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english premier league holders month to cities say they will appeal after being banned from the champions league for 2 seasons for breaching new wafers financial rules. story this hour the u.s. is saying it's reached a reduction of violence agreement with the taliban which could lead to the withdrawal of american troops from afghanistan a senior administration official told reporters the week long pact is very specific covers all afghan forces and if successful could lead to a more permanent deal it follows a protracted negotiations in doha that and the meeting between the u.s. secretary of state might pay 0 and the afghan president carney at the munich security conference where al jazeera is jonah hall is also in munich and explains what more we know about the meant. we don't have a formal announcement date or indeed

a time when this 7 day period would come into effect we understand the details are very specific it is to apply nationwide across afghanistan to. roadside bombs suicide bombs rocket attacks on afghan forces if this period of 7 days passes with a significant reduction of violence within within 10 days talks would be said you ought to start between the afghan government and the taliban directly and other parties on the ground other political parties and so on to wardes a comprehensive peace agreement including the withdrawal of u.s. forces who've been on the ground in afghanistan to get 19 years now having gone in just after 911 so a hugely significant potentially significant moment this no official response yet from the afghan government they and others would likely be treating this with some caution they haven't had direct contact with the taliban as yet and frankly the taliban don't have to if it form in this department well the war in afghanistan is

the longest the united states has ever been involved in it began on october 7th 2001 almost a month after the september 11th attacks on the united states are still around $30000.00 u.s. troops in afghanistan as well as thousands of other nato personnel during the more than 18 years of war it's thought at least 43000 afghan civilians have been killed early on friday at least 8 people were killed in an ass strikes of violence of course continues the u.s. after general spokesman has welcomed this initial agreement saying that it's most important for civilians. if this were to succeed it would obviously be a notable step in bringing peace to the country. and the dialogues are vital pay is of is vital to paving forward the constructive intra afghan negotiations on peace i think it's very important. to find ways to reduce the levels of violence in afghanistan is specially the violence that is harming civilians well william patey

is a former british ambassador to afghanistan joins me now via skype from tooken in london is this a credible agreement in your view well we went to see oversee the credibility read to test it fairly quickly if the if the taliban do reduce the violence as the agreement says the should and that will be a good 1st step but it's only a 1st step. and they can only be seen as positive if it then leads to comprehensive talks with the afghan government because that's the key finding a settlement a political settlement in afghanistan and which the taliban take part but they don't take power the immediate purpose of this initial agreement i suppose is as we're hearing in the clip that from the united nations about reducing violence on the ground for civilians and earlier there was an air strike in which 8 people were killed do you expect to see. violence rise and fall depending on how the

negotiations go it is a reduction in violence by any means guaranteed. well know because there are so many actors and bolts so many things could go wrong in a country the size of afghanistan with so many players and i don't think the taliban have a very tight command and control structure there are other players around but it certainly is important if it does lead to reduction in violence it's obviously been seen as a confidence building measure to do it to as part of a wider settlement so. you know i don't think some violence would be a problem in a 7 day period but if there is a significant reduction in terms of taliban attacks roadside bombs rocket attacks then that would set the scene for more substantive talks about a comprehensive peace agreement which eventually could oversleep to withdrawal of u.s. troops but the key thing is that just to pick up on

a point you are making that just how difficult is it going to be to get to that stage in the negotiations if as you say the taliban is in take him organized centralized group that can fully implementing an agreement like this well i think the americans will understand this the afghan government will understand that if the taleban in the main stick to the agreement and there is a serious reduction in violence they will want to go to the next days they will be key no i mean even when i was there in 20102012 we we were trying to get the taleban to to enter talks about political settlement they were they were never interested so that the key the key element of this is that this is a precursor to the taliban beginning to talk seriously about a political settlement that is something that must be welcomed thank you very much for my ambassador to afghanistan william patey.

well i'm now joined by shavar chancy he is following the story from washington and i suppose from the president as might be the moment where many people ask whether he can deliver on his pledge to end wars in the middle east what could the impact be for the president it would be a pleasure he actually kept to that would be it would be a major achievement whether you like donald trump or not president obama campaigned on bringing the troops home completely failed by the end of his tenure there $8400.00 troops remain he said obama said it would all be over 2014 remember all the democratic candidates running for the presidential nomination are running a message they will also bring all the troops back this is a popular issue americans go to the polls are tired of the endless seeming war in afghanistan that doesn't think you are going to have a military solution with and you mentioned 43.

in afghanistan that doesn't include all the p.t.s.d. and everything else that happens over here not thousands of injured people 2 trillion dollars have been spent we also now know from the extensive caches published by the washington post at the end of last year that throughout this period both the bush administration and the obama administration were pretty much lying through their teeth about the afghan war and the supposed progress being made people are tired of this have trumped pulls us all for days can say look troops are beginning to come back it will be it will be something that he can really say to his constituency and others i actually pull this off because there's always a suspicion with the democrats too that in the end they rather like war and they often have the same sort of bonus in the military industrial complex as those neo columns in the republican party having said that they're looking at the vague timetable we've got so far very briefly at the end in september right there was there was a framework deal and we started getting dribs and drabs about what that kind of

look like if the framework is similar to what was agreed upon almost signed in september. that 1st tranche of troops coming home would be about $5400.00 perhaps that was the deal in september and if that's the case then in november. trouble only be apt if those 5400 troops are coming back he let me be out at the level that the troops are out when he came into office because he also served the troops a bit to about 13014000 which i'm sure the democrats will make make the most of he's basically. for the 16 month period say he might only go back to where the troops were when he 1st got into office before he is well went through the pattern that we've seen on u.s. presidents who promise a withdrawal of surge in the troops a little bit in afghanistan thank you very much from washington chaplain chancy any bring you more on nats on that tonight and stan washington and it's nice out. i think it's time to stop the tweeting a. criticism from one of president trump's most loyal left tenants but is it a risky rebuke or part of a damage limitation exercise

a syrian military helicopter is shot down as fighting displaces thousands more people and it led in that in sports you giants of african football play for one of the continent's major titles find out who these cats are with the cap it's become. china is stepping off its war against a new coronavirus imposing a 14 day self quarantine on anyone returning to beijing and punishment for those who refuse it's also revealed the toll the outbreak has taken on health confirming that so far 31716 have been infected and 6 have died but the world health organization says there's been a rapid fall off and diagnoses in the past 2 weeks there are now more than 48000 or treat confirmed coronavirus cases in china around 16000 and italy confirmed cases and who by province specifically 1381 people have died across china including one

in hong kong meanwhile outside of china 505 people have been positively diagnosed with the virus 2 people have died one in the philippines one in japan while health organization is sending more experts into who by province to add to the stuff already there they also say they are taking a closer look at cases of health care workers contracting the illness. our understanding is that the cases among workers peaked in the 3rd and 4th week of january and there's been a rapid falloff in the number of cases that were occurred and health workers in the last 2 weeks this may reflect increased levels of training increased levels of protection and also increased levels of awareness remember this outbreak has com expanded very quickly in an unsuspecting health system so we also need to look at how many of those home workers were exposed or knowingly within a clinical environment. adrian brown has more from hong kong on the growing

concerns over the shortage of protective equipment for health as. a number of doctors and nurses have been putting messages on social media complaining about the fact that they don't have adequate protective clothing so i think it's fair to assume that those who have become infected those who have died have so because they haven't had the correct protective gear now china's government concedes there is a shortage of this protective clothing and of course it underscores just how vulnerable frontline medical workers are in china right now when president xi jinping urged transparency in mid january suddenly it was gangbusters with the state controlled media they were all over this story covering all the angles that has now changed because they're not touching on the negative they are accentuating very much the positive showing pictures of people who have recovered leaving hospital and also in the last 24 hours showing more pictures of soldiers and

volunteers arriving in will hand there has been a mass mobilization of people and it has in many ways echoes of the maoi era this is what president xi jinping has called a people's war against you know the devil's virus and chinese city of one is entering its 4th week on a not down since it was identified as being the source of the outbreak journalists are restricted from traveling to the city but al-jazeera has obtained pitches from a resident trapped by katrina he reports now from beijing. empty streets and an increasingly empty fridge there are plenty of vegetables but not much meat for the one family's next meal during the coronavirus lockdown speaking via video call from who day one should told us his family was doing its best not to panic when we go home with this infection liquid all over our bodies and we go out we

wear masks we don't know if we go out we come back with a virus stuck in our clothes so with this in fact every day he lives in ching mn a city neighboring will hunt the epicenter of the virus outbreak for 3 weeks the family's been ordered to stay indoors movement is increasingly restricted once every 3 days one family member is allowed to leave the house to pick up groceries supplies and twenties are limited shoppers stand in lines one meter apart waiting to enter it's been almost a month since one saw his daughters who are staying with relatives in southeast china is that i feel relieved that my wife and daughters are not me who by now we chat online every day they're doing ok just worry about me the vast majority of confirmed coronavirus cases more than 50000 are in a province patients have been sharing videos and social media of life inside

makeshift hospitals and quarantine sentence at least 1700 medical staff are among the infected. elsewhere in china people taking any chances wanks in hopes leaders will learn their lesson from the outbreak. at the beginning nobody paid enough attention everyone thought it was under control until it was too late. and looks forward to life under lockdown coming to an end. al-jazeera. now to syria the army says it has completely secured the last part of a strategic highway that runs through the last rebel held region the highway connects the capital damascus with aleppo and is the may trade route running through that from the north all the way to the southern border with jordan early a syrian government helicopter was shot down in the country's northwest state media

is reporting the whole crew members were killed but it's not clear who carried out the attack rebels are claiming to have shot it down the government forces a carny trying to take the last rebel held parts of the north the fighting has for some 30000 more civilians to flee the makeshift camps near turkey's border over the last 24 hours united nations says more than 830000 people have now fled in just the past 2 months they are living in desperate conditions with temperatures dropping below 0 in recent days and there are few supplies to help them cope with the cold. at the turkey syria border and says the syrian government is blaming turkey for the shooting down of that aircraft. the helicopter was taking part in a major government offensive to take over areas on the west of. the government managed to retake some villages from the rebels and crucial military bases when the helicopter was shot down the rubble so that they were the ones who

opened fire on the helicopter however government sources say that the syrian government sources people are fearful with their supporters all insist that this is the work of turkish military asked post operating in terms these turkish military is sending more reinforcement into living different parts of the province to try to hold the advance of the syrian government which says it's just a matter of time before it takes over the whole territory including in libya which is the rebels last stronghold in syria about 140000 syrians fled their homes over the last 4 days and they are now on the border with turkey joining the almost 1000000 people stranded on the border area we're talking about a huge number of people and the international aid agencies are grappling with how to deal with this situation we're talking about areas with near military operations

where the government is on the move to take over rebel territories as a very delicate situation we've been talking to activists and basically they say it's already a tragic humanitarian situation or u.n. security council has been meeting to discuss the escalating violence in syria e.u. members of the council asked for a closed door meeting they are calling for an end to the military offensive by all parties especially syria and its allies mike hanna is that. there's a sense of mounting frustration and even anger among some members of the security council at the body's apparent inability to deal with the mounting humanitarian crisis in syria there are more than 800000 people displaced in lib and the outskirts of aleppo over 60 percent of them believed to be children this is the last enclave held by opposition forces in the face of a mounting campaign by government troops backed by russia the 4 european union

members of the council called a closed door meeting in the course of the morning and afterwards the is stone an ambassador read a statement on their behalf we are deeply alarmed by the ongoing military escalation in not with syria that has displaced more than 800000 people since december 1st this is one of the worst manmade displacements that we have seen anywhere in the world in the years. and it has been and continues to be entirely avoidable the security council has been unable to get an agreement on how to deal with the crisis mainly because of russia's ongoing support for the syrian government a meeting on syria is due again in coming days but given the slack of unity on the council it's unlikely that they could succeed in forging some form of agreement where they failed on so many times in the past to yemen now who see rebels have

withdrawn a threat to tax international aid to the war torn country yemen is in the grip of the world's worst humanitarian crisis with about 80 percent of the population relying on outside assistance the group which has controlled much of yemen including the capital sana'a since 2014 had said it would impose a 2 percent levy on humanitarian aid but a u.n. official says the who things have now agreed to drop that demand. thousands of algerian have taken of the streets to mark the 1st anniversary of the start of the country's pro-democracy movement the. they're saying nothing has changed as president idolizes bit of fico was ousted from power last april after 20 years as leader the protesters have been demonstrating every friday demanding a total overhaul of the ruling elite an end to corruption the military's withdrawal of from politics. to shows usually it's always the same demands they all leave and we all become better people the dusty's has to be free to have the courage and the

dream of us we went out this friday because they haven't responded to any of our demands there are 2 gangs in the kenyan power similar to the one in jail and they're even more dangerous they have to leave because algerian people didn't vote the majority of algerian even didn't vote the city in this is so full are simply are go out to protest for a simple reason that we've not yet reached the goals set by albert evolution but of changing the fundamental foundations of our republic. yes scientists say last month was the hottest january globally since temperature records 1st began in 880 a record high temperature has also been set in antarctica for the 2nd time in a week for the 1st time in almost $21.00 degrees celsius this is all causing fears of climate instability in that region or a bird in manly reports the polar does it have on top is the coldest place on earth but its northern peninsula is among the fastest warming regions in the world

brazilian scientists on say more island off the coast of the peninsula say they've never seen a temperature as high in the top. 20.75 degrees celsius exceeds 20 degrees for the 1st time. the island's temperatures a usually far lower ranging between minus $21.00 and $1.00 degree celsius but scientists warn there's not enough data to predict whether it's just an unusual summer weather event the record appears to be likely associated with what we call a regional fire an event a rapid warming of air coming down a slope a mountain scientists say warming temperatures have course 9 out of 10 places in the region to shrink but we know that the ice sheet is beginning to lose mass that's me means it's noting and it no order is contributing to say the rise and it's doing that with the next generation right and we expect that to continue to

the southwest the same or island is the pine island glacier. their european space agency satellite images show an iceberg breaking off this week it measures more than 300 square kilometers that's almost the size of multi before it shatters into pieces climate scientists mock drinkwater says the daily dot history reveals the dramatic pace at which climate is redefining the face of antarctica he's among many scientists who warn global warming could melt ice sheets across the south pole the powers climate accord signed by 196 nations in 2015 aim to limit global warming to one and a half degrees rice by the end of the century but many fear the damage already done maybe irreversible. al-jazeera. and gilbert is an atmospheric scientist at the british antarctic survey joins me now in the studio

and so looking at just some of those satellite images there very dramatic of this iceberg breaking off and shattering into pieces what does this show about the the rapid nature of change in antarctica well these kinds of events these big one off extreme events are part of an ongoing trend so the antarctic peninsula for instance is one of the most rapidly warming regions on earth in fact it warmed by about 3 degrees in 50 or 60 years so it is really really rapidly warming a century but how bizarre is it that for the 2nd time in a week they've recorded a high temperature so the specifics of this particular event is to do with something called a firm wind and it's a weather phenomenon whereby you get air flowing straight over mountains and we have very steep mountains in the antarctic peninsula so when it gets on to the

other side it's warm down it's dried so by the time i get to the surface it can cause temperature rises that really really dramatic like the ones that we've seen but then when might scientists be able to establish whether this really is a one off unusual event or or part of a new trend i suppose it is it's hard to attribute any specific event to climate change for instance it is just one day one event in a general trend towards warming temperatures but it is just one data point and although we have this backdrop of climate change and temperature rise on the antarctic peninsula or on the continent more generally. these sorts of fearne of ants are completely natural the consequences though if it keeps on happening at a faster rate or more intensively. fearne warming has actually been linked to the collapse of 2 ice shelves in 19052002 so last and they predicted this

oh i didn't. scientists have shown that these kinds of events have contributed at least to surface melting on ice shelves and therefore backups so these sorts of events could contribute to future change in the antarctic region right so that in terms of damage being done to the area. is this going to be permanent or can it be reversed well it depends on the time scale so of course i sheets and i shelves can regrow but it takes quite a while and once they've collapsed that's kind of it's for human lifetimes at least all right thank you very much for helping us understand the story but. you are still with the news hour live from london much more still to tell you about is lebanon's former prime minister saad hariri planning a political comeback. voices from the grave virtual reality reunite

a mother with her dead daughter but does it help or harm the bereaved. despite our lack of snow shortening the race the rally of sweden finally gets underway that more coming up with joe in the sports. hello again welcome back to international weather forecast where we are watching what is happening here in the atlantic this is storm dennis you can see it very well on our satellite image here is the area of low pressure right there just to the southwest of iceland in iceland is being affected by the storm as well with blizzard like conditions very windy visibility coming down also a lot of snow across much of that area tomorrow though it's going to be parts of ireland as well as the u.k. getting in on the winds getting in on the rain as well as a system begins to push a little bit more over here towards the east very heavy rain expected across much

of the area that means we're going to be seeing as we go through the weekend delays cancellations on the ground on the rails as well as in the air so watch your flights if you are traveling as we go towards sunday we do expect to see more of the same heavy rain also extends up here across parts of denmark as well as into southern scandinavia if you want to see some good weather over here but over the next few days particularly over here towards the a central and eastern part of europe warsaw is looking quite nice temperatures are on their way up starting on saturday at 5 but plenty of sun as we go towards monday and here across northern africa we do expect to see some clouds across much of algeria as well as into libya with ghazi with a temperature and 17. guinness trail you have to be is a rising about china's growing influence on university campuses. one

o one east investigates how beijing is building power operate. on al-jazeera. water an essential resource for all humankind across europe pressure to recognise water as a human right and put its management back into public hands is increasing i think that the european commission would be very very good that train fare is was a privatisation on anybody is the only field. those people who see ever to have something to invest the profit of they want are up to the last drop on al-jazeera. al-jazeera where every.

welcome back a look at the headlines now the u.s. says it's reached a reduction of violence agreement with the taliban which could lead to the withdrawal of american troops from afghanistan a senior official told reporters the weeklong pact is very specific covers all afghan forces and if successful could lead to a more permanent deal. syrian government helicopter has been shot down in the latest fighting in the country's northwest syrian army says it has now completely secured the last part of a strategic highway that runs through the last rebel held region in the country and china is imposing a 14 day quarantine period for anyone returning to beijing is it steps up the fight against the new coronavirus it's also revealed that more than $700.00 health

workers have been infected and 6 have died since the outbreak began. passengers on a cruise ship forced to stay at sea for 2 weeks off preparing to go home after finally being allowed ashore in cambodia more than 2000 holidaymakers had been stuck on board the m s westerdam a series of nations refused to let the ship dock this despite no confirmed cases of the coronavirus on board one has more now from the southern cambodian ports have. there was celebration and relief is passengers finally received would they were allowed to begin disembarking from the wish to damn a serum only a welcome in cambodia marks the end of a 2 week journey around a ship as port after port rejected the ship's request to dock you know the ship was very very safe the crew was fantastic we had a very good time considering the circumstances everything was very nice it's nice to be able to get home feels fairly good. fairly well the food was well at the

table so we didn't suffer at all. cambodia's prime minister who flew in for the occasion he's consistently downplayed concerns about coronavirus and did so again on the dock in sihanoukville when other government said no to the ship he said yes and he wasn't about to let this opportunity slip by. your move people asked if there are people on the ship that have coronavirus would allow them to dock i can respond very clearly that if there are people with the virus on the ship i would allow them to dock as soon as possible but there were no confirmed cases on board blood tests taken from 20 passengers who were unwell when the ship arrived in cambodian waters on thursday tested negative these are among the 1st passengers to disembark and set forth on land for the 1st time in 2 weeks the whole process of getting everybody off the ship is expected to take around 3 days so for many on board the frustrating waits

will continue the plight of the westerdam was another blow to the cruise ship industry which is being hit hard by coronavirus its own a carnival is the largest cruise operator in the world and says its share price may tumble this year by more than a half because of cancellations it also learns the diamond princess which is docked in new york a hummer japan with thousands quarantined on board and many confirmed infections among passengers and crew experts say the potential for transmission of the virus on a ship is high so they're not surprised the industry is suffering so if you are in a confined environment like in a cruise ship or in a train then if you are exposed to like you know within the family or with your next to the cabin of the infected person then you can get infected for those on the wish to damn a bizarre cruise around asia is over ending with a welcome and a farewell in cambodia they'll never forget wayne hey al jazeera center phil.

singapore's prime minister is the latest leader to warn of severe economic consequences as a result of the corona virus outbreak the government there is preparing for the number of tourists to drop by up to 50 percent it's an industry that brought in more than $27000000000.00 of foreign currency last year singapore is also heavily reliant on international trade and the prime minister said its economy will definitely take a hit and could end up in recession which fit the uncertainty of a coronavirus could also slow growth there in germany where official figures show the economy did not grow toll in the last quarter of 2019 germany's g.d.p. was just point 4 percent up when compared with the same period in 2018 sluggish performance has been partly blamed on a decline in exports country is the 3rd largest exporter of goods often ited states and china and the euro zone's largest economy so the threat of terrorists from u.s. president donald trump could also slow germany's future growth i was speaking of

trump he the president has said that he has the legal right to interfere in criminal cases after his own attorney general rebuked him in a television interview william boss said trump's criticism of the justice department over the trial of his former advisor roger stone made it impossible to do his job trump said that while bob had confirmed he had never asked him to intervene in any criminal cases he did have the legal right to do so his response came up despite boss saying it was time for the tweeting to stop. to have public statements and tweets made about the department about or people in the department or men and women hear about cases pending in the department and about judges before whom we have cases. make it impossible for me to do my job and to assure the courts and the prosecutors in the in the department that we're doing our work with integrity. well i want house

correspondent kimberly halkett says that paul's remarks might have been part of an orchestrated move to maintain the integrity of the department of justice it's enormously surprising it's very rare public criticism from one of the president's biggest defenders and so that's what makes it so on usual because donald trump is a president that while he doesn't offer it he demands loyalty we've seen others in his cabinet who have sort of broken ranks eventually quietly being dismissed sometimes not so quietly the former attorney general jeff sessions also the former chief of staff john kelly so there's a lot of speculation in washington right now about why william barr might be doing this is it to protect his own reputation were simply left to speculate but there is some thinking that perhaps this was coordinated and calculated given the fact that william barr has seen the departure of 4 attorneys from the department of justice that he oversees as

a result of that stone case and whether or not there's concern that more attorneys might leave and what that could do to the integrity of the department the u.s. justice department is dropping a criminal investigation into form a senior f.b.i. official andrew mckay is often been heavily criticized by president trump he will not face charges off to a 2 year investigation into allegations he lied about a leak to the media a cape said he was pleased the case was over saying the justice department took too long to clear him the white house has not commented another triumph oh celebrity lawyer michael of a nazi has been found guilty of attempting to it still millions of dollars from sports with nike will be sentenced in june and could face more than 40 years in jail on a nazi shot to fame when he represented adult film star stormy daniels in her 2018 court case against donald trump. some news from honduras now a gang of armed men has stormed a court building in the country killing at least 3 police offices and freeing one

of the country's most infamous gang leaders about 20 gun than raided the building in the city of a progress and freed alexander mendoza one of the most senior leaders of the m s 13 gang it was arrested in 2015 and sentenced to 20 years in prison for illicit association and money laundering president of honduras has offered a reward of $85000.00 u.s. dollars for information that could lead to his recapture. lebanon's former prime minister saad hariri has accused his successors government of pushing the country to near collapse in his 1st speeches becoming part of the opposition harry costello on whether the government would be able to win foreign support and to reports now from the lebanese capital beirut. sad heidi lebanon's 3 time prime minister appears to be planning a political comeback he invited his supporters to his home to commemorate the 15th anniversary of his father's assassination former prime minister rafik hariri.

it coincides with lebanon's deepening financial and political crisis how to use the event to reposition himself in the opposition camp blaming his onetime political partners for failing to implement reforms that he says would have prevented lebanon's near economic collapse i never strike my heart i know i am not going anywhere i am staying in my country in my home and i promise you regardless of point political position i will not leave any stone unturned and i will tour the world to defend lebanon. how do you formally announce the end of his alliance with the governing coalition led by the iranian backed hezbollah had it is calling for early elections a court demand of anti-establishment protesters who have been demanding change for months. earlier by confronting has a lot of it was eventually forced to leave the country is returning to the premiership in 2016 was the result of political deal with allied president michel

our calculation cost him some. harvest and there's no allies. the presence of members of one time allies at the ceremony could be a sign that had it is pro western alliance known as the march 14th coalition could be reborn. probably probably what you need is to form. a new coalition a new form of. local and international coalition. to support the lebanese in order to rebuild their country was out there as well look sad how did he enjoys international standing but he is not as influential as his father and in recent years a shaky relationship with longtime backer saudi arabia we came to him. today when it comes to. his the.

collapse now always chances. are very slim these. near future of his resignation in october touring nationwide protests was seen as an attempt to gain political capital he did try to return as prime minister of a government he would be able to control he failed is now promising a new pass that could change his political fortunes. beirut. at least 20 people have been reported dead after an attack on a village in central mali $28.00 people are also said to be missing from the village of and the region or than $100.00 people were killed in the same village last march an ethnic doggoned militia is accused of carrying out both attacks in a region that's been hit by widespread ethnic violence since 2012. now the biggest outbreak of locusts to hit east africa in decades is continuing to sweep

through the region swarms of insects have been destroying crops in kenya somalia uganda and tanzania efforts to control the infestation of so far not been effective and their fears locals will multiply even further the united nations is appealing for help to now prevent a food crisis in the region. keith the question is a senior has forecast if the us had natural cultural can i say she described to me what it's like when a storm of locusts hits the area just try to imagine if you're a farmer in the field and you're looking towards a horizon and you see a cloud and you're growing i grew culture that relies on rainfall so you're probably pretty happy about that cloud because you think it's going to nourish your crops however when that cloud moves closer to you you realise it's not a cloud for the brain but it's a cloud of insects and this is what the farmer typically can see will see a swarm of desert locusts coming into his or her field early in the morning and by

by midday perhaps that swarm has eaten the entirety of this field and this represents of course you know the farmer's livelihood not only for this year but probably for next year as well so it's a very scary factor is a very scary feeling in fact now the current locust situation in the horn of africa it's the worst in a quarter of a century in somalia and in ethiopia and it's the worst in more than 70 years and kenya indonesia's mount merapi one of the world's most active volcanoes as erupted for the 1st time in a decade well cane a shot pals of ash 2000 meters into the sky covering an area of 10 square kilometers government to set up a 3 kilometer exclusion zone around the crater of mount merapi the last major eruption 2010 killed more than 300 people at and appear to be any casualties this time. if you could talk to someone you loved is now dead

what would you say how would you react or cutting edge technology coupled with the backing of a t.v. station has given one mother in south korea something that comes close to that chance reports now on a project that's shoppy dividing opinion. this. in the 21st century ghosts do exist only. after 4 years she can see her again. she can hear her again. but as hard as she tries john g. song can start her dead daughter now yawn but this is a digital recreation of the go to die from leukemia in 2016 age 7 just pixels on a headset and a voice in some headphones. meeting her daughter's avatar has been a complex and deeply emotional experience for this grieving mother i say to you now

your own lives should now be 11 years old and it's heartbreaking to see that her time is stopped at the age of 7 they do. but i was so happy to see how that way. the reunion has been made possible by advances in virtual reality is that one thing is what i was another one and then people often think that technology is cotton and we decided to participate in this project technology can comfort and warm people's minds when it is used for people in. the south korean studio used photos and her mother's memories of my own and the movements of a child actor. it was filmed in a 2 part documentary for south korean broadcaster and b c called meeting new to the film's been a big hit but producers have had to defend themselves against accusations they've emotionally manipulated a distraught family for viewer ratings. we thought about the ways in which people

can make their lost family members if they were to meet what can they talk about what do they want to talk about this is the biggest motivation of this project jang says her last wish was to tell my own she loved her and has never forgotten. rory chalons how does iraq. joining us now via skype is charted psychologist dr cumberbatch she specializes in the effects of media on human behavior and just looking at pictures there of. this was obviously a painful experience for her why would she do this. well it's powerful stuff i suppose that raises the issue of why she did it issue obviously vulnerable in distress and journalists must be very careful i think to make sure they're not exploiting people the victims as it were and recognize the

dignity required in professional work just the woman herself that i'm concerned about the mother with a small child. who may not understand and anyway what was going on except to perhaps a mother love someone more than i mean a lot of issues surrounding this it's of you want level of therapeutic possibility in life you take in society but maybe you hope in society as well it's a frightening future perhaps so it's very controversial i think there's a little more yeah i mean i think physically disturbing bit is what we're seeing at the moment where she tries to touch and hold her daughter but obviously there isn't anything then now i mean when this is happening what's going on in the brain how engaged is it is does she believe had also to be alive in that moment. well probably not really i mean the problem with grief is that the presence of the

deceased is there all around us but when it happens you know that they're there in our memories and our dreams we have and go to the grave and talk to them a little things around the house of coffee an onion up or something that we've done with them can certainly provoke this great very vivid imagery so one level they are real but another level we're not but you may have been dragged down a route is not familiar with so that the images is painfully visited and painfully real even though she will know at this stage of course the child is dead sick reconstruction but the little child of course couldn't possibly understand that i guess she's about 5 or so but not an age when she could share an adult's view of fantasy and reality ok but a lot of people watching that lead a struggle to watch it because it really looks as though a form of top chef or the mother long term is is an exercise like this happen on

a regular basis be quite psychological damaging. but it really can be therapeutic i think the problem is that there's many human emotions and certainly in terms of grief the individual differences are enormous and the pain of grace of of course is one penalty of loving so much as know. that can do varying degrees and of course there are differences in cultures as well you know in britain we have this stiff upper lip lip approach where men of course are not allowed to show emotions but maybe ladies are not even in countries where emotion is is supposed to be accepted. no doubt emotive very strongly as we see in some middle east perhaps it. is very therapeutic there's no doubt about that it's how it's encouraged and what constraints there are around it support of others. recall important it's

a bit risky to go ahead in making this kind of film without very very close attention to the support networks that exist for those people and some psychological assessment of how they're handling things or the expectations are an all or else thank you very much for sharing your views that this doctor guy come a batch. still ahead on the news out of manchester city given a 2 year ban from the champions league joe we'll have all the details shortly.

is joe now. marion thanks very much english premier league champions manchester

city have been given a 2 season ban from the champions league by the way for european football's governing body says the club committed serious breaches of its financial fair play rules it's also fine city $32000000.00 the club says it will appeal the decision of the court of arbitration for schools our sports correspondent lee wellings says he waives decision had been expected. well you were fun and manchester city have been on a collision course the sun time this has been coming remember that if you go back to 24. matches the city were fighting for similar friends over $50000000.00 and you wait for a really targeted not just managed city but they're suddenly going off to the cops that i thought a huge amount of money and might believe in some way or another great seeing you

ever rose with such things as inflated sponsorship wades that you advocate it's misleading is that how they make that money to make it look like they are actually keeping in line with financial plight where they're not and what manchester city happy about role is that there was a leaks after the way failed mission investigation 28 saying it was already clear that my city were going to fight quite a bit punishing what moment not being expected is the level of the function to say eason's out of the challenge they've got pretty much as tough as it's got it underlines how are you able to make a stand and you can show better example of a club that manchester city the amount of money they have of course they're not the only defenders in this area but certainly the ones that look to have been spending the most money in this $1.00 and now would he never do that they happen so often

with this big school district is it goes to the cause of our child shooting the sport in switzerland that cities appear and they will be confident of finding a wine with them though is to say they are fairly treated the lyrics shouldn't parker shouldn't have been targeted in this way will this only result of good time before that season's champions that much of the city is over the crime roger the last thing this is charles think it's going to be one of the biggest. that's. got to be more of a i think. now diction signs amalek have won one of africa's biggest club football competitions the calf's super cup playing hare and cats are the egyptians were too strong for today's in cup esperance winning $31.00. has the action looking to do what they didn't take the cash super campuses showdown between the winners of the african champions league and the holders of the confederations

cup with. the sellout crowd barely had time to find this seats before confederation cup holders emily's open scoring i mean just the 2nd most was a heated 1st half still the white knights almost doubled the lead just before half time and that is bronze was saved by some lucky defending the chinese in cup had their chance to equalise in the 50th minutes after the v.a. our old they'd been ahead born on the box and they didn't waste it thank you scios ok they come looking for it it's just but thank god it's just the spots that minutes later zemanek were back in front. and the stoppage time ashraf bin shockey ensured its bronze would be runners up for 2nd year in a row that showed i can't go to she said it's only the 5th time in the history of the competition that the champions league hold a hasn't won the super cup patrols and with al-jazeera. into stand it was that game for us in doha. a victory for the gyptian giants they win by 3 goals to one

heartbreak for the tennessean club it was the 2nd year in a row that they were in the super cup last year they lost 21 against roger casablanca of morocco and on this occasion it was $31.00 will they be back for a 3rd year in a row but they'll certainly be trying no doubt about that though is hosting the african super cup 3 years in a row as part of an agreement between the football association and caf what are the africans get out of it well it's an opportunity to expand their horizons expand their markets kind of flying the way italy and spain have done with a supercuts what does the host nation of the next world cup get out of it for us the main benefit is to begin testing our operational plans testing new teams these are all people that are going to eventually be working at the world cup and it's another opportunity for us to showcase stuff it's hosting a capability use all the new facilities that have been built here the 2 teams are

training on state of the art brand new training sites and you know there's a lot that needs to be tested so joyful is amalek they go back to egypt with another trophy to put into the cabinet as will the 2 new zealand's well it's not the end of the road for them quite they are tane points clear at the top of the tunisian domestic league so when they resume duties they no doubt they can confidently expect another trophy in the cabinet sooner rather than later. a lack of snow shortened and then delayed the start of the rally of sweden but the race finally got underway on friday a thin layer of snow covered the gravel roads around tolls bt itself in evans leads going into day. all right that is a is for for now it is but it's merriam thank you very much joe that wraps up the news hour but i will be back with a full bus in just a couple of minutes stay with us.

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to get on but there's simply no space. the u.s. says the taliban has agreed to a 7 day reduction in violence which could lead to american troops withdrawing from afghanistan. hello i'm maryam namazie in london you're watching al-jazeera also coming up on the program beijing or does everyone returning to the city to go into quarantine for 14 days as china steps up its war on the coronavirus syrian military helicopter is shot down as fighting displaces thousands.