speakable crime on al-jazeera. this is al-jazeera. alarms a home run and this is the al-jazeera news our life my headquarters here in doha are coming up in the next 60 minutes the turkish military response with force after it says more than 30 of its soldiers were killed in an attack by syrian government forces. also turkey says it will begin to allow refugees fleeing the fighting in syria to seek shelter in the europe. and in other news the coronavirus continues to rattle the global economy asian and european markets slide further as the epidemic disrupts international travel and trade also. come on.

line in. migrant stories of survival jump to the big screen at this year's film festival. i'm going to guess roscoe with the sport as china's most famous athlete and then pick swimming champion sonya is banned for 8 years for breaking anti doping details and reaction coming up. welcome to the news hour turkey says it's attacking all known government targets after it reported 33 of its soldiers have been killed in fighting in syria's province that's where syrian forces are trying to take control of the last battle held territory ankara now appears to be trying to put pressure on the european union by allowing some syrian refugees to end to europe nato has called an emergency meeting to discuss the crisis after its. he condemned what he called

indiscriminate airstrikes by syria and russia the u.n. secretary general is urging an immediate cease fire well russia says it's a new warships armed with cruise missiles towards the syrian coast and has blamed turkey for the killing of its soldiers an eclipse the previous day under schapelle has the latest. as syrian and russian forces attempted to retake land loss to rebels on thursday turkish forces supporting the rebels came under fire there bloodiest day in the conflict so far you know a lot of a lot of as a result of the strikes 33 soldiers have been martyred. helicopters and ambulances received 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. and also at the same time to add to their forces from the border are strongly

hitting the air defense systems and 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 you will see not only the opposition on the ground but also the many more and the fire power of the turkish armed forces including the aid of force it did that give the developments and it have turned back in our favor. hours earlier president richard had hailed the battlefield successes. turkey has thousands of troops in it lib supporting rebel forces at war with syrian troops backed by russia turkish airstrikes have been pounding syrian government positions for days. 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 north west since december has pushed over 900000 people including over half a 1000000 children away from their homes and into danger. whatever happens with socket it won't and there or any time soon turkey says it will deepen its involvement in syria against the government it's now labeled the enemy. al-jazeera . well we have 2 correspondents across the story standing by in the greek capital but 1st let's speak to russia who's on the turkey syria border let's just begin with this large number of turkish deaths and the reaction from ankara has been swift and direct.

indeed you have been precedented level of anger here in turkey about what happened yesterday for different reasons 1st of all the largest death toll in a single day for turkish soldiers since the start of their intervention in syria at the same time they feel that they have been betrayed by the russians all because they keep saying that we've gave them all the coordinates and the knew about our position so let me just update you on the latest reactions we're getting from the government over here. badgerly who is a leader of the ultra nationalist. m.s.p. party a part of the governing coalition is saying that after the death of the soldiers a ground of pensive should start any time now so there is this momentum which is building up here in turkey the defense minister. who see

a car visited the injured in a right holy where they are being treated and he said that these turkish military has launched major attacks targeting different positions inside syria he is talking about. turkish forces destroying helicopters. tell every batteries and defense systems in different parts of syria i think we're mainly talking about the northwestern part of the of syria the attack yesterday so he is definitely go in to open the doors to all possible scenarios including the potential for a full blown military confrontation an unprecedented large scale military operation by the turkish military inside syria because when you talk to people and we see all those reactions that have started trickling in from yesterday. what happened yesterday is a turning point from a turkish perspective and the beginning of

a new chapter what will be the scope the size of what happens in the in the coming days in syria think that will do it will hinge up on different factors diplomacy 1st of all those doors are exhausted with no outcome then the 2nd option could to be a military confrontation and of course how should it has been and a difficult time for both moscow and for ankara because they are easy bedfellows in one scenario in that they have been sort of purchasing and selling military equipment to each other and yet they've been using damascus and syria as a buffer between the improbable and impractical scenarios they face they do not all either they support damascus or they don't support damascus as we can see from both moscow and ankara and there the problem lies they've used that as a buffer have they not and now they're sort of military confrontation seems to be getting closer and closer as you suggest an escalation is potentially inevitable.

indeed the 2 countries have gone through high and lows of the conflict in syria particularly since 2015 when the turkish army shut down russian military plane not flaw from where i stand and there was the lowest in terms of the relations between the 2 countries however the remarkably banished to start a new alliance that paved the way to some remarkable political deals in syria including agreements in a stand at a 1017 and also into $1018.00 that paved the way for the demilitarized zone and the ceasefire to be implemented in it however. and this is very interesting to bear in mind since yesterday that mood has completely shifted here in turkey people are saying that the country we have struck an alliance with has betrayed us and killed our own soldiers although the official statement from both turkey and russia is that this was an attack by the syrian government but when you talk to people in

turkey they will tell you what we know that the russian government the syrian government would never dare launch such an attack against the turkish mr without an approval from the syrian from the russian government this is something that could have massive repercussions on the future relationship between turkey and russia in the upcoming days particularly when it comes to syria now the russians are saying that the syrian turkish military was in the wrong position mingling with forces that took that to russia considers to be a terrorist organization and they are referring to the shell one of the most powerful groups operating in it is something that has been dismissed by the turkish government saying that we have given all the coordinates of our presence particularly those military outposts in it live to the russian ministry they know about what movements and where we were stationed and therefore the cannot understand why they soldiers were targeted this is an incredibly delicate moment

for all the key players operating in. but russia and turkey all continue to follow events with you from the turkey syria border hashim thank you let's cross over to the greek capital athens where john is standing by and john really turkey also alluding to the thing that it could well you might say upset european neighbors by opening the floodgates to refugees but it's also looking to nato for help that seems very unlikely at this present moment in time. well not entirely because nato was conducting patrols on the coast of the north of the turkish coast of the north e.g. and back in the 1st 6 months of the e.u. turkey statement signed and put into force on the 20th of march 26th enough you remember so nato does have a precedent in this process of supporting for refugee boats and do and helping in a humanitarian operation but yes this is as you say the european nightmare the

floodgates being opened greek and european officials are still mulling over whether this is simply a threat or whether it's in earnest although there are preliminary reports from greek reporters in turkey to greek media that the turkish coast guard has been stood down and the ports are tighter and the boats are tied up at ports now the greek government reaction is that all borders with turkey have been placed on maximum alert that means a 160 kilometer land border which has constant patrols and it means a roughly 1000 kilometer naval maritime border where greece has assets of about 40 coast guard vessels operating around the clock and if the need should arise there are other forces that could be rallied there as well military assets special forces units and so on at the moment though the greeks are not observing any mass influx of people on land or sea borders they are staying in touch with

nato and the european union also receives to coordinate should the need for more equipment cameras vessels spotting anything arise and europe has provided that in the past and continues to provide it through frontex the european order and coast guard service which is very active here in greece so a lot of non greek vessels also operating in the east a g. and but at the moment there isn't it's not panic stations there isn't the sign that . turkish. borders have indeed opened and refugees are indeed crossing over but all but that could of course change from hour to hour indeed of course we'll continue to monitor what comes out of athens of course in the coming hours for the moment john thanks so much and let's go to moscow where pavel felgenhauer is a defense and military analyst and columnist for novaya gazeta he joins me now via skype from moscow good to have you with us on the program again sir i mean what

seems to be in your opinion the reaction from moscow to turkey's threats that you might be might say the gloves are all and there's a potential military conflict in the offing. well there is a possibility of a direct russia 30 ish conflict that's not what then you want to hope sir once there happen 13 russian beadon exchanging kind of bargaining back forced bargaining on out what to do with the live there had the. talks and there have been threats and there the opinions of the russian position turkish position continue to be very wide upon right now the good news is that talks are still continuing but right now it's the thing is most likely more in the turkish side that their fish reaction to these rants and there is probably grew us up wide

what that's going to be will bear terry you say tried to impose a. no fly zone military putting it into a direct confrontation with russia for would turkey use its. stephen jets against syrian targets not only out of theory again putting it into a possible direct confrontation with the russian air force where k.s. that's based in syria that's an open question russia's you will see the reaction of course there crucial i mean is that turks were. themselves that way that they did report where they were going of course. pavel i think what we also can see and certainly our hearing is is that turkey has restricted you might say the the sea routes from the black sea over into the mediterranean that would allow russian naval vessels to support various ports in

syria and those support those ports obviously are home to a large russian fleet if that is restricted and it becomes even more difficult for russia to move its naval vessels around to support syria how much of a problem is that then between both ankara and moscow. were right down. the streets or open the doors for us as though. the russian or or russian naval ships are going in there now. if they are closed across ability. and that would be a very very serious situation because the russian troops they are in syria are supplied through the process where's the so-called syrian express as it's known in russia and turkey and not only russian troops but those. forces there is a lot of military supplies and other supplies no you know now and mostly taken by

ships there are to be naval right here in the their outrage or ships so that they go there with the bosphorus and they are not search goes in the bosphorus would be kind of close to gaza's barely between russia and turkey and that would be a major development the force a lot of russian oil exports also go the divorce for us from now where a cease and exact 2nd that and trade to ships are also stopped there are delayed in the bosphorus that could be even worse so there's a lot of possibilities and russian force could impose its own sanctions as if they'd. had played in action the russian quitting was shot down and dad didn't really escalate and harm both nations very serious or she'll continue to what the situation developed by placing combative more insight time progresses in the public

felt and how thank you thank you. oh plenty ahead here on the news hour including ethiopia's controversial dam project take shape on the nile as talks with egypt stumble yet again. and find out why this 4 time tour de france champion is under lockdown in abu dhabi that sport coming up with june. now the world's largest economies are being hit hard as the coronavirus outbreak rattles the stock markets asian shares plummeted on friday japan's nikkei stock average was down by 3.6 percent all 3 major u.s. indices are on track for their steepest weekly decline since the 2008 global financial crisis the dollar loan dropped 4.4 percent on thursday hear its largest one day drop in history in europe london's footsie $100.00 index continue to fall

on friday opening 3.2 percent down the index has lost more than $150000000000.00 in the past 4 days well with more than $2300.00 cases south korea has the highest number of corona virus infections outside of china sarah clarke explains what south korea's government is doing to curb the spread. south korea has escalated testing capacity in the last 24 hours they've done $9300.00 people have been tested for the crime of virus infection but the government is still looking for the so concerned about the lack of beds in the daegu area but the government still trying to track down members of the church and identify those particular people at that gathering to try and contain the spread now the government has announced the last day or so about up to $30000000000.00 it's going to be spent as a relief package to identify the areas that need help and that includes obviously the economic fallout and also boost medical supplies to try and deal with the

rapidly escalating situation of the spread in south korea now in china the situation there appears to be stabilizing at the moment $327.00 new cases confirmed on friday $44.00 deaths but most of those were in the who by province the chinese government has held there or the health officials have had their press conference they've said a lot of blood is being collected from 544 cured patients and they put that into clinical trials of 245 patients and 91 showing improved conditions and we can confirm that one particular person or citizen in new zealand has now also confirmed a positive to the corona virus infection and that particular person is a permanent resident who was returning from iran let's get more on this now of what you call it as a bit in the studio with the markets off to react to global issues like this whether it be sort of bank collapses wars or medical crises how long we expect this will too. well you know that's a huge unknown question because basically we're just at the start of this

particular problem so let's put this in into some kind of perspective. in 2018. the markets entered into a bear territory which is about 20 percent drop we're currently at a 10 percent drop and that was over fears of how or whether the federal reserve board cut in to keep raising interest rates and that would that would basically stifle the economy so that was a concern with investors then this time around it's it's the unknown it's the fear that you know this could take some time to get under control and so we will work as long as those headlines negative headlines coming over the next few few weeks if not months we could see this and if people if governments decide that they're going to shut down schools are going to shut down sporting events then that could just trigger a further concern that basically that this is a prolonged crisis now moody's one of the one of the rating agencies actually

believes that we could see a recession in the 1st off of this year but so you see we see a significant drop in stocks which is the obvious. thing that most home and abroad and so therefore you ask surprisingly we ask can banks help and if banks can't help and support the economy as such is it are they looking for political guidance political direction this this is very much in the political fiscal policy makers hanson right now and it's also up to the medical community say you know give some kind of reassurance that you know we know what the virus is we know that you know there's a possible cure for this it's when those elements are in place i think that's when we'll probably see some elements of calm but you know markets are really bad at predicting anything so you know we shouldn't take take take it for granted that you know markets are trying to tell us something is that they're very slow to catch on sometimes they didn't particularly predict the 2008 financial crisis and this time around they've been we. to catch on you know what was happening in china and how

that would have a huge impact elsewhere so because the splotch chain disruptions on companies coming out lie mark a soft apple saying you know you're not going to get your laptops you're not going to get your i phones this has hit home more than you know the actual crisis itself or understood trying to understand the pandemic you know because analysts and economists you know that they really are technical people when it when it comes to when it comes to this affair they're not medics they don't understand that so it's trying to translate that into the wider economy which becomes a problem for them obviously what happens the most of it out of that sort of joins . in milan with more on the outbreak and the impact it's having on italy's economic hub. to deal do more normally bustling now virtually at a standstill. the corona virus outbreak in northern italy's lumber the region means even the site historic duomo cathedral is closed to visitors and many here aren't

happy sparrow. 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 where it's also residents many of whom now find themselves working from home. like modern monty and academic coordinator at a university in milan who's 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 there were from my students and over to where the concert 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 and 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 them which cost them on boats now every raise dragged off even a distro to the make sure. the sky is dark but so is the mood yes the trams still run even though it seems more and more uncertain where things are heading. in a lot. of shelling is being reported in libya's capital a number of flights have been suspended at the only functioning court in tripoli

charles stratford as all correspondent in tripoli with the very latest charles just bring us up speed on what we know about what's happening in and around the airport . that's right so has a lot of heavy shelling in tripoli the small warning concentrated attack it seems by huffed is full seize on the ad pull as you say the only functioning international airport in tripoli the airport forced to close yet again this has happened pretty much almost on a on a daily basis in recent weeks but certainly people here are telling us that today's barrel of roll cases being the heaviest since that failed ceasefire that was brokered by key and russia was said to be put in place in early january sunday the fighters that we've spoken to in areas along the front line saying they believe around 60 rockets were fired towards the airport there was

a lot of black smoke from the air is around 5 can all that says the direction behind me no reports of any casualties there yet but there was also a lot of heavy shelling we were hearing in the sudden areas around dean neighborhood now that neighborhood has been pretty much of a vacuum there are very few civilians left there we understand at least $150000.00 people from that area forced to flee their homes in recent months but as i say comes as a bit of a surprise the build the wait at the spiral of attacks the smalling well let's put this in call and say that comes at a time all yet again failed efforts by the u.n. said some sort of lasting cease fire we saw both sides both the u.n. but the government in tripoli and will of relief a house does representatives not agreeing to any cease fire in geneva last week the u.n. backed government saying that they weren't going to sign anything unless this falls

he's pulled back from positions in the southern suburbs to areas that they controlled before i pull that was when huff to launch his campaign to take. control of tripoli and health saying that nothing would be signed and so what he describes is turkish military personnel and pro turkish syrian fighters that are fighting it on behalf of the un backed government leave the country i mean i think the smalling is just a classic example of just how difficult it is to try and forge any lasting cease fire when of course there are so many players involved in this conflict let's not forget that after is supported by the u.a.e. supported by egypt russia france the u.n. backed government is supported by turkey there are so many players in this conflict today's biology of rockets and heavy shelling an indication of just how difficult it is to stop the fighting for the moment charles thanks so much there in tripoli

40 palestinians have been wounded in the occupied west bank during a confrontation with the israeli military according to medics the israeli forces used tear gas and bifurcated steel bullets to disperse a crowd of demonstrators that they'd set up a protest camp in the area where settlers were planning to gather near the city of nablus the incident comes as palestinians month the 26th anniversary of an infamous mosque massacre carried out by an israeli settler israel's defense minister has approved nearly 1800 new illegal settler homes in the occupied west bank just 4 days ahead of a general election it's the 2nd major announcement on settlement construction by prime minister benjamin netanyahu government in recent days his right wing likud party and neftali bennet's far right coalition of vying for the support of more than 600000 settlers in monday's poll. well it's sort of the weather though his journey is still flooding rains quite a large problem across europe oh it is appalling problem really so as

a course it's not about to get better anytime soon either let me show you 1st of all on the satellite because there's a lot of activity yes again this is a new storm this massive cloud you can see here this has been named jorge a by the spanish met office and this is bringing with it yet more very heavy rain snow in the cold air really impacting you cannot and yet again and also some very strong winds but all of this of course coming down on some really saturated ground widespread flooding just have a look at this this is actually in the county or worcestershire and the river 7 which is actually britain's longest river this runs right the way through this particular county and as i say there has been widespread devastation many rivers of us the banks right now there's actually still over $200.00 foot warnings and same place across england but look at this mass of rain that's pushing in through friday very strong winds as well just funneling all this moisture in across the u.k. pushing up towards the north as i say all of this coming down on this widespread

flooding and really by saturday it's not a lot better the winds remain very very strong it will turn to snow all this moisture as it pushed up into northern england up towards scotland and as i say it is not really an improving situation is going to take 2 or 3 days before all of this begins to die down so through saturday we'll also see some of that rain working its way across the lake countries france again very widespread pushing down across into spain we could see some flooding here and at the same time we've got the snow developing across the line of the alps we could be seeing as much as a meter of snow in some areas and this also means that we've got a high avalanche was so so we've got to avalanche this and still more of that flooding as well. we certainly have well still ahead here on al-jazeera we track these so-called dark fishing that sort of part of a $23000000000.00 in the industry. the formula one world champion is stopped at his trucks in barcelona council coming up with its show in sport. played.

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one on al-jazeera. talk about to the al-jazeera news hour with me so ho robin a reminder of our top stories turkey's military says it is attacking syrian army positions after a reported $33.00 of its soldiers have been killed in fighting in italy province banker also appears to be trying to put pressure on the european union by saying it will allow some syrian refugees to end to europe while nato is calling on emergency meeting to discuss the crisis after its chiefs condemned what he called indiscriminate asteroids by syria and russia the u.n. secretary general meanwhile is urging an immediate cease fire. global stock markets

a full version of it sir no the coronavirus outbreak trans nikkei index dropped by more than 3 and a half percent and all 3 major u.s. into season on track for the steepest weekly declines since the 2008 playful financial crisis. now an estimated 20 percent of fish bought to market are illegally caught often by so-called dark fishing fleets another vessel switch off their satellite tracking to hide their activities in far flung parts of the world's oceans now greenpeace investigation has uncovered the scale of the problem and the need for greater ocean protection nick clark reports. in the middle of the line to goshen thousands of kilometers from anywhere the greenpeace ship arctic sunrise it's on the trail of a vessel that's gone dark it's turned off its tracking systems the team home in on another vessel a giant refrigerated cargo ship or reef and here they find their original quarry

the taiwanese long liner. trans shipping its catch of juneau all to what is effectively a colossal floating freezer these reefers can stay at sea for a year and and there are more than $400.00 of them across the world negating the need for the fishing boats to return frequently to port the long line of the back to 3 with not transmitting if i add. if the way you can track back from space that is used to track all commercial fleets around the world i'm this means that we can see what activity is happening out here and it makes these high fever a black hole of fishing activity transshipments like this a considered a major loophole in monitoring fishing activities by offloading catches it seems like the shark vessels are able to smuggle illegal unreported and unregulated catches into the market by mixing them with illegal holes. thousands of kilometers

away the southern ocean remote and next to impossible to police the greenpeace ship esperanza has been following the movements of fishing boats and pristine boaters the reef is often stocked the smaller vessels with fuel and supplies but are reticent to communicate. this research. on a 1st class question. are you also supplying these vessels with an approach. it's believed up to $14000000.00 tonnes of unreported fish catches a traded every year costing around $23000000000.00 so we can see for example there in the southwest atlantic which is a part of the globe but there's very little to a point of almost no fisheries management for a lot of fishing vessels so any way for that goes there is by default working within an unregulated environment. all this say greenpeace adds to the need for

a strong global ocean treaty to be implemented as soon as possible to ensure that 30 percent of the world's oceans are off limits to exploitation of any kind nick clarke al-jazeera. tony long is the chief executive officer of global fishing watch and joins me now for what's that good to have you with us live on al-jazeera your report names and shames ready those vessels and countries at the center or as you say of the scandal being how widespread is the problem and is it specific to certain areas of the globe. it is a widespread problem and this is a greenpeace report that takes a global fish in which data greenpeace the report you just put out there capture the situation pretty well. out on the high seas it's out of sight and out of mind and people really can't see what's going on unless there's some kind of system like global fish watch that shines a light on the activity there is out there and a force like greenpeace so when you go out and actually find out what's happening i

mean how are these vessels on their own are sort of getting away with it i mean who's protecting them or how are they sort of getting around the legislation and maritime law to fish the way that they do. it's a lack of action really by those that are responsible for the vessels would it be the companies themselves that are often hidden show companies beneficial owners and it's really difficult to dive down and find out who actually owns these vessels curse a lack of governance an understanding of what they're doing all of the vessels are supposed to monitor rather at sea and authorizations given for such transhipment but in many cases the countries responsible for watching this it just doesn't happen and then and then where it does we've drawn artificial lines in the ocean where on one side of the line there's heavy regulation and really good monitoring but by simply steaming your ship over to the other side of the line you fall into an area where the government sees the worst so people can take advantage of the

patchy governance in order to move fish sea illegally or indeed people or arms or anything else of course fish themselves don't don't see borders in any shape or form are there particular species from what you know that are at more risk than others in certain parts of the oceans waters. well the illegal fishes tend to target the highest value so you talk about particularly into fish which is in the report from greenpeace we talk about china any of these high value generally migrate here is well move across those borders of course officially recognized but we have got the regulations that if properly implemented would make a big difference and the report itself makes very clear recommendations we we need to see more transparency on what's happening there on the high seas in zones if people know they're being watched they're going to behave differently and that's going to improve the compliance just in one easy stat but the observateur overage

is also really important without people out there watching precisely what's being moved around on the decks of these ships there's always going to be ways for people to take advantage of the system it's always good to get your insights. from global fish you watch thanks very much for joining us locks that in england thank you thank you the film makers at this year's berlin film festival are turning the spotlight on the harsh journeys taken by migrants around the world dominic kane has been talking to the directors of 2 films which deal with the disappointments many face when they reach their destinations. lucy and her 2 sons are mexican migrants newly arrived in the u.s. with dreams of better things dreams that are very quickly dashed in squalid conditions she must prevent max and his younger brother live from dispair. and cover. for them or. so. so

while she works in part time jobs to earn some money they live out imaginary adventures within the apparent safety of their 4 warns the actress who plays lucy says she hopes that the message of this film can reach the widest possible audience . the more important thing to all is in mexico maybe this it's not going to be there i took it maybe it's for a teenager or adult and have. generation 4 kids i have this reaction of the kids they understand this movie in the cinema last lobos allows us to explore the dislocating human effect of migration is a theme that's also explored in the film i dream of singapore which shows the viewer a very different aspect of what it means to be a migrant because this is a migrants journey in reverse when 1st we meet federals he's in singapore

struggling to earn enough to survive and far from his family back home in bangladesh through his eyes we see what modern materialism eats out to many migrants poverty desperation and in pharaoh's is close to the loss of his working visa when his health deteriorates which means he must return home the film's director says he hopes the audience will realise what migration can mean for so many people i hope humanize them either way to see them yes human and someone with a family and loved ones hopes and dreams like us. not to see them as a statistic many migrants hope their journeys will take them to a better life in these 2 films we are offered a contrary view one where the destination is not a promised land dominic kane an al-jazeera. the burning film festival. several prominent activists have been arrested in hong kong for their role in

antigovernment protests publisher and the head of the newspaper in hong kong was among those detained for taking part in illegal rally in august to opposition legislators were also arrested the city has seen months of often violent demonstrations against beijing's influence. if you will not attend this week's latest round of u.s. brokered talks on the disputed project with egypt and sudan. has been to western ethiopia to see how the town is taking shape. this scene of destitution is a few miles away from ethiopia grant and. local people here still live. with no one in what or electricity or decent homes. they say they'll patiently wait for the benefits of the doubt. what patience is there to muster these workers need to finish the task they work.

daytime shifts this year as a work progresses. the project is made up of 3 parts civil works which are now 87 percent complete the steel works which are going a bit slow with 17 percent completed and the electromechanical work said 35 percent in all those 3 components showed that the dam is 71.2 percent complete we're planning to start filling the reservoir next june and will be able to start producing electricity a year later once finished these giant tubes will channel but if all waters down through turbines $9.10 which are still to be placed here the powerful jets rotate the turbines and the hydro power engines leaked to them pass form ducted to electricity each turbine going to produce 370 megawatt when all of the 13 turbines are completed that dam will be able to produce a little less than 6000 megawatt enough to satisfy ethiopia's needs to export

electricity to regions as far away as southern africa and western europe as you can see behind me that to me the section hasn't yet been finished its one acquires 2000000 cubic meters of concrete slabs to raise it to the final height that's also where the. 13 power turbines will be inserted 2 of them will become operational early next year and that's when the 1st hydro power production begins if your piece says this is crucial for its economic development sit down the passage country believes it has nothing to fear despite warnings by some of its sr experts but egypt that it is historic destination feels threatened since the dawn of time it had the lion's share of the blue nile waters but that there's a country described by your order to us as the gift of the night believes the dam may deprive its population of its most vital resource is especially if the opiate

insists on healing the 74000000000 cubic metres of war in 3 years egypt has suggested it should take no less than 70 years as the talks in washington d.c. stumble at each round time is of the essence to both nations meanwhile the historic dam continues to take its final shape for the legendary river this is a mighty handle that will control every drop of it for the 1st time in history a river that blew freely in the wild for millions of years is from now on forced to squeeze its way through these narrow i and frames of brick and mortar. whose future and perhaps the 2 of the millions of people in its path is not set in stone for ages to come mohammed but our desire at the grander nice ass down western ethiopia. the republicans are urging a tactical vote in the south carolina democratic primary in the us calling it

operation chaos taking advantage of the state's open primary well diggler reports of charleston. we. have the right crazy i guess senator bernie sanders has built a strong coalition across the u.s. making him the current front runner in a still crowded democratic field unlike all the primaries so far though south carolina's is open it's supposed to encourage those who that party affiliation to take part it also means republicans can cast their vote for a democrat some conservative activists a calling it operation chaos and they set their sights on the candidate they think president trump could easily defeat we are specifically asking for republicans and trump supporters all across south carolina to turn out and vote for senator bernie sanders in the democratic primary on saturday is that instead of the fighting the american people up which is what trump is going to do certain is not just under

attack from the right some on the left are also worried as self of our democratic socialist can't win the presidential election the center left think tank 3rd way describe sanders as an existential threat to the party's future it's not because we're worried he will win the general election and implement all his policies he's talked about our concern is that we think bernie sanders will lose and give trump 4 more years santa supporters boy by their candidates recent wins don't believe the strategy will have an impact that sounds like a weird to actinic i don't know i don't know if that's going to work out for them the way that they want the problem is the rules are the rules they're going to take advantage of the rules i don't know that it hasn't gone the other way in the past i really thought i think that it's time for the world to change being that that's just kind of us we're being at straws and it's all the numbers have shown that he is not the weakest candidate against our shop even if republicans can stomach voting for a democratic candidate there's not much evidence that these kinds of tactics make

a difference organizers say that main goal is to expose the vulnerability of open primaries and. taken so some chaos along the way all the better bernie sanders is currently running a close 2nd here to the former vice president joe biden factions on both the left and right are railing against in the vermont senator has momentum going into super tuesday when 14 states vote the question is can anyone stop the bernie train and gallacher al-jazeera charleston south carolina. well still had hailed the news hour in some cold side fans as a basketball game gets a bit too close to the action in those the l.a. lakers continue to impress the and be a chair will have lights after the pike. ok

back to the news of his job with sports section faro bank china's most famous athlete the 3 time olympic swim champion so young has been handed the maximum 80 a ban for breaking anti doping rules the decision was made by the court for operation sportscasts son was found guilty of refusing to cooperate with sample collectors during a home visit back in 2018 a confrontation resulted in one of his blood files being smashed with the hammer swings governing body pheno initially only warned him but the world anti-doping agency asked kass to impose a ban which has now been confirmed. it was not for the athletes to decide alone that and i don't think tests shall be invalidated and the sample containers

destroyed as a consequence when young committed an anti-doping rule violation by tampering with the doping control so has given his reaction to china's official news agency said this is unfair i firmly believe in my innocence i would definitely appeal to let more people know the truth the chinese swimming association says it deeply regrets the ruling and fully supports son sonja and has been a controversial figure for years after 1st failing a dope test in 2014 some fellow swimmers banned him a cheat at the rio olympics and last year's a straight astray as matt cotton refused to share a podium with him at the world championships sun was the 1st chinese swimmer to win an olympic gold but he will now certainly miss the tokyo 2020 games. 4 time tour de france champion chris froome and mark cavendish are among top cyclists who we tested for coronavirus both were competing at the u.a.e. tauch was cancelled on thursday 2 italian participants a form

n l all writers and staff have been confined to their rooms at a hotel in abu dhabi for him tweeted it's a shame that the u.a.e. tour has been cancelled but public health must come 1st we're all waiting testing will remain at the hotel until further notice i hope those affected make a speedy recovery and there aren't any further cases australia is still planning on holding the 1st formula one grand prix of the season in melbourne in just over 2 weeks' time the health minister said sports fans shouldn't stay away over the fear of being infected. business go down to. a chinese restaurant go out to the football or the grand prix or the netball. at this point coronavirus is contained in this training preparations for the start of the season continue on the track world champion lewis hamilton had his afternoon cut short at testing in barcelona on thursday is a safety suffered an engine failure after just 14 laps for ari sebastian vettel

caught the fastest lap time of the day in the morning session. now to a great bit of play in the n.b.a. as the l.a. lakers hammered the golden state warriors they did it without le bron james who has a groin injury and the davis manage just fine though with 23 points and this spectacular assist to set up kyle. c. davis somehow managed to pass the ball before crashing into the courtside seats the lakers went on to invite 30 m. le bron clearly enjoyed himself they say top in the west of the warriors remain boston. the philadelphia 76 ers were about some big names but still comes a repeat in new york knicks tobias harris was standout performer with 34 points and 7 assists including this one just that josh richardson for the knicks it's a 6 straight loss. argentina has given the world some of its biggest football stars like leno messi and diego maradona but it's ball manufacturing sector is in crisis

with imports leaving hundreds of people out of work tourists a boat reports from bellville in the province of court the. balls have helped arjun tines laugh and cry throughout the years but in this factory in bellville in this central province of course they have played a much bigger role. and they took a mother has been producing them since he was 11 years old it was his 1st job and it's been his passion since then. i was raised in a factory and my 1st payment was a pair of jeans that was my salary i'm talking years ago and now i see they're importing balls and they blow up on their own because it's not the quality we have we want to make the best balls handmade that can make it to the leave i am till the 1930 s. the bulls were closed with a leather feel that hurt players head but 3 friends from bellville invented the super bowl with an invisible seem that is currently used today this city is

considered argentina as a capital and what makes this unique is that there handmade something that generates hundreds of jobs every year but the dire economic situation in the country and imports from china and pakistan are having a strong impact in factories like this one that are struggling to remain in the business. of a fully nice family has owned this factory for years he says in the past 4 production has dropped dramatically the previous administration of. allowed imported walls to take over the market. when the g 20 happened with all the presidents from around the world. president's made in china we have all these factories here that need to so he says in these past 2 years he has been forced to reduce his staff more than. i had 100 employees and now i have 15 working and like

all small companies if we had a decree that we could fire everyone we should have done so we were working to remain open to those around 15 small companies in the area and they have a big impact in the community as they hire local sewers to create the bulls body. learned how to sew bulls from his mother he has 5 children and says he can make a little less. truck cash every month. i started sewing balls when i was around 5 years old to help my mother this is the only job i have for now i don't have anything else aside from government help it's difficult these days to care for my children everything is expensive with inflation argentina needs around $4000000.00 a year factories like this one say they could survive by producing only 20 percent of what is needed there only waiting for the government to look their way. argentina thailand have been eliminated from the women's

t 20 cricket world cup that's also being hammered by south africa in camera melissa lay did most of the damage smashing 101 runs off 60 balls and helped south africa post a tournament record 195 and thailand got no where near in reply falling 113 runs short. south korea's teenage go for june kim continues to lead the way at the new zealand open the 17 year old was the overnight front runner heading into day 2 and a poor under par round in should he stay top of the leaderboard by one stroke last year came became the 2nd youngest player to ever win on the asian total. all right that's a useful for now will have to say oh thanks very much joe you have course be watching the al-jazeera news hour with me so robin holloway out with a little full half hour of news after the break but until jamie on the news on t.v. thanks for your time and your company.

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they cover stories much on al-jazeera. migrants in uniform volunteering their labor to appease locals and combat the anti migrant sentiment. people in power travels to the north of italy where a bold experiment is underway. with an unconventional approach to integration. italy's migrant boot camp on. the u.s. president's proposed plan for the middle east this is less territory to be honest i than any other peace plan since 1948 the proposals of corporal was i was there have failed because of this one video was biased of united states the water israel and how much they and the palestinian prime minister told style jazeera.

the turkish military response but for softer it says more than 30 of its soldiers were killed in an attack by syrian government forces turkey says it will begin to allow refugees fleeing the fighting in syria to seek shelter in europe. and how am i getting in and this is al jazeera life and also coming up the coronavirus continues to rattle the global economy asian and european markets slide further as the epidemic disrupts international travel and trains. were in argentina where.