lulu the all the the orleans. al-jazeera. but i'm richelle carey this is the news hour live from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes 14000 new cases added in a single day that at the center of the chronic virus outbreak says new tests are behind a massive increase. in a deadly confrontation between u.s. patrol and villagers inside syria as turkey warns it will strike hard if its soldiers are targeted again. heading for trial over a move to stop migrants at least former deputy prime minister loses his immunity in

a case over a blocked boat. and yes why one of the world's most catchy songs is being played over and over and a korean courtroom. and there has been a massive surge in the number of corona virus cases hours after china had talked of a drop in numbers a province of course that's the epicenter of the outbreak has confirmed more than 14800 new cases on wednesday from just 1600 the day before officials also announced 242 more deaths there are now at least 60000 cases worldwide and 26 different countries world health organization earlier said any reports that cases of corona virus in china have stabilized must be treated with extreme caution an

agency says it's too early to say when the outbreak hit and we need to focus on the task and the task is to contain the virus to detect cases treat the cases if we keep doing things yes we will see the growth in the number of cases but i think it's way too early to try and predict the beginning the middle or the end of this it could limit right now. and a cruise ship turned away by 5 ports because of fear some passengers may have the virus has just arrived in cambodia that's carrying 2200 people japan taiwan the philippines guam and thailand all blocked that vessel from entering their ports so let's get more now from katrina you who joins us live from beijing so this huge jump in the number of cases katrina what what is behind this. right so this week we had just been sort of void by some positive news that the number of confirmed cases were actually stabilizing and dropping and now this

actually we had in one day 14840 new cases taking the confirmed case toll to up to almost 60000 real social rise in death so more than 1300 deaths as well from the coronavirus now what has happened is that there hasn't been all the sudden we heard this number of people suddenly catching the current of this new coronavirus what we do know is that the chinese government have suddenly changed the diagnostic criteria so before this doctors had to use one particular type of testing kit and there had been for some some weeks now some doubts about the validity of this testing kit there were some reports of people having to be tested for 5 times before actually getting a positive results so now what that the chinese government has essentially done is given doctors more discretion as to how they can diagnose a coronavirus and that's why we've seen this huge jump in numbers when we do know that the only source of numbers we do have about the corona virus is from the

official sources we have no other numbers and even the world health organization has said itself as you as you heard that we have to be cautious about this so for some time to has been some skepticism as to whether these numbers were indeed plateaued stabilized and heading for a plateau so it looks like we may not see the end of this by the end of march as some doctors had predicted earlier this week so the chinese government is rolling out a lot of new measures to try to contain the economic fallout from all of this what can you tell us about that. that's right so president xi jinping has declared what he's called a people's war on this corona virus outbreak but we've seen this week that the chinese government although this outbreak is a huge threat obviously to the safety of of the people here in china to the governance of china they're seeing the potential economic fallout as an even bigger threat i think in one sense china's leaders see this as

a huge problem but they do know that eventually it will pass for china's leaders at the same time they also recognize that china is a country that more or less people galvanise in times of a crisis but what is potentially a new even bigger threat is a slowing slowing economy which they were already sort of facing before the outbreak happened but now with this the country coming to a standstill factories been closed businesses been closed people staying home not traveling not consuming this is a potentially even bigger problem for the chinese government so they've announced this week a raft of new measures receiving announcements of news different types of investments they're going to give subsidies to all types of businesses are going to give a preferential treatment to small medium sized businesses saying that they don't have to pay their rents they don't have to pay stuff insurance so they're really going to help these these businesses to as much as possible to survive they're also going to have a look at ways to prevent mass layoffs which have already started to happen there been some companies have really said that they can't afford to pay you the staff

and are letting go hundreds and even thousands of their of their staff so this is really a major concern for the chinese government and we're seeing as a result a lot of positive messaging in state media trying to encourage people to get back out there saying it is safe enough to go but of course the still battling a big brute of fear and uncertainty and certainty in the face of this coronavirus. the beijing's noisiest and detainment districts is now silent and these restaurants karaoke rooms and nightclubs have been closed until further notice all to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus. this street has everything for us to eat drink and have fun we lived here in the past we couldn't rest because it was too busy and noisy but now it's so quiet and you feel you. has really affected daily life with these closures at her van the virus i think the right decision some local

governments say businesses must apply for permission before reopening punishing those who ignore the rules 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 season thing walk a fine line between controlling the epidemic and 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 to the chinese public. carrying on. 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 derisive action by preventing passengers from sitting next to each other in vehicles trying. and the implementing ventilation this infection in

temperature monitoring chinese factories are beginning to resume production but the damage has been done analysts say the service and manufacturing sectors will be the hardest hit. by and large and then. on some signs of recovery from draw for recovery won't start to all. the 2nd quarter of 20 or 21 and the reason for that. take some time for industry is toward just the production patterns to recruit new yorkers and a lot of. the economic impact of the outbreak is being felt globally i phone maker apple and south korean car brand he 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 country you al-jazeera beijing. turkey is sending more

reinforcements to its observation posts in northern syria as tensions with government forces there continue to escalate present right at hyper to want his warning he will strike back against any attacks on turkish troops by advancing syrian forces and where province syria's ally russia accuses ankara of aggravating the situation in the last couple hell region by having its military on the ground while a syrian civilian as been killed in a confrontation between u.s. troops and government supporters has more from istanbul. a russian patrol in north east syria near punished the 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 to open 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 alliance i'm going to move the

president was a dylan has given damascus until the end of february to put out beyond to his observation post 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 sochi 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 coma and 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. which allowed for safe zones in and restrictive the rebels movements

the deals also prevented syrian president bashar assad from launching an all art military campaign to take over the last roll call 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 mounts turkey sending more troops into it led. outpost to the 12 by the established after an agreement with russia and iran 2 years ago. the syrian government has been increasing its offensive in the north taken over highways and towns from rebels but is can only do this with a close support of russia's military and it's up to the russians and to the turks

to decide what happens in syria next house about al-jazeera is the board. u.s. attorney general william barr has agreed to testify before the house judiciary committee to answer questions about president all trumps a close ally roger stone the better and political consultant was sentenced to 7 to 9 years in prison for lying to congress at the justice department entertained and saying it would reduce that sentence kambli how could has more. 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 you know get 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 what 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 here 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 with the protocols were followed in the stone case go through your authority 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 pushing 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 as

president has brushed off the decision by the philippines to withdraw from a decade's old military pact says it will save the u.s. a lot of money the philippines announced this week it will pull out of the agreement by the end of the year and allows us troops to take part in military exercises philippine president robert a territory has criticized it since he took office but senator say it was undermined security and aggression in the south china sea. i really don't mind if they would like to do the fighting to save a lot of money but if you look back if you go back 3 years ago when isis was overrunning the philippines we came in and literally singlehandedly were able to save them from vicious attacks on their islands. grandmama web is a research fellow in the institute for defense and strategic studies at the. school of international studies at nanyang technological university he joins us via skype thank you very much i'm 1st of all what was there any validity to what the

president there was saying about how he saved some aspects of the philippines what is he talking about there when i think of several ways to see this i think this is a game or. you know very much been mentioned if you like it's a dialogue between 2 businessmen or 2 respected presidents who see themselves as very savvy businessmen playing a poker game and i think what trump is doing in this case is calling on president of the group that is love to see the real deal want to go down this road that essentially the end of the endgame were to be so many asians a long standing mutual defense treaty a call of the philippines and the united states of a ship so i think it remains to be seen it will be interesting developments over the next 4872 hours in the east about what the philippines nonuse to do desponding in a way that allows the president to take if you get what he wants

a so i understand that you're saying both and think of themselves as businessmen but this is not a business international relations in this aspect or not a business so having said that what's really at risk if this agreement goes away what what purpose was it serving. well you know whether we like it or not these 2 gentlemen who see it as a business the business of international affairs right now are our let's talk about our problem or what happened i suspect it will not be here where he's trying to look for the best possible deal who can give it it's going to be the chinese or to be the russian or what i'm asking tonight me the most from i mean i understand what you're saying that that's how they see it but i'm saying is that correct to look at international relations in that way what is really at risk if you look at international relations as simply about business i give you a show normal i am very i mean all of us can have a fundamental of human or what will be the right view of your life or the right side is a view that international affairs isn't part of that actually or indeed go down the

connection and sad to see a president trump has taken and led the wheel down this up in dismantling the whole course of very important relationships under his tenure is going to be a great optics for all of us and right now we're seeing more perceive between these 2 players are taking a very transactional route and are doing a very longstanding very tricky that's keeping a very important part of the security architecture in that is it was a big in please specifically the south china sea i mean this is a very important part of who just for that we can't afford to take our eyes off and with like in light of the other risks that are being presented to the asia pacific which is incumbent china other countries that we are so amusing someone share with our tendency so present it started looking an opportunity here and he's playing he's he's playing a sound so what might this mean for china depending on how this plays out. well

it depends i mean right now the chinese government is extremely century that you cannot by the rule of violence or virus challenge so all presidents using ping and his and its leadership is our war or the pistons firing all hands on deck dealing with the growing the horror or a challenge which is pleading for china it's a challenge that we have to prevail and overcome now if you have some bandwidth look at the soft targets you should have some steady hands looking at it i think there's some some opportunity for the chinese there as well that the president will do it if it does please hand right the americans somehow who will draw or use the footprint of security footprint in the pacific and i think china will basically get what its what it wants as well which is to have a horse we look at times see under its military control so i think going to be a very interesting week to see how his views are which means he will probably be

calling on you again graeme on the web thank you very much for your insight we appreciate it. let's turn to the top story now the sudden jump in the cases of coronavirus and china's hu a province bill ronson is a professor and part of our viral exists at the university of his outwell school of medical sciences he joins us now from sydney so bill thank you so much for your time when you hear about the drastic increase up 214214000 new cases in this 24 hour period what does that say to you. i think there's several reasons why you can see increases increase what we call as to time and simply you know doing more testing you looking for more and you seeing more i think secondly a number of cases that wouldn't have been identified previously perhaps there were 2 lists of via and finally of course the explanation that we don't want to see

which is there's increased transmission and increased prices so you know the u.n. had warned and when they think it was yesterday when we had a relatively low increase there were a lot of people that were saying you know calm down we don't necessarily know that we have a grip on this yet and obviously when numbers like this happen you realize why there was caution but what do you think what would you like to see next. like to see testing and diagnosis being in the forefront so we're very sure about what the cases are one of the issues has been that with this what virus we're now calling code 19 is that there's been a range of of illness from really very moderate elements through to very severe illness and even death as we've seen so i think it's important that we we have testing and we are being certain of diagnostics of course what we'd like to see is that then translates into what we call social distancing which is effectively

oscillating people or so far slating on the basis of the having the diagnosis for 14 days then don't transmit and certainly in other settings like coronavirus we've seen that conduct intervention be very effective and so i'd like to see that happening and in fact certainly where i am in a stride that's been the focus of what we've been doing and obviously it's awful that there have been any deaths from this but the number of deaths is still relatively low compared to the number of people that have coronavirus is this similar to the flu in that most people can withstand it find that it's people that are already at risk maybe children or older people. that's exactly what we're seeing happening in the interesting thing in and what we're observing now is the coronavirus are acting much more like that to most people who are older people with underlying illnesses of those who are getting the

more severe disease and in fact they're the ones where the majority of deaths are concentrated whereas the young middle aged people attending not to get that more severe disease whereas with other illnesses such as pandemic influenza we saw young people particularly affected as well as pregnant women for example that does not seem to be happening it just reminds us this is a different out right kind of a 19 is not influenza are these a different virus it's not like the other corona virus or the cause monitor on us but it does seem to be spreading quite readily which is a feature of coronaviruses overall instead appreciate your expertise very much and . the un security council has adopted a resolution calling for a lasting cease fire and libya earlier the u.n. said forces loyal to warlord khalifa haftar had blocked flights carrying its staff to and from libya or now from our diplomatic editor james space. this resolution has taken a long time to negotiate almost 4 weeks since the burgman summit russia had

a number of problems with the text particularly the mention of mercenaries operating in libya and we know the wagon a 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 un 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 made

a defense ministers are discussing encrease and the alliance is training mission and iraq and or national troops to train anti eisel forces but do not engage in operations could be redeployed under nato command that comes after us president donald trump that pressure on the alliance to expand its middle east presence so i expect the ministers to recommit to our training mission in iraq but also agree to step up and be ready to do more to provide more support to iraq because it is extremely important. isis never return. this is not able to return. italy's deputy former deputy prime minister could be put on trial for kidnapping over a band he migrates the senate as. a prosecutor over his decision to hold more than $100.00 people aboard a coast guard ship last year and a whole reports. as italy's interior minister matteo 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 selvin he was keeping his word but prosecutors say he was also breaking the law and a vote that has narrowly gone against him in the italian senate means his 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 didn't sisted would no longer shoulder the migrant burden alone now at a sensitive time in italian politics with regional elections due on sunday salvina may try to turn the possibility of legal action to his advantage. that 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. 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 cell vini 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 journal whole al-jazeera. still ahead on al-jazeera scores of companies but links to illegal israeli settlements the u.n.

says their activities raise human rights concerns. and a portuguese big wave surfer is lucky to be alive after an accident at one of the world's most dangerous events peter will have that ahead in support. of. 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 into 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 sold around 12 celsius and 10 degrees there in beijing beijing as we go into friday we're going to see some very cold act talking in turning increasingly wintry a fair bit of snow

a possibility for the 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've 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 the thursday going on in sea friday in the lady 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. the plundering of armenia's not through ridges as up. did residents desecrated the habitat of some of europe's most endangered species all but

a remarkable campaign by local residents is challenging the miked of the country's investors and pinning high hopes on its newly elected prime minister people in power investigates armenia mining out the left. on a 0 a unique kid endangered biodiversity lies in the heart of one of ecuador's tropical jungles there was a lot of misinformation about a city i knew lost of a half year and now they're proud they are just becoming by their self conservation their communities al-jazeera journeys deep into the rain forest to follow a scientist and had teams efforts to save the flora and fauna so precious in the region women make science ecuador's hidden treasure on al-jazeera. to.

watching al-jazeera let's recap the top stories right now there's been a significant surge in the number of corona cases in china's hu a province the epicenter of the outbreak it has confirmed more than 14800 new coronavirus cases on wednesday up from just 1600 the day before as well as 242 more deaths turkey has set 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 couple whole region by having its military on the ground and italy's former deputy prime minister could soon be put on trial for kidnapping over a ban he imposed on migrants italian center to strip the tails of any parliamentary immunity so he can be prosecuted for holding more than $100.00 people on board

a coast guard ship last year. palestinians have welcomes a united nations report listing companies with business ties to illegal israeli settlements in the occupied west bank the un says it's identified more than 100 firms including the us based home renting company air b.n. b. israel has described the publication as shameful or part mainly 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 got to step further and lissa companies with ties to settlements in the end from an initial $321.00 companies whose names were submitted to us and whose activities we reviewed the report identifies $112.00 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 p m p 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 to talk to these companies telling them that what they are doing is illegal in the statement it's ready prime minister benjamin netanyahu said the u.n.

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 nel says considering an excessive violence palestinians say they won't ever allow that to happen nor about manly al-jazeera. 50 people are still missing after a boat carrying rangar refugees headed for alasia capsized on tuesday at least 15 people are known to have die the sinking in the bay of bengal has highlighted the risk being taken by thousands of bangladeshis and trying to get to malaysia and indonesia by sea every year reports. some 130 people

mainly women and children were packed on the fishing trawler that capsized relatives wait anxiously outside the police station to find more information on the missing so be a big i was one of the survivor but she lost her 8 year old daughter in the tragedy she was planning to join her husband who lives in malaysia. when the board capsized over trying to stay in my child was on my lap so that he slipped and washed by the wave i cried out my child my child but she was gone by then marriage is another layer of the smugglers commonly use 17 year old. lives in malaysia her fiance made all the arrangement with the smuggler she managed to survive and now regrets ever attempting the trip money will be on at around 3 in the morning the boat carrying us hit a coral reef most of us were kept in 3 separate holes in the boat but suddenly

people started shouting there was water entering please open the hatch once the boat started sinking we were let out and eventually rescued. bangladesh's security services they have intercepted at least $500.00 rowing a refugees from around its shores since last year but security agency that made its a major challenge. that we have been able to identify many of those who are involved in this human trafficking business so far we have arrested at least 8 of them after this incident and taken preemptive actions against others we also have increased patrolling and surveillance along with the other security agencies more than say. 130000 rohingya muslims who fled brutal military crackdown in myanmar in 2017 currently leave in a crowded camp in cox bazaar facing an uncertain future facing increasing restriction on their movement communication blackout and desperate condition in the

camps many joining the refugees are now turning to human smugglers to frighten them across a broad to stick a better life willing to take a dangerous journey through the bay of bengal bangladesh's government says it is working hard to tackle the problem but it meets it's a huge task. cox's bazaar bangladesh their opinion has announced it's partially suspending a trade deal with cambodia because of human rights violations the agreement allowed cambodia to export most of its goods to europe tax free cambodia's largest trading partner accounting for about 45 percent of its exports in 2018 the sanctions would hit one 5th of cambodian exports to the e.u. that's more than a $1000000000.00 worth of goods rights groups say that means about 90000 garment workers kalu search ops cambodia's foreign ministry says the decision was unjust and politically motivated claim haye has more from phnom penh. the european union

had threatened to complete withdrawal of the preferential trade agreement known as everything but instead they have opted for a partial withdrawal amounting to around 20 percent of all goods sent from cambodia to the european union so in 6 months those goods will now be subject to tariffs in making this announcement the e.u. issued a strong rebuke of the cambodian government's treatment of work is and the political opposition but at the same time they acknowledge that some progress in those areas has been made and they say they are committed to the ongoing economic and social development of this country so clearly they were concerned that a full withdrawal of this agreement could have a major impact on the economy of cambodia in particular the government sector which is really the backbone of the economy here employing around 800000 people so under these new mages some footwear and garments of targeted but not all from the cambodian government side they may well see this as

a partial victory we've certainly seen a lot of public defiance from the government in the lead up to this announcement in fact on tuesday the day before the announcement the prime minister one since it is said that they would not bow to foreign demands among those demands from the e.u. that the banned opposition party is reinstated and its leader has his treason case against him dropped will so there is no sign of those things happening. deborah elms is the founder and executive director of the asian trade center which works with governments and companies to design better trade policies for the region she joins us from singapore and thank you very much for joining us so this this move by the european union what do you make of it. well i think it's an interesting outcome clearly the europeans are are trying to get as much pressure as they can on the cambodian government to reform human rights this is a common thing that european union is very alarmed about in general workers' rights human rights etc and so it's that that is not unexpected the challenge for cambodia

though is that not only did they lose some of their preferences into the european union but they're suddenly having to compete in a much more important way with the if not which is in the same sectors especially garment footwear that they are keeping with the signing yesterday of the f.d.a. so does this mean that cambodia might might actually respond that this tactic might actually work. well i think that's of course the hope of the european union but given the defiance of the cambodian government and their refusal to change policy so far it's unclear whether it will make a difference and what they may do is not see lots of preferences and congress were economy if the introduction of the vietnam agreement and so they might very well whatever we do wouldn't have made a difference in the would still have access and still be competing with us so i mean europeans clearly want to work will it work with the pens or whether the temple you govern insisted be flexible and so forth and have shown

a lot of sign that on the areas that matter you can bring government willing to bend so tactics like this are often complicated because often the very people that it's supposed to be aimed at helping it may end up actually hurting these people at thousands of people lose their jobs. it's going to be quite catastrophic in some ways for the cambodian economy particularly because the workers in garments and wear in cambodia send to be women it's one of the few sources of good jobs for females in the country and so the more there are sectors suffer either because of competitiveness challenges or loss of preferences the harder it is for women and by extension then for many of the family cambodia to survive grow and thrive so if the policy by the design to work or i mean rights etc and yet some of the most vulnerable people in the economy are likely to be negatively affected which is why

i think the european decided not to go for 100 percent removal of the policy but instead start with 20 percent removal of tariff references and then hope that that sufficient to make the cambodian government make the media changes to ever allensworth the asian trade center separate thank you thank you. mexico says the number of migrants awaiting the outcome of their u.s. immigration cases has fallen from 50000 to about 2500 crossings at the shared border with the u.s. has dropped by 75 percent from the start of last year the trumpet ministration has been sending many central american and cuban migrants to mexico the policy has been a key element of fish to curb waves of migrants seeking asylum rees's an associate policy analyst at the migration policy institute says migrants in northern mexico are not given the protection they need while waiting for their asylum cases to process. well we've heard a lot from the advocates and others on the ground is that the conditions on the

northern border northern parts of mexico are actually quite dangerous for the migrants waiting there and many of them for the last few months have been seeking to return voluntarily to their countries now that may be a smaller share over the total flows people under under this program policy it's also paul's very possible that migrants because they are tired of waiting in mexico may have otherwise tried to enter the country through other legal points of entry one of the key things that their report highlights is that the vulnerability of the migrants again to their experience in new mexico makes it more difficult for them to actually wait to see their case while they wait to hear from the united states to do something that's compelling factors and we've seen this program in the beginning of last year try to grow and become a larger permanent policy mexico has had this concerns for a while and they have they have said to increase their own protections for these migrants but they haven't as would show that are you suggesting that some of these migrants are not still having a protections

a need for them to actually follow up to their cases before they tried to see if they can enter the united states and israel as opposition leader has called president nicolas maduro a coward for allegedly detaining his uncle says want to say mark has meant missing shortly after they both arrived back in caracas on tuesday adding a 3 week international tour it says mark has cleared immigration but was held for review by the country's tax agency i know is recognized by more than 50 countries as venezuela's legitimate president the ending oh me a little they retain a member of my family a father with 5 children who is concerned about his family that is the only crime he is a person who has been kidnapped by the cowardly dictatorship president maduro 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. the head of the roman catholic

church pope francis has dismissed a proposal to ordain married men into the priesthood issues from latin america put forward the plan to address the shortage of priests and the amazon it would have challenged the roman catholic tradition of priests being celibate that the pontiff says the solution to the shortage is to send missionaries to the region john holdren has more from rio de janeiro. the probably will be a bit of disappointment especially as it was latin american bishops that put forward this proposal last october i think important to clarify the proposal wasn't the priests who were already all day and should be allowed to then get married it was for all the sorts of married men of some standing in these communities be allowed to them the old thing to make up for a bit of a chronic shortage of priests in the region this is a region that's composed of 9 countries really have parts and cells in the summers and region and it's estimated that at least 85 percent all villages in the amazon region on able to celebrate mass every week so there is

a real sure to cheer in this was one of the ideas to try and get to grips with it now the pope's instead said that another solution could be sending missionaries to this area instead of going for the other option which was older married men be being able to become priests and there will sort of a thaw in the move conservative part of the catholic church but this might be the thin end of the wedge that even the right now is very specific to the army as a region the worry was that it could spread and start to end the tradition of celibacy in the company church still ahead and sports former l.a. laker star kobe bryant is buried 2 weeks after he was killed and a helicopter crash.

it's a song that became an internet sensation and triggered a lengthy legal battle now copyright lawyers in south korea are waiting for a court to decide who owns the rights to baby shark and solve problems write a story. it is the annoyingly catchy ditty that became a global phenomenon and got stuck on repeat in millions of heads over and over but just spawned a slew of spinoff parodies. even finding its way into st protests for its south korean produces baby shock has been up and. take off i believe baby shark is one of the top intellectual properties dominating all media these days is

a great present and blessing for us. but not their intellectual property according to the create to read this song. sounds familiar. produced in 2011 by u.s. musician johnny only it predates the south korean vote. and his lawyers and now baring their teeth. claiming plagiarism rejecting the defense that baby shark is actually based on an old campfire song that no one knows. originality and evidence to the public domain song and we think that they copied our originality and there seems no stopping that baby shark juggernaut. the latest spinoff baby shark and fellow animation pink funk go on a space romp it's a single long movie and yes guess what they're singing to. try

to find anyone who doesn't know it. but. when the case was 1st brought last summer the district court ruled that careers copyright commission get involved to study the 2 versions side by side and give its opinion since then the commission has due to flee and probably painfully been listening over and over to the do do do do do pray be sure. when the court hears the commission's decision it could have big implications in the world of copyright i think it's a very. interesting case in korean copyright and or international copyright law as well but will do nothing for the estimated $4000000.00 of us on this planet to have heard it and might never be the same again probably tried al-jazeera so.

i apologize for putting that song in your head for the rest of the day time for a sport now it peter. thank you so much the chinese grand prix has been postponed because of the corona virus outbreak the race had been told for april 19th in shanghai but there is no word yet over a replacement date joins a long list of sporting events to have been canceled because of the virus which has killed over 1100 'd people in all of the in mainland china the last f one race to be postponed with the bahrain grand prix in 2011 because of the arab spring uprisings. in a statement formula one save the promoters in china officially requested the postponement of the discussions with chinese motor sport bodies if one of the governing body the f.i.a. jointly decided to accept the request to ensure the health and safety of the traveling staff drivers and fans it ended by saying alternative dates are being considered for later in the year if the situation improves you know it's

challenging at this point to try and figure out how to get faded into a tight you know tight schedule that's pretty packed and realistically we know. now how this plays out so. you know i think everybody still until you really know how this plays out it's tough to say what you know you know. what can work what's possible what's not possible formula one isn't the only sporting events have been impacted by the spread of the coronavirus next month's world championships in nanjing have been postponed by a year a limpid qualifiers for women's football basketball and boxing have all been moved to different countries and the all electric formula emoter racing series abandon plans to hold a race in san year in march. death certificates have revealed that former l.a. lakers star kobe bryant and his daughter were buried on friday they and 7 others were killed when their helicopter crashed near los angeles 2 weeks ago the los

angeles county medical examiner's office said the cause of death for all 9 people on board was blunt force trauma a public memorial service will be held at the lakers home arena on february 24th the cleveland browns player who was suspended for ripping the helmet off of an opponent and hitting him with it has been reinstated by the n.f.l. browns defensive end miles garrett accused these pittsburgh steelers opponent mason rudolph of inciting him with a racial insult prior to their incident on nov 14th garrett was suspended indefinitely but after meeting the n.f.l. commissioner he has been cleared to return to action. n.h.l. ice hockey champions the st louis blues are praising the quick response of medical staff of the bo mr suffered a cardiac event during the game against the anaheim ducks the 36 year old defenseman collapsed on the bench towards the end of the 1st period but he received immediate medical attention and was conscious and alert as he was transported to

hospital for further tests the game was postponed as a result of the emergency professional big wave surfer alex patel you know is lucky to be alive after nearly drowning while being towed back to shore during an event at nazare in portugal these are the conditions that surfers were competing in off the portuguese coast on tuesday nazare has been so dangerous in the past that competitors are no longer allowed to paddle out but must get a jet ski from the beach and back but that's when bill tell you got in trouble he was on the back of this jet ski but it was caught between 2 breakers the portuguese surfer was rescued and taken unconscious to the shore the world surf league says he is now conscious in hospital and in a stable condition an australian olympic b.m.x. rider has been placed in an induced coma after suffering serious head injuries in a crash a cocky bar of world cup events in new south wales he had surgery and will likely

remain in a medical coma for 2 weeks with his condition described as critical but stable so cocky bara and he's younger sister had both been tipped as medal contenders for the olympics in tokyo a city where they spent part of their childhood between a france champion egg and sits in a place after the 2nd stage of his home race that sort of columbia finished with the peloton in the 152 kilometer stage and is 46 seconds behind the leader in ecuador jonathan criseyde all of the 6 stages are at a higher elevation than the tour de france is highest point this football season keeps getting tougher for boss a loaner of the slipping behind a real madrid in the league they have now. lost forward on them belay for 6 months the 22 year old frenchman has had surgery for a ruptured tendon in the style he also miss euro 2020 with france it's a bad month for boss or who are trying to keep hold of the after falling out with the club sporting director and former boss

a star under 30 years to impress studies asian champions league debut for japanese vessel coby the 35 year old set up to a big goals in a 51 win over malaysian side jaw. in k.g. 2 although our scoring a hat trick the defending champion of the rotterdam open go morphy's us through to the 2nd round of the beating our susan in straight sets are way over the top seed was not as fortunate on wednesday rushers at their new made video was eliminated by hospital the 100 and 4th ranked canadian storming into a 6463 victory he plays philip talking of which. this week tiger woods returns to the riviera country club in los angeles where his life on the p.g.a. tour began there it is as a 16 year old amateur he's competed a since 1992 but amazingly it's the course he has played most times without ever winning but what a story it would be if he did do it this time as it would see him break the record

for $83.00 victories on the tour. are played in number of events over the years and for me not to win. has meant so much to me in my hometown. i've done well and seen you go. sure we're haven't done well here and oh hopefully that i can but again this week and. while great conversation. climate change is being blamed for a lack of snow or french ski resort in the pyrenees it's the thick and the muti resorts has had to close mid season there is growing concern that the trend of warming temperatures could mean ski resorts lower than 6900 meters on not even able to spray artificial snow as it will just about ok we'll leave it there for now more sports news on the way again later and that's all from a rush ok for the news hour keep it here until rain is up but the rest of the day's news on the other side of the brain.

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