in an environment driven by trends responsibly may close may become the ultimate fashion statement the all. california declares a state of emergency over the coronavirus congress steps up efforts to tackle the outbreak. other than i'm hala my history and this is al jazeera my from doha also coming up the leaders of turkey and russia are to meets in moscow as fighting in northwest syria threatens to drag them into direct conflict a month's worth of rain falls in a day in parts of brazil killing more than 20 people many more are still missing. and former new york mayor mike bloomberg and orses joe biden's white house bit

after withdrawing from the presidential race. my. the us state of california has declared an emergency to deal with an outbreak of the coronavirus there's been a rise in cases there arms the 1st fatality and elderly man dies after recently returning from a trip or a cruise ship the grand princess is now being docs near a california schools with thousands of people still on board she returns a reports on how authorities in california are trying to determine if other passengers are infected. this cruise ship appears to be a potentially another major vector for the coronavirus to spread this man who was elderly had underlying health problems which is what we often see in people who die from the coronavirus but he was all in this ship and he does some bug having already felt symptoms off the coronavirus he went home and finally he called my mom

one got help got tested was tested positive but that died at least one other person from that same cruise ship who also disembark is potentially is presumptively thought to have the current virus but i want him to the other 2500 people who got off the cruise ship at the same time as these 2 people so clearly authorities are concerned as to where those folks are according to the california governor at least half come from california where we didn't explicitly connected to the state of emergency but clearly these are concerns of the californians and now that still is now been parked outside off the coast of california selectively in quarantine because 60 people. from that original crew stayed on the boat and then they were joined by another $2500.00 passengers and then went off on a cruise to hawaii so clearly there's lots of potential there for this to be a vector of for the credit virus tests are now being added lifted on to that ship so that people can be tested it's not being allowed to to to. to reach port in san

francisco for the moment but these seem to be connected to that statement by the governor and governor newsome that a state of emergency has been declared that means he gets to get lots of emergency funding it's also to make sure that the price gouging concert that they can get more readily available supplies they can get more health workers from out of state but this is what the governor had to say we have a number of passengers and crew members that develop symptoms on this cruise. ship grand princess cruise ship as a consequence we are going to be flying testing kits to the cruise ship so that plenty of questions on california as to where those others from that cruise ship are currently now and clearly the california governor he says that trying the administration is trying to reach them. and politicians in washington are backing an $8300000000.00 package to combat coronavirus it's expected to pass the senate

and be signed don't only present trump who says the money will go to agencies dealing directly with the break. i spoke to several governors this morning they were grateful for the fact that the changes you made this week and through the guest you know make it possible for state health clinics as well as universities around the country to be able to conduct coronavirus tears but will also be meeting this afternoon with leaders of our commercial laboratories to make coronavirus tell us more rapidly more wildly available doctors' offices and medical clinics. where the virus is no spreading faster inside of china where it's a rigid native than within the chinese government is trying to stop travelers from bringing it back to a good poem is it home kong with the latest from asia india now has 29 these are new cases it's very worrying is the sec world's 2nd most populous nation behind

china and the doesn't have the same kind of government that can impose directives and measures and enforce them immediately like china can and that's basically why china has man managed to contain its spread of the virus and if you look at japan that's had its biggest jump in a day it now has 36 meanwhile south korea it's the 2nd most infected or stricken coronavirus stricken country behind china that also had a large number of cases on wednesday that was 438 and as of today as of right now just from today there are 934 new cases now that is very worrying because while china has managed to maintain and lower the rate of its infections it seems other countries are now struggling to contain their rate of infections now the ones in south korea originated from china it comes through our most of the cases are in a city called daegu from a religious group that had traveled to one in the early days of the wires virus and

then brought it back to korea so that is what south korea is struggling with and enter a verse or china is now trying to keep people or carriers of that virus out of china instead with the measures. one of britain's biggest airlines flying b. has collapsed coronavirus takes its toll on carriers around the world is long running financial problems were made much worse by the break elsewhere germany's live tons of is grand grounding 150 planes that's a 5th of its entire fleet hong kong based cathay pacific has put 25000 staff on paid leave in a red half of its planes are lying idle united airlines is asking employees to volunteer for unpaid leave as it reduces flights and implements a hiring freeze no the international air transport association says airline revenue will likely fall by nearly 30000000000 dollars this year it's giving

a nazi its own its forecast later on friday well joining me now from singapore to discuss this is andrew herdman he's director general of the association of asia pacific airlines gets a have you with us on al-jazeera just say how many other airlines do you think are vulnerable to co-ops like flight be in the u.k. . well this problem started in asia and china originated in china and are spread rapidly to other markets in asia when i asked her did their original estimate a couple of weeks ago it was based on the assumption it would be more us contained within asia and that $30000000000.00 revenue impact was almost entirely going to fall on the shoulders of the chinese and other asian pacific airlines but of course the situations are entirely changed it's now spread to europe and indeed america north america and it's having a very significant impact on airline operations around the world. the impact is

affecting more or less all airlines i think have to be prepared for this what so it's so you're saying then it's going to be more than a $30000000000.00 impact or what sort of figure is are you forecasting then given that the viruses spread around the world and given this is impacting airlines worldwide. we're not forecasting but i'm sure that they are revised forecast is bound to include a very significant component from outside asia $30000000000.00 i think the only $2000000000.00 that was outside asia given what's happened i wouldn't be too surprised if if the figure want to double or or go even higher of course we're modeling here it is very difficult to forecast the progression of the disease and what the impact will be but assuming this is something similar to sars in terms of duration and the pattern over a 6 to 9 month period with

a very strong recovery after a very very steep decline if indeed we see that same pattern then this is the order of magnitude so you could be tory you know $50000000000.00 and above or even even higher numbers we really don't know well in terms of the impact likely to be felt by passengers certainly from maybe in the u.k. as a regional airline they service the types of routes that some of the larger national carriers are unable to do there are airlines like that across asia across the middle east even and certainly across the u.s. do you anticipate that given the magnitude of the impact the coronavirus is causing we are likely to see other smaller airlines succumb see this virus. well indeed the severity is undoubted. impacts not confined to small airlines very much depends on not just on size but on the strength of your balance sheet whether

you are profitable or what form of financing do you have in place or what forms of credit lines essentially this is a negative cash flow shock. and conserving cash is the reason why airlines are taking the steps they are the same demand for putting planes on the ground there trying to reduce costs of operation not burn fuel flying empty or planes there are staff to take unpaid leave which is preferable to having layoffs this industry is resilient it will come through but i'm afraid there will be casualties and fly be may be one of the one of the 1st the it won't be the last when you mentioned the point there is not just i mean we know that for a b. as an airline was in difficulty but there are large airlines which are in difficulty as well given the tight margins that the airline industry is running on and given the nature of the the unpredictable nature of this crisis do you think we will see some of the larger carriers fail and is it time for the airline industry

to consider a fundamental shift in its business model going forward. are this is never a matter of the wrong business model and even profits won't sustain you through this kind of downturn this is all about cash flow managing cash flow maintaining good credit relationships with banks leasing companies other forms of finance and the airlines will need the support. of those capital providers to have confidence that the business will get through this downturn and i'm no doubt that they will bounce back and be you know will grow stronger over the longer term but it is really a matter of financing and also government policies can help in some regard so we need to get through this together it needs good cooperation amongst the different players and this is not confined to of course it affects travel tourism and many

other sectors ok andrew herdman i have to leave it there but great to get your thoughts thank you so much for joining us live from singapore. well it's more still to come on now to syria including greece in this the navy to help deal with an influx of refugees and migrants arriving on its own even. the weather remains very unsettled across europe now areas of cloud contains a pile in from the atlantic another wet day then across a good part of france this tidal area of low pressure will bring some very heavy rain in that's going to drive across western front central areas into the low countries that western side of germany a significant snowfall coming in the cross the alps a little further east as lousy dry some walls as well vienna at around 12 degrees

celsius then we got this a lot of clout out of that western sort of russia with some right pushing down towards the black sea to watch to see some very heavy showers here fabry downpour certainly a possibility into the east that incredibly warm weather 14 celsius in kiev 7 in moscow and rising touching double figures here as we go on into friday when she flowers will continue around the central parts around the out seasons out of the alps getting into austria some showers longer spells of freight into the balkans and then blustery showers continue apollo way into well western areas of france so we had towards the weekend keeping an eye on this feature which will bring some very heavy rain across the saturated ground of the british isles saifuddin concerns continuing here across northern africa and we have still got some showers just stick in the way across northern areas of libya and it's moving parts of algeria.

joined by listening post as we turned the cameras on the media india has more than 424 hour television news channels morning talkers and focus on how they report on the stories that matter the most the states misleads the public this they've been here reflects the same thing. quantock challenge uphold their editorial show it takes a dark believe they have anything to apologize for their listening post on al-jazeera. this is al jazeera a quick reminder of the headlines this hour california has declared a state of emergency after its 1st stance from the virus the elderly victim had

recently returned from a cruise ship a cruise trip to mexico passengers on the same ship are now being tested on boards and u.s. politicians are backing an $8300000000.00 package to combat the outbreak it's expected to pass the senate later this week and be signed off by president on trial . for the leaders of russia and turkey are expected to meet in the coming hours as you countries have recently come close to direct confrontation in italy in northern syria turkey is trying to push back syrian government forces are supported by russia for school has accused anchor of violating a 2018 deal to create a demilitarized zone and help in what it calls terrorist groups in the area who incited live witnesses have told al jazeera that russian air strikes have killed at least 15 people in farms sheltering displaced civilians many more have been injured

well sin and cos joins me live from the turkish syrian border and sinan turkish military they have sustained council sees something also over the past few days but increasingly civilians are being caught up in this violence. yes how the civilians are still being targeted directed by the syrian government and the russian airstrikes that's by and upcoming meeting today the violence is as fierce as it used to be a couple of days ago and both sides are trying to arm each other and actually make each other come to their knees before coming around the diplomatic table. but of course today's meeting is a benchmark as persons are don and president vladimir putin are going together in the afternoon today in the russian capital moscow it is the meeting is not going to be on the binding for the future of it live and and amended and

a possible cease fire but also it is going to be a benchmark for the future of turkey a turkish russia relations because 2 leaders have spaces so far that they are committed they will be complying with the is so chana son agrement that was signed back in 2080 however when it comes to the day a vote sides have totally different understanding of how to implement the such equipment russia says so chair grammont was signed back in 2018. the conjuncture was different the sprits was the front on the ground but this has to be updated while turkey stays that it tests will be a practice as it was signed and the syrian government forces have to withdraw back down below and 4 and 5 highways which which were designed by sochi and as stana agreements but of course this conflict is something that's neither sides are able

to get over because they are totally on the opposite pages when it comes to the ground today and and yesterday syrian president bashar assad accused turkey for the russian side sorich you sir q 4 of course following the american orders while the attitude towards the russians is kind of changing in ancora among the listen makers in the field think that it's a corporation and collaboration with the russians while the diplomatic table dictates a corporation and collaborations with the americans and when it comes to syria now turkey affects a permanent cease fire and a safe zone with no fly zone but what. will be 2 conditions. come up with a result after today's meeting if there's no answer because the russians seem not seen in the willing for a permanent ceasefire but a temporary one which is not welcomed by the turks because a temporary ceasefire is assumed to be only helping the syrian government forces to

gain back they are energy and power and to be back in the field and continue they are at the west towards the north and their assault on the civilians and the safe saw a safe saw has felt more support else than turkey and germany so far about we have been hearing the american senators pushing for and more fly zone over the horse we will see what the 2 leaders are going to discuss today whether they will come up with a solution a political and safe the solution for the civilians inside the 4 nuts ok simcoe c.e.o. very long for the job because a border crossing thank you. now there have been scuffles and a heated debate in turkey's parliament over its military involvement in northern syria and peace started shoving each other after one position member accuse the president of disrespecting turkish soldiers who've been killed at a time birds of one was also called irresponsible for sending troops into the

conflict allegedly without adequate air cover. now a great naval ship has arrived the island of les pauls to pick up hundreds of refugees and migrants who were on foot over the past few days they've been camping out at ports are being prevented from reaching overcrowded camps by locals and johnson office reports uncertainty awaits those who make it on board the naval ship . a greek navy transport ship arrives in lesbos to pick up more than $500.00 refugees and migrants they arrived after turkey opened its borders to europe and won't be allowed to apply for asylum instead they will be taken to athens and eventually deported people here hope this will act as a deterrent to more refugee crossings. the people who crossed illegally from the land border got 4 years in jail and a 10000 euro fine it serves them right and it will make others think twice the

refugees have phones whatever happens here gets bound over to the other side security around the port is high police have their hands full preventing daily attempts by refugees to board ferries to athens lesbos has been the most hospitable island to refugees but people are frustrated a year ago there were about 5000 people in the island's refugee camp and this was an olive grove the camp and tent city mushrooming around it now hold 20000 villages from morea a kilometer away say they've been hit hard and. i no longer cultivate my vegetable garden because it will be picked clane and the chickens are gone the police say they can't do anything this store has been robbed 6 times if someone is caught red handed they're free in a couple of hours if i do the same thing i'll go to jail. government attitudes reflect the changing mood greece has asked for emergency border assistance from the european union the east is fast becoming militarized greece now has 52 warships and

coastal patrol vessels at sea. spotting refugee boats and preventing the other european union countries have another 10 ships posted here and the rapid border intervention force greece requested will result in many more the un says that suspending asylum applications isn't legally justified and that all thorough should avoid excessive or disproportionate force but the turkish opening of borders has altered this humanitarian crisis in greece is our eyes it's now a national security crisis and the military is increasingly taking over jobs our ople us lesbos. authorities in saudi arabia are being accused of denying a detained activist access to a lawyer who's a know her through has been imprisoned since 2018 along with other prominent activists she'd campaigned against the ban on women driving in the kingdom her

sister raise the case during a human rights conference in geneva she was in solitary confinement for 8 months without having any reason of why the trial was suspended and now they began with the trial again but there is nothing new and it's a fake trial because all the procedures i've a lated when she tries to ask them for proof they want to do it when she tries to have to really give her defense defense just stop her from talking so basically everything is other rights are violated. more now on the 4 wants from the coronavirus and much of the discussion about the financial impact has focused on the world's biggest economies and companies but millions of migrant workers are caught up in it too unable to return to jobs that they and their families from my own part of the low reports no from another. alicia says she would not have left

hong kong during the height of the coronavirus scare. but her mother step forced her to overcome fears like home to the philippines what was supposed to be a brief homecoming for domestic worker however has now turned into weeks after the philippine government announced a travel ban on china and its special administrate to reach its this time my employer just give me 7 days 14 days and then go back to hong kong but because of that. i cannot go. thousands of filipinos who work in hong kong and macau cannot go back even if the ban now exams migrant workers most of them say they would rather take the risk than lose their jobs so much so that they came together on social media to put pressure on the government and allow them to return to work they'd rather be sick in hong kong and taking care by the hong kong government instead of being here taken care of by the philippine system which is

good but it's expensive for us millions of filipinos work abroad many coronavirus hit regions but even as a virus keeps spreading and the number of cases and continue to rise they're still leaving in droves risking help for livelihood for me like i have been a 5000000 that. really need. money you know so i decided to take the race. here is a risk for alisa because domestic workers have been among those diagnosed with the karuna virus in hong kong. and as more than 400 filipino coup members of the diamond prince's cruise ship isolated in japan for 2 weeks return home they leave behind dozens of their colleagues who've been infected by the virus. barnaby lo al-jazeera manila at least $24.00 people have died and dozens are missing after

heavy rain and landslides hit southeastern brazil the states of sao paulo and rio de janeiro are the worst affected priyanka gupta has more at 70 antonio for us has lost everything overnight a month's worth of rain fell in a matter of hours in brazil south palo state triggering landslides and burying homes and people with it. i lost my house i lost my daughter why doored more than anything in my life and my son in law firefighters are volunteers are racing against time to find dozens of people still missing at least 200 people are homeless and that's just in one out of 3 cities affected most of the bible they want us to live but we can i gar i don't have anywhere to gar i don't have family i don't have anybody here it's summer in brazil but since january they've been

unusual bouts of rain floods and mudslides the regional government in sao paulo is blaming climate change to worse i want to mention that climate phenomenons are taking place in the south eastern regions of the country reaching levels that were not reached ever before it clearly shows that climate change is severe and demands the attention of the governments but brazil's far right preston jari both snarl has long been accused of ignoring these straits from climate change as families struggle to cope with this likely impact priyanka gupta. well after a strong performance in these super tuesday primary votes former us vice president joe biden's heard another boost to his white house campaign he's been endorsed by former new york mayor michael bloomberg who's dropped tights over the race reynolds reports on the sensuous. appearing confident and relaxed joe biden

listed the states he won on super tuesday with victories in texas virginia north carolina arkansas alabama tennessee oklahoma. going to go to massachusetts and who had just sort of we heard we won maine as well right. michael bloomberg dropped out of the race and endorsed by offering financial and organizational support to the former vice president i've always believed that the feeding donald trump starts 1000000 knighting behind the candidate with the best shot to do it and after yesterday's vote is clear that candidate is my friend and a great american joe biden. the 3 quarter $1000000000.00 price tag for his presidential ambitions one bloomberg 0 states although he was victorious in the territory of american samoa well i think he underestimated the degree to which politically he was just not acceptable enough to

a broad enough swath of democrats bernie sanders who won 4 states including california vowed to press on so the american people have got to on this lamp that this is a conflict about ideas about a record about a vision for where we go forward. and i'd like to know is a decent guy and i do not want this campaign to generate into a trump type if it were attacking each other analysts say sanders may have peaked as a candidate i think we're also seeing is that there is a natural limit to sanders appeal to the democratic party writ large without mentioning sanders by name a button also called for civility you know what we can't let happen in the next few weeks is that this primary turning into a campaign of negative attacks the only thing that can do is help donald trump doesn't do anything to help any one of the candidates are left in the campaign to

try to keep our in the ball. as for elizabeth warren her failure to win even in massachusetts the state she represents in the senate left the future of her campaign in grave doubt a campaign official said warren is assessing the path forward biden's campaign declared that he had joementum moving forward and he'll need that in the next phase of the contest when 6 states vote on march 10th including michigan a big industrialized midwestern state that is key to democrats hopes to unseating president trump in the fall rob reynolds al-jazeera los angeles. this is al jazeera and these all the top stories california has declared a state of emergency after its 1st step from the coronavirus and the victim had

recently returned from a cruise trip to mexico passengers on the same ship or night being tested on boards she had returned as the details. the person who died was an elderly who had underlying health conditions so far pretty much what we have consistent with what we've heard elsewhere in the world but he just he'd returned from a cruise last month from california to to mexico and while he was on board he started feeling symptoms then when he got off symptoms continued and finally he called 911 to hospital he was tested he was positive and then he died one other person from that cruise was also tested positive so the question is what are all the other people from the cruise to half of the apparently are from california. and u.s. politicians are backing an $8300000000.00 package to combat the outbreak it's expected to pass the senate later this week can be signed off by president on trump of the money will go to agencies dealing directly with the outbreak the leaders of russia

and turkey are expected to meet in the coming hours it's a countries have recently come cools to direct confrontation and it lead in northern syria turkey is trying to push back syrian government forces who are supported by russia authorities in saudi arabia are being accused of denying a detained activist access to a lawyer who say no has to has been in prison since 2018 along with other prominent activists she had campaigned against the ban on women driving in the kingdom her system breaks the case during the human rights conference in geneva stay with us and i'll just share this stream is up next. to al-jazeera we talk about 2 of the biggest problems facing the endemic corruption and we listen so if you replace china's enemy with

a not really that we meet with global news makers and tweak about the stories that matter just 0. hi everyone i'm femi oke a am your in the strain today we take a look at 3 stories related to global warming locusts in east africa ice melt in antarctica and the future of the world's largest doomsday food vault you can join the conversation really easily in our live chat or on twitter. though it is in east africa are racing to counter swarms of aeration slow cuz we've been eating their way through the region including kenya ethiopia and somalia locusts are not uncommon to the horn of africa but the recent surge is the worst the region has seen in decades the rise of these insects have been attributed to was.