so precious in the region women make science ecuador's hidden treasure on al-jazeera while. the heavy price to pay turkey's president vows swift revenge against syrian backed forces fighting and it led. to the now this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. objective remains containment the death toll from the corona virus passes $1000.00 is the chinese government fire as officials at work on the handling of the outbreak also. 3. the 1st u.s. presidential primary ballots are cast in the race for the white house. passed

mourning a leader thousands pay their respects in kenya to a man with a mixed legacy. we begin in syria where government forces are fighting on 2 fronts and regaining the last pockets of opposition held territory turkey's president is promising swift revenge against syrian forces and aid that after they killed 5 turkish soldiers on monday. on the order the syrian regime got what it deserved but that's not enough it will pay a heavy price for attacking turkey's soldiers i will announce the actions to be taken about the syrian issue after i meet with my parliamentary group tomorrow. well opposition fighters have shot down a syrian government helicopter live the pilot was killed in the crash and there are reports that syrian government forces have now captured the entire m 5 highway that

links damascus with. the city of course you'll lou is inside syria not far from the turkish border seen him what's the latest that you're hearing on the ground. came the clashes are still ongoing around them 5 highway area and around surround the bay area the saranac of is the intersection town near by m 5 an m 4 highways which has been very important for the syrian government to regain and that's why and that's how they actually advance towards the town and again just back a couple of days ago we are hearing that the clashes are sometimes violent and but the opposition had managed to take take back the village in iraq and in iraq and that they and their position was able to destroy some of the syrian army's armored vehicles personnel carrier carriers and they shut down the helicopter as

you have also sad but one thing is important today just a couple of hours ago the syrian government and syrian government forces boarded. an inside if the city center what we learned from the local sources is that at 1st civilians were killed during this airstrike and in the city center is not much for much far from here and this was the and the city center was relatively safe especially for us as journalists who travel to this area from time to time for instance hour to was able to see there at the last time in the last august. but according to the syrian government forces recently even the ellipse at the center was listed as a military target it was expected but also some military experts were saying that they wouldn't be targeting in the city center but would try to ensure cool it looks at the center but today it's happened and the casualties too well for now and the

situation on the ground is very tense the. fierce clash between opposition and the syrian government forces and the military tension between turkey and the. syrian army turkish and syrian army says intense turkey continues its reinforcements to the vision posts inside which was meant to be supposed to be a deescalation zone according to our son and such a peace agreement and the syrian government also continues its reinforcements to its positions close to the turkish observation post how it is going to be resold is still unknown russia also made a call that all parties should stop fighting each other and they are stana should be revived but of course what prisons are done is going to end now is to morrow as the next steps of the taken inside live is important we will be following that announcement as it happens thank you for that cynical shoulder there live from baba

how are. the number of people killed by the corona virus outbreak has now passed 1000 chinese officials announced another 109 deaths the biggest single day jump since the outbreak began in december the government has also fired officials in holland for the handling of the epidemic katrina you has more from beijing. in his 1st public appearance since the corona virus outbreak began chinese president xi jinping came to rally the troops against an invisible enemy. let's fight this war which. let's fight these people for war we must build up our confidence we will eventually wind. up speaking from beijing in a video called he thanked medical staff in the city of who hunt for what he called the heroic efforts saying the virus had revealed the strengths and shortcomings of china's readiness to fight the outbreak shortcomings which was partly addressed this week with the firing of 2 senior health officials in local leaders have been

criticised for downplaying the severity of the outbreak and being too slow to act the province has been locked down for weeks and nationwide many businesses and workplaces are closed she jinping has promised to minimise the economic impact of the virus but companies have already begun laying off staff and hundreds have applied for emergency bank loans to keep going in mohan thousands of coronavirus patients are in critical condition experts say the incubation period for the illness could be longer than 1st thought up to 24 days but there is some good news the numbers. are. going down. so that's good news she isn't being suddenly alert as comes as the government faces mounting pressure over its earlier the crisis the communist possible sproul want to shift the focus away from its biggest and towards more stories of resilience and sold errors but so far it's done little for whom the word fear in china where morale remains low and

the fear is high the training al-jazeera. recrown of ours is also affecting economies in the region ages biggest asho is underway in singapore but dozens of companies are pulled out of affairs of the outbreak foreign so it has. its asia's largest escher but it doesn't. it seem like it more than 70 companies have pulled out including big names like u.s. defense companies lockheed martin all because of concerns over the spread of coronavirus we do see hope to see more picked up over the next few days. we presume there is going to be staying about 50 percent or so for people coming in to see the show singapore has the 3rd largest number of confirmed cases after china and a cruise ship quarantined in japan some countries have advised their citizens against unnecessary travel to the city state. but organizers are determined to put on a good show even giving special exemption from

a ban on visitors from china to the country's military power batiks team seen before their. fears over corona virus are not just affecting attendance at the event but also raising concerns over demand for aviation companies and services it's a major impact it's a crisis for the industry we've had experienced before almost 20 years ago similarly a devastating impact but there was a very strong recovery so we have to manage the current situation get through it and i mean with every comes to be ready to respond to. dozens of airlines have suspended flights to and from china the outbreak of coronavirus comes as the aviation industry is already experiencing slower growth at passenger demand grew at a smaller pace last year compared to 2018 and it was also the worst year for ag cargo since the end of the global financial crisis in 2009. a former chief executive for low cost airline says companies especially those exposed to chinese

markets will suffer in the short term in this case we don't know when the indus will you don't know the and it's really really quite tough to be honest and what's going to happen is that you have to refund back the money that people already pay for plus the future is going to be slimming down. many analysts say long term growth prospects for the aviation industry remain positive but the number of confirmed cases and deaths from coronavirus has already said past that of the sauce outbreak in 2003 and what's more difficult to predict is how long this outbreak will last and what impact it will have on the industry florence louis al-jazeera singapore. and he is governing body is facing a major defeat in a king state election the 1st. test for the b j p since anti-government protests began 2 months ago with vote counting almost

complete the liberal policy is on track to secure the most seats of the delhi legislative assembly trouncing prime minister narendra modi's the j.p. government has been under pressure since passing a new citizenship law elizabeth braun is at the headquarters of the aam aadmi party in new delhi she says people around the country of viewing it as a win against that the j.p. . absolutely ecstatic. plan to. continue to. be campaigned on his signature issues of development of education health care on things that he and the party of widely see as having delivered on meanwhile the b j p the party of the prime minister campaigned on the protest against it. they said that a vote for the b j p was the one to hand those protests. over to the fore mr.

and. said that this is a win for all of india and indeed it is being macho around the country regional leaders have been gradually. with them and this is against the p j p's and divisive politics of the party has been in power in delhi for 22 years and they have been losing the last most of the station actions in the past 18 months and those losses indicate that campaigning around nashville is and isn't resonating on the stakes level. at least 15 rehang are refugees have died and dozens of missing after their boat capsized as they tried to escape bangladesh authorities say the incident happened knesset mawson's i meant in the bay of bengal the coast guard a navy a searching for survivors they say that rescued 67 people more than a 1000000 ruhi refugees live and die conditions in camps in bangladesh 750000 fled

from me and fall following a brutal military crackdown in 2017. still ahead on al-jazeera more protests in lebanon hama decides whether to accept the new government's proposed policy. how it welcomes another look at the international full cost of saying some dry weather pushing into japan for a time that's about to change because the savage cloud just pushing out says the central parts of china through the is china sea the korean peninsula saying some heavy rain as we go through where the stain that will eventually push through q.c. into southern parts of honshu and by thursday sweep across the rest of the country 15 celsius there for tokyo dry weather comes back in behind seoul at around 12

degrees of the 15 in shanghai as well being see that rain still in place there for the central and eastern parts of the country hong kong seeing some showers down into the southeast we are lucky to see some localized flooding over the next few days to the south of that it's generally dry across india china and across the philippines always a chance of wanted to show as but the majority of the showers there into malaysia into indonesia as per usual more heavy showers there all the way across and the popular new guinea will see some heavy showers to into sri lanka over the next day or so for the time being it is generally fine and dry a lot of subtle weather there across india as well little more cloud down towards the southeast and cool on the but into time will not be so want to choose showers if you can see those showers just starting to show the handful sri lanka as we go through the next 2 days. whether online like father got to be one of the worst droughts the mainstream media

about. or if you join us on sat there is a difference in diversity and inclusion and overseas sometimes isn't always sincere based is a dialogue sanctions on the ways in which they're applied to iran are an act of warfare everyone has a voice we as a society that is so quick to victim blame need to just sit down and listen join the global conversation on al-jazeera. you're watching al-jazeera a reminder of our top stories this hour turkey's president is promising swift revenge against syrian government forces and that killed 5 turkish soldiers on

monday meanwhile there are reports the syrian army has captured the entire m 5 highway that makes damascus with aleppo. the number of people killed by the coronavirus has passed 1000 homes as well as you could accuse local officials in a province of being troops slow to action during the initial outbreak. india's governing party is facing defeat in the key states election vote counting almost complete the liberal party is on track to hold onto its overwhelming majority in the delhi legislative example trancing prime minister narendra modi's b j p. lebanon's problem is missing it to take a vote of confidence in the new cabinet of prime minister. but protesters have spent months calling for a political overhaul are rejecting the hugo they say it's an extension of corrupt traditional political parties they gathering outside parliament where m.p.'s will decide whether to accept dia's proposed government and his policies let's take

a look at what the lebanese prime minister is promising us on the economic policy includes plans to deal with the deep financial crisis and corruption he wants to retrieve stolen public money and revive the banking sector the abscess he's trying to reform the judiciary and introduce laws to ensure its independence he also wants new legislation to protect women's rights and his foreign policy will see lebanon keeping itself away from regional conflicts. 100 joins us now live from beirut protesting the protest no accepting this new cabinet and these policies what's happening where you are. oh yes protesters like you mentioned they consider this new cabinet an extension of the old one yes there are new faces but ministers have been appointed by political parties who have been governing this country for 3 decades now people blame those politicians the political class for corruption and mismanagement and really the dire economic and financial crisis that

the country is facing the worst crisis since the end of the civil war in 1990 there is a currency crunch there's a lack of dollars banks have imposed caps on the amount of money you can withdraw unemployment is on the rise businesses are closing so there is a lot of anger in the streets and protesters tried to breach the security cordon around the parliament building but they weren't able to do that security forces and the army they were out in force hundreds of them deployed they used tear gas water cannon and even rubber bullets to disperse the crowd really the message from the state is we are determined to stay in power and really this this new government what we have seen in the past few weeks is really taking a more harsher response towards the protest movement a harsh crackdown a lot of arrests have been made so people are losing hope they don't believe that promises of reforms promises to fight corruption will actually materialize the

prime minister is promising an emergency plan before the end of this month but at the end of the day this country needs billions of dollars in aid so it's not enough to take a vote of confidence in parliament this government is going to need the vote of confidence of international donors who will then decide whether or not they're going to bail out lebanon but the message from the united nations has been there will be no blank checks this time and this time around you need concrete measures concrete steps and to implement reforms they don't have a live from beirut thank you. in less than an hour of palestinian president mahmoud abbas is expected to address donald trump's proposed middle east plan with the u.n. security council palestinian leaders have denounced the proposal which they say extends israeli control over their lands on tuesday a vote on a draft resolution was supposed to take place but got delayed because of a lack of international support it's not yet clear when any resolution will be ready for an actual vote let's go live now to stephanie decker who's in west

jerusalem so stephanie tell us more about why this resolution on the middle east plan has not made its way through to a vote. well it seems that there has been a lot of american pressure on the members of the security council because of course you know if you look at the imagery you have the palestinian president you would have seen a show of hands rejecting what has been long in the making this so-called deal of the century so from what we understand that there's been immense american pressure in the security council lobbying to you know to not support not have that show has not have that imagery of outright rejection this is of course something the palestinians wanted they wanted to have the international community stand behind them in the rejection of this plan so we are now going to hear from the palestinian prison mahmoud abbas he will be addressing the security council we know what he is

going to say in the sense that he's going to reject the plan he wants to negotiate along 67 borders with east jerusalem as a capital of a palestinian state this is also the u.n. position the previous u.n. security council resolutions when it comes to this conflict and suggests that say that this is the only way to resolve that we're also going to be hearing from the u.n. secretary general and. and also from the u.n. special envoy to the middle east peace process that in all of of course not in all of his been heavily involved in also negotiating between israel and hamas in gaza so i think it'll be interesting to see the guidance and what is said by both the secretary general and because i'm not in of however yes clearly the resolution that was on the table is something that there's a lot of politics involved in this multilayered and certainly the american pressure seems to have won out on this one i think that that stephanie deck of ally from western. well there have been protests in support of the palestinian president in ramallah and abraham has more. 1st it is i've gathered here today and i'm

a law in the occupied west bank there may is just applaud the palestinian president mahmoud abbas in his speech at the united nations security council but they also want to voice their rejection of the u.s. proposal i mean these peace plan they're calling it here the deal of change. goals didn't say that the plan doesn't meet any of their spirit specially the issue of east jerusalem which they say should be the capital of the future palestinian state . and there's even the issue of refugees and jerusalem are considered core issues not one post in the union were old can give up those rights if we do sort them we will be abandoning our lands heritage and homeland well you've got a lot a lot of work we have been promised for decades that u.n. security council resolutions will be implemented we as palestinians are calling upon the security council to implement the already approved resolutions. many of

those who leave school to leave here today we'll let it lapse out by the international community they say that the u.s. exercising pressure and flower against people who are supporting. mourners have been attending a public memorial service in nairobi for my kenyan president daniel out up more he led the country for 24 years until 2002 he died last week at the age of 95 catherine stories in nairobi and explains the mixed legacy president more left behind. those who lived through his era as president say that he was larger than life he was an enigma the president will follow everywhere there was so much fear at that time that people even those who are not interested in politics will see aren't to speak out about anything because who knows who could do it and or standing next to you it could be. a lot of other people are saying that he was a dictator who presided over a government that. consented to

a detention and torture of a thousands of people around the table was tortured during the presence of a former president more his reign many of them died as well of people saying that he brought the economy to the comrie was really struggling during his time but then there are those who say that look you've seen some credit he's easily to hand over power peacefully in 2002 after 24 years in power he kept the country relatively stable when other neighboring countries were essentially in conflict he helped build many schools and universities and tried to keep children in school through providing free milk he also be a head at a company in peru for a station of planting a building could you be caissons to prevent the russians please give him credit people are saying let him be buried in people but other thing no matter how he

started no matter the things that he did he legacy the legacy that he leaves behind is more bad than good. there's a living government has told the u.s. and a major security pact between the agreement allows american forces to train in the philippines the u.s. embassy says the move has serious implications on a dog and has more from manila. butera has ordered the cancellation of the visiting forces agreement which is causing fear and anxiety in different security sectors here many security experts say the musician of the philippine government has long term consequences in the coming years over the last few weeks to 30 has been attacking the us government after it canceled the us we saw all this former police chief who is believed to have been behind he so called drug war which has killed thousands of filipinos over the last few years will deter 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 characters and their questioning whether this is truly independence or a capitulation to xi jinping government iran's president hassan rouhani has addressed tens of thousands of people into iran on the 41st anniversary of the islamic revolution this year's celebration comes at a time when tension remains high with the u.s. just last month washington killed iran's top army general custom silly money to run retaliated by launching a missile strike against an army base housing u.s. soldiers in iraq only common military you don't trust what is the u.s. looking for the u.s. wants the nation to surrender they want to plunder is land remorseful government rejecting responsibility that's the mistake by the u.s. the u.s.

doesn't know the governments the armed forces the 3 branches of the establishment and the nation they're all moving under the banner of the islamic republic and the leadership and will remain steadfast the americans just want to create problems with respect to basic needs. voting is underway in new hampshire for the us presidential primary election candidates are looking to get ahead in the race after a delayed starts in the iowa caucuses last week these are live pictures from manchester new hampshire for the 1st in the nation primaries people are casting their ballots these can of course provide momentum or otherwise for democratic candidates in the states recent polls show bernie sanders is ahead with people john it's not far behind. a moment to vote thirds of voters in new hampshire are independent these voters play an important role in selecting the party's nominee and as al jazeera is christensen movie 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 through to 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 if you're logical 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's 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 of the united states i'm excited about to win a birthday warrior more like right here i'll take you still not decided i'm. close

but i'm not making the outcome hard to predict kristen salumi al jazeera nashua new hampshire less than one percent of americans live in new hampshire so you might be wondering why it's always 1st on the primary calendar has an. so why does new hampshire one of the smallest u.s. states play such a pivotal role in choosing the democratic nominee much is due to tradition candidates have braved the cold to try and woo new hampshire voters for the past 100 years in this 1st in the nation primary now the state's election laws require it to be 1st let's go but the primaries seem to be increasingly irrelevant for democrats because the state's demographics no longer match up with the rest of the nation americans in new hampshire are on average wealthier whiter and older than the rest of the country 42 percent of voters there hadn't made up their minds as of last week winning in new hampshire can breathe life into a campaign after

a setback in iowa as it did for hillary clinton in 2008 we want to thank the people of new hampshire. and for donald trump in 2016 his 1st primary win that year bernie sanders won by more than 20 points and he's hoping for another decisive win in the granite state unlike that chaotic caucus in iowa which saw him effectively tied with pete who did it now losing in new hampshire won't necessarily spell disaster for a presidential campaign bill clinton george w. bush and barack obama all lost in the state before going on to win the white house . this is out there and these are the top stories techies president is promising swift revenge against syrian government forces and after they killed 5 tanker soldiers on monday meanwhile there are reports that the syrian army has now captured the entire 5 highway that links damascus with. the

order of the syrian regime got what it deserved but that's not enough it will pay a heavy price for attacking turkey soldiers i will announce the actions to be taken about the syrian issue after i meet with my parliamentary group tomorrow. the number of people killed by the corona virus has passed 1000 it comes as beijing accused local officials and who province of being too slow to act during the initial outbreak 2 officials have been removed from office india's governing party is facing defeat in a key state election with vote counting almost complete the liberal party is on track to hold onto its overwhelming majority in the delhi legislative assembly trouncing prime minister narendra modi's b j p the government has been under pressure since passing a new citizenship law. lebanon's parliament is meeting to take a vote of confidence in the new cabinet of prime minister. but protesters who have

spent months calling for a political overhaul are rejecting the new come they say it's an extension of corrupt traditional political parties they gathering outside parliament where m.p.'s will decide on whether to accept dabs proposed government and his policies. and less than an hour of palestinian president mahmoud abbas is expected to address donald trump's proposed middle east plan with the u.n. security council palestinian leaders have denounced the proposal mourners have been attending a public memorial service in nairobi for form a kenyan president daniel out up moisture he led the country for 24 years until 2002. well those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after the stream. the race for the white house has become this not just for states who. wants to please don't try. to live. the rest of the 2020. just.

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