al-jazeera where ever. 0. hello i'm maryanne demasi or watching the news hour live from london coming up. new restrictions are imposed in a 2nd chinese city in the fight to contain the coronavirus this is the 1st step outside of china is confirmed. syria's government and russian backed forces ramp up their offensive in adlib in aleppo civilians are again in court in the crossfire. a new iraqi prime minister is

named but the division remains why protest is coming agree on who should leave the country. and a man is shot dead by police off to 3 people injured in an attack on a busy london street. in sport n.f.l. fans counting down to a big noise in miami for the super bowl 54 another joke which wins the australian open for the 8th time with a 5 set victory over dominic casey. hello we begin the news hour in china where new restrictions have been imposed on a 2nd major city in an effort to contain the spread of the corona virus the eastern city of when joe home to 9000000 people is 800 kilometers from the hunt when the virus was 1st discovered also

a man in the philippines has now died from the virus this is the 1st confirmed death outside of china with a vaccine still potentially months away efforts are focused on detection and containment and in one hunt itself the focus is on treating those who have contracted the illness al-jazeera scott hyla has more now 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. you don't

know. how but. more countries are flying their citizens out of province and new zealand has joined the list of nations barring non-citizens who have recently traveled to china from entering as this was supposed to be the end of the extended lunar new year holiday the streets of beijing should be bustling but the government here has said only a sense the workers will return the others not for another week at least businesses and private enterprises are doing 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 oblique exposed can get tested to try and prevent the virus from spreading further it's got hotter al-jazeera beijing. bonna below is in manila for us and says the death of a chinese man in the philippines has caused alarm in the country. there has been one death here 2 cases positive for the one corona virus the one death is off a 44 year old man from one which is the epicenter of the corona virus the new corona virus and the other patient is a 38 year old woman was also from one and 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 in a little bit of panic here because this couple arrived on january 21st in manila via hong kong from han 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 on the plane filipinos on the streets and they reportedly also attended a street festival in the province of sybil and now the health department has a 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 that they are on top of the situation. well the virus as you've been saying has been reported in 24 countries from asia to europe and america researches any united states a mapping the scale of this global outbreak a large red dots indicate the highest number of infections may. ainley over china's hu bay province as you can see where the virus originated and a number of african countries including botswana and i go live reports at suspected cases our correspondent catherine sawyer is in nairobi and says the virus is a real concern in regions already affected by it but. 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 the virus that so 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 screening screening in all border points in 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 wonder in kenya suspending flights to china kenya has suspended flights to. this also this response and that ethiopian airlines particularly which is one of the largest airlines are on the continent has said it's going to continue with its slice of people particularly need to be a 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. and goes here on do is a public health specialist an associate fellow in the global health program at chatham house joins us now from dubai how vulnerable is africa to an outbreak of corona. well many ways africa's very vulnerable or several country across africa especially the poor ones have weak health the domes and specifically surveillance systems 1000000 it would be more difficult to detect a case of corona virus if it was in their country of course we know that there are many i think more than a 1000000 chinese workers in africa for many years now there have been these strengthening commercial in economic links between china and various countries in africa how much could that exacerbate the spread of the virus yes that's definitely

a concern there has been an increase the chinese workers in africa but also trade in travel between african nationals and china's national general i know that many african countries are working in very closely with the chinese embassies within their country so that they're able to monitor workers especially those who have gone back to china where the louis new year and are returning back to these african countries i mean we're talking about a very large continent and some countries are perhaps have better capabilities and others but generally speaking do they have the the systems in place to be able to detect the virus. yes and that is a concern and some countries such as the area ethiopia they have strong national public health institute so they have a very strong front mind and then they have epidemiologists and surveillance

detectors that are able to support the health system and read the bill in the gaps or the areas in their country that may be weaker in detecting cases but other countries that do not have a strong national public health institute or do not have. or who have more rural areas where it's more difficult to get to health facilities to understand what's going on it'll be much challenging there one thing that is promising is that the w.h.o. has increased diagnostic have capacity so they've been sending out different regions to over 20 countries in africa and the nigerian centers for disease control announced today actually that they're able to confirm in their laboratories that the corona virus is in nigeria and so they are also probably be a reference lab for other countries as well as senegal as well in south africa i want to about then i capacity to respond if and when cases a confirmed and detected. well that's where i am more reassured so one good thing

about having multiple outbreaks on the continent is that we have a lot of expertise and experience so and as someone that earlier in your program because of ebola there actually structures in place we have africa c.d.c. also that has a lot of capacity in personnel that are able to respond in support countries the w.h.o. africa region also has quite a few international experts and since the w.h.o. increased the status of the outbreak to a public health emergency of international concern this means that other countries within africa and outside of africa will also be able to supplement the public health workforce capacity among all the countries throughout africa and and to help them to respond appropriately interesting because these sumption might be that the outbreak would perhaps limit the ability of many countries in the health systems to

respond to something like this but actually from what you'll say it means that they are perhaps prepared in some ways for corona becoming a problem. definitely because we've been through this rodeo before basically we do know that there are medical personnel that are already in place especially in regions or in countries around the democratic republic of congo but also at the at the front line at the lower health facilities the health facilities that just anybody can just walk into they're more sensitized to understanding what outbreak is what epidemic is there my sense it's been used to working with. public health officials and medical personnel from around their country as well as outside of their country and communities across africa are also more sensitized in knowing how important it is to protect themselves about basic hygiene have washing and a lot of these public at the brasserie that have been sent out across the different

countries are being better better received than it was with ebola so i think this is a positive. outcome for us thank you ngozi at on do joining us there from chatham house thank you it watching the news hour live from london much more still ahead. new why people in gaza say u.s. president trumps middle east plan doesn't change anything. the rise in deadly attacks that's forcing france to send hundreds more troops to africa sawhill region . and that it's all find out which team came out on top hockey's boulevard but. the turkish military has sent reinforcements to northern syria it's warning it might intervene against the government's offensive in aleppo and lip activists say

9 civilians were killed by ass strikes on sunday raina mohammed reports. smoke darkens the skies above aleppo's countryside syrian russian backed forces have launched an offensive to seize the area syrian armed groups sharma's fighting back. down but civilians are caught in the fighting. my uncle's house was hit by a missile his wife was in the kitchen and she was killed the strike was so severe that the missile been through that into the lower floor. government forces have been making important gains most recently the town of moderates. nearby in 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. fighting has extended to the northwestern town. which was under eisel control 3 years ago one missile hit the turkish back 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 let us out we all suffered so much and. with all the airstrikes. 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 we're 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 rational to just

a food water and medicine and if the bombardment doesn't stop it could soon create one of syria's west humanitarian disasters for him hunted al jazeera. protesters in iraq are denouncing the appointment of a new prime minister they were not showing in several cities including the capital baghdad and in the south in nasiriyah in niger former communications with them how much of a carlo it was named from the designate on saturday is promising reforms and an early election protest to say political change is needed iraq is facing months of mass protests against corruption unemployment and a lack of basic services so no fault in is in baghdad she says the opposition to allow it was expected but it appointment seems just split the protest movement. the opposition to allowing was known the well before he was appointed and still president salo went ahead and designated him the new prime minister doesn't 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 where 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 put together which will then essentially decide whether or not the prime minister has the confidence of the political establishment but in the meantime or drifting on the streets with. the protests from what we're seeing on the one hand he didn't he came out today opposing allow we are on the other hand we have the followers of he has set aside one so now we're supporting and protecting the protest movement and they have come out in support of allowing what it seems to be happening now is looked at us out of force rooms waist behind them out here and try to basically limit any opposition in the streets to allow weaker we have to see how that will play out but with 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 political does the mud represent the political establishment. that isn't pretty. and is ready ban on receiving agricultural projects from the palestinian territories has come into effect israel's defense minister says it's in response to a palestinian boycott of israeli counteractive the palestinian authority fold on traders to buy cars from of the season stead israel has also stopped the delivery of cement into gaza 500 business is on hold that further setbacks for those who live inside the strip in diet conditions after 13 years of blockade definitely deca has more now from gaza city. news of u.s. president donald trump so-called deal of the century reached 9500 kilometers away here in northern 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 all author. of till his 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 by name money jobs to be able to provide for their families everyone is taking 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 israel or egypt or mission 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 more anger for more. of the actions from the different political groups and in 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 become used to . it's 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 hamas doesn't care about us they're enjoying the good lives in their homes while 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 0 gaza. hundreds of protesters in lebanon of demonstrating against donald trump's plan for the middle east protest as waved palestinian flags near the u.s. embassy northeastern. u.s. and israeli flags and with tight security by lebanese troops and riot police lebanon is home to tens of thousands of palestinian refugees and that descendants.

now here in london police have shot dead a man off to 2 people was stabbed in an attack on a busy street police say the incident in the southern suburb of stress and was terrorism related the scene has been cordoned off and an investigation is underway well our correspondent catherine stansell has been following the story and joins me in the studio now what more is come to light catherine well one of the individuals who was stabbed is suffering from life threatening injuries and is in the hospital . and shortly after the incident police shot the suspects dead and an hour later they declared it a terrorism related instance and a lot of people were wondering how and why they were able to do that so quickly the police have said that there was in fact a proactive counterterrorism operation that was underway at the time suggesting that this individual had been under some sort of surveillance and. the

the other element that has come to light now is that there are reports that the suspect himself had recently been released from prison at the end of january after being convicted of terrorism related offenses and this will sound familiar the attack that happened at london bridge at the end of november the same it was the same circumstance for the suspect as well he had recently been released from prison and he ended up stabbing 5 people 2 of whom had died so as a result of that there's been tremendous pressure on the government to make some changes to this in terms of how people that are convicted of these offenses are are treated and when they are in fact released the prime minister boris johnson has made a statement recently he says on monday we will announce further plans for fundamental changes to the system for dealing with those convicted of terrorism offenses so we should be hearing more details about that on monday all right thank you very much

catherine bring us up to speed with that story well in all those stories a follow. france is a point $600.00 will soldiers to africa saw whole region to fight against armed groups defense ministry says most of the troops will be sent to an area that includes parts of mali bikini. france already has about 4 and a half 1000 soldiers in the region and in the most recent attack we've seen 20 civilians were killed by on fight isn't picking a fight so on saturday the attack was carried out by men on motorbikes in a village and bonnie mr minister in the bani north of the capital 39 people were killed when a fight has attacked a market a week ago so the have been a number of attacks that the algiers nicholas is indycar and says that there has been a rise in violence in recent. in mali and 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 molly and faso so the tax had 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 troops is it adds up to 5000 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 when it comes at a time where president my comb 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. hundreds of people rescued from the mediterranean have arrived in the italian port of part solo that was celebrations on hold once the society in court said the migrants could this involved 363 people have been assisted by spanish and rescue boat open arms in 5 different operations in recent days italy in malta had repeatedly denied a nation for the boat to dock. for going up to 2000000 last night about 830 we received a call from the italian coast guard headquarters in rome telling us that they assigned us to the port to put to disembark the 363 rescued people who have been aboard the open arms for the past 6 days about 30 in the morning we were entering

the port and once we docked we received medical assistance some of the senate taishan personal boarding gave medical tests to all of the people on board checking the temperature and after a couple of hours the disembarking began. now many jordanians a furious with a deal that sees billions of dollars worth of gas pumped into the country from israel all the jordan has a peace treaty with israel it's also home to the largest population of palestinians outside the occupied territory is actually going to aim has been speaking to those rallying against the deal in the jordanian capital amman. protestors 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 because deal is like literally it's like funding the zionism project and palestine which is like it's funding is really

like governments on like who are like you know violate the human rights unlike a killed by the syrian people last month and israeli american consortium began pumping natural gas from a pipeline in the mediterranean sea to jordan since the public 1st learned about the deal in 2014 protesters ranging from palestinian refugees to members of parliament have united in opposition even if we are poor we cannot exchange our community advocate change our rights with the west with with anyone and this is what we when we think we can survive jordan relies on imports to meet its energy needs it also survives on foreign aid it's waiting for the i.m.f. to inject a loan into its economy the government says this 10000000000 dollar 15 year deal with israel is the cheapest cleanest and most reliable option it has at the moment

and it could decrease the cost of electric bills which jordanian say is too high. jawad and is a former deputy prime minister he says until jordan can become energy independent the israeli pipeline offers the best alternative if we're pumped as good as if we were rich us as gas so there's no need to liquify a fire. and with that save so much on the course as long as there's a nice base with a job. think of the jordan stability as. helpful to those that disappeared. there would with. children 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. coming up the complicated process of electing a us president we explain how iowa chooses its candidates battling discrimination because of the coronavirus who take a closer look at the rise in anti china sentiment. and then a sport that is and now that play reckless of history and who are now the eventis i'm. going to welcome back to you in a national weather forecast well it's been quite mild here across parts of europe as we enter the week and came into the weekend we're talking about temperatures into the teens across many areas of course we've had plenty of clouds and rain across much of this region but things that could be changing as we go and start the

week here on monday though we're still going to be seeing those temperatures above average you can see years or 18 degrees a lot of teens across much of central europe but that's going to change as we go towards tuesday that westerly flow is going to change we're going to start seeing a more north westerly flow if not a northerly flow that's going to bring that colder air down and look at these temperatures we're talking about single digits across many areas we're talking about a change of about 8 to 10 degrees in some locations as well as not just heavy snow but down here towards the southeast it's going to be a mix of rain and snow as well as we go towards wednesday that system did you make its way down here towards the southeast very messy across parts of greece as well as into turkey here across zagreb look at your forecast for the next 5 days those temperatures are really coming down starting at 18 here on monday by the time we get towards thursday we're talking about 7 degrees there overnight we're talking about into the minus 2 degree area here across benghazi it is going to be cloudy with the possibility some showers in the temperature of 70.

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you on the united way a new move to documentaries and a live news. it was al jazeera live from london a look at the headlines now a lot down has been imposed on a 2nd major city in china so authorities try to contain the coronavirus the eastern city of when joe is home to 9000000 people and 800 kilometers from holland where the virus was 1st discovered more than 300 people have died from the virus in china protesters in iraq are denouncing the appointment of mohamed tawfik alawi as the new prime minister designate he's promising reforms and an early election but

demonstrators say greater political changes are needed. in syria's government and russian forces are intensifying as strikes and a ground offensive in the cities of it live but unless the u.n. says almost 7000 people have been forced from their homes in the last week. or. so more now on the battle to contain the coronavirus the city of one han in china has been scrambling to build new hospitals right around the clock and more than a 1000 army medics will help softballs bittle built in just 10 days which is 25 kilometers from is the location of the new facility china's state media is reporting construction on who are hospital started on the 23rd of january on the final break was laid on sunday who will reportedly have a 1000 beds a 2nd emergency hospital is expected to open on wednesday with 1600 beds more than 14000 people are confirmed to have the corona virus in china but there are also

concerns about the impact of the spread of the virus would have on china's markets the central bank is saying that it would inject a $173000000000.00 into the economy on monday it's hoped the measure will maintain stability of the market during the period of virus control markets in china were closed for the lunar new year holiday and that was. and it because of the corona virus the outbreak alice subsequent lockdown in some cities has caused many stores in china to close down syriac is a senior center for international governance innovations global economy program and says the reliance on china industry and terrorism around the world will mean there will be an economic ripple effect from this there are various it businesses around the world globally which are relying on inputs from chinese factories that are being shut down so for the 1st quarter will steal a lot of reading slowdown in the real question is how quickly this is contained and

whether or not there is a rebound and from as a growth standpoint you 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 major period when. shopping is done and when firms 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 be feeling the pinch air and buffer natural supports from government can stem the damage to companies on their bottom lines it doesn't generate economic activity in the meantime welfare's of the coronavirus will settle rising complaints of anti china sentiment some media outlets have faced criticism for cartoons and headlines that many have considered offensive under schapelle has

that side of the story. the corona virus outbreak has led to complaints about a rise in anti chinese sentiment around the world and france for example the hash tag i am not a virus is being used to share stories of bullying in school yards and city streets and of hostile treatment by the media a regional newspaper has had to apologize for this headline that use the phrase yellow alerts while scenes like this one here but see here are widespread of people appearing to cover their face just because they're sitting next to someone who's asian. she's the only one. of those in the metro going to work and i sit down on the seat when the person sitting next to me moved over by a few centimeters because i could have moved a few metres he would have but at least it was just a few centimeters he didn't cover his mouth of the scuff i was shocked and speechless i didn't know why and i didn't want to fan the flames so i didn't say anything but i really wanted to tell him what he done was an ok it's the 1st time it's happened to me of it when upset via we've seen the awakening of

a latent racism which we already knew was that which is now completely out in the open with a behavior that is disrespectful imply or even clearly racist and media outlets across europe and australia are facing criticism for cartoons and headlines that reinforce old asian stereotypes as our business is like this nail salon in vietnam which has banned their chinese customers now these stories naturally make people feel very uncomfortable and unwelcome in their own communities brian levin is the director of the center for the study of hate and extremism at california state university san bernardino he says that ignorance and misinformation about the coronavirus has a big part supply prejudiced works with regard to its depth to some people might just be honestly fearful but ignorant and we're in a very tribal and polar ice time where the information flow sometimes is still piped where people are talking to other conspiracists or ignorant people. and what

we've learned is that if people feel fear we have we've 3 parts of this one is the the car the 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 it works only when there is 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 wrist 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 now somalia has declared a national emergency off to billions of locusts devastated food supplies across the horn of africa east africa is facing its why i asked outbreak in a quarter of

a century kenya is a badly affected area with insects destroying some $70000.00 hectares of crops it's also affecting parts of ethiopia u.n. agencies are warning of severe food shortages in the region if the outbreak is not stand now bushfires destroyed dozens of homes in the australian capital territory on the state of new south wales on sunday a fire south of the capital cambra has had threatened to spread out of the firefighters control over the weekend but it has calmed down more than 85 still burning across new south wales and victoria now seen ited states the 2020 election has so far been dominated by democratic presidential hopefuls but on monday in iowa voters get vefa a chance to take part they'll meet more than 1600 sites to choose their professor candidate john hendren explains from the capital to morning. 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 numbers but 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. as the caucuses don't work like voting in most states with primaries and secret ballots republicans will caucus too 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 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 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 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 unable to take away from take time awful 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. and john joins us live now from des moines iowa state capital what is the state of the race than just a day before the 1st votes of the primary campaign a cost. i marry him this is increasingly looking like a race between the poles of the democratic party on the one hand you've got joe

biden the established candidate and on the other you've got bernie sanders who is the self described socialist to the far left of the of the rest of the party those are the 2 people who are leading in the polls by 8 to 10 points ahead of elizabeth warren the 3rd in most of these polls we know more about the state of the polls if the latest poll hadn't been cancelled the des moines register and c.n.n. were planning to release a new poll this weekend but after pete booted judges campaign complained that his name was left off the list when people were asked who their favorite candidate was that poll was actually canceled but tensions are definitely running high between the biden and sanders campaigns so high that in recent days a group of senators supporters invaded biden's headquarters here in des moines 5 of them were dragged out arrested in handcuffs so very high tensions here in the campaign. then you have the prospect of impeachment which is taking some of these candidates those who are senators back to washington d.c. on caucus day tomorrow that includes elizabeth warren bernie sanders amy close all

of whom will have to be there 'd while joe biden can remain here that might give him a slight edge but biden believes he's got a fire wall after iowa becomes new hampshire and then the 4th state is south carolina a large african-american population biden believes that he could win there so in the top 4 states nevada being the other biden hopes to win iowa and south carolina at least to give him big momentum going around to the other states but there's one asterisk in that asterix asterisk is michael bloomberg he's not even contesting iowa new hampshire and he's coming in 4th in polls around the country whoever comes out of iowa is the winner however. is going to want to use this as a springboard for those other states right so from what is saying a day before the iowa caucuses no one actually knows what's going to happen all his the winner is going to be remind us again why iowa is so him was that.

well one of the big things of course is that it is the 1st state to vote in the primary elections very few presidents we've ever won without winning either iowa or new hampshire the last time that happened was in 1902 but it's also a test of campaigns barack obama was not expected to win here in 2008 he went on to win the primary over hillary clinton and then the general election after that. however people have proved that you don't always have to win i will bill clinton being one example in 1902 but the most recent example was in 2016 where the current president donald trump did not win whoever comes out of here is going to want to use this for big momentum going to those other states. thanks very much with the latest from des moines john hendren the forests. however you will the sport very short it is an expensive super bowl with that time again going to be live to miami head of the big game the people who are prepared to pay some pretty

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to saudi arabia a leader of the coalition fighting a war in the south the case is interesting to watch as the amount of money involved yemen war profiteers on al-jazeera. to. and he is in doha now with us for. thank you so much murmured counting down to super bowl $54.00 n.f.l. fans passing with thousands of dollars to get a seat at the biggest events of the us sporting year the average ticket price for tickets story is topping $6000.00 at the moment the kansas city chiefs are back in the n.f.l. championship game for the 1st time in 50 years the chiefs will be taking on the san

francisco $49.00 ers in miami a little later on. pretty much what we paid for 5000 bucks was about the limit i was going to go otherwise we're uncomfortable watching it on a carriage with my kid you know. like 1st but i've been going to see going to games since i was 13 my father and mother got a season tickets. my father passed away and this is like a major bucket list for me to go and i know he's here with me and i'm a diehard niner banned forever and it was i it didn't matter how much it cost i was going. through. this is something stay at home fans won't be saying animal rights group peta how this calling company inspired commercial during one of the super bowl breaks but it claims the n.f.l. put pressure on the host broadcasters rejected me to says the. to respect the

rights of every living being former 49 ers quarterback shots of global fame when he began naming for the pre-game national anthem in protest against racial injustice in the usa. well correspondent gallagher is in miami forests and what's it like there was that was feel like where you are right now. well i think you can hear the emotion in the fans voices that you just spoke to there are not spin building here in miami over the last 3 or 4 days or something like 150000 extra people in this city have seen cars from as far afield as canada and california you can see here behind me the seats is starting to build up we're still in our office so way from the beginning of the game but there's a lot at stake here the $49.00 ers again for the super bowl the kansas city chiefs have won since $970.00 so if they claim victory not the 1st time in 50 years of course of this entire region this is a real economic boon this the 11th time south florida has host the super bowl i

think the 6th time as we know sid just up the road here at the at the stadium that will be played in the next hour. ha but the excitement really high is being building the average ticket prices are now you said 6000 but i've been hearing more like 7 to 20000 pits a kit and if you're not a sports fan of course you can wait for those ads at half time and also you've got she care and jennifer lopez place of there's a lot for everyone and those all important viewing figures will be watched very closely indeed. the viewing figures have been down the last couple of years is that a blip or is it a trend. it seems to be a little bit of a blip i mean let's put this into perspective last year at 98000000 people tuned in that was down 5 percent from previous years but this season has seen an uptick in the people who've been watching american football and then maybe a big uptick for the super bowl because these 2 teams are pretty closely much they it is expected to be a tough game so it could well top over $100000000.00 and of course is

a couple of political ads running for about 9 or 10 months away from a presidential election so you'll see president donald trump and democratic hopeful mike bloomberg as well as all the other entertainment that goes along with this i asked a sports fan earlier what really is this all about me said to sports fans this is like all the christmases come at once and he gallagher the super bowl for his in miami thanks so much andy. never joke about she's celebrating a record at standing 8 title success at the australian open the surf beating australia dominant team in 5 sets in sunday's final in melbourne laurence smith reports. the 2 finalists went into this match in very different places one seeking a maiden grand slam title and the other chasing number 17 joke of it lived up to his favorite tag sweeping through the 1st set was but the picture changed in the 2nd the defending champion rattled by a fight back from team. and time violations from the umpire for slow service. the

2nd and things got better for the underdog as he moved ahead in the 3rd set dropping just 2 games was but the experience of playing in $26.00 grand slam finals would come to joke of it she's 8 he recovered his composure and took the match into a deciding set was. an early break was a bonus to i was a joke which went on to wrap up another famous win in melbourne was the start of the season with a grand slam when you know significantly boosts your. confidence in your expectations are quite high you know for the rest of the season but whatever happens the season is already successful he's great for the australian open trophy and he's also back on the top of the world rankings after a record 8th try to on the rod laver arena lord smith out 0. tristan are now there

has scored in a record equalling 9th straight it's highly in league events as ford conversing 2 penalties to help his team to 3 more when i over fiance madonna trezeguet the last 5 to have such a goal scoring run and that was back in $6005.00 even 3 points clear of in smile at the top of the table was goals big names have been in the middle east for the saudi international it was graeme mcdowell he gave fans a reminder of his qualities he took the title at the royal greens course in northern irish men with a level paul follow around that saw the 2010 u.s. open champion winning by 2 shots his 1st picture on the european sources 24 team defending champion dustin johnson coming in 2nd. hawkie so-called battle of all births are living up to its reputation chaos erupting as the edmonton oilers beat the calgary flames the main focus of the violence this matchup between the 2

goalies so you actually switched teams last year. ok plenty more sports there overnight but that is it for me for now let's get back samarium in london thanks very much andy when our wall fell 1917 is won best film at the 73rd british academy film awards the film won 7 prizes in total including best great generals and manatees and for its cinematography this year's awards have been criticized though for a lack of ethnic and gender diversity. no women were included in the best director category a film about the syrian war has won best documentary for sum up focused on the destruction of aleppo it was nominated in 4 categories and was described as a silver lining film critic rebecca perfect says better access to funding will help to tackle the lack of diversity but after this i think there are 2 routes in my opinion that might sort of help ease that kind of situation i think 1st and foremost it's systemic we need to see more funding and backing for more diverse

content to be made in a world by future films but also the way in which maybe the voting system works needs to be looked at and rehashed as well because there are $269.00 films which are coming out for voters there are $6500.00 if not more but to voters there surely that's a lot of films for each individual to get through how are they seeing every single film does that need to be shortlisted for most of those voters that we get the best and more diverse offerings and nominations in the end. we're going to bring you much more in a couple of minutes i will be back very shortly with a full bulletin for you including a round up of all of our top stories all the latest figures coming up on the corona virus outbreak and then there's always a web site as well al jazeera dot com for more details on that including the 1st death reported in the philippines that has been confirmed now we'll see which is on life streaming there as well.

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