just open your eyes to an alternative view of the world today on the. al-jazeera. one down in jordan this is the out of their news hour live from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes u.s. south korean military exercises are suspended from saudi arabia stops issuing visas for religious travel amid growing coronavirus concerns. because of all we've done the risk to the american people remains very low the u.s. president defines the country's medical experts maintaining the risk of the spread of the virus in america is minimal. an uneasy calm more deaths in delhi following violent protests of

a controversial citizenship law in india. thousands of people turned out to welcome the return of come on rooms opposition leader. and we take a look at 2 very personal films about how politics of an impact in far flung parts of the world. welcome to the program the united states and south korea have indefinitely postponed joint military drills as a result of the corona virus outbreak health officials in south korea have also released new numbers of cases there pushing the total number of people infected to almost 1600 well in the middle east saudi arabia has announced its temporary holding visas for both the pilgrimage i am for people coming in from affected countries iraq has closed schools universities and banned public gatherings as well as flights from several countries qatar has over the evacuation of the. tare and

kuwaiti citizens from iran to the spread of infections there meanwhile in the u.s. president trump has appointed vice president mike pence to lead the response against the corona virus outbreak in an hour long press conference downplayed any criticism of his handling of the issue but we're very very ready for this for anything whether it's going to be a breakout of larger proportions or whether we're you know we're at that very low level and we want to keep it their way so we're at the low level as they get better we take them off the list so that we're going to be pretty soon are only 5 people and we could be at just one or 2 people over the next short period of time so we've had very good luck. and in europe france has recalled its 2nd death while it's only has confirmed its 12th a man who returned to brazil after visiting italy has become latin america's 1st case well globally more than $81000.00 cases of corona virus have been recorded in

44 countries and territories well shortly we'll cross to kimberly how kate who's outside the white house with the latest on the trumpet ministrations efforts to contain the spread of the virus there but 1st let's head to south korea's capital seoul where our correspondent rob mcbride is standing by at rob's confirmation ben that the u.s. and south korea will be cooling off those joint military drills because of the virus what more do we know. that's right there's been growing speculation that this would be announced in this day morning here in seoul we've had confirmation of it it does seem it would have seemed strange in a way if the exercises did go ahead given that south korean government has been calling on people to avoid crowds and to have exercises bringing together potentially thousands of troops in close proximity would not seem to be a sensible move so yes it they have been postponed we don't know until they have

been postponed to presumably sometime later this year but we've had yesterday the 1st confirmation of a us serving personnel coming down with the coronavirus we have various quarantine measures in place at a number of bases in south korea it's interesting these exercises have always been controversial it always angers north korea but throughout the decades that they've been taking place despite hostility with with north korea they have gone ahead despite the process of reconciliation we've had over the past couple of years they've still got ahead but it's taken this coronavirus now finally to to bring them to a halt and meanwhile the south koreans coming to terms with a growing number of countries and territories basically closing the door on south korea's travel to and from south korea with their 30 countries now imposing a number of restrictions on travel to south korea rob in terms of the bigger

picture there where you are south korea is now reporting a total of about $1500.00 infections bring us up to date with the bigger picture. that's right nearly 1600 cases now recorded this today thursday's spike of 330 4 'd it is the biggest single increment that we have had in the numbers their numbers are released twice daily in the morning and the afternoon here so we can expect another spike another increase this afternoon and when we do we may see for the 1st time south korea recording more new cases then china will know in a few hours if that's the case but that will be a dubious distinction to be recording more cases here on the positive side of things it does show that south korea is scaling up its testing in the past 24 hours or so $7500.00 tests have been done these are time consuming they're complicated so

that is the positive thing that the whole system does seem to be working towards further testing so you can expect to get further new cases. in the south korean capital seoul rob thank you for the update let's go live now to the white house and talk to kimberly how could kimberly we heard from president trump earlier he made it clear in that press conference that america is ready for any outbreak of the virus what more did he have to say. yes the u.s. president may be eating his words when it comes to some of the numbers he really tried to stress the in downplay the number of cases of corona virus in the united states originally talking about the original 15 as he called it but we know that there are at least 60 confirmed cases in the united states including one case in northern california where public health officials are not exactly sure how that transmission occurred given this person had not immediately returned from china had not had any contact perhaps you know with the cruise ship passengers or any other

so this is something that is very concerning there's also the concern that by the fact that there is not adequate testing in the united states very few people a hundreds have been tested versus thousands in other countries so there has been an effort by the trumpet ministration to to cut it down play but many are questioning the facts given the fact that there is not sort of this widespread public health response that is currently in place having said that as the president tried to sort of allay the fears of the american public the public health officials here at the white house who appeared with him didn't quite do that in fact they said that it's time for businesses to put their pen debit plans in place that schools should be doing the same and they also prepare the american public for a rise in the number of cases we've seen here in the u.s. i'm curious so we'll sort of reaction then have we seen from the public i'm from the media to the coronavirus i mean how worried are americans about all this.

there's a lot of skepticism derren and this really is at all levels not only the congressional level that is questioning the amount of funding to deal with this outbreak requested by the white house currently a 2500000000 some in u.s. congress have said that is woefully inadequate that it should be somewhere in the neighborhood of 8500000000 but what we've also seen in the face of contradictory messages coming out of this white house is that ordinary americans who are growing increasingly nervous are looking to their local officials at the city and even state level so as a result we have had governors coming out today in the united states to reassure the public even the mayor of the largest city the most populated city in the united states new york city telling the public and not only the public but also the 1st responders like police officers for example that they will be given gas masks who are our protective masks would be more adequate to describe it in order to try and

sort of counteract the spread of the virus so it appears that in the absence of a sort of a federal response despite the fact that we know the vice president has been appointed to coordinate that americans are not feeling entirely confident right to can really help at that at the white house committee thank you well dressed like measures have been announced in iraq to stop the spread of the virus there is there is some manifold it is in baghdad she says it's unclear how the containment measures will be enforced. the ministry of health issued a new decree earlier this evening announcing far reaching measures in what appears to be an effort to her terrible spread of the virus here in iraq so far there have been 5. 100 cases of the coronavirus including in the southern cities and that of and in the northern city of kirkuk perhaps in the most surprising want measures to help ministry has said it would be for building any public gatherings closing down

her face sooner. and nag clubs to prevent the virus from spreading and now it's uncertain what exactly will fall under these public gatherings of degree specifically mentioned tastes in the most and clubs did not for example mention restaurants original means to be seen whether those will also be closed and whether and how these measures will actually be enforced. neighboring iran has announced domestic travel restrictions at least 19 people have died there and $130.00 are infected including the deputy health minister saying bus route has more from the capital tehran. 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 not the increase no decrease them nor do we exaggerate or downplay them 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 that i 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. well the 2 most affected regions and it's in these north currently on the lockdown where some 50000 people live and they're increasingly worried but they're trying to stay positive reports from milan. in less than a week life in the small town of 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 as we speak to volunteer medic marco frequently 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 it was much more lighthearted list. 'd just up the road from that lingo is the town of put on you're considered the center of the outbreak because the 1st locally transmitted coronavirus case was detected there in the. audio protea runs a residential facility for patients with mental and physical disabilities he tells a staff at the center or doing all they can to keep the situation calm and to ensure the compound remains free of the virus. 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 corona virus 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 how much improvement in the long let's also to come on the news hour including sri lanka withdrawals from a u.n. resolution that would have allowed war crimes allegedly committed during the country's civil war to be investigated. the man who wants to win the white house but was late to join the race for the challenges facing michael bloomberg and in

sports one of tennis's highest profile players as decided to call time on the air here and he will be here with that a little bit later. now india's prime minister narendra modi has called for calm off the 4 days of violence in new delhi at least 25 people have lost their lives and more than 200 ly injured in hospitals and there's now over the decision to transfer the capital's 3rd highest ranking judge after he criticised both the central and state governments as well as the local police to anybody reports from delhi. i'm going to the look after the street battles subsided wednesday was a day hindus and muslims mourn the loss of loved ones after some of the worst violence delhi has suffered in decades this is the funeral of mohammad for can a father of 2 who was killed when the violence began a few days ago he was on the way to shops to buy food for his kids at

a bus stop i received a call saying that my brother has been shot i couldn't believe it i was with him an hour earlier i rushed to the hospital but i found that he was already dead he doesn't know who was responsible. both sides of the community hindus and muslims have suffered outside the morgue of the state run hospital relatives await the completion of post-mortem examination is on victims so they can take the bodies for cremation or burial. this man says his nephew died from a bullet to the neck he says he was fired by a muslim. this week but when he was pressed he says he never witnessed the killing was the violence stopped after a group of muslim women were persuaded to abandon their city in protest at a block to busy road and angered hindu nationalists and the government sent in paramilitary forces and rapid reaction units to reopen the suburbs.

the death toll is rising and hundreds of injured people are being treated in 3 local hospitals many of the dead are said to have died from bullet wounds it's not clear who was responsible. there was a physical cost to these of the scarred remains of muslim owned businesses in cardwell nagar in northeast delhi some people have lost everything the major violence may have stopped at least for now but it's been so damaging the question is how long will it take communities both muslim and hindu to heal and how can they ever fully restore trust me when. lawyers have started the legal process for those who were sponsible for inciting the violence to face justice the protests against the new citizenship law which started in december were joined by people from all religions and minorities across india there is a concern now that hindu nationalists may try and turn this into a religious issue i am seriously concerned about this is the players from where

this movement is going to be given religious shape which is in fact not after 3 days of silence prime minister narendra modi sent out a tweet calling for calm and for peace and harmony to be restored the streets are quieter but the death toll is expected to rise and the repercussions of what happened here are likely to affect not just the capital but also the whole of india tony berkeley al-jazeera delhi. lanka has withdrawn from a un resolution that would allow war crimes allegedly committed during the country's civil war to be investigated that's despite a promise by the new government to look into historic allegations well famines has more from colombo the message from sri lanka's foreign minister was clear addressing the un in geneva he laid out the reasons for abandoning a mechanism meant doing this to get allegations of war crimes. under 6 to pass a poncy lanka obligations that cannot be carried out within its constitutional

framework and it in print or the sovereign it to your people australian. or at least the basic structure of our constitution after the while and into sri lanka's 26 year conflict between government forces and the tamil tigers in 2009 both sides were accused of war crimes the government of then president mind the rajapaksa denied any wrongdoing. he was defeated in the 2015 elections the man who replaced him mighty palace serious in a promise to investigate the allegations and cause sponsored a un resolution it was aimed at promoting accountability reconciliation and human rights to help sri lanka recover from the wounds of war. but another election in november last year brought mind as brother go to rajapaksa to the presidency power shifted once again and with it as approach to its unders of post conflict issues.

foreign minister going to war than a says the government will appoint a commission of inquiry to review the previous inquiries assess the outcomes and propose a way forward. that doesn't inspire confidence in some human rights activists this is just an excuse to delay justice to deal. genuine grievances of the weak teams so i think we need to keep pressure we need to keep watch in terms of what's being proposed by the government we need to actually give them a chance to respond but never forget that in the past very serious allegations prime minister my in the rajapaksa has described the previous government's decision to co-sponsor the resolution as the great betrayal he says it paves the way for action against sri lankan armed forces like the united states recent travel ban

against the army chief but the families waiting on the resolution provided hope of other withdrawing from the un resolution is a problem for families of the victims any hope the head of justice and fairness for the past 11 years has been shattered setting it up to represent 11 families who are accusing naval personnel of abducting and killing their sons or husbands in 2009 the group included tamil muslim and singhalese victims even the son of a military officer was among them in half an end as. colombo. thousands of people have gathered in cameroon for the return of the opposition leader. as been mostly out of the country since release from jail last year his return comes at a time when one human rights group accuse the president of ordering the killing of more than 20 people including children reports. the. tens of thousands chant goodbye president called bia come to is coming and here he is.

cameron's opposition leader maurice come to his back after spending time in the us in france he was sent to prison when he claimed victory during the last presidential elections he's an outspoken critic of president paul where the age of 87 has been in power since 1900. best in everything in his power to massacre us so he can stay in power but we will not give in his time to bring and then to hatred violence and wool and to turn a page for peace with a 1000000 displaced and more than 3000 killed since 2016 human rights groups blame both armed separatist and security forces for the violence and displacement of people in the english speaking regions of cameroon human rights watch believes the rapid intervention battalion backed by ethnic full on the militias are behind the latest attack the elite force trained and managed by former israeli navy commandos shot 13 children then burned their homes with their parents and children inside the

government 1st called it collateral damage then denied being involved. the killings went deliberate and were aimed at punishing the population spectate off harboring and collaborating with the separatists c. maybe cameroon closest ally the relationship is changing because of this violence on sunday cameroonian political refugee in france stopped president. to ask him about the situation in the country the french president admitted to putting pressure on president. we are seeing that the situation is deteriorating and i will call him so that the intolerable situation seizes. the seriousness of. the governing party has just won the majority of the seats in local elections boycotted by the opposition the government says it's working for unity and peace but there is mounting opposition both from abroad and in the country defying 36 year long rule over cameroon nicholas hawke

al-jazeera. the mayor of the u.s. city of milwaukee says multiple people have been killed in a mass shooting the attack took place in the headquarters of the most cause bring company local media say the shooter is now dead but it's unclear how many people have been killed. staying in the united states senator bernie sanders may be leading the democratic race for the presidential nomination but former new york city mayor mike bloomberg is going after him with billions of dollars on an unconventional campaign strategy bloomberg is trying to chip away at saunders need kristensen of the reports. amid a crowded field of democrats mike bloomberg is positioning himself as the electable moderate in for oil to party front runner bernie sanders i don't think there's any chance of the senator beating president trump you don't start out by saying i've got 160000000 people i'm going to take away the insurance plan that they love the

former mayor of new york got into the race late skipping early voting states he instead poured millions of dollars into an ad campaign focused on super tuesday was the most delegates are up for grabs mike would get it done a power play fitting a man who made billions in finance and communications mike bloomberg doesn't seem to be the traditional knocking on the doors meeting people campaign or if you look at his his 3 campaigns for mayor in new york city he followed very much the same strategy that he's following now spending tons and tons of money on a good afternoon i'm a volunteer for the mike bloomberg for president campaign how are you today sir in just a few short months mike bloomberg opened 150 campaign offices all around the country like this one hired $2400.00 south 1st and spent more than $400000000.00 that's more than all of his democratic rivals combined and more than president trump spent

get elected in 2016. but bloomberg faces stiff opposition from the party's activist base including those in minority communities who are subject to his administration's aggressive and according to a judge unconstitutional policing tactics for which bloomberg has since apologized bloomberg says responses or the lack thereof to some of the critical questions that come his way still sort of reek of a billionaire. if we can call it that sort of shifting policies to from republican to independent to now and democrat. makes a few people suspicious i'm a volunteer with the mike bloomberg campaign how are you bloomberg supporters argue he's a unifier is really that moderate who will look at the issues that look at what is best for everybody the majority i really like the gender on climate change the environment on gun control i think these are things that need to happen now but

when it comes to their nominee democrats now seem more divided than ever christine salumi al jazeera new york. so break your knowledge is iraq when we come back a full state funeral honors for hosting a bar at the long time room the egyptians forced from power during the 2011 revolution. and they last met exactly a year ago but just wanted change in the relationship between north korea and the u.s. since then. i mean sport in pakistan part of a surprise brain that the woman's $224.00 could well come on that stage. welcome back we begin our forecast in northeastern parts of asia where remains cold across japan in fact across many of the western coast i think will still be the risk of some snow showers but for tokyo where the general can draw and find prices

stay with highs of 11 it's fine across the korean peninsula seoul they're looking at 10 degrees as a mix when we have got some rain over more sleep eastern parts of china maybe extending to just south of beijing the chance of the old flake of snow mixed in with any precipitation they get there in beijing with temperatures of 4 degrees and then heading into friday we've got an area of rain we have across eastern parts of china in across the yellow sea and eventually pushing into western parts of japan but across more central and northern areas it should be dry and fine further south into southeastern parts of asia they still looking sherry for java nothing suggest at them particularly for jakarta at the moment weather still clearing up after all the flooding so in the shower activity on our forecast looks like nothing out of the ordinary but still a potential for some big storms in places borneo looking fairly wet at the moment like to see some heavy downpours highs of 33 into south asia to be quiet at the moment largely dry across sri lanka most of the showers in the east have gone

should be fine in new delhi with highs of 28. when they're online like probably recovering being one of the worst routes to make your review about. 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 what they're everyone has a voice we as a society that is simply too big to blame need to sit down and listen join the global conversation on al-jazeera. one of the really special things about working for al-jazeera is that even as a camera woman i get to have so much empathy and contribution to a story i feel we cover this region better than anyone else working for it is you know it's very challenging the body particularly because you have a lot of people that are divided on political issues. with the people we live to

tell the real stories are just mended used to do we were in deep journalism we don't feel inferior to the audience across the globe. oh. welcome back a quick amount of our top stories here on the news out of the united states and south korea have postponed joint military drills as a result of the coronavirus south korea has just reported its highest number of cases in a single day so far pushing the total number of people infected to almost $1600.00 . u.s. president donald trump says his country is ready for any potential outbreak of the virus yet in that the u.s. would spend whatever is appropriate to fight it trump also appointed vice president

mike pence to manage the country's response. india's prime minister narendra modi has called for calm on the 4 days of violence in new delhi at least 25 people have lost their lives and more than 2 country been injured. now a year has passed since u.s. president donald trump met with the north korean leader kim jong un in vietnam the 2nd summit between the 2 men there was great hope at the time that the 2 enemies would be able to reach a deal on the denuclearization of the korean peninsula but those talks collapsed and kim left hanoi empty handed the former white house chief of staff john kerry has recently described the summit and all other meetings as futile saying that america got played well mason ritchie is an associate professor at hancock university of foreign studies he joins us now via skype from seoul mason president trump has been preoccupied with issues like his impeachment and and now the coronavirus so has north korea been put firmly on the back burner now by the u.s.

administration do you think. yes that seems to be the case when you talk to people in washington d.c. whether in the state department or the white house and even the defense department and extends north korea in terms of diplomacy right now is clearly on the backburner is likely to be the case for most of the rest of the $21.00. seemed to be so much promise off of the singapore summit and also made that historic step over the border into north korea but i mean even pyongyang now seems to have lost its appetite the talks yes that's absolutely correct they were clearly broadcasting not for most of 19 following the failure the last opportunity and some inspectors in no way. throughout the 2nd half and $21000.00 in particular they were very clear about the fact that they were recently interested in returning to negotiations and

now works also with it being an election year and the united states plus up until recently washington's preoccupation with impeachment that has also dissuaded going on from being interested in for the negotiations and now of course we have coronavirus which is possibly an issue in north korea although there are 9 cases until now but clearly appealing i explain the concern about the possibility of a break there so right now they're preoccupied with that missile how much do you think the legacy about how noise summit that failed how is summit was perhaps a missed opportunity and what could both leaders have done differently. well it clearly was a missed opportunity it was a failure it was a failure on both sides kim came in with some unrealistic expectations and trump and his team probably walked away a few quickly and most importantly neither side put in the leg work. working level negotiation efforts prior to that in order to build

a solid basis for actually accomplishing something and i know it now we know that north korea's arsenal nuclear arsenal continues to grow every day and from the u.s. perspective this is really been a lost opportunity to at the very least get some arms control out in the negotiations so clearly in the u.s. side this is been a failure but also the north korean side you know the sanctions are hurting them and we don't know exactly to what extent but they are certainly answer from their perspective also this diplomatic engagement over the last several years hasn't worn any theories meissen rich thank you very much for talking to us great thanks for having me i think it now that the cities which power the world's biggest economy but they're also at serious risk of disappearing beneath the waves a report from consulting from various says gong show on cities which generate 20 percent of china's g.d.p. of the world's most vulnerable to see the rise across china almost 8000000 people

are at risk from the rising seas among the most prominent cities outside of asia facing the highest risk on by alexandra new york west bring in will nicholas he's head of environment and climate change very. global risk on the company he joins us now from new york will this report talks about the sea level rise index how important is it and what system what's it telling us that we don't already know. great question all still of a rise in covers around 500 cities across the world and it's a kind of combination of sea level projections from thousands of sites across the world and terrain map as well i guess what it shows i mean obviously we've identified some of the big key economic areas but what i think the kind of messages here is that sea level rise is increasing i think sea level rise is often seen as a more distant problem but the fact that levels are increasing and are picking up

you really brings into play some of the investments in infrastructure things like power plants airports that are going to be around in maybe 405060 years time so we're very keen for companies to start factoring sea level rise into those investments as soon as they can ok so let's talk about one of those big economic areas because your report found that the highest risk cities are in china that's an area that generates 20 percent of the country's g.d.p. and a whopping 4 percent of global wealth what impact is that likes to have and also the response i was seeing from china. well i should certainly say that this is to rosa next kind of considers. absolute exposure so we haven't taken into account things like mitigating measures and we can see that china is starting to bring those things in mainly government led or municipality led you know we do see sea walls we see projects to protect other hire a cities like shanghai for example what we're not seeing is a lot of corporate action we're not seeing companies talk about it we're not seeing

companies really kind of put a lot of. effort into mapping out their risks as well so whilst we're seeing places like china which do have the ability to finance these kind of measures we would also be slightly concerned for countries with high risk cities which are perhaps poorer and less able to mobilize the finance needed to defend themselves against sea level rise will and that's global emissions and global temperature is going to need to rise of course the devils will also be on the rise as well so what is your message then to governments and companies around the world because as you say seen a rise a long term problem and it's not going to go away no exactly it's not going anywhere in the. indexes is predicated on a sort of worst case scenario or a sort of business as usual scenario where the world does absolutely nothing to cut emissions to 2100 so this is by no means a guaranteed outcome if we do work together to start cutting emissions if we have

the private sector and governments working together to address it then we can stave off some of these races but i would emphasize that we do need to start thinking about them because even though if we start to address emissions the effects of sea level rise might be not as significant they're still going to be there well nichols thanks very much indeed for sharing your time with us thank you. thank you a full military funerals been held in a cairo for egypt's former leader hosni mubarak who died on tuesday age 91 he was in 3 decades until being forced out of office 9 years ago as jonah hill now reports the. career rather than his controversial time in office. hosni 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 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 egyptian media hated by millions of egyptians but all 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 in egypt on. today still remembers the rejoicing on the streets after mubarak was swept from power. but a new era of democracy proved a full storm mubarak's 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 under 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 al-jazeera. an official from libya's eastern based government which is loyal to the warlord has reiterated that his side will not take part in political peace talks in geneva the un had planned to bring together the warring sides to try to find a resolution to end the conflict in tripoli. james bays has more from geneva. the u.n. will not confirm exactly who is attending these talks we know they were going to invite 13 delegates from the house of representatives now that is dominated by those who are loyal to general haftar and they say they're not participating currently in this process on the other side the government of national accord well their states council 13 members of that were invited again they say they're not taking part that leaves the 14 members invited by the u.n. representing civil society it's not clear whether they're here either and how many

of them have turned up for these talks south africa is one of the key members of the african union dealing with the issue of libya its deputy foreign minister told me everyone needs to come to geneva for these talks libya is important forces chairperson of the african union because. if there is no peace in libya it adversely impact politically and economically in the entirety of the style region in africa so our core to all the peace activists is there to aggressively pursue engagement on. immediate. cessation of hostilities the u.n. special representative ghassan salami who's running these talks is clearly trying to get some momentum into libya's diplomacy but it leaves an important question if the key players who can end the war aren't here what is the point of these negotiations the united nations security council has held

a closed door briefing on the diplomatic efforts to end the fighting in libya is what germany's foreign minister had to say afterwards. of the investor playing this we have the european union has agreed to set up a mission and that our next foreign ministers meeting in brussels hopefully will decide exactly what that mission would look like and then we'll have a basis to work out what the consequences could be for those who continue to violate the arms embargo because there have to be consequences and regardless of what they look like there are a lot of tools to work with it's just the 1st step in raising the political pressure with the aim of preventing any further violation of the arms embargo if that keeps happening anyway then we in the european union will have to talk about what the consequences look like. to south sudan now where the formation of a power sharing government has been welcomed as a sign that new years of conflict could be over but some people in africa's youngest country have doubts the new transitional government is working in their favor al-jazeera as he morgan reports now from the capital juba where the people

have hope 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 the reappointment of opposition leader break machar after years of war. because. joseph 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 between years later its own civil war started when the president salva kiir accused his vice president riek 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 i had because i know is our commitment that 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 field of my you or belong to the government the new deal is a revitalized version of the 2015 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 the deal also includes a 3 year transition 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. are just too soon political issues politically in the state of taking arms and fighting. the partial formation of

a transitional government last saturday didn't come without deadline what regionally and internationally repeatedly missed deadlines that the sanctions on the federal government official press ration 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 tree they meet 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 morgan al-jazeera. news now from the berlin film festival where 2 movies look at how children in poor countries deal with stressful situations arising out of corporate greed one of them is set in mongolia and the other in the car i go to 0 dominic cain has more. on the wide steps of his

homeland 11 year old hopes his fatherhood cathal his is a traditional mongolian community a new told to future. but while he likes it out on the step and we're also likes to have fun he dreams of winning prizes for his singing. this song is called golden things a reminder of the abundant natural resources under this land but others want that land to mining companies who offer small compensation to buy amorous trying out of their own land when his father dies suddenly faced by a world of deceit of doubt and of danger. his father's legacy means he must grow up fast and for the film's young star there's one overriding message then i can only. turn most of sample i hope people will realize the dangers that mining can bring to

our world there are so many mining companies and because of that the rivers are drying up and this means that farmers and herders can't keep their sheep and goats and cows fully fed and watered people who live in the city really don't know about this. amre struggle against the odds in veins of the world opens up a window on the struggle in the demonstration of childhood resilience it's a theme we also see in the documentary battle about a child in the struggling again against adversity at the start we see farrow with his grandmother in their community close to the jungle then we follow farrow as he explores the environment around him where his natural curiosity takes an up with alone we see him playing with friends on sandy beaches but it's clear this path must soon end because a vast new transoceanic canal is coming and school must close meaning he must go to live with his aunt in the big city once there it's clear this is

a journey of sadness and of dislocation which the film's director believes the world audience must see i want to show microcosm we lost. so deep connected to nature and their surroundings and i think this was for me the most important part actually and yet to tell this story about this boy in this special microcosm the directors of both films believe modern life in the developing world is defined by adversity and how those who face it must show resilience to survive dominic kang al-jazeera at the berlin film festival. type on a short break here and al-jazeera i want to come back with the president of the women's tennis tour tells al-jazeera that coronavirus has met the sports facing an unprecedented challenge more of that stay with us.

move. welcome back top of the sport. thank you very much well former world number one maria sharapova is calling time on her career at the age of 32 to injury his poorest reports the end for the 5 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 and arya sharipov it was one of the few true superstars on the women's circuit sharp over shawn as a youngster despite the emerging dominance of serena williams whom she beat in the

2004 wimbledon final there and showing rivalry meaning that the american and her sister venus had some genuine competition for their hall of titles. born in the soviet era russia but crafting had talent in florida worldwide 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 bombed 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 reclaim form of glories and reputation but 11 years straight as forbes highest paid female athlete means she goes out with career earnings of $325000000.00 as injuries finally take their toll on a player who will hope early brilliance is remembered more than her later mistakes . all race al-jazeera or current men's number one of a joke of it paid tribute to share a pov on course at the divide tennis championships he did have a job to do 1st getting past germany's culture dictating the plates away at 6361 and reach the quarterfinals before turning to the matter of the ritz hollering you know she's. you know i would like everyone to give her a big round of applause for everything she has done. this is a great fighter as there is that

a good as someone can really be in our sport you know she had a fantastic career she can be proud of herself. the presidents of the women's toll says the corona virus has left us and is facing unprecedented challenge events in china where the outbreak began have already been canceled while the amount of travel plays on that site is also exposing them to the risk of infection as far as 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 i know that. is a very clean country and they will not host such a big if there would be some problem if you choose to 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 that 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 now 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 its star performers how the challenge now being replicated across the sporting world far is out. of pakistan pulled off a shock when they're opening much of the women's t 20 world cup they beat former champions the west indies by 8 wickets in australia

passing 1st the windies were restricted to a score of 124 to 7. caps and his mom or stan guided her it seems a famous victory on a beach in 38 pakistan have never gone beyond the group stages at this time went before. in men's cricket the 2nd one. from the west indies one of the. early on was to work its 1st show them cultural work which frank is next then put on a massive 239 runs for so many this and a vision for number with centuries as they set the windies a victory target of $346.00. well i felt well short sri lanka winning by a 161 runs in the series. ok that is only sport for not more lights. and they thank you very much indeed that's it for me down jordan for the news hour my colleague daryn navigator's up next with much more of the day's news don't forget though you can find all the news of course on our web site there's the address of the strap on a screen. as

a weapon of war leaves the very deepest scars. scars so wrong that the victims men and women can barely talk about it. they are the only witnesses who can help bring about justice al-jazeera follows human rights campaigners in libya investigating right since the 2011 revolution. libya unspeakable crime on al-jazeera there is a huge group of people at work behind our screens and the power they have is massive that urge to keep swiping through your twitter feed that's just not the way we all click i agree to the terms and conditions that's most of us never even give it a 2nd. and actually that's designed as well ali re-explore is how designers are manipulating

our behavior in the final episode all hail the algorithm on the jersey of. the dissolute mother waits on the border between ukraine and russian occupied prime news for news of her missing son. numerous young country men who disappeared during her arrest these disappeared other victims of a crackdown on the top population as crimea by russia since its occupation in 2014 . before the invasion of 2014 crimea was a part of another. country ukraine reformed when the soviet union broke up into separate states but many russians including the president vladimir putin were unhappy with this. russia is determined to keep its alleged abuse of human rights away from public scrutiny. as the only indigenous group still openly opposing the

tradition russia sees this muslim minority as a threat. to . u.s. south korea military exercises are suspended in saudi arabia stops issuing visas for religious travel amid growing to run a virus concern. because of all we've done the risk to the american people we made very low meanwhile u.s. president donald trump defies medical experts and downplays the risk of the virus spreading throughout america. you're watching al-jazeera live from a headquarters in doha and also ahead and do's and muslims burry their loved ones in india some of the worst.