6. this is the news hour live from our global headquarters in doha coming up in the next 60 minutes china replaces its top officials at the epicenter of the corona virus outbreak as a number of new cases surges to more than $15000.00 in a single day come body meanwhile has allowed a cruise ship to dock after several asian governments turned it away over fears of the corner virus also this hour turkey sends more reinforcements to northern syria after warning it will strike hard against syrian government forces if they target

its soldiers plus. the battle over baby shark one of the world's most catchy songs is in the spotlight in a courtroom in south korea. and sports organizers of the tokyo 2020 olympics say fears of the current of ours won't delay the games and as he waits to confirm his olympic place the bron james powells the lakers into a commanding lead going into the all-star break. thank you very much for joining us there's been a surge in the number of corona virus infections across china more than 15000 new cases were confirmed on wednesday alone up from 1600 the day before 200 $54.00 more deaths have been announced bringing the total to nearly $1404.00 provinces the

center of the virus have been socked over their handling of the outbreak and that includes the provinces common is 40 chief john child young more than 60000 people in 26 countries have now been infected in japan 44 new cases were confirmed on the diamond princess cruise ship die. port of yokohama bringing the total on board to $218.00 and in vietnam $10000.00 people in the community near hanoi have been placed under a 20 decor in teen 5 residents they have been infected bringing the total number of cases in vietnam to 15 that speak to katrina you who's in beijing for as so katrina a huge number of cases reported in just the last 24 hours what are chinese health authorities saying about this huge upsurge how they explaining it. well they've told us that the reason for this is that they've tested the way that the krona virus is being tested. so before we know the doctors relied on one type

of testing kit in order to confirm that people did have the corona virus but there were number a number of problems with this testing kit 1st of all people had problems accessing it there simply weren't enough to go around secondly this testing kit takes about 2 days for people to get results so you'd have people for example going from villages to to towns and cities lining up to get tested and they would be told they have to wait or that if they if they did get tested that after wait around for 2 days potentially without accommodation which led to many people going home and this is put a lot of people what's being tested and then thirdly there were problems with the validity of the tests doctors have actually been saying that these tests were only about 30 to 40 percent accurate so what has happened now is that they are giving doctors on the ground more flexibility in what discretion as to how they confirm that a patient does have the coronavirus or they're able to to use this testing kit as

well as other methods such as a c.t. scans and lung x. rays to be able to confirm this. and what this has done though is no muddy the waters a lot because now that we've had such a big jump the numbers after a period of what seemed to be like a stabilisation of figures experts say it's really hard to get a clear picture of how serious or how or what the situation is on the ground in who . is this new method of testing available across the country or just in certain areas in if it becomes available does that mean that we should expect the number of cases to go even higher. well it's actually not a case of this new method of testing being made available it's actually just giving doctors more freedom to use other methods that they they have on hand on the other things that they can do so x. rays and c.t. scans as i mentioned now we know that this this expanded form of testing or diagnosing has happened 1st in who say it seems to be that they've changed the

national guidelines for testing and diagnosing so now doctors will be able to use other methods even if they're not relying solely on this one testing kit so yes we could potentially see many more cases happen many more cases story be announced and certainly what this does it also potentially has more people gives more people incentive to come out and be tested and also speeds up the process for you know that we can find out exactly what are the number of cases on the ground sort of having a lot of people sit and wait or simply on the sidelines perhaps with mild symptoms and not be tested so we could have more higher numbers over the next few days not sure if it will be the same jump that we've seen on thursday but potentially it could be 2 all right thank you for that katrina you reporting there live from b.g. and as we mentioned 5 senior communist party officials including 4 from who are province have been fired as the political fallout from the outbreak continues

analysts say the stockings are part of the government's bid to salvage the situation in iran has a report from b.g. . with who these party chief spoke to the media 2 weeks ago he must've known his days were numbered john charlie is the highest ranking political casualty. his dismissal is in response to mounting public anger over the chinese government's handling of the coronavirus outbreak and follows the sacking of 2 senior health officials on monday and while the purge looks set to continue analysts say it won't bring down those at the top of the party in the way the company's policy works is sacrifice a few small fry to keep the big fish swimming in the pond and this is worked i mean this is what happened in the last great time of the sars epidemic 17 years ago the dramatic jump in deaths came after a team from the world health organization arrived in will hand the head of the

w.h.o. 1st lauded china's containment efforts including the isolation of 60000000 people and urged countries not to cut off travel and trade with china health officials say the reason for thursday sharp rise in death and infections is because the testing criteria has been broadened chinese virus experts say the epidemic should peak in china this month before subsiding what officials don't know though are the number of people who've not been tested because either unable or unwilling to visit overwhelmed hospitals. the government continues to put out a reassuring message to the outside world that it has this virus under control. in facing it we have always adopted an open transparent and highly responsible attitude not only for the sake of china but also for the world at large. state t.v.

is stressing the positive showing patients who recovered and gone home. it's all reminiscent of them out with a mass mobilization of medical workers who volunteers and soldiers the nations being encouraged to fight war president xi jinping calls of people's war against the devils virus and there's another virus his government is trying to contain growing calls to protect freedom of speech and online campaign led by academics who are demanding an end to media censorship seems to be gaining momentum that amounts to explicit criticism of the leadership which is rare in today's china in hong kong as in mainland china the death of dr li one liang has increased that anger he raised the alarm about the virus 6 weeks ago for doing his job he was reprimanded by police and forced to sign a humiliating confession he died from the virus on friday president xi jinping has

offered condolences to the families of medical workers who died but he's yet to publicly mention dr lee by name adrian brown al jazeera. what it sounds speak to n.r. tangan who is a china analyst also advises the government on economic and development issues he is live from beijing thank you so much mr donnegan for speaking to us on al-jazeera so the party secretary of who a province the highest ranking official to be removed from his post since this outbreak began what message is the central government in beijing trying to send with the socket. well quite clearly they're saying that if you're the captain of the ship you're going to be responsible for there are a host of lower down miscible officials especially in the health department that were in fact fired and right now i think beijing is sending in their a team it's not only this mayor but also they're sending somebody from beijing and

shanghai both of them who have the confidence of the central government and are used to dealing with crisis situations so it would seem the government is not just focus on managing this outbreak but also its image absolutely part of this is p.r. they need to show that there's accountability on the to the people out there because there's there is a real questions about what happened at the very beginning at the municipal and then the provincial level and they were they had to show that there are consequences and that's as i said they're putting out there but definitely there's a p.r. angle to this but also an administrative one they want their top people in there who can take control of this a lot of people are saying well why why did they wait so long actually i think this out of government has been in control for a while but it's a question of how you move people in the right the w.h.o. as adrian mentioned mentioned in his report has praised china this time around for

its transparency compared to the 2003 size that the damage but they have been some failings as we saw in the reporting tilting the treatment of the whistleblowing dr lee when young and this still seems to be a culture of silence that persists we haven't heard too much from the president himself on this why's that. well i don't try to his perspective they don't want to start taking political and economic issues and trying to paste them on to this tragedy you're seeing that a lot in the press international press in the world i think she has done deliberately taken a low key role because the focus needs to be on what actions and who is controlling and what needs to be done down and down and will hanun or rest around china so from that perspective you know they're trying to be transparent this i think anybody you can you talk to in the press here will tell you that this is unparalleled they're

allowed a lot of social criticism things like this online so from their perspective they're they're really trying very hard to be open about this in terms of the doctor he was an ophthalmologist not a infectious disease specialist he sent out a message to friends that he fear that there was a sars like. you know virus going all around and he was reprimanded for that in hindsight yes that was wrong but that's not necessarily the way that you want to take things out there it went viral simply because people were repos doing what he said so at this point you know there needs to be more transparency the question is how do you do that without causing panic there's so many you know things going viral which are just absolutely untrue and it's really important that the not only government but the international press make sure that they're not encouraging this may say in our tank and thank you very much for talking to us on the air meanwhile

a cruise ship turned away by 4 asian governments over theas of the corona virus has arrived in cambodia let's go live to wayne hey who is that the say no jail portway that cruise ship has docked wayne i understand that the passengers and crew haven't been allowed yet to get off the ship do we know what's happening on board right now . yes that's right the ship has certainly entered cambodian waters but it has not docked here at the port in sihanoukville yet despite the government giving it permission to do so there are certain formalities that they need to go through 1st one of them is that immigration officials are on board the ship now methodically going through which the very slow process given that there are so many people on board giving them cambodian visas so that they can disembark the ship into cambodia before they leave on chartered flights to their home countries the other issue of course is despite the fact that we have been told

time and time again that there are no confirmed cases of coronavirus on board the ship everyone needs to be medically tested for the most part that just involves temperature checks and of course an overwhelming majority of the people on the ship of passing but we are now told that there are 20 people on board this ship who are well now it's still a very small number when you consider there are more than 2000 people on board but the symptoms of those people enough to warrant further examination so they have given blood tests those 20 samples have now been flown to the capital phnom penh military helicopter for further analysis so we will wait to see whether or not they are positive or negative and that will certainly shape what the next move might be and as we've said wayne this ship was turned away by a number of countries in the region why did the company and government. into cambodia and waters and how worried are people there about you know this corona virus outbreak. well really since this outbreak

emerged in china the cambodian government has gone to great lengths really to play down the threat of it in cambodia and also to stress the important relationship between cambodia and china there's only been one confirmed case of coronavirus in cambodia that was a man in this city in fact he has recovered and was cleared to leave hospital but yes there will be concern among cambodians that the government allowed this ship to come here when other governments did not and as the ship arrived and care about cambodian waters the transport minister sought to allay some of those concerns. if you like a bomb or you understand her people are worrying about this case but we are dealing with it with the utmost carefulness with humanity we have great responsibilities so we have very clear measures look the ship is far away about 2 and a half kilometers from here so when we have done all the tests and confirm there are no coronavirus cases on board we will allow that ship to dock then transport

them to see how nuclear airport then fly them to and to their homes. well i asked the transport minister if any of those cases does test positive for covert 19 would they still allow the ship to tie up at this port he said they simply didn't have an answer for that at the moment they would wait and see the results of those blood to speeding conducted in phnom penh now if they all come back negative the plane is they say to allow the ship to dock here sometime on friday. this income body either. now another story that's come out of china is that beijing has scientists chief on hong kong and macau affairs main is the most senior official to be removed from his fall since mass anti-government protests began in hong kong last june here be replaced by the deputy chairman of beijing's top political advisor a body the protest that started over are now scrapped extradition all have turned

into a movement for greater autonomy. they spread to more head on this news hour including a purge of freeform ace in iran more than 80 members of parliament are barred from running for reelection passed away for justice in malawi police are accused of failing to investigate a series of rape allegations against officers and in sport one of the best drivers in formula one takes his new car for a spin ahead of the new season. turkey has sent in more reinforcements to its observation posts in northern syria present russia typewriter one is warning he will strike back if syrian forces in every province attack turkish syria's ally russia has accused turkey of making the situation worse in the last rebel held region by having its military on the ground

and there's been a confrontation between american troops and government supporters in northeast syria. 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. for. 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 prove that the president was up to her and has given damascus until the end of february to pull out the old observation post it as a last says if talks with russia failed to stop syrian troops targeting turkish forces will respond harshly what varies from 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 comments 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 an all out 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 mounts turkey sending more troops into it live adding 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 crucial 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 how. istanbul. right turning now to one top story and the corona virus outbreak and that whose ship that is not all income buggin water is after having been turned bought from several countries let's speak to one of the passengers on board the west saddam coast ship

stephen hanson joins us on the line thank you very much with speaking to us stephen can you tell us about what's been happening on board the ship since you arrived in cambodia waters. well i thank you for having me on the show at the moment we're in a holding pattern we had. cambodian officials come on board the ship this morning we are not docked yet we are at anchor and. understand that they were examining our passports we had to hand those back in and i'm told that also the medical crew came on board. to to i guess do some checks at this point my wife and i have not had any medical checks or or an event that except that we did have to fill out a medical form for the 4 cambodia which asked you know our name and reports we've

been to and so on is so so who's providing this information as far as you know people being tested and so on. well we're getting our official information from the captain and from holland america directly and i think that they're trying to do their very best to keep us informed and also you know not you know not spread rumors like there might be out there and social media so but we're getting our official information from 1 from the captain right and the ship as you may be away with turned away by several countries in the region before being allowed to to go into combo d. and waters where people on the boat where but i'll do this and you know how did you feel about this what's the mindset basically of people on board the ship right now people worried are they stressed. well i think they're

anxious to go home as you can imagine it's very disappointing to be told time after time that we're that we're going to dock and that you know then to find out that you know you're not going to be allowed to go into that country so that's worrisome but i should say that you know life on board the ship is is just fine and normal there are no restrictions we're aging well and all the usual cruise ship activities are ongoing so there's no physical hardships at all just we are looking forward to a solution and to going home so no restrictions you say so then you're in communication and you know talking to to the other passengers on board the ship. oh absolutely i mean if you had a camera on board you wouldn't know that it wasn't and the and the. typical. crews of everybody is doing the usual cruise ship type activity so no restrictions

at all all right stephen thank you so much for taking the time to speak to us even hanson is a passenger on board the westerdam cool ship which is now income boat in waters but hasn't been allowed to dock just yet thank you very much for your time. now to iran where a group of responsible for approving candidates for parliamentary elections has released its list of voters will cast their ballots on the 21st of february $290.00 seats are up for grabs overseeing who stands in the guardian council a body historically dominated by ultra conservatives it's already bought more than 80 m. these from running for reelection most moderate and reformist candidates those jabari is our correspondent in tehran she joins us now live on the news hour so the list of candidates is out door set tell us about the reactions and what happens next.

well there's been quite a sense of shock and surprise that many people believe that the purge that has taken place by the guardian council is in direct response to what has been going on with this government and specifically president hassan rouhani he himself has criticized this governing body for using the their own politics in disqualifying a number of candidates that register to stand in this election and also as well as getting rid of the current m.p.'s that are most of them are supporters of president rouhani over 16000 people registered just over 7000 people have been approved to stand in the election what will happen next is the candidates will have until next thursday to campaign and to try and convince ordinary iranians that they should go to the voting polls on friday that is something that is very important for not only the candidates but also for the establishment the system here believes that a strong voter turnout will be seen as

a show of force of support for the regime that's in place and a direct response to the international community about how strong iran is as a country and as a nation so how does this election then affect iran's foreign policy what are the wider ramifications here. what we're likely to see as a result of the disqualifications that have taken place we're going to see most likely a very conservative parliament and that means that they will be adults with president hassan rouhani and his foreign policy views and the many analysts we've spoken to here believe that this shift within parliament that we're going to see will also indicate a shift that we will see within the presidential. election that is upcoming 2021 are most likely to see a very conservative president come into power at that time and this shift that we're seeing now that would what is most likely to take place within the parliament is an indication of that and this will all be in line with what iran is trying to

achieve when it comes to its policies within the international community and that is a very strong stance against the united states and this all took place as a result of the 2015 nuclear deal and the collapse of it when the united states withdrew from it in 2013 so the failures of how summer honey is really has had far reaching ramifications not only when it comes to iran's foreign policy and foreign relations but also internal politics so we're going to see this shift take place and also the assassination of general hossam so the money in iraq in january is also going to be a factor that will help the conservatives come into power very soon d'orsay thank you for that door for us same tehran time now for a check of the world weather with kevin and a storm over europe cats right this big storm just a little less than a week away from what we saw storm keera make all the big impact cross parts of the u.k. as well as into northwestern northern parts of europe with a lot of rain

a lot of winds of course a lot of travel delays too we're watching a storm system right now out of the atlantic now we do have a storm system that is over the u.k. right now that is an intermediate storm still bring a few problems in terms of rain as well as well. wins but it's actually that system out there in the atlantic that we're going to be watching very carefully this is storm dennis and it's going to cause a big problem towards parts of the u.k. as well as into iceland over the next day take a look the forecast map here on friday notice the winds and that is iceland at the very top of the map we're going to see blizzard conditions across iceland if you are flying into reykjavik they could be a problem with terms of the low visibility as well as the very windy conditions up there friday not such a bad day across the u.k. it's when we get to saturday as well as sunday that is when the big problems start to come into play in terms of the winds as well as the very heavy rain across the u.k. also into ireland as well winds are coming out of the southwest those are going to

cause some big problems at the airports on the rails as well as on the roads when expect to see a lot of travel delays possibly cancellations loss of power across the area of course still flooding is going to be a big problem so we'll keep our in the storm as we go into the weekend for kevin thank you very much for that and still ahead on this sound is there in these hours setting the stage for a trial it's a former deputy prime minister news's he's a unique take last what 3 words we take a look at the phone app helping rescue services save lives and in sports out softer this ice hockey player in boston colby here explains why was. he fled to protect his life but denied asylum a common good reason activist must return home facing an uncertain future he once

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you're watching the news hour on al-jazeera with me fully back to all our reminder of our top stories there's been a surge in the number of corona virus infections in china mainly a problem see at the center of the outbreak there were more than 15000 new confirmed cases on wednesday of last the country and 250 more people have died meanwhile a cruise ship that was turned away by 4 asian governments over fears up a corner virus outbreak has a wide in cambodia 20 of its passengers are being tested for the virus and turkey has sent more reinforcements to its observation poll say northern syria the syrian government i live russia has accused turkey of making the situation worse in the last rebel held region by having its military on the ground.

former deputy prime minister could be put on trial for kidnapping over a banned him polls done migraines the senate has lifted my tail salvini is immunity so he can be prosecuted over his decision to hold more than 100 people on board a ship last year john a whole reports. as italy's interior minister material salvini had promised his right wing support base that he would reduce immigration across the mediterranean from libya so in july last year when he refused to allow 131 migrants to disembark in sicily salvini 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 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 it insisted would no longer shouldered the migrant burden alone now at

a sensitive time in italian politics with regional elections due on sunday salvini 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 porters 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. silvio berlusconi 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 yourself as 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 ready kidnapping in other words could result in a jail sentence of up to 15 years

a conviction would in solving these political career jonah al-jazeera so don has signed a settlement deal with the families of american servicemen who were killed in a bombing of a u.s. warship 20 years ago 17 americans were killed when al qaeda suicide bombers rammed into the side of the u.s.s. cole in yemen so don was accused of providing support to al qaeda compensating the victims' families as a latest effort in sudan's bid to be taken off the u.s. terror backlists. human rights lawyers in malawi say police are taking too long to investigate officers accused of rape and sexual abuse at least 17 women have told rights workers they were tots last year and as there is more from when doing a which is around 40 kilometers west of the capital a long way. lucy doesn't want to be identified because she is scared the 25 year

old was 2 months pregnant when she was raped last october she says a man wearing a police uniform came into her bedroom while she was sleeping she says the husband sometimes asks why she didn't fight back i know what it would he asked me where my husband was i said i didn't know he called me a liar then he said my husband was one of the people organizing the protests and that i was hiding him he forced me to impress and then he raped me. human rights lawyer said police aren't doing enough to investigate a series of allegations of rape and sexual abuse against their officers the attacks happened during months of protests in several parts of the country following the result of the presidential election last may at least one police officer at a civilian were killed in some other violent protests but only 17 women. one was actually sexually assaulted. and. abused this includes. breast gropper kind of

stuff then we have again 8. i mean morris did through the red fires police say the allegations are still being investigated and no arrests have been made we even indicated. that we see this for community just to get shawn's or things being equal in 2 weeks. or maybe some of the investigators i mean some of the implements of the survivors where not forthcoming when they were needed but i want you to get us to get more from them how. has been sorted out investigation. and we have that i'm assured that even. with the criminal investigation report. privilege with some of the women live so some of the worst violence following the election the police station was destroyed during an anti-government protest late

last year since then it's been abandoned people here say they don't trust the police and they don't want them to return the constitutional court recently and now the results are really. because of what judges said well widespread irregularities disputes that and is appealing to the supreme court to overturn the verdict is an easy column in malawi but opposition supporters and human rights activists are threatening more protests if things don't go their way. saying in africa more anti-government protests are expected in guinea on thursday against a referendum to change the constitution opposition parties have threatened to boycott the vote they fear president. or use the changes to extend his mandate more than 30 people have died since demonstrations began in october and has more. scuffles broke out once again on the streets of guinea's capital as a national strike became the latest weapon to be used against president alpha condé

protesters in conakry have been demanding revoke his plans to seek a term led by a coalition of opposition groups calling itself the national front for the defense of the constitution people threw rocks and barricaded roads. white police fired tear gas and used slingshots to try to push the crowds back. we've put as you can see very strong security measures since midnight from the 8th november bridge to cut been learned covering every kilometer with the help of other security departments the situation is under control. the riots resulted in many shops being closed residents say the protests are affecting daily life says that when i know when i would not come out to do business if there's peace it's better or there's no peace in the country i have 2 children to feed it's not that. we have very tired there's no business and no money all shops acquiring most shops are becoming empty

without food our children are not going to school we want peace. demonstrations began after president condé and nouns plans for constitutional reforms last october . current constitution and now's a maximum of 25 year presidential terms but condé wants to extend that he 1st came to power in 2010 and his mandate should end in december was the government will hold a referendum in march on removing the 2 term restriction but opposition parties say they will boycott the vote and continue to rally until the decision is called off for him mohammed al jazeera. at least 15 people have died in iran 50 others are missing after a boat carrying refugees heading for malaysia capsized on tuesday in the bay of bengal al-jazeera sound very child reports some call in bangladesh. 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 moment 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 boat 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 muslim a bigamous fiance lives in malaysia her fiance made all the arrangement with the smuggler she managed to survive and now regrets ever attempting the trip. 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 said 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. 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 730000 growing are muslims who fled brutal military crackdown. in myanmar in 2017 currently live in a crowded and cox bazaar facing an uncertain future facing increasing restriction on their movement communication blackout and desperate condition in the camps many running the refugees are now turning to human smugglers to ferry them across

a broad to stick a better life willing to take a dangerous journey through the bay of bengal bangladesh government says it is working hard to tackle the problem but it meets it's a huge test. bangladesh in the u.s. attorney general william barr has agreed to testify before the house judiciary committee next month to answer questions regarding president. watches stolen democrats have criticized barr and the department of justice for overruling federal prosecutors want just so in was sentenced to 7 to 9 years in prison for lying to congress but the justice department says it will reduce that sentence. now a century old effort to enshrine gender equality in the u.s. constitution is on the verge of success the house of representatives is considering whether to extend the deadline that would allow the equal wise amendment to be added to the constitution if successful it would prohibit the government from

denying equal rights to a person on the basis of their sex. story. it's been 100 years since american women got the vote almost 50 since they gained access to abortions but as for getting equal rights protection under the u.s. constitution the clock is still ticking why has it taken this long. you know it's a great question i find it very interesting heidi shrek is a pulitzer nominated playwright i thought i had just been left out of this document from the beginning her work what the constitution means to me tells the history of domestic violence in her family for their benefit the rights and i met when i was 1st was i guess what kinds of music oh. i believe that the law was related to domestic related to sexual assault it. would have been. i believe that. the women in my family would not have needed to suffer

the way that. the proposed equal rights amendment was drafted in 1923 it took 50 years for its language to clear congress but it wasn't ratified by 2 thirds of us states which is required by the constitution until the year 2020 in january virginia became the critical final state to ratify the equal rights amendment for the women ever jinyan the women of america the resolution has finally. but there was just one hitch the deadline for state ratification had come and gone in 1982 and the trumpet ministration says that makes the proposed amendment void democrats in congress are pushing for its addition to the constitution regardless delays and distractions will not slow our progress because there can be no expiration date on equality this is a clear message to the international community that we embed in our constitution

equal rights for women and that there cannot be discrimination based upon. gender extending the deadline for the equal rights amendment would also need approval in the republican controlled senate where it will likely face opposition person and for some conservatives fear it could lead to more abortions or even outlaw separate sex bathrooms as for heidi schrock the playwright she's expecting twin girls in april i want their future to look very different from our past she says she hopes to soon show her daughters a u.s. constitution that guarantees there he quality castro al-jazeera washington now 4 people were rescued from a blizzard on scotland's highest mountain earlier this week thanks to a free phone it's called what 3 words a new system to identify people as exact locations jessica baldwin reports.

a rescue drill on the river tees the cleveland fire brigade are called out frequently by people stranded on boats or in trouble in the water time is critical but the river teases more than 135 kilometers long. and when a call comes in it's not always clear where the people are who need rescuing or for the control of it ask them if that the mobile phone on them and who doesn't know what is literally asked them can you just please download this app and tell us what the 3 words say those 3 words identified an area on the river behind me called whole ship and so that meant from time of cold download in the app to rescue was about 11 minutes and that is fantastic. what 3 words is a free app on your phone the company is divided up the globe into 3 meter squares each specific location is then given 3 random words purple nightingale jumping

could be the front door of your house it's an updated laundry tootin latitude system for a voice activated world and it's in 40 languages they make money by licensing the technology to companies like delivery services or car manufacturers the idea came out of a musician's frustration chris sheldrick spent hours lugging guitars amplifiers microphones around festivals searching for the right stage or entry gate we've written a mathematical algorithm which actually distributes to 3 what addresses across the world and is replicated in every new language that we bring you we literally cover the whole world even the north pole south pole the oceans there is a 3 way to dress for everywhere there are lots of places that are hard to pinpoint if you want to meet a friend at a beach or out in the remote desert it's not so easy mongolian nomads by their very nature don't stay in one place so they need to update tourists who come to

experience 10 life of the 57 trillion squares i made dated shark edgy which is great if i want to meet a friend or get a delivery but it's not all about convenience if i were to get hopelessly lost or fall and break my leg it could be life saving more than 80 emergency services in the u.k. now use what 3 words they've been able to find people trapped in their cars lost hikers and some drifting in the river to jessica baldwin al-jazeera pembury. it's a song that became an internet sensation and triggered a lengthy legal battle not copyright law is in south korea waiting for a court to decide who owns the rights to baby shock from seoul robin wright has the 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 street protests for its south korean producers baby shark has been up and. 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 version 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 owns we add is some originality and ever deeper to to the public domain song and we think that they

copied our originality. and there seems no stopping that baby shark juggernaut. the latest spin off 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. 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 do pray be shocked when the court hears the commission's decision it could have big implications in the world

of copyright i think it's a very unique and 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 cried al-jazeera so. i still ahead on al-jazeera and sports star strike am hammad size thanks for those of celeb big team but well he's got let the ball let him go. from fossil fuels to modern day renewable as societies develop the energy demands increase requiring innovative solutions to meet such demands as a global power development of investment company nebraska power is uniquely positioned to deliver against eastern islands we provide business growth promote social economic benefits and provide innovative safe and environmentally sound

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suppose that i have fully thank you very much to pick officials have criticized what they call irresponsible rumors that they'll perspire in the games because of the outbreak of the coronavirus may just forcing events within china have been canceled or delayed but with 162 days to go japanese organizers remain positive after meeting members of the international olympic committee on thursday japan strengthened its border controls for chinese arrivals and has so far only reported around 30 virus cases on the mainland you know initiated wished to look there are many irresponsible rumors about coronavirus but i would like to make clear once again that we're not considering the cancellation or postponement of the games let me make that clear we have set up countermeasures and we are sharing information with the national institute of pictures diseases as far as tokyo 2020 is concerned would like to continue coordinating with the national government and respond calmly

well olympic organizers may be confident but corona virus has already hit may just ports in the region like formula one they've had to postpone april's chinese grown prix in shanghai it's not clear if there will be room to fight it later in the season all if other races in vietnam japan and singapore will also be. big everybody is dealing with his real time i mean you know you know at this point in all those places the number of affected individuals is still a hand. you know but you know we're sort of and you sort of have to see what it looks like as we go forward. formula one teams continue to reveal the new calls for the coming season this was max for stop and putting the red bull abi 16 through its paces the dutchman was the closest challenger to the savings last year his 3rd in the driver's championship proper testing starts in barcelona next week with the 1st race in australia coming up in march. we want to fight for the chairmanship and do

better than last year and be there from from the 1st race almost because that's already where you have to start to perform and they're doing you know we're on a good way the team is very motivated worked very hard over the winter as well so i just can't wait to get started so the n.b.a. and the l.a. lakers extended their lead in the western conference with a win over their nearest rivals le bron james and anthony davis were on top form away from home against the denver nuggets james hits his 12 triple double of the season but the nuggets did make them work hard for the win jamal murray was that top score with $33.00 points his shots like this one helping them force the game into overtime with the scores locked that $111.00 each it was davis who proved the difference for the lakers though with 33 points 7 of them came in overtime to secure the win by 4 they now have a 4 game lead over denver heading into the all star break. the n.f.l. player suspended for hitting an opponent with

a helmet has been reinstated by the league cleveland browns defensive end myles garrett accused the pittsburgh steelers mason rudolf of inciting him with a racial insult prior to this incident on the van before st lawrence was suspended indefinitely but after meeting the n.f.l. commissioner he has been cleared to return to action. well one of the stars of the olympic football tournament could be egypt's mohammed but his national coach says sollars involvement is in the hands of the player and his club if solid does go to the games that will leave english premier league leaders liverpool without him for the 1st weeks of next season liverpool have already complained about being without key african players during the cup of nations in cameroon next january egypt coach shorty got a post chosen in his provisional squad says they cannot force him to play. in tennis former world number 3 grigor dimitrov fell to canadian teenager félix. at the rotterdam open the meter of has slipped down the rankings since he made some

faint finals victory in the $27.00 th the 19 year old alyea see is only up close and has passed the league trophy out of the 21 in the world but not at the bottom of the screen putting on a show here he reached around the 32 with a 6416 win over the folk area. twice talking on day nice moments of appreciation by boston bruins fans for their play as david pasternack scored a hat trick to lead them into a false one victory over the montreal canadiens and front responded by throwing their hats on to the ice the bruins team shop must have plenty in stock as that's just the match for patrick this season no prince player has done not since 975. 0 i saw the sport and i'll probably thank you very much for that paul that's it for this news hour on how to 0 but do stay with us we've got plenty more coming up next to where my team can control.

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a congolese activist must return home facing an uncertain future he once again trying to himself at the forefront of a political revolution to try to put democracy can come a day heavy personal cost. back to kinshasa a witness documentary on al-jazeera. is your vehicle dead and did you get the peace prize too soon. is this going to hurt or help donald trump's reelection chances it is very true when they think it's somebody on 5th avenue and not have any consequence this is not a muslim issue this is a human colony issue join me mary how about putting up questions to my special guests and challenge them to some straight talking political debate here on al-jazeera. a diverse range of stories from across the globe

from the perspective of our network's journalists on al-jazeera. china replaces its top officials at the center of the corona virus outbreak as the number of new cases surges of more than 15000 in a single day. hello and welcome to our jazeera live from doha i martine there is also coming up cambodia is allowed a cruise ship to dock after several asian governments did away because of fears of the virus. and turkey sends more reinforcements to northern syria after warning it will strike hard against syrian government.