their new environment women make science coming soon on al-jazeera. the area. 0. hello i'm maryam namazie you're watching the news hour live from london coming up. at least 20 people are killed as a thai soldier goes on a gun rampage police have surrounded the shopping mall where he is believed to be inside. a team of global health experts assembled to investigate the coronavirus outbreak in china as the number of deaths edges towards the total killed by saws. the push for it live turkey is sending in a huge column of reinforcements the syrian government forces take more ground

raising fears of a confrontation and voting still on the way in ireland but will the prime minister lose out as 3 forces enter the election in a dead heat. and sport less than a week after the super bowl of rival football league is underway in the united states the x. alan made its return nearly 2 decades on from 14 after its 1st season. all we can continue our coverage of a developing story from thailand security forces that have stormed a shopping center after a mass shooting which left at least 20 people dead more than 30 have been wounded after a soldier went on a gun rampage in the city of korra at the army sergeant then took people hostage in

a shopping mall in the city center he is still thought to be inside but it's not known if there are more people in there trapped with him suspects when the 1st opening fire in a house and an army base or wayne has been following the story from bangkok and have been some developments with automatic gunfire being heard and then 2 people who were injured then being brought out of the mall so it still appears to be a developing situation inside. yes quite unbelievable really this has been a very long running situation and began with around 3 in the afternoon local time with that shooting on a military base just outside the city of corette and here we just gone 4 in the morning and it is still going on inside that shopping mall in the city itself it had been we had been through a period of relative calm and it seemed as if the situation may be coming to some

sort of end but within the last hour we certainly have seen a spike in activity inside the shopping mall and on the outside multiple rounds of gunfire have been heard again coming from inside the mall itself and as you mentioned many several people have come out of the mall including some more wounded so it seems as if there are still people inside there the police aren't saying exactly how many people may be it may be because they simply don't know and they're still trying to clear certain parts of the mall it seems as if they've isolated an area where he may be a particular floor they methodically the security forces went through this very large fairly new shopping mall clearing each area and each floor as they went before according to reports narrowing down the particular location where he may be more reports also coming out recently that tend to indicate that he tried to escape

within the last hour or so through a back entrance or a back exit in the shopping mall but he was confronted by security forces at that particular area there was a gunfight and he retreated back deeper into the shopping mall still very much seems to be under way again the police not saying how many people may be inside there but it seems the shooter certainly is still inside the shopping mall and of course fears of a number of casualties could rise because this is a soldier way talking about he is trying to use these weapons what is known about him. yes well i guess that that makes what would be a tricky situation that much trickier really because yes he is a serving member of the thai army presumably very well trained in using automatic weapons and it seems he does have automatic weapons on him so it's going to be very difficult for those military and police who are in there trying to get the situation under control at this stage we still really don't know

a lot about this gunman we know that he's 32 years of age has the ranking of gent in the army it's not known if he was actually from one of the 2 military bases that even stated before going to the shopping mall as you went he did post several updates on social media videos also still images as well those of course have since been taken down on his facebook account has been removed as well we don't know the motive is far as we can tell he is not a member of any particular group that may have led to him carrying out this sort of attack the only clue so far that we have seen that i'm sure the investigators are looking at as we speak as he made some reference to corruption seemingly pointing towards the military so it seems as if this may have started out as some sort of personal grievance with that 1st killing on the 1st military base at around 3 in

the afternoon but of course it has grown into something much larger than that thank you very much wayne hay in bangkok and this is the scene that we've been watching live from car at the latest so far is that at least 20 people are dead or injured police and security forces have surrounded install on that shopping mall where the gunman is still thought to be inside but of course the fare is that the number of casualties could rise as police try to secure that building evacuate any remaining hostages or civilians and of course to capture that gunman will stay across the situation is still ongoing. of course our other top story this hour has been the corona virus outbreak while health organization is sending an expert team to china next week to help beijing cope with the outbreak more than 720 people have been killed by the virus on the chinese mainland while over 34 and a half 1000 people of so far it infected that with at least 288 cases in 24 other countries w.h.o.

says it's fighting not just the virus but also the spread of misinformation while the minus produced misinformation makes the job of our heroic cold workers even harder it's diverting the attention of decision makers and it causes confusion and spreads fear to the general public w.h.o. with not just monthly the virus we also battling the trolls say and conspired as he could aspire to see to it is just that push misinformation and undermine the outbreak response elsewhere hong kong assaulted it to a mandatory quarantine for all arrivals from mainland china and then in japan thousands of cruise ship passengers remain in quarantine their doctors in the ports of yokohama have confirmed 64 cases on board the treating you has the latest now 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 port that's after more than 60 tested positive for corona virus we are all instructed in our own cabin. you know that people from the insurer. and allowed up there on they may have had a chance to interact although they've been instructed me to report from each other so it's hard to read. 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 only 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 moving over fears of coronavirus. chinese restaurants and businesses have reportedly been down has increased its alert level after new cases of corona virus not linked to previous infections or travel to china bought it. people are rushing to supermarkets to stock up on food and essential goods and around the world more people are buying mosques and what's called personal protective equipment or people pushing up prices in creating shortages the u.n. agency says more than 80 percent of coronavirus cases globally reported can be

considered mild and is calling the nations to work together to fight the outbreak in han 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 spent in fighting the epidemic. but there is growing criticism over the chinese government's handling of the crisis social media is flooded with complaints and attempts by police and other government officials to nischelle the 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 part katrina you al-jazeera dating and as the number of confirmed cases of the virus has risen in hong kong the government says there is a shortage of masks and is appealing for the public to donate them to people in need while you look around the loading for your house our food your government

stock of masks is not adequate just about $12000000.00 including the $3000000.00 masks that have already been delivered given the current rate of usage it's only enough to last a month for all government departments so our stock must 1st be given to the health care workers and port health division as well as other frontline staff and those who are involved in quarantine services. now to libya peace talks between representatives of the country's un recognized government and general khalifa haftar have ended without any agreement senior officers from the warring sides met united nations in geneva to hold talks in an attempt to ease the hostilities but despite there being some initial signs of progress including on a permanent cease fire neither side could come to a final settlement the next round of negotiations will be held in just over a week earlier at the african union summit in ethiopia the u.n. secretary general antonio terrorists crist criticized other countries for interfering in the libyan conflict your god example with goes 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 they're engaged with to promote certain conflicts increases the potential for action by terrorist groups. or to a deal he does in geneva for us where she says there are divisions over the future of various armed groups operating in libya and whether have to us forces would withdraw. an internationally recognized government in tripoli has been calling for the troops of have to pull back to 3 april 2019 position that means all the way back. pulling out of south of tripoli pulling out of sirte that is something the general have to has been the former general rather

has been. saying no to and continue to say no to we don't know much about how did what was going on during those meetings simply because they kept it secretive a point did read to reporters see any of these delegations coming in and out of the u.n. building behind us but we do know that there were some points where they didn't see eye to eye and the 2 main ones being what to do with the few diffusion of these armed groups and pulling the debris out of the clear libyan national army that needs to go back to the east now. that was issued at the end of this round to 2 parties agreed that thousands of this place people need to go back to their homes but they also did not agree on ways to bring back some normalcy to those areas that had been evacuated by civilians. u.s. and afghan forces have come under attack in eastern afghanistan soldiers were

taking part in a joint operation province when they were engaged by direct fire the pentagon hasn't commented on any casualties but says it is investigating whether it was an insider attack by people in afghan uniforms. well now turkey has sent hundreds of military vehicles into syria's northwestern edler province in a stretton to attack if syrian government forces don't pull back it comes as officials from turkey and russian that to discuss the fighting in syria's lost rebel stronghold though both countries do support opposing sides in the war this week syrian regime forces supported by russia took control of a strategic town close to ed lips capital the town of sarich it gives the government forces access to 2 major highways the m 4 and m 5 that could open a direct route to rebel positions on the western outskirts of aleppo and into the city of the advance of government forces and capture of sark have now means for new turkish observation posts around sarika are surrounded. is following the story for

us from istanbul and says that turkey is losing patience with russia and its syrian allies the turkish government has been frustrated over way describe lack of corporation from the russian government says that. russia has not been able to raid the president of. his troops who have taken over south africa and seem to be determined to go forward towards the city of live this meeting is more about the need to see where. the russians will be able to convince. syrian troops to back away from server and meant to the turkish military outposts that were operating a road side are also on the outskirts of live that's very crucial for tokyo this explains why they have been so the more reinforcement. however if you look at the situation on the ground you have the syrian army sending more troops all the way

towards said arco and we could potentially move towards must former tend to move ahead to words to words. and this explains why the turkish army is setting up new outposts in those areas and the turkish military has said its troops that are equipped enough and where the to retaliate of the syrian government decided to go ahead. a coming up on this news hour from london we will have more on the plight of people displaced from syria as a cold winter weather bites refugees living in desperate conditions in lebanon also voting ends in a crucial indian state election which is being seen as a referendum on the government's nationalistic genda and then a bit later in sport pakistan's star player shows just why he's become one of cricket's most batsman.

millions of people have voted in india's capital new delhi and a key regional election is being seen as a test for the national government after weeks of often violent protests against a new citizenship law which excludes muslims some of the largest demonstrations were in the capital itself from what elizabeth purana now reports. determined to have this same millions of 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 we need to shift. from religion from community. from. for that matter i'm. talking about an. issue. if

you are to be prime minister that in the audience has bought the a b j p have campaigned to end weeks of widespread protests against the citizenship including and the 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 protesters have disrupting everyday life here every year. and risk you know we want peace you want to. be done if there is entirely peace in your city in your country. the 2 time chief minister arvind kejriwal from the common man party focussed 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 about 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. delhi. protest and the protests in different parts of the country would be approved so what we are stating 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 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. well joining me now in the studio is an appointment on who is a visiting lecturer and doctoral research and politics at the center of democracy at the university of westminster so we've certainly seen victorious on a national level but he's struggled to translate that into gains in local state

elections and as we're hearing in the report j.p.s. not been in power in new delhi since 1908 is he likely to struggle in this photo as well oh it definitely seems like the case because the exit polls are almost out and it seems like the aam aadmi party which is the ruling party right now and then he will be coming back again to power the exit. exit polls right now are predicting 57 to 62 seats for them and the g.o.p. has gained more seeds from last election so there is reason to think about that or analyze that however it's only been 10 seats that they seem to have gained more than that seems to have a victory and it would come back to paul is this likely to have any impact on modi's policies or east in the sort of for all steel with which he pursues legislation like the citizenship amendment act yes so i think in this election campaign more the b.g.p. party has played

a very very divisive and communal electoral campaign which was completely based on even labeling the chief minister of the national capital as a terrorist and kind of margin trying to marginalize them however the public does not seem to have fallen for it and they have voted for a drink if you will at the same time i have to point out that. kind of changed the discourse on development and on education by focusing on these things out there than focusing on the religious aspect of it at the same time he did try to appeal appease his hindu were debunked by going to temples or reading out religious text on camera but the me the party this is the common man's party it translates as it is and these are the this is the incumbent the party that has been in charge in assembly in new delhi now. the they are likely to come back into power in the state assembly and they've done well presumably because people care about things like i don't understand you getting an education yeah in the state of the roads and and

that there's definitely been a major progress in development we have seen schools. provide quality level education to people all over the all over the city and we have had this concept of more hollow clinics which are basically local health based in neutral every society come up and people are seeing the work that was done so the. the campaign idea was . the politics is based on work and not on things like the legion and you know dividing people i think that has played a major role in this politics in telling people toward forded and has openly campaign against the citizenship amendment bill in by lament and opposed it and bordered against it and that's important because we've seen some of them more robust protests in new delhi against that definitely recent protests now going on as well and protest have also been victimized by the ruling party and there are people toward again stayed on these projects as but and so then how much of

a setback is it likely to be funner under modi if his party continues to see this shrinking presence on a state level i think this would be ready important but at the same time we have to remember that there is only one bod of very wide country but also a lot of previous state elect exactly we're seeing losses in those states so it does seem like the g.o.p. is suffering laws even in the state elections and but we do have a long time with them at the center so we have to wait and see how these long years and also it's i think very easy to community on the on the aspects of focussed on and on different religious policies so we read to see how that turns out for b. to be on a pony a man on thank you very much from the university of westminster thank you. now that is an election in ireland as well voters that have less than our cost that ballot in a general election that could see the biggest change in irish politics for generations

the prime minister or a t. shirt is facing a major struggle to hold on to power and as paul brennan now reports from the capital dublin it also appears of 1st force could be in matching 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 fianna gael party who nonetheless put on a brave face as he cast his vote his main challenger me haul martin of pheno 4 will also try to look relaxed as his polling 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 for me 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 in how ireland shapes a teacher i voted for the turns as to. so i don't really want to go independent but basically just some kind of alternative to the status quo how would pray to him pave the way he behaved chin fane 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 chase very important states and a state that the people are in charge and every single post was people have told the straight this 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 from the west bringing gusts of 120 kilometers an hour slap bang in the middle of polling day a major rugby international guard so scarce that it gave no it was

a perilous morning i got a few jobs on and i got up there about 9 o'clock this morning and have you voted already i know you're mad that game is more important vote and i'm sorry i can't believe that it is really. but it's a part we've often 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. but 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 paul joins us live now and paul it's been a busy day hasn't it polls close in half an hour but you've got a great deal going on with a storm the rugby and of course the election yes as you saw in the package the package reports i mean the polling station that we were going to

broadcast outside of is about 70 meters behind me and up to the right but we've come into this pedestrian ised alleyway here because it is blowing very hard indeed keera it's called blowing across. during the course of the seating and any late polling voters are going to have difficulty getting to the polling stations it doesn't appear to have affected turnout just yes indications are that to be quite a high turnout in this at the high end of the sixty's 60 percent mark but politically it's not just the garden furniture that's going to get a battering tonight looks like uniform and finagle the 2 dominant establishment parties are going to really feel the brunt of the dissatisfaction that voters have felt going into this election to discuss some of the issues i'm joined by lisa keen and dr lisa keenan she's a political lecturer in political science from trinity college dublin. lisa tell me what what are we what are we witnessing here in relation to the shifting of

the seismic plates in irish politics so i think what we're really seeing is the continuation of a move away from being a gal and you know full time which we have already seen for quite a long time actually so if we go back to say 2002 general election we saw that combined the vote total for those 2 parties they received about 67 percent just over 65 percent if we phosphor to 2016 what we see is that they get just below 50 percent of the combined vote with those 2 political parties and actually in 2016 what we saw was about a 3rd of people who cost their votes for independence or for the smaller little parties so while the surgeon support her shin pain is i think surprising certainly the extent of it is it's not particularly shocking i think we can see it as more of a continuation of this trend and i think the figures that i saw if you go back to 8982 those 2 main parties had about 85 percent of the votes and if the polls are believed going into this election they could have as low as 43 percent of

everything collapsed in the in the general appeal at the same time you've got folks is crying out for change every single voter that we've spoken to regardless of the policy that they're going to vote for has said the reason why the voting the way they are is for change how is that going to translate do you think in support for the smaller policies in particular fish in fact well and certainly the problem which in pain from their perspective is they're not necessary running up candidates to actually become the largest party they're only running $42.00 candidates i would means that they are handicapped in terms of whether they'd actually be able to form a government and in a poll is still like he's the largest party although and we can still expect that in terms of the support that they received certainly look at the exit poll that it won't necessarily be high and finagle is looking at losing around 15 of its existing seats at the moment and there are some more sort of optimistic predictions about that one but i think certainly somewhere in the ballpark of 15 times about right and looking big picture here i want to. this is going to make if the results pan out the way that you think they are to all of this place internationally in the

european union will it affect foreign policy what top you appear on neighbors going to be thinking about when they see the results coming out the way they see what's certain has been a lot of international interest certain from the foreign media about the election a lot of concern about champagne shall we say a lot of interest and but realistically finagle is still likely to be the largest party seeking a fall is and going to fall therefore is likely to take the lead in terms of forming a government what will be interesting to see is how the smaller parties do the parties that is likely to go into coalition with so if for example the greens do as well as we're expecting they could get as many as 13 seats there are some predictions that are sitting around 9 seats but that's still substantial and off in terms of contribution to a coalition and similarly if we look at say for example a solidarity of people for profit they're not likely to actually form a coalition with beautiful working again so if they do well then back in kind of

complicated amounts of it. basically and it is going to stay with us during the course of the evening we've got an exit poll that comes out $2200.00 g.m.t. that's really going to. cut through the cuts amongst the pigeons as far as the results goes but the results themselves because of the single transferable votes take an age to council they don't actually start counting until 9 am on sunday morning the count could go on until monday morning it's so complicated so the tension the excitement that we're feeling here tonight it's going to take a little while for that to actually be realised in in a result for much like a well i'm check in with you off to 10 o'clock when the polls closed thanks very much paul brennan and upland. so i had only. i was cold this continent has lost its hottest temperature on record holders. 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. in sports atlanta faced

a real test in florence as the race to qualify for next season's champions league is out. when it was minus 18 moscow but roughly that code has been pushed out of the way does not like it i know but it is because the active feature now is what's coming through the atlantic the increasingly windy storm bringing gusts of the great 230 kilometers round late on sunday nearly a month as the british isles northern france the low countries in scandinavia there was a show of davis in cold a bit further east some oscars at minus one on sunday and about 0 on monday it does rain the snows start falling now in turkey that is to forming in the caucasus but look at this that storm system will spread rain cloud some snow across most of the temperatures have not dropped fitting they've probably risen 15 degrees you'll

notice your honour's february woodridge is indeed not well well by degree maybe darkness we've got of europe into north african sings are still quite a we have got a considerable change in temperature with a northerly breeze through egypt you'll notice temperatures in the teens and in libya the middle teens not only slowly warms up and the wind is quite strong as it comes down through chad a nice that will bring up a little dust even a sandstorm the won't so still further west but not quite as extreme as it was doc i was not in the twenty's no longer in the thirty's. a conflict that is now considered to be the world's worst humanitarian crisis you know how many would not all have to die behind this horrible stalker he starts his own or really for sale an investigation into how billions of euros are made from

supplying arms to saudi arabia a leader of the coalition fighting a war in the south the case is interesting to watch his remarks on money involved yemen war profiteers on al-jazeera frank assessments the one good thing about these bush bars is that you really wipe them out the politics of climate change informed opinions the economy i think is actually what's keeping donald trump afloat right now critical debate sequel on those do schoolchildren know what the law is all 'd about this argument is astonishingly patronize their in-depth analysis of the day's headlines this is the beginning of a new iraq of a new conscious and aware youth about struggle against an ethnic sectarian kota inside story on al-jazeera. truth.

welcome back with the news hour a look at the headlines security forces in thailand have stormed a shopping center after a mass shooting that left at least 20 people dead a soldier went on a gun rampage in the city of karachi and it is still ford inside the building. the world health organization is sending an expert team to china next week to help aging cope with the outbreak of the corona virus more than 720 people have been killed on the chinese mainland and turkey has sent hundreds of military vehicles into syria's more western province and has threatened to attack if syrian government forces don't go back. on the stories we're covering the cold winter weather. conditions for syrians living in a refugee camp in lebanon's bekaa valley the ongoing economic crisis in the country is also having a serious impact on the support that can be offered by humanitarian programs the

shortage of funding means fear families are receiving help this year the new lebanese government has made it clear that the syrians should return to their country. is the camp and says people there are desperate. they're all about probably 300 people living in this refugee camp it's one of many in back of ali. a few of them they said that the conditions are so harshly would prefer to die now these are people who have left the war in syria some of them in a been here for years and the conditions are getting harder and harder each year funding has been cut for. an economic crisis is made life so much harder and they've also received a lot of hostility from the lebanese government as well as some people who feel that they have put an extra strain on the economic crisis where the lebanese themselves are suffering from so there's about a quite close to a 1000000 syrian refugees here is a large number and 3 quarters of those syrian refugees live under below the poverty

line the shortage of dollars as well has affected some of the money that they've received through cash aid from you know you see also the conditions have been very tough here and the lebanese government just a couple of days ago in their policy statement have made it clear that a lot of them have to return back home they believe safe for them now but it's ice and snow antarctica is famed for being the coldest and most and hospitable place in the world but it looks as if the continent has set a new heat called reading of $18.00 degrees celsius was taken at an argentine research base and it's nearly a full degree warmer than the previous record the base sits on the antarctic peninsula which juts upwards towards south america it's warm significantly over the past 50 years much faster than the global average causing its western classes to shrink by 87 percent the record will still need to be verified by the world

meteorological organization. it's among the fastest winning regions of the planet we hear a lot about the arctic but you know this particular part of the antarctic can influence is woman fairy quickly over the past 50 years it's almost 3 degrees celsius the amount of ice lost annually from the antarctic ice sheet increased at least 6 fold between 10792070 now environmental agencies are warning that the rate of deforestation of brazil's amazon rainforest has doubled basin covers some 40 percent of the whole continent and nearly 2 thirds of it is in brazil described as the lungs of the earth the rain forest is a vital carbon store slowing down global warming but since president garbles an arrow took office last year deforestation has soared at its peak last august massive fires were affecting more than 10000 square miles of land and this year

alone more than 280 square kilometers of forest have been cleared that's an increase of 108 percent on january last year and marks a record for the month since data started being collected in 2016 but destruction at this time of year tends to slow down as the rainy season makes access more difficult carlos no brain is a climate scientist and research university joins me now from san jose does campus i suppose that's the thing that's really worrying people and causing a great deal of concern that the deforestation has doubled at a time of year when it typically tends to slow down. yes this is very troubling part to quote because we had in 2019 almost 100 percent or more almost double the forestation per to 2018 and at the peak of the rainy season which is very difficult really to get to the forest and to cut down the trees

deforestation rates in january still continue to go up if they were in november december of 200-1000 swords very warring to see the turn of baited trant of high the forestation in brazil and amazon do we have accurate figures is the level of deforestation or is there a possibility that the situation could be worse in the data suggests the situation can be worse than that they to suggest that because the deforestation analysis is based on satellite data. january february are the rainy season months therefore there is a lot of cover by clouds glock cover is very high therefore it as soon as the rainy season and by june july we are going really to see unfolding probably much

higher deforestation rates tell us more we describe the amazon as being the lungs of the world in terms of the destruction of these forests are just looking at some of the images now from a couple of months ago in terms of the destruction is there a point of no return where the consequences will be die and irreversible. yes there are a number of scientific studies including from my own research group that indicated the reason tipping point that there is a point of no return for instance if the poorest isham across the basie this is 6200000 square kilometers of forest if that before a solution exceeds 2 in or 2 in 5 percent of the whole b.z. we are going to exceed these tipping point in $5060.00 up to 70 percent of

the whole forest we will turn into a drought severna we are at 17 percent of total you forestation so you're very close to the tipping point and it is this is not only a theoretical calculation we are seeing those things unfold the observations so we're at 17 percent right now the tipping point you describe is at 25 percent given the level of deforestation we've seen and that the quickening rate of it i mean how soon before we get to 25 percent. something between 20 and 30 years star and if we do not drive the forestation to 0 thank you very much for sharing your analysis with us we do appreciate it dr carlos number a climate scientists and researchers joining us from south from sao paolo does campus and has a to campus. now australia's southeast is continuing to be pounded by flooding and rain with that some areas so

by the heaviest rainfall in almost 20 years the number of rescue operations has more than doubled in new south wales since friday the state's bush high crisis which has ravaged the region for months could be eased because of the downpours the combination of fire and rain is part new problems now at devry from the fires being swept into rivers that supply drinking water. now it's strawberry harvest time for farmers in gaza with most of the berries heading to consumers in the occupied west bank but israel's blockade means getting them there while they're still fresh is a challenge stephanie decker port's 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 could learn well so when. we used to sell our product in israel when we were under israeli occupation but says 2006 what hamas 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 breezes the occupied west bank around an hour's drive from here before the philippine filmy 0 issue in filmy year israeli products 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 markets the client prefers freshly picked rather than mine loses 20 percent of quality along the steering it is somewhat out of. certain fertilizer is a banned 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 griscom 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 either so what are we doing i think sufism vigilance and i will upload them to social media i did not know that we have these problems 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 our 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. now some developments from washington u.s. president all trump has been defending his decision to fire 2 key witnesses in his impeachment inquiry u.s. envoy gordon sandland and left handed colonel alexander venom and testified against him at the trial in a series of tweets mr trump attacked the man's reputation saying i don't know him

never spoke to him or met him i don't believe but he was very insubordinate reported contents of my perfect calls incorrectly and was given a horrendous report by his superior who publicly stated that when men had problems with judgment at hearings the chain of command and leaking information will bring you more on that a bit later ever quit right now but much more coming up very shortly. a work of art made from organic and recycled materials goes on display on the ground in mexico. i mean sport there were tricky conditions out a world cup event in france far will be here with the details. capturing a moment in time. snapshots about the lives. of the stories. providing

a glimpse into someone else's work. lead. the. inspiring documentaries from impassioned filmmakers. and witness on al-jazeera around the world powerful entities are working to manipulate and influence us trolls and sports taking you just out rhythms that a teen developed and designed to push content that says click me every click we make you just saw. one and in the throes of a 5 part series are 3 years in mexico examining how propaganda and proper shape content. algorithm on the jersey. world.

in mexico city artists have been joined by hundreds of volunteers to create a temporary masterpiece what could be a record breaking piece of street out that tradition of decorating the ground with colorful exhibits started in europe but it's now an important part of the culture of mexico and central america. parts. corn husks dyed salts and pine needles are just some of the materials being used in this distinctly mexican piece of art. and the canvas for this potential masterpiece is mexico city's central plaza in socal right in the middle of the city's iconic historic district. it's taken more than $300.00 volunteers to design and execute this one of a kind that bit a monument or monumental matt this style of art has its origins in europe over the

centuries however it's become an iconic part of mexican culture on this saying you know everything we're doing revolves around the design which requires many different forms and textures everything is based on harmony love solidarity and peace we want people to come out and join us and learn more about this culture. the clock is ticking to finish the work before the weekend when tourists normally flood this part of town only to see it luckily there are volunteers like and don't use about them who have offered to lend a hand and don't use been creating that bit is like these for 25 years and says he's committed to having this one finished on time and. i took time off work to join this project this interests me and i like it i think everyone here really likes this and makes us feel proud to be able to share this tradition we have in mexico. the final design will feature. a hairless dog with strong ties to mysticism and mexican folklore. but getting all

the textures and colors to looked. right requires a surprising amount of attention to detail. the choice of materials is one of the most important aspects of designing a traditional debate in this instance we're using dyed corn with all of the materials or organic biodegradable and reusable. a few last minute touches and the final product is complete. a little fanfare to get the crowd excited and it's time for the. measuring some 3200 square meters organizers see this stuff at the moment could be the largest of its kind in the world. about. mexico city. far as and now the sport. marion thanks so much access a resurrected american football league that's meant to rival the n.f.l. has officially kicked off in the united states

a composition features 8 teams and traditional rules have been tweaked to encourage faster higher scoring games it's a reboot of the league which is backed by billionaire pro wrestler promoter vince mcmahon they were originally accept all folded in 2001 after just one season 1st game saw the seattle dragons face the d.c. defender. u.s. 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 fell 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 maybe and maybe take them on board but the n.f.l. right now is is such a. big and dominant business with the 1st call on players that unless they want to start spending money to attract star players i think it's probably going to be something like a minor league and there is a big appetite for actual football in america the question is whether that appetite will be a swashed by by a springtime league with players who are not quite up to n.f.l. standards. football down there has been a huge upset in syria league leaders eventis were stunned to one by verona also on saturday atalanta came from behind to win as they look to qualify for next season's champions league the northern italian side were down one millions before until now before do than supply equalised on 49 minutes. got the winner with less than

20 minutes remaining his goal sealing it to one the result leaves adolescents of 4th in syria 3 points ahead of roma a top 4 qualify for the champions league. star player was one of 2 batsmen to record centuries on saturday as the home side took control of the 1st cricket test against bangladesh masood was the 1st to reach 3 figures the openers for 100 for his 3rd test century bob van rock his 5th ton in the longer format he ended the day 2 on 143 not 0 with 342 for 3 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 then a very good spin and who ended up getting me out arlin be defending champions wales

in rugby 6 nations championship earlier in dublin the home side ran in 4 tries to win it 2414 handing wales their 1st 6 nations defeat in 9 matches wells will seek to get their campaign back on track when they host france in cardiff on february 22nd. all the star power of roger federer and rafa nadal helped set a new attendance record for a tennis match a charity event took place in south africa almost $52000.00 people came out to watch 2 of the games all time great at the cape town stadium which was built for the 2010 football world cup. this is so much more than just tennis. i really hope we can do it again oh prophet can do it again one day come back to this beautiful country and so proud to have roots down here. and thank you very much for coming everybody really is so so special. greywater with his foundation

1000000 in india in south africa and all around i think the most in the good value as a helping kids that really needs and that's the only thing that really much there's no drive to try to get by as much as we can do we have been a very lucky person so just things everybody for supporting them for making this thing special. spain have been in japan to book their place in thomas' fed cup finals carlos whereas navarone defeated crewmen are in straight sets 6163 to complete a 3 nothing victory spain are looking to win the top team event in women's tennis for a 6 time a new look spread cup finals will be held in budapest in april. the president of france's ice sports federation has resigned amid a sexual abuse investigation diddy a gay gay has stepped down after 4 athletes claimed they'd been would be used by former coaches gay a gay 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 a world cup skier vet and france saw several of the previous favorites crash out of those involved alexis pineau role he was 4th fastest up to the 1st leg but failed to finish the final run well italy's to follow gros who was 3rd fastest in the 1st month clash 7 the 2nd a total of 9 skiers flounder joining the race it gave the chance for noel to finish top clinching his 3rd world cup slalom of the year the 6 of his career. ok and that is all your sport for now it's now back to mary and london got me far thank you very much we're going to bring you much more on the everything in just a couple of minutes including the unfolding situation in thailand where security forces have surrounded a shopping mall where a gunman is still inside. every

attack in europe creates fear and division amongst its citizens west henri's of loss go on told. a sweeping association of islam with violence leaves european muslims facing the stock reality of being ostracized by the very communities in which they live love and moon the tragic loss of life twice evict and on al-jazeera. if you were looking at this from the outside you would really wonder what was what is this. is

a religion that they have an in-depth exploration of global capitalism and our obsession with economic growth this is still the center of capitalism there is no limit. as the capital we are trying to. realistic in the world we would rather have a fantasy growing on al-jazeera. the country's civil war when most people started returning home from refugee camps. and killed during a demonstration in 2017. right here in the middle of the street as a sign of resistance to the mining companies and government. displacement between the communities the mining companies and the government has now escalated to west africa's regional court the community has taken its case before. because they say the people are using the justice system.

at least $23.00 people now killed as a thai soldier goes on a gun rampage police have surrounded the shopping mall where he is believed to still be in. london you're watching al-jazeera coming up on the program a team of global health experts is assembled to investigate the corona virus outbreak in china as a number of deaths edges towards the total was. pushed. into a huge column of reinforcements as syrian government forces take more ground.