to get to places that others cannot and fires instead of going how do we take you count the story is what can make a difference. this is al jazeera. i don't know this is a news hour live from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes. a major escalation in syria turkey hits back off to several of its soldiers were killed by government forces in rebel held. greece and belgariad tighten their borders after turkey threatens to syrian refugees into europe. a warning from the world health organization that the corona virus outbreak could get bigger as nigeria confirms the 1st case in sub-saharan africa. on patrol with the democratic republic of

congo's army as they fight armed rebels responsible for a series of attacks in the east. and i'm peter similarly a sport of china's most famous athlete a lympics swimming champion son yang is banned for 18 years for breaking anti doping rules details and reaction coming out. so then a strike on turkish soldiers inside syria is increasing tensions on its borders and prompting concerns about where a new escalation might all lead an emergency meeting of nato ended with it calling for syria and russia to hold that it libya fence if it will turkey says $33.00 of its soldiers were killed there on thursday nato expressed solidarity with turkey but offered no additional support. allies condemn the continued indiscriminate airstrikes by the syrian regime under the shah in italy province by

call on them to stop their offensive to respect international law and to back to you and i ferd's for a peaceful solution. this dangerous situation must be deescalated i would urge an immediate return to the 2018 cease fire while on the ground turkey has begun retaliatory start strikes and says it struck more than $200.00 syrian government positions russia denies involvement in the soldiers' deaths and not a putin spoke with turkey's president just a few hours ago they've decided to stick to the 2018 deescalation plan but that certain called safety zone is where most violence is taking place shelling in airstrikes of displaced more than a 1000000 people since december well how to malabar isn't it if you go 0 on turkey's border with syria and how the situation sees me worsening by the day how

serious is it. nic this is a very delicate sperm and for all the parties involved in the syrian conflict more so for the turkish government the death yesterday of the deadliest day for the turkish soldiers says their intervention in syria has changed the optics of what could be done in the near future now the turkish officials are talking about shock and awe and the need for revenge they say that they launched a large scale operation yesterday targeting syrian government positions in different parts of the country but we don't know whether this is going to be confined to precision strikes. and also artillery attacks or a large scale military operation in the near future now turkey is waiting to see whether diplomacy could be given a chance and whether diplomacy could come out with some tangible results as we

speak turkish and russian delegation held talks in about diffusing tension but is the nowhere near achieving that target this seems to be huge differences about implementing a cease fire pulling of the syrian government troops from the demilitarized zone and also allowing the civilians to return to the villages those were some of the prerequisites by turkey and we don't know whether the death of the turkish soldiers yesterday could pave the way for more political way out of the crisis because everyone understands now if there's no deal is going to be a full blown war right and so as far as a death is concerned those texts concerned that just say that the turks are in the wrong place at the wrong time in the terms of having none of that. this has been dismissed by the turkish government the turkish government says that it has

been deploying troops to 12 military outposts that what established following ended when. between iran and turkey about it and the that the turkish government has been coordinating the location of the soldiers throughout those days and that's yesterday when they saw turkish soldiers were targeted in the southern part of the turkish government notified the russians about the incident and as soon as rescuers was sent to evacuate the dead and the injured the came also an under another attack by the syrian government here in turkey the general sentiment is that not only did russia fail to rein in president assad and his army but russia now is being blamed by the turkish political establishment for failing to deliver on the promises he made about honoring the terms of the 2018 deal so i think this

is going to take both parties more than just diplomacy to try to narrow their differences i have to tell you nick that the very little of trust that the turkish government had in the past about russia seems to be now fading away a particular against the backdrop of the huge loss of in terms of turkish soldiers yesterday yeah it certainly is a troubling situation house of the timing thanks very much indeed let's take the song we can speak to us. director of the syria a political civil society organization he joins us live by skype from gaza in turkey france also the concerns here that things could slide into a major conflict is that how you see it. i think it's possible i guess however what thank you 1st very much 1st for having me and then 1st of all with. given that there was a very clear support from nato given to turkey i mean there were only words of

a sudden diety but that's about it i think the turkish government at the moment is weighing all the options it might slow down for military escalation but it's definitely still on the table. and if it does end up being a full scale military escalation what such good to mean for the region and for the other nations involved in this. well i mean i think what is primarily at stake here are human lives we're talking about roughly 2.8 to flee point 5000000 civilians trapped at the moment and the northern part of it is a bad between between russia and syrian regime forces advancing from the south and the turkish border so in case of a full military escalation i wouldn't be surprised at all to see these people pushing up further north into turkey and tearing turkey and trying from there on

where it's going into europe the turkish government has made it very clear yesterday and today that they will not stop people trying to reach out europe we've seen people gathering in istanbul and being transported to the to the border through the greek turkish border and to the bulgarian church mortar as well so the 1st impact that sake will be another refugee wave trying to make its way north but also it might be a carnage it might be a lot of human and human casualties in terms of civilians being being killed in that escalation when you look at whatever is left of it under not i mean outside control of the regime it's very small it's extremely have it's extremely dense and heavily populated especially when we look at the up smoke out overlooking the syrian turkish we're right we have there about 800000 people in a very small space so as a single shell or a single must kill thousands of people at one at a time you know that's

a horrifying prospect is that an escalation of that kind is something that nobody once a year and 2nd generation turning to terrorism months i was calling for an immediate cease fire is that likely to happen. well if he wants a ceasefire they probably should come to turkey we should probably try to access these areas and try to make a statement at the syrian turkish border not sitting in new york i mean if he's really looking to try to broker for peace. trying to broker a deal a new deal maybe or at the escalation for the ocean between turkey and russia we need some sort of diplomacy if not statements coming out of europe all right we'll leave it that thanks very much great to get a perspective on this thanks very much thank you well following the attacks in ad libbed turkey warned it will allow syrian refugees to europe as we've just been hearing and that's prompted greece and garrett to step up their security on their

side of the border to try and stop anyone coming through that have turkey goes through with its threats it would be backing out of an agreement it made with the european union back in 2016 which was at the height of the refugee crisis and under that deal and crow was to resettle syrian refugees and stop them crossing the eastern mediterranean route from turkey into greece will take the house around 4000000 refugees and says it just can't cope with any more people fleeing the latest violence in libya that's enough from john psaropoulos our correspondents in athens and he explains what other measures greece has taken. nato does have a precedent in this process of supporting for refugee boats and do and helping in a humanitarian operation 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 but for 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 a 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 but more still ahead here on the news hour including. the worst shelling in weeks pushes libya's peace process to the brink we'll have the latest on the ground in tripoli. and find out why this 4 time tour de france champion is under lockdown in abu dhabi that's coming up in sport.

the global corona virus outbreak has raced past 83000 cases sparked a warning from the world health organization that the virus could reach most if not all countries the number of infections appears to be slowing down in china but is excel orating elsewhere well nigeria has confirmed the 1st case in sub-saharan africa a man who traveled from milan to lagos istanbul we have started working to identify all the contacts of the patient. nigeria and even him who were with him on the aircraft. we have been taught the craft of authority. to find out who you see meets with weapons well russia has further tightened travel restrictions it's temporarily barring visitors from south korea

and iran a similar ban on chinese citizens has been in place for weeks now and is the outbreak continues to spread across europe switzerland has banned all events involving more than $1000.00 people health authorities have reported 50 cases including in geneva and in 00 study l. smart ross is a geneticist and molecular biologist northumbria university is once extensively in africa and is a specialist on epidemic outbreaks and he says that while there have been improvements in recent years the region still needs international investment to help with preparations for the arrival of the virus we need to point out of a sense the able operate in west africa there has been a massive scale up on the capability in the countries in the sub-saharan region because international bodies have poured in investment to make sure the health care capability for screaming and monitoring the situations is up to par and that is not

to say that the situation is perfect it's far from perfect actually. jeremy farrar from the welcome trust that many of the internationally renowned people have requested that investment is made by the world bank as well as many of the charitable bodies like bill and melinda gates to ensure preparedness in these regions for this kind of eventuality thankfully this started in january so we've had a bit of a lead time to make things ready the fact that we have an ongoing african union event about this literally of these days and we have preparedness in place and ses in place tests so that people can detect the virus suggests that we are in a much better place than we were 5 years ago. well kenya is high court has ordered the suspension of all flights from china over fears of the virus is a move that could have a serious impact on its important trade ties with beijing i let him out from mark webber who is considered standing by from the capital of kenyan my rubio malcolm

why has the court made disrobing now with a court ruling was prompted by a public outcry that followed a plane landing here in nairobi 2 days ago from china and as far as we understand that was the 1st plane from china to have landed here in several days maybe even a couple of weeks had nearly 240 people on board and those passengers these destinations were here in kenya were allowed out the airport and told to quarantine themselves for 2 weeks and around the same time it was disclosed by the ministry of health that they didn't actually have adequate measures in place to monitor or in force this self-imposed quarantine and that they had in fact only 11 beds quarantine beds ready in case of an outbreak actually starting here in kenya through that caused outcry on social media which prompted the law society of kenya and 2 doctors to sue for government ministers and senior officials they took this

petition to court they argued that kenya's government was risking 10 years 48000000 people by being complacent about preventing a corner outbreak or a virus outbreak here and they said that prevention was crucial because they argued that kenya's government was not well prepared to deal with an outbreak in the event that that should happen what about the general preparedness to face up to the coronavirus what's now being done. well as was becoming discussed in recent days the ministry of health said they had capacity for just quarantining just 11 people but the court ruling included an instruction that the people from that controversial flight to the 2 days ago have to be recalled they're going to be quarantined in a kenyan army facility although apparently as far as we know there's no such facility ready right now the president has ordered that a much bigger facility in

a hospital needs to be completed in one week as well as testing and quarantine facilities in hospitals throughout the country but kenyans are waiting to see if they feel that their government firstly will now step up to the mark many people here feel that while governments around the world are increasing restrictions what they've seen here this week is their government even becoming more lax and of course people here are also waiting to find out if or when the 1st call in a virus case might be identified nairobi has been identified as the 6 most at risk city in africa of infection of colon a virus or people are waiting to see if or when that might happen right interesting malcolm thanks very much for the time being michael ware before dinner. well iraq's government has banned large public gatherings as corona virus spreads it's also ordered cafes restaurants and clubs to close but in baghdad life appears to be going on as normal rob matheson is this. battling an invisible enemy in baghdad

it's actually a square has been at the center of violent confrontations between security forces and anti-government protesters now it's being sprayed with chemicals as corona virus spreads. from the koran and we are not afraid of snipers we will not be frightened by coronavirus iraq is more important than anything iraq is everything what is coronavirus. you know a general of we faced much worse than the coronavirus we faced killings snipers bombs all different kinds of killing. the government is banning large public gatherings it wants to close schools and universities as well as restaurants and cafes like this one in a baghdad mall. i think the whole thing has been exaggerated there is concern and anxiousness and when it comes to the health sector there iraqis always exaggerate yes there is a problem but i'm more worried about security than about health. business owners have been confronting health officials who've been checking to see if the mall

shops have been sterilized. but the state frightened people we have to be cautious as businessmen about any decision made by the health ministry of the state itself this will have an impact on business at least one patient known to have the virus is being treated in this baghdad hospital an iraqi man who traveled from iran is the 1st confirmed case of the virus in a city of 9000000 people these pictures were filmed for al-jazeera by one of the nurses other patients are being treated in the northern city of kirkuk dozens of suspected cases are being monitored around the country. despite the government warnings iraq's holy sites are still drawing large crowds. concerns about coronavirus may have gone some way to 20 yards the crowds that would normally be gathered through a square but in baghdad the streets are still packed with traffic and are busy with people many iraqis have lived through exactly it's of conflict and prolific for

a lot of people and it seems that they're not ready yet to have their daily lives interfered with by a virus. the risk of coronavirus maybe edging closer to the crowded heart of baghdad but iraqis here seem determined to carry on as normal is the can rock matheson. back that. well across the world largest the largest economies are being hit hardest of corona virus outbreak rocks the stock markets and wall street open just a short while ago a day after all 3 major u.s. indices took a tumble and made fears some of the virus let's get the latest from christensen amy joins us live from new york and christen this is a it's been a bad week on the markets especially in new york or any rest by small. no the fears of the spread of corona virus continue to in fact the markets just in the last hour since the markets here have opened the dow jones industrial average

dropped another $1000.00 points that after all 3 major indices on thursday fell more than 10 percent since market highs putting the markets into what's known as correction territory and on friday you know investors have been waking up to these headlines the big sic virus sinks into correction it's just been an onslaught of bad news for investors and markets remain very shaky today across a wide range of sectors everything from stocks and transportation and technology to commodities oil prices are down basically what you're seeing is multinational companies bracing for more supply chain disruptions more travel disruptions there was the news yesterday that facebook was canceling a annual conference that it has in may that has people thinking that this problem the spread of this virus could be lingering for some time and could continue to

affect businesses in terms of how much profits they make and and just really how many people they can continue to employ right what about the man in the white house we know president trumpet pays close attention to stock markets what's been his reaction to this week's news. absolutely the president has been trying to calm fears all week saying that the united states is ready for this that it's in a good position that it will spend whatever money it takes in order to contain this epidemic he has tied his success in the white house very much to the performance of the stock market so this is something that he watches very carefully he's also blamed democrats for shaking up the markets earlier in the week he was suggesting that the prospect of bernie sanders as the democratic nominee was enough to rattle the markets sanders being a socialist who wants to change the health care system and so forth but he's taking a lot of hits as people are starting to look at the situation there's questions

being raised by one of his rivals mike bloomberg who positions himself as a strong manager accusations that the administration fired people scientists from the c.d.c. that it's not prepared to confront the coming possible epidemic. states like new york are concerned about the ability of the federal government to test new cases should the coronavirus start spreading here in the united states so all of this is in the backdrop to investors uncertainty right now the economy in the united states remains strong but it's this uncertainty about what the virus can do going forward that has investors nervous indeed and i think that see the reaction across the world that chris and thanks very much in the course of the reporting that every shelling in libya's capital is full fledged to be suspended weeks ago the only functioning airport in tripoli it is the latest round of fighting the talks at the u.n. failed to reach

a cease fire agreement charles trucks reports now from tripoli. is some a little safe his back was peppered with shrapnel when a rocket fired by forces loyal to walt hurley for half the exploded by his home. for set off and i was standing on the street thank god my neighbor called me over to me and i moved forward 5 steps and the rocket landed just a few meters away. sons pregnant wife suffered minor injuries and his son serious head wounds in the attack we go to his neighborhood and find evidence of what people who live his say happens day and night hours earlier another barrel of rockets had hit residents say that at least 7 rockets hit this neighborhood smalling they saying that nobody was injured in those attacks but behind this house is mighty good air port which has been consistently targeted by half this forces over recent months now people here in tripoli are increasingly angry they're

blaming the u.n. for not doing enough to halt huffed as offensive on the capital almost a week of u.n. sponsored talks in geneva during which neither of libya's warring sides met face to face failed to reach agreement on a ceasefire. the u.n. backed government which is receiving military support from turkey says general hafta must withdraw his forces from areas they control on the outskirts of tripoli . after who is being supported by countries including the u.a.e. egypt and russia says turkish military personnel and pro turkey syrian fighters supporting the un backed government must leave libya 1st. meanwhile anger and distrust towards the u.n. is growing protesters at this demonstration hold pictures of u.n. special representative to libya the son salami how much did they pay you to be silent and supporter of terrorism they read both sides accused of being biased

against them play out of the play and. they hit us with a gyptian m.r. r.t.s. strikes salamis sees what's happening and the violations i live near the airport there are rockets landing on civilian areas all the time the situation is terrible . with so many countries involved in this conflict the un seems powerless to stop the fighting that has escalated since the geneva ceasefire talks failed both sides have boycotted u.n. sponsored talks aimed at finding a political solution back in the hospital has pictures of his injured 4 year old son on his mobile phone he says doctors are afraid to remove the shrapnel lodged inside up the ramadan skull because if they do he may never walk again charles trafford al-jazeera tripoli where the u.n. envoy to libya has been speaking in geneva our diplomatic editor james bays is there and has the latest developments. many stakeholders but according to the u.n.

representative. although they all say the same thing publicly behind the scenes they're pulling in different directions and that is one of the problems he's had 3 days of talks here at the u.n. in geneva the 1st round of the so-called political track trying to get all the sides together the problem he's faced is that many of the key players have boycotted those talks and have not attended those talks he says they really do need to come back to the table because the situation for ordinary libyans is getting worse by the day he's talked about the violence we've seen in the last 24 hours as significant breach of the already very shaky truce and he's also concerned about the situation not just in libya but the situation in syria because in both wars you have turkey and russia on opposing sides i do believe that there are play

a lot of now very active in libya and i do believe that there is a mutual. sort of interaction between the conflict that is. not. in need of one i've spoken to senior u.n. officials who are working on both libya and syria and they say that now although there are very very different conflicts they have to look at this as they believe potentially russia and turkey are looking at it as a 2 front war. head on al-jazeera ethiopia's controversial dam project take shape on the nihilist talks with egypt stumble yet again. in sports some courtside fans of the basketball get a bit too close to the action is an l.a. lakers continue to press in the n.b.a. peter will be here with the highlights.

hello there the wintry mix is back in your 4 calls across into turkey very active picture here on the satellite and this is where we're seeing the rain and the snow some pretty strong winds as well really funneling all this moisture up through the eastern end of the med and say pushing it into the southern sections of turkey as a say quite a wintry mix and then that whole system will spread that rain for the east with through syria and on into iraq as we go through sunday to the south of there again the winds are still pretty strong signals in sand and some dust and still quite breezy further to the south 24 in doha on sunday and a warmer 29 celsius in riyadh now down into southern africa the rains here they've been heavy as well on and off for the last few days particularly across into namibia and they will stay that way as we go through saturday and they'll also push their way across and design via unwise front as well 3 more northern and central

areas of mozambique will also notice more rain back into a forecast through central and eastern areas a south africa madagascar when you don't to escape the rain showers they tend to be fairly widely scattered over the next couple of days that again we could have some localized flooding from this and really elsewhere north a great deal of change very extensive rains heavy again today maybe this could cause some flooding and again a line of rain showers into the northern sections of south africa trying to one spoken 19. 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 killing of protesters. the story of the rise and fall of hosni mubarak the family

one. 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 a. rule.

how do you what she ought to direct her mind about top stories this. talk is military says it's attacking syrian army positions alter reported $33.00 of its soldiers were killed in fighting unit in a province girls and said it would allow some syrian refugees to into europe. and nato held an emergency meeting to discuss that crisis the secretary general voiced solidarity with turkey and called on syria and its ally russia to stop their offensive. stock markets all down over fears from the corona virus outbreak in europe london's footsie 100 index continue to move forward on friday opening a 3.2 percent down and in asia japan's nikkei closed down 3.6 the 2nd. straight over to geneva the head of the world health organization is speaking right now the agency has upgraded to crush the global risk of a virus spread to

a very high that is happening right now upgraded the risk to very high. weeklong reduction in violence between the taliban the united states and afghan forces has brought hope of a long lasting peace deal but there's concern it could be delayed by political division following a controversial election of 100 reports. the daily hustle of the streets of kabul takes a toll on people many struggling to make ends meet some just to get through one day but in another part of the city secured behind concrete walls afghan politicians continue to bicker 5 months after the election incumbent president a shovel heinie was declared winner by the controversial electoral commission which pushed his rival and chief executive of the outgoing government. turn out that he will also form his own government that is true but as we were talking right now

there is an opportunity to. tackle this issue and find a reasonable solution for the political crisis if not yes we have announced that we will go ahead with our integration dr the law firmly believes that according to the by miter very 5 votes he has won the election 2 men already had a power sharing agreement brokered by the united states international new nitty government that was all but united it's nothing new for the afghans less than 20 percent of the registered voters took part in the past election many didn't because of the insecurity in their areas but many others simply because they lost faith in their leaders and ask anyone now they would tell you they're more preoccupied with the upcoming peace deal between the u.s. and the taliban then who will become their next president. it's also the priority

for the white house after months of negotiations in qatar the peace agreement between the u.s. and the taliban could be the rails by washington's longstanding. allies in afghanistan the next step subsequently will be the interim afghan dialogue. and travel and dialogue. can represent the afghan side. travel in dialogue will be going from the taliban. for the international community states are specific. the problem is defragmentation. the taliban agree to a confidence building deal to reduce violence for 7 days they are seen to have respected the agreement with the americans even though they have been multiple attacks around the country targeting afghan security forces. the taliban did much agree to complete ceasefire because it could lose its power on the ground but this deal shows off its ability we were wise and we agreed to this reduction of violence

period so no one could blame the us seems to have put a temporary stop to the infighting ash of any is now said to be inaugurated on march 9th but the political divisions in kabul and now the biggest challenge for ending america's longest war and bringing peace afghans have been aspiring to for decades but that they have meet a couple of pakistani foreign minister will be the signing of the deal between the united states and the taliban scheduled in cutter on saturday mooted curacy sat down with al jazeera and insists a political settlement is the only way to end the conflict. but pakistan has played the role of a facilitator pakistan as you would know has suffered a lot because of the situation in the region have been a huge prize in human terms and in economic terms and we have already been advocating that there is no military solution to the of han conflict what you need

is the who she hated political settlement yet the lad that the world has finally can words to that point of view and now the talks. then took off there were 10 rounds of difficult box but finally seems that we're nearing an agreement and hopefully it will be signed. it's. to the democratic republic of congo no commanders say they've coordinated a plan against an armed group that's kill hundreds of people it's expected to take 4 months but there's concern that fighters of the allied democratic forces or the a.d.f. still have the capacity to continue their attacks has this exclusive. force by congress of a take us to that defensive positions against the allied democratic forces rebel groups or a.d.f.

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 and the generals discuss strategy and visit troops on the frontline. when we are dealing with terrorists now unable to fight the military so they go back and kill civilians but do not stop until they leave united nations official said the rebels are holding hundreds of hostages keep not in the last year and a half they 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 clear 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 army commanders we talked to say 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. . and as we talked to denied that the my my factions had been accused of human rights abuses in the more 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 in the i told them i do not try to poison anyone but they would not believe me beating as 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 able sometimes the technologies that are close to military bases and surprising people think security forces aren't doing enough either they are disorganized or the strategy to defeat i.d.f. is not working. nearly $1000.00 congolese villages have been killed by a.t.f. since the military offensive against the group started in october victims we talked to say they just want the tax to stop the song al-jazeera in the eastern democratic republic of congo. if he has announced it will not attend this week's latest round of u.s. brokered talks on a disputed nile dam project with egypt in sudan a car if it is a dam will reduce the flow of water along the knowledge accounts for nearly 90 percent of its supply. val went to western ethiopia to see how the data is taking shape. the scene of destitution is

a few miles away from each o.p.'s. local people he has to live in peace with no one in what or electricity or decent hopes. they say they will patiently wait for the benefits of the doubt. what patience is there to muster these workers need to finish the month. they wait the night. daytime shifts 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 works at 35 percent and all those 3 components show 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 take the turbines and the hydro power engines link to them. to electricity each turbine will produce $370.00 regular when all of the 13 term. bines 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 our southern africa and west of europe as you can see behind me that to me the section hasn't yet been finished it will require 2000000 cubic meters of ronald 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 ethiopia says this is crucial for its economic development so it down the passage country believes it has nothing to fear despite warnings by some of its sr experts

but egypt that if it is totally destination feels threatened since the dawn of time it had the lion's share of the blue nile waters but that country described by your order to us as the gift of the night believes the down may deprive its population of its most vital source is especially if the opium insists on healing for 74000000000 cubic meters a watt 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 flew freely in the wild for millions of years is from now on forced to

squeeze its way through these narrow high and frames of brick and mortar. is future and perhaps the 2 of the millions of people in its path is not set in stone for ages to come 105 or dizzy or at the grander nice ass down western ethiopia. katherine's ruling party has won a sweeping majority in the country's parliamentary elections president paul b. as people's democratic movement has dominated politics in the country since the 960 s. phasing was overshadowed by the crisis in 2 amplified regions where separatists have declared independence from the majority french speaking country turnout was low because of a boycott by many speaking voters republicans are urging a touch call vote in the south carolina democratic primary in the united states they calling it operation chaos taking advantage of the state's open primaries i think i reports now from charleston. we have a little. crazy. 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 are 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 they talk 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 do 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 you're not the weakest candidate against our tribe 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 it's. and 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 him but 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. still ahead here on al-jazeera the 2nd largest space blast since the big bang has been heard you speak to the scientists at the hospital coverage. we have spoken to have goals china as an epic poster boy has his career ended yet taping back.

7 scientists studying a distant galaxy and found the biggest explosions in the universe since the big bang blast was so powerful it ripped through the piles most rounding of supermassive. black hole about 240000000 years ago. for a hole in the surrounding space 15 times the size of our own milky way galaxy it was detected by radio telescopes in australia and in india or marilee jones and hall it says director of the telescope she says the findings are unprecedented in astrophysics. the best is just to come up with is that if you assume that this was happening 240 years it would be like having 20000000 certainty you know. maybe it's not bombs go off everything that wasn't said or. so it's incorporated

simply largely out of energy and i think that's an exciting thing to. hold. the size of. it so even to get one slot on the other would take you. one point well i mean you still watch so this is a huge area that's been excavated or something which it's full of black holes extraordinary story art is going to support pretty standing by because you so much china's most famous athlete the 3 time olympic swimming champion soon yang has been handed the maximum 8 year ban for breaking anti doping rules it was welcomed by fellow athletes who had protested he's the most recent victories paul restricts. in 2012 son young was on the path of sporting greatness at the olympics in london he would become the 1st chinese man ever to win gold in the pool 2 of them and

followed by another at rio 2016. but 2 years on from the olympics in brazil a run in with drug test has led him here the court of arbitration for sport. after vials of sons blood had been smashed with a hammer when testers visited him at his home on friday the court gave its decision a ban from swimming for 80 is effectively ending the career of one of the jewels in the crown of chinese sports ready it was not for the athlete to decide alone that the 9th i don't think test 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. sun's response was a made it telling china's official news agency this is unfair i firmly believe in my innocence i will definitely appeal to let more people know the truth the chinese swimming association says it deeply regrets the ruling on fully support son

although it had itself banned him for 3 months for doping in 2014 that led to a fracture between son and many of his rivals australian swimmer mark houghton had branded sun a drug cheat in rio and in 2019 refused to share the podium with him at the worlds in south korea. while the man who was out shown by some in rio believes the medals should be redistributed this is a pity you know because a lot of people sacrificed their whole lives for some moments you know and it's not just about me who got sober to him or the guy that came forth to me god it's about they got the k. month i should get my gold medal back from from rio and it no not for the moment i lost that i don't really care about that just for my record you know it's more questions remain over this case son was originally cleared by swimming's governing body faina over the destroyed samples and it took an appeal from the world anti-doping agency to result in friday's. as things stand for you know have not commented on why they saw things differently polar al-jazeera. 4 time tour de

france champion chris froome and mark cavendish are among top cyclists who will be tested for coronavirus both were competing at the u.a.e. which was cancelled on thursday to italian participants have fallen ill all riders and staff have been confined it to be rooms at a hotel in abu dhabi. despite the spread of the virus australia is still planning on hosting the 1st formula one grand prix of the season in a couple of weeks astray daniel ricardo atop the time sheets in friday morning's testing session his country's health minister said fans should not stay away from the race on march 15th or over the fear of being infected. go there 2 or 3 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 a strange. argentina has given the world some of its biggest football stars likely

in a messy and diego maradona but it's both manufacturing sector is in crisis with imports leaving hundreds of people of work so that's a boat reports from both in the province of cordoba. food to bulls have helped arjun tines laugh and cry throughout the years but in this factory in bellville in the central province of quarter the law they have played a much bigger role. at a metal camera has been producing them since he was 11 years old it was his 1st job and it's been his passion since then you're going to have i was raised in a factory and my 1st payment was a pair of jeans that was my salary i'm talking years ago now i see they were importing balls and they blow up on their own because it's not the quality we have we want to make the best boss hand me that can make it to the leave. until the 1930 s. the bulls were closed with a leather feel that hurt player's head but 3 friends from bellville invented the

super ball with an invisible seem that is currently used today this city is considered argentina as a ball capital and what makes this walls unique is that bare hand made 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 now that there were little if they got a fully nice family has owned this factory for years he says in the past for production has dropped dramatically the previous administration of. allowed imported walls to take over the market when the excesses in the g 20 happened with all the presidents from around the world. to presidents made in china we have all these factories here that need to south. 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 bull's body. that he learned how to sew balls from his mother he has 5 children and says he can make a little extra cash every month. as 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.

i didn't tina. now a great bit of play in the n.b.a. is the l.a. lakers ham of the golden state warriors they did it without le bron james this is a growing injury and i think davis managed just fine though with 23 points and this spectacular assist to set up call charisma you can see davis somehow manages to pass the ball before crashing into the outside seats the lakers went on to win by 30 and the braun clearly enjoyed himself as well they stay top in the west as the warriors remain bottom of. the philadelphia 76 as well without some big names but still comfortably beat the new york knicks tobias harris was the stand up before move with 34 points and 7 assists so have new york a 6th straight loss. when even if it almost sports news coming up again later next payday look for to see a bit later thanks very much indeed that is it for me for this news out of the back in just a couple minutes with another half hour we will see that snow. is

really good to the both of the 3rd time in less than a year of that both me failed to form a governing coalition i mean prime minister netanyahu facing the start of his corruption trial. so he can israel resolve its political crisis at the 3rd attempt at the latest on al-jazeera. the 70 is off to one tribes and that journey from palestine to the nile delta al-jazeera won't meet the largest concentration of $914.00 refugees in egypt. the socially isolated

community with few rights fighting to survive and keep their palestinian heritage alive in a world where then was is increasingly marginalized egypt's while the island on al-jazeera. as a weapon of war leaves the very deepest scholars. scholars so wrong that the victims men and women can barely talk about it. the only witnesses who can help bring about justice al-jazeera follows human rights campaigners in libya investigating since the 2000. unspeakable crime on al-jazeera. al-jazeera where every.

major escalation in the conflict in syria turkey hits back after it says 33 of its soldiers were killed in rebel held if you. cannot recall the sounds are alive and also coming up in the program turkey steps up the pressure saying it will allow refugees fleeing the fighting in syria to seek shelter in europe. the coronavirus threat to the world is not a very high level a new warning for the world health organization that many countries are not ready.