because they say the people have little for use in the justice system. the world health organization expresses concern as corona virus spreads across continents with sharp rises in italy and iran but there is praise for china's quick actions especially you know where the outbreak has now peaked. hello i'm barbara starr you're watching al-jazeera live from london also coming up on the program harvey weinstein is found guilty of sexual assault and 3rd degree rape but cleared of the most serious charges against him plus your nation is doing so well we are very very proud of india donald trump and their entry modi lavish

each other with praises india rolls out the red carpet for the u.s. president. but away from the pomp and pageantry more violent protests over india's new citizenship. thank you for joining us the world health organization says the sudden increase in coronavirus cases outside of china is deeply concerning iran's health ministry says 12 people have now died and rejected reports from an m.p. in the city of quam that the figure could actually be as high as 50 the speed border is being closed and flights grounded the outbreak is spreading across the middle east kuwait iraq by her ain and afghanistan have all confirmed cases

meanwhile in europe 6 people have now died in italy's north which has more than 220 cases that's the highest concentration outside of a ship asia meanwhile outside of china itself south korea has the highest number of confirmed cases passing $800.00 in the last 24 hours. and at least 8 people there have died it's raised its infectious diseases warning to the highest level china meanwhile says it's postponing its annual national people's congress which was due to start on march 5th nearly 2600 people have died there and around 77000 cases have been confirmed but the w.h.o. has praised china for acting fast and says the epidemic there has been steadily declining the key message that should give all countries hope courage and confidence is that this virus can be contained indeed there are many countries that have done exactly that for the moment we have not

with the mercy the uncontained globally spread of this bias and we are not witnessing largest gives if it is or does does this virus have pundit make potential absolutely it has and we vary it from our assessment not yet well as we heard earlier there is some confusion over the number of deaths in iran the health ministry has pledged to be transparent with the situation 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 to treat and we will see everything in a clear way but the government's handling of the outbreak has been heavily

criticised by one m.p. in call a said bag explains why. there's been an extraordinary exchange in. a war of words between a member of parliament and a meter above the he's a member of parliament for the city of qom the epicenter of this virus here in iran and the health ministry now he said he puts the number of dead from the virus at 50 now he acknowledges not with the maybe from the krona virus but he says that the government's performance on the issue has been 0 he says that nurses don't have the correct uniforms on are scared of treating patients he says that the government isn't really concerned and the virus has been present in iran for 3 weeks but the announcement was delayed by the government he also said that he knows of 2 children that have been infected by the virus and has called upon the health ministry to impose a curfew on the city of call now the deputy health minister has come out and as has denied the figure of 50 and said that even if it was half that number he would

submit his resignation now about the responded to that and he said he sent the names of those that have died from the virus to the health ministry and he expects a resignation now the health minister has come out in response to all of this and he said that the government is dealing with the situation i said big reporting there where the northern italian regions of lombardi and veneto have closed schools universities museums and cinemas for at least a week as well as quarantining 11 towns italian police have been manning checkpoints around the isolated towns and residents have been stockpiling food croatia hungary and arland have all advised against the travel to the affected areas future matches initially stop football league said he added may now be played behind closed doors because of the outbreak across live now to mohammad june ruiz in milan for a sendmail and of course the financial center in many ways of it and certainly of

the area where you are tell us a little bit about the impact there and across the northern italian region. so barbara it's an interesting atmosphere here since we arrived earlier today certainly there is a long arm but there is not a real sense of anik here in downtown milan now obviously the streets they are quite a bit today than they normally would be on a weekday and there are major landmarks and tourist attractions like the opera house and like little cathedral they have been temporarily closed it's not exactly clear clear when exactly they will reopen but we're just outside of the central train station here in downtown we're not seeing too many people with masks with facial mass walking around right now there isn't a huge sense of worry there are still shops that are open that are still vendors that are selling in their kiosks here although in the surrounding area there is more of a sense of panic now as we said the last several hours one of the victims of this

major outbreak of coronavirus was the stopping short the cutting short of the carnival in venice and earlier in the day you have the governor of venice. who told the press i never thought i would have to sign an order to shut down the venice carnival i never thought we'd have to close the schools churches museums and all public places i know i'm asking a lot from our citizens but i know that when things get hard we can pull together we just need to think about our health and this is really a message that we're hearing reiterated echoed by other italian officials the past few days and today as well in the last few hours we've been told that there are at least 220 people who have been infected with the coronavirus and as you had mentioned before 6 people until now have died as a result of the corona virus the mayor of milan earlier in the day urge people not to panic he said one of the reasons that we are seeing a spike in cases is because now there are public health officials that are proactively trying to diagnose new cases and so because of that there is

a sense that more cases will be announced in the coming days but all that being said the italian government trying to. go really far right now to show that they have protections in place that they are trying to contain this virus there are at least 10 towns that are effectively under lockdown that's around 50000 people are not allowed to enter or leave those towns in the areas. and right now there is more of a sense of worry there but here in the lawn at the moment not as much of a sense of panic more government so the government trying to do all they can i guess to try to contain within reason the disease now but if they had any luck in actually identifying what this source might be no that's been very elusive in fact italian officials had thought in the past few days that they had figured out who the so-called patient 0 the 1st patient italy would have been with this 1000 coronavirus but in fact that did not prove to be the

case the 1st person who was diagnosed we're told was a 38 year old man from the region but in fact the person who they believe that this person caught the virus from a turned out to test negative for the virus this is somebody who had recently returned from china so that's something that officials continue to say the last few days they're looking for they're trying to find out exactly how the virus started to spread in italy and who until now elusive patients 0 is barbara. with the latest from the capital of lombardi mohammed thank you. now china is delaying its biggest political event of the year the national people's congress because of the outbreak the gathering of thousands of communist party officials usually takes place at the beginning of march but 5 they've all been urged to stay at home katrina you reports from beijing. across china the corona virus outbreak has closed shops restaurants and now beijing's great hall of the people i.

i every much the venue port's the country's most important political event the national people's congress but china's top lawmakers have voted to delay the parliamentary gathering urging its 3000 delegates to stay home to fight the epidemic protecting the capital from a major outbreak has also become a priority beijing reported to shop increasing taxes over the weekend bringing the total to about $400.00 many are still too afraid to return to work. our company has blessed their 100 employees. we already have a rug people walking to the office i thought the subway to work was going to be packed but they're actually warned many people also announced the banning of trade in illegal wildlife the virus is thought to have originated in a 100 wildlife and seafood market. new coronavirus cases and fatalities have been concentrated in who 24 of china's 31 provinces reported no new cases in the past 24

hours 6 have lowered emergency response levels. president xi jinping has described the epidemic as a crisis and a major test and he's encouraging manufacturers and other industries to restart operations were possible. industries which are the national economy and people's livelihood hinges and prices accelerating operation resumption and working at a full swing to increase production it's the 1st time china's national people's congress has been delayed in decades so far and no new date has been set but analysts say when the missing is rescheduled that will be the biggest indicator that china has finally won its so-called war against the corona virus outbreak. al-jazeera aging. global stock markets have plummeted because of the jump in coronavirus cases marking the largest decline in shares worldwide in 2 years the main stock index

says in the u.s. including the dow jones tumbled and oil prices fell by 5 percent companies doing business in china as well as tourism and the airlines suffered the heaviest falls and share prices it's of the stock market in milan plunged by nearly 6 percent. hollywood film producer harvey weinstein has been remanded in custody after being found guilty of 2 counts in his new york sexual assault trial weinstein was charged with sexually assaulting his former production assistant mimi haley and raping aspiring actress jessica mann the jury of 7 men and 5 women found him guilty of sexual assault which could see him jailed for up to 25 years and the 3rd degree rape charge which carries a maximum of 4 years in jail new york law defines this is having sex with someone

incapable of giving their consent but weinstein was acquitted of the most serious charges predatory sexual assault and 1st degree rape. jurors were not convinced that weinstein it also raped and the bella shora whose allegation was from too long ago to be tried in new york the movie mogul who was one of the most powerful men in hollywood now faces a minimum of 5 years and the maximum of 25 years in prison he will be sentenced in march and also faces more rape and sexual assault charges on the other side of the country in los angeles the weinstein case is what led to the me to movement in the new york district attorney praised the women who brought the complaints against him . harvey weinstein has finally been held accountable for crimes he committed the women who came forward courageously and at great risk me that have. weinstein is a vicious serial sexual predator who used his power to threaten rape assault

trick humiliate and silences victims. and more now from london who joins us from new york a gabrielle itself what reaction has been both to the conviction but also the fact that he wasn't actually found guilty of the more more serious charges. yeah i think a lot of people particularly the prosecutors were really hoping that they would the jury would do it convict him on the most serious charges however this is still very much being viewed by the prosecutors and by. the victims' advocates groups as definitely a victory because even though he was found not guilty on 3 charges he was found guilty on $22.00 very serious charges guilty of criminal sexual assault and 3rd degree rape which taken together could mean 25 years in jail and it also meant that

as soon as the jury verdict was rendered the judge immediately ordered harvey weinstein to jail bailiffs came immediately handcuffed him and walked him into jail he did not walk out of this court a free man as he has been for the last 3 weeks that this trial has been going on in the last 5 days that the jury has been deliberating so the fact that harvey weinstein will be going to jail until the sentencing on march 11th indicates for sure by many people here and the prosecutors that it was definitely a victory if he is sentenced to the maximum and he served his entire term in prison he would not be eligible for release in till he turns $93.00. years old so i will have to wait for the sentencing on march 11th but clearly harvey weinstein most likely going to be going to jail for a very long time and as well as the sentencing really is of course going to be facing other charges of rape and sexual assault in los angeles where could those

leave him. yeah it's important to remember that this trial that's been going on here in new york was only focused on 2 victims however there have been more than 100 women that have come out and said that they were a victim of harvey weinstein either sexual assault or or or wrongdoing by harvey weinstein weinstein for many years but this trial was only about 2 there were 4 other women that did testify as well in the trial but this was just about 2 however this is not over as you mentioned already the district attorney in the los angeles has said he's they are bringing charges against harvey weinstein for 2 other alleged rape cases there so no matter how this ins and now we no matter what how what's he sentenced to here in new york he will also be facing charges in los angeles as well so this is definitely

a victory for the need to movement here in the united states really around the world and it really shows an epic fall of one of hollywood's most powerful movie producers who was at the top of the pinnacle of the movie industry for so many years now convicted sex a felon and religious on the with the latest there outside court in new york a capital thank you. well still to come here on al-jazeera hours after the prime minister appears in court over the murder of his the strange wife his party says it wants him to step down immediately. and the kobe bryants family friends and former teammates gather in los angeles to celebrate the. i hope the basketball legend.

had a very unsettled weather picture across much of europe plenty of clouds streaming in and not just out of course we have got rain and also a fair amount of snow but the winds have been pretty strong that continue to stream in from the west and really impacting many countries this is the netherlands and just look at this this is what damage the wind has done is not just that of course many other areas across mainland europe again there are some warnings across the u.k. for strong winds and cheese day yet more rain and snow will appear across much of the north and the northwest all of it sunny across into mainland europe on its way through france and really across most central areas for into germany on into the bowl 6 meanwhile across the southeast it's mainly clear and dry the winds here should be dying down as we head through chooser they have been very strong for the start of the week and then by wednesday all of that rain with that snow working its way further east was in quite a lot of this will turn to quite a wintry mix really across much of germany and further to the south but

a break across areas of the u.k. but still some stiff winds and again we have got more snow across those northern areas mostly care across northern sections of africa certainly on cheese dip or wednesday we could see one to 2 showers really long these coastal areas of algeria . from fossil fuels to modern day renewable as societies develop the energy demands increase requiring innovative solutions to meet such an amount as a global power developing to the basement complete nebraska power is uniquely positioned to deliver against the state we provide business growth promote social economic benefits and provide innovative safe and vironment energy solutions for future generation the brush fire nearing future.

welcome back here's a reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera the world health organization says the sudden increase in corona virus cases outside of china is the concerning iran's health ministry says 12 people have now died there while a 6th has been confirmed in northern italy meanwhile the w.h.o. has praised china for acting fast and says the epidemic there has been steadily declining but china says it's postponing its annual national people's congress due to the outbreak. and a hollywood film producer harvey weinstein has been remanded in custody after being found guilty of 2 counts in his new york sexual assault trial the movie mogul could

face 25 years in prison he will be sentenced in bridge. india has rolled out the red carpet for u.s. president donald trump with more than 100000 people turning out to greet him he's in india on a 2 day state visit focusing on trade but he also hopes that the trip will boost his reelection chances by appealing to the 4 and a half 1000000 indian american voters elizabeth purana reports now from on the ahmedabad. on his 1st foreign trip since his impeachment trial donald trump could not have looked more pleased with the reception he received it wasn't the $10000000.00 people trump said would greet him in good iraq before leaving for india bought more than 100000 people packed into the saadat voted by patel stadium to hear the u.s. president praise all things indian from one of its founders mahatma gandhi to cricket stars in the bollywood film industry his greatest admiration though was

reserved for prime minister in the day of the movie you are living proof that with hard work and devotion indians get a cop lish anything anything at all anything they want the prime minister mori into spoke of what he called the 2 countries shared values i don't. believe that that fear but is today you are the one india which is full of diversity with thousands of languages are spoken with just thousands of costumes cusins and several religious groups and communities all rich diversity and unity is a strong foundation of india u.s. relationship the. but president trumps the visit comes at a time when that in the body and has hindu nationalists but at the edge on the party of facing criticism for the treatment of indian muslims i bask in contrast that i heard him. not to be disbelieved. he talked about.

yesterday. that had been under threat. they have been 2 months of nationwide protests against the citizenship law which fast track citizenship to minorities from 3 neighboring countries but excludes muslims one police officer was killed in violence between pro and anti-government protesters in the capital delhi as president trump was just a few hours away in a visiting the taj mahal white house official said president trump will raise concerns over the citizenship law with prime minister morty the 2 leaders will discuss defense security and trade in new delhi on tuesday while there's no progress expected on the big differences when it comes to trade president trump believes the happy man after the. it might not be the country's most populous state but nearly a 3rd of indian americans have connections here and 9 months ahead of the u.s.

presidential election. coming to. help boost his popularity among the 4 and a half 1000000 indian american elizabeth al-jazeera. the palestinian armed group islamic jihad has announced a unilateral ceasefire to end 2 days of fighting with israel which is carried out more airstrikes on the gaza strip during the day at least 4 people were wounded in the fighting on sunday israel says it's responding to rockets launched from inside the territory the military also carried out strikes on islamic jihad in syria on sunday night killing 2 of its members in damascus. carnival celebrations have been called off in the german state of a vehicle was driven into crowds at one parade around 30 people have been injured some seriously after the crash in the western town of marson the driver was arrested at the scene police say that they believe the crash was the liberates but

that the man's motive is unknown. the suit those governing old best social convention party wants prime minister thomas the ban it to step down after he was charged with the murder of his a strange wife the banna has now appeared in court for his lawyers argued that his office grants him immunity from prosecution the matter has been referred to the constitutional court the bias sat with his new wife who has already been charged with the murder of little havana in 2017 the prime minister was due in court last week but said he'd gone to south africa for a doctor's appointment instead. this political turmoil in malaysia after the king accepted the unexpected resignation of the prime minister but has serious party has also quit the coalition government after some of its members planned to exclude the prime minister's chosen successor and what eba him from a new administration the prime minister is the world's oldest leader at 94 he

returned to power in 2018 as chairman of the south 2 party after forming a coalition with the people's justice party of his former rival and what he behaved promising to hand over power to him their partnership defeated that then prime minister najib razak of the un no party he's now on trial accused of stealing millions of dollars from a government well found fund finds louis has more now from kuala lumpur. the fate of malaysia's government is in the balance soon after prime minister mahathir mohamad sent his resignation to the king his party announced it was quitting the coalition government over the weekend party members held talks with opposition politicians on forming a new coalition that would block a plan to hand over power to mahathir is rival anwar ibrahim's the lot has to do it with also with personality these 2 men have a history a long history here put. him in jail and they came together and now

i think we're seeing a situation where tomorrow here in malaysia it seems unwilling to let on more take power again and what was deputy in the 1990 s. when mahathir was prime minister for the 1st of his spells as leader both were members of the united malays national organization or i'm no the party in power since what was then malaya gained independence from the british in 1957 but they fell out and was sacked then jailed for corruption and suddenly he described the charges as trumped up after his release anwar rose to become leader of the opposition and struck up an alliance with the hot day just before the last general election in 2018 to defeat a mill the ruling coalition agreed that mahathir would hand of a power to anwar by may this year 94 year old mahathir the world's oldest prime minister hasn't given a reason for his resignation but analysts say they don't see eye to eye on

a number of issues including a decade's old policy to grant preferential treatment to the mill a muslim majority such as in jobs and home ownership malaysia we are really just dangerous so the military jargon very worried that the chinese. in the oil and news division was getting too powerful so for the past 2 years the opposition are not and past and making the argument there. the previous government was essentially a mill a front controlled by the chinese and built all we have to overthrow it to measure it becomes a government again the king has appointed mahathir to stay on as interim prime minister while the new cabinet is formed to govern it has to show it has the support of 112 of 222 members of parliament mahathir could well stay on if he has enough support from m.p.'s even if it means a change in coalition partners civil society organizations have expressed

disappointment at the turn of events they say it's undemocratic if politicians who were defeated in 2018 elections can be brought back to power like this instead of through the ballot box it's a development that's created confusion and anger florence louis al-jazeera kuala lumpur the trial of former french prime minister and presidential candidate france wolf your has been postponed until wednesday for you and his wife made a rare appearance to the paris court for their lawyers asked for a delay to show support for a judicial strike against the government's pension reforms allegations that fuel on paid his wife more than a $1000000.00 in public funds for a fake job effectively destroyed his political career a public memorial is being held in los angeles for the basketball star kobe bryant who died in a helicopter crash last month thousands of people are attending the event at the staples center the home of bryant's club the l.a. lakers where he spent 20 years as

a player the 41 year old was killed along with his 13 year old daughter jon and 7 other people it comes as the los angeles times newspaper reports that bryant's wife is suing the helicopter operator. now the top stories here on al-jazeera the world health organization says the sudden increase in corona virus cases outside of china is the plea concerning iran's health ministry says 12 people have now died there while a 6th that has been confirmed in northern italy meanwhile china itself says it's postponing its annual national people's congress duty the outbreak but the w.h.o. has praised china for acting fast and says the epidemic there has been steadily declining. the key message that should give all countries hope courage

and confidence is that this virus can be contained indeed there are many countries that have done exactly that for the moment we have not with the mercy the uncontained global the spread of this bias and we are not witnessing largest gives if it does or does does this virus have pundit meek potential absolutely it has and we vary it from our assessment not yet hollywood film producer harvey weinstein is in custody after being found guilty of 2 counts in his new york sexual assault trial it was cleared of the most serious charges he'll be sentenced in march the new york district attorney praised the women who brought to the complaints against him weinstein has finally been held accountable for crimes he committed the women who came forward courageously and at great risk made that

happen. once the is a vicious serial sexual predator who used his power to threaten rape assault trick humiliate and silence is victims. more than 100000 people turned out to greet donald trump on his 1st visit to india as u.s. president trump will discuss the fence security and trade with prime minister narendra modi on tuesday meanwhile violence broke out in delhi over india's controversial citizenship law which opponents say discriminates against muslims a policeman and civilian were killed as supporters and opponents of the law clashed those of the top stories coming up next the stream looks at donald trump's trip to india more news that half an hour ahead.

now a mass stage from india has pulled out all the stops to give the visiting u.s. president the type of stadium event that he revels in but does charms all stage appearance with indian prime minister in the end dr modi suggests the meeting of minds of ego is i'm femi oke a and you are in the stream send your thoughts for today show through twitter. donald trump is making his 1st visit to india as u.s. president but state croft is not as important as showbiz perhaps hours after arriving in the city of a modified on monday you know go right into a new cricket stadium joining the range of modi in front of $100.00.