holding the powerful to account as we examine the u.s. is room in the wild on al-jazeera. the world health organization sends a team to china to investigate the corona virus outbreak as beijing put billions into battling the illness. i'm not matheson this is all just here on live from doha also coming up a new force in irish politics left wing nationalist party scene famous in a powerful position after the general election. government forces take control of more villages in northwest syria and their push to retake the last rebel held stronghold. at this year's academy awards the south korean film parasite

has already broken records we'll see if it takes home the big prize. millions of people in china are expected to return to work on monday after the lunar new year holiday was extended because of the corona virus outbreak the world health organization says it remains gravely concerned about the virus and sending a team of international experts to china to investigate the outbreak the latest figures reveal that $910.00 people have died since the outbreak started in december 2 people were killed outside mainland china the chinese government announced its allocated $10000000000.00 to fight the virus between a u. has more from beijing on the growing pressure that the government is facing. more than 6000 medical workers are being sent to hunt 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. 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 beyond this but criticism over its handling of the crisis is growing again academics has signed a letter demanding more freedom of speech and condemning the treatment of whistleblower dr li when leanne 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 a reminder of 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 part of the well maybe 4 maina is in the middle of the crisis one of the epidemiologist contacted by professor gable and of hong kong university medical school he predicted that the disease may go on and the peak in may or a pro sometime in the before the summer so we hope we think that the disease may still lingering on. but while millions in china remain under lockdown there was good news at least for the passengers of this cruise ship docked in hong kong 15 allowed to leave after spending several days in quarantine with al-jazeera.

near is of are all are just on a lecture in bio med center at lancaster university in the u.k. he says the information available has been helpful in diagnosing the virus. one thing is pretty clear since the start of this outbreak that the information that we have been given in the international community is unprecedented we have lot of information that help us not only to initiate the vaccine development but also to carry on revising other diagnostic as that however the number of cases that are being reported or definitely lower than what we can anticipate or predict from such an outbreak with the world health organization delegates and use it in china i think that 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 communication with the international community when we talk about so strong about this back in 2002 and 23 it was a very short lived around

a year. and it has a quite high fatality 8 so then there were the bodies have a high patella to date which means it killed more people in an infected population the virus would state that literally less time in control is to that one this why this all about is it has quite a high similarity but you know that make up is that over 80 percent similar but this appears to be a little different than the source from the light is by having a symptomatic transmission by having low mortality date that is relatively less compared to the far over of interactivity is more this mean the virus has more potential to transmitted between the population therefore the chances for this was to sustain in the population is a lot more longer than what we have seen with the sars. arlin sinn fein party's on course for a historic breakthrough after a general election counting is underway with polls predicting a 3 way split with. while they were previously considered 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 of the left wing 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 parties fianna foil and fiona gale seeks a constituency she says it makes statements this case is now free to ferry system i see. a different side of. the pre-conference in us and 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 there 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 still feel the policy to go

past links to the republican paramilitary group the ira linger as evidenced by a group of jubilant shin fein supporters singing a rebel song at the count center in dublin. but the party has evolved i think one thing to pull the brake lever things one was gerry adams party when he did mary lou mcdonald is in no way associated with troubles in the north and dots the terms of marketing communication cuts work really well it's created an ideological headache for the establishment parties the current irish leader the t. shirt over africa 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 the shooting is not an option but we are. talk to other parties and you form your government one that can lead the country forward for the next 5 years fully to me how martin looks most likely to become the country's next leader his local county corkey to describe as incompatible for

a coalition to teach a cliché in spain may prefer to bide their time rather than be a minority partner in a coalition government but 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 doubling as a by johns ruling parties claiming victory in a parliamentary election but the opposition says the poll is a sham exit polls suggest the new azerbaijan party of president has won the majority in the national assembly several parties have boycotted the vote they were accusing i'll give of prosecuting political opponents and silencing the media elections seen as you have strengthening his grip and accelerating reforms of the oil rich economy. in northwest syria government forces have taken control of more villages they're advancing in the southern part of aleppo province towards the

rebels last stronghold of adlib 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. going to. back over the past few days. forces have managed to make significant achievements its troops that were coming

from eastern little met with the advance forces from southern aleppo and managed to regain control of a geographical area more than 600 square kilometers. as fighting shows no signs of abating civilians in rebel held territory fleeing their villages following the large numbers of already skate mostafa 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 we have. turkey's minister of 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. 2 years since turkey russia and iran agreed to establish to rise. but tension between russia and turkey has increased following the deaths. 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 retaliate 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 possibly about al-jazeera is stumbled into military says at least 2 soldiers have been killed in a rebel attack on a security facility it happened in the north sinai region sources on the ground are

told al-jazeera that up to 8 soldiers have died egypt has struggled to contain armed groups in north sinai since former president mohamed morsi was ousted by the military in 2013. still ahead on al-jazeera a major storm wreaks havoc in the u.k. and northern europe and it's not over yet. a city in thailand mourns after a soldier goes on a shooting rampage. hello again it's good to have you back well i do want to start this hour here across parts of north and eastern parts of asia we are seeing one system pull away from japan right now so better weather conditions but cooler weather conditions over the next few days here across much of japan sendai at 4 tokyo at 9 maybe some snow

entering into the picture by the time we get towards monday night mostly on that west coast over here toward shanghai though on tuesday your rain is beginning to develop that will continue as we go towards wednesday as well but we do expect to see a tempter there of about 12 and for seoul plenty of sun in the forecast at 12 degrees as well well borneo plenty of rain over the next few days really on monday that's where the heaviest rain is going to be and you can see on the satellite image that will continue up here towards the north on monday we will get a break though as we go towards tuesday better weather conditions across much of the area for the philippines though it is going to be a nice day in a warm day for manila where the temperature of $38.00 we have had plenty of rate across much of central india over the last few days that is beginning to dissipate and we're going to be left with a lot of clouds across much of the south and hyderabad we're going to see attempt a few of about $31.00 degrees with clouds in the forecast kolkata though plenty of sun at $25.00 and for new delhi sun for you as well with the terms of their of 22.

of whom a visionary teach. al-jazeera world meets demand bringing traditional arabic sounds to a whole new audience being alone and being american playing and it already is something new from boston to palestine and landed his spot in natchez the next generation of musical talent simon shaheen the musical journey on al-jazeera. one war the war.

you want to go just here a reminder of our top stories this hour that will hutton coronavirus death toll has just been raised to 910 worldwide 2 of the deaths are outside mainland china experts from the world health organization are on their way to china to investigate the epidemic. the left wing nationalist party shin fein is expected to make an historic breakthrough in arlen's general election votes are being counted with polls predicting a 3 way split. the fan a foil. syrian regime forces have taken control of several villages in aleppo province activists say 17 people have been killed by airstrikes on sunday. the world's top filmmakers are gathering in hollywood for the 92nd academy award ceremony but some of the shine has come off the academy's golden statues in the face of another year for nominations have been criticized as not being diverse enough and set a mind of 820152016 in the hash tag oscars so white was trending on twitter well

bernal's reports from los angeles. extraordinary this is 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 troy for several years to expand and diversify its overwhelmingly white male membership you know how he was trying to diversify but it's slower than it should be and that's part of the nature of the film business film 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 and the oscars are still. on diverse actors of color who were left out this year include uplift ina in the farewell jennifer lopez in hostler's lupita in young go. eddie

murphy in dolomite is my name. and some conch hole in parasite. problem not too much. to call it's a sharp contrast to 2019 when out of the 4 acting awards only one went to a white person ollywood 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 weighing 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 like 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 and financially cautious while the academy struggles with diversity the companies that make films and the way people watch them are changing rapidly streaming services are steadily taking the lead in hollywood's most prestigious event netflix says garnered $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. al-jazeera is out for nasca the film set list superman is nominated in the cat documentary category that's the story of bruce franks jr an activist and a battle rapper who runs for state office. either in 5 go to work day.

it's night you don't learn about is night something else happened on august 9th. it's going to. be something that is really me my son in 15. years that i made to. not feel like you know at this my time on the stand. you can watch them live a superman in full on the witness that set 0930 g.m.t. on monday february 10th our u.s. viewers can watch what miss edith and addie. lebanese women say they'll no longer be silenced over laws they say are discriminated towards them to be at the forefront of nationwide protests that started in october and led to prime minister and his government's resignation. met some of those leading projects. as. well as michelle assisters making their voices heard music cannot criticizes the

political elites corruption and raises social awareness money. isn't and this is their latest collaboration an initiative with which means in nothing against gender violence and discrimination they wrote this song about people unable to speak up for themselves. the use lebanese women have fought for equal rights and against social prejudices and they've been at the forefront of nationwide anti-government protesters started in october. with in remote areas women were marginalized and was silenced but with this revolution women were able to find their voices. as revolutionary songs play out meals are being made right in the middle of a muslim and a christian area the people here 40 each other during the civil war and this project is the brainchild of a group of women who came together during the protests and call themselves.

grassroots initiate such as these are keeping the protest movement alive and many of them are led by women who feel that they've been excluded by the government and even the science and they're saying if there's ever a time to challenge the status quo and create change then it's now. these meals are bringing divide these communities together mainly through mothers and daughters by creating dialogue everyone is invited regardless of social class or wealth everybody must be illegal so this is what i would like and i will not stop. i go on kicking sheltie lebanon now has its highest ever ratio female ministers including the arab world's 1st female minister of defense. but activists done he was arrested after a standoff with a police officer says the political system needs a radical change in its view of women. here i told him i would rather die than live

in the country where there is such a police officer if someone disrespects me even if it's a police officer i'm not going to shut up. lebanon has a new government and people are waiting to see if it will deliver on its promises of change. and one thing they're all united on is that they will always fight for their right. side of. iran's space program has suffered a setback after a satellite launch failed the rocket carrying those one communications satellite blasted off along as planned according to state t.v. but it didn't which the speed required to put its cargo successfully into orbit has morphed into one. from what we know the satellite was launched on this rocket it went out 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 the required 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 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 are expecting it 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 orbit the earth and take pictures of iran specifically concentrating on agriculture mines possible oil fields but also also earthquakes to help iran deal with natural disasters but again it has not been successful locusts arriving farming areas of eastern pakistan the prime minister has declared a national emergency in the sense that easing cotton wheat and maize crops can all

hide has been speaking to farmers in the eastern city of. very large swarm of locusts that drive it from out for godzilla saudi arabia iran and has also moved through some of the pakistani province say right now the government in our state a wall against the rich can eat as much as. 4 day trip entire crop leaving them bad though i might if i started boarding exonerated both the locust attacks have damaged our free crop and will cause huge losses we're trying our best to protect against it but we're unable to get rid of them the government must do something to help us if these crops are only means for survival the pakistani prime minister had already declared a state of emergency it had already asked the agriculture department to keep a close eye on the movement of low which are traveling through much of agricultural

breadbasket it has a potential. damage extending. crop and not only the standing problem if it succeeds in getting i mean it's right here the food coming crop season it damages it but the local stuff slams their presence and. if we fail to protect these crops then ultimately it affects the production the produce can be discerned through your ticket situation the government had indeed come up very steps then solutions to solve that problem and protection given that all all war d.-i current district where we are trying to control be spared from moving further into other charities. practice nations against attack will limit the damage if it wanted to some could wipe out the whole cops. and even white flags in a single. day every. problem and then

a question as to whether more should have been done the early days. where the government in the province. and nor do anything now it's an emergency. 7.5000000000. dollars more $50000000.00. that. a vigil is being held for victims of a shooting rampage in thailand a soldier opened fire at a military base and a shopping mall where he also seized hostages the army trained marksman killed 29 people the prime minister says the soldiers motive was a dispute over a property deal 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 more 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 then last thursday gunfire captured in this video say the police. know we have ended the perpetrators criminal act 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. a trained sharpshooter with years of experience and 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. who got 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. is not a can force winds a lasting britain and parts of continental europe a strong kira said send flood warnings have been issued for several areas so you're

going to 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 flood warning alerts were issued. but for some residents the response was not enough to get the police to really been totally ludicrous. over until they did a thing. 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 essential europe but less rain and more violent windy conditions across the continent sunny diag al-jazeera. this is all just 0 these are the top stories the world hong kong a virus death toll is just been raised to 910 worldwide 2 of the deaths are roadside mainland china a team of experts from the world health organization is on its way to china to investigate the epidemic the chinese government has allocated $10000000000.00 to help with the response the left wing nationalist party shin fein is expected to

make a historic breakthrough in arlen's general election vote counting is underway with polls predicting a 3 way split within a gale and fianna fall. we are in. as a by john's ruling parties claiming victory in a bottom entry election but the opposition says the poll is a sham beggs it polls suggest the new azerbaijan party of president has won a majority in the national assembly several parties a boycotted the vote they accuse out the of persecuting political opponents. syrian regime forces have taken control of several villages in the north west of the country they're focused on taking

a key highway linking damascus to aleppo activists say 17 people have been killed by airstrikes on sunday egypt's military says at least 2 soldiers have been killed in a rebel attack on a security facility it happened in the north sinai region sources tell all jazeera that up to 8 soldiers have died in egypt struggled to contain on the groups in north sinai since former president mohamed morsi was ousted by the military in 2013 . iran space program has suffered a setback after a satellite launch failed the rocket carrying this off one communications satellite blasted off as planned according to state t.v. but didn't reach the speed required to put its call go into orbit you know those are the headlines coming up next an al-jazeera it's inside story by fanaa.

africa's leaders weigh the conflicts in libya and the so held a meeting in ethiopia's capital for the annual summit and said they want to find out how they can violence increased the spurs thoughts on the african union play a bigger role in tackling the continent's security challenges but has the bloc been fulfilling its mandate so far this is inside story. hello welcome to the program i'm adrian finnegan the african union is supposed to be a symbol of the continent's unity it aims to empower africans to solve the own problems it has an ambitious plan to transform at.