stop research richard because they say the people have looked for years in the justice system. al-jazeera. how can that al this is the news hour live from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes a major turning point in the crowd a virus outbreak with more new cases outside china than with then for the 1st time . the outbreak has now reached latin america brazil has reported its 1st infection . pleading for peace in india's capital remains on edge after 3 days of rioting over a controversial citizenship dog that's killed $22.00 people. and they are in jail in london with the top stories from europe including high level talks in vienna as

world leaders try to salvage the iran 2015 nuclear agreement but little progress has been made and it's for one of china's says highest profile players has announced her retirement 5 time grand slam champion reassure a part of or is stepping away from the day at the age of 32. for the 1st time since the corona virus outbreak began the number of new infections outside china has exceeded the number within 37 countries have teles 427 new cases of beijing says it's counted 411 earlier the world health organization warned immediate action is needed to prevent it becoming a pandemic where it's widespread around the walt but the infection of her right appears to be slowing down and mainland china where the outbreak. again the virus

is spreading through europe with new cases and from spain and germany the majority are initially 378 confirmed infections there and 12 deaths brazil has also just reported a case it is a latin america's 1st confirmed fiction the 61 year old had traveled to italy earlier this month more than $81000.00 cases have been reported globally and from those about $2700.00 people have died we have 3 correspondents across europe and the americas reporting on the epidemic that is standing by in paris complete is in washington d.c. but 1st we go to our latin america editor to see a new man who's in the 2000000 capital santiago to see just tell us what can you tell us about this stuff 1st case on the continent. yes latin america especially south america which has very very close ties with china and other asian countries that they are their main trading partners were bracing

for this confirmation and it has come from brazil the health ministry in brazil and also the w t o's say that they are very very keen to determine how the virus will respond to the summer to halt whether it is summer all over south america $35.00 degrees where i am right now and so most of the countries until now where that virus has spread are in winter old record climates than the ones that we are experiencing right now brazil has expanded its list of suspect countries that they will be looking out for the people arriving in the country from for example germany france australia the united arab emirates the philippines and malaysia this as well as china and and of course south korea and iran so they're taking this very very seriously here in chile 26 people have been quarantined as a quote precautionary measure says the health minister but presumably they have

been showing some symptoms that could be consistent with the corona virus so far they are being kept out of home but the authorities in the region are saying that it's not a matter of if the virus will arrive here but rather when and that is something that is worrying people all over latin america and just going back to that 1st confirmed case i mean it comes at a bad time in brazil doesn't it with the kind of the holiday. absolutely this means that there are a lot of people on the street all very crowded all very close to each other and that brings up another very important point the region is not well prepared for this that i can't think of a single country in latin america that can say that its public health system is up to scratch that it couldn't that it has enough funding that it is properly staff so it's very very difficult and in top of that you have cultural problems for example kissing in brazil you'll kiss on both cheeks constantly and it's almost sacred not to say hello that way also here in chile everywhere in the region and so now people

are being advised not to do that in order to try to keep down the possibility of the spread of this could very very contagious virus fellow have to see what happens in brazil right now carnival as part of a poll of sacred things is something that will not keep people off the streets or close together and that could make this could just virus spread even faster that is the latin american is a new c n human thank you health officials in the united states a warning it's only a matter of time before the corona virus spreads there they want the government to allocate more than $2000000000.00 in funding to wood fighting the disease president donald trump is expected to make an announcement on the issue in a few hours let's go live to complain how good news i'm washington d.c. kimberly so we're expecting this announcement from truong on the coronavirus efforts but he's been on the fire what can you tell us. yet president has been under criticism by both the left in the right democrats and republicans who

feel that not only has he not asked for enough money but maybe he should have asked for it sooner so in other words bipartisan backlash and a lot of the problems stem from the president himself in the contradictory statements in terms of this emerging crisis the president has downplayed the severity of coronavirus saying the risk of mortality is low things are under control even that there may be a vaccine very soon but the problem is his own public health officials are not saying that in fact they are already saying that americans should be prepared for disruptions to their daily lives not so much a question of if this will happen anymore but rather more question of exactly when this will happen and how many people in this country will become infected and how many of those will develop severe or more more complicated disease. now one of the biggest problems for this white house has been that their message does not match the headlines that are playing out here in the united states as

americans grow increasingly anxious they're trying to be reassured by this white house but they're also seeing things like the stock market taking an impact with regard to corona virus so the problem is the president now is seems to be taking this personally he has pushed back on social media blaming the media for the coverage for scaring americans if you will he's announced as you pointed out a press conference happening $23.00 g.m.t. it really will be a test of confidence for this president now already there has been talk that this white house may appoint somebody to coordinate this response much like we saw barack obama do with ebola known as the coronavirus czar but as for right now the white house is pushing back on that reporting saying that is not the case so we watch and wait very carefully for this press conference that we taking place later today to see what the next steps will be we will be checking back in the dot com live from washington d.c. thank you. shift our focus now to europe is in paris and the

1st french citizen to contract the krona virus has died he had not traveled to a contaminated country do we know how he may have been infected. well that is a real mystery for french health officials in a region north of paris called was 2 men were infected with the coronavirus one of them a 55 year old who's still in hospital in a critical condition these 2 i should say don't know each other the other a 60 year old man who died overnight in a paris hospital key oh was showing symptoms of the corona virus 2 weeks ago i should say he was showing flu like symptoms 2 weeks ago it turns out he had the corona virus but of course he didn't suspect that because he had not traveled like the other man to a contaminated country so really french health officials are trying to find out how

on earth he could have been if infected they're also checking everyone he came into contact with over these past 2 weeks because he was a teacher he fell ill just before his school broke up for a 2 week break however he would have been in contact with some children parents and other teachers so great concern as you can imagine in his region and across the country more and more people are starting to be concerned about this virus of recent opinion poll suggested that although most people feel comfortable that the public health authorities are doing enough they are still increasingly concerned about what it will mean for them and they are taking precautions. natasha butler there live from paris thank you very much let's speak now to dr marcos banal in washington d.c. via skype he is the director of the department of communicable diseases at the pan

american health organization the regional office of the world health organization just tell us 1st off how prepared is latin america for the corona virus outbreak. well you know we just have a report in a case in brazil. we have been working with all of our countries and sure in doubt they are prepared to contained a minimize or stop the. dissemination transmission however given the fact that 3 countries. iran and south korea are now experiences i'll brakes or community transmission we are making sure they know their health services of the countries in latin america have prepared as you know some of the countries are me that income and others are high income saw there is a level of that countries are now losing track of the chain of infection the can't tell where confirmed cases have been contracted what does that mean for projections

of how this virus might continue to spread well china has been reporting decline of cases in the last few days and decline of that. while we have seen some community transmission in other countries as i mentioned we have also seen that there are about 9 countries that reported a case that is seen as the last 2 weeks they have not reported cases so so it's a mix issue and then the next 2448 hours will be crucial to for us to know if if how these viruses behave and we cannot rule out that the virus can come back and pick again so we need to be food and prepare not only for containing but also start thinking on me to going to show measures in case the. country see not sort of cases do you think that the current a virus is something that the world will just have to get used to like dealing with the flu or with this is this something that is just going to become the new norm.

well there if we look at there on the corner of our east sarsour murders that is not the case so we respect that we can contain break we think it can be contained and it will go so so it doesn't look like it if you follow the same pattern as the other via coronaviruses then issue not behave like their influence ours or germany can't trace its coronavirus cases a latin america as i've said it's got its 1st case in brazil from someone had been france and greece spain are reporting cases pakistan's got it around numbers seem suspiciously low at what point does this become a pandemic well there is a dozen very good question there is a fine line. from demi to really we cannot over use the term because

it can also create damage it can also create. a stigma it can also suggest that we're not able to contain the outbreaks. but we still think they're going to still think that we can do that least the key issue for pandemic is sustained transmission while there are 3 countries with al breaks the countries in austria switzerland greece are all related to to the problem in italy so all or i think we need to see more sustained transmission in other countries and as i said if we look at countries that reported cases 2 or 3 weeks ago many of then at least 9 as not reported cases again in the last 2 weeks thanks that we have to live if a time talk to their life from washington d.c. thank you thank you. but more head on the news hour including turkey says it will push back syrian government forces in northern syria as the number of

displaced people reaches nearly a 1000000. and full state funeral on is for hosni mubarak the long time role that egyptians forced from power during the 2011 revolution. and in support the president of the women's tennis tour tells al-jazeera that coronavirus has left the sport facing an unprecedented challenge. india's capital remains on the edge after 3 days of rioting killed over 20 people there is heavy security presence on the streets of north east delhi following a violent clashes over new citizenship law that excludes muslims of the 200 people have been injured buildings were satellite in mosques ransacked in the worst rioting seen in decades al-jazeera is tiny but that is in delhi he says the citizenship lore is becoming an increasingly divisive issue. the major violent

scenes are stopped at least for now and now they're assessing the damage as you can see quite extensive in this part but also the human cost the death casualty figures are going up by the hour almost and something like 250 people have been injured and killed and now there's a mop up operation that has been a piece really because of women who were decided to stop their protest in jeffrey bad at a station. after intense provocation by hindu nationalists now that violence is spin some of the worst that delhi has seen in decades and the casualties show that so there's a big deep rooted problem that has now overshadow what this whole matter was about this was about civil rights over the citizens amendment act but it's being come in northeast delhi something about religion between ms muslims and hindus and that's not how it was this whole protest movement began because of across the board all

religious denominations all minorities protesting about this new law which they say was racist now the problem is now this is being used as a kind of victory now by some of the hindu nationalists they said they wanted these women to be moved they were moved and now it sets a dangerous precedent what will happen in future if there's another protest will they do the same thing violence seems to work now we've had nothing from the prime minister mr modi until today 3 days are this whole thing started and he calling for calm he's calling for peace and harmony with be no peace and harmony here quite the reverse the problem is how can they rebuild now from this how can they regain the trust if you look at this damage it's superficial compared to the deep rooted scars we've spoken spoken to people who've lost their loved ones hindus and muslims they have suffered their ones have been killed we don't know exactly who was responsible for the killings most of the people seem to be killed by gunshot wounds but some are. also have been stoned and beaten to the point where their injuries me meant

they died so we don't know what the situation is there needs to be an inquiry human rights activists are calling for the government to actually take deeper stronger measures to find out the root causes of this and find the people who were responsible and bring them to justice that we may be one of the 1st steps needed to bringing these communities together again. delhi police has been criticized for its role in the handling of the violence critics say that's because the force is not accountable to the delhi government the central government controls the police force in delhi the local government has no power of a law and order the political divide in delhi is also adding to the tension at the moment he is the party in power in the national government the a.a.p. or common man party runs the local government in delhi the 2 parties have clashed in the past of control of the delhi police about ansari is a political analyst based in new delhi he says the signs of escalation were there from the beginning. the signs were there since for ages and from

a 3 speeches there was a build up in their own up to the elections and then then after some very end from a tree anti muslim speeches given by none other than members some members of the ruling party joined the party and precious little was done to come up this had to have the union government acted in time this could have been prevented the union government for reasons best known to themselves chose to look the other way why parts of delhi were burning and people were and the 2 communities were going hammer and tongs at each other it's only after the courts into being on the 3rd day did that they did this the union government to act and send the national security adviser and send the requests that number of power ministry to try and take control of the situation had this been done earlier had those who were making and for the military speeches held accountable perhaps this day would not have come to pass the

turkish president. says his forces are preparing to push back russian backed syrian troops and if the province the united nations estimates nearly 950000 people have been displaced this since the beginning of december shallop ballasts reports. syrian troops on the move it live province is the holdout the one place president bashar al assad is yet to claim but village by village it's coming within reach. we are curing on towards more villages of months are we are we are still in action stores are a whole village in spite of the turkish support to our enemies using foreign arms and ammunition these russian backed syrian government soldiers are fighting turkish backed rebels now turkey is facing a challenge with its observation posts in the province around it and president richard type has ordered his troops to push back. russia does not

want to accept humanitarian sensitivity the time that we gave to those who besieged or observation posts is ending we are preparing plans to liberate our observation posts from the surrounding forces by the end of february 1 way or another. he also warns that turkey will attack government forces anywhere in syria if another turkish soldiers injured 16 have been killed in syria this month his speech came as a russian delegation arrived in turkey to discuss the crisis and it lived with their president vladimir putin has ruled out a summit with the turkish german and french leaders the fight for control of the province has forced nearly a 1000000 people from their homes since early december the u.n. says more than half of the people now living in places like this a children. we left our area about 20 days ago we left under airstrikes with only the clothes on our backs we were left out in the open and spent some time

under trees we went towards the city of al-bab but we didn't find any place to live and no one who had let us stay on their land. in the 9 years since the war began many people have fled frontlines for the relative safety of it lib now the front line has come to them they're increasingly. squeezed against the border with turkey the syrian forces inch forward shelling residential areas otoh one has intervened worried about another potential refugee crisis. we are not going to take even a little step back in the ad lib we will push the syrian regime forces out of the areas that we've designated and let people return back to their houses but for now that's not an option at least $26.00 people including schoolchildren were killed and more than $100.00 injured this week the white helmets risky group says 8 schools and kindergartens were deliberately targeted with cluster bombs syrian forces have captured dozens of towns and villages and any pushback by turkey may

leave residents in the crossfire shallop bellus al-jazeera. a military funeral has been held in cairo for egypt's former autocratic leader hosni mubarak he died on tuesday at the age of 91. 3 decades until being forced out during the 20th of a revolution. mubarak's coffin draped in the egyptian flag and a horse drawn to the sound of cannon fire a funeral with full military honors for the man who led egypt for 30 years and whose legacy divides many nearly a decade after the arab spring. he was a military man and he achieved a lot for egypt we will not look at his shortcomings only no one is perfect it is mubarak's wartime record that the government would like he remembered for these 3 decades in power brought relative stability but also economic stagnation and

repression it's quite a lot of pomp and circumstance when you when you really stop and think about it for a man who only 9 years ago was ousted by a popular revolt and then a year later sentenced to life in prison we forget for ordering the killing of hundreds of protesters he was openly mocked and ridiculed. in egyptian society and he gyptian media hated by millions of egyptians but what we've seen over these last few years is a counter revolution in egypt they've reframed the narrative around the january 25th revolution and now they're honoring the man who was who was ousted it's really quite the change of circumstance. mubarak's rule invites uncomfortable comparisons with the egypt of today under another former military officer who rose to be president. sisi freed mubarak in 2017 off 2 years in jail for conspiring to murder demonstrators during the 2011 uprising the egypt of

today still remembers the rejoicing on the streets after. barak was swept from power. but a new era of democracy proved a full storm obama successor mohamed morsi was deposed by sisi lasting only a year as egypt's 1st freely elected leader after he died while on trial and in detention last year morsi is funeral took place on the heavy government restrictions and out of the public eye in stark contrast hosni mubarak was buried a hero for his role in the 1973 arab israeli war apparently forgiven for an era of decline and human rights abuse that under egypt's current leadership critics say has only grown worse jonah how al-jazeera. european led efforts to try to sell its the 2015 iran nuclear agreements have made little progress during talks in austria's capital for more on this let's cross to the and our european news center

. there is a game yes the e.u. foreign policy chief has started serious concerns over iran's nuclear program following the talks in vienna is the 1st meeting since european parties to the deal britain france and germany an official dispute process in january over violations by iran european delegates along with china and russia took part in the talks with the top iranian officials tehran began breaking some of its commitments when the us pulled out of the deal in 2018 and reinstated crippling sanctions john mccain has more from vienna. this meeting was about trying to bring the countries who are still officially party to the supreme and together to see walked agree of cooperation much that there might be want to group consensus could be formed clearly from the iranian perspective they want this agreement to carry on where possible but equally they are determined to carry on with the course of action that

they've been following in recent times this is what the iranian deputy foreign minister had to say we know that europeans are trying. we know that there are. willingness but the lack of ability is obvious but we appreciate that trying their best today they want to gain just reaffirm their commitment to this deal they want to save this still the chinese government believed that it was pretty clear where blame could be apportioned in so far as the intransigents that is being displayed by certain countries in this agreement and indeed the one country that's no longer in this agreement the united states this is what the chinese representative had to say after leaving the meeting that we are supposed to do is to work hard to find a solution so what solution we are exploring is exactly

a step by step specific for that on the basis. this is of reciprocity all of which means there's been no obvious breakthrough or progress but then to a certain extent that was not likely at a meeting at which many of the main ministerial players were not present because their capitals it's in those capitals where there has to be some degree of movement and so far at least from this meeting that has been. violence has broken out on the greek island of lesbos for a 2nd day over the building of a new camp for migrants riot police fired tear gas at residents who'd been throwing stones at them and trying to stop construction workers getting to the site and you can't replace is an existing overcrowded migrant center that houses more 9 100000 people despite being designed for fewer than 3000 residents in parts of western england have been told to evacuate their homes after

a flood barriers were breached the river 7 burst its banks leaving buildings partially submerged severe flood warnings meaning danger to life remain in place in parts of the u.k. several areas are experiencing the worst flooding in nearly 2 decades after 2 storms hit within a week of each other. that's it tomorrow in london 2 came into exile and still ahead on al-jazeera are for some wise some finances backing it may be a woman huffed are being accused of sharing an ideology but on myself. after years of violence many in south sudan fear history may be repeating itself. and its for pakistan policy a surprise when it the women's team 20 cricket ball come. however

long last we have dry weather pushing across the middle east is not all good news as this area cloud out of the way may some places afraid sleet and snow on that as it pushes over towards the east the system here that we have just extending down across the gulf into southern parts of saudi arabia pulls out of the way and we have a keen small wind blowing through some problems with lifted dust and sand you can see the strength of that when they in across the region not quite as bad as we go on through friday so friday's should be a much better day although it will be on the cool side 23 degrees celsius here elsewhere there we go there's wintry flurries over towards well in parts of pakistan pushing through afghanistan still a chance of want to wintry flowers there into the now cause northern parts of africa we've had some dusty problems here into parts of west africa as well but for the most part it is dry temperatures in kaare picking up to around 24 celsius a 24 rep batson some about this as we go on into friday maybe

a touch warmer in the process the show is there into the heart of africa just around the ethiopian highlands into the rift valley lots of clouds showing up here still rather wet there into parts of angola wish i was becoming a little more widespread for a good part of south africa. whether online like probably recovering get one of the worst routes to review about it or if you join us on sanctuaries a different diversity and inclusion and they were sometimes isn't always sincere based is a dialogue sanctions on 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 get to they need to just sit down and listen and join the global conversation on al-jazeera. i was raised in france. these are my grandparents. these are my parents

and this is mean. by them both isis and us on. the 1st of a 2 part epic tale of a remarkable family. the father the son and the jihad caught one on al-jazeera. rule. the pool. you're watching are desirable and are the top stories this hour for the 1st time since the crown virus outbreak began the bamber of new infections outside china has exceeded the number within more than 40 countries have reported cases the virus has

spread to south america with one confirmed case in sao paulo in brazil in europe new cases are reported in france and germany but basically is the worst affected. indian prime minister narendra modi has called for calm after 3 days of violence and telling these 25 people were killed during protests against a contentious citizenship call. for more now on our top story the fast spreading coronavirus the 2 most affected regions and it's in these north are under lockdown where some 50000 people live they are increasingly worried but are trying to stay positive reports from milan. in less than a week life in the small town of consul push that lingle has completely changed the corona virus outbreak in northern italy slumbered the region is what did it forcing checkpoints to go up and keeping residents from getting out. since we're barred from accessing areas under quarantine we speak to volunteer medic mark on skype. he

worries about what will happen next but also tries to stay calm 'd ringback. i don't live alone so every time i go back home i think about it because maybe i've been in contact with someone that has it but i'm without symptoms and we're constantly checked. marco says he doesn't want to diminish the gravity of the crisis but he also likes looking on the bright side and tells us there are surprising benefits to living under lockdown. it's beautiful because you see kids playing in the streets the way it was many years ago during the days of our parents and grandparents there was much more light heartedness. 'd just up the road from that lingle is the town of put on you considered the center of the outbreak because the 1st locally transmitted coronavirus case was detected there from about all the audio protea runs a residential facility for patients with mental and physical disabilities he tells

us staff at the center doing all they can to keep the situation calm and to ensure the compound remains free of the virus. the residents understand this is a special situation and they've adapted to it without getting too anxious even our patients who fall along the autism spectrum and usually have the most difficult time accepting changes to the routines they have accepted that this is an unusual situation. here in the regional capital an hour's drive away the anxiety is also evident as public spaces remain far quieter than usual for days italian government officials have been urging citizens not to panic the people under quarantine we've been speaking to are heeding that advice as coronavirus cases in the country continue to rise they find themselves growing more concerned but they say they're doing their utmost to remain calm and i'm a gentleman. iran has announced a mystic travel restrictions because of the corona virus at least 9000 people have died in 130 are infected including the deputy health minister saying isn't tara

during a weekly cabinet meeting iranian president hassan rouhani struck an optimistic tone saying that the reports about containing the coronavirus in iran are promising a taskforce set up earlier this week by the president including senior members of the government and armed forces he said are making gains in controlling the spread of the disease something that has become a major public health crisis here in the country he also addressed public concerns about whether or not the information coming from officials could actually be trusted this after a member of parliament representing the city of home where the 1st case was detected said the number of cases and deaths from this virus are far higher than official figures reported by the government here's what the president had to say about that and i don't mean. i emphasize that we don't manipulate the figures we know the increase no decrease them nor do we exaggerate or downplay him i've told the health ministry to announce any figures they have this is

a plot we see today in foreign propaganda recently a high ranking u.s. official made a comment about coronavirus in iran themselves are dealing with the flu 16000 died because of that the cea but they don't talk about it and now they are turning their attention to corona virus in iran earlier this week president hassan rouhani also said that the situation in the country could begin to normalize as early as saturday just a matter of days now but during a briefing by the spokesman for the country's health ministry he said that government officials are expecting the number of coronavirus cases in iran to go up in coming days. so far the philippines has only a handful of confirmed cases but roman catholic sobbing urged to avoid physical contact as they observe ash wednesday a christian day of prayer and fasting has more from manila ash wednesday marks the beginning of a 40 day period leading up to easter sunday and here in dominantly catholic

philippines it's an important day where millions of filipinos go to church to have their foreheads marked with ash now the ash is a symbol of repent though so usually what happens is priests would tip their finger into a bowl of jam ash and would use that same finger to mark the foreheads of relievers but this year that's not what's happening in many of the churches because the catholic leadership off the country that's recommended the sprinkling instead of dry ash onto the crowd of heads of churchgoers to prevent contact between priests and church course and this is due to the coronavirus care he would like to even be here in the el motion. rather than. the one that they. used a priest marking a report that on ash wednesday but they understand that because of the virus they

had to make adjustments now it's worth noting that these bring fling of ashes on the crown of heads of the reverse this is not a new position but just a recommendation and in fact some churches have opted to follow provision and that is to mark the foreheads relievers. now inside the church right behind me would see the people's shields kissing and touching the image of jesus but moving forward the country's catholic leadership should says that's not what they're recommending to do ask the country observes the lenten season and celebrate easter. since libyan wall of hell if i have to began his offensive to take the capital tripoli he's caught in the west by saying he's trying to rid the country all from his words terrorists elements within half those forces have been accused of sharing an ideology similar to eisele it's all strength and reports from tripoli. these are fighters loyal to walter khalifa haftar battling un backed government forces in

eastern libya have to says the world should support him because he's a secular force the west can trust to fight terrorism. but many of the most powerful militias fighting for hafta are considered by western governments to be a threat to the future stability of libya and the security of their own countries because of the ideology they embrace. the big contradiction is in what have to tries to promote about himself and the evidence which is clear his forces are comprised of so that the jihad their ideology scares many people we have seen them storming mosques and forcing others to follow their version of islam they are in an open war against the moderates in libya. these are monthly fighters saying that huffed is god's chosen one the muckle is follow what some analysts describe as an ultra conservative sect with a jihadist ideology based in saudi arabia this is

a saudi based shaikh telling mudhoney fighters loyal to have to that their fight against the un backed government in tripoli is a religious one. the government in tripoli in western libya says it wants to dissolve all militias fighting on its behalf and integrate them into a national army have to has far more solid he's fighting with him by thousands than the western government so what he says and what's actually happening on the ground is quite different the backbone of his libyan troops the strongest force armament highly salafist to follow an obscure saudi sheik and have what some claim is a quietist philosophy although this is an anomaly too for all the analysts because what kind of quiet is silent this should get people every day this is general haftar with one of his top commanders mahmoud a willfully and this is

a war fully killing prisoners in benghazi he is wanted by the international criminal court to face war crimes. after reportedly detaining a wolf lee for a few days after released him and promoted him to lieutenant colonel in the news 6 years since warlord khalifa haftar launched his military operation to try and seize power in libya rights groups such as amnesty international have accused both sides of committing war crimes. described himself as being a secular leader fighting terrorism a leader of the west can trust before the un backed government here in tripoli military analysts and many people across this country that simply isn't true stop al-jazeera tripoli. malaysia's interim prime minister mahathir mohamad says he'll return is the to if he has enough support in parliament 2 days ago he resigned suddenly and his party quit the governing coalition why then now says he wants to

form a new unity government which she says wouldn't be aligned with any specific party but his former coalition partner on what abraham says 3 parties that nominated him as prime minister supporters have been protesting outside the palace where the king is holding talks florence lawyer is in the city of yangon myanmar she says neither on one nor matea have enough support. anwar ibrahim has said you know he's got the support of his coalition but they're now down to 3 parties instead of they're about 11 politicians from his party why the sacked or resigned so this means he's down by about 3 dozen politicians so it's not clear whether he's not going to have the majority in on him to actually be nominated as the next prime minister and then take a look at what mahathir has said so he's saying that he's got enough support and on the bench he will stay on as the prime minister while his position is a bit shaky but it was 24 hours ago when he composed in the reports emerged about

he was proposing to lead a unity government and the main opposition party known as m no this is a party that had planned over the weekend to true to form an alliance that was going to take over politics they've now come out to say that they're not going to support a unity government so if mahathir is going to propose a unity government and himself as prime minister he may not have the support of so it's also not clear whether or not he has the numbers to do that but the main grouse in the main fear of civil society organizations and activists is if a coalition is to be formed and if this is the way that opposition politicians think they can return to government having been voted out in the last election 2 years ago then there will be more political upheaval in the major severe flooding in the indonesian capital is causing misery for thousands of families whose homes have been inundated it's been a record breaking monsoon season across the country with more heavy rains still to come people are blaming the city government for the damage and not doing enough to

protect them jessica washington is in jakarta. after the rain this is a sense of quiet resignation to work together to clean up the streets the floodwater is a frequent unwelcome presence in their homes these family members are wearing clothes borrowed from relatives the television isn't working and. furniture destroyed and their bedding and clothes are ruined and. we are traumatized it has happened so many times just this month things a ruined the water came in so fast we didn't have time to save them. i. can't as local government is being criticized over how his administration has handled this year's floods advisors to the national government say there was a lack of preparation. the judge. what has happened in the january floods was such massive destruction we have early warning systems to plan ahead for example they

should have dedicated land for people to leave because fewer vehicles could have been damaged lawyer as us. is leading a class action on behalf of those affected by floods in january when 66 people were killed in flash flooding he says more people may join the class action as the floods continue the. there is no early warning system we have the rainy season all the time there should be more preparation but nothing has changed . governor and he says the city is adequately prepared for the rainy season and has been monitoring and clearing got his own homes and buildings as a precaution but many say that's not enough this is now a familiar routine for people here self evacuating and then coming back to assess the damage and at least try to clean up this area has been flooded at least 5 times this month and there's more extreme weather coming hundreds have sought shelter at

a local mosque after torrential rain some have begun to return home but it won't be long before they may need to leave again more heavy rain and storms are forecast until the beginning of next month just to washington al-jazeera jakarta. south sudan's warring parties formed a transitional unity government on saturday a power sharing agreement that's aimed at ending years of conflicts the u.n. estimates 400000 people have been killed since 2016 and another 4000000 have been displaced have a more going to ports from juba on whether people have hopes for lasting peace. almost every evening just of getting and his friends meet under this tree they discussed life and the recent political developments in their country south sudan specifically the latest power sharing deal that has seen. reappointment of opposition leader rick machar after years of war. were not. so no

worries i wanted as i was to be there because the working poor. just have says he feels the deal take south sudan back to where it was in 2013 he wonders what if anything has been achieved africa's youngest country seceded from sudan in 2011 after 2 decades of fighting for 2 years later its own civil war started when the president salva kiir accused his vice president drake machar of attempting a coup a deal was signed in 2015 to end the war that killed thousands and displaced over a 1000000 people but it didn't last i cannot assure you that things will be different but what. is our commitment. we need to restore peace and stability in the country there will be a national army we should not the militia may belong to this or belong to the government the new deal is a revitalized version of the 10 to 15 deal and has been broadened to include other armed opposition groups that were born after that deal collapsed machar is once

again vice president along with 4 of us with the same position and the deal also includes a 3 a transitional period before elections are held the revitalised deal includes sharing of ministerial cabinet positions between the government and the opposition groups that's yet to happen it would is for the war. even you can read from the political leaders face that all of them they are fed up in continue to do so they by this time adjust to assume political issues politically instead of taking arms and fighting. the partial formation of a transitional government last saturday didn't come without deadlines both regionally and internationally repeatedly missed deadlines like the sanctions on several government officials frustration through among south of the means of the poor economy and the worsening humanitarian crisis but some doubt the future of the current deal they fear it's a return to the days when the president and the vice president didn't trust each

other. joseph and his friends have nicknamed the treaty meat under the tree of hope they say they'll wait to see how the revitalized deal is implemented and the improvements it can bring and hope it better south sudan after years of suffering people morgan al-jazeera. for years they fought against each other for political power on else on south sudan ethnic groups of flexing their muscles for sporting glory they did it clearly they do not want to do. wrestling contests drawing huge crowds on the world's youngest nation bringing together a divided people after 5 years of civil war some athletes cover themselves and what ash to bring luck they say the friendly competition is a display of peace between ethnic groups. still ahead on al-jazeera and sport we'll have reaction to maria share a part of his decision to retire from tennis. or

. time now for sports has andy thank you so much came out former world number one maria sharapova is calling time on her career of the age of 32 due to injury as poor research ports the end of any 5 time grand slam grand slam champion began the failed drugs test. from her breakout season at the age of 17 to have 50 grand slam title 10 years later maria sharapova was one of the few true superstars on the women's circuit. sharp over shown as a youngster despite the emerging dominance of serena williams whom she beat in the

2004 wimbledon final there in suing rivalry meaning the american and her sister venus had some genuine competition for their hall of titles. born in the soviet era russia but crafting her talents in florida her world wide appeal sparked maria mania among fans and the media but after becoming one of the select group of players to clinch a career slam of all 4 major titles her tilt at the 2nd australian open crown in 2016 ended in scandal sharp over testing positive for mel dhoni and that have been included on the banned list at the start of that year i know though with this i. i face consequences and. i don't want to end my career this way and i really hope that i will be given another chance to play this game she did get

another chance but only after a 15 month bonus or had cast out from her place in tennessee's golden generation just shy of 3 years on it's proved impossible to recoil in form of glories and reputation but 11 years straight as forbes highest paid female athlete i mean she goes out with career earnings of $325000000.00 as injuries finally take their toll on a player who will hope a brilliance is remembered more than her late to mistakes. all aris al-jazeera. well men's number one of a joke which paid tribute to share a part of on course at the divide tennis championships he did have a jump to the 1st getting past germany for kohlschreiber so the big play hits 16361 and reached the quarterfinals before turning to the master of the retiring rush. you know i would like everyone to give her a big round of applause for everything she has done for her. she's a great fighter as there is that it is someone can really be you know

a sport you know she had a fantastic career she can be proud of herself the president of the women still says coronaviruses left tennis facing an unprecedented challenge events in china where the outbreak began have already been canceled while the amounts of travel plays on the site is also exposing them to the risk of infection for a small reports. tennis players are among sports great travelers this week the leading women aren't kept are during the year they have top level events in 28 different countries while coronavirus may have started in china is now having a global impact president of the women's tennis tour says safeguarding players health while keeping them on the move is a huge challenge we've never lived through anything like this it's unprecedented this is an outbreak that has grown exponentially so fast and i mean you know we've all heard it's in the news we keep up with the daily

reports of new cases here new cases there are south korea iran italy japan. china is a big market it's an important venue for tennis but the women's tour is already had to cancel some lower profile events there due to coronavirus from september onwards the games top players are due to play in a series of asian tournaments with china the 1st port of call the season ending finals in november are also in china. before that comes the tokyo olympics in july on tuesday a senior games official said organizers had a 3 month window to decide its fate well done i know that. is a very clean country and they will not host such a big if there would be some problem if it should happen then it's going to happen but i believe we as a tennis person and overall sports people we are so strong so we can get through it

and definitely we have huge warnings from you know all the tournaments so they're doing great job just to make sure we are just safe and nothing can happen to us time is officials are passing on up to the minute health advice to players but except the global nature of their sport means risks do remain. airplanes cruise it's all you know we live in a small world and a very accessible world so that's great but it's also bad in a situation like this when it's very hard to contain something like the coronavirus for our athletes for ourselves and you know we're a traveling circus keeping this circus on the road and at star performers how he says challenge now being replicated across the sporting world far as. well rigby's 6 nations tournament also filling me in parts of the coronavirus the island versus its lee much in dublin on march the 7th has been cold off it's only

is europe's worst affected country more than 300 cases of the virus. pakistan pulled a shock when in their opening match at the women's t 20 cricket world cup they beat former champions the west indies by 8 wickets in australia passing 1st the windies were restricted to score 124487 x. 10 caps and there's more marouf them guided her teams were famous victory one beats in 38 pakistan have never before gone beyond the group stages are the tournaments. or pakistan next play anyone do easy win as against silent have the knights for the century is in and scored a 176 to 2 times struggled to 7 save the 6 in reply losing by 98 runs 4 teams are now level on c. points in group b. the top 2 go through to the $75.00 it's ok that is how you sports is looking fanatic thanks for that and a that's it for me can but this new darren taylor will be back in just a moment with more of the day's news stay with us.

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