and there are no chucks. al-jazeera really invested much privilege as a journalist. in the in. the biggest single day death toll from the corona virus 97 people killed in one day . and further reduction 60 more people have tested positive on a quarantine cruise ship and japan. and we shall carry this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up syrian troops take control of more villages and civilians are forced to flee we are live from northern syria plus. and the oscar goes to. paris i was supreme dark comedy makes movie history

becoming the 1st foreign language film to win best picture of the us. the global death toll from the corona virus outbreak has reached $910.00 and china announced $97.00 wards at sunday the biggest single day increase since the epidemic began a team of w.h.o. experts is headed to china to investigate and all but 2 of the deaths have been confined to mainland china so adrian brown joins us live now from hong kong adrian that is a pretty drastic number nearly 100 people dead and in one day. yes the statistics are starting to become relentless some day more than 1000 deaths on monday in china we have more than 40000 people on the mainland now infected and of course more than 300 people in other parts of the world who've also become infected

with this virus the world health organization has dispatched a team including the man who led the body's response to the abode of virus and of course this now means we're getting independent analysis on the ground in china which is very very important indeed i think this week is perhaps going to be a pivotal one show because you know we've had this sort of start a good return to work by millions of people on the mainland after that extended lunar new year holiday they've been returning to work in all the big cities and towns and of course what the authorities want to avoid is you know large groups of people because out of calls makes it much easier for the virus to be transmitted so they've been appealing to employers to allow sort of flexible working where they can also on the mainland today we've been hearing about an unusual video that's been posted online and this was really an interview with the mother of the doctor

who 1st raised the alarm about this virus many many weeks ago and of course died from the virus on friday she's demanding an apology from the authorities she also wants to know who the police were who reprimanded their son and why they didn't listen to his warning it's another reminder of the defiance that we're continuing to see on the mainland and a reminder also of course of the simmering anger that exists and that simmering anger is also going to be very difficult for the authorities to contain as they struggle to contain this fire as ok adrian brown with the latest there from hong kong adrian thank you. and as we've been talking about this cruise ship 66 more people have tested positive on this ship it is quarantined in a port in japan so that brings the number of cases on board this ship to 130 and more than 3000 people have been stuck on the cruise liner because it was put under quarantine and we could go so i was there is feisal may is at the sport at yokohama

following this part of the story for us why what's the latest. well we're hearing that no. incidence of infection among us injures on the crew members on board of the ship just a few hours ago when the health ministry announced that more 60 more people have been infected it wasn't actually shocked so many people here because the experts have been warning of the possibility of more infections on this confined place. aim of this of the current teen off. the diamond princess for 14 days was to prevent the virus from spreading but the experts say that in such environment the virus could spit. injures and crew members especially the crew members who have to stay in places and who have to stay even double bedrooms so. many of

the infections now which here involve. might be might be on the crew members that are around 1000 crewmembers on board of the ship and if this numbers prove to be among the crew members then we may hear of more and more numbers during the coming days we have seen several dozens of medical workers and also from self defense forces people in. military uniform and other wearing masks medical masks and surgical mosques they were boarding the ship and we're expecting that maybe today a late night or maybe 2 or they will go if they're going to transmit their patients to other places around yokohama. talk you some people are also that there is some of formation that since defense forces they may use the ship that they have charted to it's a medical ship that is on the stand by now in port and some of the patients

if the numbers keep increasing some of the patients would be transmitted to the ship in your course come ok i saw him with the latest on that that quarantine cruise ship thank you very much and out west syria at least 20000 civilians had been killed by airstrikes in sunday as government forces take control of more villages advancing in the southern part of aleppo province towards rebels last stronghold in lab 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 had 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 most of the has 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 new outposts near. turkey's minister of defense. 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 year. since turkey russia and iran agreed to establish it 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 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 house about al-jazeera istanbul and dozens of graves have been vandalized in the southern suburbs of atlanta and he appears to show groups affiliated with syrian government forces destroying graves and khan else in the region village there syrian forces have controlled the area since late last month since i was inside syria at the. crossing not far from the border with turkey and what is the latest. well ever ever minutes we have the latest news and apparently the turkish backed free syrian army which is now called the syrian national army has launched an operation around the rocket against the syrian government forces were hearing that

and they are responding to the syrian government forces and there are also some reports that turkish artilleries are also supporting the opposition factions which i haven't been able to confirm yet about that but right now around sara in the rural countryside of surat there are clashes ongoing with the between the syrian opposition forces and the syrian government also since it is since yesterday morning the syrian government has been. has been bombarding in. a target area and it's countryside and that within the last went to 24 hours 22 people died in. northwest syria around the area and there was a car bomb explosion in our friends roger road again in the opposition controlled area which is backed by the turkish by the turks and the turkish military is also

over there according to our local sources the car bomb and no one has claimed the explosion but it was most probably perpetrated by the syrian kurdish fighters group why p.g. our sources told us the white b.g. is linked with the kurdistan workers party which is out though the organization by the turkish government the u.s. and the e.u. and those kinds of explosions still happen this fight these these areas are under control of the opposition and some troops military presence is over there the military situation currently is tense on the ground. turkey has been reinforcing it for the last couple of days hundreds of call more is have entered entered inside syria to play in hence the turkish military observation posts into the escalation zone and turkey has given time into the syrian government actually an ultimatum to

to withdraw from the areas where the observation posts are and turkey is also adding up some more observer ation posts more mostly in the surround in surround area for providing more security to the area and protect its military forces but it seems for sure the parodic in the security part of the game and the escalation zone and it looked has changed and today is also another day that shows us and the clashes or under way inside iraq of area in the countryside of the record between the syrian opposition forces and the syrian government and we will be keeping updated about the developments from the field all right and also a life for us in syria cinema thank you. still ahead on al-jazeera. in bangladesh along the indian border where that is being a significant increase in illegal crossings since india introduced a controversial citizenship bill. and major storm batters the u.k.

and northern europe and it is not over yet. how i would cut the usual scattering of sunshine and showers across southeast asia the heaviest shot was into malaysia some very big downpours there into indonesia as well bieksa quite a bit of a wet weather also sliding through the south china sea so we'll see some wet weather there into the southern pasta thailand seeing a scattering a shower as the north it's a sloppy trial though you could see some wet weather just pushing into the far south of vietnam over the next. day again it's more of the same will those showers sneak in the way for the south what's popular going to still seeing some of the wet weather some rather weather to see just clinging on around the top end of australia out into the open waters near new caledonia we do have

a tropical side plans that we want to watch out for looks likely to move towards the car will see the side of australia where we've still got the remnants of tropical cyclone bamian swirling away here's some wet weather sneaking into the wettest weather greatest concern is going to be the heavy rain which is continuing just around the eastern side of australia eastern queensland eastern parts of new south wales still seeing some heavy showers along the spell's upright and some very brisk winds on tod's as well of course so that's adding to the issue here but as well as it has been in past days but we are still looking at some very heavy rain as we go through the remainder of the week. from fossil fuels to modern day renewables as societies develop the energy demands increase requiring innovative solutions to meet such demands as a global power development of investment company nebraska power is uniquely positioned to deliver against these developments we provide business growth promote

social economic benefits and provide innovative safe and environmentally sound energy solutions for future generations the breastpin pioneering future energy. watching al-jazeera let's recap the top stories right now the global death toll from the corona virus outbreak has reached 910 china announced 97 more deaths on sunday the biggest single day in the race since epidemic began and 66 more people tested positive on a cruise ship that's quarantine and important japan. and northwest syria government forces have taken control of more villages advancing towards the rebels last

stronghold and southern suburbs dozens of graves are reported to have been vandalized. bangladeshis living in india have told al-jazeera they're increasingly being threatened with deportation many say a climate of hostility towards muslims has been growing since a new citizenship law came into effect it was priority to non muslim emigrants from neighboring countries or north smith reports in the bangladeshi 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 well and 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. these are indian border force officers hunting 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 of that now according to the government in new delhi. in december india's parliament passed a fast track to citizenship act the 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 that 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. since 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 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. 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 a 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. early results are and for ireland's general election has surged to take 24.5 percent of the 1st preference votes it says ahead of the 2 center right parties kind of fail and then a gale they have dominated mainstream irish politics for nearly a century reports and up one by action 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 and fiona gale it's a big stink she says simply. see instead this case is now free to karissa system it seems that people find a different type of office to 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 that 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 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 that you're. right. but the party has evolved i think one thing to pull the brake lever 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 traditionally 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 leo veronica afine gail accept 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 unfeigned 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 dublin. eyes are versions governing party is claiming victory in parliamentary elections that the opposition is calling a sham exit poll suggests the new azerbaijan party president has won a majority in the national assembly several parties though boycotted the vote they

accuse early of a persecuted political opponents and silencing the media its military says only 7 soldiers have been killed or wounded in a rebel attack on a security checkpoint that was carried out in the north sinai region sources have told al-jazeera that up to 8 soldiers are dead egypt has struggled to stop armed groups in the region a situation that is been happening since the former president mohammed morsi was ousted by the military in 2013 france's northwest coast is being battered by high winds a storm chiara reaches europe major flood warnings have been issued and several areas power has been cut to thousands of homes and hundreds of flights canceled it all to say the worst has passed but many alerts are still in effect. maybe history has been made at the 92nd academy awards a film from south korea won the biggest prize of the night best picture for its satirical look at class divisions out of serious robber annals as more from hollywood. and the oscar goes to.

parasite i am knight of triumph for south korean cinema and director paul june home for the 1st time in the oscars 92 year history a film in a language other than english one the top award surprising many critics and so-called hollywood insiders. honks critically acclaimed story of wealth class power and deceit swept best director best screenplay and best international feature film in addition to best picture. thank you i read it during cunto next morning thank you. renee zellweger the star of judy won the best actress award for brilliant and emotional portrayal of one of hollywood's late stars judy garland misguide you were certainly among the heroes he knights in the final.

as widely predicted joaquin phoenix won the best actor award for his electrifying portrayal of poverty despair and mental illness in joker he made a plea for social justice animal rights and low for the planet whether we're talking about gender inequality or racism or career rights or indigenous rights or animal rights we're talking about the fight against injustice we're talking about the fight against the belief that one nation one people one race one gender or one species has the right to dominate control and use and exploit another with impunity brad pitt was selected as best supporting actor for once upon a time in hollywood and laura dern won her 1st oscar for best supporting actress in marriage story this is the best birthday present ever only one person of color was nominated for an acting award cynthia in harry and she didn't win.

there was. criticism of the lack of racial and gender diversity and exception is st louis superman the 1st oscar nominated film commissioned in produced by al jazeera as program series witness which has an african american as its lead character to indian american filmmakers and to producers from malaysia now feel like you know what this my time to stand the broadcast which for the 2nd year in a row was presented without a host seemed flat and sluggish at times perhaps a reflection of the uncertain times we live in but after all diversion in distraction is what the movies are all about and so the show must go on rob reynolds al jazeera hollywood all right let's speak to molly kim and sol she's a visiting professor at the department of theater and film at swan university we

appreciate your time very much so are you as surprised at the parasite when it is industry experts seem to be. people who asked me that a lot if i was surprised but actually i wasn't i sort of expected it was a matter of number of wars i was expecting maybe more than 4 or 5 or 6 all of the still i'm happy. to say i was pretty i was ready ok all right when you talk about all of the all the nominations and the winds are you surprised that there weren't nominations for the actors in the film all i would in i actually i was only. expecting to get anything for performance because it was not just one single cast they have. 10

actors and actresses in the movie and then it was hard to get a you know major performance awards for 10 actors all of it so i was really. thinking about it why do you think. the fact that you know clearly people think it's a good movie what do you think it was about this movie that resonated with so many people. you know repeatedly slapped his films about half cent have lots which is a universal issue for all of the word and he also said that that's a major reason how this film became so relatable and understandable for global audiences and i agree with that but not only parasite something to think about class issues and maybe law class and capitalism are also getting for. you know as you say the notoriously by east academy awards in terms of ways and

gender also made people to think about how history of racism mentioned there are then gender discrimination is slowly becoming the thing of the past if not. i think parasite as a movie itself made many records from you know for the you know side of korea but i think it's more important that parasite as phenomenon made an incredible turning point for the history of diversity i think that that factor should be bigger thing that we all koreans should be proud of all right we'll see if it if it opened doors they've had a few moments at the oscars that you hope open doors it doesn't always but let's hope maybe this is one of those moments moloch you can thank you very much joining us from so we appreciate it. al jazeera was also up for an oscar for best documentary short subject just missed out. robber and all spoke to the nominees for

the film saint louis superman. never could we have thought that we'd come this far so hopefully this is the 1st of many many more such things to come the film is about bruce franks jr who in 2014 was a battle rapper community a community leader and then when michael brown was killed in ferguson missouri he was politically awakened and bruce decided to run for political office so our film follows bruce as he's trying to get a bill passed to honor his late brother who died from gun violence and so in this kind of plot but it gets into all these deeper issues about mental health about the value of african-american life in the united states and you know the father's relationship with his son too probably they were most proud of is that the team behind the film and how we all came together and how we come from different backgrounds different countries different religions races all of that and came together bruce brought us together to tell his story and so we're so incredibly

proud of the work that witness and al jazeera english has been doing for over a decade and it's about time this is just the beginning so just watch out there will be many many more al jazeera english unwitnessed business films that will come to this platform. and i'm richelle carey these are the headlines right now on al-jazeera the global death toll from the corona virus outbreak has reached 910 china announced 97 more deaths on sunday that is the biggest increase in a single day since this epidemic began in december and 66 more people tested positive on a cruise ship quarantined in a port in japan that's brought the number of cases on more to 130 a solemn as at the scene at the port of yokohama. a huge increase in the numbers was a complete shock experts have been warning during the couple of days about such

a confined place goodbye. good show great risk of violent action. some experts also say tough for you fictions happened during the cuban superior than taking that into consideration that this. is still carrying more than $3600.00 passengers and crew members on they are all on board of the ship although they have been asked to stay in their rooms even for the crew members but still such an environment good good. show a great city schools spreading the virus and arthur assyria government forces have taken control of more villages advancing towards the rebels last stronghold. dozens of graves and its southern suburbs have reported to have been vandalized. bangladeshis living in india have told al-jazeera they're increasingly being threatened with deportation many say there is a climate of hostility towards muslims since the noose citizenship law came into

effect and says north west coast is being battered by high winds and huge waves this storm kira reaches europe major flood warnings have been issued in several areas power has been cut to thousands of homes and hundreds of flights canceled and meteorologists say the worst has passed but there are still alerts and place south korean film parasite has made history at the 92nd academy awards it won 4 oscars for best picture director international feature film an original screenplay hose film as a dark satire on class and any quality it is the 1st non english language film to land best picture or the headlines keep it on al-jazeera witness its next. examining the impact of today's headlines you use the mission from a show i've used the term by setting the agenda for tomorrow's discussions how unique is this in terms of modern american history when it comes to racism you have

the making of the real fascist mold international filmmakers and world class journalists bring programs to inspire you. on al-jazeera. and great. cause.