the u.n. sends a fee to syria and its allies to allow the thousands of civilians trapped in fighting away arms. i'm kim but i'll this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up the un's top envoy for libya appeared optimistic that talks aimed at ending the fighting between the country's warring sides is possible. the youth organization boy scouts of america filed for bankruptcy in order to create a compensation fund for thousands of sexual abuse victims. thousands of chinese front line health workers are arriving at work on to battle be coronavirus

on break. the u.n. human rights chief is calling on the syrian government and its allies to open humanitarian corridors for civilians so they can leave areas of fighting michelle says the government and russian forces are deliberately targeting civilians and hospitals nearly $900000.00 people have been forced from their homes in northwest syria since the beginning of december the syrian government offensive to capture the last rebel held areas has created the biggest single civilian displacement during the 9 year civil war. the sheer quantity of attacks on these hospitals medical facilities schools. which suggests to me the console the accident . at a minimum even if they were accidental it shows

a lack of course notes he says that he cautions on. all of which can contribute to something going so it will create. internationally sori intentionally directing attacks against hospitals and places containing the sick and the wounded and against medical units using the rick ross or red crescent emblem is a war crime. afghanistan's current leader ashraf ghani has been declared the winner of the last year's presidential election it will be his 2nd term in office after winning just over 50 percent of the votes the election was held last september but results were delayed after allegations of vote rigging forced a recount the un's top envoy for libya says talks between the country's warring sides could lead towards lasting cease fire salami is mediating a 2nd round of talks in geneva that's after negotiations earlier this month failed

to reach a deal on implementing a ceasefire on monday the european union also wants to launch air and sea patrols in the mediterranean to try and stop the flow of weapons into libya a desire is james bays asks the u.n. envoy about the plans the big question is your plan back on track my plan is not back on track my plan has never left it is being implemented was patience and determination despite the many orbs the. better have a cease fire in order to implement all the rest but this is not the precondition and as those talks were getting underway in geneva. the sound of shelling was heard in the libyan capital tripoli it appeared to be targeting a port there and the ships docks there have been evacuated for lord and if i have those forces have been trying to capture the city since april. went to china now

where the head of a major hospital at the center of the corona virus outbreak in one hand has died of the disease. the director of the hospital died early this morning he's the 7th frontline health worker to die of the virus and total the crown a virus has killed more than 1800 people with over 70000 people infected in china alone $98.00 of them died in the last 24 hours mainly in who by province the outbreak is hitting the economy hard so trying as finance ministry will now offer tax exemptions on nearly $700.00 u.s. products including medical equipment sarah clarke reports from hong kong on the developments on the mainland. officials go door to door in a city wide sweeping to identify anyone infected with the virus 10 more quarantine centers are being set up in districts in the city they offer 11 and a half 1000 beds for those showing mild symptoms the number of people infected

outside the epicenter of the outbreak may be fulling but inside province the situation is still serious more than 50000 cases have been confirmed there you go shoot a woman children that being the in that there are still a large number of severe cases in which and there are also some objective reasons like the lack of emergency care facilities and insufficient pressure of oxygen supplies one of the most senior doctors are moving has not died after contracting the corona virus more than 3000 health workers have also been infected. medical teams from the guangdong province and to bitch and now are being sent to the city to assist start struggling to treat the high numbers of patients across china hospitals are also expanding clinics and opening up new centers to ease the pressure across the country but it is about and don't do it in response to the

potential epidemic we have activated the hospital facilities. is that we built with the shanghai public health clinical center back in 2004 and we've renovated around 200 reserve beds for emergency use. on cheese day china announced it would exempt tariffs on nearly $700.00 u.s. goods from the beginning of march that's intended to avoid shortages of products including pork beef soybeans and crude oil the fallout from this outbreak is being felt across asia with some countries describing it as an economic emergency south korea's president has flagged new measures to cushion the financial impact so too has hong kong as a region stepped up efforts to prevent a growing economic crisis on china reliant upon a means sarah plant al-jazeera hong kong. and japan as reported $88.00 more cases of corona virus infections on board a quarantined cruise ship in york a hama that takes the total number of cases to over $540.00 on the dock vessel the government stepping up efforts to test h.i.v.

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 diamond princess for nearly 2 weeks the impact of the corona virus outbreak has prompted south korea to declare an economic emergency of the major disruptions to its production and shipping industries. and ukrainian soldier has been killed and several others wounded in the eastern donbass region it's the largest attack since the peace process was renewed last year ukraine says russian backed separatists are responsible allegations they have tonight. and the new tensions could stall the peace process even further step vassal explains from moscow. parties both the ukrainian army and the separatists backed by russia are blaming each other for this attack as usual the official

confirmation is one soldier died but the unofficial reports say that more people have died and the president's alinsky was so worried that he has convened this emergency security council meeting he sat afterwards that he won't be deterred from proceeding with the peace process immediately dismounting off to attack took place in the kremlin spokesman said that they were unsure what was going on didn't they needed more details but of course russia couldn't be blamed because obviously russia is not involved and this is of course the line they have been maintaining since the invasion in eastern ukraine and the backing of the discipline. rebels there that that's always been the line but of course there's an overwhelming evidence of that the chose the contrary it's also important to note that this did this peace process has been going very slowly from the beginning because russia is

insisting that ukraine organizes elections in eastern ukraine and also give a special status to dawn vice and that's something very difficult because ukraine says we can only hold elections when there's no forces there in that area and also when we have control over that border which is basically still controlled by the russian backed separatists and so this is a major point and a major debt block to this whole process which just today gone back again very far and it doesn't look very optimistic right now. the boy scouts of america one of the largest youth organizations in the u.s. has filed for bankruptcy the group says it's to ensure compensation for 6 will abuse victims last year it was revealed that more than 12000 children had allegedly been abused while taking possum boy scouts activities a list of more than 7800 suspected pedophile as was disclosed last month ok but how could his life for us in washington d.c. kimberly was this the only option the boy scouts had was the pressure that sort of

severe absolutely given the propensity of the claims the fact that there were just so many the sheer vastness of it really made this the only legal strategy still available for the boy scouts of america in terms of its organization you have to remember these allegations stem a very broad time period some 75 years ledge allegations against 7800 leaders and then just the hundreds of cases involving up to 12000 kids potentially even more so given the scale and the scope of the allegations the fact that the boy scouts of america really had no other option but to move forward with filing this bankruptcy case what this essentially does is it buys the organization time in order to restructure and allow for equitable claims to the large number of victims. kelli what does this mean for the future of the

organization i mean surely people who want to get a cent going to want to send their children along to this sort of organization with this sort of reputation. right the numbers are already drawing taling so it was a real crisis for the boy scouts of america moving forward if they wanted to stay an organization so what they've done is in tandem with the legal strategy there also is a public relations strategy that's also being implemented there is an open online letter of apology to the victims that is currently available as well this is something that's going to be put in the national newspapers in the united states in a full page ad so what this is an effort to not only deal with the largest bankruptcy case ever seen in the united states but also make sure that the victims are addressed in terms of their cases and that the boy scouts of america can continue thank you that is coming out of

a live from washington. so ahead on al-jazeera i will look at how china's mass surveillance network is being used during this health emergency. and a prime minister's wife appears in court to investors facing murder charges. how low we've got to high pressure dominating the weather across asia at the moment said across much of china the eastern side of china says a lid on the atmosphere it quietens things down it means a lot of dry and fine weather this weather system that we have to the a stuff to pad out into the open waters that will continue to drive its way through the responses guys coming in across much of japan the korean peninsula there we go with that big high over eastern china so it's going to last the settled and sunny

over the next few days in the sunshine spreading across the korean peninsula back into japan as we go on into where thursday a fair bit of sunshine in the showers too across india china and into the philippines but we have got a few showers here maybe a shower is going to be into malaysia air we've got some big alive the heat of the day showers rolling through and that's the case as we go on into thursday i suspect thursday might be the wetter day of the 2 for good part of indonesia we have got so wet weather making its way across southern parts of the bourbon go through much of south asia it's clear skies pretty much all the way it's a mist and fall further north but temperatures picking up to around 27 celsius there in new delhi further south you go the sunshine all the way down into sri lanka but still like it will see increasing clouds and rain by the weekend. when they're on line like the other government get one of the worst grabs to make

your review about credibility or if you join us on sanctuaries a different issue diversity and inclusion and overseas sometimes isn't always sincere based is a dialogue sanctions on the ways in which they were applied to iran are an act of warfare everyone has a voice we as a society that is so quick to victim blame need to just sit down and listen join the global conversation on al-jazeera. the earth. you're watching al-jazeera reminder of our top stories this hour the number of people killed by the coronavirus is not suppose 1800 off to china reported 98

deaths the head of a major hospital in will harm the center of the outbreak has also died of the virus . afghanistan's president ashraf ghani has been declared the winner of the 29000 election with just over 50 percent of the votes results from september's election were delayed up to allegations of vote rigging forced to recount. the un's human rights chief says that the syrian government and russian forces are targeting civilians and hospitals in northwest syria. is calling for humanitarian corridors to be established 900000 people have been displaced since december. let's get more now on our top story is live for us and hugged by turkey's border with syria as we've been saying almost a 1000000 people have been displaced where are they able to go. these people are facing a tough choice as syrian government troops close in the options

left are there we narrow now they are moving towards the border with turkey by the know that's part of it is that we have nowhere to go because the border is sealed and this is exactly what they're doing these days moving to empty fields and there where they can. be positioned in the ask for chance plastic sheets of the there we concern they have no nothing basically no food no equipment no stoves to hear their talents and they are asking the international community to step in hopeless frustrated this illusion with the international community when you talk to these people they will tell you we've been betrayed by the world and this explains i think the strong words we've heard from the united nations here he will rise michel by schley about the situation to the point where she was hinting that possibly what we're seeing is

a primitive tony to it intentionally done by the russian the russians the syrians to target civilian areas this isn't what. spokesperson had to say. i think that that's has some i have out of have leave it there thank you for that has him live from had time to ask. china is deploying its mass surveillance system and effort to combat the spread of the corona virus new facial recognition and temperature scanning technology has been installed on public transport systems but concerns are growing over how such start is being used critics say it's allowing police to create a digital author or a tarion state to try to hear reports from in china. one glance is all that's needed and to jump those subway system the city's a 1st in china to set up a show recognition gate in all of its underground stations the government says it's about customer convenience so that you are sure to hear this is especially home

before people will carry a lot of heavy bags all the people who don't have a cash or their smartphones home run out of battery problems could be solved by facial recognition now facial recognition cameras are being used alongside infrared temperature scanners to help contain the spread of corona virus in the city of hama joke a man was reprimanded after facial recognition cameras filmed him leaving his home before completing 2 weeks of self quarantine high tech surveillance cameras allow 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 350000000 roughly one for every 4 people. so now last season john doe we're using a little card that sometimes expands to have the same room for the faces of the early 2nd. the technology is part of the government's nationwide plan to boost security and surveillance cameras will be linked to ford 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 recently as new and seems very khamenei and to use to me but others are wary of how that information will be used in our in our days the 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 have no traffic lights but the government says it's crucial for catching criminals and everyone with nothing to hide has nothing to fear so full of one another positive aspect is because people are now 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 she john

human rights groups say muslims from the league of minority are being wanted to and imprisoned using the vast digital surveillance network one of which several u.s. technology companies have helped build. in junk job people can so far choose to put the to use facial recognition gates but that may be way out katrina you are just you're right joe joe. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu will go on trial for corruption on march the 17th just 2 weeks after national elections the justice ministry says the prime minister must be in court to hear the charges against him netanyahu was formally indicted last month with bribery fraud and breach of trust charges relate to his relationships with several business that he is israel's 1st sitting prime minister to be charged with a crime. that there will be a new but familiar face up on the debate stage when democratic presidential

candidate hopefuls face off in las vegas on wednesday michael bloomberg has officially qualified to take part it will be his 1st time going face to face with them in a debate to try and secure the party nomination the former new york man now has 19 percent support nationally meaning he's cleared the threshold to challenge his rivals in las vegas. iran's supreme leader has called for high turnout in friday's parliamentary elections as a way to display unity within the country there are nearly 58000000 eligible voters and while turnout is traditionally low in the capital and surrounding towns and villages it's often a different story there is don't travel to a town outside of tehran to find out why. this is the main street environment. it's dedicated to those killed during one of the bloodiest uprisings leading up to the 1979 revolution. this town sits about 35 kilometers south

east of tehran and it's home 228-0000 people. 195000 of them are eligible voters one of them is the who owns this car battery shop suffer he has been working with cars for nearly 20 years and is a native. he explains why voting on friday is crucial for the people in his town. i will vote for now because if i don't and my friends don't and others don't then who will who would support these published minutes if we leave the system alone then our officials won't be able to do anything this town has only one seat in parliament and $27.00 approved candidates are fighting for it all are running for the 1st time that includes ahmed reza who says he believes he can make a difference for the people here. our town has a number of problems and deficiencies and

a concern should pursue these problems i promise if i make it to parliament as a local of this town he attention to their problems i have 1st and seen them for my so. one of the main concerns here as in other parts of the country is the economy. and then what you're just going to yes i will take part in the election because this town is facing many problems the most important one is unemployment there are things i expect from the person i vote for and i hope the next n.p.r. news stands astounds wos. no i won't participate because they don't do anything about our problems i'm starting now but there is no job for me today's major problems inflation and sanctions our economy is awful when deal like shit is dong don't even look at this town suffer he also says the economy is the main issue for him he has 2 small children and says he earns in reales but spends in dollars that

means as iran's currency loses value life is getting tougher. by voting many here believe they can hope for a better future the views of the people in vera mean on the parliamentary elections reflect those of many in iran despite the fact that the current m.p. from here has been disqualified many still believe in the system as a whole it's not just about electing their next member of parliament but rather a show of support for the political system that came into being over 4 decades ago in 1979. 0 there i mean. the un secretary general says creating a safe and stable afghanistan will make a possible for millions of refugees to return home and tony harris says economic prosperity can be achieved through greater cooperation between afghanistan pakistan and the international community is attending a conference in islamabad recognizing 40 years of afghans living as refugees for

than 2000000 of them live in pakistan while hyder is in the city of peshawar which is home to many afghan refugees he says a major takeaway from the meeting is that the world needs to do more to help those displaced. the government of by august on and the united nations high commission for refugees has concluded an important conference on of honest on and the plight of all one refugees as you can see there it was once home to another brand family many of them were born here many many died here and as you can see displayed in the now abandoned bug a stone's priority is to find an honorable solution for that ipad creation of the of one refugee antonio gere kerith the secretary general of the united nations said that as commissioner of refugees he was ready march and died for a drug war going on half he said there's

a matter which is close to his heart an acknowledged that progress on an iran had been generated and hosting a large number of all gone refugees in fact 6 by august on still remains the 2nd highest of laundry if you are g. host and wild it all priority 30 seconds each be part of the conflict in one year's time has prevented diag the sacred pre-generated of the united nations antonio get carried appeal to the international community to do more to help the plight of the other run refugee he also done progress on voted generosity and he ought the international community to fund the programs that would help these people to go back to their country to reintegrate into of one society and to find sustenance but the peace in afghanistan is something that is proving to be a major challenge for the international community bhagavan is

a poor country which has limited resources and it of god would rather come the u.n. secretary general and request that more should be done to help the other on refugees. the sort of 1st lady has appeared in court for her alleged role in the murder of her husband 2nd wife with the bonnie is charged with ordering the killing of the paul a lot of bonnie and 2017 she think granted bail but was that court in the capital for a pretrial hearing from where from a demo of reports. in a case that's a rock to the small mountain kingdom of the sioux to the 1st lady my c.r. to bonnie appears in court for murder she's charged with masterminding the killing of prime minister thomas to barneys as strange wife. almost 3 years ago if found guilty by sia could face the death penalty the judge at the court in most sirrah told her to return next month and she remains out on bail police are still

investigating the case. reportedly refused to divorce her husband after he'd begun a new relationship with my c.e.o. the intrigue has not only caught the attention of the nation of more than 2000000 people but it's also lead to political tensions with police commission a whole lot more money bailey says to bonnie instructed that he be sacked as the investigation gains momentum a court ruled that his job be protected. difficulties in there without an order is it wrong or give us information or more evidence but of. concerns that people. are coming in. to give us information learning to little including. my c.r. has been released on bail but some members of the to bonnie family want that decision reversed they say the brutality of the murder 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 diplo was shot and killed on verse road while travelling 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 have acted maliciously. prime minister to bonnie has been linked to the crime 2 but hasn't been charged police say a call was made to his mobile phone from the scene of following the murder he is not the kind of guy who would plot have been and still i stand to be corrected but i have different convictions in this light his new wife is concerned. the scandal has worsened divisions within the governing all of us who to convention party while

some within the party support to bonnie others wanting to resign for people a suit to these developments may be unprecedented but remain a test for their democracy and the independence of its courts. al-jazeera a cereal a suit to. result is there and these are the top stories un's human rights chief says that the syrian government and russian forces are targeting civilians and hospitals the northwest syria. is calling for humanitarian corridors to be established 100000 people have been displaced since december. the sheer quantity of attacks on these hospitals medical facilities schools. which suggests to me they can't all be accident. and at

a minimum even if they were accidental it shows lack of course no mississippi question and so on. all of which can contribute to something being attributed to a sort of war crime. internationally sorry intentionally directing attacks against hospitals and places containing the sick and the wounded and against medical units using the rick ross or red crescent emblem. is a war crime. afghanistan's president ashraf ghani has been declared the winner of the $29000.00 election with just over 50 percent of the votes results from september's election were delayed after allegations of vote rigging forced a recount the un's top envoy for libya says talks between the country's warring sides could lead towards a lasting cease fire alarm is mediating a 2nd round of talks in geneva on monday the european union announced it wants to launch air and sea patrols in the mediterranean to try and stop the flow of weapons

into libya. the number of people killed by the corona virus has now surpassed 1800 after china reported 98 war deaths the head of a major hospital more han the center of the outbreak has also died of the virus. ukrainian soldier has been killed and several others wounded in the eastern donbass region it's the largest attack since the peace process was renewed last year. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu will go on trial for corruption on march 17th just 2 weeks after a national elections justice ministry says the prime minister must be in court to hear the charges against him. when you come in here on al-jazeera off to the strain stay with us. americans live side by side in 2 parallel universes the truck parts of america are getting trumpy or there is a poll out a few weeks ago that you had almost 30 percent of americans believing that we're on the cusp of civil war both sides accuse each other of doing things that are so

blatantly wrong the bottom line on us politics and policies and their effect on the world. josh rushing filling in for the irreplaceable family ok china is finding what its government calls a people's war against a deadly coronavirus but it's also battling to diffuse public anger over its handling of the crisis is china putting party before the people so your thoughts through twitter and you tube and you too could be in the street. the corona virus spreading across china has now taken 1800 lives but as cases mount chinese authorities are scrambling to address criticism that they should have been more open about the crisis on saturday the chinese government took the rare step of review.