they're a tease of cultures across the world some no matter where you will be in the news and current affairs that matter to you. china's postponing its parliament as it struggles to contain the corona virus outbreak. iran reports new deaths from the current virus its neighbors are taking steps to contain the spread. or shock area this is al jazeera live from doha also coming out. your nation is doing so well we are very very proud of india. visits india to confirm a $3000000000.00 weapons deal and visit his re-election chances with indian american voters. political upheaval in malaysia prime minister much here mohamed

and his allies resign from the coalition government. else which is prime minister goes to court over the murder of his former wife. state television is reporting the national people's congress will be postponed because of the corona virus outbreak that will be one of the 1st times in modern chinese history the annual session of parliament has been postponed it was due to start our march 5th it's unclear when it was actually happen now the death toll round the world continues to rise in iran the health ministry says 12 people have now died although an m.p. in the city of call says the figure could be as high as 50 the outbreak is spreading across the middle east kuwait iraq bahrain and afghanistan all have confirmed cases in europe a 4th person has died in italy's north there are almost $200.00 cases there the highest concentration outside. asia and south korea and factions have surpassed 800

and authorities have raised the infectious diseases warning to the highest level at least 7 people so far have died so let's go to dorset bar in just a moment she's standing by for us in tehran 1st let's go to adrian brown who is in hong kong so adrian there had been talk for a few days that that this the congress might be cancelled in china now it's actually happened so put all this in perspective for us. well the political impact from this virus is now starting to be filled because the national people's congress is the political event of the year richelle it draws thousands of delegates from across china it's also significantly the moment when china's premier outlines his economic targets for the year ahead and of course this is happening as a time when china's economy is continuing to slow and it's likely to slow even more because of this fire as now i think the decision has been taken not just to in

a sense protect the leadership from this virus but also of course there are more than just $3000.00 delegates you have journalists and staff in total about 8000 people gathered in the great hall of the people for this annual session now the n.p.c. is important because it illustrates the sort of legitimacy of the party its powerful symbolism this is when we see all china's leaders on public show well that's not going to happen and we don't know when the m.p.c. will convene because of because of course we still have no idea really when this virus will finally be brought under control now also on monday a lot happening in beijing on monday a group of experts in the world health organization who have been to the epicenter of this virus and will hand a jew to give a technical briefing to the media in beijing this means we may learn more about what they discovered about the virus they haven't spoken to the media so far of course right at the beginning of this outbreak the world health organization lavish

praises on china's efforts to contain the outbreak that that caused a lot of skepticism among a number of governments around the world wondering if perhaps the w.h.o. is having to bow to pressure from china because of course china is a huge contributor to the united nations of which the w.h.o. is part on sunday night president xi jinping told the people of china there had been shortcomings by the government in the response to this crisis. we're not sure by that whether he was referring to the central government or the provincial government in harm but certainly he stressed that this was a very serious moment for china he said that this was the biggest public health crisis china had confronted since the foundation of the people's republic in 1949 and i think actually was shelved he was preparing the chinese people for what could be a rocky couple of weeks and even months but he wanted to stress that if that happens if it is going to be

a rough time economically the net of the party will be there to help the people ok adrian brown with a complete wrap up for us there and from hong kong adrian thank you it's going to have such a pari who is following all this from tehran so there's a conflict in numbers that are coming out of iran from different sources to tell us what is going on at the same perspective what are the official numbers. well we heard from a spokesperson from the health ministry earlier today along with the spokesperson of the government and the robbery at the official figures according to that minister ministry is 12 people have so far died from the corona virus in iran and now 61 people have been confirmed to be carrying the virus they are they have tested positive for its finger of the people that have been success back to it has come down again it was initially said to be $64.00 and then the health ministry just a few minutes ago said that they are they miscalculated the number and is it is actually

$61.00 now while that is the official figure according to the health ministry according to the m.p. from home that number is actually at 50 he is saying that 50 people have died in the city of which is about 120 kilometers south of tehran that m.p. is accusing the health ministry and the government of withholding the truth from the public he says that the 1st death was actually recorded in the home from the coronavirus on february 13th and it wasn't until february 19th that the official house ministry announced a death in the country but the spokesperson for the health ministry has said that they are doing everything they can to try and control the spread of this outbreak let's hear some of what else he had to say. we need to be honest we need to be transparent in the face of those people who are trying to distort the situation regarding other regions i'd like to say we are dealing with the cases and the

symptoms and we have all the capabilities to spot this virus if we have a case that is suspected we will move them to a better place to be hospitalized we have the full capabilities to deter or to treat and we will see everything in a clear way. so dorsey to 6 plain the changing numbers where this conflict is coming from at a time like this people really need to be able to trust their government so how are people were reacting to to some confusing information on top of the fact that there are a lot of people that are still upset about not being able to trust their government because of what happened with the airplane that was shot down. yes it wasn't too long ago in early january when the iranian revolutionary guard shut down a passenger plane ukrainian airliner own plane with killing 176 people on board and the iranian authorities deny that they had any involvement in that incident for 3 days before they finally fessed up and said that it was an accident a tragic accident so ring ins are very very skeptical when it comes to official

government lines but they are seriously concerned about this because it's a health issue now its public safety issue is not just one incident that has taken place we know that the neighboring countries are taking precautions they've closed all the land borders turkish airlines has seized flights in and out of iran iraq and qatar has imposed certain restrictions as well for people traveling from iran to qatar there is a sense here that the authorities are not being as transparent as they should be when i've spoken to a journalist in the city of calm at the epicenter of this outbreak he told me that there is a sense that this is a very very dire situation there that there isn't enough medical resources or doctors to deal with this outbreak in that city the m.p. has also urged that the city be quarantined but the health ministry has refused to do that so far and the president hassan rouhani has given the health ministry complete powers to do as they see fit when it comes to combat ing the spread of

this virus but in the meantime they are just saying that people need to be cautious cool's have been closed public gatherings many of them have been canceled across the country and the officials are just urging iranians to be cautious and to try and control the spread of this outbreak right or safari with the latest from tehran dorsett thank you. whole trying to speak on his 2 day trip to india and the prime minister narendra modi current the u.s. president on his planned 3 hour visit to an odd that saying a state which has ties to nearly a 3rd of all indian americans they could be important for transfer election chances in november the failure to secure a trade agreements a concern but trump's confirmed a $3000000000.00 deal to some more weapons to india it is just tomorrow our representatives will sign deals to sell over 3000000000 dollars in the absolute finest state of the art military helicopters and other equipment to the indian armed forces. i believe that the united states should be

india's premier defense partner and that's the way it's working out together we will defend our sovereignty security and protect a free and open indo-pacific region for our children and for many many generations to come. elizabeth saw the markets back to the channel. shared values. ideas. shared beat up enterprise and innovation sand opportunity and jennings share. an explanation. elizabeth rottenness an opponent of metal part me and explains what trumps visit is all about. today is all about you know the big welcome to the u.s.

president who the prime minister and certainly his supporters are very fond of he has now left the president will be going to the taj mahal and before spending the night in new delhi and then tomorrow is when president trump and his 12 member delegation including people like the common secretary the national security adviser hold bilateral talks on things like security like defend trade relations have been strained under president trump 2018 so what a see we rounds of retaliatory retaliatory tariffs they also don't agree on things they have big differences on visas issued to indian workers in america on the pharmaceutical industry so we will wait and see if they make any progress on that that it's not expected so so far this trip very much is about these 2 need is the spectacle of trump coming to india big clothes on they do have things in common

especially in this style of leadership that is 9 months before the presidential election in the u.s. coming to drop when the. indian americans can trace their origins to. libyan prime minister. is that the united nations in geneva to draw attention to the or singer tarion situation in libya as the conflict drags on speaking at the human rights council he showed the members pictures of children who died in recent attacks he also called khalifa who launched an offensive on the capital in april a war criminal. until this very day we have not seen a peep tearing stance by the international community before you we express our regret at the continuing flagrant violation of human rights which led to the killing of thousands and displacement of hundreds of thousands your excellences ladies and gentleman many have lost their lives men women children the elderly

families have been displaced children have been orphaned because of their aggression perpetrated by the war criminals have gotten our diplomatic editor changed bases in geneva and explains why libya's prime minister addressed the human rights council. 2 different things are going on at the same time right now at the u.n. here in geneva and the why they both into into sect is libya one is the human rights council that exists solely year round but it has a high level session which is underway now so it was addressed by antonio terrace the secretary general by the high commissioner for human rights michel bash away and among those who also addressed it was the libyan prime minister so he used that forum with foreign ministers and other leaders around the table to make his case about what he said will war crimes being carried out from benghazi by general hafta

and his forces elsewhere in the u.n. here in geneva talks on libya continue and that's the reason i think that he's making this into jackson in the human rights council right now what we've had for some time nearly a week now is the 2nd round of military talks they would near collapse a few days ago off to general have to decided to fire rockets at tripoli they have though continued we believe sporadically over the weekend very limited updates coming from the u.n. mission on xm and in fact they haven't updated reporters on what's going on since friday but i think that's because there's neither been a breakthrough or a breakdown still had on al jazeera barrage of rockets fired into gaza and syria have the latest on israel's military action. might the future the biggest broadcaster in philippines as at stake.

but if enough snow now in japan we can see a stop to it is veggies at logos the way the wind dies down they will be furious no showers however the next batch of weather is coming out of china and this is during tuesday come across the usa you have picked of an awful lot of moisture that's heavy rain for sas career and then home sure now in the northern bit it will be snow wet snow heavy snow for them at fuji for example all the higher peaks but it's not very useful snow and that ray will sweep through and choosing not to when state leave a fine day with the sun coming out afterwards temperature wise we're just about above freezing it's a par and 13 where you should be but it's still reasonably warm and most of china hopkins just below freezing beijing's that plus done hong kong is a very warm 26 as well above where it should be for the time being and

a few outbreaks of sherry rain well a few quite a few stretch across the middle of china clearly in the year but we seen this already twice so far and it's still winter same is true of india in addition chuch a scar for example and up through bangladesh that cloud represents already forming showers and there in the forecast both tuesday and wednesday is fighting over a good part of northeast india that said nepal and bangladesh a little bit active season. progress. or a serious mistake. intelligence is slowly invading every aspect of our lives. but very few of us really understand its capabilities for better or worse. in a new documentary al-jazeera explores the impact of they are accessing vast amounts

of our personal data for data land on al-jazeera. bracero sir let's recap the top stories now china is postponing its annual gathering of parliament for the 1st time in decades as it struggles to contain the corona virus outbreak that was scheduled for march 5th new infections continue to spread across the middle east 12 people have died in iran are 8 iraq afghanistan adequate have all reported cases donald trump has confirmed a $3000000000.00 weapons deal with india will go ahead at the start of his 2 day trip made the announcement of his rights state which has ties to nearly

a 3rd of all indian americans. israeli military has carried out air strikes in syria killing at least 2 members of the palestinian armed group and she hides it also bomb the gaza strip wounding at least 4 people an army says the strikes from response to the group firing rockets into southern israel i understand more rockets have been fired today harry fossett and us live now from west through some so what is the latest. you know we just had the latest update from the israeli military saying that there have been 14 rockets fired from gaza towards israel just in the last hour or so of those 14 these are images saying that 12 have been intercepted by the israeli anti missile system now palestinian islamic jihad had promised to avenge the deaths of those 2 fighters who were killed in damascus in and around damascus in syria overnight in israeli airstrikes that was part of

a broader campaign of as ready as strikes both inside syria and in gaza as well israel targeting what it said was a group trying to launch further rockets targeting as well other islamic jihad bases and training camps inside gaza all of that following some 30 or so rockets fired on sunday evening and that followed what kicked off this entire round of escalation which was what israel said was in a tent by 2 palestinian islamic jihad fighters to plant an explosive device at the border around dawn on sunday they were fired upon one of them killed and then israeli bulldozers charging into the area to scoop up the body in a video which was widely shown and provoking a good deal of outrage in gaza especially and promises of retaliation from palestinian islamic jihad what is happening right now at the political level in israel is also extremely interesting the prime minister benjamin netanyahu said to

be having a telephone conversation with his most senior security staff that after he had an interview live on radio in which he said that israel did not want to be dragged into a war that that would be a last resort but that if it was necessary he would not consider the fact that it was the last week before an election due next monday as anything to prevent such a war he says that israel is prepared for a radically different. page those were sentiments also echoed by his defense minister enough to leave bennett saying that his room was composed prepared to change the situation in gaza with a campaign if it were necessary the public security minister as well saying that israel should not be concerned about this very very politically sensitive time if it judged that have brought a military campaign was necessary so a real uptick in at least the rhetoric coming from israel's top political echelon

right harry fawcett live in west jerusalem kerry thank you the prime minister who has been in court 3 days after thomas to mani failed to appear to face allegations of murdering his estranged wife the body was shot dead just before his inauguration in 2017 when it's new wife has already been charged in the murder the case has been further to the constitutional court to determine whether the prime minister can be prosecuted i mean a miller joins us live from capitol hill say rosso for me to so he showed up now so what's what's going on today. well it was a much anticipated appearance it was very brief and as we had seen the prime minister tried to avoid being in court over the last few days it appears that he's now tried to avoid being charged with murder remember that this appearance was for the charges to be read against the prime minister that didn't happen because he's a lawyer had argued that they are questions legal questions around whether or not

it's sitting prime minister can be prosecuted for that reason the courts have ruled that the case should go before the constitutional court for that matter to be dealt with so that it could take a 8 long time before thomas to bonnie is formally charged or indeed faces a trial with regard to that 2017 murder of his wife a deeper level oh now police are expected to continue the investigation you mentioned that his wife my saya had already been charged and we do expect more arrests to come before the time being time to bonnie won't be dealing with the murder charges instead he's facing a quite an intense political battle within his all pursuits a convention that's the governing party in a suit to the party that thomas to bonnie leads and they have said so far that they're willing to choose someone to replace a man that succession battle is one that's dominating the political scene here in

a suit to end the certainly could be an opportunity for the party to get him out they've asked for him to resign he said he would retire at the end of july as have all the time being prime minister tom to body remains in office but it may not necessarily be something that his party is happy with so far they've also filed oh there's been a motion filed for a vote of no confidence in parliament so perhaps politics dominating developments here in lawsuit too for me to how closely are people there following this case i mean it's a pretty it's pretty dynamic situation. it certainly is unprecedented lawsuit has not experienced anything like this before and people here are really gripped by what's happened we've spoken to so many people in the streets in the capital must sara to ask them what they think the people here do seem torn tom to bonnie does have support people say that he needs

an opportunity to do more to reform lawsuit to to boost the economy but this is a story that is really harming something like the economy in a suit and that's what other people say is an issue that this political instability that never out a negative outlook on the on the economy is not one that is good for the country and so they say they were ready for fresh blood but they're also confronted by a governing party in a coalition that seems to be very divided many here say they're willing to let it play out to see what happens next because really it's up to the politicians to decide what happens next ok for me miller live in closer to thank you. the best president for a missing baby has won a 4th term in office according to a pulmonary results he took 72 percent of the vote far ahead of his main rival the opposition alleges fraud check place during the election many choices following the

story for us. 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 rule on the state of the west african nation and effectively solidifying the group the family had on power in this country for more than half a century now with this result there will be no need for a 2nd round of voting or on 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 some way. of the former head of state over the new people who write the name or the pool so we know and there are some of

them in the know and my we. do have a good power we do it boots we do it problem. as we. do it is goal. people. to leave and to give that 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. well asia's prime minister mahathir mohamad has offered his resignation to the king and its political party as quit the ruling coalition that follows talks by some ruling coalition members and opposition groups on forming a new government that would exclude the prime minister's chosen successor instantly is in kuala lumpur as it's unclear next move will be. the same as when the prime minister's office confirming that my heart they had indeed tend to the lows letter of resignation to the king well there was no reason given for the resignation but

we've since heard the finance minister coming out and saying that mahathir attended his resignation because he did not want. him to not want the party to have to work with i'm not i'm no is the party that was in power in malaysia for decades it had ruled malaysia since the country gained independence from british in 1957 and it was only ousted in the last general election in 2018 its leader was its former leader was the former prime minister of this country not your brother who's been accused or who's been charged and is on trial for corruption he's been accused of stealing billions of dollars from a state investment fund now we're not sure whether the king has accepted the resignation letter from moscow mohamed but many constitutional experts say the king because his role is largely ceremonial he has no choice but to accept the resignation it's also not clear what's going to happen next did mahathir ask the king to hold to dissolve parliament and announce fresh elections well we haven't

heard anything on that front yet but according to the constitution the person who will become prime minister and his country is someone who commands the confidence of parliament now if all things had remained the same then this person could 10 could well have been on what it brought him but because mahathir is party has left the ruling coalition and because some members of on was party have also either resigned or been sacked from the party on what it's doubtful that anwar will have the numbers to actually back him to be the next prime minister of this country so it's very unclear what's going to happen next. the future of the biggest broadcaster in the philippines is being decided by senators in the capital manila or testers condemn in the government's attempt to shut down a.b.'s severe attack on media freedom president africa territory has reportedly plans to shut down the t.v. network which has criticized his policies and that works broadcasting license expires next month and previous efforts to renew it have failed to below has the

latest from manila. since president would be good return to assume the presidency back in 2016 he's been on the attack against the country's largest broadcaster a.b.s. c.b.s. and now on monday the company was given the chance for the 1st time to present its arguments in a legislative forum as is broadcast license in the balance now outside the senate building in the capital manila protesters gathered for demonstration supporting $11000.00 workers of a.b.s. c b n as well as a call for the preservation of press freedom in the country. to deter this former aide now senator christopher one goal lashed out at c.b.s. it is unfair well it may but then. if we're going to. look. for benghazi better than. it says so in that and i'm sure that we were sorry if we offended the president it was not intentional of them it were.

we felt that we were just abiding by the laws and regulations yes the snap in rio and that part of its own political agenda a senator goal is the issue isn't personal but the agency that regulates broadcast licenses testified under oath at the senate that a.b.s. c b n did not violate any law unless congress moves to approve the new application for a broadcast license by the company however its fate remains in limbo. check out the headlines right now on al-jazeera china's postponing its annual gathering of parliament for the 1st time in decades as it continues to contain the corona virus outbreak that was scheduled for march 5th a jury in brown has more on the annual meeting from hong kong. it's also

significantly the moment when china's premier outlines his economic targets for the year ahead and of course this is happening as a time when china's economy is continuing to slow and it's likely to slow even more because of this forest now i think the decision has been taken not just to in a sense protect the leadership from this forest but also of course there are more than just 3000 other goods you have journalists and stars in total about $8000.00 people gathered in the great hall of the people for this annual session and infections continue to spread across the middle east 12 people have died in iran are rain in iraq afghanistan and kuwait have all reported cases italy a 4th person has died from the virus. has confirmed a $3000000000.00 weapons deal with india will go ahead in the current confirm this at the start of his 2 day trip he made the announcement of his right state which has ties to nearly a 3rd of all indian americans let me as prime minister for. that the united nations

in geneva to trot attention to the worsening humanitarian situation in libya as the conflict drags on speaking at the human rights council he showed the number of pictures of children who died in recent attacks he also called khalifa hatari who launched an offensive on the capital in april it calls him a war criminal. malaysia's king has accepted the resignation of the prime minister mater mohamad he resigned on monday morning and his political party with the ruling coalition comes amid talks held by some ruling coalition members and opposition groups on forming a new government that would exclude the prime minister's chosen successor for the headlines keep it here on al-jazeera more news to come in the meantime we're going to hand it over to inside story.

on south sudan's rival leaders finally settling their differences can reapportion agree to share power and form a new unity government after years of civil war there's off to 3 failed peace agreements will this one last this is inside story. and over and welcome to the program i missed a piece is finally head that's the promise from south sudan's president salva kiir after signing the latest power sharing agreement with his rival but often to similar agreements collapsed many are asking if they've really got it right this time around react russia has once again been sworn in as by.