more hidden stories from parts of the world that often go on the record. millions told to stay at home in south korea amid fears its coronavirus outbreak could get out of control. hello and welcome to it is there live from doha i'm martin there is also coming out of the city's prime minister to be charged with killing his former wife his party calls for his resignation. it rainy and votes in parliamentary polls for a list of candidates vetted by the old surratt is. united against hate tens of thousands paid tribute to the victims of far right extremist attack in germany.

south korea's announced emergency measures to try to contain a growing coronavirus outbreak there 156 confirmed cases make it now the worst affected country outside china within the past 24 hours one person's died there's been a surge of 52 new cases most of them linked to a church in the southern city of daraa give you the city's mayor has urged millions to stay home and wear face masks meanwhile in the capital seoul mass gatherings and rallies have been banned and in japan the last of the passengers deemed healthy on board a korean teen ship are now being allowed to go home they've been more than $500.00 cases of infections on the vessel and there's been criticism about whether quarantine measures have actually been effective meanwhile in china a 118 more deaths were reported on thursday along with over 1100 new infections

we'll go live to asia and brown in hong kong about the developments on the mainland in a while 1st so here's rob mcbride with the latest from south korea. this all happened very quickly in the past couple of days suddenly we have moved to this basically almost an emergency level centered on daegu this outbreak a cluster of cases and in particular on a single church there in this city it's a medium sized city 2 and a half 1000000 people the most of the cases that have been reported dozens in fact were members of a congregation of a particular church now it does seem as though this is spread between monks members of this congregation they are trying to find the initial source of it the authorities suspect possibly it could have been a 61 year old woman who was a member of this church congregation who would be into

a couple of services at the church with hundreds of other fellow church goers even though she was showing symptoms of possibly coronavirus they are trying to make contact with all of these people and it's known that around a 1000 members of the congregation did it attend church services at this particular branch now the problem for the rest of south korea is that these congregation go as we're not just from this one city but from other parts of career who went back to their home cities their hometowns so municipalities across south korea are suddenly reporting all of these cases most of them linking back to the city of daegu. all right let's go live to major brown in hong kong now an agent it's become a pretty much a familiar routine now we ell skew how many people have died how many new cases of infection there's been at bring us up to date with the mainland thinking.

well yes this is a story that is happening on multiple levels and of course it's all happening in real time which means there are developments literally every hour now on friday china announced new figures which showed a steep rise in the number of infections more than 1100 across the country and the reason for that martine is it seems that the virus has spread to 2 prisons outside of a province in judging and also in shandong province more than 200 inmates have been infected we don't know how that happened that's what the authorities are now investigating prison officials have been dismissed also on friday it was reported in state media that one of the country's leading virus experts has said that people who have recovered from this virus are still have traces of the virus in their system so they can appear perfectly healthy but are still able to of course pass on the virus that's another sort of worrying development now china of course has said

all along that its containment measures are working that is the narrative that's feeding into state t.v. which continues to show very up lifting pictures of people being released from hospital holding flowers shaking hands with doctors and nurses all trying to i suppose ease their concern and to avoid any more panic and adrian as this virus and the outbreak continues the impact upon business trade commerce i can't hear you marty but i think you're probably going to ask me about the economic impact i can tell you that china's commerce ministry also spoke to the media on friday to confirm actually what we already knew which is that imports and exports are going to fall sharply in february as they did in january so this is beginning to have a very severe economic impact also media reports here in hong kong say that an announcement will be made on monday to confirm. that the national people's congress

the most political but the most important political event of the year in china is going to be postponed because of course that is a gathering that involves more than $3000.00 delegates so this is the leadership in a sense protecting itself from the virus also it's understood the the bar economic forum which attracts delegates from all over the world economists financial experts is also going to be postponed that's traditionally held in march so you can see how things are starting to unravel economically for china also new data on friday showed that the of commies of japan and singapore and now on the brink of recession you know all these factories being shut in china for so long is really disrupting global supply chains right across the world and that's hurting of course not just china but of also of course other economies scattered not just in asia in asia but also in other parts of the world china as we know is the engine for world growth

and at the moment that engine simply isn't turning. around and mind reader as well thank you very much. now israel is reporting its 1st case of coronaviruses in the region of lombardy elsewhere iraq has closed its border with iran and stopped flights there after 2 iranians died many global airlines have temporarily cancelled flights to mainland china companies a warning of serious losses european airline group air france care lem says it could wipe off to $215000000.00 from its earnings by april and australia's qantas is saying maybe $100000000.00 loss this financial year is to be expected. and fears over the spread of coronavirus turned into violent confrontations with police in ukraine on thursday protests as threw rocks at buses carrying evacuees who were returning home from china ukraine's

president reassured locals that they will not pose any danger. now to the city where the prime minister thomas yvonne is expected in court where he will be charged with the murder of his former wife. and he was shot near her home in 2 of the 17 that the parliament has given prime minister to ban the until thursday to step down the 80 year old prime minister has said that he'll resign in july because of old age his current wife messiah to bonnie is also facing charges relating to the killing she's so far denied involvement. one of the lead our recently. made of that particular person. is going to be. a property of the vehicle. live now

to the capital mr serry for me to mina as our correspondent there for me to i mean this is something you couldn't really have made it up could you tell us how we got to this point whereby you have a sitting prime minister asian eighty's accused of the involvement in the murder of the former wife. well martin this case goes back about 2 years when the prime minister thomas to bonnie was having a divorce battle with he is a strange wife at that time. bonnie and that she didn't want to give the prime minister divorce is what we understand according to media reports but at that point he had already begun a new relationship with the current 1st lady my side barney since then the former 1st lady was as we know gunned down by we understand to perhaps have been a gang and at this point police say they're charging the prime minister following

the charges laid against his wife they're charging him too with murder and attempted murder and the evidence that they've publicly that they've allowed into the public domain is that they've linked his mobile phone with a call that was made from the scene of the murder 2 years ago just 2 days after that murder thomas to bonnie was inaugurated as prime minister for his 2nd term and so this has been a very controversial story that's developed in lawsuits and of course captured the imagination of people in this country now martin we are outside the magistrate court in musser we're expecting thomas to bonnie to appear but i have to point out that the police are concerned because they say according to a credible source the is concerned that the prime minister may have fled to south africa there's absolutely no confirmation around that south african authorities won't confirm to al-jazeera that he is in fact there but according to police they say they were told he went to pretoria in south africa which neighbors will suit

you for medical attention we've also spoken to his lawyer who is present at court saying that he does expect thomas to bonnie to appear in court this morning to have those charges of laid against him ok aside from the the details of this particularly in gauging case what about what or what kind of impact this is having on the country because of course the city is no stranger to political turmoil than there would have been attempted coups in the past. the city we has had a difficult past and we also know that in the last decade or so a prime minister hasn't finished a complete term in this country and a thomas dubon is also somebody who had previously flipped a suit to due to an attempted coup by the military now he comes from the all pursued to convention party it's a co coalition of parties that is leading parliament but this is a party that's also split some supporting the prime minister others saying that he

has to step down what is a big question for the a.b.c. is one of succession who steps in to the position of prime minister or leader of the party once thomas to bond he steps down he has said that he will do that at the end of july but not because of the scandal not because of the charges he's facing but because of old age when he addressed people in law suit to about a day ago he said he would step down but it was also quite bizarre that he didn't touch on the scandal tool and it's not certain if this is the issue for the prime minister if he's trying to distance himself from it trying to regularize to normalize the situation which really is a very bizarre but this is also a story about a political party that is in turmoil we are expecting parliament to reconvene this morning i think speak to that they will address the issue of the prime minister and his leadership and perhaps urge him to step down perhaps call for a motion of no confidence but the city is facing

a very difficult period in that he has a sitting prime minister charged with murder and also is being led by a party that seems uncertain about the way forward for now for me to thank you very much indeed for me to remember there covering that story from the set of the suitor . now to iran we're voting is under way in parliamentary elections turnout is expected to be low particularly among reformist voters after thousands of candidates were barred from running by the national guardian council that's the nation's constitutional what's watchdog and that includes dozens of members of the current parliament in retaliation the u.s. impose new sanctions on members of the guardian council accusing them of rigging today's election dorsetshire barr is our correspondent in the capital tehran so how's it going because turnout it seems to be a very important indicator of public opinion.

yes certainly what we've seen over the past 2 and a half hours since the polls opened here in the capital is a trickling in of people that are voting now i just want to give you a sense of where we are right now in tehran where in. the eastern and i'll show you the voting process 1st of what people go through if we can just see the people that have lined up here at the small 1st they will register electronically with their national id cards and then they will move to the other side where they are and see set up for them they are writing down their choices a list of candidates for terror business on the wall there's 8 sheets of names they have over 1500 candidates to choose from they are choosing 30 people to represent them in the next parliament so it's quite a long process and then once they've made their choices they will come to the ballot boxes here and cast their votes now this is one of the one of over $6000.00 polling stations across the country each station has

a number of officials and monitoring the voting process from both the guardian council the interior ministry as well as the local police as well as officials from parliaments are ready now to point out the fact that you mentioned there is there was over 60000 people who registered initially to take part in these elections only $7000.00 or so were approved by the guardian council and now this is the body that oversees the country's election process the president hassan rouhani has said it's important for people to come out because there is a concern that the low turnout would mean the conservatives would regain control of the parliament that that is something that would be very very difficult for the current government to work with given the fact that they just they have over a year is left in office and so where you are we can just see men voting presumably women votes in another venue. what sort of feeling are you getting from the public

what sort of opinions do they have on the process that these people at least are taking part in. well there is a sense that this is a national duty for the people that we've spoken to here already but the people that we've been talking to throughout the past few days they say that the ones that are choosing not to vote the main reason for them is the fact that the country's economy is not where it should be it's not where it was promised it would be president hassan rouhani has said that countries face severe economic terrorism and sanctions carried out by the united states and that has had repercussions here on the ground for dinner iranians and the current situation is why many of the people who support the reformist candidates are not choosing to vote and that is something that could have far reaching consequences because what we could see here is a very conservative parliament and we already have a very conservative of the country should be sharing and that would mean that very likely to see

a very conservative presidential candidates running in next year's elections so then the country will be much more united in that conservative voice this kind of moderate reformist voice that we've had over the past few years with the signing of the nuclear agreement in 2015 this could all unravel and it's very very concerning many here that that direction to really shift the dynamic that iran has with the international community. jabari reporting live from tehran thank you. lots more to come here at out there including a new push by turkish backed forces in the battle for syria's province. long after the war in libya eventually comes to an end the danger from buried across the land could remain for decades to come.

but. we have more weather warnings in force across northern parts of the u.k. with even more cloud of rights spilling in from the atlantic the next batch of wet weather that's sliding its way through the tightly packed ice very strong winds blustery conditions to speak oh on through the next couple days and so that's friday's picher more rain coming into and sliding across parts of england northern areas of wales to pushing up into could possibly scotland and that will drive its way through on towards scandinavia know why seeing that rain really turning to snow then to the southeast we got rain and snow there for a good parts of turkey pushing over towards that eastern side of the mediterranean as well as we go on into saturday things quiet down here that really quiet down too much across northern parts if you have more blustery showers rattling through not looking along the spells of rain for the time being but as we go on into the 2nd

half of the weekend yet there's more wet weather which will tumble its way in from the atlantic further south it's generally dry ice not too bad across southern parts if you watch yourself and your 900 s. and bit with some pleasant sunshine it will see some of the temperatures across northern parts of africa and here it does remain largely dry that's a little cooler the for northern areas of libya will see a high in karo of 21. australians on personated fire season has killed more than a 1000000000 animal. one o one aced investigates a wild one from urgency. on al-jazeera. we understand the differences and similarities of cultures across the world so no matter how you taking out just 0 for you the news and current affairs that matter to you.

down to 0. to. home. tough mistake of the top stories here at al-jazeera south korea's announced emergency measures to contain a growing coronavirus outbreak 156 confirmed cases are in the country now that's making it the worst affected country outside china. the sieges prime minister thomas to ban is expected in court any time now to be charged with the murder of his former wife he was shot near her home 2017 this is his parliament's given to me until thursday to step down. and to weigh in the rounds parliamentary elections the

overall turnout expected to be low particularly in the among reformist fighters after thousands of candidates were barred from running. there were casualties mounting clashes underway in northern syria the turkish military has been shelling syrian government positions inside a key. forces have retaken the city as part of their offensive on the last rebel held province are reports now from hot tie into the. opposition syrian national army fighters moved under cover of heavy artillery shelling by turkish troops there as vans to was named the town was a rebel stronghold until 2 weeks ago when along with the city. it fell into the hands of syrian government troops the u.n. says the offensive by the syrian army has resulted in the largest displacement of civilians since the start of the conflict 9 years ago we remain very alarmed about

the safety and protection of over $3000000.00 civilians in italy and its surrounding areas in the northwestern part of syria as reports of airstrikes and shelling continue to take a heavy toll on the civilian population in retaliation for. for the deaths of 2 of its soldiers in an attack blamed on the syrian army the turkish defense ministry said dozens of syrian soldiers were killed and minutes of vehicles destroyed turkish officials warned of an imminent military offensive if syrian troops don't pull out of the demilitarized zone. turkey is a sovereign and independent state it takes its own decisions will make necessary decisions and soldiers will act accordingly we will establish the ceasefire even if we have to use force with the fighting showing no signs of abating thousands of internally displaced continue to converge in it live city.

i hope the turkish backed operations will alleviate all sufferings because that's the only way we can return to our homes and our villages. the international community keep talking about peace but we know we will only go back to our villages if the turks launch an offensive. turkey has expanded its military presence in live following the death of 13 of its soldiers in it earlier this month of fischel is here insist that troops were deployed to establish peace and provide humanitarian assistance to the hundreds of thousands of people who fled government military campaign it's too early to determine at this stage whether the offensive by the turkish backed rebels in a native is part of a major campaign to take territory lost over the last few months or just a limited operation but since turkey and russia have not agreed on how to implement a cease fire and push the syrian army behind the demilitarized zone fighting is

likely to continue. germany's president has also the nation to stop using hateful language in the wake of a fall right extremist attack that left 9 people dead several vigils have been held in on earth is killed in the city of dominic. on a cold day in february the german head of state expresses his symptoms in camps relating in this simple act the feelings of many his people for those who died here . this is where a 43 year old german used to legally owned gun to target turks and kurds he repeated his attack at this other venue where those 2 ethnic groups congregate. when his killing spree there was complete he returned home and murdered his mother before shooting himself federal prosecutors are working on the basis he was a far right supporter see. that sign the goal of the investigation will be to find

out whether there are or were accessories or supporters for these attacks and. we will clarify the contacts and environment of the suspected perpetrator in the country but also potential contacts overseas. some of the survivors have described their ordeal. the man entered to decide and then more he came to our site he shot straight to the head of everyone he saw he laid down and then he fired at all of us i had to behind a wall as i was moving to hide he shot me in the arm laden somebody somebody laid on me and somebody else laid on him we became a. the sense of shock in this community is pretty clear already floral tributes have begun to be laid outside one of the venues where so many people were shot dead on wednesday night. political reaction has been swift all parties

condemning the murders and ministers making a frank assessment of the danger of far right violence. and this is the 3rd right wing assassination in germany with. the terrible this is a terrible realisation because these means their right wing extremism has become a threat for germany again it's a threat for everyone who lives here this is. a canvas. that is a reference to moments like this last autumn 2 people were shot dead outside a synagogue in the eastern city of hallet the 27 year old man is in custody in relation to the killings and earlier last year the christian democrat marable western german city was shot dead by a person with known links to the far right. ministers have stressed they are investing more time and resources into the fight against far right violence but

some people are wondering who else must suffer before society takes the threat more seriously dominic kane al-jazeera hanau. the other affairs the war in libya could continue to claim lives even after the conflicts over on the plated bones of rockets can remain hidden for years and that of course civilians at risk. reports. explosives experts recover a rocket that landed in this farm on the outskirts of tripoli it did not explode but far more adam rower is still in shock. of course i was sitting inside at night when i heard a huge blow i thought windows shattered i rushed out to check everywhere i found a hole in the farm and dust scattered all over the grass this farm is in the will lead to a good neighborhood of tripoli about 15 kilometers from the frontline the internationally recognized the government accuses forces loyal to warlords really for have to of

targeting get his attention areas since have began his office of on the capital in april explosives experts have been receiving a good many calls about unexploded ordinance. more than his colleagues know the dangers but also that the job they do can save lives if the rocket is not found and made safe then it called except lewdly tail and kill civilians they finally managed to dig it out. but the. it didn't explode because it hit fragile soil if it hit the house would have sent shrapnel within a wide range we only have primitive tools to recover such ordnance we contacted many institutions but had no response so far. officials here say nearly 6 tons of unexploded devices have been collected in tripoli since april some have been

destroyed and some have been temporarily stored in the headquarters of the national safety agency. just because. we have a special store in salaheddine area but we can't currently reach it because it's now in the middle of the frontline international efforts to in the conflict have so far failed and a cease fire brokered by a russia and turkey last month did not last for long the bomb disposal team has recently launched a campaign to raise people's word is of unexploded munitions the weapons you see here are to be detonated later somewhere in the deserts everyone is hoping the war will end so but for these experts it does not mean the end of their work they say some of the unexploded ordnance will remain hidden and likely put a threat for years to come. up there were ahead of. tripoli.

now to the u.k. where more than 100 flood warnings remain in place after some areas recorded the highest water levels for 40 years 2 storms caused heavy damage to a number of communities in england and wales earlier in the week at least 3 people have died. traverses take a look at the top stories here in south korea has announced emergency measures to contain a growing coronavirus outbreak with 156 confirmed cases it's now the worst affected country outside china the city's prime minister thomas to ban is expected in court to be charged with the murder of his former wife. and he was shot there her home in 2017 the city's parliament wants to step down immediately for me to miller is

outside the courthouse in the capital police are concerned because they say according to a credible source the is concerned that the prime minister may have fled to south africa there's absolutely no confirmation around that african authorities won't confirm to al-jazeera that he is in fact they but according to police they say they were told he went to pretoria in south africa which neighbors will suit you for medical attention we've also spoken to his lawyer who is present at court saying that he does expect thomas to bonnie to appear in court this morning voting is under way in iran's parliamentary elections the overall turnout is expected to be low but to kill only among reformist voters after thousands of candidates were barred from running and that includes dozens of members of the outgoing parliament . olens prime minister has resigned after an inconclusive result of the country's recent general election leo veronica will be staying on as caretaker leader until

his successor is chosen none of the 3 largest parties won enough seats in the election earlier this month to secure an outright majority bolivia's former president havel modalists is being disqualified from running for a senate seat in may's general election this imprimis electoral court says he doesn't meet the requirements to be a candidate for his party. in the u.k. more than 100 flood warnings remain in place after some areas recorded the highest water levels for 40 years 2 storms schools heavy damage to a number of communities in england and wales at least 3 people have died right there is of the latest headlines coming up next here it out is there it's inside story. trouble began at the end of the country's civil war when most people started returning home from refugee camps. and more who were struck and killed during a demonstration in 2017 is buried right here in the middle of the street as

a sign of resistance to the mining companies and government are setting you this time of accusations of abuse and displacement between the community the mining companies and the government has now escalated to west africa's regional court the community has taken its case before west african regional court because they say the people have little for you in the justice system. europe's digital ambitions the e.u. has just revealed its vision for the continent's tech future carrying competition from abroad it wants to grow its own sector but there are concerns over just how it will protect privacy this is inside story. hello there and welcome to the program i'm the stasi attain now there is

a global race for technology leadership with the united states and china out front europe now says it wants to catch up and reinforce its position on the digital scene its leaders are concerned about the reliance on foreign tech companies including microsoft apple and chua way they say they want to develop europe's own tech sector now to do that they've come up with a strategy that aims to find solutions that prioritize people's lives the economy and an open society the e.u. outlined its approach for days and artificial intelligence on wednesday the proposal seek tougher regulation of the world's biggest tech platforms and increased spending for the tech sector but critics say more needs to be done to protect private data will bring in our guest in a moment but 1st let's hear what the european commission had to say we want to boost european artificial intelligence by attracting more than $20000000000.00 euros per year for the next decade.