in the fast lane it's like. the race about the. speed sisters on opposite. this is al jazeera. alone or in taylor this is the al jazeera news hour live from london coming up. containment 19 is visible must remain the top priority for all countries. says containment is key as infections outside of china balloon and forecasters warn the coronavirus could have global economic growth. turkey's coast guard releases a video showing what appears to be the greek coast guard firing on a refugee boat in eugene see. turkey's president is accused of using the refugee

crisis as leverage to force europe to support his syria operation. exit polls suggest benjamin netanyahu has likud party has won the most seats in israel's parliament and is within grasp of a governing majority. coming up in support form a little poor i mean when footballer daniel sturridge says he'll campaign against basing company practices of the being banned for breaching rules on gambling. so we begin with the current virus outbreak and data from the world health organization which shows the virus is now advancing faster in countries other than china new cases in china dropped to their lowest levels in 6 weeks on monday but continue to rise in south korea italy and iran senegal saudi arabia to nazir jordan

and indonesia are the most recent countries to detect cases of the disease but every it shows has the best defense is still containment. in the last 24 hours there with almost 9 times more cases reported outside china. inside china we are in unchartered territory we have never seen before. respiratory partridge and that's capable of community transmission but at the same time which can also be contained with the right measures well here in the u.k. the government has warned there could be a significant increase in the number of cases in all the death toll from coronavirus in italy has risen by 18 over the past 24 hours bring the number of fatalities to 52 and the number of cases there as exceeded 2000 jane hall has more . with the steady worsening of the situation in italy and the spread of the virus

to other member states in the e.u. i can tell you that the european union has raised its risk assessment for covered 19 warning now of a moderate to high risk of sustained transmission among e.u. member states all in all 20042400 cases reported across 18 member states of course the worst of those as you were saying there is italy in those numbers represent a jump by 18 in the death toll in italy to 52 over the past 24 hours and indeed the number of transmissions jumping from 1694 yesterday on sunday to 2336 so things are certainly not slowing down in italy but important to note that the outbreak in italy remains confined to a number of hotspots in the north of the country so call it isn't nation wide there are individual isolated cases across the rest of the country and it is that sort of

pattern of contagion of transmission of this virus and to some extent the evidence that it can be contained that led dr to address the director general of the world health organization earlier in his daily press briefing to give a somewhat more upbeat assessment than we've been hearing lately pointed to the fact that this virus is unique both in the fact that it can be transmitted human to human but also in the fact that it can be contained. and advise a tehran supreme leader has died from a coronavirus as the disease continues to ravage a country 66 people have died while the number of cases stands at more than 1500 britain germany and france have offered a package worth more than $5000000.00 to help iraq and the richer has arrived in tehran to support their forty's response this gentleman who passed away mohamed mir mohamed he was in his seventies so at risk of certainly succumbing to the virus at

risk of of passing away and unfortunately that is what's happened he was a member of the expediency council and a group of advisors to the supreme leader made up of technocrats military officers government officials and since the beginning we've seen that the government has been largely affected at least 20 members of government at least 20 senior leaders biased and it's here in iran have come in contact with this disease have come under it have contracted the coronavirus since this began and this includes the vice president a female member of president of the on his cabinet as you said m.p.'s deputies spokespeople and one of the reasons we might be seeing this is because the corona virus outbreak happened in tandem with the timing of the parliamentary election here in the country a few weeks ago so we've seen many senior leaders many political players serious political players would have been going to clone ground 0 for the disease here in this country for this virus in iran and the reason they were going to hold regularly during the time of the election is because poland is

a city of religious seminaries and because of the religious form of government here in iran it is a major political heartland so you would have seen people going there to take part in and electioneering to take part in trying to get support and funding for their candidates and for their parts and that is one of the reasons we've seen that this corona virus outbreak here in iran has had exponentially more impact on leaders here in the country. the o.e.c.d. is warning the coronavirus could have a severe impact on the global economy the group which represents the world's 36 most advanced economies is one of the outbreak could harvard global growth pushing a number of countries into recession it has lowered its forecasts from 2.9 percent to 2.4 percent this year but said a longer lasting and more intensive outbreak could slash growth to one and a half percent or china the world's 2nd largest economy is forecast to have growth below 5 percent as the effect of widespread factory and business closures hit output areas he says that this drop alone would cut 0.5 percentage points of global

growth and markets have been spooked central banks around the world of promise to take all necessary action after global equities lost 110th of their value last week but they have since found back so a hole the professor of economics geography at nottingham university should she joins us from washington via skype thanks very much for being with us so what are the biggest areas you think to be affected. in terms of this o.e.c.d. forecasts and their worst case scenario so the o.e.c.d. forecast draws attention to supply chains and the fact that our supply chains are now really globally integrated and i think that an area to watch so for example if you think about the car industry you know a car plant in the u.k. or in france will typically import parts from places like china but will also rely on sterling those cars to china so parts of the economy that might not seem that relevant to what's going on in we're hard in china suddenly become much more

closely tied into the these issues what about the effects that the government's going to have and they've been statements from central banks including the bank of england and also the international monetary fund talking about potentially trying to help or how much difference to those make. and i think that the types of help that they're talking about are potentially looking interest rates to try and stimulate economic growth i think missed 2 challenges there one is that a lot of these economies are going into this potential crisis and on a period of relatively stagnant growth with low interest rates so their ability to make change there is more restricted and also anything that a central bank does focuses on and the financial aspects of an economy and quantity issues that potentially may arise economically from coronavirus are around the rest

of the economy there around things like supply chains and we know that things like they're things that impact there are things that confidence. which obviously being affected quite significantly at the moment you mentioned got confidence is that people have been worried about investing in invest in the future is that things are not people not booking trips what's the biggest effect from consumer confidence dropping. and i think this is something that's really hard to underestimate actually and because it can have a number of domino type affair so we're already seeing airlines for example reporting quite significant declines in passenger numbers and people trying not to travel when they don't have to not just to areas particularly impacted by coronavirus but to other kinds of tricks more generally and i think it can impact on big spending decisions are companies are less sure and they're having to put more energy into mitigation plans around the vajra. the forecast in the kind

of scenarios that can they contribute to things getting worse. it's really interesting question so we know when we talk about economic recession is more generally that when people see the word recession in the newspaper and he can actually start to shape people's behavior in ways that then make that kind of discussion of a potential recession more likely and so i think there is a role for the media here in terms of the reporting that we're seeing and the ways that that might impact behavior or make people more cautious than they would otherwise have been professor several thank you very much indeed for joining us thank you. thanks. and more still ahead on the news hour including the u.n. envoy to libya resigns due to stress days after his latest effort to peacemaking failed to achieve a breakthrough plus. we're going to win the democratic primary. well

you know i democratic presidential hopefuls make a final pitch to voters head to the super tuesday showdown. and spoke to the biggest names in basketball go head to head in the n.b.a. . tens of thousands of refugees mostly from syria have been trying to reach greece either on foot or by boat the wave of people follows turkey's decision to suspend a migrant deal reached with europe in 2016 press reports now from the greek island of lesbos which was again finds itself on the front line of the refugee crisis 7. asylum seekers stranded on the north shores of lesbos some have spent the night out in the open police can't process them at the only refugee camp on the island in moria it's been blockaded by angry islanders who want to shut down but moreas

occupants happy to be here either. this was the latest of many riots this year asylum processing is slow and many have been living in tents under the olive trees for a year really dark said it didn't sound good. this is very difficult for everyone to say every not ever got for. the doctor this is very important hundreds of moria's asylum seekers recently marched down to the port after receiving misleading or mistaken messages that the government was evacuating them to athens police had to turn them back this tense situation is likely to become. worse as turkey has opened its border and is advice ing refugees on its soil to go to europe that's the reason why this 15 year old from afghanistan is here he says that i have been in turkey for 2 months the smuggler called me in the night and said the boat is ready get ready to cross over he said the border is open i could

not cross for 2 months because the border was closed this video released by the turkish government suggests that the greek coast guard is no longer conducting just search and rescue missions but actively repelling boatloads of migrants greek coast guard vessels can be seen driving perilously close to small dinghies at another point it appears shots are fired into the water greece has released video that appears to show turkish coast guard vessels accompanying migrant boats to greek waters rather than holding them back until now greece and turkey were both working to keep undocumented migrants out of europe turkey's suspension of that arrangement has led to the suspension of other international norms greece has declared emergency measures it says it will stop receiving asylum applications for one month and in many cases it will turn around undocumented migrants and send them home

without the usual reception and identification procedures so it will be as though these people were never here gree says these new arrivals aren't individual applicants but part of an organized policy so international asylum law doesn't apply to them as intended with so many islands so close to the turkish mainland greece has a difficult task defending its maritime border but the biggest losers in all this seem to be the asylum seekers jumps on. less bus. the turkish president richard tired to one is being accused of using the refugee crisis as leverage in an effort to force europe to support his operation in syria's lib ankara says it will continue to target syrian army positions in the province after 34 of its soldiers were killed there last thursday the turkish army has been reinforcing its positions and in it live with more military hardware the escalating tension has meant that turkey and russia have come closer than ever to direct confrontation in syria but

both sides have sought to ease tensions. as our system. i like to call on russia and iran one more time we do not have any problem with you and syria. but if the syrian government forces do not withdraw turkey has determined as soon as possible they will not have a heat lift on their shoulders backed by russia assad's forces have been trying to retake it live the last rebel held area since december on the monday they entered parts of the strategic town of sara came but turkish drones have been hitting their positions russia says its military police said also enter the area due to its importance for security i should have our eyes in had a on so turkey's border with syria and has more on edge of one's military operation . this explains why he's been defiant today saying that operation spring shield will continue warning the syrian government against tough retaliation if they

continue their offensive and asking them to pull out from behind the demilitarized zone so the turkish military is continuing its operation particularly in the it live province but however i think this is going to be a chance also for turkish president to see whether the russians are willing for some sort of a compromise and this explains why president atlanta was saying today that if the cease fire was to be implemented and the syrian troops pull behind the demilitarized zone that could be conducive to a new a deescalation and you political settlement that will put an end to the escalation of that we've been seeing over the last few days in the area so on one hand he had to show how aggressive he is when it comes to operation spring shilled and that this is going to continue in the upcoming days but earth same time he was reaching out to president vladimir putin saying that this could be our last chance when we meet on the 5th of march to try to diffuse the tension. israeli prime minister

benjamin netanyahu appears to be on the verge of victory in the country's general election the exit polls suggest that netanyahu is right when likud party has gained $36.00 seats and the party of his rival for the position of prime minister benny gantz is blue and white a projected to get $33.00 seats on the arab short list which is mostly backed by israeli palestinians looks to secured 15 seats the secular nationalist israel but a new lead by average joe lieberman predicted to gain 6 seats let's cross that a high for cities that went to netanyahu is headquarters in tel aviv so what reaction has there been to this. will this pretty celebrate free mood here as you probably see and hear behind us at this headquarters party event in tel aviv we just heard from the former marriage jerusalem

a senior but benjamin netanyahu says scuse me have some people working for this idea. you know his party. i think within our party saying that this was a clear victory for netanyahu and that he would have. the prospects in the coming days and weeks to form a government the polls though the exit polls do show him short of an outright ability to do that he requires an israeli parliament the knesset 61 seats both for his likud party and from the other allied parties to be sure to be able to form a government the 3 main polls show him at 60 at the moment now that isn't conclusive it could change in the coming hours it could even change in a few days time when we hear the results of the postal ballots that come in from soldiers so it is still all a little bit uncertain but there's no question that this is a victory for benjamin netanyahu this is. the the longest serving prime minister of this country someone who faces corruption trial in just 2 week. yes that trial

starts on charges of fraud bribery and breach of trust he's been battling against that battling against the benny gantz message for the last year that israel needs to clean our streets to get rid of an indicted prime minister he's been dodging and weaving maneuvering delaying and now with this 3rd election he somehow managed to come back and he's really reclaimed his long burnished reputation as as the political genius of domestic israeli politics paper said thank you very much and that's it imran khan now who's following events for us at the white party headquarters so what they've been saying there about these exit poll results. well let me just show you you can control so yeah a sphere where harry falls is my colleague could with the want to hear this hole is namely empty there's more journalists here than there are supporters of the bloom what i've been speaking to senior members of the blue and white party and what

they've been telling me is that they surprised but they're also disappointed and that's the language that this they're using they're saying that they didn't think it was going to be this bad. that they are concerned that the. future holds for the party itself in terms of you know where they go next and what they do they do say however that benjamin netanyahu had 60 seats in april and wasn't able to form a government but they are going to try their hardest to try to make it very difficult for him to form a government also what we're hearing throughout the day has been a slight change of kind of language certainly in the kind of atmosphere of the way these people have been talking it was cautiously optimistic at the beginning of the day but now very much a sense of disappointment and surprise that this result now they're saying that they're very surprised at the result in tel aviv they say there was very low voter turnout in tel aviv however that's in complete contrast to the fact that actually

this was the highest voter turnout since 1909 in any general election across the country so they'll be a lot of post-mortems a lot post-mortems going on we are expecting to hear benny gantz come and address what should be a crowd at some point in the next few hours imran khan thank you very much indeed. for joining us in this year's doctor in that senior visiting fellow at the london school of economics middle east center thanks very much for coming to talk to us so it's quite a comeback finish you know why do you think it's changed like this for him i mean 3rd election that's basically what the comeback well he's he's a very very small political operative word. do you like him or not he's he's a good he's good at strategic messaging he's pulled out all the stops in. creating a very negative image of his main rival benny gantz the leader of the blue and

white party and i think that israelis are fed up with the political uncertainty after now 3 elections and they want to it's a bit like bricks if you know in this country they want to get it over with and return to some kind of stability so what it means in terms of is if they see projections are correct he will be able to form a government will have stable will it be well that's a bit an important question exit polls are not always reliable but although the the 3 polls that we've seen this evening all more or less agree on the result it's one seat short of a majority in the 120 member knesset the israeli parliament but i think that having got this far it's true that in the the election in april last year netanyahu also got 60 seats but the performance of the main opposition party blue

and white was much better then than it is now and there's a sense of defeat as we've seen in this report from tel aviv the feeling that bibi has triumphed netanyahu has triumphed over considerable odds particularly when when you bear in mind that he's he's going to appear in court in in 2 weeks time and so what do you think the effect will be of another netanyahu presidency or none netanyahu kind of leadership in the region politically well i think that it's very bad news for the already extremely slim hope of any kind of peace negotiations with the palestinians that was already looking. very bleak indeed after president donald trump's deal of the century which was very much in. was like a wish list if you like for the could party and the israeli right so it's not as if the things were looking good anyway but

a victory for the blue and white party and the possibility that they would form a government would be a less bad outcome but i think that this is very bad indeed for any hopes for progress on the on these really palestinian front i just briefly what one last point to touch when you mention the turnout it does seem bizarre that there wasn't election fatigue given that happy right to vote so many times this year given coronavirus so on why would they say motivated to go out and vote again you think well i think that there is a sense of. again i don't want to overstate the pirate open getting it done ending this uncertainty if you like and again netanyahu is a supremely successful political operator and he also you know his own personal future was stake here or you could argue that but because of the corruption charges he's facing in under 2 weeks' time and i thank

you very much indeed for commercial just thank you. watching out is there live from london still ahead. time to talk britain and the european union finally began begin discussing how they'll trade together after brics it will be in sport liverpool's manager dismisses fears that his team could be denied the premier league title if the season is abandoned due to correct a virus. that is the focus on the european weather has now come south so we were talking about jorge here it's spread its influence rather trustor eastern and southern europe in the development area is in the south so whilst it was italy from monday for tuesday it's going to be the south of france risser star i think for the pyrenees and quite windy weather on stock coast the rain from italy has gone down towards out by

a near and is heading towards greece's snow of course in line with a bit more height so it and then further north we got obvious rain has gone through denmark developing somewhere south of sweden but i think the concentration will be down the south of france because that's a repeat performance it will happen again on wednesday and the radar runs through this central western med these together at st this drift to the east was through greece and is heading towards romania still with snow for the balkan mountains temperature wise you come down a bit berlin's at 7 london is it not there's more rain to come for the southern grad in south wales so in europe it's all about rain now in north africa of course is not his time the year the wind is to bring a lot of sand and dust search out beyond look at the temperatures so the some of the heat wave going on here i suspect the next day or so it's been rising in the last because so and it's still with us has only early march.

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they're going to one of the top stories here in. the world health organization says containment is key to defeating the corona virus outbreak as data reveals infections and now advancing faster in countries other than china meanwhile the o.e.c.d. is warning the coronavirus could harvard global economic growth. exit polls in the israeli general election suggest that prime minister benjamin netanyahu has a narrow lead over his rival benny gantz yahoos they could party is projected to secure 36 seats dances blue and white party gaining 33. and

videos emerged during the greek coast guard using heavy handed tactics to keep a boat full of migrants away from landing tens of thousands of refugees mostly from syria have been trying to reach greece either on foot or by boat wave of people follows turkey's decision to suspend a migrant deal reached with european 2016. at the knowledge that it is in a difficult situation concerning the with regards to the refugees and the migrants but what we see now cannot be an answer or solution therefore we establish more and more intensive dialogue churchy through all different political levels to 1st of all find again common ground what of the situation for the refugees in turkey is concerned and to discuss where support might be needed knowing that we do have an agreement in place. well for that we're joined from

brussels by kathleen will are the director of the european council on refugees and exiles thanks for being with us so we've seen these extraordinary scenes of. refugees appearing to be shot up by the greek coast guard how unusual is this kind of behavior. unfortunately we see across europe at violations of human rights borders where the europe strategy has become one of trying to prevent people from arriving to say protection in europe in fact under age you and international law refugees have the right to cross borders to seek protection so we would condemn the actions of greece in this case but also for other member states at the borders where violence is used to prevent 10 tree or violence is used in collective explosions both of which are are illegal actions that maritime or land borders we would also condemn the suggestion by the greek government that they will suspend

the acceptance of asylum and i'm occupations and there's no basis to sit under e.u. or international law for such a suspension and what is the e.u. what kind of rip what can the e.u. do if a country is breaching human rights say of people arriving on their shores. but there are multiple measures that can be taken up to and including infringement proceedings at the european court of justice in order to prevent violations of e.u. law we would say in response to this situation now the e.u. and europe as a whole should act collectively and put in place measures that allow people to access to access is fine and allow proper proper reception of refugees crossing into europe and let's remember that the real focus here should be the situation in syria and where we would code for a ceasefire europe to use all pressure at its disposal to try and deescalate the

situation which is the cause of what's happening there are now 12000000 people displaced by the repression and the violence in syria only a small percentage of these people will say protection or are seeking protection in the e.u. so the e.u. needs also to respond and do its fair share in response to this huge displacement crisis i mean but is that neither the turks or other one as he wants the e.u. to pay attention to the plight of those who are displaced inside syria who could then end up heading over into turkey which already has around $4000000.00 syrian refugees and. do you think that the techie has a point in saying that there's a kind of double standard operating here with the e.u. and that if they only pay attention if if refugees start arriving on the border with countries a risk we see the risk of a strategy of relying on turkey and the e.u. with the e.u. turkey deal of 2016 which we condemned and raised concerns about at the time that

e.u. created gave power to to iran and we see the president do on uses refugees as a poor. porn's in his attempts to extract concessions from the rest of europe often the concessions that he wants a not to do with money. but they're to do with turkey's interests in syria where of course it is an external actor with that part in the conflicts that are taking place in syria so unfortunately refugees become a bargaining chip on the other hand we would know that turkey hosts 3600000 syrian refugees and a number of other refugees as well and it hosts more refugees than any country in the world and in fact double the number of the rest of europe combined so it's a question of fair sharing of responsibility for the displacement resulting from the situation of repression violence and conflict that's what i thank you very much

indeed for taking time to notice and thank you. we're turning to the corona virus outbreak now and some forecasts are predicting the knock on effects of the virus could severely affect the global economy in indonesia the government is rolling out measures to minimize the outbreaks impact this might only having 2 people testing positive for the virus major infrastructure projects are still being put on hold jessica washington reports from jakarta. on the outskirts of jakarta this $6000000000.00 project is one of china's so-called built in road investments construction is on hold for now pending a safety assessment but the project is facing more serious concerns the team is depleted workers who went back to china for the lunar new year can't return because of a ban on chinese travelers the minister for investment also says the supply of raw materials from china is disrupted the fast train service is supposed to start from

early next year but the corona virus outbreak could put the brakes on the project and slow down construction this is just one example of how the outbreak is direct investment and disrupting supply chains and countries all over the world dealing with the fallout from. happened $1003.00 the chinese economy is only one percent of the global economy and 19 percent. of china's capital is very much in. needed and used globally countries are feeling the strain in different ways in australia international education is the country's 3rd biggest export but a travel ban has left thousands of chinese students unable to return to university it could cost of the sector millions if they cancel in romans thailand has lowered its growth outlook for the year as its economy suffers from the absence of chinese tour groups italy's already sluggish economy will take a further hit with

a number of towns and manufacturing hubs in lockdown and trillions of dollars has been wiped from u.s. equities pushing stock markets around the world into the red what we're also seeing is a disruption supply trains as companies have slowed down manufacturing in china that has impacted other asian and pacific countries have a lot on those imports into their manufacturing processes no longer are we stand alone countries we operating global supply chains and that's what the current of viruses really exposed governments are looking for ways to ease the economic burden hong kong announcing a stimulus package a cash handout of around $1200.00 to every adult indonesia's government meanwhile will provide massive discounts on hotels and flights for foreign and domestic travelers economists say measures like these are expensive but necessary this is the challenge that governments have consumers. aspies governments only have

a few labors to pull in this crisis one is providing confidence in their health system and then the 2nd is giving some stimulation to spending by other discounting elements or lowering the cost of did these are short term band-aid solutions ultimately there's only one way to improve the health of the world's economies finding a cure to the virus jessica washington d.c. or jakarta. set a goal has confirmed its 1st case of corona virus marking the 2nd case in sub-saharan africa amid concerns at the constant vulnerability to the outbreak a frenchman has been placed in quarantine after returning from a ski trip in france nicholas haq is in the capital dhaka and says the authorities have advised the population not to panic. it's in this hospital right behind me that a french citizen infected with a covert 900 virus is being treated this is where a lot of patients were being treated during the break now the doctors that are

treating him say that he is in stable condition he was on holiday in france he lives in the car he was there with his family on a skiing trip and he took a flight from paris to the car just a few days ago and now the health authorities are calling on the public all of those that were on that flight to make themselves known they're trying to trace all those that have been in contact with him. the aim is to be transparent and keep information open so that we can prevent the virus from spreading along with this case in senegal there are patients infected with the coronavirus in algeria nigeria egypt and tunisia the virus is quickly spreading in the world health organization fears that this is turning into a pandemic flu in the w.h.o. has not declared a pandemic yet we could talk of a pandemic when there is sustained transmission which isn't yet the case would we fear it and it's a dispersed spectacle of it that we are preparing ourselves. fear of the virus is

spreading faster than the virus itself and so the health minister here is trying to reassure the population telling them do not panic senegal has gone through in a bull outbreak the difference here is whilst a bull was much more deadly coronavirus is much more contagious and the fear is if this continues to spread and affect countries with weaker health system and that could be disastrous. a south korean government is seeking murder charges against the leaders of a church which is at the center of the country's coronavirus outbreak a founder of the secretive church has apologized for its role in spreading the disease with around 60 percent of south korea's more than $4000.00 cases linked to the group ride reports from seoul. it was the 1st long awaited public statement by the founder and leader of the shin changi church leaman he frustrated himself before journalists to say sorry. we're not gone

i don't know how to apologize to the korean people i extend my deepest regret it wasn't intentional we had many new infections that we couldn't stop. the outbreak in south korea has cost new scrutiny on the church at the center of it seen by many christians as a secretive sect and turn the spotlight on its messiah like a leader who calls himself the promised prophet. you look at. it may appear christian but it's actually different with a different doctrine and system they revere leaman he like jesus the leader who is a counselor who helps former followers of changi such as and sue young who described the crowded conditions inside a typical church gathering i'm in here honey could you diploma recall you would be 5 centimeters away from the next person and you would have to say amen after every sentence the pastor speaks it's the best environment for the virus to spread all of

the shin changi churches have been closed and some have been attacked an online petition demanding the group's disbandment has well over a 1000000 signatures some local leaders have called for shinto in g.'s elders to be investigated for possible homicide and for hiding the identities of some of its estimated quarter of a 1000000 members shin changi says it's being unfairly persecuted and health officials have warned against driving the organization further underground that would make the tackling of this outbreak harder. him none the government has done a lot to contain this and we'll do everything we can to support that effort. yes but the shin jungi church still insists it has suffered the most with its members making up more than half of all the confirmed cases in south korea mcbride al-jazeera sole. the united nations special envoy for libya and fela may has

resigned he says he's stepping down because of ill health so i mean i was at the helm of recent talks between the countries warring factions he tweeted to say he has tried his best to reunite libyans and prevent foreign intervention in their country during his 2 and a half years in the role libya remains in a state of chaos with rival governments in tripoli and to brooke fighting for control and to go to has more from the united nations where it appears so them as announcement via twitter took everybody by surprise. certainly seems to have got out ahead of officials here at the united nations that tweet going out they were then playing catch up essentially but this is a highly respected peace negotiator working for 2 and a half years to try and broker some kind of deal in libya ben this is a direct quote he said i simply can't take this much stress so now the u.n. are scrambling to try and find a replacement in these vital peace negotiations let's just listen to what the u.n. spokesperson had to say our focus now is on ensuring

a smooth transition so as not to lose you know some of the momentum we've we've gained i mean the situation in libya is critical we're seeing we've seen increased fighting we also saw different libyan parties being able to meet around the table. is to sit i mean has made some great. great progress we don't want to lose any of that momentum now they talk about momentum and they talk about progress but the real truth here is that mr salami was really floundering in what is an extremely complex situation you've got all sorts of foreign nations involved from france russia the united states u.a.e. and turkey and mr salami himself said an arms embargo that has been put in place for the last few years is in danger of becoming a cynical job the u.n. secretary general himself said this is

a proxy war so it's one of those situations where it seems to be a half step forward and 10 steps backwards of course libya has been in complete chaos since the fall of gadhafi in 2011 with various factions fighting for control of the country and lots of foreign interference so a transition i think to a new negotiator is an important thing but the challenge here to bring peace to libya is almost at this point in time insurmountable. on the eve of super tuesday the day when most us states hold nominating contests joe biden has received a substantial boost to his campaign center a maker of a shot has dropped out of the race for the u.s. presidency and she'll support the former vice president's campaign for the democratic nomination former south bend mare pete but a judge has also dropped out and throw his weight behind by. fischer is in austin texas he joins us and then now it's early but the eve of super tuesday 2 big names bowing out how significant is it. that they're essentially clearing the way for joe

biden to grab the middle ground there's many in the democratic establishment who don't want to see bernie sanders the self described democratic socialists win the nomination they believe that he would be bad for don't table tickets they also don't believe that he would convince many floating voters to vote democratic and so this is the the establishment trying to clear the way for joe biden and they're obviously concerned they're concerned because if you look at the polls bernie sanders is going to do incredibly well in california that will get him a lot of delegates and also believed his polls before we got this news he was doing very well in texas and could actually win here if you won that one the 2 biggest delegate counts on super tuesday that would put him in a position almost of securing the nomination the still a bit to go but he would suffer so much momentum so much money behind him it's hard

to see oh joe biden would be able to stop it so with pete booted judge you know him equal bashar dropping out of the race that clears the middle lane also by giving them dorfman and we're expecting to see that at a biden rally in dallas here in texas in the next few hours that's a big support for joe biden the next big endorsement he can expect would come from barack obama that's not going to happen today because you don't want to really just threw that away along with 2 other possible. eventually candidates you want to do that separately on its own but this is really this stop bernie campaign doing what they can mobilizing their forces in a way that 4 years ago the republicans couldn't do they didn't want donald trump to be the nominee a lot of people said that openly and they were able to coeur de meet their campaigns so that there was just one clear opposition to donald trump this time the democrats have been able to do it and this is going to become

a fight between bernie sanders and joe biden elizabeth warren stays in the race for the moment but she will come under pressure from bernie sanders supporters because that's the the wing of the party that she's most closely aligned with to drop out doesn't seem that that's going to happen anytime soon alan fischer thank you very much indeed a trade talks between the united kingdom and the european union over a deal for when the u.k. finally leaves the block at the end of the year have officially begun the u.k.'s chief negotiator david frost is in brussels for 4 days of negotiations with his e.u. counterpart and showdown here mr prime minister boris johnson has already threatened to walk away from the talks if enough progress hasn't been made by the end of june the deadline for extending the press it transitional period for a chance reports now on the contentious point of negotiation between the 2 sides. the big battles that we are likely to see well primarily it's going to be about trade both of these sides the u.k. and the e.u.

wants what is cool's 00 relationship that 0 tariffs and 0 quotas to keep trade as frictionless as possible but to do that the e.u. says that the u.k. needs to stay as closely as it can. the rules and regulations it certainly does not want the u.k. to be lowering its standards cutting the e.u. on prices and becoming a direct competitor but the u.k. doesn't want to sticks all those rules and regulations because it says well why did we leave the e.u. in the 1st place always a point of brecht's if we have to stay with all these rules that we don't like so that's going to be one big sticking points another one is going to be over fisheries or access to the waters around the u.k. another one is going to be a dispute resolution whether the european court of justice is the main arbitrator of disputes between the u.k. and the e.u. but also the u.k.

as well as doing all this negotiating with the e.u. it's also talking to the united states trying to do a free trade agreement with that and that is going to be a parallel track one side us on the other and the u.k. trying to negotiate a relationship with both of these heading into the future. and ahead. sport. unfinished business to be resolved if we get to shelter becoming the undisputed heavyweight champion.

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i started to peter in doha for sport. lauren thank you so much former liverpool and england striker daniel sturridge has been given a 4 month ban for breaching betting rules sturridge has also had his contract with turkish club tribes on sport cancelled by mutual consent last year he was given a 6 week ban by an independent regulatory commission but the suspension has now been doubled after the english football association appeal the ruling the appeal board decided he had passed inside information to his brother over a possible move to severe in 2018 sturridge has also been fined $192000.00. in a video on his you tube channel storage said he was devastated by the decision and that he was a victim of gambling companies allowing people to bet on football transfers adding that the conversation with these brother had been innocent. i just want to say that i'm going to continue to campaign for professional footballers to be able to speak

to their families close friends really without the real risk of being charged the process of people being able to place bets on players we clubs have to be stopped. and although the people. recognise that yeah i have i am nobody else's back i was still in charge so it was very disappointing in saying for me to hear the news sturridge was former manager at liverpool you're going kloppers rubbish claims he's team might not be awarded the premier league title if the season is cattail that due to coronavirus liverpool are 22 points ahead as they go for their 1st crown in 30 years english newspapers reported last week that there were no rules in place for deciding the title european qualification and relegation if the season is abandoned. anybody want to ask me about that and how much sense it

would make to. but he said to delete all the results of this season and tell me who will play next year generally good stuff like this but the 'd really interesting nice story always says some you suppose of all it's true right something but when i saw it 1st i really thought wow really something somebody thinks something like that so little poor parents are not silly 'd enough to believe these things it looks like rugby union 6 nations championship will be completed in the coming weeks despite the coronavirus restrictions that have cancelled other events in europe they had been fears that the size of matches in rome and paris would be called off with this week's ireland a v italy fixture already having been postponed but organizers said on monday that they expected all the games to go ahead and less governments decided otherwise france to be the championship with 2 games to play. south africa have won the los angeles rugby sevens tournament with

a dramatic extra time victory over olympic champions fiji despite falling 19 no down the south africans fought back and level the schools when branco du preez nailed this conversion with the last play of normal time then in extra time. crossed the line for the team nicknamed the blitz corks to ensure victory there now just 4 points behind new zealand in the overall standings. coronavirus continues to disrupt global sport the 1st 2 races of the moto g.p. season have been called off riders have been testing in cutter in recent weeks but sunday's opening race has been cancelled because of travel restrictions on people arriving from italy several riders and teams are italian and new rules mean they would have to go into quarantine for 2 weeks the 2nd race in thailand has also been postponed indefinitely we spoke to moto g.p. journalist simon patterson who is in. so within the paddock about a 3rd of the 2 and

a half dozen people that travel the world or italian 2 of our manufacturers i think it of our teams 7 of our moto g.p. writers at leigh is really one of the homes of the sport along with japan and spain so we simply can't have a risk with them because everything is already here freight ways it's not even like the 7000000 fly and stuff you know it takes 4747 cargo planes to carry us around the world and someone still going to have to come from europe pack up all the stuff that's sitting in carriages left over from the task ready to go wrist and put it in flight cases and then we don't even know where we're sending it to we don't know if it's going on the asia to america for the 3rd round or back to europe or most of the teams at this it's going to be a wait and see it could be that the 1st round of the championship is the 1st european round in her in spin really me. 2 of the n.b.a.'s biggest stars went head to head on sunday number one draft pick zion williamson for the new orleans pelicans up against le bron james and the los angeles lakers williamson provided some eye catching moments for the highlights real on his way to 35 points that's

the most he had scored so far in his fledgling career but it was the man at nearly twice his age who won the battle of brawn coming up with a triple double 34 points 13 assists and 12 rebounds the lakers win by 6 and continue to cruise at the top of the western conference. to boxing and anthony joshua's next ride has been announced for june 20th the british airways will face a coupe about. tottenham's football stadium in london joshua lost 14 december when he reclaimed world titles of andy ruiz jr in saudi arabia he had been holding out for a fight with titan fury but fury has just agreed to another rematch with dion say while the. defending champions australia through to the semifinals of the women's t 20 world cup opening bad mini scored 60 as they beat new zealand by 4 runs in their final pool match in melbourne they join england india and south africa in the final 4. we'll leave it there for now more sports news again later laurin peter

thank you very much indeed all historians are getting their 1st look at the archives of one of the most controversial pope's recent history pius the 12th was accused of staying silent during the holocaust and his critics accusing him of doing little to help jews facing persecution by nazi germany the vatican says he worked quietly behind the scenes to save jews but francis made the decision to open the archives last year saying the church was not afraid of history pius reigned from 939-2958. and a quick one you can always catch up with all the stories we're covering checking out our website the dress that is al-jazeera dot com and you watch a spider on the arm. michael. that's it for me daryn try to 1st news out on the back in a moment with more of the day's news thanks for watching i found. full

of struggles full of pleasure and also the requirements of the law they moved in with a little bit with time this is you done with it on t.v. she blew in with. me. a question i get a hour bonfield an intimate look at life in cuba before us on top of the course i'm passing on me when i came out of it was not at all people i'm hanging my cuba at this time on al-jazeera. once hosni mubarak became president so began a story of conflict and isolation on one side

a wife and son the sights set on succession on the other the president increasingly distant from the egyptian people when his beloved grandson died mubarak need to step back but then the flames ignited in tunisia exploded in egypt and everything changed episode 2 of the family and i'll just. it's the day that will define the democratic race for the white house. 14 states get to make a better choice should challenge donald trump in the presidential election join us for america's super tuesday special coverage live on al-jazeera. to al-jazeera we let me talk about 2 of the biggest problems facing and they are the endemic corruption and the can we listen so if you report place china's enemy a lot more with us and that's really than yours we meet with global news makers and

talk about the stories that matter just 0. techies coastguard releases video showing what appears to be the greek coastguard firing on a refugee boat in the aegean sea. take his president is accused of using the refugee crisis as leverage to force europe to support his syria operation. come on tell you this is our jazeera live from london also coming up. exit polls suggest benjamin netanyahu is likud party has won the most seats in israel's parliament and is within the grasp of a governing majority. containment 19 is visible.