on al-jazeera. used to employ rice. on al-jazeera. al-jazeera. other shall carry this is the news hour live from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes military operation in china the fight the corona virus has killed 300 people as the deepening crisis sees more countries impose travel restrictions. israel heaps more economic pain on palestinians banning their farm exports and tightening the blockade on gaza. in a crowd of presidential hopefuls in the u.s. make their final pitch ahead of the iowa caucuses where voters will have their 1st

say. wheels of stop spinning india's textile industry is badly hit by a slowing economy. and sport novak jobs which is just one is record 8 australian open title beating 50 dominic team in the final in melbourne meanwhile it's doubles glory for this american british pair is they celebrate their 1st grand slam in melbourne. china's military has joined the global battle against the corona virus outbreak or than a 1000 army medics have been deployed to a hospital built in just 10 days and will haunt the virus is now responsible for the deaths at least of at least 304 people in china 14000 people are infected a mathematician and a came the 1st person outside of china to die at a hospital in the philippines a number of african countries including botswana and angola have reported suspected cases. officials there are concerned that poor countries are eloquent to deal with

any outbreak and a growing number of airlines are suspending services to and from china south korea the philippines and new zealand have banned people who have recently traveled there from entering new zealand permanent residents and citizens who have been in mainland china will continue to be able to return home they will be required to go into isolation for a period of 14 days for anyone who has visited mainland china and the last 14 days they will not be able to come in and remain with the new zealand's borders frustrations will be placed at the border we will be reviewing that. are now from scott heide lawyer who has the support for. 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 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. however the. worst. 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.

essential workers will return the others not for another week at least businesses and private enterprises are doing the same. 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 were possibly exposed can get tested to try and prevent the virus from spreading further it's got to al jazeera beijing opera also standing by in washington d.c. for fiscal 2 barnaby lo who is in manila said barnaby tell us more about what we know this for about this person who died and

a hospital in the philippines. hi michelle you mentioned earlier that the w h o is worried that poor countries may be ill equipped to battle this virus and that is exactly what filipinos are worried about their word that the health care system here will not be able to handle it in case an outbreak happens here right now there are only 2 cases of confirmed cases rather of novell coronavirus one is that man that you mentioned 44 year old man from one china one being the epicenter of the nobel corona virus outbreak he died at a manila hospital on saturday now the other one is a 38 year old woman also right now in that same hospital where the man died she is reportedly in stable condition however these 2 who were reportedly a couple they had traveled for 4 days when they were here in the philippines after

arriving in the philippines on january 21st and they were symptomatic and so they were traveling in the central region of the philippines and that is again what's worrying a lot of filipinos they may have come in contact if not with hundreds thousands of filipinos on their flights and on their travels in the central part of the philippines so a lot of worrying here there's a bit of panic here but for the most part life continues here in manila and elsewhere in the philippines ok barnaby give us a broader picture then beyond the philippines of where things stand. well beyond the philippines of course elsewhere in asia there are many more cases of confirmed. virus patients the philippines only has 2 other countries have the u.s.

has only already has confirmed 8 cases there are cases in japan and south korea hong kong and in many other places here in asia as well as in other parts of the world and of course flights have been canceled in many routes from china go into many of these countries in asia that includes the philippines and earlier you mentioned new zealand has also canceled or barred entry of foreign nationals traveling from china or those who travel recently traveled to china in the last 14 days and so it's not just in the philippines there's is that sense of panic it's elsewhere in the region as well but here in the philippines there is a sense that the government did not act with urgency that's what a lot of filipinos have been complaining about in the last few days were asked other governments have been quick to bar entry of foreign nationals traveling from

china it was only today sunday that the philippine government decided to do that michel ok arnie low with the wrap up there in manila are to be thank you so let's go to washington d.c. now that's where al-jazeera is rob reynolds is standing by so rob there are some confirmed cases in the u.s. so get us up to date on that and more about how the u.s. is dealing with travel restrictions except era. well richelle the 8th a confirmed case of corona virus has been identified in the united states this is in boston massachusetts and the patient is a student in his twenty's who recently traveled to rwanda and then returned to boston he is being quarantined at home and his close contacts are being traced meanwhile in new york city mayor bill de blasio confirmed that there is

a suspected case of corona virus in the largest city in the united states but that the patient is still being tested so it is not confirmed that that patient has the virus in fact meanwhile 195 u.s. citizens who were flown from woodland earlier last week are remaining in quarantine at a remote air force base outside riverside california they're going to be held there for 2 weeks as tests are conducted on them. the reports from the people inside the air force base so everyone there is in pretty good spirits but getting a little tired of having their temperatures taken continually the last week echoing what barnaby lo was just saying in your report from new zealand the united

states government barred all travelers from china who are not u.s. citizens for an extended period of time to be determined they are not going to be permitted to enter the united states other americans american citizens u.s. citizens who are in china may be evacuated and the united states is set aside now for air force bases 2 in california one. in colorado and one in texas to accommodate up to $1000.00 evacuees again placing them under quarantine if and when they arrive in the united states these would be u.s. citizens and perhaps. chinese citizens who are closely related to those u.s. citizens meanwhile you know the markets are opening tomorrow on monday wall street had a big downturn on friday a lot of the analysts attributed that to concerns about the coronavirus concerns

about china's. economic vitality in the face of this enormous crisis of course it's an interconnected world what happens in china reverberates around the world in new york of frankfurt and london so we'll have to see as those markets open how badly the woman virus is having its effect on the world economy all right so far but also with the latest in washington d.c. rob thank you al-jazeera catherine so is and nairobi she says the threat of krajina virus is causing a real concern in regions already affected by pola. there's a lot of concern that have been raised by people living in countries on the continent who are quite worried about how prepared their countries are to deal with corner virus that's why you see in many statements that have been issued by countries in different regions of particularly since statements from kenya and

ethiopia all of them trying to assure their citizens that hall is while talking about increased measures talking about increased surveillance border screening screening in all border points and this is something that has been going on from before especially in this region because of an airball outbreak in the democratic republic of congo so government officials i've talked to saying that they're just enhancing these measures in kenya they also say they have expanded the capacity of isolation wards just in case we've also seen several national airlines like one and kenya suspending flights to china kenya has suspended flights to one zoo there's also this response than that if european airlines particularly which is one of the largest airlines on the continent has said it's going to continue with its life to people particularly in ethiopia very concerned about that and it's also important to note there are many many africans working and studying in.

china there are about 5000 students in one alone. china's central bank says it will inject $173000000000.00 into the economy on monday markets were closed in china for the lunar new year holiday but that was extended to 2 coronavirus many stores have been shut in china as the outbreak grows in cities placed under lockdown chinese authorities have pledged to support struggling firms to interact a senior fellow at the center for international governments innovations global economy program joins us from the canadian capital on skype thank you so much for your time so obviously when something like this happens that the most immediate concern obviously is loss of life so that's being dealt with with what the medical needs but there are also political and economic concerns as well when when we when something like this affects an economy how so what's the 1st thing that's impacted . well what we're seeing right off the bat is in fact the impact on

trade you're seeing the 1st of that with the blight shutdowns into china kind of has shut down 33 blight so we can to china now a lot of cargo of goes in the belly of those passenger aircraft. the baltic dry index which measures the price of flat bed of shipping it's been dropping like a stone since mid twenty's 192019 came in and close a just above recession levels of the global level with 2 point one percent growth 2.5 percent is the margin for recession and and now we're seeing a trade which is only one percent growth last year is on a very very steep downward path right now so the 1st quarter is going to be will see a lot of red ink and the supply chain impacts from china reverberated around the world as you've just heard. and so there are various businesses around the world

globally which are relying on inputs from chinese factories that are being shut down so when the 1st quarter will steal a lot of red ink slowdown and then the real question is how quickly this is contained and whether or not there is a rebound so when chinese authorities say that they will support struggling firms what does that mean what does that look like. that will likely be financial support because the financial or the the chinese firms are losing money but that will not translate into real economic activity in the short term and from as a growth stand point of view what really matters is whether or not we're seeing those factories going people are staying home right now they're not shopping the lunar new year is of course a meager period when. shopping is done and when realize their profits for the year so this is doubly damaging from that perspective but the hospitality industry around the world which now has come to rely on chinese

tourists is also who could be feeling the pinch share and while financial support from government can stem the damage to companies on their bottom lines it doesn't generate economic activity in the meantime so one more question we're talking about you know the companies big firms and countries that might there be just some average mom and pop shops that don't survive this they take such a financial hit for the fact that there's just not people going anywhere that they actually might lose their business. you will undoubtedly see a lot of financial pain us at that level we see lots of. stalls with in empty markets and these people mean only not the beneficiaries of the of the need to be allowed which tend to go to the large corporations so yeah the knock on effects of this over the coming months or a lucky to be quite severe again it would be

a lot depends upon how long this goes. right now for example the airlines have shut down travel to china for at least the month of february the some have gone as far as april so there's a lot of uncertainty yes and i just might add that this is coming in the year of black swans we've had the australia. ferocious forest fires which are shutting down its economy to some extent the riots in hong kong which are have said that economy into recession we have the prolonged uncertainty of a bracks in the us election year and so on and so forth so this is almost a perfect storm of uncertainty for the will economy and for trade and extremely and our connected world interact thank you so much for your insight we appreciate it you're most welcome thank you for having me on. plenty more ahead on the news hour including we'll have more on the corona virus outbreak should she be wearing

a protective face mask or get the answers from a health specialist my protesters in iraq say they'll continue to demonstrate despite a new prime minister being named. and sport with just a few hours to go until super bowl $54.00 kicks off fans are still rushing to get tickets no matter how much they cost far we'll have all those details. in israel a ban on palestinian agricultural produce has gone into effect israel's defense minister says the import ban is in response to a palestinian boycott of israeli cal traders palestinians expect export that is millions of dollars worth of agriculture to israel every year and israel has stopped the delivery of cement and to gaza and put 500 business permits on hold it's another setback for those in the strip who live in dire conditions after 13 years of blockade stephanie decker has more from gaza city news of u.s.

president donald trump so-called deal of the century reached 1500 kilometers away here in north in gaza to rule this is where it's all about. but she's more concerned with providing for her 6 children cooking gas is the latest shortage so she has to cook outside using collected wood lot. of people want to be able to feed their children to have a dignified life and a future for their kids some people went out to protest against the deal sure but what's more important for us is better living conditions hopefully one day things will get better. but there is no sign of that israel's blockade of gaza is into its 13th here the water supply is sporadic as is electricity sanitation is an issue and there is widespread poverty and unemployment the shop with the images that. people need solutions. jobs to be able to provide for their

families everyone has taken out loans and can't repay them i've only had one client since this morning. our own 2000000 people are stuck here in the gaza strip a tiny shut off piece of land where no one can leave without. permission and most people have never left at all the united nations issued a report 8 years ago predicting. quote unlivable. it is 2020 and still no political solution in sight and judge tells me that this plan offered no new ideas and nothing that the palestinians could take as a starting point to work with this will lead more and more. anger for more. actions from the different political groups from the individuals and. there's been a slight increase in cross border tensions in the last few days

a cycle of escalation and shaky truce is that everyone here has had to become used to. only reiterate what so many others have told us 2 people are fed up with their leaders. no one it was not a i blame the officials who are sitting on their chairs and don't care about us even hamas doesn't care about us they're enjoying the good lives in their homes when our children congo. gaza needs a long term political solution one that allows freedom of movement and the building of infrastructure needed to sustain 2000000 people one that creates jobs and opportunities people tell us they just want to be able to breathe but what this so-called deal of the century does manage to do is highlight just how very far off that political solution is stephanie decker al-jazeera. there have been protests outside the u.s. embassy in lebanon hundreds gathered in beirut to rally against on all fronts

proposed middle east plan demonstrators set fire to a banner outside the compound as lebanese troops and riot police looked on iraq's president named former communication mr muhammad alawi as prime minister designate on saturday but his appointment as an op unwelcome and sudden areas where demonstrators have camped out for weeks demanding greater political reforms sort of fulton reports 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 tahrir square chanted on saturday night after 2 months of political deadlock president barham saleh chose mohamed allow it to replace the who resigned 2 months ago amid widespread anti-government protests. days prior to allow its appointment we spoke to protesters into here 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 allawi 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 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. a concern that we're going to investigate some bring those responsible for the violence against peaceful demonstrators to account. 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 allowed his appointment but influential shiite cleric mokhtar aside 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 sudras 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 independent head of state who isn't beholden to any domestic or foreign powers allow his 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 some want to fold in al-jazeera but that. joining us onset is it in our independent researcher on i don't do politics in iraq and the middle east so i thank you very much for joining us at the protesters who are not happy about a law do they have a point of course they have a point they were very clear since the beginning of the protests that they don't want anyone from the same ethnic sectarian quota from the very same political class and he was a minister he was an m.p. for the past few years he's a veteran of the very same ethnic sectarian kota region that they have been protesting against since october so they are just going around in circles the protest movement might have seen a symbolic achievement when they got rid of that i didn't have the and but by having bought official or nonofficial whatever you want to call it resign nation although they're still in power until yesterday for all that i've been in that the however they just it was it was as if they never even replaced are that i've been in maybe it's from the very same political class but the focus here shouldn't be on

how. the focus should be on the political negotiations that allowed from him and. also to empower that is the new power vacuum that happened the 3 d.s. us a nation of some sort of money and in $100.00 and that is a power vacuum that was so they're taken advantage from iran is was put in a position where they needed someone influential on iraq and in the iraqi domestic affairs an influential figure just like most of the so that it was an opportunity for most of those so they're on the other hand to taken advantage of the power vacuum because you realize he did not have that popularity he was very used to in that protest movement the protest movement included him in their discourse when they refer to anti iran anti regina anti government most of the so that is one of those political figures who have had a political party that have been involved and participated in every single post 2003 iraqi government so it is the negotiations of the so that in iran that put them in not the protests should the us haven't dissipated this vacuum did they did

that they disregard it did they underestimate it they definitely underestimate that they killed them so they money and power vacuum. to be controlled by you on they allowed iran to take revenge on us and so they money's killing in iraq a domestic affairs on the iraqi streets today most of yesterday most of the sudden a sense his own militia which is to take over to how do you square and kick out the protesters who have who have been peacefully camping in protesting into your square to prove to the media or to the international media that the protesters today are or are approving and i doubt we but if you look into some of the videos by some of the iraqi joining us from some of the iraqi media platforms they were trying to cover from the protesters themselves from witnesses amongst the protesters themselves telling them about how these sudras or the militia kicking them out from the turkish building and they refused for it to be covered ok well now there's 30 days to make a cabinet will see how that. is it in

a county thank you very much appreciate it. and the u.s. democratic hopefuls are making their final pitches to voters ahead of monday's presidential nominating process alive and candidates are in the state of iowa which is traditionally served as a vital launching point or burial ground for presidential campaigns there is no clear front runner in the vast scale but polls suggest senator bernie sanders has a narrow lead over former vice president joe biden both sanders and biden have used their allies the rallies that is to take a swipe at president. i believe. that we know that you have the president we see the logic of what i was told was thousands of dollars. in prison a week you know it. was. a little. bit of money which. everyone knows you

donald trump use we have to little know who we are we choose hope over fear we choose science over fiction we choose unity over division. and guess what we choose can or will not. although i iowa was a small rural state that has a huge impact on the election process john hunter not far from des moines. every 4 years iowa jealously guards the gateway to the white house iowa has done a good job of narrowing the field and i think iowans know we aren't selecting the nominees or selecting the president we're helping test who has a good message that resonates across the parties who will do well on a national stage and iowa votes in its own peculiar way the iowa caucuses here at the state historical museum of iowa what they're trying to explain it with an exhibit it works like this unlike political party primaries run by the state with

secret ballots driven by t.v. ads numbers than the iowa caucuses are run by the democratic and republican parties for republicans by secret ballot for democrats publicly. and iowans demand hand to hand contact iowa his turn underdogs like jimmy carter and barack obama up into winners. and bernie sanders headquarters they're looking to redeem a stinging loss in 2016 and the self-proclaimed socialist revolutionary and establishment candidate joe biden are trading front runner status. the caucuses don't work like voting in most states with primaries on secret ballots republicans will caucus to mostly for president donald trump democrats will argue for their candidate they'll bicker then vote this year iowa has new rules some caucuses are so small voters putting name in a hat if any of those candidates get less than 15 percent of the vote those votes

are tossed out and those voters pick their 2nd choice but this year there's a twist in order to be more transparent i would democrats are disclosing not just the delegate total but also the wrong. oh totals so conceivably more than one candidate could claim victory that means the effort to be more transparent could lead to more confusion. the caucuses are often criticized as not particularly representative in a largely white agricultural state nor democratic with low turnout dominated by political activists i do feel that it's unfair to a lot of people who are able to take away from take time off will flirt to participate in this but because it's 1st iowa sways the nation give people with fewer resources the opportunity to present themselves and eventually get the resources that they need to run in the bigger places from these frozen

fields someone will carry the momentum to the next states and just possibly the white house john hendren and his era des moines iowa. time for the weather here is everton it's getting a bit cooler off across europe this week yeah that's right russia. say winter is coming it's certainly been made. and it's certainly been a very mild one could well be having its mildest on record take a look at the satellite picture here you can see have a cloud some going in form westerly if not south westerly winds at warmish direction and that's been pushing through for the past weeks really and that's going to continue driving further research as we go on through the coming days this go down to the southwest where you can quite clearly see how warm it's going to be here over the next day or 2 will cool off as we go through the next into the middle so that's part of the week 26 celsius 27 celsius will see dennis passes by southern

areas of france as well walked into those central parts of zurich 18 celsius should be around 6 or maybe sort of 8 or 9 degrees here so well above the seasonal average even moscow has been struggling to stay below freezing 2 degrees celsius at its warmest december on record of course i'm looking at another warm january i'm looking at but want to continue for a little time as we go through the coming days up into moscow where we look at. 2 degrees celsius as it goes through monday by friday a high of monosyllabic grey cells w. the coldest day of the winter so far that cold air that's going to continue making its way across the balkans and turning much colder for the southeast of you shell and thank you very much still ahead on al-jazeera chandan public shamed online racism accusations towards asian people as coronavirus fears grow fleeing the violence or strikes in northwestern syria forced families out of their homes and into the went and sport find out which team came out on top in the battle of

alberta. explores prominent figures of the 20th century and how libel reigns influenced the course of history was the cuban revolution communist away feel castro is a feudal east the not a communist just ruins of his country che wanted international revolution became a point when the relationship came to an end the icons of revolution who changed the course of latin american politics. and fidel castro face to face on al-jazeera . the 2000 mile trip across europe seems impossible. as the boat comes route begins to close for refugees it has become a race against time for one syrian family. except perilous journey from greece to germany but there's no turning back to the ravages of war left at home.

sky and ground a witness documentary on al-jazeera. watching al-jazeera let's recap the top stories right now a man in the philippines has become the 1st person to die from chronic virus outside of china 304 people have died but then china and more than 14000 cases have been confirmed to the philippines and new zealand have joined the u.s. and australia and banning entry to foreigners who recently visited china and hong kong pressure is growing on the government to close its border with the mainland. and certainly beyond palestinian agricultural produce has gone into effect israel's

defense minister says the import ban is in response to a palestinian boycott of israeli traders. on the top story now the krona virus outbreak has led to complaints about a rise of anti chinese sentiment and france for example the hash tag i am not a virus has been used to share stories of discriminatory treatment from subways to schoolyards media outlets across europe and australia are facing criticism for cartoons and headlines that reinforce all anti asian stereotypes and japan some stores have placed signs in their windows banning chinese people from entering relevant is a civil rights attorney and the director of the center for the study of hate and extremism a california state university at san bernardino he joins us via skype from san bernardino thank you so much for your time i suppose you are probably not surprised by some of these examples that we're hearing a mario. no and you know one of the planes involving americans landed

at march air force base not far from our campus and what i what i can tell you is we have you know what folks have called for some time a pyramid of prejudice and at the lowest level is kind of avoidance and passive rejection and then the next level is discrimination so unfortunately what we have is a what we call the printed circuit of stereotypes now that are identifying conflating asian people and specifically chinese people with some kind of risk for for this a coronavirus so is at the root of this are there is it a case where this is awful racism is racism is based on ferret ignorance for some people justifying these types of actions just by saying well and scare. yes but you know interestingly enough credit is works with regard to its depth so

some people might just be honestly fearful but ignorant and we're in a very tribal and polar ice time for the information flow sometimes is stove pipe where people are talking to other conspiracists ignorant people and what we've learned is that if people feel fear we have with 3 parts of prejudice one is the the cognitive how we experience and perceive something the other is how emotionally we feel about it and then how do we behaviorally respond to it and unfortunately when there's a surfeit of ignorance that will allow that will be like a funnel that will allow these other negative stereotypes to take root that's why it's so important for government agencies and officials to be ahead of the wave and explain as best they can about the risks indeed the united states we have thousands upon thousands of people die from the traditional flu every year so we have to put

it in some kind of perspective when we're reporting these kinds of things ok let's say a little self reflection here there what role do media journalists play in this. you know i think for your network and the others here in the united states i think i think it's been pretty good i do think what we have to do is highlight the fact that yes we now had one death internationally in the philippines but it's confined primarily to china right now and you know people are afraid of a pandemic we have not experienced certainly of the kind that we had over 100 years ago but again i think it has to be put in the perspective of what one's life risks are with regard to driving without a seat belt or smoking cigarettes particularly in those societies that are not. directly. impacted by this now that being said long term there's going to be some economic consequences there's certainly going to be activities related to

quarantines but we have to make sure that we talk about it as a medical condition not as something that should cause fear based on someone's. ethnicity or race more over i think we also have to explain how viruses work and how many people die from a variety of conditions and how we can prevent that when people feel empowered yes and they have information they're much more resistance to the kind of prejudice that we see with conspiracy theories all across the internet then with the center for the study of hate and extremism thank you very much brian. thank you for having us and people are rushing to buy face masks to protect themselves from the virus but how effective are they really according to the world health organization if you do not have respiratory symptoms you do not need to wear one only health professionals treating people with symptoms need to wear them and people who have

developed sentence of the crime virus and to protect others from getting sick. mcintyre is the head of a bio security program at the diversity of a south wales kermie institute she says protective masks may not necessarily stop us from getting infected but they to help. those miles may act as a physical barrier to stop flashes and sprays of large droplets and also from touching your face we tend to touch up faces about 200 times a day and the mask will stop you contaminating yourself with your hand i think the surgical mask probably will help if you're in an area where if you're on an evacuation flight out of ukraine were you sure in a city or town with there is a lot of debates around. it may be helpful there have been a number of studies looking at mosques in community settings including one that way

did in our study we found there used there was a sick person in the household if you wore the mask old the time when you were around that person and it protected you from the sick person with what's on the market with surgical masks you can get some very low quality products that are called masks the other thing is supply marts which are used commonly in asia they do not work we did a study of. surgical masks and with surgical mask it's better that. increase your risk of infection 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 people to flee towards the turkish border the turkish army is also sending a military convoy with reinforcements or had a mohammad reports. smoke doctors the skies above aleppo's countryside syrian russian backed forces have launched an offensive to

seize the area syrian armed groups high atop a large sham is fighting back. the new battlefront is close to the capital damascus . now but civilians a court in the fighting the my uncle's house was hit by a messiah his wife was in the kitchen and she was killed the strike was so severe that the missile penetrated into the lower floor. government forces have been making important gains most recently the town of moderates. nearby and stark 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 helmets was reduced

to rubble and some wounded. writing has extended to the northwestern town. which was under eisel control 3 years ago one missile hit the turkish tax free syrian army and opposition positions. turkey has since sent a military reinforcements to president. 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 are 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 there are about 3000000 people in this area these are people these are civilians who are trapped in a war zone so you know this is why i was so shocked and horrified at the continued military onslaught on the civilian population. because you know the international humanitarian law must apply aid groups say the russia which is of food water and medicine and if the bombardment doesn't stop it could soon create one of syria's

worst humanitarian disasters. al-jazeera francis supplying $600.00 more soldiers to africa saheli region to fight armed groups the french team a defense ministry says the troops will mostly be sent to an area that includes parts of mali in a faso in his chair and somebody has about 4500 soldiers in that region. somalia has declared a state of national emergency after billions of locusts devastated food supplies across the horn of africa is africa's facing its worst outbreak in a quarter of a century kenya is the worst affected with millions of insects destroying crops across 70000 hectares of land it's also affecting parts of ethiopia and with heavy rain in the forecast and coming weeks it's expected to get a lot worse you know nations are warning of severe food shortages in the region if the outbreak is not contained at least 20 people have been killed in tanzania and a stamp a during a church service happened at an outdoor congregation in the northern town of motion

witnesses said the crowd surged forward when a preacher poured oil on the ground as part of the service regional fishel say the death toll could still rise. supporters of former ivory coast president have called for his release prosecutors of the international criminal court preparing to appeal his acquittal on charges of crimes against humanity hearing is expected next week and last year was acquitted of charges related to violence after he lost the 20 presidential election has been under conditional release in belgium or prosecutors apparently appeal the supporters say it's a way to prevent his return to politics. span is sending a warship to the gulf for what it calls an intelligence gathering mission. to talk and i mean destroyer was sent with a ceremony sent off rather with the ceremony near tokyo on sunday 90 percent of japan's oil imports come from the gulf

a minister expected to authorize the military to protect commercial oil tankers but at the move has been opposed by some groups. that can on the slowdown in india setting the textile industry hard any workers have lost their jobs and they say cheap imports declining export market and higher taxes are to blame for the slump. reports i'm living on a in the state of punjab. there's an eerie silence at this textile factory the wheels of industry have come to a day a grinding halt the majority of looms have been silent to 18 months let's go to spoke to us on the condition of anonymity to protect what little he has left in terms of a business for us to follow the implementation of the g.s.t. was not could do many households and then economic downturn all over the world not just india but all over the road and too much changing in goldman policies too many trade barriers coming up in export markets. his concerns are shared by many of the

full 1000 textile factory it is in 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 remember. the shell commands 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 women's wedding clothing for 20 years her profits are down and she's had to lay off 20 percent of her seamstresses people just have to do is they are finding for our employees they have been one you know one of 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 cheap 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. so head on al-jazeera and sporks superb

now that talk back when says record 8 australian open title bar will have all the details in just a bit. donald presence on donald trump jr was promised damaging information about the hillary clinton rally occasionally to see an investigation to the troops did the trunk come . with russia did you at any time of the urge the former f.b.i. director james comey in any way shape or form the closer to back down the investigation into michael flynn and also as you will know. next question dr field washington on al jazeera. is your vehicle dead and did you get the peace prize too soon. is this going to hurt or help donald trump's reelection chances given very true when they think you could shoot somebody

on 5th avenue and not have any consequence this is not a muslim issue this is a human calling the issues join me man of the house from as i put it up from questions to my special guests and challenge them to some straight talking political debate here on al-jazeera. you're the or the or. there's far less sport thanks so much richelle. has just won a record 8 australian open title beating sissy dominic team in the final in melbourne fought back from 2 sets down to beat his opponent in 5 sets for his 17th crown slam title is now just 3 behind roger federer was all time record of 20 the

victory means jock which will return to the world number one spot when the rankings come out on monday there were some devastating things that started the 2020. bushfires here in australia conflicts some parts of the world people dying every day you know obviously one. person that you know i considered close in my life and was a mentor to me kobe bryant of the way as well we do still. and. i would just like to. you know to i just say that this is a reminder to all of us that we should stick together more than ever. and the american british pairing of joe southbury and receive ram are celebrating their victory in the men's doubles final at the australian open they beat local talents max purcell and luke savile in straight sets in just over an hour to claim their

1st grand slam together. meanwhile newly crowned women's champion city a cannon is still basking in the glory of her big win the american showing off her maiden ground trophy on the banks of melbourne's yar river she became the youngest woman to see her the title in more than a decade the 21 year old. in 3 sets in the final on saturday. right now just to enjoy it all and just enjoy every moment of this not having to experience this and just experience this and. i got a long flight back home just you know just to celebrate at home and with my friends and you know just practicing and getting ready for. it super bowl sunday tens of thousands of fans from all over the world of travel to miami to watch the kansas city chiefs take on the san francisco $49.00 ers just a few hours left before kickoff people are still rushing to buy their take is at it seems money is no object for many is secondary market take it's of reach the

highest average price and that's how history so the average ticket price right now is $6400.00 which is a little steven's definitely one of the highest prices we've seen in the last few years of a super bowl but again kind of like i mentioned we're having new teams in this amazing city so that's to be expected but they get in price for some of the upper corners is a cheap $4600.00. well this is one bit of drama viewers won't get to see journey in the super bowl adam all rights group peta had hoped to air this calling commercial during one of their ad breaks but it claims the n.f.l. pressure on the host broadcaster to reject it says that the aim of the ad is to respect the right of every living being 49 years more direct shot to global fame when he began kneeling for the pre-game national anthem in protest against racial injustice in the usa being without

a team since 2017. liverpool have gone a record breaking $22.00 points clear at the top of the english premier league a 4 no win over southampton on saturday giving them the biggest lead any team has ever had at this stage of the season. we are not perfect not even close to be perfect the only thing we don't care about not being perfect we just try to make the best of. our skill in the best possible way that's what they try. trailblazers star damian lillard has set a new n.b.a. record and were hosting the utah jazz on saturday night scored 93 pointers in the game to become the 1st player in the league history to make at least 6 $3.00 games in a row and had $51.00 points in total in the game 20 point lead 21242170. over in orlando the missing money the magic jimmy butler scored $21.00 points in the

game while rookie tyler hero added $23.00 more to lead the heat to $189.00 when by any currently set forth in the eastern conference standings. austria 7 crafters won his 1st world cup ski event in 2020 considered one of the top athletes in this discipline the 26 year old cleared 139 meters on the 2nd jump when the men's large chills jump world cup in sport japan when extends his overall lead to 63 points. and it was quite literally the battle of alberta when the edmonton oilers played bitter rivals the flames and h.l. game in calgary chaos erupted in the dying seconds of the 2nd period when oilers player poked the goalie with his stick all the players got involved even the 2 goalies the edmonton oilers went on to win this 183. ok and that is all you sport for now richelle back to our i thank you very much and thank you for joining

us for the news hour but keep it here i'll be right back with more news on the other side of the break. an award winning investigation i mean a worker is really right behind the passing factory when we operate for less and we buy for less we can pass those savings all darkest burst into the supply chains that produced cheap clothing. with little regard for workers' lives remains of the fire still everywhere rewind made in bangladesh on al-jazeera. the dissolute mother waits on the border between ukraine and russian occupied crimea for news of her missing son. numerous young 3 men have disappeared following her arrest these disabuse other victims of a crackdown on the top population is crimea by russia since its occupation in 2014

. before the invasion of 2014 crimea was a part of another country ukraine we formed when the soviet union broke up into separate states but many russians including the president vladimir putin were unhappy with this. russia is determined to keep its alleged abuse of human rights away from public scrutiny. as the only indigenous group still openly opposing the tradition russia sees this muslim minority as a threat to. the island of sardinia a famously adelie college a spot. less well known as a proving grounds for. investigation claims that he is of military training and ons testing that triggered cancer and birth defects and made

the local population. secret side india people in power on al-jazeera. but you know. yesterday. the philippines record the 1st death outside of china from the corona virus outbreak countries around the world and post-war travel restrictions. but i'm richelle carey this is al jazeera life from doha also coming up israel heaps more economic pain on palestinians banning their farm exports and tightening the blockade on gaza. france's to 600 more soldiers to africa sahara reach into.