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to deliver in-depth journalism we don't really give a good audience across the globe. libya's un recognized government pulls out of ceasefire talks off the wall khalifa haftar us forces attacked tripoli's ports. and again i'm suitors and this is al jazeera live from london also coming up. no shelter is now safe the u.n. accuses syria's government of targeting hospitals and schools in the northwest where almost a 1000000 civilians have fled the fighting china says 3000 health workers have now been affected by the coronavirus with a new study finds around 80 percent of all cases are mild and ashraf ghani is
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declared winner of afghanistan's presidential election 5 months after the vote took place. we begin with breaking news on libya as the internationally recognized government pulls out of ceasefire talks off the wall o. khalifa haftar us forces hit tripoli in a rocket attack 3 civilians were killed in the assault on the city's ports all fuel vessels have been ordered to leave for safer waters and libya's national oil company says there will be major disruption to schools hospitals and power stations the tripoli based government insists the u.n. mediated meetings cannot continue until the world takes a clear stand on what it calls how fatah's violations. well in a moment the latest from chip live with my good after one heads but 1st our
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diplomatic editor james bays joins us live from geneva where the talks were taking place james i don't know whether you've managed to get any reaction yet but in a way is it surprising that they've decided to hold the talks with what's going on across in tripoli. no if you're trying to sit down around a table and the aim is to get a durable cease fire in libya and you are sitting down with the other side who has been shelling your capital city for many months and they start shelling you again the moment those talks start and continue throughout the day as the talks are supposed to continue then you probably i think do have some doubts about the good faith of the other side in these negotiations that i think is the reason that you have the statement that's come out late at night from tripoli saying that the government of national accord the g.n.a.t.
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the internationally recognized government is pulling out of this process at this stage what we've had is talks of the so-called joint military emission that's 5 representatives of the jna and 5 representing general haftar this is the was the 1st day of the 2nd round of these talks and as i say they were trying to get a cease fire at all matt in a week's time they were trying to build a much bigger talks program which would have representatives from all political groups in libya here in geneva certainly this is a very big blow for the united nations al-jazeera has been in touch with representatives of the u.n. mission in libya who are here in geneva and smell gas on salami who is leading this process is the u.n. special representative no statement from them on his behalf at this stage and i suspect that's because they are right now trying to work out the way forward we will so contacted the office of the u.n.
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spokes person at set for the 2nd general in new york a no response from either place yet but i suspect the u.n. a doing all they can to try and have some damage limitation remember all of this process is backed by the internet. national community just days ago in munich at the munich security conference foreign ministers came together and supported this process or suspects some of those countries are going to be speaking to the government in tripoli others are suspect to putting pressure on general have to stop his military action that's james base there with the diplomatic to changing needs well let's move across to him last night abdullah who joins us now live from tripoli quite a lot of confusion as to exactly what it was that khalifa haftar forces were firing on one minute we were told it was a turkish ship carrying weapons the next minute they seem to have rolled back from this what do you know about what's going on in the port at the moment.
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well turkey has denied what have to the local media post of. the target the shipment of weapons but here in the capital tripoli the government of national award is calling on the international community to bring the perpetrators to international justice now. n.o.c. that's the state oil for here in the capital tripoli stated that it has evacuated all. tankers loaded with gas and fuel from the port to prevent as its environmental and human italian disaster because of the multiple attacks on the port the only and biggest port in the capital city tripoli. government of national called it is also saying that it is not going to proceed in
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the military track that's part of the 3 tracks according to. military commission that met today in geneva is not according to the government of national accord is not meeting to model as the government is protesting multiple frequent violations as it's has by have the resources of the seas fire it seems that the government of national is trying to bring the international community to bring that to their attention that have forces have been violating the cease fire and as the head of the united nations support the mission in libya mentioned today in geneva on the margin of the military commission meetings that they documented 150 violations of the ceasefire since january that
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that's when the both. warring factions stated that they are abiding by the ceasefire also if you go across an ocean of namely the health ministry that that 3 civilians were killed and 5 others want to end these attacks on the port on tuesday let me just ask you this 11 quick question that the government is where you are is basically saying that they want as you say they want the un and the rest of the world to recognize after the violations and they want the world to make a clear stand what is it that clear stand would and would be. well 1st of all the government is calling on the international community to bring the perpetrators to justice the government. these attacks have been targeting the
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civilian government to facilities along with also it is additional areas during the past few months so also the government is sticking to one prerequisite. in order for the government to proceed in any peace talks with how that forces must pull out from southern tripoli as a prerequisite for the government for the government to proceed in any peace talks with the forces loyal to the warlord or have too many thanks for that update afterwards there in tripoli. the u.n. says the syrian government is hitting hospitals schools and camels for displaced people with air strikes in northwest syria as it keeps up its offensive to capture
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the last rebel stronghold around 100000 civilians have fled conflict zones in western aleppo since the beginning of december overwhelming aid agencies 80 percent of them are women and children forced into increasingly smaller safe areas the un human rights office says it's recorded 299 civilian deaths since january the 1st around 93 percent of them caused by the syrian government and its allies in that time the un says 12 medical facilities and 19 schools have been directly hit or damaged by syrian and russian airstrikes with 2 hospital sets on monday the sheer quantity of attacks on these hospitals medical facilities schools. which suggest to me they can't all be accidental. and that a minimum even if they were accidental it shows lack of proportionality necessity
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caution and so on. all of which can contribute to something being attributed to a sort of war crime it's cruel beyond belief that civilians mostly women and children living under scraps of plastic sheeting in freezing conditions are being bombed. are reports on the growing crisis in syria from children goes through in turkey. football is one of hundreds of thousands of internally displaced syrians she fled her village of a bull murky in the east of when it was taken over by government forces the building is unfinished and the family has little for nature cannot afford to buy a stove to heat the place. and we pray someone will defend us please help us to kill our children they targets cause schools we cannot send our children to schools anymore they are bombing the area nonstop it's insane as
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government forces close in football has already backed the tractor outside is ready if the situation gets worse. i have seen hopeless faces crying out of fear and humiliation i am asking the arabs in the muslims where are you why are you silent come here and see the women and children living in the open people are on the run they leave it live hoping for a better place sam and his family have just arrived from the outer nor man the rebel stronghold south of. the city was recaptured by the syrian army 2 weeks ago a shelling a flare many civilians escaped. on one day we counted $400.00 rockets fired at the city in addition to airstrikes many were killed we fled under the cover of darkness it was so chaotic when you were looking for loved ones who they'd lost track of during the escape this is how northern
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italy and the outskirts of aleppo look like. long lines of syrians on tracks their destination is the border with turkey they join hundreds of thousands of people who have gathered in small areas and empty fields hoping to cross into turkey if syrian government troops continue their advance. the battle for it live might turn into the worst confrontation since the start of the conflict 9 years ago the cereal army is determined the rubber balls must surround but they are defiant civilians have nowhere to go and if it falls into the hands of the government they're likely to pay a price the millions who live in the province who are stranded near the border with turkey will have to abandon the dream they've carried for many years a syria without bashar assad has to. deliver on turkey's border with syria
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meanwhile a video circulating on social media shows a syrian farmer trying to protect his daughter from the trauma of what's happening in the country i'm going to my home it says every time a bomb was dropped he tells 3 year old sour it's part of a game. because he. says he devised the game to help peace and only child his only no war 'd to overcome her fear the 32 year old moved his family to the some other district from italy province earlier this month when his town fell to government forces. ukraine's president says heavy fighting in the eastern dumbass region well not hamper efforts to end the conflict with russian backed separatists ukraine's military on the separatists have blamed each other for the flare up which left one ukrainian soldier dead and several others wounded it's some of the worst fighting
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seen in the region since peace talks were held in december but the man is a lenski says the violence was an attempt to disrupt the peace process a 2nd round of talks is expected in the coming months. the last full stardom in we have a powerful army provocations happen but the army responded firmly the situation is completely under control because of the show we are confident that this provocation will not change the course towards ending the conflict as one can only sit at the negotiation type of with a strong army provoke the course forward is to go ahead and stop the war and reach peace still to come on al-jazeera the wife of the prime minister appears in court challenge with mentoring. in a case that's gripped the tiny mountainous kingdom and president chung gets his wall but it's in india and most everyone is happy about it.
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a just 0. as a reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera libya's internationally recognized government has pulled out of un mediated ceasefire talks in geneva comes after warlord khalifa haftar us forces hit shipley's port in iraq as. the u.n. says hospitals schools and callous for displaced people in northwest syria are being hit by government airstrikes around 900000 civilians have fled conflict zones in it lead and west in aleppo since the beginning of december and ukraine's president says heavy fighting in the eastern dumbass region will not temper efforts
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to end the conflict with russian backed separatists ukraine's military and the separatists have blamed each other for the flare up which left one ukrainian soldier dead several others wounded. the u.n. envoy for yemen has warned at a recent escalation of violence there could grow after reports of hundreds of civilian casualties martin gryphus told the un security council that says normally quiet front lines are now being targeted and women and children are suffering the most i can the reports from the un in new york these regular briefings on yemen have for months been marked by an air of optimism but this was not the case on the stay the special envoy to yemen has told the u.n. security council that the upsurge in violence could reverse the gains made in peace efforts over the past year and warns there are signs the conflict is spreading during the past month we last met the military situation has grown increasingly
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dire both sides have that amounts to expensive military goals and exchanged fierce rhetoric. most of the heavy fighting has taken place in their home district of the governor of santa and also of. government lines which had been quiet for several months have been drawn into the escalation of the troops that had been observed in al jawf for months was shattered this past weekend by saudi led airstrikes at least 30 civilians were killed and dozens injured including women and children more than $35000.00 people have been displaced in the last month alone this escalation in addition to clashes in other places has reversed the trend towards decreasing civilian casualties that we had seen in previous months in january assessments suggest that more than $160.00
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civilians were killed or wounded across yemen the council is united on the need for the violence to end but is reluctant to apportion blame for the current crisis we goddess of who started the violence it is clear that have sought to exploit the situation and this is an acceptable the situation is further complicated by accusations of the reigne an involvement in the conflict these accusations make yemen part of a far wider crisis and the gate the possibility of achieving a purely regional truce there's concern to over allegations that who thieves are misusing aid with the us warning that it could suspend all assistance to northern yemen as soon as next month mike hanna al-jazeera united nations. the biggest study of corona virus cases in china since the outbreak began suggests the spread of the disease is slowing but the authors warned the authorities to remain
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vigilant to prevent a possible rebound dacer from the chinese center for disease control and prevention finds that more than 80 percent of cases have been classified as mild the 2nd elderly are most at risk with the fatality rates increasing gradually with age the research also points to the high risks to medical staff with just over 3000 diagnosed with the disease the virus has now killed nearly 1900 people and infected more than 72000 in china and the sarah clarke reports from hong kong china now plans to test all citizens living in. 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
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outside the epicenter of the outbreak may be forming but inside here by province the situation is still serious more than 50000 cases have been confirmed there you go shoot a woman being the and that there are still a large number of severe cases in who harm and there are also some objective reasons like the lack of emergency care facilities and insufficient pressure of oxygen supplies. one of where hands most senior doctors are moving has now died after contracting the corona virus more than 3000 health workers have also been infected. medical teams from the guangdong province and tidbit and now are being sent to the city to assist staff 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 though it is about then in response to the potential epidemic we have activated the hospital facilities that we built with the
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shanghai public health clinical center back in 2004 and we've renovated around 200 reserve beds for emergency use. on tuesday 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 album is being felt across asia with some countries describing it as an economic emergency south korea's president has flagged images 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 clarke al-jazeera hong kong. israel's prime minister will go on trial for corruption next month just 2 weeks after the country's elections and human netanyahu was formally charged with fraud and breach of trust last month will be required to attend court for the start of the proceedings on march the 17th as you
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know who is the 1st sitting israeli prime minister to be charged with a crime he's denied any wrongdoing the elections in just under 2 weeks time will be israel's 3rd in a year. in afghanistan ashraf ghani has won another term as president after being declared the wind winner of last september's disputed election independent election commission says gummi took just over 50 percent of the vote with his main rival abdullah abdullah getting just over 39 percent the results have been delayed for months due to attacks at polling stations how negations of rigging and technical problems ghana has been president since 2014. is that those 1st lady has appeared in court for her alleged role in the murder of a husband 2nd wife my see a brainy is charged with ordering the killing of lipo lolo in 2017 she being granted bail but was a court's in the capital for
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a pretrial hearing for my for me to miller reports. in a case that's of rocks the small mountain. the suit 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 must 0 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 myself 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 commissioner a whole lot more money bailey says to bonnie instructed that he be sacked as the investigation gains momentum a quarter later ruled that his job be protected will. give you call disney.
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moderated or give information or more evidence but. information 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 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 back to the attack of flared when her neighbors were alerted within days diplo was shot and killed on verse rolled while travelling home with a friend witnesses say 4 men fired at a via car they're too afraid to speak to us on camera saying they fear for their safety. both my c.i.
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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 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 think 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 a convention party while some within the party support abani others wanting 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. al-jazeera a cereal a suit to. the ugandan government has deployed the army to help contain one of the biggest locust outbreaks east africa has seen in decades the soldiers will be used
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to spray festive signs on crops such as coffee and the insects feed on 10000000 people have been affected across the region including kenya ethiopia and somalia un has called on the international community to help with the relief effort. the bank h.s.b.c. says it will x. or around $35000.00 jobs worldwide reducing its workforce by 15 percent after a significant fall in profits while announcing the cuts the company issued a warning about the impact of the coronavirus outbreak in asia the bank reported a 33 percent for all in pretax profit for 2019 and aims to make a 4 and a half a $1000000000.00 worth of cost cuts in 2022. the u.s. is overtaken switzerland in an annual list of countries and territories helping wealthy individuals hide their income tax justice network estimates governments are losing $250000000000.00
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a year in untaxed assets held an offshore accounts for the 1st time the cayman islands in the caribbean has been named the worst offender the us has been revealed as the 2nd worst in a neighboring financial security pushing switzerland into 3rd place the other top 10 nations include hong kong singapore luxembourg and the u.a.e. . residents in corona are demanding answers from the government after suspected gas leaks killed at least 14 people over the past 2 days hospitals throughout the pakistani city have been flooded with people complaining of breathing difficulties some believe a poisonous gas has been leaking from a ship docked at the ports but a spokesman has denied the allegations. a half kilometer long brick wall has been hastily erected in india's good state had a visit by u.s. president donald trump critics say it was built to block the view of a shanty town and how much it by more than 2000 people jump will drive near the
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slum in ahmedabad accompanied by indian prime minister narendra modi who is in itself from good euro local residents have voiced anger at the war's construction comparing it to the war but trying once to build a long america's border with mexico. a quick reminder of the top stories here and al-jazeera libya's un recognized government to suspended the current ceasefire talks in geneva it comes as tripoli's port was targeted by rockets from forces loyal to a wall of khalifa haftar they say they were targeting a turkish ship taking weapons to the u.n. recognized government the u.n. says hospitals schools and camels for displaced people in northwest syria are being hit by government air strikes 12 medical facilities and 19 schools have been directly hits or damaged by syrian and russian airstrikes with 2 hospital set on
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monday prompting a new wave of refugees. the sheer quantity of attacks on these hospitals medical facilities schools. would suggest to me they can't all be accidental. and at a minimum even if they were accidental it shows lack of course no tina says city caution and so on. all of which can contribute to something being attributed to a sort of war crime it's cruel beyond belief and civilians mostly women and children living under scraps of plastic sheeting in freezing conditions are being bombed health officials in china say the spread of the corona virus appears to be slowing but they're warning the authorities to remain vigilant to prevent a possible resurgence a major study into the outbreak has found that 80 percent of cases have been
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classified as mild. ukraine's president says heavy fighting in the eastern dumbass region will not hamper efforts to end the conflict with russian backed separatists ukraine's military on the separatists have blamed each other for the flare up which left one ukrainian soldier dead and several others wounded. and ashraf ghani has won another term as afghanistan's president after being declared the winner of september's disputed election the election commission says. just over 50 percent of the vote with his rival dollar abdullah getting just over 39 percent. those are the headlines stay with us all hail the algorithm is coming up next thanks for watching. the race for the white house has begun this month going to 04 states have their say on the day wants to please don't try to move the actual. joining us throughout the continuing coverage of the 1st stage of the 2020 of us in
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