the little hand you take it will bring you the news and current affairs that matter to you. owe it understanding is growing impossible to predict when it is going. health organization warns us right of the crowd a virus is far from over with the death toll now more than $700.00. however shall carry this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. for generations always politics has been dominated by 2 political parties but now the country's poised for a major political upset. with in-depth coverage of islands general election. firing of 2 key witnesses from the impeachment inquiry becomes a major focus on the latest democratic presidential debate the war in libya is

expected to be high on the agenda when african leaders meet any theo. began with the corona virus outbreak that shows no sign of slowing as authorities in china scramble to try to bring this epidemic under control across china at least 724 people have now died yes and the c.s. confirmed the death of one of its citizens in the quarantined city on a japanese man has also died there hong kong started enforcing a 2 week quarantine on people arriving from mainland china and in japan thousands of people are being quarantined on board a cruise ship in the port of yokohama that ship has 64 confirmed cases of the coronavirus good to has more. the onus of this luxury cruise ship describe it as a home away from home and for those on board there is no. about 3700

people on the diamond quintus i think when teams like least 2 weeks off japan's yokohama port that's off to more than 60 tested posted for coronavirus we are all instructed to stay in our own cabin m i do know that people from the ensure a cabin that allowed up there on deck and they may have had a chance to interact although they've been instructed to stay a metre apart from each other so it's hard to read the. the mood of the other passengers without a contact with them i see you know some people are very worried on the internet and social media japan is already dealing with cases of the virus and has imposed new border controls to stop it from spreading it's turned away another cruise ship from taiwan the world had organization says there is no need for alarm there's over 3700 people in crew and this is after extensive searching for cases and testing and

testing of many many people so if i don't get my month's wrong that's that's less than 2 percent of people so. it's still about it's not a great number it does show the virus has spread alicia but again let's be careful here not to overreact the outbreak that began in china has spread to at least 25 countries in kazakhstan there are reports of violence between kazakhstan and at the quake community over fears of coronavirus chinese restaurants and businesses have reportedly been burnt down singapore has increased its alert level after new cases of corn a virus not linked to previous infections or travel to china were reported people are rushing to supermarkets to stock up on food and essential goods and around the world war people are buying mass and what's called personal protective equipment or p p pushing up prices and creating shortages the world is facing severe

disruption in the market for person and for president and protective equipment. to monday's $200.00 times higher than normal and prizes not up to 20 times higher the u.n. agency says more than 80 percent of corner virus cases go be reported can be considered mild and is calling for nations to work together to fight the outbreak priyanka gupta is here. trinny is live for us in beijing the train it's certainly understandable that people in china might be scared but are they becoming frustrated in angry and confused as well there is definitely that sense richelle we've got now more than 34000 cases 700 people dead including a u.s. citizen as you mentioned before and president xi jinping is really scrambling to reassure people saying that the party has declared a war

a people's war on this virus they're announcing all these new initiatives for example this hospital the 2nd emergency hospital with 1600 new beds for coronavirus patients has been opened today they're also trying to reassure people that these testing kits that are going out are valid and they're effective because there been some concerns about whether they're offering some false negative results so they're really trying to reassure people because we've had as you've mentioned this fear and panic 1st about the spread but now there's this frustration that the government is doing too much to really try to control the narrative and trying to cover up i guess how serious this is and we have some growing anger about the death of a doctor who was an early whistleblower who in early january try to really talk about the severity of this outbreak and he was punished by authorities for for so-called scaremongering and there's a lot of frustration about that there's also been frustration about the disappearance of some citizen journalists who were posting videos about conditions

and move on in conditions in some of these hospitals so there is some fear and there is some fear growing into this increasing anger and criticism about how the government has handled or mishandled this outbreak we heard also recently from the world health organization's representative here in china who says that although there has been some positive signs that really authorities here need to remain vigilant. our understanding is growing impossible to predict where it is going but i can tell you. at least where we are watching the we are seeing the positive signs. with the reduction in the last couple of days and we are watching carefully the epidemic in other provinces in china epidemic is far from over we see good signs and we see signs of control but we at this point the best thing rather than crystal ball gazing is vigilant.

people all over china are increasingly frustrated because we have to remember that there are millions of people living in cities that are are in lockdown and here in beijing it's practically a ghost city because people really are being told to stay indoors to a book avoid crowds avoid going out in public and people really sitting at home and getting more and more frustrated about how the numbers continue to be growing despite the government saying that they're doing all they can so we are really seeing the government fight a battle on 2 fronts here they're fighting this battle trying to contain the virus and doing all they can to really ensure the people are safe but also fighting this battle which seems to be over a crisis of confidence in xi jinping his government here over its handling of this arbitrary life for us in beijing katrina thank you. the polls are open in ireland snap general election kenyan polls are predicting a shift away from the 2 main center right party stalwarts the left wing nationalist ssion famed party ireland has the fastest growing economy and the european union

the main concerns for voters it's like the public health care crisis and the housing shortage parker joins us live from dublin so need what is behind this what appears to be a shift in the political lens that. i think was at the heart of its disillusionment with the political establishment for generations arash politics has been dominated by 2 main parties 2 centrist parties feel again and for the full over the past 9 years the government. the leader. has presided over a period of significant cultural and social change in what is a culturally conservative traditionally catholic country bush is now legal so same sex marriage brokers also have a key role in bricks and negotiations goes on and is the only e.u. country to have a land border with the united kingdom but he's accused of missing the mark by komen failing to pay enough attention to things like housing homelessness health care and

pensions and though if the polls are to be believed going into this election they could well be a shift away from most centrist policies towards left wing shin fein but just to remind you during 30 years of violence in northern ireland known simply as the troubles in which more than $3000.00 people died she inflamed was regarded as being the political wing of the republican paramilitary group the oil re which inflamed say that those days are over those political distinctions no longer apply but to focus our attention on poaching support largely on promising to fix all of our lives problems another defining quality about sheer unfeigned is that they want to hold if they get into office within 5 years a referendum on uniting ireland and that's really worried some of the main parties who think that it's. too soon to do that but it could have a destabilizing factor on the whole country but saying that no one party expected to win coalition building is going to be inevitable the question is can these parties work together to form

a stable government tell us more about the issues and saying it's health care and this housing crisis one of them. yeah they are big and they are critical health care housing pensions homelessness when it comes to housing issue that has had knock on effects on various different areas including things like child care because people are being forced to live further away from from cities like dublin the economy was basically hit hard during the financial crash in 2008 the housing market collapse many contraction construction firms went out of business and it means that there's a shortage in housing now the economy's recovered wages have gone up but still house prices rent prices remain significantly high here in dublin it's more expensive to rent a property than it is in singapore and sydney house prices have gone up 86 percent in the past few years that means there's an entire generation of people who simply can't afford to own their own house they're still living at home with their parents

it's these kind of issues that shane famous promise to deal with and it's these issues that the main party has been accused of ignoring and those are the things that will drive voters to the polls that's for sure. thank you. millions of indians are voting in delhi the original election is seen as a test for the country's ruling following weeks of often violent protests in the capital and nationwide against a new citizenship law dozens of indians were killed and thousands to tain demonstrating against the law regarded by many as anti muslim or india correspondent well as of problem house or from the capital new delhi. polls opened at 8 am here in delhi to time to minister arvind kejriwal and has aam aadmi common man pati are expected to be reelected but the country's 2 main political parties the bought of the party and on the stability in the movie and the congress party have been campaigning extensively promising voters to come out in large numbers the elections taking place after the biggest protest on the stability and the speech at

the government since it was 1st elected 6 years ago this awful they cost the citizenship amendment act in december the protest against the law had been a key election issue for the b.j. he would have been very critical of the protesters in fact he would be to be politicians were banned from campaigning on for. ages and said they wanted to try and get into a muslim country and a number of potential should be shot and just days after they made those remarks they were recruiting incidents against protesters at each other in one week now chief minister arvind kejriwal has campaigned on his usual platforms on development of education health care that has resonated with voters in the process has common man on a historic 67 out of the 70 seats and the election in 2050 the election results on february 11th are going to be watched very closely will be

a key indication of whether the d.j. these weeks and all the tricks and campaigns have worked. still head on al-jazeera . can be oscar gold for a black comedy from south korea the latest from hollywood tonight and the year is coming out. hello again welcome back to international weather forecast all of the next few days the snow is back across much of parts of japan and that's going to be mostly on that western side we call that sea effect snow as the colder air pushes across the warmer sea picks up a lot of moisture and then begins to dump it on that western side of japan and some areas we could be seeing up to about 60 centimeters of snow just in the next 72

hours so we're going to watch this area very very carefully still quite cold up towards sapporo only getting to about minus 2 as the expected high there where we have seen plenty of rain here across parts of central india that has pushed a little bit more towards the south over the last few days it is still going to be quite a rainy day here on sunday across much of the area all the way over here towards the coast but things to get a little bit better by the time we get towards monday some scattered showers are going to be in the forecast plenty of clouds across much of the south so a mostly cloudy day for chennai with the temps are there of about $32.00 degrees and the winds are expected to increase here across much of the gulf it is going to be a warm day here in doha where the temperature on sunday of about 27 degrees but really dropping off as we go towards monday and very windy conditions across much of the area we do expect to see attempt to hear about 20 degrees for you.

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stop the spread of corona virus as authorities try to bring this outbreak under control the u.s. embassy as confirmed the death of one of its citizens in the epicenter of the illness were on. everything is under way in ireland snap general election opinion polls are predicting a shift away from the 2 main center right parties towards the left wing nationalist and fame party the main concerns for voters are the the public health crisis and the housing shortage. and as president donald trump as fired 2 major witnesses in his impeachment trial barely 48 hours after the senate acquitted him a mass search of the european union board song was recalled just hours after lieutenant colonel alexander been was escorted from the white house both men were critical of president trump's handling of military aid to ukraine and a calico reports from washington. gordon sunland was considered a close ally of president trump's 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 man 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 parson play. on friday lieutenant colonel vin even 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 the problem it is midnight in washington senior figures in the democratic party reacted angrily to the firings out i'm sure 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 lawyer released a statement saying the most powerful man in the world boyd by the silent pliable and complicit as decided 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 former u.s. national security advisor john bolton is accusing the white house of trying to censor his new book the room where it happened is due out next month bolton denies it contains classified information but the national security council has warned bolton's olson's lawyer of its concerns autumn was sacked by trump in september before the complaint by an anonymous whistleblower which led to his impeachment. democratic party candidates hoping to secure the presidential nomination and tell their latest t.v. face off in new hampshire before next week's primary there but writers pay better attention bernie sanders faced a barrage of criticism from rivals in the a.b.c. news today or manley reports. 4 days from now the voters here in new hampshire will weigh in 7 democratic hopefuls head to head to the hope to convince new hampshire to vote for them in cheese days primary 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 barbs that he hates you old pete has was singled out for his perceived lack of experience 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 men are

a key witness to the trial and quiet by trump stand up and clap for veterans can check out. was. you know you. are 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 me reining in general customs for the money into 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 if that happens you're opening the door to international. to save prime we could

very well decide on who stays in the race this was an opportunity for the hopefuls to make their case with sandison buttigieg seen as the one to beat. manly out to 0. a russian delegation will soon meet turkish officials about the situation and live province in northwestern syria that is the last rebel free rebel held region that is our friday turkish armored vehicles and tanks entered the operation as a response to an advance by syrian government forces who have already taken a 3rd of the province are now seeking to march to the regional capital where the same costello reports turkey is determined to stop that syrian government forces in the suburbs of surat camp hours before distributing town well after fierce fighting with the syrian rebel defenders. so rocket sits at the junction of 2 major highways and was seen as a major obstacle in regaining control of the province one 3rd of which is now under

syrian government control. turkey has warned pro the mask has forces to back off. unfortunately the syrian regime does not believe in political process and thinks peace can only be possible by a military solution and i have to say they are wrong about this they have stepped up their aggression. turkey has 12 military observation posts positioned around the globe the escalation zone agreed with russia and iran in 2017 but 9 of them have been surrounded by advancing syrian government forces to protect and stop the advance troop yes stablished for more post which ended up in direct clashes between the turkish and syrian army's solve little michiru the focus on them is you know cultural cringe to get tax responded to within the scope of such offense from now on any kind of attack will be responded to appropriately and observation post will

continue their duties the syrian government has intensified its attacks since last november and backed by russia has targeted civilians this triggered a new way of a migration with hundreds of thousands of people fleeing the violence in the 9 year long civil war in syria that was where the displaced could find refuge but it live said the center is now under threat as the syrian government forces captured so rocket and just 7 kilometers away seen em go solo al-jazeera northwest and syria. leaders are gathering in ethiopia capital head of the annual african union summit and high on the agenda will be the conflict in libya as the harm of all reports the war is now impacting other countries in the region. libya is in a high strategic location it boasts the largest oil reserves in africa it commands desert and sea routes which african migrants use in their tens of thousands each

year to reach western europe and since war broke out there several years ago armed groups have taken hold some of whom are linked directly or indirectly to al-qaeda isom all ingredients that make it a challenging issue to discuss when african union leaders meet in the ethiopian capital addis ababa libya is an african country but the war that's been ripping it apart for years is neither entirely libyan nor african factions such as the self declared libyan national army led by the warlord kind of a half dollar and other groups and support from foreign countries have to with the help of the united arab emirates russia egypt and even false among others is fighting to remove the u.s. and recognize the government in tripoli he launched his latest campaign from eastern libya early last year and has already captured large areas including the city of silt in the north but his attempts to take the capital tripoli have so far

failed. it's in this climate that offical leaders must find a road for themselves the way you has no troops in libya to enforce peace and as far as negotiations are concerned it's countries like germany leading the talks a u. high committee on libya under the leadership of congress president denny sauce and whistle was among the last to be invited to the violin summit on libya in january on talks both in vain and in most of the little results it female of this year's a u.s. summit in addis ababa is silencing the guns and to do that in libya african leaders will need to bring new ideas to the table mohamed fun. mornings have replaced bushfire alerts and southeastern australia right in new south wales some of the heaviest in almost 20 years downpour is helping to put these fires out and they have been burning for months the 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 private parts. but i was honestly since its release last year 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. up to that image and 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 a poor family living in a semi basement who trick their way into the service of a much richer family with darkly comic consequences. i don't think in the region people are that stupid but suspend your disbelief for

the duration of the movie and parasite becomes an intro all in 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 then go along one of the last shanty areas of soul 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 the pair. south korea has developed it has become easier for the rich too and 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 cop tragedy in their own struggle the people of korea hoping for a far happier ending rob mcbride al-jazeera soul. and al-jazeera is also up for an oscar nominated for best documentary short subject to his st louis superman here's a taste of the documentary that you can see in the next 10 minutes right after this bulletin now is flat you're in 5 don't you drive to would like to see this night learn about how it's night something else happened on this night.

as the 18 year old monk was going to sleep going to really something very serious really. much like my city where you stay represented. take a look at the headlines right now on al-jazeera hong kong has begun a 2 week mandatory quarantine for all people arriving from china it's an attempt to stop the spread of corona virus which has killed at least 724 people and china is and the c.s. confirmed the death of one of its citizens and will han betray you has more from beijing. president xi jinping is really scrambling to reassure people saying that the party has declared oh a people's war on this virus they're announcing all these new initiatives for example this hospital the 2nd emergency hospital with 1600 new beds for coronavirus patients has been opened today they're also trying to reassure people that these

testing kits that are going out are valid and they're effective because there been some concerns about whether they're offering some false negative results so they're really trying to reassure people because we've had as you've mentioned this fear and panic 1st about the spread but now there's this frustration that the government is doing too much to really try to control the narrative and trying to cover up i guess how serious this is voting is underway in ireland snap general election opinion polls are predicting a shift away from the 2 main center right parties towards the left wing nationalist ssion fane party millions of indians are voting in delhi the regional election is seen as a test for the country's ruling be j.p. in weeks of often violent protests against a new citizenship law dozens of indians were killed and thousands detained 2 senior officials who testified in the impeachment trial against us president onil trump have been fired by him 48 hours after his acquittal. and lieutenant colonel

alexander been criticised trumps handling of military aid to ukraine democratic party candidates hoping to secure the presidential nomination of held their latest t.v. debate in new hampshire before the primary there next week front runners feet british and bernie sanders faced a barrage of criticism and turkey's military says it will retaliate against any new attacks on its forces in northern syria comes after 8 turks were killed in shelling by the syrian government russian delegates are due to meet turkish officials shortly. and those are the headlines the news continues on al-jazeera after the world premiere of our oscar nominated episode of witness it's in titled st louis superman keep it here and watch. examining the impact of today's headlines you use the misinformation i've used the term by setting the agenda for tomorrow's discussions how unique is this in terms of modern american history when it comes to

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