they some of us so star we even scared to speak out because a surprise. al-jazeera correspondent a moral debt. al-jazeera . hello there i'm hala markets and this is the news our live from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes iraq has a new prime minister designates and he tells protesters to keep demonstrating until they get what they want. it's no deal palestinians get the backing off the arab league against all trumps middle east plan. hong kong hospital workers to go on

strike calling for the kosher all of the border with mainland china because all the corona virus outbreak. and smoke in the most of what little they left we go inside the shattered homes of families in northwestern syria. well a new political leader but signs it still will pacify iraq a protesters president barham saleh has named former communication minister mohammad allow we asked prime minister designates but his appointments hasn't been welcomed in some areas where demonstrators a campsite for 4 months demanding sweeping political reforms so someone at fault seen reports live from baghdad. the streets response to iraq's prime minister designate came fast and it was loud and clear. mohammed the

law is rejected protesters in baghdad at the here square chanted on saturday night after 2 months of political deadlock president barham salih chose mohamed allow it to replace other the who resigned 2 months ago amid widespread anti-government protests days prior to allow is a point. i meant we spoke to protesters in tahrir who saw him as another incarnation of a political system that has failed them. for sure he's rejected any person who has a relation with the parties from close or far is reject from all the people in general because for 16 years we haven't seen anything from them just destruction. indeed alawi is part and parcel of iraq's post 2003 political establishment a cousin of former vice president and prime minister ayad alawi he served as a member of parliament and communication minister but resigned in 2012 after he

accused the government of sectarianism upon his appointment allow addressed iraqis in a late night speech pledging to address their demands. i want to point towards the necessity for the peaceful protests to continue that support reforms until they achieve their legitimate demands on the government starts their genuine reforms. just like his predecessor allow a promise to create jobs and fight corruption and he vowed to bring those responsible for the deaths of over $600.00 protesters to account. that we're going to investigate and bring those responsible for the violence against peaceful demonstrators to a crown which is. the prime minister designate has 30 days to form a cabinet which must be approved by a parliament that has been deeply divided over how to handle the latest crisis some factions have rejected allow his appointment but influential shiite cleric mokhtar starter throw his weight behind him. i don't think he has support from all the

political blocs but there are important political forces and i expect that the surge wrists movement will stand with him and if that's the case the other political blocs will do this. for 4 months protesters have asked for a complete overhaul of the political system and then in the pendant head of state who isn't beholden to any domestic or foreign powers allow is appointment doesn't fulfill either of these demands but it could and the months of deadlock and pave the way for early elections and gradual reform. al-jazeera but that. well yes mazak he is an attorney and the former chief of communications for iraq's mission to the united nations she joins us now by skype good to have you with us on the program a lot we have reached the protestors in iraq do you think the new prime minister designates will be given a chance. i

guess means that you can you hear us hi i'm sorry it's good to be here thank you but you're sort of breaking up the are coming into now oh dear well let's see if we can try and get that resolved that i was asking if you think the protesters in iraq will give the new prime minister designate a chance because he has reached out to the protesters has he not he has reached up the protesters and he did actually speak to them in a language that they would understand he addressed their concerns he asked for them to continue their protests and know their needs were met which is strategically very important i think for him and his story viable because the protests will continue so for him to look like he is actually supporting those protests i think is integral to his survival however unfortunately they have or fortunately they have rejected him he is. i think based on the unofficial remarks of protesters as

well as the social media reports it's quite clear that they are not interested in having yet another member of the iraqi political elite representing them particularly somebody who has been a minister in the past has been a relatively unremarkable minister which means that he's probably going to be beholden to those in power the sudras as well as the other larger she wants who put him there so who do you think the protesters would find acceptable in that case. that's a great question and everything on the ground is actually very dynamic right now so it's hard to know but they have put forward a few people and officially again and through their social media accounts that have become quite noteworthy one of whom is a gentleman in the fire and he he is an independent politician as well as a set. non-sectarian and secular politician which is

a new development in the streets of iraq but he's also come out very hard against the existing establishment and made it very clear that if he were to come to power he would hold them all to account for corruption as well as for the violent crackdown on the protesters so a lot of the parliamentarians who are currently in place do not want someone like that in place because their survival depends on having a prime minister in place who's going to allow them to continue to function but mr allawi has also said that he would be looking to bring those accountable to justice those who had been behind that crackdown on the protesters it seems somewhat to cite observers that the base concessions are being made to the protesters but nothing really will be good enough. well i'm not sure that's exactly true because they have put forward some very clear requests. to the government one of which was that they don't want a politically established member of the iraqi government and mr allawi has been

minister communication in 2006 of those 2010 he was under prime prime minister maliki and so i think at this point because he has been involved with the government in the past and because this is a clear rejection of one of their mean requests they're going to reject the prime minister and now do you think the problem because the source comes out into the same thing the protesters want one thing and that the political class will give a certain candidate a solution but do you think the problem is the politicians themselves or do you think it is the system that the system of governance the system of elections and democracy in iraq itself a solution never be fines given the current structures that's an excellent question and i think you've acknowledged that iraq is a very complicated place and the government itself is very complicated i think it's twofold i think on one hand the corruption is debilitating for the the entire

country in its current bending the economy from flotus constant this frustration amongst the people so that corruption is actually relieved to the people themselves who are in government and the 2nd piece is the sectarian makeup and constitution of the government that's pitting people against one another and having them vote based on tribalism and religious interest as opposed to actually what would really benefit the iraqi people ok yes mazak a great to get your thoughts on the al-jazeera news our thank you very much indeed same for joining us from memphis thank you. the arab league has rejected u.s. president donald trump's middle east plan and it's an emergency meeting in cairo palestinian president mahmoud abbas attacked the proposal saying his people will never accept it that a brand has the reports. the. palestinians were banking on the support of the arab league's faith and they got it. from 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 mahmoud abbas 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 that is rated we use that time to push ahead with policies which are contrary to international law and further sort of defy the occupation and 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. and the influence of the regional conflict led some states to go along with the us administration fear from 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 buskins 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 the 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 village action of this plan must must be come from the international 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 need a break him al jazeera the occupied west bank. under that plan and one area inside israel would be part of a possible territories for before the parties agree mamma john john has more from john. 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 in his writing today is to show their opposition to u.s. president donald trump's 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 the clueless sense that we're 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 a lot of the leader of our land will be taken we are steadfast here and staying there. 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 but what's interesting is that this idea had actually been floated before many years ago far right is this enough not to go lieberman but actually proposed this as well it was rejected then and it is being rejected now the. well moron bashara is al-jazeera senior political analyst he says the threats of a u.s. backlash is holding some leaders back from condemning the prime. 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 regimes to the are either a whole nother ball or just the circle of course the 2 smaller gulf countries the united arab emirates and bihari in have consistently tried to say something about

look let's let's deal with the palestinians cannot use the chance to deal with the least we have to be realistic at the same time there's clearly some new members around the block here in just arab league summit like algeria like sudan like soonish in addition to others of course iraq lebanon hot feet and certainly qatar who've been mentally ill reject the betrayal of palestinian rights so publicly and in front of the out of 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 i 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 no arab leaders could collectively with 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 or another but with the palestinian positions being so clear that the door is closed shut. and that that the palestinians will do severing relations with both the united states and israel made it clear that any out a position that compromises the palestinian position would be seen as total betrayal what would a bass do when he returns to palestine if he will no longer coordinate with the israelis because l. though he is the president of palestine he still needs believe it or not and that's very important for our international viewers to understand that

a palestinian president thinks an israeli permission to leave the occupied territories and to come back to the occupied territories called palestine and so severing 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 suffering relations with israel means undoing the all the arrangements all the peace process agreements between the israelis and the palestinians and that might have major repercussions. plenty more so to come on the news hour including. a united lebanon war protesters from across the country have gathered in its poorest city plus. they have been debates there have been rallies and alan fischer in the morning with the people of iowa will cast the 1st votes in campaign 2020.

and in sports the tennis player who has just become big youngest a strangely an open champion in more than a decade. the governments continue to repatriate their citizens from china in response to the coronavirus russia is the latest nation to confirm its pulling out its citizens with the military sending planes to china on monday and shoes stay in china has asked the e.u. to help with urgently needed medical supplies that as it struggles to contain the outbreak some 304 people have died from the virus china reports and more than 11000 confirmed cases earlier both the us and the strangely a band visitors who have traveled to china in the past 14 days vietnam and

pakistan have adopted a similar measure and in hong kong hospital workers will go on strike on monday their demands in their government cause us borders with mainland china and more than $3000.00 union members voted in favor of the labor action which will last for 5 days the spread of the corona virus from china has at its attention in hong kong already high after months of protests against chinese influence where the world health organizations representative in china has warns there will be no relief from the spread of the virus in the near future. this increase is likely to continue because there are almost as many specimens waiting to be stuck. on a board so. the numbers will. well as it is has

got hundreds of students out of will hand the epi center over the break doctors are preparing to quarantine them for 2 weeks there have been no confirmed cases in indonesia but authorities say they're prepared if that changes jessica washington reports from jakarta. on the streets of indonesia's capital this is the new normal on public transport most passengers wear face masks as a precaution against the coronavirus outbreak demand for masks and sanitizer is soaring across the country some markets and stores have even sold out many parents like listy for anxious her 18 year old daughter deefa is one of around 250 indonesian students who have been living in who harm the chinese city where the outbreak began on me on friday i worry every 2nd that something bad will happen and

i cannot help my child. now deefa and the other engine asian students are 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. astafy used to dealing with cases requiring strict isolation we dealt with sars bird flu and we have regular training so we're ready for it. at airports around the archipelago it's far from business as usual indonesia's lion air which is southeast asia's biggest airline by fleet size has suspended all flights to and from china and while

many are 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 thermal 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 airport staff will transfer anyone to hospital if they show symptoms like fever or coughing just washington al-jazeera. well dr diah lucy is a fellow at the infectious diseases society over america and joins us now from washington d.c. good to have you with us on the program. why do you think governments are flying the citizens of china cements occasion that china can't cope or they've done

something wrong. well i'm not able to criticize china i think the countries are most interested in protecting their own citizens who are at the epicenter which is in rwanda capital of a province which is where the the outbreak is the very worst now but it will become much worse in other parts of china so all $31.00 provinces including to bet most major cities have infection with us not a chorus across china but just putting people on planes injecting them all around the world to help or hinder the spread of disease because this is a rather infectious disease is it not and when i've seen these people being quarantined in detained in countries all around the world. yes again i think that it's a rational move to bring citizens home to their respective countries but it's being done in a very careful manner in all countries to my knowledge in other words patients are

being sorry persons are being evaluated medically to make sure don't have the infection that they don't have. and if they are then they're treated appropriately but also they're being. put into quarantine for 14 days which after which if you haven't become sick then we don't think that you will become sick from this virus. it certainly doesn't instill much confidence though seeing people getting evacuated out of china do you think we should be worried at this stage about this virus. yes very much so very much so it's spreading throughout all $31.00 provinces in china it's gone to approximately $26.00 other countries and now it's begun to spread although in a very limited manner at least in 5 of the countries that we know about including the one where i am a united states but multiple other countries as well so yes we should be concerned we should be worried but certainly not panicked in that case but what should we be

doing then to protect ourselves from this virus because many people are quite alarmed at the fact that you know when you see people in their face masks everywhere and being for whom and all sorts of things what sort of advice would you give to our viewers especially if i had to protect themselves from this from the settlements. so i've also follow the guidance from the what health organization and then from your respective national ministries of health. the main thing to know is that there's very few people with the infection right now outside of china. most infections this time of year in the northern hemisphere due to influenza virus a totally different viral virus family than this corona virus because this is a brand new virus with no treatment and no vaccine unlike influenza viruses people are very worried so far except in china it's not

a dire emergency and hopefully it won't become one in other countries but personally i wouldn't be surprised if it doesn't at least in a few countries but what with this disease then just just take it on face value i mean already we don't think this virus has peaked jed it is so continuing to spread but just in layman's terms if you do contract the corona virus how likely are you to die just lay is laid out for us what exactly is this virus how is it going to affect people and how should we protect ourselves in general. you know so the great majority of people maybe 98 percent will not die and the 2 percent so far who have died which is a little bit over 300 people out of approximately 12000 who've been laboratory confirmed but there's many many more that haven't been tested yet so the great majority of people are going to recover. but maybe 2 percent. can die those

are mostly people basically my age order over 60 especially if you have underlying medical illnesses like lung disease liver failure other other medical conditions or anything that we can do your mean system so it's a there's 2 main ways to protect yourself and one is not to be around anyone who has the infection and again that's very few people outside of china so then you won't get it but secondly the precautions of washing your hands frequently try not to touch your nose or your eyes or your mouth especially if you've shaken hands or somebody have burned down somebody that's coughing or has a fever or who might have this pneumonia going to go and that's a very small number of people so i think the things that you need to do are quite simple and and almost free which is washing hands. wearing masks only if you are likely to be close to somebody who has this infection

which again is very unlikely right now anywhere outside of china ok so not quite time to panic yet thank you very much indeed for your expertise there than you know i don't sit down you see joining us from washington d.c. thank you. but china already struggling with the spread of the coronavirus killed thousands of chickens because of bird flu the outbreak was reported on a farm in the city of show young in hunan province where 4500 birds die it's the government says cold a further $17800.00 chickens they try then one strain of bird flu can be transmitted to humans but is relatively rare. still ahead so on al jazeera. bucking the international trains one of the u.s. wants to pull back chris strictures on land mines. and in sports the northern hemisphere biggest international rugby tournament is under way and sing we'll have

all the details. hello again a welcome back to international weather forecast but we have been talking about the rain and the very heavy snow here across parts of northwest united states as well as into canada and it's really evident here on the satellite all that moisture coming in off the pacific really pushy and wind bringing the very heavy snow to the higher elevations across much of british columbia now it will still be a problem here on sunday and you can see the snow right here particularly in british columbia now for washington state the rain is going to subside and things are going to get better as we begin the week well it's for the super bowl down here towards miami of course inside it's could be playing but outside it's going to be a little bit chilly here on sunday we do expect to see a temperature of about 241 degrees that is below average for this time of year as

we go towards monday things are looking a little bit better but up towards washington well above average for this time of year 18 degrees and sunny conditions well here across western mexico we are going to see an increase of rain and you can see here on the satellite all the rain coming in from the pacific so from mexico city not a bad day on sunday but by the time we get towards sunday evening the rain will begin it on monday it could be quite heavy we could be seeing some localized flooding across some of that area over here toward savannah though it's going to be a little bit chilly for the normal high of 23 degrees there for nasa about 27 for you. in russia many cuddy's migrant black. grazing. echoing an increasingly familiar global trend. labor force left vulnerable to exploitation and xenophobia. people in power investigate.

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this is al jazeera a reminder of the top stories this hour iran's president turns appoint a former communications minister mohammad to lobby as prime minister designate the country has seen months of mass protests over corruption on the points and lack of government services. they are oblique hours rejected u.s. president donald trump's proposed plan for the middle east as an emergency meeting in cairo palestinian president mahmoud abbas said his people would never accept it . and governments continue to repatriate their citizens from china response to the coronavirus russia is the latest nation to confirm its growing its citizens rights with the military sending planes to china on monday and tuesday where 300 people have died from the virus. or protesters in lebanon have converged on its poorest

city to show the government they are united in their calls for political change the still widespread anger over corruption and mismanagement the latest march comes ahead of next week's confidence votes to approve a new cabinets sattar hideouts reports from tripoli. 'd revolutionary songs play out says activists board buses taking them to tripoli it's the 1st time they've come together from different parts of the country to meet in the poorest city in lebanon on we came from label to thank tripoli for all the birds everything she did for beirut and all every single egypt game yet also. that the mass today is hand in hand so we're putting i would hunt together the folder and the one heart one blood and one heart thanks. just weeks ago protesters nationwide celebrated forcing former prime minister saad highly these government to resign but they're still unhappy. they're concerned the new

government is caught out of the same cloth a political elite that won't meet their demands and time soon very tough is no love lost levon or maybe a different religious and even facial backgrounds but they are here in tripoli to show you see they have one message for the new government is that i'll be stronger than ever and always fight for the right. now the new cabinet is gz receive a vote of confidence in parliament next week but protesters don't trust those at the helm and they're worried about the future. they've suffered for years from deep rooted corruption power cuts and the lack of basic public services they say their revolution is not dead yet despite dwindling numbers there are more of the coalition who are really really urgent this is one is the economic crisis the is that and the benghazi of the court system 1st it's not that some of the idea was that the strip the city going to be hard to come in there's

a real sense of community at this demonstration from free soup kitchens to a discussion forum bringing together different movements and civil societies doesn't amount to them but they talk about wanting a government that will be held accountable and despite the diversity here they all agree on one thing they need to work hand in hand in challenging the government and making sure their demands are met sort of al-jazeera tripoli. air strikes and fighting in northwestern syria have to space hundreds of thousands of people many are escaping towards the turkish border as hospitals in italy and aleppo come under attack. after nearly 10 years of war government forces are back in control of large parts of the country marks here in reds opposition fighters are confined to the north western province of it live with forces backed by turkey in surrounding areas of the latest russian backed government's advance some turkish

observation posts are no surrounded. well as the fighting continues there's not enough food medicine or tents for families priyanka gupta reports on the dark conditions people face as the fighting rages on. it's difficult to imagine what they might be left to salvage from this destroyed neighborhood in western lap of homes and a hospital shattered by bombs dropped by what were believed to be russian warplanes in the town of poor. 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 airstrikes and the airstrikes were so intense that we could only take the clothes we had on our backs for people like mohammad concrete blocks like these in a glib 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 we need a place as 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 surgeon numbers of those displaced has stretched the health workers to their limits and the most important. unity challenge for us they make us sick that against our best it is our and our because so we. as you know american medical society or we document it 82 at the act against the health care services starting last april. the president bashar al assad. the short term goal is to secure serious made highway that runs from north to south of the country the larger plan is to capture the entire province of the last major

storm rolled off the rebels. but the people of the mood remains one of defiance. one of the biggest sport spread challenges for the u. and the u.k. is how northern ireland will fit into their future trade relationship northern ireland parts off the u.k. borders an e.u. country the republic of violence and there are major concerns about a hard border between the 2 main 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 grif concerns we've grave concerns about our business models with grave concerns about

choice of also grave concerns about affordability for northern ireland high sold 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 us because to come across the irish sea the volume of trade on not i b b a hugely time consuming and expensive formality for drivers and businesses top are complete and we hope we will have common sense from both sides were we levy at the need for the. o'neals is a multi-million dollar sports work company with factories in the north and the south and a manufacturing process built on frictionless movement between them. from the royal yard to the finished product here the shirts are the 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 and down to assist the factory in dublin and then back again through the process now hard water

a no deal brecht's it will be a nightmare for this company but the m d here is reasonably optimistic i do think there's a good opportunity to know here for the economy in northern ireland because today on the day you'll find out investors will up in northern ireland a country that has i suppose a football comes. with you know the 27 member states of the european union and also the access to the u.k. as well not everyone agrees on the irish side of the border up in county donagh all the bulk fertilizes animal feeds 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 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 gathered in edinburgh to demand a new referendum 62 percent of scots wanted to remain in the european union at the brics it votes and since then calls for independence have grown british prime minister boris johnson has rejected demands for a new referendum saying scotland's had that chance in 2014 and voted to stay in the u.k. . was take a look at the border heads for britain post breck sets the nation is no in

a transition period until the end of the year with everything in the u.k. stays the same but any trade agreements with the e.u. must be reached jaring this time ricin could seek a transition extension it has until july 1st to make the request bonce prime minister boris johnson has made that illegal should he changes minds and ask for an extension the transition period could be stretched out until december 31st 2022 so why is a trade deal so important swell the e.u. accounts for almost half of britain's exports and more than half of its imports resemble also be looking outside the bloc particularly to countries such as the us which buys around 19 percent of british exports well earlier political economist stephen barber spoke to my colleague merriam the mozzie in london he says it's not clear if the governments could wrap up trade negotiations in just one year. i think

it remains to be seen because i think really what we've had so far from the prime minister and indeed from from the cabinet is a lot of empty rhetoric a lot of bluster 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 about ratification you've got to ratify that potentially with all of the e.u. members at the same by the way we're not going to begin until march because that's when the unique o'shea's has come back from consulting with member states and meanwhile you've got the british government saying it's going to negotiate a deal with united states as well from scratch during this part of the presidential election cycle you know that could potentially be a change in administration and then i mean look realistic and interesting. the relationship between the u.s. and the u.k. because we had boris johnson saying that when he was campaigning as part of the 2016 bracks referendum that there would be the 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 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 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 the race for the white house officially begins on monday in the u.s. state of iowa one it's still a wide field of democratic candidates vying to take on president donald trump in the vendor that includes billionaires mike bloomberg and tom styer unofficial reports now from iowa. there have been rallies and debates. there have been

t.v. ads and looks of the under 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 will 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 the polls people who won the nomination have

finished 2nd or 3rd you don't have to win here 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. the u.s.

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 the move which will allow the use of anti personnel land mines in exceptional circumstances under schapelle has more. 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 and even people will die as a result of this move it just for her to normalize these pieces of obscene weapons 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 and 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 minds become and al-jazeera. still to come on al-jazeera. not for god level brother. the los angeles lakers remember the microphone franchise the legend kobe bryant that's coming up in sports. informed opinions the economy is actually what's keeping donald trump afloat right now and in-depth analysis of the day's headlines the protest movement is only getting stronger the more people who killed the resilient the resistant they will become the inside story on al-jazeera. separate on al-jazeera. and the tension with the u.s.

and protests over a plane down to iran's hanum entry election will be held on february 21st partition of syria explores the fate of india's religious minorities on the prime minister modis can do. 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 up to 5 years of civil war could be to rivals agree a peace deal to revive africa's youngest nation. separate on al-jazeera.

is time for the sport now years and the. thank you very much american saffir cannon has won the australian open title beating. of spain it fulfills a 16 year dream for cannon whose talents has always outstripped her experience poorest reports but i gather you didn't read the 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 safina cannon who had never before been beyond the 4th round to slam me by saying. if the much help was unpredictable the much 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 in the 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 took a home this is my 1st speech but i'm going to try my best. i decided i think actually going to be on and a great match and i was returning into my dream as officially came into 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 aim to. kennon 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 get the better of the twice last year. one thing more of the last columnist and he did but i think it doesn't called so much 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 the los angeles lakers have returned to 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 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. 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 get so you want moments a mess the good 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 color was. so i was called the bryant. mama but in the words of us. not for god level brother. the next every play war brian's now retired numbers roses were placed on the seats

where bride and giana would have sat. deal 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 walked away as a as a wonder tonight but with given circumstances. the memories that were taken away from you just say it. just took. this night the 1st step in a healing process for city and a team that has lost one of sports all time greats far as smile al-jazeera. wales have made a winning starts in the defense of their 6 nations rugby title semifinalists at last year's world cup the welsh beat italy $42.00 nil in the opening match of the northern hemisphere is biggest international tournament italy without a 6 nations win now since 2015 ireland beating scotland in the days of the game

world cup runners up england starting their 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 state of the world cup they can turn on like they can be dangerous. are we watch the quarter final they played that they have been pretty disappointing to lose that game 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 in goal for northern ireland's graeme mcdowell is in sight of a 1st european top title in 6 years the 2010 u.s. open champion heading for birdies on the back 9 at the saudi international and he'll take a one shot lead into sunday's final round. ok that is a sports looking for now more later thank you and think about wraps up this news hour do say with us here on al-jazeera with more off the headlines this.

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a war in the south the case is interesting to watch as the amount of money involved yemen war profiteers on al-jazeera. iraq's prime minister designate tells protests just to keep demonstrating a till they get what they want. and how much it in this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up it's a no deal palestinians get the backing of the arab league against donald trump's middle east plan. on costs or workers thought to go on strike calling for the kosher all of the border with mainland china because of the corona virus outbreak

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