a place where political revolutionaries share a platform an ideology with football hooligans. read all death on al-jazeera. a rescue mission for the rescuers in eastern turkey and other large berries scenes searching for those caught in an earlier snow slide. hello welcome to our jazeera live from doha. there's also coming up hong kong lots of cruise ship over coronavirus and now plans to quarantine anyone entering from mainland china. america's future is blazing bright. the

years of economic tick a are over. president trump boasts of a great american comeback in a state of the union address that underlined the deepening political division. malawi's president says he'll appeal against a court decision that are now all these controversial reelection last year. started out as a rescue mission on a mountainside in eastern turkey has now turned into a frantic search for the rescuers themselves at least 26 people have been killed after 2 avalanches swept down on to a road near the city of violence some of those killed were part of a rescue team they've been sent in to find survivors from the 1st avalanche which happened on tuesday night we'll go live to hashem our. correspondent who's in this

stamboul and. has what is the latest we understand the inevitably the death toll is rising. indeed martin the death toll is rising and it is because no rescuers are with tweeting more bodies from under the snow in. district in one province the all started yesterday when an avalanche hit. a bus carrying passengers and it along with a snow clearing vehicles rescuers along with civilians went to an affront to 4 survivors and they managed to retrieve 5 bodies then the rescue operation continue it for the whole throughout the whole night through today but about 6 hours ago there was a 2nd hit the same area when the rescuers were desperate to retrieve

survivors from the area and this explains that many many people were suddenly found themselves trapped under the snow now the authorities are talking about $26.00 people dead $53.00 people injured talking about dozens of more people missing and the the authorities are warning people against traveling across the area because they're saying that they expect more. in that particular area old bugger this is an area surrounded by massive mountains and the potential for evidence is high against the backdrop of the on going to. have this snow falls so they said this is this kind of scenario a regular occurrence for this part of turkey or are they experiencing. irregular weather. well. i have been occurring in the past in the southern eastern part of the country 992 a wall of snow engulfed

a sleeping village in southeastern turkey and more than 150 people were killed and this has been recurring ever since weather forecasts over the last 2 days were talking about severe weather conditions to hit those particular areas particularly the province where people were not expecting something to similar to what happened yesterday and today to take place the problem is that because. it is a remote district in one province the governors of the 1st of all as the head of the area led to manage rest to earth to converge there along with civilians who took part in the rescue operation the hard way for the operation of the 2nd of unknowns here and the rescuers found themselves victims they were trapped under the snow now the government is sending in more reinforcements more ambulances more rescuers and explains why we're getting across the every hour now we're getting the

death toll climbing because they are retrieving more bodies from the from from the site of the incident and it seems that they are determined to. try to do the best in the coming hours to retrieve all those who are still unaccounted for all right hashem thank you for that hashem with the very latest in istanbul. right down kong now which is to start core intervening all of those who come from the mainland as it tries to stop the spread of coronavirus the territories leader has announced that it will place anyone who crosses the border into isolation for 14 days hong kong is already quarantined a ship that sailed in after being prevented from entering in taiwan japan sun the same with a cruise liner that was carrying 3700 people 10 cases on that ship have

been confirmed as having the virus and it remains in the harbor at yokohama on tuesday china's or its largest spike in deaths from the virus 65 in a single day and that brings the number of dead to at least 490 and evacuations are continuing from a province at the center of the outbreak on wednesday becky stan took out 84 of its citizens and put them into quarantine. al-jazeera scott hurdler has been speaking with one particular family who come from shanghai but they've been stuck in more hands because of the lockdown there. trying to make the best of the lockdown. junkie and his family travel to hahn for the lunar new year even once the coronavirus lockdown ends they will face an additional 14 day corteen when they get back home to shanghai and like millions of other chinese across the country the children might be smiling but the adults are very concerned. how you feel what do

what do you want to tell people out there how you feel and what it's like so i think every city is just the 1st to want to since it's funny. as it was and not. just don't. know that no no no it's dr t. . 222 treaty and that's something he has had to speak with these children about age 2 to 13 i'm going to make sense seriously it's always hard to do. it well. we're. still since. this is the 1st schools photos show the empty streets of will haunt but the shelves in the supermarkets are not supplies he said are being brought in by the military like on the big concern for the central government here in beijing is increasing the

medical capacity for the growing number of infected in the province more beds for the ill and more supplies for those treating them large gymnasiums in an exhibition center have been converted into makeshift hospitals in melbourne. along with the 2 new hospitals built for the coronavirus completed this week there are now more than $6500.00 new beds for those infected but with the spread of the virus and these new beds barely cover the increase of confirmed new cases it will be a problem from just the last week scotland al-jazeera beijing. supposed to be a moment when the u.s. pulls together but donald trump's the state of the union address has instead emphasize the disunity in american politics he came face to face with the democrats who impeached him in the house of representatives a subject that he completely avoided instead he used his speech to launch his reelection campaign petty culhane ripples out from washington. not at stake. the

president of the united states was a u.s. president impeached by the house walking in to face the full congress expected the senate will vote down the charges against him in the coming hours was was the chants from the republicans in the chamber made it clear what this speech would be about his reelection the state of our union is stronger than ever before was the democratic response was this obvious there out but for the president he saw this as his time to herald what he sees as his accomplishments this is a blue collar boom was but many of his due to sticks were overblown out of context or simply untrue as with many other promises in this speech i have also made an ironclad pledge to american families we will always protect patients with preexisting conditions was his administration is actually in

court trying to get some of those protections removed and his administration has rolled back most efforts to combat climate change but the president made this promise to protect the environment days ago i announced that the united states will join the one trillion trees an initiative an ambitious effort. in the democratic response some subtle attacks but they mostly focused on promoting their agenda it's pretty simple democrats are trying to make your health care better republicans in washington are trying to take it away but this speech will be remembered less for the substance than for the made for t.v. moments highlighting the president's past as a former television reality star he surprised the chamber by inviting one why don't know venezuela's opposition leader please take his message back all americans are united with the venezuelan people in their righteous struggle for freedom thank you very much. he had his wife present the presidential medal of freedom to an ellen

conservative radio host and highlighted the family of a deployed soldier only to reveal he had come home. this was a night for symbolism planned and unprompted as he entered to give a speech the president seemed to refuse to shake the hand of the speaker of the house and as it ended she sent her own message about what she thought of the speech the tension on full display the president departed making it clear he will fight to be back here next year and the opposition party will fight just as hard to make sure this will be his last party call him al jazeera washington. malawi's president has to appeal against a court ruling which overturned his re-election peter narrowly won a 2nd term last ship months of protests followed of accusations of failure drinking on monday judges are now the result saying it had been compromised by

a vote stuffing and altered ballots they ordered a new election to be held within $150.00 days the president's spokesman called the decision a miscarriage of justice out of matal so has the latest from the malawian capital long way. well the president is going great and. action on when then he's going to tell people what he's going. with senior officials in the ruling party say they would have thought of organizing the paperwork the legal documents for the appeal village malawi's know when they plan to file the paperwork at the supreme court the supreme court could either say there is no case and throw the matter out or they could set a date to hear the matter what does this mean because the constitutional court has ordered that a french election has to be held within 150 days this appeal could delay the procedure so what will the opposition do the head of the n.c.p. party last with a clear has stated that the ruling party and the prison have every right to appeal

the constitutional court ruling but he's very confident that the prison did not win the elections and he says opposes must take its course but of course the key thing of course is how the opposition supporters are going to be as risky days now they've been gathering at the party headquarters here in the capital a long way to adding for these elections looking forward to these elections are you planning to hold they are planning to hold demonstrations and marches in the capital and elsewhere in the country some are saying that is really was the big take place today they say that they can just won the election so there are fears that the longer it takes to get to these elections there could be violence on the scene if people go out on the street and poses so it's a very delicate phase for people in malawi right now all eyes are waiting to see and hear what the president may be interested people later on on wednesday. so it's a common heritage of terrain where fishermen say they're risking their lives as they dive to make a living. for

. helo there's still a cold breeze running into northern japan the last the storm systems and it's wet and you see that the cold air goes across the warm water but is masses of showers not as cold of course they turn out to be snow and they will do that on the west slopes in northern honshu in front of the wall on the a little while i think in her car there were supposed to max of minus 4 that's where the weather is going out of the way and everything else the korean peninsula much of northern china is quiet not particularly breezy static and it's not good for equality but clearly it's very different in southern china once more a bloom of clouds produced rain or will produce rains is to stay is forecast all the way from that it means border to the east now it's going out of the way it is moving east was an across the southern coast taiwan to be honest just touching in

the early part of friday but the land masses and masses rather as morons a lot she trotted still cold turkey at 7 degrees shall start and uneasier a pretty widespread need expect to be it is the rainy season the heaviest ones a lot to be i think in silly way see occasionally in java on the west and science of sumatra on both days of course the shows tend to get because the day goes on but if injected heat from the sunshine but the position of them is roughly the same. the. americans live side by side in 2 parallel universes the truck parts of america are getting in trouble there is a poll out a few weeks ago that you had almost 30 percent americans believing they were on the cusp of civil war both sides accuse each other of doing things that are so plainly wrong. the bottom line on u.s. politics and policies and their effect on the world. unprompted and uninterrupted

discussions. from our london broadcast center. on al-jazeera. by this look at the top stories here it is there at least 36 people have been killed after 2 avalanches swept down on to a road in eastern turkey some of those killed were part of the rescue team that had been sent in to find survivors from the 1st avalanche on tuesday night. hong kong's leader says anyone entering from mainland china will be quarantined for 14 days for any signs of coronavirus and the cruise ship is in lockdown in the

territory as the authorities test everybody on board. president trump has hailed what he calls the great american comeback in his state of the union address if it was on the economy and on jobs but steered clear of wednesday's impending impeachment vote. well it was meant to be the 1st opportunity for voters to pick their democratic presidential choice for the upcoming election but it took almost 24 hours and even then only partial results from the iowa caucus were released and they put pete marginally ahead of bernie sanders although both of them are claiming victory our correspondent alan fischer reports now from the state capital to moyo. for the democratic campaigns iowa is already in the rearview mirror we've moved on the new hampshire the next step in this process through results from iowa no problem. each candidate is telling everyone what

a huge success they've been even if it looks like they've struggled where it. is a good. thing going to. really going well. in des moines an apology from the democratic party chairman that the system to count votes at the caucuses failed so spectacularly but he insists the results no being published can be trusted we have been working day and night to make sure that these results are accurate the one thing i will say is that the underlying data the raw data is secure it was always secure conspiracy theorists online are suggesting the result is being manipulated that's not something bernie sanders is buying into you know there's no excuse for not having results but it's like oh but that doesn't mean to say but the votes at the polls like comment will be an awkward and i think that's an unfair i

think to try to get the youngest candidate in the race former mayor people to judge is performing ahead of predictions and expectations but he's already looking forward to a similar result in new hampshire this weekend or this tuesday's this is we get to this new hampshire just for decision. i have never been more times than in our campaign you know our team and this is a broad this is the failure and i want to deliver results quickly and clearly has amplified calls to drop the state as the 1st in the nation to vote in the presidential process but one experience political observer says there's no obvious solution that doesn't mean that they rest of the nation will come up with the alternative that everybody can agree on new hampshire has a primary so that straight up election style voting the next state to hold a caucus is nevada later this month the democratic party there has already said it won't be using the system they used here in iowa. al-jazeera the morning.

police in cameroon are on the higher alert after a number of suspected separatists attacks in the political capital your own day as well as in the economic hub just days before the much anticipated legislative elections voting stations have been destroyed mainly in the english speaking regions because hoch reports opposition candidate carlos and while i was running for mayor in a particular district of cameroon's economic capital douala the 5th district still down to go to a company how campaign slogan it's time for action action an opposition which talks because in cameroon politicians all we do is talk a lot but do little. and it has some convincing to do the 5th district is home to many people displaced from the fighting in time rooms mainly english speaking and with foreign regions they've lost trust in a political system they feel excluded from most of cameroon it's french speaking so in the 5th district they shout power. something they don't have at home they say

what started off as a protest against the government insisting on having french teacher is in schools in the english speaking regions has turned into an often violent separatist movement various armed groups call these regions rich in oil golden box site amazonia human rights organizations accuse both separatist and the military of torture beheadings and kidnappings the charge of the government and separatists design for the fighting has left almost a 1000000 people displaced and in need of assistance this was a crisis that could easily be of the the government will see. in its intentions and if the government pay it above the well being of. the situation would never have been allowed to descend into the kind of chaos that we claim. the situation has become so complicated that. a quick fix is almost impossible president called be as attempts for dialogue with the separatists failed with some

armed groups divided among themselves and now fighting each other in december parliament passed a bill to give greater autonomy to the english speaking regions not enough says separatists on social media they've called on voters to boycott the upcoming legislative elections in protest destroying some of the polling stations those who have the most at stake in this election of the political parties and the voters it's up to the policies to convince the electorate to come out and vote but the main opposition party is also boycotting the election. we need to listen to the angle phone community including the extremists to tell them you're taking the wrong path because no election can take place in a divided. merril candidate and well i mean others are trying to drum up support among the english speaking community to get as many people out to vote because even before polls open the outcome is already being contested because hark al jazeera. there the turkish president bedouin has threatened further action against the

syrian government if its forces in italy don't pull back the announcement came 2 days after 7 turkish soldiers and a civilian were killed by government shelling in italy province the turkish military says it's hit dozens of syrian government targets and killed many troops love sort of out of the. moment you learned from now on we are not going to accept any steps that would be a violation of the agreements that we already have in the phone conversation i had with mr putin yesterday night i stressed that it lip the regime needs to pull back to the softly agreement borders behind our observation points at this stage 2 of our top observation points are behind the regime lines hoping that in february withdrawal of the regime forces will be completed if the syrian regime does not pull back now or turkey will act. thousands of people in pakistan administered kashmir have rallied to show support for those on the other side of the line of

control they formed a human chain to mark kashmir solidarity day if india and pakistan claim the region is their own tensions been high since new delhi revoked the autonomy of indian it when there's a kashmir last year and imposed a lockdown come our hyder is in the town of course hala in pakistan administered kashmir. february is their day of solidarity with the people of kashmir didn't go through a national holiday here in pakistan across the country there will be a rally in support of the question media people who are in a state of law down after india. article $370.00 of the constitution and then tens of thousands of security forces personnel into the rally . bridge 'd at. which links pakistan redbud county administered

kashmir people have come out in large numbers they will be forming a human chain to show their solidarity with the people of kashmir and to remind the international community about their commitments and to take north of the plight of those people who are in a state of lockdown odd to me i am me and you are standing in solidarity with our brothers and sisters across the pointing kashmir so they don't think to let alone the day when they will have an independent state and freedom from the indian army is a child is not far away but that's a model muslim on 72 years our loved ones in kashmir have been locked down under a brutal indian regime every day they are tortured and killed but enough is enough it's time to liberate kashmir from indian occupation the indian prime minister and now trade to god of war to supplies to pakistan most of the rivers that flow through pakistan emanate in kashmir and out of god's will become another major

dispute the founding father of barges gone normally journal called kashmir jug you know when there is deep resentment here in pakistan and in pakistani administered kashmir about the plight of millions of crushed me really who have been in a state of log down there are frequent cease fire violations according to pakistan by indian forces that both sides are on the words of one. other conflicts if that if you're an order of god it is border nor the bargain danny prime minister recently did in the writer of that dress really be prepared to wear that they want to join india oh bugger it's gone be independent hundreds of people have been airlifted to safety after torrential rain calls flooding in new zealand south island have been downpours in southern areas for days around $500.00 tourists were rescued from the remote milford sound region after a road access was caught rivers are overflowing the power's down civil defense

declared a state of emergency and told residents in low lying areas to get out. and one of her is most ecologically diverse spays fisherman who die for crabs and shellfish say they're putting their lives at risk to make a living stocks of fish are increasingly scarce which means that people have to go further out in order to find them better on the sanchez reports now from south of the capital. looking for a. job 26 year old. for nearly a minute every time sometimes 5 to 6 hours nonstop he says finding shellfish these days is difficult. the water is warmer so the crabs hide underground there's been over fishing in the past 3 years we haven't found any squid around here. the bay of lima is an area protected for its diversity fisherman are assigned

a part of the bay where they can hand pick each shellfish especially scallops but now the surface trucked in wheat consuming more time in catching and cleaning before they can be sold after 40 years farming shellfish says the richness of the last. overfishing in the change of the water temperature as to form the natural banks the industrial activity around here also increases and is warming up the water it's a series of reasons for this bank to be scarce. it is coast is among the most productive fishing areas in the world more than $70000.00 families depend on fishing they produce at least 65 percent of the fish consumed in the country large scale industrial fishing is also taking a toll on small fishing communities these. days. for hours but unlike years before now they don't know if they'll arrive here at the port with

enough fish or shellfish to make ends meet that's why fishermen are putting extra pressure on themselves. to decompression. dent that left him with permanent muscle damage felix pico says they have no option but to dive deeper. part of the river we often risk decompression because sometimes we feel we have to run back to the ports or products so we get anxious and come to the surface faster so now we risk more and sell less. it is fishing ministry says it will implement vigilant committees to supervise the quality and amount of seafood harvested in the poor people turn to fishing indiscriminately as a quick solution to providing a livelihood their chance to make money fast impacts on the most superficial starts so that's why more divers are risking no more accidents which are now frequent many academics say the effects of climate change on the fish and shellfish stocks is still under investigation because government is fast tracking regulation of fishing

and shellfish gathering but already these small scale fishermen say it is much harder and dangerous to make a living. just. look at the top stories here about at least 38 people have been killed after 2 years swept down on to a road in eastern turkey some of those killed were part of the rescue chain that had been sent in to find survivors from the 1st on tuesday night a whole bar is in the stamboul with more. 1st of all as the. lead to manage rest 2 to converge there along with the civilian who took part in the rescue operation the hard way for the operation the 2nd of. the rescuers found themselves victims they were trapped under the snow now the government is sending

in more reinforcements more. rescuers and explains why we're getting across the. we're getting the death talk line being. hong kong's leader kerry lam says anyone entering the territory from mainland china will be quarantined for 14 days for any signs of coronavirus and a cruise ship is on lockdown in the territories also it is test everyone on board. president trump has hailed what he calls the great american comeback in his 3rd state of the union address he focused on the economy and jobs but he made no mention of wednesday's impending impeachment vote. us democratic party officials in iowa were have apologized for a delay in the release of caucus results citing a technical glitch with 71 percent of votes counted pete but

a judge is slightly ahead of bernie sanders. malawi's president is to appeal against a court ruling which overturned his reelection bid to missouri narrowly won a 2nd term last year when judges are now the result saying it was compromised by regularities turkey as president once threatened further action against the syrian government if its forces in italy don't hold back the president was speaking 2 days after 7 his soldiers and civilians were killed by syrian government shelling in italy province. thousands of people in pakistan administered kashmir have rallied to show support for those on the other side of the thin line of control they formed a human chain to kashmir solidarity day right you're up to date those other cases headlines from coming up next the bottom line. we understand the different cities and similarities of cultures across the wound so

matter how you take a. current affair. hi i'm steve clemons and i have a question donald trump says he's made huge accomplishment since he took office but just how healthy how strong and how united are the united states of america today let's get to the bottom line. this week president trump lays out his achievements in the annual state of union address it's sort of like an annual health checkup at the doctor's office in trump world everything is rosy we have prosperity lots of new jobs and lower taxes we're getting a big beautiful wall the block migrants his words not mine as part of his culture war all american policies foreign and domestic are changing really fast for its critics they don't recognize america anymore where is the america of greater.