al-jazeera. alone welcome to this news hour with me kevin l. in doha coming up taiwan has its 1st coronavirus step is trying to reduce a slowing infections prove containment efforts are working. the arms embargo has become a joke and so it you know we all really need to step up here. the u.n. criticizes those breaking libya's weapons of bongo warning the remits it is hanging by a freight. sudan's ousted president omar bashir appears in court to face allegations of war crimes in darfur. and

a giant new coal miner straightly is banking on to help fuel its economy while other countries look to renewables. and in sport home riders dominate cycling's tore up colombia sergio police or at least the overall standings heading into the final stage will be live in colombia later this hour. doctors in china reporting a slowdown in the number of new cases of corona virus for the 3rd successive day the world health organization though says it's impossible to predict which direction the epidemic will take 142 deaths were reported on sunday along with 2000 more infections most are in who by province where the outbreak was 1st reported in december world wide 1669 people have died taiwan's recorded its 1st

fatality while an elderly chinese tourist in france became the 1st to die in europe . it's impossible to predict which direction this. will take we are concerned about the levels of rumor and misinformation that. the response will concern it by the continued increase in the number of cases in china we are concerned by reports from china yesterday about the number of those workers who have been infected or. in hong kong there's anger over a government decision to open treatment clinics in densely packed areas residents say i won't consult the clinics may threaten their health well to japan where hundreds of u.s. citizens aboard a quarantined cruise ship are about to be flown home there are 355 confirmed cases of coronavirus on the don princess that's the largest concentration l. side of china a charter flight is jewish take us passages to air bases in california and texas

where they'll be made to stay for 2 weeks let's go live now to john hendren who's in washington d.c. with the latest on what happens to the americans once their home. well there are $3700.00 passengers on that ship $400.00 of them are americans and they were told by the u.s. embassy that they were to stay there for several more days but the american embassies decided to change plans send them home if they've tested negative for the virus in their 400 of those people and they have been invited to take a charter flight overnight sunday to monday back to the united states and then they would stay at one of 2 military bases travis air force base in california and lackland in texas so then they would undergo 2 more weeks of quarantine if they were to stay on the ship it would only have to remain in quarantine until february 19th and there are some americans who have decided to do that but they're

the lucky ones they're able to get off there are people from a number of other countries who have been complaining that their governments have not done the same thing so what the american government will do is take these people who all will be tested before they get on the plane go back and they'll still be in quarantine for 14 days to ensure that they haven't developed symptoms or the virus and then they will remain at that military base for a while before they go back home this trip sounds like a bit of a nightmare they have been told it's a converted cargo plane it will be cold they should dress warm they should bring their own food and by the way there are no overhead spaces for them to put their luggage in so they have to stick everything in the seat in front of them they can carry only 70 pounds so this is been kind of a nightmare that just keeps going on for these passengers think that that's john hendren there live from washington d.c. . and in indonesia about 300 people have been released after spending 2 weeks in quarantine on

a remote island that previously travelled to holland and china so far indonesia has not reported any cases of corona virus however the government is investigating the case of a chinese national who tested positive after visiting the island of bali jessica what jessica rather washington explains what indonesians are doing differently to battle the outbreak. as the corona virus outbreak spreads around the world indonesia has found itself in an unusual position the most neighboring countries have confirmed cases of the virus in tunisia is yet to confirm even a single case and many are asking how one of asia's most populous countries has somehow it dated lobel outbreak but over here in bali doesn't so a particularly pronounced this is a place that draws thousands of tourists from china and up until recently they would dozens of direct flights operating from harm the epicenter of the virus but indonesian authorities say they have the situation under control and the world health organization also agrees that into these aren't doing everything to their

standard. or make one wouldn't believe. max the lab. did this and the. reason they have already a member. of the out in the process. and that is more more good that we have 100 we're going to reach have the good bad people were great in i believe and the breed book bases. sali is quieter than usual that's because tens of thousands of chinese tourists have already cancelled their holiday plans earlier in the month the indonesian government suspended all flights to and from china but there are at least 3000 chinese tourists currently in bali and while some plan on returning home by flying through other countries at least 300 have already applied for visa extensions. a u.n.

envoy to libya says the weapons and bongo there has become a joke foreign ministers discussed the issue at a security summit in munich they agreed not to interfere in libya but many of them have been deeply involved in the conflict and diplomatic editor james bays has more . this was diplomacy is groundhog day foreign ministers and other representatives from 13 countries repeating the same thing their leaders said exactly 4 weeks ago but this summit in berlin. but despite their words arms have continued to flow to both sides in libya and showing what some might call great hypocrisy the countries who are breaching the embargo are actually all among those here mr foreign minister you talk about a deplorable breach of the arms embargo we know who is breaching the arms embargo they were in the room with you what did you say to them that when i was those who

continue to breach the embargo need to know that they will be detected and they will be named we will discuss that with the e.u. council on foreign affairs tomorrow and we will discuss the contribution the e.u. can make the arms embargo has become a joke and so it you know we all need to step up here and. it is complicated because there are violations that are happening on land sea and air and that all needs to be monitored and there needs to be accountability ultimately attention will now move to geneva the other problem apart from the breaches of the arms embargo is the lack of a ceasefire talks at the un's european headquarters between representatives of general haftar and those of the internationally recognized government resume on tuesday the un have ambitious plans to keep the diplomatic momentum moving they put in a diary a date of the 26th of february for talks with all the libyan political parties and

then the plan is for elections brokered by the un that if there is a ceasefire and that remains a very big if james pays out 0 munich sounds ousted president omar bashir has appeared in court for the 1st airing on allegations of war crimes in the darfur region the conflict there began in 2003 when mainly non arab rebels rose up against bashir is government accusing us of neglecting the region. well this hearing is separate from the charges bashir faces at the international criminal court in the hague the i.c.c. has been pursuing him for more than a decade in 2009 he was charged with 2 counts of war crimes and 5 of crimes against humanity a year later the i.c.c. added additional charges of genocide they all have to do with bush's role in the darfur conflict years of fighting between pro-government forces and ethnic rebels there thousands did and displaced 2 and a half 1000000 vogel again or is an international criminal lawyer and counsel for

victims at the international criminal court and joins us now live thank you for your time so given that there are isn't the separate hearing going on in sudan what is the likelihood that bashir will actually go through to the i.c.c. well that's a very good question it's not clear exactly what's going to happen from here on and certainly the prosecutor of the i.c.c. fussing about sudha has already raised the possibility of a trial before sudanese courts in sudan and that's what she raised as a possibility with the u.n. security council in december as a principle obligation to carry out of escalation and prosecution doesn't rest with sudan but there will be a very big question mark as to whether sudan is not just able but also willing to carry out a full and proper or investigation of prosecuting prosecution into the full range of the crimes at issue it concerns of fast company of i think cleansing and

genocide in darfur so it remains to be seen whether it is willing to do that within its own courts what do you think do you think sudan has the capacity to bring these charges especially given that members of the transit transitional government reform former military man who were implicated in some of these crimes. that's a very good point is it would they want to present evidence which implicates themselves experience which would suggest that that's not what people in a position tend to do 11 thing that we've learned from former trials in the hague in particular in respect of ethnic cleansing campaigns in bosnia is that the number of witnesses the number of documents involved and the logistics of putting on these prosecutions are absolutely huge it's not clear that sudan how has the expertise and the ability to put on a colossal prosecution of that type now one option which remains open is for the

i.c.c. to hold at least some of its proceedings on the territory of sudan or on the territory of an african country such as tanzania which might go some way towards meeting the concerns of those who do not want this year to put up be put on trial in the hague at least some proceedings could take place in 2 done before he would be transferred for the rest of the trial in the exacts an option which which could be you know up near you are a counsel for the victims talk to us about the importance of getting justice closer to the victims. that's right what's the presumption that just victims want justice to take place close to them but that's not always the reality and we have this situation in kenya several years ago were kenyan victims were asked whether they wanted to trial in kenya or in tanzania or in the hague and the

overwhelming majority of the of the victims that we spoke to wanted the trial took place in the hague and why was that because they were concerned about interference with the trial by their own government they wanted the trials take place in the hague because they thought that was the only way that it could be guaranteed that the trial would take place without interference so what what do the victims in darfur want in terms of the venue for a trial that's a question which should be brought directly to a reasonable number of victims in darfur to get their opinion on that very important question talked to some of the other options the i.c.c. could go to see donald perhaps a hearing could be happy could be held in sudan and then a trial be held in the hague what are the options on the table. well there are 3 potential options one is charter for a sudanese court in sudan one is trial before the i.c.c. into than another option is trial before the i.c.c.

as sitting in for example of russian tanzania which is a fully functional international court a 4th option would be a trial for the i.c.c. in the hague now when the i.c.c. has looked into these options are sitting in africa to hear cases concerning africa in the past one of the biggest challenges has been security at the courthouse to provide security to any witnesses who are going to testify they have to provide security to prosecutors to defense lawyers to judges and to other members of the court stuff that could at trial take place safely in khartoum that's a big question and if justice in this case is really to be deliberated close to where the victims live well then arguably it should not take place in khartoum which should be in darfur under the security situation in dar for in visit the holding of the trial there probably not so these are these are some of the issues so the the security is often one of the main reasons why these trials are not

actually held in the country where the hostilities are taking place thanks for your time that that will gain or an international criminal act council the victims at the international criminal court. but and say in another legal development for a while bashir he's facing new charges of corruption money laundering and financing terrorism the allegations date back to his time in power bashir was sentenced to 2 pretty years in prison for corruption in december or much more to come on al-jazeera saudi arabia hits back after one of its jets was shot down will be on the ground in yemen. and the show goes on u.s. democrats hoping to win the white house try their luck in las vegas. and support a leap of faith is basketball's leading players show off their skills in chicago.

gunshots have been heard and tear gas is filled the streets of central baghdad dozens of protesters fought with police who used smoke bombs to disperse the crowds on sunday protesters say their tents were set on fire by security forces overnight iraq's human rights commission says nearly 550 iraqis have been killed since anti-government demonstrations began in october earlier 3 missiles landed near the u.s. embassy in baghdad a 4th missile exploded close to the office of the popular mobilization forces a paramilitary group backed by iran no casualties have been reported. saudi m.r.c. coalition air strikes have killed at least $31.00 civilians and more than yemen the u.n. humanitarian chief or human calls the attacks shocking it happened after who the rebels claimed responsibility for shooting down a saudi warplane muhammad reports from the capital sama. this is the

moment yemen's houthi say they shot down a saudi air force fighter jet the group aired this video on saturday the saudi u.a.e. lit quality and confirmed one of its planes that went down you know joe for governorates in the country's north east. the what he's also broadcast what he says is the aftermath so how did it it was strikes in the area full of which the who these claim will retaliate to at this hour the quality released the statement saying there was a possibility of what it calls collateral damage to civilians this show you that the us and our forces has been able after they have shut down. several of the. american drones over the skies of yemen in the last 50 months now it seems to me that they are able to slow down despite that that they can say that if they start at this stage this means that we're going to and that the new stage of the

war the how these claim the plane was downed with then status or some another say that if that's true it would be a very significant development and yemen's long running war this is a big deal knowing that already their partners the iraqis you know have for all practical purposes withdrawn left and now the saudis are there and incapable of finishing the war and certainly capable of winning the war and now perhaps with this game changer beginning to lose the war. more than 191000 people are being killed and another 3000000 displaced by the fighting millions more have been brutes to the brain to famine stricken home agreement of 20000 raised troops for peaceful settlement suppose there is been news sign of that. if it's confirmed know these

have new weapon in there that could change the direction the. whatever happens it's billions who's in the middle who continue to pay the price. and so on are. in india this anger of a supreme court ruling that says states are no longer bound to reserve job promotions for the so-called lower costs and other groups are india correspondent elizabeth pronto spoke to some protesters in new delhi. people have gathered here in the center of the indian capital new delhi to protest against the supreme court's ruling on friday that affirmative action in government jobs and promotions is not a fundamental right well various groups and political parties have spoken out against the ruling they say that the indian constitution guarantees affirmative action for the most socially disadvantaged groups now these reservations are quotas as they're known here are given to cost based groups made to a group called the ballots and also to tribes people to rectify historical wrongs

perpetrated by the hindu religion caste hierarchy. is a trick by the money where the forces of our system be so we are here with this simple slogan 1st save constitution series of vision to see if citizenship saved constitution but to see here for all the dignity of his self-respect we needed to believe as i believe. this process has been created by a very popular man by the name of chandra shaker who is a leader of the community he's asked people to march from here to the indian parliament but there is a large police presence are there to stop people from reaching parliament has also asked politicians belonging to the costs and tribes to ask the indian government to nullify the supreme court's verdict. democratic party white house hopefuls have traveled to las vegas in the hope of finding political fortune they include former

frontrunner and vice president joe biden who's fallen behind in the race contenders are campaigning in nevada before next weekend's nominating contest vying to take on donald trump later this year the voting for the caucuses began on saturday river president who owned by the n.r.a. where the president is all rather gun mounted fractures and i promise you. president not president to live a breath and me i'm going to do everything i can to go after those governments. in order to win in november we're going to have to have strong support from the african-american community the latino community asian community and the native american community we cannot take these communities for granted anymore that danger is real our democracy hangs in the balance we can get 10 that

we can back up or wave can get in the fight me i'm in the fight well and about a caucus is also the 1st test of candidates appeal in a state with a more diverse population she happened tons he has more from washington d.c. . it's about a 30 percent latino population here 9 percent african-american or an 8 percent asian american that might help explain some of the figures we're looking out in the 1st poll we've had for ages from from nevada but the soul is in the lead 25 percent he has a really strong latino base in nevada and now actually by the way that that leave that he has right now does that is reflected in the national polls we're going to last national poll we had on thursday he had a double digit lead over joe biden he was at 29 percent joe biden at 19 percent but he said it is looking very good at the moment joe biden 18 percent in nevada he has to do well now after his disastrous performance in new hampshire and iowa where

he's going to continue to say that he's the electable one he has to start winning or at least vaguely doing well in elections he's hoping that the african-american base that he's always hoped for will come out with as evidence in the polls that even that is declining now as what we were told in the pose of the main reason why the african-american community is. coalescing around it is you know maybe they do prefer other policies from someone else but they feel that he can beat trump but if that is the priority and if you call and win elections it's not good for elizabeth warren for 13 percent told him start now this is a really interesting one as well make or break for him perhaps as well so when we haven't heard off much before. is another 1000000000 a businessman and his pitch is i can be trying because i can be the sort of centrist trying to win and i can beat him on his own on his own ground and so on he's put huge amounts of money in nevada if he doesn't do well here he's probably going to be out of it and then peter amy clover show 10 percent each this is their

opportunity these are on the on the right of the democratic party is their opportunity to perhaps or that they have any support whatsoever amongst ethnic minorities because certainly if they don't then it doesn't look good for them moving forward so i think the evidence right now is that they have minimal support amongst the democrats diverse base. here matthew is a professor of political science at cypress college he say it's do or die for biden . joe biden that was his major base of support the argument mary he has to hold on to them and yet their main quest was they want someone who can be trump and yet joe biden has not won a primary yet or a caucus and that's putting a dent in his african record support because you know they aren't having doubts about him being able to win that's a real problem it's a do or die contest right now not the counting of the as it should be just fine in the vatican as it was 4 years ago because of the process and procedure and i believe it will be this kind of problem like in iowa and so very exciting to see what will happen with these contenders that the numbers are shifting so quickly and

bernie has a pretty solid lead over here and we'll see if he can hang on to it though that's the real thing he's done no major outreach toward the latino voters in the african-american voters much more than 2016 and that has paid off actually in latino voters want the issues for universal's you know single payer medicare for all that appeals to them because many of them are not insured or fully insured the same thing with education tuitions for education is very good for all working class people and many of them are in the working class as sort of the african-american people who need to have as are all the other people working class whites they want to have guaranteed medicare for all and also tuition free education sound is offering that and seems to me that's really attracting a lot of people the publication of graphic images of the body of a young woman murdered in mexico has provoked more anger about violence against women activists highlight what they're calling an epidemic and it's estimated 10 women and girls are killed there every day and while it apollo reports from the mexican capital. hundreds of women continue to demonstrate on the

streets of mexico city. i think their anger ignited by the case of 25 year old ischemia brutally murdered by her boyfriend on february 9th. the national palace was one of the targets of the crown's he said the government hasn't done enough to address the issue of violence against women it's estimated that 10 women are killed in mexico every day. when i love it when i'm in the world i'm sure people will say look at these crazy women spray painting this historic door from there who lucian but what they should do is read what we've written how many women have been killed how many have been raped how many are being discriminated that's what really matters. there's also been a backlash against mexican media after photos of mutilated body be published. and. i'm asking the members of the press before you publish a fight before you write a story think think this could have been your sister this could have been your

daughter that this could be your mother. more than 1000 cases of femicide were recorded across mexico in 2900. women's rights advocates are demanding that all murders of women be automatically investigated as femicide when the to investigate some feminist c.d.o. when a murder is investigated as a femicide it automatically sets off a series of protocols recognised internationally through this documentation a statistic is generated making it possible to recognize the scope of the problem so public policy can be developed. outside the apartment building where. it was killed maybe join demonstrators in a vigil for all victims of gender based violence while it was the death of anybody that has come to you that support these latest demonstrations protests against gender based violence are becoming louder and more frequent in mexico more than 20 different organizations have signed an open letter against gender violence in

mexico. with emotions still running high more demonstrations are expected when. mexico city. and the news ahead u.s. secretary of state lands in senegal as they want to convince african countries to take sides in the china trade war also. pointed. queensland where millions of tonnes of coal a ship out of australia every year find out why some communities remain divided a whole mining and climate change. and in sport far will tell us about the ugandan running himself into the record books. hello winter continues in the north of syria in turkey and beyond the cloud in the

case is something that it's tough to kleefisch is not especially windy all of that cold but we have got cold rain or snow with a bit of hype is just across through northern iraq and into iran and south of all that the clouds more just died out support for few showers for iraq the picture on monday's a fairly dry one but it's not finished the still on shore breeze for the advances there got showers or overcast weather was some rain is not that warm in jerusalem that better in beirut than is plus one indicating this is not because he was obviously and further south in doha 27 is very pleasantly will compared to the say a week ago that the cold air that's becoming out of eastern europe has been affecting fall last week or 2 all in off the temperatures in both egypt and libya last repeatable 18 us one about 22 things fitting on the bitter cold side and 16 in benghazi definitely so the sas that's been particularly warm down through southern

chad into say our sea temperatures near record values but apart from the dust in the air there's nothing in the sky is just sunshine and warmth on surprising me. thanks love to make loans to something because behind something a 1000000 taxpayers because most taxpayers never go away is a new one born every single day and it is an emerging national necessity visually request rationing of the support mechanism we created together because i happen to live in creeks somehow i'm a sinner i'm a bad person. that's machine on al-jazeera. we will maintain the finest fighting force the world has ever known the united states army is so reliant on the private sector i would call that dependency we have

a mismatch between the way we. work to be and the reality of the 21st century. home and if the person you're sending out you should be your child soldiers. child soldiers reloaded on al-jazeera. the. the earth. you're watching al-jazeera a reminder about top stories this hour the u.n. envoy scribing the arms of bongo on libya as a joke foreign ministers discuss the issue in munich they agreed not to interfere but many of them have been deeply involved in the conflicts. sudan's ousted

president omar bashir has appeared in court for a hearing on war crimes allegations in the darfur region the conflict there began in 2003 and minority rebels rose up against his government killing around 300000 people and displacing 2500000. china is reporting a slowdown in the number of new coronavirus cases for the 3rd day in a row but the world health organization chief says it's impossible to predict which direction the epidemic will take. and the publication of a recent speech by china's president is raising questions about why the public was not alerted about the outbreak sooner asian brown explains why. china's president xi jinping knew about the our break of the corona virus in early january that was 2 weeks before the government confirmed the 1st person to person transmission of the virus and more than a week before dr lee one liang was silenced by the government for alerting colleagues the president delivered

a speech to the politburo standing committee china's most powerful political body that was on february the 3rd but details were only released by state media this weekend those details amount to an official timeline of what the president knew and when on january the 20th she says he issued special instructions to try to contain the outbreak 3 days later the city of woo han was locked down a measure praised by the world health organization some analysts say china's leader appears to be covering his back after mounting criticism that he didn't respond fast enough on one hand. chinese leaders who would like to demonstrate that it had not the late acting in taking action to contain the damage that it had not tried to conceal the facts from the puppy but then are obviously the cover up conspiracy is very much in the minds of chinese people president xi also accused

regional communist party leaders of not carrying out orders from the government in beijing and vowed to punish incompetent administrator this is the greatest crisis to come from president xi jinping since he came to power more than 8 years ago because it indicates the top leadership were aware of the potential for verity of a virus weeks before the public were told of dangers at beijing's new international airport the economic impact from the virus is clear with few airlines flying to china one of the world's busiest travel hubs is at a virtual standstill. desolate scenes too across the border in hong kong on a sunday the city's world famous homicide would normally be teeming with tourists but this weekend just 3000 visitors arrived deepening the sense of isolation here as well adrian brown al-jazeera hong kong. here i secretary of state might pump

a 0 is in senegal his 1st official trip to africa since taking office from power was hosted by senegalese president back saul and dhaka a short while ago of being talking about china's growing influence across the continent and the fight against groups. senegal's leaders and i also talked about islamist terrorism which endangers 350000000 people right here in west africa. and it threatens americans too. and we are counting on set to go and it is an important ally in this fight and i assured our friends that the u.s. will keep up this fight as well. in addition we discussed how the united states can continue training in supporting senegalese peacekeepers in the region their success of in transition the gambia to a democracy is a historic legacy well for more on that is standing by for us in the senegalese capital dhaka on the cholas. well

this this this press conference was really no surprise for any people who are observing the united states and their involvement in africa many people wondering what is it all about because 2 years ago the national security advisor at the time john bolton announced a pullout of american troops in the region but at the same time within the last 2 years attacks from groups like the islamic state in the greater sahara and book her has doubled in fact came just yesterday in mali 22 people were killed in the village of go by the border in mali so really an uptick of violence so a lot of people here wondering why is the united states pulling out in this region and joining us live here is how a from the open society of democracies in west africa to perhaps answer this question how will the effect how will this affect the west africa region the pullout of west of american troops from this region. knows a key role in such u.s.

united states plays into the jones and so interest. and tending. so it would be a p.t. job the u.s. pullout from gaza teachin we see heightening off attacks more countries being ones of being called on up saying you know. miley oh he's already a serious case they sent this into a few months still in nigeria. attacking civilians and being a grant gets hit so us were expecting to play you know even to be go to war in supporting stuff bt and peace and that each and so in this power vacuum if the american pulls out who can replace them in this region ohm we had betting on. the county's investing mall you know as a security. and now on peace and stability us. she you know

us has a competitive advantage that china doesn't have a chinese coming law as it doesn't have that france doesn't have so it's i don't see i think is going to be. a vacuum to be. i don't know to be bridged the gap to be bridge. maybe betting on our countries investing more in security but it would be a pity so much of this visit might compare mentioned is prosper which is this theme that they would he want to see more american investment in africa saying that people that the african countries shouldn't be betting just on china has invested heavily on the continent when you make of all of this i think. we african country african citizens we want more investment in terms of creating jobs but also in terms of for supporting local industries local economy to have more options for

the u.s. we have important to use population to have access to education to training to skills but also to have jobs i don't see china or russia or turkey that defending their interests that pushing for their companies. should come from africa but the solution to come from a more a i think a dynamic. access to markets for companies but also for countries that support you know legal reform that benefits to citizens office i think since trump has come to power is there any clarity of what the u.s. foreign policy is on africa from the african perspective well i wonder is there is any policy we have seen contradicting science and most u.s. funded over 100000000 ebay's in asia and the right after. the opening so usa that it's a calling out we have seen. secretary of state coming to visit africa

19 months after he came to office now touring 4 countries in countries in 4 days. it's a very you know confusing state in the us especially as we think of that we need power balance in and in balance in presence of different powers missing i've seen china that have military aspiration china is no longer only a countries that is seeking market that is seeking access into office got market trials that is seeking to. selling its product china is aspiring to be a military force and russia is interested enough by the russia its interest in africa is more about private companies coming for trade deals so it's a p.t. that the u.s. is playing no longer are only used to play in between being a safeguard for democracy for good governance for rule of law and civil society

missed that us that the us used to play enough and we hope that. in the coming months in the coming years we will get we have come back because of us we used to have invested when obama visited sago there was tens of thousands of people lining the streets right behind your truck has never come to the continent he just recently announced a travel ban on for african countries including the jury the most published and biggest economy in the in the continent what do you make of all of this well i think it just demonstrate the fact that africa isn't a priority for the u.s. and for top administration. the i think the record that when rex tillerson visited africa as a day he ended his visit he was fired so nothing happened it shows or saw that. we need when i say we. can look at our you know science our you know competitive

advantage and try to set to be to be on the setting agenda but not on city c.v. as long as we depend on the really awful forces like us that one day can be interested in the other day and i'm not interested to see to be like you know fellow beings at times depending on one's own how about thank you very much now compare is headed to angola then you need the o.p.'s 3 countries on this visit 3 countries that have been heavily invested by china pump it calls that investment a debt trap saying that that these countries should be investing in american companies but it seems that china is already one step ahead it's been using the african continent to circumvent trade tariff barriers that the u.s. has put in place and to export from the african continent so that's a large part of pompei as visitors try to garner more support towards his policy in the white house policy of africa prosper and defend american interests come back to

you think that that 2nd life in dhaka. turkey's foreign minister has told his russian counterpart that the syrian government must halt its offensive an adlib province but the chavez show lumet lever off on saturday during the munich security conference comes ahead of talks between turkey and russia and moscow of turkey's warned it would take necessary steps if diplomatic efforts with russia fail. say the u.s. in this delegation will meet with the russian delegation tomorrow in moscow prior to the summit with sergei lavrov said the aggression and it live should stop and the permanent cease fires should be established or delegations will evaluate the incisions tomorrow in moscow. for the 2nd year in a row the world's busiest route for migrant smuggling is from north africa to yemen the un migration agency reports 138000 people made the voyage across the gulf of aden in 2019 hoping to reach saudi arabia that's 28000 more than crossed the mediterranean sea to europe 9 out of 10 travelers through yemen where if the opium

all crossed from djibouti and somalia and smugglers boats risking war zones kidnapping torture for ransom exploitation and trafficking and many face deportation if they do manage to reach saudi arabia. iran in their game is spokeswoman for the east and horn of africa or at the international organization for migration she says many are exploited after being promised a better life. there is a lot of reporting about the 10s of thousands that we see crossing the mediterranean trying to get europe but in this part of the continent there has been an exponential rise in the number of migrants trying to get to the gulf country normally as you said in the intro to the small country of djibouti in the whole of africa crossing the goal of aden taking the dangerous shit a perfectly go and trying to pulp to yemen and into saudi arabia many of the people

are young people from countries like egypt looking for opportunity many of them spent a week walking through the mountains and 100 out food sometimes without water like you rightly said hansei are confronted by smugglers and traffickers some do go along the way and all again in huge oh this better life will be received back to life and in the last year or so there has been this exponential rise we estimate anywhere between 13508000 clippings that to place well that is the horn of africa just last year and we also have made around every single month around 11500 trying to make the crossing. because our foreign minister says efforts to end the almost 3 year long blockade have failed but the car is remain open to resolving the dispute saudi arabia the united arab emirates bahrain and egypt are refusing to restore political trade and transport links sakari reports. from un

says been speculation that the blockade of cattle by its neighbors could be nearing an end the foreign minister announced at the munich security council that talks to ease detention came to an end last month in 2017 saudi arabia the u.a.e. aebischer reign and egypt cut through diplomatic and economic ties with qatar we are open to any genuine intention to resolve this problem and we have been we did. straight that this in fact when there was an opening. here and november and of last year. and unfortunately these efforts didn't succeed and spears suspended at the beginning of january but would remain at the same position that we are often the 4 blockading countries accused cats of supporting terrorism which it's repeatedly tonight it's also rejected a list of 13 demands which include closing its hawkish military base downgrading

ties with iran and shutting down the al-jazeera media network. in december cats are sent its highest representation since the blockade then prime minister. to the annual gulf cooperation council summit in saudi arabia at the time capsule had said they'd been positive talks with saudi leaders his attendance came after the national football teams of saudi behind and the u.a.e. all took part in the arabian gulf cup in cats on november reversing an earlier decision not to participate. cattle is home to the largest u.s. military base in the middle east and gulf region the u.s. has called on its gulf allies to end the feud fearing it might undermine its efforts to contain what seizes iran's growing influence in the region normally the united states should have been involved in pressing all the countries involved. saudi arabia the u.a.e. bahrain egypt and qatar to come to some kind of day talked we

have very very extensive relationships with all 4 of these governments all 5 of these governments and really it's a failure of u.s. diplomacy 3 years after the blockade began the 6 nation regional bloc is still struggling for unity so hideouts al jazeera the hot. a bus that has plunged into a ravine in peru killing at least 8 football fans from ecuador they were heading home from a cup game in the peruvian capital lima dozens of other fans were injured when the coach crashed off the pan-american highway. the approval of a huge new coal mine is dividing us reagan's catastrophic bushfires have increased debate about fossil fuels climate change and the switch to green energy but the new mine provides jobs and strengthens a strategic position as the world's largest coal exporter and they say o'brien has the story from the state of queensland. claremont population 3001 of

australia's mining heartlands most of the work here is a cult following and they keep all wilkes motel business going as well possibly 70 percent of their of a business would be call related in one way or another whether it be the shoe salesman all of the shampoo sidles men fuel salzman claremont's the closest town to the controversial comical mine and it's still 160 kilometers away. the mines are owned by the indian company adani and got the go ahead from the government last year after more than a decade they've been holed up so the environmental approvals and funding problems for the mines be scaled back from its initial plans however it will still be among a strain his biggest exposing at least $10000000.00 tonnes of coal a year this is the workers camp for the mine which is under construction just a few kilometers away we weren't allowed to film inside and wouldn't talk to us on

camera for this story the mine lies here in the galilee basin which is home to one of the biggest coal deposits in the world there are fears the mind could push an endangered bird species towards extinction while the land also holds spiritual significance to some indigenous groups adani will be the 1st mine in the basin and that's made it a flashpoint for protests it's madness to actually lead it to that it's got this far in the stein age with what we know about climate change and. one of the biggest. deposits because it had this shouldn't happen the mining industry and the role of fossil fuels in the climate crisis have been in the spotlight in australia after months of devastating bushfires and he has a drought a strike is the world's biggest exposures call and the government's being accused of not doing enough to reduce emissions or protect the planet. their generation called mana and local union chief steve smyth says he. members are open to change

but it's got to be realistic if they expect mourners in a family and community come along on this journey and i'm going to provide something more and what they were born there which is rhetoric and words and the fact that people are not convinced that renew the renewable sector can avoid the signs of employment so i'm going job security and a future for about them and they could be a daddy mine could be exporting its 1st call as soon as next year in the meantime mr ali remains deeply divided over whether minds are purely sources of money and opportunity or scars on the landscape that take more than i provide. al-jazeera queensland australia coming up next in sports the referee can step down it just the right moment during this kick boxing contest in thailand.

water an essential resource for all humankind across europe pressure to recognise water as a human right and put its management back into public hands is increasing i think that the european commission will be very very glad to those words brother. anybody is the only field. those people who see every 2 years something to invest the profit of they want all up to the last drop on al-jazeera. the kickout growers of togo. defenseless against the whims of an indifferent international marketplace. and political activist on a mission to establish a co-operative to make and sell chocolate on their own tongue. power plant a taste of independents on al-jazeera. the

all. time now for sports here's far kim thanks so much israel follows debut in the northern hemisphere as top rugby league competition didn't pass without controversy the super league is investigating whether to sounds were asked to take down rainbow flags during fallouts 1st game for the cattle and dragons follow joined the french side after being fired by rugby australia following a homophobic post on social media. is a good person is a good player will have value to the team on and off the field not judging him on any political or religious belief that is god we said in the statement what we said

we will not repeat in this in that was said whether you like the or don't like you whether you agree with the group with it we can't quite clearly do not agree with it we said well that's it atalanta have cemented their place in the champions league qualifying spots following a 21 win against roma in italy sorry our substitute mario palaces soared this stunning goal seconds after coming off the bench to seal the win for the home side atalanta are 4th in the table 6 points ahead of from. liverpool manager your gun club says he has sympathy for his english premier league rivals manchester city city had been hit with a 2 year ban from european competition for breaching financial fair play regulations on saturday club steam norge one nil to move 25 points clear of the top of the table when city. here play sensation in football and. that's how

it is always admired what they do what he's doing what they do and do not and will be in this moment obviously but i can imagine it's hot it's really hard in the moment for the sports people celtic have increased their lead at the top of the scottish premiership the glasgow giants beat aberdeen $21.00 earlier callum mcgregor and christopher scoring goals which means they now have a 13 point lead at the top of the table celtic are trying to win the league for england the street time. or world number one roy mcelroy has a share of the lead heading into the final round of the genesis invitational tiger woods didn't have such a productive 3rd round in los angeles shot a 5 over par round of $76.00 and is out of title contention mark roy is back at the top of the world rankings for the 1st time in 5 years the northern irishman is on 10 under par alongside not culture and out of the scots.

the outstanding player at sunday's n.b.a. all-star game will win the newly named kobe bryant toward the all star contests between the best players from the league's western and eastern conference's will feature a series of tributes to bryant while legend died with his daughter jana and 7 others in a helicopter crash last. no grownup who was. not just my probably the whole generation. who were my age and. know what i see was it was the mother joy of our generation. it was one of those guys that you know gave back to the game so much. and despite this leap of faith over 7 foot boston celtics player topple saul aaron gordon of the orlando magic again missed out on winning saturday's slam dunk title after 2 tiebreakers the trophy instead went to miami heat forward steve wants to. uganda's joshua chapter

has smashed the 5 kilometer road world record the 10000 meter world champion took an astonishing 27 seconds off the previous record at this race in monaco the 23 year old running in the distance in 12 minutes and 51 seconds. and a kickboxing referee stepped in at just the right time during a contest in thailand a local fighter called neymar was knocked unconscious by his opponent by but just before he fell to the ground the referee came to his rescue diving saved that prevented name ours had from hitting the canvas and thankfully the stricken slider was able to recover his senses. ok and that is all your support for now came back to you thank you so much for that far to stay with us here on al-jazeera and i'll be back with you in just a few moments with more of the day's news.

progress. or a serious mistake. fishel intelligence is slowly invading every aspect of our love . but very few of us really understand its capabilities for better or worse. in a new documentary i'll just 0 explores the impact of they are accessing vast amounts of our personal data sets data. coming soon to illustrate your fears a wise thing about china's growing influence on university campuses it's. one i

want to just investigates called beijing is moving power off report on al-jazeera. a unique kid endangered biodiversity lives in the heart of one of ecuador's tropical jungles there was a lot of misinformation about the i knew of a half here and now the probability is becoming but others of conservation in their communities al-jazeera journeys deep into the rain forest to follow a scientist and have teams efforts to save the flora and fauna so precious in the region women make science ecuador's hidden treasure on al-jazeera. al-jazeera right where ever meet.

the u.s. begins rematch reading some of its citizens from japan from a quarantine to cruise ship time is that they did say slowing and fictions proved a containment efforts on work a. time came but al this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. the arms embargo. and so it's you know we all really need to step up here. the u.n. criticizes it goes that breaking libya's weapons and warning the agreement is hanging by a thread. sudan's ousted president omar al bashir appears and call.