we'll bring you the news and current affairs that matter to you. the end. al-jazeera. the arab. fully back to or in doha this is the news hour on al-jazeera coming up in the next 60 minutes the world health organization says corner virus is not a pandemic as china had made shortcomings in its response to the outbreak. iowa's democrats say they'll release most of the delayed results from monday's presidential caucuses later on tuesday also this hour a big night for president donald trump as he prepares to address the nation but that speech will be overshadowed by his impeachment trial. i'm barbara starr in london with the top stories from europe including growing up online

a new british survey reveals more about how children are developing with their devices. and don't use them to their school be asian champions league is the latest competition to be affected by the coronavirus with all matches involving chinese clubs postponed until april. thank you for joining us the world health organization says the corona virus outbreak that killed hundreds of people and infected thousands is showing no signs of mutation and has not caused a pandemic the global death toll stands at 427 all but 2 of those have been recorded in mainland china more than 25000 people have been infected there are now examples of 2 people contracting the virus without being in china one got sick in thailand the other in singapore and a cruise ship is under corn. at

a port in japan a passenger who got off the ship in hong kong was later confirmed with the virus that brings the total number of cases in hong kong to 17 as a city reports his 1st death from the outbreak and in an unprecedented move the world's biggest gambling have been neighboring macau has announced all its casinos will close for 2 weeks. has warned against the danger of misinformation during the outbreak. when you deal with epidemic. you rapidly sees that in addition to the epidemic of diseases we often have an epitome of information and this is what we call intraday mick and it's really an e.p. dimmick of rumors of false information that is circulating at the same time and every outbreak as it's info dimmick and sue we have realized over time that this in for them it could be really nuts they called for a good response and humper effective implementation of countermeasures meanwhile

hong kong's chief executive has defended her government's handling of the coronavirus but health workers don't think she's doing enough there on strike demanding that carry landfills all the territories border with china aaron brown reports. as hong kong confirmed its 1st death from the virus a quarter of its doctors and nurses went on strike seriously affecting emergency services several 100 demonstrated outside the offices of their employer hong kong's health authority they say the complete closure of hong kong's border with the mainland would help prevent the disease spreading their members of the new union born out of the protest movement politics have now entered this growing public health emergency landing i hope the government quickly listens to our demands quickly closes all the borders and brings this epidemic under control by choose day

10 of the 13 border crossing points with the mainland were closed but the bridge to china remains open now one of the few ways into or out of hong kong when this bridge opened almost 3 years ago it stood as a symbol of the deepening links between hong kong and china today it stands as a symbol of the few border links the now remain between the 2. hong kong leader kerry lam is resisting. calls for a total shutdown of the front here saying it would go against the guidelines of the world health organization and rejects accusations that her administration is the one playing politics i certainly would not agree with the allegation that we sort of are not addressing this public health concern adequately and suddenly i don't agree with the allegation that we are putting politics above public health the economic fallout from this emergency has spread to the nearby gambling hub of

macau popular with mainland tourists all casinos will be closed for 2 weeks in wu han a new hospital built in just 9 days has begun treating patients another 3 mobile hospitals are being assembled in a rare move china's government has appealed to the outside world for help saying vital medical equipment is needed including more face masks and protective clothing for medical workers doctors also say there's a shortage of testing kits are in another unusual development china's top leadership has admitted to shortcomings and failures in its response to the crisis the politburo standing committee chaired by president xi jinping warned that officials who failed in their duty would be punished that amounts to a public acknowledgement that they failed the people adrian brown out 0 hong kong to the u.s. now and iowa's democratic party says it will release more than half of the returns

from monday's presidential caucuses in about 4 hours results from the 1st voting of the 2020 presidential campaign have been delayed for a full day after party officials blamed inconsistency despite no clear results a number of candidates seemed to have their own ideas about where they stood at the end of the night with several delivering victory speeches taken this. well worn case is going to be close we're going to walk out here with our shared delegates we don't know exactly what it is yet but we feel good about where we are by all indications we are going on to new hampshire victorious in the way our way on the board so the. let's say happy and let's head to new hampshire thank you i was and i'm going right from here to new hampshire where i will be one of the 7 candidates on the debate stage voted out of new hampshire when those results are

announced so i have a good feeling we're going to be doing very very well here with the it is too close to call so i'm just going to tell you what i do know you are the live not auxerre is alan fischer in des moines for a soul on this very embarrassing for the democratic party has to be said what do things stand right now. it's a disaster and it's a farce i mean the whole world was watching the results here from des moines because it would give us the 1st indication of democratic thinking about who was going to be the person that they felt was the person best placed to take on donald trump in november and they managed to get it saw badly wrong failure of the failure of the foreign system and no they're hoping that they'll get some results out at 4

o'clock local here which is in about 4 hours time and even then they're talking about it might only be partial results it really is a very poor sure and it's a pinpoint for donald trump because he can point to this and say look you really want the democrats to look after your health care you really want the democrats to look after college tuition this is the sort of thing you can expect no all of the campaigns have got their own internal polling that's why you've got several people standing up saying look didn't we do well the likelihood is that bernie sanders has won here and what we should get that confirmed in the next 4 hours he does tend to do better in caucuses then in st primaries he want to leaven of the 134 years ago and so he's probably best place to judge done much better than expected better than expectations elizabeth warren has again done reasonably well too and amy club very smart campaigning on her part she realized that there wasn't going to be a result gordo got her message out so the media here in the united states just

lapped up her speech so she got a chance to sell ourselves to the country all over again really smart big disappoint of the night was joe biden he had his voice we're going to walk away here with a number of delegates that's not the sort of thing he was expecting it would be a disappointment for him if he's not in the top 3 because this is a man who since he launched this campaign has said this is all the electability i'm the man to beat donald trump and if you can't even get the democrats to believe that how does it get anyone else to believe her and many of the candidates have now moved on to new hampshire which. all this primary next week and what impact will this iowa debacle in this iowa chaos have on the rest of the nomination process. well we're already seeing how it's going to have an impact because after new hampshire which is a street primary so that is over several hours people go in the cast their vote is just like any other election so that will be a relatively clean relatively simple operation and that will give us

a very clear idea of with the democratic party in new hampshire there's always a can a rule result in new hampshire so we don't pee too much. too much stock and it will certainly give us an idea of the state of the race the next one after that is in nevada and guess what yes it's another caucus and they have already said look we are not going to use the technology that was used in iowa we are using a completely separate system and i'm sure every single campaign if not every single democrat is going to thank goodness for that because we really can't afford another mess up like this lou in a month's time what we're going to be on super tuesday is exactly 4 weeks from today that is the big big day when there are several primaries and caucuses all over the united states and that will dominate the political chatter for a very long time a give us a much clearer idea of who the democratic candidate is going to be and so people will quickly forget about iowa but it's going implications get implications because

the way the campaign moves on from here it's got implications for iowa always prides itself on being the 1st in the nation and its implications too because it just made the democrats look bad yeah thank you for that alan alan fischer live for us in des moines. already i spoke to shot hasan who is a democratic political strategist and a former executive director of the group democracy for america he says the real problem with iowa is a process that many see as being out of date. to be very clear one democratic state party organization the i would democratic party chose a terrible app and that really doesn't have much to say about the rest of the democratic party or the way the federal government is run under the democratic party the caucus system is old into created an inaccessible now only a few states still do it and they do it out of tradition this is a kind of system where very few people participate because it is difficult to participate that actually run the iowa caucus better before they started doing some of these reforms but the point is you can't slap an app onto an old an antiquated

system and hope that it is that it becomes more accessible or more transparent the problem is the system itself we just move to state administered elections like 44 other states do we get to continue to have a debate within our party about the best way forward to present a contrast to donald trump right now the polling shows that the top 4 democratic candidates are all polling ahead of president trump who himself has an approval rating around average of 42 percent he's profoundly unpopular this is still a good opportunity for democrats to change the narrative. now u.s. president donald trump is preparing to deliver his state of the union address on tuesday night in the same house chamber where he was impeached just last month as the last one he'll deliver during his 1st term in office and comes as the senate and as the final phase of his impeachment trial and speak to heidi on capitol hill for us so what are the latest developments heidi 1st when it comes to the impeachment trial in the senate. will fully for the last 2 weeks we've seen these

100 u.s. senators hold their tongues on pain of imprisonment during the impeachment trial of president trump and today they finally had a chance to state for the record their intentions for tomorrow's big vote and the reasons behind it and of course that vote will very likely be acquittal of president trump given that the republican majority in the senate is solidly backing the president democrats on the floor today have been saying that this is a travesty blaming republicans for not having called witnesses and calling this an unfair trial republicans saying that they had there has been an abuse of power but that that abuse is the impeachment itself which they see as unjustified and hardison now all of this looking forward to this evening when president trump of course be coming on capitol hill on the eve of his likely acquittal to deliver the state of the union address his moment to shine. so tell us about the state of the union then the president is supposed to be delivering in

a few hours what can we expect from that. well president term has said that. the title of this state of union address is the great american comeback now you can read into that that he 1st saw the fires himself as making that comeback in his likely acquittal that will be delivered in about 24 hours question is how much still delve into that we know course this is a very indicative president he's likely to complain about the process and gloat prematurely about his acquittal his advisors have actually said not to do that instead to focus on the economy which is booming in the united states the democrats also looking forward to the november presidential election also using this evening as a moment to launch toward that point announcing that 88 patients have been invited to watch the state of the union address and these are individuals who have benefited from the affordable care act which is of course the law that president

trans administration continues to try to rescind only thank you for that heidi heidi live for us on capitol hill or let's not discuss this further with simon rosenberg who is the president of the new democrat network is live from washington d.c. very good to have you on al-jazeera simon so this state of the union address is coming in the unique context of impeachment and election season 1st of all what do you think the president's told will be for this speech. i think it's an important question you know will he be magnanimous would he feel like a president would he feel like a party or tribal leader i think you know when he's on twitter he feels like a tribal leader and i think that he's now more he's attempting in his re-election to try to appeal to appear more like the president i've my guess is we'll get some of all of it right i mean we'll see a president and i will see

a party leader will see a tribal leader i think it would be it's unimaginable to me that he doesn't take some big shot at the democrats and quantum failures and try to take him out or something but we'll see he's definitely going to be talking to a bipartisan audience do you think there's any way that he can hear way stare off impeachment talk. i think it's going to be hard i think everyone knows that he can never resist taking a dig at somebody when he wants to i think it's a little dangerous in that room you know it's you don't know how it's going to go over i assume that the democrats sort of already gone through this and have a strategy. and 2 for them to try to look like they're going to rise above and not take the bait but i think this speaks to a bigger issue which is that whether you think the economy is doing well or what's happening with health care or foreign policy the demeanor and behavior of our president is a major issue in our politics and he's breaking rules and norms he is and i think

that you know this is still going to be i think his achilles' heel as he goes into the election that he seems like an intemperate leader who is not fit to really run a country like ours yet but many americans don't seem too concerned about his demeanor and behavior his approval rating among voters right now i think is at 45 percent the highest it's been since july and i'm sure he'll be sure to highlight his wins you know he's banking on a strong economy and a successful trade deal a successful trade deals to win reelection how does a democratic party then present a contrast to donald trump. well i think the contrast will be easy to make frankly and i think i'm looking forward to when we're talking about these kinds of policy matters rather than everything else that we talk about every day in american politics but you know the president i'll give you example right the president on his economic plan he has spent a lot of money he told us that his the tax cuts would pay for themselves they haven't we now have the largest deficits by

a huge amount in american history and the growth that he promised hasn't materialized things may be better but they're not anywhere near what he promised us with this tax plan so in that sense he's failed to deliver on his central promise as you mentioned earlier on health care we've seen the uninsured rate go up in the united states and we have seen the republicans try to take away health insurance from tens of millions of people were not scared of this debate i want to be very clear right like democrats are ready to engage on the core issues of the day it will be up to our nominee at the end of the day and i have a win on a nation to make that case it proudly i mean when you hear that the chaosium duty and let me just ask you about iowa because we were just talking about iowa when you look at the chaos in iowa caucuses i mean this is an early gift for the top campaign because it questions the competence of the democratic party in running the country when when you know what do you do about. i think i think it was disapproved of this reaction all this was very disappointing because clearly here in the united

states and all throughout democracies around the world the our ability to manage our elections now and to deal with things like hacking into us information this is a really this is an extraordinary challenge and one of the reasons why the democrats changed their early caucus system was to deal with this new far more difficult environment that we live in and it was sad for me to see the president mocking when an election failure happened in america rather than saying what can i do to help you know we're almost together we have to make sure our elections are sound and secure he's attacking us for trying to deal with a very difficult election of a. arma one of the reasons he doesn't have to worry about it is the republicans eliminated primaries in 20 of their states which is sounds far more like a lot of her putin than it does a leader 'd of the united states and so i do think that look this was clearly a big error last night there's no question about it but i think in a week we're going to be talking about new hampshire and the week after that we'll be talking about nevada and we'll be moving on from this unfortunate beginning to our campaign i thank you so much for speaking to us simon rosenberg president of

the new democrat sure live from washington thank you for your time for. plenty more ahead on this hour just here a news hour including the kenyan government declares a period of national mourning after the death of long time president. abbas i warn him that noble inequality could lead to a major increase in cancer cases and why sumo wrestling is making a big play to the tokyo lympics peta has a story coming up later. first the u.n. secretary general says in the 1st months of this year the risk of conflicts around the world escalating has increased and tony a terrorist made the comments as part of a news conference laying out the un's priorities for 2020 which he says include battling climate change and inequality i've spoken recently about winds of hope

but today a wind of madness is sweeping the globe from libya to yemen to city and beyond escalation is back arms are flowing and the offensives are increasing. all situations are different but there is a feeling of good owing is the b.b.c. and air trigger tensions which makes everything far more unpredictable and uncontrollable with the hearts and risk of miscalculation. or libya's warring leaders are participating in talks in geneva aimed at ending years of chaos and conflict the un's libya envoy haasan salah may says all sides are working to transform a choice that was put in place at the berlin conference last month he also says there is new evidence that both parties have violated an honest embargo and that new mess an aries is still arriving in libya this is after all the 1st time. since a very large. high ranking offices of the 2 sides meet the very very 1st time

i hope that within the few days the security council will come to its 1st is illusion that we have firms of this. and i also hope that those who are exporting these understand that there is already more than 20000000 pieces of weapons in the country. a stampede at a primary school in kenya has killed at least 14 children it's believed the students were crushed when they ran down to say case after class catherine so we have spoken to relatives of the victims in package. the parents of the children who died are in shock they can't believe or understand what happened the youngsters aged between 9 and 11 when leaving school to make their way home when there was a stampede the last bell had just rung in class but it's not clear why the children

were running down the steps. julia admission has 9 year old daughter june had justin's factor the school 3 weeks ago was too distraught to talk to us so her friend did the teacher was trying to hide me up the children from the classroom to get downstairs because he. saw in due course that's why he assumes it's not something that we trust. and then you know the jokes on the children they were holding hands back so when these one came this always came in as p.s. there was a. chance to. be good for the night. as a picture of high 11 year old daughter. but the. brother was a smiling machine she was always happy and helpful always quick to help in the

kitchen and to pre she was a court fearing child. many politicians and government officials led by deputy president william ruto have visited the scene of the tragedy and given assurances that investigations are underway we must get to the point on. whether the structure of the. whatever. we. want. to happen. in september last year 8 children. right after badly built school in nairobi collapsed the government shut down several substandard schools and moved pupils to government once many of which were already overcrowded this school has about $3000.00 students that's a huge number so you can imagine hundreds of them in panic and fear running down

this narrow staircase to get out safely. jews relatives say they don't want to imagine the pain she suffered in the stump bead all they know they'll never get to see the 9 year old again katherine sawyer 0 come a girl western kenya over the border and kenya's former president daniel mori has died he ruled the country for more than 2 decades from 1978 to 2002 for much for much of that time he had absolute authority over political educational systems and violently repressed costs for change for 3 fourths. here when you. need baby daniel arab. the president ceded power in 2002 after 24 years of what was seen as socratic leadership when he called him the accidental president he came from a x. knit community called the telegram was regarded as being not as charismatic as

other leaders and was humiliated by close knit friends of founding president jomo kenyatta when moyo was his deputy when kenyatta died in 1988 more took over and was seen as a shrewd and calculating politician president morsi has always kept in mind that his 1st duty is to the people of kenya as head of state to be remembered for his passion about education and other social programs he gave the go ahead to build schools universities health centers and churches across the country is so close personal example has given kenyans a new sense of urgency and purpose but he also spearheaded a campaign to protect the environment personally leading efforts to build fortifications to prevent soil erosion. the president might have some extent was i was a populist a populist who wanted to be seen as a compassionate figure. and he wanted to be seen as a god fearing figure but everything that he did went to contrary to what what he

wanted the people to believe some analysts say the turning point for his leadership was in the $182.00 coup attempt by a group of soldiers and politicians in the years that followed his government ordered a violent crackdown on opponents blamed for plotting the coup thousands were detained and tortured though the country remained broadly stable ethnic clashes in some parts became common especially during elections. divide and rule like most politicians don't you know that's how he kept. he may end up the hill but then he had to be ability to see when he was going not always provide unopposed unity to be. credited by many for allowing a peaceful transition of power to his successor. but by the time he retired critics

say the economy was in ruins with extremely high rates of unemployment and poverty in addition to all that corruption patronage and tribalism has been normal organised and most kenyans just wanted him gone. i'll just there. are still ahead on al-jazeera iraq's government looks to move to cleaner fuel i'll tell you why are you walking so we tend and india is. the sound to receive world cup final action coming at it. from. hello again welcome back to international weather forecasts we're here across the eastern mediterranean as well as into southeastern europe we are watching a system coming out of europe and with it a lot of snow

a lot of rain as well as some very very gusty wind conditions across much of the area really evident here on our forecast map on wednesday with those winds pushing down from the north across the central med pushing more towards the east and then up towards the north as it makes its way towards turkey so for turkey over the next few days it is going to be quite wet as well as very snow in the higher elevations wind gusts across much of the area including and tell you over the next few days could be reaching about 75 kilometers per hour so we will be watching this on wednesday and thursday improving conditions by the time we do get towards friday well for the northeastern part of africa you will be seeing the winds as well also the rain will be developing probably by the time we do get towards thursday here in benghazi windy conditions rainy conditions where the temperature there of about 13 degrees over towards cairo it will just be the winds and a temperature of $22.00 degrees there well here across parts of south africa across the eastern cape we are going to be seeing the rain increasing over the next few days dry here on wednesday but rainy conditions pushing through much of the area

for cape town great for you with the tempter there of about 23 degrees. in an increasingly globalized and interconnected world where digital communication technology is growing digital platforms contribute to making change and expanding civic space consequently activists face harassment states of aliens increasing restrictions on the other hand digital platforms may be used to spread hate speech and trigger violence division conflict and terrorism which in turn contributes to undermining human rights. in this context the national human rights committee of qatar organizes the international conference on social media challenges and ways to promote freedoms and protect activists in cooperation with the united nations high commissioner for human rights the european

parliament the global alliance of national human rights institutions and the international federation of journalists. in washington sound not just here at mind of a top selling to watch how organizations say that caught a virus outbreak that scans hundreds of people that infected thousands is showing no signs of contention and has not caused that damage the double death toll is $427.00. in the u.s. iowa's democratic party says more than half of the results to monday's presidential caucuses will be believed to be less and for a 1st attempt to pick

a democratic presidential nominee. has been delayed because of inconsistency is in reporting results. and kenya's former president died yet i am more he has died he left the country for more than 2 decades his government was criticized for wanting to be repressive those who spoke out against his leadership. at the united nations says more than half a 1000000 syrians have been displaced in northwest syria in the past 2 months the syrian government backed by russia is trying to take the last rebel held area which is mostly made up of a deadly province the u.n. says many people are in urgent need of food and shelter in just 2 months more than 520000 people have been displaced from their homes the vast majority of them being women and children many of the displaced have left with nothing but the clothes on their backs what they could pile onto ramshackle vehicles and the urgently need shelter food water and sanitation support health support emergency education and

not least protection. and an additional $280000.00 people from urban centers on the m 4 in 5 a highway axis that runs through the area are at imminent risk of displacement if ongoing military operations continue right. near turkey syria border she says most of the people fleeing violence are heading north close to where she is. the pressure on turkey's southern border by syria is increasing because of internal displaced inside northwestern syria in the province due to syrian government's assault an advance from south to the north this advance by the syrian government despite a cease fire brokered and are still not and such a peace process is causing hundreds of thousands of people being displaced according to un since december the 1st 520000 people have been displaced and must vast majority of those people are women and children who left their homes without

anything only with their clothes on or with fear stuff that they could carry with them and the u.n. also drives attention to an imminent risk that 280000 people living around the area nearby and 4 and 5 highways are facing right now as the syrian government is adventure has already advanced in this area that's why turkey's president reject a paradox that turkey will not allow any more territorial gain to the syrian government and the end of the escalation zone which is live because it is already increasingly a burden on turkey's shoulders that is already hosting around $4000000.00 syrian refugees within its borders and to trying to take care of hundreds of thousands of displaced people on the syrian side that's why turkey has a plan to provide a safe area for the internally displaced in 15 to 20 kilometers deep inside it they're providing new shelters made of brick aid at least and they can have

a better life in this weather condition which is the weather is very cold it's raining everywhere is this why turkey is also seeking some help from germany mainly financial aid and turkey is planning to begin with 25000 shelters for those people our time not to check on some of the stories making headlines in europe farmer sorry not under new santa barbara. folly thank you now britain's prime minister has promised urgent action on climate change bringing forward a ban on the sale of new petrol diesel and hybrid cars by 5 years to 2035 johnson called on all governments to follow the u.k.'s lead in setting a target of net 0 emissions by 2050 he attended the launch of this year's un climate talks known as cop 26 alongside sir david attenborough in london the u.k. will host the summit in glasgow this november the brother of the manchester arena

bomber helped make the explosive which killed 22 people in the 2017 attack that's according to the prosecution in his trial the court heard that he bought materials for the boat in using fake internet accounts hashim a baby is facing $22.00 counts of murder he denies the charges his brother soundman a baby was killed when he detonated the explosive vest in a large crowd leaving a concert by u.s. pop star. new research from britain's broadcasting regulator a new light on what children do online and what their parents think about it so they gave a go has been taking a look. it's no surprise that smartphone usage is increasing among children reasons ranging from tired parents to peer pressure from school friends means that under eighteen's are now using their devices more than ever also 3200 british children surveyed 83 percent of those between the ages of $12.15 now own their own

phones and 59 percent are in tablets with the online world at their fingertips nearly 3 quarters have social media profiles snap chat facebook and instagram for most of them but they're also on chatting apps such as whatsapp used by nearly 2 thirds in the past year gaming also accounts for much of children's media consumption up to 11 the half hours a week there's no real distinction between their offline and online worlds this is all part of the reality and as they spend more time needs environments than these more time playing games and some of those things will be great in terms of the educational value and the skills they learn some of them perhaps less so most children watch their tea leaves on demand to choosing what they want to see being a major part of that decision the latest u.k. figures show that only a minority of parents believe that children using the internet is more of

a benefit than a risk. by the way it's not the best if it's a replacement for like a conversation with a parent is a bit of a worry. but i think they use it too much i think they've got their heads in the phone and they should actually be communicate you know other ways like talking safety is the biggest concern of all 87 percent of parents had sought advice about how to keep their children safe online which means that more conversations are being had over the issue and another trend that's on the rise older children are using social media and more tricks. press thoughts and opinions for causes close to their hearts such as climate change research is a calling this the grettir effect after the climate change activists. one in 10 have already signed an online petition even a digital footprint for online campuses eager to tap into tomorrow's voters so

a year ago there were joining us now via skype psychologist and child health education lecturer dr eric segments thank you so much for joining us here on al-jazeera now you heard like the rest of us the you know all those stats and numbers and figures by the off research what's your kook lucian having listened to that regarding the use of children of the internet and the devices that go with it . yes i read these reports every couple of years when they come out and there's one thing we need to keep our eye on the side from the concerns about what our children are seeing and those are valid concerns it's very simple how many hours per day are children spending on recreational screen time and what time of night they switching their devices off this is not a cultural issue it's not a generation gap it is a medical issue and i have to make it clear although the media often portrayed this as screen time good or is it bad for children health professionals are concerned about that it's about overuse or misuse and the trend seems to be going up there

seem to be more more hours per day and the time of night this switched off seems to be later and later and the age at which it starts is becoming younger and younger and we know that if you get toddlers and even infants watching high amounts of recreational screen time at that age they are very likely to be doing the same thing 30 or 40 years later so in excess it's a problem if it's moderate it's not so when you say an excess it's a problem i'd just like to separate the 2 issues as in you mean it's a problem because the kids are basically said the tree just sitting down playing a watching whatever and not moving around or do you think that the actual use of the devices so doing a puzzle on an i pad as opposed to doing a physical puzzle also plays a part. both of those things are true and i know again people seem to be attracted to headlines about whether screen time does this that or the other there are a wide range of links between excessive screen time and health things so for

example you're absolutely right one of the main things that a lot of recreational screen time does is to displace physical movement even when you compare it to reading children simply move more in their chair if they're reading it very often and secondly there are issues to do with eyeballs eyeballs are developing the length of certain cells and they may be elongated by a law. short distance viewing to smartphones and tablets as opposed to looking at a longer distance there are apparent effects on appetite which don't happen under other circumstances and there's a very strong association between high amounts of recreational screen time and higher levels of child body fat and i could go on and on and on but it seems to be the amount and it is because it partly displaces some important things but may also be doing some additional things that were only starting to understand just for example when you compare of violent computer game with a nonviolent game there seem to be different stress hormone responses and different

effects on appetite with violent games that don't happen with the non violent game and it's going to take years to unpackaged these things where you can see how complex it is it isn't like looking at the effects of alcohol on brain cells or cigarettes on lung tissue absolutely every answer to me is a concern for a lot of parents dr eric sigmund thank you so much for sharing your views and expertise with us thank you my pleasure that's it for me and the team in london for this bulletin let's go back to folly in doha barbara thank you very much for that malawi set to hold a new presidential election mess in a year after people voted for a leader the constitutional court has a note last he has disputed presidential vote citing widespread irregularities how much points in the capital the long way is an opposition stronghold and some people will say that there would be violence is things didn't go they were a nice big rock like they once in the constitutional court now look like may have

election results and frankly they cannot claim to house within 150 days obviously support of the gathering. on getting by the way is going to be the mood is there any difference in the ruling boxes have the exit is i think i think the statements and contacts that i think people would know whether they're going to appeal. the ruling at the supreme court if they do that it could plunge the country into a now that crisis oh if they could just say they accept the senate and the country and. game 1000 out and. meet the needs of the 1998 is going to me and they said it takes 40 let's decide what to do with the electoral commission that's the makings of the siding i sat in it's an either or going to be 5 so it's a not going to be fine let's put in place and make sure the issues that sold out in

a maze election while it's repeats in south. police in the sotto say the prime minister's wife is said to be charged in connection with the murder of his previous wife 1st lady my say out to bonnie handed herself into police to be questioned after a warrant was issued for her arrest last month by mr thomas to bonnie who had previously been questioned about the killing is a strange wife was shot dead outside her home in the capital maseru 2 days before his inauguration in 2017. cancer is the 2nd world's 2nd biggest killer the only thing that causes more deaths is heart disease but the world health organization says millions of lives could be saved if the gap between rich and poor nations can be breached in the fight against the disease around one in 6 deaths caused by cancer last year killed nearly 10000000 people around the world the number of cancer cases has gone shopping in the last 10 years and it's expected to nearly double or the next 2 decades lung cancer is the deadliest side followed by

calling cancer and stomach cancer and he says more than 2000000 people die every year from cancer caused by tobacco products and pollution is also leading to an increase in cases and accounts of 2929 percent of deaths and diseases from lung cancer dr andree is a cancer control technical officer at the world health organization he says investing in cancer care in poor countries can save money and lives in the long run . we know that the cancer burden in poor countries is increasing quickly if we focus on prevention now we can avoid the cancer cases that we know will come in the next $23.00 decades at the same time we have to also invest in treatment capacity because many cancer patients who live in poor countries are unable to access even the most essential or basic cancer services so if you're going to tackle this major cancer and public health challenge we have to do both prevention and control

because in fact there are many lifestyle changes that we can make that will reduce our cancer risk for colon cancer as an example we know that diet makes a big difference both the foods that we eat and the risk that we have to develop obesity that is related to the foods that we those 2 factors significantly impact the likelihood that an individual will develop cancer there are many countries that are struggling to get health on the agenda because there are limited resources and there is a perception that diseases have to compete amongst each other but what we've done with this report is to show that cancer should not be seen as a competing disease in fact if we invest wisely we can save lives and add societal value that is in the form of reentry into employment productivity gains and broader societal benefits the world health organization has confirmed a bird flu outbreak in saudi arabia the highly infectious h 5 n

h 23000 birds in the central so di region the remaining 385000 birds in the fall have also been slaughtered the virus last triggered an outbreak in the kingdom 18 months ago. a separate bird break has been reported in northern vietnam the aged 5 and 6 virus was detected in a flock of 3000 birds in the village of document just annoy the food directly killed more than 2000. now to iraq where the government is trying to get people to switch from imported fuel to know. all new public transport vehicles must now run on liquefied petroleum gas but despite awareness campaigns and government subsidy users are reluctant to move away from traditional fuel osama bin job it has a story from baghdad. that's the sound of a cleaner start. taxi now runs on iraqi produce liquefied petroleum gas or mpg his daily fuel cost is nearly

a 3rd of what he used to pay for regular petrol. for sure it is more economical and hence more profitable incentives paying $16.00 per day for fuel now apparent $6.00. it's mandatory for new public transport vehicles to install l.p.g. kit although the law was passed in 2016 it was only implemented a year ago the oil ministry subsidizing the installation instead of a $1000.00 it costs around $400.00 to install an l.p.g. kit. any new project faces resistance the oil ministry has tried to tell people that there is no danger as the cylinder doesn't explode because it's a safe and with international standards the gasket is safe and complies with international standards there is propaganda to defame the ministries if it's just need some time so people start to understand the benefits of l.p.g. . there are up to 6000000 cars in the iraqi capital more than 500 are registered

every month with no new roads or bridges or some of the over 3000 officers and 600 cameras still can't prevent gridlock the traffic department is encouraging the use of alternative fuel so it is baghdad's public transport spews fewer emissions. we have installed gaskets on different types of vehicles there have been no accidents or explosions through word of mouth other drivers are also beginning to see the. that's the case among many drivers who started using gas powered taxi. drivers to install it it's safe and nothing wrong will happen now. people say it's not safe to use the gasket i have witnessed 2 incidents with friends cars who did not have the kit their fuel tank caught fire because of loose wires in the fuel pump. is the 2nd largest producer of oil producing opec nations and us trying to reduce its gas flare at to find the reason much of it also liquefied but isn't readily available

byproduct the pilot and public transport is meant to reduce the carbon footprint and expensive refined fuel imports the government plans to expand it to hospitals restaurants and even homes but it's to convince iraqis that it is a safer cheaper and see there alternative. to what happens when the competitors said don't try take us out and force a switch to say so. please.

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forcing a speech that for you think you very much the spirit of the coronavirus has seen a major reorganization of asian champions league football with all matches involving chinese clubs postponed until april playoff games were staged behind closed doors last week and all domestic football in the country has been cancelled china's 4 clubs in the competition have a big group fixtures in february and march moved the knockout stage is also expected to be delayed until june the disruption to sport has already seen next month's world into whether its championships in nanjing postponed by a year limping qualifiers for basketball boxing and women's football have all been moved and the all electric formula emoter racing series abandoned plans to hold a race in santa maria in march but former no one's shanghai race in april is still on the calendar for now. the chairman of egyptian football club zamalek has

reiterated his calls for next week's african super cup final against esperance in qatar to be cancelled or thought a month suit claims he's club has received death threats and that it isn't safe for them to travel to the gulf states which is currently under a blockade by egypt. it was targeted at. the qatari government must keep our delegation safe while ensuring their freedom because they could potentially arrest them egyptian government must prove the trip but i think even if all this happens we won't travel there but if the people of government want us to that it becomes a matter of the state to south korean football fans have won a lawsuit they filed off the cristiana another failed to take to the field in a friendly match and so last year the fans sued the organizers complaining that they'd been promised the portuguese star would play at least 45 minutes of uganda's game against the stars they bought tickets and went to the stadium but the only view they had of another was sitting on the pinch the court awarded $312.00 to each

fan including $252.00 for mental anguish the los angeles clippers so went within 2 games of the lakers of the top of the western standings with a comeback win against the san antonio spurs the spurs had been 15 points ahead in the 1st offer paul george and learned combined blew them away in the 2nd georges efforts with seconds to play in should there was no way back for san antonio the atlanta hawks trey young scored more than 50 points for the 24th game this season and helped them into a halftime lead over the boston celtics but the 21 year old young could not get them to win boston fighting back to go 3rd in the eastern standings. next week's n.b.a. all-star game will be full of tributes to the late kobe bryant compost team well we're bryant's number 24 on their backs while the bron james and his team mates will don the number 2 shoes which was the number of bryant's 13 year old daughter

giana who was also a talented player and died alongside him in the helicopter crash. india beat rivals pakistan to reach sunday's final of the under 19 cricket world cup in south africa there were 3 wickets for sushant mishra as pakistan were bowled out for 1727 overs short of their full innings and the cruising to victory in reply shows we jaiswal with $105.00 of $113.00 balls including a 6 with the final ball of a marriage to wrap up the win by 10 wickets bangladesh planes even in the 2nd set on tuesday. the french sports minister has demanded that the head of the country's ice skating federation resigns following allegations of rape against one of the national coaches in a book released last week former world championship medalist sarah abbot bowl accused coach zubair not seen here of raping her when she was a teenager in the early 1990 s. sports minister roxana marise in iran who interviewed federation chief gay again

on monday and then asked for his resignation he's not part of the allegations made by abbott ball organdie live in ice you know i didn't really testimony i gather that the president of the french skating federation. cannot clear himself from his moral and personal responsibility. for this great dysfunction is merely institutionalized within the federation silence seems to have been the rule that people near a small subset of the 1st people responsible are those who allowed these actions to take place i would of course like to cite the ministry on the sports minister at the time the incompetence the numerous you turn to to allow these people on ice in a sport where minors can be champions and are therefore more vulnerable they should have been cared for and put out of harms way. japan's national sport of sumo wrestling isn't likely to be in a limp dick event any time soon but it is still hoping to take advantage of the tokyo games later this year 2 of the grand champions could you and ricky. show

launched a special tournament on tuesday will take place in between the olympics and paralympics in august while thousands of tourists are in the city and we have just enough time to show you some beautiful pictures out of norway which has been hosting some of the world's best dogs and the mushers in a sled race the grueling course proved too much for some of the competitors who were dog tired and needed a lift it took almost 3 days for norway's robert 30 to complete the 650 kilometer route in temperatures of minus 40 degrees celsius but the 61 year old clinched the thing. that is what will mean a phenomenal school is coming up again lays a 40 page a thank you very much for that that's it for this news out on al-jazeera from the fully back to black hole to dive into that mess watching my life in my london news center not just distance.

in an increasingly globalized and interconnected world where digital communication technology is growing digital platforms contribute to making change and expanding civic space consequently activists face arrest many states railings increasing restrictions on the other hand digital platforms may be used to spread hate speech and trigger violence division conflict and terrorism which in turn contributes to undermining human rights. in this context the

national human rights committee of qatar organizes the international conference on social media challenges and ways to promote freedoms and protect activists in cooperation with the united nations high commissioner for human rights the european parliament the global alliance of national human rights institutions and the international federation of journalists. every attack in europe creates fear and division amongst its citizens. stories of loss go on told. a sweeping association of islam with the violence easier in muslims facing the stock reality of being ostracized by the very communities in which they live love and moon the tragic loss of life twice eviction on al-jazeera. understand the differences and similarities of cultures across the world so much and we take it we'll bring you the news and current affairs that matter to you.

china admits shortcomings in its response to the corona virus outbreak which the world health organization says is not yet a pandemic this says hong kong reports its 1st test that blackout shuts down all its casinos for 2 weeks. following barbara starr you're watching our jazeera live from london also coming up caucus chaos in iowa embarrassment for the democratic party as it fails to announce a winner after monday's vote plus.