at a trice one o one is investigates why people engineer their own disappearance and. how to 0. who lose. to. more deaths from the corona virus the 1st american victim dies while quarantined in the chinese city of on. i'm richelle carey this is al jazeera life from doha also coming up. exacting revenge the u.s. president fires 2 major witnesses who spoke out during his impeachment trial. the battle goes on in these 7 hopefuls vying for the democratic presidential nomination take to the stage once again. and history might be against it because

a black comedy from south korea take the top prize at this year's academy awards. the crowd of virus has claimed its 1st american victim the u.s. embassy in china has confirmed the death of a citizen in the quarantined city of ohio and meanwhile hong kong has started a 2 week warranty for people arriving from mainland china to try to stop the spread of this virus across china at least 722 people have now died in the world health organization global says global medical supplies are being severely disrupted sir clark joins us live from hong kong so sara tell us more about that the latest the latest fatality. we believe this is the 1st confirmed foreigner to have died from the corona virus the u.s. embassy has confirmed that a 60 year old woman who is a u.s. citizen living in will hand and hospitalized and will hand has since died and now

we've also had reports that a japanese man who was hospitalized and diagnosed with pneumonia he too has now died and some believe that this a diagnosis of the violent mind you might be incorrect diagnosed in this this japanese man is also died officially able to be confirmed of the coronavirus now china has reported $86.00 new deaths as of now with the new national death toll on the mainland of around 722 and of course the virus has spread now to about 24 countries infected about 260 people outside of china now the who by province you mentioned earlier that a shortage of medical supplies here by province and women city a sign that they are in desperate need of more medic. workers and some rules of sinai need to be better planned they need better organization skills to oversee this outbreak in these 2 of these 2 areas and as you mentioned the world health organization is also talking about a crisis a shortage of medical supplies to try and contain this virus and the global

outbreak ok we're talking about containing it tell us what is the latest on the travel restrictions. or certainly in hong kong the government overnight has imposed new guidelines on you quarantine restrictions on any mainland travelers of travelers coming from china into hong kong and they mount now must be quarantined for 2 weeks and if they do breach those conditions that could be fined $2500.00 and face 6 months in jail now we've been at the airport most of saturday morning if that is empty the airport arrivals are empty all we're seeing and crews are arriving for this there's been some criticism about how the government here can monitor this quarantine scenario they're saying that basically it's a mandatory quarantine scenario but these people are going to isolation in hotels or staying with family members and therefore those particular people can still leave and they still mingling with the public so certainly there's been some criticism of the quarantine restrictions that have been imposed in hong kong and

there's still 3 main access points into milan china there's been a lot of demands from the health workers here in hong kong to fully close the borders but now there are still trade entrance points ones of the shins in by a checkpoint the other one of course is the airport where we were today as well the other one is the macau zoo highbridge these 3 entrance entrance points are still open into milan china ok sarah clarke with the latest for us from hong kong sara thank you. as president donald trump has fired 2 major witnesses in his impeachment trial barely 48 hours after the senate acquitted him ambassador of the european union gordon stalin was recalled just hours after lieutenant colonel alexander van was escorted from the white house both them are critical of president trump's handling of military 18 crain and gallacher reports gordon sunderland was considered a close ally of president trumps the 61 year old businessman gave trump's inauguration committee a $1000000.00 became ambassador to the european union and is said to have had the

president's number on speed dial all that changed after someone's explosive testimony to the president's handling of military aid to ukraine was there a quid pro quo as i testified previously with regard to the requested white house call and the white house meeting the answer is yes another pivotal witness in the impeachment korean to president trump was lieutenant colonel alexander that mn was a highly decorated soldier an expert on ukraine been man's testimony was said to have been breached the president is improper for the president of the united states to demand a foreign government investigate a u.s. citizen and a political opponent it was also clear that if you create pursued an investigation into the 2016 elections the bidens and it would be interpreted as a partisan play. on friday lieutenant colonel veteran and his twin brother a lawyer at the national security council risk order from the white house by officials both have been reassigned just hours after the president commented on the

lieutenant colonel sanders well i'm not happy with this because supposedly happy with. it is midnight in washington senior figures in the democratic party reacted angrily to the firings out and who took a lead role in the president's impeachment tweeted lieutenant colonel that man did his job as a soldier in iraq he received a purple heart then he displayed another rare form of bravery moral courage he complied with the subpoena and told the truth he upheld his oath when others did not. one of the president's senior adviser said the firing sent a clear message that not backing the commander in chief will not be tolerated following the impeachment inquiry in his acquittal it seems that president trump is bent on retribution that means loyal released a statement saying the most powerful man in the world boyd by the silent pliable and complicit is designed to exact his revenge it came as no surprise to many that 2 key witnesses in what president trump called

a hoax and now gone the question is who's next on the gallacher al jazeera washington the former u.s. national security advisor john bolton is accusing the white house for trying to suppress his unpublished book and national security council sent a letter to bolton's lawyer on friday expressing concerns the manuscript contains classified information which bolton denies reportedly contains allegations trump suspended military aid to ukraine to force it to investigate his political rivals alten was sacked by trump in september before a complaint by an anonymous was a war was made public candidates vying for the democratic presidential nomination have held a fiery debate and new hampshire ahead of next week's key vote in the a.b.c. news debate 2 candidates who are awaiting the iowa results faced a barrage of criticism from their rivals are proud manly reports. 4 days from now the voters here in new hampshire will weigh in and 7 democratic hopefuls head to head to the hoop to convince new hampshire to vote for them in tuesday's primary

thank the debate started with messages of unity and the matter who wins this day i'm playing we're all going to stand together. but it didn't take long for the presidential hopefuls to start trading bolts. old pete footage as was singled out for his to see a pick spirit he was ready for the criticism if you're looking for the person with the most years of washington establishment experience under their belt and you've got your candidate and of course it's not me the perspective i'm bringing is that of somebody whose life has been shaped by the decisions that are made in those big white buildings in washington d.c. and when tsongas address social welfare issues you raise the minimum wage to $15.00 an hour i was not going to give tax breaks to billionaires foma vice president joe biden questioned whether money would come from it will cost more than the entire the entire federal budget we spend now when questioned on the impeachment

proceedings biden prompted a standing ovation mcconnell alexandr that many a key witness to the trial and fired by trump stand up and clap for veterans can check out i. was. you i was. for a lot of these candidates the answer is do or die well but your doesn't break in the top 4 here she's out of this race if war finishes a distant 3rd again she's in very bad shape and if biden isn't very close to the top he's really reeling her own foreign policy of but he just was asked if he would make the same decision as trump in killing the rain in general some sort of money in iraq that if we learned nothing else from the war in iraq it's that taking out a bad guy is not a good idea if you do not know what you are doing you cannot go around saying you're a bad guy we're going to assassinate you. and then you're going to have to if that

happens you're opening the door to international. affairs to seize primary could very well decide who stays in the race this was an opportunity for the fools to make their case with some disability g.h. seen as the one to be. manly out as there are. millions of voters are heading to the polls in india's capital region of delhi these elections are seen as a major test for the ruling the violence at universities in the capital and nationwide protests over a controversial new citizenship law dozens of people were killed and thousands more detained during demonstrations against the citizenship amendment act same by many as anti muslim and your correspondent elizabeth promise at a polling station south of the capital so elizabeth these protests that we're talking about against this citizenship law how has this affected the campaign season this election. well good afternoon michele from the great

constituency in delhi office as you mention a base hit before it can pay for the bashful of the protests against citizenship you know what they did not affect the high chief minister. and his aadmi a common man posses camp a asshole they focused on they call issues of development and education health and things that have not got them elected in the pos or the bought of the a jump the party of prime minister that in the movie it has been a different story if there is one issue that they campaigned on is the protest saying a vote for them is a vote to end the protests and deadly they have been pushing for the protesters and . what bad painting on so one might. face and said that the feds just want to turn and yet. another said protest is should be shot off in days after they made those remarks they would reshoot things against

protests in new debbie in one week so it has deemed to be j.p. they have definitely for the can't pay all that on that issue so the results will be an indication of whether that will work for them so the prime minister has urged people to come out in large numbers why is this election so important to him so important to his party. michel that's important one because it is the capital region delhi but also because the b j p have not been in power here since 1998 that's more than 22 years and all of the policy won by the biggest majority of any party in india's history on the national level last year they have seizing power on the state level for the pos 18 months to 2 kids including in states which are considered you know the him. hot lads so it is important for them to when power on the state that will they last

another state job him in december they have 2 more states of it coming up there are 2 more states addictions coming up this year but you know what the chief minister has called one man party having won. 67 on to 70 seats in the last election here in 2015 and ballots seen as a posh who have delivered it all on their promises it is going to be tough for the b.j. people show ok let's with ron a lie for us in new delhi thank you. still ahead on al-jazeera irish voters head to the ballot box we take a look at some of the key issues facing voters in the brazilians forced to beg for food after major cutbacks in the nation's flagship welfare scheme.

what is taking most of the winter but finally it's got properly cold so you know this cloud is going sags that's drawing in an arctic wind at long last it's recognizable while the temperatures moscow is now down to minus 7 kilos at 0 and anchors down to minus 2 bare misread most of the rest of europe is the least a degree so warm that should be and that's double figures for london and paris madrid the 12 you'll notice just a particularly when we recently asked for the weather so city with those low temperatures snow now almost certainly confined to turkey or else is dry but there is wind and rain and increasingly strong wind storm force across the british isles later on in the weekend was fred across to norway or to bring snow and also the low countries were to just be a very windy potentially damaging the windy day warnings are out already so that is europe now there is an effect in the northeast of africa from libya and egypt the wind will be up but it will get colder to oversee the levant including turkey we've

got rain or snow but temps at a high only 16 in car are only 16 and us one so most of egypt could probably be is considerably colder than you might expect designations and full time sun. 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 say the human cry we have dominance in our sanctuary we can monitor them. and look for their job or the photos from behavioral problems here and how they're adapting to their new environment women make science coming soon on al-jazeera. luke.

watching al-jazeera let's recap the top stories right now hong kong started a 2 week orange chain for people arriving from mainland china to try and stop the spread of the coronavirus u.s. embassy as confirmed the death of one of its citizens in the corn chain city of on . 2 senior officials are testified in the impeachment trial u.s. president donald trump had been fired by him 48 hours after his acquittal for the song women need to lieutenant colonel alexander been many criticized trump's handling of military aid to ukraine regional elections are underway in india's capital territory the delhi state elections will be a major test for the ruling be j.p. following nationwide protests against the controversial citizenship last seen by many as anti muslim. tenacious president has fired his country's ambassador to the

un the removal of the career diplomat came as a surprise to some within the security council it appears that the palestinian issue is the recent for his dismissal diplomatic editor james face has more from the united nations. mon's surf barty came out of retirement to take up the job of u.n. ambassador to coincide with his country's 2 year term on the security council but now he's been fired on the orders of the country's president. and the reason is the issue of palestine which perhaps seems odd because it's one of the country's main stated priorities as ambassador but he himself made clear the beginning of the year going to start to who will be the voice of the arab world in the african continent and will push for the settlement of just causes particularly the palestinian cause when the trump plan for the middle east was made public just over a week ago the palestinian ambassador to the u.n.

riyadh man saw told reporters that president mahmoud abbas was becoming to new york as ambassador barty stood by his side he explained that tunisia as the arab member of the security council would draw up a resolution rejecting the trump plan i'm told ambassador bartie was told news of his firing shortly before jared cushion i held a lunch with members of the security council the tunisians were represented by their deputy ambassador other council members including the current president were taken by surprise by the news and say oh it's quite shocked to hear that you know i don't know all the details. and the reasons behind this but the evil is a very good colleague and really very much regret to see him leaving. so why has this veteran diplomat been fired the foreign ministry in chu news says he

has been dismissed for purely professional reasons concerning his weak performance and lack of coordination with the ministry on important matters under discussion at the u.n. but that might not be the whole story i've spoken to diplomats from a number of security council countries who told me they've heard jarrad push to himself coltrane is u.s. president before the ambassador was dismissed one source says the question the call was to the prime minister not the president the white house is not confirming there was a call at all one u.s. official says the tunisians told them that the ambassador was dismissed because he'd gone rogue james out jazeera at the united nations is because taking an israeli cyber surveillance firm to court next week for allegedly hacking users habits encrypted messaging service whatsapp the social media giant accuses the n.s.a. group of hacking into the phones of nearly $1400.00 users back in october including

human rights activists political dissidents and journalists and a separate disputes those allegations and says it will bigger asli fight them amazon chief executive to face says has previously said the company could have provided the software that saudi arabia used to hack his phone. polls are now open in ireland for a snapshot of all election while ireland has the fastest growing economy in the european union it still faces a range of problems from rising homelessness to a failing health care system and polls are predicting that after this election there will be major changes in the political landscape in parker reports. there's growing discontent on the streets of dublin people are struggling with soaring house prices a crumbling health service and the spiralling cost of childcare for generations i wish politics has been dominated by 2 centrist parties the ruling family and the largest opposition in a fall many now see them as being part of the problem it's time for our a change in our. 100 years.

they make endless problems they don't have any of them so we're don't expect them to invest time when all we can do is we need to get down to business very quickly prime minister and leader of iraq has presided over a period of cultural transformation is the country's 1st openly gay leader and you know if you use the socially conservative and traditionally catholic countries legalize same sex marriage and abortion also tough breaks in negotiations with neighboring britain but he's also been accused of a lack of political vision and a failing to confront concerns home he's had his finger on the pulse of bragg's a for a while and he's actually done quite a good job of it there needs to be a heavier emphasis on i suppose the important issues housing you know health care education things that he hasn't really been so so good on for the 1st time in modern history opinion polls are predicting

a shift in power away from the 2 traditional parties towards left wing nationalist chim fane and i think. they put housing and health care at the heart of their campaign they also want to referendum on irish unification within 5 years northern ireland's party. the u.k. during the conflict in northern ireland the policy was regarded as the political wing of the republican paramilitary group the ira 3 and a half 1000 people died in the violence that ended 20 years ago she feigned says it's time to move on this is about the future you know if we keep continue to look in into the past we get nowhere this is about the future to future generations and on the children today as to what kind of society what kind of country day will and can live and this is where it has been gaining ground poaching support from other political parties and attracting an entirely new generation of 1st time voters with promises to solve some of ireland's biggest problems health care housing and homelessness all its political landscape is changing no policies expected to win

the election outright coalition building is inevitable new partnerships could emerge as age old political distinctions fade leave parka al-jazeera. france's president has called on his european counterparts to discuss the role that france's nuclear arsenal could play and the continent's security crisis taking a surge in european defense spending and says french nuclear weapons service at a terrine against enemy attacks france is now the only e.u. member with the nuclear arsenal after britain's departure or crown has previously called on his european allies to stop relying on nato and the u.s. for its effects rescuers and zimbabwe say they've ended operations at a disused gold mine that collapsed 2 people who were mining illegally were killed during the cave in on wednesday authorities say they can't be sure how many people were underground at the time. it's want to has auctioned off rights to kill

elephants for the 1st time since a hunting ban was lifted last year 7 hunting permits were up for auction each includes the right to hunt and kill 10 of the mammals. as the largest elephant population in the world the government says commercial hunting will bring in encumber conservationists say it could encourage poaching scientists are warning that bumblebees across europe and north america are facing extinction a new study blames climate change for the drastic recline and warns food cultivation is under threat but says europe's bumblebee population fell by 17 percent during the 20th and 21st centuries and north america during the same time it dropped by 46 percent play a vital role in pollinating food crops brazil's right wing government has been making drastic cuts to the anti-poverty program launched by former president lula de silva the number of families receiving benefits from the bolsa familia initiative has been sharply reduced and it's on home reports from rio de janeiro

they and thousands of others on the growing waiting list are now struggling just to survive. at the end of the road outside of rio de janeiro powerless in gauging a weary daily struggle they call for a laugh or they think today we had nothing to eat i had to wait and ask a women to help us we had no fit yesterday a pastor and my husband asked some fishermen nearby to get him something from their catch until 3 months ago they received cash from the government the program is called bolsa for media the family bag it was only about $40.00 a month but it helped keep them afloat now for them and about a 1000000 other brazilians that benefits been stopped the number of families newly admitted to the program has also plummeted to a fraction of those accepted before it's meant ballooning waiting list of half a 1000000 people sell it 58 an unemployed is among them she says she's been given

the run around since she tried to join up last august no thank you they see the authorities don't care they push me from one place to another like a pingpong ball. both of them is help millions of brazilians it's the government's flagship antipoverty program but it's a been having problems for 5 years now and this is just the latest setback it started when the leftist thing government stopped adjusting payouts to keep up with inflation now the current administration has again hit what was a successful and cheap and the poverty to their very important at the same time you know reached about what one quarter of the of the brazilian population the very very poor is very well parg and the money goes to women go through children with conditionalities and costs very little food costs are going to point 4 percent of the g.d.p. so you basically brazil did

a sort of fiscal adjustment on the poor. for its recipients not just present survival but futures and now one hold. book in most fields my children have big dreams the eldest wants to join the army he was training and trying out for a football club but we had to withdraw him we couldn't afford his transport. the government says it's just real denies him to improve the program million's a way to join home and out to see a real degenerating. a south korean film parasite has emerged as a surprise contender at the academy awards this weekend that are common a thriller has been nominated for 6 oscars pride reports. i'm told that i was on last year since its release last year the parasite has had south korea talking mostly about the social injustice of a younger generation not able to better themselves no matter how hard they study

and work. it's becoming harder to imagine improving your social status as generally accepted within our generation. because i found nothing to be fascinated about it equality problem it's been here for a long time kind of a time exaggeration in the movie the movie focuses on the poor family living in a semi basement to trick their way into the services of a much richer family with darkly comic consequences. i don't think in the richer people are that stupid but suspend your disbelief for the duration of the movie and parasite becomes an intro ling fable about the struggles of the have nots all too painfully aware of the comforts enjoyed by the haves that they're living alongside it's a theme what resonates not only here but also in a world where the whitening wealth gap that gap is no better illustrated than guru

young one of the last shanty areas of seoul starkly contrast with the towers of neighboring kenya the brashly opulent district parodied in global fame by gangnam style displaced poor families when it was developed many of whom moved to korea and who now scrape together a living doing the menial jobs that gangnam needs much as in parasite i think it was very realistic in the way that it portrayed our society. especially in korea and further development threatens to move these residents again locked in an ongoing battle with the government for proper compensation. as south korea has developed it has become easier for the rich to earn more money while it has become more difficult for the poor to make a living it's an issue that has to be result. from its comic opening parasite quickly descends into in the car tragedy in their own struggle the people of korea

hoping for a far happier ending rob mcbride al-jazeera so the right side al jazeera dot com they're easy to find the latest news there including the latest on the coronavirus . i'm richelle carey this is al-jazeera these are the top stories right now hong kong started a 2 week orange chain for people arriving from mainland china to try to stop the spread of the crying a virus in the u.s. embassy has confirmed the death of one of its citizens in the quarantined city of all on the virus has killed at least 722 people across china sir clark has more from hong kong we believe this is the 1st confirmed foreigner to have died from the corona virus the u.s. embassy has confirmed that a 60 year old woman who was a u.s. citizen living in will hand and hospitalized in were han has since died and now

we've also had reports that a japanese man who was hospitalized and diagnosed with viral pneumonia he too has now died and some believe that this diagnosis of the maybe incorrect misdiagnose in this case to this japanese man is also died officially able to be confirmed of the krajina virus. 2 senior officials who testified in the impeachment trial of u.s. president onil trump have been fired by him 48 hours after his acquittal accordance online and lieutenant colonel alexander vin then criticize trump's handling of military aid to ukraine candidates hoping to secure the democratic presidential nomination have held a debate in new hampshire ahead of a key primary vote during the a.b.c. news debate the front runners bernie sanders and judge word challenge over their electability and experience millions of indians are voting in delhi the regional election rather is seen as a test for the ruling the j.p. following weeks of often violent protests both in the capital and nationwide

against the new citizen shift law seen by many as anti muslim. polls have opened in ireland's general election opinion polls are predicting a shift away from ireland's 2 main center right parties while ireland has the fastest growing economy in the european union it's still faces a range of problems from rising homelessness to a failing health care system facebook is taking an israeli cyber surveillance firm to court next week for allegedly hacking years of its encrypted messaging service whatsapp the social media giant accuses the n.s.a. n.s.o. group of hacking into its phones of nearly $1400.00 users back in october included human rights activists political dissidents and journalists and the so group disputes those allegations and says it will vigorously fight them keep it on al-jazeera more news to come inside story is next. americans live side by side in 2 parallel universes the trouble parts of america are getting trampy or 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 blatantly wrong the bottom line on u.s. politics and policies and their effect on the world. as the coronavirus crack the great wall of china people the government action to the virus kills the dog who sounded the alarm can china as the does contain the online anger about the cover up this is inside story. hello welcome to the show i'm sammy's a than china's census the incident more than just about anywhere in the world and i think critical of the government is usually immediately removed.