the people the world people pay attention to what now does it is very good to bring the news to the world from here. i. was off to syrian rebels celebrated a significant win in italy government forces launch a counter offensive to push them out. a normal computer you're watching al-jazeera life my headquarters here and also coming up 44 nations and territories around the world are now reporting cases of the coronavirus upping restrictions on travel and training. at the current situation economy and the political situation is still out there. lebanon's protests may have dwindled but the government's being told that could change as

people suffer in a deepening economic crisis and. through the eyes of children a sneak peek or 2 critically acclaimed works at the berlin film festival. the syrian government has launched a counter offensive to recapture the town of santa keep it lit province. it was taken by turkish backed rebels overnight to turkey soldiers were killed by airstrikes jurong but fight well here's what i said to keep is important it's on the junction of the m 4 and m 5 highways whoever controls the highways gains considerable military and economic advantage in. 5 links aleppo with the capital

damascus to the south the growing red areas are controlled by the government the shrinking green areas are rebel territory yellow in the north and the west is controlled by the kurds and get more now from hashem a whole bottle who's on the turkey syria border for us this hashem a fast moving situation what's the latest you're hearing what bit of the rebels are inside they have managed to further expand their presence in the area they have taken over and many other villages on the outskirts of the strategic city of sirte archive they have also made gains in. the southern parts of italy and we don't know at this stage whether this is a war dated move through push a large scale military operation by the opposition to reverse the gains made by the syrian government over the last few months but the capture of stark abuse definitely a major triumph for the opposition who has suffered serious setbacks in that

battle for them this is could be a chance to build more momentum for them to be able to move forward and so the 2nd target. aiming for which is button amounts souther of. why is this syria so important for the government forces. so there could be located on the intersection of 2 crucial highways and 4 and 5 both are vital lifeline for the syrian government that connect. the capital damascus already with a north is the boss of the country he's also pivotal for the army if you want to continue its push to take over it which is the rebels last phone call the biggest problem that the syrian army has been facing in the past is is for it to be able to maintain supply of weapons equipments and solar system that particular highway now

it's under the control of the rebels which means that the syrian government won't be able to further build more. send more troops into those areas it is also crucial for the rebels because it is the only way for them to move southern south towards the to no man and continue the push to to bring the syrian army behind the demilitarized zone one of the crucial. prerequisites for the turkish army over the last few weeks here in. the border area question thanks very much. well the fighting in syria is fueling a humanitarian crisis hundreds of thousands of people have fled their homes and then trapped in the violence and a closed border as more. the united nations says nearly a 1000000 people have been forced from their homes since december they are trapped between heavy fighting and the closed border with turkey. as the army comes

close to us here and we have pressured the people here in the camps from moderate must mean we all go into turkey even if they kill us we want to go to turkey and the turks should be prepared to welcome 5 to 6000000 people coming all at once. according to the u.n. more than half of the internally displaced are children and this winter has been unusually cold some infants are reported to have frozen to death or suffocated in tents with their parents as they all tried to keep warm this is the worst wave of displacement we've seen during the syrian conflict with the harsh winter conditions in a globe we see people trapped isolated and running out of ways to cope. in recent days russian back to syrian air strikes have increased hospitals blood banks and schools have been destroyed turkish president recep tayyip or the one has not suggested that the border will be reopened. 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 many have lost their homes in the u.n. estimates some families have been displaced 10 times those trying to flee across the border with turkey face a concrete wall topped with barbed wire. to move a good at the people are taking refuge in the turkish wall but why is the wall here is it to prevent families from entering their women and children their elderly people why don't they allow children in the main can stay here and fight but the children the women let them in. many people like these are desperate to escape the fighting and if a safe passage is not created they will remain trapped. al-jazeera. border closures travel restrictions and trade routes suspended governments are imposing ever tougher measures to control the spread of the coronavirus south korea's now confirmed another 505 cases meaning it's overtaken china in new delhi infection

numbers in the middle east saudi arabia is halting visas for the pilgrimage and restricting tourists travel from affected countries iraq has closed schools and universities and banned public gatherings as well as flights from several countries in iran 26 people have died donald trump meanwhile has promised the u.s. government will spend whatever is required to deal with the outbreak he's put his vice president mike pence in charge of the american response in europe italy's confirmed its 12th death and it's been the 2nd in problems overall 82000 and factions have now been recorded in 44 countries and territories. let's talk to zain bus ravi our correspondent in tehran zain we've got another high profile person who's succumbed to the virus plus you've got some latest information for us. yes that's correct there's been

a number of developments in the last hour according to the health ministry spokesman who's just given his daily briefing mr john for said that in the last 24 hours there's been 160 new cases 106 more people have tested positive for the corona virus that bringing the total number of affected people in iran according to official figures to 245 and of course as you said the death toll is now $26.00 among them and know among the affected cases one of those affected reports that another member of parliament has also contracted the coronavirus now what we have seen is in full ground 0 for iran as far as detecting these cases in the early days 432 people at least according to the health ministry had been quarantined they are now saying that 49 of those people have been treated and cleared for release so they will certainly the iranian government will be seeing

that as a small but positive step forward in combating what has become a major public health crisis in the country now as far as public events cinemas concerts sports stadiums any sort of public event that would gather a large crowd those remain canceled and prohibited for at least one more week and there are restrictions that placed on several holy religious shrines all across the country now looking forward to tomorrow friday friday prayers are an important part of the week here in iran now friday prayers have been canceled at mosques in cities in affected areas in places where there have been a large number of cases of coronavirus detected but at the hands main mosque here in the capital friday prayers will go forward they are taking precautions the government has said that the facility will be disinfected that it will be kept clean and it is prepared it is providing guidance for people who wish to attend friday prayers not to bring children not to bring the elderly and to anyone with

respiratory. anyone with anything like heart disease or a heart condition should remain at home and should remain away from this public event now there has been a little bit of news many would say it wants border crossings with iraq at least 2 border crossings that had been closed have now been opened to allow the shipment of food and other goods iraq of course being one of iran's main economic parkers zain thanks very much of. it has more now from so with the main focus that does remain on the members of a church for the outbreak began. we've gradually been witnessing the numbers of new cases in china declining while the numbers of new cases in south korea have been going up and this it seems is the point at which the 2 graphs have crossed south korea taking over recording more daily cases of the corona virus tests for the virus are being carried out in the epicenter around the city of daegu in the southeast of the country almost on an industrial scale now literally thousands

every day people are who are sick are being identified they are being treated and of course we know that the main focus is still the members of this one church who underwent who got to this mass infection at a couple of services now the 2nd of those services was on february the 16th so health officials are telling us that this would be the end of the incubation period of the virus and that's why you are seeing that reflected a spike in the numbers of of cases what happens in the coming days well the same health officials would be hoping that with the emergency measures that have been in place in the alarm was raised over a week ago people told to self quarantine and so on that that would start now to be reflected in the daily tallies of new infections if it's not and if we continue to see big increases big spikes then what that tells us is that the members of the congregation the 1st infections are gradually being accounted for and what we're

now seeing are secondary and tertiary infections which is far more worrying. still to come here on al-jazeera hindus and muslims more now after violent street battles in india plus. well. the problems facing armed forces in south sudan as it tries to form a united front. hello again we have some really heavy rain developing across parts of northeast asia see this line of rainfall extending north of the yangtze river extending across the sea and moving into southern parts of japan so over the southern japanese islands it looks as though it's going to turn increasingly way in the course of friday as you move on into south of that rain just eventually begins to flirt with honshu late in

the day for the north still dry in fact tokyo should be a pleasant enough day 13 degrees as the high still very cold there for support in a tighter moving into south asia fairly quiet for much of the region few showers for the western ghats but otherwise fine night poor there as $33.00 degrees delhi should be fine at $28.00 but further north northern parts of india and pakistan we have got the risk of some showers and some snow as we get into the foothills of the himalayas that will become more extensive as ahead on through into saturday and still as showers in the western ghats moving across into the arabian peninsula we've still got a fairly brisk blowing down through the arabian gulf and that's expected to continue to in the course of friday be more for the red sea fairly strong winds across northern areas but further south it should be much quieter fine conditions there and should be a fine day mecca with highs of 33. frank

assessments the one thing about these bushfires is it's really working out. the politics of climate change informed opinions economy i think is actually what's keeping donald trump afloat right now critical debate sequel of those days don't even know what the law is all about this argument is astonishingly patronize a in-depth analysis of the day's headlines this is the beginning of a new iraq of the new conscious and aware youth of that struggle against an ethnic sectarian kotor inside story on al jazeera. america watching al-jazeera live from doha your top stories this hour the syrian government has launched a country offensive to recapture the town of sort of keeping it lit province it was

taken by turkish backed rebels overnight as were killed by airstrikes during the fight. there is country stepping up their measures to stop the corona virus from spreading saudi arabia has suspended uses for the film or a pilgrimage and restricted tourist travel from countries affected by the virus. iran's health ministry says the death toll from corona virus infections increase there to $26.00 at least $245.00 cases now being confirmed which includes the head of the parliamentary national security commission. the number of people killed in days of violence in new delhi has now risen to 33 after some critically injured patients died in hospital relatives of some muslim victims of accuse the police of standing by as hindu crowds attacked allegations the government denies there have been months of nationwide protests against a new citizenship law seen as anti muslim is tony berkeley. i'm out of

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 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. for their signs of the community hindus and muslims have suffered outside the morgue of the state run hospital relatives await the completion of post-mortem examinations 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 it was fired by a muslim as it. was someone who was well over 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 that have blocked a 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. only lawyers have started the legal process with 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 there this movement is going to be given a religious shape which is in fact not after 3 days of silence prime minister 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 out zira delhi well there is no anger over the indian government's decision to replace a judge who was hearing cases related to the violence in delhi the high court

justice s. murali dar had ordered investigations into the years from prime minister narendra modi's governing b.g.p. for inciting attacks against muslims he also criticised the local police force the transfer was ordered 2 weeks ago but only happened on wednesday night after he'd made his comments. geniuses parliament has approved a new coalition government the vote of confidence brings months of political crisis to an end the prime minister and as fuck clarke reached a deal with the party of the largest in parliament earlier this week months of often violent mass protests demanding an overhaul of lebanon's governing system of largely died in recent weeks the new government is putting together an emergency economic plan and faces the challenge of gaining international support and pressure on the streets could increase again if things don't get better soon as in the heart of reports from beirut. lebanese are becoming poorer there doesn't seem to be

a clear way out of the country's worst economic crisis in decades shortages of dollars have driven up the price of basic goods the consumer protection agency reports increases of at least 40 percent which is how much value lebanon's local currency has lost on the black market in recent months i have lived the milk used to cost $12000.00 the biddies pounds it is now $40000.00 prices are increasing but our salaries have not increased and we are not being paid in dollars and officials say they are working to address the financial hardships people face even though they have warned it will involve unpopular measures the new government is battling a crisis of confidence at home and abroad there is no reason a country this blessed with so many gifts including incredible human resources does not have in 2020 modern waste management system 247 electricity for every one a single armed force under the control of a state and

a growing economy. lebanon's dollar reserves are drying up which makes it hard for the state to pay back the public debt and import basic supplies like wheat medicine and the prime minister. and. convincing western nations to give. clear. commitment to serious reforms and corruption. that has been the demand of anti-establishment protesters who have been on the streets for more than 4 months their numbers have dwindled and the movement has lost momentum but that can change we believe. the station is still here. i think it's building up and there will be a moment when. people try to bring down the symbols of the state and overthrow the

old political class the state fought back but as more and more become economically drained and warnings of a potential collapse approach reality these walls may do little to protect those in power. transitional government. a crucial part of the 20 steel. is yet to be complete some troops are abandoning their camps because conditions so bad. a call to line up for military exercises is something these soldiers are used to but for the past 2 months the south sudanese troops have been training alongside other armed groups some of whom they once fought on the battlefield during south sudan's civil war that we're here to get the. unified there's no different

in all of there's no i or there's no. there's no. one. some of these fights is gathered here are parts of the government forces others come from the main armed opposition called the sudan people's liberation movement in opposition and a few from the armed group known as south sudan's opposition alliance this is one of the 16 such camps around the country where the fighters are trying to form a unified national army it was set up after $2800.00 peace deal to end the 5 year long conflict that's killed nearly 400000 people and displaced a 3rd of the country's 12000000 population the deal states that 41500 out of the 83000 forces from the working sites are to be trained before the formation of a transitional government that's government was partially formed last weekend when 5 vice presidents were sworn in this training camp in the west of south sudan holds about 1500 soldiers from the 3 different sides but they're not in equal numbers even though they're supposed to be the opposition says transporting soldiers from

their areas to the camps is difficult and that's just one of the many issues affecting the training and reunification of the forces. so just a complex many basic needs making life inside hard. there is no medicine and we sleep in the open where it's cold and the needs for female soldiers are not met there is no water sometimes and there is no place to sleep and we train in our slippers and sometimes barefoot which is hard and we don't have uniforms. the joint monitoring and evaluation commission the body tasked with monitoring the implementation of the deal as you quoted that since the training sites were established hundreds of soldiers have abandoned them due to poor conditions shortage of funds is another big challenge the current government made a pledge of $100000000.00 which we felt would be sufficient to do this initial training on fortunately not all of those resources up come from the government we've received about $60000000.00 of which of the $100000000.00 so we continue to

encourage the government to make available those remaining funds so that we can really see an improvement in those conditions within those training centers. a well trained and disciplined army is crucial for south sudan's transitional period and to avoid a return to war soldiers here say they want to be part of a united army but how soon that's happens depends on those leaving them and the country morgan i'll just be around. the u.k. has released its mandate for negotiating a future trade deal with the european union and it's britain says it won't accept any obligation for its laws to be aligned with the broader you that's in contrast to the e.u. mandate released 2 days ago which has burst must accept standards on a par with the rest of the european union trade talks between the 2 countries me the u.k. and europe are set to begin on monday in brussels. they are the cities which power the world's biggest economy but they're also at serious risk of disappearing

beneath the waves a report from the consulting firm risk maple croft says the chinese cities of one joule and long one will generate 20 percent of the country's g.d.p. they are the world's most vulnerable however the rise in sea levels across china nearly 8000000 people are at high risk. the fact that levels are increasing are picking up and really brings into play some of their investments in infrastructure and 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 see a rise in next kind of considers. absolutely 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 many government led or municipality led you know we do see sea walls we see projects to protect other hyra 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 hire a cities which are perhaps poor and less able to mobilize the finance needed to defend themselves against sea level rise 2 critically acclaimed movies at the berlin film festival are selling stories through the eyes of children and the way of their lives a damaged by corporate greed one is set in mongolia the other in nicaragua dominic cain has more. on the wide steps of his home 11 year old hopes his fatherhood cathal his is a traditional mongolian community a new told to thank you. 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 thing it's 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. also 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 . amorous struggle against the odds in veins of the world opens up

a window on the struggle and the demonstration of childhood resilience it's a theme we also see in the documentary peril about a child in the car go are struggling again against adversity at the start we see farrow with his grandmother in their community close to the jungle then we follow 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 arms 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 the last. leg to be so deep connected to the nature and their surrounding am i think this was for me

the most important part of it something 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 king al-jazeera at the berlin film festival. ok let's recap the top stories for you so far today the syrian government has launched a country offensive to recapture the town the site of cuban province it was taken by turkish by gravels overnight 2 turkish soldiers were killed by airstrikes during that fight has more now from the turkey syria border the rebels. have managed to further expand their presence in the area they have taken over many other villages on the outskirts of the strategic city of stark and we have also

made gains in. other parts of it we don't know at this stage whether this is a war dated through push a large scale operation by the opposition to reverse the gains made by the syrian government over the last few months. countries are stepping up measures to stop the corona virus from spreading saudi arabia has suspended visas for the pilgrimage and restricted tourist travel from countries affected by the coronavirus the us and south korea joint military exercises south korea's confirmed another 505 cases that means it's overtaken china daily infection numbers iran's health ministry says the death toll from the coronavirus infection has increased to 26 at least 245 cases have now been confirmed it includes the head of the parliamentary national security commission the indian government replaced

a judge who was hearing cases related to the recent violence in delhi it criticised both the central and state governments as well as the local police at least 33 people were killed in fighting between hindus and muslims over the past 4 days. parliament has approved a new coalition government the vote of confidence brings the months long political crisis to an end the prime minister reached a deal with the party the largest in the parliament earlier this week. at the trade talks with the e.u. on monday the u.k. has released its new so using mandate in it britain says it won't accept any implication for the laws to be aligned with the block with us in contrast to the e used earlier released mandate those are your top stories up next it's the bottom line i will see you very soon but i feel.

hi i'm steve clements and i have a question will internationalism institutions like the u.n. and global commitments to democracy and human rights survive if america says it just doesn't care anymore let's get to the bottom line. when the west led by the united states played architect to build a vast array of international institutions to promote justice liberal democracy open markets and prevent another global war that's what the world got we built the united nations we built nato the i.m.f. and world bank the international energy agency world health organization that are world trade organization i could go on and on and on but those days may be over at this year's munich security conference the world's most important convening of national security strategists and leaders a term was born it's called west listening a world where the united states and the west are ambivalent.