in palo on al-jazeera. but before you know. yesterday. the philippines record the 1st death outside of china from the coronavirus outbreak countries around the world and post-war travel restrictions. but i'm richelle carey this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up israel heaps more economic pain on palestinians banning their farm exports and tightening the blockade on gaza. francis to $600.00 more soldiers to africa to hell region to fight armed groups and candidates in the u.s. make their final pitch out of the iowa caucuses work photos will have their 1st say in the presidential election. i mean it's pretty simple you know you

know all the wrong. china is now using its military in the battle against coronavirus more than 1000 army medics have been deployed to a hospital built in just 10 days and will han city that's the epicenter of the outbreak will begin accepting patients starting monday the virus has killed at least 304 people in china and 14000 are infected a man from became the 1st to die outside of china at a hospital in the philippines a number of african countries including botswana and angola have reported suspected cases and there are concerns that poorer countries are ill equipped to deal with any outbreak also a growing number of airlines are suspending services to china south korea the philippines and new zealand are the latest countries to ban foreigners who recently

traveled there from entering. zealand payment residents and citizens who have been in my mind trying to will continue to be able to retune harm they will be required to go into isolation for a period of us 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 for search and will be placed at the border we will be reviewing that every 48 hours or now from scott hyla who has the support from aging. one of the purpose built coronavirus hospitals in the heart 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 last few days. and showed signs of improvement however the shot of the patient that the. one the last one before are worse resulting in his face. more countries are flying their citizens out of a 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 repast of lee exposed can get tested to try and prevent the virus from spreading further got to al jazeera beijing robber and also standing by in washington d.c. to tell us about reported cases in the u.s. 'd 1st though let's go to manila that's where barnaby lois standing by live for us so far to be as we have said there has been a death reported and the philippines how is this news being received how do people there feel about how their government's handling everything

ok we will effort that connection with barnaby in a moment so in the meantime we're going to go to rob or and also as we said he was standing by and washington d.c. for us rob there are confirmed cases and the u.s. so give us the wrap up from there. well the latest news from the us is an 8th confirmed case this in the city of boston a college student in his twenty's confirmed to have had the disease he recently returned to the united states from a visit to han there are there is another suspected case in new york city according to the mayor of the u.s. is largest city bill de blasio a person showing some symptoms is now be under observation tests are being done but it's not confirmed that that person has the corona virus meanwhile there

are 4 air force bases in the united states which have been designated as places to house and quarantine up to 1000 people returning from war on or were turning from china in general the 1st group of people including american diplomats arrived on friday in airbase in riverside california they're being held a 14 day mandatory quarantine last friday the federal government announced that travelers who have been to china in the last 14 days would not be allowed to enter the united states with the exception of american citizens and the. people who people who have been arriving from the. and also i should mention that

a number of u.s. air force air carriers commercial air carriers have restricted or stopped their flights to china and now you have to look at this i think richelle from a number of of aspects one was touched upon in in your comments and in scott's report what would happen if the virus were to get out of places like china or the united states or the developed countries in europe and japan where the public health infrastructure is quite robust if it were to become in demick in say the caribbean in africa not to mention in places like bangladesh where there's a huge number of refugees from me and more of the roving a refugee living in pretty squalid conditions already so if the virus were to become endemic in these areas it would be a very serious concern and let's look also at the effect on the global economy

asian shares were down very sharply on friday the markets open again on monday we're expecting to see more drops it is a globalized economy and you simply can't isolate china from this global eyes the economy so there will be some economic blowback as well for shell ok rob runnels reporting there from washington d.c. thank you rob and meantime we were able to get a contact now with our part of the globe who is following all this from from the philippines from intel and part of it let's remind viewers that there has and death there that someone with the crying a virus to tell us about the circumstances and how people there feel about how their government is handling all of this. that's right there has been one death here 2 cases positive for the corona virus the one death is a 44 year old man from one which is the epicenter of the corona virus the new virus

and the other patient is a 38 year old woman who is also from one in was actually the partner of the 44 year old man who died on saturday at a hospital government hospital here in manila and now there is fear and a little bit of panic here because this couple are arrived on january 21st in manila via hong kong on and then traveled to the central region of the philippines and then they stayed there for 4 days they were going around the region for 4 days so they may have been in contact with if not hundreds thousands of people filipinos on the plane filipinos on the streets and they reportedly also attended a street festival in the province of and now the health departments has lead fears by saying that they have been diligent in tracing or in contact tracing

they are now trying to trace all the people who may have been in contact or in touch with this couple but that is going to take a lot of time a lot of effort and people here don't trust that the government will be able to do that but the government is saying that they are on top of the situation richelle ok barnaby alone with the latest from the philippines barnaby thank you. ex-president barham saleh named former communication minister mohammed alawi as prime minister designate on saturday but as appointment has not been welcome in some areas where demonstrators have camped out for weeks demanding greater political reforms it's one of also reports from baghdad. on. the the streets response to iraq's prime minister designate came fast and it was loud and clear the mohamed the law is rejected protesters in by the doubts the here square chanted on saturday night after 2 months of political deadlock president barham saleh chose mohamed allow it

to replace other loved the mahdi who resigned 2 months ago amid widespread anti-government protests days prior to allow his appointment we spoke to protesters into how they had who saw him as another incarnation of a political system that has failed them a good model 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 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 allow addressed iraqis in a late night speech pledging to address their demands. i want to point towards the

necessity for the peaceful protests to continue that support reforms until they achieve their legitimate demands and 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 i thought could. confirm that we're going to investigate some bring those responsible for the violence against peaceful demonstrators to a crown which is. the prime minister designate has 30 days to form a cabinet which must be approved by a parliament that has been deeply divided over how to handle the latest crisis some factions have rejected allow his appointment but influential shiite cleric mokhtar souter threw his weight behind him. i don't think he has support from all the political blocs but there are important political forces and i expect that the surge wrists movement will stand with him and if that's the case the other

political blocs will do the sign it. 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 fulfil 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 to an al-jazeera baghdad. so at on al-jazeera the protestors in jordan are calling the electricity supplies to their home an enemy invasion. we've got high pressure dominating the weather across much of china so here it is settled and lotty tribe in some places of fog and for us to watch out for but for the most part i think what's going on we've got some rather more in the way of

cloud just swirling away just around the sea of japan and that will bring some wintry weather into northern honshu into whole card i would venture it will squeeze its way out south of that tokyo warm and dry temperatures here at around to 14 degrees celsius is not so dry those you follow that cloud through the east china sea into southern parts of china heavy rain coming through here and more the same slides a little further southwards and east which as we go on into choose day in the process japan will brighten up for that settle weather there across part of northern china and also into the korean peninsula it's settled so you across the philippines right down through india china vietnam cambodia laos all seeing plenty of sunshine it's a dry season so that's as it should be the wet season further south and the heavy showers they are going to continue rumbling away across malaysia and into indonesia as we go through the next couple days a little changing conditions here meanwhile across india here it is try it is sunny still in the cool side for more than most possibly by night but for most we've got

plenty of sunshine. big stories generally sounds like the media angles in this story are too numerous for comfort with different angles from different perspectives things going to really being believe the muddy waters even separate the screen from the facts the misinformation from the journalism career and sounds to. hear people that we've been listening post on al-jazeera.

watching out is there and these are the top stories right now nearly 1500 tiny's military medics are being deployed to a newly built hospital to treat coronavirus patients a man in the philippines has become the 1st person to die from the virus outside of china 304 people have now died in china philippines a new zealand joined the u.s. and australia and banning entry to foreigners super recently visited china and in hong kong pressure is growing on the government to close its border with the mainland and iraq has a new prime minister after months of political deadlock in anti-government protests but the demonstrators say that former communication minister mohammad a law is part of the old ruling elite and will continue protesting. somalia has declared a state of national emergency after billions of locusts devastated food supplies across the horn of africa is to africa is facing its worst outbreak in a quarter of

a century kenya's the worst affected with millions of men and sex destroying crops across $70000.00 hectares of land it's also affecting parts of ethiopia and with heavy rain forecast in the coming weeks it's expected to get a lot worse in agencies are warning of severe food shortages in the region if the outer act out freight pardon me is not contained an israeli ban on palestinian agricultural produce has gone into effect israel's defense minister says the import ganesan response to a palestinian boycott of israeli callous traitors i was $20.00 and $6.00 for millions of dollars worth of agricultural produce to israel every year. and israel has stopped the delivery of cement into gaza and put 500 business permits on hold that's another setback for those in the strip who live in dire conditions after 13 years of blockade. from gaza city news of u.s. president donald trump so-called deal of the century reached. 1500 kilometers away

here in northern gaza. 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 which is 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 money jobs to be able to provide for their families everyone has taken out loans and can't repay them of only had one client

since this morning. around 2000000 people are stuck here in the gaza strip a tiny. 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 that. quote unlivable. it is 2020 and still no political solution in sight and judge shower 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. reiterate what so many others have told us too people are fed up with their leaders but no one. i blame the officials who are sitting on their chairs and don't care about us even her masters and care about us they're enjoying the good lives in their homes while our children can't get through. 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 gaza. or calling a deal that will see israel punt $10000000000.00 worth of gas into the country an economic and enemy pardon me invasion although jordan has a peace treaty with israel it's also home to the largest population of palestinians

outside of the occupied territory natasha game has been speaking to those rallying against this 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 designers and project in palestine which is like. funding is really like governments on like who are like you know violate the human rights and like it 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 nic community advocates change our rights with the whites with with any white 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 alone into its economy the government says this 10000000000 dollars 15 year deal with israel is the cheapest cleanest and most reliable option it has at the moment and it could decrease the cost of electric bills which jordanian say is too high. jawad and nani 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 good as it will reach us as gas so there's no need to liquefy the earth because if life.

that would have saved so much on the course as long as there's a nice business with job of think of jordan stability as. helpful to those that disappeared. that they would would actually and corrupt the guest supply protesters remain unconvinced and say they'll continue to try to halt the deal but public opinion may shift if jordanians electricity bills start getting cheaper natasha going to name al-jazeera men france is deploying $600.00 more soldiers to africa say hello to fight armed groups the french domestic fence ministry says the troops will mostly be sent to an area that includes parts of mali so in a chair france already has about 4500 soldiers in that region. and the current says there have been a rise in attacks in the region. in mali in brick enough just last week 20000000

soldiers were killed earlier and during the week gunmen on motorbikes sprayed this village this market killing lots of people at this border area with. the tax have been increasing there was a lot of anger among many west african countries that are hosting these french forces that not enough is being done to protect the population so yes there's a reason why there's so many troops coming $600.00 troops is it adds up to $5000.00 troops in this region never has there been so many french soldiers on the african continent since the wars of independence so it's a group it's a big move from the parts of the french and he comes at a time where president michael is struggling to build this coalition that he's trying to to garner a coalition to the likes that we've seen in syria and iraq. armed forces

minister for the last probably went to the united states to meet her counterpart mark as the defense secretary to try to convince him to keep the american troops on the african continent but they're moving away a 1000 troops of west africa are supposed to move away france has asked for germany to send in troops they have refused germany is already contribution troops part of the un peacekeeping mission in mali that's the biggest un peacekeeping operation costing a $1000000000.00 a year. so far we've only heard from the u.s. democratic presidential hopefuls that on monday in iowa the voters get their 1st chance to take part and they will need it more than 600 sites to make the choice iowa's a small state but it's important the election process and everyone fair could have huge momentum out of there as john hendren reports. 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 in iowa votes in its own peculiar way the iowa caucuses here in 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 from 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 has turned underdogs like jimmy carter and barack obama. into winners. and bernie sanders headquarters they're looking to redeem a stinging loss in 2016 in the self-proclaimed socialist revolutionary and establishment candidate joe biden are trading front runner status. to the caucuses

don't work like voting in most states with primaries and secret ballots republicans will caucus to mostly for president donald trump democrats will argue for their candidate they'll bicker and vote this year iowa has new rules some caucuses are so small voters put a 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 toy. wist in order to be more transparent i would democrats are disclosing not just the delegate total but also the wrong vote 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 from work to participate in this but because it 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 own jersey or des moines iowa and all 11 presidential hopefuls are in iowa making their last minute pitches without a clear front runner that this is a set 11 candidates but they do suggest the polls that senator bernie sanders has a narrow lead over the former vice president joe biden sanders and biden have used their rallies to take a swipe at president donald trump i could be full of course all the same that we cannot continue to have the person we take to the logic of what i was told the

house and houses of all eyes to see the president we cannot say that mr bush which is. weekend. edition which things think. the hullo. in a moment like this the president's credibility is very much indeed. and so when it comes to credibility president trump's bank account is thoroughly bankrupt because he lies about everything no matter how big or small it is in america pretty poor people around the world will find it harder and harder to believe what he says they were believed to be extinct 2 species of giant tortoise have been around discovered by scientists on ecuador's galapagos island in the pacific $29.00 florrie on a tortoises were found there but the real excitement came with the discovery of

a single point a tortoise a relative of a tortoise called lonesome george it was believed to be the last of its kind and died 8 years ago. and we shall carry these are the headlines on al-jazeera early 1500 chinese military medics are being deployed to a newly built hospital to treat coronavirus patients a man in the philippines has become the 1st person to die from the virus outside of china 304 people have now died in china and more than 14000 cases have been confirmed and hong call pressure is growing on the government to close 'd its border with the mainland the philippines and new zealand have joined the u.s. and australia and banning entry to foreigners who have recently visited china here's what new zealand's prime minister had to say 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 die for anyone who has visited mainland china and the last 14 days they will not be able to come in and remain within new zealand's borders restrictions will be placed at the border we will be reviewing that if we 48 hours . iraq has a new prime minister after months of political deadlock and anti-government protest at the demonstrators say former communication minister mohammed allow is part of the old ruling elite and they will continue to protest somalia has declared a state of emergency after billions of locusts devastated food supplies across the horn of africa africa is facing its worst outbreak in a quarter of a century kenya is the worst affected with millions of insects address strong crops it is also affecting ethiopia u.n. agencies are warning of severe food shortages in the region if this outbreak is not contained and israeli ban on palestinian agricultural produce has gone into effect

israel's defense minister says the import banus in response to a palestinian boycott and israeli cal traders palestinians export millions of dollars worth of agricultural produce to israel every year. france is deploying $600.00 more soldiers to africa to fight armed groups the french defense ministry says the troops will most likely be sent to an area that includes parts of mali you know faso and the share already has about 4500 soldiers in that region. so the headlines keep it here on al-jazeera more news to come the listening post is next. counter mccall's cheaper than a fighter jet how the drug industry is changing warfare putin's power grab for life we look at the russian president's economic record over his last 2 decades and she's big test controlling the spread of the growth of countering the cost on

al-jazeera. the spread of the kind of my research. we're seeing. you know. that part. of china by so called hello i'm richard burton you're at the listening post here are some of the media stories we're covering this week we're pointing our lens at china hong kong and taiwan starting with the coronavirus and beijing's efforts to keep the outbreak and the coverage contain. the talking heads who gave up their ankle chairs to serenade chinese audiences about.