countersteering. this is al jazeera. so rahman you're watching the al-jazeera news our life my headquarters here in doha coming up in the next 60 minutes several countries shut their borders with iran in an effort to contain the spread of the coronavirus after 8 people died in the islamic republic. also a 2nd earthquake hits near the turkey iran border just hours after another quake in the same region killed 9 people. also togo's president in the sim day wins his election bid extending his family's decades old rule on power but the opposition is crying foul. and israel's military fires rockets into guards around syria in

response to strikes it blames on the palestinian armed group islamic jihad. welcome to the news are iran is being isolated by its neighbors because of growing fears over the corona virus outbreak 4 new infections have been recorded in the capital tehran 7 in the holy city of qom to england province and one each in a market province and a tonic a bomb in a bid to stop the spread backers than has closed its border with iran on sunday as have armenia and turkey in the northwest ankara has also halted all incoming flights afghanistan has suspended all road and travel to its neighbor 3 afghans are currently being tested for the virus after entering from iran and iraq is scanning

arrivals over fears that hundreds of thousands of iranians visiting holy sites could bring the virus across the border although also jabari is in turn round with more on how the ortho routines are responding. the number is of course significant because they are worried that the containment process is really something that they need to address as quickly as possible the outbreak started in the holy city of which is about 120 kilometers south of the capital tehran officials believe that a chinese worker construction worker was the source of the outbreak in that city you know they have since closed schools and universities not only home but in about 2 thirds of the cities across the country in the capital and all the major events have been canceled including the government foreign ministry briefing that was to be held on monday and we also understand the terror on university dormitories have been evacuated as well the health minister has also said that the masks and this in

fact and will no longer be sold in pharmacies because the government will be hanged handing them out in a public metro stations as well as buses across the cities. several provinces in china have lowered their emergency response measures to the coronavirus but south korea is still on high alert just announced a 161 new cases bringing the total number of infected to 763 the number of from the virus in south korea stands at 7 to 2 more announced on monday cases. after a break in a religious community in the city of. let's get the very latest by speaking to our correspondent katrina you who is in beijing and those are encouraging figures coming out of china of some provinces and infection figures. that's right so we've had 4 provinces lower their alert level in china that the provinces you nonsense. because they've had 0 confirmed cases in recent days over

a few confirmed cases which is good news generally in china there does seem to be encouraging figures overall we have total more than $51.00 current confirmed cases but we've also had reportedly more than $23000.00 people cured of the current virus we're still waiting on the latest figures as to the new confirmed cases over the last 24 hours but in the previous day it was about $600.00 so it is generally a downward trend which is good news but still she jinping the president of china has come out and said that this is still one of the biggest crisis that communist china has faced since its founding and many cities are still very much in lock down beijing included even though the numbers are still lower and a lot of economic measures are being taken to contain that impact and today we're going to find out whether china is going to indeed perspire in its national people's congress which is the most important political event that usually takes place every march so we're going to hear about that later today indeed of course

one of china's neighbors south korea obviously also a focal point for the coronavirus are not really seeing any reduction in its numbers the. no on the contrary we're seeing spikes in recent days of the numbers for this is fast rising we've got more than 700 and i think 763 cases 161 over the past 24 hours and most of these cases seem to be confirmed to be concentrated in the city of digger which is a city of about 2 and a half 1000000 people who have been told all stay indoors president mungy it has raised the alert level in the country to the highest level and that will give him powers to allocate more money towards fighting this epidemic to also have access to more personal data medical data for example of some of its citizens and also potentially put cities into lockdown if that's something they decide to do so these cases mostly so far like i said concentrated in daegu in particular to be so it

seemed to regenerate around this particular church called the. church of jesus about half of these confirmed cases are people linked to this particular church and those branches of that church around the country have been closed down and it's not just daegu who've had their lives affected the people of jager in seoul they're also closing down some schools a daycare centers and public gatherings have also been banned there or katrina thanks for the update from beijing to you there our correspondent will staying on message austria has stopped all train traffic to and from italy over coronavirus fears earlier denied entry to a train from venice up to 2 travelers were suspected of having real this we were led to the prime minister has announced a quarantine on several northern terms affecting 50000 people over the last 2 days of the venice carnival of also being cancelled catherine stansell has more. more drastic measures in italy as doctors struggle to contain the spread of the corona

virus the mayor of milan has ordered schools to close for at least a week sporting events in the guardian financial regions have been cancelled so have the final days of the world famous tennis carnival disappointment to thousands of revelers. say well it is useless to stop a carnival because there are hospitals and bars and supermarkets and restaurants and trains and planes and ferries which are all open spaces and so how do you solve this problem stopping a carnival it's all ridiculous panic is more contagious and a virus. at this point has been necessary many things and the lock down in northern italy has gone from urging everyone to stay indoors to a fully fledged quarantine prime minister decepticons has banned people from entering and leaving the regions where the virus is most prevalent and the army is being deployed to ensure the quarantine is observed. the list of we and the health authorities have not been able to locate patient 0 because we haven't identified

this is difficult to make any predictions about how the virus will spread so the only volley to be taken was to close off these territories this is going to support . the korean chain has led to a rush to buy supplies and with the sudden increase in new cases many italians are worried. we're all afraid but we're crossing our fingers o.b.l. right if someone doesn't feel well they should react early because people can be cured if they come to hospital in a desperate situation it's much more difficult to cure them. with more than $130.00 confirmed cases of the coronavirus italy is the worst hit country in europe every day life for many here looks like it will remain at a standstill until the outbreak can be contained catherine stansell al-jazeera. gloria is the direct royal factious diseases at the university of rome she says many people with current virus may never develop symptoms and therefore spread it

unknowingly. but there are 2 possibilities for transmission by a person who is not overly infected or over 3 diseased the 1st one is that anyone can be infected without becoming immediately ill and during the intervention period usually we are able to transmit the rare infection we have been infected by therefore there are some persons who are not aware of be affected and will and will efficiently transmit exaction. some of those persons will never develop and over disease and they will continue to transmit infection until the infection has been totally eradicated we don't know our many papers have been infected we don't really know

how many passengers wear ear which is another biological condition the majority of persons usually in the majority of infectious diseases infectious virus diseases the recorder from the exaction endeavor up a protective antibodies and that's this simple biological condition applies also to the corona virus so there are many persons who. are able to clear the areas and recorder control head home the al-jazeera news hour including a capital under siege war to either have to sound on tripoli is bad for business and a scandal in paris while former french presidential candidate is facing trial. and a sport we need to try out your old girl who isn't letting a disability stop her from following her dream of becoming the fastest skier in the world.

at least 9 people including 3 children have been killed in an earthquake in turkey the magnitude of 5.7 quake's epicenter was just across the border in iran where more than 70 people were injured. more from heartache in turkey. the moment the 5.7 magnitude earthquake rattled villages in the turkish province of one people in the area close to the border with iran rushed outside into the streets what followed was panic pandemonium and desperate cries for help counting on in the world do you happen to be in 2 seconds we ran away in a building collapsed my sheets encountered buried under the rubble if the f.a.a. could happen at night we wouldn't have survived and. rescue teams scramble to reach survivors under the rubble turkey's government assessing the damage.

there are no more people under the rubble will be taking extra precautions for the upcoming hours a good chance being set up to house the homeless but it's still winter here keeping of the cold is essential fearful of aftershocks many are planning to spend the night in the open crisscrossed by 4th lines turkey and iran are some of the most seismically active countries in the world last month more than 40 people were killed and hundreds injured when a 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck the eastern turkish provinces. and. a 9 years ago one of the most devastating disasters in eastern turkey is recent history a 7 point one magnitude earthquake killed more than 500 people and ever since the turkish government has stepped up efforts alleviate the destructive impacts of the

biggest natural threats in the region. had tied. israeli military has launched airstrikes into garza the army says it's in response to palestinian group islamic jihad firing 21 rockets into southern israel 13 of them were intercepted. the israeli military is also carried out airstrikes against islamic jihad targets in damascus syrian state media is reporting that the country's air defenses have been intercepted what they call hostile targets over the city islamic jihad denies it's been hit the group says it carried out the rocket as her colleagues rael after the army opened fire on a group of palestinians killing one person 4 others were shot and injured while trying to recover the body before it was taken away by an israeli bulldozer sorry for citizen west jerusalem he says the israeli air strikes come as no surprise. well certainly the strikes inside gaza are relatively standard for this kind of

escalation the kind of which we've seen many times in the last couple of years certainly of rocket fire such as this is typically met with an israeli round of airstrikes inside gaza the israeli military saying dozens of targets belonging to palestinian islamic jihad have been hit also saying that they struck what they said was a rocket team in preparation potentially for a launch of the palace in health ministry inside gaza saying that a group of 4 people were injured by a drone strike and that among the injured were among the group were a man and his wife less typical though is the strikes that these women she is also rarely admitting to having carried out inside syria it did however in november at a time when it assassinated a a rocket team commander inside gaza as well as trying to carry out a strike against a senior islamic jihad figure in damascus it said at that point there would be

further strikes against islamic jihad leadership in in the syrian capital if rocket fire continued so the immediate thought for many was is this a sign that they were doing just that in response to this latest round of rocket fire so far the israeli military is just saying that it struck a site which it's calling a hub for islamic jihad activity south of the syrian capital one used for weapons research moon rabbani is the coeditor of the judge an online magazine specializing in contemporary middle east news he joins me now from via skype from new york could have you with the set of the program should we be worried with this escalation of violence. i think we should always be worried by escalations of violence and i also think we should be at least as worried if not more so by the ongoing lock 8 of the gaza strip which is now almost a decade and

a half old which of course is taking place within the context of more than half a century of israeli occupation of the west bank in the gaza strip i think the subtext here is that what israel is seeking to do is to divide and isolate the 2 main factions in the gaza strip hammers and islamic jihad from each other just as a sop to suck contracts the security of the occupation in the context of the oslo agreements to the palestinian authority it's now seeking to subcontract the security of the gaza strip to hamas and to make how mouse responsible for suppressing slamming in the gaza strip and that explains i think please go ahead. dr dobson to get to add to that then does that make the fact that israel is targeting locations beyond guards beyond the borders of israel

a good strategy. well i think what israel is seeking to do is to launch attacks pacifically against islamic jihad today in both the gaza strip and syria as your correspondent mentioned and to kind of demonstrate to the world 1st and foremost of the palestinians that hamas itself is not getting 'd involved as as as you know. recently emerged in the israeli press that the leaders of the israeli military have been imploring that to continue its financial aid to the gaza strip because on the one hand it's holding out this prospect of a. ceasefire cease fire agreement with us and of keeping this dangling in front of the rulers of the gaza strip while at the same time using the prospect of such an agreement to keep hitting other palestinian factions in the gaza strip

in a way that ensures that hamas itself does not join the fray and so in that context getting back to your original question i suspect that the prospects for further escalation at least at this stage is probably quite limited also because there's of course the approaching israeli elections and the israeli leadership itself will see little benefit in the sudden escalation of hostilities between israel and the gaza strip in at this particular time so just briefly then the policy then of retaining palestinian bodies as they were in this particular case when the body that we're talking about was scooped up by a dump truck and taken back into you might say israeli territory it is being used potentially as a negotiating chip in the future it's very much what palestinian factions have done themselves by holding onto israeli bodies as bargaining chips for prisoner exchanges do you think the israelis changing its tactics now. well you could raise

a general point except in this particularly macabre incident you had in the israeli bulldozer going into power steering interior it's henri and effectively kidnapping the body of a slain palestinian and bringing him back into israeli territory and in the process wounding several palestinians who were seeking to recover were seeking to recover that body and so you know also the way it was done and it was broadcast live on t.v. appalled even many israelis at that particularly macabre way of it of its execution and i think this is kind of par for the course where israel makes very public displays of its thorough contempt for palestinian life and palestinian deaths in this case and also does so with the intention of showing the palestinians that the world will sit idly by is it in gauges and such can't conduct over the

moment thanks very much for your insight when rabbani there joining us from new york thank you iran has seen its lowest turnout in a parliamentary election in 40 years just under 43 percent of eligible voters cast their ballots on friday conservative candidates holes at 2 in the majority taking all 30 parliamentary seats in the capital tehran voters options were limited to have more than $7000.00 potential candidates to squalor find but iran's interior minister says that the circumstances were to blame for the low turnout in la that shadowy. we held these elections when there were several incidents in the country where you had bad weather there was this coronavirus disease there was the plane crash also the events of january and november in such a situation the turnout right seems perfectly acceptable for us. as the burghers in tehran he says the result has put reformist president hassan rouhani in a difficult situation. well this is very embarrassing for the establishment voter

turnout is around 42 percent in the last election it was 61 percent hare in teheran where i am 25 percent in the last election it was around 50 percent now this is one of the most conservative parliaments this country has ever seen but it takes place when the turnout is the lowest since this stablish ment of the islamic revolution now we need just to give you an idea of how low the turnout was in the last election here is the around there were 30 seats up for grabs all of them were won by reformists moderates candidates every single one got over 1000000 votes this time around all 30 seats were taken by conservatives and only one of them the former mayor got over $1000000.00 votes now we knew this election will be controversial because the guardian council the body that vets candidates disqualified over $5000.00 candidates including $81.00 current sitting m.p.'s but despite the supreme leader coming out and president have 100 come back encouraging

people to vote they just didn't come out and vote and it's a very very low turnout it's very embarrassing the supreme leader spoke this morning and he's blamed western propaganda that try to deter people from voting but this also puts president hassan rouhani in a very difficult position he presides over a conservative palm and a politically opposed to him to have been politically critical of him and the 2015 nuclear deal and many people see him as a sitting president because the presidential elections are next year and he just doesn't have a majority out of the 290 seats around over 201 by conservatives and he's reformist moderate allies only have around 20 seats now let's not forget the position of the economy here inflation has been very high unemployment is high and also the economy is suffering under sanctions so it does put him in a very difficult position and also there's a lack of trust and confidence in the govern. and the political establishment

because of the low voter turnout so it is so despite the sea of support that we saw after the south the nation of general glosson for the minute the hundreds of thousands of people that came out onto the streets that just didn't transfer into people coming out and taking to the polls with a policy is the executive vice president of the quincy institute a think tank in washington d.c. he says but iranians have lost hope of changing the country through the ballot box the iranian people have a long history of standing up for their rights and protesting unfortunately not always getting what the deserve but nevertheless they've not usually been sitting silently and downing of the airliner was a very prime example of it happening only days after this last nation of sleep money but what it also shows is that so much of the population have lost faith in the centrist and the reformist ability to be able to bring about change because at the end of the rouhani more or less put all of his eggs in the g.c.b.

away in the nuclear the of and essentially argue that by striking that the opening up to the west things will get better and that has proven to be false because of trump walking out of the us so there's a lot of this illusion with rouhani and the centrists and the reformers as to whether they can make any change and that is a big reason as to why people simply stayed home they didn't see any options on the ballot that they thought could bring about the type of change that they want and that they believe they deserve. togo's president for the same day has won a 4th term in office according to preliminary results he took 72 percent of the vote far ahead of his main rival normally called joe the opposition alleges that fraud took place during the election present the same base family has ruled the west african nation for 53 years and the dress is following the story for us from the capital. with a massive win of 72 percent of the vote as declared by the independent national electoral commission president is set to extend his 15 year old rule on the stay

the west african nation and effectively solidify in the group the family head on power in this country for more than half a century now with this result there would be no need for a 2nd round of voting or an off between the top 2 candidates the results will now have to be forwarded to the constitutional court for it to ratify within the next 60 days however that one opposition figure who had already declared himself elected president is saying that he is not agreeing to the results as announced by the independent national electoral commission we knew he proceeded to change the to change the result is somewhere there is none of the former head of state over the only people who write their name on a pool so we know and there are some of them in the know and my we. do have a power we do it broods we do it problem so as we. quote

. and leave and it be back to the power now a lot of people will be watching closely to see the reaction of people on the streets and what will be the response of the security forces. of 2 police officers in haiti have exchanged gunfire with members of the armed forces in the capital port au prince now the confrontation started during a demonstration demanding better wages for law enforcement officers it's not clear who started the shooting at least 3 of the protesting policeman who were wounded and taken to hospital well still ahead here on the news hour. a little on the list in the state of the. sun they get ahead of it and yet to us. and in sport the man whose dream of playing in the n.h.l. finally came true the age of 42.

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welcome back you're watching al-jazeera the whole robin remind of our top stories several provinces in china have lowered their emergency response measures to the coronavirus the south korea is still on high alert it just announced 161 new cases bringing the total number of factors to $763.00 the israeli military has launched strikes on guards around the syrian capital damascus after the palestinian islamic jihad fired $21.00 rockets into southern israel the group said it. launched the attacks after israeli soldiers fired on a group of palestinians killing one of its members. preliminary results in togo's presidential election show incumbent president ford a symbol winning by a landslide electoral commission says he's taken 72 percent of the vote. us present all trump is on his way to india for his 1st state visit to the country

his trip is designed not only to boost ties and trade but also his reelection chances for the half 1000000 indian american voters when he arrives he'll be welcomed 510-0000 people at a rally stage for where our india correspondent elizabeth piron reports. whatever volk you're rehearsing for the 1st visit to go drop by a us president as donald trump is driven from the airport he'll be welcomed by these dancers then 100000 people and south by patil stadium we are very much excited and we're fairly crowded for one of the biggest leader of the world mr donald trump is coming to india coming to good coming. down leaders and good or rather spent around $10000000.00 half of that on the blanket security operation for donald trump's visit to last just 4 hours. billboards every few meters around the city center celebrate the friendship between they say

the world's oldest democracy in the world's largest. and this wall has been built along the road that president takes from the airport to hide the slum behind it but away from the newly manicured city center is another good from a time when they're in their body was chief minister of the state and bad from traveling to the united states in february 2002 him the mobs killed at least a 1000 people most of the muslims and riots. the u.s. government banned modi because of allegations he tacitly supported the mob violence 97 people killed in the muslim neighborhood of one day including saleem shakes cousin and her 2 young children. by writing what he wants to hide the atrocities taking place against muslims in india he wants to clean his image and protect that everything is peaceful in india what happened was wrong.

on likely to put any pressure on marty over the treatment of indian muslims the. idea about. this. narrow where. despite their differences on trade issues the leaders have met 4 times in the past year and clothing in the u.s. city of houston where donald trump welcomed along with 50000 indian americans in turn pledge to support the trumps reelection people born in india the 2nd largest immigrant group in the united states might not be the most populous state but nearly a 3rd of all indian americans have connections here and 9 months out from the u.s. election president trump coming to. boost his popularity among the 4 and

a half 1000000 indian american voters. al-jazeera. is the founder of the consultancy firm strategy she joins me now via skype from washington d.c. good to have you with us on. this trip is about personal friendship rather than finding out the economic disagreements of the 2 nations. you know from the get go i have felt that these 2 men have such an affinity for each for each other and they are drawn to one another primarily because their own feel the way they see their roles as leaders of their these 2 big democracies and world's 2 largest democracies india being the new us in america being the oldest and so the reality is this is you know you've got india that is so complex it's not any nation's in one it seems sometimes i actually just returned from there and the sentiment about shop is that

you know maybe he is a bit like prime minister murthy and i really feel that that is exactly why trump wants to go there he know he's he knows he's going to get a bit of a hero's welcome and with india being the largest democracy in this this is these are people of every type you know you would think that they would be as diverse as the united states but alas they are primarily in the nation and so trying with all his issues with muslim americans he hasn't got to worry about those needs those of course the muslim issue complete surprise mo these reign as prime minister and so let's just pull back and say these 2 men quite like each other i think be comparing notes like that if that's the case and let's get to the nitty gritty now because india has a history of protectionism trade is going to be a huge subject here and they want the americans want multinationals to get into the country india's always found that a bit of a threat to its local trades and industries and that that's what trump wants access

to he wants access to begin cars and he wants access to i.t. and also to import grain and seed and these are all the very things that india produces and feels threatened by if imports from america come in. well look there then fischel is here in washington d.c. just on friday acknowledge the top administration officials that really nothing is going to get done regarding trade not even something small this visit was truly supposed to be about bilateral ations but we've learned since it's been. officially now that the visit between the 2 leaders will incorporate regional and global issues and i think that's where they will really spend most of their time talking about because in regard to trade the trumpet ministration is still very very nervous about the very things you just said to make in a sort of larger issue is not really when they're killing cops or about right now

so where is street was supposed to be some sort of this visit not so much i think mostly will be showing up of course the making india program that he's so proud of and one of the you know really doing what trump do you. really want he's really proud of u.s. manufacturing and always been promising his base as well as the country as a whole that he wants to create more price in the united states and that really makes this very difficult for the leaders to get anything done on tree this time i think he will set their sights largely on talking about him batting terrorism and how to share intelligence which they've already been quite candid about india and the u.s. is already doing indeed of course of much of this is going to be window dressing hunch shaking and hugs as we think it is going to be behind closed doors you talked about some of the issues you talked and touched on being one of the controversial points that perhaps still. india at the moment because obviously they've withdrawn or what autonomy law back in 2019 trump is on record by saying that he thinks he

can try and strike a deal between india and pakistan over kashmir he's met the pakistani prime minister in washington d.c. today behind closed doors that will be a subject that he might want to sort of test the waters dip is toe in see how modi is feeling about it. you know that was quite famous here in washington trump really injecting himself into not that was actually quite perplexing as to why he would go so far is to say he wanted to be the peace broker when in from congress visiting from pakistan the quickly up and the cost on that during that visit and saying that he would not really welcome president trump's intervention and i think trungpa a respect for the because he does see him very much as a peer will not even behind closed doors broach the topic tends to do this he tends to really fly by the seat in the sense i think you believe he wasn't quite sure at the time what he was really saying he wanted to commit to so so as

a guest in india i think he will in fact really maybe just take the passenger seat and just take the ride through what it is that's what he really wants he wants to go there and have a great big that parents are a bait for him and that's what he's going to get most of these spent working on that and most people like you know when he came to texas that trump was extremely groud gracious to fly get to texas and be with know the end essentially hold hands and parade around together so i don't think trump will take that extra step but one thing that we know about mr trump this many years into his term is that he just very much wants to be liked and i don't think he wants to essentially rock the boat with well we'll see what happens there will be following events with above with the elizabeth a correspondent on will be interesting to see what the joint statement that comes out from the will be later all the infiltrating that visit for the moment rena thanks very much for joining us from the u.s. thank you. let's stay in the u.s.

because has boosted his position as the frontrunner in the rights to become the us democratic presidential nominee a big win in the nevada caucuses meant that he's a step closer to running against donald trump if i but but that was john 100 says despite some to success the still a way to go in the democratic race democrats awoke to a new reality they have a clear front runner and by a more decisive margin than they had many of them expected 1st of all he essentially tied in iowa with pete to judge who got a couple more delegates than he did he won decisively in new hampshire and then he won big in nevada according to n.b.c. projections those votes are still being tallied but it looks like he could win 47 percent of the vote to joe biden's 19 percent biden coming in at 2nd that is a decisive margin so decisive that sanders didn't even stay around to wait for them to tally the votes he went on to texas and he's got 2 big contests coming up

there's super tuesday on march 3rd that is when more than a dozen states vote and sanders is hoping to come out of that with a decisive margin ahead of the other candidates but we are far from any inevitability in this case there are 1191 delegates that are needed for the democrat to win for any democrat to win he's got 31 so what he's got is very good momentum but he is nowhere near walking away with this and there's one big obstacle between him and winning right now and that is the state of south carolina there joe biden has been polling ahead of everybody he's been campaigning heavily in that state it's got a large african-american population and he has been polling well but bernie sanders has narrowed the gap according to one poll to 5 points from about 20. germany's senseless social democrats are set to keep her in her burger after an election which dealt a severe blow to chancellor angela merkel's conservatives the christian democratic

party looks at for its worst ever result in any german region when it came has more . a moment of celebration for the social democrats and to many perhaps vindication successive defeats in other states elections have left them leaving a big stick is a question last night of because with this closeness and solidarity we really have an election campaign behind us that no one would have expected of us at the beginning of the year. was that the biggest winners of the night with the green sioux more than doubled their vote to finish a strong 2nd place was wonderful crazy a quarter of 0 to the handbag went for the green that is fantastic we should definitely be in the coalition because it's a stable result for us there's little doubt that climate change is at the top of many voters' minds the greens and s.p.d. have been in coalition with each other here for the past 5 years and yet during the campaign their environmental policy differences have been pretty clear by contrast

angle america's conservative party the christian democrats have suffered their worst ever result in hamburg she'd better. today was bad weather politically for us i'm as honest as you are that this is a bad result we can't be happy with this so far this is really quite a watershed moment for us to stick for one lead candidate the result was also bitter commands far right here 50 barely had any seats in the previous parliament now it's on course to have even fewer this is the only important state election taking place in germany this year that's why it was so important for the social democrats to win and win big and show the rest of the country they can still do so . it's why their most senior politician was here to see for himself finance minister all of shards clearly hopes that where his home city leads his country might follow he and his colleagues now have just under 18 months to plan how in next year's general election dominic kane al-jazeera hamburg the mirror character

has mr jordan for the 1st time since blockade was imposed on the gulf country 3 years ago shake the membrane hammer the tiny hold talks with jordan's king abdullah focusing on bilateral trade and regional security the meeting signals a further improvement in relations since jordan downgraded ties in 2017 businesses in libya are struggling to survive with the city under assault by warlord khalifa haftar for almost a year charles traffic reports from tripoli on the challenges business owners face . this is the entrance to the old city of tripoli people have been coming to shop in the market here from all over north africa for centuries. but business now is not good. it's virtually impossible for customers to travel across the front lines of fighting in the suburbs to get to tripoli the capital appeals increasingly under siege since warlord khalifa haftar his military offensive against the un

backed government started last april. its winning season in libya. this is supposed to be one of the busiest times of the year for. the jeweler makes the conoco saw. a traditional necklace and a must have for libyan bryant's only wedding day. he says sales have halted in recent years and the fenwick lost a fentanyl after the revolution around 20122013 we had lots of customers but since the war started people want to hold on to whatever pennies they have to be prepared for the worst fury on as he shopping with a daughter who is getting married soon. that the on the actually there of lucian we hope that the government would be more engaged in helping the young generation find jobs even in the private sector helping them settle but that hasn't happened this current crisis is making things worse. after the revolution that overthrew mama

gadhafi in 2011 there were hopes that libya could use money from its vast oil resources to try and stimulate in diversify its economy but here is a political instability and conflicts have made that i personally impossible to achieve. this forces trying to surround the city and capture the capital his loyalists have closed all facilities in areas they control depriving the u.n. bank governments of around $50000000.00 a day. their aggression against us means we've had to stop our 2900 development initiative which focused on investment and the private sector this had an effect not just in tripoli but the whole country that we cannot diversify away from oil and help the private sector until this aggression against us stops. despite efforts to agree a ceasefire there's little sign of

a meaningful solution to end libya's crisis hashem says none of the hopes he had for a prosperous future after the revolution 1000000 years ago come true. at al-jazeera tripoli the trial of the former french presidential candidate from 4 feet or so to begin in paris now he's accused of paying his wife more than a 1000000 euros in public funds for a fake job the scandal emerged during the 27000 election campaign and during finals political career the shuttle has more from paris. only 2017 and fossil fuel was riding high the strongest contender in france's presidential race he was the candidate for france's conservative party the republicans after winning its primary with a landslide a former prime minister he was politically experienced well connected and confident he would win but i do not want to change my beliefs or my goals according to people's waves or the i like mint of the planets. things seemed to be going feel

this way until the scandal broke a french newspaper allege that fear had misused taxpayers' money when he was an m.p. to pay his wife penelope as a parliamentary system for years for no work the couple was placed under formal investigation or denied the accusations and said he was effective of the political smear campaign on sees only the british 36 years of political life 36 years without any injuries. problems today i am the target of a ruthless one sided attack 7 days a week 24 hours a day for all the facts is this fair decision france has a history of corruption and nepotism in politics some so feel as a symbol of posts and public pressure mounted on him to step down he refused and forged ahead with his campaign but the damage was done feel fail to make it past

the 1st round of the presidential election losing out to the far right smearing the pen and emanuel mccall who went on to win 3 years after the so called for a scoundrel brogue for also for your his wife go on patrol in paris if found guilty of misusing public forums could face up to 10 years in prison his wife could face up to 5 years for complicity. the high profile case prompted president mack call to post an anti corruption law targeted to cleaning up politics a few months after he was elected feels kept a low profile in recent years in a t.v. interview in october he ruled out a return to politics for one of france's best known politicians it's been a spectacular fall from grace natasha buchla al jazeera paris well still ahead on al-jazeera tree took the heavyweight front over built a wall that will be next to challenge box since chips are king tyson fury.

welcome back is time for sports has peter. thank you very much british heavyweight tyson theory has bounced back from addiction and mental health problems to claim the w.b.c. title against american fighter the on say wilder and while the division's other champion anthony joshua maybe he's a logical next opponent it could be wilder who gets another shots poorest reports. tyson fury the self-styled gypsy king showed he knew how to make an entrance in las

vegas. unlike his 1st fight with the odds a while that this time the brit would be out to prove he could finish things as well against a man who had never been beaten and had won 41 of his 43 fights by knockout while his one blemish on his record was that draw with fury but this would prove worse i was the american feeling canvas on his back for the 1st time in a decade of fights and it didn't get better for the man renowned as the hardest puncher in the game still was while the bleeding from the air in sluggish unable to unleash his deadly right as fury floored him again in the 5th. the american looked a shadow of the man who has helped put genuine excitement back into the heavyweight division. his call that throwing in the towel in the 7th to make the gypsy king boxing's ruling out was while the unhappy

but gracious saying he wanted to be knocked out not pulled out days like this happened on the best man wanted night but one moment much more cold. to the towel and you know already what i want to be really good show heart of a champion to him without clean right time dropped him when he got back up above all the interim stuff and he is a warrior he will be back he will be a champion again so i was. was. fury was on song and the ring and afterwards he claimed wilders w.b.c. belt the division's 3 other titles are now in his sights as well but maybe not before he makes wild get. around that it was a whole race al jazeera. boxing journalist carafa davies was in las vegas he says

while the chance to retake anthony joshua's 3 titles is attractive to fieri they instill a rematch goals in while this contract has i flat sick and warrior soul will be deeply damaged it's so 1st time as he says being 1st time he's been jobless rate since in this way if he chooses to have a 3rd fights i think that will happen. but i think if business sense takes over i think the promoters will get together because if tyson fury does add up fights against the joe sure this year for all 4 of the heavyweight belts i think we'll find that it will become the biggest richest heavyweight fight certainly a british boxing history but could be in the entire history of the heavyweight of fish. 4 top flight football matches in italy have been postponed on sunday over fears of the spread of corona virus several terms in the region of lombardy have

gone into lockdown following a spike in cases law to match a general did go ahead chito immobile a god he's 27th goal of the season for the romans despite generous best efforts of finished 32 to la to go just a point behind he does you think i. back home in the capital city rivals roma managed to get a game in as well for defeats in a row ending with a 4 no win over the chip. the carolina panthers got a surprise whenever the toronto maple leaves thanks to a debut n.h.l. appearance from a 42 year old man who usually drives the ice resurfacing truck it happened after both carolina's regular goalie suffered injuries in toronto so the venue's emergency backup left the seeds in the crowd and maybe's big league debut david is stopping 2 crucial gold band shots in a 63 win this coming 15 years after a kidney transplant ended any hopes of a career carolina now but in goodbye as he goes back to polishing the ice for

toronto's minor league team. a 12 year old girl isn't letting her disability stop her from pursuing her dreams on the ski slopes of pakistan as paul banda were reports. as well as different speech in period she used to sell boiled eggs to tourists at the ski resort a melon job or to make money for her family that's where she developed a love of skiing but with her parents unable to afford skis her brother carved wooden boards for her to learn on. what she would be very poor and earn hardly anything to make a living but i'm still supporting her and bring her here every day to ski but i'm worried about how she will achieve her dreams. despite all those difficulties as wright has become one of the best students in a ski school. talking about the avant garde as well as a very bright girl and she picks things up very quickly i teach my other students visibly but i teach her through demonstration and she's so talented that she want to gold medal in recent competition. melhem java and the swat valley is the only

ski resort open to the public in pakistan and facilities such as the chairlift have just been rebuilt after they were destroyed by years of fighting between the army and the pakistan taliban as peace returns to the area an increasing number of events are being planned and with their friends help as vs she's looking forward to further success. there date on that day. she says she enjoys skating she loves it and has a passion for it she wants to participate in international tournaments and be the fastest skier in the world. at 12 years old as for his dreams of reaching the olympics her coach says with time and proper resources she can date anyone pull vanda with al-jazeera that's what we'll leave it for now more sports news coming up again later we'll see you then and that's it for me pete is up next with that of a full half hour thanks for watching the al-jazeera news that.

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chinese province to scale back their response to the coronavirus but other parts of asia remain on high alert. most iran's neighbors shut their borders in an effort to keep the virus from spreading. your watching al-jazeera live from my headquarters here in doha also coming up officials in togo say the president has won a 4th term but the opposition cries foul. israel's military fires rockets into gaza and syria responds to strikes it blames on the palestinian group.