as wounded while working on mines i wasn't scared to lose an arm or a leg is the sacrifice we have to like to serve this country. the e.u. agrees to launch a new mission in the mediterranean to block weapons getting into libya and enforce a u.n. embargo that's currently being ignored it's. hello there i'm hala magazine and this is al-jazeera my from doha also coming out infected americans from a coronavirus riddled cruise ship arrived home on a vacuum ration flight says the epidemic claims more lives in china. from coal to renewable energy homes south africans are making the switch to coles their electricity bills also we take a look at our stats painting

a different vision of the future. now a new european union efforts will be launched to enforce an arms embargo on libya which is being floated so much it's been described by the u.n. as a joke it was announced after a meeting of e.u. foreign ministers in brussels and earlier mission collapse last year after disagreements with italy the new mission is to involve air land and naval assets well charles stratford says in the libyan capital libyan city of misrata live to him after get some more details about that announcement from donna dominic kane who is in berlin for us the german foreign minister must says this agreement has been

reached what else did he have to say. one of the things the german government has been really keen to stress is the need for the international community to do more to try to bring the warring factions to project bring to the warring factions together to try to bring the conflict to an end certainly that's what that is the master the foreign minister was referring to at the munich security conference over the weekend but also certainly that was the case when he and the government here tried to bring together all the relevant parties in berlin in january and so from his perspective mr mass that is what's happened in brussels today is the next stage in trying to thrash out some sort of solution something that can be applied to an e.u. wide level this is what he had to say. of a musician libya is also about the security of europe so everyone must be aware that we have to make a contribution to ensure our security here in europe those who are thinking about

migration must realize that these problems can only be solved with libya is no longer a failed state when there is a security structure with which we can work. the important thing to stress here is that until today it has been pretty clear that one government amongst the 27 e.u. governments has been resistant to what's happened today the austrian government they really have very strong concerns that anything that's done does not increase the flow of migrants from libya across the mediterranean sea what appears to have been agreed is that what will be done the patrolling element of this operation being announced will take place in areas where migrant ships tend not to go and so on the basis of that agreement it appears the austrian government has decided to to stop standing in the way as it were but there's a lot more detail of what what devil in the detail as it were regarding this and

it's pretty clear that nothing's going to happen immediately regarding what's been agreed in brussels today ok dominic cain live for us and barry lynn thank you and let's head across to libya now charles stratford's is in misrata charles what sort of impact would you say that either you embargo is likely to have in the bia. as you heard from dominic. the question's been also about how long he's going to take to start implementing this plan but the the practical kind of challenge is on the ground and in the city in the yeah all the implementing any kind evolves in boggo are exceptionally difficult bear in mind that the libyan coast is around 2000 kilometers long the country over this is 6 other countries the land border with chad for example alone is over a 1000 kilometers long so there are huge challenges he joins. in trying to

implement any such plan the big fights are the basic facts of the boundaries those according to the u.a.e. the flow of all the scenes in this country despite attempts at a ceasefire. despite attempts at whole to give our audience has has continued indeed some gold is saying it's actually increased the u.n. saying that around here around 200000 tons could be up 220-0000 tons of all the registered weapons in libya already and as we heard from a spokesperson earlier today for the u.n. backed government in tripoli they were saying that so far at least the renegade general general khalifa in the east has ignored any of the crime new plans or on the standings that have been put together in previous diplomatic meetings and he's ignored any of the minute she got of suggestions that are being put forward as well and it was general powell himself last week. very soon after that u.n.

security council resolution was false to say that he schools would continue until in his words they controlled tripoli so it meant china just for the europeans one thing space to say face to say though and that is that finally it seems that the europeans i see are. asli waking up to the kind of crisis that we're witnessing in this country that although things look calm here during this celebration if you got to answer the front lines and some tripoli it's very much a civil war there will not $150000.00 people displaced from their homes already and hundreds of civilians killed so yeah 1 many of the critics would say it's about time that the europeans pull that figure out if you will ok i'm going to have to leave it there but thank you very much indeed for joining us that it's wrong. but china's military is sending hundreds more doctors and nurses to woo han the

epicenter of the corona virus outbreak which is claimed more lives 10 percent of china's critical care workers are know in who han well john hopkins university is tracking the epidemic the red circles indicates infection numbers that another 2000 were reporters on sunday at the top so in mainland china is heading towards $72.00 thousands and more than 1770 people have no diets or the world health organization is sending its own team of experts to beijing and 2 provinces for the 1st time in history china is considering delaying its annual congress stance the year's biggest political meeting there japan has confirmed 99 a further infections on board a quarantines cruise ship in the ports of york or hama and that's taken that also number of cases to over 500 in that country now hundreds of american passengers

have been formed back home and 14 of them are confirmed to have the virus but not all have chosen to leave passengers under quarantine or pull some videos like this and they remain on boards where matthew smith is one of those still stuck on board he says he was worried about getting a virus if he left the ship with other people. but sensually we decided that the circumstances in which they were going to provide the flight and the requirement that we do another 2 week or in team is that we hadn't done one already just was not acceptable to us and in fact the news mal that they put 14 infected people on the flight with everyone else has just confirmed to us that they weren't really providing a safe method of transportation back to a united states everyone is directed to remain in their cabins the exception is for those who have indoor and inside cabins and just window cabins they are provided an

opportunity to go on deck there are protocols to keep them apart i don't know how well they are succeeding i don't know but in terms of that we have remained in our cabin now for 2 weeks and have not crossed the threshold no one's come inside and we do go out on our balcony but if there are other people in surrounding balconies we tend to come right back inside so as to maintain the isolation that prevents this pet of the virus 7 o'clock a boy from hong kong. millions of chinese are returning to work some companies have reopened their factories as i try to get back to business as usual after being shot for weeks. 50 percent of our employees have returned to work bringing our production capacity to 50 percent we predict all of our workers will be back on their post by the end of february and a production capacity will return to normal. employees arriving for work

a getting additional checks to make sure they're healthy and the government's offering companies tax incentives to limit the economic damage of the outbreak the government's also rolled out some measures to help enterprises and ensure their normal operation so we're encouraged and feel confident government statistics on monday showed a continuing rise in the infection right in china but the fatality right has fallen the national health commission says the situation is improving outside here by the province at the center of the crisis to. the places outside of who by a total of 115 new cases were reported on sunday including 5 new did the number of newly confirmed cases outside of cuba has kept declining for 13 days in a row the number of new confirmed cases remained at a relatively low level. in here by the situation is grim inside this makeshift hospital and will hand patients queue for food and treatment as medical staff care

for the rising number of infected china's military is sending hundreds of doctors and nurses to wehrhahn the world health organization is sending experts to beijing as well as to guangdong and sichuan province says. with the virus yet to be contained china's largest annual political meeting is expected to be postponed the national people's congress to start on march the 5th amazing next monday is due to decide if the meeting will be shelved the 1st time in china's recent history here in hong kong another infection was reported on monday with the spread of the virus is feeling more consumer panic with price toilet paper rolls and face masks still in short supply the government is calling for calm sarah clarke al-jazeera hong kong well government in britain a fast so have killed 24 people in a church the quitted the church pastor in the village of pouncey come in and set the building on fire it's the 3rd religious attack in the area within the last week

. the un is carrying out an urgency man a syrian assessments and cameron's english speaking region after an armed gang killed at least $22.00 people including 14 children but his attack was in the farming village of garbo in the north west the opposition is accusing the military of involvement with the un says its assistant tens of thousands affected by secessionist fighting in cameroon a suicide bomber has killed at least 7 people and injured 50 others in pakistan police and courts are the provincial capital of stan say a teenager detonated the bomb when they stop so i'm heading towards a religious rally. so they come here on al-jazeera lifesize is of candidates to be disqualified from standing in iran's parliamentary election. this was an agonizing decision for us and one that we didn't like lightly or easily and how one of the

world's biggest car manufacturers is putting the brakes on in australasia and. we've had a good scattering of snow showers across parts of the korean peninsula easing over towards japan recently and in fact in some say the dusting of snow i think the snow we're weather the heaviest snow will make its way into that western side of. it as we go on through were choose day maybe 3040 centimeters of snow certainly a possibility that it sweeps through bright skies come back in behind temperatures getting up to around 12 celsius there for tokyo picking up and sold as well to be up to around and 9 degrees lousy dry there she can see across a good part of china want to see right showers rapid nothing much to speak of showers meanwhile across malaysia and indonesia even

a few showers there into the philippines over the next few days with that northeasterly monsoon continues to drive those showers in showers to into the eastern side of vietnam heavier rain the united states just around southern parts of thailand pushing through the mill a peninsula even here at wetter weather willy's as we go on through the next day or so but not too much wet weather across south asia sloshy clear skies all the way we will see the temperatures picking up new delhi at around $27.00 celsius a similar temperature there for the whole wanted to show was towards the pole fewer and further between by midweek. on counting the cost for the coronavirus and its impact on the gas market spending billions of dollars to save trillions later from new york to chicago so we look at the cost of rising sea level of the oceans warm up values improve our riskier to.

contour the gulf on al-jazeera. poles and untold stories from asia and the pacific and out to sea and. this is out as here a quick reminder of the headlines this hour the european union efforts will be launched to enforce an arms embargo on libya which has been floated so much has been described by the u.n. as a joke new mission is to involve air land and naval assets was announced after a meeting of e.u. foreign ministers in brussels. the suicide bomber has killed at least 7 people and

injured 50 others in pakistan police and courts are the provincial capital all but look his sons say a teenager detonated a bomb and they stopped him heading towards a religious rally. and china's military is sending hundreds more doctors and nurses to run to reinforce the fight against the coronavirus the number of chinese killed is wise and calls 21870000 people infected. iran's parliament elections are happening on friday but much of the attention has been on candidates have been disqualified from standing more than $7000.00 applicants were told they can't run including current members of parliament as a big reports from to her on. coming to terms with life outside of politics after 4 years as a parliamentarian mahmud saw that he has now been told he can't stand for reelection he says he was told by the guardian council the body that oversees iran's elections

it's because he does not a baby stomach establishment he rejects that and says he wasn't surprised by the council's decision they didn't want to it wasn't very unexpected for me considering how the guardian council make decisions they didn't provide me with complete evidence they made notes of comments on the media and my tweets due to some of my speeches and tweets over recent incidents it seems like they paid attention to them others say being a committed parliamentarian doesn't guarantee candidacy wildhorse initial about those losses for example a candidate should have a good reputation and be committed to the constitution these are not issues one can prove in court the guardian council should see if one is committed to the constitution or not. out of the 8 to one members of parliament barred from re standing its many politicians from the reformist movement who have been singled out they say they want this republic's political system to be more open and democratic but that's opposed by conservatives who argue change isn't needed this level of

disqualifications has not been seen since the 2004 parliamentary elections when conservatives won the majority of the seats that's led to increased criticism of the council the vetting process and calls for reform more and more the the guardian council's interference has hurt its position and damage his reputation and unlike what they say it's because of the interests of the establishment of parliament should reflect people's voices and people's voices have variety they should let different opinions be present in the parliament it will lead to a dynamic parliament where people hope one of the reasons that there is a predicted low turnout is because people feel disappointed in the guardian council has rejected criticism that its decisions are politically motivated and some predict conservatives are set to make gains in this election president rouhani has put forward a motion for a referendum on the vetting power of the guardian council. but if conservative win the majority of seats in these elections that motion is unlikely to pass and the status quo will continue setting the stage for next year's presidential elections

and a possible change in political direction. al-jazeera the her own. iran's parliament speaker on the has become the 1st foreign official to visit lebanon's new government he met suppressants michel i won and said iran was ready to help the economy prime minister has sent dia has promised to come up with a plan to ease the financial crisis but protesters are denouncing his cabinet and say they want a complete overhaul of the political system let's get more now from santa harder she joins us live from beirut zain an offer of help there from iran how has that been received by eleven's parliaments. well iran is a major player in lebanese politics it has allies in this country in fact its allies control parliament and control the government its main ally of course the shia armed group has a law now iran also has enemies and levanon there are local lebanese groups which

believe that iran is implementing its agenda in lebanon its hijacking levanon through its local allies so iran really is a very divisive issue so when they make any offer of support there is the opposition there are some in lebanon who say that the very fact that iran is the 1st foreign country to send their officials into the new government has been has received a vote of confidence in parliament last week risks isolating lebanon even further lebanon is facing an unprecedented economic and financial crisis this state is close to bankruptcy so yes levanon needs billions of dollars but is that something that iran will be able to help a country which is under sanctions a country which is also suffering from an economic crisis level on is finding itself really caught in the cross-fire of the u.s. standoff in the region and the international community really there has been no expressed expressions of support to. the government as of yet and many believe the

very fact that hezbollah an ally of iran has so much influence over this cabinet is going to hurt levanon chances to get funds from the west and the arab world of course the united states and arab countries consider hezbollah to be a terrorist organization ok and. the economic problems are just one off the challenges that the lebanese parliament faces these only prove what you think the for testers on the streets of lebanon are going to make of this arena you know for. well protesters really are up against a state which has increasingly become militarized yes protests continue but the numbers are dwindling the response really from the authorities the harsh response the security crackdown the arrests really are not encouraging people to continue to take to the streets what protesters are relying on is the support of the

international community you have united nations officials french officials repeat time and time again this government is not getting any money it's not going to be bailed out unless you carry out necessary reforms were forms like an independent judiciary like fighting corruption fighting tax evasion so the international community is conditioning aid conditioning giving this new government legitimacy until it carries out those reforms that if it carries out those reforms i can tell you that the politicians their support or their control of the state weakens so this is what the people of lebanon those who have taken to the streets are relying on that the international community puts more pressure on this government to act and to take them to take those responsible for stealing the country's money really hold them accountable ok seen or heard there live for us in beirut thank you israel's prime minister says an israeli aircraft is flown through sudan's airspace for the 1st time binyamin netanyahu says it's another example of warming toys with

formerly hostile states its nations are technically at war sudan has been part of a decades loan or a boy course against israel's illegal occupation of palestinian land evasion breakthrough follows a surprise meeting in uganda earlier this month. now we're discussing rapid normalization the 1st israeli airplane passed yesterday or the skies of sudan i've been developing contacts with the arab countries and muslim countries and i can tell you there's scarcely 123 muslim or arab countries around the world that we don't have the printing ties with the electricity blackouts in south africa and it's only leave millions in the dark they cost companies millions of dollars in lost business the state owned power utility has major money problems of

its own big billions of dollars in debts and marja in corruption allegations critics say bureaucratic hurdles are making it impossible to plug an alternative sources of power to keep the lights which stone for me to miller explains from johannesburg. with the price of electricity soaring livestock farmer villain to show foreigners 1st needs to cut costs state owned power supply is scum has tripled the cost of electricity in the last decade to help pay off its 55 $1000000000.00 debts the company is also plagued by operational problems such as interrupted coal supply to burn for fuel the farmers' answer is to install solar panels to generate clean and cheap energy because of the influence of farm are do you have a need to have a constant supply of electricity so i don't have the option just to wait till the power comes back on again while pharmacy generating their own electricity can lessen the load on the national supply they say it takes too long to get

a license to generate their own power some farmers have waited as long as 3 years it's not only farmers who say they can help mining companies say they too can bolt renewable energy plants to reduce their reliance on the national electricity supply mining companies say they could generate between $61500.00 megawatts of their own power but only if regulations eased to bold renewable energy plants regular blackouts mean south africa's vital gold and diamond mining industry is working below capacity with fears jobs could be lost firstly have to get an exemption from the minister the i r p into growth as well as plan has been designed to provide a certain amount of electricity you have to get exemption from him then you have to go to know to get permission to do it then you have to do your own land permission water. licenses from the local authorities and then you have to go to come to us

whether you can actually we'll that is transferring your electricity from one side to the other over the power lines. the national in it to regulate to says the delays are necessary to ensure electricity generation is safe and that some applicants have not provided the necessary information to get a license during his state of the nation address earlier this month president said south africa's economic recovery had stalled due to the power cuts but that alternative sources such as renewable energy would be used to ease the burden on the electricity grid and that licensing would be sped up but until the electricity supply is stable the already struggling economy will continue to suffer from al-jazeera johannesburg. india's supreme court has ruled that women in the military must be given the same career opportunities as men it means female officers can

though apply for permanent commissions and open up command rules but it's not get clear of women will be able to take part in active combat judges said questioning the ability and achievements of women in the army was an insult. it was the end of the road for one of america's biggest car manufacturers in a strange new zealand and thailand's general motors is sending sales of its holden cars in australia and new zealand and selling its factory in thailand to china's largest pickup truck maker g.m. hasn't said how many redundancies there will be but almost turn a half 1000 workers are employed there no regrettably despite the tireless work of many good people business case could not medium's investment threshold. factors working against further investment holden included the highly fragmented domestic markets for raw and drug product. the economics of support in the brand.

and obviously getting to an appropriate level of return on our investment. artificial intelligence gene as a sing and food grown in la barra trees they're all being developed. that much of what will happen in the future well that's the big question still visit says as an exhibition in the u.s. designs for a different future is the philadelphia museum of arts went to take a look it's an art exhibition not about the past not about the present but about imagining the future of everything like this 25 collage passports proposing a system to allow people to temporarily exchange citizenship a critique of a world where goods and services freely cross borders but where humans often can't it's one of more than 75 exhibits by designers tackling issues of the future and the human condition 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 in 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 we collecting 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 past enough in this exhibit designers are the ones bringing bare ideas for the future and not telling people what to think rather what to think about gabriel's andro al-jazeera philadelphia. this is al jazeera and these are the headlines european union has announced a new land sea and air operation to enforce the u.n. arms embargo on libya is being floated so much that it's been described by the u.n. as a joke a previous naval mission to stop people trafficking answer and force arms controls collapse last year after disagreements with this silly. i would assume libyan

opposition libya is also about the security of europe so everyone must be aware that we have to make a contribution to ensure our security here in europe those who are thinking about migration must realize that these problems can only be solved in libya is no longer a failed state when there is a security structure with which we can work. china's military is sending hundreds more doctors and nurses to war hunt to reinforce the fight against the corona virus the number of chinese nationals killed as wise and close 21870000 people infected japan has confirms 99 further infections on board a cruise ship quarantined in the port of your homma near tokyo hundreds of american passengers have been flown home 14 of them have the virus. a suicide bomber has killed at least 7 people and injured 50 in pakistan police in courts or the provincial capital of biologic stan say

a teenager detonated the bomb when they stopped him heading towards a religious friendly government in brooklyn a fast so have killed 24 people in the church they included the church pastor in the village of poncy gunman and set the building on far iran's parliament speaker ali larijani has become the 1st of foreign official to visit lebanon's new governments he met presidents michel aoun and said iran was ready to help the economy but protesters are denouncing prime minister house and cabinets and say they want a complete overhaul of the political system those are the headlines stay with us here in al-jazeera counting the costs is up next.

this is counting the cost. of the world business. this week as the death toll rises the economic cost of the coronavirus is being felt in every market in the well prices tumbled prices. we have an exclusive interview with the general secretary of the gas exporting nation. a few $1000000000.00 spent trillions of dollars. at the economic cost of rising.