the rock of the conscious and aware of that struggle against an ethnic sectarian kotor inside story on al-jazeera. al-jazeera. hello i'm adrian forgetting this is the news live from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes china sex top officials who are dealing with the corona virus outbreak as the number of new infections increases dramatically. a cruise ship docks in cambodia after being stranded at sea for nearly 2 weeks over fears of the coronavirus but its passengers are not disembarking just yet. the saudi led coalition fighting and yemen says it's beginning to try those accused of human rights violations but gives no details of the process. but

a sharp departure in the u.k. government boris johnson's most powerful minister suddenly resigned. and i'm piece him to the school to organizers of the. olympics say fears of the coronavirus won't delay the games and as he waits to confirm the limbic place bron james powers the lakers into a commanding lead going into the all-star break. we start this new china where there's been a huge surge in the number of corona virus cases across the country more than 15000 new cases were confirmed on wednesday alone up from just 1600 the day before chinese authorities say the testing criteria has been changed 254 more deaths have been recorded bringing the total now to nearly 1404 officials. in who bay province

the epicenter of the virus have been sacked over their handling of the outbreak that includes the province's communist party chief jan charlie young more than 60000 people in 26 countries about infected japan has reported its 1st death a woman with no record of traveling to china or contacts with chinese visitors elsewhere in japan $44.00 new cases were confirmed aboard the diamond princess cruise ship which is docked in yokohama ports bringing the total on board now to 218 and in vietnam 10000 people in a community near hanoi have been placed under a 20 day quarantine 5 residents there have been infected bringing the total number of cases in the country to 15 how does there as adrian brown wraps all of that together for us now from hong kong. when who days party chief spoke to the media 2 weeks ago he must have known his days were numbered jiang charlie is the highest ranking political casualty so far 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. 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 our era with a mass mobilization of medical workers who volunteers and soldiers the nations being encouraged to fight war president xi jinping pools 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 hong kong let's hear now from the world health organization their spokesperson is margaret harris she says

that sharp increases in the number of cases can actually help stop the virus from spreading. the authorities know who they have now widened the definition so that they can include people who have symptoms that are suggestive of corona virus and that's a good thing because that means they can get everybody who could possibly have coronavirus seem to care and also to keep them from infecting other people so it's not surprising to see such a jump when they've widened this definition and started reporting people as having cases of corona virus using that definition we are finding that the chinese authorities are indeed being fully transparent but when you look at the number of cases they're dealing with what we're looking at over 51000 cases that's a vast amount of information coming in that's a vast amount of information that people have to move forward and we're receiving that information it's a lot easier to give absolutely all the detail when you've got 5 or 6 cases 50000

that's an enormous amount of work you're asking people to do but we are certainly receiving good information and they have welcomed the mission into the country to look further and deeper into the into the more complex questions. a cruise ship that's been at sea for 2 weeks was docked in cambodia after it was turned away by 4 other governments in the region as a precaution health officials took blood samples from 20 passengers who were feeling ill but all tested negative as wayne hay reports now from c.n.n. . as the sun sit the west a dam at last arrived in welcoming waters after receiving permission from the cambodian government it docked in sihanoukville but no one is allowed off yet medical tests had to be conducted to confirm they were free of the coronavirus al jazeera spoke to one of the passengers on board about the conditions inside it's very disappointing to be told time after time that we're there we're going to dock

and that you know then to find out that you know you're not going to be allowed into that country so that's worried but i should say that you know late fun board the ship is is just fine and normal there are no restrictions concern from governments about the westerdam stem from an outbreak of the virus on board another cruise ship more than 3 and a half 1000 people have been quarantined on board since it arrived in the japanese city of york a hama on february the 3rd while it was at sea for nearly 2 weeks the westerdam had no confirmed cases but was turned away by japan the philippines taiwan and thailand the arrival of the ship may also be viewed as a public relations win for the cambodian government led by prime minister who sought to downplay the threat of the virus and emphasize his country strong relationship with china where the outbreak began. last week he traveled to beijing

to meet xi jinping and china's president praised cambodia's decision to maintain flights between the 2 countries and allow chinese nationals to continue entering cambodia those moves were also welcomed by the world health organization. path. to. the west. and return home. cambodia. protesters across iraq iran a marking the end of 40 days of mourning for iran's top military commander custom solomonic baghdad demonstrators block the road close to where he was killed in a u.s. air raid last month. behind iran's efforts to spread its influence throughout the middle east president donald trump ordered the killing saying that he posed an

imminent threat and here's a look at what's happened in the aftermath of that u.s. assassination iran's supreme leader ayatollah ali how many warned of severe revenge and the killing sparked protests across iran u.s. president donald trump then threatened to bomb 52 iranian sites attacked american targets the next day in iraq where so the money was killed parliament passed a resolution calling on the government to expel all foreign troops from the country 2 days later a large funeral procession was held for customs and in the early hours of january 8th terror launched a dozen ballistic missiles at 2 iraqi says housing u.s. forces there were no casualties let's go live to. the door so we saw protests in baghdad today what's been happening it's around. well it's been a day of mourning that is now coming to its. ultimate conclusion at

a muscle a mosque in tehran this is where we understand the head of the revolutionary guards commander general major general a salami will be delivering a speech we also know that the newly appointed head of the force of the revolutionary guards who replaced the late us and so many will also be reading the late generals last will and testament we expect to hear what the money wanted to happen post his death we expect a large number of high ranking officials to attend this some a ceremony to commemorate the 40 days of mourning that have been taking place across iran and this is an event that will see an end to this morning period but certainly not an end to how iran is has said they will respond to this assassination carried out by the united states we heard from the supreme leader following day assassination at a very. scheduled friday prayer service the supreme leader himself delivered

a sermon in both farsi and arabic to highlight the importance of so the money within not only just their own but also within the system that is established an islamic republic since $979.00 so today this evening at this ceremony we're expecting to find out what will be read from his will and also what the head of the revolutionary guard will have to say about what we can expect from this group in the coming weeks and months in terms of how iran will be responding to this assassination door so many thanks indeed there live in terror from let's go to latest on the protests in baghdad al-jazeera somewhat a full team is that. well we are here to bug out international airports and we are in fact exactly at the spot where customs so that money and his iraqi associates hundreds were killed on in the early morning hours of january 3rd and the events that have been taking place in baghdad over the past 3 days to mark the end of the

40 day mourning period as you can see behind me there are some crowds that have gathered here composed mostly of members of the popular mobilization for says which is of course is umbrella group of mostly iranian backed armed groups which were led by. who was the 2nd in charge of the group and they have been chanting anti-american slogans they have been asking for u.s. forces to leave but overall the situation here in baghdad has stabilized since the killings of slim and 100 have actually spoken to one member of parliament from one of these groups and what he said was that they are currently waiting for the government to negotiate the withdrawal of american troops but that if the troops in the end would not withdraw or that there would be a reaction from the so-called islamic resistance groups which includes one of the groups that he is representing which is called a cyber hug which is one of the groups that initially threatened retaliation

following these events here so overall it appears that these kind of threats have subsided. iran has unveiled a list of approved candidates to run in next week's parliamentary elections there are many moderate and reformist candidates have been left off of the disqualified from running the group overseeing that is the guardian council historically dominated by ultra conservatives as i said big reports from. 290 seats over 7000 candidates campaigning has officially started but the attention has not been on the candidate standing but those disqualified from taking part by iran's guardian council the constitutional body that oversees the parliamentary elections and claims that the disqualifications have been politically motivated now you're turning i deny this the guardian council has the duty to verify the qualification of candidates and the council has never had a political view over them those who have not been approved can come to us to see

the issue in their cases many of those disqualified are politicians linked to the iranian reformist movement one of those who standing again is reformist candidate mousavi therefore. it was an unfortunate event some of our colleagues and friends from the past 4 years who have been cooperating with us were not given the chance to run in elections some of them have been treated unfairly. but on the streets it's hard to tell there's an election taking place although campaigning has officially started for. isn't showing signs that it's an election moved yet here in one of the city's central squares there's no banners no posters and no candy that's kind of the lack of interest has been blamed on the current economic situation last november so widespread protests against the fuel price increase other areas of the economy are reeling under punitive u.s. sanctions politicians are trying to relate to people's economic woes. i am aware of the difficult situation and economic hardship that today parts versus side are

struggling with the path to change this condition is neither silence nor staying away from voting we should come together to dissent. vans to be able to trigger change there's been called by some to boycott the elections of people to come out to vote a good turnout will give legitimacy to the iranian political establishment something iran wants to use to silence its weston and domestic critics. al-jazeera that are on here with the news from al-jazeera still to come on the program turkey sends more reinforcements northern syria after warning that it will strike hard against syrian government forces if they target its soldiers plus. stations of a to speak to people accused of rape and have still. been in sport the manchester united player kept away from the rest of the squad due to coronavirus few facts the rest of.

turkey has sent further reinforcements to its observation posts in northern syria president richard burr the one is warning that he will strike back if syrian forces in the province attack turkish troops syria's ally russia accuses ankara of making the situation worse in the last rebel held region by having its military on the ground let's go live now to voters in a sort of course you know who's in northern syria in how up. one of these turkish military observation posts actually doing in syria what are they forcing. during the mission for the turkish military observation forces that to observe and report any possible violation of the the escalation zone agreement which was agreed by turkey russia syria and iran the mission does of the on the cover

a violation to report violations by the syrian government but also the opposition side as well that's why the turkish military observation that have been observation post have an absence that this year by the way it's not all that turkish military post but also russians have exactly the same post almost around the same area and they are also doing the same thing and reporting possible violations on the ground this is the mission but however as the syrian government has stopped complying with the our sun and sochi agreements within the escalations zone borders and have pushed of advance towards and 5 highway north some of these turkish forces have been encircled by the syrian government forces and last week there was an attack to a church called more that was that was meant to bring reinforcements to the area

especially after the government forces surrounded. very strategic town * that is positioned on the intersection of 4 and 500 ways right doctor is since these things happen turkey is has established for more observe ation posts in serach a barrier not only to provide the. ongoing cease fire but also to stop any humanitarian. onto monitary in action on the ground but it seems the syrian government is trying to give a message to kids that from now on you should be out of there but turkey and russia says that the escalation zone agreement isn't that then ever. but the old parties have to abide with it a very recent statement by the turkish defense minister who came together with the press at night to the fence ministers meeting in brussels he said that turkey will be sending more troops in the clip to ensure the cease fire holds remember the

cease fire that was agreed to earlier in general by mosco and turkey only lasted 48 hours so a like russian circus sais that the ceasefire should be should hold and complied by the partners also he gave a message that turkey will take measures against those who don't who don't comply with the cease fire which means the syrian government also his statement included that turkey will take measures against any radical groups that violate the ceasefire agreement to this is the situation on the ground it has been a quiet day for compared to the last couple of days. and there is not much action in the air space probably everybody thinks that there is a diplomatic negotiations ongoing between turkey russia and the united states that is they that is a partner who have been involved in the situation recently and has shown support

for turkey so the many thanks indeed. the saudi led coalition fighting in yemen says that it's begun procedures to try and those who've committed human rights violations but it's not made clear who will oversee the action nor give details about the process last year the u.n. said that all sides in the conflicts have committed war crimes and that some western governments may be complicit a reporter cues coalition forces of recruiting child soldiers and committing rape torture. and also accuse the coalition of indiscriminate attacks on civilians the conflict in yemen has killed tens of thousands of people has brought millions to the brink of famine the bill corey is the former deputy chief of mission at the u.s. embassy in yemen he joins us now live from washington d.c. skype good to have you with us once again so what do you make of this saudi arabia investigating its own alleged war crimes. well it's

a given that the perpetrator of a tryon cannot conduct an objective investigation into his own now a criminal activity we've seen how saudi arabia has conducted investigations into the murder of their own journalist. for over a year now and nothing good has come of that. if it is a goodwill gesture that the solid news if you want to make towards yemen they should stop that war it begins with that and that is something that they are capable of doing after that you can have an independent agency of international human rights organizations conduct their investigation and any war criminals should then beauty further to the international criminal court much like the transitional government in sudan is now

a getting to hand over former president omar bashir or that sets a good person saudi arabia has said that it will also start court martial proceedings against aircrew who violated rules of engagement which led to alleged human rights abuses it's surely it's a liberty to apiece to that isnt it. this again is not something credible. has been no transparency in any of these investigations at least pilots are following instructions from the ground and on the ground and the headquarters military headquarters there are western american british advisors so all be sorer complicit in in these bombings and again you need a neutral shores to provide. an investigation that can be believed that would require

cooperation though wouldn't it i mean once any conflict has been resolved it would require all parties. actually complying with whoever the body of that let's say it's the. war crimes court in the hague actually complying with with the process which is not something one can realistically expect there right now as long as the war is continuing and as long as those participating in it are benefiting from it's come to a new way should i think rather than carry out futile investigations of destroying focus on stopping the war that's something saudis can do the united states can certainly launch and whole our diplomatic efforts to end this war that would come 1st and that in itself would at least stop the war crimes from continuing and they are going on on

a daily basis now after that we can worry about who are allowed who to investigate could stop say somebody thanks dave for being with us to bill curry of them in washington. what was meant to be a minor cabinet reshuffle has turned into a major shake up after britain's 2nd most powerful minister resigned 7 job it was chancellor of the exchequer and was expected to remain in his post as go live now to london 0 story chalons can tell us more we expected some big names to be removed from the cabinet but not such a job it rory what happened here i mean the big the briefing earlier on today was that the main offices of state that's the home secretary at the chancellor of the exchequer and the foreign secretary would all stay the same that this reshuffle would be made and lower level ministers being hired and fired but then there was this bombshell sounds that sajid javid the chancellor of the

exchequer essentially that the finance minister of the u.k. handing in his resignation the have been tensions disagreements let's say it's wean him and boris johnson recent weeks and months mainly over government to government spending boris johnson wants to open up the taps and have a big splurge of government spending infrastructure projects etc but the treasury has been more circumspect and modest about what they want to do. but that snorts i don't think the real catalyst for this resignation what that seems to be although this is an official is that number 10 have said to sajid javid keep your position but you have to get rid of your team of advisors and accept a team of advisors that is going to be split between 10 downing street and the treasury now that would essentially have rob the treasury of some of its autonomy

and basically. come down to a power grab number 10 having greater oversight over the treasury over the chancellor of the exchequer and that's something that sandra javid said he wasn't prepared to do and that's why he resigned he that the architect of this is most probably dominant cummings is boris johnson's right hand man is chief advisor and a hugely divisive political figure he's an advisor he's not elected he's a hugely divisive figure in the u.k. at the moment rory many thanks indeed of syria's foreign channels there reporting live from london. a weather update next here on the day is out then the u.s. senate is going to vote on legislation to curb the president's powers to use military action against iran we'll tell you more. at install perhaps off to this ice hockey player in boston. peter we have to explain all of this going on.

hello again welcome back to international weather forecast with this i do want to start here in the middle east we have watch one storm system push out of turkey and then across iraq and into the northern part of iran and with that we have seen a lot of snow i want to show you some video that has come out across this region and 45 people have died because of the very heavy snow causing an avalanche across the region there now digging out and they do have better weather conditions but look how deep that snow is that they have been dealing with across the area so take a look the forecast map here on friday still some residual snow across much of this area and into the caspian we're going to be watching this very carefully better weather as we go towards saturday the tempter though is going to come down to about 70 degrees in tehran here across the gulf we have been seeing some very cool air

across much of the region wednesday was the cold to stay here in doha for the whole season things are going to get better over the next few days to go to the 3 day forecast for doha temptress coming back up to about normal plenty of sun in the forecast it will be a little breezy here on friday as well as into saturday and for the northern part of africa here across parts of algeria we have been watching one area of low pressure making its way to the north we have seen a little bit of rain coming out of the forecast system and then we're going to be seeing some clouds across much of the coast when the gazi seek attention of 19. upon. so division have pushed india into the grip of a historical reckoning i am afraid to be closing on the minorities need to be afraid to where do these ideas come from the tragedy of more lives how much we try to send the clothes getting to school work a happy family hold on

a call to join me on to see you on the final part of my journey what am i to become a target of the hindu 1st policy in search of india's sole 0. there's a wave of sentiment around the world if you actually want accountability from the people who are running their countries and i think often people's voices are not heard because they're just not part of the mainstream news narrative. obviously we cover big stories and we report on the big events that are going on but we also tell the stories of people who generally don't have a voice and then when i was a child my debts never be afraid to put your hand up and ask a question and i think that's what our serial really does we asked the questions to people who should be accountable and also we get people to give their view of what's going on. moos.

it's good to have you with us hello patriot for going to here in doha with the news from al-jazeera the headlines there's been a surge in the number of corona virus infections in china daily and to bay province the epicenter of the outbreak or more than 15000 new confirmed cases on weapons to cross the country and 254 more people have died chinese authorities said screening criteria has been changed and protesters across iraq and iran are met marking the end of 40 days warning for iran's top military commander customer saw the mahdi early in baghdad demonstrators blocked the road close to where he was killed the u.s. says strike last month. britain's chancellor of the exchequer finance minister the 2nd most powerful put political position in the u.k. government has resigned during a cabinet reshuffle such a job it was expected to keep his post but stepped down office remains of astonishing in his office. the u.s.

senate is set to vote on a resolution that could severely restrict president donald trump's ability to take military action against iraq the resolution would force trump to get congress get congressional approval before ordering any military operation against iran it was introduced asked month to trump order to strike that killed the iranian general custom solid body if the senate approves the resolution it's likely that the president will veto it. trump has been vocally opposed to the resolution he's treated but it's very important for our country's security that the united states senate not vote for the iraq war powers resolution we're doing very well with iran and this is not the time to show weakness but if my hands were tied iran would have a field day sends a very sick bill let's go live to washington our white house correspondent kimberly how could you tell us more about this what can we expect then from this vote today given the president's disapproval of it. yeah what we can expect to

see rare defiance from members of the president's own party this comes a week after the party voted largely along republican lines or democrat lines to whether or not to remove the president from office in that impeachment vote but this is somewhat different and we see sort of refraction when it comes to the difference of opinion on foreign policy and as you point out this resolution prompted by the president's use of military action to take out general sula monny this is of course something that concerned many members of congress who felt not only that they weren't fully informed but that the president was going against the u.s. constitution which is sensually mandates that it's congress not the president that can declare war so we're watching very carefully sometime after 845 g.m.t. we will see debate and then all eyes will be on that very important vote to limit the president's power very important but largely symbolic has never been that the

president can veto it. yes and we expect that the president will veto this again we've seen this once already you'll remember another very important vote that also was largely symbolic back in march of 2019 this was a vote in the u.s. senate to essentially limit the president's power in terms of u.s. military support for the saudi led coalition in the conflict in yemen and so that was something the president vetoed we expect that we will see this again but this does send an important message because on the heels of that acquittal of the president in the senate for removing him from power or rather trying to remove him from power with the impeachment inquiry the president has increasingly many in congress feel adrian become somewhat emboldened so this is an effort to say we see you congress is watching and we are looking for ways to limit your power even as you try to go against congress not only in the area of foreign policy but also on

domestic issues as well our white house correspondent kelly how could live in washington can be many thanks indeed let's return to our top story on the surge in the number of coronavirus cases across china this concern in the northern province of sion jang where nearly a 1000000 muslim weakens are detained in camps so far 55 cases have been reported in the region and some of the 1st patients to recover have now been released from hospital but we get activist groups fear overcrowding mountie tradition of a lack of resources in the camps could worsen any outbreak they want the camps closed and for health officials to visit the region and assess the risk let's get more on this now from louisa greif who's director of global advocacy of the week human rights project she joins us now live from washington d.c. they've only been 55 cases in. thus far. in the outbreak i mean why should we be concerned about the people more concerned about the people living there than

elsewhere in china. the weavers and other target muslims even a chinese muslims who are in the camps are helpless they're already in unspeakable conditions unsanitary conditions overcrowded this would be like a breeding ground for immediate infection across the population and there's a blanket of secrecy so we need international inspection to make sure that people are kept safe there's a blanket of secrecy how do we know what was actually going on right now in those camps a very small number of survivors of the camps have managed to be released and leave china and come to free countries those survivors have testified to people having untreated health conditions a starvation diet as you said malnutrition so we know that the torture and mistreatment. that poor health of all those people is well established and for that

kind of population the risk of infection and even death from the infection is going to be astronomically higher if there were to be an outbreak of the corona virus in one of these camps. do you think the we don't actually get to know about it that's the huge issue right now today there is incredible confusion over statistics the national health commission has revised its categories and we know that the government is trying to has denied even keeping people in camps and yet we have documentary evidence from the survivors from satellite photos from leaked documents that the government has. showing that the government has a policy of locking people up on mass and keeping them in complete isolation let me tell you this the university around the country and including in she junction john university in the capital has delayed the start of the semester and told students

to stay home so that they won't be affected if universities would be a breeding ground for the infection don't you think a mass detention camp would also be a greeting ground we're asking for if the universities are going to close the camp should be closed there is a good many thanks dave for being with us louisa greets unwashed thank you human rights lawyers in malawi say the police are taking too long to investigate officers who are accused of rape and sexual abuse at least 17 women have told rights workers that they were attacked last year of those horrible tarsa reports now from sunday which is around 40 kilometers west of the capital the 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 her 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 20 and that 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 and 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. more rested and ready for years police say the allegations are still being

investigated and no arrests have been made we even indicated. that we see this for community based additions or things being equal in 2 weeks. or things with which maybe some of the investigators i mean some of the limits of the survivors where not forthcoming when they were needed by what interest to get us to get more from them how that issue has been sorted out investigations are. and we are very much sure that in a day from now with the criminal investigation report out. privilege 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. because

of what judges said well widespread irregularities disputes that and is appealing to the supreme court to overturn the verdict is an easy in malawi but opposition supporters that's of his eye threatening more protests if things don't go their way . sudan has signed a settlement deal with the families of american servicemen who were killed in the bombing of a u.s. warship 20 years ago 17 americans were killed when a suicide bombers rammed into the side of the u.s.s. cole in yemen saddam is accused of providing support to al qaida compensating the victims' families as the latest effort in sudan spreads to be taken off the u.s. terra blacklist. lebanon's new cabinet is expected to hold its 1st session later on thursday despite a backdrop of widespread public anger a prime minister has on the government won a vote of confidence in parliament on tuesday it will now tackle a deepening economic crisis and propose ideas for debt repayment but protesters

have denounced the absolute cabinet and say they want a complete overhaul of the political system 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 rights amendment to be added to the constitution if successful it would prohibit government from denying equal rights to a person on the basis of the sex of his or is highly jocasta rules. 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 confused 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 and. what happened was 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. 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 very quality castro al-jazeera washington u.s. attorney general william barr has agreed to testify before the house judiciary committee next month to answer questions regarding president trump's close ally it was just started and democrats have criticized bar in the department of justice for overruling federal prosecutors prosecutors of os that was just to be sentenced to 7 to 9 years in prison for lying to congress but the justice department so that it won't recommend that. 4 people were rescued from a blizzard on scotland's highest mountain earlier this week thanks to a free phone app called war 3 words a new system to identify people's exact location jessica baldwin reports. a rescue drill on the river tease 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 a mobile phone on the man who doesn't know it is literally asked them can you just please download this app and tell us what the 3 way it say those 3 words identified an area on the river behind me. and so that meant from time of cold download in the app to rescue was about 11 minutes and that's the that is fantastic what 3 words is a free app on your phone the company is divided up the globe into 3 meters 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 up 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 met david 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 ts jessica baldwin al-jazeera pembury angle and. if you've got the app go to eyelash showcase notices that's where i am still to come here on the news out in sport one of the best drivers in florida one takes his new car out for a spin and head of the new season getting here is just. it's

a song that became an internet sensation and triggered a lengthy legal battle about copyright laws in south korea waiting for a court to decide who owns the rights to baby shuck from sole bride reports. 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 and. even finding its way into scream 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 creator 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 they're 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 craig evidence to the public domain song and we think that they copied our orders now at the. 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.

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 robert fried al jazeera so. i'm hearing that i have the next 24 hours thanks very much rob time support his

peter i do thank you so much tokyo olympic officials have criticized what they call irresponsible rumors that they will postpone the games because of the outbreak of the coronavirus major sporting 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 in japan strengthened its border controls for chinese arrivals and has so far only reported around 30 virus cases on the mainland. there are many responsible 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're 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 manchester united's

new signing garlow has been working out away from a training ground as a coronavirus precaution the nigerian was signed on loan from a chinese club in shanghai 2 weeks ago and they did not go on united's foreign training camp due to fears of travel restrictions he could make his debut against chelsea on monday mohamed selar has been named in egypt's provisional olympic football squad but he's club liverpool will have the final say if he does go liverpool will be without him for the 1st few weeks of the next premier league season they've already complained about losing face the africa cup of nations in january egypt coast shawqi says they cannot fall summer to play. the los angeles lakers extended their lead in the western conference with a win over the nearest rivals le bron james and anthony davies were on top form away from home against the denver nuggets james he's 12 triple double of the season . but the nuggets made them work hard for the win jamal murray was their top school

with 33 points with shots like this helping force the game into overtime but it was davies proving the difference for the lakers as they went on to win by 4 points they now have a full game lead of the 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 of miles garrett accused the pittsburgh steelers mason rudolph of inciting him with a racial insults prior to that incident on nov 14th garrett was suspended indefinitely but after meeting with the n.f.l. commissioner he has been cleared to return to action israel folau is set to make his highly anticipated return to rugby league after being named in the cattle and dragons squad for saturday's super league game against castleford the controversial australian was left out of the dragon squad for the opening match last weekend amid

fitness concerns for our last game of rugby league was 10 years ago and he hasn't played any form of the game since being sacked by rugby australia 8 months ago after posting homophobic comments on social media. one of the warmest winters in sweden for decades is causing major problems for wool rally championship organizers this is the only truly winter rally in the championship and drivers are usually confronted by large snow banks but as you can see here there are none this year the opening stage of rally sweden was due to be held later on thursday but it was cancelled and replaced by a practice session because of the back of snow that's after the roots had already been cut from 18 stages to level last week. meanwhile formula one teams continue to reveal their new cause for the upcoming season which starts in march this was next to stop and putting the red bull or be 16 through its paces the dutchman was the closest challenger to the dominant the same as last year finishing

food in the driver's championship we want to fight for the chairmanship and do better than last year and be there from from the 1st race on more it's because that's already where you have to start to perform and i think 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. let's get some ice hockey news now and a nice moment of appreciation by boston bruins fans for one of the places david pasternack school to have trick to beat them to a 41 victory over the montreal canadiens fans responded in the traditional way by throwing their hats on for the ice that's past like it's for patrick the season no bruins players or player has done that since 175. and that's all the sport for now more coming up again later pitted many thanks indeed for the news hour but i'll be back in just a moment to talk to each your day's top stories so you. know

whether online like. one of the worst grabs the mainstream media about. or if you join us on sound there is a different diversity and inclusion and they were sometimes isn't always sincere based is a dialogue sanctions on the ways in which they were applied to iran are and i'm a wife everyone has a voice we as a society that is so quick to be to blame and to sit down and listen join the global conversation on out to 0. around the world council and to use a word to manipulate and influence us trolls this fake east algorithms that

developed and designed to push content that says click me every click we make you just sold. one and in the last series i think 3 is in mexico examining how propaganda shape. contact k.o.b. algorithm on i just feel it's a tough time for the afghan security forces taliban attacks have increased their suffering heavy casualties and the prospect of a withdrawal of u.s. forces hangs over them yet young men are still joining up some for patchy otic reasons for others is the only way to get a job despite the risks midway's karimi was an army bomb disposal engineer in helmand province he knew the risks he was blinded in both eyes and lost a leg when a roadside device exploded as you try to defuse it i was aware of the danger of seeing friends wounded while working on mines i wasn't scared to lose an arm or

a leg is to separate us we have to make to serve this country. child sex the top officials dealing with the corona virus outbreak as the number of new infections increases dramatically. alive adrian for again this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up a cruise ship docks in cambodia after being stranded at sea for nearly 2 weeks over fears of the coronavirus but its passengers are not disembarking just yet. the saudi led coalition fighting in yemen says it's beginning to try those accused of human rights violations but gives no details of the process. the shock departure of the u.k. government.