death on al-jazeera. holding the phone to account as we examine the u.s. its role in the war on al jazeera. police in london say they shot and killed a man in what they called a terrorism related incident after a number of people were stabbed. and sam is a dan this is al jazeera live from coming up. by the. philippines records the 1st death outside of china from the corona virus outbreak global community imposes more travel restrictions. israel heaps more

economic pain on the palestinians banding bomb exports tightening the blockade on gaza. democratic presidential hopefuls in the u.s. make their final pitch or head of the iowa caucus where is what i say. i think it's pretty simple they don't want. michael brown. to begin with breaking news out of london police have shot dead a man after several people were stabbed on a busy street in place say it was a terrorism related incident that happened in the southern suburb of stress and people are being told to stay away from the area. more on this breaking story let's

bring in catherine stance also on the line from london so what can you tell us about this incident. well the police have said they are still assessing the circumstances around these. a people have been. they we don't d remember ambulance services. a there and they say that they are treating a number of people who. had been d. they have shot. the a son. that was at the scene witnesses say that they heard several shots being fired and they were told to to. rush away sandbag some witnesses are saying that the individual who was shot by police was wearing what appears to be an explosive vest but that has not been confirmed so at the moment the police are not saying time much more except that they are treating

this as a terror related incident and they are still assessing exactly what has happened. can you give us some more of these giving any details about this classification of related incident what does that indicate in terms of or are they saying anything in terms of the suspects allegedly political organizational solutions. you know 9 the police have not made any sort of statement in that regard they are emphasizing but it's an ongoing incident and they're still trying to determine what has happened. witnesses have said but they heard gunshots and they had seen someone running down the high street 0 and then they were told in mediately to step back from the scene and there they're keeping people quite a safe distance from around the scene where we're close to there now so hopefully we'll be able to bring you more details in the coming hour all right thanks so much

for that update. china is now using its military in the battle against the coronavirus more than a 1000 army medics have been deployed to a hospital built in just 10 days in the city the epicenter of the outbreak will begin accepting patients from monday the virus has killed at least 304 people in china 14000 are infected a man from 100 became the 1st to die outside china at a hospital in the philippines a number of african countries including botswana and then go or have reported suspected cases there are concerns poor countries are ill equipped to deal with any outbreak and a growing number of airlines are suspending services to china south korea the philippines in new zealand the latest countries to ban foreigners who've recently traveled there from entering new zealand permanent residents and citizens who have been in mainland china will continue to be able to return harm 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 restrictions will be placed at the border we will be reviewing their every 48 hours . more now from scott hyla this report from beijing. one of the purpose built coronavirus hospitals and will hand 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 will 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. 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 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 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 god or al jazeera beijing. 1st bring in rob brown who's in washington d.c. rob the u.s. like other countries imposing travel restrictions specially on people who have been to china recently what kind of concern is that giving to the impact that will have on the global economy in particular. there is considerable concern. excuse me some of the white house. board of.

advisors on economic matters met over the weekend they said that if this break continues and grows it could not get as much as a point 2 percent off u.s. economic growth over the course of the 1st quarter there are now 8 cases confirmed in the united states with the addition of one person found to be carrying the virus living in boston massachusetts and the u.s. national security advisor the white house chief national security advisor to president trump robert o'brian speaking on a television public affairs program this morning said that the united states has offered its support to china offering any help it may need to help combat the virus he said that so far the chinese have not accepted that offer but o'brian also praised china for being more transparent during this outbreak than it had been in

the past the look at rwanda alone in terms of the economy it's the center of the chinese steel industry companies like nissan renault general motors they all make cars there are many other. international companies are active in will han alone so this is certainly something that is going to affect the globalised economy china is the 2nd largest economy and it is an essential cogging in that global mechanism economic mechanism and you can't simply shut china out of the economy globally without some serious consequences all right rob riles that. protesters in iraq and announcing the appointment of a new prime minister will be marching in several cities including baghdad and not just former communications minister mohammad allow it was named prime minister

designate on saturday he's promising reforms and an early election but protesters say greater political change is needed iraq has faced months of mass protests against corruption unemployment and poor government services similar faulty ports from baghdad. the streets response to iraq's prime minister designate came fast and it was loud and clear. mohammed the law is rejected protesters in baghdad to hear square chanted on saturday night after 2 months of political deadlock president barham salih chose mohamed allow it to replace other love the mahdi 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 a good model 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 allow addressed iraqis in a late night speech pledging to address their demands. you know 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. that we're going

to investigate some bring those responsible for the violence against peaceful demonstrators to a town which. 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 starter 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 sudras movement will stand with him and if that's the case the other political blocs will do the sign. for 4 months protesters have asked for a complete overhaul of the political system and then in the pan then head of state who isn't beholden to any domestic or foreign powers allow is appointments doesn't fulfill either of these demands but it could and the months of deadlock and pave the way for early elections and gradual reform. simona fulton is live in baghdad

simone has been no shortage of protests almost immediately the moment he was designated as trying minister how is that impacting him any reaction. well the opposition to allow we once known the well before he was appointed and still president barham saleh went ahead and then signet him the new prime minister says that perhaps because he was the only candidate that the president thought the parties could agree on now he's unlikely to reverse that decision what we have to wait is how parliament will react the next 30 days parliament will have to meet and vote on the cabinet that allows us to get out which will then essentially decide whether or not the prime minister has the confidence of the political establishment but in the meantime or through seeing on the streets there's a split within the protest movement we're seeing on the one hand the students who came out today opposing allow and on the other hand we have the followers of shiite

cleric mark set aside or one till now were supporting and protecting the protest movement and they have come out in support of allowing and what it seems to be happening now is a mix of us that are of course trying to waste behind the law and trying to basically limit any opposition in the streets to allawi so we have to see how that will play out but we're seeing a lot of opposition to allow it among the protesters among the students and they are determined to keep going until their demands are met and these demands are a complete overhaul of the political system and an independent candidate who does not represent the political establishment that isn't so far. all right not a full team thanks for that. still ahead on al-jazeera fears of an escalation the turkish military threatens to intervene against the syrian government offensive in its live.

we've got high pressure dominating the weather across much of china so here it is settled and large the tribe is in places of fog and for us to watch out for but for the most part i think what's going on we've got several of them in the way of cloud just swirling away just around the sea of japan and that'll bring some wintry weather into northern honshu into whole card i would venture it will squeeze its way out to south of that tokyo a warm and dry temperatures here around a 14 degrees celsius is not to try those who follow that plow through the east china sea into southern parts of china heavy rain coming through here and more the same slides a little further southward and east which as we go on into choose day in the process japan will brighten up more that settle weather there across part of northern china and also into the korean peninsula it 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 so 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 of the northernmost possibly by night but for most we've got plenty of sunshine. in the philippines the black market for gold is worth hundreds of millions but not everybody is reaping the rewards the sound of pain the ultimate prize when i went east investigates why people like dying. on al-jazeera. al-jazeera. ever.

heard. welcome back you're watching out 0 time to recap our headlines police have shot dead a man after several people were stabbed on a busy street in south london police say it was a terrorism related incident happened in the suburb of stratton people are being told to stay away from the area. nearly 1500 chinese military medics are being deployed to a newly built hospital to treat coronavirus patients man in the philippines has become the 1st person to die outside china death toll is now 300 and.

protesters in iraq are denouncing the appointment of mohammed. as the new prime minister in marjah in several cities including baghdad nasiriyah and niger and now is a former communications minister. an israeli ban on palestinian agricultural produce has gone into effect israel says the import ban is in response to a palestinian boycott of israeli cal traders let's take a closer look at the palestinian economy which relies heavily on the service and manufacturing industries has a value of nearly $15000000000.00 just a fraction of israel's $370000000000.00 sector israel restricts the flow of palestinian goods and controls tax collection as well as most of the region's valuable farmland and natural resources as a result of employment in the number of palestinians living in poverty is on the rise the world bank estimates the economy will slip into negative growth over the

coming year transfer posed middle east peace plan offers a $50000000000.00 investment by the private sector has rejected it saying it comes at the cost of palestinian rights. this trail has stopped the delivery of cement into gaza and put 500 business permits on hold it's another setback for those in the strip who live in dive conditions after 13 years of blockade 70 deca has more from gaza city news of u.s. president donald trump so-called deal of the century reached 1500 kilometers away here in northern gaza after all 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 would. still has to 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 the door holding the job. 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 that gaza would become quote unlivable by 2020 while 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 and the same time from the individuals . there's been a slight increase in cross border tensions in the last few days a cycle of escalation and shaky truces that everyone here has had to use to. reiterate what so many others have told us to people are fed up with their leaders . no one it was not a 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 day 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. back there a top breaking news story out of london police shot dead a man after several people were stabbed on a busy street. police say they're dealing with it as a terrorism related incident that happened in the southern suburb of stratham people are being told to stay away from the area over there catherine stances is on the line from london what more details are officials giving. well police have confirmed that 2 people have been injured in the incident and they are being treated they aren't giving the vehicle condition of the people who are injured the

moment they also say that the situation has now been paying we have just arrived in the area now and the cordon is quite wide when the police shot a man they had rushed people by quite a large ways because there was some concern that he had been wearing what appeared to be an explosive device some witnesses are saying that there was a metal canisters strapped to him and he was carrying a very large knife but police are saying the situation is now contained but they are built keeping people away from the immediate vicinity 9 the british prime minister boris johnson has taken to twitter he was thank you merchants 'd who arrived quickly on the scene to deal with those who were injured and he is saying my thoughts are with those injured and all of those affected and london mayor to take on has also issued a statement. expressing those similar thoughts as well are giving any details about

the suspect with the shot dead. no they are not they're still saying that they are assessing the incident they are not giving us any details on the individuals background or age or anything like at this point all right thanks so much christian sense of. somalia has declared a state of national emergency after billions of locusts devastate his food supplies across the whole of africa east africa is facing its worst outbreak in a quarter of a century kenya is the worst affected with millions of insects destroying crops across $70000.00 hectares of land it's also affecting parts of ethiopia and with heavy rainfall cost in the coming weeks expected to get a lot worse u.n. agencies are warning of severe food shortages in the region if the outbreak is not contained. and so far we've only heard from the u.s. democratic presidential hopefuls but on monday in iowa voters get their 1st chance

to take pods and meet more than $1600.00 sites to make that choice iowa is a small state but it's important in the election process whoever wins there could have huge momentum al-jazeera as john 100 explains. 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 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. the iowa caucuses are run by the democratic and republican parties for

republicans by secret ballot for democrats publicly. 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 and 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 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 you know 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 of work to participate in that 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 i would use here des moines iowa all 11 presidential hopefuls are in iowa making their last minute pitches there is no clear front runner and this failed but poll suggests senator bernie sanders has a narrow lead of a former vice president joe biden both stand as an biden the views that romney's takes wife president only from i mean for some of the sense that we tend not to think you have the person that we say pathological i was told and thousands of lawyers. present we cannot say that mr bush which is for all we know. for the sure which thinks that. the hullo hawt. in a moment like this a president's credibility is very much indeed and so when it comes to credibility

president trumps bank account is thoroughly bankrupt because he lies about everything no matter how big or small it is in america people or people around the world will find it harder and harder to believe what he says now there have been protests outside the u.s. embassy in lebanon hundreds gathered in beirut to rally against own trumps proposed middle east plan demonstrators set fire to a banner of unease troops and riot police looks on it australia dozens of homes have been destroyed by bushfires across the state of new south wales and near the capital of fires south of canberra had threatened to spread out of control on the weekend it's now weakened a state of emergency will stay in place though in and around the capital until it

least monday more than 80 fires are burning across southeastern australia they were believed to be extinct but 2 species of giant told us of being rediscovered by scientists on ecuador's gallop agus islands in the pacific. 29 floria tortoises were found there but the real excitement came with the discovery of a single printed tossers relative of a tortoise called lonesome george it was believed to be the last of his kind died 8 years ago. and let's take you through some of the headlines here in algeria now police have shot dead a man after at least 2 people were stabbed on a busy street in south london police say it was a terrorism related incident it happened in the suburb of stratton police have just said the situation has been contained also say he may have had an explosive device

on him. early 1500 chinese military medics are being deployed to a newly built hospital to treat coronavirus patients a man in the philippines become the 1st person to die outside china the death toll is now 300 and for it on kong pressure is growing on the government to close its border with the mainland philippines and new zealand have joined the us in australia in banning entry to foreigners who recently visited china. protesters in iraq are denouncing the appointment of mohamed el feel as the new prime minister they've been marching in several cities colluding baghdad north korea. allow is a former communications minister had an israeli ban on palestinian agricultural producers go into effect israel's defense minister says the import ban is in response to a palestinian boycott of israeli coude traders palestinians export millions of

dollars worth of agricultural produce to israel every year. there have been protests outside the u.s. embassy in lebanon hundreds gathered in beirut to rally against donald trump's proposed middle east plan demonstrators set fire to a banner outside the compound as levon these troops and riot police looked on in the u.s. democratic hopefuls are making their final pitch to voters ahead of monday's presidential nominating process all 11 candidates are in the state of iowa which is traditionally served as a vital launching point for burial ground for presidential campaigns there is no clear front runner poll suggests bernie sanders has a narrow lead one or one east now stay with us.

this is a gold rush in the philippines with hundreds of millions of dollars but no one wants you to know about its fuel building block might into custody by the money the unknown b b m a shadowy in and so this illegal industry is leaving a trail of misery for its work is mostly ready to fight a movie for leukemia and they found a nice little bit of the little bit in the old victim of the who got the watch the movie when i went east investigates why people in the philippines a dying for gold.