the back to 0. 1. 0. alarm conveyed al this is the news hour live from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes the top diplomat dashes to turkey to deal with the crisis triggered by our good his decision to release syrian migrants towards its territories. billionaire media mogul mike bloomberg abandons his bid for the white house and endorses the democrats' frontrunner joe biden. drastic steps for difficult times an initially the government's planning to close all schools universities than cinemas as the corona virus spreads. in london we'll have the

top story from europe for you the e.u. on the rails its 1st climate law aimed at making europe the 1st carbon neutral continent by 2050 but activists saying it fails to address the urgency of the climate crisis. and in sport olympic organizers insist the cancellation of joyce tokyo games isn't even being considered the torch relay through also set to start this month despite the corona virus outbreak. we begin with the latest on the diplomatic tensions involving turkey's intervention in syria's war the european union foreign policy chief has met turkey's president and foreign minister and. says he told them the situation on the border with greece is unacceptable. increased pressure for the european union turkey border

and unilateral actions. not bringing any budget eventually end up being in benefits to anyone. like a country can only create problems and made the situation worse and they want who is who will pay the price. people to syrian refugees from migrants. turkey and greece a trading accusations about the growing crisis there are thousands of refugees and migrants are trying to cross into greece the greek government is dismissing reports that a border security guard shot and killed a migrant on the battlefront in syria turkey's defense ministry has confirmed the deaths of 2 soldiers and if the province turkish forces retaliated by striking syrian military targets the fighting is causing tensions between turkey and russia turkey's president is due in moscow on thursday let's go now to hash out

a who joins us live from hard time near the turkey syria border hashim just bring us up to speed what's the latest in terms of the fighting on the ground. what can the fighting continues in different parts of the northwestern province of it live particularly in the southern part in. an opposition stronghold that is now under attack by the syrian army backed by russia at the same time there is a battle which has been intensifying for almost 48 hours now in this city of the syrian government has managed to sweep through the city center but the rebels who are on the outskirts say that their fight will continue and as we speak the operation spring shilled which is launched by the turkish army is still underway with the turkish military saying that the operation is in self-defense and it will continue that it won't stop until the syrian army pulls back behind the

demilitarized zone and this explains why now people are pinning hopes i guess what happens tomorrow when president as a. meets with his russian counterpart vladimir putin a very quick meeting and people are waiting to see if the 2 leaders with set aside their differences and negotiate a settlement let me just update you of this particular issue just a while ago the president says spokesperson ibrahim couldn't say that the president is hoping to negotiate to talk with the russian counterparts about the situation in live defuse the tension and ensure that a cease fire is implemented and that the syrian army stops violating the terms of the demilitarized zone now i think they would all come together and see how they would put into place those demilitarized zone then but couldn't say that all of this should be also taken within the context of a political settlement in syria that would put an end to the plight of the refugees

the displaced ended genuine political process that will give the opposition also a voice in the political establishment. hashim mag about you as an idea where i guess of the context of this meeting tomorrow because this isn't the 1st time the texan sat down with the russians is it biggest honor agreement to start to talk to me one of the chances that this is going to be different well turkey says that 2018 was a pivotal moment because turkey russia and iran agreed on a cease fire agreement that the way for all this idea of all prophecies own did militarized observation post to be established in italy because if that didn't happen there was a push by the syrian government backed by russia to go and take over the whole province and there were wide concerns among the international community that and

the all out offensive by the government would pave the way to an unprecedented humanitarian situation now kim we've seen that humanitarian situation further and ford being described by the u.n. as the worst displacement insidious is the start of the conflict in 2011 tomorrow on and put and we have to work out how to either reinstate the terms of the same agreement in 2018 or work out some in the amendments with i think that would have to look into those amendments because when you look at the map the syrian government backed by russia has made significant gains in some areas to the point where it's now surrounding some observation posts that were established by the turkish military are they going to be the go to pull out from all those areas i think those are going to be the sticking points facing both. president vladimir putin but the general feeling here in turkey that unless syrian government

pulls out behind the demilitarized zone implements the cease fire a lot of civilians back into their homes including the 1000000 who are stranded on the border with turkey mr operation won't stop thank that hashem about of their lives from the time. only a fraction of the refugees have been allowed to leave turkey have managed to get into greece says more than 130000 have left since opening its border with gary and grace last friday the greek government says only 1500 of them have crossed over in legally and 26000 of them have been stopped and tosca name has this exclusive report thanks struggling to find their slippery footing they made their way across the dam barefoot stone by stone. one man slips and his bag bobs away with a swift current of the river. desperation and despair are growing as

refugees and migrants take advantage of turkey's open border with greece and bulk area some are taking dangerous risks for the chance to reach the european union. i don't know how to swim while walking i was thinking you cross or you die those are the only 2 options earlier this week the turkish police began blocking refugees from walking across this bridge to get closer to the checkpoint with greece now people are resorting to risking their lives by crossing this day below. on the other side of the river bank cold and wet refugees were met by villagers looking to make a profit those who still had money in their pockets were asked to pay $2.00 to $3.00 for a ride with a horse and cart a tractor or a van instead of walking the short distance to get closer to the checkpoint at the greek border. all who got it will move what we're all support we don't have money

and if we did we wouldn't be doing this. the odds of people making it to greece and being allowed to stay looking creasing least limb the greek government says only $1500.00 migrants at most have entered since turkey opened its border gates last friday around 26000 have been stopped. several men told us this was their 2nd attempt after they'd already been deported from greece but this was done just dick music getting i made it to the other side and for 5 days i moved from place to place i have no food if people give me food i eat i have no money left me. despite hunger exhaustion and frustration they've summoned the determination to repeat the journey. europe has to take us because only turkey is taking care of immigrants to take us there would be good others will be following that also making the precarious track natasha getting old does iran a durned

a near the border between turkey and greece. thank you more head on the news on including a new battle of abortion rights in the united states how new faces in the supreme court could sway him and all. the damaging assessment on democracy in india we think the government is to blame. and in support of this league's top football is face the prospect of playing in empty stadiums for the foreseeable future. a resurgent joe biden brought a wave of the men to him to win 9 states on super tuesday the most important event to get in the democrats rise to the white house on wednesday he got another boost up to believe they might learn the drop downs that endorsed the former vice president biden's main rival bernie stand this did well to setting up a one on one battle for the democratic presidential nomination john hendren wraps

up the results from shallots north carolina i. overnight jill biden went from the back of the pack to slow learner issues the polls closed in itself by who carried the measure of his message victory in south carolina a few days ago. or jonah got to super tuesday be over well it may be over there ever again. no matter the folks of virginia. north carolina. alabama. shani. home. showed. supporters of 2 candidates who dropped out of the drawer slides once faltering campaign to gauge and be cool with your seemed to boost in super tuesday with the news that billionaire michael bloomberg has bowed out of the presidential

race joe biden has not only lost a competitor but he's gained a powerful financial backer it's the best news he could have possibly gotten. after a night that started with him winning virginia and then north carolina and then came tennessee in alabama in quick succession by who won texas the 2nd largest state to vote on super tuesday and his astounding victory in massachusetts was a massive setback to elizabeth warren who represents the state in the senate she made clear though her battle was far from over. that will make you want. to it. from your heart. very soon you think will make the best president and. the front runner going into super tuesday state in the fight bernie sanders easily won his home state of vermont along with significant victories in

colorado when you most importantly although it will be hours and possibly days before all votes are in he is the projected winner in the critical state of california with its huge block of delegates. you are the absolute confidence we're going to win the democratic nominee should the and. took the feet the most dangerous president in their history. the end the results on super tuesday appear to reflect a new focus among democratic party voters in choosing a presidential nominee despite the debate about competing platform support is being increasingly determined by one single issue who would be the most suitable candidate to defeat donald trump john hendren al jazeera charlotte north carolina.

well we have a team of correspondents following the latest developments in the race for the white house look i'm surrounded by that we have alan fish a hair on my left resign for us in austin texas we have kimberly halkett who broadway give leo get out of here if you standing by in washington d.c. that 1st let's talk to gabriel elizondo he is live for us in new york where he is so gay that you obviously where michael bloomberg used to preside used to be the mayor he has bowed out what did he say and who is he backing now. yeah he left florida late last night defter the results were coming in he came back here to new york where this morning on wednesday morning he met with some of his closest advisers and they basically went to him and said we do not see a path for on how you get the nomination so he very quickly decided to withdraw and pull out of this campaign he's already said that he's going to be throwing his support to joe biden which is significant because it's thought to believe that

because he's a moderate that a lot of the bloomberg support will go to joe biden however the big question is beyond the simple support of his followers in the endorsement where will the campaign infrastructure that mike bloomberg has built up he has spent over over half a $1000000000.00 in the last 3 months where will that go will all his staff members hundreds of staff members in dozens of states around the country offices throughout the country as well the big question now is will bloomberg try to transfer all of that to joe biden as well but without a doubt bloomberg came back here to new york saw that there was no path forward as his as he said in his statement he said the delegate math was simply impossible so mike bloomberg out of the race after only 3 months now the support probably will go to joe biden 3 months than half a 1000000000 dollars gabriel elizondo there live from new york thank you let's bring in kimberly hellcat now white house correspondent standing by in washington

d.c. kimberly unsurprisingly president donald trump has spoken once he had to say. yeah the president is weighing in reacting and once again mocking mike bloomberg a essentially making the argument that he didn't have what it takes to be the president of the united states and if he'd only listen to donald trump well he could have saved himself hundreds of millions of dollars and a one we talk about the money that was in the bloomberg campaign and where it's going to go well donald trump is speculating that it's going to go to joe biden take a listen i think it's tough i think joe has an easier path right now believe it or not. i see many my just the other he's going to you know try and save face by putting somebody into biden's campaign and bloomberg put in probably a 1000000000 dollars. and you know sometimes you just don't have what it takes and

i said to him it's not easy doing what i did is it. and i'll drive you are there couldn't resist the sort of mocking tone of the height of michael bloomberg calling him again many mike this is where we are in american politics right now you know the man that is holding the highest office convincing americans that he wants to run again is sort of behaving like a child or a schoolyard bully but that is where things stand as the democratic field narrows can we how about a white house correspondent in washington thank you and finally let's go to also in texas where ellen fish a is standing by and allan texas is one of the states that brought joe biden back to life. who would have thought that super tuesday would be so dramatic beforehand and after as well so we now have 2 front runners bernie sanders and joe biden we've got 2 women still in the race tulsi gabbard remember her no probably

not that's because her name hasn't got much recognition she's not doing terribly well with the voters and elizabeth warren and we're told from the warm campaign that she is no taking time and space to think about what happens next so it could well narrow it down into biden and bernie in the next couple of days and who would have thought that bernie joe biden has run for president 3 times now and it was only on saturday he won his 1st ever primary or caucus and no we're talking about him being the default front runner joining me now it's jim henson with the texas politics program here at the university of texas jim thanks so much for joining us were you surprised at what happened on super tuesday when it was a little bit surprised by the fact that biden did pass sanders although there was a trajectory going on it seemed like by in which biden was rising and sanders was a little bit flat. we didn't know if senator biden had enough time to actually surpass sanders turns out he did what won it for him here in texas is that many of

the voters who live in related is see him as a safe bet that and bernie sanders and him being a self described democratic socialist well i think there's a that the rural voters in texas were a part of that but you have to remember that there's not that many rural democrats left here most of the rural folks are republicans i think that route what really turned it is that sanders the center's campaign could not produce on the promise of a lot of new young voters the exit polls are telling us that voters $18.00 to $29.00 in the democratic primary made up to 15 and 16 percent of the electorate that's just not enough to push to push sanders over the over the line if biden is still holding on to essentially those voters parents and grandparents as well as a big chunk of the white vote and if elizabeth warren is considering it does he and if she does there's no guarantee that. even though the from the same wing of the party yeah i mean i think that's the big inside question right now and it has been

for a couple of weeks that we tend to think of bernie sanders and elizabeth warren as ideologically similar and so allies but they really you know elizabeth warren has been a democrat she has been the kind of inside player that sanders is here to displace and i'm not sure we should assume we should assume that either warren will throw her support to sanders or that if she does that that's an easy transfer it's going to be messy she can no can she she can support someone who she says to a woman can when that would be a big. big moment for her campaign and the people who supported her if you suddenly seem to buy bernie sanders after that well as you mentioned she's reflecting today and i think that's going to be a big part of the reflection and it's going to matter because it was elizabeth warren will have some delegates that she got out of this not a lot but she'll have some and she will have a certain amount of leverage and she's going to be

a piece of the winning of the coalition that kind of emerges from this jim thanks so much for joining us live here and. interestingly as well here in texas there will be a number of legal challenges arising out of the primaries that is because in at least one location one man 7 hours to cast his vote he was n.p.r. when the polling places officially closed but because there were so slow in the well enough machines it took him 7 hours to cast his vote and there are questions about how this will work come the election in november and what can be done to make sure that voting is swift and efficient here take that felon fisher there live from austin texas. now to other news the world bank has announced $12000000000.00 in immediate funds to help countries deal with the health and to economic impacts of the coronavirus as a several governments around the globe continue to take serious measures to counter

the spread of the outbreak john hall reports. contagion is spreading fast across europe around the world and that means anxiety as much as the covered $900.00 virus itself staff at the world's most famous museum the louvre in paris shut it down for 3 days this week demanding better protection against the virus tourists went to news to there isn't a place in the world that it's not going to get to you and you can't just shut down the world you can shut down parts of it battling europe's most prolific outbreak so far italy will close all schools and universities until mid march in an effort to stem the tide of infections and the rising death toll japan did the same earlier this week and france has also ordered the closure of some schools affecting an estimated $35000.00 pupils. just as dramatic for some is italy's decision to hold all sporting fixtures in empty stadiums spain has done so too and italians

are being asked to stop kissing each other in greeting life across the globe is changing fast the world health organization continues to stress the importance of containment in places with few infections in the hope of delaying the spread of the disease and to give health systems time to prepare there is no doubt that things will get worse. and if the w.h.o. isn't yet prepared to declare a pandemic germany it appears is. the corona virus outbreak said the health minister has become a global pandemic amid a worldwide shortage of goggles masks and gloves germany has banned the export of medical protective gear they want it all to be available for use at home and other shortages have provoked concern this time in australia over toilet paper some countries are taking matters steadily further india has extended the screening of passengers to all those arriving on international flights the authorities in saudi

arabia have banned citizens and foreigners from making the holy pilgrimage to mecca and in israel prime minister netanyahu suggested the common handshake be replaced by the indian greeting number stay with the virus reaching more and more countries each day it is likely that no corner of the world will be spared even as european health ministers prepare to meet on friday one infection was registered inside the european council building itself not just towns and cities now but the seat of governments and parliaments are in its path. jonah how al-jazeera. as countries grapple with infections it seems to be slowing in china where the original axis the world health organization says the number of new coronavirus cases is 15 times higher outside china than with it get ready you tells us more from beijing. patients critically ill but the coronavirus are being helped by the artificial lung machines in china's southern province. 6000 nationwide are in

serious condition but the government says numbers of new cases are falling the world health organization says other countries must learn from china the experience that china has and needs to be shared and this is the this is an excellent example of that that direct interaction is what is what we want is what we want to see more and more happen more than 100 people from hong kong have arrived home on the 1st government chartered flight from the city of the epicenter of the outbreak flights are planned for this week in south korea more than 5600 cases have been confirmed people in the hardest hit city of daegu say there's a shortage of masks and they're having to queue for hours to arrive with something i. also quell the people especially here in daegu are at great risk i've been waiting in line since 5 30 in the morning and i haven't ever received a queue ticket the south korean government has announced

a one point $8000000000.00 stimulus package to protect the economy in india a sudden jump in cases of wednesday fueled fears that an outbreak could grip the group's tekken largest nation almost 30 cases were confirmed after a group of italian tourists tested positive for the virus the state of russia start but. the children find it difficult to leave their houses if someone has to go somewhere like travel on the bus or go to a public place the for you scared. cases of top 1000 in japan but limbic organizers say preparation for the summer games due to start in tokyo in july is so far going ahead the chinese government says the steady drop in new cases is proof that severe lockdown restrictions have worked but reports that some patients are testing positive for the current a virus after being discharged from hospital all raising new concerns chinese authorities say these patients long rightly to be infectious but ask those who have

recovered to undergo a further period of 14 before entering the community. katrina you al-jazeera and to . iran has announced another 15 deaths raising the total there to $92.00 to iran is also taking drastic measures like calling off friday prayers and all major cities for a 2nd consecutive week iran's health ministry has confirmed more than 2900 cases since the outbreak began then basra vias enteral explains how ryan has stepped up its efforts to tackle the virus. present hasan rouhani during his cabinet mean to meeting earlier today struck a very different tone from last week when he said that things would begin to normalize in a few days now he was taking it more seriously trying to calm the public and trying to show that the government is taking this very seriously he warned people against hoarding medical supplies like masks and gloves and we've heard that later this week the courts will hear the 1st 10 cases of people arrested for public order

earlier this week the government announced a prison sentence of 5 to 20 years even the death penalty if you are found guilty of hoarding supplies that would help medical facilities to cope with this virus the president also said that they were working with neighbors to try to keep commercial avenues riddle's and transport networks for business open so as to make sure that people don't suffer more economically than they need to but of course small and medium businesses are suffering the most they make approximately 40 percent of the country's g.d.p. but unfortunately we heard earlier today that because exxon had just closed its ports on the caspian sea to any vessels and passengers coming from iran the r.g.c. is trying to do what it can the revolutionary guard it has set up field hospitals and clinics and it's also set up a hotline that people can call explain their symptoms discuss ways to prevent the disease to try and keep the hospitals and clinics around the country that are at capacity from being over a product they're overburdened unnecessarily with patients trying to seek treatment

. still ahead on al-jazeera thousands of central americans are still stuck in mexico despite having asylum cases in u.s. courts. a group of artists branching out into the world of nature to leave an important message. and in sport the weather could play a big pot in deciding the finalists that they went into t 20 world cup andy is here with that story. how we got some quotes weather now pushing across the middle east following on from a very wet weather is now in the process of heading towards afghanistan this little area of cloud here brought some violent storms through some wintry weather too over the high ground you can see clear skies now coming in behind still quite a keen. across the gulf running down towards us here in concert temperatures at

around $25.00 celsius out of the strength of the way it's going to get dusty $25.00 in similar conditions as we go on through friday by and by friday night is that west of weather sliding across northern parts of pakistan towards india then possibility some flooding in one of 2 spots here meanwhile across northern africa not see much in the way of cloud and brian this little area cloud here just clipping the far north of libya will bring some outbreaks of rain having said that a cold we went behind the top temperature of 115 degrees but ahead of that with a southerly wind 28 in car i things even out a little as we go on through friday chance of wanted to shells into northern areas of algebra because much of the region plenty of sunshine the shows continue across the heart of africa towards the gulf of guinea still some live. just stir around barone there on northern parts of tanzania but for much of southern africa is dry.

you're watching al-jazeera a reminder of our top stories this hour the european union foreign policy chief joseph brown has met with turkey's foreign minister have which of a shoulder and its president russia top birder want an uncorrupted or else says he told turkish officials the situation at the border with greece was unacceptable. turkey and greece a trading accusations about the growing crisis for thousands of refugees and migrants were trying to get into the european union priest accuses some migrants of using military grade tear gas and denies turkish allegations of causing injuries by

stopping them by crossing the border. billionaire mike bloomberg has dropped out of the us democratic primary race and dossed former vice president joe biden had a poor performance of signatures saying he secured just a dozen delegates. at the 3 separate attacks in northern afghanistan have killed at least 900 soldiers and police 15 soldiers were killed and could do this province 4 policemen died in a 2nd attack there and in the 3rd attack gunman kidnapped 10 border patrol offices . and in southern afghanistan a u.s. airstrike has targeted taliban fighters for the 1st time since the signing of their peace deal last week u.s. commanders say they were responding to taliban attacks on afghan army positions in helmand province the americans are urging the taliban to stick to its commitments to would ending the 19 year war but abdel-hamid reports now from kabul where she says the attacks could be a sign of division within the taliban. well as of late the taliban have been

wanting to show that they have a united front that they all stand together you had the political branches that was negotiating in doha you had the head of the military side of the taliban. who actually wrote an op ed in the new york times saying that he wanted peace but the reality is that they have not been united over the past few years actually when those negotiations started indoor some 18 months ago where a lot of foot soldiers of the haqqani network so that's the military branch of the taliban were very angered about that they said well you are now dealing with the enemy with the non muslims like they do a day put it and a lot of them at the time defected to other groups including so they will be spoilers to as much as they want to show that they are united and not as united as

they want us to think so now it's a matter of figuring out who exactly is behind those attacks where you pacey is a former british ambassador to afghanistan says the taliban will have to engage with the afghan government if their agreement with the u.s. is to last. it's part of the ambiguity and weakness of the deal the taliban think they're only dealing with the americans serve they don't attack the americans of inciting whereas in the low temp and dealers to hold it well they will have to conclude an agreement with the afghan government and that's part of the flaw in in the agreement at the moment i'm not convinced that the taliban are ready to conclude a deal with the afghan government knows now well we've got every step that iraq together he will be taking this in stages the 1st stage was to get reduction of violence to see even agreement could be reached there were satisfied a week of a reduction in violence was finding the next stage was to negotiate some immediate withdrawal of troops you can see the ambiguity the taliban want release of

prisoners and said if it meet this with the americans but it's the afghan government holding the prisoners and they haven't been consulted yet so i think there's a long way to go before we can say we're on the way to a peace deal in afghanistan i think the americans and laid the groundwork for an agreement they've got the taliban to negotiate that was that was always difficult even when i were we were in afghanistan and we were trying to get taliban to come to the table so the americans have got to come to the table they've got to negotiate is very important the americans don't abandon the afghan government though to say ok if you reduce violence and agree not to host terrorists in afghanistan we will withdraw our troops and abandon the afghan government that would be a mistake i don't think that's the plan but it may be what the taliban are hoping for. under a controversial plan nicknamed remain in mexico more than 60000 asylum seekers have been denied entry into the u.s.

they have to wait across the border while their case is a process to u.s. courts in the mexican border town of math i'm also of the 2000 people and living in a tent camp between the herring's own home and has more. in the mix can bank of the rio bravo there's a tent camp of more than 2000 people over the other side the promise land the us. most of from central america especially on due to us and have been here for months waiting for their asylum request to play out in a closed u.s. system before they would have been kept stateside for that long process but a year old program could n.p.p. or remain in mexico changed things since then some 60000 people have been shipped across the border and told to wait here and they had only u.s. officials told me that i was going to a shelter in mexico with security and food that we shouldn't be scared in reality they just left us at the bridge i asked mexican migration officials where i could

stay because i was with my girls wherever you want they told me if you don't find anywhere you can just stay at the bottom of the steps and eventually they found their way to a camp that's turned into a sort of village residence provide some services the mets morristown government takes care of the rubbish and international organizations and churches many from the us provide food and other essentials. they come to my tomatoes a border town known for gang violence. like many others here each of his family hardly ever set foot outside apart from to head across the river when they have a case hearing they don't see a judge face to face even then just across the border from the kind something that's new on that this u.s. administration they couldn't hang courts and this is where asylum seekers speak to judges who elsewhere in the. you know it is state's by video link up now what migrants rights advocates say is that these are quite secret and even hostile environments for asylum seekers were it becomes even more difficult for them to

effectively present cases. the study by citic you university shows that less than one percent of asylum relief requests on the m.p.p. have been approved it's not helped say migrant rights attorneys by the complications of getting legal aid in the camp so there are very few attorneys that are willing to actually come into mexico and especially in the areas of my thumb or as i know it by well i don't know because of the level of dangerousness within within mexico itself last friday us ordered m.p.p. to hoped but then the same court stayed the order pending fresh arguments it means that for now the policy continues to get that all of them are already ok if we go back now what are we going back to we've been threatened what's going to be our story if we go back. recently the numbers of arriving at the camp going way down but migrants rights advocates say that's only because the u.s.

is now sending some asylum seekers further away still under another new program all the way to guatemala john heilemann how does it or might the mortals. many central americans in mexico waiting for a decision on asylum cases in the u.s. are staying in the country's most dangerous state doctors without borders say many of their patients in the way of a lead the town and state have been kidnaps who have suffered violence that report coming up in part 2 of our series on thursday. u.s. supreme court judges a herring a major case that could make the law on abortion meaningless herring and louisiana is the 1st since president donald trump appointed to conservative judges and agalloch are reports from new orleans down by the law i up course in does not south problems outside one of louisiana's few remaining abortion clinics a protester urges women to make a different choice this state's laws are among the most restrictive public fundings

only available in cases of rape or incest women must receive counseling discouraging them from the procedure and mine is new parental consent the case now before the supremes court could make abortions in louisiana harder forcing clinics to get admitting privileges to a hospital within 50 kilometers of their practice a move critics say would force most to close it's very concerning in that that the supreme court took this case up at all caruso how good studies women's health and says louisiana is trying to undermine a ruling known as roe v wade that made abortion legal in 1973 rather than overturn roe v wade which at one time seemed so insurmountable kill it by death through a 1000 cuts and so these are medically unnecessary regulations that have the effect of closing abortion clinics other states are in acting similar so-called heartbeat laws and bold and by the appointments of 2 conservative judges to the supreme court

and to abortion rights groups are hopeful the tide is turning in their direction toward to be competent sometimes when we see the toll that abortion is having on our nation but we believe that our country is going to write its wrongs as it's done in the past and give rights to the weakest and the least among us with the unborn child or working on criminal justice or whether it's reproductive rights organizations like the american civil liberties union say legal abortion is now hanging by a thread and it's the least advantage. that may suffer it is young people poor people immigrant people people who are in this country lawfully but just don't have means that are going to be limited in their opportunity to exercise their constitutional rights many of the current laws are aimed at protecting the health and safety of women with a conservative majority in the supremes court a decision in the state's favor will have far reaching consequences if the supremes brock's louisiana's even more restrictive abortion laws this is likely to become

the 7th state with just one clinic pro-abortion rights groups fear it may even lead to a direct challenge of roe v wade onto your abortion rights activists are more hopeful than ever but abortion may not be beyond across the entire country the stakes couldn't be higher on a guy like rob is there a new orleans louisiana. the european commission has unveiled its 1st climate law has more from a european broadcast center. yeah that's right the ones here to be the 1st carbon neutral continent by the year 2050 as climate legislation is central to turning that ambition into reality if approved by the european parliament and member states it will give brussels the power to set revised emissions targets every 5 years but the reaction from n.g.o.s including the teenage crime activist to turn back has not been particularly positive of course she was invited to the rules unveiling they

said that the target is insufficient and they've accused lawmakers of only pretending to tackle the climate crisis or a challenge has our report if the european parliament times member states approve it the continent's path to a carbon neutral future will be in trying to irreversible the use 1st climate legislation it is a binding legal obligation. it others predictability it after is transparency to all for example the european industry to investors to public authorities and this is what they are holding for this is what they ask us to do because it gives them certainty about what needs to be achieved and it gives them certainty at what pace the climate lore would commit the e.u. to net 0 greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 but there's no mention of net removals of carbon post 2050 which was in an initial draft of the law and it defers till

september plans to upgrade the aim to cut emissions by 40 percent by 2030 for some this law still pushes too far too fast and some member states are objecting to the use of what's called a delegated act here is the ability of the commission to revise emissions targets every 5 years from 2030 with limited scope of the e.u. governments to object for others it doesn't go nearly far enough to live on the land welcomes teenage climate activists gratitude to the e.u. headquarters but her verdict was damning this climate lore is so random. because nature doesn't bargain and you cannot make deals with physics and for this criticism of them and their alleged capitulation you got a standing ovation. an open letter signed by turn berg another activist says the law is deferring action that should be taken today the 2016 paris

accords pledged to limit global warming below a 2 degree celsius rise campaigners say carbon neutrality by 2050 is too distant to achieve this they want goals from this year and every following month the new year to come. down to 0. so now to ukraine the parliament there is voted to accept prime minister lexi her and checked resignation as part of a sweeping god. we shuffle and became ukraine's youngest prime minister last year at the age of $35.00 he is expected to be replaced by deputy prime minister denis she may go green and president rodham is a lansky says his government's priorities remain unchanged spite the departure of a number of senior ministers. on our trees are vital for life on earth in many parts of the world deforestation continues unabated now dozens of artists are branching out to challenge the way people see the natural world jessica

baldwin went have a look here in london look at the trees they're all around us familiar but so often overlooked a show at the hayward gallery seeks to change that with a new exhibition among the trees it's produced to me to the curb roots and to force through in 600 years there will be no trees left on the planet so i think it is the most what we have to start a new relationship with trees and forests 50 years of art about trees to mark 50 years since the 1st earth day a forest of corrugated cardboard the packaging material repurposed to its earlier form of wood itself ideally i would like to have people to stop for a few minutes for it get a little bit they have to go on with the show and just stay there and see what happens at 1st glance a fold clothes tree but it's actually more than 800 layers of wafer thin cedar

in different cultures different ways of seeing trees in rural colombia there is no hierarchy between trees and people it's just a matter of considering how other be important theme to their life will keep us people themselves. a 30 meter spruce in a finnish forest sways in the wind allowing visitors to admire the scale for trees the sense of time is changed and olive tree growing for more than 2000 years in southern italy was used to cast this monumental sculpture it was around when julius caesar ruled the roman empire forests are disappearing at an alarming rate just at a time when our planet needs them the most trees and forest so one of the most cost effective ways of fighting climate change trees take in carbon dioxide and clean

the air around the rubbish caught in the branches of trees on the malaysian coast documents the environmental degradation trees are indispensable from paper for books timber for houses but there's more like all good art there will be new emotional connections made highlighting the importance of trees jessica baldwin al-jazeera london. and then just one other story to bring you the man known as the french spider-man is kind barcelona's far tower as a symbolic act against what he calls coronavirus panic. told journalists he wants to spread the message that fear is more contagious than the virus itself or better often climbs that well known buildings without permission including dubai's bush and the patron s. towers in malaysia once he was back on the ground rebel was checked by medical staff and then arrested not for the 1st time. so i'll have more from london for you

in just over 10 minutes time i'll see then at 990 back to camp and aha. thanks for that marian now for the 14th year in a row there's been a decline in the level of freedom in countries across the world that's according to freedom house a u.s. based ngo that says democracy in pluralism is under assault globally the group's annual report singles out the indian government on the prime minister narendra modi it says the b j p s policy decisions like revoking india administered kashmir is autonomy and the citizenship amendment act discriminatory towards muslims so they said some of the worst repression is happening in china which has one of the most extreme programs of religious persecution use it to suppress the rights of weaker muslims the report also said the us and the president donald trump has drifted from its ideals of a liberal democracy will serve a pucci is the vice president of research at freedom house she says india is one of

the biggest concerns. democracy is in trouble i think we hear regularly about places like russia or syria but more than half of the stablish democracies are in decline and we're seeing a wave of leaders who are elected and claim to speak for the people but then use their position to violate individual rights and consolidate their own power and i think that india has a particular concern this year because it is the world's largest democracy i think the b j p's targeting of the muslim population has has really shaken the foundations of pluralism in this very important democracy i think we're very concerned that policies like the registration system that was put in place in the some states will be spread across the country and will can turn tail rights even further u.s. foreign policy is has in the past been really important for supporting human rights and democracy around the world and of course we've made mistakes but at the same

time we've supported democracy through our foreign aid programs but especially in our diplomacy and the tramp of them straight in has really stepped back from that and we are worried that this is creating the international climate that is more permissive for abuse of time not support here is andy thank you so much kamal tokyo's olympic organizing committee says come sailing or delaying the going coronavirus is not being considered that source really through japan also such a stalled on saw in rehearsals have already taken place with the libya flying journey to begin a 4 month journey through japan on march the 26th and i can honestly say the number of spectators might be limited by when the health of brahmins will be monitored but they did out that the situation would have to be continually assessed between this release thoughts and on the olympics in july. you know isn't it true that you have to think and say about march the 26 and then what happens after july the 10th is

different you also have to think about how the coronavirus situation will change is . that there were no such talks at all about canceling the games as i said before on the assumption that it will be carried out as planned we will establish to see and secure organization. or their confidence being matched by that of olympic president thomas back the international olympic committee has just concluded a 2 day meeting in switzerland back refused to comment on the possibility of cancellation or pasco meant and says the games will start on july the 24th i will not be fuel to. the flame of speculation by giving it a period leading a day to go if you will be more patient. our statement from yesterday where we give you we are fully committed want to turn out a jules boycott politics professor pacific university in the united states has

written extensively about the olympics is the author of power games a political history of the olympics a professor boycott the new james bond movie is being delayed but not the olympic should we have a degree of skepticism about what we've just heard. well with most messaging emerging from the international olympic committee we should have a healthy degree of skepticism on one hand you can understand why tomas bach today might say that we have nothing to worry about at least right now because he wants to quell all concerns but if the coronavirus panic becomes a pandemic they better have a plan he said today that in fact they never even discussed the word postponement or cancelation with the executive board that should be a cause of concern for those who are looking ahead to what might come just how problematic would it be to postpone the games for example.

well for athletes it probably wouldn't be that big a deal logistically for tokyo it would be a challenge where i think you're going to find the most resistance to postponing the olympics is with the broadcasters and in particular and b.c. here in the united states where i'm coming from back in 2011 n.b.c. plunged $4400000000.00 to get the rights to the games through 2020 and then after that they plunged another $7700000000.00 through 2032 and so for them the games must go on short of a global pandemic because if they postpone it'll start bumping up against a lot of their other cash cow properties like n.f.l. football as well as the college football season so for places like n.b.c. having the games in july is really important until the law is a star. was clear about what may or may not happen what with the cost if the games were canceled and who would pick up the bill. well i'd say on one hand

some of these big media companies like say discovery who have broadcasting rights to the games they have policies for insurance that will protect them so a lot of the corporations involved have looked ahead and they'll be protected i think you could also argue and this comes from speaking with people in japan when i was there pretty recently they say the damage is already done in the sense that they've made special laws to build higher in the city in the sense that numerous people have been displaced to make way for the olympic stadium so for them the olympic damage has already transpired in terms of what we can expect moving forward i would say will have to keep an eye on tomas bach but 1st and foremost what happens with the corona virus that's going to be the big determiner richard pound a long time member of the international olympic committee has suggested that if we don't have it under control the coronavirus by the end of may that we have to seriously talk about postponing and canceling and i think that's actually

a pretty reasonable time frame if a conservative one and just quickly jules is the relocation of events to other countries or indeed the whole games is that it's not even a realistic option at this point. that's a great question and it's been raised by people in london and rio for example the 2 most recent hosts of the summer olympics in fact somebody who's running for mayor in london actually suggested that the olympics come back home to london but it's just not that simple in the sense that numerous venues have been destroyed or moved after the london 2012 olympics and then there's the little matter of where would you put the athletes the summer olympics has some 11000 athletes who come to participate not to mention all the members of the media and the training staff and the coaches where do you put those 11000 athletes after all the olympic athlete village that was constructed for london has now been converted into condominiums in apartments are you going to ask all those people to leave to make way for the

olympics that's basically impossible then take rio 1st of all as someone who lived in rio extensively there's not a whole lot of interest in rio to bring the games back and secondly a lot of the venues are in a dull apa dated state basically they're not even being used right now and so there's been serious problems about that not to mention the fact that there's now a president in brazil or both in our 0 who spouts a lot of hateful rhetoric that absolutely doesn't chime with the positive humanitarian rhetoric that's found in the olympic charter so on one hand you might think it be easy to relocate on the other hand if you start thinking about it a little bit it's pretty complex jules boyko fulfill all of a political history of the olympics professor also with of politics of pacific university not the states thank you so much for joining us. plenty role on that story to come of course that is it for now can i say that and do that from a camera now as he was down there in the mass it will be back in just a moment with more of the days.

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to get to the use and abuse of power across the globe on al-jazeera. tensions over takis offensive in syria boil over in the parliament after another 2 turkish soldiers are killed in a plane. i'm marianne demasi and london you're watching al-jazeera also coming up on the program italy ramps up its battle against the corona virus closing schools and universities for 2 weeks as its death toll jumps to 107. 1000000 at businessman mike bloomberg drops out of the democratic presidential race ifd after joe biden surges ahead on super tuesday.