al-jazeera. where every. al jazeera. you're watching the news hour live from headquarters and. coming up in the next 60 minutes. issues a warning to turkey after its military shot down 2 syrian fighter jets near it the . tear gas and tensions on the turkey greece border as hundreds of migrants attempt to cross into europe. the man picked to lead the iraqi government would draw as his

candidacy deepening a political crisis sparked by months of mass protests researchers warn corona virus may have been circulating undetected in washington state where the disease has claimed the 1st u.s. death and a major setback just the day after the us taliban deal was signed the afghan president refuses to commit to a prisoner swap. hello russia says it cannot guarantee the safety of turkish planes flying over syria the defense ministry issued the warning after the turkish military shot down 2 syrian fighter jets near it also targeted in airports and syrian government soldiers following the death of 34 turkish soldiers on thursday. begins our coverage a report some has high on the turkey syria border. turkish syrian fighter

jets faced off. in the skies above. with 2 syrian warplanes. the confrontation marked u.s. kelly said in the conflict between syria. turkey's defense minister. troops will retaliate against it if the. also announced operation spring shilled and your campaign aimed at pushing syrian government troops out of the so-called buffer zone near the border. we do not aim to face off with russia our only aim is to stop syrian regime's most ekers radical groups the displacement of civilians. turkey has stepped up its military campaign in italy province in response to the deaths of 34 soldiers the strikes on thursday. funeral processions in turkey for the dead soldiers have turned into rallies calling for

revenge in rebel held it live people took to the streets showing support for turkey's bitter campaign in northwestern syria in recent fighting in southern it providence turkey backed rebel groups recaptured villages they lost a few weeks ago including. further south syrian government forces have launched an offensive to capture asuna main the city was a major opposition stronghold but into a $1017.00 russia brokered a deal that allowed the syrian government to administer the city and the rebels to withdraw the heavy weapons that deal didn't last and syrian troops are determined to control the city this time by the rebels hung on operation spring shield is turkey's for cross border campaign in northern syria and there are fears this could

turn into a wider confrontation but there are also hopes that russia and turkey will eventually set aside their differences and implement a cease fire in italy province. how tight. well thousands of refugees and migrants many who fled the fighting in syria are continuing to gather at turkey's land border with greece the surge in number as follows turkey's the says and to open its borders to europe johnson reports in the greek island the flesh posts where he says the increase in a rival's a political tension. this boatload of asylum seekers came ashore on the island of lesbos on sunday police stopped us from interviewing them on camera but this congolese man told me turkish people smugglers promised him and his wife a free ride while they were in church for sunday service this man from sierra leone says he was walking on the beach as the boat was being prepared he was told to jump

in for free as well it's unclear if someone is paying the smugglers to do that on the island north shore a boatload of afghans paid $500.00 each to get out of turkey their deals with smugglers had been struck weeks before turkey's president the chapter you put on ordered the opening of borders with neighboring belgariad and greece both members of the european union what did the agents say to you. this was the 1st day of significant arrivals since turkey opened its borders towards europe they want enough to create a logistical problem for the greek with origins but they were enough to make many of the people of lesbos anxious that they may once again face the sort of uncontrolled refugee flows experienced in 2015 and this time refugees would have nowhere else to go the arrival of a dinghy filled with refugees at the small fishing harbor affair to me led to

a blockade as local residents prevented them from disembarking the coast guard brought the dinghy here after its engine failed t.v. cameras were unwelcome and some of the scene had to be filmed at a distance police were unable to register other arrivals. morea camp the largest in greece it too was blockaded by angry islanders who've seen its population growth 4 fold to over 20000 since the new democracy government was elected last year if. people believe the government didn't necked quickly over 7 months there wasn't any increase in air quality of life trust has been lost in the island is turning into a giant hotspot but other viewpoints were also on display this group protested at coast guard headquarters calling for refugees to be showed more humanity and greater support a stark reminder that migration is a defining political issue not just here but throughout europe jumpstart openness al-jazeera lesbos let's face it he's

a human rights attorney he's also an advocacy manager at the syrian campaign that's a group that campaigns for free and peaceful syria he's joining us from irvine california thanks for your time with us on the al-jazeera news hour so what do you think happens to those refugees now who are stuck on the greek turkish border and effectively in no man's land. i mean the situation is absolutely heartbreaking we're seeing people who are fleeing some of the worst violence of our lifetimes in syria and other countries as well arriving in greece to borders that are close to tear gas and to more violence the borders should be opened to these refugees but more importantly people need to remember that these people don't want to be refugees they're fleeing in the case of syria state sponsored violence war planes bombing them in their homes in their hospitals and the e.u.

has sat by and watched this for months and months unfold as more and more syrians 1000000 syrians displaced from their homes in the past 2 months no emergency meetings were called by the e.u. when a 1000000 syrians were displaced from their homes inside syria but when a few 100 syrians showed up on the borders of the e.u. it became a crisis and emergency meetings are being called and that's just not how humanitarian principles and more ality and humanity should function by opening its borders a turkey that is by turkey opening its borders for refugees to cross into europe or do you think turkey's calculation is here i mean i think it's pretty obvious what's happening here turkey has 3 and a half 1000000 refugees it is the largest sponsor and host of syrian refugees in the world and. turkey wants these refugees who want to go to europe to be able

to have the freedom to do so and furthermore the e.u. is not supporting turkey in syria where it is now trying to keep a 1000000 people who have this been displaced just in the past couple months a total of 3000000 people and it led turkey has its forces on the ground trying to keep those people see if and turkey just can't take more of fiji's into turkey is an unfortunate reality now what we're seeing that greece has closed its borders and is not allowing these people to flee to safety what sort of protection can they get in the immediate future because we're seeing countries like greece that are simply not respecting the refugees rights to seek asylum at this point so what can be done next then from what you've been hearing on the ground perhaps what for

a new sponsor do well it's unclear what greek authorities are planning to do it's obvious that the e.u. does not want more refugees but syrians again don't want to be refugees they want to stay in their homes in syria they want to for those who are already in turkey they want to be able to go back to their homes in syria but that's not possible as long as the russian government as long as the assad regime continue to bomb them indiscriminately in their homes what is needed is for the e.u. nato the united states to support turkish efforts to create a safe zone in northwest syria where syrians can be safe and to start the process for a political solution that will allow the millions of refugees both in turkey in lebanon and in europe to go back to their homes and that is not an impossibility turkey has shown us today that it has. increased the costs to the assad regime by

protecting civilians there and as long as the international community can support turkey in this and can push towards a cease fire we might be able to see a day where no refugees are fleeing to europe and instead refugees are going back to their homes inside syria i cannot thank you very much for a 2nd through us from california on. plenty more head on the. afraid to return home. refugees are stuck in camps in bangladesh 3 years on from the military crackdown we look at the impact coronavirus has had on church attendance and. virus restrictions on people arriving in the country from peter.

the 1st iraq's prime minister designate has withdrawn his candidacy a month after his appointment political crisis sparked by months of mass protests calling for a political overhaul. we made the announcement in a video posted online saying politicians are obstructing his efforts to form a government. failed for the 2nd time in a week to prove his cabinets. rejected him saying he's part of the same corrupt class they're rallying against earlier one person was killed in 24 other protests in baghdad denouncing. security forces fired. more than 500 people have been killed in a protest in iraq since october. 2 rockets have hit the green zone in the iraqi capital that's where the u.s. embassy and government offices are located no one was injured in that attack

that speaks to face. the director of the center for the study of the middle east that indiana university is also a former iraqi ambassador to the united nations joining us from bloomington that's in indiana over in the u.s. thanks very much for your time with us on the news hour now that iraq's prime minister. does this now deep in the political crisis in iraq. yes absolutely. after he failed to obtain the confidence of parliament it was a new cabinet it now fulls to the president to designate whomever he chooses freely who whoever he thinks can. form a government he's no longer bound by a candidate of the largest bloc but clearly we are at a deep deep impasse and have been since the last election that impasse has just

gotten much deeper although i think part of it is is certainly the prime minister designate falls he really dominated a list of candidates for cabinet positions many of whom were not qualified and for any prime minister that takes up the post next won't he be facing the same challenges as well. we did say that certain politician has politicians have placed obstacles in his way in forming a new cabinet so what are the challenges ahead for any prime minister that comes into that position. well the single most important thing for for whomever the president designates next is the ability to obtain the confidence of parliament going to an outsider. is always a difficult task because the outsider has no base of votes in parliament to begin

with so that will continue to be a problem in my view the next government should be tasked by the president to accomplish essentially one task and that is to oversee the production of a full set of laws having to do with early elections just such a date for early elections this calendar year and to get the country to early elections in the hope that the electorate will. break the gordian knot of the impasse we're in now if it does what a lot we tried to do which is to form a comprehensive sort of set of agendas which look like a matter of taking years to fulfill the next prime minister will have the same problem the next prime minister designate will have the same problem and obviously it's very late in iraq right now and i know you're joining us from the united states but let me ask you this how do you think demonstrators are going to react to

this news that he has withdrawn his candidacy and what happens to the protest movements going forward. i think this energizes the protest movement to my knowledge this is the 1st time since the of stablish that of the state of iraq. 922 to my knowledge this is the 1st time that a prime minister designate has failed to form a government. the protesters rejected him upon his kind it is not a nation by the president and i think the protesters will be energized by this whatever the reasons are for his failure whether he is right that the parliamentary parties were obstacles or not i think this energizes the demonstrators and they will continue to demonstrate for better governance in iraq right. now we thank you very much for speaking to us from bloomington thank you my pleasure thank you know that corona virus may have been spreading across the u.s.

state of washington for weeks that's according to government researchers a day off to the 1st official death from the virus was reported to more cases have been confirmed bringing the total there to 8 and research suggests some of the cases are linked through community transmission that means hundreds more could be infected more than 60 people have been diagnosed nationwide including new cases in illinois as well as rhode island well the u.s. vice president mike pence made assurances earlier that the majority of those infected will recover. well there will be more cases there's no question but it's not my confidence it is the confidence of all of our health experts who are widely regarded as the best in the world. that it's important that people in this country understand that while there are 46 americans that we brought home from china. and $22.00 americans now sadly with one loss of life that the vast majority

of those people in the vast majority of any american that would contract a coronavirus that will will be treated now the u.s. government says that it's investigating complaints health workers were not given proper training before receiving american passengers evacuated from a cruise ship in japan but the health and human services department says none of the staff who had contact with the evacuees are infected about 300 u.s. citizens on board the diamond princess were flown home 2 weeks ago nearly 700 cases were confirmed on that ship making it one of the largest clusters of infections outside off china let's bring in jordan for an update from washington so what's the latest on the case. well what we're looking at is $73.00 cases that have been confirmed in the united states as you noted 8 of those cases are in washington state as well as the cases in rhode island massachusetts and illinois

now while it appears that the latest 2 cases announced in washington state were among people with preexisting health conditions who had not recently travelled it appears at least at 1st glance that the other cases in the eastern part of the united states were contracted by people who had recently traveled to europe and so certainly there is a growing concern that these people may have inadvertently infected other people but the message coming from the trumpet ministration is that people should not be panicking but as you might expect daryn there are many many questions about just how many more cases of this corona virus could develop here in the united states and we heard mike pence speaking earlier on but one more is the government saying or doing to calm things down. well not just of the vice president but also the

secretary of the department of health and human services alex as are were on the sunday morning public affairs shows as you said trying to reassure the american public about the spread of this virus while the one message was that people should not be buying face masks because they're only useful if people have a suspected case of the virus and that it's more important for health care workers to have access to these masks and to gloves into other protective gear what is our in particular made note of was that the government is trying to approach this from what he called a whole of government approach trying to get as many federal agencies that might be able to help diagnose and prevent the spread of the of the disease involved as quickly as possible is are also noted that the government is trying to speed up the availability of tests in order to diagnose people who might have come down with

this particular virus but whether 75000 test kits will be enough in a country of 330000000 people certainly there's a lot more work that needs to be done yeah ok rosen thank you for that update from washington. but 1st let's just tell you about the breaking news we're getting out of the u.s. some reports are coming in that people who judge is suspending his campaign for the democratic presidential nomination the former mayor of south bend indiana narrowly defeated bernie sanders in the iowa caucuses and finished a strong 2nd in new hampshire but then he really struggled in states with large minority populations finishing poorly in nevada and south carolina so once again we are hearing that he will be suspending his campaign for the democratic presidential nomination. and back to corona virus now and iran is reporting another surge in 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. i mean what are the pillars you dish 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 are at the new 385 cases unfortunately 11 people have lost their lives now the total number of deaths from covert 19 in the country stands at 54 same bus ravi isn't around and he says the outbreak is having a major impact on daily life and the economy. stores shops cafes restaurants all around the city wherever you go you can see signs posted on windows of closed closed businesses saying that they are closed indefinitely due to the coronavirus and those few restaurants that do remain open some businesses have to remain open and the on the tables at all of these restaurants you'll find

a bottle of hand sanitizer sitting right next to ketchup bottles so that's really when i say new normal that's sort of how it's playing out in everyone's daily lives this is a city of around 10 to 15000000 people 20000000 by some estimates and really the traffic on the streets has almost completely died down you don't see the same level of people movement that you would on any sort of a sort of normal business day a lot of people who aren't out and about you know the streets are empty schools are closed businesses are closed many people are communicating how they're experiencing this virus on social media you see people posting videos of medics burying those that have died instead of family members to avoid any further risk of contracting the disease hospital workers are trying to keep their spirits up by dancing but they do take it seriously they're also talking about how short staffed and short handed they are in terms of supplies to deal with this and people are also sharing

clips of people collapsing on the street unable to breathe the young and the elderly the most likely to succumb to these problems but it has to be said the coronavirus is also exacerbated by the fact that we're seeing more and more pollution that ron is one of the most polluted kind of cities in the world 'd and that is certainly having an effect on people susceptible to the disease. the husband of a british. espionage charges believes that his wife has contract coronavirus richard radcliff said that evin prison in iran refused to test. cliff despite her developing a quote strange cold that has. now the british foreign office has called on the government to allow health officials into the prison immediately and richard ratcliffe is calling on the british government. to protect his wife. still that body aches all over a cough temperature the. series of sort of you know gross fatigue that we have to

do anything now at the beginning 1st couple days that that felt like a cold but as more and more reports of come of people contracting coronavirus around but also inside the prison people being taken off to hospital reports of one prisoner dying. and the fact that the prison isn't testing refusing to test if you go to the clue that run out of medicines apart from they had some aspirin they'd also run out of cleaning materials so last week there was no disinfectant there was no. sanitizer for their hands there was no nothing apart from washing up liquid to clean so we were getting really quite panicky when the person was refusing to test and also not letting new prisoners come in so no new admissions and and then now it's been said listen if you can prevent a clean bill of health we'll send you home on temporary release so this clearly something going on and given that she's got all the symptoms of coronavirus that i was really clear listen going is

a test it will be tried on friday which i don't sass to and then i've been pushing the british government said listen you have to be pushing to get a test of because you know it's one thing to be sitting there she's just but you know if if in the middle of all that's going on you can't just leave these people in harm's way anything that happens to her is a formally an injury to the british state it's a really big statist of vote. and that they've let someone in that status be sitting in the bit of an epidemic with with no ability to clean itself properly or disinfect it it's just there's no bleach in it and so so the point i wanted to make really bluntly to the government is you have to be really clear with iran other it is that it is not acceptable that nasa and the other british or any of the other foreigners that are being held held on spirits charges they have to be kept safe. the u.s. secretary of state my pompei o. is expressing hope intra afghan talks will begin in the coming days his comments follows the u.s. taliban deal signed in doha on saturday ended ending america's longest running war the agreement set out the conditions that set out the space but no this deal

doesn't depend upon trusting anyone it has a deep complex well thought out multi month negotiated verification complex and mechanism by which we can observe and hold every member of the agreement accountable who will do that it's not about trust it's about what happens on the ground not only yesterday which was an important day but in the days that follow but afghanistan's president has cast doubt on the upcoming power sharing talks ashraf ghani says the government did not commit to releasing $5000.00 taliban prisoners and insists that it cannot be a precondition for talks with the group and prisoner swap was part of the accord signed in qatar on saturday it's meant to pave the way for a long lasting peace and the withdrawal of all american and nato troops from afghanistan there are about 10000 taliban prisoners being held in afghanistan the group says some of them aren't actually combatants. in kabul with more on what

president president had to say. in less than 24 hours president. praising the agreement 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 prison. part of that agreement about 5000 taliban held in afghan jails versus a 1000 afghan taliban jails well president 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 goodwill because the afghan nation must be assured that whoever is going to be released will not stand against it. 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 them decide what. so these are words that would not bode well with the white house would not 1 bode well with the u.s. . 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. our. preparation for the 3rd general election in 11 months in sport these cyclists who came out of 34 hours of isolation as a coronavirus precaution to win world championship gold. more.

and though the threat of flooding is back in the full call circle southern sections of the united states is being fairly clear the last couple of days and you can see plenty of clouds up into the pacific northwest and sweeping really through the central areas of canada but it's down tools a south this is what we're going to see developing as we go through monday heavy amounts of rainfall in a very saturated ground this actual line of rain is moving fairly swiftly pushing up into the eastern seaboard and so taking a lot of the rain with it it's a very warm day as well monday and washington d.c. 17 degrees celsius more of that snow with some rain pushing in the signal to west and also and of that cool out across into southern areas of california but just as you think that system as kid away off the eastern side all the united states we have got more rain developing on the south and this time it really doesn't move and

we could again how some flooding particular crawls into west and central texas even some snow flows likely into will southern areas of new mexico plenty of scottish across his pano years while for the next couple of days rather heavy along these coastal areas to the north of haiti the dominican republic meanwhile we've got one or 2 more showers crunchy carrying away from the honduras but really just lingering for the next few days as indeed will those rains across something to santo domingo and then we've got a better picture generally into southern mexico and warm mexico city at 26. struggles full of pleasure rick warren goes on very well done with. this is yeah and with. our bomb threat or an intimate look at life in cuba before us on the course i came upon me when i

came out of the sort of on the go i'm making my cuba this time on al-jazeera. the latest news as it brings the syrian. rebels and continue. and so was the city of red lips that's a red line for turkey with details 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 of phase one of the project. you're absolutely.

top stories on the al jazeera news hour russia has said it cannot guarantee safety of turkish planes flying over syria hours after damascus said it was shutting down airspace over. the developments came after. syrian fighter jets on sunday's violence escalates between the 2 countries. iraq's prime minister says with drawn from the top job after failing to gain parliamentary approval. we accuse politicians of obstructing this efforts to form a government. there are reports of a us media suspending his campaign for the democratic presidential nomination former mayor of south bend indiana narrowly defeated bernie sanders in iowa and friend a strong 2nd in new hampshire but he struggled in states with large minority populations finishing poorly in nevada and south carolina. australia and thailand have reported their 1st deaths from corona virus it's 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 a reported 573 infections the highest figure in a week but health authorities insist they're getting on top of the outbreak katrina you reports from beijing another patient is discharged from the hospital. in east china. for the 1st time china's government says the number of patients cured of the new coronavirus supposed to be treated. john wachter huge we have 52 point one percent of the virus cases have been cured this signals a good trend nationally millions of workers are returning to work to get the world's 2nd biggest economy moving again but a travel lockdown remains and her great province the epicenter of the crisis around 37000 there are sick 7000 of them seriously ill at least 25 medics have

died of the virus oh well then 70 countries and territories have imposed travel or sections on south korea where around 3700 people are infected in the hardest hit city of daegu hospital beds are at schultz apply an increasing number of cases a link to the shin georgie religious sect health service administrators are investigating the branch of the church based in the chinese city of war on. and on christian uncles the size of the group is not that big but there are some cases where we believe people visited one han in january in japan baseball teams played to empty stadiums many sports gatherings have been spurred or canceled raising fears that the coronavirus could do you rail the tokyo olympics due to start in july around 900 cases have been confirmed in japan most from the diamond princess cruise ship. with corona virus cases around the world steadily rising chinese

leaders are turning their attention to threats from a broad chinese government hasn't travel restrictions on any country but officials say they're ready to rip patry chinese citizens from any affected by the outbreak if necessary katrina. banking. fair as a folk around a virus spread have had a dramatic impact on church attendance in the philippines home to the largest roman catholic community in asia want to be lower ports from manila. no touching no contact. in sunday best services all over the philippines asia's only predominantly roman catholic country common practices such as holding hands while singing in prayer or offering one cheek to another as a sign of peace are discouraged because of the coronavirus risk it's a big saying for us because here in the philippines and people who congregate to

get there in our daily just have basis and i let the people come together especially during this time a blend all over asia governments are increasingly limiting gatherings of large crowds in some places school circus host public events cancelled in south korea where the corona virus outbreak is suspected to have originated in a religious meeting. catholic church has suspended sunday services for the 1st time in more than 200 years on the korean peninsula. that isn't necessary yet in the philippines c'est catholic leadership but and keep you are no longer a rear sight in some churches. this church in manila chinatown is usually full on sundays people sometimes have eaten standing right by the entrance to it but for weeks now many churchgoers in this community have not been attending mass as

a precaution against a growing a virus outbreak. those who opt not to go to church however are finding other ways to fulfill their spiritual needs are the foothold now watch this sunday worship online stead of going to church. a lot of people would say oh yeah you're getting sick just pray about it right but it's even in our church we would say you still have to go to a doctor right so it doesn't mean that if you have faith it's everything that you should just stand on you have to have faith but you also have to act on the on your face. considering himself a developed christian he says keeping church shouldn't be seen as compromising his feet specially when it's to protect family members born to below al-jazeera manila it's been more than 2 years since man maher's army began its crackdown on the muslim or a minority the international court of justice last month ordered the government to

do everything in its power to prevent genocide the refugees who fled to neighboring bang with their same piece as far away tender child were reports from cox is bizarre. nearly a 1000000 roaming a refuge is now live in what is now the walls largest refugee camp now most of them have family members and friends still leaving me on my own and they are constantly in touch now despite the u.n. top called the decision ordering me and mark to ensure their protection and safety they're getting different news from the other side things are still not stable on the other side of the border but. most people avoid the advice they have just. this is the hear from the other side what they're hearing that there is a restaurant sions up movement denial access to basic service for like health care and education and they're also caught in the conflict between rock kind but this

rebel and me and modern military. and security forces came to the villages things got very tense and people avoided moving around mean mars government says there is peace but in reality there is no peace there too and how fear on refugees said there is increasing restitution on their movement and communication blackout and now a bar where fans been built around the camp they feel they're no longer welcome in bangladesh but they don't want to return to me on my own without some sort of international protection and guarantees of citizenship. it's seen as the biggest day of the u.s. presidential primaries 14 states head to the polls on super tuesday to choose a democratic candidate to take on donald trump in november 1300 delegates are up for grabs and 30 percent of those are in california brunell's reports. university students on the march for bernie sanders in los angeles showing the

enthusiasm many young people have for the vermont senator as a lot known for his block with hispanic who is my hero i believe he's the only candidate that truly looks out for me here in the biggest most diverse state in the u.s. let tito voters are a crucial voting bloc i feel like he's the only candidate who has other countries in mind nearly 30 percent of the states eligible voters are latino 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 poc 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 lets you know voters are ready and eager to vote in the primary with it's 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 and 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 of 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. well joe biden's win in south carolina was in large part due to support among black voters the role of america's jewish community now takes center stage at a major conference in washington d.c. it's an event where many high profile politicians have sought support senator bernie sanders who is jewish says he won't attend particle hain reports. every year the american israel public affairs committee for apac a 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 in 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 you know great 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. 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 that 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 supporters 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 the could be the greatest concern over the long term he's garnering 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 says that fear of turning young people could be overblown i see

a lot of young people are very interested 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. i see them talking about bloomberg most analysts say over the long term if apec 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. al-jazeera washington. well israelis are heading to the polls on monday for the 3rd time in less than a year or to vote in a general election country has been run by a caretaker government since april and some fear of the poor and in another inconclusive result prime minister benjamin netanyahu is again facing his main rival benny gantz very fast that has more from western. 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 of plan a list. mitchell 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 the year so you know it's not clear what is interesting about this election as opposed to 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 'd that he's going to lose he's losing the election if they don't get out and vote now they 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 in the block because they believe he's he's going to be the prime minister or he has the best chance anyway. your choir has sworn in its new president luis who is set to lead a center right coalition and during the 15 year reign of the leftist broad front party voters are hoping the new conservative government will boost the economy cut crime and realign foreign policy towards the us police in kazakhstan have arrested dozens of protesters in the latest crackdown on anti-government demonstrations last week an activist and father of 6 i got deal died in jail after being arrested by police victoria again the reports. unauthorized protests are illegal as it stands in the largest city matty police arrested dozens of activists who were on their way to an anti government rally. to

sign. i'm being detained for no reason they just caught me in the street i'm 66 years old and i have heart problems let me go. sunday's rallies were organized following the death of do that agadoo the 42 year old activist died in jail last monday he'd been arrested by police for allegedly insulting a judge the catholic government said he died of heart fadia but activists say the bruises on his body suggest he was beaten to death. public anger over corruption and true detentions has intensified since kasim huma to kieth replacement. as president last year has a bias had been in power since 1991 international monitoring group said the vote was not free or fair opposition activists say they'll continue to demand more freedoms. but i took me in the vehicle like

a dog like casual even casual or treated better than else we've already turned into cattle worse than cattle. the united states and the united kingdom have killed for an investigation into agate il's death the government's crackdown on protesters has raised net awareness of his case victoria gates and be al jazeera. still ahead on the al-jazeera news hour horsepower on the scale of the new winter sport taking hold in canada up. to 70 to one tribes and that journey from palestine to the nile delta 0 world meets the largest concentration of 19 refugees and. the socially isolated community rights fighting to survive and keep the palestinian heritage

alive in a world where there is increasingly marginalized. the island on al-jazeera. in 2011 al jazeera reported from tanzania on the sinister trade in the body parts of albion nose this is where people are numbs feet up before to use right and shot on the spot rewind revisits a survivor. mutilated to service the rituals of witchcraft. rewind spell of the albion on al-jazeera. the on the old.

hello again time for the sports news here is peter. thank you so much the moto g.p. has been cancelled due to coronavirus travel restrictions on people arriving in the country from italy the motor g.p. was due to kick off the new season on march 8th but arrivals from countries badly affected by corona virus must now be quarantined for 2 weeks making it impossible for the races large number of italian technicians and riders to take part valentino rossi for example the moto 2 motor 3 classes will still go ahead as they are already in cutter for testing. their mark so michael moore cove has won or wooll the track cycling gold just 2 days after being released from 34 hours isolation morkel for had been on the u.a.e. which was cancelled midway through when 2 team members tested positive for corona virus so more of to be monitored before he could be cleared to race with teammate

loss 107 in sunday's madison in berlin released from isolation just in time to reclaim the middle he lost 111 years ago. while the corona virus has not yet affected league football in spain many fans attending sunday's al classico between real madrid and barcelona were taking no chances here they are wearing preventative face masks ahead of the match at the bernabeu in madrid the game itself won to nil by rail who moved to the top of the standings also at the game as guests of real madrid where we were hands all of see the chinese super league team who play in the city with the outbreak began they were on a pre-season 2 of spain when the virus was detected back home and have not been allowed to return players haven't seen their relatives in more than 2 months and one has already lost a family member because of the virus. tensity you're doing it it hasn't

been easy for any of us players we miss our friends and especially our families back in we'll handle it because it's them who are going through an extremely hard time i hope they will percivale in order to go back to normal and get better as soon as possible the director of italian title chase is in turmoil and says he believes the city our season will have to be cancelled if many more games are postponed due to corona virus into ventus one of those called off on sunday atalanta's game did go ahead with fans screened for symptoms as they entered the ground that alonso winning 72 to remain in 4th and the highest scorers in the league. protests against a team owner in the german bundesliga have continued on sunday despite the match between brian munich and often i'm being suspended the day before another banner against hoffenheim owner did more harm was unveiled by union berlin fans on sunday swear to also hold to players asking their teams ultras to put the banner away has been targeted by fans around germany who are unhappy he's barely growing half an

eye when most clubs are not allowed a private majority stakeholder the incidents though have raised questions on why matches have not previously been stopped for racial abuse of players. sri lanka wrapped up a 3 mil one day international whitewash over the wasting days on sunday in canby betting versus the home side posted 307 although it's in there for fear of his that's true. he was the top scorer with 55 former captain angela mathews then took 4 wickets as the windies came agonizingly close to lanka win by 6 rounds. now to one of the wildest winter sports you've possibly never heard of. 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. david missa 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 jorian 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. having a good horse but you can ride into battle skeeter canada started in 2017 since then competitions have drawn metal 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. down the strip and from all those people and hopefully not die 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 what started as a private event for a dozen people 4 years ago now attracts more than 150 competitors from across can. than the u.s. one of the crowd favorites came from much further afield we have our 1st ever irish team competing at this year's skid your dear abby don't have snow in arlington they've been practicing using garbage bags and mud many of the 4000 spectators came out to cheer on family and friends and then there were those who were curious to see how 2 very different sports could be brought together i think it's very whimsical and also i hear these a classic all the way to a new school year in fact it's all we wanted to come and see disappeared together 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 it's hard to forget david mercer

al-jazeera and miller ville canada we'll leave it there for now see you again later for most. thanks for watching the news hour on al jazeera back in just a moment we'll have much more news coming your way see you then by. chinese authorities the putting those they saved committed a crime. but they show trials or genuine confessions. when i went east investigating. 0. he started as

a modest man. carry a soldier who'd never imagined he might one day become president of egypt. he had an ambitious wife. and son he became an autocrat and was imprisoned for the wrong lawful killing of protesters. the story of the rise and fall of hosni mubarak the family showed one. march on al-jazeera. after their also going on the nation witness brings a new film this time from africa for international women's day a crucial day in the race to challenge donald trump where live across key u.s. states for a super tuesday studio b. unscripted brings a fresh approach to discussing contentious issues and finding common solutions as benjamin netanyahu prepares to go on trial for corruption israel heads into its 3rd

election in less than a year the listening posts dissects the world's media how they operate and the way they cover stories march on al-jazeera. russia issues a warning to turkey after its army shot down 2 syrian fighter jets. watching al-jazeera live from a headquarters in doha and also ahead after a poor showing in south carolina word that the u.s. presidential candidate ending his campaign. tear gas and tensions on the turkey greece border as hundreds of migrants attempt to cross into europe. researchers

warn coronavirus may have been circulating undetected in washington state where the disease.