foroohar the order. al-jazeera. hello from doha i'm home he did with news are coming up for you in the next 60 minutes. type police storm a shopping center to help dozens of people escape from a soldier on a shooting rampage. at santa infections mind look at how china's corona virus outbreak is also spreading fear and racism. hello i'm in london and i'll have to top story from europe for you islands under pressure as the nation votes in a general election which could change the face of irish politics. and donald trump

defends firing 2 officials who delivered the most damaging testimony during the impeachment investigation. and in supporting a new american football league set to rival the n.f.l. is about to kick off the accept valorie launches in the united states jack aides on from it senate shall failure. or tight security forces have raided a shopping center where dozens of people have been held hostage by a soldier who went on a mass shooting the suspect is still somewhere inside the mall in a city northeast of bangkok he went there after 1st opening fire in a house and an army base live there it's away in haiti he joins us from bangkok where a dramatic pictures reaching us from what more can you tell us about the situation

as it stands this hour. well things seem to have quietened down a little bit the more certainly it is an ongoing situation the gunman as far as we understand is still inside that shopping mall but over the course of the past couple of hours or so we did see many people leaving the more and we saw soldiers and police going inside that building to try to bring the situation under control and also help those who were trapped in there to get out of the building which is exactly what we saw happen we're not sure exactly how many people might still be inside the building along with the gunman are there are reports that the police are saying that they have taken control of large parts of the shopping mall several floors it is a multi floor building there were some reports that the gunman was somewhere on the 4th floor the police certainly not confirming that in fact it seems that they're

not really sure of the stage where he is if they do know they're certainly not telling anyone in the public in effect they have urged media organizations in the area for to stop broadcasting live from the vicinity so they don't give away the movements of the police in case the gunman is watching any of those live feeds on his phone so it's still very much a situation that is under way reports also that he has taken some hostages and the police are not saying how many people may be held by the gunman inside that shopping more and when these types of mass shootings where we did rather tend to see them in other parts of the world not necessarily where you are in thailand just hired unusual a situation is this in the country. and i think we may well have lost wayne hey unfortunately let's bring you another

breaking story now this one in geneva libya peace talks have been ongoing representatives of the un recognized governments and rival sent by warlords for the for have to are there but discussions appear to have ended with no agreements speaking earlier at the african union summit anything you hear your in chief antonio caetera said they're working to get a lasting cease fire. example with regards to libya it's evident the crisis has been seriously aggravated by the presence of forces and equipment from many other countries in clear violation of the mandate of the security council i think we have to reestablish the sovereignty of international law and the conditions in which the decisions of the security council could be implemented and that countries should understand that their engagement to promote certain conflicts increases the potential for actions by terrorist groups we know how to the hamid joins us now live from geneva the u.n. secretary general underlining homeport in those talks are it seems it's all in vain

. well it has been very difficult and these were going to be very difficult conversations that were held here in geneva simply because they would try it was the military track 5 commanders from said warlord have to 5 military commanders sent by the u.n. recognize government in tripoli and these 10 people not having any kind of damage talk but trying to hash it take neutrality is this very fragile truce a permanent cease fire there were some very difficult conversations you know did 2 sides don't see eye to eye absolutely anything and 2 days ago actually said that they were point of divergence at the time he was trying he was hoping that they could come to some sort of agreement or middle ground well that did not happen he

issued a statement idea and say that they did agree that you need to continue with this truce however wobbly it is you need to both sides agreed that the integrity and sovereignty of libya needs to be preserved but in the end of that coming week it is said ray said very clearly that the issue of the displays the 150000 displaced has been tackled and everybody agreed that they need to return home but no one found a way to bring normalcy to those areas now the u.n. recognized government in tripoli has been saying all along that it wants. half the forces to pull back all the way to do 3 april 2019 positions that's basically go all the way back to benghazi something have to hasn't agreed upon before and still hasn't agreed upon now and so where to no.

well i mean there are 3 tracks the military track the economic track and a political track there was an idea that if you managed to reach some sort of cease fire then that would be a pillar for you to other tracks to go ahead now that sense l.m.i. is due to leave geneva at any point now he is due in cairo on sunday where there will be an economic conference for libya how to bring investment to libya how to help libya out how to you know sort of bring that economy back back on par especially that you have an ongoing oil blockade at the moment which is costing libya about $55000000.00 a day because the production went from $1300000.00 barrels to now about $72000.00 barrels per day that's according to the us and selim and then there's a date of february 26th that will be the political track that's probably the most

difficult file that will be tackled but there is also a feeling really that if you don't have some sort of cease fire on the ground then it will be very difficult to talk about anything politically and try to find any kind of political unity among these 2 warring sides. in geneva for now thank you. well after a brief respite in china the rate of new corona virus infections is again increasing the number killed is on track to surpass the sars total 17 years ago well as $720.00 chinese people have died from the new virus in addition an american woman and a man both from japan both passed away in han where the break started hong kong has begun a 2 week mandatory quarantine for all arrivals from mainland china while in japan

thousands of cruise ship passengers remain in quarantine so it says in the ports of yokohama have confirmed 64 cases on poor it's what the world health organization says it sends a good international team of investigators to china as early as monday. yes we have submitted names and i got a response actually today so the team lead the team leader will be leaving either monday already tuesday that's what we have a me at now and then the rest of experts will also for last event welcome to you has this report from beijing. the owners of this luxury cruise ship describe it as a home away from home and for those on board there's now no choice about 3700 people on the diamond princess are being quarantined for at least 2 weeks off of japan's yokohama ports that's after more than 60 tested positive for corona virus

we are all instructed to stay in our own cabin. you know that people from the insurer haven't been allowed up there on and they may have had a chance to interact although they've been instructed to stay a metre or from each other so it's hard to read. 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 spreading it turned away another cruise ship that had sailed from china. the world health organization says there's 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 a bad it's not a great number it does show the virus has spread in the ship 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 were reports of violence between cars and the ethnic quake meeting over fears of coronavirus. chinese restaurants and businesses have reportedly been burnt down singapore has increased its alert level after new cases of corona virus not linked to previous infections or travel to china of course it. people are rushing to supermarkets to stock up on food and essential goods and around the world more people are buying masks and what's called personal protective equipment or people pushing up prices increasing shortages the world is facing severe disruption in the market for person and for president and protective equipment the mondays have 200 times higher than normal and prizes to 20 times higher. the un agency says more than 80 percent of

corona virus cases globally reported can be considered mild and is calling for nations to work together to fight the outbreak in ruhani a 2nd emergency hospital with beds for 1600 coronavirus patients has been opened china's president xi jinping has declared what he calls a people's war on the virus saying no effort is being spared in fighting the epidemic but there is growing criticism of the chinese government's handling of the crisis social media is flooded with complaints and attempts by police and other government officials to nischelle cover up the outbreak then silencing the doctors who 1st sounded the alarm for china's leaders this is increasingly a battle on 2 fronts against the virus itself and the discontent it's thought katrin e.u. al-jazeera dating. and as the virus spreads around the world members of chinese and other asian communities say fear and racism are spreading to chinese tourists have

spoke of being spatter while visiting european cities like fairness some others in milan have use social media to call for their children to be kept away from chinese classmates or petition to ban chinese people from malaysia received almost half a 1000000 signatures in one week well roy junger is a program associate specializing in u.s. china relations at the wilson center joins us on skype from gaithersburg in maryland good to have you with us on the news or these are just a few examples have been countless others anecdotal evidence on social media what do you make of this what do you think is behind this. well thanks for having me on i think that in this time of crisis people really want to reach for answers that seem really really convenient for them and this actually starts i think in china because the epicenter of the coronavirus crisis is in the presence

of who bay you are seeing in china villages blockading people from who bay. undergoing manhunts or people that are from the province or from will on so on and so forth and here in the united states where i live. this reflex of reaching for easy answers extends to the racialization of people of east asian descent of chinese descent and seeing the disease vectors whether or not that's accurate is not necessarily the 1st thing on people's minds and how much of this you think is starting to the fact that this is very much a situation where people are fearful not just people within china but also a robot world so the dogs seem to be a lack of trust when it comes to the facts that are available and how to deal with this virus how much do you think that is a factor or is this just simply racism no questions asked. well it's

not a cut and dry story of racism because we are dealing with an outbreak that is in no small part something that we can attribute to how the chinese governance model works particularly the non-central chinese government the thing that is making a lot of people in china angry right now is that provincial officials sat on the information that there was a potential outbreak for about a month and then their. inefficiencies in handling the current virus outbreak in the aftermath really raised a lot of trust issues and so people sort of project some of these trust issues they have with the chinese governance model or with chinese government officials to the chinese d.s. for more broadly and just from

a human life oh how with these examples the anecdotal evidence of the c.e.o. before or on twitter being shared why the things that people on the receiving end of had to do with this just given the pressure that the people in china. are how is this impacting people on a human level. well on a human level it's never pleasant to be associated with the with the viral outbreak people can try to respond to it with you know this isn't something that. myself or my family is contributing to they can respond with staring stories of some of the challenges they've gone through but overall it really comes back to different communities around the world reaching for their working together to try to resolve this issue or continuing to

reach for those really really simple reflex of conclusions and that's that something that i think the east asian community is experiencing racism can't fight alone ok thank you so much for sharing your analysis are your thoughts here on the al-jazeera news or thank you what's more still to come in this news hour including after a televised debate 7 hopefuls are vying to take on donald trump for the white house and they're facing yet another primary vote hurdle. tarts occurs hotter than it's ever been we'll ask if it's a blip or a consequence of our warming worlds. and in sports i glance or face a real test in florence is the least qualified for next season's champions league itself.

but forces in orleans are casting their ballots in a general election that could see the biggest change in irish politics in generations with more on this let's cross to mary in the money in our european broadcast center. yes that's right the irish prime minister is facing a major struggle to hold on to power in this election which has been dominated by concerns about the cost of living and the availability of housing it's a vote that could change the country's political landscape for britain reports from the capital dublin a 3rd force could be emerging in islands traditional 2 party system. the buzzword of this election campaign was change ireland's economy may be the fastest growing in the e.u. but the people here are struggling with soaring house prices and years long waiting

lists for public health care the desire for change is one of the expected to oust the t. shirt leo veronica of the female party who nonetheless put on a brave face as he cast his vote his main challenger me haul martin of pheno for will also try to look relaxed as his calling station in the city of cork but it seems the tide is turning against both the main parties this young person carrying out i have a lot of fears about what the future is going to hold with climate change and how that's going to affect my life in the future so i hope that the greens can have a fair amount of say and how ireland shapes a teacher i voted for alternatives to. so i don't really want to go independent but basically just some kind of alternative sort of status quo. shin fein is the left wing nationalist republican party previously regarded as the political wing of the paramilitary group the ira now shedding those associations and remolding itself as

a progressive alternative to its very important states today's the day that the people are in charge and every single vote he believes tells the strength of his campaign that they want to change nonpolitical factors by also influence the outcome of this election is the 1st saturday poll since 1918 store winds are sweeping across the island from the west bringing gusts of 120 kilometers an hour slap bang in the middle of polling day a major rugby international guard just to get through the gate not so as our parents morning got a few jobs on and i got both up to about 9 o'clock this morning and have you voted already you know. that gave his vote and i'm sorry i can't believe that it is really. but it's a bow. counting of the ballots won't start until sunday morning and the most likely outcome of this election is a coalition government if shin fein chooses to enter that coalition government it

would be an extraordinary outcome and could open the door to a referendum for a united ireland and even if the party chooses to stay in opposition the days of 2 party dominance here appear to be well and truly over paul brennan al-jazeera dublin at south cross city of park in the irish capital dublin a visibly hang in paul's report there this is an election that could really alter the political landscape why does there appear to be this backlash against iraq. well firstly if the polls are to believed indeed island is bracing itself for a huge shift in its political landscape as we heard there and pull support irish politics has been dominated for generations by the 2 main centrist parties finegan and feel full but they have been accused of failing to address some critical issues here in ireland when it comes to housing health care homelessness the spiraling

cost of child care the list goes on saying that low overright because profile of the international stage has grown exponentially as he's led very tough negotiations with the united kingdom or breaks it path and of course let's not forget when the u.k. leaves the e.u. ireland does have the potential to fill the gap left behind becoming something of a bridge between the wider world and the european union but many wholly override personally to blame for failing to be the tide that lifts all boats here there is an entire generation of young people who have been unable to be able to afford rents and those those are the kind of people that may well be now deciding to vote for the likes of sinn fein well for more on this i'm joined now by somebody knows a lot more than me it's donica cohen who is as been written extensively on irish politics over the years is the director of research at top in-situ university school of law and governance thank you so much for joining us firstly how do you

explain the surgeon support for sinn fein well as you've suggested irish politics has traditionally being handled on the power essentially between phina fall and feeney gave us the largest archy's but there's such an upper tight for change now it's really the mantra that's captured the imagination of the electorate have proven increasingly frustrated to norm willing to accept that the logical alternative to funa gale is a few a fall that government and shin fein is the largest party who is neither of those parties has benefited from that in many ways we couldn't have predicted this search for shit. they did very badly last year in the local and european elections and in the presidential elections and that's one of the reasons they didn't put forward so many candidates in this elections they want benefits to the full extent from the surge but there's certainly an upper tide for change and she seems to have captured a particular case and as i mentioned live iraq has international standing has expanded exponentially in brics in negotiations what has he done wrong here how is he let people down but home here in ireland there are 10000 people without a house

a home they're living in hotels and emergency accommodation there are huge on preset and the long queues at hospitals so essentially what the leader of routers image abroad justifiably so was of a statesman who negotiated very well for ireland breaks that but this was not a divisive issue within ireland all the party supported him on this so he wasn't going to gain any particular credit for that negotiating stance and then on the issue of the economy recovering this is the other major pitch the economy is recovering all the macro economic indicators indicate this but it's not been felt universally throughout our in and especially in the housing and health of the health sectors and given given the ocean feigns thought he passed when it comes to associations with the privacy group in the ira and also the fact that shim fein say that they want to hold a referendum on unifying ireland within 5 years how will that go down here in ireland has not been a defining issue at all it hasn't been an issue in the campaign but opinion polls consistently show that of the vast majority of people in this state are in favor of

irish unity however ill defined that is shin fein as you know have recently gone back into government in northern ireland if of course they were to play a role in government in the republic they would be in government in both sides of our lives and that would of course obviously enhance the argument for a border poll or unity referendum in the near future ok got to go thank you very much we'll leave it there all voting continues until 10 g.m.t. this evening as you heard there paul supporter that awful lot of attention has been focused on the rugby match which island one so there may be a bit of late minute voting before the. final deadline we know also that a huge storm is currently lashing the west coast of ireland the winds of change could be blowing in more ways than one here you go thanks very much dave park with all the latest from dublin we'll bring you won the election of course for now i see you a bit later at 900 g.m.t. in that just over half an hour from now let's get back to hala into. thank you mariam now russian and turkish delegates are meeting to discuss fighting in syria

syrian government forces and their allies including russia have captured more ground in the last repl help province it live but stark is determined to stop that advance in a city in cosi all the reports from. inside syria syrian government forces in the suburbs of sirach ip hours before distributed 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 is 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 to 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 troops yes stablished for more post which ended up in direct clashes between the turkish and syrian army's saw little michiru the focus on them is you know culturally the attacks are responded to within the scope of such a fence 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 it 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 up a solo al-jazeera bubble howa northwestern syria on the stories we have coming up on this news hour what a local votes in india's capital might mean the prime minister narendra modi plus. the stories of beit lahia we are told are the most delicious in the world i'm stephanie decker in the gaza strip and we'll have this story coming up. and in sports pakistan star player shows just why he's become one of cricket's most feared batsman. my. hello again or welcome back to in

a national weather forecast well some good news here across the eastern part of the mediterranean the big storm system is finally making its way out now we saw a lot of problems in terms of snow across turkey we will still see some residual snow pushing into the caspian as well down across much of the west to middle east we're talking about temperatures still quite low for this area so damascus only a high here on sunday of 5 jerusalem of 6 and by the time we get to monday slowly creeping back up in terms of those temperatures but still quite cloudy across much of the region here in doha though expect to see a warm day as we go towards sunday we do expect to see $27.00 degrees clouds in the forecast by the evening timeframe it is going to be windy we could be seeing some blowing dust as well by the time we get towards monday the winds still are in the forecast temperature dropping to 20 but monday and into tuesday it is going to be 19 as the forecast high there well across parts of libya as well as into egypt of course the winds have died down that's the good news there we're still seeing some clouds across much of the area so for cairo expect to see

a cloudy day at 16 dropping to 15 by the time we go towards monday and then here across parts of south africa it is going to be the heavy showers if a cape town expect to see a temperature of $28.00 degrees. but . in an increasingly globalized and interconnected world where digital communication technology is growing digital platforms contribute to making change and expanding civic space consequently activists face harassment states surveillance and increasing restrictions on the other and digital platforms may be used to spread hate speech and trigger violence division conflict and terrorism which in turn contributes to undermining human rights. in this context the national human rights committee of qatar organizes the international

conference on social media challenges and ways to promote freedoms and protect activists in cooperation with the united nations high commissioner for human rights the european parliament the global alliance of national human rights institutions and the international federation of journalists. this is al-jazeera our mind off the headlines this hour ties security forces have radios a shopping center where dozens of people have been held hostage by a soldier who went on a mass shooting suspect is still somewhere inside the mall in

a city northeast of bangkok has killed at least 20 people. talks ends the conflicts in between and between libya have ended with no agreements representatives of the un recognized governments and bibles sent by warlords for the i have to attended the meeting in geneva. an international team of investigators led by the world health organization is heading to china to help with the call a virus outbreak more than 720 people have died from the virus so far and the number of those infected has risen 234000. and u.s. president donald trump has defended his decision to fire an army officer who gave damning evidence against him during the impeachment inquiry lieutenant colonel alexander vincent was a scorcher from the white house on friday well the u.s. ambassador to the e.u. gordon sunburns who also testified against trump has been recalled from his post live to washington shortly after this report from andy gallacher. if you would

please 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 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 2 $1016.00 elections the bidens and it would be interpreted as

a parson play on friday lieutenant colonel the newman and his twin brother a lawyer at the national security council risk ordered from the white house by officials both have been reassigned just hours after the president commented on the lieutenant colonel well i'm not happy with you think i'm supposed to be happy with the bump that it is midnight in washington senior figures in the democratic party reacted angrily to the firings adam schiff 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 a 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 and his acquittal it seems that president trump is bent on retribution whitman's 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 and a gallacher al jazeera washington mike hanna joins us now live from washington d.c. mike this been some pretty furious reaction to the dismissal of bill sundin and finland but president trump has also been reaction has any. he has indeed he's been reacting to what he sees as the biased media coverage of it but importantly to acknowledge is very clearly that the firing off of ben and of son learned was directly linked to their role in the impeachment process president trump tweeted out to the course of the morning saying actually i don't know him never spoke to him or met him this in reference to alexander but mn but he was very insubordinate reported contents of my perfect calls incorrectly and was given

a horrendous report by his superiors the man he reported to who publicly stated that the men had problems with judgment during to the chain of command and leaking information in other words out in capital letters well button's lawyer has responded to this tweet pointing out that there's never been any complaints about alexander the been so work proceedings there's never been any complaints about him either in the military or in his role at the national security council basically pointing out that these allegations by president trump would appear to be yet another lie and mike i mean there's a lot of back and forth here. this whole debate stars appear to be settled by the american public how have they been reacting to all of this back and forth. well it's very difficult to gauge because the immediate response has been the

sensually political and like so much else has been along partisan lines as we heard from democratic leaders in congress they are absolutely appalled and disgusted by the decision to fire these people who came up and spoke having been subpoenaed by congress there was a round of applause for alexander the moment during the democratic party presidential candidate debate in the course of the evening but the public has had no opportunity it would appear to make its feelings very clear but a well known opponent of president george conway in his own right a very respected lawyer actually made a very important point in one of his tweets saying that if an average citizen carried out a revenge against somebody a whistleblower who had reported some form of incorrect behavior that person would be guilty of a crime now it's a very important point to note that in this tweet president trump knowledge is the

connection between the firing or the removal from office of these men and the role they played in the impeachment process now that does open him up that would appear to some form of legal action and certainly this is something that will be followed up in the days ahead ok mike hanna there in washington d.c. thank you well the democrats who want to defeat donald trump later this year are scrambling to gain an edge in the forces in the state of new hampshire that's where their next nominating contest is taking place former vice president joe biden was the 1st to kick off campaign rallies in the new hampshire city of manchester. voting has finished for a regional election in the indian state delhi elections being seen as a test for the national governments after weeks of often violent protests against the new citizenship law some of the largest protests were in new delhi from where elizabeth purana reports determines to have this same millions in india's capital

region headed to polling stations after a big campaign. from the very old to 1st time voters they told al jazeera what matters to them i think. from. from. talking about an. hour to be prime minister that in the audience has bought at the party of b j p have campaigned to end weeks of widespread protests against the citizenship including in the shooting bad neighborhood to be j.p. politicians were banned from campaigning after comparing protesters to rapists and murderers saying the demonstrators were determined to make india a muslim country. another politician said protestors should be shot they were 2

shooting incidents against protesters in one week after those comments were made a b j p election candidate said protestors a disrupting everyday life here every year. and risk you know we want peace you want harmony because development can only be done if there is entirely peace in your city in your country. the 2 time chief minister of delhi ivan kejriwal from the common man party focused its campaign on development education and health care which. i'm hopeful that the delhi public will vote on the work that we've done and that the common man party can form the government here for the 3rd time analysts say the alternative could lead to more protests but the fear is that if the b.b. comes to power in delhi the protesters for the other protests in different parts of the country would be approved so what we are stating at this. is some more tension in the coming days so let's see how it plays out. the election result is due to be

announced on tuesday the b j p hasn't been in power in delhi for 22 years the result will indicate whether its nationalist campaign has paid off or if voters are giving the activist arvind kejriwal a 3rd term in office elizabeth for on al-jazeera. and so on has just had its hottest day ever recorded. $18.00 degrees celsius that was a argentine research base its only antarctic peninsula just signal towards south america and that part of the continent has warmed much faster than the global average over the past 50 years calls and grace years to shrink by 87 percent and science is fear global warming will eventually disintegrate the ice sheets across the entire site pool a manse will call sea levels world poised to rise. by at least 3 meters well under

shepherds is a professor of earth observation at the university of leeds he researches the changes in the antarctic and its impact on the environment he joins us now on skype from leeds good to have you with us here on al-jazeera at 1st of all just how alarming is this development. oh it's really important this temperature records from the argentine bases been really powerful for as it's allowed us to say whether the changes that are happening in antarctica in this part of the continent are. short term so to ations or a long term trend and it's definitely the latter but they also very much like the canadian fires at the moment give us a glimpse into the future and how different parts of the world will be in just a few decades time and are we just talking a matter of years a matter of decades now i mean or or do you think this is this is reversible in

some way so we learn a lot about how ice response to changes in climate just because of this particular part of the plan that the northern tip of the antarctic peninsula or our series of ice shelves and really floating extensions of glass 2 years into the sea and that they've broken away over the past 2 or 3 decades we didn't think that that was possible until it started to happen. and they were reversible process they won't grow back again for a 1000 years and this is the 1st time it's happened in 10000 years so this is definitely a signal of dramatic change happening in our lifetimes at just talk us through the significance of this particular region in the antarctic what why is this region such a focus of of of research and development. well it's definitely the most easily accessible so this is this part of antarctica is

a similar latitude to iceland in the northern hemisphere and that's why it gets warm in summer but just 3 or 4 decades ago it was a cold place and it had lots of ice and now that ice is is gone and the ice is retreating for the south are not toxic but we've learned how really glasses respond to ocean and up straight warming because of what's happened here and we can use that information to improve our predictions of what's going to happen farther south where there's a lot more ice and in terms of these predictions like certainly were you say these are melting faster than was anticipated we've heard from the various cop summits that the average temperature rise is escalating it's going faster and faster and faster is this in your opinion is this running out of control or is there still tell you to try and rein in this process of climate change so there's

always time to reduce the effects that might happen in the future when you're a very hot planet we can do things to reverse what's happening today in some instances but it's not realistic to expect our planet to cool even if we all reduce our emissions to a net 0 as people hope will happen you know in 2 or 3 decades time that's not going to cool the planet again and so we're already committed to some sea level rise and that's where we also need governments and people to be prepared for what's going to be happening in coastal parts of many countries by the end of this century people will experience flooding more frequently than they do today ok andrew shepherds great to get your thoughts and your analysis thank you so much for speaking to us here at al-jazeera thank you. now it's strawberry harvest time for farmers in gaza most of the put to use their is bad for customers

in the occupied west bank getting the berries there though is a challenge because of the blockade imposed by israel and egypt stephanie decker reports from beit lahiya in the northern gaza strip. it's warmer in here than outside on this crisp february morning the sweet smell of ripe stew a breeze fills the greenhouse abu sami's family has been farming this land for generations this is because they're here. he said 82 years old abu sami doesn't only have a lifetime of farming knowledge but is also witness the constant change of this political landscape going on well so when. we used to sell our product in israel when we were under israeli occupation but says 20061 how much took over and israeli imposed the blockade we can't sell in the israeli market so farmers income has decreased a lot now the main market for gaza store breeze is the occupied west bank around an

hour's drive from here before the philippine filmy oh issue in filmy year israeli product compete with us even in the west bank because my product takes days to get there as it has to follow certain look to procedures while israeli produce takes just a few hours to reach the market the client prefers freshly picked rather than mine is 20 percent of quality along the steering this umbrella. certain fertilizes a ban by israel citing security reasons and that too we're told is affecting the quality of the strawberries but despite that things are moving forward now this is a relatively new way of growing stories they started having them around 3 years ago and farmers are telling us that they get around 3 times more strawberries using this technique rather than just keeping them in the ground and there's less grist of disease because they're protected by the greenhouse and also for from the ground this hanging method also maximizes the use of space and it's also pretty while

we're filming a group of visitors arrive but i have not heard that silvio are the sort of weird you are i think sufism vigil and i will upload them to social media i did not know that we have these forums they're fantastic and i don't think many people know about it i think we should publicize this and increase awareness of the good things we have. but the restrictions of the blockade are felt in every layer of this farming process and there is the never ending cycle of escalation between israel and the various armed groups here. the darkest period in our lives after 2006 the siege is really tough and it's meant all our movements it affects every part of our lives and off fortunately things are getting worse you simply cannot predict today what will happen tomorrow. perhaps a small response is the reliable cycle of nature the changing seasons and the harvest they bring and if you managed to drown out the constant buzzing of the

israeli drone in the sky you could just about imagine a very different reality stephanie decker al-jazeera and distribute fields of beit lahia northern gaza. abuts wanna have auctioned off the rights to kill elephants for the 1st time since a hunting ban was lifted last year 7 months and parents were up for auction each includes the rights to hunt 10 animals but botswana recently issued a quarter to kill nearly $300.00 over the next year in a bid to control numbers but swan a has the largest elephant population in the world the government says commercial hunting will bring an income conservation say it could encourage coaching lots more still to come here on the news hour including the tricky conditions at a world cup event in france far as up next but all the details.

the latest news as it breaks. ranks it has just been established. to the end of the french fishing there it was just begun with details company doing studies that show that around 30 percent of people in conflicts are likely to suffer from some form of mental illness from around the world the government here has said only essential workers will return to the others not for another week at least. the exclusive undercover report that captured a peaceful protest through to sleep put down by the military they seem to be testing the ministry the standing over there with their guns ready this seems as if the start of the crackdown is now beginning. i think. i. know really only so much 10 years on what has changed rewind inside me in ma the crackdown on al-jazeera.

the or. sorry for this for now here's our hala thanks so much we're just minutes away from the launch of a new american football league set to rival the n.f.l. in the united states the accept fell relaunches 2 decades on from myths and failure . but new locally it features 8 teams and is being backed by a billionaire wrestling promoter vic's vince mcmahon rules have been tweaked to encourage faster higher scoring games the original accept fell folded after just

one season and 2001. success for us will not be measured in the 1st game the 1st weekend or even the 1st season we're taking a long term view and we understand what we have to earn our stripes the fans so there are no hard and fast metrics for the 1st season and we're simply looking forward to game going by introducing our form of football to the world if you love football you're going to love the x f l it will be familiar football in 100 yard field moving the ball down the field for downs at a time that people are accustomed to but we have some real innovations that we think make the game faster uptempo and safer for our players us sports broadcaster michael carlson believes the league faces a huge commercial and sporting challenge. my gut feeling right now is that it's probably going to be a miss in the long term and the question will be how long how deep the pockets are in able to in order to sustain the league the problem the excess faces is

a lack of stars to attract an audience it's going to be perceived as as a as a lower level of the game and what they're trying to do is to make up for that by making it a more attractive game that could work and it could have an influence on the n.f.l. to sort of look at their rule changes and and maybe and maybe take them on board but the n.f.l. right now is such a. big and dominant business with the 1st call on players that unless they want to start spending money to track star players i think it's probably going to be something like a minor league there is a big appetite for actual football in america the question is whether that appetite will be a swatch to buy buy a springtime league with players who are not quite up to n.f.l. standards atalanta came from behind to win italy's top division on saturday as they look to qualify for next season's champions league the northern italian side were

down one nil against fiorentina before defense ababa equalized on 49 minutes. got the winner with less than 20 minutes remaining his goal sailing it $21.00 the result leaves atalanta 4th in syria 3 points ahead of roma the top 4 of the chant qualified for the champions league. box on star player bobby was one of 2 batsmen to record centuries on saturdays the home side took control of the 1st test against bangladesh shaun michoud was the 1st to reach 3 figures the opener scoring 100 for his 3rd test century then racked up his 5th time in the longer format the ended day 2 on 143 not out with pakistan on 342 for 3 italy bangladesh by a 109 runs in the 1st innings i don't think in international cricket specially in test cricket there's an easy opposition also that we've never played this i had never played this bangladeshi said before and they had some decent cmos and they're

a very good spin and who ended up getting me out ireland beat defending champions wales in rugby s 6 nations championship earlier in dublin the home side ran in 4 tries to win 2414 handed wales their 1st 6 nations defeat in 9 matches wales will seek to get their campaign back on track when they host france in cardiff on february 22nd. well the star power of roger federer and rafael help set a new attendance record for a tennis match the charity event took place in south africa most 52000 people came out to watch 2 of the games all time greats of the cape town stadium built for the 2010 football world cup just this is so much more than just tennis. and i really hope we can do it again oh prophet could do it again one day come back to this beautiful country i'm so proud to have roots starting here. and thank you very much for coming everybody really is so so special spain of beaten japan to

book their place in thomas' fed cup finals carlos whereas navajos defeated crimean r.-o. in straight sets 6163 to complete a 3 nothing victory spain are looking to win the top of then to in women's tennis for a 6th time the new york fed cup finals will be held in budapest in april. really good much for us what's really important when do. we have to go to being in the band we find it kind of thank you. to hold me i mean i'm very happy. the president of france is ice sports federation has resigned amid a sexual abuse investigation did he a gay has stepped down after 4 athletes claimed they'd been abused by former coaches had employed a coach who'd been the subject of 2 misconduct inquiries and had been found guilty

of committing serious acts against young skaters. now we're all caps key event in france us several of the pre-race favorites crash out of those involved alexey pinero he was 4th fastest after the 1st like the failed to finish the final run while italy stephano gross who was 3rd fastest in his 1st run crashed out of the 2nd a total of 9 skiers flounder during the race gave a chance for clemente well to finish top clinching his 3rd world cup flawless of the year the 6th of his career. ok and that is all your sport for now back to you thank you so much farwell much more available of course on our website the address as that al-jazeera finds all the latest on the coronavirus and the other stories we've been covering but for night that's it for me hunch over to marion and the team in london.

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investigating the use and abuse across the. sierra. at least 20 people are killed as a thai soldier goes on a gun rampage police have surrounded the shopping mall where he is still believed to be inside. hello i'm maryam namazie in london you're watching al-jazeera also coming up on the program a team of global health experts is assembled to investigate the corona virus outbreak in china as the number of deaths edges towards the total killed by saddam's. push for aid led turkey sends in a huge column of reinforcements a syrian government forces take more ground.