this is al jazeera. and i'm rob matheson and this is the news hour live from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes the world health organization sends a team to china etc investigate the corona virus outbreak as beijing puts billions into battling the illness. a new force in irish politics left wing nationalist party shin fein is in a powerful position after the general election. it's. a good thing. to rancho rain and high winds wreak havoc in england and northern

europe and it's not over yet. don because call the stars come out for an academy awards that's been criticized for lacking diversity. a team of experts from the world health organization and the is on its way to china to investigate the corona virus outbreak in beijing has announced and is going to plow $10000000000.00 into fighting the illness which has now killed more people than a similar responder to a virus 17 years ago 813 people have died since the outbreak started in december severe acute respiratory syndrome or sars killed 774 people between 20022003 now in both cases most of the deaths but in china so far the new virus is more infectious more than 37000. and have fallen only about

$8000.00 contract and sars but it's was deadly killing one in 10 patients the new virus fatality rate is about 3 percent not mean while in hong kong thousands of passengers and crew on board a cruise ship have been cleared to disembark they've been quarantined since wednesday katrina you reports from beijing. more than 6000 medical workers are being sent 200 from all over china they'll help overworked and understaffed teams struggling to cope with the coronavirus crisis the number of deaths from the outbreak has now surpassed those killed by sauce in 2003 a lack of resources his post some doctors to turn patients away was a hold of you as a senior doctor i felt terrible when i look into their eyes but i have to control myself to continue this fight against the epidemic chinese factories have in order to boost production of desperately needed medical supplies the government says it's allocating $10000000000.00 to fight be honest but criticism over its handling of

the crisis is growing a group of academics has signed a letter demanding more freedom of speech and condemning the treatment of whistleblower dr li when leon who died from the virus this week. citizen journalist . was forced into quarantine after posting videos of overcrowded hospitals and behind the world health organization says the number of people with the virus appears to be stabilizing but it's still too early to know whether the outbreak has reached its peak the un agency is sending a team to china to observe its response to the virus as are minded global health authorities to remain vigilant experts in hong kong say existing measures on enough to prevent the outbreak spreading in the territory dozens of people that have been infected i think for hong kong definitely it will be the beginning same as other parts of the well maybe 4 maina is in the middle of the crisis one of the epidemiologist contacted by professor gabe illinois. hong kong university medical

school he predicted the disease may go on and the peak in may or a pro some time in that before this summer so we hope we think that the disease may still lingering on film on this but while millions in china remain under lockdown it was good news at least for the passengers of this cruise ship docked in hong kong they feel now to leave office thinking. dr mohamed monier is a biologist and a lecturer in biomedicine a lancaster university in the u.k. he's joining us by skype thank you very much indeed for joining us on al-jazeera do you think that given that the medical authorities in certainly in in china have been criticized for not reacting quickly enough and not being transparent enough about the origins of this virus do you think that the w.h. toe team that is traveling there is going to get the kind of cooperation it needs. well one thing is very clear since the start 'd of this outbreak that the

information that we have been given in the international scientific community is unprecedented we have gained a lot of information that help us not only diminish here the vaccine development goals if we get a young revising other diagnostic out say however the number of cases that are being reported are definitely lower than what we can and these better predict from such an outbreak with a very health organization that we gave the news that in china i think would be really helpful to sort of understand the actual situation going on in on the ground and would certainly help to not only gather the information but also to streamline the be of communication with the international community let me ask you about the money that china is now pumping into to try to bottle this virus what do you think it's going to be spent on and is it going to be enough to to not only deal with the virus in terms of the future elements of it but also to try and stem it in the more

immediate term. you know what it meant it we talked about containment a whole lotta says there's always. an on the movement down as you can do spirit that many twenty's have already started their airlines have going into the china which have definitely a positive knock on effect on to be continued up the bottles but at the same time they are limited supply off the off the medical especially could mend and the finances because of the airline so any financial support required to survive fulfill all of those fish and seas are certainly helpful to facilitate the effort or the control of this infection and this is also really helpful because all the efforts that are required to contain the infection effectively may be costly and especially containing such a lord cool part in maine will want to know or only about area definitely the quantity sources so all these resources if they are being put in place at the

appropriate utilization i think this would have will attract them to the can get them out of the white house and we will see some effect and let you check as i mentioned before. making a lot of come of comparisons between this virus outbreak and of course the sars outbreak in 20022003 from your experience is that a legitimate comparison to make. and ignored really hopeful few reasons 40 for example when we talk about. bias back into the winter when building 3 it was a very short lived around a year well and it has a bite high fatality rate so whenever the body is that high patella good which means it killed more people than in any affected population the bias will stay relatively less time in controls to back him on this why this brought about as it has quite a high similarity that you know that make up a little of 80 percent similar bought this appear to be a little different than the saucepan why despite having asymptomatic transmission

by having a little mortality they each. relatively less compared to the source well what i mean activity is more this mean the virus has more potential to cross maybe between the population therefore the chances of its widest to sustain in the population has a lot more longer than what we have seen at the source so the longer duration and the persistence of the life is also mean that we are expecting that this what is we're adults some more feature and that make it more feature and more stronger in terms of transmission and also blocking disease so there are few elements the less similar to the source and this we want to put on the lightest but then there are other features that we haven't seen before that's why we call this one noon or alliance because a lot of beechnut features really good to give you good to get your views in this dr mohamed many are thank you very much indeed let me if we're in a major political shake up auburn's left wing parties sinn fein is expected to make an historic breakthrough in its general election counting is underway with polls

predicting a 3 way split with finn a gale and fianna fail who will fade people as the consent of the 2 main parties but as paul brennan reports from dublin it means forming a government could be tough. i can feign leader mary lou mcdonald was welcome to the dublin county like a hero the leftwing nationalists for a campaign of eye catching pledges on housing and pensions which caught the imagination of an electorate crying out for an alternative to the 2 biggest opposition parties fianna foil and fianna gael gets it takes a concession she says it makes a difference this case is now free to marry system it seems that people find a different type of office to keep separate confidence in us and i i say that with all humility written off by some as a party just for those with short memories shin fein confounded the conventional wisdom it was in the build up to the election people saying oh this is young people who don't remember the troubles in northern ireland and i think that we see that's

not the case it's only the much older voters who stick with uniformity to get past links to the republican paramilitary group the ira linger as evidenced by a group of jubilant chin fan supporters singing a rebel song at the count center in dublin. but the party has evolved i think one thing to tickle the great clever things one was gerry adams party pretty good on mary lou mcdonald is in no way associated with troubles in the north and dots you know $33.00 terms of marketing communication cuts were pretty well it's created an ideological headache for the establishment parties the current irish leader the t. shirt over of a phoenix jail except that the results mean talks with sinn fein are probably going to be necessary but agreeing a coalition not for us this machine is not an option but we are willing to talk to other parties and form your government one that can lead the country forward for

the next 5 years feel fully to me how martin looks most likely to become the country's next leader his local counting corkey to describe chin fein as incompatible for a coalition to teach a cliché in spain may prefer to buy the time. rather than be a minority partner in a coalition government with the outcome as close as it seems now the wrangling could last for weeks and such is the nature of irish politics with the ballot boxes being packed away now could be back out again in just a couple of months paul brennan al-jazeera. ruling parties claiming victory in a parliamentary election but the opposition says the polls a sham exit polls suggest president new azerbaijan party won a majority in the national assembly several parties boycotted the vote there accusing idea of persecuting political opponents and silencing the media the election is seen as strengthening his grip and accelerating reforms of the oil rich economy what kind of things underway in cameroons municipal and parliamentary

elections said the 1st in 7 years but the poll comes at a time of deep political divisions and security concerns it was boycotted by separatists from english speaking regions nicholas reports from the economic capital douala. too scared to vote this is home to more than 2000000 people in the heart of the english speaking of cameras as polling stations opened most people kept their doors closed outside heavy gunfire echoed in the distance i'm separatist don't want these elections to take place the government is trying to counter those calls. i ask all of my compatriots to do their duty and go out and vote contrary to what some of these little parties are asking you to do democracy is working in our country and we are moving forward. but separatist who want to break away from cameroon and form an independent english

speaking country they call and visit in the run up to the polls they attacked election officials rallying calls for a boycott of the vote from opposition leader mostly scam to he believes the vote is rigged in favor of the ruling party. mark my words these elections will not resolve any of our problems. 3000 people have died in fighting between armed groups and government forces forcing almost a 1000000 people to flee the violence so my fled to neighboring nigeria others are seeking refuge in the economic capital douala away from home they were unable to vote in these elections a low turnout for those calling for the boycott is a success but it will certainly give the majority of the votes to pull be as a party the more democratic. party that's been in power for the last 36 years and so the change that so many had hoped for from this election is unlikely to. see is an opposition m.p.

from douala he's hoping to get reelected saying the fight against the government should continue but by the ballot and not the bullet of the mayor some councils that will come out of this election for the 1st time we will have a little more policy and we will still have it's an important election even more so important because half of the country's at war and we need a strong representation to bring about peace. for the people living in the english speaking regions it's the armed groups and security forces not elected officials that are in charge of these regions ignored for so long have lost trust in what feels to them like a broken political system that cannot be fixed with elections alone nicholas hawke al-jazeera. plenty more ahead in the news hour including blast off goes bust and iranian rockets fall short of all bit find out why it could raise tensions with the u.s. . a city in thailand mourns after a soldier goes on a shooting rampage. in sports pakistan's teenage bowling sensation makes

history all the details coming up. in northwest syria government forces have taken control of more villages that are advancing in the southern part of aleppo province towards the rebels' last stronghold of it live reports from neighboring turkey. the moment the syrian army seize control of the hilltop village on the southern outskirts of aleppo will give the army the height advantage to monitor and shelled rebel positions the army has also recaptured other rebel held territory in northwestern aleppo that's seen as another major setback days after the rebels lost control of the city of. the government insists it's fine it will continue to defeat what he describes as

terrorist organizations syria's leaders in damascus also brushed aside warnings from turkey to halt its offensive or face bitter repercussions. over the past few days. forces have managed to make significant achievements the troops that were coming from eastern little met with the advance forces from southern aleppo and managed to regain control of the geographical area more than 600 square kilometers. as fighting shows no signs of abating civilians in rebel held territory fleeing their villages following the last numbers already skate most of the has is among thousands. they have nowhere to go. where 3 families i mean my brother both have 7 children we're looking for a house or a camp or something i really don't know what we're going to do. turkish soldiers

recently deployed in province have been asked to set up new outposts near and must allow turkey's minister defense hosea has warned of possible military intervention in the last remaining rebel held province turkey is giving syria's leaders until the end of this month to withdraw its military units from positions near turkey's observation post in. its. since turkey russia and iran agreed to establish a d.v.d. to rise. but tension between russia and turkey has increased following the deaths in italy of 8 turkish soldiers in a recent syrian army attack by deploying more troops into syria turkey is sending a clear message that it stands ready to retire early 8 if syrian government forces continue their offensive turkish leaders are determined to prevent the worst

scenario which to them is president bashar al assad's troops defeating the rebels and the millions of refugees trying to cross into turkey and join the many already here passionate about al-jazeera islam board egypt's military says at least 2 soldiers have been killed in an attack by rebels on a security facility it happened in the north sinai region sources on the ground have told al-jazeera that the number of soldiers killed in the attack is as high as 8 egypt has struggled to contain armed groups in north sinai since former president mohamed morsi was ousted by the military in 2013 a setback for iran's space program with a failed satellite to launch the rockets carrying this off our one communication satellite blasted off but it didn't reach the speed required to put its cargo successfully into orbit a launch could raise tension with the u.s. washington says tehran satellite program is a cover for ballistic missile development iran insists it's for peaceful purposes

said big has more from to iran. from what we know the satellite was launched on this rocket it went on for about 9 minutes but the spokesman for the defense ministry aerospace division a said that at the last stage the rocket didn't reach to quite speed and wasn't able to launch a satellite into orbit but iran says it was successful most of the gold in fact 90 percent of the gold so they're very much spinning this as a success even though they didn't achieve getting that satellite into orbit now this had been delayed we were expecting it was end of last week but it was delayed until today we expect to get this morning we've been watching it all day but the news finally came that they had launched but we were unsuccessful now this was a domestic satellite made inside iran i think and it is an imagery satellite so it was supposed to go up over it. and take pictures of iran specifically concentrating

on agriculture mines possible oil fields both also earthquakes to help iran deal with natural disasters but again it has not been successful the u.s. ambassador to israel says israel shouldn't an expired of the occupied west bank before the trumpet ministration completes the middle east peace proposal david friedman says no such move should be made without america's consent the plan maintains that israel keeps swathes of occupied territory between 167-2017 israel built more than 200 settlements considered illegal under international law in the west bank an estimated 620000 israelis live in them and about 215000 israelis are an enclave was built on palestinian neighborhoods in occupied east jerusalem when the time plan was unveiled last month israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu said he pushed ahead with an exemption plans within days but

he's no more vague about the timetable must have a barghouti is secretary general of the palestinian national initiative he says the u.s. ambassador has been a strong supporter of the annexation of the occupied west bank and has never entertained any of palestinians demands. friedman has been one of the most supportive people of land legal and excision of the west bank on date of january we remember how he advocated that israel has the right to annex big part of the 3rd it is of the west bank he said the same thing in an interview which was published by new york times at the same time and he has been an advocate of annexation but all he's saying is that there is a committee that consists of americans and israelis only that will map the process of an exhibition to give it an american legitimacy and he wants the israeli side to coordinate with the american side but he's practically promoting the annexation he

he promoted and held the annexation of east jerusalem the recognition of the annexation of the jews the land and the extreme rapid building of settlements and now he's promoting again annexation only he wants it to be called the needs of the united states and in other also he is helping his friend not to now because not an arrow is bombarded with criticism that he promised to start an exception and so he is giving an excuse to netanyahu in the election process that there is a need to delay the annexation but there is no doubt that he and tramps administration are supporting the annexation of no less than 50 percent of the west bank. a vigil is being held for victims of a shooting rampage in thailand a soldier opened fire at a military base in a shopping mall where he seems to hostages the army trained marksman killed 29 people and wounded dozens of others and caught the prime minister says the soldier's motive was a dispute over

a property deal wayne hay has more from the capital bangkok. in the final dramatic moments of this 18 hour siege the last remaining people inside the mall for brought to safety they had spent a terrifying night hiding or trapped inside the building where a gunman roamed shooting at people as he went at that stage early sunday morning the shooter was still inside the building evading capture by security forces but that around 9 o'clock they killed him and in the last burst of gunfire captured in this video say that. we have ended the perpetrators criminal acts at the moment we are gathering evidence and witness material to start an investigation to give justice to all sides this was the gunman 32 year old soldier told a trained sharpshooter with years of experience as he went on his killing spree he posted updates on facebook before entering the mall late on saturday afternoon he

could be seen spraying bullets towards people and passing cars as the siege dragged on into the night bursts of gunfire could be heard coming from inside the building hour after hour the situation became more tense and more desperate as the wounded were brought out under heavy protection. good god is that. i was scared i'd hear gunfire and i was wondering if he was going to come near me because it felt like it was so close to where we were hiding with confirmation that the ordeal was over thailand's prime minister visited some of the injured in hospital and he sought to shed some light on what may have motivated the killer but. it was a personal conflict over a house deal he had an issue with money and foot for $3.00 days nobody expected it to turn violent. that dispute may have been the reason for the initial murders of the commanding army officer and another person but it doesn't explain why he then traveled more than 20 kilometers to the center of town entered

a packed shopping mall and elevated his killing to another horrific level when hey al jazeera bangkok can force winds are lashing britain and parts of continental europe the storm kira said saying flood warnings have been issued for several areas thousands of homes are without power and hundreds of flights are being counseled go has more. sounding the sirens warning residents in this northern english town of the young coming flood. across the region storm kira lashed with hurricane force winds rain more than 100 kilometers per hour accompanied by torrential rain as police closed the roads people scramble to avoid the worst $149.00 flood warning alerts were issued. but for some residents the response was not enough to get approval to really been

closely because. it will keep moving over the early or go from the u.k. to the north continental european coast all shipping was suspended but it's not just sea transport that's been affected rail travel to this central london station forced to close because of overcrowding cancelled services and disruptions caused by the storm as well as air travel as across northern europe many flights were cancelled. the effects of kira will likely continue until choose day finding out of a central europe but less rain and more violent windy conditions across the continent sunny diagonal al-jazeera. still ahead on al-jazeera an invasion on a biblical scale billions of locusts swarming to more countries putting food supplies at risk. by chile's so-called mega drought has reached a critical phase. and

a special gold piles on even more misery for non-police action from a chinese top division coming out in the sport. hello again to welcome back to you in a national weather forecast well as we begin the week here across united states the flood threat is back up here across much of the southeast now as we ended last week we saw a lot of heavy rain across much of this area we have another system coming through starting here on monday bring a lot of heavy rain in areas that are already saturated so the flood watches and warnings are already up in this region expect to see some widespread flooding anywhere along this line from the carolinas all the way down here towards parts of texas atlanta it is going to be a rainy and a stormy day for you with the tempter there of about 18 degrees back towards the west though we are dealing with quite

a bit of snow here across arizona new mexico and texas and a lot cooler conditions as well in dallas you could be seeing those cooler temperatures as we go towards the beginning of the week coming down to about 10 degrees here on monday even colder as we go towards tuesday but rebounding by the time we get to wednesday to about 13 degrees there well across the caribbean fairly quiet for this time of year we're seeing one front pull away from the bahamas so better weather across much of the region some showers across central america from managua that means you with the temper there of 32 degrees san jose costa rica it is going to be a nice day with a temperature of 24 and then very quickly here across but as odd as it is going to be a better day with attempt a few of $25.00. from passion into transformative science that brings about change al-jazeera goes on a journey with 5 scientists who are determined to use scientific knowledge to say that. we have. we can monitor that.

the photos and behavior of. women make science coming soon on al-jazeera. the exclusive undercover report that captured a peaceful protest ruthlessly 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 to. think there's no. doubt over the almost oh maybe 10 years on what has changed rewind inside me in ma the crackdown on al-jazeera.

you're watching all to see out of the reminder of our top stories this hour the world hung coronavirus death toll has just been raised to $906.00 worldwide only 2 of the deaths are outside mainland china a team of experts from the world health organization is on its way to china to investigate the epidemic. an island that left wing nationalist party shin feigns expected to make a historic breakthrough in the general election vote counting is underway with polls predicting a 3 way split if in a gale and found a form. counting is also started in cameron's municipal and parliamentary elections the 1st in 7 years but they've come at a tense time many in english speaking areas chose to boycott the vote. some of the world's biggest names in the movies are arriving for hollywood's

biggest event of the year of the 92nd academy awards not the moment talk to us and filmmakers are walking the red carpet in los angeles ahead of the ceremony stephanie stanton's there for this night stephanie give us an indication of what the mood is like on the red carpet there. hi rob of the excitement is starting to build here you know it's kind of a rainy gray day here in los angeles but that certainly has not put a damper on what is happening here on the red carpet let's come to show you right now we are keeping our eyes peeled for a listers as they walk down this carpet and you know let's talk about some of the nominations because when you when you talk about the studios netflix led the pack with 24 nominations overall disney right behind it with 22 this year in terms of the movies the joker had the most nods with 11 followed by once upon a time in hollywood the irishman and 1917 with 10 each those are incredible numbers

when you think about for the studios that you know how streaming has really taken over and netflix has really become a huge player in all of this but you know as far as the awards go a lot of people are talking about the predictability of this year and how you know you're starting to see some of the same people like joaquin phoenix for example he has pretty much swept every award show up into this point for the joker he's nominated of course for best actor will he win again it's looking pretty likely you also have the best picture right now it's looking like 1917 is the front runner that film is being talked up immensely of course the stars of the 2 leads in the film are pretty much unknowns but it didn't stop this film from you know having a huge play around the world so that's something we're going to be looking at also rob keep your eye. eyes out for some of the remembrances of course we had kirk

douglas who recently passed away at the age of $103.00 and also there will be i'm told a very special remembrance for kobe bryant tonight so it is going to be on an interesting night once again this year they're going to go hope's less so they will not have a host here at the oscars but we're going to continue to watch the excitement here on the red carpet we are less than 2 hours away from the start of the show rob back to you stephanie thanks very much for well some of the shine of the economy's gold statues has come off in the face of on the on the year when the nominations have been criticized as not being diverse enough it's a reminder of 20152016 that's when the hash tag was so white was trending on twitter rob runnels reports from los angeles. i don't know if you know extraordinary this is were it not for cynthia air of those nomination for best actress in harriet the oscar acting nominations this year would have been white it's an embarrassing outcome for the academy of motion picture arts and sciences

which is tried for several years to expand and diversify its overwhelmingly white older male membership hollywood is trying to diversify but it's slower than it should be and that's part of the nature of the film business film the film is very cautious because in television they take a lot more chances with things and so and so you see a lot more diversity in television and the emmy awards and the the oscars are still on diapers actors of color who were left out this year include phina in the farewell jennifer lopez in hostler's lupita in young. eddie murphy in dolomite is my name. and so on kong hole in parasite. it's a sharp contrast to 2019 when out of the 4 acting award. only one went to

a white person hollywood also has a serious gender gap the nominees for best director are all male female directors passed over include gretta gerwig for little women and lulu waiting for the farewell in 90 plus years of oscars just one woman has ever won best director i think by women directors being hired for preacher films was about 6 percent 10 years ago and i think it's about 6.5 percent now so it's a i mean it's ended up but not much it becomes self-fulfilling prophecy because there haven't been any in the past there aren't many being hired today and you know again it's because i think the studios are very conservative and cautious financially cautious while the academy struggles with diversity the companies that make films in the way people watch them are changing rapidly streaming services are steadily taking the lead in hollywood's most prestigious event netflix says garner

$24.00 oscar nominations including 2 for best picture with marriage story and the irishman the stage is set for hollywood's biggest night but there will be fewer awards for an industry slow to embrace diversity rob reynolds al-jazeera los angeles. april ryan is an activist and a social commentator she's also the creator of that hash tag so white onto it as she's joining us by skype from baltimore in maryland we really appreciate your time thank you very much especially on this one i'm sure is a busy night for you in that package from rob there we heard jim gray the awards editor of a right he basically saying that one of the issues appears to be that the film industry is not prepared to take a financial risk on unknowns how much do you think of the diversity issue that we're seeing in the film industry with particularly with the awards is more down to not so much prejudice but actually down to the business element and the

unwillingness to take a business risk on unknowns many of which of course will be women and people from ethnic minorities in the u.s. and around the world. sure thanks for having me it's not a business risk and i think that that's a misnomer and the facts just don't bear out you know if we look at some of the most popular films in recent memory it's fast and furious bant franchise has an incredibly diverse cast black panther made over $1400000000.00 crazy rich agents captain marvel these are all films that did incredibly well at the box office and yet had keep looks color or women either in front or behind the camera or both so it's not you know the of the only money issue involved here it is then we as consumers and moviegoers who pay our hard earned dollars or euros to sit in dark could be years or to subscribe to streaming services need to rethink whether we're going to support an industry that no longer truly represents us and never

really did but can 29000 there seem to be a greater representation of diversity in the oscars if i remember there were 3 or 4 acting 3 out of the 4 acting categories were won by knowing quite actors that does not seem to be reflected in 2020 what's the difference. well the difference is that 2019 was one year out of 92 years and so i don't think that we can cherry pick one particular year you know it's i heard a lot of backlash to ask yourself right after moonlight won best picture few years ago that said oh well you know who like wine and that was a film that reflected one aspect of the black experience so clearly he ask your so why isn't an issue anymore that's kind of like saying throughout obama when the president is so not me no longer have issues of race or discrimination in this country we know that neither one of those are true so we truly need to look at the entire history of the academy now 92 years old and counting and look at the number

of people that have been nominated not just with respect to the race because oscar so white was never a binary black versus white that kind of me it's also sexual orientation it's also gender identity it's also visible disability and it's all people who have been traditionally marginalized from the entertainment community so yes we can point to people of color in one category in acting category but then we need to look at director we need to look at cinematographer we need to look at best animated short you know so it's not i don't i don't think it's helpful to pick one category and say well you know people of color did really well in that one trying to glory so you know what's the issue that i don't want to oversimplify what is clearly a very complex issue but what is the what is the fundamental problem that the industry seems to have when it comes to diversity in the areas that you've been talking about given the fight that it is essentially so results driven if somebody

is capable of doing the job and produces good movies and that's going to generate cash for the companies what's the problem. well the problem is who the gatekeepers are so be a try to me and me ask it is just like the golden globes and the back does and all the awards ceremonies are truly at the end of the line we need to talk about what's happening at the beginning who are the screenwriters who are getting the opportunities whose stories are being told and who are truly who is telling those stories those are the questions that we need to ask with respect to the a try to me specifically why they committed to doubling the number of people of color in dublin in the program and within their ranks by 2020 they fell short with respect to one of those marks and even after they hit one of the marks the academy is still 84 percent white and 68 percent male we also know that the attorney awards like many other award shows do not require their voting membership

to actually view the performances or the films before they vote and if that's the case then what we're really talking about here is a better rate institution that operates as a popularity contest among older white men well we really appreciate your joining us and al jazeera tonight april ryan thank you very much indeed for your time my pleasure well al jazeera is up for an oscar the film sent movie superman is nominated and a documentary category is the story of bruce franks jr an activist and battle rapper who runs the state office analysis of why you have 5 don't have to work that . it's not. about his name something else happened i. was going to want. my son need some my son to take

my son out of that i mean to. not feel like you know it is my time to stand that. and you can watch the newest superman in full on witness that said oh $930.00 g.m.t. on monday february 10th our u.s. viewers can watch witness edith and. the annual african union summit is underway in ethiopia during 2 days of talks leaders from $55.00 countries will focus on ways to end regional violence hoping to unlock the continent's economic potential the conflict in libya is high on the agenda as well as growing instability in the hell region mohammad vall has more from the summit in addis ababa he says there's been a lot of talk about global response to help end the conflict in libya. it's a series of issues quite a number of issues they are discussing here for today and tomorrow on top of that is libya of course since yesterday since that meeting yesterday afternoon by the by

the united by the african union security. council they have been talking given big statements about what should be done in libya about the need for africa to join african leaders to join the global effort to find peace in libya the secretary general of the united nations also spoke both yesterday and today about this particular subject saying the united nations is here to express a message of solidarity and support to whatever the africans want to bring to the table he says it's time for africa to join and he praised their peacekeeping efforts already deployed by africans in the sahara saying that the international community should give full support source efforts and advocating some of those missions to be conducted under chapter 7 so that they can have more efficiency with regards to the task at hand including combating terrorism and also for cement and

keeping of peace conflict and democratic republic of congo is also high on the discussion list for those leaders rebels have been attacking villages and towns in the east for months as catherine saw imports. another attack has happened in a village in the eastern democratic republic of congo. people in the town of bani are preparing once more to bury loved ones villages here say armed men to them with machetes and guns security forces blame the democratic forces a.d.f. a rebel group in the area with roots in uganda its fighters are accused of killing at least 5000 congolese in the last few years and more than 100 in the past week. they were dressed in the same uniform as they killed my husband in our kitchen when i 1st heard gunshots. but i met them and they told me to get back inside. many homes have been deserted people are too afraid to go back. there talks are

frequent and happening as a congo and one of the largest when peacekeeping missions in the walled. are carrying out an offensive against the rebel group those forces are now working with a local militia called my my to help defeat the a.t.f. the other group shows us the comp and equipment they say they've captured from an a.d.f. base deep in the forests. this is our country we will not allow a foreigner to rise our people will continue to fight. supporting them african leaders are discussing how armed violence can be stopped in africa and not just in this country there's a hell region has been infiltrated by groups. and al qaeda hundreds of people have been killed and millions displaced in the lake chad basin african forces are fighting inside then these conflict in the central african republic somalia south sudan and the least goes on impunity and lack of accountability for perpetrators of

new models violations in the context of conflicts and some of which actually rise to crimes under international law including walk crimes and crimes against humanity . this lack of impudence lack of accountability the impunity for perpetrators is part of the reasons why that is a cycle of violence across the continent in ethiopia many kilometers away from benny the heads of state are gathered for a conference labeled silencing began in 2020 and beyond it's an ambitious many believe. and what if anything it can achieve but like millions of others living in conflict areas across the continent they say they just want to be in safety catherine al-jazeera. millions of dozen locus of swarmed into uganda for the 1st time since the 1960 s. that come from kenya ethiopia and somalia the damage they've done there is

threatening to leave 10000000 people short of food and the insects are also ravaging farming areas in eastern pakistan the prime minister's declared a national emergency the low cost eating cotton wheat and maize crops the government says is the worst infestation for $2.00 decades a severe drought in central chile is entering its 10th year of the country's longest ever dry spell animals are dying many reservoirs of dry and almost half a 1000000 people have no direct access to water for drinking and domestic use latin america editor of the sea and human reports from till till. every tuesday this cistern truck makes its way through rules. it delivers water to communities that haven't had any for at least 5 years. francisco candia is relieved every time the truck arrives he used to go through trees and raised goats and donkeys to

sleep you know a little slow this area was famous for its dog i used them to take people's produce to market but that was before the drug destroyed everything i had to reinvent myself so many make these donkeys to sell on the highway to remind us again we had a lot of animals. further off that highway lives this lower the 74 year old rancher used to have more than 100 goats but the drought has dried up old the grass and bushes they needed to eat and so now she only has a few animals left see i said in one year. it's been more than a year since you saw the mom because we couldn't afford to buy them food and the water we get is only supposed to be for our personal use it's like a desert here now. for tile central region known for its mediterranean climate is suffering its longest drought in history no rain in winter means that there's no snow in the andes mountains to melt in the summer to supply wells aquifers and

reservoirs which are now critically low i'm standing in what was the wrong there reservoir once upon a time there were sailboats and jet skis here but now as you can see there's nothing but dried dirt and it's not just because of the drought but because the measures needed to protect water in this area were never taken hot despite the increasing water scarcity chile's central valley is still used for high intensity agriculture those who can afford it are freight more than $100.00 metres. aquifers and taking the little water that's left. and in the capital santiago no effective measures have been taken to reduce consumption and what we need is to understand our climactic diversity we have water in abundance in southern chile but not here we urgently need a strong regulatory framework and a culture to save rather than waste water green lawns and swimming pools and parks

with grass are not compatible with this new reality. the drought began nearly a decade ago and studies suggest it will get worse not better as global temperatures continue to rise that could well make this area once famous for its prickly pears unfit even for cactuses you see in human. chile. still ahead an al-jazeera in the sport a 10 year undefeated streak and as for this french judo great fun i was going to have all the details coming up. though one thing about these bush fires is it's really wiping out the politics of climate change informed opinions economy i think is actually what's keeping donald trump afloat right now critical debate sequel all those troops going to been told

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time for the sport of yours far. thanks so much pakistan's teenage cricket sensation dizzy made history on sunday the 16 year old bowler has become the youngest player to take a test hat trick came in the 2nd innings of the 1st test against bangladesh in route handy breaking a record that stood for 17 years helped by bangladesh then or a local holly who did it at the age of 19 pakistan are now in firm control of the match with the tourist and being day 3 trailing by 86 runs with just 4 wickets left . standing that. it was an outstanding 2nd spell by nothing sure it teenager produced the best performance and i really enjoyed watching him bowl in the field the best thing about another scene is that he bowls according to the plan and he's learning fast. as he wasn't the only teenager celebrating on sunday over in south

africa bangladesh is youngsters won the under 19 world cup it's the 1st time the country has won the title they beat defending champions india by 3 wickets in the final of the duckworth lewis stern method. and to milan have moved to top spot in italy syria they lead events is on goal difference after coming from behind to be a seam a lead for 2 loud c.-o. are also in the title picture they beat parma one no away to break a club record lancy who have now gone 18 games unbeaten in syria that's their longest ever undefeated run in italy's top league in now sit in 3rd one point off the top spot. napoli are heading for their worst finish it for over a decade but she scored some impressive goals to beat them 321 sunday the result leaves napoli 11th in syria the last time the end of the season in the bottom half

was 2009 when they finished down in 12. spanish league leaders around the jared have extended their legal winning streak to 6 matches they recovered from a goal down to thrash also suno $41.00 on sunday this victory comes on the heels of a home loss against real sociedad in the copa del rey on thursday. of this because if yesterday we needed to win the points after losing in the copa del rey and in a very difficult venue where it is never easy to win i think the whole team worked very well in the game and i think we deserved to win the match france have moved top of the rugby 6 nations standings after beating italy in paris they blew who's done world cup runners up england last week scored 5 tries to defeat italy $3522.00 on sunday they now lead the table with 9 points ahead of ireland on points difference france are looking for their 1st 6 nations win since 2010. the united

states overcame 2 unexpected singles defeat to advance of the fed cup finals sophia cannon and bethany my take sands teamed up to be awesome pengo and a says yes of a story in the decisive doubles match australian open champion cannon making amends of her falling short earlier on saturday in her cymbals blocks against loss of go at the 21 year old bounced back to help put her country through to april's new look finals something was really well over and i was ready to fight for the team no we got the job done i was probably volume the best of my life today so he didn't think she was going to have their. former houston astros manager a.j. hench has admitted he didn't do enough to stop his former team from cheating an investigation found the astros' used an illegal sign stealing system during their 2017 championship winning season the scheme allowed astros players to still pitch signs from the homes in tatters pinch was hit with a one year ban and fired by the astros speaking publicly for the 1st time since he

left the franchise he accepts the team's achievements may now be tainted. it's a fair question and people are going to have to draw their own conclusions unfortunately we open that door. as a group and in that question i may never be as we may never know. when we're going to have to live and move forward to be the better. koreans it's her has secured her 1st career win in a women's world cup super g. event in germany italy's sofia goes suffered a heavy fall during her run she got tangled up in the netting but managed to get down in one piece. it was mr who won this race a month after clinching her 1st downhill competition swifts is 5th and the overall standings with mckayla shifrin of the united states still top the defending champion is taking a break from competition after the death of her father last week. and

now a nearly 10 year unbeaten run has finally come to an end for french judo grades a teddy bear it 2 time olympic champion and 10 time world champion was beaten by coral of japan in the round of the paris crowned slam on sunday before the defeat the 30 year old clenched 154 straight wins during a run dating back to september 20 tons. of though is still expected to defend his title at the tokyo 2020 summer games. and that's all your sport for now more later. and you can find much more of course on the web site the address for that is going to be all dizzy dot com i'm going to be back in a couple of minutes with more on hour's top stories including the fact that the world will hunt coronavirus death toll has just been raised to attend 906 people are beginning to return to work i'm about this and see in a couple of minutes. whether

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