only jews. will contribute. back government suspend its involvement in the geneva talks after a rocket attack on the country's main port. i'm richelle carey this is al jazeera live from toha also coming up turkey's president threatens in a minute military operation to push back government forces in serious adlib province russia warns against it. 79 more cases of coronavirus put it on a cruise ship in japan as hundreds of passengers are allowed to go home. a ballet for you to answer no pop songs are telling refugee stories of resilience

and harsh. efforts to end the fighting in that store in libya and to have suffered yet another setback internationally recognized government in tripoli has suspended its involvement in talks in geneva after the capital sport was attacked on tuesday at least 3 people were killed and rockets were fired by forces of war khalifa haftar are the port is the main entry point for supplies into libya forces say their target was an arms depot but later has been trying to capture the capital since april to police government is now insisting talks cannot continue until the world firmly responds to what it calls violations let's talk now to muck moved up to head who is live for us and tripoli so what is the feeling like there and aaa now that these these talks have broken down and seem to be going nowhere.

well the fear of that is warre among get special in monks' millions that. hold of this peace process is why it instigate another round of heavy fighting the white house has forces and now the government of national accord says that it's a prerequisite that have to his forces must sure still it is and stop targeting get the state facilities this is a prerequisite for the government to resume peace talks with news from. the region and the turkish president stated that it is supporting the government of national board and its decision to halt talks in geneva until his forces short of hostilities and also stop at the top posing

a threat to tripoli and to other cities and that the government is also demanding that the. displaced people those who have been displaced about 160000 people have been displaced from by the fighting get there. save girl in t. or a grantee of a safe return for these displaced people is also among the conditions the government has put forward in order for the government to talks in geneva despite the fact that that is hope as the government as the united nations support the mission in libya is still hopeful that this secession or this suspension of talks will not last for long but the government here in tripoli along with the high state council say that have to this forces must stop targeting get a state facilities it is

a prerequisite for the government to continue the peace talks all right until i had the latest there in tripoli thank you. reference this just a moment ago turkey's president is threatening to imminently launch an operation to push back syrian forces and lead province it's a typo on once a government troops to withdraw behind turkish military positions in the area and he says turkey demands have not been met during recent talks with russia the kremlin says it strongly opposed to any turkish military operation the syrian government is conducting an offensive to retake the last rebel held areas while turkey says it's pushing to establish a safe zone and northern syria let's go now to our who's following all these developments from today in turkey so a threat of this getting more complicated and yet another escalation how likely is this to actually happened. well if now if the syrian army does not put out from the area. over the last few weeks

then the potential for full blown mr confrontation is there this is according to the. senior turkish officials among them president karzai who today issued a fine a warning to the syrian government to pull out from their safe zones he says the situation is it is delicate for all the parties and i think if turkey decides to further increase its involvement it will be the biggest since the start of the conflict in syria 9 years ago but i have to say this is going to be a mammoth task for the turkish government and turkish military for different reasons 1st of all the presence of turkish troops and the demilitarized zone were part of an agreement in 2000 and. 1718 saudi between 23 parties russia turkey and iran and i think any decision to change that landscape has to go through coordination between all the parties if the talks

collapse which have been underway so far in russia that is going to further pave the way for the option to which is the military confrontation is a very delicate situation turkey now has expanded its presence in many different places with the sole aim of preventing the syrian army from move into words the city of but i think if turkey decides to intervene and to hit back of the syrian military we will see a dramatic change of the military day nomic in northern syria ok. from the turkey syria border thank you. after weeks of being stuck on a quarantine cruise ship in japan over fears of the coronavirus hundreds of passengers are finally going home they have been declared healthy left the vessel but there are still thousands of people left on board with criticism mounting over just how effective the quarantine actually was and the past few minutes panic supported $79.00 more cases taking the totals were $600.00 infections on board that

cruise ship and south korea there's been a spike in infections but 20 reported on wednesday 15 of those can be traced to one person who attended church services and the central city of goo while hong kong has recorded its 2nd death a 70 year old man so that brings the total number of deaths to 2012 all but 6 were in mainland china and there have been 75000 and factions globally china has expelled 3 wall street journal reporters as reporters as well entering brownnose following those developments from hong kong. the chinese authorities are very unhappy with an article that was published in the wall street journal recently an opinion piece headlined china is the sick man of asia now you know that sort of headline is like a red rag to a bull to chinese officials particularly at this time so they've taken the decision to expel 3 respected journalists from the beijing bureau very rare to expel 3

journalists from one organization and it's a reminder of just how difficult it's becoming for foreign journalists to do their jobs in that country i was based in beijing for 5 years until june and towards the end it was getting more and more difficult to operate effectively the way that you would want to as a reporter in china because of the growing restrictions and the growing surveillance now here in hong kong we've had a protest today outside the liaison office that's china's defacto embassy in hong kong by a group of activists accusing china of spending more time suppressing freedom of speech instead of fighting the virus russians are being raised about whether the quarantine on board a cruise ship docked in japan that ship whether it actually worked the number of infections there has now climbed to 621 s. rob mcbride with the latest from yokohama port. it is the end of this 14 days of quarantine for hundreds of people it is finally over 'd there has been

a steady stream of coaches of buses of taxis in some cases coming in here to the port area taking people away taking them to various transport hubs to yokohama station another stations around here to continue their journey many of them people being allowed to return home these are people who have gone through the quarantine have been declared to be negative there's been no trace of the coronavirus found so they have now been allowed to leave but they have for a lot of the japanese citizens a priority has been given to some of the elderly more elderly passengers they've been allowed to go home but with the caution that they should monitor their health for the next few days at least. make sure there are no signs of fever meanwhile for many countries people of other nationalities who are leaving their countries have said they don't want to them to come home just yet australia the united states or

the u.k. they have all said that they should take a couple of weeks before they return to their home countries or if they do go home right now then they face being put straight into quarantine so it doesn't seem to be a lot of confidence from the international community that this quarter in team has worked and in fact headlines have been made here in japan this wednesday with an infectious diseases experts going online using social media to really raise alarm about the conditions he says are onboard belowdecks here he went on the ship in the last couple of days he says finding chaotic conditions and in fact had such fear of getting infection myself. for. south. because i know how to protect my stuff packed inside pieces that i'm going to have for scared i was so

scared of getting caught. because there was no way to tell where the pharisees no green zone no red some everywhere could have terrorists and everybody was not careful about a. single professional infection control person in a ship now this whole disembarkment process is expected to take several days your passengers are expected to leave if they have found to be negative on these tests for the coronavirus over the next coming days of we're finally seeing it lends to this horrific journey of this odyssey for some 3000 passengers and crew who are still on the ship now we're at one gate where were people have been coming out healthy passengers another gate from this port where we have been we have seen throughout the day several ambulances the sirens blaring taking away what we can assume to be further cases of people being taken sick still had on al-jazeera

choosing between a dynasty that's more than 50 years old or a new leader people in tokyo get ready to go. and what more stanton's new post cracks at immigration policy means for foreign workers and britain's economy. hello look at weather conditions across the northeast and parts of asia 1st of all it's been pretty unsettled here we've had some heavy snow across northern parts of japan but for sapporo weather conditions are looking quite as we head on through thursday of say quite chilly temperatures strong. just one degree above freezing tokyo there is a risk of a shower here from this little circulation of low pressure but generally for much of the day it should be drawing fine fine conditions across the korean peninsula for any woman in seoul temperatures into double figures and for southeastern parts of china germany weather conditions are looking fine 1000 degrees the high in hong

kong as we head into vietnam it should be quite sherry for northern parts of vietnam where they're looking at 25 degrees celsius again to me quite weather across a good part of japan let's head down into its parts of south asia and here i think for sure langkawi so at the risk of showers developing this 24 hours for northern parts of india and pakistan through kashmir we're likely to have some heavy showers here but for most places fine studies looking pretty woman $28.00 degrees expected maximum temperature and as we head on through into friday then the risk of showers does increase not if it got a maximum of $26.00 and that we're looking at a bright day in the horn pakistan for the month some here of 22 degrees. from fossil fuels to modern day renewable as societies develop their energy demands

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world must firmly respond. $79.00 new cases of corona virus have been confirmed on that cruise ship its foreign taint in japan bringing the total to more than $600.00 earlier hundreds of passengers acquired health they were allowed to leave after 2 weeks of being stuck on board at south korea sees a rise of 20 new cases in just one day turkey's president is threatening an eminent military operation in libya has its syrian government forces to not withdraw behind its military positions russia says it is strongly against that move. voters in togo head to the polls this weekend they'll be choosing between a dynasty that's led the small west african nation for more than half a century or a new leader and the 1st of a series of stories on the election went to the capital of may to find out what matters to people there. what is that this nutritional supplement race to be or does. but not much how hard they were they can only 15

percent of customer demands because the plant lacks the capacity to be large orders young like. i could strain farms and government support. it's your best symbol of my demand. we want the government to act on 2 parameters to create a bank to support young entrepreneurs and to invest more in skilled use instead of wasting resources trying to appease every unemployed person this way the skilled individuals can set up businesses to employ young people but reviving the economy is not the only concern for 2 goalies in these elections in rural areas where most of the population lives about 60 percent of the people like access to electricity and clean water. only to know that. there is widespread poverty among the population there is little or no economic empowerment

for the poor some voters want to change to the current regime to them it will mean economic freedom togo is rich and as the president himself acknowledged resources are currently controlled by a few individuals this is an acceptable. campaign rallies are underway as political parties try to convince the voters to support their. members of the i said before being in power here since 967 many told police on short change in the ongoing assembly will make any difference but president for yassin press supporters believe he provides the security and stability that forward needs but the opposition insists only it can grow the economy and bring prosperity to troll. but many voters are less confident of a quick fix to the economy and their living conditions. with i'm not going to vote because i can't go in queue up to cast my ballot for change that never come when i know my vote will make a difference maybe i'll change my mind for now she's passing up the thrill of

casting off post by lot and like many others think the politicians are out of tune with aids. ok outlet interests. after that report so. i guess 1st what is being done to ensure that voters know 'd that their votes will count what is the security like and will there be any election observers. well basically the election commission is saying that it has done its work it has done some enlightenment it has prepared a public for the boat and as we speak now security forces who are going to secure the election process casting their ballots i head of the train t. 2nd of february date when all children is expected to come out that are more than 3000000 people to cast their ballots well people have their own different views about the election preparation the organization and what have you the ruling party

has his own opinion about how well the election vote or one of the election process is organized the opposition has its own misgivings it has its own opinion about how things up but the umpire the electoral saying that it has put every a proper mission in place there lection materials are ready security is being provided i do quickly to show that more than 3000000 people have cast their ballots in such a case elections when you talk about the opposition how much of an how much of a voice how much of a platform do they have i mean are journalists able to to enter view them to talk to them. what we've spoken to a few actually the opposition into gore has been subtle they haven't come on a single platform to place a common foe in an election like this and the ruling party is a formidable force it has resources such it's just pulled only just machinery in

place it's been there for a very long time the opposition parties are not as much as organized as the ruling party but they are trying to make their points clear they're trying to convince the voters to choose them rather than a president who a party that's been there for 'd more than half a century so they have their own problems they have their own concerns about whether or not the the system a fate worse than ruling party or whether or not they're getting the right accommodation on the part of the to win this but the fact of the matter is that it's difficult to say if the opposition can come come you can put up a united front to challenge the ruling party as it is right interests live in let me thank you. britain's government has announced a new prospects at immigration plan that will will out at the start of next year that's expected to be the biggest change to u.k.'s immigration policy and 50 years

it's point based system or a highly skilled english speaking applicants with job offers will be favored it's expected to badly hit european workers who are employed in the u.k. on lower wages going forward analysts say there will be a labor shortage is less care for the elderly and higher consumer prices rama's to speak to professor tom pricks at durham university also an analyst on bracks at thank you very much so these types of changes is this what was expected. to a 2 degree so the government has been saying that they wanted to to launch a point space system and with this policy statement say that they're doing that of course britain is already had a points based system since 2008 it's been in place for non e.u. workers for over a decade it is not allowed on skilled low skilled nonny you were into the u.k.

to to work and it's broadly speaking what already exists and applying it to e.u. workers although giving the economy really no time to adjust to these changes and i think that i think that the big impact people are expecting will look very likely to occur so what all of that who will be impacted by this the most will negatively negatively be impacted by this. well they say they want to treat money you and the you citizens alike i don't think this is going to have any real effect i can see on non e.u. citizens other than they are most of the people who come into the u.k. and they will be even bigger because the salary cap has been a threshold has been dropped it will impact on e.u. migrants and particularly those working in agriculture those working in residential care homes as is noted in a report and also in probably construction heavy industry. this is an area where

a lot of you workers find themselves and will no longer be able to come work in them from from january so what does that mean for these industries that are in fact the what does it mean for those industries what does it mean for the economy i mean it being an american it's similar to the argument about trying to clamp down on immigration but not wanting to acknowledge how much of the workforce needs be certain immigrants that they want to keep out. that's absolutely right so it's one thing to say that you want more local workers of more british workers in jobs like construction and elsewhere and it's quite another to give no time for this step but i think it will have a profound impact on a variety of industries that will have a negative economic impact and this is something that seemingly the government is prepared to to weather through that said a points based system as was said to one of its main purposes was to not just bring

over as it were the right folks a right types of immigrants those who spoke english who had degrees 1st as those who didn't it was also designed or promised to cut migration well there's no evidence of that happening anywhere in fact the only there's a formal cap on point space migration right now to the u.k. the government says they're going to lift it it's a cap that's never been reached anyway they're going to lift it through to lower the salary threshold for people to come in so although the some industries of low skill that might be adversely impacted then they will have to look elsewhere to find workers it is opening affectively a large gate to people coming in elsewhere remember australia and canada that ducting their points based systems didn't do it to cut migration they did it to grow migration and it's been achieving that and i think that those who want to take back control and cut migration through this means promised by the prime minister

are going to find themselves very disappointed indeed the highest level ever a points based migration the u.k. was during the general election that the prime minister won all right professor tom we always appreciate your insight and our university thank you as attorney general bill barr as reportedly considering stepping down over conflicts with president onil trump the justice department is locked in a dispute with an association of judges over the handling of the sentencing of trump's former adviser i asked correspondent kelly how could ask why. less than 2 weeks after being acquitted by the u.s. senate of abusing his presidential powers donald trump is once again facing similar accusations as he fights his own department of justice somebody has to stick up for the people trump is being criticized for intervening in a case involving close friend and political ally roger stone convicted last year of lying to a congressional committee investigating whether trust political campaign colluded

with russia federal prosecutors recommended stone go to jail for at least 7 years trump tweeted the recommendation was a miscarriage of justice that same day his attorney general william barr downgraded the recommendation prompting for federal lawyers to quit the case complicating things further bar took the unusual step of admitting publicly the trump's tweets don't help if i do make his job harder i do agree with that i think that's true now as trump defends bar and lashes out at federal judges and prosecutors a group representing the judges is accusing trump of overstepping the legal boundaries of the presidency with unprecedented involvement in politically sensitive judicial cases their actions trump defense i'm allowed to be totally and i'm actually i guess the chief law enforcement officer of the country but i've chosen not to be involved in reality it is the attorney general that is the chief

law enforcement officer in the u.s. not the president but that hasn't stopped trump from undoing other sentences through a series of pardons for high profile individuals including convicted financier michael milken former new york city police commissioner bernard kerik and even former democratic illinois governor rod blagojevich convicted for trying to sell former president barack obama's vacant senate seat once obama took office and pres . and trump says he may continue to try and influence the legal case involving his friend roger stone stone sentencing is set for thursday and trump hasn't ruled out pardoning kim kimberly help at al-jazeera the white house. but do refugees breakdancing in the music of staying have in common it is an unusual combination but together they're telling the story of human resilience jessica baldwin reports from london. a new show it's opened in london.

message in a bottle tells a story of refugees 3 siblings clean their village after its bombed and held by armed militia and more i've researched and gone into the more human side of the story of refugees the more of same that there's a way and ought to try and present it to provoke so to. maybe humanize the situation a bit more to try and help us approach. people who've been forced to flee their homeland with a bit more kindness and a bit more understanding. the music is all still familiar songs that take on new relevance putting words to grueling experiences faced by millions. message in a bottle was 1st released 40 years ago when stephen was with his band the police

the songs of alienation and isolation have been repurposed to tell the story of refugees leaving their homes and all they know for an uncharted future. hip hop popping breaking contemporary dance at its most dynamic the troupe of downstairs from 7 countries also can snap into a live improvisation even the warm up for the downstairs is physically demanding the show involves changing styles varying speeds early on in the process thing came to a workshop he said he was moved by what he saw and how the downs are said interpret it is for music. using songs that already have a fan base helps convince theater producers that seats will be sold of course from a commercial parag having a back catalogue where people go in knowing that they already know and like the music that's

a huge. ultimately this show is about human resilience but not all refugee stories and on an upbeat now the creator hopes after seeing the moving portrayal of people forced from their homes at least london audiences will get the message jessica baldwin al-jazeera and. let's forget the headlines right now on al-jazeera libya's un recognized government has suspended involvement in ceasefire talks in geneva after war khalifa haftar forces attacked the capital sport tripoli's government says the world must firmly respond i only saw this i hope of course that in these talks we checked she will resume its biggest possible who said i mean the what is just started to engage including the military committee which is the most important

thing for the ceasefire and little supposed for the political trick to stop sometime in the near future to said that there was the hope that step 3 and the they would return but due to. $79.00 new cases of corona virus have been confirmed on a cruise ship quarantined in japan bringing the total to more than $600.00 earlier hundreds of passengers declared healthy were allowed to leave after 2 weeks of being stuck on board i never had a fear of getting infection myself. for it will have a south color because i know how to protect myself but inside princes that i want ever thought of scared i was so scared of getting caught between 19 because there was no way to tell where the barassi is no green zone no red song everybody could have virus and everybody

was not careful about it there with no single professional infection control person inside the ship. darkness' president is threatening an imminent military operation an adlib province if the syrian government forces to not withdraw behind its military positions russia says it is strongly against that. u.s. attorney general bill barr supporter to be considering stepping down over conflicts with president donald trump says the u.s. justice department is locked in a dispute with their group of judges over the handling of the trial of president trump's former advisor roger stone. that's how the headlines to keep it on al-jazeera throughout the day for the day's news and side story is next.

an unprecedented human catastrophe the battle for the syrian government is adamant it will retake the last rebel held area but with turkey and russia with how will this fight play out across the region and why does it matter this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program on piece of babies and children dying of cold and serious and this suffering has been described by the u.n. as the biggest humanitarian horror story of the 21st century it says nearly 900000 civilians have left.