the world health organization expresses concern over coronavirus in its lee and the rand has infections bred through the middle east. stocks plunges panic spreads to the markets another symptom of the worldwide contagion of the coronavirus. a low i'm sam is a dan this is al jazeera live from also coming up. weinstein is a vicious serial sexual predator hollywood movie producer harvey weinstein taken straight to jail after being found guilty of sexual assault and 3 degree rape.

violence over a controversial citizenships war claims 5 lives in new delhi as the u.s. president makes his 1st trip to india plus. the both rest in peace sign in have been killed meet again one day. passionate words from kobe bryant's widow at a memorial for the basketball legend and her doctor. the world health organization says it's deeply concerned by the sudden increase in corona virus cases outside china 3 main clusters of infections are growing in the middle east europe and asia south korea the u.s. says it's considering scaling back joint military exercises with south korea due to concerns about the spread of the virus. $893.00 cases have now been confirmed there

at least 8 people have died iran has confirmed 12 deaths and has denied reports the toll could be much higher quatre is also among several countries in the region reporting their 1st infections quote civil aviation authority has announced they're temporarily barring flights from dubai in charge or as a protective measure it's also canceled national day celebrations scheduled for tuesday in europe 7 people have now died in northern italy which is more than $220.00 cases it's the highest concentration outside de janeiro rather mcbride joins us now live from seoul we understand rob the coronavirus now impacting military plans tell us more about that. that's right there have been there are some media reports that the spring exercises these happen every year between south korean and u.s.

military here on the korean peninsula they would be postponed because of fears of the spread of the corona virus you obviously don't want to be putting soldiers together in close proximity if you're trying to fight an outbreak like this with the alert level raised to the highest here in south korea the military here have denied that they say though that they are looking at possibly scaling back these exercises of course in the past couple of years they have been scaled back in any case because of the diplomacy that's been going on there been less troops on the ground and more of a simulation command and control type exercises but we possibly will see these exercises scaled back when they are due to take place in march for the moment the concentration the focus is on the city of daegu and the surrounding area in the southeast of the country that's where all of the medical resources are now being focused with the latest increases we're hearing about

a shortage of medical personnel in testing centers and also in infectious diseases wards there have been appeals for volunteers also some factories in that area have come to a standstill and interestingly the mayor of daegu has gone on record this tuesday's as saying that we are at a critical juncture it does seem as though the authorities there and here in seoul do look at this week as being a potential inflection point that if it is going to be contained if it is going to stop from becoming a national problem then what happens this week is crucial. ride there from seoul get more on the deaths in iran now are said bank is run he says as the number of cases rises there's disagreement over how bad the situation really is. there's been an extraordinary exchange in clash a war of words between a member of parliament. 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 within 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 and 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 their names meant 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 has denied that 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 moving now to the latest cases of coronavirus in italy the country's northern regions of lombardy and phonetic closed schools universities museums and symbols for at least a week 100 reports from milan. in an interior than usual downtown milan a sense of anxiety but no signs of panic amid the 1st major coronavirus outbreak in europe landmarks like to do more cathedral and less scholar opera house have been closed temporarily. the headline screams out virus the great fear even though fear at least for now isn't all that apparent yes schools have been shut down but his vegetable market remains open. but i didn't i didn't see any danger is we'll looking a lot of the phone people are not leaving their houses and they call us and we bring their shopping to them that's the way we're working at the moment the laws

mayor says the main mission now is contain the possible further spread of the virus and that while numbers of those infected have indeed been going up that could be because health officials are proactively looking for new cases he also urged residents not to clear supermarket shelves but videos posted on social media like this one suggest that advice may be falling on deaf ears in northern italy the number of coronavirus cases continues to surge even though at least 10 hotspot towns are effectively under lockdown. police check vehicles trying to enter one of the quarantine towns authorised lorries carrying essential goods and medical supplies are allowed through everyone else is turned away in an effort to contain the spread of the coronavirus even the venice carnival was cut short a medal that you know what i might be the fight another thought i would have to sign in order to shut down the venue scania it's one of a thought we'd have to close the schools churches museums and all public places so

i know i'm askin a lot from aussie thousands so i know all the way things go we can pull together well we just need to think about internally the bin will shut up inside us out of the and it's. inside the town of lingo authorities have allowed select shops to reopen outside long lines of shoppers wearing protective masks and gloves keen to stock up all this as officials are still struggling to confirm the origin of the outbreak in italy mohammed al jazeera milla. be increase in the number of coronavirus cases outside china has sent global markets tumbling 2 of the main us in this is posted their biggest one day losses in 2 years the dow jones for falling rather by more than a 1000 points the share market selloff has continued in asia japan's nikkei index opening nearly 4 percent down meanwhile hong kong's hang seng index edged further

into negative territory after 3 straight days of losses for more the 3rd speak to katrina you she joins us now live from beijing so mark it contagion as well as human contagion and big concern in asia today. that's right asian markets opened broadly lower today following fears that this krone virus could turn into a global pandemic in shanghai the index is down about 2 percent in a straight the exchange is down about 1.4 percent in hong kong it's down about 0 point to levon percent and japan took the sharpest tumble as you mentioned 4 percent at the opening at the moment it's about 3 percent but it wasn't all negative south korea for example seems to be recovering yesterday it tumbled 4 percent off the news that south korea was raising its alert levels its are cut a little somewhat up about hoth a percentage point and also singapore seems to be doing ok it's up about 0.8

percent so we haven't seen the same kind of panic selling that we saw in wall street on monday evening but there have been some losses and what analysts are really more concerned about here in asia is of course the effect on consumer confidence in south korea they've said that consumer confidence is dropped to a 6 month low which is going to show that even though our current current virus is not as deadly as all saws it can potentially have more of an impact on people's long term the hevia so people could be traveling less going out less buying less and on top of that of course this chrono virus has brought china and many of its factories its manufacturing sector to pretty much to a standstill and that is having a huge impact on the global supply chain so definitely this is not the end by any stretch of the imagination of the economic impact of this current virus outbreak. thanks so much katrina are you there. hollywood film producer harvey weinstein has

been sent to jail in new york after being found guilty of 2 counts of sexual assault weinstein was charged with sexually assaulting 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 and jailed for up to 25 years also the 3rd degree rape charge carries a maximum of 4 years in prison 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. on the reports from new york. harvey weinstein's days as hollywood's most powerful movie producer officially are over he's now a convicted felon and rapist after the verdict some of harvey weinstein's accusers

said they hoped his day would finally come weinstein was found not guilty of the most serious charges of predatory sexual assault but was found guilty of a criminal sexual act and the 3rd degree rape as a verdict was read weinstein showed a little emotion as he was handcuffed and taken to jail in a shed any tears it is a good emotion just kept saying it out in a subsequent innocent idea that you know it's going to spread the verdict cap's nearly a 3 week trial and 5 days of jury deliberations he was on trial for allegedly raping an aspiring actress in 2013 and sexually assaulting another woman in 2006 in 2017 investigative reporter rich mchugh was one of the 1st to report allegations of rape by weinstein he has since interviewed dozens of other women who accused him of sexual assault and harassment i know at least one of the women who will be testifying and her case is horrific. and so i think it's i can only imagine the

case will be even stronger in los angeles that is here in new york and. i imagine you know a verdict will be i don't i don't i guess hard for me to predict but the case is pretty pretty strong from from all that i know at his peak of power weinstein was a hollywood legend many of the greatest actors or actresses over the past 40 years have worked with him in some capacity here directly or through his movie studios throughout his career weinstein has been associated with 81 academy awards weinstein's conviction is a victory for the me too movement that began in 2017 when actress alyssa milano tweeted if you've ever been sexual. harassed or assaulted write me too as a reply to this tweet millions did and the movement took off harvey weinstein now sits in jail awaiting his sentencing by the judge next month if he's given the maximum should be 29 years that would mean he's not released from prison until he's

96 years old gabriel's on doe al jazeera new york. still ahead on al-jazeera going on the ground syrian civilians find shelter wherever they can to escape the fighting in it let's. bring you the latest in the case of the suitor's prime minister charged with the murder of his 2nd wife. had a very cloudy picture across northern sections of the middle east even quite a bit of cloud streaming into northern and central areas of saudi arabia and there is some rain with this cloud as well to go through tuesday the rain working its way across jordan and very widespread throughout much of iraq and eventually pushing on into western areas of iran and of course at times this will turn over to snow

certainly by wednesday as it works its way further north and further to the east as well just a celsius in tehran with a bit of a wintry mix there but it does clear quickly elsewhere so back to some good sunny skies recent 13 and a very nice 18 celsius in damascus to the south 25 in doha but again some fairly strong breezes over the next couple of days now down into southern africa fairly dry in south africa nice and warm as well she's a 29 in cape town 26 in johannesburg but the rain is pretty heavy and really quite extensive too across much of namibia all the way across into northern areas of mozambique and the next couple of days those rains very heavy across northern and central areas of madagascar we could be saying around $200.00 millimeters of rain increasing and developing as we go through the next couple of days that staying dry further to the south 25 in capetown and a warm day in johannesburg a 27. when

they're on line like probably recopy be one of the worst grafter going through really about. or if you join us on same terms a different diversity and inclusion and they were sometimes isn't always sincere this is a dialogue sanctions and the ways in which they were applied to iran are an act of war fair everyone has a voice we as a society that is so quick to victims they need to sit down and listen join the colobus conversation amount is iraq. welcome back you're watching i'll just say or let's recap our headlines now the

u.s. and south korea say they're considering scaling back joint military exercises judy concerns about the spread of coronavirus 13 korean soldiers have been infected the world health organization says it's deeply concerned over the sudden increase in cases outside china but it's insists it's too soon to declare a global pandemic iran says 12 people have now died there while a 7th death has been confirmed in italy. hollywood producer harvey weinstein is been convicted of sexual assault and rape in new york but he was acquitted on the more serious charge of the 3 sexual assault case led to the birth of the global hash tag need to move. u.s. president dog trump will hold official talks with indian prime minister narendra modi soon as part of his 1st state visit more than 100000 people packed the stadium

on monday to welcome. heaped praise on his indian counterpart and announce a $3000000000.00 defense deal his visit is designed not only to boost ties and train but also his reelection chances by appearing to 4 and a half 1000000 of indian american voters. elsewhere 5 people have been killed and dozens injured in new delhi during violence between groups supporting and opposing india's new citizenship law muslim activists have been protesting against the law which they say discriminates against them they were targeted by hindu groups linked to prime minister nurenberg modi's party the b j p hundreds of police have been drafted in to restore calm to the area of just about where tony berthing now reports from. took police several hours to regained control after a 2nd day of unrest some of the most violent protests for weeks in the capital

against the citizen amendment law the fighting was in the districts of japara bad and budget in northeast delhi between hindu groups who support the law and muslim communities they say the legislation is racist and discriminates against india's muslim minority i'm looking as if we were all sitting here peacefully protesting near the draft about school and there was no provocation from our side all of violence that happened took place from their side the mob came and threw stones at the mosque they'd be making provoked if slogans you speak like a shoot the traitor. we have figured out that all this violence was pre-planned they've actually called people to assemble and there was a plan in place when they attacked us it also seems that the local police were on the side everyone had a weapon and carried a gun they were the ones who threw. the flare stones. that i will do for you as the trouble escalated a number of people were seriously injured and investigations into the deaths have begun it's not clear yet who was responsible for the death of the policeman but it

underlines just how volatile the situation remains here and shows the deepening anger that still exists on both sides of this sensitive issue was this video seems to show hindu protesters throwing stones while a policeman does little to stop them the scene show others setting fire to muslim property the video cannot be independently verified the violence followed threats by hindu leaders to remove a group of muslim women who sit down protesters forced the closure of a major road. mosque in jeffrey bag was attacked and cars and homes were set on fire in efforts to maintain calm police have imposed emergency measures banning gatherings of more than 4 people but we saw little being done to enforce the natures. but eye of the relationship between the hindu and muslim communities has become bad and this tension is now spreading to other places surrounding this locality and also further afield outside delhi it has more security forces were

drafted in to guard areas overnight the flames still burned and local people are fearful of further violence to come and we're looking at pictures from moments ago of the official welcoming ceremony shaping up to receive the u.s. president shortly that ceremony will include a symbolic laying of a wreath at gandhi's memorial before the 2 leaders move on for direct talks have hydrabad house. let's bring in tony berkeley he's live for us in new delhi how much of a shadow is the violence casting over this visit by the u.s. president. i don't think much of a shadow at all i think probably donald trump is not aware of what's going on he would have had to turn on his t.v. last night to see those scenes of violence those terrible clashes but otherwise it's business as usual he you could see from yesterday's speech described as a love in between the 2 leaders they were pampering each other's egos and donald

trump as a man as we know who respects strength mr modi is a strong leader mr trump respects that he respects and one of turkey respects putin of russia and also you know trump stand on muslim issues back in the united states is making it unlikely that he's going to be highly critical of mr modi in this ca act which is causing all the problems at the moment on the streets in various parts of india there are we are told by white house officials that he will raise these matters in private today in those talks with mr modi but he's not likely to be critical as far as donald trump is concerned he sees the world in a very simple way i think black and white good and bad enemies and friends and i think very much he sees mr modi and india as a friend and a very important one as a buffer to china in this part of the world so i don't think he's going to be critical at all of what's going on he hasn't mentioned kashmir he hasn't mentioned

the street protests but he has mentioned about secular rights and the rights of minorities but that is what you would expect to hear from him or tony birth of a thanks so much for that. the un is warning of a bloodbath as fighting in northwest syria moves closer to makeshift camps for internally displaced families opposition fighters backed by turkey are gaining some ground in southern the province but a facing government attacks troops ported with russian airpower priyanka gupta reports in the cold winter of northwest syria and underground cave is the only refuge for these displaced families some find shelter in abandoned prison cells they have nowhere else to go the russian backed government offensive to recapture it live from rebels has forced nearly a 1000000 people from their homes and the russian shelling forced us to leave our

homes we took what we could and came to this prison we decided to stay in a cell which is about 20 square meters and we divide it between 3 families we still need things like blankets and food for trapped families this concrete border wall between turkey and syria is the last frontier between safety and government troops small children try to skew the high walls but cannot get in. turkey hosts about 4000000 syrian refugees and says it can't cope with more of the hollow and the regime is advancing from the east and from the south people are now completely surrounded and there's been a lot of displacement people are forced to go to the closest point to the turkish border there's a border wall there are tents or 50 meters away from the turkish wall roll freight . on the front line turkey backed rebels are fighting government advances

opposition fighters have recaptured. a town on the strategic m 4 highway between syria's commercial hub aleppo and the coastal city of latakia but government forces are closing in from the south syrian activists say the aim seems to be to control the m 4 highway that runs through major rebel strongholds and that means bloodier battles and more civilian displacement the u.n. and aid groups are calling for a cease fire the crisis really demands immediate action from the security council from member states around the world because this is a crisis now on a scale that we've not seen throughout the entire syrian war another dark chapter in the 9 year civil war as president bashar al assad's forces keep pushing ahead for a final victory. dizzier the governing

party wants the prime minister to step down after he was charged with the murder of his 2nd wife only appeared in court on monday where lawyers argued that his office grants him immunity from prosecution of an assassin the court room with his current wife who's already been charged with the murder of bonny in 2017 so maid of honor was at the court. the city's prime minister tom to bonnie made a much anticipated however brief appearance in court earlier today this is all after he left the suit a last week when he was 1st jew in court to face murder charges at that time he said he'd rushed to south africa for an emergency medical appointment since then he's returned to the suit too but when appeared today his legal defense argued that there are questions around whether or not a sitting prime minister should be charged and prosecuted the court ruled that the

case should be referred to the constitutional court for its intervention now while the bombing has delayed the sleeker process for the time being he's still facing a tough political battle within his own all of us who to convention party this is a party that is divided there are people who do support tom to bonnie but he does have opposition within that party they say he should step down immediately a memorial for basketball legend kobe bryant has been held in los angeles the retired l.a. lakers star was killed alongside his daughter jon and 7 others in a helicopter crash last month rob runnels has more. musical tribute but beyond say began the memorial service for kobe bryant and his daughter giana the event was billed as

a celebration of like. 20000 people packed staples center in a reno where bryant's play gave l.a. lakers fans such joy and where he helped his team win 5 n.b.a. championships basketball legend michael jordan wept openly as he recalled his relationship with the man he considered like a little brother in the game about. in life. as a parent. koby will have nothing in the tank he left it all on the floor former teammate shaquille o'neal spoke affectionately about a friend and teammate with whom he had sometimes feuded or take over the factors we speak over gigio holding hands organs of mirrors breastwork or we were shown as little mahmoud's today in juice and masses of kobe or heavens will be the cause of

the helicopter crash that killed colby and jana bryant and 7 others is still undetermined although investigators are focusing on the bad weather and poor visibility at the time of the accident attorneys for the bryant family have filed a wrongful death suit against the company that own and operated the aircraft tickets for the service were sold for a modest price the proceeds will be donated to the mamba and bomba seat does sports foundation which bryant founded to help inspire and lift up underprivileged kids through sports among the many a motional tributes perhaps the most moving moment came when vanessa bryant talked quietly about her beloved husband and daughter god knew they couldn't be on this earth without each other he had to bring them home time together. if.

you take care of our chichi be both rest in peace and have fun in heaven telling me to get one day we love you both and miss you forever and always mommy. a final farewell to a man who was seen by many as representing the soul of his city and the heart of his sport rob reynolds al jazeera los angeles. and let's take you through some of the headlines here now to syria now the u.s. and south korea say they're considering scaling back joint military exercises due to concerns about the spread of coronavirus 13 korean soldiers have been in fact it bryant has more from seoul the focus is still the city of daegu in the southeast

of the country the city's mayor this chews day saying that basically the city and the region around it is facing a critical moment in this week is crucial to see whether or not it will be contained or whether it will spread further we are getting reports of a further lack of some medical resources a shortage of medical staff the medical teams in the area of course of asked for more volunteers to help to staff up the testing centers and some of the wards that have been given over to treat infectious diseases the world health organization says it's deeply concerned over the sudden increase in cases outside china but insists it's too soon to declare a global pandemic iran says 12 people have now died there while a 7th death has now been confirmed in italy hollywood producer harvey weinstein has

been convicted of sexual assault and rape in new york but he was acquitted on the more serious charge of predatory sexual assault is caseload the birth of the global hash tag need to movement. u.s. president donald trump will hold official talks with indian prime minister narendra modi. of his 1st state visit more than 100000 people packed the stadium on monday to welcome. elsewhere 5 people have been killed and dozens injured in new delhi during violence between groups supporting and opposing india's new citizenship law hundreds of most americans of us have been protesting against the. headlines it's the stream now.

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 narendra modi suggest a meeting of minds or perhaps. 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 statecraft is not as important as showcase perhaps hours after arriving in the city of armada bad on monday you know great a new cricket stadium joining the range of modi in front of 100000 people.