rewind america's infant mortality on al-jazeera. china accuses some countries of overreacting to the coronavirus and causing panic as it tightens restrictions in the capital beijing. result just 0 life from a headquarters in doha. also ahead the taliban and the u.s. reach a weeklong deal to reduce violence and success could lead to a major troop withdrawal from afghanistan. making airbus planes more expensive the u.s. increases tariffs again as boeing's problems leave airlines waiting. and

the sound of the pharaoh's why saving one of the world's oldest musical instruments has become this man's personal mission. hello china's foreign minister has accused some countries of causing panic over the corona virus outbreak when he made the comments in the german capital as a big drop in the number of new infections was reported by health officials inside china there were just over 2600 recorded on friday a little over half the previous day the death toll has now passed 15 hundreds it's get an update from a germ brown who's joining us from hong kong so what more are we hearing about this drop in the number of new cases from the mainland is there any way to independently verify these figures adrian. no we can't independently verify these figures and of course this information these

statistics are coming from china's health commission and you always have to be careful i think with chinese government statistics i spent 5 years covering china and i was always very skeptical of figures you got from the government especially concerning you know its g.d.p. and i think you have to attach the same health warning if you like to these figures as well but if they are true if that it does offer you know a little crumb of comfort even though people are still dying and people are still becoming infected there were 143 deaths reported on friday that's up 27 from the day before but this is a significant thing the rate of infections does appear to be much lower half what they were on thursday as you say more than $45100.00 deaths overall but a sign of a very small sign i think the perhaps you know the infection rate is starting to come down it's certainly coming down outside of who by province officials say

there's been a real significant drop in the rate of affection infections in the rest of china that said you know china's foreign minister still insists that you know the outside world continues to exaggerate the extent of the outbreak in china and he's been stressing the efforts that china is making to contain the virus here's what he's been saying. here some countries have stepped up measures including quarantine measures which are reasonable and understandable but some countries have overreacted and which has triggered an unnecessary panic vines. one thing we can't of course forget the reign of those medical workers who really are in the front line of a battle on behalf of the world right now and as we know many of them don't have you know the right protective clothing you know 1700 have become infected with the virus 6 have died that's according to china's government that may be changing now

because state t.v. has been showing more pictures of specialist medical teams from the military arriving with new equipment but the government certainly was conceding as of just a few days ago that it was short of protective clothing now the united states has been offering help to china but china has so far declined those offers meanwhile in beijing the authorities of announced that anyone coming into the capital from other parts of china would have to go into isolation at home for 14 days and that anyone who breaks that order according to state t.v. will be punished although it's not specified what that punishment will be all right adrian thank you for that update from hong kong well it's a deal that lasts only a week but u.s. officials say if it's a success it could lead to the withdrawal of troops from afghanistan the taliban and american negotiators have agreed to a proposal for a reduction of violence in the country the announcement is the result of ongoing

peace talks in qatar a senior u.s. official says if this deal holds it could be followed by a more permanent accord the u.n. secretary general spokesman has welcomed the agreement he said it's important to curb violence that's harboring civilians in afghanistan. if this were to succeed it would obviously be a notable step in bringing peace to the country. and the dialogues a vital pay is of is vital to paving forward the constructive intra afghan to go shoot sions 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. in washington d.c. and he explains how the us taliban agreements will war. it's a 3 stage process we have the 7 day reduction of violence there is an element here that there is an acceptable level of violence that will be allowed but from what we

can understand the taliban have specific prohibitions they the roadside bombs. rocket attacks no suicide attacks however the u.s. is still allowed to carry on what it calls counterterrorism operations whatever that might be one of the questions we have and there's no standing that the taliban doesn't control the factions in afghanistan so they may be you still violence in afghanistan but there will be a channel of communication between the u.s. and the taliban so that if there is an incident then the taliban and the u.s. can question each other as well what was that what happened here what were the reasons behind it was that you. seem to be very conscious about the possibility of false flag operations that might be designed to try and scope of the deal after that 7 day period of everyone is satisfied that the taliban will pledge that it won't support any what are called terrorist attacks on the u.s. and its allies and the u.s. will put in place its phased withdrawal from afghanistan that then leads

to direct talks between the afghan government who by the way had nothing to do with all these talks and the taliban and then hopefully to a lasting peace deal however clearly still lots lots of questions here what is acceptable violence what it what a counterterrorism operations for that matter how when when was this were going to stop the u.s. say it's going to start really soon c.b.s. going to tell about a source apparently to say that they're expecting the 1st stage in february 22nd the 2nd stage fabry 29th a week later and then the peace talks to begin march 10th but many questions before roosevelt they will occur in munich on saturday morning local time. rebels in northern syria say they shot down a military helicopter on friday killing everyone on board government forces are trying to take the last opposition held areas in an operation that's the space more than 800000 people since the beginning of december as some have but i reports from

the turkey syria border this is the moment another syrian military helicopter shot down in aleppo province none of its crew survived they were taking part in a military operation to recapture opposition held areas on the outskirts of aleppo city it's the 2nd helicopter downed by rebels in the same area this week fee's fighting continues in neighboring it live province it's a critical time for the rebels who are constantly retreating after losing ground. is their last stronghold if they are defeated here the war would be over. many syrians are continuing to flee their homes this woman has been forced from the countryside of aleppo province she feels abandoned by everyone here that it matter that it's very cold and no one seems to care about what's happening to us the situation is more than tragic no one is helping look at the people leaving i don't

know of any safe area where i can take my family almost 150000 refugees have fled to worse the border with turkey in the last 4 days joining more than a 1000000 forced from their homes since the start of the syrian army's offensive in it live last april. has been forced to flee his village. as well as refugee camps at least 4 times over the last few months after modernism i recently moved with my family to the city of been ish think you will be safe far from the fighting then the syrian army stepped up its offensive a week ago we packed and left i don't know where to go next i feel like my next move will be towards the unknown. as the humanitarian crisis deepens turkey is deploying more troops into it live. accuses damascus of violating the terms of a cease fire agreement that was we 2 years ago between turkey iran and russia

the deal established safe zones and implemented a cease fire but violence never stopped the syrian army seems determined to defeat the rebels and continue its advance towards the city of idlib that's a red line for turkey it's ramped up its military presence in and has given the syrian army until the end of this month to pull out behind turkish observation post or face a tougher response has. delivered as a one turkey's border with syria. well the syrian government has also attacked a camp for internally displaced people in the northern countryside of the province social media video shows the aftermath of the shelling near a sudden my daw there were no casualties. and the syrian army says it secured the last part of a strategic highway that runs through the last rebel held region in the country as you've been hearing the highway connects the capital damascus with aleppo and is

the main trade route running from the north all the way to the southern border with jordan. it just got more expensive for air bus to export its planes to the u.s. washington has raised tariffs on european built aircraft amid a dispute over subsidies the u.s. levy will go up from 10 to 15 percent washington has long argued that airbus has an unfair advantage over american based plane maker boeing the move comes as american airlines struggled with a shortage of planes almost a year after boeing grounded its 737 max model over safety concerns and earlier we spoke to khalid bailey who's an aviation analyst and former federal aviation authority safety representative he explains how terrified between the u.s. and e.u. are likely to play out now a lot of times will see you these terrorists imposed and then there will be after they are imposed for a couple of weeks there will be some more negotiations and talking behind the

scenes and you know i wouldn't be surprised if after a few weeks these terrorists do go away or. made maybe just you know reduced and we we've seen this in the past with the case you know without you know terrorists i'm china we seen threats of terrorists and they're implemented and then they're pretty much reduced or taken back and i wouldn't be surprised if this is the case you know we hear about why are there is a tremendous need for aircraft for both passengers and for cargo and this is been this this way for the last couple years and even now there's a max it's more more of the case so this is an urgent situation and you know airbus is at a disadvantage here and unfortunately boeing does have its hand against time and i think the general flying public as a result of this you know will also kind of about could possibly see fares increase

still had on al-jazeera. a fire it's a story is an orphanage in haiti killing more than a dozen children. and making the job impossible or rare rebuke of donald trump's tweets by the u.s. attorney general details coming up. hello again welcome back we're here cross eastern med we are watching a particular storm making its way towards the east with it a lot of clouds a lot of rain and some winds as well notice the clouds right here pushing past parts of greece that will continue for greece here on saturday making its way towards turkey that will get better by the time we get towards sunday but really a lot of that rain is going to be making its way towards the east as well so from

beirut damascus jerusalem expect to see the rain on the increase as we go towards sunday night temptress also coming down so drew slim a top 10 for a few of about 11 degrees there here across the gulf well just a few days ago. it was quite cool across many areas things are going to get better and take a look at 3 day forecast here for doha we do expect to stay in the low twenty's all the way across into monday on sunday though it could be a little bit lower visibility that will break up as we go towards the afternoon well from madagascar we do have a cycle and that is making landfall it is going to be weakening but with the storm we do expect to see quite a bit of heavy rain over here on the eastern seaboard we could be see well over $250.00 millimeters and next 72 hours and that is expecting to lead to some localized flooding across much of that region down towards cape town though it is going to be quite nice we are going to see 28 degrees here on saturday a little cooler with 25 on sunday.

to al-jazeera we talk about 2 of the biggest problems facing and they all the endemic corruption and the can we listen so if you really put place china's enemy of all of us and that's really then yours we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that matter on the edges there are really understand the differences and similarities of cultures across the world and not what we can use in kind of for that matter to lean. now that we've got the top stories on al jazeera china's foreign minister has criticized some countries for overreacting to the coronavirus the number of new

cases dropped by nearly half the previous day on friday the total number of people killed is more than 1500. u.s. officials say they have reached an agreement with the taliban which could lead to the withdrawal of troops from afghanistan the deal to reduce violence in the country is the result of ongoing peace talks in qatar. the us government has raised tariffs on european built aircraft to airbus from 10 to 15 percent it marks a new escalation and a long running dispute between the world's 2 largest playmakers washington says subsidies give rival airbus an unfair advantage. a fire has swept through an orphanage in haiti killing 15 people 13 of them children it's thought candles were being used after a generator failed rescue workers at the scene near the capital port au prince are still working to recover bodies and gallacher reports. the fire broke out on

thursday evening quickly spreading through the unlicensed orphanage run by a u.s. religious group just outside haiti's capital authorities say 7 of those who perished were babies or toddlers along with 6 who were roughly 10 or 11 years of age who reportedly took firefighters around an hour and a half to reach the scene in the museum prosecuted cos he was a little member we did not have the means to intervene all the way up the floor we were taking out the children who were conscious and making sure to get them to the hospital unfortunately when they got to the hospital they did not receive any help . other place started is still being investigated but of work at the home said candles were being used for light after a generator failed the church of bible understanding is reported to a failed senator inspections in the past because of overcrowding and a lack of trained staff pennsylvania organization which runs this and another home in haiti says it houses close to 200 children in what it calls

a christian training program. in haiti orphans are often children the families can't afford to feed they come to places like this to get an education and safe housing workers from the home are in shock. the idea of. i was eating soup and i run fast to get there when i arrived i did not find any of my children i saw only 3 or 4 of the younger ones alive. the government has closed around 160 orphanages in the past 5 years and hundreds more operate without official authorize ation haiti's president just now bowie's tweeted his condolences saying i'm deeply saddened by the death of about 10 children as a result of a fire last night at the orphanage urge the authorities to agent we investigate in order to establish the causes of this tragedy the authorities say they're seeking shelter for the children that survived the gallica al-jazeera or president donald trump's former advisor roger stone has asked for

a new trial on charges of lying to congress and witness tampering it comes just days after trump's criticism of his proposed jail sentence sparked an uproar over political influence in the justice system earlier this week the federal prosecution team quit the stone case after the justice department said it would reduce their recommended sentence charges against him were part of the investigation into possible russians affair and in the 2016 presidential election. the u.s. president is insisting that he has a legal right to intervene in criminal cases like stones that's after attorney general william barr complained the president's tweets were making his job impossible on thursday criticized for his attacks on prosecutors the judge and jurors in stone's trial prosecutors had recommended he served 9 years sentence but trying tweeted that it was unfair our white house correspondent kimberly halkett says bars remarks may have been part of an orchestrated move to maintain the

integrity of the justice department. 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 despite

attempts by chile security forces to crackdown on anti-government protests thousands of people have again gathered in the capital santiago the demonstrations had seemed to calm down over the summer holidays but started up again earlier this month they started in october as a student protest over rising metro fares but have transformed into widespread anger over the struggling economy and social inequality the police response has been criticized by rights groups with more than 30 people killed since demonstrations started journalists in the philippines have been demonstrating against attempts to close down the country's largest t.v. network the solicitor general has asked the supreme court to cancel the franchise of a.b.s. c.b.s. after 25 years it's been accused of breaking a rule on foreign investments with the networks come under regular talk from president to agree go to territory for its reports on his controversial drug crackdown jameel and organ was at the rally in chris' own city. they're calling

this the red friday protests hundreds of journalists and activists are taking to the streets right outside basically the main headquarters of the biggest media network in the country calling on the public to support and for the government basically to respect the country's and the people's right to press freedom and freedom of speech over the last few years to charity has basically threatened to shut down and not bring you the franchise of abia c.b.s. he has accused it of bias and impartiality and for not airing his campaign videos during the 2016 elections now activists and journalists say they remain defiant and they remain committed to doing their very best in providing and reporting the very best possible of information to the public it's another tool really. the best everything somebody the size of even. most come

most logical mother has come back and is always with really no observers say the philippine government and the president in parts a killer has grown intolerant of critical media and dissent people say basically that the efforts of the government our calibrated attempts to him to mediate the press now this is not the 1st time that the b.s.c. b.n. has been threatened it was shut down during the martial law years of former president ford in a market and was reopened after the people cowered revolution happened since then maybe a c.b.i. has grown to become the biggest media network in the country covering every single important piece of history over the last few decades no journalist say they could who can sing you to remain committed to reporting the truth they say and they bear basically calling on the government to remain committed to its mandate basically to respect freedom of speech and the right to information well the u.s.

has block list and certain. army chief. for a legit human rights abuses food 10 in general is accused of extra judicial killings in 2009 during sri lanka's civil war sanctions bar silva and his family members from entering the united states. iraqi women are defying a call by a leading cleric to stop protesting alongside the men mocked at the southerners calling for the segregation of men and women because of what he claims is new did in new to say alcohol drinking and illegal drug taking mixed sex out in government rallies or matheson has more from baghdad. iraqi women standing together but not standing alongside men this is how the leading shia cleric knocked out of solder says iraqis should protest against government corruption high unemployment and u.s. troops pasting the slogan marketer sider is not against women protesting but he is

against some illegitimate acts that happen in the protest camps. asado says protests should be segregated he tweeted the demonstrations have become mired in nudity promiscuity drunkenness and drug use some of our solders female supporters on this march in baghdad sutter city a green national shattuck now feel we've been protesting since october with our songs on brothers but according to the ways accepted by islam we protest and create our revolution but within limits on values which are accepted by our religion. also and are led armed groups against us forces during the 2003 iraq war now he leads a shia political bloc in iraq's parliament. first backed anti-government rallies when the reignited in a told but when demonstrators refused to accept muhammad a lovely assad as favorite to succeed the current prime minister abdullah abdullah

maki also to stop supporting the anti-government protests as part of military forces are accused of turning on the protesters they were originally protecting. assad as demand for gender segregation and protests was largely ignored in rallies in baghdad on thursday by men and women who marched together that are today. after his last tweet we thought it was positive because no one responded to it all the people see segregation between gente is as an old idea which leads to more problems and submissions. several weeks ago there was other called for a 1000000 man march but the numbers which turned up to that when anything like what it hoped for the numbers on protest generally have been dwindling since they began back in october but people are going to be watching very carefully about the numbers who turn up at this protest in case it might give some sort of integration about whether or not the shia clerics influence in iraq is changing. men and women

who protest in iraq say they share a common purpose in opposing the government and demanding change but they seem divided about how they should make their voices heard rob matheson al-jazeera baghdad. now to jordan and one man's mission to revive a musical instruments from 3000 years ago his search for an ancient music took him to the banks of one of the middle east's most historically important traverse want to show the name the story. it's the sound of the wind skipping across a desert campfire or the waves on a tranquil beach as the sun sets the ny or reed flute is one of the world's oldest musical instruments paintings on the walls of pharaohs tombs show ancient egyptians playing it. coming directly from nature we just clean it make it straight and it's an instrument rated to use this idea for me was

kind of magical in that the as giving us an instrument to hear that and. cots passion for the night is rooted in his reverence for the arabic music of his ancestors 5 years ago he decided he wanted to learn how to play the ny however he couldn't find the instrument or a teacher in jordan even though the reeds grow in the valley of the jordan river he was saddened that an instrument that literally grew from his country's land and was a joy by generations of jordanians was in danger of becoming an artifact he spent days searching for the reeds in the wild and learned how to make and play than i. taught me that is more because there is no like the other every need is like a different personality to each 3 than using. the record cofounded the house of

ny in 2017 to revive the instrument through lessons and concert don't be fooled by this simple looking instrument. i still haven't been able to make a sound come out there a cut says he wants people to feel comfortable picking this up and playing it without aiming for perfection to spread this traditional arabic music the house of ny has been holding workshops in and outside of men reaching hundreds of jordanians 16 year old tarek robbie attended one of those workshops in the small town of as rock now he teaches other children and is hoping to become a cultural in basad or. visual but it doesn't look at thea and i want to attract tourists to enjoy the environment of acid rock teaching them to play the ny is giving them a window into the musical culture of. connecting the past with the present crafting

something from nature and savoring the music across the generations zurich and hopes he's reigniting an appreciation of an art form that transcends music and can continue 'd for many more millennia natasha getting 0 man. on the way down the headlines on al-jazeera china's foreign minister has criticised some countries for overreacting to the coronavirus a number of new cases has dropped by nearly half the previous day on friday on the total number of people killed as more than 1500 beijing has an introduced a number of measures to curb the spread including a quarantine for people returning to the capital. it's a deal that lasts only a week but u.s. officials say if it's

a success that could lead to the withdrawal of troops from afghanistan the taliban and american negotiators have agreed to a proposal for reduction of violence in the country a senior u.s. official says if this deal holds that it could be followed by a more permanent accord the u.n. secretary general has welcomed the agreement if this were to succeed it would obviously be a notable step in bringing peace to the country. and the dialogue is a 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 the u.s. has raised tariffs on european playmaker airbus i'm at a dispute over subsidies the u.s. levy will go up from 10 to 15 percent the move comes as american airlines struggle with a shortage of planes almost a year after boeing grounded its 737 max model over safety concerns

a fire has swept through an orphanage in haiti killing at least 13 children the unlicenced residents on the outskirts of the capital port au prince had been using candles for light because of problems with its generator about 60 children rist staying in the orphanage which is run by a u.s. based christian group a syrian government helicopter has been downed in the country's north state media say all crew members have been killed the moscow says trying to take the last rebel held areas in an operation this displaced 800000 people since december those are the headlines on al jazeera radicalized youth is coming up thanks thanks for watching. the u.s. is always of interest to people all around the world this has been going on for a number of the tear gas being used to report stories to an international perspective to try to explain for noble audience how this could impact your life

this is an important part of the wall and al-jazeera is very good at promoting the news to the world from here. point ironic that one many governments around the wall declare that the fight against terrorism is their number one priority this hasn't stopped. the c.u. has continued with the attacks have continued we have to wonder why is this the case. i.