and current affairs that matter to you. al jazeera. confined for weeks by the coronavirus hundreds of u.s. citizens are evacuated from a ship in japan as the rate of infection in china slows the president she faces claims he knew about the outbreak threat weeks before the public was told. i'm more into this is al jazeera live from london also coming up significant gains for syrian forces state media reports the government has now seized control of most of the rebel held province of aleppo. the arms embargo has become a joke and so it you know we are risky to step out here frustration from the u.n.

over repeated violations of an arms embargo in libya. and facing a very different future designers imagine solutions to mars problems. and of increasingly tight restrictions in china as few bay province seem to be having a positive effect on the spread of the coronavirus all 60000000 people have been ordered to stay at home private cars have been banned and businesses are closed and for the 3rd straight day doctors there say there has been a drop in the number of new cases 142 deaths were reported on sunday along with 2000 new infections most are in who bay province where the outbreak was 1st reported in december 1669 people have died from the virus all but 5 in mainland

china and latest deaths outside the mainland was in taiwan a taxi driver who had not traveled abroad recently and in japan hundreds of american passengers that were on board accord cruise ship now left the diamond princess they'll be flown back to the u.s. and face another 2 weeks in isolation. all right this is about to step into the big wide world so i have to my mask on. an american couple from new york failed in their last moments disembarking from the ship they're expected to leave japan on u.s. chartered flights canada hong kong and italy making similar efforts to hit their citizens from japan. that's going to have to she have to tansey who's in washington d.c. what's the latest on the logistics of that repatriation we understand one of the flights is taken off now. off the 400 americans on board that

ship 302100 about to go to stay on board for a variety of reasons rather than including not one thing to make a very cold windowless journey on a cargo plane to the u.s. either to california or to texas and then spend 14 days in quarantine however we were being told that they will eventually be allowed off the ship on february 19th but then will not be allowed to return to the u.s. until march before we got more of an understanding of what's going to happen to those who are coming home who don't show any symptoms of the coronavirus what's going to happen to the $44.00 who are showing symptoms of the current iraq coronavirus from one of the u.s. officials in charge of the repairs. going to go anywhere they're going to be in hospitals in japan and people who have symptoms will not be able to get on the evacuation plane others are going to be evacuated starting imminently to

air force bases in the united states if people on the plane start to develop symptoms they'll be segregated within the plane so there's a very firm plan with this $747.00 that is going to take these passengers now who have been there she have in general what's the level of concern in the u.s. about the virus. understandable unease obviously we have 15 cases confirmed cases of the coronavirus in the us however we also have several 10600 i think is the last number i saw of people who are in 14 day quarantine in the us there are people who have recently returned from who better either on military bases in the main or in their own houses but really that there seems to be a sense that the government is doing all it can to keep it all over that something is happening over that trusting the authorities are doing everything they can in fact. we were looking for opinion polls just to give us more resends and we can

only find one from last weekend on american concern over the current rise in itself suggests there isn't that much concern and the result was 66 percent of americans say the virus will not impact their personal personal lives so there is that we are also looking at the the media shows barely a mention on the sunday morning media shows there is however a concern amongst the asian american community here in the us of a rise in xenophobia against asian americans and this country has a long history about she able to thank you very much and in mainland china i know is growing over allegations that president xi jinping and top leaders knew about the threat of the outbreak weeks before it was revealed to the public is following the story from hong kong. 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 leon 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. the chinese leaders would like to demonstrate that it had not the late in reacting in taking action to contain the epidemic 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 proud of both dangers had 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 harbor side 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 hundreds of demonstrators have rallied for a 2nd day in hong kong against government plans to turn some buildings into quarantine centers the city has 57 confirmed cases of the coronavirus and paradigms administration is coming under increased criticism for its handling of the crisis so clark has more. this is one of a number of community protests being held across hong kong this weekend but the anger here is from this community against the government by what they say is a lack of public consultation with these series about the sitting up of a crime a virus treatment clinic in their population or in a district south of the complaint is that number one they didn't get the consultation from the government but number 2 they're being set up in these highly populated areas there's a fear of a community outbreak but you might be able to see behind me certainly around me there are a number of flags that are calling for independence and anti-government slogans

this particular protest movement is now morphing into the pro-democracy groups and the anti-government movement once again. syrian state media is reporting that government forces have seized most of the rebel held aleppo province russian planes have been bombing the region in the northwest president bashar assad's forces have made significant gains over the past few days seizing the strategic and 5 highway linking aleppo to damascus turkey has sent thousands of troops to shore up its observation posts and it led. to his foreign minister has told his russian counterpart that attacks in syria's region must stop and that a cease fire has to be achieved if so lou that's a lever off on saturday during the munich security conference and career and moscow support opposing sides in the conflict but have collaborated on

a political solution turkish and russian officials are due to discuss the issue on monday in moscow it will say that with us in this delegation you meet with the russian delegation tomorrow in moscow prior to the summit with sergey lavrov said the aggression and it looked should stop and a permanent cease fire should be established or delegations will evaluate these issues tomorrow in moscow. rebels have abandoned strategic areas in aleppo and it labe as government troops tighten their grip in the northwest but with turkey's involvement increasing those fighting bashar al assad's forces are hoping they can regain ground and reverse the government's gains. ports from turkey's border with syria. these are fighters from the national liberation front a rebel alliance backed by turkey outgunned and outnumbered the fighters seek refuge behind in you directed embankment on the other side government troops are

stepping up their campaign. thought more through what. we are consolidating our defense lines setting up small flexible command centers and most of the factions are coordinating their operations and our image to drag government forces into our own area fighting has surged over the last few days president bashar al assad's forces have regained control of many areas in aleppo and live. there advance infuriated turkey which accuses said of violating the terms of a cease fire agreement turkey signed with russia and iran 2 years ago unka has sent more troops into it and expanded its military outposts despite that damascus insists its campaign won't stop turkey's growing involvement in the syrian conflict is welcomed by the rebels to see it as an opportunity for a cultural offensive. we are still fighting to prevent assad's army and the

militias backing him from destroying our villages and evicting civilians the morale of our fight is high and we are all determined to defeat assad the rebels have been weakened by internal fighting and divisions the national liberation front is one among many thatchers operating in rebel held territory but hey at the us. is the most powerful it's an alliance of many groups with a strong presence in it live. the rebels have no hope of defeating assad's troops who are making more gains and determined to take over the last area held by the opposition now their last chance is that turkey increases its military presence in syria stops the government offensive and imposes a ceasefire but such agreement will be decided by 3 key powers russia turkey and iran. the tie on turkey's border with syria. at least

2 people have been killed and 5 others injured by a car bomb near syria's border with turkey the bomb was detonated in the town of tel aviv in rock a province dozens of civilians have been killed by car bombs in the town since turkish backed forces drove up the kurdish why p.g. fighters in october state media have blamed it tack on the y. p.g. . the un's deputy special representative to libya has labeled the arms embargo aimed at reducing fighting in the country a joke stephanie williams said that those who breach it must be held to account because she is between the un recognized government and warlord highly for have to do to resume on tuesday diplomatic editor james bays reports from munich. 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

at a summit in. 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 brazil won't choose day 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's a ceasefire and that remains a very big lebanese government backed by the saudi led. what the u.n. says it's the 1st exchange of its size since the 5 year conflict began the timing and number of prisoners has not been specified by the u.n. special envoy to yemen urging parties to move forward with the utmost sense of

urgency a swap as part of a u.n. mediated deal brokered in sweden in 2018 where the warring parties agreed to exchange some 15000 detainees. gunshots have been heard and tear gas sprayed in central baghdad square dozens of protesters fought with police who used smoke bombs to disperse the crowds on sunday just as say the tents were set on fire by security forces iraq's human rights commission says nearly 550 iraqis have been killed since anti-government demonstrations began in october earlier multiple missiles landed in baghdad some near the u.s. embassy and other exploded close to the office of the popular mobilization forces a paramilitary group backed by iran no casualties have been reported and no one has claimed responsibility for the attacks still to come on al-jazeera. selling u.s.

policy to africa state might compare makes his 1st visit to the continent. cross the u.k. and western europe. hello and welcome back now as you look at weather conditions across australasia jam some big storms across the cape york peninsula there in northern queensland one or 2 showers also for new south wales and further towards the west across parts of western astride this line of thunderstorms associated with a trough of low pressure we can expect in the forecast want to 2 more showers here meanwhile would like to see an area of quite significant rain developing not just across new south wales in fact some of these areas here haven't seen significant rainfall in 3 years so any precipitation which falls is going to be very welcome

indeed for me the forecast for monday through to choose to you can see the area developing towards parts of south australia and indeed towards new south wales and some heavy rain is likely here that the rain affecting the western side of the south the island of new zealand that's expected to clear away so brighter conditions are likely here moving up into northeastern parts of asia this weather systems a pick the active feature and also quite a contrast in temperatures across it affecting japan so temperatures still not much above freezing for northern japan their heavy snowfall in places further south mother tokyo not fairing too badly with the winds coming in from the west it should be largely dry in the capital there with highs of 17 degrees that low pressure center like to give further showers northwards to hug. capturing a moment in time. snapshots of out alive. of the

stories. providing the clips into someone else's work out live was there a or. inspiring documentaries from impassioned filmmakers. witness on al-jazeera. or one of the top stories here on ars there are hundreds of american passengers who'd been on board a quarantine cruise ship in japan have now left 44 americans who are confirmed to have the coronavirus will stay in japanese hospitals the 1st plane has already left

for the u.s. to take those well enough to travel home. to his foreign minister has told his russian counterpart that attacks in syria's last rebel held stronghold must stop and that a cease fire has to be achieved that syrian government forces backed by russian air power to be trying to seize control of it live. one of the un's top representatives on libya says the weapons a bugger that has become a joke and that those who breach it must be held to account for ministers from around the world met on the sidelines of security summit in munich to discuss the conflict. at least 22 people including 14 children have been killed in a massacre by an armed group in cameroon the attack happened on friday in the farming village a god who in the northwest region of cameroon there were a string of clashes between rebels and the government in the area over the desire to create a separate english speaking state. sudan's ousted president omar bashir has

appeared in court in khartoum accused of corruption and killing protesters as well as those charges sudan's attorney general said bashir was being questioned over money laundering and financing terrorism it's the latest legal problem for the former president who was overthrown following mass protests fogel gain or is an international criminal lawyer and counsel for victims at the international criminal court he says questions still remain over whether sudan is able and willing to investigate the full range of bashir his crimes. it's not clear exactly what's going to happen from here on in certainly the prosecutor of the i.c.c. fatou bensouda has already raised the possibility of a trial before sudanese courts in sudan that's what she raised as a possibility with the un security council in december the principal obligation to carry out an investigation and prosecution does 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 investigation of prosecuting prosecution into the full range of crimes at issue it concerns a vast company of ethnic cleansing and genocide in darfur so it remains to be seen whether sudan it is willing to do that within its own of course a could a trial take place safely in khartoum that's a big question and if justice in this case is really to be delivered close to where the victims live well that an arguably it should not take place in khartoum which should be in darfur under the security situation in dar for envisage 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 in

a secular state might pompei or has concluded his trip to senegal in what is his 1st trip to the continent since entering office 2 years ago is now headed to angola and ethiopia where he'll continue to warn against china's influence on the continent there's nicolas hackery ports the u.s. hasn't always been the most reliable of allies itself. explaining chum's policy towards africa it's the challenging mission set to secretary of state mike pompei on a 5 day visit to the continent the visit comes after the white house and now and a travel ban on 4 african nations and a withdrawal of troops from west africa along with terrorism which endangered 350000000 people right here in west africa. it threatens americans too we are counting on 7 go it is enough for ally in this fight my assured our friends that the u.s. will keep up this fight as well. according to the u.n. attacks by armed groups like the islamic state in the greater south and doubled with $4000.00 deaths in the last year he knows

a key role exactly united states pays him to be junk surveyance and training i think it just demonstrate the fact that africa isn't a priority for the us and for top administration despite trump's travel ban being extended at the end of february to take in the 4 african countries including the continent's biggest economy pale insisted that the u.s. is open for business. and warned against china's growing influence since 2000 china has invested over $280000000000.00 in africa and now it seems that the investment is paying off chinese investors are using african nations to avoid u.s. trade tariff imposed on goods made in china. argo us other than we have the reviews in place with us we can export to the u.s. duty free and that's what he's directing chinese investors to come here in senegal and more generally to africa also it takes just 14 days from the car by ship to get

to the u.s. compare that to shanghai where it takes 2 months and it's a lot more expensive. after senegal pump it was heading to angola then 3 countries benefiting from chinese investments compare call that a debt trap think american investments are a lot better the challenge for the secretary of state is a put word into action and on that china is one step ahead nicholas hawke al-jazeera deckard. in india demonstrations are being held over a supreme court ruling which said that states are no longer bound to reserve promotions for the so-called lower costs and minority tribes and your correspondent elizabeth cohen i'm spoke to some of the 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 the fundamental driver 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 of 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. trick by the one where the forces of. so we are here with this 1st save constitution save as a sea of citizenship save constitution we are proud 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. and he's one person has died a storm dennis wreaked havoc across the united kingdom at london's heathrow airport planes battled strong winds as they struggle to land or at least $500.00 flood warnings issued across the u.k. being forced hundreds of people from their homes across wales and england's midlands. the role of design in overcoming challenges that humans could face in the future is the subject of a major exhibition at the philadelphia museum of alt it's called designs for a different future and a report on the reality of today

about the present but about imagining the future of everything like this 25 collaged passports proposing a system to allow people to temporarily exchange citizenship a critique of a world where goods and services freely cross borders where humans often can't it's one of more than 75 exhibits by designers tackling issues of the future and the human condition at a major new exhibition at the pill adelphia museum of art it is a vast show that tries to ask a lot of questions without necessarily giving answers. when you come to an exhibition about the future you might expect to see things like this robots and there is one this is corey that looks at the interaction between robots and humans and artificial intelligence but this exhibition is also about a lot more these faces were created from d.n.a.

extracted from discarded cigarette ends and gum on the streets the designer using the genetic information to render the portraits. there are several pieces related to food like these 2 salmon a larger genetically modified one next to a smaller organic one and a replica of steaks grown out of human cells from hospital waste both provocative ideas electing a future where food resources are strained the idea is to make people think about food as a cornerstone of human civilization and think about what will happen to food and the future of human diet as we start thinking about the big challenges that are lying ahead like climate change diversity loss and environmental pollution einstein once said he never thinks of the future because it will come bast enough in this exhibit designers are the ones bringing bear ideas for the future and not telling people what to think rather what to think about gabriel's andro al-jazeera

philadelphia. and you catch up at any time check out our website the rest of that is al-jazeera dot com and watch us live by taking on the live icon. from one of the top stories on al-jazeera chinese doctors say new coronavirus cases have fallen for the 3rd straight day taiwan though has recorded its 1st death and hundreds of american passengers had been on board a quarantine and cruise ship in japan have now left the diamond princess the 1st plane has set off for the u.s. passengers will face another 2 weeks in isolation 44 americans on the ship have been infected and will stay in hospital in japan. syrian state media is reporting that government forces have seized most of the rebel held aleppo province russian

planes have been bombing the region president bashar assad's forces have seized the strategic m. 5 highway linking aleppo to damascus in the last few days. meanwhile turkey's foreign minister has told his russian counterpart that attacks in syria's last rebel held stronghold must stop and that a cease fire has to be achieved turkey has sent thousands of troops to shore up its observation posts and ad lib turkish and russian officials are due to discuss the issue in moscow. with us and a delegation you meet with the russian delegation tomorrow in moscow prior to the summit with sergei lavrov to be aggression and it looked should stop and the permanent cease fires should be established or delegations will evaluate these issues tomorrow in moscow. one of the un's top representatives on libya says the weapons in barga there has become a joke deputy special representative stephanie williams so those who breach it must be held to account for ministers from around the world but on the sidelines of

a security summit in munich sudan's ousted president omar bashir has appeared in court in khartoum accused of corruption and killing protesters as well as those charges sudan's attorney general said bashir was also being questioned over money laundering and financing terrorism your sector state might pompei it has concluded his trip to set a goal the 1st stop on his visit to africa was hosted by senegalese president becky south in dhaka and he also met the foreign minister from paris keen to stress washington support for setting goals security witness is up next introducing us to 2 albanian sisters trapped in a blood feud what is fear from doha after that. on counting the cost the coronavirus and its impact on the gas market spending billions of dollars to save trillions later from new york to jakarta we look at the cost of rising sea level buffers the oceans warm up divers improve our risk it all. come together cough on

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