people in power plant a taste of independents on al-jazeera. al-jazeera . there and can be dealt this is the news our live from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes the number of coronavirus cases in south korea doubled since the virus also spread outside of asia prompting concern from the world health organization. bitter enemies unite in south sudan and that soon end the civil war that has killed hundreds of thousands of people and displaced 1000000 it's. day one of a week long truce between the u.s. and the taliban goes into effect in afghanistan boosting hopes for a long lasting peace deal. turned out to be just ended with the sport heavyweight

boxes beyonce wild rice and fury have weighed in the head of the much anticipated title really match we will hear from both camps later this news hour. coronavirus precautions are being stepped up as new cases are confirmed in other countries china is reporting a shop for all in the number of new infections the doctors say it's too early to draw any conclusions in iran a 5th death from corona virus was reported on saturday with 28 infections some ball crossings between iran and iraq have been closed a 2nd virus death has been confirmed in northern italy 30 cases have been reported and the long body region where at least 10 towns are in lockdown and concern is growing in south korea coronavirus cases there are more than doubled overnight to

at least 430 a south korean government is urgently sending medical support to its south where much of those infected can be traced back to a church service from abroad reports from diet which has been declared a special care. the streets of daegu are eerily quiet fear of the disease means most people here are heeding warnings not to venture out those who do are careful about where they go and whom they meet. all more math as long as we're a mask and wash our hands properly we can get through this i think i hate wearing a mask but now i have to wear it all the time it's hard to go out and i avoid cafes business in this normally bustling city of 2 and a half 1000000 has been brought to a virtual standstill on the road to let us hope tonight i opened my shop today just in case there might be some customers but there's been none so i'll soon close up and go home nearly half of the infections are linked to

a church in this building which is locked up and deserted church members have been told to quarantine themselves while medical teams are quickly testing them for the corona virus in daegu in the neighboring county of chung though more testing centers have been set up and hospital wards designated to treat the flurry of new cases who counted you know you and i'm wondering i'm worried it's like the whole city is in lockdown and people are afraid of coming here a large number of the new cases have been at a hospital in chango that could be linked to the outbreak here in daegu the infection has spread rapidly among patients and staff prompting the authorities to lock it down. the government says the situation is still manageable and that while new cases are being detected across south korea they seem to be people with links to this part of the country rather than from new clusters. of further investigation is needed and many of the cases confirmed today are links back to the clusters

a hopeful sign for south korea as it races to contain the spread but not much comfort for the people in daegu wondering how bad this outbreak will get rob mcbride al-jazeera south korea well the world health organization has warned african health systems would be illiquid to deal with a potential outbreak health ministers have met in ethiopia to discuss developments with partner support we have gone from having only 2 countries with laboratory testing for covert 19 a few weeks ago to now 26 countries that have been confirmed in the afro region that have the capacities to test for this and we were building on an already established influenza laboratory network we anticipating that by the end of february or for the 7 member states of the off road reason we'll have this capacity the w.h.o.

says it's identified 13 priority countries in africa because of their direct links to china if the r.b.i. has stepped up prevention measures as it maintains daily flights to china right now african union health ministers are meeting as i mentioned in ethiopia to discuss how to contain a potential corona virus outbreak reports from. there's a constant state of alert at addis ababa international airport and it peaks when a flight arrives from china after the 1st screening the pass and just pass through a so-called 360 degree x. ray machine which detects body temperature passengers are also asked to fill the health status forms and disclose where they have been during the past 14 days at the time of landing we would check their temperature you thing the 3rd term most common and again we have master more scanner commuting in their own international airport and finally we check again we leave it there most commonly when they are

looking their bags in between again we have a positive thing which is again strict nowadays the border international airport in addis ababa is one of the busiest travel hubs in africa it's also the continent's main gateway to china while many countries harvested air services to china after the corner virus outbreak ethiopian airlines continues to operate 35 flights a week to 5 chinese destinations the airline has ignored please both form if you open the public and some african countries to suspend its flights to china we base our decision based on the what the heads of shall scale us the. cysts ok minister has a few pieces of cake now when they say that it's no more health issues so it becomes a business decision and a business decision is that for us it is a long term. operation and we have 40 percent market share for travel between

africa and china even though no case of infection has been detected in ethiopia until now novel coronavirus medically known as viewed 19 is a major concern here 18 suspected cases were tested and found negative 11 of them were sent to south africa while 7 were tested within ethiopia in. new love specially equipped with a purpose with the help of the world health organization an emergency center has also been set up were dozens of doctors and medical trainees are to work every day of the week collecting data studying ways to confront the virus and this is perhaps one of the most vital services set up by the national institute of public health these hotlines manned 24 hour 7 they receive information that related to suspects as cases of course on a virus they also provide information and advice for people in need doctors say they receive at least 5 infection of rumors of a less every day one of the tasks of these men is to make sure no unwanted panic

spreads among the population. are dizzy or. let's go to ron now where as people voted to elect a new palm and on friday 2 more rain ians died from growing a virus as a biogas live for us in the capital are said so 5 confirmed deaths now in iran how prepared is the country to deal with the corona virus outbreak. well absolutely they have been 5 confirmed deaths one new death but the we do know that government bodies are currently meeting and they're discussing and we are expecting in the coming coming days for them to release information about how they will be dealing with this virus state t.v. has been showing videos telling people how to put on a face mask properly and how to wash their hands to protect themselves from the krona virus now there are 28 confirmed cases 10 new ones 8 in the city of form 2 here in the capital that are on we know that iraq has suspended flights between the

2 countries and is not accepting uranian pilgrims iran has closed its 5 land borders with iraq and that's after that it was only open for a week because those borders were closed for 4 months because of the insecurity in iraq we also know that the government has kept schools closed for a week in the city of qom and are as a precautionary measure but people are concerned when i was outside and streets yesterday and today are so many people wearing face masks but people are also suspicious because partly because after the ukrainian airline was shut down the iranian government spent 3 days denying it people are suspicious of the official account they want to know how many people actually affected but also they want to know how these individuals contracted the virus in the 1st place and that hasn't been made clear but we are expecting some officials in the coming days to come out and try to explain to people what precautionary measures they need to take what the government will be doing to try and stop this virus spreading any further i said

let's pivot and talk about the elections obviously voting yesterday what's the latest with that and when can we expect the results. well what's very interesting about the elections is that we haven't had a voter turnout yet now yesterday the governor of the one came out and said that there would be a figure official figure for voter turnout for the country as a whole and not a breakdown that's not what we used to be used to having a breakdown of individual provinces and cities and that could be indicative of the expected low voter turnout now from the figures that we've seen so far released for the election results there's been about $163.00 seats out of the $290.00 that conservatives have won already got a majority of course these results have to be validated by the guardian council which is the body that oversees the elections and the vetting process but just to give you an idea this will probably be the most conservative parliament that we've seen in iran for over a decade and just to give you an idea of the defeat for the reformists and

moderates in the home city of president hassan rouhani some non there were 4 seats all saw went to the conservatives now obviously this election has been controversial about 5 and a half 1000 people were disqualified from standing including 81 sitting members of parliament that's why the guardian council many people stayed away from the polls we saw many empty polling stations yesterday we expect voter turnout to be very low but also this makes it very difficult for president hassan rouhani he will effectively be a sitting duck president we have the presidential election next year because he will preside over a parliament that is of a different political persuasion to him and that could affect not only domestic policy but also foreign policy think that that said baghdad live from tehran. south sudan's president salva kerry has formed a new coalition government with opposition leader. who's been sworn in as vice

president the former rivals will lead the government in an attempt to end years of conflicts which has killed about $400000.00 people they're expected to guide the country to elections within the next 3 years is that morgan has more from juba. let's remember 1st of all that this transitional government has been sworn in just under an hour ago has been formed after 9 months of delay so people are looking up to this government to see what kind of change they can bring and we've seen this in the newly sworn in vice for vice president cheney direct machar and the country's president salva kiir holding several meetings over the past 2 days both saying clearly that there are still a lot of outstanding issues the most prominent being the issues of security arrangements but they said that after the swearing in and after the formation of the transitional government and appointment of cabinet ministers and they will tackle those issues so people on the street and countrywide are looking to this

government to solve the issue of the economy how could i was facing higher inflation as a result of the years of conflict in the country there's also the issue of the humanitarian crisis more than half of the country saw when populations are in need of food aid to survive so these are the things or rather the challenges that this transitional government will have to tackle in the coming 3 years before they go on to elections the number one guarantee has to be basically the goodwill of the 2 sides but if you're looking at what kind of pressure this transitional government has just been sworn in will have to be spending to make sure that they implement the deal that has been coming to 18 then we can look at what happened over the past 2 weeks that led to this government being formed on the 22nd of february which was the final deadline that was had by the working parties you've seen the u.s. imposing sanctions we've seen the e.u. imposing sanctions law so harsh words and language coming from regional and international partners saying that it's no transitional government is formed if the peace is not abided by if the details of the agreement that has been signed is not

implemented then there will be no support for this government so most of the pressure that will force the were inside which are now effectively partners in government to implement the deal comes from what has happened over the past few weeks and there are concerns that if any part of the deal is not. implemented on time were there any kind of delays a 15 basically does not follow his part of the agreement then the international community basically implement important tension and that is something none of the more and 5 are the opposition i want to see happening in the coming year. the warring sides in south sudan have made deals before but none have brought last peace this time president salva care has made his rival rep michele his 1st vice president both face challenges including the delicate process of integrating former rival military forces into one united army disagreements over how and where the country will be divided up into states remain and that's due to be finalised after

the government's formation and the un says widespread abuses on both sides continue including the recruitment of child soldiers and secure violence or ma one is a south sudan analyst and he joins us now live from london by skype thank you so much for your time 1st i guess most obvious question do you think that this time will be different will this last. we don't know where he's going to last but there are indications that it is different from the last time we meet we saw it which was back in 2016 before down the road so this time around we think we think that at least 2 things have changed the 1st one is the teams in khartoum sudan has collapsed and is the place by a government that is more friendly to the government of. qatar has historically been seen to be a supporter a sort of species consensus down the 1st factor and that these is an incentive for

the group the opposition group to look inside because looking behind them there isn't a tradition back in going to use to get so this one but on the other hand the government loses under severe pressure us pundits said the economist in its entirety said it has been for a very long time government officials are being paid including the army so the government is who it is worried that it cannot sustain the population that it cannot depend on the population supporting it so basically both sides as seeing this peace agreement process as like an exit from their own trouble so they believe that it's enough incentive for the stude to try and live up to what their side up to we read her stomach some of the challenges there including bringing you know having one united. what do you think the likelihood of holding elections in 3 years time is that going to be a straightforward process what are your thoughts on that. it's

a very very tight and a lot of his depends you don't the ship or on the goodwill of these 2 guys they must know that this is the last chance they cannot miss this chance again they can afford 'd again and this is the last chance for both of them. having said that the time is extremely tight they have so many they have so many things to do not police course people are starving people has been dispelled been displaced people have to be treated to their homes. salaries have to to attribute at least people have to be paid the economy has to be recovered apart from that the security measures that you have talking about the unified army we must know that i'm of course who is unified before 'd. it broke up into 2 functions so now we have to create a new unified army that is not vulnerable to the old divisions and this is a huge task but one good just at the moment we have much opposition armies under the protection wholly by the government forces so this is

a very good will. gesture from the argument chart to take his to take this risk. his army and come to you but with all his delegates and trust president suffocate to protect him of course this is a very good will from my chart but it also puts pressure on assad for killing to this trust and this really would be the 1st steps to it's the trust that we need to be built between these 2 people the u.n. commission on human rights recently put out a report and found that this is a leaders with stealing public funds were enabling attacks on civilians through local militias well withholding aid on purpose will any of these sorts of endemic issues be dealt with under this sort of unity government. of course when there is war things always happen we everybody of course welcomes the pressure that comes from the international community from the un we are sure that this timing was not accidental. more pressure on the 2 sides to come together the realities the 2

leaders 3 percent of south sudanese and indict them is going to be hard but we have a component in the peace of people that is. hybrid court. justice system that would make sure that people who have committed crimes during this war would have to be made to face justice you just were depending on of course is welcome that the un is putting this. pressure on the 2 sides to to bring peace thank you for your analysis there that small and no doubt say south sudan analyst live from london. but more ahead on the news hour including casualties of conflicts between cell al jazeera how they were deceived by their attackers in democratic republic of congo. elections in togo where the current

president wants to extend his family's 5 decade long grip on power. and looking to make an impact with me coming trying to become the middle east leading professional wrestling brand. at least one tucker soldier has been killed in a bomb attack by syrian government forces in italy province russia backed forces have been steadily regaining ground in the region which is the last rebel held stronghold in a phone conversation turkey's president one has urged russia's vladimir putin to rein in the serious moves to avert a humanitarian crisis. holes in togo's presidential election are due to close in just under an hour the results expected to mean a 4th term for president 4. to extend his 15 year rule and his

family's political distinct opposition has not been able to form a united front or the president succeeded his late father who led togo for 38 years after seizing power in a coup in 1967 last may a new law was enacted limiting the president's. term to 25 year terms but the legislation was not retrospective which allows nothing way to run for president twice more potentially to remain in office until 2030 poverty has remained persistent during the rule of the missing base the world bank says around half of the $8000000.00 population live on less than $2.00 a day there's been sporadic protests for change especially in 2017 around 20 demonstrators were killed. a correspondent of interests is in the capital lawmen says the president is benefiting from the divisions within the opposition. the opposition is still divided bickering amongst them and they tell you after several

attempts especially by opposition parliamentarians to field a single candidate to confront a president for the existing they had them are in disconnected they all still everybody when she's on the way and the fear of their supporters is not the vote like it's supposed to go to an individual who could effectively tackle president you know them and they lection it now will now have to be divided among 6 other people 6 candidates running for different political parties and that the ruling party is capitalizing on and hoping to entrench father in strange the current president and his political party in power for the next 5 years and probably beyond because there has been i recent amendment of the time in the middle in the constitutions that allowed president calling us convict run for another 5 year term and then probably i run again after 5 years. victims of recent attacks by an armed group in the eastern democratic republic of congo have told al-jazeera their

silence disguise themselves in military uniform and kill indiscriminately nearly $1000.00 people killed since october catherine sort 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 with you know was shot in the leg how grandmother says 7 relatives who he'd in her 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 machetes the. attackers shot him in the head doctors removed 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 caps on his head and

neck. this is his village of how a day after the hour bush. was still traumatized to talk to us so his friend. the folks. around the top young men to carry what. village on the hooch in the forests. and started whacking them with machetes pretended he was dead. and. dozens of people are recovering from serious injuries nearly everyone we talked to blame the allied democratic forces armed groups or a.t.f. who 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 that cross the border into neighboring democratic republic of congo where they've remained for nearly 20. yes you have some recruits that come from other countries without mentioning which countries there are these

recruitment networks 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 they do great deal of kidnapping. the congolese army is conducting an offensive against the a.d.f. using $22000.00 soldiers but the group is still able to launch attacks and kill people in their homes 1000 civilians have died since the operation began in october many including those from this village that has been attacked multiple times have fled from their homes this is a highway a trading center of up with 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 maniatty is brought in with bullet wounds and machete cats

did not make it catherine. benny of the democratic republic of congo. the launch of a new opposition party in kazakhstan has been postponed after police arrested around $100.00 supporters they included zambo who's led efforts to create the democratic party he was detained as for those disperse an anti-government protest in the largest city a lot of the capital north of palm and the stanton national says what it calls the cowardly campaign of intimidation against critics shows how badly the government fares freedom of expression. a palestinian man has been shot dead by israeli forces in occupied east jerusalem and israeli police spokesman says the man had attempted to stab an officer when the say the man was shot after he refused to allow officers to search him the area has been closed off and extra security. so come on al-jazeera has the race for the democratic presidential nomination shifts to nevada

we look at how candidates are trying to appeal to minority vote is. not one more women rail against violence in mexico after a 7 year old girl is brutally murdered. and in sport why too much ice is causing problems at this world cup event peter will have more. hello again has been a lot of snow in turkey in the last 6 hours or so and the same system which you can see as much or cloud is moving east was the tail end of course tends to produce not to be pleasant weather in the hard ground in northern syria and north in iraq and it follows on with showers just be the levant the heading more free gypped than they are further east to be honest the cloud is clearing through and things are

that you could argue improving 16 rocca and 27 and by god there's no significant wind further south so it's warming up in the arabian peninsula as well and throughout iran but when you see a line of cloud like they always think are going to develop into showers and this one does as well so for the old saudi and iraq there are showers as there are in western iran this is all monday against the south it's to war with a southerly breeze which tends to be a fairly dusty one and in contrast to that when you know what's happening in the east and it's so this way for the satellite picture the forecast it's a northerly breeze it's not very warm in eastern libya no. not compared with the average and that breeze is quite strong as a hummer as it turns in science is this into the so the countries from chad west who is with quite strong breeze tend to see dusty weather at this time of the year dusty and dry throughout most of north africa.

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top stories this hour the number of corona virus cases in south korea has more than doubles making its nationwide told 433 the government is restricting movement to big cities like sold. the world health organization says it's concerned about a surge of coronavirus cases with no clear link to china iran has reported another death bringing its total to. has been sworn in as south sudan's vice president forms a new coalition government with former rival president salva kiir trying to end

years of conflict ahead of elections within 3 years. let's return now to our top story on the coronavirus and the surge in cases with no clear link to china chris smith is a consultant for all of just the naked scientist he joins us now live by skype from cambridge in the u.k. thank you for your time mr smith 1st i want to talk about these numbers that we're seeing cases in south korea they seem to be going up very fast is that concerning to you. well obviously anyone catching an infectious disease and catching it in large numbers is concerning but this is kind of what we expected to happen and it's kind of mirroring what happened in china because if you remember if you caution my back to the beginning of january there was just a handful of cases in which which were linked to a seafood market and within a month those handful of cases that turned into thousands of people every single day so from very small acorns big oak trees can grow and that's sort of what we expect with the source of outbreaks because you get the small number of people who

start the fire burning and then it spreads quite rapidly this is quite infectious disease everyone is potentially susceptible to it because it's never circulated before so very quickly with an infectious illness that can spread via the air you're going to get big numbers and that's what we're seeing we're seeing lines come out all the time about i guess what you call lex containment american passengers with this virus flying alongside healthy passengers coming off that that cruise liner in south korea as i said the numbers are growing rising very fast are we past containment do you think. there's no way that we can stop this and the reason that i say that is that it's with an infectious outbreak in a major center like which has been very closely linked to many other cities by air travel people moving over land etc and then subsequently evidence of spread in other geographies it's obvious that this is already spreading outside china we've got an infectious entity so we know that this is going to it's only going to get bigger so i'm not surprised by this there's no way we're going to be either

completely stop this and put the lid on it because too many people have had it and it's gone too far but what we should be putting the emphasis on is the control of the rate at which is bret's because that is something we can do something about and the critical thing here is that the vast majority of the world's population live in the northern hemisphere and at the moment the northern hemisphere is in winter time and we know that various infectious diseases including the flu tend to be more common in the winter time and that means there's already pressure on health services in the wintertime if we can move the arrival into these new geographies of this thing more towards the spring and summer there will be more resources available in health services and therefore the pressure will be less intense and that means the outcomes and likely to be better so currently that's the way the governments are thinking they will health organization has come out and said it's concerned about cases with no clear if a dimia logical link and that people hadn't been to china or they had been in contact with anyone who had the virus what should we read into that what does that

mean for how this is going to play out. well at the moment what we're calling the case definition if you come to the u.k. and you've got the symptoms we're going to be looking and saying have you been to one of 9 or so countries where we know this virus is circulating and initially on that list was just china it was extended a couple weeks ago to these other geographies to now if you're on that list you're going to get tested if you got the symptoms but if you turn up the g.p. surgery or hospital with the symptoms and you haven't had those kind of associations at the moment we're not going to be scrutinizing you it's the same in the vast majority of countries and it only takes a brief encounter with someone who is infectious for this agent for you to pick it up in a really good example of how this can work is a british citizen went to a business meeting in singapore had his meeting then went home and to the alps on a skiing holiday and while on a skiing holiday in fact about 11 people in france those 11 people then came home

to prison with the virus on board well if you would just checking people coming from risk areas you would miss cases coming having been associated with someone who'd been in a risk area abroad but they then came back via what we regard as a safe country it's really really hard to keep tabs on these sorts of things and that's why that's why they're really hard to stop thanks for your time the suspect that's chris smith there are a consultant very religious and they could scientists thank you pleasure. it's day one of a weeklong reduction of violence between the afghan taliban and the u.s. with a 1000 afghans dying every month of course offers a glimmer of hope but it's not handed reports from washington d.c. there are questions about whether it will hold. in kabul where bullets bombs and sirens often punctuate the soundtrack of daily life there is now an unaccustomed climate. it midnight on saturday the taliban the united states and the afghan government of on shroff ghani begin a pause in hostilities if it lasts 7 days the parties plan to sign

a peace deal in doha on february 29th that aims to end america's longest war we have to give peace a chance that the the best if not only way forward in afghanistan is through a political agreement and that means taking some risks that means enabling our diplomats it's not a ceasefire it's a test of trust. our security and defense forces will remain in a defensive position during the week of reduction of violence is us afghan forces will continue operations against ice and al-qaeda which are not part of the agreement none of the parties involved in the talks has publicly defined what constitutes a violation in the pause in hostilities is it one attack or is it 10 so it's possible that if anything happens each side has an opportunity to call it off. i think that they the taliban leadership is genuinely committed to implementing this

truce they very careful not to call it the call of the cease fire which is probably a good idea except that song by this will happen even eventual cease fire holds that would open the door to 3000000 afghan refugees in pakistan to return to their homeland but some refugees ask to where the if we leave here we have no way to go back to i was born here about 32 years ago if we go where will we live we have nowhere to go if a peace agreement follows with the taliban still refusing to recognize the afghan government many in the u.s. doha and afghanistan are asking what next john hendren al-jazeera washington. the us president is denouncing what he calls phony accusations that russia is interfering to post his reelection campaign to accredit party frontrunner about a sanders is warning russia to stay off and stop sabotaging american democracy sarkari reports accusations of russian meddling in the us presidential election in

2016 have resurfaced this time for the upcoming 2020 election last week senior u.s. intelligence officials briefed congress at the latest security threats to the us 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 pit stop probably in western u.s. you see. i see it is phoneys these the do nothing democrats they said today that talking watch to be sure that trump gets elected here we go. here we go again did you see it still our people port 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 intermission that's the only thing they're good at showing.

it seems russia isn't only targeting trump on friday the washington post paper reported russian efforts to help but he 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 should they be 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 tweets and stuff is they try to divide us up one it remains unclear if and how russia is attempting to manipulate the u.s. presidential race moscow has denied the allegations. more paranoid announcements which to our great 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 u.s. state of nevada i think all alike the 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 i'm very strong chances of winning a 2nd term sort of fight at al jazeera. and those nevada caucuses open in just a few are nevada is the 1st racially diverse and region to take pause when in nevada could show which candidate is best able to appeal to minority voters who make up a key block in the democratic coalition reports from las vegas. students at eldorado high school in east los vegas are getting a lesson in political power in my knee so i'll community organizer jasmine via gomez asks the diverse group of teenagers to stand if you are 0 one

man can you please said that on every you are african american down every you are latino can you please sit down at the end there's only one boy left standing yeah let it be the by the it gomez reminds them of the long struggle by women and people of color to win the right to vote so many people were not eligible to participate in our boarding process it's an apt lesson in nevada the most diverse of the early voting states it's demographic makeup now for tells what the us will look like in the future if you project forward and you look at the share of african-american latino asian pacific islanders and you project out to you know mid 21st century the profile actually matches very closely tens of thousands of nevada residents have already cast ballots in early voting to get out in vote get out no

matter how long the wait the lines or just do it i'm here just to vote the trauma this diverse electorate is the key to victory in the caucuses all of the democratic candidates are working hard to harvest votes from the vet as diverse communities some are doing better than others. to judge and amy close to char have so. far attracted little interest among voters of color elizabeth warren is done somewhat better future president of states of america by courting the large asian american voting bloc with a campaign event in las vegas is chinatown we choose compassion over cruelty bernie sanders has made major inroads among latinos helped by a small army of enthusiastic volunteers.

sanders is leading in the polls my prediction is like weber's doing a better job on making sure that they latinos are engaged that's what's going to win their vote back at eldorado high students are handing in completed voter registration forms an act of civil engagement and perhaps a commitment that may last a lifetime robert oulds al-jazeera las vegas. talks between libya's warring sides is due to resume next week it's been 10 months since the war holy father started his offensive and capturing the capital and overthrowing the un recognized government across town and child has been driving across the front line in tripoli to see the contrasting fortunes of the bins there. this is the neighborhood of central tripoli it's known for its high end shops and cafes the streets a call to 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 what the effect 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're all affected by the war is psychological because you're constantly known your country's at war. when you drive south from 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 builder 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 all fled the fighting it shows you just how much of

a contrast there is between this neighborhood and the neighborhood of joba that we were in earlier this is a war of attrition it seems and despite the cease fire the fighting goes on and al-jazeera southern tripoli. protesters in peru have marched against a proposed ban on bullfighting judges in the capital the murray due to decide on tuesday whether bullfighting should be made illegal and 5 year prison sentences imposed for anyone taking part critics say bull fighting promotes animal cruelty. a rape and murder of a 7 year old girl that mexico has increased outrage and violence against women nationwide john heilemann reports from one of the laces protests demanding government action to better protection. the chanting. women have taken over this toll booth on the outskirts of mexico city to protest against years of femicide that. there's so much violence i don't know any woman who

hasn't suffered and here on the outskirts of the forgotten war here's where they come to throw the ball to. more than 10 women are killed every day across the country and it's getting worse in 2090 the number was double but 4 years previously . but this month the issue came to a head with 2 horrific murders ingrid. inflated 7 year old fatima to get was kidnapped outside her school then raped and strangled after ingrid's murder this is what president lopez obrador had to say. i don't want the theme of this press conference to just be about homicides it's pretty clear that issue has been really manipulated by the media those who don't like us take advantage of any circumstance to generate campaigns of defamation. to play nice on social decay caused by neo liberalism it outraged many stepmothers to be

a can't even describe it we're talking about a national emergency femicide and we have 2 cases that really blew everything up and then the president says no don't get distracted this is an important so what is important well his pio. as president women's rights advocates say on paper protocols exist to deal with violence against women but in practice they're often ignored by authorities who can themselves be abusive when there's we're not there the sentiment things have been sexually assaulted by police and you have to face up to it alone that's because the people that show support and solidarity few are in mexico city not here. but in the last year women have been coming together more moral to demand change there's a relatively small number of women here but protests like this one have been increasing across the country off the isn't which authorities are pretty don't know very much to prevent femicide and abuses against women now the pressure is on.

now on the 9th of march on washington strike for women has been cooled the movement is only growing john homan how does it become to pick. we'll be back with sport in just a mess with. a passion for supporting local communities. and pioneering innovative african science and technology projects how his child beautiful how glorious we are all of us on this planet not just africa al-jazeera front as a leading by a chemist determined to use his scientific knowledge to say africa women make science from the lab to the field on al-jazeera step into the unknown with central america's 1st ever theatrical production by actors with down

syndrome. a life journey illuminated on stage each performer transformed with the raise of a curtain. witness time to love a back stage to. josie oh. cool. sign up for to speak to him thank you so much heavy weight a box of the and then tyson fury have weighed in in front of thousands of fans ahead of saturday's w.b.c. title rematch neither has lost in their professional career and their 1st fight in

2018 was controversially declared drool appear to each other from behind ropes after the traditional face of was banned following scuffles between them earlier in the week britain's fury is 6 foot 9 and heavier than the american at 124 kilograms wilder is making he's 11th defense of his title and at 104 kilograms will be fighting at his heaviest ever weight. either i've always had the quite big guys because now you know if he does there's only going to slow him down. hold no weight on me i'm a runner on the right 3 with a rock with it so is a little grey going on you know i'm not worried about his weight. i'll tell him don't blink the way it's not problem children 73 pounds up your british base jump a while the city of the day that this was he's our country but i told him that our fate this is mine the funds up turned out to see that dick she came every time saying. i. le bron james and anthony davis

combined for 60 points to make sure the los angeles lakers remain the best in the west on friday night's le bron scored 32 points against the memphis grizzlies alex caruso's no nonsense drive setting him up here davis suffered an injury scale in the 1st half but bounced back and balanced the free throw off the room for caruso to tidy up the braun with the lion's share of the points the lakers winning 117100 5. ferrari has asked for me the ones governing body to rule on a new steering system being used by ms sadie's they say it give. they rivals a crucial advantage mercedes are confident they do at the steering system is within regulations it was hamilton and valtteri bottas have used it during testing at barcelona this week you can see but s. moving the steering wheel backwards and forwards to realign the wheels the f.i.a. race director has confirmed that the system will be banned but not until 2021. the

3rd weekend of rugby union 6 nations championship was kicked off france are hoping they can stay on course for a 1st title in 10 years the french have won both their game so far and take on defending champions wales later it's one of the youngest french sides in history with the entire team having played fewer matches than wales captain allan when jones thailand have played their 1st ever match at a cricket world cup play against the west indies at the women's t 20 world cup the ties last regular gets before setting a target of 79 runs and the former champions struggled early on in their chase to quick run outs left the willies reeling a $27.00 for 3 but they recovered to win by 7 wickets with 20 balls to spay bryson the leads by a stroke at the halfway stage of the w g c event in mexico the american charged to the top of the standings after he sunk 7 birdies in an 8 hole stretch to finish an 11 underpass. meanwhile

overnight leader and world number one rory mcilroy certainly had a friend in the crowd he's 3 shots back this birdie putt on the 17th perhaps the only highlight of his round. the penultimate illusion world cup event is going ahead in germany despite a number of the top sliders including current olympic champions pulling out of a safety concerns the bumpy track at vinterberg has been shortened because of the build up of ice on corners making crashes more likely the entire austrian and u.s. teams withdrew ahead of the event as did some germans. and croatia has got its 1st pine skiing world cup winning nearly 7 years for observed church put in a superb performance in the 2nd run in the giant slalom on saturday in japan at the result the church was in 12 position of the 1st round but things diverse if it suge to the top of the standings. professional wrestling is dominated by the w w

e which is expanding in the middle east with a big money deal in saudi arabia but some of its former champions are hoping to challenge its influence with a new pro wrestling promotion in kata so homeric reports. you do not want to mess with these guys they fight for a living and they're in kotov a super slam to. the biggest event by one of the middle east only wrestling promotions qatar progress and was a host of legends perform but the show non bigger than rubber band down has been the main event for the biggest companies that cross the globe it's very nice to be able to own a place is the all over the world where people grew up watching you and your band that you respected their culture in no way and sometimes you never get to go to those places ever. has been running since 2013 they've only had

a few events so fast the town can have many a chance to see actually the snoring very often by the company has big plans. they want to stage events like super slam multiple times a year and they're aiming to start regular t.v. shows i. the qatar based enterprise has also opened up an academy to groom local talent i someone who performed at this very show was 5. but becoming a regional force won't be easy. the middle east is a key market for the industry's biggest name world wrestling entertainment which is backed by billionaire owner vincent mom it's a reported $50000000.00 for show the stage events and found eurabia t 2027 the w dobby has also expressed an interest in north korea mideast specific brand.

one of the greatest minds in wrestling thinks could top pro wrestling shouldn't feel too daunted eric bishop is manage some of his biggest rivals rusli fans. tend to be very loyal if q b w could continue to service the local one i mean by locals middle east and a shall wish themselves as a hometown team so to speak i think that's an advantage you can work in your favor need to be very competitive. there are plenty of hard knocks to head for q.b. w. and now however that putting smiles on the faces of people that progress and needs the most the fans still hail malik al-jazeera to say. ok hell be back here again a little later with another sports news bulletin that's all for now kim thanks for that puts it from a can but al for this news hour stay with us i'll be back in just a moment with more of today's news.

the whole d.n.a. of al-jazeera is to deliver news on behalf of people who are subject to the decisions made by the powerful but even though sometimes you feel about the general election in december the 12th result anything when you see big groups of people walking through europe they're all individuals with children the lowlifes of it but still is this place has become a complete track so of course there is simply no way to put all these people you have to hear all of them and to treat them with some dignity and respect. we will maintain the finest fighting force of the world has ever known. united states army

was so reliant on the private sector i would call that dependency we have a mismatch between the way we. work to be here and the reality of the 21st century . in the bay legal for inland i want to show you how many of the persons that you're sending out you should be child soldiers. child soldiers reloaded on al-jazeera. thanks love to making loans to sufferance because behind the suffering a millions of taxpayers because most taxpayers never go away there's a new one born every single day and it is an emerging national city and we put it we officially request the rationing of the support mechanism we created together because i happen to live in greece somehow i'm a sinner i'm a bad person. that's machine on al-jazeera. context this is the 1st storytelling around the biggest issues but. you

should do it again. the number of coronavirus cases in south korea doubled since the virus also spreads outside of asia something concern from the world health organization and. i'm compelled this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up this the enemies you know isin south sudan in an effort to end the civil war that has killed hundreds of thousands of people displaced millions. day one of a weeklong reduction in violence between the u.s. and the taliban in afghanistan boosting hopes for peace deal. closing is just closed in tokyo where the president is expected to extend his family.