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homes and businesses after weeks of turmoil in delhi. and wiping out rebels in d.r. congo we've an exclusive look inside a special 4 month long operation. welcome to the program turkey says it's attacking all known targets of the syrian regime following a dramatic escalation in fighting an adlib province at least 33 turkish troops have been killed in an airstrike attributed to the syrian government the u.n. secretary general has expressed grave concern while nato chief u.n. stoltenberg has condemned the indiscriminate as strikes by syria and russia the u.s. state department says it stands by turkey under subpoena reports. as syrian and russian forces attempted to retake land loss to rebels on thursday turkish forces supporting the rebels came under fire their bloodiest day in the

conflict so far. dozens of turkish soldiers killed or injured in its live in an airstrike attributed to the syrian regime. helicopters and ambulances were seen streaming across the border earlier in the day to evacuate the wounded. returning to hatay as crowds gathered outside the hospital turkey says it's responding by attacking every known syrian government target. or says using it me sorry and also it's a lot to their forces while the border are strongly hitting the a defense systems many in the nation the pulse of the regime forces this situation was he she must be back the turkish armed forces will change everything because from now on do you will see not only the opposition on the ground but also the many more on the fire power of the turkish armed forces including the aid of force it

did debt that the developments in it have turned back in our favor. hours earlier president richard had hailed the battlefield successes. turkey has thousands of troops in its lip supporting rebel forces at war with syrian troops backed by russia turkish airstrikes have been pounding syrian government positions for days these pictures show syrian tanks helicopters and other equipment under fire. a deescalation zone agreement between turkey and russia signed in 20 team was intended to prevent such fighting and protect 4000000 civilians living there far from deescalation there is an unfolding calamity for civilians in its loop as turkey and its rebels battle syria and russia the situation is worsening by the day. the escalation of fighting in the northwest since december has pushed over 900000 people including over half

a 1000000 children away from their homes and into danger a staggering mass movement of people in such a short time. whatever happens with saket it won't end there or any time soon turkey says it will deepen its involvement in syria against the government it's now labeled the enemy enter chapelle al jazeera. has more now from a hot day in turkey near the border with syria. the death tall among the turkish soldiers in the province of idlib explains the level of anger among the senior members of the turkish government there's been a national security meeting presided by president. for how to deal tool who's the communications director said that the turkish military has started an operation targeting syrian government positions in northwestern. those operations will

continue the talking now about the revenge the spokesperson of the ruling party said that from now onwards syrian government should it will be considered the enemy of the state of turkey now while you have this escalation this looks like a decides if moment a pivotal moment to the large number of turkish soldiers killed in a single day is definitely going to shape the future relation between turkey and russia other turkish government has been blaming russia for providing military assistance to syrian government and for undermining the chances to defuse tension to implement a cease fire and to push the syrian government behind the demilitarized zone it is definitely going also to shape the relationship between the turkish government and the syrian government the spokesperson of presidents a spokesperson for him couldn't had talks with the u.s.

national security advisor the minister of foreign affairs were just all of spoke with the nato secretary general and there is this feeling. here in turkey that they have somehow been betrayed abandoned by the nato by the international community and by the e.u. in particular they say that the reason why we intervened in libya is a soley for the sake of preventing the humanitarian situation to deteriorate. meanwhile the syrian government has launched a counter offensive to recapture the town of staticky than adlib province it was taken by turkish but rebels on thursday 2 turkish soldiers were killed by a strikes during that fight a sarky was important and if you look at the map we can see why were controls the m 4 an m 5 highways gains critical military and economic advantages the m 5 in particular links aleppo with damascus in the south the growing red areas are controlled by the government shrinking green

a rebel territory yellow in the north and west is controlled by the kurds al-jazeera is milad fadel is in the outskirts of the city of with more. and for all of us about what the that they think we are exactly on the m 4 highway connecting aleppo we look back here this highway leads to the meeting point with the international empty 5 highway connecting aleppo and damascus so i could see these the point where both the highways connect. to our right was captured this morning by the armed opposition having seized control of the city the armed opposition is now in total control of both of the strategic highways however air strikes are still carried out by both the russian and syrian regime's fighter jets targeting the city and its outskirts. i. offer the family of a false as you have just seen it was an air strike on the city the armed opposition who is now in control of sarek of city and both the highways say they killed

a large number of the regime forces inside the city we can also see that plume of smoke as a result of the airstrike aerial bombardment has not stopped on the contrary it has intensified as i said earlier both the highways are now cut off by the armed opposition it is a big win and a massive advance for the opposition to seize control of seraglio along with a number of its neighboring villages. where the u.n. security council has met to discuss the worsening humanitarian situation in syria was told of catastrophic consequences on the ground gable is on though has more now from the united nations. the situation in italy abused deteriorating by the hour and the humanitarian crisis is now more urgent than ever that was the message delivered by top united nations officials here to the security council. the assistant secretary general of humanitarian affairs told the council members she has been speaking with aid workers in the country and with contacts inside of libya

who have given her heartbreaking examples of what people especially children are facing what is happening in northwest syria these said is beyond imagination it is not human to be tolerable. they don't know if children so traumatized they no longer speak. as humanitarian needs increase they're also growing calls for u.n. secretary general antonio gutierrez to do more to help in the fighting something i put to his spokesman yesterday 9 members of the security council met with the secretary general and part of their message apparently was urging the secretary general to do all he can to get an immediate cease fire the secretary general did meet with the 9 members his goals as stated publicly and privately or really to very simple goals put a stop to the killing and make sure there is humanitarian access for those who need

it the most meanwhile be a stone an ambassador to the u.n. might have summed it up most dramatically when he told the security council on thursday this syria that credo a civilization is being turned into a graveyard meanwhile ankara says it will no longer be able to stop syrian refugees trying to enter europe according to the reuters news agency turkish police coast guard and border security have all been ordered to allow any syrian migrants to cross into europe either by lando seen the escalating conflict in syria is fueling an already died humanitarian crisis with many syrians stuck at the closed turkish border hotting has more on the situation in. the united nations says nearly a 1000000 people have been forced from their homes since december they're trapped between heavy fighting and the closed border with turkey. i swear to god is the army comes close to us here and we are pressured the people here in the camps. 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 and we see people trapped isolated and running out of ways to cope. in recent days russian backed syrian airstrikes 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 to get out but 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. lots more so to come on the news hour including normally bustling in the center of a telly in a fashion is hit by the impact of the coronavirus scientists in america search for clues of a cure for corona virus in caterpillars and in sports world number one novak djokovic james to continue his perfect year and do away with that story

a little bit later in the fall. now the world's biggest economies are being hit hard as the impact of the corona virus outbreak pummels the stock markets all 3 major u.s. indices are now on track for their steepest weekly declines since the 2008 global financial crisis the dow alone dropped 4.4 percent on thursday and saw its worst of a point drop in history in london the footsie 100 index fell by nearly 3.5 percent is now lost more than $150000000000.00 over the last 4 days which shares fell in asia as well japan's nikkei lost 2 point one percent well the i.m.f. has responded to the impact of the virus on the global economy a lot just depends on. the speed of recovery in in china and in other countries the spillover effects. the effects on supply chains

and. the extent to which other countries may be significantly affected al-jazeera as christian salumi is in new york with more. well another extremely volatile day on wall street the markets saw another major sell off the dow jones industrial average fell more than merely 1200 points that's more than 3000 points for this week alone all 3 of the major indices are now 10 percent below the market highs that means that they're in what's known as correction territory a significant drop this as investors remain very concerned about the continuing spread of the corona virus in particular some new cases registered in germany and one here in the united states in northern california where health officials couldn't trace and have yet to trace the origin of the contact with the person who

contract did the coronavirus and so that has investors worried that corporate earnings are going to suffer that the global economy in general is going to suffer and on wall street what we saw with the markets is that the sectors you expect were hit would be hit hard have been hit hard yet again things like airlines big technology companies that are multinational technology companies and their g. crude oil again registering more it's at the lowest levels in over a year all of this related to the spread of this virus and fears about global supply chains especially for manufacturing companies microsoft lowered its revenue projections saying that the supply chains weren't coming back in line quickly and at the end of the day their stocks were down more than 5 percent of something we're seeing pretty much across the board well let's bring in robert scott he's a senior international economist at the economic policy institute he joins us via

skype from potomac in the u.s. state of maryland so we know that u.s. stocks have taken a battering over the coronavirus haven't they that when the dow jones so its worst of a points drop in history how much pressure will the fed be on the to cut rates in response to the virus do you think. i think there will be some pressure on the fed is no question unfortunately the fed doesn't have much room to move already we've seen defensemen the united states fall for the last 3 quarters so even if the fed does cut rates it's not going to have much effect on the real economy or on markets for that matter i think what we really need to see in the united states is a concerted effort from congress to appropriate the funds needed for both prevention and treatment of this of this pandemic as well as for recovery in areas and industries that are affected and robert european shares are also in trouble the footsie $100.00 fell 4 percent and share as

a set for their worst week since the eurozone sovereign debt crisis back in 2011 europe is in full panic mode isn't it. certainly and i think that in part is because europe is any even weaker economic condition that the united states we've been growing at about 2 percent a year projected to grow 21 into this year before all of this hit europe and many countries there for example italy where the viruses is a it's highest levels it was already i think in recession and several countries in europe as well so aside from germany much of the rest of the europe is in very weak economic condition and so the virus can really push them off the cliff and into a full blown recession a tiny ray of hope robert i mean there are signs that china may be starting to recover with people getting back to work will this be a good sign for investors and help to perhaps shore up asian markets which have also taken a big hit. i do think the markets have overreacted here this is

a full blown panic i think on home wall street though it hasn't been in the united states yet so of course circuit breakers which require a much larger daily drop 7 percent or more in stocks we haven't gotten there yet but but clearly the markets are over i think overreacting here and as you say there is evidence that there are some predictions that the peak infection rates may be reached this month to be wary and in china and it's contained in other countries and i think the damage will be limited to the projections lever for damage or presuming that this continues for much longer robert just a final thought to you in terms of big picture how much has the virus exposed the vulnerabilities of the markets and also the global economy just very briefly. i think this illustrates the real cost of excessive reliance on globalization and global supply chains we would be much better off if we produced more products here in the united states robert scott good to talk to you thank you very much indeed

thank you for well there are now more than 82000 cases of corona virus across 45 countries the latest being nigeria while new infections have slowed in china the reopening of all schools and universities there has been perspire and elsewhere south korea has reported hundreds of new cases but in the total of infected that 2000 well it's only remains a virus hotspot in europe and in iran one of the vice presidents has joined the deputy health minister and being diagnosed with the virus well the outbreak in iran has prompted authorities to cancel friday prayers in several cities including the capital of tehran al-jazeera has asked and beg is then has more on the restrictions announced by president rouhani. well the president has and ronnie signed off on a number of decisions today made by the counter coronavirus committee now schools will remain closed for a further 3 days from saturday universities will be closed for another week now many of these of were to be closed for a week public events such as concerts and film showings

a still canceled but most significantly friday prayers a cast of the 23 cities now let me explain how significant that is even in the early 1980 s. when they were assessing nation's political assassinations taking place in mosques friday prayers were never canceled even at the height of the iraq war the saddam hussein was attacking the rangers cities those friday prayers were never canceled so this shows as seriously iran is taking that break of this virus and how hard they're trying to bring it under control but despite that today we heard that the vice president for women's and families family affairs car he was diagnosed with a coma virus that makes full politicians members of parliament and that's including the departure health minister also we heard that the former ambassador to go back to hide the question to show he was 81 years old he was diagnosed with. contract in the virus yesterday now it's been we've heard that he has actually died he is 81 years old but iran is still finding itself continually isolated many countries have

suspended their flights between iran and themselves but iran is trying to bring the matter under control but iran is also suffering economically under u.s. sanctions and they want to get this under control so the economy doesn't suffer any further well in neighboring iraq health authorities are enforcing tough restrictions in public places so manifold when it's in the capital with more. coffee shops are still open here in but a day after the ministry of health issued a decree banning public gatherings and ordering the closure of coffee shops cinemas and clubs to prevent the spread of the coronavirus here but business is clearly down you can see that there are many empty tables here this is on a thursday just before a weekend where you would usually see large numbers of customers coming to this mall which is one of the biggest malls in the capital and of course business owners are not happy about this we spoke earlier to the director of this mall who

complained about this directive that has been issued by the ministry of health criticizing the minister for not consulting the private sector would certainly have a lot of negative impact as a result of these decisions the director did tell us that the mall itself has taken its own precautions to try to mitigate the spread of the virus by for example procuring devices to measure the temperature of customers coming in we can also see that some of the employees as you can see here are wearing plastic gloves to prevent the spread of the virus and the director also told us that for example in the cinema which is further up stairs that they would be limiting the numbers allowed into the holes to make sure that people were not sitting too close to each other now it remains to be seen how exactly the ministry of health will enforce this decree we actually overlooked an argument between business owners and ministry of health and health officials with come to inspect the mall who tried to force the

closure of some of these coffee shops and it's unclear whether there would be penalties certainly there was a threat of penalties but it's unclear exactly what these penalties are and how far authorities will really go to enforce the closure of public spaces like these and the death toll in italy has risen to 17. with more on the outbreak and the impact it's having on the economic hub. normally bustling now virtually at a standstill. the corona virus outbreak in northern italy slumbered the region means even the site's historic duomo cathedral is closed to visitors and many here aren't happy spero. i hope next week they manage to solve the problem because the restaurants are empty the cafes are empty the trams and trains are empty i don't know how long we can cope with the situation. since the 1st coronavirus case was

detected in italy the stock exchange has plunged 8 percent making many worry about how exactly the fragile economy will cope it's not just tourists who are missing from this famous square it's also residents many of whom now find themselves working from home. like modern monte an academic coordinator at a university in the line who is trying to keep things calm for her family so they can all adapt to the situation because cern is there. i receive messages from all over the word from my students and over to where the concerned if they are concerned about me about my situation by the university my family motto wants to make sure her son and daughter take the necessary precautions by the sound of it her advice has already made an impact yeah but i always bring my sunny days in gel with me like yesterday when i was having ice cream with my girlfriends and i made them all washed their hands. at night milan looks and feels even emptier

tables with no want to sit around them waiting staff with no one to serve before we have much pasta my pots now everyone's tradeoff even in this cheese the make sure. the sky is dark but so is the mood yes the tram still run even though it seems more and more uncertain where things are heading. milan. well past outbreaks of new viruses have been declared global pandemics but so far the world health organization has stopped short of doing that for the coronavirus some critics of the jested the into cautiously the schalit ballasts. there is no one definition for a pandemic the world health organization scrapped its criteria 10 years ago after the h one n one outbreak now it's more subjective an epidemic is when

a new disease spreads from person to person in a community or region a pandemic is when that spreads around the world know in more than 50 countries coronavirus or coded 19 is increasingly global and consuming sprayed with more than 82000 and fictions in less than 2 months. yet the w.h.o. says it still doesn't meet the standard for a pandemic. our message continues to be that this virus has. no country should assume it wouldn't get cases that could be a fight that mystic and quite literally this virus does not respect borders. the tell you a choice is countries should be in a phase of preparedness for a possible pandemic if one was declared governments would have to roll out a full scale response with mobilization down to local level and distribution of

personal protective equipment antivirals and other medical supplies it's costly and in 2009 the last time the w.h.o. declared a pandemic some countries criticized the move for burdening them unnecessarily w.h.o. when others don't like to use the word pandemic but by the classical definition we're really teetering very very close to that because there are a number of countries outside of china there do have a considerable number of cases the costs of a moderate to severe pandemic a high the world bank puts it at nearly $570000000000.00 even without meeting the threshold coronavirus has shaken financial markets but the human cost is still low relative to past pandemics the 1900 spanish flu killed 50000000 people infected one 3rd of the world's population the most recent pandemic swine flu in 2009 killed up

257-5000 people coronavirus sits at 0.5 percent of that the w.h.o. hoping it levels off and it doesn't have to declare a pen to make shall it ballasts al-jazeera. time for a short break here on al-jazeera when we come back find out what precautions are being taken against corona virus in latin america as people return from their overseas some of those on a win for climate activists plans for an extension to london's heathrow airport. and is supported by this new method of cooling down found that summer sporting events may have to be put on ice more and stay with us. we got some very heavy rain into parts of central china at my last a cloud here just spilling out to the west of the country just not being over

towards shanghai by the system here the my by front that's going to continue pulsing is wife because as we go through the next couple of days japan on the other hand high pressure just not fair to say badly at least for the time being we will see some wet weather just coming out of the yellow sea the east china sea pushing towards the korean peninsula eventually getting into cute southern parts of honshu turning increasingly wet as we go on through sas day and that west the weather as you can see just coming all the way back into the southwestern corner the far south still bad hong kong looking fine and dry times just getting up to 26 degrees celsius father dry for a good part of the philippines but we have got this little clutches shabbas just running towards southern parts of the country heavy showers right across malaysia indonesia still seeing those heavy downpours job rico still struggling with the flooding following on from the very heavy rain that we had at the start of the week for the showers i'm afraid as we go on through the next couple years will heat of

the day showers meanwhile we have seen some showers along the spells of right pushing across northern parts of pakistan added to india that continue to push east . but. then latest news as it breaks the syrian army seems determined to defeat the rebels and continue its advance was the city of adlib that's a red line for turkey which detailed covering the national policy to conserve elephants is yet to be fully implemented 14 years after it was introduced from around the wild well this fight will be completely transformed over the next 6 years this will be the northern terminal the phase one of this project. as a weapon of war leaves the very deep the scars. scars so rule 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 since the 2011. libya unspeakable crime on al-jazeera. welcome back amount of our top stories here on the news are turkey's military is retaliating against syrian army positions after $33.00 of its soldiers were killed in a syrian government airstrike it happened in syria's in the province where turkish forces have killed or captured more than 700 soldiers with ties to the syrian government meanwhile on cross says it will no longer be able to stop syrian

migrants trying to enter europe according to the reuters agency turkish police coast guards and border security have been ordered to allow syrian migrants to cross into europe either by land or sea and the economic impact of coronaviruses in the us dow jones index of its worst single day point drop cases in south korea have now passed the 2000 mark the new infections in china continue their downward trend then this last hour nigeria has 1st recorded as recorded its 1st case. let's get you know more now on turkey's decision to no longer stop serbian migrants trying to reach europe earlier i spoke with gemma burgess a migration analyst and senior lecturer at the university of liverpool she says turkey's shift in migrant policy is a political power play. the current situation in which tech you suggested that it will open the borders thought 72 hour with suggests that what jake is trying to keep it g. is to put pressure on the e.u. . techie has been in discussions with nato as well which suggests that they are looking for some sort of military swap attention. and information to thinking about

displacement they're also looking for support from the as well as i think that the initial suggestion is that this is about using russia and the e.u. to have these conversations discussion here is going to be about how the ticket deal can be continued but at this point in time he is unlikely to want to support the raven in borders and they're likely to want to try and i am happy conversation would take to click to ensure that documenting that site in the jackie dale because with a 1000000 people displaced since december and live this could lead to and a lot of pressure. israel's opposition leader benny gantz is fighting to reverse a recent dip in the opinion polls just days before the election monday's vote will be the 3rd in less than a year after both galatz and prime minister benjamin netanyahu failed to cobble together a coalition or a force that reports in western style. benny gantz was in southern israel this week

the former army chief not for the 1st time demanding stronger action against hamas and islamic jihad in gaza but his harshest criticism hasn't been trained on prime minister netanyahu security policy rather on his character. netanyahu look at me in the eye look at the israelis in the eye because of your obsession of escaping trial you were lying splitting dividing mocking distributing malicious rumors and inciting netanyahu you are poisoning israel. dances blue and white alliance continues to remind israelis should they need reminding that netanyahu is indicted in 3 separate corruption cases warning he wants to change israeli law to avoid jail but heard a strongly worded the message is familiar after 3 campaigns in which many minds have been made up recent polls suggest netanyahu taking a narrow lead look into the l. is corrupted i agree everybody yes other qualities over there and i think is the

right man for us pentagon to say ok. now i hope for some. in free campaigns now benny gantz has been trying to make the argument that israel needs to rid itself of the prime minister mired in corruption charges and he's been given a gift this time round with a trial date set for just 2 weeks after polling day and yet that argument doesn't seem to be getting the traction that he needs his campaign has seen a rightward shift in tone and policy with gaps backing the controversial peace plan at least as a starting point for talks seeking to prise voters away from benjamin netanyahu likud. that and you know who meanwhile is using a well worn playbook warning jewish voters that guns only has one way to form a minority government and it should frighten the guns you hold gets will not be able to create a government without the support of ahmed t.v. and the joint lest in the knesset he cannot this is what they are trying to conceal . dancer's distance himself from the palestinian israeli group of parties saying he

doesn't need their support that they can back whoever they want they're not very happy with him but they're not going to support us anyhow and if being somewhat at odds with them gives him more credibility to draw some votes from across the middle from the territory that's the logic of what he's been. a year and 3 election campaigns into his political career benny gantz now has plenty of on the job training but israeli politics still seem stubbornly stuck just days away from polling he may even have to come back for a 4th attempt later this year. al-jazeera west jerusalem people in india's capital are slowly returning to areas hardest hit by the communal violence and in this week some found their homes and businesses destroyed others have lost loved ones but as tony bertie discovered among hindus muslims and one of the affected areas people still believe in harmony. after the 2nd day of calm people who escaped the violence are starting to return to their battered neighborhoods in northeast delhi

in showing bag they've come back to widespread destruction and loss. and you get what it was very stressful living here during the last few days we were all extremely scared so scared that we moved all our women to a safer place only the main stayed. people were killed and injured here homes and businesses were burned but mohammed's fruit and vegetable shop provided a livelihood for his family for 30 years he was burned during the riots and he's not insured he's part of the muslim community that suffered the worst of the violence but he's not vengeful. but we have to live peacefully together whatever has happened we have to treat it as a one off we have to forget we can't just blame the hundreds of muslims both groups were there. 3 shops down is his neighbor ganesh who's a hindu his fruit and veg shop was also. burned but even after losing his livelihood he still believes in coexistence. then there is peace we can once again

start our business we have to do it to survive to earn our living there is no other way to earn a living it's a seed of hope that hindus and muslims can return to the peaceful coexistence they enjoyed for years a senior police commissioner visited schanberg thursday to reassure locals the peace has been restored but it's the presence of large numbers of security forces that people find more reassuring not words alone this is a very public confidence building measure designed to show people that the security forces have control of the streets and is now safe but many people are asking the question where were they when they needed the most. delhi police have been heavily criticised over its handling of the violence which has been described as at best negligent and worse complicit families are slowly returning to this battleground feeling more apprehensive than safe. it seems to be peace and calm but we lost

everything after our home was set on fire we only managed to salvage this cooking gas cylinder. but others like this hindu family have decided to leave the district altogether. the riot situation ascared us a lot that's why we're going back to our village where it's safer. the streets will be cleared the debris removed and homes rebuilt but these communities cannot fully heal until those responsible face justice tony berkeley al-jazeera bag ne delhi. more now on the corona virus and scientists in the u.s. are racing towards finding a vaccine government agencies universities and about a dozen private companies are also involved how does your castro visited a lab in maryland where researchers say they're making some progress. the potential answer to stopping the coronavirus maybe swishing around inside these traits researchers at the u.s. vaccine company novak's say they have made

a protein that stops the virus from binding to human cells we are working. and i think the hell made a significant progress you know couple weeks scientists here receive the coronavirus gene sequence on january 10th they say within weeks they've cloned a noninfectious element of the virus using ovary cells from a north american caterpillar as a protein factory so now we have insect ovary cells making a spike protein which we then purify and that becomes a vaccine the novak's procedure has worked to make vaccines for the flu ebola and murmurs for the corona virus that appears to be effective as well clinical tests are expected to begin this spring the full licensing takes years vulnerable communities could receive the experimental vaccine on a compassionate use basis much sooner. still save and healthy as quickly and as soon as possible in the race to contain the corona virus

a win for the 1st across the finish line with a vaccine or a treatment is a win for all and so government researchers here at the national institutes of health are partnering with private labs to quicken the pace of drug development moderna is another u.s. bio for making progress it's coronavirus vaccine is already in the end i was hands in preparing for clinical trials in april and i think that's commendable if we have to come up with as you might actually be you know several vaccines that are that are working the corona virus has killed thousands and is heading toward a pandemic u.s. health officials say this is the fastest science has ever moved to develop a vaccine but it could still be more than a year before any is massively deployed heidi joe castro al-jazeera washington. health officials across latin america are bracing for a surge in coronavirus cases as the summer holiday season comes to an end the

continent's 1st case was recorded in brazil on wednesday on latin america editor missy and human reports from china's capital santiago where preparations for an outbreak are already on the way. this is not a crowded street to rush hour rather the arrivals hall it's an international airport as q.j. numbers of people return from summer holidays from countries where the coronavirus has already been detected many are nervous like ben who's waiting for a friend to arrive from brazil i had often am with the apple have many people come here from all over the world so i'm afraid and i'm taking precautions. and see indeed since the 1st case in latin america was detected in brazil earlier this week health authorities all over the region have gone into high alert. already brazil has a 132 new suspected cases while here in chile at least 260 people that suspicious

symptoms have been put in isolation a short while ago airport officials confirmed to us that a passenger had arrived from france via italy with a high fever and is being tested at this hour for the coronavirus in fact the airport's new protocol stipulates that all passengers coming from abroad must have their temperatures taken upon arrival. on the earth this man says he was on the flight from paris sitting just to 2 rows in front of the ladies suspect. they said that the case is being studied and that if it's conferred they'll get in touch with us. with the south american winter on its way the government has declared a health emergency and is purchasing millions of masks and protective gear for the medical staff so. we're preparing for the worst case scenario fall because been to represent a difficult situation. but the region is not evenly prepared to face an epidemic

that seems inevitable him in israel and the public health system is already in shambles and in much of the rest of south and central america it's put carious at best epidemiology just warn there's no time to lose. but then we have to be on the look out beyond airports and border crossings because it's possible that this virus is already in chile and that we just don't know it yet what happened with the swine flu epidemic we never knew where it came from a carrier can show no symptoms. latin american leaders say they're coordinating closely to confront a health threat that is likely to take a toll on a region already struggling to overcome poverty and social inequality you see in human al-jazeera sent out. army commanders in democratic republic of congo say they rebels on the run deep in the forest but fighters armed with guns and machetes are continuing to attack villages that's despite a 4 month operation 522000 congolese troops targeting the allied democratic forces

catherine sawyer has this exclusive report. i saw forced by congolese soldiers as they take us to that there is a position against the allied democratic forces rebel groups or. deep in the forests. the army has sent 5 generals to command 22000 soldiers in the fight against an estimated 2000 fighters on the run in the jungle on the general's discuss strategy and visit troops on the frontline. when we are dealing with to. now unable to fight the military so they go back and kill civilians but do not stop until they leave united nations official say the rebels are holding hundreds of hostages keep not in the last year and a half maybe it was formed in western uganda in the 1990 s. with the aid of creating an islamic state the ugandan army forced the fighters to

move to neighboring diaw see where they were initially tolerated. the aims of a.d.f. aren't but they attack and drop villages like this one with guns and machetes to cut their victims to pieces this is the last village before you get to areas in the forest where the military is fighting people here have told us that they had been terrorized by the group for so long and on the commandos with that soldiers have been able to push the group father into the forest they have killed many of them including some commanders another group is very modern on the run some say the military is using armed group called my mind to help fight the a.d.f. army commandos we talked to denied that the my my fluxions had been accused of human rights abuses in remote villages they control. this woman says in my my i arrested and 5 other women who are accused of attempting to poison someone in the

community. i told them i do not try to poison anyone but they will not believe me beating us badly i decided to run they shot me doctors had to amputate one of my legs for u.n. peacekeepers say they have increased patrols in villages and are providing tactical and logistical support to the congolese army. these idea for sometimes a technologist at a close to military bases and surprising people think security forces aren't doing enough that they are disorganized all the strategy to defeat i.d.f. is not working. nearly $1000.00 congolese villagers have been killed by a.t.f. since the military offensive against the group started in october victims we talked to say there's just one death tax to stop catherine so you are dizzy or benny in the eastern democratic republic of congo. now climate campaigners are celebrating after u.k. court ground plans for a 3rd runway at europe's busiest airport expanding london heathrow was deemed to

breach britain's climate change commitments now and reports. the described this is the most important environmental decision in a generation and so it was no surprise they were cheering there seems no way back for the expansion of london's main airports for the foreseeable future but the judge said that the government had been given a nexus to a pale so it doesn't but they are so where we go from here i don't think as a way back faith road my message to the government is rather than tinkering or tweaking with plans for a 3rd runway abounds in these plans because it's quite clear there are serious consequences of a new runway on climate change on air quality or noise pollution on the road a real network but also the call to have life of people live in the city the expansion would have been vost destroying entire villages reducing rivers as well as london's orbital motorway but it wasn't that the last days for the governments

and the airports it was the court's ruling that the governments have broken the law the crucial part of the ruling was of the government was found to be in breach of its international climate change obligations that not only means that heathrow now won't happen it also calls into question all sorts of other big infrastructure projects in boris johnson's post breck's in britain. and that's the much bigger issue raised by this ruling how do governments and industry balance their demands for continuous economic growth with their obligations to slow down climate change the politicians and leaders have got to say we really are serious about being a global trading nation in great britain because we're going through the whole process of the moment and we're seeing help capacity potentially moving elsewhere because we're for what we do about that we grow it globally the spotlight is on the u.k. we have the climate summit in glasgow we have all of all vegas flying in here discuss

climate change so really the prime minister now needs to show leadership he needs to show that he's taking time and change seriously he needs to really rethink all of these high carbon infrastructure projects. the next target in the sights of the environmentalists will be the government's plans for a $100000000000.00 rail line from london to the north which is also loathed by communities in its path they will be chairing this ruling as well lawrence lee al-jazeera london. but i was going to come back and all the sports fans are kept away from the top european football not to look at how sport is dealing with the corona virus outbreak and whether the olympics can really go ahead on that state with its.

sport now his on the thank you very much no a joke of it you. need he's won his 6th much of an undefeated season a victory that ensures he'll hold on to the world number one spot. joke which beats in rush's current catch enough to move into the last 4 of the dui championships he's aiming secure this title for a 5th time machine he's already won the noble a.t.p. cup the serbia and the australian open. on strippers run at the cats are open has been brought to an end by pressure cricket over. ranked player in the history of the women's game has been enjoying huge support in and off the back of her when i have a world number 3 kelly in

a place given the chin is in pushed over all the way in this quarter final both sets once were tiebreaker botho won by place giver and she's into the last 4 or should be taking on world number one party. for time tour de france winner chris froome says he will continue to race beyond this year after coming back from a serious crash last june the kenyan born brith has to himself in the u.a.e. it's all it seems in the us after months of rehab for multiple fractures he's perhaps understandably down in 71st after thursday stage 5 for him aiming for a sort of france comeback as well and says his future won't be determined by whether or not any us retain his services now senior olympic official says the decision as to whether the tokyo games go ahead on july 24th may well be taken out of their hands earlier this week dick pound admitted coronavirus was a threat to the olympics happening this year pound says olympic organizers will have to listen to governments and international agencies when it comes to making a final decision also believes delaying the games by

a year is an option but had this message for them pick at leats. we are committed to going to tokyo so that you'll be on the track at the opening ceremonies on july 24th only if there's the worst possible. outcome of this virus and it becomes a real pandemic were. world health stieg then we reluctantly have to say well that's more important frankly than the olympics and even more important than you but we'll do our very best made sure the you get your limp because of unity only we spoke to professor sanjay sharma the medical director for the london marathon on a consultant at the london olympics he said tokyo may have to consider events without founds but they can afford to wait before making a decision. the aim is to really contain this virus in the absence of an obvious vaccine and one of the methods of containing this is to prevent large mass

gatherings involving individuals living in areas where infection rates are high and this is in venice inevitably going to affect international sport it's early days at the moment to see which course this virus is actually going to take as things go at the moment the games are due to go ahead and certainly the participants these are 11000 olympiads have been advised to continue to train as if they were going to compete there are several measures that could be taken and i hope it doesn't come to that this could involve spectator less events which would be a bit of a shame but that's one way of preventing a cross infection between large groups of people coming from international areas the other possibility of course is to maybe move the olympics to other regions doesn't sound so practical at such a late stage or one other possibilities to postpone it completely until a year later but i still think that all of these strategies are slightly early to

call them i think we should wait for 2 or 3 months before knowing where we are before we can make that call well if the games do go how japan's plans to combat intense summer heat could be affected by of a global factors organizers have plans to use snow cannons to cool down spectators at the games as temperatures in july and august could reach 40 degrees celsius with 80 percent humidity but an unusually warm when some in snow fall is on course to be the lowest on record store thirty's haven't been able to transport enough of it from the mound since the cap. india of the 1st same into the semifinals of the women's t 20 world cup thanks to a 3 run win over new zealand on thursday india's 16 year old star chef oliver again the top performer scored 46 of the team's 133 runs in reply money green hit new zealand only 6 that allowed one indian fans a share a safe pair of hands be on the boundary rug the kiwis needed 5 from their final

pool the only managed a single india safe for the top of group a new zealand face a crucial match against australia next while australia will be favorites after an astonishing batting display gets bangladeshis fielding didn't do them too many favors beth mooney and alisa haley both passing the 80 run mark as the host reach 189 for one. thing that are probably $86.00 runs it's. not a 17 year old is leading the way goals new zealand open south korea's ju young kim has the 1st round lead after this 7 under par round of $64.00 it's a nigel became the 2nd youngest player to ever win only asian so last year still ranked $141.00 in the world. ok there is a force looking for now more lights or andy thank you very much indeed well that's it for me down in jordan for this news hour martine dennis is up next with much more of the day's news stations and so much.

passion for supporting local communities. and pioneering innovative african science and technology projects how his child beautiful. glorious are all of us on this planet not just africa al-jazeera fall as a leading by a chemist determined to use his scientific knowledge to africa women make science from the lab to the field on al-jazeera. israelis go to the polls for the 3rd time in less than a year the 2 main parties having failed to form a governing coalitions and prime minister netanyahu facing the start of his corruption trial will israel finally solve its political crisis at the 3rd attempt at the latest update on al-jazeera. he started as

a modest man. carry a soldier who'd never imagined he might one day become president of egypt. he had an ambitious wife and son he became an autocrat and was imprisoned for the wrong lawful killing of protesters. the story of the rise and fall of hosni mubarak the family short one. trouble began at the end of the country's civil war when most people started returning home from refugee camps. and killed during a demonstration in 2017 is buried right here in the middle of the street as a sign of resistance to the mining companies and government are set in your. accusations. and displacement between the communities the mining companies and the government has now escalated to west africa. the community has taken its case before west africa. because they say the people have little for use in the justice

system. turkey attacks syrian government after at least $33.00 of its soldiers killed in an air strike in the un without urgent action the risk of escalation grows by the hour . the number of people infected by coronavirus in south korea passes 2000 as the world health organization says the epidemic has reached a decisive point.