in history when it comes to racism you have the makings of a neil fascist moment international filmmakers and world class journalists bring in programs to inspire you. on al-jazeera. a deadly confrontation between a u.s. patrol and villagers inside syria as turkey warns it will strike hard if its soldiers are targeted again. or shot here this is al jazeera life until also coming up tighter reports more deaths from the coronavirus as the world health organization says the illness has stabilized italy's opposition leader mikhail sylvania loses his immunity immunity

setting the stage for him to stand trial for refusing a boat rescued migrants to dock. and u.n. releases a list of more than 100 companies it accuses of violating palestinians human rights by having business ties to illegal israeli settlements. turkey has set more reinforcements to its observation posts in northern syria as tension with government forces continues to escalate present recha typer dwan is warning he will strike back if syrian forces and lead province attacked turkish troops syria's ally russia accuses ankara of making the situation in the last trouble hell region worse by having its military on the ground a confrontation between american troops and government supporters in northern syria has led to the death of one civilian has more from istanbul. a russian patrol in north east syria near a missionary after u.s.

troops in the area opened fire killing one civilian. the u.s. issued a statement saying they came under attack and how tilted fire the incident is now under investigation. 2 that attack came on the same day turkey's president issued a warning to the syrian government and its russian allies. one of them of the president was up by a little and has given damascus and till the end of february to pull out beyond turkish observation posts it. says if talks with russia failed to stop syrian troops targeting turkish forces will respond harshly what varies from the color we are determined to remove the syrian regime to beyond the boundaries of the thought she agreement that is behind our observation post by the end of february we will do whatever is necessary without hesitation without wavering on land and by air.

damascus has dismissed the commons saying turkey is out of touch with reality but despite his anger and frustration president is still hoping he would be able to narrow differences with russian president vladimir putin the 2 signed agreements into $1018.00 which allowed for save lives and respect of the rebels movements the deals also prevent a syrian president bashar assad from launching a military campaign to take over the last stronghold of the rebels as turkish russian relations remain strained the u.s. has stepped in during a meeting with turkish officials u.s. syria ovoid james jeffrey delivered a sharp rebuke of russia iran and the syrian government which the us blamed for the escalation. as tension turkey is sending more troops into it live more out

opposed to the 12 already established after that agreement with russia and iran 2 years ago. the syrian government has been increasing its offensive in the north taking over highways and tells the rebels but it's called only do this with a close support of russia's military and its up to the russians and to the turks to decide what happens in syria next how about al-jazeera islam board world health organization says the number of newly confirmed cases of rhinovirus in china has stabilized but the agency says it's too early to say when the outbreak hit end director general says coordinated global efforts are needed to contain the spread of illness. there are 44730 cases of corbett 19 in china. $1114.00 of outside china there are $441.00 cases from 2 in total countries and one

death. the number of newly confirmed cases reported from china how destabilized over the past week but that is to me that much to be interpreted with extreme caution this outbreak could still go you know you don't action. china's government has announced a series of measures to economic production while fighting the outbreak of formula one has confirmed the chinese grand prix and shanghai originally scheduled for april will be postponed. for the beijing's noisiest and detainment districts is now silent and these restaurants karaoke rooms and nightclubs have been closed until further notice or to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus. this street has everything for us to eat drink and have fun we live here in the past we couldn't rest because it was too busy and noisy but now

it's so quiet. these early has really affected daily life with these close to prevent the virus i think the right decision some local governments say businesses must apply for permission before reopening punishing those who routes across china more than 80 cities have been partially locked down and people's movement is heavily restricted but president xi jinping says some of these measures have gone too far warning that it could harm the economy susan walk a fine line between controlling the epidemic and minimizing its impact on the economy prior to the outbreak time is already struggling with slowing economic growth and the pressure to prevent a downturn now they have a clear message for the chinese public. 160000000 people nationwide are expected to return to major cities over the next week officials are trying to reassure the public that it's safe to travel and go back to

work. tried to lower during by preventing passengers from sitting next to each other in vehicles trying. and the implementing ventilation these infection temperature monitoring chinese factories are beginning to resume production but the damage has been done alice say the service and manufacturing sectors will be the hardest hit. that will be contained by and large and then we would on some signs of a recovery from june for recovery won't start into the 2nd quarter of 2021 and the reason for that it will take some time for industries to adjust the production patterns to recruit new yorkers and a lot of. the economic impact of the outbreak is being felt lewdly i phone maker apple and south korean car brand are among those expecting losses and outbound

tourism could drop by an estimated 30 percent this year with many chinese choosing will be forced to stay home. al jazeera beijing. meanwhile another $39.00 people on board a cruise ship docked in japan have been infected with corona virus bringing the total to $175.00 japanese health ministry says the new cases include a quarantine officer the ship has the highest concentration of cases outside of china where the virus originated the time in princess has been under quarantine since february 3rd after a passenger who got off the ship was diagnosed with the virus but a major technology conference has been cancelled as concerns over the virus escalate and real world mobile congress was due to be held in barcelona spain in 2 weeks major firms including a facebook amazon and sony have all withdrawn from the event biggest participants often spend tens of millions of dollars to take part in that show. this attorney general has agreed to testify before the house judiciary committee about president

on a close ally roger stone that in political consultant was sentenced to prison for lying to congress but the justice department says it will reduce his sentence are white house correspondent kimberly halkett has more for you not backing down i want to thank the justice department u.s. president donald trump is praising his attorney general william bar after bars justice department took the unusual step of recommending a reduced sentence for trump ally and close friend roger stone. government prosecutors had requested stone serve almost a decade in jail after being found guilty last november of lying to congress during its broader investigation into whether trump's presidential campaign had colluded with russia you have murders and drug addicts in a good 9 years 9 years for doing something that nobody human can defy what he did trump weighed in on twitter calling the potential sentence horrible and very unfair

and a miscarriage of justice that's when the justice department changed its recommendation to less jail time prompting 4 justice department prosecutors to quit the case in protest now there are questions about whether trump may pardon stone i don't want to say that democrats are calling for an independent investigation into the stone case they allege the president who was last week acquitted in the senate for abuse of power is acting with impunity they point to trump's firing of white house officials who testified against him during the impeachment inquiry as further evidence of the abuse of presidential power left to his own devices president trump would turn america into a banana republic where the dictator can do what ever he wants and the justice department is the president's personal law firm. as outrage builds an online

petition with tens of thousands of names is also calling for the justice department's internal watchdog to review the protocols were followed in the stone case go to a white woman but such criticism is unlikely to hurt trump among his supporters that's because donald trump promised on the campaign trail to drain the swamp essentially push back on the so-called washington establishment that includes judges and prosecutors that the president believes are out to get him and his conservative allies can really help at al-jazeera the white house is democrats vying to be the presidential challenger to donald trump turn their attention to the battle and south carolina the new hampshire primary for mont senator bernie sanders narrowly beat the paid attention to states vote senator any closer surged into 3rd place elizabeth warren came in 4th all former vice president joe biden came in 5th the next votes in the state by state battle will take place later this month.

italy's senate has voted to lift the immunity of former deputy prime minister material so veiny it clears the way for the far right politician to go on trial over accusations he illegally detained migrants and say last year a conviction could end his political career sara hall reports. as italy's new minister salvini had promised his rightwing support base that he would reduce immigration across the mediterranean from libya. so in july last year when he refused to allow $131.00 migrants to disembark in sicily soundin he was keeping his word but prosecutors say he was also breaking the law and a vote that has never really gone against him in the italian senate means he's immunity as a former minister is lifted and a trial can go ahead. the migrants spent 6 more days aboard the bruno gregory to rescue ship or salvini waited for other european nations to take them in italy he'd

insisted would no longer shoulder the migrant burden alone now at a sensitive time in italian politics with regional elections due on sunday selby may try to turn the possibility of legal action to his advantage. my children have the right to know that their father is often away from home not because he's spending time kidnapping human beings but because he is defending the borders and security of his country and that this was his precise duty it was not his right it was his duty. this is a kind of historic thing in italy. used to do the same thing so when he was under trial he was accusing. the judges and the prosecutors trying to boost his popularity this way depicting cell there's a victim of the system what selvin e did could have fateful consequences for the far right politician who hopes one day to be prime minister charges of illegally detaining migrants on the gregory

kidnapping in other words could result in a jail sentence of up to 15 years a conviction would in cell beanies political career jonah hill al jazeera. still ahead on al-jazeera france is a controversial issue that has divided the catholic church. and the u.k. government. goes where a few other countries have gone as it takes steps to hold social media firms to account. for. the weather still pretty changeable across japan at the moment got areas of town spinning out of central and eastern parts of china pushing through. and on to on shoes and that's going to bring some very wet weather in across much of japan as

we go on through thursday warmer temperatures getting up to 70 or 80 degrees talking of was behind that nazi bad the solid around 12 celsius and 10 degrees there in beijing beijing as we go into friday wolf we're going to see some very cold act talking in turning increasingly wintry a fair bit of snow a possibility further south where the states very disturbed across southern parts of china more big downpours coming through here and the likelihood of some localized flooding we got the possibility of some flooding to into the central parts of malaysia some rather big showers just rolling in here over the next dial so what's the weather driven in all that northeasterly wind as we go once through china thursday going on in sea friday in the st louis heavy rain as you can see just pushing into that western side of borneo as we go through friday may well we could see some rather heavy rain pushing towards sri lanka it's not too bad at the moment because a fair bit of cloud and rain sliding in here as we go thursday and friday.

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watching al-jazeera let's recap the top stories right now in the past hour the chinese province of who bay that at the center of the corona virus outbreak has announced a surge in the number of new infections more than 14800 cases were confirmed on wednesday and 242 jets. turkey sent more reinforcements to its observation post in northern syria as tensions with government forces there continue to escalate syria's ally russia accuses anchor of aggravating the situation in the last rebel held region by having its military on the ground. italy's former deputy prime minister could soon be on trial for kidnapping over a ban imposed on migrants italian center to strip the tail slovenia's parliamentary immunity so he can be prosecuted for holding more than 100 people on board a coast guard ship last year. palestinians have welcomed a united nations report listing companies that business ties to illegal israeli settlements in the occupied west bank and the un says it's identified more than 100

firms including the u.s. based home renting company air b.n. b. israel has described the publication as shameful or birdman when reports. look up into the hills of much of the occupied west bank there are illegal settlements block after block these are home to more than 600000 israeli settlers on palestinian land one international law stipulates they're illegal the un has gone a step further and lissa companies with ties to settlements in the end from an initial $321.00 companies whose names are submitted to us and whose activities we reviewed the report identifies 112 companies. it's important to know that it is not some claim a blacklist nor does it qualify any company's activities as illegal that would be a separate and highly complicated terminations and is something which ultimately could only be decided on a case by case basis through

a competent judicial process this list's includes well known international companies such as a b m b although the report doesn't state that the company's activities are illegal israeli politicians say they may now be targeted by the activist group boycott divestment and sanctions palestinian say this list to prove useful we need to war with the with the office of high commission not the high commissioner because he has to do a bit this list and he willy we need to work with the states with countries toward building the smiths abilities and to hold and as you move their responsibilities due to talk to these companies telling them that what they are doing is illegal in the statement is ready prime minister benjamin netanyahu said the un human rights council is a biased and influential body instead of dealing with human rights this body is trying to blacken israel's name we reject any such attempt in the strongest terms

and it discussed the proposed u.s. peace plan released last month through palestinian condemnation for agreeing to let israel maintain control of the settlements most countries and the u.n. view illegal israeli settlements as one of the most contentious issues in the conflict israel now says considering an excessive amounts palestinian say they won't ever allow that to happen nor about mali al jazeera the united nations security council has adopted a resolution calling for a lasting cease fire in libya earlier the u.n. said forces loyal to warlord khalifa haftar blocked flights carrying staff to and from libya warn our diplomatic editor james bass. this resolution has taken a long time to negotiate almost 4 weeks since the bourbons summit russia had a number of problems with the text particularly the mention of mercenaries operating in libya and we know the wagon the group a russian company does have people in the country russia in the end abstained in

the resolution has passed which means attention now goes to geneva next week for the next stage of military talks the so-called 5 plus 5 talks between the 2 sides in libya to try and work out the details for a cease fire in the country which according to the international community is the next stage of the process if there is a cease fire then attention goes back to new york and to the secretary general of the united nations because under the resolution he's supposed to come up with a monitoring mechanism for any cease fire could there be u.n. monitors put into libya that's one possibility i'm also told there's a possibility of monitors from either the african union or the european union hundreds of indonesians who left the country to join i saw war not be allowed to return home the government has imposed a ban that affects nearly $700.00 men women and children most of them are in syria

critics say the move means hundreds will be less stateless and that may violate international constitution our desires jessica washington reports in jakarta. fashion as family is incomplete and torn apart by a decision hope brother made nearly 4 years ago he left you can't go without notice taking his wife and daughter with him to join i so that my brother isn't a violent person my family isn't liked us i was shocked when they left you alone of course i wouldn't have approved. he's now in jail in syria the indonesian government's decision to ban former eisel fighters and their families from returning means she will likely never see her brother again. i want them back here i want them to have a normal life in indonesia again. among those stuck in syria and other countries are hundreds of indonesian i saw fighters and sympathizes and the question of what

to do with them is one of the government has considered for months. but the government has the responsibility to keep more than 267000000 people safe that's our priority and that's why we want to take these foreign fighters back armed groups are major concern in indonesia and i saw has been linked to dozens of attacks around the country in 2018 a family of suicide bombers carried out attacks on churches in surprise they were part of an eisel inspired armed group and there are fears returning foreign fighters could pose a security risk but some human rights activists say barring them from returning to indonesia is illegal in mexico situations again the. country is too perfect perfect world to me including the criminals or if they're clean or best the strong stance of the indonesian government will leave hundreds

stranded with no prospect of returning home but the fate of young children many of them often remains unclear the government says their situation will be considered on a case by case basis leaving the door open for their potential return. according to u.s. intelligence 689 people left indonesia to join us all indonesian authorities are working to identify them just to washington al-jazeera jakarta. francis has dismissed of proposal to ordain married men into the priesthood this is from latin america for the controversial plan to address a shortage of priests and the amazon a bit of challenge the roman catholic tradition that requires priest to be celibate but the pontiff says the solution to the shortage is to send missionaries to the region earlier my colleague spoke to georgia kark a commentator for the charity catholic voices and she says there are other ways the

church can address the shortage of priests in the amazon region i think it's a it's a difficult issue but what he says is there must be a way in which we can transcend this divisive issue there must be ways that opens the holy spirit and open to the ways in which we can discern what the needs of the people what is the way in which god is calling us to better the better the lives of these people and i don't think that that was at the forefront of his considerations there were very many other ways in which us as a universal church can help these people i think that there might be there might be disappointment but i think on the whole what he has said is so encouraging you know we need to change our lives we need to listen to the needs and the views of these people and we need to change our lives accordingly other ways in which we can live making this move decisions every day and actually that's a big that's a big a challenge to us than than any sort of change in the in adoption would be but just to be clear the the practice of celibacy is tradition but not dogma which means there is some room for maneuver there it can be changed yes that's true it is it is

tradition and in the u.k. we do have married men who are priests who have come over from the church of england for example who were married and then they are able to be catholic priests after that so it's definitely something that could be changed in the future. venezuela's opposition leader has called president nicolas maduro a coward for allegedly detaining his uncle says one who say mark has went missing shortly after they both arrived back in caracas on tuesday and then a 3 week international tour it says mark has cleared immigration but was hell for review by the country's tax agency i know is recognized by more than 50 countries as venezuela's legitimate president and he has been campaigning for men to row to step down the ending only a little they retain a member of my family a father with 5 children who is concerned about his family that is his only crime he's a person who has been kidnapped by the cowardly dictatorship president material is a coward who does not show his face who does not dare to step in

a public square without security who does not dare walk onto a street in our city because they treat him like a pariah so he mounts an attack against my family and as long as rolling president has been laid to rest after a week of memorials to more died last week at the age of 95 leaving behind a complicated legacy from his 24 years in power he had absolute control over the state and repressed any calls for change from l.a. lakers basketball star kobe bryant and his daughter giana were who were killed in a plane crash their helicopter crash pardon me had been buried as certificates or be able to relate to rest on friday are among 9 people who died when their chopper went down near los angeles 2 weeks ago now a public memorial service is planned at the lakers home arena on february 24th. the u.k. is set to become one of only a few countries to regulate social media companies government says it will make the companies responsible for our content on their sites companies and executives get

a substantial fines or present sentences if they fail to act upon it as more miners make it hence pressurized to send a nude photograph of herself to a boy at school within a day meghan hinton's private image had been circulated across the internet it can take days even weeks to be removed from the social media site so that could have a devastating impact you know when something's up the irony is out in the wide web people can save it's their phone so even when the social media company remains it's still in people's possessions social media is largely self-regulating platforms like facebook you tube instagram and tick talk largely set their own rules and standards sometimes relying on the platform users themselves to flag up anything inappropriate the u.k. government has been consulting since last summer on how to introduce a new online home's law to put the responsibility on social media companies to remove harmful content child protection charities certainly support that ultimately

regulation is required that's what we would argue the big tech giants need to be held to account the regulator needs teeth so they not only need to monitor what's going on and talk about it publicly but also hold to account these multi-billion pound platforms one of the social media giants were available for interview prefer him to issue written statements the boss of you tube u.k. said to help keep our community safe we haven't waited for regulation we've created new technology hired experts reviewers worked with external specialists and reviewed our policies to ensure they're fit for the evolving challenges we face online facebook's head of public policy said we have clear rules about what is and isn't allowed on our part forms and are investing billions in safety we look forward to carrying on. discussion with the government parliament and the rest of industry as this process continues the regulation of web content is a complex area which touches on issues such as freedom of speech censorship and

jurisdiction and there's also the question of defining what is subjectively offensive and what actually qualifies as harmful but it seems the u.k. government is prepared to try to tackle the issue on the full details of the new law will be published later in the spring paul brennan al-jazeera london. take out the headlines right now on al-jazeera and the past hour of the chinese province of who bay that at the center of the current virus outbreak has announced a surge in the number of new infections or than 14800 cases were confirmed on wednesday at 242 people died a major technology conference to be held in spain has been cancelled as concerns over the virus escalates major firms including facebook amazon and sony have all withdrawn from the event the biggest participants usually spend tens of millions of

dollars to take part in that show turkey has sent more reinforcements to its observation posts in northern syria and as tensions with government forces there continue to escalate syria's key ally russia accuses ankara of aggravating the situation in the last rebel whole region by having its military on the ground. italy's former deputy prime minister could soon be on trial for kidnapping over a ban he imposed on migrants italian senate has voted to lift the tail savain his parliamentary immunity so he can be prosecuted for holding more than $100.00 people on board a coast guard ship last year sylvania says he was only defending the national interest. my children have the right to know that their father is often away from home not because he's kidnapping human beings but because he is defending the borders and security of his country that was his duty it was not his right it was his duty i think i have defended my homeland i did not ask for a prize because i received a salary for that but if there must be

a trial so be it as democrats vying to challenge donald trump in the presidential election have turned their attention to nevada and south carolina following the new hampshire primary ronson or bernie sanders narrowly beat paper to john tuesday while senator amy klobuchar surged into 3rd place elizabeth warren came in 4th and former vice president joe biden trailed and 5th the next votes in the state by state battle will take place later this month former l.a. lakers basketball star kobe bryant and his daughter giana have been buried as certificates reveal the 2 were laid to rest on friday they were among 9 people who died when their helicopter went down near los angeles 2 weeks ago a public memorial scheduled for february 24th are the headlines keep it here on al-jazeera for news to come and the mean time inside story as that next.

sudan's transitional government and rebels have agreed to hand over those one to atrocities in the darfur conflict so does this mean formally though in the in the she will be sent to the international criminal court in the hague based is inside story. however and welcome to the program i'm the stasi attain now one of the international criminal courts most wanted the people may soon face trial form a sudanese president omar al bashir is accused of atrocities in the western darfur region in 2003 bashir said.