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a year of war we look at 2 very different sides of the same city. a sudden spread of coronavirus a host of new countries is concerning the world health organization within the past half hour or so the w.h.o. boss has urged all countries to invest urgently in preparedness south korea has just reported that the number of people infected there's doubled to 433 that's the largest cluster outside of china iran has reported 4 deaths and 18 infections including a official in the capital tehran italy has confirmed 19 cases and one death. although the window of opportunity is not only to contain the outbreak

we still have a chance to contain it but while doing that we have to prepare at the same time for any eventuality because this outbreak could go any direction it could even be messy. but what i'm saying is it's in our hands now if we do well within the not only window of opportunity we can reverse any or we can have very good any. serious crisis right wing go live now to the south korea city of pride is our correspondent there rob it's here in that most of the cases of coronavirus confirmed cases of originated what's the situation there how is the city trying to manage this. that's right we've just had the latest figures and we're still seeing sadly we are still on this food

trajectory it seems the number of cases has once more double date has been this pattern for the past few days that we get a doubling every time the figures come out these daily totals so at this time last night friday we were talking about $204.00 cases now we're talking about $433.00 and bear in mind it was only last tuesday that the whole of south korea had recorded only just over 30 cases so we really have seen this for looting quite an alarming level of the numbers of infections as you mentioned there most of these infections are centered on daegu in the neighboring county of chango the people here have been told to stay indoors the it's a city of 2 and a half 1000000 people it's pretty much come to a standstill as far as people are concerned as far as business is concerned it's a saturday here we haven't seen that many people out on the streets when you talk to people they are certainly concerned even fear full it could be said but there's

no real sense of panic here we've been around the stores and you haven't seen any hoarding or buying up of goods any panic buying but we do know that around half of these cases are still focused on this church here that's still the focus of attention that still the priority for health officials here is trying to reach all of the members of the of this church and make sure they get screened but we do know that there are thousands of members of the church in the around a 1000 or so all of them have reported some sort of symptoms so we can expect that number possibly of people from this church you are ill to rise in the coming days also a part of these numbers around 100 people in the neighboring county of chango were sick from a hospital these 2 clusters do appear to be linked we're not exactly sure how but in the neighboring. hospital of chango they've had 100 peace people there getting sick with the infection spreading very rapidly through patients and staff all right

rob thanks for that rob mcbride there with the very latest from daegu in south korea let's go back now to where it all began and that's will hand in who bay province in mainland china the epicenter of this outbreak it went into lockdown about 4 weeks ago and our correspondent katrina you has been speaking to people who live there. one month after behind sealed off its borders its roads are empty and construction sites are abandoned the city's millions of residents have been ordered to stay indoors among them mark leo and his son craft your hands your feet your hands oh your feet with schools across china closed until further notice eason is taking classes online through a video call mark told us his family was doing its best to adapt to life under lockdown and how they've been coping with the restrictions and in order i think the

lockdown is necessary friends of people i know and some of my colleagues have been affected and some died a few days after they found out the cause of virus so i'm really worried for my family can do is to stay at home residents had been permitted to leave their residential compounds once every 7 days but this week now speak is placed on street corners notified households of change. from now on nobody can go out the previous our laws for going out every 7 days has been cancelled lining up to collect food at local pickup points is now for many the only outing for the day special teams have been deployed to deliver supplies there are among the few still to me to drive around the city. is one of them here every day i am in contact with those who live in my community i need to know how many

people are living one household and check the temperature twice a day see she says food distribution in behind has improved since the beginning of the lockdown and most people seem to support the new measures. by sealing off the community we can isolate the unhealthy people from healthy people our strategy now is early detection and early isolation a makeshift hospital nick. named the ruhani living room has become home for thousands infected by the virus. those who don't come voluntarily approached by force mark leo knows the coronavirus crisis will eventually pass but worries about the stigma 100 residents may need. to repeat in the virus originated. but people didn't crated i hope they don't keep a bias against us they shouldn't blame everything on people so fast 7 year old essent isn't too worried his wish for now is being allowed again to play outside

between al-jazeera beijing rising to iran where there have been 4 reported deaths 18 infections but we're hearing perhaps another 10 new infections i've been speaking to our correspondent also job are in tehran told us more about what the health authorities there are saying. we've been hearing from a health ministry official who has said that the virus is believed to have entered the country via some chinese workers who work in the holy city of qom that's a city that's about 130 kilometers south of the capital tehran that is where this virus was 1st reported on wednesday and 2 people have died from that city officials have said that they're concerned about traveling to that city it's a holy city many visitors go through there to visit the holy shrine in that city and now officials are looking at restricting people's movements in the city of

they've urged the over $1000000.00 residents of that city to exercise caution be careful with their movements and they've also closed schools and universities there to try and restrict people's travels around the city to try and contain the virus we've also heard from the health ministry that this virus has been reported in the capital as well as a number of other cities of course iran is about 83000000 people and they're worried that many people are not exercising the appropriate measures to try and limit the spread of this disease for now they've said anybody that has symptoms should go to clinics or hospitals to try and be tested for the corona virus for the time being they are saying that there are 18 confirmed cases and 24 suspected cases of coronavirus in iran. right now let's talk to dr patrick tang division chief of pathology sidra mets and hearing cats thank you for talking to us would be

interesting at this point to note that dr ted ross the head of the w.h.o. has been tweeting sim card for cation some context if you like in suggesting that 80 percent of the is you've got the infected by the virus actually mild suffer as in the likely to recover he's saying that 20 percent maybe critical of these pointing out that there is a fatality rate so far of up to 2 percent i mean does that make it a killer virus if stephanie a virus that we have to be concerned about because 2 percent is not an insignificant number if you think about how many people could potentially be infected 2 percent of the world's population is significant but we're not as a pandemic stage despite the fact that we're hearing it now in the middle east and in europe they're isolated cases should we be concerned should the w.h.o. be considering reclassifying this now as a global pandemic well that is sort of

a technical kind of decision whether you call it a pandemic or not the level of response as i said before would still be the same whether we call this a pandemic or not there are many regions in the world that have to become more prepared to deal with the consequence indeed the african union is meeting today to try and work out some cool donated state of preparedness for the continent but what is the difference between. a global outbreak and a pandemic in terms of the number of infections you say it wouldn't be the number of infections per se because we're seeing many many infections in china and it's still not a pandemic it's a bit of a grazer whether what we call it the response should still be the same and i think we shouldn't be worrying about whether it's called a pandemic or not we should be worrying about whether or. all of these regions around the world are ready for the virus right but now we are definitely seeing the spread of this virus into countries that perhaps have weaker public health systems

and indeed the world is kind of waiting for this to hit africa in a big way there's only one confirmed case in in egypt but this is the real challenge this is going to be the real challenge in terms of the containment and in fact helping those who get it to recover from it i think the recent events that have happened with this very show that we're in a different stage of the outbreak where containment is going to much more difficult and you know we have you have lot more efforts in those affected regions to be able to control the spread of the virus outside when dr talks about the window of opportunity to contain the outbreak what does he mean. i think the efforts that we need to put in place to contain or are can be that much more exponentially more difficult to to enact in order to eliminate this virus at this point because it's in so many different regions and in regions that may not have the resources to

tackle their outbreaks and in those particular kinds of countries that perhaps don't have a terribly sophisticated public health system what how can you expect the virus to play out would you expect the transmissibility would increase a greater number of people vulnerable people would die from it how do you think it will play out in those countries that have fewer resources they're going to have to difficulties one is in assessing the people that might be infected and testing them to confirm what is actually going on and after the people become ill there's going to be a number of them there can be seriously ill and then that's going to be a very big challenge for those countries to deal with the number of people that become. very sick and that might die from the virus so that that's where we're going to see the big challenges ok patrick tang thanks very much indeed. still to come here casualties of conflict victims tell out is there how they went to phoenix

to buy their attack is in the democratic republic of congo. and the flooding that the wire is haven't the people in some parts of the u.k. . how the showers are still big have been big and in job there's been more flash flooding in fact in today's youth is still the rainy season although the rain is edging slowly off is now as the sun comes north used to get a familiar see in the forecast the blue represents the shadows and get orange tops they had big shadows a big sun still the still there the not quite so big so you java certainly through sumatra and as far north and south and thailand and with this breeze direction unsurprisingly over down the eastern side of the philippines the showers becoming

more and more frequent obviously since in a way sea and through have born here this is true for the next 2 days probably the next 2 weeks and it's been very active weather wise not straight even on the places it was you got this developing probable cycle in the gulf of carpentaria a massive cloud here which will focus on bring us a pretty big downpours and very likely flooding to inland parts of southern queensland again has been a drought has been a drought in much of australia so this will reduce flash floods probably widespread floods but eventually welcome rain all the way up the queensland coast it's pretty much like that to be honest it does create further sas towards sydney is the the showers and this is come monday would of course looks drier in this part of queens and the further north is wetter. on counting the cost a tale of $2.00 nations straight years on relenting charges a cold germany's plan to get out of coal powered energy plus the unseen polluter we

find out what the shipping industry is doing to end soaring emissions. counting the cost on al-jazeera. award winning documentary from around the world. on al-jazeera. toughness take a look at the top stories here at al-jazeera the world health organization is concerned about a surge in coronavirus cases with no clear link to china iran has just reported another death bringing it the total in that country to 5 with 18 infected

and they are mostly centered around the holy city of qom south of tehran and south korea has increased its count of cases to more than $200.00 taking the national total to 433 the government is restricting movement in big cities like the capital seoul and in. the democratic presidential contender bernie sanders has warned russia to stay out of the november u.s. election he was responding to reports that the kremlin is meddling in order to boost his campaign as well as that of president trump sarah hire a triple. accusations of russian meddling in the u.s. presidential election in 2016 have resurfaced this time for the upcoming 2020 election last week senior u.s. intelligence officials briefed congress and the latest security threats to the u.s.

government and warns of russian interference to try to boost president donald trump's campaign we've already won the state trump has always denied kremlin interference and continued to do so in friday's last pitstop rally in western u.s. you see i see these phoneys these the do nothing democrats they said today that cotton wants to be sure that trump gets elected here we go. here we go again did you see it still are people born i was told that was happening as i was told a week ago they said you know they're trying to start a rumor it's just information that's the only thing they're good at they're not really sure of all. parts it seems russia isn't only targeting trump on friday the washington post paper reported russian efforts to help the new saunders with his presidential campaign to the democratic front runner later confirmed reports is that he had been briefed on this and denounced any efforts to sabotage

american democracy it was like clear what role they're going to play we were told it was for maybe other countries are going to get involved in this campaign. and look here's the message to russia stay out of american elections and what they are doing by the way the ugly thing that they are doing. and i've seen some of the you know. if they try to divide us up one it remains unclear if and how russia is attempting to manipulate the us presidential race moscow has denied the allegations . these are more paranoid announcements which to our regret will multiply as we get closer to the election naturally they have nothing to do with the truth these developments come just ahead of a crucial democratic caucus votes in the us state of nevada i think all elected officials regardless of party should be concerned about this because this is a threat to our democracy and who we are as americans intelligence officials warn

russia could be wanting to throw the integrity of the 2020 lection in doubt. chances of winning a 2nd term sort of. talks between libya's moring sides are to resume next week it's been 10 months since the war. his offensive at capturing the capital and overthrowing the un recognized government our correspondent charles trafford has been driving across the front line in tripoli to see the contrasting fortunes of libyans there. this is the neighborhood of algiers in central tripoli it's known for its high end shops and cafes the streets a calm but talk to people here and you are reminded that libya is at this i'm at the thing i can't say today feeling nervous i'm afraid unless there's a lot of people are right and only then do i feel comfortable enough to walk in the streets. and walk on the fact of the people is completely different depending on

where in tripoli you are it's gone for the people here but the problem is for the people near the front lines but we are all affected by the war is psychological because you constantly know your country's at war. when you drive south things start to change the traffic begins to thin there's less people on the streets. and there's evidence of shells landing in civilian neighborhoods this cafe is around a kilometer from the front line a few people still come to drink coffee here but the atmosphere is tense a bill hussein lives close by his feet in the bombing is random we live on our nerves any moment a bomb a rocket can hit it's especially bad at night we are too afraid to sleep we have to be ready to run immediately people now even know the types of bombs by their sounds and this is supposed to be

a ceasefire we continue to drive south past this on man check point to a neighborhood where they say for the fighters their own no signs of life. there is no evidence of a ceasefire here it took us 20 minutes to drive here from the peaceful streets of. where life on the surface at least seemed normal but here in the neighborhood of someone who dean virtually every building has been either damage or completely destroyed it's getting late in the day here now and commanders on the ground are telling us that they are nervous because this is the time where the majority of the shelling starts this area was populated by thousands of people and they have left they have fled the fighting it shows you just how much of a contrast there is between this neighborhood and the neighborhood of joe that we were in earlier this is a war of attrition it seems and despite the cease fire the fighting goes on that

al-jazeera southern tripoli. victims of recent attacks by an armed group in eastern democratic republic of congo have told their their assailants often disguise themselves in government uniforms and then kill indiscriminately almost a 1000 people have been killed since october catherine sawyer reports the 8 month old we've been there has been in this hospital in beni since december her mother was killed while running away from armed men with a baby on her back movie now was shot in the leg. our grandmother says 7 relatives who he didn't have house were killed on the same day. they were wearing congolese military uniform in a boat somewhere speaking in ugandan dialect they were carrying guns and messages. come by these attackers shot him in the head doctors remove the bullet and one of

his eyes. is a victim of the latest rebel attack at least 13 people were killed in his village this week he was brought to the hospital with deep machete cats on his head and neck. this is his village of. a day after the hour bush. was still traumatized to talk to us so his friends. the folks. took us around the top young men to carry what told him from the village on which in the forests they tied them up and started hacking them with machetes pretended he was dead. and. dozens of people are recovering from serious injuries nearly everyone we talk to blame the democratic forces armed groups or a.t.f. we just formed in western uganda in the 1990 s. to fight for the creation of an islamic state it's rebellion was crushed by ugandan

government forces the fighters had crossed the border into neighboring democratic republic of congo where they remained for nearly 20 years you have some recruits that come from other countries without mentioning which countries there are these recruitment network that bring them we are trying to work with different groups different countries different capitals to stop such recruitment but also you have to remember that not only they have these recruits coming from outside of kidnapping. the congolese army is conducting an offensive against the a.d.f. using 22000 soldiers by. the group is still able to launch attacks and kill people in their homes nearly a 1000 civilians have died since the operation began in october many including those from this village that has been attacked most people times have fled from their homes this is a highway a trading center of up was one of the busiest just a few months ago government have now been deployed here but many people are still

afraid to come back. back at the hospital in beni doctors tell us those recovering are lucky to be alive many others brought in with bullet wounds and machete cats did not make it. far and now we go live to catherine sawyer catherine you're in i'm by our in north kivu province and this is one of the main areas where the population have been subjected to attack after attack after attack 3 years you're with the congolese army what's the strategy that the army is using to try to sort this out and get rid of the idea. well martin as you had this saying that they have 22000 troops on the ground we are currently in the forest in venue where the suppressions against a.d.f. going on 4 generals have been deployed to lead this operation says today they're visiting the troops in the front lines and we've spoken to them this saying that

they are doing the best they can just saying that they're able to push a.d.f. fighters out old vast territory is in this forest this face this military base where we are right now was just not too long ago on a.d.f.a. so they're saying the military commanders that they have been able to kill dozens of a.d.f. fighters have been able to capture some of them with giving them valuable information and they have been able also to take some of the main bases including the headquarters so that's helping as the group is very much on the run but martin it seems that they're running in the wrong direction because as you've seen in that story just steal able to go back to villages in different parts of benny and carry out this atrocious attacks we have talked to people of the civil society just congolese who live in these villages were very angry they're saying that the congolese military is not doing enough to protect them they also say that the u.n.

peacekeeping force ricci's here they have a huge presence here is also not doing enough to protect them we have spoken to the head of office of the u.n. who is saying that they are providing logistical support to the congolese military but again like i said the commanders telling us they're trying their best to do what they condy because a deified says i'm not able anymore to engage them physically because they don't have that manpower then they're using other routes a symmetrical warfare and using routes to get to the villages to sow discontent the people that i've talked to are saying they're very angry they do not feel protected by their government they do not suit protected by the u.n. . and you mentioned the huge u.n. peacekeeping presence in the region i think is the biggest peacekeeping operation in the world for the un what is the mandate of the peacekeepers visa vi this congolese army operation against the a.d.f. what are they actually doing. well the resists special force made

a special african force brigade that actually has a bigger manu minded than just the normal peacekeeping they are allowed to engage the enemy when people are when you know civilians are under talk so they're allowed to do that so they have a broader montes but a lot of people are saying they're not even doing enough because some of these attacks really happen very close to you ready bases but they cannot it's un peacekeepers the people who structures that u.n. peacekeepers respond very late we also spoke to a human rights campaigner who is saying right now days of this offensive that's going on the u.n. does not have boots on the ground in the jungle but just saying that they're part trawling in villages they're providing ass support as well but people that we've talked to see will society groups that we've talked to say that the u.n. is not providing the support that for d.c. this is the congolese army really needs some they need to provide them with toxic low support they need to provide them with air support so that they can the army

with the boots of the ground can be able to make exactly where these rebels are so that they can engage them but we also spoke to the u.n. as i mentioned and the head of office said that it's very difficult to engage with very aggressively with the a.d.f. because they have also kidnapped hundreds of people and they are carving out as i said guerrilla warfare so and in these are conventional armies that are carving out a conventional warfare so it's very difficult to just go in and attack because of all the civilians that these people have attacked but as i mentioned the reason they resist special brigade that has a bigger minded that is able to engage the people are saying they're not seeing that engagement they're not seeing that protection that these brigade is here to offer catherine so i live in north kivu province in eastern democratic republic of congo thank you. time for us to take a look at the top stories here at out in syria the world health organization is

concerned about a surge in coronavirus cases with no clear link to china iran has just reported another death bringing the total to 5 with 18 infected there mostly centered around the holy city of comb that south of tehran south korea has increased its count of new cases to more than $200.00 and that takes its nationwide total to $433.00 movement is restricted in big cities like it so and dakin although the total number of cases outside china remains relatively small we are concerned about the number of cases with more clearly. so joe's travel history to jail or contact with a very good case we're specially concerned about the increasing cases in the islamic republic of iran well then i don't know 18 places and for those in just a biased 2 days

a presidential election underway in togo is expected to extend the decades long political dynasty of the president's family after 15 years in power fall nothing day is likely to secure a 4th term he succeeded his late father who led togo for 38 years he seized power in a coup democratic presidential contender bernie sanders says warned russia to stay out of the 2020 us election he was responding to reports that the kremlin is meddling to best his campaign as well as that of president donald trump. all right up to date there is all that latest headlines from there coming up next it's counting the costs. but the white house has been. busy 4 states have. to face down trying. to.

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