one o one east investigates one of the budgets. on al-jazeera. al-jazeera . hello i'm kevin l. this is the news our live from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes thousands of chinese health workers are arriving into harm to help in the battle against the corona virus outbreak. and we'll look at how china is massive vaguely its network is being used during the health emergency. the prime minister's wife facing a murder charge enlisted to have a live update from the course. and above the law the force that's quietly taken

over parts of the brazilian city of rio de janeiro. and in sport nascar driver ryan newman survives a horror crush at the daytona 500 race the american has serious but no not life threatening injuries after this final lap collision. it's 10 g.m.t. and we begin this news hour in china where the head of a major hospital the center of the corona virus outbreak and one hon has died of the disease. the director of which on hospital died early this morning he's the 7th frontline health worker to die of the virus and total the corona virus has killed more than 1800 people with over 70000 people infected in china alone 98 of them died in the last 24 hours mainly in who by province. the outbreak is hitting the

economy hard so china's finance ministry will now offer tax exemptions on nearly 700 u.s. products including medical equipment let's go live now to katrina you who is in beijing for us katrina health workers a pouring into china and going door to door and we'll hunt what's the latest. that's right the government has started in on this. no household left behind campaigns are they getting teams of people together to knock on every home and to make sure that they know the whereabouts and the health status of every resident in i think containing this outbreak for china has been very much about its ability to attract to monitor and restrict the movement of hundreds of millions of people across the country not just in one hand of course this effort to to identify every residence health status is just one campaign these tens of thousands of people that

are pouring into han are also helping with other virus related measures for example making sure that no cars are on the road that are not driving around because of virus related duties that there are no public gatherings taking place that no companies are open unless they have express permission to do so now all of these measures making sure that every krone virus patient is identified and also making sure that people are for example staying home and staying in quarantine requires a lot of manpower as you mentioned tens of thousands of people pouring into cuba province but the chinese government isn't just more belies ing people it's actually also more belies in its mass surveillance and data big data collection system so china has an unprecedented scale of a network of apps. ways to collect information from people's mobile phones and it's all tying it together as well as use of surveillance via different cameras all throughout the city and these are employed not just in who bay they're employed in

every major city in china and increasingly these cameras these cameras are quipped with sophisticated facial recognition technology which is also being used by the government as a tool to control the outbreak. what is all that's needed to and to jump subway system the city's a 1st in china to set up facial recognition gates in all of its underground stations the government says it's about customer convenience. here this is especially heavy for people who carry a lot of heavy bags all the people. run out of battery these problems could be solved by facial recognition now facial recognition cameras are being used alongside infrared temperature scan is to help contain the spread of corona virus in the city of joe a man was reprimanded after facial recognition cameras filmed him leaving his home before completing 2 weeks of self quarantine high tech surveillance cameras allowed

authorities to access a citizen's travel history there are more of these in china than in any other country in the world an estimated 350000001 for every 4 people. so now loss leaders and john doe are using. composites. the same form the law for the faces i think are really. the technology is part of the government's nationwide plan to boost security and surveillance cameras will be linked to foreign and other personal data making it easier for police to identify and monitor to citizens than ever before for some the benefits are clear. heard about facial recognition as new and seems very. juicy but others are wary of how that information will be used. for leaking of private information is common and the problem is very serious is something i'm afraid of facial

recognition is used to name and shame minor offenders such as pedestrians who ignore traffic lights. but the government says it's crucial for catching criminals and every one with nothing to hide has nothing to fear so all of on another positive aspect is because people are living under the spotlight they will be more careful with their behavior but of course there is a reason privacy is violated and information being abused. 7 in should john human rights groups say muslims for the week a minority are being monitored and imprisoned using the vast digital surveillance network one which several u.s. technology companies have helped build in junk joe people can so far choose but the to use facial recognition gates. there may be no way out. the government is not just using facial recognition cameras they're also

encouraging other high tech companies in china to develop different tools to help manage the outbreak one example that we've seen was an apple mobile phone app called close contact now if you go into this app you put in your post or details your national i.d. it will actually put all your travel information which train you took potentially who you sat next to on the train it will give you a racing of how likely you are to of caught the coronavirus based on that so what's a different forms of technology been used in this fight against the krona virus and of course it is a raising concerns in china about personal data and also about privacy and some critics say that the chinese government is taking advantage of the time when there is a lot of fear in a lot of panic to infringe on people's rights think their votes could trigger you there live from beijing. and in just the past japan has reported 88 more cases of corona virus infections on board

a quarantined cruise ship in new york a harbor that takes the total number of cases to over 540 and the doctor vessel the government is stepping up efforts to test hiv medications on patients it's not a proven treatment but scientists are trying various antiviral drugs to see if any of them can improve conditions. and south korea's government has sent a presidential plane to move some of its citizens on board that quarantined cruise ship 14 of its citizens have been inside the done princess for nearly 2 weeks the impact of the corona virus outbreak has prompted south korea to declare an economic emergency after a major disruptions to its production and shipping industries. were mcbride is that yokohama ports and he says there's been criticism over how the situation is being handled. a lot of concerns here just about the way you go about quarantining people in a ship like this and whether it works or not because of course we have seen over the past 2 weeks or so this spike in the number of infections it's not known just how

many of these people were infected before the quarantine was put in place 2 weeks ago and then the symptoms manifested themselves afterwards or whether some of these infections or many of these infections have happened while supposedly this quarantine was going on that people were kept secluded in their cabins not allowed to mingle and yet somehow it does seem as though this infection has spread many of the some 3000 people still on this vessel hope will be their last night of this ill fated cruise because of course tomorrow wednesday that is the official end of this period of quarantine the good news for passengers on board is that after a lot of criticism about the length of time it's taken to test everybody on board this vessel that testing has only finally 2 weeks into this quarantine been done and people will be getting back the results of those specimens the results of their tests over the next few days and as they do get the results back if they should

push shown to be negative they they do not have the coronavirus then they will in batches it is hoped they'd be released to finally move on and go home to their home countries the catch is though for many people we already know from some of the people who have returned to the united states for others who are returning to places like australia that they will face another 2 weeks of quarantine when they get home to their home countries so this ordeal is not over yet but at least this part of it this cruise that many people signed up for maybe a couple of weeks ago way back in december is finally it seems coming to an end. thank you more ahead on the news hour including calls and displaced. how hundreds of thousands of syrians are coping with an unrelenting government's military offensive. to the u.k. braced from the rain and devastation of the storm dennis triggers the worst flooding in 40 years. and in sport livable get ready to return to the stadium where

they won last season's european champions league. this is the 1st lady has appeared in court in connection with the murder of her husband 2nd wife asya to bonnie gets charged with ordering the killing of their 4 little to bonnie and 2017 she's been granted bio but was at court for a pretrial hearing well for me that mina is outside the courthouse in the capital in a side room and joins us now live so just what happened there in court today. well it was a very brief appearance for bonnie it was part of her bail conditions and just part of a procedure which ultimately will lead to her trial where she's been charged with murder and attempted murder some people are concerned that she's still out and bail they

say that she is dangerous and also a flight risk so members of thomas kabbani the prime minister's family have applied for a court order to revisit her bail and ultimately wanted provoked now the woman who was traveling with the previous 1st lady to pull up to barney was injured in the attack that killed the polo and she has led to south africa she says it's not safe to remain in los 32 and that she's concerned that she would be abominable if you remained here but it's been a very complex case for people in the suit you're trying to wonder that and how their 1st lady could possibly be involved in such a controversial scandal and ultimately one that could possibly be the prime minister thomas to bonnie charged as he's also been implicated in the murder here's a look at some of the events that have led to the latest court appearance of my

theatre bonnie. police have charged the suit is prime minister thomas to ban his wife my cea seen here with the murder of his previous wife almost 3 years ago de paulo reportedly refused to divorce the husband of after he had begun a new relationship with my c.o. intrigue is not only caught the attention of the nation of more than $2000000.00 people but it's also lead to political tensions police commissioner says it's a bunny instructed that he be sacked as the investigation gains momentum a quarter later ruled that his job be protected. in the. information. but of. people. coming in. to give us information and intelligence my cea has been released on bail but some members of the to bonnie family want that decision reversed they say the

brutality of the murders shows she's dangerous it was here in hama sana de paulo to barneys home that people say she realized her life was in danger just days before her death someone tried to break into our home but the attacker flared when her neighbors were alerted within days was shot and killed on verse rolled while traveling home with a friend witnesses say 4 men fired at a vehicle they're too afraid to speak to us on camera saying they fear for their safety both my c.i. and a lawyer declined requests for an interview but in court papers she's denied having anything to do with the murder and says the police are back to maliciously prime minister bonnie has been linked to the crime too but hasn't been charged police say a call was made to his mobile phone from the scene of following the murder he's not the kind of guy who would plot have been and still i stand to be corrected but i

have different convictions in a slow and his new wife is concerned the scandal has worsened divisions within the governing all of us who to convention party are some within the party supporter bernie others want him to resign for people to listen to these developments may be unprecedented but remain a test for their democracy and the independence of its courts for me to miller al-jazeera a serial a suit to. the speaker of iran's parliament has become the 1st foreign official to visit lebanon since the new government was formed larijani said iran stands ready to help lebanon struggling economy the new lebanese prime minister has sunday or has promised to come up with a plan to ease the financial crisis but protesters are still denouncing his leadership there her reports from beirut. ali larijani is the 1st foreign official to visit lebanon since a new government took office last week iran's parliament speaker came with a message of support from iran's leadership and his visit also seems to be

a message to the international community as well lebanon is caught in the crossfire between the united states and iran and it is allies of the islamic republic who control lebanon's cabinet. lebanon managed to overcome a sensitive and difficult phase when it told him the new government we hope the new government will be able to succeed and we are ready to cooperate with it and give it our full backing but iran's growing influence in the cabinet through its local ally hezbollah seems to be hurting lebanon's ability to secure much needed funds from both the international community and the arab world prime minister has sandia his government is seeking all the help it can get as a deals with the unprecedented economic and financial crisis international community is more or less in the wait and see mode. the us administration in the rating internally how to deal with them along so there is no decision yet

obviously. of the europeans they are conditioning the 2 reforms and waiting to see what the government will commit to. for the other countries. we. have more. against this government politically the trumpet ministration so-called maximum pressure campaign against iran is also targeting its allies in the region the u.s. says hezbollah is a terrorist group and recently extended sanctions to target hezbollah's members in parliament that's an effort to weaken the group's control of the lebanese state and its political system u.s. secretary of state mike pompei a won't say if the us administration will work with lebanon's new government instead he reiterated what the united nations has repeatedly said that any any assistance will depend on reforms like fighting corruption and tax evasion and

supporting an independent judiciary lebanese politicians who have been in power for decades have repeatedly piss bownde implementing reforms that would weaken their hold on power but they are under increasing pressure the economy is collapsing lebanon is close to bankruptcy and iran's influence in the government threatens international isolation so. beirut. the un human rights chief is calling on the syrian government and its allies to open humanitarian corridors for civilians to escape areas of fighting. accusing the government and its russian deliberately targeting civilians and hospitals nearly 900000 people have been forced out of their homes because of fighting in northwest syria since the beginning of december. despite that syrian president bashar assad has promised to press ahead with the offensive in a blip in a rare address on state television congratulated his forces for gains they've made recently and therefore the syrian government troops are backed by russia's air

force and iranian backed militias on the ground. we fully understand that this liberation does not mean the end of the war or the end of plots or terrorism either this liberation does not mean the enemy's will surrender this is liberation means that we put our enemies pride and nose in the dirt as a primary step to defeat them completely sooner or later there's been heavy fighting between saudi troops and tribal forces in the east in yemen the saudi soldiers attempted to storm the tellme of province near the money border but were pushed back helicopters and armored vehicles were deployed in the assault this region of yemen has largely escaped the worst of the fighting that's engulfed the rest of the country since 2015 something home the is the editor in chief of the international interest magazine he says the saudis are in a difficult position with yemeni tribes now going against them. i think we have to understand the context in which these clashes are taking place it seems that there

have been increasing discontent has been increasing discontent in southern yemen that the plan now from the u.a.e. in particular is to seize the pervert's is to back the separatist movement in the south is in order to expand this maritime policy that extends on the coast of east africa early the way to the mediterranean and it believes that it's and convince saudi arabia to abandon this idea of restoring yemen as one nation by essentially bribing it with having a stake in building a pipeline that goes in the vicinity near the border of arm and through of those posts and it seems that the yemenis in this area have been complaining for some time saying we do not want to can only our power you came here to help us to restore the international recognized government stuck trying to essentially steal our resources in the midst of this conflict so these clashes are taking place in this context we should remember that the tribes who are purportedly involved in these clashes with saudi arabia were only a few days ago part of keeping representatives of the international recognized government safe from any potential kidnapping and the like to see them today

attacked by saudi arabia. say that they ambushed a saudi convoy suggests that the discontent is reaching a very serious level for saudi and the u.a.e. if we talk about how these clashes might change things these clashes would only add to the antagonism towards saudi bombardment in other words it would increase the pressure on the saudis to start growing for that negotiated solution and this is significant because in the past it's been the goofy's who have been the ones who have refused that negotiated settlement the whole of these have believed in the military victory to keep to keep the cities and force the entire community to recognize them but if suddenly the southerners turn on saudi arabia if the tribes start turning on saudi arabia saudi arabia will slowly and very realistically see itself being pushed more further and further into a corner and having to cede conditions to the 7 separatists and the forces. the boy scouts all over america one of the largest youth organizations in the u.s. has filed for bankruptcy the group says it's to ensure compensation for sexual

abuse victims last year it was revealed that more than 12000 children were reported the abuse while taking part in boy scout activities a list of nearly $8000.00 suspects was disclosed last month. flooding in the u.s. state of mississippi has forced hundreds of people from their homes in the state capital jackson weeks of heavy rain pushed a river to its highest level in 37 years nearly 1000 homes have been flooded the river appears to have peak spot evacuees are being warned to stay away for now. and in the u.k. a more than 200 flood warnings remain in place off to some areas recorded the highest water levels in 40 years 2 storms have bashed britain in the past week at least 4 people have died or a challenge has more. hangry season dangerous while in rivers dennis is the 2nd storm in a week to batter parts of the u.k.

blowing in shortly after storm chiara blew out dennis has brought floods and destruction to wales and west of england. in herefordshire cars became flotsam borne away by the waters because storm chiara had already saturated their land dennis's heavy rains we return roads to tarantulas rivers fields into lakes the town center of 10 bree wells in which the ship was submerged you can take months for people's lives to return to normal after this kind of event. tonight i mean. everything that we put up on boxes last night is. serving. hot water somebody wanted it but it was time to sort of. prime minister boris johnson quick to visit storm hit areas while campaigning for december's election has yet to do the same this time. but the government has

announced plans for a new $1500000000.00 supercomputer that will try to predict weather and climate change faster than ever before bats won't stop storms like dennis and he are of course but it's more warning should mean better preparation and that could prevent future storms being so destructive chalons 0. a sign after the weather hair is evident thanks kim though still no sign of the proper dry weather across that northwestern corner if you have more showers in the forecast but only as bad as it has been over the past few days that you can see this line of cloud that's what remains of the weather system that was associated with storm dennis just moving across southern parts of france the northern areas of spain and that was the scene yesterday actually across the north of spain as that system made its way through you can follow that line a cloud further north was pushing into the basin side if you have 3 train into western russia and that's where the remains of the weather system behind me you can see those tightly packed ice more blustery showers coming through more rain i'm

afraid the last thing we need say we could see maybe as much as 70 to 100 millimeters. across the northwest of wales as we go one through wednesday that's the next very wet day to come certainly why do we could expect to see some in some of these areas across northern parts of the u.k. in particular could get up to 50 millimeters of rain so behind me you can see the next weather system that's waiting in the wings that's choose they going on into where the staying calm way to stay that will see that rain pushing across and eventually getting into what wales into that western side of england western there's a scotland pepping up as you can see some heavy rain adding to the flooding problems as we go on into last a part of the week that will sweep its way through clear skies come back in behind the raid is just making way for the next weather system which will move through this weekend ken thanks that. well still ahead on al-jazeera 40 years of living as refugees the u.n. calls for stability in afghanistan for us thank for 10. baghdad all this free

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particular risks our club could take part in the 26th rally because. we were fighting a war concise sir al jazeera world travels to the libyan desert to see how sports on 4 wheels come to be a unified force you know war chill country video a rally for hope on al-jazeera. the. watching al-jazeera reminder about top stories this hour the number of people killed by the corona virus has now passed to 1800 stuff to china reported 98 more deaths the head of

a major hospital and one hand at the center of the outbreak has also died a virus. japan is reporting $88.00 further corona virus infections on board a quarantined cruise ship in your karma that's a total of $540.00 cases on the docks vessel the government also announced it will begin testing h.i.v. medication on patients with a new coronavirus. visitors a 1st lady has appeared in court in connection with the murder of her husband 2nd wife to bonnie is charged with ordering the killing of the body and 2017 she's been granted bail but was at court for a pretrial hearing. or turning to our top story now nearly 200000 health care workers are on the front lines of the corona virus outbreak in china over 3000 have been if in fact it 7 have died including 2 prominent doctors hospitals are understaffed and many are putting in long hours exhausted medics are

posting these sorts of pictures to show the daunting scale of their work there are reports of shortages of supplies including mosques and protective suits but also things like sen products over 60 percent of those battling the outbreak a women there's been an outpouring of support for doctors and nurses on chinese social media but many are criticizing the government for the harsh working conditions with images like these. of health work is crying at the heads of being shaped so everything on social media and i speak now to sanjay i. care who's in canberra australia he's an associate professor of infectious diseases at a strange internationally university thank you so much for your time sir obviously front line workers are at risk but do you think china is failing in its bid to protect them is it doing enough. it's hard to know what's happening in china or in terms of both cases and health care workers are being treated

because of the frantic nature of this outbreak what i would say certainly in terms of the proportion of health care workers infected if you look at the sars outbreak 18 percent of the cases in china for sars were healthcare workers it's much less for this outbreak it's about 3 percent there's also the possibility that some of these health care workers may be going back to the community not this early in the healthcare city because the corona virus is epidemic in those those areas but certainly it is very important when health care workers are engaging with people with. a serious infection that requires special prayer to predict of the equipment that they are adequately resourced that they are fresh and a clear mind and if those 3 are not being achieved then you're not doing the right thing by your doctors and nurses you mentioned there that they need to be fresh as we've heard workers are being stretched and working very long hours what sort of

impact does that have. that must be very difficult i mean i mean more personal protective equipment one myself is one has to really concentrate to make sure you're putting everything on in the correct order in the correct way you want to really have a body watching you to make sure you're doing it and one often finds it after 15 minutes in this most of the day but pretty low marks goggles except for a spray shields it's very stifling and can become very hard to concentrate so wearing their equipment for hours on end as i've heard. they are being made to do it and sometimes so i'm not being mean or not to the point of breaking mary this can be very difficult must be very difficult in day what we're looking at now images of health care workers i believe having their heads shaved i mean what part

of the containment effort is that generally give you know will be warm so this kind of outbreak so surgical camps but i'm not quite sure why it's being shaped and. i would imagine that there must talk a lot of guts to do risks for health care workers under some of them particularly once said show must be quite a stressful and unhappy experience and certainly it will have to leave it there for a time that sunday s.n.r. nayyar care an associate professor of infectious diseases at astray a national university thank you thank you the european union is planning to launch a new cd and to air patrols in the eastern mediterranean to stop more weapons from reaching libya's warring sides it took weeks of negotiations for either nations to reach agreement on the new force talks to try and establish a lasting cease fire in libya due to resume on tuesday diplomatic editor james bays

reports from geneva. foreign ministers of the european union meeting in brussels have decided in principle to start monitoring illegal arms flows to libya however they've also actually cancelled an already mandated e.u. mission operations a fear that used to have ships in the mediterranean from 2015 to deter migrants until the naval vessels were withdrawn as a result of a talian pressure instead of retard skiing that help aeration they now have to set up a new naval and air mission which may even need fresh u.n. security council authorization it could all take months to find some of the international arms embargo isn't the only major problem affecting peace efforts in libya in the coming hours talks will resume here at the u.n. in geneva between 5 representatives of the internationally recognized government in

tripoli and 5 from general have to side to try and get a cease fire can you give us a readout of how they went the government's representative at the u.n. in new york libyan ambassador sunny told me the previous round of talks had been far from easy and there's a lot of issues that we don't need and together but there are some parts that as mentioned from the u.n. led process that could be a breakthrough but i'm still. have to be cautious because we noticed that there are certain elements that we look into in terms of the return of i.d.p.'s the buffer area and where the withdrawal areas are these are things that are still and good discussions and are not clear yet at the munich security conference the u.n. has except the special representative of libya made it clear if they can silence the guns the plan is for wider political talks in just over

a week's time james pays out 0 geneva. of more on the sense go live now to the libyan capital tripoli and to mom of the well head to joins us from there just tell us how is the u.n. libyan government reacting to this european union plan to launch these new sea and air patrols. we'll there is a major concern here and the western camp led by the you enter the government of national accord over the this decision by the european union it seems to be there is believed by the government that this operation might not cover the whole area might not cover all of the egyptian borders for example which is the main supporting line for have to his forces weapons coming from the united arab emirates being flown over saudi arabia and egypt and then delivered into the

eastern region of libya which is under control of the warlords have to. we the spokesman of. the foreign ministry here in tripoli told her that they are rejecting this operation by the european union because the government is concerned that not the whole area would be covered by this operation because this operation does not entail monitoring the egyptian borders and meanwhile turkey is also concerned in the spokesman of the party in ankara stated that the european union approach to libya is not right as you know that the key is the major supporter of the you know cognized the government in tripoli by virtue of the 2 main military security and military agreements

that were signed by face arrives at the unbagged prime minister and the president. last november. so the major concern remains that this operation would be according to the western a camp led by the government would be biased against it. but meanwhile many people here in the west of libya believe that the solution should come from within this operation might curb the arms flows into the country to some extent but does not guarantee full solution to the libyan crisis thank for that update there says mahmud of the way ahead there live from tripoli. ukraine says russian forces have killed one of its soldiers and wounded 4 others in the east in donbass region president vladimir the says the heavy shelling was a provocation intended to disrupt attempts to find peace he's called

a meeting of his security council staff and joins us now live from moscow to step talk process about this latest development and about the timing. yes president selenski is as we speak wrapping up this security council meeting in kiev it is indeed the largest attack since the peace process was renewed last year when the selenski became the president of ukraine and put more energy and a renewed attempt to bring the parties together and make peace after this war has been going on for nearly 5 years as we speak and 13000 more people have been killed here there are 2 versions of the attack and the violence that happened early this morning as usual the ukrainian side there was a large artillery attack coming from the sun for the russian backed separatist sides and lasted for hours and one soldier has been confirmed that and several

soldiers have been confirmed injured but there are also on official reports saying that there were more soldiers killed on the ukrainian side from the separatist side they say that ukrainian soldiers were killed when they were trying to break through the front line and stepped on a mine so this is a very different version of events the kremlin has responded in the last hour saying that they are looking for more details but it's impossible to blame the russian side for this they say of course they have always said that russia has no presence there in eastern ukraine despite the evidence of course that there have been backing these are separatist forces for the last couple of years already i was in that same area in the farmer it's a significant area because it's a demilitarized zone it's one of the examples that were preconditions for this peace process to start again soldiers had withdrawn from the front line there and

when i was there there was some hope that the crossing it's an important car crossing between the 2 areas that that could be opened in the in the next few weeks but after this violence today of course this whole is now completely gone as you mentioned lot of as alinsky came into power saying he wanted to bring peace to eastern ukraine and believed he had the ability to to do that where is the peace process at now. well this is of course a serious setback we had to normandy talks which are basically in place to work to do to create the basis for this peace process it's a meeting between germany france russia and ukraine and a tap and in this somber there was no breakthrough at that time but they decided that there will be a new round of meetings in april when some preconditions were going to be sets and one of the preconditions for russia and this is

a very important point for russia is that there will be elections held in eastern ukraine and a special status given ukraine says we can't hold elections in an area where the military where where armed groups are still active so this is a major breaking point and that means that this now is not going to look very optimistic at the time thank you that update that steadfast and there live from moscow the u.n. secretary general says creating a safe and stable afghanistan will make a possible for millions of refugees to return home and good terrorists is economic prosperity can be achieved through greater cooperation between afghanistan and pakistan and the international community. is tearing a attending rather a conference in islamabad recognizing 40 years of afghans living as refugees more than 2000000 of them live in pakistan or qaida has been speaking to refugees in the city of peshawar he says there are concerns the talks won't lead to any real change

. in the last 3 days we have visited city of iran refugee camps. what they're doing we have doctor the people extensively they have seen even and. measured from the international community that they will be held better riving and . better men however there are a lot of people who are skeptical. because of the condition that they're living in and because of the fact that they've lived there for 40. most important in order that the pakistani foreign minister would also. on the need for a. framework which word of god facility the safe return on their butt and return of the. to their country and they said that they should be a part of the on peace said to be also important and or the pakistani foreign

minister saying that the ability and peace and everyone is gone and they return it really had taken on make development it will improve connectivity although that is a big mode as far as the government and the united nations is concerned that all reservations by many to fear did who have seen such promise in the box however that is there a overall that dog for the taliban are bearing fruit. rio de janeiro's drug gangs have become the tourists but more than 2000000 people in brazil 2nd a city live under the thumb of what experts say is an even more powerful force known as the militia john heilemann has. a gun full in rio de janeiro to reputedly between drug traffickers and the love of fools in the city one that many might not heard of the known as the militia they've been quietly expanding the areas they control to cover more than $2000000.00 of rio's inhabitants. the said to

be made up mainly of retired or off duty police officers so just and 5. it all started as an attempt to protect the neighborhoods from criminal gangs that many say they've since become a mafia who control almost everything in the zone so they can say all you water and they can say oh you a martyr you have. a lot of options and. for these days militia is also selling drugs experts say they've even got into real estate illegally developing learned when 2 buildings collapse last year in a militia controlled neighborhood $24.00 people died but despite their grip on parts of the city authorities have been reticent to speak about them this area is notorious for being run by the militia and the only reason that we're able to be his safely is at the rio de janeiro governor wilson bit so just came here to give

a speech about security in that speech he didn't mention the militia once even though everyone we talked to said the mood dangerous than the drug gangs no sense someone it's it's extortion you know you can call because they are the police but one crime linked to militia members nearly 2 years ago demanded investigation this was the question that really shone a spotlight on the militia who ordered the killing of this woman money early franco she was a real big general councilwoman before for the city's minorities and when she was gunned down right here the investigation focused on some of the most notorious militia figures in the city the suspects appeared to have links up the political ladder this facebook pitches one of them with brazil's current president jaber also not to an operation to detain targets in the franco case was called untouchables prosecutes a somali sybil you had to do. these people need to be taken out of action they have

to realize that the monopoly of power the monopoly of force is only in the hands of the state in an al-jazeera interview last year she described the militia leader on the suspicion expression forces policeman of to be on oh my god legs are fouling are going to down and when you talk about captain i.g.r. no criminals are actually afraid of him because they know how much power he has not just in terms of fire power it was hoped he might be able to reveal who ordered my release killing instead he was shot dead by police at the beginning of this month john homan al-jazeera real degenerate. for shopkeepers on baghdad's all this straight months of anti-government protests in iraq's capital have been bad for business it's been at the center of some of the worst violence between security forces and demonstrators so demanding change and despite the opening of nearby roads and bridges business owners say trade has not improved robertson has more.

of the world hammad ali says that foot decades his family has had a shop on baghdad's street now the store and all his stock of sportswear have been destroyed during anti-government protests. these were not demonstrators there was sabotage the ones who throw molotov bombs and attack our shops and heritage are not demonstrators the want to destroy property throw stones use catapults are not demonstrators. there's been a street here since the ottoman empire paved in 1910 it became a hub of baghdad's cafe society particularly during the iraq oil boom of the 1950 s. when it was lined with restaurants clubs and cinemas but because of its strategic importance it was blocked during the 2003 iraq war and stayed closed for 50 years it finally reopened in january 29000 only to become

a battleground months later as protesters fought with security forces concrete barriers blocked roads the nearby seneca anough bridges across the tigris were closed a lot of them around $400.00 shops were burned this is the core of iraq's economy shop owners here have lost millions of dollars and they've stopped doing our jobs for the last 5 months. the buildings which have been renovated as part of a regeneration project now like gutted and empty. the demonstrations have really had an impact on the projects they've stopped all repair work including geological surveys and the assessment of the traditional houses there with counted $32.00 houses either burned or damaged. the bridges are open again and the barriers are being removed but business is still slow august 0 was here on the day in january 29th 2 when all of us in the streets reopened after 15 years businesses were telling us that they were optimistic the trade was going to be in cruised the

government at the time was hoping that this was going to send a message that iraq was safe again but after months of protests business owners and all receipts street say that they'll bring that just because she is reopening on these concrete ball odds are starting. the basis is going to get any better. husayn ali sunglasses so blinds in the shadow of those barriers. he had to empty the store and close it we came in to check on the shops and one had been drenched by fire hoses it was burned the whole area been damaged people are still worried about coming over the sonic bridge once again times are hard for the shopkeepers of all bushy district matheson baghdad. still ahead on al-jazeera sports for once this motor racing world champion is unable to finish ahead of a title rival and he is here with that story.

to. sign up for here's andy thank you so much came of the fallout over the houston astros cheating scandal continuing to dominate the build up to the new baseball season the same concerns of spring training 2 of the sport's biggest stars have accused the game's governing body of being too lenient and its punishment david stocks recalls sanchez 6 years it was so good to be here i think this was the moment the houston astros cried the biggest prize in baseball the world series in 2017 but since then they've admitted they cheated to win it

using a camera to steal pitching signs to get that batters an advantage by julie baseball find the 5000000 dollars the team's manager and general manager both lost their jobs but the players were given immunity for cooperating with the investigation and many in the game want tougher sanctions including stripping the franchise of the trophy league boss rob manfred disagrees the idea of you know an asterisk or asking for a piece of metal back. seems you know sort of a futile act those comments specifically about the trophy have not gone down well at the l.a. dodgers the team the astros big to the title 3 years. go back in spring training for the new season 3rd baseman justin thomas has played more than a 1000 career games still without a championship to his name i mean i don't know if the commissioner's ever won anything as life maybe but the reason every guys in this room the reason every

guy is you know working out all offseason and showing up to camp early and putting in all the time and effort is specifically for that trophy you know we understand how difficult it is to win pretty evident to me that it wasn't and it's not something that you know a banner should be hung in their stadium a trophy should be put up wherever they're trophies go sorry world series championship and it's it defines careers. it's not just the dodgers he'll agree. of the team the angels are also back in training and their biggest star mike trout believes the astros players should be held accountable on the street journal. just to. see so much. the tough things are not always going to be called zambians for now the houston astros keep their 2017 trophy but with anger growing within the sport major league bosses may well have to

reconsider their punishment and take away that piece of metal after all david stokes al-jazeera. nascar driver ryan newman has suffered serious but non life threatening injuries after a huge crush near the daytona 500 rice in florida on human was in the lead off the final lap of the event 9 is the great american race when he was bombed by fellow for driver ron blaney of whiny assed he said afterwards he was trying to help humans in the victory the 42 year old did win this race back in 2008 they'll and hans death 19 years ago was the last time a driver was killed in nascar's top series from one. the pull manager you're going to cop says his team's upcoming champions league matches one of the most difficult fixtures in football the defending champions taken off let's go madrid in the 1st leg of their last 16 tie in spain playing at the stadium where they won the trophy last season liverpool are 25 points clear at the top of the english premier league and favorites to progress and let's go having

a bit of a difficult season a 4th in the spanish league playing a bloody good. digs in and like in the rival put ballplayer. really good organized result machine. squeezing results pretty much out of reach game if possible yes people will tell me and told me already this years what exactly they want but it's a transition period that's normal. karsan jarana taking on brushy dorman neymar sets return from injury for p.s.g. the brazilian has missed the last 4 league games with a rib injury history of may not sound at this stage in the past 3 seasons dorman's teenage sensation earning holly will make his champions league debbi for his new team the 19 year old norwegian scored 9 goals in 6 games in signing the dortmund last month for most it's already a magnificent player despite the fact he's done 1000 years old and now he's in

dortmund roads like something else and salzburg resort he played live champions league 2 with salzburg rescored a lot of goals i'm sure he will do the same with us i was countering your face zimbabwe in the 1st match of this year's african nations championship the draw taking place on monday with $100.00 country also set to take on picking a fast and mali the tournament which kicks off in april is open only to players who feature in their domestic leagues marar of the. now 4 time grand slam champion kim clijsters has made her return to competitive tennis the 36 year old is playing at the dubai championships and put in a spirited display against this year's australian open final stop in greece and this is the belgium 2nd comeback in 1st retarding 200703 bench and winning this tight in 2 sets. lewis hamilton a little messy have been named joint winners of the laureus sportsman of the year award at a ceremony in berlin messi the 1st footballer to win the prize the argentinian

let's barcelona to the spanish league title in 2019 also named world player of the year and also meanwhile he's only the 3rd f one driver to win the title after michael schumacher and sebastian vettel. to be in amongst to sit with all of you tonight some of the great rising stars but legends i have watched so many of you and have been inspired by you just want to say big big thing it's mrs behrens who have always been such a huge supporter they signed me when i was 13 and i'm so grateful for them for giving a young 13 year old the opportunities lives dreams and so on balls his name sportswoman of the year for the 3rd time the american has become the most successful gymnast in world history with $25.00 medals on that same award that went see south africa's rugby pious they won the world cup in japan last year for the 3rd time in history ok sports is looking. thank you that and day that's it for this news hour shall be

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