students to my special guest and challenge them to some straight talking political debate here on. this is al-jazeera. from doha everyone i'm kemal santa maria and this is the news hour from al-jazeera . i want to focus on the pentagon's top concern the people's republic of china the united states called china the biggest threat to the global order as it steps up its efforts to persuade european countries to bob the tech giant by way. bolster coronavirus claims its 1st victim outside of asia an elderly chinese tourist dies in france. patrol with u.n. peacekeepers and the congolese army in east india see as they try to stop rebel

attacks that have already cost a $1000.00 lives. coming up in sports we'll see what's next 4 months just a setting as they take their punishment for breaking financial fair play rules to sports courts for. all of that to come but we're starting with breaking news out of yemen and the coalition has confirmed one of its warplanes has gone down in the country's governorates in the north east of the country's hutu rebels say its forces shot down that royal saudi air force plane on friday media also reporting at least 30 civilians were killed in coalition air strikes in the same region in the must loop district will mohammed a lot as our correspondent on the line now from santa mohammed other sound is actually saying it was shot down of the who by the who or they just saying one of our planes crashed. if they have

a. fighter jets have been downed in yemen and. claimed that they have down to may do frame by and you. could develop a missile as the plane. had to. say. distribute. you proved they have shut down warplanes. have in previous times down to a 2 maybe you will claim and probably a team in florida problem for 15. 15. 16 fighters it's all down. from. the feeling you have 20 maybe 18 people get together to get closer to the wreckage of the world plane.

according to how to. help. the problem so. we have been trying for several hours to rescue people from this place know of the work place continue to be area. at least 32 people have been killed and dozens more are being mentored. time for the saudi arabia. to live in an area where one of the. reconnaissance drones have been down. on fortunately the syrians are paying the price of such a conflict. muhammad ali be different i will talk to you more hoping to get some more information mohammed alltop on the line from sana. now to our top story the

u.s. defense secretary calling china the biggest threat to the global order speaking at the munich security conference earlier today among casper accuse the chinese government of seeking advantage across the world by any means and at any cost and he again urged european countries to stay away from the chinese tech giant huawei a demand that has been rebuffed by european allies. under president she's ruled the chinese communist party is heading even faster and further in the wrong direction more internal repression more predatory economic practices more heavy handedness and most concerning for me a more aggressive military posture it is essential that we as an international community wake up to the challenges presented by china's manipulation of the longstanding international rules based order that has benefited all of us for many decades. john hall following this one from the meanest security conference he

didn't mince his words there. how the china responds. in a commercial it's often said of for like the munich security conference that they are less about knocking heads together and trying to come up with real solutions to problems and more about the providing platforms for competing narratives to play out this of course is a fine example of that the 2 fall for most powers in the world squaring up against one another here at least venue 1st of all secretary of state my compiler and marcus for the defense secretary effectively signaling a new sort of era a new us foreign and defense policy china's public enemy number one we don't want conflict with china said mark s. but we expect china to abide by international norms in short we want china to be hey use and signaling as you mention here in no uncertain terms that the u.s. expects its allies to view things likewise noting in particular chinese telecoms

giant huawei some european allies particularly the u.k. in talks to bring while weigh in to help build 5 g. networks the u.s. sees at huawei as a trojan horse for chinese intelligence well it wasn't long before china had the opportunity to respond. wang e vice president was here the 1st chinese official to travel outside the country since the start of the coronavirus he spent lots of time talking about the coronavirus but then didn't miss the opportunity to sort of poku us in the eye china will not he said follow the west the western model and seek a gemini of the world but rather chooses a policy of peaceful development working for shared prosperity in and he had this very pointed response to those u.s. comments. before i came here my colleagues told me about what the 2 american senior officials said and they have been once again repeating their smears and criticism of china it has become a common scenario. say the same thing wherever they go about china and i don't want

to waste our time responding to each and everything they've said what i want to say is that all of these accusations against china are lies they are not based on facts . so china here rejecting those u.s. allegations instead presenting itself as a somewhat unlikely extended their full multilateral is a very sort of policy plank a pillar upon which western diplomacy has been built and practiced for decades in which many would say that the trump ministration has abandoned thank you jonah health in munich at the security conference there and in london now and bashar as senior political analyst time on the us china relationship i find fascinating at the moment it was trade war then it was no we've reached phase one of our deal and things are looking good now it's china as the great is that to global stability it's all these sorts of things can you see a way forward. well you know historically the united states at least

since china entered the g.a.o. in 2000 and since then. doubled its its economy 10 times from 1.2341.3 trillion to 13 trillion they're not states had had a kind of a dual approach to china it was best probably presented by president obama and his beginning of a 2nd term when he said look if successful china is a good thing it's in the interests of the united states and in fact it's in the interests of the world by at the same time the obama administration of course did its pivot. the asia increasing its its not its naval capacity around china and as we all know it to reach that p.p.p. the trans-pacific partnership to contain china economically allow us

a soon as the administration stepped in of course it had to tear apart everything that obama did including what seemed to be the beginning of a strategy to contain china militarily and economically but it's clearly president trump's charming the the chinese president xi did not work out clearly china is way beyond charming and that the economic and strategic power of china continues to grow and for the united states there are 3 main priorities the strategic parity is not so sure i'm in china china china so here you have it the unite say the united states is stuck i tell you what's interesting in what we heard today this morning is 2 things one clearly the united states is upping the warning the threat if you will from yellow to almost orange visit to china and to exporting its european allies on notice because europe as far as what

we heard even today from president micro is trying to be that 3rd power between the united states and china while americans don't want that you know americans one thing europeans to get with the program and get behind the united states mullen before marcus' been made these comments about china i think most of our focus in munich was really about the apparent peace deal or. sation of hostilities whatever it ends up being called with the afghan taliban that there was a provisional agreement between the u.s. and the taliban to reduce violence that's what they were going to call it for a week and the u.s. official said well if it's a success this could lead to enter afghan peace talks that could lead to draw all of troops let's have a quick listen to stoltenberg who's of course nato secretary general talking about well the withdrawal of troops and how they're actually never will be a hasty withdrawal of forces. 16000 nato troops are training the afghan forces so they can fight terrorism and create the conditions

for peace we are not leaving afghanistan but we are prepared to just our force level if the tol'able wrong the most with the wheel and the ability to deduce violence and make it really compromises that could pave the way for negotiations among afghans sustainable peace and ensuring the country is never again a safe haven for terrorists some owen is talking about the sort of big picture the long term. future of troops in afghanistan in the meantime what what what does one week of a reduction of violence potentially achieve is it isn't as big a deal is that sort of being made out in some quarters i think so come out and i think there's a bit of a spin in what the 2nd general of the nato says because he's trying also to calm

the nerves especially of the afghan government but also various our allies in the region including india pakistan and others because this is a major think look after 920 years of war we need to distinguish between diplomacy that's taken place in doha and the various very complicated details moving forward for months to come the political which is that the administration won some kind of a win. and a fulfilling of a promise about withdrawing from you know the permanent not ending wars and the strategic the strategic it is and that's not get lost with the details. they're not to say this has not won in afghanistan in fact some might argue the united states is negotiating its server under in afghanistan regardless what the sect that you know say because let's all remember this was all about the taliban being the most dark federal rest of the organization authority

hosting we never negotiate with terrorists and it's been going on for 19 years and we've heard reports important reports about how the united states new it was losing in afghanistan but covering it up like it did in vietnam in order to stay and to not to leave without losing its pride what is happening today coming besides all of that at the complexities and yes there is some a b. ambiguity about moving forward but let's not lose sight of the fact that the superpower after 2 decades of war. is basically declaring that it will or will no longer fight in afghanistan and sooner or later it will be leaving and guess what i like saying is our palestine the taliban would be getting their prisoners back and yes they are the ones who are dictating the conditions moment to share as a senior political analyst will be talking to him again later on today on saturday

thanks mullen so want to go back to that news out of yemen we mentioned at the top of the show the saudi u.a.e. led coalition confirming one of its warplanes has gone down in governorates in the northeast of yemen who the rebels say its forces shot down that royal air force plane and the media also talking about 30 civilians killed in coalition and strikes in a district in the same region we'll talk to a specialist in yemen and who t.f. is joining us from sanaa can you tell us more about that 1st of all this talk of 30 civilians killed in coalition air strikes was that a retaliation a strike. yes it seems to be that was a television at a strike because just yesterday after the yemeni out of force here in sanaa shut down the saudi tornado fighter jet that it was 8 to strike on that on the wreckage of that fighter jet they think they will try and like why any evidence of but then the early hours of the motoring they have thought of getting homes near that area

and they believe that they would. i just want to just mention that some unconfirmed report has sort of created is an odd that one of the pilot was injured and he was captured. and i think that's why he has conducted a massive wave of air strike on a as needed that the wreckage of that fight that it hit because they believe that they want. to kill this pilot and maybe they have some believe that he might be captured in those areas that's why there was $35.00 civilians killed there many of them out women and children. civilians as well in that way for strikes at this stage in the conflict in yemen how important how big a deal is it if the who these did actually manage to shoot down a saudi warplanes. they made this book. i mean when i. say that about 30 minutes ago that they would release in the coming

hours footage of the shooting down the lines of the nice shooting down of that fighter jet on as well they would show for that of that i could show you that the. focus has been able after they have shot down. several of the. american drones over the sky of yemen in the last 3 months now it seems to be that they are able to shoot down those fighter jets on a can say that if they start at this stage this means that we are going to and that i knew stage of the war because if the saudi cannot conduct a strike to support its forces or it's a loyalist on the ground this means that the yemeni army has the upper hand. to me and i have the upper hand because now they have all types of ballastic missiles they have drones they can control the sky of yemen on as well they can defend it on top of that they can i was well thought to get inside saudi arabia to stop it from conducting any strike in the future and i think that the latest attack that killed

55 civilians showed that yemeni army would retaliate with massive attack against saudi arabia. he's with us from what i thank you for your time. well let's have a look at what's coming up for you on this news hour pitching for a political comeback maybe lebanon's former prime minister accuses the new government of pushing the country genea collapse. we sure wish he were here today. right and 3 weeks after his death like a star kobe bryant is announced as a candidate for basketball hall of fame poll have your sports a little later. the latest on coronavirus now in europe has recorded its 1st death from the virus after an elderly chinese tourists died in france the 4th person to die outside of mainland china. killed more than 1500 people but the world health organization says

china is running 82 trials for possible treatment the director of the w h o's emergency program is calling on nations around the world to work with beijing to fight the virus. the different trials underway in china right now everything from traditional medicine all the way through. and naturally in collaboration with trying to explain. basically gators. that's an incredible and function just basic knowledge to the next 2 to 3 weeks for these trials will have been 2 to 3 weeks. but china's foreign minister when you you saw a little earlier has also accused some countries of overreacting causing panic over the outbreak he says china is confident and determined to defeat the virus but as i reports there are also growing concerns over the shortage of protective gear for the front line medical work. medical workers in china are fighting

a battle for the world in some cases without adequate protection more than $700.00 nurses and doctors have so far been infected several have died many of them look so exhausted in front of the camera when you're exhausted you will get infected because you just lost your elegance and you cannot follow the guidelines well. last week the chinese government conceded there was a shortage of essential medical equipment including protective clothing but state t.v. says that's changing now it's been showing pictures of army medical teams arriving at the epi center with specialist gear further proof says china of its intensifying efforts to control the virus a virus that the country's foreign minister says has created excessive alarm among some governments really good winter will pass and the spring is sure to come

china's vigorous and thorough measures are paying off the epidemic has posed a severe challenge to china's economic and social development none the less the difficulties will be temporary and short lived the latest official figures from china's national health commission offer a crumb of comfort these latest figures don't show a significant drop in the death rate but the number of new infections in who by province is falling they were half what they were on thursday but experts outside china urged caution saying these figures can be independently verified analysts say it's become a pivotal moment for china's leader xi jinping if this works and it looks like this thing is contained and they get thumbs up from the world health organization and other you know epidemiologist it's going to look like they've done the right thing and he could come out of this looking well but at the moment it's such a go on saturday china's government extended its quarantine restrictions to the capital beijing anyone returning to the city following the extended lunar new year

holiday missed now isolate themselves at home for 14 days state media says those who don't will be punished without specifying what that will mean in hong kong the infection rate is under 60 with one dead now the chief executive kerry lam says the government has to spend more than $4000000000.00 of taxpayers' money helping workers affected by the virus she says around. $200000.00 low income families will be given a one off grant of more than $600.00 each but there's no help yet for many small to medium sized businesses which are reeling from the effects of this public health emergency adrian brown al-jazeera hong kong meanwhile another 67 people aboard that quarantined cruise ship in japan have been infected with corona virus taking the total number of cases onboard the diamond princess to nearly 300 that is now the largest cluster of cases outside of china earlier the u.s.

embassy in japan said about 400 american passengers will be flown home on sunday the ship's been isolated since the 3rd affair. 11 vulnerable passengers were allowed to continue to quarantine on land. now turn exclusive story out of the democratic republic of congo and rebels there are continuing their attacks despite an army of soldiers and un peacekeepers trying to stop them a threat of further attacks on villages in the eastern region and benny is forcing many to seek safety close to a 1000 civilians have now been killed in this 4 month military offensive to rooftops the i.d.f. the allied democratic forces here is that from catherine sort. of patrolled by congolese soldiers and un peacekeepers in the banya 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. a.d.f. fighters then crossed the border into the neighboring. where they've remained for nearly 20 yes human rights campaigners in beni see more than 400 congolese have been killed in the last one month alone hundreds have fled their homes are still you know there's no one here because of the attack that happened last week people are afraid to come back only soldiers 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 command as they say abba fighters have been captured and their bases destroyed completely right near frenzy we must defeat the air they are

terrorists we call upon all 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 un base was banned down and peacekeeping operations in the city were 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. as 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 footballer respond is to do their job safely catherine saw a al-jazeera. well omar a boon to who was in that report there is the bureau chief of the un's peacekeeping mission in democratic republic of congo explained also libya why attacks have continued despite all these efforts against the i.d.f. rebels we know that every time we put pressure on the a.t.f. ourselves with our partners they tend to move quickly out of their areas and adopt even more semitic warfare and by doing that they start moving around in a very mobile very agile way in small groups and attacking civilian population this is for 2 reasons one to retaliate against over at attacks in order to push us to stop things of operations but also to do resupply of food medical that material and

so on so this does not come to us as a surprise and that's what we have doubled our efforts both in the jungle and on the other side of the jungle where now they are more appearing to be active in order to stop them and make sure that we neutralize the threat and protect the civilians in that area. rob to have a look at your saturday weather what is going on there i don't i haven't seen that color on a weather map before this is magenta days you just saying one of the few arctic outbreaks in north america this winter so i've colored it's these the temps on thursday morning arctic air fell down across the prairie is of canada and into the plains states so minus 28 bismarck minus 26 in minneapolis people live here and that's just for you out the wind chill what it took it down but i'm honest thankfully this did not last is not a long lost the last thing hard winter it all moves eastward and hit eastern canada so toronto had a bit of a shock is down about minus 21 to minus 24 but when you put this sort of really

cold air over even need the frozen water that's what it is that you get this evaporation it's like steve it's cold arctic sea smoke now that cold air has moved all my but you see this both winter is occasionally with it when jane when change the southwest we've chased all the way through eastern canada temperatures are now rising in fact temperatures are no longer a problem are the counter or the us we're back to the familiar which this winter has been flooding and i want the true trees the mississippi the poor and the jackson people having to be evacuated not because it's raining but because it has rain upstream and this is likely to be the highest river level in about 40 years for this part of the u.s. is dr immediate problem with more rain as i say it's coming downstream ok extraordinary extremes there thank you for that rob now still ahead for you on this news. the sound of the pharaohs why saving

one of the world's oldest musical instruments become this man's personal mission. and form a new one champion's mercedes take their new time for spin of the woods hamilton looks to maintain his dominance of the sport. the plundering of armenia's natural riches has uprooted residents and desecrated the habitat of some of europe's most endangered species. but a remarkable campaign by local residents is challenging the miked of the country's investors and pinning high hopes on its newly elected prime minister people in power investigates armenia mining out the left. on a 0. al-jazeera

. and. go on the news on from al-jazeera these are our top stories the saudi led coalition and yemen has confirmed one of its warplanes has been shot down the rebels have claimed responsibility and hurt the media also reporting at least 30 civilians were killed in coalition air strikes in the district and that same region. u.s.

defense secretary is calling china the biggest threat to the global order mark esper accuse the chinese government of seeking advantage across the world by any means and he urged european countries to stay away from the chinese tech giant while away china's far. minister why nido called the accusations lights. and europe has recorded its 1st death from corona virus after an elderly chinese tourist died in france at the world health organization that says beijing is running more than 80 trials for treatments of corona virus and that there could be results in 2 to 3 weeks time. now a military offensive on the last rebel held region in northwestern syria is causing the largest single displacement of people since the conflict began 9 years ago 800000 people have fled the fighting since the start of december stranded in areas near the border with turkey suffering in cold conditions and overcrowding. reports

now from how tight the turkey syria border. is burning her own clothes to try and keep family members warm they recently arrived in this freezing makeshift camp in the town of atma in province. we fled our homes in aleppo we couldn't live anymore under constant bombardment and airstrikes we saw children dying in front of us we came here it's tough i'm sick i have leukemia and the smoke from the heater is suffocating her. and her family are just some of the many war refugees suffering cold overcrowding and fear of what might happen next in the last 4 days alone around 150000 syrians fled their villages as government forces closed in took up the children will held. the military campaign that started in april has seen more than a 1000000 refugees stranded on the border with turkey they are feeling increasingly

betrayed and abandoned by the world. has 10 children but only to live with her the others are dispersed across province well that is it's very cold i have no place to serve my kids' meals there. no furniture snow is everywhere i'm hopeless and there's nothing i can do i pray god will help us. as the humanitarian crisis deepens aid agencies are overwhelmed with growing demands for tans blankets stoves want clothes and for the internally displaced have often been forced to move many times over the last few months and each time they were hoping this would be their last that they would finally settle and start and you live but the line year war grinds on the rebels are losing ground and for almost $4000000.00 people in it live and on the outskirts of aleppo it's probably just

a matter of time before they pack and run away seek another shelter in a safe area but there may be no more safe areas in italy province government troops and their russian our allies are determined to defeat the opposition civilians who are trapped may have little option but return to government held territory but fearing retaliation many prefer to stay near the border with turkey hoping tomorrow might be a better day has about al-jazeera on turkish border with syria. lebanon's former prime minister has accused his successors government of pushing the country to near collapse this was his 1st speech since becoming part of the opposition. start on whether the government would be able to win foreign support reports from beirut. lebanon 3 time prime minister appears to be planning a political comeback sad how d.d. invited supporters to his home to commemorate the 15th anniversary of his father's

assassination former prime minister rafiq. it coincides with lebanon's deepening financial and political crisis how do you use the event to reposition himself in the opposition camp blaming his one time political partners for failing to implement reforms that he says would have prevented lebanon's near economic collapse i never strike my house i am not going anywhere i am staying in my country in my home and i promise you regardless of my political position i will not leave any stone unturned and i will tour the world to defend lebanon. how do you do formally announce the end of his alliance with the governing coalition led by hezbollah how do these calling for early elections a core demand of anti-establishment protesters who have been demanding change for months how did he began his political career by confronting has a lot he was eventually forced to leave the country to the premiership in 2016 but

the result the main political deal with the ally president michel calculation cost him some. of his friend there's no allies. the presence of high ranking members of one time allies at the ceremony could be a sign that had a pro western alliance known as the march 14th coalition could be reborn probably probably what you need is before and in your coalition a new form of. look an international coalition. to support the lebanese in order to rebuild their country was out there as well look how did he enjoys international standing but he's not as influential as his father and in recent years a shaky relationship with longtime backer saudi arabia weakened him. today when it comes to. his the.

collapse now are his chances. are very slim and near future. how did his resignation in october during 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 path that could change his political fortunes and who there are a lot of protesters in mexico of march to the presidential palace to condemn violence against women marchers were outraged at a newspaper publishing photos of the body of a murder victim 25 year old ingrid astronomy 0 was killed earlier this month the mexican government says 10 women were killed every day last year in gender based attacks. coal fired power stations in germany are all due to be closed in the

next 18 months but the government's accused of breaking its promises to replace coal with more environmentally friendly sources. and coal mining is threatening some communities mccain has our report. the guts phylum mine has been here for decades producing lignite to brown coal to fuel the nearby power station which produces more energy than any other in germany a symbol of the country's continuing dependence on fossil fuels in 2019 brown coal and hard coal oil and. recite provided more than 29 percent of the electricity used nuclear provided 14 percent renewables accounted for 46 percent but ministers are committed to combating climate change by reducing emissions and spent much of the last year deep in discussions about how to meet those commitments eventually they found a compromise we have i both forms of coal will be phased out within the next 18 years. hard these are tough negotiations they took

a long time in my view too long but you can see the result where the 1st country with the binding agreement to exit coal and nuclear power and that's an important signal internationally felix martis was a member of the commission which advised the government to prioritize a steady phasing out of coal he says they've not taken that advice and broken their promises in doing so their viral loads are to dis recommendation of the study phase out the pathway at the moment is to wait until the year 2013 and to wait until the year 2030 and shut down the major share of the lignite plants shortly before abuse that alliance one of the consequences of that will perhaps be felt most here bare for heart just down the road from gets violent with the mines immediate future guaranteed its owners want to expand it by buying the properties in bear the heart relocating the residents and then destroying the houses to mine

the coal underneath already some people here have taken the money and moved out but not litter cox whose family has lived here for 6 generations she is fighting to stay. we need to go back on to the streets we must show people a bubble we must show politicians that what they're planning to do is absolutely not we must show them that we won't put up with it ministers are clear that mines like needs will one day disappear and that renewable sources of energy. the trouble for the people living round here is there will have to go 1st of all despite the government stated commitment to a green future dominant cane al-jazeera yachts violet. germany is planning an end to coal australia is committing to a massive new mine next year brian will have that story for us from australia on sunday a u.s.

army representative says there will be no investigation into the officer who was a key witness in the impeachment inquiry of president omar trump the tenant colonel alexander even been was critical of trump's handling of military aid to ukraine and he was fired less than 48 hours after the senate acquitted the president on tuesday trump suggested the pentagon review vins conduct and said any disciplinary action would be up to the military the united states is stepping up its transatlantic trade dispute with the european union by raising tariffs on aircraft imports air bus says the rise from 10 to 15 percent is illegal and u.s. airlines and their passengers will be the ones who are harmed the u.s. has long argued that airbus has an unfair advantage of a boeing because of e.u. subsidies the u.s. also imposes 25 percent tariffs on other year in european products including wine whiskey and chines carvell is an aviation analyst used to work for the federal

aviation authority in the us explain to us what is expected to happen in tariff negotiations now. a lot of times we'll 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 these terrorists do go away or maybe just you know reduced and we seen this in the past with the case you know with out you know terrorists i'm china we seem 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 while 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 for max it's more the case

so this is an urgent situation and you know airbus is at the disadvantage here and unfortunately boeing does have its hand and skype and i think the general flying public as a result of this you know also kind of could possibly seafarers increase now to sri lanka and the increasing confrontation between people and elephants 121 sri lankans and more than 400 ones were killed last year that's been open and as reports animal conservationists criticizing the government for giving out shotguns to help protect thelma's crops. i know i'm a predator shinies struggling to cope with the loss of her husband the 31 year old special task force policeman was killed by elephants here in aid whoever just over a year ago it was a half but 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 he ran into a 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 travelling to their fields to work or when protecting their crops from night raids this family was rushing to harvest their 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 enablers of morning sunday we have issued birdshot you can shoot and kill elephants 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 only point in this. bill if one turns against you you're going to run. and bert really reinforces our vision in elephants and the next time the elephant comes in contact with somebody he doesn't know that that person doesn't have a gun and is not going to shoot or to who probably killed it 4000 kilometers of electric fences have been built to deal with the elephant problem but the battery is 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. they're going to cut under the you know make it this metal 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 area of a north central sri lanka. now to one man's mission in jordan to revive

a favorite musical instrument of the pharaohs 3000 years ago his search took him to the banks of one of the middle east's most historically important rivets as natasha going to reports now from the jordanian capital amman. it's the sound of the wind skipping across the desert campfire or the waves on a tranquil beach as the sun sets the night or read 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 just enjoyed 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 of each 3 than using. the record co-founded 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 the recut 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 the 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 fear and i want to attract tourists to enjoy the environment of acid rock teaching them to play the 9 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. oh memories of record a class in scope still ahead for you on this news how sports on the teenager who just can't stop scoring goals in the german only hope for the rest of the sport the moment. frank assessments the one thing about these bushfires usage really well going out to all the climate change informed opinions economy i think is actually what's keeping donald trump afloat right now critical debate sequel on those 2 school of law is all 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 use of that struggle against an ethnic sectarian kota inside story on al-jazeera. life begins.

as a baby is every year in the united states. also on the same day. the baby is african-american. this is twice as likely to happen why. rewind america's infant mortality on al-jazeera. welcome back we're looking now at paul thank you so much english football giants manchester city say they will appeal the 2 scenes and banned from the european

champions league for breaking financial fair play rules governing body said on friday that the premier league champions committed serious breaches of its regulations on overspending the club refutes the claims for the under way for ports . 2019 was a case of another year another title for manchester city but 6 weeks into 2020 and the big spending in the quest for trophies could have lift them even further away from the one they really want on friday european football's governing body you wait for banned pit quite the oldest team from the champions league for 2 years for a breach of financial fair play rules a 32000000 dollar fine on top of that just the tip of the iceberg for what they stand to lose most the city will lose up by around $100000000.00 euros a year alone in prize money that they'd be getting for reaching the champions league and hitting the quarterfinals last season as all the television revenue from that is the gate receipts as well from going to games and also the reputational

damage from our club it's an unprecedented ban of this level a 2 season ban the champions league for one of the richest clubs in world football and the world sport. this all began in 2018 when the allegations were 1st raised in german sports magazine der spiegel at that time manager pip 20 ola city had full trust in the club's actions no of course want to follow the rules while the way for the future for all this team is in the premier league. they do what they wanted to do so believe me. know what happened because. the 1st prospect of a ban was raised last month when you weigh 4 opened an investigation city welcomed the investigation into what it called the illegal hacking and out of context publication of its e-mails and that the accusations were entirely false in may city were referred to you wafers financial watchdog where there were reports that its members were pushing for at least the one year champions league ban the club's

chairman whole dune elma barack had back at the criticism claiming rivals were jealous of this success so i will not accept for this club to be used as a diversionary tactic on poor investment the syrians or some other cause we've managed ourselves well. and we will we will be touched by facts manchester city filed an appeal to hold the investigation but the court of arbitration for sport last june but that was thrown out in november with cast saying the appeal was inadmissible their latest appeal could be crucial of quality ols mission to win a 1st champions league title for the club is to end in success paul vander with al-jazeera our sports correspondent lee welling says that city's appeal could cause problems for champions league qualification in the english premier league. english clubs get 4 positions manchester city would inevitably qualify for one of those 4 if it's not my interest the city then we start looking about whether the 5th place

team can qualify now this is extremely problematic because lawyers of course will be getting involved there's no guarantee of what's going to happen so the premier league can't make any promises you wait for can't make any promises with which car finishes 5th so it could get very messy but it's also bear in mind that manchester city in a position where their lawyers will be confident of getting something out of this that are being prepared up about it for over a year they feel that the whites mean how does one they've called it a kind group called when it goes to the court of arbitration for sport can i get the 2 years removed over juiced if it's changed into a fine that will suit them they won't supply champions league football so the other clubs like whether it's manchester united tottenham and chelsea or wolves who fill unless the that they're in a position now a better position to get one of the spots in the champions league they're being courage by this but there's a long way to go on. well while manchester city's champions league future is in

doubt the son of one of their former players could well set the tournament alight in the coming weeks that's certainly the case if ellen holland's form in the german one this league is anything to go by the teenage son of norwegian in the hole and has just called his 9th goal in 6 games since joining dortmund final score against eintracht frankfurt 4 nil to the team that is now 2nd in the league that champions league duties resume on choose day when they face perry signed in the 1st match of the knockouts. after retiring in 2016 this year was the 1st that kobe bryant was eligible to be a candidate for the basketball hall of fame and the lakers greats was julie confirmed on the shortlist on friday we sure wish you were here today kobe bryant. drunk shortlist place comes just a few weeks after he was killed in a helicopter crash alongside his daughter giana the hall of famers will be announced on april 4th also in the running bryant's fellow all-stars kevin garnett and tim duncan and women's olympic legend tamika catchings well all star week is

underway in the n.b.a. the u.s. took on the rest of the world in the rising stars game on friday rest of the world having the best of the 1st half but the u.s. powered back and it was purely an exhibition by the time miles bridges windmill this one in the homegrown players winning by 20 points. despite at least one formula one grand prix already being perspiring because of the coronavirus the season is shed jewel to rev into action in less than a month from now on friday constructors champions must sadie's took their new car for a spin around the silverstone track in the u.k. that's machine 6 time world champion lewis hamilton and teammate valtteri bottas will be driving this year and is aiming to equal michael schumacher as record of 7 drivers' championship titles. australia's cricketers are back in south africa for the 1st time since

a ball tampering scandal sore 3 of their players bound the players use some paper to change the condition of the ball to favor their bowlers 2 years ago then captain steve smith was sacked in the aftermath he's in the squad though they'll be led by her and french australia play 3 t 20 s. and 31 day internationals against the south africans. well looks like tiger woods search for a p.j. top record of $83.00 totals is going to continue least for now woods is 9 shots adrift at all for a mark of the genesis and. the shots a 173 in the 2nd round on friday this is the tournament he has played up the most times without ever winning. riviera he has 9 under overall. all right. now all but with. paul thank you for that and we're back in 2 and a half minutes time the latest news special about munich security conference just about the.

water an essential resource for all humankind across europe pressure to recognize water as a human right and put its management back into public hands is increasing i think that the european commission will be very very true those words are probably on anybody they want to kill. people who see every 2 years some 2 to invest a profit of $1.00. to the last drop on al-jazeera as surely as native fauna and flora are accustomed to bush riots but this season has been an increase attended landscapes usually left unscathed have been decimated. this bush rise season has burned through millions of hector as of land destroying the how the tides of many native animals some of these forests will take decades to regenerate

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