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all jews in. every room. we have outbreaks in multiple countries right now increasing at exponential growth rates the jump in deaths inside china and infections around the globe the world struggles to contain coronavirus. and best to concerns the spreading to asian shares extending their losses off the wall street's worst session in 2 years. alone of the mine peter w. watching al-jazeera live from doha are also coming up big military purchases and commitments towards a trade deal with the us president donald trump wraps up its visit to india.
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and the hollywood film producer harvey weinstein is led to jail in handcuffs after being found guilty of sexual assault and rape charges. more coronavirus deaths in china and a sharp rise in infections far beyond the stoking fears that the global spread of the outbreak is entering a new stage stock markets to fall in on worries the epidemic will have a lasting economic impact at least 10 people have died in south korea with or almost 900 confirmed cases u.s. forces there are considering scaling back military exercises iran has confirmed 15 deaths while bahrain kuwait iraq a man and afghanistan have all reported infections the authorities in italy have sealed off the worst affected towns in the north 7 people have died there and more than 200. are infected the highest concentration outside asia as for china numbers
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of new infections in areas outside who bay province off for ling however there have been another 71 deaths mostly in the viral epicenter live now to hong kong and our correspondent adrian brown adrian just get us right up to speed what's the latest information you have for us. well peter i think what is happening right now especially in south korea is what the world health organization fears most a virus that is spreading more quickly than they are able to contain and you could also argue that is very much the situation in both iran and italy right now now in south korea the the infection rate is now about to approach is fast approaching you know the $1000.00 mark and the focus of containment efforts on choose day was this religious group which has been identified as the source of the operate now this
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group has more than $200000.00 members it's huge and the authorities are now saying that each member of that church now has to be screened and that is going to be obviously a very lengthy process across the border in china yes more deaths on tuesday $71.00 but that's a lot less than say 2 weeks ago but no sign yet of you know the infection rate stabilizing in any way here in hong kong the government has announced that schools which have already been closed for more than a month ago to remain closed for another month so that's going to be in a lot of states disruption for parents and also we have seen more disruption on stock markets across the region especially the nikkei index in tokyo that was down more than 3 percent shares falling particularly for toyota the reason for that is that the japanese car manufacturer is very reliant on chinese suppliers and of course the virus has disrupted the global supply chain there's also
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a lot of investor sentiment and concern about consumer spending in china because china is not just a driver of global economic growth it's also has people who are big spenders and they are not spending at the moment and they're not traveling either so investors are very spooked by the. aaron brown reporting live from hong kong for us this. many thanks well as a dream is mentioning there there's also a dynamic to this story in iran our correspondent in tehran this big joins us live here on al-jazeera as it what's the picture where you are and what are the authorities what's mr rouhani been saying about it. well president hassan rouhani has been speaking this morning and he even seem to downplay the spread of the virus or he's trying to get people to calm down now what he said is that the spread of the chrono virus is not as bad as the spread of the
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flu virus that the country has faced in the past he said yes he acknowledged that it is different but people should remain calm and not panic and follow the health ministry's advice meanwhile the extraordinary route between that member of parliament a meter by the from the epicenter of the spread of this virus between him and the health ministry continues now yesterday he denied he said that the figures of dead which is 12 yesterday 15 today by the health ministry are wrong he said 50 people had died he made a scathing attack on the government and the handling of the spread of the coronavirus he said that their performance was near 0 he also said that the virus had been present in iran for 3 weeks but the government had not made people aware of that fact and that they had basically accusing them of a cover up that this morning he's made further statements that he said how is the health ministry denying the people that are being buried in the cemeteries of whom he said that the doctors he claims that doctors are writing down the cause of death
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causes of death as a response to true problems but the health ministry knows that these individuals that are dying are coming out of the quarantine ward for the corona virus and he has tagged there on twitter as the voice of calm and transparency meanwhile here in the run we've been seeing more people very masks more people wearing gloves schools and universities remain closed public concerts for matches still cancelled and increasingly people are concerned they are scared and they are questioning the official government account and that government account says that 15 people have died 61 people are infected also the flights have been suspended amman has suspended. there flights he afghanistan iraq the land border between iraq and iran is now closed iranians are not panicking there isn't a state of panic but many people that i've spoken to one to get out of the country or to stay in their homes said thanks very much u.s.
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president on from says he's optimistic a comprehensive trade deal with india will be reached as he was wrapping up his 2 day visit he held talks with the indian prime minister narendra modi in new delhi the trips designed not only to boost ties and trade but also mr trump's reelection chances at home by appealing to indian american voters another major focus of my discussions with prime minister modi is forging bilateral economic relationships that is fair and reciprocal our teams have made tremendous progress on a comprehensive trade agreement and i am optimistic we can reach a deal that will be of great importance to both countries that have both sort of caught on the beach and he had the relationship between the united states and india it is not just limited to the 2 governments it is people driven and people centric it is the most important partnership of the 21st century president trump and i have
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had discussions to raise it to a comprehensive global and strategic partnership my colleague elizabeth ranum joins us live from new delhi solis i mean some people are saying look in the scheme of things $3000000000.00 worth of helicopters that's pretty modest but the direction of travel for the relationship as far as both men are concerned i guess is in the right direction. right peter and that is what this visit is seen to be about because as you say $3000000000.00 as far as military equipment goes is not a lot but they're playing that up close defense and security ties and donald trump keeps saying they buy 3000000000 dollars worth of the tree equipment because we haven't heard a lot else substantial from this visit have donald trump was saying that you know they have made great progress on trade and trade is the biggest sticking point between these 2 countries it's been very tense on trade 2018 saw rounds of
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brutality a true tariffs and although donald trump says that they've made great progress well the u.s. trade representative robert light high's they didn't actually come to india as planned ahead of donald trump's visit because of reports that they weren't making any progress and yet donald trump says that they are going to work on the you know yesterday he said the biggest and best trade deal and today prime minister in that into more decent that they call this minister is going to get to work on that so that's trade no progress on this visit and that is why you have donald trump talking up the 3000000000 dollar defense deal so much nonetheless you know these 2 leaders who are very fond of each other we've seen that in the past when donald trump welcome to prime minister more along with 50000 indian americans and houston texas in september last year i think that was the biggest audience any foreign leader of a seat in america and yesterday when donald trump visited the 1st u.s.
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president to go to prominence to that in the modis home state of gujarat he was welcomed 582-5000 people and i think that's that's the highlight of this visit so certainly for them. there is clearly a move between the 2 men the both populist politicians american analysts are saying look it makes mr trump look good as far as what florida 5000000 indian americans are concerned but domestically in india does this visit make mr moody look good to his constituency as well. it does make him look good to his constituency although his constituency like donald trump in america it doesn't matter what he does he looks good to them but you know those indians and also indian americans who like promised a more like president trump and so this does you know really the visit looks good
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for both of their audiences and again donald trump this is his 1st foreign visit since his impeachment trial you know it's hard to imagine him going to another country right now and getting the kind of reception that he did if the both both of them talked a lot and have spoken a lot again about their shape shared values but you know one thing that we did hear from watch house officials because they both talk so much about their democratic credentials and how both the countries is so diverse and they have unity and diversity but the prime minister mori and his hindu nationalist part of the agenda party have come under so much criticism for that citizenship nor that they passed which discriminates against muslims and white house officials said that this is something that president trump will bring up with prime minister modi we haven't heard that yet. but we are waiting to see that something that will come up even if
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it doesn't come up between the 2 leaders they are taking questions from journalists and a little bit later on in the day so we'll be watching for that peter elizabeth many thanks liz peron there reporting live from new delhi. plenty more still to come for you here on al-jazeera including going underground syrian civilians find shelter wherever they can to escape the fighting in italy also ahead. be both rest in peace and have fun and have been telling me to get one day. passionate words from kobe bryant's widow morial the basketball legend and her daughter gian. how i wake up the usual makes of sunshine in shallows across southeast asia some lively showers developing just around borneo over the next day also we have already
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seen flooding into parts of indonesia. has seen some very heavy rainfall recently as we go on through the next couple days i suspect that the main focus for the heaviest rainfall will be across central areas into indonesia the usual showers there just pushing up towards malaysia much he wanted to shells just around the malaysian peninsula southern parts of thailand but by the more the way of sunshine here but there's that widespread shabby rain there across malaysia down into indonesia kind of joining up with the showers maybe spells of writing that we also have across the fall north of australia remnants of s. the here. and we still have ferdinand just to the northwest and that striking is the very heavy rainfall across those northern sections australia all the territory seeing some really wet weather over the next couple of days shows this and useful show is still pushing there was a good part of queensland in a lad of least the showers clinging on around the coastal fringe and there's still
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a few showers for the time being just making their way across the eastern side of new south wales further south it's looking rather wet and windy at times the task. for. a passion for supporting local communities. and pioneering innovative african science and technology projects how his child beautiful calm tourists are all of us on this planet not just africa al-jazeera fun is a leading by a chemist determined to use his scientific knowledge to say africa women make science from the lab to the field on al-jazeera. route.
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you're watching al-jazeera a reminder of our top stories this half hour china has reported $71.00 more deaths from the corona virus and just over $500.00 new infections as of monday the world health organization says is concerned about the spread of cases outside china. iran's confirmed cysteine deaths while bahrain kuwait iraq oman and afghanistan have all reported infections of people traveling from iraq. and other news donald trump says he's optimistic a comprehensive trade deal with india will be reached as he wraps up his 2 day visit to the french designed not only to boost ties and trade but also trump's reelection chances at home by appealing to indian american voters. the turkish president has confirmed the deaths of 2 turkish soldiers in libya bruch up tiber to one cent and troops in january to support libya's internationally recognized
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government in tripoli government forces are battling fighters loyal to the warlord holly for how tough the been trying to capture the capital for the past 10 months mark went up to one heads in tripoli he says people there are waiting to see if turkey retaliate for the soldiers deaths. the president as he was addressing his speech to the opposition he is justifying their existence the military individuals and also the advance of weapons with the government of national accord so the fact that the turkish president of egypt table and is mentioning that they have lost soldiers in libya that could be some kind of justification to any counter offensive turkey seems to be playing a major rule to turkish military existence on the ground or the government forces has achieved a substantial change on the ground. offensive by have to us forces
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that started on april 4th last year but again it seems that these. violations by have to forces according to the government of national court are dealing the peace process in geneva. meanwhile in geneva growing about u.n. sponsored talks to earn libya's conflict diplomatic editor james bays libya's prime minister came from tripoli to address the most important annual meeting of the un human rights council. gave an impassioned speech focusing on what he says the war crimes directly ordered by the man who in recent months has tried to depose him general holy for half. a city that was that many have lost their lives men women children families have been displaced children have been orphaned because of
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digression perpetrated by the war criminal khalifa haftar. surely how to have to. meanwhile military talks which have also been taking place here in the u.n. headquarters in geneva have concluded for now they've come up with a draft cease fire agreement but issues still have to be resolved and no actual cease fire has been agreed according to the u.n. envoy gas and salami the next stage is for wider political talks starting a wednesday but will they go ahead i try to get clarification at a news conference from surat she's foreign minister do you think it's now likely or unlikely or do you think they will happen or be perspire the political talks what's your thought as we stand now up to my knowledge that's a sense i am is insisting actually to have been on when izzie why some of the even the last invited they believe it's very short time they have to prepare this amp so
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i'm not sure is there any word from u.n. envoy salami himself well he hasn't spoken to the media since giving an al-jazeera interview on friday we believe that the libyan case is difficult but we don't believe it's a mission impossible the day i come to the conclusion that this mission is impossible you want that the government of national accord say they note mr salamis optimism they just can't work out what it's based on james berets al-jazeera geneva the un is warning of a bloodbath as fighting in the northwest of syria moves closer to makeshift camps for displaced families opposition fighters backed by turkey gaining some ground in southern province they are facing attacks by government troops supported by russian air power to reports. in the cold winter of northwest syria and
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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 home we took what we could and came to this present 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 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. the regime is advancing from the east and from the south people are now completely
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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
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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 priyanka gupta our dizzier and u.n. egyptian brokered ceasefire has come into effect between israel and the palestinian group islamic jihad the ceasefire follows 2 days of cross border violence the israeli air force says at least 80 rockets were fired from gaza on monday israel also carried out attacks using aircraft and tanks 6 people were killed in syria on sunday night including 2 islamic jihad members and 4 wounded in the gaza strip herefore suits in southern israel close to the border with gaza where the ceasefire does appear to be holding. that ceasefire that you refer to is not confirmed by israel but it's a bit talked about on the gaza side of the equation has apparently held since it
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went into force at $1130.00 local time on monday night there was an earlier announcement from islamic jihad earlier that evening saying that it completed what it called its military response to israel but that it would stand ready to respond to any further israeli air strikes israel said that it was striking against the earlier rockets there were further exchanges for some hours after that initial announcement by islamic jihad but now it does appear that things are holding certainly some of the restrictions imposed on daily life in southern israel here have been lifted roads have been reopened trains are running again feels like this one are allowed to be farmed with express permission if close as this one is to the border from the israeli military some restrictions remain in place though schools are canceled so tens of thousands of students aren't going to school there are
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still restrictions as well on the border with gaza in terms of border crossings cargo is not going in fishing has been closed down entirely israel exerting a blockade on all fishing and only humanitarian cases being allowed in and out of the erez crossing between israel and gaza. the hollywood film producer harvey weinstein has been handcuffed and taken directly to jail after being convicted of sexual assault and rape he complained of chest pains as the verdict was delivered and it's understood he's been given medical treatment weinstein whose case inspired the me to movement faces 25 years in prison gabriel is on the reports now from new york with the trial took place. 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
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a criminal sexual act and a 3rd degree rape as a verdict was read weinstein showed a little emotion as he was handcuffed and taken to jail and they shed any tears today get emotional i just kept saying we're not in a set of this but i mean it's an ideal that you know it's all in the set up the verdict caps 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.
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i imagine you know a verdict will be i don't i don't i start 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 . worked with him in some capacity he either 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 sexually harassed or assaulted write me to as a reply to this tweet millions dead 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 which would be 29 years that would mean he's not released from prison until he's 96 years old gabriel's andro al jazeera new york. a
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memorial for the basketball legend kobe bryant has been held in los angeles the retired l.a. lakers player was killed alongside his daughter giana and 7 albums in a helicopter crash last month the service took place in a stadium known as the house that kobe built brunell's as the story. a musical tribute but beyond say began the memorial service for kobe bryant and his daughter giana the event was billed as a celebration of life. 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 of basketball in life. as
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a parent. 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 referred to as we speak over gigio holding herm's organs of mirrors breastwork or we will show this new mahmoud's day in g.g. soon masses of your 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 mamba c does sports foundation which bryant founded to help inspire and lift up underprivileged kids
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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. you take care of our chichi. we 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. flooding in southern
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peru has hit a valley near the match you picchu world heritage site vehicles and belongings were swept away after heavy rain 4 people died and at least 250 homes were damaged or destroyed. this is al jazeera these are the top stories china has reported 71 more deaths from the corona virus in just over 500 new infections as of monday the world health organization says it's concerned about the spread of cases outside china 3 main clusters of infections are growing in the middle east europe and asia global markets have been falling because of worries the virus will have a lasting economic impact tokyo stocks closed significantly lower on tuesday and wall street had its worst session in 2 years dropping more than 3 percent adrian brown's in hong kong with more on the market reaction the worst performing stock in
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japan where the market was down 4 and a half percent on the opening of trade on tuesday was toyotas another reason why toyota shares are doing so badly is that it's been hit really hard by this virus it relies on spare parts made in factories in china and those factories are closed because of course the whole global supply chain has been severely disrupted not just for carmakers like toyota hi i'm dying in south korea but also for big corporations like nike and apple u.s. president donald trump says he's optimistic a comprehensive trade deal with india will be reached as he wraps up a 2 day visit to troops designed not only to boost ties and trade but also mr trump's reelection chances at home by appealing to indian american voters. the major focus of my discussions with prime minister modi is forging bilateral relationships that is fair and reciprocal our teams have made tremendous progress
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on a comprehensive trade agreement mystic we can reach a deal that will be a great importance to both. president. forces and. internationally recognized government in tripoli government forces. loyal to the warlords. they've been trying to capture the capital for the past 10 months. has come into effect between israel and the palestinian islamic jihad. across. the women make sense i will see you very soon for the moment. joy.
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when i was working in oxford which tends in my career it was really a pinnacle moment my mother was very proud but just like that she know. what do you think. you can do in 1020 years how is it going to help anybody to improve the lives of the people that live in our village. miles it's a wonderful tool time for me.

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