war profiteers 0. 0. 00 there i'm a star and this is the news hour live from coming up in the next 60 minutes. president of the united states is not guilty as charged president trump is acquitted by the centers in his impeachment trial the white house says he has been vindicated. and only one republican former presidential nominee mitt romney broke ranks to vote along with democrats on a charge of abuse of power. i'm sure your abuse from the president and his supporters. does anyone seriously believe. that i would consent to these consequences other than from an inescapable conviction that my oath before god

demanded of me. 3 days and 179 injured after a passenger jet skids off a runway in istanbul and breaks into pieces and desperate scenes on the other side of tacky as well as rescue is buried in a wall of snow while searching for victims of an earlier avalanche. tell us president donald trump has been acquitted of all charges in his senate impeachment trial bringing an end to only the 3rd such trial in american history now trying to cripple was almost sussan and the republican controlled chamber a 2 thirds majority vote was needed for a conviction. so we've reached the conclusion i think those who got there early political exercise. from the beginning to the end. and the final irony of it all

is the speaker was right in the beginning because here we are today in a position to judge the political impact of that it all started about politics did it and about politics the president has as high as approval rating since he's been in office while in the end only one republican crossed the floor that was utah sent us a and 2012 presidential nominee mitt romney who voted to convict trump on the charge of abuse of power but not on the 2nd charge of obstruction of congress accordingly the president is guilty of an appalling abuse of public trust what he did was not perfect no it was a flagrant assault on our electoral rights our national security and our fundamental values corrupting an election to keep oneself in office is perhaps the most abusive and destructive violation of one's oath of office that

i can imagine all the charges related to accusations that trump withheld military aid to ukraine and exchange for an investigation into political rival joe biden now all $47.00 senators in the democratic camp voted to convict but it wasn't enough to remove him from office the senate turned its back on the truth on a fair trial on doing what the founding fathers would have wanted us to do but democrats walked out of the senate chamber with their heads held high. because we sought the truth we did everything we could to get the truth the american people believe that and knew we were fighting for the truth while as soon as he was acquitted trumpery posted a video on twitter and reads trump for ever the white house welcomed the votes calling the impeachment process a witch hunt based on a series of lions. castro is live for us from capitol hill heidi i see present

trump is claiming victory and is also planning to address the nation tomorrow now giving the given the seeming inevitability of what's happened today what's the reaction been like on capitol hill. sure well democrats certainly are boys seeing their disappointment because they knew as everyone else did that the chances of succeeding in getting president trump removed from office was exceedingly slim and so it came as no surprise to anyone that he was acquitted on both charges ultimately the hurdle here was not only to convince 2 thirds of the majority to find president trump guilty but it was also that the senators knew full well in making this decision that a guilty verdict would have promptly in immediately rendered trump removed from office that's in the u.s. constitution it has never happened before in u.s.

history and that is why president trouble is not only the 3rd u.s. this u.s. president to be impeached but he is also the 3rd u.s. president to be acquitted that constitutional hurdle for removal from office simply so high now democrats have said again that they are disappointed they pointed to the partisan nature of the support for president trump and they've also said that though this is not the end of the road this may be the end of this impeachment proceeding but the investigations into president trump will likely continue in the democratic controlled house of representatives heidi talk us through the votes that we saw tonight i mean we did see mitt romney break ranks but this has been perhaps one of the most divisive moments in the history of the u.s. congress where do we go from here. that's right romney was the one and only republican who did break ranks and he summed up this conflict this internal conflict quite eloquently on the floor prior to. making his vote he said

that he wanted to put his conscience above that of party loyalty and because he and all these other senators had taken an oath of impartiality at the outset of this trial he said that democrats prove the case to him that the evidence supported his conclusion that trump did abuse the power of his office by soliciting interference from ukraine to help aid in his own re-election bid the big question is whether or not all this impeachment proceedings will have hurt or help president trump in the long run looking toward november when american voters will be going to the ballot to ultimately be the final jurors about whether or not president trump should remain in office for a 2nd term because democrats have long feared that a failed impeachment proceeding could galvanize president charles bass further turning out war of his supporters but at the same time there has been

a lot of damaging information about president trump and they know that voters are watching and that's another motivation for democrats to continue their investigations even now outside of the impeachment proceedings are there for us live on capitol hill thank you very much heidi well let's dig into this a little more with alan baron he's a former u.s. special impeachment counsel to the house of representatives and he joins me now live from washington d.c. mr baron let me start by asking you about the concept of impeachment itself i mean this has been such a partisan process was this what was intended by the founding fathers and has this change the very nature of impeachment going forward. well i think it may have eradicated impeachment from the constitution if this was not impeachable conduct and if the political parties could not agree that this cannot be teller tolerated in the press in the united states then why how much and how much lower is the bar

going to be i mean it's just mind boggling that a president could hold up aid to a and embattled of. ally fighting the russians approved by congress to give them the aid and he holds it up for his personal political gain how much worse can it get and yet this republican dominated. senate except they don't and that's a new norm it i think it means we now are facing the imperial presidency and that's a very unsettling prospect almost of and i do see that a handful of senate republicans they did agree that the house and logically proven its case and said the transactions were wrong but then several suggested that because it's an election year they would let the voters decide so do you think that the fact that this is an election year does that change the calculus and could we have seen a different outcome if they weren't going to the polls in 9 months i think it was

just a fairly flimsy excuse the constitution is not written in a way that says in an election year we can ignore impeachable and removeable conduct so i think it was something of a fig leaf to be skews what they knew was reprehensible impeachable removeable conduct and now they have an excuse oh well it's an election year anyway what are they going to say if he gets reelected. well one of the arguments i recall that the democrats made for that going through with this whole process was that trump is a threat to national security needed to be removed immediately do you think the nancy pelosi its decision to delay is sending these oscars of impeachment to the senate that that that could have undercut that argument. i don't believe so 1st of all it wasn't that much of a delay it was roughly 3 to 4 weeks i think i'm i'm not clear in my own mind what she was trying to accomplish during that period it may be something we're just not

aware of hoping to develop certain lines of evidence but i can't believe that that made the difference i just don't think so i see this also isn't over yet now the house judiciary committee is already saying that it potentially plans to subpoena john bolton so how long could this drag out for and what sort of consequences could that have. i'm not surprised that they're talking about subpoenaing john bolton i think the democrats are going to keep the fires burning between now and the election in november and i think they should. trump escaped ok that doesn't mean everything now goes away what i think is the great danger is we now may have trump truly unleashed and who knows what he's capable of doing between now and november since he doesn't seem to recognize the guardrails in the limits that presidents heretofore have recognized and when you say trump unleashed and you

saying that this acquittal potentially sets a precedent really allowing someone to go and ask a foreign interference in an election century. it absolutely sets a precedent i mean this is a political proceeding but it's also a legal proceeding and you can be certain that whether it's trump or some successor democrat or republican who feels it's in his or her best interest to engage in this kind of conduct who is then to say well that's wrong you can't do that i mean the rebuttal will be well look what happened in trump didn't even come close to removing him from office for that conduct well both republicans and democrats are saying this has been an attack on the institutions of congress on the constitution that both the obviously very different reasons and given that this has been so divisive what kind of a legacy does this now leave in congress how does the whole country move forward from this. that's

a good question i don't think the impeachment created the divisiveness the divisive what happened in the impeachment is a reflection of the divisiveness that already existed. you know and i'm no historian but i cannot remember the country is polarized as it is there's nobody on either side of the aisle in the congress reaching across to the other side to see can we work together and that's that's really very disheartening and it's one of the reasons why we are where we are today alan baron that a former u.s. special impeachment counsel to the house of representatives always good to speak to you on out there. thank you for the iowa democratic party has released updated results from monday's caucuses as we say it is an election year and with 75 percent of precincts reporting people to judge a slightly increased his lead over the only sound is found placed elizabeth warren's vote fell marginally while joe biden's tally increased by that same amount

there's still no word on when the final results will actually be announced. well there's plenty more ahead for you on this news hour including life in lockdown we need a family struggling to maintain normalcy in the heart of the corona virus outbreak . and the intense bombardment of the syrian opposition the last stronghold forces more than a half a 1000000 from their homes in just 2 months. and hail to the chiefs the super bowl champions celebrate with their fans in kansas city pisa has those details. now moving on to other news and a passenger jet has skidded off a runway while landing in istanbul killing 3 people and injuring dozens of others the pegasus airlines flight from is me at best into flames and broke into 3 pieces passengers and crew had to be evacuated through cracks in the plane are reports

from istanbul. the dramatic and for the short flight from his me to istanbul the boeing owned by pick airlines was touching down when pilots appear to have lost control the plane veered off the runway burst into flames and broke into pieces. most of the 171 passengers along with the crew their vacuously escaped alive many suffered injuries and were sent to hospitals. the 2 pilots reported to be in a serious condition an investigation is underway to determine the cause of the crash. unfortunately the pegasus airlines plane could not stay on the runway due to poor weather conditions and skidded for around 50 to 60 meters it fell from 30 to 40 to 175 passengers babies for flight attendants and 2 pilots were on board

120 passengers have so far been transferred to nearby hospitals. there was a thunderstorm bringing gusty winds at the time of the incident the authorities closed the port and diverted flights to different destinations this isn't the 1st time this has been involved in such an incident 2 years ago one of its jets skidded off the runway atop zone port and and half way down a steep slope by the black sea all 162 passengers and crew aboard would have backed away to safely pegasus airlines is likely to face further scrutiny in the coming days last month one of its planes slid off the runway at. port investigators said the incident was due to bad weather conditions. is the board while staying in turkey and what started out as a rescue mission on a mountainside has now turned into a frantic search for the rescuers themselves at least 38 people have been killed

now in 2 avalanches. they rushed to save people trapped under the snow but this rescue mission soon turned to tragedy it began on tuesday when an avalanche struck a road in the turkish province of van a bus carrying passengers and a snow clearing vehicle were buried in the overturned we've been under the snow since the avalanche hit this morning and no one came to us until now hundreds of emergency workers joined the rescue operation the vehicles operator and 7 passengers escaped 5 others were killed as police officers firefighters and volunteers desperately tried to dig out those trapped a 2nd avalanche struck the same road burying dozens more. people for the risky units 3 security guards one firefighter and 9 civilians unfortunately

lost their lives may they rest in peace the death toll quickly began to climb weather conditions didn't help either blizzards and heavy snow blocked roads and slowed the search operation people in the area were among the 1st to respond using their bare hands shovels and roy to dig out the victims but the snow fall was too much and the steep incline posed enormous challenges but the end of the day chances of finding survivors were fading away nicola gage al-jazeera. now the world health organization says it will send a multinational team to china soon to help combat the corona virus and its appeal to $675000000.00 to fight the virus especially in developing countries. message to the international community is inversed today for pay more. immersed today for

a more floater. 675 mi. and years dollars is a lot of money but it's march less so than the bill we will face if we do not invest in prepared ms now during the window of opportunity that we have well about 24600 people have now been diagnosed with the corona virus in china and 560 people have died outside mainland china there are 191 confirmed cases in 24 countries with one death both in the philippines and one in hong kong now faced with growing pressure from striking doctors hong kong's leader kerry land has announced extreme measures to prevent the spread of the corona virus from saturday any want to rising from mainland china will be quarantined for 14 days that thousands of hong kong medical staff on the border completely shut as adrian brown reports hong kong is becoming increasingly isolated from mainland

china the mandatory 14 day quarantine of all people arriving in hong kong including its own citizens from across the border will not begin until saturday that's because around 100000 commuters cross into china each day and they need time to prepare the quarantine orders begin vote through rarely use special powers so i think food shelf life we will invoke the powers to annex legislation for people coming from the mainland including hong kong resistance mainly and residents and other visitors to go into compulsory quarantine for 14 days. as carrie lam attempts to navigate around this crisis the cruise ship dreamworld docked in hong kong harbor with more than $3000.00 passengers and crew onboard they're going nowhere now that mainland health officials have confirmed that 3 passengers from an early a voyage are infected with the coronavirus now checks are being carried out on

everyone on the ship at the time being i think we cannot conclude e.p. likely time of finishing the current he mentions right now and i would like to reassure. or need to impress on people here i would be public health if adopting a prudent approach in managing this incident several crew members have been placed in a hospital isolation ward the announcement by hong kong's leader means that all the crew and passengers aboard the dreamworld now face the prospect of 14 days in quarantine what's less certain though is the fate of the 200 passengers who left this vessel on january the 24th before the 3 infections were confirmed the $200.00 a rule understood to be from hong kong and went ashore in january the 24th. this scare is one of the reasons why doctors and nurses have been striking they say the only way to prevent the virus spreading is to seal the entire front here in another

setback to the economy hong kong based cathay pacific airways has asked its 27000 staff to take 3 weeks unpaid leave before june the airline has had to reduce flights to the mainland its most important market for many people here the big concern now is a shortage of face masks there have been long orderly queues outside suppliers with some waiting in line overnight in the hope of not leaving empty handed there seems to be no shortage of face masks or luxury onboard the dreamworld as pat. and just wait to learn just how long their extended and now enforced holiday will be adrian brown al-jazeera hong kong allowed to their scot high that has also been speaking to one family about what life is like and will han chinese the outbreak. trying to make the best of the lockdown.

and his family travel to han for the lunar new year even once the coronavirus lockdown ends they will face an additional 14 day quarantine when they get back home to shanghai 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 do it yes no no no no no it's dr 00222 treaty and that's something he has had to speak with these children about age 2 to 13 i'm going to answer is serious and this is always hard to do much.

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 current virus 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 we got khalid al jazeera beijing well thousands of passengers on to cruise ships in hong kong and japan have also been quarantined japanese authorities have now confirmed 10 cases of coronavirus on

a vessel in yokohama you're watching live pictures of that vessel right now well let's go to 40 salami who joins us live as well from yokohama port authority talk us through the measures that the author of he is a taking that to try to contain this. just behind me. again yes. it came back. we had hearing that. 120 people. coughing another 150 people also have been in contact with.

people who. shoot people who. have. been. in tokyo. the government is going to deliver. that 7000 sheep. to prevent. the spread in such. places. where the government. members are not leaving their rooms. we heard also some reports of. some kind of. socialized. ship. government

going to. the ship to get people to. sickness. thinking into. gratian the long periods so about the 2 weeks and maybe could be extended more than that if they discovered more cases on board the ship so this is this is a bonus for the group infection and many people are getting anxious about this incident more than $2000000.00 that come through ships like this every year 80 percent of them are from china so the japanese authorities are anything without a note to prevent the spread of the disease in line. a very anxious situation there indeed for the salami for us in yokohama who continue watching that for us very closely thank you 4350 americans are the latest to be moved from will hand the

epicenter of that corona virus outbreak 2 planes arrived at an air force at every us bases in california on wednesday one landed in san diego and the other outside san francisco and those evacuees will remain in quarantine for 14 days. off the head on out us here we look at what palestinian from a stand to the news as an agricultural trade dispute with israel begins to bite. cameron divided attacks from on trains target voting stations in english speaking regions just days ahead of elections. and israel folau gets down to whack as he makes his contentious return to rugby peace and has that story. hello again welcome back to in a national weather forecast where united states is seeing plenty of weather as we

go into the weekend we have a major weather system bring some snow like conditions across the north severe weather down here towards the south you know the next few days we're going to see the combination of icing as it makes its way towards the northeast flooding is going to be a big problem down here across much of the south as the system pushes through also tornadoes wind gusts and damaging hail could be likely anywhere from georgia up here towards parts of south carolina that will continue but up towards the north it is going to be the snow it's going to be the ice we're going to be seeing power lines going down as well as trees as we go towards friday as well it's really not until we get towards saturday we see a big improvement as the system makes its way out here towards the atlantic well that same weather system will be coming down here across the gulf of mexico as well as into the caribbean these are the clouds right here making their way south friday the showers are going to be pushing through parts of cuba really dropping those temperatures for van that we're going to be seeing some heavy rain showers pushing through as well also affecting parts of the bahamas and for have ana expect to see

those temperatures come down with some heavy rain as well as some winds we do expect to see showers here on friday with a temperature of about 22 but by the time we get to saturday back to normal at 27. but. from passion into transformative science that brings about change al-jazeera goes on a journey with 5 scientists who are determined to use scientific knowledge to serve the humankind only have dolphins in our sanctuary we can monitor them and record their job all the photos from behavior we're able to figure out how they're adapting to their new environment women make science coming soon on al-jazeera. musician pro-forma visionary teacher. how does the world meets a man bringing traditional arabic sounds to

a whole new audience being a woman and being american and playing i would it already is something new from boston to palestine a land of his but he nudges the next generation of musical talent simon shaheen the musical journey on al-jazeera. the. i can understand and a reminder of our top stories this hour the republican majority u.s. senate has voted to acquit president of trump and his impeachment trial he was facing 2 charges abusing presidential powers and the obstruction of congress mitt romney was the only republican to break ranks on the abuse of power charge the

white house has welcome to the voters calling the impeachment process a witch hunt based on a series of lives. all democrats voted to convict trump they've called the acquittal valueless and are vowing to press ahead with more investigations. correspondent kristensen amy has visited the swing state of pennsylvania which helped to secure trump's victory back in 2016 many there say the strong economy could push them on a strong this time around. here in small town america you didn't need a psychic to predict how democrats would react to the failed attempt to peach the president i believe the impeachment was called for. and it's unfortunate that the witnesses were not allowed to testify. but this is the city of new hope in the swing state of pennsylvania. republican say that that you know impeaching trump would further divide the country but letting him get away with what he's gotten

away with it divides the country also. and this leap the town where the 1st president of the united states george washington camped with his army during the american revolution is tired of politics said i'm not a republican and i didn't vote for john but i'm just sitting here and just trying to get him out you know tell me something that you going to do for the country and even those who don't like the president aren't exactly pleased with the democrats have yet to see i think true leadership come and say ok well here's a here's an option that you can grab on to a lot of the people we spoke to here in new hope say they just don't know who to believe when it comes to politicians but with the wages rising and unemployment falling the strong economy could favor donald trump who won pennsylvania in 2016 by less than a percentage point so i don't think. the charges that they put together were worth

the impeaching the president. had you vote for him yes they would and i voted for clinton the last time but some people who voted for trump the 1st time around say he needs to clean up his act but he keeps door to door right now as far as the economy. and trying to help our country vote for him again. he needs to really stop some of the silliness that he does and concentrate on his job with so much drama in d.c. there seems a little hope here of bringing the 2 sides together any time soon chris and salumi al jazeera new hope pennsylvania now malawi as president is to appeal against a court ruling that overturned has re-election payson was reka has been president since 2014 narrowly won his 2nd time last year the court sided widespread systematic and grave irregularities in the counting process reports from

a capitol in long way. the m p people in malawi were preparing for another election after the constitutional court nullified last year's presidential vote saying it was mobbed by white sprayed irregularities but now they've been told is going to be an appeal at the supreme court when printing press made printing 1000. we're into an election. out there we know. that time all along go underground agree that we had a piece through free fair and credible election. exploiting the upward grice of. and. the court. the may 21000 presidential election results showed metallica beat this man opposition candidate. 515-9000 votes a lead of just over 3 percentage points so clearly says he's not worried about the

appeal they have a right to do that if they know they have a case but you cannot really think you can succeed against 5 judges who had a unanimous decision. the constitutional court judges said several people may have voted more than once there was evidence of ballot stuffing and some think this was changed using typewriter correction fluid is the 1st time a presidential election has been challenged on legal grounds in malawi for months opposition supporters protested over last year's disputed election some people fear an appeal could spark more demonstrations. opposition supporters have criticized african and its a national election observer missions for endorsing the disputed polls a lot of what we saw for the entire electorate process is what the international observers saw except when it came to management transmission of the results and the determination and announcement of results there were things you know people who

come from outside could not easily observe well if you feel safe they can't make sense of what's happening because you are required to be grounded in the chords in their practices and so you begin to put things together and you realize that in this case 2 plus 2 is not equal to 4 it is something much more than 4. the outcome of the president's appeal is likely to have major implications for malawi both politically and economically. al jazeera. well despite the threats from turkey's president syrian government forces have continued their push into the province the last rebel held region hundreds of thousands of people displaced by the fighting are heading towards the turkish border from western and costly reports. a scene of devastation is what is left from the syrian government's intense aerial bombardment and ground offensive in the last stronghold of the

syrian opposition. despite rounds of talks and shaky cease fires this push has triggered one of the largest waves of the space meant into 9 year conflict. civilians leaving everything behind and heading north towards the turkish border so i look on them i've already been displaced twice maybe i'll have to move again i don't know what to say the situation is very bad we heard about the ceasefire but never witnessed it on the ground just displacement and suffering the u.n. says at least 520000 syrians have been displaced in the last 2 months alone many children are among them. it is not all of the violence but also the biting winter called that is making the situation worse in a ford late comers the conditions are basic they struggle to keep their children warm. everything is going. to 60 years ago there's nothing left of it now we are living in pains to live in. as

a syrian forces backed by russia who take villages and towns they are targeting civilians according to the world health organization at least 53 health facilities have been forced to suspend their services since the beginning of the year because of the fighting. with several 100 of the cops by the border 200 patients daily have to live with the resources. of the ridge about any time they go to help us out our people. syrian government forces have been advancing inside of libya territory that was meant to be a deescalation zone. i remember and we won't go back unless the regime withdraws from our lands we are asking the opposition forces to intervene and repel the syrian army. but turkish government is accusing damascus of force and civilians to flee towards this border there are all of these $3500000.00 syrian refugees in turkey which is why officials here say they want to stop another mass influx of

syrians entering the country but there are now 700000 civilians stuck right behind this border crossing on the syrian side looking for safety. al-jazeera at the syrian border. at least 6 people have been killed in the southern iraqi city of najaf when supporters of the shia cleric. stormed an anti-government protest camp now sutter has at different times both supported and oppose the protesters who want the removal of iraq's ruling elite so manifold and has more from the capital. this is just the latest in a series of confrontations between the sudras who supports the nomination of mohamed tawfik allow as prime minister designate and other protesters who reject him until recently the sudras supported the protesters providing important logistical support protection as well as political cover but not that assad has changed his position on the protests several times at times offering his support

and that other times we've drawing it now the situation has become particularly tense with the nomination of as prime minister designate on saturday that a starter and doors him while many protesters rejected him the sudras then moved into central protest sites controlling strategic buildings and since then we have seen several confrontations just yesterday on tuesday we saw that a group of sudras beat several student protesters who criticize sutter and who rejected we as the prime minister designate so all of these all these tensions risk further escalating and their fear further fueled by mark that assad is repeated a change in stance on the protests with increasingly confusing messages to wards his supporters on whether they should join the protests or whether they should withdraw all of this comes amid growing fears among the protesters that the sudras may try to seize control of the protest movement that they may try to and did all

together. a palestinian teenager has been killed by israeli fire during protests in the occupied west bank the shooting happened in hebron and the palestinian health ministry says 17 year old mohammed i have that is killed when a bullet went through his heart the israeli military says its troops opened fire after a palestinian through a fire. while israel has now banned imports of all agricultural products from palestine after is imposed a month long ban on importing israeli cards the tit for tat move as worrying west bank farmers with palestine importing 3 times more from israel than it exports the government says it wants to limit its dependency on the israeli economy and abraham reports from the occupied west bank. the harvest from this palestinian farm in the jordan valley was supposed to make its way into the israeli market but not anymore israel's burning all agree cultural produce from the occupied west bank after

a decision by palestinian officials to cut down on some israeli imports so much softer owns around $25.00 acres of land and plant some with zucchinis and cucumber he says the israeli ban is going to have a devastating effect on his business. if we were going to make some money out of it now after the ban we want real hard to be able to cover our running costs farming is the main source of income for palestinians living in the jordan valley they've been selling vegetables to israel for decades. this is one of the main markets for fresh produce of your keep the west bank. here is there are too many on the market and that has prices down. only ones the the palestinian government responded to the israeli ban by barring some israeli products from entering the west bank this is not the 1st economy to rattle between the 2 sides but it's different now because the palestinian government says it wants to limit dependency on the israeli economy

. it started with a pilot project in october to cut down imports of his really calls and buy them from other countries instead is really cattle reason that the ban violates signed agreements between israel and the palestinian authority. are dependent on the palestinian market the palestinian talk and direct import of calls from abroad but they don't have enough and he spaces which are the basic food of the animals palestinians import 3 times more from israel than the exposure to it which analysts say could make any trade with between the 2 very one sided. as israel controls all borders and crossing it has the final say in the flow of goods and services for example it can prevent any foreign goods from entering the palestinian market they control more important sectors such as the energy sector fuel and foreign currency . with years of occupation and blockade severely weakening the palestinian economy

many believe they may be forced to back down before the israelis do. the occupied west bank sudan's transitional government is holding an emergency cabinet meeting following a decision to boost ties with israel a military council spokesman said monday's meeting between sudan's leader and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu was an effort to boost national security and to end this designation by the u.s. as a supporter of terror civilian partners in the government have rejected the talks with israel saying they were not consulted on sudan has been trying to reform its image and open the country to international investment since the overthrow of longtime leader of al bashir had a morgan has more from the capital. since it was revealed on monday that the head of the sovereign council of sudan abdul fatah hahn has met with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and to be in uganda sudanese have been divided on

whether to accept the move or reject it now some people have taken to the streets to protest the move that has been taken by the head of the sovereign council saying that it is not within his mandate and that there is an executive cabinet headed by the prime minister who is responsible for sudan's foreign relations and how to deal with foreign countries others have been saying that it is the right time that sudan opens itself to the international community especially in times of economic and political turmoil now the sudanese army earlier came out with a statement saying that they do stand with the head of the sovereign council of the for the 100 and the steps taken by him saying that because he is the head of the of the army and the commander in chief they stand by his decision but not all sides in sudan have welcomed the move that has been taken by the head of the sovereign council let's go back to the makeup of the transitional government it's the result of a power sharing deal between the former military council that ousted former president i'm going to be here in april and the protest movement known as the forces of

freedom and change coalition that has led demonstrations that led the military to overthrow the president now the parties that make up the coalition say that it is not within the mandate and that is the prime minister who holds executive powers to decide whether he wants to start normalizing ties with any country especially israel or not now the prime minister has said that he had no knowledge of the meeting between the and the israeli prime minister but that is something that the head of the sovereign council contradicted on wednesday when he had an informal set sitting with journalists and editors in chief in the country. now police in cameroon are on high alert after a number of suspected separatist attacks both in the political capital go one day and the economic hub now just days before the much anticipated legislative elections voting stations have been destroyed in many english speaking regions because had reports. opposition candidates carlos and while i was running for mayor

in a particular district of cameroon's economic capital douala the 5th district to the sudan to go to comfort the campaign slogan it's time for action action an opposition which is talks because in cameroon politicians all we do is talk a lot but do little. and it has some convincing to do if 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 is 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. 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 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. others are trying to drum up support among the english speaking to levy to get as many people out to vote because even before the polls open the outcome is already being contested. al-jazeera. romania's 3 month old government has collapsed after losing a no confidence vote parliament back to the motion brought by 2 opposition parties that paves the way for early elections the vote was triggered by a prime minister lead events or attempt to change electoral laws the previous government fell after a series of corruption scandals the oscar award winning actor kirk douglas who starred in more than 80 revici's has died at the age of $103.00 the actor best

known for his lead role in the 1960 s. film spartacus was also a producer a prolific writer and the patriarch of an acting dinner city he was nominated 3 times for best actor by the academy of motion picture arts and sciences for champion the bad and the beautiful and lost for life douglas was also the recipient of an honorary oscar in 1996. hostile ahead on al-jazeera piece as the sports including how computer games are making up for the lack of pitches at this area refugee camp.

on the time the sport has pisa. thank you very much the super bowl party came to kansas city on wednesday as the chief celebrated their victory with the fans the team paraded the trophy they won into the san francisco 49 is the players enjoying the occasion and a great moment for coach andy reid biggest success of almost 3 decades in coaching with n.f.l. teams it's also the 1st time the chiefs fans have seen their team lift the n.f.l. championship in 15 years schools were closed today so everyone in the city can attain the parade and we appreciate everything that you did for us this supports been phenomenal list for a circular no man it's the best in the n.f.l. right here you should be proud of yourself. so listen one more thing is next year we're coming right back here one more time.

one more time. tokyo olympics organizers say they are seriously concerned about the outbreak of coronavirus affecting this year's games that begin in the japanese capital on july 24th with 11000 athletes competing several qualifying events already been canceled or postponed as the virus continues to spread outside of china japanese prime minister shinzo r.b.a. has dismissed talk of canceling or delaying the games but lympics organizes admit they are preparing for a worst case scenario. i'm seriously worried that the virus spreading could throw cold water on the momentum towards the games i hope that it will be stamped out as soon as possible and. there no matter how bad it gets we will do our utmost for the athletes so they'll be able to concentrate on performing that best. israel folau is settling in to these new french catalan dragons but

rival rugby league teams are taking steps to protect themselves of these controversial signings allow has spent months on the sidelines of homophobic social media posts lately and being sacked by the australian national rugby union team. minutes signing him was a calculated gamble. obviously we took the risks into account and we experienced them ourselves as soon as we announced phil out signing because there was so much media interest i do understand but at the same time i'm completely happy with my decision although i myself do not share all the reflections or ideas he might have expressed but at the same time he's a younger player full of talent who we must give another chance been around your teammates and. been able to train with with your team and work alongside the coaches so that's something that i miss the last 7 months but it's you know it's fantastic to be back and in a team environment again but at least one rival club whole k.-r. in the c.e.o.

neil hugill have sold cattle and they are prepared to sue if allow signing leads to a loss in their revenue and damages the reputation of the league at a meeting of the clubs on wednesday they decided to introduce new measures for intervening in any future controversial signings. superleague board accepts fully believe galaxies around the are a false decision to register for and the bow of the board has voted unanimously to put in place measures that ensure super league has greater authority to stop controversial signings such as this in the future. behavior fringe figure skating refused calls to resign on wednesday following allegations of historic sexual assaults against former coach. government's investigation has also been launched into $200.00 clubs in france d.d.a. gay a gay has been in charge of the skating federation for more than 2 decades he said he wouldn't quit of allegations of incidents that occurred 30 years ago when he was not president but city's thoughts were with the victims you see that clearly i'm

opposed to the sad reality of the women's lives shattered and changed forever because of those who took advantage of their innocence there are no words to describe my discussed that said the dark side does not represent the federation. in the english f.a. cup on wednesday tottenham came through against southampton in their 4th round replay a late penalty from sun young men gave spurs a 32 victory and in the german cup bundesliga side union voided a major upset of 4th tier 7 professional team world robert anderson is a thumping strike with 5 minutes to go as the only goal then took them into the quarter finals i hundreds of thousands of children are growing up in refugee camps without the chance to play organized sport but one camp in jordan has found a solution using e-sports the saturday camp is home to nearly 80000 syrians many

of whom are children who have fled the 8 year war at home now at least some have been able to experience competition and learn new skills 2 of the children were trained to use a play station and took part in a 6 day refugees the sports cup to find the best game. in the school of the trial of a loved one it was the 1st time for most of the children to see a play station using it and getting rolled in the training they all felt excited and the turnout was be that reflected healing in the valley i was so nervous because i was not aware of the level of the other players i was scared but after the 1st stage i believed in myself and i insisted that i reach the final. that is we will leave it for now more sports news coming up again later we'll see them well that's also it from ministers here tafe at this news hour but don't go away i'll be back in just a few minutes with more of the day's news stay with us. frank

assessments the one thing about these bush fires is it really wiped them out the. climate change informed opinions economy i think is actually what's keeping donald trump afloat right now critical debate sequel of those 2 school boys on a boat beside him and his astonishingly patronize it in-depth analysis of the day's headlines this is the beginning of a new iraq of the new conscious and aware views about struggle against an ethnic sectarian kota inside story on al-jazeera. driven by outrage and spanning generations the rohinton demonstrators gathered on the very day

a widely criticised repatriation agreement between the governments of bangladesh and me and more was to begin the anger was all too apparent and the fear was powerful if you don't like was so afraid that if they send one of us back to myanmar today tomorrow they'll send back 10 and the day after tomorrow they'll send back 20 if we were given citizenship in myanmar then there would be no need to take us back there we would go back on our own we must remember the rancho among the most persecuted minorities in the world the exclusive undercover report that captured a peaceful protest ruthlessly put down by the military they seem to be testing the ministry the standing over there with their guns ready to seize if the start of the crackdown is now being. nobody almost no maybe 10 years on what has changed rewind inside me and the

crackdown on al-jazeera. donald trump president of the united states is not guilty as charged trump is acquitted by the senate in his impeachment trial the white house says he's been vindicated. and again i'm just on the attack and says out of there alive also coming out only one republican that's former presidential nominee mitt romney broke ranks to side with the democrats on the abuse of power impeachment challenge. i'm sure to hear abuse from the president and his supporters. this is anyone seriously believe. that i would consent to these consequences other than from an inescapable conviction.