thank you. well i'm richelle carey this is the news hour live from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes if you were in. that boat before you. buy yes the philippines records the 1st death outside of china from the corona virus outbreak the global community imposes more travel restrictions. iraq has a new prime minister after months of deadlock protesters though say they'll continue their anti-government demonstrations. making the most of what little they have left we go inside the shattered homes of families in syria. and it's in the

u.s. make their final pitch ahead of the iowa caucuses were bogles voters will have their 1st say in the presidential election. and you. see the boy was a little. more. and in sport the men's australian open final is underway with novak djokovic playing dominic team for the title meanwhile 21 year old soviet canon of the united states is still basking in the glory of her 1st ever grand slam crown. the impact of the corona virus outbreak in china is spreading around the world the 1st death from the illness outside of china has been confirmed in the philippines a 44 year old man from hong where the virus was 1st reported died in a hospital in manila so the virus is now responsible for the deaths of at least 304

people and more than 14000 people are confirmed to have the illness a number of african countries including botswana and uncle have reported suspected cases officials there are. concern that poor countries that they're ill equipped to deal with any outbreak and a growing number of airlines are suspending services to and from china all south korea the philippines and new zealand have banned people who recently traveled there from entering we're now from scott heide lawyer who has this report from beijing and we are at for doing that report. one of the purpose built coronavirus hospitals and will open its doors on monday another is due to go online in the coming days together chinese officials say more than 2000 patients with the virus will be able to get care at the new facilities but with urgent calls for more supplies and warnings of understaffed and overworked medical teams at the existing one hospitals these new facilities will probably take

some time before they can run at full capacity this is the announcement health officials around the world have been bracing for the 1st coronavirus death outside of china a 44 year old chinese man from mohan died on saturday in the philippines in your day. and show. how the. worst. in haiti. more countries are flying their citizens out of province and new zealand has joined the list of nations barring non-citizens who have recently traveled to china from entering as this was supposed to be the end of the extended lunar new year holiday the streets of beijing should be bustling but the government here has said only a sense the workers will return the others not for another week at least businesses and private enterprises are doing so. many are stuck inside their homes millions of

chinese are taking to social media to talk about the coronavirus mostly venting frustration on the slow reaction of the government when the virus was 1st discovered and how donations have been diverted or delayed. this story about a t.v. crew stopped from reporting on the work of the red cross received nearly 300000 comments chinese officials are also taking to social media using it to notify the public about details of cases of corona virus so those who travel on the same flights trains or buses as infected patients and repast of lee exposed can get tested to try and prevent the virus from spreading further it's got to al-jazeera beijing so we have 4 correspondents on 2 continents covering the story for us nicholas carr where past outbreaks of ebola could provide lessons on how to deal with the coronavirus catherine sawyer she is in nairobi she'll talk to us about preparations in east africa when hey it's on call in hong kong to talk about cases

there and on mainland china 1st though to the philippines which as we've reported has recorded the 1st death outside of china are now below is in manila so what is the reaction there barnaby house has been dealt with. hi rachelle as you saw in scott's report there is a 44 year old now and from china had passed away on saturday due to the corona virus and together with this man another woman his partner also from one china 38 year old woman has been tested positive for the nobel corona virus so that brings the total number of people in the philippines right now with the nobel corner virus to only 2 relatively low compared to other countries or specially china of course but the death of the 44 year old man is the 1st death outside

china so that is causing some alarm here in the philippines now they traveled from china through hong kong on january 21st that is that was 2 days before the lockdown of one and they traveled to the central part of the philippines and they traveled for 4 days from january 21st to january 25th in the central region of the philippines before getting admitted to a hospital and then transferred to a government hospital in manila and so now the health department is saying that they need to trace people who have possibly be in contact with this couple and there could be a lot of people on the flight from hong kong to the philippines and when they were traveling throughout the central philippine region that could be cut that could mean hundreds if not thousands of people so that's one thing that the health department has to do right now but aside from that flights from china carrying.

all right as she can see we got the majority of the report of the left have had a bit of a technical issue with our new below but as i said we have correspondents everywhere so we have much more information to bring you about what's happening with the come on coronaviruses go to wayne hay who is live for us and hong kong with the latest from there say way in it it's obvious that we're now on the downward side of this this doesn't appear to be contained so far at all what is the latest from where you are. well in hong kong the number all of confirms coronavirus cases is still relatively stable and load 14 confirmed cases but there are dozens more suspected cases and the concern among many people here is that those numbers could rise sharply soon because there is still a relatively free flow of people between here and mainland china because the board is to a large extent remain open now a lot of people in hong kong i'm happy about that they want those borders closed

completely to try to protect this city and the people here from any further infections among them a union representing medical workers that has called for a strike this week starting on monday it says 3000 non-essential medical staff will walk off the job in a valley and to intensify that action through the course of the week if their demands are not met by the government the key demand is that they want the borders closed completely now the government here has said that that is not going to happen chief executive kerry lamb says she wants the borders to remain open so that people can come and go with relative ease and goods can do the same as well instead she says they're going to step up things like medical checks at those border crossings possibly a bit of a political element to this is well the union that is called the strike you would see formed out of the long running anti-government protests over the past 8 months or so that so they will be some people in hong kong who will question the motives

all of this union whether or not they are really about the coronavirus or whether it's just another chance to have a go at the government nonetheless thousands of medical stuff walking off the job certainly will have an impact and that is going to happen according to the union on monday ok with the latest from hong kong lane thank you. now researchers at johns hopkins university in the u.s. they're mapping out the scale of this global outbreak so the big red dots right there that indicates the highest number of infections mainly over china's hu a province of course that is where this virus originated elsewhere in the world cases have been confirmed in more than $24.00 countries spanning 5 continents and parts of africa there's been a suspected case that's in botswana and other countries on the continent they are also making preparations so now let's go live to nairobi and bring in katherine sawyer so catherine how prepared are east and southern african countries to fight the coronavirus. well regional governments say that they are watching very closely

what's going on in china and i have seen several statements from several governments particularly one that came in and ethiopia who are just trying to assure the citizens that all is well they're talking about increased surveillance increased screening on all border points and this is something that has been going on even before because of an airball outbreak in the democratic republic of congo so they're saying this is just being and hance in kenya they've also they're also saying they've expanded the capacity of isolation wards just in case you've seen national airlines in kenya and round suspending flights to china kenya has to spend kenya airways has suspended flights to go to. has been raised because if european airlines which is one of the largest airlines on the continent has decided not for now to suspend flights so there's a lot of concern about that particularly. if the opiah it's also very important to

know that we have very many africans working and studying in china and some governments are trying to find ways of evacuating their citizens and here in kenya we've seen reports of people of relatives particularly in one calling their loved ones here in kenya saying that they're afraid the line is running low on supplies and they want to come back home but we've also heard from foreign ministry officials who have said that for now there are no immediate plans to evacuate kenyans who are in china that the situation right now is better handled by china in china but it's officials also saying they're very closely watching and monitoring the kenyans who are in china so there's a lot of concern people are very worried about what's going to happen especially if cases are confirmed and had some scares in the last 2 weeks a few people in kenya. and. suspected

cases but these after tests it was found that they are negative but there is still that concern because it is usually a lot of movement between kenya and many between china and many countries in africa catherine soy with the latest there from mary catherine thank you let's go to senegal now or nicholas hawke is live for us in dakar so nick what what have officials learned from the crisis and how specifically does that inform the types of protective measures they're putting in place. oversell the coronavirus and bull are 2 different viruses but they have some similarity both in how scientists suspect it started and how it spreads because obviously it's the propagation of the virus that the health ministers in the region that are fearing the most and what we've learned in the bulla outbreak is that countries

that have weak health infrastructures were greater affected by the outbreak so countries like liberia sierra leone wild countries are very populated but have a strong health care system like nigeria were able to contain the bull outbreak they had no cases and in fact nigeria came out a few weeks ago announcing the opening of a new bio safety lab where they can handle coronaviruses and other viruses because of course in west africa there are number of viruses out and about there's currently in nigeria last. virus outbreak that they're trying to contain so west africa as a whole can perhaps be considered being better prepared than certain western country at least to dealing with viruses so there was a case last week a suspected case at the abbey john airport in ivory coast of a student that was studying in china that came into the country but quickly the

authority were able to rule that out so really the systems are in placed in order to try to stem out of the virus just today the president of senegal has said that he they're not going to repaginate its citizens that are in china but will send a $1000.00 to each students that are still in china in quarantine to help them out richelle back to you and we'll talk with the latest there from dakar thank you nick . we'll have much more on the coronavirus ahead in this news hour should you be wearing a protective mask at all will get the answer from a health specialist also. oh the poverty and ignored the forced harbor tripoli rises to become the heart of lebanon's protests and sports the city a star said a new league record bar will have all that and just a bit.

lax president arms all unnamed former communication minister mohammed allow as prime minister designate on saturday but his appointment has not been welcomed in some areas where demonstrators have kept out camped out that is for weeks demanding greater political reform it's one of also reports from baghdad. on the streets response to iraq's prime minister designate came fast and it was loud and clear. and mohamed the law is rejected protesters in by the doubts the hear square chanted on saturday night after 2 months of political deadlock president barham saleh. allow it to replace other love the mahdi who resigned 2 months ago amid widespread anti-government protests days prior to allow his appointment we spoke to protesters into he had who saw him as another incarnation of a political system that has failed them. or for sure he's rejected any person who

has a relation with the parties from close so 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 allowing 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 start stage 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 some bring those responsible for the violence against peaceful demonstrators to a town 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 assad or throw his weight behind him. i don't think he has support from all the political blocs but they 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 the sign it. for 4 months protesters have asked for a complete overhaul of the political system and then in the plan the 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 end the months of deadlock and pave the way for early elections and gradual reform. al-jazeera

a good dad. outas there are some icon is dive now in the capital baghdad so emraan what is next now for the prime minister. the problem is the designate the immediate future is absolutely key what he needs to do is form a cabinet and that way you'll be able to form a government and you'll be able to lead the country into what he says will be the elections but that's not easy yes to find a cabinet that's going to be not only acceptable to the paula but also to the protesters as well and already we've seen in nasiriyah in buses and in the south of the country lots of anger directed towards me because they suggest that he is part of the establishment in baghdad we've also seen and that's going to get out the way so i can give you a better look these people have been counting now since. now the protest movement is actually divided but it comes to somebody like

a low what they think is actually he's come out and he supported the protesting system that quite vocally so therefore we should. support him however others have said well he might be trying to support as they want to take over the movement the fact that he now has this very religious university that i would tend also that in his corner is also worrying protesters as well because the general side has a very specific agenda he wants the u.s. presence out of iraq protesters may want a change in governance a structural change in government so there's some concerns that the southers soon did actually pull out of texas where they now back in there were away for a week and now back in are trying to co-opt this movement so there's a lot of politics going on as well but there's also a lot of old in the streets all the ticks as well and he has to deal with all of this he's got to do it quite quickly here he has 30 days to hold his cabinet that's 30 days to get people in place but the protesters and the parliament will support

and also get this support on the ground if he doesn't do that he may well be that iraq's political deadlock will last a while love emraan comment the latest from baghdad emraan thank you. the arab league has rejected donald trump's proposed middle east plan at an emergency meeting in cairo palestinian president mahmoud abbas criticized the proposal saying its people will never accept it reports on the occupied west bank. 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 and 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 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 u.s. administration for 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 my skin's 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 could not do it 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 the rejection 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 to their break him al jazeera the occupied west bank. fergus's in lebanon have marched through its poorest city to show the government they're united in their calls for political change there is still widespread anger over corruption and mismanagement the latest rally comes ahead of next week's confidence vote to approve a new cabinet start higher reports from tripoli. the. 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 we came from label to thank tripoli for all the birds everything she did for beirut and only every single digit game year. that the

us today is hand in hand so would put think i would hunt together the fellow to handle one heart one blood and one heartbeat. just weeks ago protesters nationwide said abraded forcing former prime minister inside of 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 it's very tough is for the last 7 or maybe a different religious and even facial backgrounds but they are here in tripoli to show you see and they have one message for the new government is that they'll be stronger than ever and always fight for the right. the new cabinet is gz receive a vote of confidence in parliament next week but protesters don't trust those at the helm and the worries 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 they are born 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 suburb and i hear more that the strip of the city going to be hard. government is a real sense of community in this down straight from free soup kitchens to a discussion forum bringing together different movements and civil societies. they talk about wanting a government that will be held accountable and despite the diversity they all agree on one thing we need to work hand in hand in challenging the governments and making sure they demands are met thought a height of al-jazeera. our time for the weather now with meteorologist ever 10 fox so abbott's getting a little colder in parts of europe yeah that's right we've had some really mild weather over the past well through this winter so far the freeze benaud next few

days will sort that out for many thanks to the satellite picture you can see this area clouds rolling in from the atlantic and it's really been like that for a good part of the winter through december into where chan really loss of weather fronts showing up on the platter this time of year when you do get lots of cloud coming through that does suggest the milder conditions that we would expect for wind westerly winds driving through from the atlantic so that's what's pushing those temperatures up and we take a look down towards the southwest and it gives you a good indication of just how mild it is at present so we're looking at temperatures by in portugal getting into the low to mid twenty's similar conditions into the southwest of france in that mold there actually pushing up even into 0 rick in switzerland 18 celsius lots of cloud and rain that turning to snow over the outs and the sense we go through monday night into tuesday you get an idea of what's to come over the next few days we see temperatures in zurich around 9 degrees celsius a fair bit of snow there further south that snow will gradually make its way down

into the balkans take a little this to sorry. you have a cell just on choose day you are minus one as we go on into thursday so normal service gradually being received here as something like a 30 degree drop in just a couple of days for average and thank you very much so. well ahead on al-jazeera and this textile industry is in decline or tell you why the wheels have stopped turning. this to be hours to go until super bowl $54.00 kicks off fans are still rushing to get their tickets no matter what they cost. to get. it done presence on donald trump jr was promised damaging information about hillary clinton allegation to see an investigation seductress did the trunk campaign with russia did you at any time bridge the former f.b.i. director james comey in any way shape or form the closer to batten down the

investigation into michael flynn and also as you will know. next question battlefield washington on al-jazeera. the island of sardinia a famously a delay khalid a spot. less well known as a proving ground for. investigating claims that use of military training and arms testing that triggered cancer and birth defects amid the local population. secret sardinia people in power on al-jazeera.

watching opposite the top stories right now a man in the philippines has become the 1st person to die from chronic virus outside china 304 people have now died with and china had more than 14000 cases of bad. confirm the philippines and new zealand have joined the us in australia and banning entry to foreigners who recently visited china and hong kong pressure is going on the government to close the border with the mainland. iraq has a new prime minister after months of political deadlock and anti-government protests but demonstrators say his part of the old ruling elite and will continue to protest. top story as the corona virus outbreak spreads many are rushing to buy face masks to protect themselves but how effective are they working to the world health organization if you do not have respiratory symptoms you don't need to wear one only health professionals treating people with symptoms need to wear them

also people who have developed sentence of the coronavirus need to protect others from getting sick or macintyre said at the bio security program at the university of new south wales kirby institute she joins us from melbourne and via skype thank you so much for your time we need your expertise at a time like this when you see so many people wearing masks and you see health professionals wearing them tells people that to some degree they must work but let's figure out to what degree do they work what are the masks actually for right now. ok so there are different kinds of devices that we call arts the most common one we see out play in surgical not that's and i think that's what most people mean when they say my arms they are not designed for a spiritual protection that designed that were designed to protect a patient from the surgeon during an operation that don't fit around the space so a lot of it can go into science and they're not rigging elated on how much they can

fill to generally they don't kill through the months and those miles may act as a physical barrier to stop splashes and sprays of large droplets and also from touching your face we tend to touch our face it's about 200 times a day and the mask will stop you can 10 minute in yourself with your hand so you're saying that it kind of guy in my policy you know. the other kind of mask is a respirator any good disposable respirators that people may think of minds but there actually is fear cheaper to devices that are designed to protect you from a killer trying out 95 percent they have on particles they feet around the face so they don't allow it. those are generally reserved for health care what it is and what we see people wearing in that community is that surgical masks or clark months so are they are they helpful to any degree when it comes to something like

coronavirus people want to feel like their joints something. i think the search from mars probably will help if you're in an area where if you're on an evacuation flight out of if you're in who are you sure in in a city or town with there it's a lot of the debates around. it may be helpful there have been and the number of studies looking at marched in communities sittings including one that way denounced the we've found there we've been with a sick person in the household if you wanted my asshole the time when you were around that person it protected you from the sick person and it's only mean one large well. since there's only meeting one largish child of putting the marks on the patient and we did better as well. it probably does help so putting them on what's called the patient is a good idea as well obviously this is

a time when people may want to take advantage of people's fears and on every corner you might all of a sudden be able to get some sort of masks but all that's are not created equal is what you're saying too as well right now let's try and go with what's on the market with surgical masks you can get some very low quality products that a cold mask the only thing is that for months which i use commonly in asia they do not work we did a study of. this and what surgical mask is better than a clock. and increase your risk of infection is that that was a finding of our study or we appreciate your expertise very much a writer mcintyre thank you pleasure health officials in new york say they're investigating a case of corona virus and there are there are now 8 confirmed cases in the united states the latest in the city of boston areolas on though has as details. there are

3 in the state of california 2 in illinois one in the state of washington and one in the state of arizona the latest confirmed case comes from the state of massachusetts particularly the city of boston that's where officials there said it is a. man in his twenty's a college student who is a student at the university of massachusetts at the boston campus who had come back from china showed signs or symptoms of being sick was tested in the test came back positive he is now being held in isolation at his home in boston and being closely monitored 24 hours a day by medical officials there we also have from the city city of new york city the mayor bill the blast to confirming the 1st suspected case this individual this patient who is being evaluated right now did exactly as they should of

follow the guidelines that the new york put out and they met the specific criteria they had travelled to china they did have the specific symptoms associated coronavirus and they did come to get medical care here at the hospital the u.s. is preparing potentially for hundreds if not thousands of people that their repatriating from china or visitors that they need to quarantine and where they're going to put them on the department of health and human services has requested that the military set up some sort of quarantine areas on military bases and the pentagon confirm that they are doing that they're having beds if you will for as many as a 1000 people to be quarantined they've already identified 3 different military bases where they will put these people that potentially could have coronavirus

should this be necessary in the coming days. china's also struggling to contain an outbreak of bird flu cases reported on a farm in the city show yang and her now province where 4500 birds have died the government has called a further 17800 chickens the h 5 n one strain of bird flu can be transmitted to humans but it is rare the economic slowdown in india is sitting the textile industry hard many workers have lost their jobs they say cheap imports the declining export market and higher taxes are to blame for the slump i was there so our mom reports on with donna in the state of punjab. there's an eerie silence at the textile factory the wheels of industry have come to india grinding halt the majority of lives have been silent to 18 months it's out of spoke to us on the condition of and ability to protect what little he has left in terms of a business for us to follow the implementation of g.s.t.

was not good to many households and then economic downturn all over the world not just india but all over the world and too much changing in government policies too many trade barriers coming up in export markets. his concerns are shared by many of the 40000 textile factory owners of the city many say they've seen their profits plummet by 25 percent and had to lay off workers. for one industry leader the whole system needs to be looked at he says industrialists are having to make hard choices about where to invest and how many staff to employ. the government rushed to apply g.s.t. and hasn't got it right that's the funds are needed to complete the financial circle and keep businesses afloat they're not refunded and stuck with government so business men are dipping into profits to run their factories until they are remembered sed. factory produces clothing that is running smoothly despite the financial headwinds he told me it's tough to juggle both the new taxes keep products competitively priced and his $250.00 staff employed those in the textile

industry are not the only ones concerned about the impact the economic slowdown is having the international monetary fund says the indian government needs to spend in areas that just construction and infrastructure to kick start the economy and they need to be evaluate their relationship with other nations and economic blocs to make their exports attractive. to the aurora has been designing high end we've been sweating clothing for 20 years profits are down and she's had to lay off 20 percent of her seamstresses people must have read us they are finding power on clothes they have been the failing one you know the one putting up and investing on the right lot of the right time people don't worry about that they need a hand where they may even go for a commercial production. if you look fancy but it should be that is what people are looking for. the textile industry continues to discuss its financial woes with the

government hoping both sides can find a way forward to secure jobs of the economic future with global demand down of the domestic market cautious about spending the future doesn't look too promising so robert al-jazeera looked down on the job. japan ascending award. shipped to the gulf for what it calls an intelligence gathering mission. talking on a destroyer was sent off with a ceremony near tokyo on sunday 90 percent of your pants oil imports come from the gulf a minister shinzo lobby is expected to authorize the military or military to protect commercial oil tankers but this has been opposed by some groups. syria's government and russian forces are intensifying airstrikes and a ground offensive in the cities of adlib and aleppo the bombardment is forcing many to flee towards the turkish border where he'll mohammad reports. smoke dawkins' the skies above aleppo's countryside syrian russian backed forces

have launched an offensive to seize the area. with syrian armed groups. that. the new battlefront is close to the capital damascus in the north. government forces have been making important gains most recently the town of moderates. nearby in frederick heb fighting is also taking place in densely populated areas that's despite a cease fire deal agreed between turkey and russia it's another strategic town as it's near the m 4 highway that runs west to east across. the casualty numbers are growing on. a center for rescue workers the white tell me it's was reduced to rubble and some wounded. turkey has since sent him a treat reinforcements to it live president on one day on friday that turkey could

intervene if the violence escalates. and strikes and a ground advance by the syrian government has given people only one option to flee . packing their cars and trucks with whatever they can carry. others haven't had homes for years forced to move on to other places several times now some live in makeshift camps on the side of the road ran by about i don't know where we are i don't even know which ways and with a sound we all suffered so much and. with all the airstrikes. if we don't get help we'll go to sleep hungry we don't own anything we can't afford to buy food. and the young a suffering the most the u.n. says the situation is turning into a crisis for children more than 6500 have been forced from their homes in the past

week aid groups say the rush of food water and medicine and of the bombardment doesn't stop it could soon create one of syria's humanitarian disasters. al-jazeera market says the united nations to a regional manager in cornet or for the crisis in syria joins us via skype from gaza and turkey we appreciate your time so much so we keep talking and reporting about people fleeing the violence and with it live but often when these people flee mark it seems that they don't even actually know where they're playing to their they're just going. you know what that's the situation at the moment there's just a sea of people moving in all directions as the airstrikes and shelling have continued throughout the last 2 months this crisis began a long time ago but in the last 2 months it got particularly bad we've seen about half a 1000000 people who fled their homes in the last 2 months and we've seen you know

almost 300 to civil unions who've been killed and those are only the numbers that have been documented and verified by the u.n. but we expect the actual numbers are much higher at this is a huge crisis and one that is only growing bigger by the day and tell us about how this specifically is is traumatic and unbelievably unbearably hard on children. well you know the there are about 3000000 people in this area these are people these are civilians who are trapped in a war zone and the great majority of them are women and children and elderly people so you know this is why we're so shocked and horrified at the continued military onslaught on the civilian population because you know the international

humanitarian law must apply whether you're fighting terrorism or any other war and yet somehow this bombing has just been continuing with impunity the people who are suffering most in this war are the civilians and a huge number of them are children and it's not just children it's the it's their mothers it's their elderly people it's people with disabilities and it's just shocking at the level of human suffering at this moment so there. what is the what is the mechanism in place for there to be some accountability i mean i know turkey has said that this as a stop there's been various voices saying this has to stop but there seems to be nothing to force it to stop. well there are many mechanisms out there there's the commission of inquiry that is you know other mechanisms that have been set up for

this purpose but on the humanitarian side we also have a lot of workers on the ground who are also affected we had 2 of our humanitarian workers were killed in the last week alone we report all of this regularly to the security council and our separate general has called repeatedly for a cessation of hostilities yesterday again he called for an immediate cessation of hostilities and this is what is needed to protect the civilian population this is one of the most vulnerable populations anywhere in the world at the moment they have no went left to run to many of these are people who fled from other battles in syria over the last 8 years from places like homs and aleppo rocka is the route that this place is crowded with displaced people vulnerable people and we need to ensure the protection of these people that's the priority our cuts with the united

nations that are important are there and and syria thank you very much thank you. protesters in jordan are calling a deal that will say israel to pump that is $10000000000.00 worth of gas into the country and anomie invasion alone jordan has a peace treaty with israel it's also home to the largest population of palestinians outside the occupied territory games and speaking to those rallying against the deal in amman. protesters describe it as an enemy invasion of every jordanian home by accepting natural gas from israel to generate electricity they say each time they turn on their lights they'll be giving the israeli government money does deal is like literally it's like funding the zionism project and palestine which is like it's funding is really like governments on like who are like you know violate the human rights unlike a killed by the syrian people last month and israeli american consortium began

pumping natural gas from a pipeline in the mediterranean sea to jordan since the public 1st learned about the deal in 2014 protesters ranging from palestinian refugees to members of parliament have united in opposition even if we are poor we cannot exchange our knit community as we cannot change our rights with the wealth with with anyone and this is what we when we think we can survive jordan relies on imports to meet its energy needs it also survives on foreign aid it's waiting for the i.m.f. to inject a loan into its economy the government says this 10000000000 dollar 15 year deal with israel is the cheapest cleanest and most reliable option it has at the moment that it could decrease the cost of electric bills which jordanian say is too high.

jawad and money is a former deputy prime minister he says until jordan can become energy. independent the israeli pipeline offers the best alternative if you are pumped as guess. as gas so there is no need to. because you flushed and that would have saved so much on the course as long as it is a nice piece with job and think of jordan stability as. helpful to the disappeared. though the good with good with children and corrupt the good supply protesters remain unconvinced and say they'll continue to try to halt the deal public opinion may shift if your genie is electricity bills start getting cheaper natasha going to aim al-jazeera men and israel has been transporting gas to its other neighbor egypt since january the 20 1000000000

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