china's leader tells his people the fight against corona virus will be one is the number of dead tops 1000. i'm sam is a than this is a live from the house so coming up the threat of a military confrontation between turkey and syria after the soldiers are killed on both sides. at least 30 people are killed in an attack in nigeria training people forced to sleep in their cars while army roadblocks. and the race for the u.s. presidency heats up as republicans and democrats chase votes in the new hampshire

primary. the number of people killed by the corona virus outbreak has now passed 1000 chinese officials have announced another 109 deaths the biggest single day jump since the outbreak began the number of cases has risen to more than 43000 globally and scientists in london are working on a possible facts seen head of the world health organization is warning of the growing risk of a global pandemic as the world sees more human to human transmissions outside of china. in recent days we have seen some concerning instances of on word transmission from people with no travel history to china like the

cases reported in france yesterday and the united kingdom today the detection of this small number of cases could be the spark that becomes a bigger fire but for no it's only a spark of objective remains containment let's go to katrina you now in beijing with the latest let's start with xi jinping making his 1st public appearance since the outbreak began is is that calming and reassuring people. well it's his appearance was certainly designed to do so i mean it's a very tense time here we're supposed to have the end of the chinese new year holiday on monday but people are still staying indoors is still a lot of fear here not only in beijing but china generally so she didn't pay and did a tour of hospitals in beijing $1.00 which was is known for treating texas diseases

there are more than $300.00 cases just in beijing also and he also spoke via video called to some medical doctors medical stuff in now she didn't pay was saying that the people who hanna humor as he called them here were city and that if if china is able to win the battle in the battle and who may then it will win this battle but he also acknowledged that this crisis has exposed not only the strengths of the chinese system but also the shortcomings and it seems that you know his his appearance was really designed to say that this quite is being attended to at the very top and that you know things are in hand and i think it's also very timely because the government is facing mounting criticism over its handling of the outbreak of course at the beginning there's a lot of criticism over the silencing of doctors and whistleblowers who did try to sound the alarm very early on in the year and who were ignored or punished and there was also. criticism about the lack of resources being funneled into so

his appearance was really meant to silence any whispers about crisis of confidence in his leadership but it also did show that this battle in terms of this fight that china is fighting is still far from over and his appearance was really a big acknowledgement of that or monday produced the largest number of deaths since the outbreak began but also a significant significant drop in the number of new cases how is all of that being interpreted. that's right so some sliver of hope but also some bad news as well like you mentioned the the race of growth of these cases is dropping particularly outside of war but inside of we've heard from government officials that the number of critical cases is rising rapidly we've got more than 7000 critical cases and experts they have come out and

said look there's still so much we're learning about the virus for example people may appear to have mild symptoms and have no major problems but people also tend to deteriorate very quickly doctors have also come out and said that this seems people who are affected by the corona virus can have long term health impacts on their respiratory system on their own their heart so the still learning as they go the the chinese government has said that they're sending about 16217000 staff from all over china into han to try to focus on containment and try to focus on treatment of 4 types of people confirmed cases suspected cases people with fevers and people with who have come into contact with those cases so they're trying to get treatment for all of those people and we know this is a huge task because still and will even though they've build these 2 new hospitals for example we do know that they're still struggling to just start these places still struggling to offer enough beds to people who need them so people still here

here are very worried it's even though we've had the end of the chinese new year time in response to going back to normal life this is far from normal life here in china it's still very tense and the thing is people know that there is still at this moment no end in sight and this could go on for weeks if not months thanks so much katrina you. now as countries outside china work to prevent the corona virus from spreading thailand is denying entry to a cruise ship carrying more than a 1000 people there westerdam has already been turned away from japan in the philippines holland america is the u.s. company which owns the ship it says there's no reason to believe anyone on board has the virus meanwhile the race is on to try and fast track a coronavirus vaccine into development if any major breakthrough is unlikely for months scientists say a lack of global cooperation is slowing progress rob mcbride reports from seoul

china's prime minister leaker chang visiting scientists at the forefront of his country's efforts to tackle the coronavirus initially criticized for its slow response to the outbreak china very quickly shared the genetic map of the newly identified virus prompting an international race to find a vaccine for it but it's likely to take months. it is always difficult to give a precise dean but in any case nothing before the autumn so this means will have a product by september or october when we can say for certain danger we can use it on people. frustratingly for scientists the development time for a new vaccine often means it's not available until the outbreak they need it for has peaked or is dying out but at least researchers working on this corona virus have a head start thanks to work already done on similar viruses at the international

vaccine institute in seoul as elsewhere staff have experience dealing with other members of the same coronavirus family including mers from the middle east and the sars outbreak of 2003 what typically happens is we have an operator people get very concerned governments get concerned the television has lots of broadcasts and then the outbreak ends and concern ends and then funding ends and you know we have a number of vaccines we have for sars that haven't ever been tested in humans in the absence of a specific vaccine antiviral drugs for other conditions are also being tested it's lead to more scientists calling for a coordinated development of prototype vaccines able to deal with entire families of viruses that can be adapted for a future outbreak because the goal of course is to have one on the shelf that you could use against the next virus that might emerge as well as the one that we're

currently dealing with the global response to this outbreak could be a step towards greater cooperation of mcbride al-jazeera sold. the most serious confrontation yet has taken place between turkish and syrian forces turkey's military says it's killed 101 syrian government soldiers in the province in retaliation for the deaths of 5 turkish troops syria's trying to take the last areas left under rebel control but until this month there's been no direct conflict between turkish and syrian forces. begins our coverage from istanbul. the turkish soldiers were stationed in a recently established military post in tough 10 hours in the province. is the 2nd time turkey's military has come under direct fire in lip province earlier this month 8 soldiers were killed in an attack by syrian army in the same

area and escalation that increases the risk of a full blown military confrontation between ankara and damascus. the main aim is put the cease fire should be respected as soon as possible in italy but the regime must stop its a question for a permanent understandably cease fire. as tension grows a sudden counter offensive by the rebels they launched an attack to retake the town of sirte that is now under the control of syrian government troops. as the turkish backs syrian national army fighters will close in in. the bombardment intensified turkish army units in targeting syrian troops positioned in the town while turkey sends more troops and vehicles into it at an unusually fast pace. we hope that this convoy will do what they promised and force the regime back to

where they were we hope that they will do what is promised and not to be deceitful straddling the intersection of the major and for an m 5 motorways but government held cities of damascus aleppo and latakia. could shape the future of rebel held territory it is the last rebel held area in syria and for many defending the province is a matter of life or death the death of the turkish soldiers in india is likely to put more pressure on the government here many are waiting to see if president. will order a response or show restraint as talks with russian diplomats and military officers are underway in. istanbul. the u.n. says nearly 700000 people have been forced from their homes by the fighting in northern syria 100000 moved in the past week alone it's thought to be the biggest displacement in such

a timeframe in the 9 year war government troops and their allies are advancing with the help of russian air power they've captured nearly all of them 5 highway which links some of syria's biggest cities aleppo damascus and latakia the road is crucial for the government's economy turkey has 12 observation posts in the provinces along its borders several of them are now surrounded by syrian troops they include one that came under fire on monday prompting turkish retaliation and 7 course all those in the turkish border region of hard time she says the turkish military is determined to press on with its offensive turkey vows to continue its reinforcements to protect this military observation post inside and these posts were brought here according to our stan and sochi agreement as the as part of the deescalation there so the main objective of this observation post was to observe

the cease fire and the escalation violations however since the syrian government forces have violated the cease fire and the escalation zone agreement turkey started to. store up or to reinforce these military posts and not only to protect the soldiers but also to protect the civilians being pushed from south to north and they're being displaced but on the other hand we're hearing that the syrian government forces also reinforcements so this reinforcement being used as a tool for a possible deterrence doesn't seem to work and for the very 1st time in this syrian civil war unclear and the massacres are about to confront each other's. well anti-labor is the director of the turkey project at the center for strategic and international studies he says the pressure is on russia to keep this from escalating between syria and. it's unclear whether it's going to lead to a full blown war between the 2 sides something that they have avoided in what was

in essence a proxy war between syrian opposition forces backed by turkey from 2011. 12 and the syrian armed forces backed by the russians and and the iranians there was a russian military delegation in saturday. for talks with the turks that was inconclusive they've come back for a 2nd round of talks in ankara and in between there was the attack by the syrian. artillery and artillery elements against turkish forces leading to the death of 5 soldiers so the question is are the russians who have decisive influence over the assad regime are going to use that influence to restrain the syrians and use their ongoing contacts with the turks to prevent them from from proceeding to a full blown war it's unclear at the moment. well still ahead on al-jazeera

president trump reveals his priorities in a new budget proposal but it could be dead on arrival in congress. and meet julio than determined to make sure his wheelchair is though barrier to getting around mexico's bustling capital. hello again welcome back to your international weather forecast well here across parts of iraq as well as iran we are watching one system make its way towards the east but unfortunate still going to be seeing some very inclement weather across parts of northern iran over the next day tehran only getting to about 3 degrees and the snow to the north overnight lows though we do expect to see probably below freezing and much of that region over here towards afghanistan higher elevations it

is going to be snow for you by the time we get to wednesday though things improve but still quite cold across much of the area and speaking of the cold take a look at the gulf coast wait as a high on wednesday only getting to about 10 degrees there here in doha though it is going to be quite chilly as the overnight lows go down to about 10 on tuesday and into wednesday morning by wednesday only getting to about 15 degrees by the time we get to thursday sunny and 18 degrees here what we are going to be watching for quite a bit of rain here across parts of south africa making its way towards the east in the northeast that is going to be pushing into mozambique over the next day we do expect to see some localized flooding across much of this area as you can see in our forecast map those bright yellows that's going to push towards the north into zimbabwe as well so we will be watching this very carefully over the next few days down towards cape town though it is going to be plenty of sun in the forecast and we do expect to see a temperature of $29.00. well

there on line like probably regarding being one of the worst grafter mainstream media about. or if you join a sun sand there's a difference in diversity and inclusion and they were sometimes isn't always sincere this is a dialogue sanctions and the ways in which they were applied to iran are an act of war fair everyone has a voice we as a society that is so quick to condemn the teacher sit down and listen join the colobus conversation on how to 0. welcome back you're watching al-jazeera time to recap headlines the number of

people killed by the coronavirus is now more than a 1000 a team of w.h.o. experts has arrived in china to investigate thailand is denying entry to a cruise ship to prevent the spread of coronavirus surely been turned away from japan in the philippines the owners of the vessel deny anyone on board is infected . turkey says it has killed more than 100 syrian government troops in retaliation for an attack on its forces 5 turkish soldiers were killed in a dalit province. now 30 people have been killed in an attack in nigeria members of the armed group boko haram are being blamed for the killings the attack happened in borno state. gunman set fire to cars parked along a highway. has more and we should warn you you may find some of the images in this report to be disturbing. this is what's left after a suspected rampage by the on to group boko haram in the nigerian city of my degree

charred bodies and burnt vehicles at least 30 people were killed while travelling overnight in the town of al know on a major highway in borno state witnesses say most of the victims were burnt to death while sleeping in their cars and. we were just sitting in the front seat of the car and heard them shouting god is great and then the shooting began the 1st killed a lady in the front seat of the car and then we started running away they also burned. and abducted a number of men and women of the victims missed a 5 pm curfew to pass a gate leading to my degree they were forced to stay in our no after the military reportedly shot the road. but our town has come under attack before and that's angered the residents here who want answers. the president's muhammadu buhari has condemned the attacks the governor of borno state says there isn't enough support

given by the authorities to protect the people we met. 100 i belittle tablets are going to do. they are no no but as you noted it's like oh look they're close to get . caught up with the army has promised to rectify this. we will fix the problem we are working for you not for us and we will make sure we continue doing that. while there has been no claim of responsibility boko haram has been fighting an insurgency in nigeria for the past decade the city of my degree used to be a stronghold of the armed group buts government forces have since driven them out the area has also become a target of the islamic state in west africa. so it made some progress in terms of reorganizing its own internal operations in terms of building up cooperation with neighboring states it's a difficult environment you know the. challenge is further to the north it was

a hell faster the continuing uncertainty in libya and broader changes in terms of islamist violence in syria and iraq i think create a space that i think in the let's work of the parts of now each year particularly in the northeast she was unable to exploit the violence in the north east has become all too common for the people here and many continue to live in constant fear. al-jazeera. the campaign to win the democratic presidential nomination in the u.s. is gearing up candidates have been rallying in the next battleground state new hampshire voters there will get their say for the nomination in the races 1st primary election on tuesday because it's held so early the state's election is considered an indicator of the level of support presidential contenders have results can build or kill campaign momentum independent voters are important in new hampshire because there are more of them than republicans and democrats and unlike

most states they can cast votes in the the primary now when it comes to the general election democrats have won the state in 6 of the past 7 presidential votes but in 2016 hillary clinton won by just 0.4 percent kristen salome has more from dharm in new hampshire. bernie sanders held a very enthusiastic rally here in the state of new hampshire at new hampshire university some 10000 supporters showed up lots of young people at the university of new hampshire but really voters of all ages he has a very strong base in new hampshire where he won the primary against hillary clinton unexpectedly in 2016 and he is leading in the polls here in new hampshire but he's facing a strong challenge from south bend indiana mayor pete. chu eked out a surprise win against him in the iowa caucuses and seen

a lot of momentum here in new hampshire so while bernie seems to be distancing himself from the other liberal candidate in the field elizabeth warren he has been slowing down according to the polls anyway. the race right now really seems to be among the more moderate candidates looking from moderate voters joe biden was expected to examine and that field he's been performing not as well as expected amy clovers shards senator from minnesota also seems to have a little momentum a little bit of buzz coming out of the iowa caucuses she did better than expected she had a very good performance in the democratic debate on friday and she's raised a lot of money here in new hampshire so there's a lot of buzz about her as well this tonight though was the biggest event for a democrat in the state of new hampshire so far on the republican side however president trump came to town he said that he wanted to shake things up for the

democrats he's riding a wave of popularity post failed impeachment now that he's been acquitted his popularity among republicans is that an all time high with the 94 percent approval rating he was talking about all of the things that he's done to help new hampshire's economy at that rally and people waited in line for hours to see him he called. democrats boring in one of his tweets earlier today said that's why he's coming here to new hampshire i think the people here at this rally might disagree with that it was very enthusiastic we'll see what the results are on tuesday. u.s. president dog trump has unveiled his budget full 2021 to congress if he wins a 2nd term in office he's proposing a $4.00 trillion dollars plan it's the largest in federal history and includes an increase in military spending more money for his border war with mexico. polls from

washington. to really understand the priorities of u.s. presidents look at their budget. donald trump has just released his $4.00 trillion dollars spending vision to members of congress the headlines. more big hikes for military spending cuts to some programs benefiting the elderly and children trumps budget also proposes a 21 percent cut in foreign aid a tremendous waste and tremendous fraud there's a vision to eliminate america's faluting federal spending deficit by the year 2035 the plan is to reform social safety net programs food stamp programs that feed the poor and benefits for disabled growth and the economy is intended to offset the cuts we're in the midst of a great american comeback we're creating the most prosperous economy and the most inclusive society ever to exist actually but democrats in congress say trogs

budget hurts the poor and favors the wealthy they say there's no chance this presidential wish list in its current form will pass into law so why bother with these and other proposals. like spending to repair america's crumbling infrastructure or bring internet to rural parts of the united states this budget is all about. all the ticks rule voters are critical for trump's reelection so is keeping this promise mexico is in fact you will soon find a pain for the. trump made the promise in 2016 and again last month that he'll build a wall along the southern border of the united states and mexico to cut illegal immigration pledge helped him win the white house and even though mexico's never paid for construction and the wall is far from complete trumps making the pitch again president trump's budget is little more than

a blueprint for americans of his spending priorities as he makes the case on the campaign trail for voters to reelect him for a 2nd term can really help get al jazeera the white house police in afghanistan are reporting a car bomb attack at the gates of a military academy it happened in the capital kabul witnesses say groups of staff and students were arriving at the academy when the explosion took place it's not known how many people may have been killed or wounded the woman widely tipped to replace german chancellor angela merkel as announced still court says these are of the governing see the u. policy and the group. is stepping aside following an internal rally over the far right party. nearly 8000000 mexicans have some form of disability for many getting to work can be a challenge one organization is training people in wheelchairs to help them get

around by the hour a powder unfolds from mexico city. it's the morning rush in mexico city and julio lopez is on his way to work navigating the metro system here can be quite hectic and it's no lesser challenge when you're forced to commute in a wheelchair in recent years the mexican capital has improved in terms of access for the disabled and many of the city's public transit stations have become wheelchair accessible just when among the living it isn't uncommon however for julio to have to rely on the kindness of strangers every time an elevator or set of escalators unexpectedly breaks down the been in the market that i might spirits on the metro often depends on people's moods there is a difference between having a good morning without complications or a more challenging time who has mastered the challenges of getting around the city he also works at an organization called independent living mexico that helps others do the same every week at

a courtyard in downtown mexico city instructors hold workshops for people with motor disabilities the whole thing is a real crash course in urban mobility yes and in base. we teach them to climb platforms ramps and stairs the goal is to make people feel independent to get back into society and not feel held back when there isn't around. wheelchair management is a major focus of this course and so is psychological rehabilitation not only are people with disabilities learning practical techniques to navigate the urban landscapes of mexico city but these training sessions serve as a valuable opportunity to socialize to meet new people and for individuals to learn from each other's experiences. an estimated 5500000 people across mexico live with some sort of disability santiago of alaska is the founder of independent living says the vast majority of them are excluded from living a normal life and. only 10 percent of people with disabilities are included or partially included in society and 90 percent are left out of context. they don't

have a job or an education and they don't have the necessary job skills to compete. mexico city still has a long way to go to become a more accessible city in the meantime lopez hopes people will see his daily commute as an example but just because you're in a wheelchair it doesn't mean you can't get around. mexico city. let's have a look now at some of the headlines here on al-jazeera the number of people killed by the corona virus is now more than a 1000 a team of w.h.o. experts is arrived in china to investigate katrina you has more the number of cases the rise of cases appears to be slowing outside of who they know we still have that large majority of cases inside of. the areas but outside of

china the seems to be a drop in that city the government is saying that there containment efforts the effort to lock down 50 or so 1000000 people a prevent them from leaving they seem to be saying that that is in fact working but we've also heard converse lately that they're still finding out more about this virus and the still so much that we don't know turkey claims it's killed more than 100 syrian government troops in korea says it's retaliate for an attack on its forces 5 turkish soldiers were killed in the province boko haram fighters are suspected to have killed 30 people in northeastern nigeria gunman set fire to cars parked along a highway in borno state police in afghanistan are of 14 a car bomb attack at the gates of a military academy it happened in the capital kabul witnesses say groups of staff and students were arriving at the academy when the explosion took place it's not

known how many people have been killed or wounded. arlen's turner for oil party has managed to win the most parliamentary seats in the general election by one seat in frame came 2nd despite winning the popular vote by minister lavrov because under pressure now to resign after his win a gale party won only 35 seats. democratic presidential hopefuls are campaigning in new hampshire the 2nd vote so that the nominee will take place later on tuesday last week the results of the iowa caucus was delayed by technical problems former mayor pete. now only came ahead of. the headlines is the story now. frank assessments the one good thing about these bushfires usage really the. climate informed opinion economy i think is actually what's keeping donald trump afloat right now critical debate. the noise all about

this argument is astonishingly pantomimes an in-depth analysis of the day's headlines this is the beginning of the new iraq of the new conscious and aware youth about struggle against an ethnic sectarian cult or inside story on al-jazeera . welcome to the stream and sami r.k. the gambia one of west africa's most popular tourist destination spot international observers say children and young people are at risk of being exploited by some visitors what's needed to protect them do you live in an area where sex tourism and share your thoughts to twitter. they can be as tourism industry has flourished from just 300 tourists in 165.