the able to hold. this is al-jazeera. hello there this is the al-jazeera news and i'm counting it's in why from our global headquarters in doha coming up. turkey warns of imminent military action against syria's army which russia says would be a worst case scenario. the u.n. tries to get libyan talks restarted after a rocket attack on the country's main port seized the tripoli government suspend its involvement. the e.u. unveils its artificial intelligence blueprints attempting to catch up with the u.s.

and china while dispelling big brother fears plus. familiar songs take on new relevance in a london stage children a message about bref eugene's. and in sport manchester city's chief executive hit so hard at the decision to ban the club from european competition. the most important thing i have to say to that is that the allegations are not found sorry and i insist the club didn't break financial world as. well turkey's president says warning that an operation into northern syria could be launched imminently tayyip erdogan wants government troops to withdraw behind turkish military positions in atlanta province and turkey's demands haven't been

metz during recent talks with russia the kremlin says it strongly opposed to any turkish military operation as saying it would be a worst case scenario the syrian government is conducting an offensive to retake the last rebel held areas won't turkey says it's pushing to establish a safe zone in northern syria live now it's a house from a whole bara in hot say in turkey hashem we've already seen so much suffering for civilians and now there's talk of this imminent military offensive. it could be imminent there's no agreement with russia about establishing a safe zone and also implementing a ceasefire and this is the reason why turkey's concerned it says that in just $1018.00 to put an end to the worsening situation in live this signed an agreement with iran and turkey that pave the way for the save or the demilitarized zone is to be implemented with turkish military outposts in about 12 places in to prevent the

syrian government from moving into a bit of the same time to restrict the movement of the rebels but the last push by the syrian government its expansion taking over more territory is widely seen by the turkish as an indication that syria backed by its shia militias and also by a russia is aiming to achieve 2 things 1st of all force 4000000 people into turkey which is going to create more problems for turkey but also to create a new political reality on the ground and this explains why the turks are now saying it's about time for syria to put out otherwise there's going to be war listen to what the president has of the of the on how to say truth. but on the subject of hitler turkey has made all preparations to carry out its own operational plans but as with every military operation on this subject i'll say we could enter suddenly one night we're more clearly the operation in libya is

imminent to the regime and those who encourage not having understood our determination on the subject we will not leave it lip we spoke to mr trump on saturday and i shared with him our findings we have no intention of blatantly shouldering the burden that regional developments will put on our country we are determined to turn it live into a secure place both return and for the region's people at any cost. the mounting tension between turkey russia and syrian government is sometimes about semantics the russians and the syria say that the terms of the 2018 equivalents say clearly dance groups like a at the head of the. house are it's got to have some office cross right now it's the united nations security council they're getting a briefing from the un syria envoy pattison let's take a listen here today. i regret to report to this council that will stay that is including heavy strikes from both air and ground continue. as the

secretary general has stressed and as mark review on more in detail later today we are alarmed by the rapid deterioration of the humanitarian situation in northwest syria and the tragic suffering of civilians the ongoing offensive has displaced neatly mine 100000 civilians since a long needle in the 900000 civilians since long and december 29th seen or moved to full times hundreds have been killed during the same period of stability is our no approaching densely populated areas such as it live city and double our border crossing which has among the highest concentration of displaced civilians in north best syria and also serves as a humanitarian lifeline people are on the move in freezing temperatures in search

of safety which has become even more difficult more than 4 of every 5 of the new displaced civilians obvious and children and they face specific women abilities and threats to their security. young children are dying from cold the potential for further moss' placement and even more catastrophic human suffering is apparent as an increasing number of people are hemmed into ever shrinking space. syrian government forces and their allies have no regain control of the entire eastern side of the m 5 highway and several territorial west of the highway including best and durable aleppo residential areas of aleppo that previously had been subject of attacks from the deescalation area here no longer to be in firing range the turkish ministry of defense has announced that further

reinforcements they're deployed inside syrian territory in the live deescalation so these forces have reports of it deployed close to the front lines in on the vehicles and times we haven't missed repeated violent confrontations between turkish and syrian government forces for its part the russian federation is actively engaged in support of the syrian government's military operations. h.t.s. and all the proscribed terrorist groups remain a major presence inside it lip and it's allusions such as 22532254 call for member states to prevent and suppress terrorist acts committed by such groups and to eradicate safe havens they have established however military operations over all parties including

actions against and by designated terrorist groups must respect the rules and obligations all international humanitarian law will riff include the protection of civilians and civilian objects the principles of proportionality must be respected. i stressed this in a high level contacts with senior officer of the russian turkey of the munich security conference last week and. of its senior iranian officials in terror on turkey and russia as sponsors of the libya escalation arrangements cam must play a key role in finding a way to deescalate the situation no russian man took if there legations have met intensively in recent days and ancora munich animals go and there have been presidential contacts to but no understanding has yet emerged

to the contrary in public statements from different quarters syrian and international suggest an imminent danger of further escalation. i believe as i stated in my last briefing that through serious international corporations building on and enhancing previous agreements and in the spirit of security council resolutions and respect for international law and serious over anything it would be possible to find a solution for it live that addresses the serious ongoing threat posed by in nashville or proscribed terrorist groups be the problem of causing unacceptable humanitarian suffering for this to be possible to combine the resources of the international community need to come together mr

president there are morning developments there on the ground as well the situation in southern syria remains of concern. there knitter aleppo has seen renewed hostilities in particular in and there are a free man tell it evolved a new mood and i'll sort out with the reports of civilian casualties ice and resurgence is a very boring with frequent attacks against it in the northeast the desert region and their own homes and all their areas last week a syrian military statement reported that syrian government air defenses responded to enemy in this science coming from the occupied syrian going all in the north east there are on the result tensions with the presence of multiple actors a u.s. led coalition spokesperson stated that a us athel came under small arms fire from local militia members and killed

a combatant syrian state media says the person was a syrian civilians. this episode stands stands as a stark reminder of the need for a sustainable or arrangement for the north east inclusive all actors that respects and ultimately resourced serious over amity unity independence and territorial integrity in the line that the resolution vented to 54. devastating scale humanitarian suffering is primarily caused by violent conflict more broadly the syrian economy continues to face serious challenges the result of a very of factors developments and measures mr president all of these developments across the country reminds us that serious over

anything there is a total integrity and independence remains seriously compromised by the continuing conflict and also that we are a long way from finding a way to ensure that the legitimate aspirations of the syrian people for peace security and the better future are realized and that is the reminded that there is no military solution to the conflict and that the political process is required to move towards a political solution. mr president i had hoped that the launch of the constitutional committee on the basis of the composition and the terms of reference and core rules of procedure formally agreed that a syrian government and the syrian opposition could be a door opener to building some trust and confidence and into a via their positive dynamic for such a process so far days as it all being the case.

but as i continue to press all that influence to work for an immediate call i also remain fully engaged in the effort to try to unlock progress on the politico track i have continued to engage the syrian parties to narrow the differences on the agenda for a 3rd session of the constitutional committee based on the strict observance of the agreed terms of reference and the roots of procedure something that foreign minister mahlum and i confirmed was vital when they met in damascus late last month i have continued to communicate that a co-chairs nominated by the government of syria and the syrian negotiations commission who have been submitting and reacting to proposals from the altar on the possible agenda the co-chair nominated by the opposition was in geneva for further

consultations and then put this special envoy matar met with the government government nominated to co-chair in damascus last week differences remain but i hope that we will soon be in a position to reconvene the constitutional committee in geneva mr president my team hosted the berthing group on the release of that the nice abductees the handover of bodies and identification of missing persons indian eva as part over a patient between locations shown chosen by its members iran russia turkey and united nations. oh c.r.c. also participate so we've been listening there to care pedersen briefing the u.n. security council via video link he's in geneva itself certainly outlining the dire situation in syria a situation that's he says does not appear to be 'd improving he listed some of the

figures there we were talking earlier about the conflict up in. he was saying some 900000 civilians have been placed from that area displaced rather since december 29th seen 4 in 5 of the people displaced are women and children pedersen also stating that children are dying from the cold as a result let's get some more from our al-jazeera mike hanna he's live for us at the united nations and he's been listening in to that statements as well mike we've been hearing a lot of by the humanitarian situation in a globe pederson stressing that there is no military solution to this conflict what else was he was he updating the security council on.

well he's basically giving a political briefing this is a monthly event however the sense of urgency is palpable around the security council given this incredibly increasing situation particularly in northwestern syria in the area now one of the facts that peterson mentioned which is truly disturbing is the fact that we heard about the numbers of displaced we heard about the fact that some 80 percent of them are women and children but what peterson also mentioned is that those displaced are being hemmed into increasingly diminishing space in other words what you have. as the ongoing violence compressing all of those who are have already been driven from their homes into a tiny tiny space this is a recipe for an absolute humanitarian disaster now peters and mentioning that there can be no military solution that there has to be

a political solution he expressed the faint hope that the constitutional committee these are representatives of the opposition and the syrian government could read can be meetings in geneva at some time but at the moment it looks exceeding be bleak we will hear more about the humanitarian situation in the course of the morning but certainly what we've heard from the special envoy to date is something of the deep gloom and something that will be of the greatest concern to the security council and of course the suffering people of syria ok mike hammer there bring us up to date from the united nations for now thank you let's cross back to. say in turkey we really cut you off earlier i do apologize but we were 6 hearing it that security council briefing from care peterson that there is no military solution to this conflict very much the suggestion that onus is on turkey and russia to deescalate this crisis you are on the turkish border is there

any evidence any suggestion a toll that there's an act that cites from either party to deescalate. speak they haven't been able to make a breakthrough in the talks in fact the talks with the russians and the turkish government have stalled over huge differences about how to move forward and their own interpretations of the agreement that was signed in 2018 about the demilitarized shadows in the turkish government says the vote has said i'm sorry we will have to cut you off again i do apologize let's listen back into the security council mark glaucon is addressing that session is the subject of a documentary film the cave which was nominated in last week's oscars if you've not seen it i recommend you do dr bello or is

a humanitarian heroine here's what she said to me quote the same children i treated in east ghouta are displaced again in it leap they are still under the bombs still afraid still without shelter still without education it's not life and of crate she described the situation of the nearly displaced sleeping in the streets in the fields out in the cold with nowhere to go children are afraid she said they want safety she said mr president i lost briefed you on the arm folding humanitarian catastrophe in northwest syria on 6 february since then the horror has multiplied at least 100 civilians were killed between one and 16 february by

air and ground based strikes in the northwest according to the office of the u.n. high commissioner for human rights $35.00 of those killed were children more than 90 percent of these deaths occurred in non-government controlled areas. as unicef executive director henrietta for has said such abject disregard for the safety and well being of children and families is beyond the pale blatant disregard for the life and safety of civilians runs contrary to the obligations that all parties must uphold on their international humanitarian law and international human rights little less garrus just toe to front lines in it labor unrest in aleppo have moved swiftly advancing front lines have driven huge population movements in a matter of days as families try to escape the relentless area. over this last

weekend from 13 to 16 february 160000 people were recorded fleeing mostly from. subdistricts away from advancing front lines and again as we now believe nearly 900000 people have been displaced since 1 december most of them more than 500000 children people are fleeing under horrendous conditions many are on foot or on the backs of trucks in below freezing temperatures in the rain and in the snow then moving into increasingly crowded areas they think will be safe. but nowhere is safe almost 50000 sheltering under trees or in other open spaces i'm getting daily reports of babies and other young children dying in the cold imagine the grief of

a parent who escaped to war with their child only to watch that child freeze to death as the secretary general warned yesterday hostilities are now all around areas densely populated with the terrified people who fled those areas include. in the direction of our border crossing. with the huge number of near i.d.p. arrivals now has a greater population density than the capital cities of many of our countries. and the number of new arrivals is growing by the day. if hostilities reach these areas packed with civilians the human cost will be instant and huge on $10.00 was killed and 2 others were injured in an airstrike on an id p. camp. on 14 and 15 february ground based strikes hit 2

makeshift i.d.p. camps in the area of northern. killing a civilian and injuring 9 others as high commissioner said yesterday no shelter is now safe the forming of women and children living under scraps of plastic sheeting and in freezing conditions is cruel beyond belief we are still trying to count the number of civilians killed yesterday mr president we have today given new maps to all the relevant parties showing all a very large number of locations where we think displaced people who have fled now are it is incumbent on all parties to protect these people the mass movement of people into ever smaller areas. is placing immense additional

strain on local communities most markets have closed available basic goods are prohibitively expensive the price of basic goods increased by 70 percent over the last 6 months. since december 72 hospitals primary health care centers specialized care centers and clinics have ceased activities collectively suspending the services of nearly 200 doctors more than 300 nurses and more than 50 midwives the maternity hospitals in. city which provide lifesaving maternal and child treatments have stopped functioning. with the closure of hospitals and medical facilities many doctors have nowhere to work even as needs. humanitarian operations continue cross border from turkey to provide assistance as i said before the aid effort is overwhelmed. for

an additional $336000000.00 to help 800000. displaced people over the next 6 months because of what has happened since then it's now clear that that will be inadequate in the next few days we expect to publish a revised plan for some 500000000 dollars to least 1100000 people. mr president we're considering all options to increase support into the northwest we're working with the government of turkey to expand the opening of the border crossing to 7 days a week in order to increase the number of trucks coming in where asking the government of syria for permission for a mission from damascus to say recently taken control of in order to see who is there and to assess the needs. mr president 2 years ago

almost to the day the security council voted in favor of a 30 day ceasefire in syria the council's vote was unanimous. and the resolution expressed quote outrage at the unacceptable levels of violence and quote is the violence we're seeing now not an outrage i repeat again the secretary general's renewed call yesterday for an immediate cease fire and for international humanitarian law to be up held let me finish with a message from dr. quote we cannot wait every minute people are dying the security council can help the security council know what is happening they are watching yet they do nothing

thank you mr president. local clinic when i was very ill i was an arresting intervention from mark lowcock the un relief chief there and in saying the security council knows horses happening and the security council is doing nothing just to recap some of the figures he gave us there he talks about how the number of displaced people since december 1st. 100000 schools to half a 1000000 of the displaced are children he the bombing of women and children is cruel beyond belief also outlying the problem of resources in this troubled region stating that some 7 seek to hospitals clinics health care

providers have ceased functioning in that region and underlining again that message we heard from care pederson that people are fleeing but the space they are fleeing to is rapidly diminishing let's head back to hashim. who has been waiting patiently for hours on the turkish syrian border. a very grim briefing has to be said given the u.n. security council the situation in libya is fast approaching beyond intolerable what are you hearing from the armed parties who are squaring up to each other and coming course see a direct confrontation. strong words from mark local cab out the humanitarian situation in syria the hundreds of thousands of people facing uncertain uncertainty dying of hunger cold

weather living in makeshift tents begging for immediate help food stoves shelter blankets sheets when you talk to people on the ground there would even depict a much greater reality about what's happening in syria it's beyond belief the atrocities committed against the civilians the sense of hopelessness we've been talking to people who have left their homes in the to no man thought that it live city could be a safer area backed up on the move but with nowhere to go it's. we have here last oh dear we are having of a difficulty there we will try and get back to him because this is our top story this hour the u.n. has been saying they're hoping to resume they're hoping to resume talks but just we

have been listening there to that briefing at the u.n. security council figures underlining really quite distressing some 900000 people displaced since december 1st we're hearing for i it's a ferry 5 displaced persons are women and children care packages marked look underlining the belief that there is no military solution to this conflict certainly underlining the dire humanitarian situation that we have been that has been unfolding in it live and a startling quote right there at the end of that briefing by mark lowcock the u.n. relief chief saying that the security council knows what is happening but the security council has chosen to do nothing meanwhile it is turkey and russia the onus on them of course to try and come to a solution to deescalate that ongoing battle. but as yet no

positive it's from those 2 parties. walter other top story the u.n. says it is hoping to resume talks aimed at reaching a ceasefire in libya the internationally recognized government suspended involvements in the discussions in geneva after the ports of tripoli was attacked at least 3 people were killed on cheese day when rockets were fired by forces of formal 24 have to the ports is the main entry point for supplies into the country after us forces say their target was an armed step tripoli's governments is now insisting that talks cannot continue until the world firmly responds to what it calls half serious violations will have to has since met with russia's defense

minister. and russia says that the pair have agreed a political solution is the only option for libya let's go live to our diplomats ahead sir james bays who is in geneva james where it's a vehicle from the year those talks seemingly stoltz any indication will be moving forward any time soon. it is hala such a grim day for u.n. diplomacy as a was waiting here to talk to you i saw pedersen the syria envoy going in to brief the security council you were just watching i know him quite well he was in very somber mood and on the other file libya they had had so much hope that perhaps they could move things forward they could get some talks going here in geneva the 2nd round of military toll and then late at night it was the decision from the

government of national accord to pull out of those talks the reason because when they sat down here on shoes day while they were talking shipley was under attack the port was under attack and the government of national accord felt that if they were being attacked by the people they were sitting down and talking to him in the u.n. that there would really was no good faith at all the u.n. has been talking all day to those representatives from the g. and a we believe got some salami the u.n. envoy has been chatting to them has been meeting but also talking to their bosses prime minister saurabh and others in tripoli to try and keep them engaged in this process and also bringing in others to try and help persuade them to stagger a in this process remember that we have the u.n.

security council resolution at the end of last week we had a meeting in munich which had 13 foreign ministers representing all the key stakeholders and in the international community including the key supporters of the g n a and of general hafta and all agreed there should be these talks taking place and despite that we've seen the same thing that happened back in april last year general after going ahead with his military action and basically destroying the peace efforts. well james that general. has been meeting with the russian defense minister has this changed anything. well it's interesting that the russians are saying publicly that they are still committed to this process as they said at the weekend in munich it's not really what they say publicly because everyone has said publicly they're committed to the u.n.

process but clearly some of the countries supporting general haftar gave him the green light in april to march on tripoli and try and take the capital and since then general have to supporters have been sending in. his forces planes have been coming in from the united arab emirates weapons are becoming over the border from egypt and there's been support from other countries as well and on the other side the g.n.a.s. been getting increasingly sophisticated weaponry coming from turkey as well as some fighters that have come in from syria general have to also has fighters coming from other countries chad for example a bolstering his forces so even though everyone says publicly they support this process behind the scenes they all have a plan b. it's a military family certainly seems like james phase their life at the u.n.

in geneva thanks. a sense other news now the u.s. attorney general william barr is reportedly considering stepping down over conflicts with president donald trump the justice department says looks in a dispute with an association of judges over the handling of the sentencing of trump's former advisor white house correspondent kimberly how kate's has this reports. 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 a 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 press . 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. let's get more now from kimberly hole cut she's live for us in washington from pensacola hey dave thank you parts and facts. do you think drugs vets elisa's 2nd attorney general or is this just posturing it's i think the can general consensus is this is

a bit of posturing basically william bar sending a message through the press to the president once again say in essence you need me more than i need you it's very unusual for anyone close to the president to come out and criticize him bluntly and to not going to media pushback but that's exactly what william barr tried to do a couple of days ago when he sat down with a television interview or now it appears he is leaking to the washington post to try and send the same message he said then of to listen to what he had to say as i said during my confirmation i came in to serve as attorney general and i'm not going to be bullied or influenced by anybody and i said at the time whether it's congress newspaper editorial boards or the president i'm going to do what i think is right i cannot do my job here at the department with a constant background commentary that undercuts me. and i'm passing has there been any reaction to this from the white house. you know they've said that they have

full confidence in bill barr and that was the really unusual things so if the president gets criticized by literally anyone he always fires back it's sort of his trademark move but you heard there in kimberly story that he was very complimentary of bill barr he said he saw a discount they sold confidence in him and then he did acknowledge that he made his job harder so let's put this in a little bit of perspective this is a president who has no problem pushing cabinet people out the door he's done it repeatedly throughout his entire presidency people very rarely quit on their own in this there's been a few exceptions but for the most part he pushes them out bill barr though i think is sending the message the president that he's willing to walk away and this is a president who's made it very clear that he needs his attorney general he says he sees that person as a in a role of protecting him not just the presidency but him personally so bill barr

has a little bit of weight with this president we'll see if he gets the message through the washington post he's on the west coast but he is apparently up and tweeting mostly about politics but we'll see if he can keep his tweets out of the justice department for his part bill barr did an event just a few minutes ago he spoke mostly about legislation didn't say anything just your usual attorney general talk so publicly no sign of pressure but at least in the washington post definitely sending a message ok well we'll keep an eye on that threat to feed but for now. in washington d.c. thank you. now the e.u. has unveiled its strategy for artificial intelligence including regulations on transparency and data protection brussels plans to put more than $200000000000.00 into the sector over the next 10 years it wants to create european data spaces where researchers governments and businesses would share information and it's

proposing new rules for the application of artificial intelligence particularly in high risk sectors like health care and policing we want the application of these new technologies to deserve the trust of our citizens. this is why we are promoting a responsible human centric approach to artificial intelligence. we will be particularly careful with sectors where essential human interest and rights are at stake iran has confirmed its 1st 2 cases of coronavirus the deputy interior minister didn't specify the nationality of the patients iran has applied extra screening measures at its airports to control the possible spread of the virus elsewhere in the middle east 9 cases have been confirmed in the united arab emirates all involving chinese nationals and egypt's health ministry confirms one

case last friday. well after weeks trapped in quarantine on a cruise ship in japan hundreds of passengers have finally been able to leave but the corona virus is still spreading around the diamond princess increasing concerns for those still on boards and other 79 cases have been confirmed on to say and it's raising questions about how effective the quarantine was in the 1st place but mcbride has such reports from yokohama. this was the day all of the passengers and crew on the diamond princess have been waiting for the start of disembarkation after 14 days of quarantine people who have tested negative for the corona virus were allowed to leave yokohama support in a stream of vehicles through wednesday some sharing their experiences on social media continuing journeys that they had expected to complete weeks ago the spread

of infection through the ship during the quarantine sickening hundreds more people has raise serious concerns here and internationally that's been made worse by an infectious diseases expert taking to social media to describe his visit to belowdecks i never had a fear of getting infection myself for evil or south. because i know how to protect myself but inside prisons diamond ever thought scared i was scared of getting caught between 19 because there was no way to tell where the barassi is no green zone no red zone everywhere could have virus and everybody was not careful about it there was no single professional infection control person

in the ship. the japanese government insists it's happy with the way the quarantine has been handled not the it's going. since february 5 we've taken thora action to prevent infection such as asking passengers to stay in their rooms and reduce risk to the entire ship we conducted small tests of the earliest time for priority passengers such as those who are symptomatic and the elderly and if necessary taken them to medical facilities we are taking measures with utmost consideration for the health of passengers and crew members. even so health officials in japan will continue to monitor its citizens who were on board but for many passengers even finally getting off the ship doesn't mean the end of their journey countries like the united states and australia are telling their citizens to wait another 2 weeks before returning home or face another stretching quarantine if they go back now. the whole disembarkation process is expected to take several days with those

infected being transferred to medical facilities on shore the occasional whaled of ambulance sirens a reminder that this outbreak is making even more people seriously rob look right al-jazeera yokohama japan well china's government has offered incentives to health workers to encourage them to work in the epicenter of the outbreak continue reports from beijing cleared of the new coronavirus these blood donors are hoping to contribute to a cure that plasma contains antibodies that could help patients who are seriously ill their identities have been concealed to avoid them suffering any stigma when they return to their communities. my blood may help more patients in severe and a critical conditions go home and reunite families as i did china's military has sent more supplies and medical staff into couvade to help fight the outbreak. there

are almost 12000 critically sick patients in the province alone in addition to salary bonuses the government has announced new incentives for health workers the children of frontline health workers who are still 10 extra points in the high school exams younger children are given preferential access to public kindergartens and those who die fighting the outbreak didn't wash all miter status meaning their family allowances and benefits after they cost. tough measures have been imposed to protect the healthy tens of millions of people have been restricted from leaving their homes and have to rely on local teams to deliver food the world health organization says controls on movement have helped to contain the outbreak measure on the movement restriction of delayed. the dissemination of the outbreak of 2 or 3 days within china and and a few weeks outside china to 3 weeks so based on these then it shows that those

measure if well implemented could have an impact on the propagation of the outbreak restrictions have brought much of china to a standstill but some threes are starting to resume production some analysts say the outbreak will slow china's growth by up to 2 percentage points this quarter but it's still too early to count the longer term economic cost of the coronavirus trini you al-jazeera beijing. voters in tokyo head to the polls this weekend will be choosing between a dennis a that's left the small west african nation has led the small west african nation of century or a new leader and the 1st of a series of stories on not election interests once the capt salome to find out what matters to the people there. what is at this nutritional supplement plant race to be orders. but no matter how hard they work they can only meet 15

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for the poor some voters want to change to the current regime to them that 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 candidate members of the i said before being in power here since 967 many talk on short change in the only assembly will make any difference but president for your summer supporters believe he provides the security and stability of the forward needs but the opposition insists only it can grow the economy and bring prosperity to trouble. 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 a call go in queue up to cast my ballot for change that never comes 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 our many others think the politicians are out of tune with aids how might you grease algis iraq. airplane manufacturer boeing says it's fine deborah contaminating the fuel tanks of 737 max jets the particles were phones during maintenance of several planes it's unclear how many were affects it's the jets were built in the past year but were not surprised for the use of airline customers boeing 737 max planes have been grounded since march last year following 2 fatal crashes which killed 346 people. well time now for the sports here's andy thank you so much carol manchester city's chief executive says the club is being fairly targeted by football's european governing body for ansari on it denies that city committed serious breaches of the wife is financial fair play rules on friday the english seem

a hit with that sue year ban from european football the club were found guilty of overstating its sponsorship revenue and failing to cooperate in the investigation that a citizen is subject when a pail of the court of arbitration for sport soriano has been talking to city's in-house television channel the most important thing i have to say to that is that the allegations are not true the owner has not put money in this club the has not been there properly the clear we had a sustainable for book club we are profitable we don't have that we did corporate with this process we deliver a long list of documents and support that we believe is irrevocable we did this in the context of information being leaked to the media in the context of feeling that every step of the way every engagement we had we felt that we were going to the

guilty. japanese title holders your common f. minus have continued the perfect starts the group stages of the asian champions league the 2nd straight win coming against sydney f.c. easy win isn't this one beating their australian opponents 410 the win included a couple goals from last season's japanese player of the year terry hates her nakagawa and is still married by australia's former national coach and has to call globe on top of group h. i have a japanese team making it syringe from say vessel koby scored in the final minutes a group of one nil away when it is soon blowing so hard top the standings in group g. . form a one seems a holding their 1st day of testing ahead of the new season drivers have putting their new cast through their paces in barcelona societies have won the last 6 constructs this title so no surprise to see them topping the time sheets in the morning with valtteri boss asked his team mates the world champion lewis hamilton

has now gone even quicker in the afternoon session or just over a year since their memorable 1st meeting in the ring a while there and spice inferi are ready for the rematch the pair have now arrived in las vegas ahead of saturday's heavyweight contest fury is undefeated but the british fighter is without say heavyweight title at the moment w.b.c. champion don say world also yet to taste defeat on the path faced each other in 28 saying the fight ended in a controversial draw. this is living with is that being is going to happen to be able to come together and make the best fights happen for the fantasy because that's only where we're really truly know who is the best in the division and as a heavyweight and you know it's been it was down so many years and now it's on fire it's amazing really just to be a heavyweight right now. this is the biggest fight the last 50 years in heavyweight

division so both trying to put on the line the fans are the only one who's here to after a night because we both have a lot to loose ok plenty more sports throughout the day but that is it for me for now thank you very much indeed and say you. know what do you refugees breakdancing and the music of saying i haven't come but it's sun on the usual combinational grant you but together they are telling the story of human resilience just coupled with explains from london. a new show is opened in london a. message in a bottle tells the story of refugees 3 siblings clean their village after it's 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 i've seen that there's a way in art to try and present it to provoke thoughts 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 understanding. the music is all still familiar songs that take on new relevance putting words to grueling experiences faced by millions. the 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 blocking breaking contemporary dance at its most dynamic the troupe of downstairs from 7 countries also can snap into 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 down service had interpreted its music using songs that already have a fan base helps convince theater producers that seats will be sold. of course from a commercial product to 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 note the creator hopes after seeing the movie portrayal of people forced from their homes at least london audiences will get the message jessica baldwin al-jazeera. definitely won for a few years so i'm going to check that brings this new sarah to

a close with you keep it here on al-jazeera i'll be back on the other side of the break with more of the very latest world news see that. whether online like probably recovering being one of the worst grabs the mainstream media about. or if you join us on inside there is a difference in diversity and inclusion and they were sometimes isn't always sincere based is a dialogue sanctions on the ways in which they were applied to iran are an act of war fair everyone has a voice we as a society that is so quick to get to blame need to just sit down and listen and

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