine ban treaty and destroyed more than 55000000 of them yet thousands of people continue to be killed and injured each year more than half of them children mostly in a handful of countries including afghanistan syria and ukraine the u.s. is unlikely to ever use landmines on its own soil and campaigners say the change in

policy will put civilians at risk in future conflicts no matter how smart the mines become. al-jazeera. the race for the white house officially begins on monday in the u.s. state of iowa it's still a wide field of democratic candidates vying to take on president on all trungpa nevada including 1000000000 as mike bloomberg until mistaya out official reports now 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 there 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 barack 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 the field will be much tighter in just a few days iowa doesn't pick the president but it will eliminate several possibilities alan fischer al jazeera the more in iowa. now to mexico there is suspicion of the death of a prominent environmental activist in the country his body was found in a pond 2 weeks after he was last seen alive the cause of his death is still being investigated but i reports now from mexico city. one of mexico's most iconic species the monarch butterfly has just lost perhaps its greatest advocate. they're not going to sit. well made. known as

mexico's monarch butterfly defender was found dead in a pond in the state of the chalk on. 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 and i mean he was a defender of the environment in a region with many conflicts me joe khan is a perfect example of where natural resources are under a lot of pressure especially when it comes to 4 is being cleared for all the 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. days before his disappearance gomez posted this video on social media surrounded by thousands of flapping wings gomez 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 a little side of. 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. years of conflict in libya since the fall of a demonic adelphi has scarred an entire generation women and children particularly

a struggling to cope with the loss of family members they say they can't get the help they need anybody reports to us now from misrata. was. these women in misrata 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 in 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 new there's 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. 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 with her 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 talk only my little brother he was engaged and we were planning the wedding for him but he went to fight and he became a martyr instead. for them there is closure of sorts for heidi just there is not. instead pictures of his disfigured calls 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 was 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 that libya is struggling to find enough qualified mental health workers and funding to help them let alone for women when he had them 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. still ahead all money's out. there for god of all brothers. the sanjay's lakers are on the life of franchise legend kobe bryant. think of some of the biggest companies in the world today all of them big tech with algorithms that they call them all that we use them the more data we produce and we're in the midst of a great race adata and big tech companies are on the chase and fires are rising on a wealth of information and we do all the commodity and the 2nd the 5 series not be re-examined is where the corporations are colonizing the internet like me the

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a fair cannon has won the australian open title. of spain it fulfills a 16 year dream for cannon whose ambition has always outstripped her experience poor east reports and 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 slamming me by saying. if the much help was unpredictable the match itself would prove even more so but only after the 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 and. 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 deserted actually going to be on and a great match and i was returning and my dream has officially came to my 1st grand slam final a 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 will answer. emulate ken and win

his 1st major title he seeded 5th and 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 he did not get the better of the twice last year. one thing more of the last stand he did but i think it doesn't count so in march it's absolutely his comfort zone here and he always plays his best in his in australia since many many years so i'm expecting that as well in the finals. the los angeles lakers have returned so action for the 1st time since the death of kobe bryant's bron james leading the tributes for the player who spent his entire career alike as far as 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 there. bryant was 41 he played his entire 20 year career with the lakers before retiring and 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 look at so you his legacy not only for this year. but as long as we can play the game a bass part of we love because that's what i call the bible. so i was a call by. mama but in the words of us. now for god they're all brothers. the next every play war 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 you know anybody feels like you walk away as a as a winner tonight but with given circumstances. the memories that would take away from you know just sad. just talk. 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 oils of made a winning starts in the defense of the 6 nations rugby title semifinalist at last year's world cup the welsh beat it's only $42.00 nil in the opening much of the northern hemisphere is biggest international tournament italy without a 6 nations win now since 2015 all unbeaten scotland in the days of the game world

cup runners up england star seem a 6 nations campaign against france in paris on sunday coach eddie jones has kept faith with the majority of the team that lost to south africa in november france were beaten by a single point against wales in the last states of world cup ok let's get back to mary in london andy thank you a rabbit of good news here now they were believed to be extinct to breed a giant thought always have been rediscovered by scientists on an expedition to the gap because $29.00 examples of the florey on a tortoise were found close to the wolf ok no on the largest of the galapagos islands but the real excitement came with the discovery of a single painted taught us a relative of a toaster is called lonesome george it was believed to have been the last of his kind and died 8 years ago is not so lonesome anymore. i'll be back in a minute with more news.

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a journalist. iraq's newly appointed prime minister pledges his support for protest as they are skeptical about his willingness to meet their demands. hello i'm maryam namazie in london you're watching al-jazeera also coming up on the program at an emergency summit in egypt the arab league rejects the u.s. president's proposed plan for the middle east china's fight against the coronavirus the government appeals to the e.u. for help as medical supplies run low.