china accuses some countries of causing panic over the coronavirus as it demands everyone returning to beijing quarantine themselves 14 days or face punishment. hello welcome to al-jazeera live from doha i'm martin there is also coming up the u.s. and the taliban agree a deal that would reduce far that's in afghanistan and could lead to the withdrawal of u.s. troops. on patrol with un peacekeepers in the congolese army in eastern deal see if they try to stop rebel attacks that have already cost

a $1000.00 villagers their lives. and what started a fire at a haitian open age killing more than a dozen children and investigation is underway. there's been a big drop in the number of new coronavirus infections in china more than 2600 were recorded on friday that's about half the number reported the previous day but the government has extended its quarantine restrictions to beijing ordering people who are coming back to the capital from the extended lunar new year holidays to isolate themselves for 2 weeks meanwhile the foreign minister wang ye admits the outbreak is a big challenge to china but criticizes some countries for causing panic. 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 charge or this go live now to sarah clarke our correspondent in hong kong and sara i can imagine that beijing will be with something like i don't know 11000000 residents must be reeling from these new restrictions that have been put in place by the chinese government. recently this is the chinese new year holiday break it's come to an end and this is why beijing is clear china has put in place is pointing restrictions all those people the residents for turning to beijing must go into this 14 day so far selection or quarantine time for at least 14 days have also set up some designated areas in beijing to cater for the huge numbers of people returning after this annual a chinese he holiday break which is of course was extended after the credit virus outbreak was felt was 1st reported and that we also mentioned the drop the number

of the drop in infection writes within touch of the think it because it's accurate it's clearly a very good sign to the foreign minister in beijing who's done this interview as well he's defended china's handling of the i said it the handing of the helpful to the trying to confinement of the corona virus outbreak he's described as timely affective and strong he said that the into agency task force is set up and they've done vigorous assessments but certainly a big move on behalf of china put into place these quarantine or isolation areas for the people the residents returning to beijing after the chinese new year holiday break and i must correct myself i'm looking now and seeing that the population of beijing is is twice what i said it's more like 21 and a half 1000000 anyway where you are in hong kong there's a certain amount of disquiet that's building over the over the administration's plans to put in corona testing centers. it's look we've got a number of coronavirus treatment clinics that are being put in place over coming

weeks this was a decision by the government it's created a lot of anger in the community where one of the locations where there are protests planned across hong kong on saturday afternoon there are 5 protests planned and they're angry about what they say is a lack of public consultation they're also angry about the location of these particular clinics in an area where we are which is it's in quite a populated zone and of course in recent weeks we've had protests one area a quarantine zone in family which is further west. further west from where we are and we had that particular quarantine zone it was firebombed by protesters so the certainly a lot of anger within the community at the hospital party says that these particular treatment clinics are being set up to try and ease the pressure on the hospitals that are trying to deal with the increasing number of infections and the workload that these hospitals are having to deal with as a result but certainly protests on saturday and more protests on sunday in hong kong sarah clarke live in hong kong thank you there is a deal that lasts only

a week but u.s. officials say it is a success it could lead to the withdrawal of its troops from afghanistan the taliban and american negotiators have agreed to a proposal for over duction the 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 to call but the u.n. secretary general spokesman 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 pe 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 our correspondent you have written on the is in washington d.c.

and they explain how this u.s. taliban deal could possibly work. 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 to 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 is no understanding that the taliban doesn't control all 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 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 why and when was this will 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 the 10th but many questions before rolling out there will occur in munich on saturday morning local time. the

rebels in northern syria say they've shot down a military helicopter on friday killing everyone on board government forces trying to take the last opposition held areas in an operation that says place more than 800000 people since the beginning of december. reports now 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 will 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 that is mad i mean 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 on turkey's border with syria. government soldiers alongside u.n. peacekeepers are struggling to stop rebel attacks in eastern democratic republic of

congo almost a 1000 civilians have already been killed since the government ordered the army to reach. the allied democratic forces in the villages to leave the eastern region of. catherine soy has this exclusive report. a patrolled by congolese soldiers and un peacekeepers in the region and no one to be seen in several villages. people say they're facing unprecedented attacks by the democratic forces the a.d.f. originated in western uganda in the 1990 s. to fight for the creation of an islamic state their rebellion was crushed by ugandan forces. fighters then crossed the border into the neighboring. where they've remained for nearly 20 years human rights campaigners more than $400.00 congolese have been killed in the last one month alone hundreds have fled their homes this year you know there's no one here because of the attack that happened

last week people are afraid to come back are patrolling. security forces have increased patrols in remote areas where the attacks have been happening 64 people were killed in this village of more than last week. that talks are happening at the same time as a government offensive against the a.d.f. security forces says since their campaign started last october they've killed dozens of a.d.f. fighters including top commanders they say ah the fighters have been captured and their bases destroyed completely that's good news transit we must defeat the air they are terrorists to call upon or people to support us so we can neutralize the enemy and help civilians return to their homes. thousands in beni protested against the u.n. force known as. accusing peacekeepers of not doing enough to protect them a u.n. base was banned down and peacekeeping operations in the city what paralyzed for

nearly 2 weeks when the school commanders say troops are now working even more closely the congolese soldiers to target the a.d.f. says the crisis we have in has our activities. ourselves doing the trolls but also with us. she continues to live in different worlds we just work. with continuing violence it's increasingly dangerous for health workers to reach people possibly affected by the ebola virus benny's the epicenter of the latest outbreak in the d.r. c. it's also where many of the rebel attacks have happened recently making it even more difficult for a ball or responders to do their job safely catherine saw i ahd his era. still to come here in town is there. a minute fernandez in notes and to share lanka with farmers and elephants are fighting for survival.

and a virtual reunion that sparked a global debate how a mother and her dead daughter had been brought back together. 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

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keeping damo trouble float right now critical debate sequel on those 2 schoolchildren know what the law is on about this argument is astonishingly patronize a in-depth analysis of the day's headlines this is the beginning of a new iraq of a new conscious and aware youth about struggle against an ethnic sectarian kota inside story on al-jazeera. you know without these are our top stories the chinese government has demanded everyone returning to beijing from the new year holiday isolate themselves for 2 weeks this comes as china's foreign ministers criticize some countries for over

reacting to the corona virus outbreak. u.s. officials say they've reached an agreement with the taliban which could lead to the withdrawal of troops from afghanistan the deal is to reduce violence in the country for a week and is the result of ongoing peace will encounter. rebels in northern syria say they shot down a military helicopter on friday killing everyone on board damascus is trying to take the last rebel held areas in an operation that has displaced 800000 people since december. that fire has ripped through an orphanage in haiti killing 15 children cavil's been used for light after a generator failed of thought to have cools the blaze at a gallop there are 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 museum prosecuted got a little too little memory 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 a worker at the home said candles were being used to 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. i was eating soup and i ran 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 authorization haiti's president job namo east 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 i urge the authorities to urgently investigate in order to establish the causes of this tragedy the authorities say they're seeking shelter for the children that survived and agalloch a al-jazeera. protests in mexico have marched to the presidential palace to condemn violence against women the protesters were outraged at a newspaper which published photos of the body of

a murder victim 25 year old ingrid ask the media was killed earlier this month the mexican government says 10 women were killed every day of last year in gender based attack. thousands of people are angry with the government of once again gathered in chile's capital santiago demonstrators are calling for action over the ailing economy and social inequality the police response has been criticized by many rights groups more than 30 people have been killed since the protests began last october. conservationists of criticize the sri lankan government for distributing shotguns to help protect farmers and crops from elephants shrinking habitat and growing human populations are bringing people and elephants into increasing confrontation when our finance is reports now from northern sri lanka and on the breeder shinies struggling to cope with the loss of her husband the 31

year old special task force policeman was killed by elephants here in just over a year ago it was the half that it was his last day of a 5 day break at home we were both getting work done around the house in the evening he went to buy provisions as he would only be coming back in a month it was while returning home that you run into herd of elephants. last year was the worst year for conflict between people and elephants 121 tree lankans and 405 elephants were killed sri lanka is home to around 6000 wild elephants 70 percent of them live outside protected areas which means they share their habitat with people. pharmacy they are vulnerable when traveling to their fears to work or when protecting their crops from night raids this family was rushing to harvest that paddy before the elephants got to it but the elephants are threatened with 500

shotguns handed out by the government the minister of wildlife has given the guns to civil security personnel to protect farmers and their crops he told al-jazeera the weapons will be used under wildlife department supervision only to scare the anyones off morning sunday we have issued birdshot you can shoot an elephant with these they will fire up into the elephants are scared of guns because they have been used by villages for many years these guns will be used in a disciplined way conservationists say the guns are a bad idea and will only make things worse for the pointers to any point in this confrontation bill if one turns against you you're going to run a bird really reinforces our vision in elephants and the next time they reform

comes in contact with somebody who doesn't know that that person doesn't have a gun and he's not going to shoot you're probably killed or 4000 kilometers of electric fences have been built to deal with the elephant problem but the barriers are mostly in the jungle and are no obstacle for hungry and determined elephants instead he says fences must be used to protect villages and crops. these farmers are doing just that. going to. make it this middle post will have electricity running through it like the base and other wires the elephants can pull it out at any point now we can get some rest at night earlier we had to stay up. deaths on both sides of this battle are rising every year and a national policy to conserve wild elephants is yet to be fully implemented 14 years after it was introduced but protecting these farmers and their crops is the

biggest challenge for the government one that carries important votes in a finance as al-jazeera a rule ever not center sri lanka. the united states has raised tariffs on air baths planes in a dispute over subsidies the us levy is rising from 10 to 15 percent washington has long argued that airbus has an unfair advantage over us manufacturer boeing co bailey is an aviation analyst who used to work for the federal aviation authority in the us he explains what's expected to happen in the tariff because he is now. a lot of times will see 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 because 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 with terrorists in china we've seen threats of terrorists and they're implemented and then they're pretty much really reduced or taken back and i wouldn't be surprised if this is the case. with thereabouts as well there is a tremendous need for aircraft for both passengers and for cargo and this is been this way for the last couple years and even now the max it's more more of the case so this is an urgent situation and you know air bus is at a disadvantage here and unfortunately boeing does have its hand hands tied and i think the general flying public as a result of this you know will also kind of possibly seafarers increase.

the u.s. president donald trump's rohmer advisor roger stone is asked for a new trial on charges of lying to congress and witness tampering it comes just days after the president's criticism of his proposed jail sentence starts an uproar over political influence in the justice system earlier this week the federal prosecution team quit the same case after the justice department said it would reduce their recommended sentence charges against him a part of the investigation into possible russian interference in the 2016 presidential election or meanwhile the president's insisting he has a legal right to intervene in criminal cases like stones that of attorney general william barr complained the president's tweets were making his job impossible on thursday william barr criticized for his attacks on prosecutors the judge and

jurors in stone's trial prosecutors had recommended he serve a 9 year sentence but the president tweeted that it was unfair. that sounds like something from science fiction a south korean television network has sought to reunite a grieving mother with her dead daughter through virtual reality but the project has sparked fierce debate as warrick chalons now explains. well just. in the 21st century ghosts do exist already. after 4 years she can see her again. she can hear her again. but as hard as she tries jang song const touch her dead daughter now you're on for this is a digital recreation of the girl who died from leukemia in 2016 age 7 just

pixels in 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 to say to you now your own life 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 their reunion has been made possible by advances in virtual reality. and then people often think that technology is caught we decided to participate in this project to see if the 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 now yawn and the movements of a child actor. it was filmed in a 2 part documentary for south korean broadcaster n.b.c. called meeting new the film's been

a big hit but producers have had to defend themselves against accusations they've emotionally manipulated a distraught family viewer ratings. and 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 now young she loved her and has never forgotten . the glory talents how does iraq. well only. reigning english football champions manchester city have been banned from european competition for 2 years for breaking financial rules set by the european governing body usa for the club is accused of disguising cash injections from their abu dhabi owners as legitimate sponsorships now that's a breach of financial fair play rules designed to force clubs to run his business

is and not be over reliant on bridge owners manchester city intends to appeal. my. look at the top stories here at al-jazeera in the latest move to stop the spread of corona virus the chinese government has demanded that everybody returning to beijing from the new year holiday isolate themselves for 2 weeks more than 2600 cases were recorded in china on friday and that's a reduction of about 50 percent of the number reported the day before foreign minister wang yeezy admitting the outbreak is a big china challenge to china but he's criticizing some countries for causing panic sarah clarke has the latest from hong kong. the chinese new year holiday break it's come to an end and this is why beijing is clear china is put in place is pointing restrictions all those people the residents returning to beijing must go

into this 14 day a self isolation or quarantine time for at least 14 days of also sets of designated areas in beijing to cater for the huge numbers of people returning after this annual a chinese here holiday break which is of course was extended after the crime the virus was 1st reported and then we also mentioned the drop the number of the drop in infection rates with the entire china think it figures if accurate it's clearly a very good sign. the taliban and american negotiators have agreed to a proposal for a reduction of violence in afghanistan it's a deal that could last a week but u.s. officials say if it's a success it could lead to the withdrawal of troops from the country a senior u.s. official says if this deal holds it could be followed by a more permanent accord rebels in northern syria say they shot down a military helicopter on friday killing everyone on board damascus is trying to take the last rebel held areas in an operation that has displaced 800000 people

since december a fire has swept through an orphanage in haiti at least 15 children were killed of the 200 residents candles are thought to have been used because of problems with the electricity generator in the children's home that is run by a u.s. church charity protests in mexico have marched to the presidential palace to condemn violence against women marchers were outraged at a newspaper which published photos of the body of a female murder victim all right up to date those are the latest headlines from us here at al-jazeera coming up next it's inside story. we understand the difference is the similarities of cultures across the land so matter how you take a. current affairs. there's

china losing control of the corona virus outbreak the number of cases in the epicenter right this sharply and communist party leaders handling the response have been sacked it's a change of strategy needed this is inside story. of their welcome to the program i met clark china's president is admitting shortfalls in the response to the corona virus outbreak and she ping is promising to fix problems and loopholes in the health system solutions cannot come too soon nearly 65000 coronavirus cases are recorded worldwide 99 percent of them in china the epicenter of the outbreak that's who they probably.