we're not really done years we meet with global news makers and tweak about the stories that matter just 0. ports and decayed syrian government forces are in full control of the all important aleppo damascus highway for the 1st time in 8 years. and we shall carry this is our desire life from also coming up. we may use containment. from the world health organization arrives in beijing as the chinese government fire several local officials and rouhani also. read. the 1st press presidential primary ballots are cast in the race for the white house

. we take a look at how india's governing party is doing in a crucial state elections. we're getting reports that syrian government forces along with their allies have captured the entire m 5 highway now that crucial road links the capital damascus with the northern city of aleppo is the 1st time since 2012 that syrian troops have seized full control of that highway a slave's development comes amid continued fighting with turkish forces in the north earlier turkey's military says it's killed $101.00 syrian government soldiers in the a province that's in retaliation for the deaths of 5 of its troops on monday meanwhile opposition fighters have shot down a syrian government helicopter an adlib a pilot was killed in a crash so let's get a closer look it's who is in control of what areas and syria government troops and their allies are advancing with the help of russian airpower. they have captured

all of the m 5 highway that road is crucial to the country's economy and for highway which is one of the main roads linking latakia and live to the rest of the country is partially under rebel control turkey has a number of observation posts along its borders several are surrounded by syrian troops including the one that came under fire on monday prompting turkish retaliate . inside syria at not far from the turkish border covering all of these develops developments rather see them talk us through what's going on. well 1st let me remind that we have local sources that we have contacted tell that there are still clashes ongoing around. 5 highway and the syrian government forces have not fully controlled the highway yet this is what we have been hearing from the ground as the clashes intensified from time to time violent clashes nearby the

highway and the syrian opposition forces have launched an offensive towards a rock up today again in the. in the afternoon mainly mainly focused on a rock band and they have destroyed some. military vehicles army their army personnel carriers and some tanks in the deck and also in a rock band and we have confirmed from the syrian opposition sources on the ground that they have taken control of a route again near of village which is an important area around. during the day. the outcome might be changing as it could as the syrian government forces and the syrian opposition forces are still clashing they are fighting each other and so the m 5 in the future is what's going to happen with the m 5 highway depends on these clashes whether if the if the opposition continues to get some get back some

of the towns it means the syrian government has no full control on the highway but if or both sides both the opposition and the syrian government and 5 is vital it is like an archery because it connects to trade center aleppo to damascus and for it to let's get this why they have been fired also this is also a benchmark according to this glacier zone. according to that plan the syrian government must move below the air. $55.00 even further below that and after the syrian government has advanced towards and 5 and controlled the area down below it some turkish military observation posts have been surrounded by the syrian government forces as all of this why this latest military tension happened because turkey believes the syrian government is should be following this this creation's on borders go down down below the m 5 highway and evacuate the areas where

the military posts are so that the syrian civilians here are safe and sound and there are no more displacements this is the situation on the ground then the russians say they're in touch with the americans and kremlin just announced that all fighting from both sides should be stopped and asuna rule should be abided with all right tim costello with the latest inside syria and thank you chris doyle is a syria researcher he believes it will be difficult for the syrian government to maintain control over the highway. it has been out of the syrian regime's control since 2012 of course it's recaptured parts of it so where it's confirmed that it holds this vital artery it would be a crucial part of the regime's narrative that it's winning the war against the rebel opposition that it's returning life to normal and it will mean that goods and

traffic who return along this highway which will make it much easier than the route that they have absolute for example out of aleppo to the southeast which is a very long detour but of course a word of caution i mean securing the highway right now quite rightly that is perhaps not completely under the regime control is one thing holding it will be another it will be vulnerable and it will be vulnerable until really the majority of the province of it is under the syrian regime's control so it's obviously for the regime this is a positive move forward it is something that they've been aiming to do for a very very long time this is no shock no surprise as to what yesterday dziedzic objective in this is sort on it live is the number of people killed by the corona virus outbreak has now passed 1000 chinese officials announced another 109 deaths the single biggest job since the outbreak began and december and here province the

epicenter of the virus health workers are struggling to contain it okola fischler being blamed for acting too slowly in the early stages until health officials have been removed from office a team from the world health organization has arrived in china have a show has warned of a growing risk of a global pandemic as the world sees more human to human transmission outside of china. in recent days we have seen some concerning instances of on word transmission from people was not 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 and in thailand passengers on a cruise ship are being refused permission to disembark of a u.s.

company which owns the ship says there is no reason to believe anyone on board has the virus westerdam has already been turned away from japan and the philippines. promise and hong kong he says the blame for the outbreak is being laid on local officials. state media confirmed on choose day that 2 officials from the health commission in who had been removed from their post the most senior officials to lose their jobs since this crisis began these officials are essentially being blamed for in a sense covering up the extent of the outbreak in early january that seems to be because there was a very important political gathering happening in wu hand at the time and perhaps they didn't want it to be overshadowed by you know an emergency the same officials also approved a banquet attended by 40000 people just a few days before they declared that was going into lockdown so these officials are

being made to be accountable what's not going to happen is you're not going to see the very top of the chinese leadership held accountable the system in china is designed in a sense to prevent that happening so it's local officials who are going to take the blame it's being late quite you know quite clearly at their feet the race says on the fast track for a vaccine for the krajina virus but a major breakthrough is unlikely for months scientists say lack of cooperation globally is lyme progress reports from seoul china's prime minister liko 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. to look it's always difficult to give

a precise date but in any case nothing before the autumn so this means we'll 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 research is working on this perona 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 operate 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 broad al-jazeera so. endears governing party is expected to lose a major state election its 1st electoral test since the anti-government protests began 2 months ago the counting is underway for the delhi legislative assembly early results suggest the liberal party is well ahead of prime minister narendra modi's speech pain government is an under pressure since passing a new citizenship law as promised in italian says the b j p had

a very divisive campaign. there are celebrations already at the headquarters of. people saying people telling when we were there earlier that this is a vote for things like development education health care things that the common man party really camp a dog and a seen as having delivered on rather than the b j p's very divisive politics and campaign as we've been reporting you know the election took place is taking place after some of the biggest protests against the big government over the citizenship nor which is widely seen as being discriminatory against muslims in the bay j.p. really tries to campaign on this issue on the protests on ending the protests you know many analysts say that this is one of the most vitriolic campaigns that they can remember to be j.p. politicians were banned from campaigning won after comparing protesters to rapists and murderers and saying that they wanted to make india

a muslim country and now this said that protest is should be shot so. whether they were saying that just you know campaigning on ending the protests judging by the results campaigning on this one issue will not be enough to win a local election just one more thing to note these results we're talking about i mean which will be about the b j p it looks like india's oldest political party the congress party the party of india's founders mahatma gandhi and. nehru have once again. that they'll get 0 seats in this election so they perhaps will they will be the biggest loser still ahead on al-jazeera. a man determined to make sure his wheelchair is no barrier to getting around bustling capital city.

more wet weather pushing into central and southern parts of china at the moment and that cloud is starting to ease its way towards the korean peninsula south korea will see some very heavy rain as we go on through wednesday and eventually that same area of cloud and right pushing across cuba into southern parts of concha much of japan will see some wet weather as we go on through the next few days dry but it does come back a behind across the korean peninsula so 12 celsius not too bad and so some decent spells of sunshine getting up around 8 degrees there for beijing but for the southeast of china the heavy downpours due to set to continue and i suspect there will be some localized flooding as a result of threats was saying was easing now for some parts of india meanwhile and also into sri lanka last a clear skies we have got the usual mist and fog up towards northern parts but temperatures starting to edge up in new delhi see temperatures getting up to around

$24.00 degrees celsius all the possible to stop just pushing out of afghanistan some rain some sleet and some snow that will continue to just ease a little further east which as we go through the next couple days with that new delhi could touch to me twenty's as we go on into with stay further south we have got those showers just pretending it's a waste and possible sri lanka so it could turn rather wet here i think we can. in india identity politics on the rise what we're seeing is the construction of politicians in the hearts and minds of the unions of the across the country and there's a dockside in detroit is we do see the grid from his office the majesty of the fish into something more like the team i didn't see the british program i meet with victims of violence and discover what life is like for minorities in the country join me on my journey in search of india's soul on al-jazeera.

you're watching al-jazeera let's recap the top stories right now there are reports that syrian government forces have captured the entire m 5 highway that links damascus to aleppo it comes after turkey says it's killed $101.00 syrian government troops in retaliation for the deaths of 5 of its soldiers it's the 2nd such us collation this month between the 2 countries number one killed by the chrono virus has passed 1000 comes as beijing is accused local officials and hot of being too slow to act during the initial outbreak 2 officials have been removed from office and india's governing party is expected to lose

a major state election its 1st electoral test since anti-government protests began 2 months ago early results suggest the liberal party is well ahead of the prime minister narendra modi's speech a paid. a british appeals court has given an 11th hour reprieve to dozens of people due to be deported to jamaica the group of convicted offenders that come to the u.k. as children and were later arrested for crimes as adults judges rule their right to contact lawyers was violated as they did not have access to working mobile some cards while in detention it's going to involve and london so again what is the latest on this. well rachele the home office here in britain has confirmed that there was a deportation flight that took off from somewhere in the u.k. on tuesday morning the home secretary cited javid has said that he thinks there were around 20 people on board the backgrounds of this is that campaigners say that

perhaps 60 people were listed as going onto a flight on tuesday they've been trying to stop the deportation flight now they were being held in 2 detention centers near heathrow airport to the west of london and gatwick airport to the south of london now on monday evening a court of appeal judge ordered that the detainees who had previously served time in prison for crimes committed in the u.k. the detainees who are being held in detention centers near heathrow and who had not had mobile phone access before they were listed as being on the deportation flight so they couldn't get legal assistance they should not be deported but we understand that there was a group gatwick airport who didn't come under that order and therefore the government went ahead and put them on that plane on tuesday morning now the prime

minister's office says there are $25.00 foreign national offenders who the court ruled could not be removed and therefore still in the country the offenses which they were responsible for include manslaughter a firearms offense violent offenses to which are in the category of rape or sexual offenses and 14 drug offenses so it's a mixed picture but we don't exactly know who has gone and who's still here we have spoken al-jazeera has spoken to one detainee who has remained who came under that court order on monday night who says he's very depressed he has been in and out of detention for. the last few years because of his immigration status after serving around 15 months in jail for a drugs offense which he committed when he was 17 years old so he's saying that as far as he's concerned he's not a danger to british society and more than that he has no family to go back to in jamaica or his very worried that if he does get put on

a flight then he will actually be destitute and perhaps targeted when he gets there ok and same bother with the latest and london and team thank you. lebanon's parliament is meeting to take a vote of confidence on the new cabinet the prime minister has and the protesters who spent months calling for a political overhaul are rejecting the new government saying it's an extension of corrupt traditional political parties that they have been demonstrating against sense october are gathering outside parliament where m.p.'s will decide on whether to accept yobs posed government and his policies. or is in beirut and says police didn't hesitate to use force on protesters. parliament is in session anti-establishment protesters were not able to prevent that session from happening they did gather at the number of locations around parliament square in the hope of preventing the m.p.'s from arriving at to the building but as you can see behind me a heavy security presence army and security personnel they were deployed in the streets and they forcibly opened roads of the states really did not hesitate to use

force the water cannons the tear gas and a number of protesters were beaten up and taken to hospital so the message from the state is we are holding this session the vote of confidence in the new government will take place the prime minister has and reading his government's policy statement to the lawmakers really promising what has been promised in the past to fight production as a result of the economic and financial crisis in the country but being the mommy in the new government they believe yes there may be new faces but these people were appointed by the political parties who have been governing this country for the past 3 decades ago but like i mentioned the protesters are up against a increasingly militarized a state but the biggest question is even if this government gets a vote of confidence in parliament they do hold the parliamentary majority and it doesn't have support in the streets more importantly doesn't have the support of the international community that needs billions of dollars in aid in order to save

this country's economy and the messages that are coming from abbas of hers of western nations as well as the and i can. sense is this time around there will be no blank checks if you do not implement the necessary reforms and carry out the necessary reforms and fighting corruption. president hassan rouhani has addressed tens of thousands of people in tehran on the 41st anniversary of the islamic revolution sure celebration comes at a time when tension remains high with the u.s. just last month washington killed iran's top army general. tehran retaliated by launching a military strike against an army base housing u.s. soldiers in iraq and the u.s. the new hampshire primary has officially started in the small town of dixville notch this tradition goes back nearly 60 years the town tries events where the 1st to cast ballots in the state and with boats cast so early they were among the 1st to declare results for tuesday's election michael bloomberg was victorious

receiving ribault tz and bernie sanders each received one more than 2 thirds of voters in new hampshire are an dependent those voters play an important role in selecting the party's nominee and as al jazeera as a person still in the reports it can make the outcome hard to predict. new hampshire resident jonathan blitz says he leans republican sue inly will board lean democrat but like many voters in the state they don't belong to a political party this is serious stuff and we need to change the direction of the country they were among hundreds of voters who lined up to see democrat pete would a judge in a school auditorium on balancing between p. and burning right now although i do like even closer to a little bit. with no clear front runner for the democratic presidential nomination these independent voters are in high demand particularly by middle of the road candidates like to judge when you're coming up here to run for president you're not

just appealing to the members of your own party but you're also trying to reach those folks in the middle who might vote for your party but not want to identify with it maybe are not as ideological maybe a bit more pragmatic minded 42 percent of the electorate here has no party affiliation and unlike voters in other states independents in new hampshire can vote in either primary democrat or republican that's led to some surprise finishes in the past. in 2016 bernie sanders who comes from the neighboring state of vermont beat party favorite hillary clinton here by more than 20 percent with this strong base of support he could win the primary again in 2020 but this year is like none other due to the large field of democrats and a president who is loved by his base despised by the left. so if you're a voter who doesn't like bernie sanders you're not just thinking which candidate do i like more than bernie sanders who currently which candidate who's not bernie sanders do i like can i support who i think has the best shot of beating him it's

a job these voters take seriously we're still debating but i think he would be an excellent choice for the president in the united states i'm excited about to what i've heard a warrior more like right here on talk you still not decided i'm. close but i'm not making the outcome hard to predict kristen salumi al jazeera nashua new hampshire the philippines government has told the u.s. that it will end a major security pact between the 2 countries agreement allows u.s. forces to train in the philippines ascend to say says the move has serious implications general allen's argonauts more from manila. tertius ordered the cancellation of the visiting forces agreement which is causing fear and anxiety in different security sectors here many security experts say this decision of the philippine government has long term consequences in the coming years over the last

few weeks 230 has been attacking the us government after it canceled the us visa office former police chief who is believed to have been behind he sold called drug war which has killed thousands of filipinos over the last few years we do turn to was sworn into office in 2016 he promised a more independent foreign policy moving away from longstanding allies the united states and building closer relations with countries like china and russia but now many are questioning do charity is business since they're questioning whether this is truly independence or a capitulation to xi jinping zz government. nearly 8000000 mexicans have some form of disability or many getting to work can be a challenge now an organization in the capital is training people in wheelchairs to help them get around the city has been a rubble of reports in mexico city it wants to increase access for an estimated 500000 people. it's the morning rush in mexico city and who 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 by just one 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 or the been in the market today guys 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 bayside he had a we teach them to climb platforms ramps and stairs the goal is to make people feel independent to get back into society not feel held back when there isn't a ramp. 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 the last. is the founder of independent living says the vast majority of them or excluded from living a normal life and. only 10 percent of people with disabilities are included partially included in society and i mean 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 madrid upolu mexico city. at least 6 people have died in europe as storm brought hurricane force winds knocking down trees and damaging buildings cleanup efforts are now underway in the u.k. after heavy rain left hundreds of homes and businesses underwater and france strong winds cut power to thousands of people the storm rounded hundreds of flights and delayed rail service all across northwest europe and to rental rain as flooded parts of brazil's most populous city ever since south hollow have overflowed effecting major roads emergency crews have rescued people who were trapped on top of their cars for hours the rains caused mudslides and other parts of the city and people in baghdad if woken up to

a surprise snow fall blanketing the iraqi capital of course it is common to snow in the northern part of the country bit in the lowlands around baghdad area unusual in fact the last time it snowed there was in 2015. look at the headlines right now on al-jazeera there are reports that syrian government forces have captured the entire m. 5 highway that links damascus to aleppo it comes after turkey said it's killed $101.00 syrian government troops in retaliation for the deaths of 5 of its soldiers it is the 2nd sights escalation this month between the 2 countries and while opposition fighters have. downing's syrian government helicopter and then a pilot was killed in that crash. the number of people killed by the corona virus has passed 1000 comes as beijing is accused local officials and haunt of being too slow to act during the initial outbreak 2 officials have been removed from office

attainment w.h.o. experts has arrived in china to investigate in recent days we have seen some concerning instances of only road transmission from people was no travel history to china like the cases reported in france yesterday and the united kingdom today the detection of these small number of cases could be the spark that becomes a bigger fire but floated no it's only a spark objective remains containment and is governing party is expected to lose a major state election and as the 1st electoral test for the b.j. peace anti-government protests began 2 months ago early results suggest the liberal party is well ahead of prime minister narendra modi's speech. and lebanon's parliament is meeting to take a vote of confidence on the new cabinet of

a prime minister haass and protesters are out there today and they've been out there for months calling for a political overhaul they're rejecting the new government and they say it's an extension of corrupt political parties that have been demonstrated they have been demonstrating against rather since october we'll keep an eye on this throughout the day and the us the new hampshire primary has officially started in the small town of dixville notch this tradition goes back about 60 years the town's residents are the 1st to cast ballots and with the votes cast so early they are among the 1st to declare results for tuesday's election so michael bloomberg was victorious he received 3 votes and bernie sanders each received one. i said the headlines keep it on al-jazeera and side story as that next.

it's the worst invasion of discipline because sort of quarter of a century across east africa and south asia the food supplies and livelihoods of millions so under threat the situation's been declared a national emergency in some countries so what's caused the infestation and could it get worse this is inside story. hello welcome to the program i'm adrian finnegan the same as the world's most dangerous migrates re pests locusts can swarm in the billions and in january densely enough to force an ethiopian airlines plane off course now they're invading ethiopia somalia kenya you.