it's the one. we used to call in to. the chinese doctor who was silenced after trying to warn of the dangers of the corona virus has died from the elements. that i missed all of the attack and this is al jazeera live from dar also coming up . on repentance donald trump goes on the attack a day off to being acquitted of an pietschmann charges. the u.s. says it's killed the leader of al qaeda in the arabian peninsula during an operation in yemen. 24 hours of violence 4 palestinians shot dead tensions rise in the wake of the u.s.

president's controversial plan in the middle east. now a chinese doctor who is among the fast to sound the alarm on the corona virus outbreak has died from it 34 year old li when he was accused of scam mongering by the police when he 1st posted about the virus on a local messaging application in december after hours of conflicting reports on state media who hunt central hospital has confirmed his death the world health organization says they're all signs the number of new cases of the virus is dropping but it's too soon to know if it's reached its peak at least 632 people are now known to have died from the virus and more than 30000 are infected meanwhile chinese authorities are still battling to treat patients a 2nd new hospital with 1500 beds has opened a new hand and those with milder symptoms are being referred to sport. sentence in

public holes well let's speak now to van gupta he is a disease control specialist who also specializes in palmeri critical care and he joins us via skype from seattle dr gupta thank you for being with us let me start by asking you for your reaction to the death of a fellow medical professional especially after he was silenced and or the seeming confusion around his death it's really tragic. when the. last evening chinese time and i think all of us in the public health community are really saddened to see that somebody who raised the alarm as a public health this issue in should when he sees or she sees something that's untoward or that's a concern for another demick get mistreated get called out as something that he was not which was somebody who is being squandered as a propagator of rumors that ultimately were proved to be true that this person now is succumbed to the current virus is deeply saddened tragedy and the chinese

government frankly the messaging around his death the confusion that it has caused it's arouse a lot of anger amongst a committee i know in the public health community with across china and for good reason dr gupta i believe you were reset said to end the shanghai centers for disease control what do you make of china's response broadly to the coronavirus so far. i think they've been remarkable actually in the response to the chronic virus and have learned the lessons of the past especially their experience with sars back in the early 2000 and i have a part of them i think many people in the western hemisphere a part of their early aggressive interventions i think there's a lot to to look to this time around that that suggests improvement from what we saw 15 years ago and having said that. could they have raised the alarm even earlier our untoward actions like we've seen with dr lee when yang could those have

been averted yes but i think largely this is been an epidemic that has been well controlled and they should be applauded in spite of. some missteps like we've just mentioned we're also saying quarantine being stepped up in various countries hong kong for instance is this enough. you can't guarantee no way out of an epidemic and so. what we really do need is we need investments in a proactive approach to pend demick preparedness i think that again the chinese government as most of the international community has done in the last few years after bola they've invested in surveillance they've invested in ways in which we can prevent epidemics from from starting before we have to respond and there is a chaotic type of reaction to it i don't think quarantining is that corn in quarantining is an answer in the in the short term or in the long term you cannot quarantine everybody and especially with krone virus we think if you're asymptomatic you can still transmit the disease so how are we going to quarantine

everybody who may have been exposed it's impossible so i think a preventive approach where governments are thinking about this problem between epidemics is really what's needed but we've seen improvement in the last few years well dr we're also it now apparently saying this glimmer of hope from the charity is now saying that the number of new cases could be dropping is it too early feltham isn't. i think so. at all what's clear here is a quote a virus in a purely as lethal as sars or as murders frankly it's not as big of a problem as flu but i think it's too quick to say that we're that the worse is behind us it's encouraging that we're seeing a lot of recovery rates it's encouraging that we're seeing less incidentally cases meaning that transmission is not picking up those are all really good things but i would. i worry that when we have positive messaging it causes a complacency especially when we're in the midst of an of a pandemic when preparedness still she should still be top of mind so i think it's

too early to say that we're the worst has passed us but we're seeing some encouraging signs and that's a really good thing doc to end up to that a disease control specialist speaking to us from seattle thank you for joining us on out of there that's happening while the mets those same improvements are senses around the world are racing to find a vaccine for the coronavirus next leg aids takes a look at their progress which is taking place at record speed. this strain of corona virus is related to the common cold as well as the more serious and highly infectious saw as or severe acute respiratory syndrome at the moment there is no or a vaccine or no in q a for this new virus what we do know is that it most likely post from animals to humans in a market in the chinese city of $100.00 and it's believed to have likely originated in bats chinese scientists were able to quickly identify its genetic sequence

allowing researches across the world to start work on treatments in a strongly or officials say they've developed lab grown version of the virus which would be i need my just it towards creating a vaccine drugs used to fight hiv and influenza have been tested in china as possible treatments that officials say they are showing promising signs however the world health organization has played down reports of any kind of bright 3 but some drug make his are expected to begin vaccine tests on humans possibly within 3 months that might seem a while away but this process has traditionally taken years is right now some of the best ways to prevent the spread of corona virus is to avoid contact with those showing symptoms washing your hands regularly and covering your mouth when coughing or sneezing. well moving on to other news and the u.s. president has used profane language to attack his political rivals during

a speech celebrating his acquittal on impeachment charges an unrepentant donald trump described the proceedings as corrupt and run by dirty cops and as our white house correspondent can be held at reports the address could set the tone for his entire 2020 alexion campaign. one day after the u.s. senate voted not to remove the u.s. president from office donald trump was in the mood to celebrate i've done things wrong in my life i will admit not purposely but i've done things wrong. but this is what the end result is. trouble railed against opposition democrats who watched the impeachment effort against him at times using language that was derogatory and profane it was all. he tried to coerce a now into helping him cheat trump took a bit congressman adam schiff who led the inquiry into whether trump abused his

presidential powers by withholding military aid to ukraine in an attempt to get them to investigate his political rival former vice president joe biden a corrupt politician named adam schiff made up my statement to the ukrainian president he brought it out of thin air just made it up they say he's a screenwriter a failed screenwriter donald j. trump earlier that day had national prayer breakfast trump also went after mitt romney who was the only republican senator who voted to remove trump from office he also lashed out at house speaker nancy pelosi i don't like people who use their faith as justification. for doing what they know is wrong. pelosi blasted the president in response a pretty hard for him because he's so off the track of our constitution but throughout trumps more than an hour long remarks he repeatedly maintained he

committed no wrongdoing it was a sharp contrast to president bill clinton's more than a minute long statement in 1999 following his own impeachment acquittal i want to say again to the american people. how profoundly sorry i am for what i said and did to trigger these events thank you. trump's only apology came not to americans but to his family who he says has been caught up in allegations and investigations since the start of his presidency i want to apologize to my family for having them have to go through a phony rotten deal well the impeachment trial may be over the allegations are not both democrats and republicans are vowing to take this case to american voters in november who will ultimately decide if donald trump is

a one or 2 term president can really help get al jazeera the white house now the united states says it's killed the leader of al qaeda in the arabian peninsula during a military operation in yemen donald trump says cussen r.m.a. was seeking to conduct and inspire attacks against americans well let's get more on this from andy gallagher who joins us now from washington d.c. and you know this news just emerging in the last hour what do we know at this stage . well the news is just emerging the confirmation of this al qaeda leader's death is just a virgin but the strike itself took place last month at the cia and american intelligence officials have been very carefully after previous strikes proved that their targets actually survived them so they were careful to check whether this is actually happening but are really is a significant target for the u.s. authorities he's one of the few al qaeda leaders that predates the attacks of september the 11th the training camps in afghanistan before going back home to

yemen where he was in prison for 5 years for plotting to attack the u.s. ambassador the he actually broke out of jail in 2006 is thought to be behind the attack on the u.s. embassy and is a significant target for the u.s. authorities so we do now have confirmation that the 41 year old was killed in these attacks in this drone strike in fact was a $10000000.00 reward out for him and the u.s. state department says that al qaeda has now been significantly weakened by this strike meaning that both americans and allies are now safe upon his death or we're bringing you more on that as we get it and that for us in washington d.c. thanks candy now still ahead on al-jazeera in this water it is not only water it is also the sewage of the scam the diet conditions in a makeshift camp in syria's province as thousands flee an intensified government. and fears in a city that the 1st lady was. not in charge of. hello

there are a few more snow showers to come for japan the winds in the right direction and you see them on the satellite picture release the northern half of holland show you mr west facing slopes and he's just as i'm sure was welcome is not consistent are the sounds of that has worn off for rain and quite a lot of rain this is a circulation trying to form it's going in that direction is it won't do a lot of damage but still a lot of this time of year i started off in china that china now looks fairly dry there's nothing to bring a bit of rain in the southwest particularly in you know and over the border into vietnam but it's don't particularly significant it was but this last lot is in developing now the main roads for the south where you are expected to be in central

southern philippines in storage in the days each sea sunder storms here and there a good scratching which we repeated i think the heaviest ones occasionally in borneo more like to focus in sumatra west in sumatra on boys friday ancestor developed during the day in the orange top suggests where the heaviest sun's told to be that's for india now this is our usual value it has been falling in the dish it doesn't look deep cloud but it's enough to give significant rain it will do i think for the next 2 days as well. the 2000 mile trip across europe seems impossible. as the balkans route begins to close for refugees it has become a race against time for one syrian family. it's a perilous journey from greece to germany but there's no turning back to the

ravages of war left at home. sky and ground a witness documentary on al-jazeera. hello again i'm just. a reminder about top stories this hour a chinese doctor who was among the 1st to sound the alarm on the coronavirus outbreak has died from it when the un was accused of scaremongering by police when it 1st posted about it on a local messaging app back in december at least 632 people have now died from the virus. the u.s. president has used profane language to attack his political rivals during

a speech that liberating his acquittal on impeachment charges donald trump described the proceedings as corrupt and run by dirty cops. the u.s. says it's killed the leader of al qaeda in the arabian peninsula during a military operation in yemen the group claimed responsibility for a deadly attack on a u.s. naval base back in december. now the israeli army says it's sending about a 1000 more soldiers into the occupied west bank after a savage and violence there over the past 24 hours there been clashes between palestinians and israeli security forces in several cities after 4 palestinians were shot dead in separate incidents made abraham reports 6. it's been the deadliest 24 hour period in the occupied west bank in a year i recall a stimulus were killed by israeli fire in 2 separate incidents on thursday and dozens of palestinians were wounded. in jeanine north of the occupied west bank

tensions escalated after the israeli army demolished the house of a palestinian prisoner in the city. 19 year old years on a bill to beef was killed in confrontations between palestinian protesters and israeli forces following the house demolition of augustinian police officer was also killed the funeral of 25 year old daughter but when was delayed till mid day friday to allow his wife and 2 children to come from jordan where they live police surveillance video shows but who am standing before he was killed i with mrs $1.00 that but when i was watching the confrontations when he was shot by a sniper a 3rd person was killed in the old tittie of jerusalem one israeli police officer was lightly injured after the gunmen shot at his really police post in the city. while hamas praised the attacks the palestinian presidency described the latest tension as a dangerous israeli escalation it sir this follows the u.s. announcement of its proposed mideast plan that was unveiled more than

a week ago. palestinians of strongly rejected the plan they say it's means them accepting this radio station and the status quo. analysts say the general mood in the west bank is that of frustration i think that there is going to be a continuity for a while for some actions because i think the palestinian public wanted to show that the palestinian people are against this deal and that this deal is compromising the legitimate rights of the palestinian people and their land but i don't think that it will continue on the long. lead on thursday if the israeli army said it arrested the palestinian it says it rammed his car into israeli soldiers in jerusalem. the attack has left 12 israeli soldiers wounded one of whom sustained severe injuries it's not clear whether tension will escalate frustrate has been

mounting for a long time and palestinian factions of called for protests on friday against the u.s. peace plan but if the previous calls are any indication it seems unlikely that these will materialize in their brain al-jazeera the occupied west bank the united nations security council has met to discuss the situation in northwest syria the open briefing was requested by the u.s. u.k. and france in light of the escalating violence on the ground the diplomatic as a james bone as has. united nations has long warned that the last and most bloody chapter of syria's brutal war could take place in. the security council have now been told that is happening we are witnessing the humanitarian catastrophe that is super general as a lot of this is causing the only acceptable human suffering and endangering international peace and security the bombing and shelling have forced hundreds of

thousands more people to move in the attempt to find safety. we now estimates that 586000 people have moved in the last 2 months they are mostly children this emergency meeting was called by the u.s. france and the u.k. i think their worst nightmare on it has come to pass how u.s. counterpart ended her speech with these words i want to close now by speaking directly to the syrian people yes these are dark days of that there can be no doubt but you are not alone and you are not forgotten but after 9 years of war no one could blame the people of a globe for feeling abandoned and betrayed by the world the security council is not protected them in fact one permanent member is directly militarily involved in the

onslaught they're facing jamesburg days al-jazeera of the united nations well as some call sailor visited a makeshift camp in a province where people displaced by the fighting now struggling to cope with winter. this is one of those camps and so our mother in it lives nearby the roads of the camp was actually built by the civilians who had to escape their lands is since august after the syrian government advance its strikes in the south of there at the camp situation is very dire a because it's all make up to make up shelters there are only tents and because of the harsh weather conditions if people have been suffering as you can see here the tents have been flooded it is getting more difficult for those people to live around here because there are also more people coming over and they have to share their tents it with those people and of course it is very difficult mostly for

women and children who suffer bad conditions mainly lack of hygiene food lack of education everything is a problem here and those this is not a regular camp by the way the camp was built by the financial fight or by the finance of the people who have been living here and i'm told by the local n.g.o.s who brought us here that even the rules are built by the civilians all money so it seems the administrations are not enough are not capable enough to take care of all those people who have been displaced from all over. across it lip. this is not a life it's no way to live the. american am in a new cloudy lab we lost our homes and our land our kids it's not safe for them to go away we are subjugated there's no fit for the children no education no schools

we don't have the basics even i feel like my soul is leaving my body. you know need as lots of money there's no school no aid no water no bread it's hard for us to play even going to the market is difficult i'm sky. the plains people have a lot to cope with here for instance here they are trying to fill in that water so that they can stop the flood reaching their tents so that they can keep their stuff clean and usable i have to tell that in this water it is not only water it is also the sewage of the scam that's why hygiene is a very big problem and it is a risk for people diseases that might be seen around people and i have to remind that there is no medicine here when it's here and 8 doesn't reach to everywhere especially medicine and it is difficult for dignitary and aid organizations to access everyone especially given the conditions given more displacement from south

to the north it is very difficult it is very very dire in these camps and if people are tired people are tired of struggling with everything and when we speak to people they always cry because they say they lack everything here now it's a call from those people to the international community that the syrian government attacks must be stopped very soon. thousands of iraqi students have rallied in the cities of baghdad and basra to condemn attacks on protesters by supporters of an influential shia cleric demonstrators in tahrir square in baghdad denounced the attacks which left at least 10 people dead supporters of stormed an anti-government protest camp in the southern city of najaf on wednesday sather has at different times both supported and oppose the protesters who want the removal of iraq's ruling elite. well nearly 200 migrants in serbia have held a protest at the border with hungary demanding to be allowed through hungary shuts

its border this week to prevent them from entering but the migrants say they won't leave until they can gain access to european union countries they're among several 1000 who fled war and poverty in their homelands many of them remain stuck in the balkans with the hopes of moving on to other parts of western europe. well protest leaders in malawi are threatening further demonstrations if a presidential election rerun is delayed president prisoners are rekha is appealing against the constitutional court ruling that has an old his election victory last year the reports. parliamentarians in malawi don't have a lot of time to arrange another presidential election 1st they have to set a date the negligence lation ordered by the constitutional court but all that could be delayed by president peter metallica's plan to appeal to the supreme court ruling to overturn his reelection last may so as far as we're concerned we go by the direction that we have and less if the supreme court comes up with something

different or if indeed this is the martyr they will have to. change direction depending on the new direction. on monday 5 judges nullify the result of may's election saying it was marred by widespread irregularities metallica's is appealing the judgment because it's full of errors that needed to be corrected the president is ready is part is ready for an election actually the president would love to prove a point that he heard the legitimate 100 from the people but we have to respect them will be democratic processes. which article won the election with a 38.5 percent share of the vote opposition leader last came 2nd with 35.4 percent and celestially had 20.24 percent in the final tally the constitutional court advised parliament to consider removing the current electoral commission to try to make sure the next election is more credible in an attempt to avoid discrete the

winner will need to get more than 50 percent of the vote. the election result to speed has provoked months of demonstrations in several parts of the country some of the protests have been violent at least one police officer and a civilian were killed part is due to say they'll be more mass action until the election is rerun so the parliament is starting to little man. immediately they do need to be seeing the fire from the citizens who blew them to do the right things if they think they're going to play games with us we're going to tell them get out of our parliament we are going there as a people and make decisions for the betterment of walked and. opposition supporters celebrated when they heard a new election is to be held but the president's plan to appeal the judgment has put a damper on the mood and recently in tensions. al-jazeera. now police in the city fear that the 1st lady may avoid facing murder charges if she is

allowed to travel to neighboring south africa my aside to bonnie has been charged for her alleged role in the killing of the prime minister's 1st wife in 2017 just 2 days before his inauguration to ban it turned herself in after weeks on the run but has now been released on bail for me to miller is in johannesburg and she says the scandal has been a major blow to thomas to be honest credibility. the current wife of the prime minister time to bonnie is out on bail in a suit to their work concerns from the police that she was a flight to us despite that the judge presiding over the case did grant of bail and they've even been questions raised around that and the judge's ties to the prime minister tom to bonnie they have been questions around that judge previously also previously accused of misconduct and that judge's relationship and has also been criticized by the all pursuit to convention the party in power and the one that tom to bonnie belongs to the story goes back all the way to 2017 when

a rather was killed at that time police said that they thought perhaps an armed gang was behind the killing killing it was then emerged that. time to bond his current wife was then questioned in fact on to bonnie himself was also questioned he's not faced any charges but since then messiah has been charged with murder as well as attempted murder because the companion the friend of the polo was with her at the time and she was injured in that shooting and now people across the country are concerned about the political ramifications that some marches pushing for the prime minister to step down because the story of the scandal has certainly affected his credibility a former hit man for drug lord problem escobar who boasted of killing hundreds of people has died in colombia. jairo velasquez who was also known as popeye died of

stomach cancer aged 57 but that scares gave himself up to police in 1902 confessing to killing 300 people and coordinating the death of 3000 others his most notorious crimes into the assassination of a presidential candidate and the 1989 bombing of a passenger jet which killed 107 people. again this is al jazeera and these are the headlines a chinese doctor who was among the 1st to sound the alarm on the coronavirus outbreak has died from it when young was accused of scam mongering by police when he 1st posted about it on a local messaging app in december at least 639 people have now died from the virus . the u.s. president has used profane language to attack his political rivals during a speech celebrating his acquittal on impeachment charges donald trump described the proceedings as corrupt and run by does he call is everybody knows my family

al great country. and your president has been put through a charitable ordeal. by some very dishonest and corrupt people who have done everything possible to destroy us and boy still doing very badly hurt our nation the u.s. says it's killed the leader of al qaeda in the arabian peninsula during a military operation in yemen donald trump says cutscene al raimi was seeking to conduct and inspire attacks against americans the group claimed responsibility for a deadly shooting at a u.s. naval base in december at least 5 civilians have been killed as fighting intensifies and syria's last rebel held stronghold turkey has sent more reinforcements to the northwest province of live in an attempt to stop the syrian government's advances and set up for new military posts after

a rare confrontation between turkey and syria on monday the israeli army says it sending around a 1000 more soldiers into the occupied west bank after an upsurge in violence in the past 24 hours there been clashes in several cities in the occupied west bank between palestinians and the israeli army after 4 palestinians were shot dead in separate incidents. thousands of iraqi students have rallied in the cities of baghdad and basra to condemn attacks on protesters by supporters of an influential shia cleric demonstrators in tahrir square in baghdad denounce the attacks which left at least 10 people that well there is on the headlines i'll be back with more news to inside story day stay with us on al-jazeera.

he is here by acquitted of the charges and said articles. donald trump at the approval holly off to the in the trial but won't the strength trump presidency for america and the rest of the world this is inside story. hello welcome to the show i'm sam is a victory on the impeachment hoax that was how donald trump reacted to the end of his senate trial the us president was charged with abusing power by pressuring ukraine to investigate the political rival then.