war profiteers on al-jazeera. the world health organization sends a team to china to investigate the corona virus outbreak as the number of dead keeps climbing. and the quiet commute on a day when millions were expected to return to work in china's capital. i'm sam is a dan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up a new force in irish politics left wing nationalist party shin fein in a powerful position after the general election class. has met in bangladesh along

the indian border where there's been a significant increase in illegal crossings since india introduced a controversial citizenship bill. and the oscar goes to. paris. south korean film makes movie history becoming the 1st non english language film to win best picture at the academy awards. the global death toll from the corona virus outbreak has reached 910 only 2 of the deaths are outside mainland china most are in who by province where the virus is believed to have originated or the world health organization says it remains gravely concerned more than $40000.00 people are now infected a w.h.o. team of experts is heading to china to investigate and the government in beijing.

says it's allocating $10000000000.00 to fight the outbreak it's facing growing criticism for its handling of early warnings about the new virus millions of people were expected back to work on monday as an extension to the lunar new year holiday ended but many stayed home normally busy commutes routes or quiet katrina use in beijing the chinese government will spend the money is dedicated that money is going to much needed resources at the epicenter of this outbreak and who have a province we're still hearing despite these new hospitals open opening despite makeshift quarantine hospital centers being made out of stadiums and schools and other government holes that people are still struggling to get access to basic care to base to testing kits to hospital beds they're still having to be turned away not just to move on in many of the cities surrounding. itself so the money is going to

be poured into getting these patients with suspected cases of coronavirus access to care and treatment so that's one thing it's also being poured into basically paying a lot of these medical staff over the weekend 6000 new medical staff are flown in from china from all over parts of china into han so it's going to be spent on paying them it's being spent on basic supplies so masks and gloves and things like that they're in short they're in high demand and there is a shortage of these things are the government is is paying factories to boost their production of these much needed supplies as well and the money is also being spent on i guess in the indirect impact of the coronavirus we have to remember that this is having a massive economic impact on businesses so the government is using that money to also subsidize those businesses and allowing them to delay payments of rent and insurance for example just to be able to survive through this very difficult period

. dr dahlia is a senior scholar at johns hopkins center for health security he says with w.h.o. experts in china the world could gain a better understanding of the virus that he will be bringing some of the world class epidemiologists from the w.h.o. that will be able to really understand the transmission dynamics going on understand the severity of illness understand the challenges that china is facing with this outbreak and it will really give the world hopefully a good glimpse of what's going on in china because there are a lot of unanswered questions and mysteries about how this outbreak is unfolding there the actions of chinese government is taking and i think it will help us to risk stratify this for the rest of the world i do think that there may be some issues with local communist party officials there to not be as forthcoming about what happened we already have heard about how they have silenced doctors how they have silenced journalists and of scrub the internet all of that is something that we already know about so i do think that that will be

a challenge for the chinese government to explain and i think the w.h.o. team actually knows this already because the world knows that what happened in china. early results are in filings general election shin fein has. rather take 24.5 percent of 1st preference votes they're just ahead of to center right parties in a file and in a gale who dominated mainstream politics for nearly a century oprah reports i ching fein leader mary lou mcdonald was welcome to the dublin county like a hero 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 opposition parties fianna foil and fiona gale it seeks a constituency she says 61 status this is now free to ferry system it seems that people and different types of office keep every 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 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 could be the fall of 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 council in dublin. but the party has evolved i think painted a couple of great clever things one was gerry and charlie pretty good and mary lou mcdonald is in no way associated with troubles in the war on darts. terms and marketing communication cuts were pretty well it's created an ideological headache for the establishment parties the current irish leader the t. shirt leo veronica of phoenix gail accept that the results mean talks with sinn

fein are probably going to be necessary but agreeing a coalition not for us which is not an option. are willing to talk to other parties and form your government one that can lead the country forward for the next 5 years leader 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 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. as abrasions ruling parties claiming victory in a parliamentary election but the opposition says the poll is a sham exit polls suggest the new party of president. has won

a majority in the national assembly several parties have boycotted the vote there accusing ali of persecuting political opponents and silencing the media. 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 activists say 17 civilians were killed by strikes on sunday. 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 shell 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 are barely an armed 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 large numbers have already skate. is among thousands. they have nowhere to go. but. we're 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 outposts near we have. turkey's minister of defense hosea carr has warned of possible military intervention in libya 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 year since turkey russia and iran agreed to establish to rise jones there. 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 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 about al-jazeera. bangladeshis living in india syria they're under increasing threat of deportation many fear there's now a growing climate of all still ety towards muslims after a new citizenship law came into force it gives priority to non muslim immigrants from neighboring countries bernard smith reports from the bangladeshi side of the border with india. along bangladeshis border with india people smuggling has suddenly become a booming business those orange lights are in india the traffic is all one way to bangladesh held up the learning they say they've been living over there for a long time but now there are problems there and they're being forced to leave

sometimes smugglers are necessary and these are indian border force officers and even people over to their bangladeshi counterparts they're all muslim they say there's a new hostile environment towards them in india in decades past bangladeshis left their villages and crossed the rice paddies to india more than $2000000.00 are there now according to the government in new delhi in december india's parliament passed a fast track citizenship act for people from neighboring countries that explicitly excludes muslims now it's impossible to say exactly how many people are illegally crossing the border from india into bangladesh but we do know that the border force has detained more than 500 people just in the last couple of months and the smugglers tell us they're crossing between 40 to 60 people every night and that's just along this 45 kilometer stretch of

a border that runs for more than 4000 kilometers. the indian government says its new law is for persecuted religious minorities living among its muslim dominated neighbors that's not convince these bengali speaking muslims they say they faced harrisson from police in new delhi in bangalore who told them to leave or risk being sent to a detention center near how lada says he was just 18 months old when his parents took him across the border 26 years ago. they have been cracking down and there been no arrests 60 people from our community were detained and we haven't heard from them this caused panic and we decide it's time to leave and head for bangladesh cookie begum says she been in india with her husband and daughters for 11 years that's her indian work permit. there was a lab it's absolutely clear the ruling party in india doesn't want any bangladeshis living there anymore only allow bengali speaking indians to live where we were what can we do we have to live without dignity and honor so we came back. bangladesh

prime minister sheikh hasina says she doesn't understand the purpose of india's new citizenship law our government is already struggling to cope with 1200000 reading or refugees from me and it can't afford another influx from its largest neighbor bernard smith al-jazeera on the bangladesh india border. still ahead on al-jazeera find out why lebanese women protesters say now is that about when to finally get their voices. may just storm breaks havoc in the u.k. and northern europe and it's not over yet. hello again to welcome back to your international weather forecast well we have seen a lot of rain here across parts of the eastern mediterranean really impacting parts

of lebanon syria that weather system has now pulled away what we're going to be left with though the water is beginning to recede across some of those regions but the temperatures will start to rebound so here in beirut 10 degrees is going to be a forecast high here on monday and as we go towards tuesday a better day a warmer day where the temps are they are 13 where it is not going to be warm as over here towards kuwait we do have a lot of colder air pushing across parts of iraq in iran as well your 3 day forecast looks like this in kuwait city we do expect to see those temptress coming down 13 degrees on monday 10 degrees as the high as we go towards tuesday but take a look at the overnight lows it's going to get down to about 2 degrees across much of the area and then very quickly across parts of south africa it is going to be some very heavy rain we're dealing with here across much of the east as well as the northeast that will be pushing into parts of mozambique as well but behind that front it is going to be a little bit cooler for johannesburg so showers start to pop up by the time we get to the afternoon to attempt to there dropping down to $22.00 as we go towards

tuesday but for cape town plenty of sun and the forecast of the next few days and we do expect to see attempt of 28 in harare at 22 degrees for you. a conflict that is now considered to be the world's worst humanitarian crisis how little difficult. how to die like this stock response is 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 static case is interesting to watch as the months of money involved yemen war profiteers on al-jazeera.

all come back you're watching al-jazeera reminded now of our top stories the coronavirus death toll has risen to 910 worldwide 2 of the deaths are outside mainland china experts from the world health organization heading to china to investigate the epidemic. early results are in for islands general election left wing nationalist partition famous one the most 1st preference votes. syrian government forces have taken control of several villages in aleppo province it's part of a major offensive on the last rebel held areas activists say 17 people were killed by strikes on sunday. south korean film parasite has made history at the 92nd the cademy awards it won for oscars for best

picture director international feature film and of original screenplay wrongdoing hose film is a dark satire on class and inequality it's the 1st non english language film to win best picture of the film's producer accepted the award on behalf of her colleagues it i don't know and. we never imagined this ever happened we are so happy. you. keep him in bunga. he meet. because she's upset and. she wouldn't. i feel like a very opportune moment in history is happening right now. let's go to dr ralph he joins us live from los angeles

a lot of excitement then being generated by parasite. that's right there what night for korean cinema and for born june oh as you mentioned winning those 4 top awards including best picture the 1st time in the 92 years that the cademy of motion picture arts and sciences is handed out those little gold statuettes that it has gone to a film not in the english language now this is a big night for that film but also a big night for up for several other films and actors the. best actor award went to what keith phoenix for his portrayal of a mentally ill and driven character in show. a kind of comic book origin story with a very dark twist the best actress award was picked up by renee zellweger for

her brilliant interpretation of judy garland in the movie judy best. actor in a supporting role went to brad pitt that's the 1st time he's got an acting award he got one for producing a film several years ago but he won best supporting actor in one soprano time in hollywood and the best supporting actress award went to laura dern and she was a big hit lots of warm applause in her. acceptance appearance on stage year at the dolby theater so a lot of very interesting awards given out i think it was a big surprise to a lot of people so-called hollywood insiders and critics that the june host film did when many people thought that 1917 world war one drama was going to take the

top prize but here we are history being made in hollywood. and despite that there's still criticism of the lack of diversity tell us about that robo. a lot of criticism especially leading up to this now you know of all the the top acting awards best actor best actress best supporting players only one nomination went to a an actor or. a person of color and that was cynthia every vote for her portrayal in harriet sets one person so people were saying were saying this looks like oscars so white which was of course the rallying cry on twitter a couple of years ago and then a lack of gender representation as well of all the best director nominations greda gerwig was left off there was no female director even though gretta gerwig film little women was in the running for best picture so there is

a real dearth of female film directors at the top ranks in hollywood about 10 years ago it was 6 percent of all female of all film directors were female now it's about 6.5 so progress but not a lot on the other hand there is a film very close to our hearts here at al-jazeera called st louis superman and that was the nominee for best short subject documentary feature it was commissioned and produced by al jazeera series witness and it in was told the story of an african-american rapper and activist in missouri and his political education as well as his struggle with psychological issues and it is an extremely diverse effort the filmmakers are 2

american of indian south asian indian descent and the 2 producers were from malaysia so we're hoping to talk to them a little later on when they finish celebrating unfortunately they didn't win but it was a good try back to arrive thanks so much for all. hurricane force winds are lashing britain in parts of continental europe storm keera sets in flood warnings have been issued for several areas sunday go-go has more. sounding the sirens warning residents in this northern english town of the young coming flood. across the region storm carol lashed with harken force winds blowing 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 focused because. it will keep moving to 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 the 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 further over central europe but less rain and more violent windy conditions across the continent so new diagonal al-jazeera. lebanese women say they'll no longer be silenced about laws they say discriminate against them being at the forefront of

nationwide protests started in october and led to the resignation of the government of prime minister sideline how do you vary from. some of those leading new projects . well michel assisters making their voices heard so music cannot criticizes the political elite corruption and raises social awareness monitored louder than what it isn't and this is their latest collaboration and initiative with which means in nothing against gender violence and discrimination they wrote this song about people unable to speak up for themselves. the years 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 came on up and 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 on. grassroots initiates 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 society 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 dividers communities together mainly through mothers and daughters by creating dialogue everyone is invited regardless of social class or wealth everybody must believe it was it was not them so this is what i would like and i will not. 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 activist on a honeymoon 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's such police officers and someone disrespects even if it's a police officer i'm not going to. 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. to. vote counting is underway in cameroons municipal and parliamentary elections but the poll came at a time of political divisions and security concerns. ports from the economic capital douala. too scared to vote this is home to more than

2000000 people in the heart of the english speaking greeting of cameroon as polling stations opened most people kept their doors closed outside heavy gunfire echoed in the distance armed 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 amber in the run up to the polls they attacked election officials rallying calls for a boycott of the vote from opposition leader movies come 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 the math lead 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 poll b.s. party the highest number more democratic. a 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. josh rosy 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 will have a little more power than they used to 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 the armed groups and security forces not elected officials that are in charge 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 hark al jazeera. and let's take you through some of the headlines here on al-jazeera the death toll from corona virus has risen to 910 worldwide 2 of the deaths are outside mainland china experts from the world health organization are heading to china to investigate the epidemic millions of people meanwhile were expected to go back to work on monday as an extension to the lunar new year holiday ended but many stayed home normally busy commuter routes were quiet. truly you has more from beijing

this virus that has has had a massive impact on life across the country even here in beijing which is very far away from the epicenter incubate province and of course while some people are going back to work the government is encouraging private companies or any companies as much as possible to encourage their staff to state harm if they can if they must go to work there encouraging them to sort of stagger the start dates or the start time so perhaps get stuff to work in batches as they try to minimize crowding and prevent the spread and we know that many schools are still shut and at least until the beginning of march early results are in for islands general election it's shin fein is the head of the 2 main right center right parties for the 1st time counting continues and no one party is expected to win a majority syrian government forces have taken control of several villages in the

aleppo province it's part of a major offensive against the last rebel held areas i thought of a say 17 people were killed by a strikes on sunday aurukun force winds hitting both parts of northern europe a storm kira's sets in major flood warnings have been issued thousands of homes are without power south korean film paris side has made history at the 92nd academy awards it won 4 oscars for best picture to write for international feature film and the original screenplay on june hose film is a dark satire on class and inequality it's the 1st knowledge bush language film to win best picture it's 101 east now. on counselor calls to spike in fowey to stop propping up straw men in africa france is backing a libyan war and china's dictator is it all about the oil plus the u.k. finally clears one brights a total what does it mean for one of the worst performing industrial economies.

counting the cost on al-jazeera. every year thousands of japanese men and women that age without a trace. think that they've got this as a swell to meet the town's kinks in the can we make that up and i'll go on to what . they are known as the joe hot soup or evaporated people. and they engineer did disappeared since you didn't need to join me do you. think that you then. why do they choose to disappear. so what are the must. do good in my utilities and what do they leave behind. one another they mean this is what. i mean.