post-i 6 the world's media how they operate and the way they cover stories march on al-jazeera. back to this is in use our lifeline global headquarters in doha coming up in the next 60 minutes turkey shoots down 2 syrian fighter jets steps up its campaign to push back government forces battling for. the. tear gas and tension at the border with a europe as refugees and migrants try to fight their way out of turkey. this hour a shaky start to the u.s. deal with the taliban the afghan president refuses to free thousands of prisoners

ahead of power sharing talks and iran reports more deaths from the coronavirus and sees a number of infections jump to nearly 1000. 145. the japanese hold the scale that bill with just $200.00. or 2 hold of coronavirus. thank you for joining as we begin this news hour with the developments in syria turkey has shot down 2 syrian fighter jets from the skies over. want of a military operation in the northwest of the country targeting areas within it which has been a rebel stronghold the escalation in fighting follows the killing of $34.00 turkish soldiers in government as strikes on thursday the defense minister says the operation is in self-defense against president bashar assad's regime operation

spring shield is the 4th turkish military operation in northern syria let's get the latest. for us on turkey's border with syria hashem there were contradictory reports earlier on the downing of a drone for us and warplanes being shot down just bring us up to speed with the latest for us what are you hearing. funny that syrian fighter jets were shot down in italy a promise the turkish government says that the fighter jets turkish fighter jets faced off with syrian. fighter jets and that encounter 2 syrian war planes were shot down and that also we defense batteries were destroyed in the. province so this marks a new escalation in the conflict in syria the syrian turkish military says that its

operation spring shield will continue until the syrian government implements the terms of the 2018 deal between russia and turkey that paves the way for the turkish syrian army to pull behind the demilitarized zone and allow civilians back into the homes and this obvious from now on was that every single act by the turkish michu would be described as an act of self defense and the retaliation against the death or the $34.00 turkish soldiers who were killed on thursday across the northern northwestern part of the country we seeing a new pattern of as collation that could be conducive to a full blown confrontation between the syrian army and the turkish military and what about fighting elsewhere in syria hashim we've heard reports of a syrian government offensive in a day which is of course considered the birthplace of the 27 uprising what do you hear about that. that offensive marks

a new twist in the syrian conflict because the city the city of the of asuna main was a rebel stronghold until 2016 when the russians brokered a reconciliation do between the rebels and the syrian government that they the way for the syrian government to administer the territory and also. ask the rebels to pull all of their heavy weapons from the areas but ever since the army failed to win the hearts and minds of people today the syrian government is saying that there's no political option would like to go and take full control of a son i mean by the rebels still hold ground further north towards. your wishes in this in southern italy there's a major offensive by the syrian rebels backed by turkey of they have managed to reverse some of the gaze made by the made by the turkish military by the syrian army in the past few weeks it's

a remarkable change in the political and military landscape in italy a province about a few days ago was talking about the government why didn't the wave of a spectacular military. offensive triumphing in a village after village but over the last 48 hours most of those days have been the reverse of this wouldn't have been possible had it not been for the massive backing turkey has been providing to the rebels. did lip thank you for that hashem mile by live for us in on the turkey syria border well let's now discuss the tensions between turkey and syria and syria further with while who is a former senior syria adviser to samantha power who of course served as ambassador to the united nations under president barack obama is via skype from washington d.c. thank you very much for being with us so the latest development is that the syrian government has closed c.s. sprays over it live saying that any aircraft that violates this as base will be

treated as a hostile fry to be shot down do you think where likely to see any further escalation from the 2 sides especially from turkey after the death of these its soldiers. thank you the short answer is yes i think turkey is determined to avenge the killing of its 34 soldiers and i think now over 52 soldiers have perished in it. we've seen the turkish air force particularly its fleet of drones systematically take out regime artillery pieces tanks and also personnel and it seems that they will continue until they feel that they have punished the syrian regime enough and dissuaded them and their allied militias from encroaching further up north and ideally retreating to. into their side of the m 5 highway which is where that the escalation zone kind of border ended it the really the ball is in the regime and the russian court right there

respond to that either that the except these new terms by turkey or challenge again but do you think russia will let. alone military confrontation between turkey and syria happen when they want to prevent a full out war at this stage. they would they feel that their limited you know objectives have been achieved reason be securing their interests in syria and projecting their power and they have no interest in a full out war but they also have to be careful in not getting in tangled themselves with turkey and as you've seen now they have actually been. watching this play out they have not responded against turkey or turkish assets inside it libyan and that's actually angered the syrian regime and its allies militias including iranian backed militias if you watch the videos online so turkey does not wish a confrontation and it's in a difficult spot now because it has broader economic and political ties with turkey

that ideally would have liked to see it look fall to the regime but turkey just now made a cup you know complicated the situation for them and i think russia is going to hope that this is the end of this round but knowing the syrian regime they could continue to challenge turkey which will. you know precipitate another round of escalations and how is this latest escalation between turkey and syria be of use by by the west and other nato allies turkey of course being a member of nato how nervous are they about a full military confrontation between turkey and syria. there's concern but i would tell you is that as a former official in the state department we're turkey has done and has a viscerally that the arguments of. certain policy makers in the obama administration that you cannot deter the syrian regime or you cannot force it outside of areas where it's targeting civilians and what the russians or the turks

have done is defacto establish a no go zone they have prevented now the syrian regime from driving up north into it live or to even fly their planes i mean there is a de facto no fly zone now that turkey has imposed now is it sustainable we don't know but for now the message has been very clear here is that these things that the syrian people been asking for particularly to save up or 2016 are possible all right while as ziad thank you very much for speaking to us. thank you meanwhile thousands of refugees and migrants many of whom have fled the fighting in syria are continuing to gather at greece's land border with turkey the greek prime minister has called a meeting of the national security council greek security forces a free vent 210000 people from entering in the past 24 hours the surge in numbers follows turkey's decision to open its borders to europe greek police say more than 500 refugees and migrants also arrived on the greek islands closest to turkey on

sunday at the e.u. border agency and coast guard which is known as frontex has already deployed hundreds of its staff to greece and bulgaria and is looking to deploy even more in response to questions the agency said we're monitoring the situation closely and have raised the alert level for all borders with turkey to high we're also monitoring the situation in cyprus they say we are in close and constant contact with the greek authorities regarding additional support we can provide in this rapidly evolving situation well let's get the latest now with natasha good name who's in it d.n.a. on turkey's border with grey's natasha tell us about what's been happening where you are and just how many people have been attempting to make that crossing into greece from there. for about 45 minutes we could hear sound bombs just to give you some context this road behind me leads to the

official checkpoint with greece greek police were firing tear gas at refugees and migrants at the border who were throwing stones at them they've been caught in a no man's land able to cross the turkish official border but in between a spot unable to cross the greek border and it has been a very tense and frustrating few days for people who say turkey told us the borders are open you can leave and go to europe but they say we are cold we have no food we have no shelter and we are not being allowed to leave a government spokesman has said as of a short time ago that since turkey opened its borders more than 80000 people have left turkey for europe now those numbers are being questioned by people on the ground given the great resistance they're facing and difficulty they're having attempting to cross the government spokesman says that the government has modified its policy it will no longer be preventing syrian refugees or any other migrants

from leaving and instead it shifting its focus and its limited resources to formulating a contingency plan in the event there is an influx of syrian refugees from it live the government spokesman adding that it does not have the resources to accommodate an influx considering that it already is host to 3700000 syrian refugees the spokesman says that it is time for europe to take action it cannot handle this challenge alone thank you for that update natasha good name reporting live from a d.n.a. on the turkish side of the border with greece john psaropoulos continues our coverage from the greek island of les paul's the main entry point for refugees and migrants coming from the edge and see. a single boat load of refugees is escorted to the shores of less force high winds have likely prevented many others from crossing but they are forecast to die down and more boats are expected to come all

who arrive end up here in moria camp there are 22000 people here 7 times what it was built for and many have to find space among the olive groves most are from afghanistan they've escaped war and death but many say they haven't found life here there are no formal schools so 14 year old for operates his family stand selling fruit and vegetables is morea good not good. red. maybe a small many bad people here have little to do but wait for their asylum applications to be decided upon and their wait has just become much longer a new asylum law took effect at the beginning of the year that fast tracks new applications so the trajectory applicants can be sent back to turkey as quickly as they arrive but that discriminates against people like these who arrived as

a family 5 months ago we head into the smart. 26 this 15 minute but they don't take it to you they see the only take in tales from the people this year and. you have until you 10 months in exile turkey agreed to take back your attorneys in a 2016 statement signed with the european union and the greek government says it plans to return at least 10000 people this year but whether turkey will all of that agreement in the current political climate is an open question so the greek government's entire refugee strategy now hangs in the balance many local people say they have little faith in this new policy. owns. one of the olive groves next to moria that i should parish that your year ago the refugees were chopping limbs of trees to cook with it but we could still harvest a few olives this year with

a bumper crop but we couldn't pick a single olive my land was burned twice then they pitched a few tens onto the burned patch and soon after the land just filled up with tents . the government is using less force as a holding area but many greeks fear that if turkish president had a chapter you threaten flood of refugees becomes a reality the european union could try and use their country as a buffer zone for the rest of the continent jumps are open al-jazeera lesbos well as i'll speak to met in about this is an anchor and is the president of the research center on asylum and migration thank you very much for being with us so we have now fallen and are refugees on the border with greece not being able to go back to turkey and not being able to go into greece who's responsible for them. i think there is no single response response or tory to it is result of growing trant or cancers unfortunately try to find their own

solutions nation's solutions for many years saw if you look at the current crisis turkey has its good jesus it has been posting about foreign media and refugees since. 2011 almost 9 years it turned out to be a protracted crisis and. it has a big burden on turkey and turkey short or it is. continuous the call for better burden sharing on the other hand if you look at the greek goldman's position the latest statements good is is taking to responsibility off to ormus 11 per cent of all asylum applications in the european union saw these are the burdens desired the result of the. reality here.

war continues afghanistan is. concert and stable country but what is the solutions to solution is. more dialogue and more international intervention better much better burden sharing right but until those solutions are found you you now have refugees who are caught in a no man's land between turkey and greece looking at their immediate situation here just how they able to cope what sort of you know needs to be have right now and what sort of help are they getting if any. unfortunately as far as i see this is this is going to be. some off down war iraq too early to spend in or or. and they said they had some small amount of 4 down water and they are going to finish saw it to moment there is nor are site

assistance with them they are stopping the good goal imminent deterrent not a lot of them in sight and use all means by garza's etc and we heard that yesterday a greek court to local court sent is about 16 afghan. refugees to 3.5 years reason for a saw. determiners in the greek sites. and people will today they're lucky but i don't see any chance for down 2 answers so saud there should be an international intervention until that happens doe you know they are in turkish territory still a lot of them if turkey was to get the assistance that it's been asking for more

assistance would it be willing to take back some of these refugees. most probably it is a. justification of turkish latest decision not to prevent people who want to go or to go to greece on that and today the president's office made this statement that turkey is stick to its temporary protection regime for syrians so on. or thought it is said. this is not the whole change of asylum policies but partial change to let them go or not to prevent their saw i think if the lesson conses reach means european union starts the dialogue with turkey and do more of the promises and talks back turkish efforts in the lipsyte because

turkey is threatening to what 900000 refugees on the border is or dish saw. there should be. months maybe this would lead you off the existing 2016. statement between event thank you very much for speaking to us mr met in. joining us there from ankara thank you for your time. thank you more ahead on this news hour including in india more children live on the streets than any other country in the world is education the 1st step to breaking the cycle of poverty ross why and about bernie the democratic presidential hopeful looks to walk away with the latino vote on super tuesday and bizarre sees the german football game as top he'd stopped playing because an offensive banner in the crowd that's coming up with us at.

first a deal signed between the u.s. and the afghan taliban may have hit its 1st stops a call afghanistan's president says the government did not commit to releasing 5000 taliban prisoners ghani insists that cannot be a precondition for talks with the group a prisoner swap was part of the accord signed in qatar on saturday is meant to pave the way for a long lasting peace and the withdrawal of all american and nato troops in afghanistan there are about 10000 taliban prisoners being held in afghanistan the group says some of them aren't actually combatants hoda abdel-hamid is in kabul with more of what president danny had to say. in less than 24 hours president. praising signed by the u.s. and the taliban. stepping stone towards peace and stability in afghanistan you know

saying that he refused. agreement president. referring to. this part of that agreement about 5000 taliban held in jails versus a 1000 afghans held in taliban jails well president said that it's way too soon to talk about this he was not part of that agreement and this is what he had to say. that there was a request regarding the release of taliban prisoners but it can only be part of negotiations and it cannot be preconditions for starting be in traffic and negotiations also there must be no issue of good will because the afghan nation must be assured that whoever is going to be released will not stand against it one day and he says that the end may be a good idea would be to put this to the afghan people in a referendum and have what. so. that would not

bode well with the white house. he is due to come back here to kabul in the coming days to try to bridge the gap between the politicians here in the country and as he had said to ease or to help in this process of releasing the detainees. iran has reported another surge in corona virus cases and nearly a dozen more deaths it now has the highest number of deaths from the infection outside of mainland china the government says the outbreak is serious to the payment of the team over the last 24 hours we have had 385 new cases we have now had 978 infections in the country since the outbreak began or the new 385 cases unfortunately 11 people have lost their lives now the total number of deaths from covert 900 in the country stands at 54. let's speak to zain in tehran for

a so saying the numbers keep going up bring us up to speed with the latest and how is this affecting people's daily lives. well folley what we see today is yet again the death toll goes up by double digits the overall number of cases has nearly doubled in the last 24 hours now all of this was expected but still a very serious concern for the iranian people now the health ministry spokesman has said in the past that it's going to get worse before it gets better today again trying to give the iranian people a reality check a sort of. describing what the road ahead might look like in terms of dealing with the spread of the coronavirus inside iran he said that he doesn't expect that the disease the contraction the number of cases will abate until march end of march at the earliest and he said more realistically it is likely get it to continue for the next 3 or 4 months into may and june now we're getting around to the time of the

persian nuri new year that is not a rose and what is a time of celebration it's a time when businesses make most of their money for the year but all of that is looking to stall as iranians are becoming accustomed to what is a new normal here inside the country a vaccine is not likely to happen for at least 12 months and 4 fifths of the country the majority of the provinces in the country have some level of the coronavirus affecting population centers here now but one of the sort of dreadful morbid silver lining to all of this a positive of the number of cases doubling is that it has brought down the rate of death what we're seeing is that the death rate has been maintained it has stayed steady and that means that in iran now the death rate as compared to the number of cases is around 2 percent which is in the normal range for corona virus cases across the world thank you for that day in tehran forests. and thailand

have reported their friends deaths from corona virus a 70 year old man died in hospital in perth after falling sick aboard the don and prime south coast in japan here. evacuated from the ship and flown home his wife is also being treated for the virus one of 25 people in quarantine the person who died in thailand was a 35 year old man he was a ready in hospital after being admitted with dengue fever in late january time health authorities are looking into the case after he initially tested negative for the virus and the virus has spread to more than 60 countries and killed more than 3000 people the number of new cases in china jumped on sunday after a slight dip it reported 573 infections the highest figure in a week france has shot one of its most popular tourist attractions amid fears of the coronavirus the move museum in paris home to the mona lisa close its doors to thousands of visitors staff there voted to close on sunday amid fears of infection

france has more than 100 confirmed cases in recently banned gatherings of more than 5000 people. so i had on this al-jazeera news hour a courting the jewish vote in the united states but why is bernie sanders staying away from the dodgers pro israeli lobby coffins and round 3 ferry and while they are set for another heavyweight rematch he tell bring us the details and. how the loss with depression and it may be the last one is on its way through turkey to the caucasus to the course to thailand tend to be cold and wet but increasingly things will pass to it so the picture in the forecast for monday takes that into southern caspian so it's going to be the finals of iraq and iran where you get a few showers constructed rain probably

a little bit north of to run these behind the onshore breeze to beirut as an example an occasional shower maybe sunny skies and i think i would change in the wind direction than through the gulf so there has time she drops again the wind direction from the north might be a bit dusty it probably going to be a clean one this time and it's clear the opposite direction we've been bringing dusty warms merits of that way still $32.00 in riyadh as a result about $28.00 in muscat now that breeze continues even maybe strengthens during tuesday so the temp is for about the same with feel particularly warm at $23.00 and are there for all north africa wind has been the story as always is throughout the winter doesn't generate very much in the way of clouds sometimes it does this always full of dust and sand that's still the case suit in asia and further west the temperature in banjul is still on the high side surtees 8 is rather more than it should be.

i was raised in france. these are my grandparents. these are my parents and this is meaning. by them both isis and the us of. the 1st of a 2 part epic tale of a remarkable simony. the father the son and the jihad part one on al-jazeera. the latest news as it breaks the syrian army seems determined to defeat the rebels and continue its advance to was the city of idlib that's a red line for turkey with detailed coverage the national policy defense of wild elephants is yet to be fully implemented 14 years after it was introduced from around the world well this fight will be completely transformed over the next 6 years this will be the northern terminus for phase one of the project.

the e.u. . you're watching news hour on al-jazeera with me for a reminder of our top stories syrian state media say turkey has shot down 2 government warplanes near the pilots are safe it happened shortly after turkey announced it launched a military operation in northwestern syria greece's prime minister has called a meeting of the national security council as thousands of refugees and migrants gather at his land border with turkey this comes after president said he would not stop people from going into europe and iran has reported another surge in coronavirus cases in nearly

a dozen more deaths 978 cases and 54 fatalities have been confirmed since the virus was 1st reported just over a week ago iran now has the highest death toll outside of mainland china. in the united states joe biden has won the south carolina democratic primary securing almost half the votes with bernie sanders coming a distant 2nd with about 20 percent biden's victory may give him the momentum he needs going into super tuesday when people in 14 states head to the polls and gallagher reports from the state capital columbia. to say this is a boost for the biden come pain would be an understatement this is the 1st a truly diverse state in these primaries so far member we had new hampshire we had iowa we had nevada here we have a large african-american population as spamming copulation this has given joe biden the legitimacy and the momentum he needs going into super tuesday

a lot of moderate people in the democratic party have been looking for a moderate candidate to take on bernie sanders they may have just found him and joe biden because his lead was getting eaten into steadily as we were running up to this primary bernie sanders was making traction with young black men on eels tom steyer was spending a fortune and some of the polls how bernie sanders within the margin of error but the polls close at 7 o'clock tonight within minutes they were declaring joe biden as the winner of the south carolina primary so this is more than just a boost this is given joe biden the energy needs it's given its supporters the energy they need and all those people who will vote on super tuesday 14 states on american samoa will dish out almost a 3rd of all the delegates is a potentially game changing day in politics and biden now is looking way way stronger than he has in the past. now more than $1300.00 delegates up for grabs on

super tuesday 30 percent of those are in california a big win that could put a candidate in prime position to win the democratic party's nomination rob reynolds reports from los angeles. and that is university students on the march for bernie sanders in los angeles showing the enthusiasm many young people have for the vermont senator as a woman who is black who is hispanic who is really where i believe he is the only candidate that truly looks out for here in the biggest most diverse state in the us. let tito voters are a crucial voting bloc i feel like he's the only candidate who has other american countries in mind nearly 30 percent of the state's eligible voters are latein 0 and the vast majority vote democratic absolutely latinos have the power to shape outcomes but none of the candidates can afford to take let tino votes for granted direct contact is key to hock and door knock and outreach to the latino electorate

that's important for a place like california it's a huge robust state but you still have to be here polls show sanders leading by a wide margin in california followed by elizabeth warren with joe biden a distant 3rd the senator's campaign would like to repeat its winning formula from nevada last month it put together a coalition of liberal whites young people and latinos polls show 3 quarters of registered let's you know voters are ready and eager to vote in the primary with its multiple large urban areas california is an expensive place to campaign multiple high dollar media markets right and it's a big state right so you've got to think about barry got san diego in l.a. are separate markets so you're talking about a lot of media spending billionaire michael bloomberg saturated california airwaves with ads but he has little to show for it he's only polling in the single digits.

early voting is been underway in parts of california for more than a week a big win in the west would not give sanders all the 1891 delegates he need to win on the 1st ballot at the democratic convention in july but it could provide him with a lead that the other candidates might find almost impossible to surmount robert oulds al-jazeera los angeles. now biden's win in south carolina was a notch want to support among black voters the role of america's jewish community not take center stage at a major conference in washington d.c. it's an event where many high profile politicians have sought support but senator bernie sanders who is jewish says he won't attend political hay and has our report . every year at the american israel public affairs committee for apec who so huge conference in the nation's capital almost $20000.00 people in the audience

a highly polished production on stage the focus always the speakers many of whom are washington's most powerful politicians and both democratic and republican they show up and it shows a pac is a political force and there will be powerful democrats there with one notable exception i am very proud to be jewish and look forward to being the 1st jewish president this. democratic presidential front runner senator bernie sanders is not only refusing to go he's slamming the organization on twitter writing i remain concerned about the platform apac provides for leaders who express bigotry and oppose basic palestinian rights apec responded tweeting back in part that it was quote in a raid just comment about what they labeled a mainstream bipartisan event but american university professor guise of believe support for israel in the us is becoming a partisan issue and it and yahoo has

a big role to play here because he in 2012 invited mitt romney during the presidential election to israel and hosted him as a way to endorse him over obama a few years later in 2015 in march the same guy who comes here and delivers that speech to a joint session of congress in which he tried to. scuttle the iran nuclear deal which was the president's signature foreign policy achievement and to some it seems even more so now given the close ties between the current republican president donald trump and prime minister benjamin netanyahu. the divide was on full display with this television ad bernie's a great guy but he just can't run by a group of prominent democratic. porters of israel openly campaigning against sanders who could become the 1st jewish nominee for a major party the at stuff when he became the front runner and it's who he appeals

to that could be the greatest concern over the long term he's garner in the most support among young people who are well aware of this issue and his concerns although needing epstein editor in chief of moment magazine a publication focused on american jews he says that fear of turning young people could be overblown i see a lot of young people are very it's in war and then don't forget there are a lot of conservative young people and i see a lot of people talking about young people talking about clothes i see them talking about bloomberg most analysts say over the long term if a pac is going to keep the kind of influence it needs to have bipartisan support trying to strike a balance this year with elections looming in both countries will be more of a challenge than ever before political al-jazeera washington. now on monday people in israel head to the polls for the 3rd time in less than a year to vote in a general election that had a caretaker government since april and some fear the poll will end in another inconclusive result from mr benjamin netanyahu is again facing his main rival benny

gantz harry foster has more from my service member so i think most israelis just want this ongoing grinding electoral might to finally come to some kind of conclusion that has been interesting in the last week or so we've seen benjamin netanyahu for the 1st time in a while his likud party taking even a narrow lead in the opinion polls but still those polls not showing enough of a decisive margin either way to get to the magic number in the israeli parliament the knesset 61 required seats required to form a coalition government i'm joined by a bit a client list. michel barak mitchell where are we in the political horse race at the moment any prospect that netanyahu might get over the line this time. well there's a saying in a row we've been in this movie before and we've actually been in this movie twice before in a year so you know it's not clear what is interesting about this election as opposed to the last 2 is right before the election netanyahu looks like he's

leading which may not be the best place for him he likes to scare people that he's going to lose he's losing the election if they don't get out and vote now there have a different tactic because they seem to be leading in the polls that they have some momentum going and now they're fighting for people that either will stay home because they think his victory is assured or they'll vote for one of the smaller parties on the block because they believe he's he's going to be the prime minister or he has the best chance anyway. they've been protesting guinea's capital conakry following president. to postpone a vote on changing the constitution the move would extend presidential term limits and could allow. this was supposed to be a day of voting instead it's another day of fighting and get his capital security forces in downtown could agree fired tear gas at protesters who responded with rocks president called his address to the nation failed to quell their anger over

a move that could keep him in power on national television get he's president announced a delay in local elections and a referendum on a change to the constitution it would allow the 81 year old to run for another term and potentially be in power until the age of $92.00 love him you don't want to nevermind those who think it's a said bank in the future will show that we will come out of this stronger the people of guinea will freely express their choice to referendum and freely choose their members of parliament the vote was counseled after the bloc of west african nations and an organization of french speaking government refused to send observers citing 2400000 irregular entries in the electoral roll in addition many people had not received their voter cards the opposition accuse the government of electoral fraud and then called for boycotts. we are open to dialogue so that we can discuss our differences this crisis is not our choice our choice would have been that laws were respected and the rule of law was applied but this is not the case.

since alpha condé announced his plans to change the constitution and stay in power human rights organizations say hundreds have been arrested and at least 30 protesters have died in clashes with security forces most are ethnic for lonnie's they make of the majority of guinea and but never has a full only been elected to power many of them feel unrepresented in politics when you have the dimensional in politics you do that. it's crucial in the political process you increase the tension because no you make card off your population feeling like they are completely excluded from the management of the country on the for the political process. the postponed vote is now expected to be held in 2 weeks and while the opposition is preparing more protest allies of condé resigning among them ministers and senior members of the armed forces the president is increasingly isolated and it seems unable to bring back stability to his country nicholas hawke

al-jazeera. donald trump's trip to india a few days ago included sightseeing at the taj mahal in the u.s. president was cheered by $100000.00 indians in the world's biggest cricket stadium but he didn't meet some of the millions of indians trying to survive on the streets nationwide many of them children tony burke the reports from the capital new delhi . it's not as picturesque as the famous taj mahal but this has become one of the images synonymous with india and not one that donald trump has taken to see these people are among the growing numbers of india's homeless aid agencies estimate that 3000000 people are living on the streets throughout the country 200000 of them in the capital delhi there is a world of poverty exploitation and abuse and india has the highest number of street children in the world places where to go and difficult for them like.

particularly for children living in the truth situation here found that many of them have. exposure to a hollow that will have impact on them for life thing. by the time donald trump was 8 years old he was worth a $1000000.00 most of these children around the same age some don't even own a pair of shoes but they have hopes i want to be a policeman so bigger is better but. i want to be a doctor and buy a house maybe a car that's unlikely to happen without support they and their family survive by begging or working menial jobs. you know what when i think of the future i just want my daughter to grow up for her to be educated and one day that she will have her own home that's all in some respects at least life for children in india is improving infant mortality rates for example have been drastically cut in the last 10 years but in terms of education it's not so good and estimated 80000000 children

don't go to school that education is important to ending the cycle of poverty this is a free school set. under a busy delhi fly over by volunteer teachers it's aimed at helping kids of poor families with the new york people who are not educated are treated like animals by society but with education they learn about their rights and they can use them to benefit their lives. it's a small chance but better than nothing the sister's home is a shack without water and electricity their parents work menial jobs they see the school as a way to a better world. i want to be a doctor when i grow up so i can help people i want to help my parents and sisters 300 children attend the school under the bridge most don't know about president donald trump the indian prime minister narendra modi said it is his dream that everyone in india will have a home by 2022 that seems impossible on the streets of new delhi the dreams are more basic again is 9 years old she's lived on the streets most of her life and all

she wants if she had money she says is to buy food the gal that. india has just spent $3000000000.00 on u.s. military helicopters it is a nuclear power with an expensive program for space exploration but many here say it is not yet been able to find a way to take care of its poor and helpless tony berkeley al-jazeera delhi. arsenal head in sport horsepower on. a new winter sport taking hold in canada. al-jazeera goods beneath the waves with a team of women determined to save the job things we all share the same responsibility needed something to rebut that amazing at him using a variety of scientific techniques to study the behavior we can monitor them for it

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now malaysia's former prime minister is demanding parliament meets to challenge his successes neither ship scene was sown in his prime minister less than a week after martir mohammad resigned and then tried and failed to form a new unity government here says yassin his appointment is a legal victory gate to be reports. a changing of the guard in malaysia that critics are calling the death of democracy where dean yassin swearing in his prime minister capping it was weak in the country's politics the king announcement dean's appointment on saturday in a move that sidelined formally. whose ruling coalition collapsed last week man had to resign this premier after his bizarre tea party which is led by me signaled it could work with the united malays national organization. that party government for

more than 60 years until it was forced from power by my height is coalition in 2018 . is the party of disgraced former leader. who's on trial for corruption accused of looting millions of dollars from the state fund one m.v.p. . was kicked out of no in 2015 but it rallied behind him this week he was sacked for raising the issues of corruption. but now in a sort of wrangling that's happened in the last week or so in malaysia he's joined forces with the same person in the same party that he was sacked from and issues he stood up for the report now he seems to be making alliances with many believe the latest crisis was also part of a tussle for power between him and his long time rival abraham analysts say the coalition was torn apart by infighting over who should succeed who at 94 was the world's oldest premiers on earlier on saturday and said he'd back man had his

return to power but now neither man is leader and the recalls for protests might hear boycotted the swearing in ceremony and is determined to fight back saying he has more support to lead victoria al-jazeera. for you thank you very much there is just 145 days to go now until tokyo hosts the olympic games but the city was forced to hold a scale bell marathon on sunday because of coronavirus fears. i $38000.00 runners were expected but the race was limited to around $200.00 eat athletes fans were also discouraged from lining the route in japan's capital as part of a government crackdown on large cultural and sporting gatherings but 22 of the organizers and the i.o.c. insist better as things stand the olympics will go ahead as planned in july and august he theo appears guess it won the men's race for the 2nd straight year.

but runners in paris flouted the rules by competing in the cancelled after marathon on sunday french authorities have banned the gatherings of more than 5000 people but some of the 44000 who were registered to race still showed up coronavirus has also seen thailand cancel all football games in march and 5 games in italy said they are have been postponed this weekend mainly in the north of the country the same precautions are not being applied in the self where fans who were in the stands for napoli's game against torino napoli want to want to boost their chances of making the champions league but coach general gattuso is not agree with the way football officials are dealing with the virus i wanted to do the spirit of the lead the liberal story 1st of all i want to pay my respects to all of victims and all the people suffering this huge problem which came about a month ago but i disagree with postponing some syria matches either you play all the matches or you hope the league delaying matches for

a month or 2 means that the match will be totally different. now for some bizarre scenes in a german bundesliga game where players stopped playing competitively for the last 30 minutes leaders by 6 no hoffenheim when the referee stopped the game because some biron fans unveiled an offensive banner aimed at hoffenheim billionaire owner . he's been targeted by fans around germany who are unhappy he's bankrolling hoffenheim when most clubs are not allowed a private majority stakeholder binds players and coach angrily protested with the fans to put the banner away and win the match did resume both teams decided to run down the clock passing the ball between themselves to show solidarity with hop. from brian's point of view i am deeply ashamed of this chaos the moment has come when that put this league at the football association and the league have to take joint action against these chaotic friends what happened there in the stands is not

to be excused that is the ugly face of fire munich. earlier we spoke to german football journalist chris williams he said questions are being asked as to why this game was stopped but not others earlier in the season. it's quite strange situation because earlier on in february of 2 instances of racism jordan syringa over at the berlin was racially abused people cow cooked game nothing was done the game wasn't stopped for that and then only 2 weeks ago we had an instance in the 3rd tier in dry league where a player was racially abused from the stand the game wasn't stopped so we have this really strange situation now where a game has been stopped for a process against the billionaire where hasn't really happened 1st more serious social issues of racism and i think that's where the main criticism of stop in the game comes from yesterday it's not to do. with the way the protestors handled you know but the slogans that were held aloft are quite personal quite

a family tree nobody really wants to see that but it's the fact that on the social issues of seem to be getting away with it and there is a feeling of inconsistency in overreaction in some courts in germany this morning rafael nadal has kept up the pressure on world number one novak djokovic with a victory in mexico just hours after jockey bitch secured the title when in dubai the bell was celebrating a 3rd trophy in acapulco beating american taylor for its world number 2 did not drop a set all tournament it's not a 1st tournament win of 2020 and came with the trophy of a golden pay it also means he has now won at least $1.00 title every season on tour for the last 17 years now through one of the wildest winter sports you've possibly never heard of the ski joining which means ski driving in norwegian was once a popular mode of travel in scandinavia it's now gaining popularity in north america where they've given it a new adrenaline fueled twist welch's eras david mercer has more.

it's billed as one of the fastest sports on snow with horses pulling skiers and snowboarders around the course at speeds of up to 65 kilometers per hour ski. boring started in scandinavia combining cross-country skiing and dog sledding but here in western canada home to cowboys and trick skiers it's all about the horse power and getting big air it's just about gotten glory in going faster than having a good horse but you can ride into battle and then having a good gear but you don't have to look back you can kick your arse and go and they better do their job to ski tour canada started in 2017 since then competitions have drawn medal skiers trick riders and championship cowboys and cowgirls riders and sliders to test their skills in events such as circuits sprints relays and the long jump winners take home a few $1000.00 but nobody takes the competition too seriously we're hoping for the

best of times we're hoping to happen i would drop that we built and rip down the whole strip in front of all those people and hopefully not die joran has come a long way from its roots in scandinavia and organizers here say that it's now the fastest growing winter sport in north america and with more events like this happening every year and had a united states they say it's sure to keep growing what started as a private event for a dozen people 4 years ago now attracts more than 150 competitors from across canada and the u.s. one of the crowd favorites came from much further afield 'd we have our 1st ever irish team competing at this year's skid your dear abby don't have snow in arlon so they've been practicing using garbage bags and mud so this was the 1st time they were on snow today and they actually did very very well. many of the 4000 spectators came out to cheer on family and friends others were attracted by the

1000 eighty's fur and lycra fashion theme and then there were those who were curious to see how to very different sports could be brought together i think it's very unique i know and also i hear that these 11 you go into it and they say when users can they are in bed. it's all we wanted to come and see disappearing together and maybe troy next year and i can have a little cry skeeter canada is a need to create a national championship in the years to come blending together mountain culture with the cowboy lifestyle in an exhilarating sport that's hard to forget david mercer al-jazeera in millersville canada. ok i'll be here again in the 800 g.m.t. oh with another sports news updates following q thank you very much peter that's it for this news hour on al-jazeera but do stay with us plenty more world news coming up we'll have the latest on the escalating tensions between turkey and syria with a live report from. back in a moment. in

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outspoken councilwoman. until she was assassinated. people investigates the killing of a vocal critic of brazil's security forces and the legacy of empowerment she left behind the. trouble began at the end of the country's civil war when most people started returning home from refugee camps. and killed during a demonstration in 2007. right here in the middle of the street as a sign of resistance to the mining companies and government are setting your. displacement between the communities the mining companies and the government has now escalated to west africa regional. the community has taken its case before west

africa region because they say the people have little for use in the justice system . down to syrian fighter jets says it stepped up its campaign to push back government forces. play watching al-jazeera live from doha with me fully back he will also ahead. a gas and tension at the border with the europe as refugees and migrants try to fight their way out. a potential stumbling block to peace in afghanistan president ashraf ghani says he won't release prisoners as a precondition to talks with the taliban.