oh. this is al jazeera. hello i'm convinced this is the news hour live from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes the russian and turkish presidents meet to discuss the fighting in northwest syria which threatens to drag them into direct conflicts. migrants at the greek border have nowhere to go as turkey sends a special force to stop them from being pushed back by greeks. we could see the effects on revenue exceed 100000000000. a u.k. airline collapses and there are predictions more will follow as a coronavirus outbreak strikes critical sectors of the global economy. the

international criminal court agreed to take up a case that will see us taliban and afghan officials investigated for suspected war crimes. and in sport india's women make circuits in history without a ball being bowled through to the t 20 world cup final. against england in. negotiations the escalating violence and an impending refugee crisis for europe we begin this news hour would syria turkey's president is meeting the russian leader in moscow with the hope of reaching a ceasefire and if the province fighting there is threatening to drag the 2 countries to direct conflict little into the east here. the syrian army has had heavy losses therefore we definitely need to discuss everything all of the

situation that has developed so that nothing like it happens again destroys russian turkish relations which we i know you as well pay much attention to and really appreciate. well on the ground the bombardment has killed at least 15 civilians russia is backing syrian government soldiers and turkey is supporting rebels in the fight for the town connects the main highways in the province to lead to a humanitarian crisis and turkey says it cannot cope with the influx of more people turkey is deploying 1000 special police forces across its northern border to stop greece from sending back refugees well we'll go to her in a bit to talk about the situation on the ground there is the situation on the ground and the turkish point of view 1st so let's go to steve austin who is standing by for us in moscow step explain for our viewers in the situation that pollution is in between its syrian allies on the ground there in northern syria and how it views its relationship with turkey.

well ok it's a very difficult day for fortune here as well as for her to watch shows that this one on one meeting they had to last us for more than 3 hours it has finished now finally bazza we don't know yet what has come out of it because immediately the leaders went into a bigger meeting with the delegations from the foreign and defense ministers so we have to still wait and see what has come out of this very difficult meeting but of course for president clinton it's a very complicated chess game that he is playing with aside from syria on one side and her to one on the other side he stressed at the beginning of this meeting that said nothing should come in the way of this relationship he has with turkey and erdogan also even praised the relationship as being at its top right now looking at the trade and defense cooperation but of course the positions on the ground tell

a fairly different story the positions haven't changed russia still sasa that the turkey should disarm the militants they call them terrorists and turkey is accusing syria for attacking back by russia for attacking civilians and that's of course why this whole humanitarian disaster is also taking place so we don't expect a huge breakthrough here but it seems that the poison is definitely sensitive for this a cry for humanitarian solution just before the talks with iran you got a call from the president before from the european council stressing that puts and should remember this humanitarian crisis so it looks likely that putin will listen to this and will come up with some kind of ceasefire but of course the talks are being very difficult because they're much longer than they were scheduled in the 1st place thanks then steadfast in their life from moscow that spring and how she will have gotten now who's in

a hot time on the talking syria border hussian both sides have been trying to shore up their positions on the ground in northern syria going into these talks what's the latest on the battle front. well on the battle of fronts you have mounting tension particularly in sort of east now reporting that the turkey backed rebels are pounding syrian government positions of the very center of sirte r.-k. been an attempt to drive those forces out from the city the city now is under the control of the syrian government but the battle of iraq about has become synonymous with whether it's going to take a bigger say in the near future or the northwestern part of syria the rebels are adamant they will hold ground but the syrian government says that taking full control of saddam is crucial for it to hold control over the crucial highways in $5.00 and $4.00 there's been also fighting in the northern city of marjah that must

mean and also the southern part of the country is about as that's where there's been some fighting over the last few days with the government offensive to the cups of many villages and towns so as those talks are underway now in in moscow to diffuse tension all the indications that we're getting from the ground in the northwestern province of idlib suggest a growing tension with no indication whatsoever that we might see a diff use in in a time soon as you talk to us if you can about unquote its position going into these talks obviously it's under a lot of pressure it's war eat about the number of refugees who may try to come into turkey it already is home to 2 to more than 3000000 to what position here. well initially turkey and russia had nothing in common when it comes to syria because they both back opposing sides of the conflict russia backs president bashar

al assad turkey backs the. rebel groups this particular the syrian national army but into a 1018 they managed to set aside their differences and struck many dia's those deals were very instrumental to the evacuation of civilians to the implementation of cease fire agreements and one of those focal points of that approach man between the 2 a country was it live 208018 where the established a cease fire observation post and a demilitarized zone it was later ripley katydid in october 2019 if you remember in october the russian the turkish military started a cross border of operation called spring in north in the northeastern part of syria particular between tel and us elaine and its aim was to push the factions particularly the white b.g.

from those areas russia interfered stepped in at a deal had been put in struck a deal in sochi on the 20 the 2nd of october that paved the way to this whole notion of a buffer zone 30 kilometer deep with both countries but during those areas it was absolutely seen as a momentous. historic moment for both turkey and russia know this trying to do exactly the same thing in live however it remains to be seen whether russia is winning this particular moment to give further concessions to president. because since the start of the latest military campaign called spring shilled russia has been very equivocal of the operation saying that the turkish military has been further stoking violence and instability and it lip thank that has come about i will check back in with you when we hear more out of those talks between potion and . thank you lodges there has spoken to the president of the international

federation of red cross and red crescent societies he's visiting the border between greece and turkey and he's condemned all sides for using refugees as political weapons i had the opportunity to to go and tool to see to see just here on the border and to talk with some of damage for of course you mean it's just. about disparate stories in this very moment according to the news i read struck in the media a lot we know up on at least or solution so this is something that shouldn't top and that and i would like to obvious truth that we don't tend to in politics but when politics are threats the dignity of the human beings what you do you also can remind. us that we shared one humanity and when i listen to that today the head of you will be in commission talking about the shield meaning that don't yet decided i went on so this is. something that there it's. on the city

could be avoided because yeah human beings i've seen children i've seen women not and they're not they're not weapons. well let's have a look now at why russia and turkey are at odds over the deal they made it's aimed at preventing an all out war and the last rebel stronghold in september 20th team is meant to mention they signed an agreement to create a deescalation zone and it. they agreed to establish a 20 kilometer demilitarized buffer zone between the syrian government forces and the rebels and the removal of what they described as radical terrorist groups but russia and assad and the assad government rather accuse turkey of failing to fulfill its side of the deal and separate moderate opposition fighters from what they call militants and turkey is angered by the recent government attacks banks by russia which have killed hundreds of civilians since december it wants the syrian

army to pull back use of is an international security analyst and a retired turkish colonel who joins us by skype from thanks so much for coming on the program 1st off what do you think are the chances that a cease fire will work this time as i just mentioned there have been efforts to create a dimitroff zone before will this be any different. actually before disarming take place inside moscow together with mr putin and their daughter from the real critical person who's already met in moscow and qatar but that didn't produce in the result for a ceasefire and from my point of perspective russia wants to create a new version of such a beach means that turkey throw all that this forces and accept the new reality and take them to the border of turkey and after the 3430 soldiers has been killed by

the regime forces the turkish office to start the immensely and turkey strike almost all air defense systems including tanks are the reason i'm sure helicopters on some airplanes which became very costly also for regime and also for the russia for just use them. as the church of set the shadow of the battle field trips fall down to the diplomacy table if that does not fall down to the diplomacy table what you are talking nonsense for this reason i believe that this time the shadow of the battlefield and the turkish assault now is on the table of the diplomacy for the season i do believe that they may meet this might produce a result for a ceasefire in the next coming hours from my point of course back given your battlefield and experience can you talk about the difference of this latest operation by the turkish troops in northern syria the previous 2 it was all about

moving the y p j which of course turkey sees as an extension of the p.k. k. why is this operation different. because the previous spawn was against a non-state actor which turkey claims the right b.g. as a terrorist group for this isn't fighting against a non-state actor it's completely different when you fire the syrian army for this use and everyone especially including the russian analysts they were thinking that turkey be not be able to penetrate through the russian air defense system inside syria but man you take a look at the last d. r meant a relay killed together with the turkish air fighting aircraft 30 different take care you into consideration the air defense system or also that 30 already strike you mentally and heavily built

a defense system of the syrian regime for this isn't everyone realized that spots 30 minutes later followers should be taken to consecration because so far although the regime accept this 3 airplane 3 helicopter 150 and main battle tanks has been lost from the regime perspective for tissues and no one was expecting that turkish aid force will infiltrate by using an electronic bill welfare to do a real defense area of syrian regime so that is the main difference when you compare it with korea was operational which turkey has done so far but again your analysis thank you for that that he says alabama there an international security analyst thank you you're welcome. plenty more ahead on news all including flying into a conflict now fighting in libya is putting a strain on pilots and trump lives. who was really to blame for killing protesters

in sudan's capital last summer the transitional government is under pressure to find out. and in force as in the organizers insist the games will go ahead we'll hear from one of the favorites for gold and talk here in. the spread of coronaviruses forcing many countries to impose travel and trade restrictions the body that represents global airline says counted the cost during a meeting in singapore it predicts losses in excess of $100000000000.00 earlier ministers from opec a group of major oil producing nations gathered to discuss the impact on the global markets the outbreak has led to a sharp drop global demand for oil in iran the health minister says schools and universities will remain closed for the rest of this month checkpoints are being

set up to limit travel between cities it now has more than 3 and a half 1000 confirmed cases with at least $107.00 people dead and italy has also closed schools and universities for at least 10 days more than 3000 people there have been affected the highest number in europe. well mcbride begins our coverage with a report about the rising economic impact of the virus. margins in the airline industry have always been tight now they've been getting tighter. the global impact of the corona virus outbreak has slashed billions of dollars from account books it could be we see all of the countries with cases of more than 10 develop in a much more serious way along the lines that we've seen happening in china in which case we could see the effects on revenues exceed 100000000000 the crisis has been underscored by tighter travel restrictions being imposed by

a growing number of countries including now australia we made a decision in relation to travel bans to of course continue the travel bans in relation to my mind china and in relation to iraq we have also had to die decided that we will put in place a travel ban in relation to the republic of korea we will also put in place what enhanced screening measures to deal with those travelers that come from italy any known australian visitor who has traveled to south korea iran or italy in the past 2 weeks will be turned away from australia it's added to south korea's increasing sense of isolation as the biggest epicenter for the disease outside china the country used to send masks and other medical supplies to help beijing in its efforts but as the need here has grown so the roles have been reversed.

hundreds of thousands of surplus face masks have been sent from china to the south korean epicenter of the outbreak in the city of daegu and its surrounding area. recently the epidemic in south korea is worsening and we feel empathy for the south korea's difficulties are also ours china is willing to provide all necessary assistance and. south korea's presidential office says it has received a letter from north korean leader kim jong un saying he's praying for the health of the people in the south including the president moon jay in the friendly exchanges in marked contrast to the cooling of relations between north and south in recent months as talks about denuclearization have faltered. state run media in north korea has been heavily publicizing its efforts to stop the coronavirus claiming not a single case has been detected portraying that as

a victory by its leadership. and in a further sign of the sacrifices south korea is enjoying makers of its famous local liquor soju are now sharing their stocks of alcohol with producers of hand sanitizers deciding it's of more value right now as a disinfectant than a drink robert bride al-jazeera sold when a moment we'll have more from our correspondent in iran which is one of the worst affected countries outside of china but 1st let's go to jonah hole who send london jonathan the netherlands is preparing for some 900 students have seen from northern is going to return how is the rest of europe tackling this crisis and the spread from italy. well the netherlands since you mentioned it had a 50 more than 50 percent increase in infections during the last 24 hours and as you say bracing itself for the return of those $900.00 students have been in northern italy italy still though the epicenter of the corona virus outbreak in

europe the italian government now by decree has closed all schools and universities across the country until the 15th of march 1 of a series of measures italy joining a number of other countries have done similar things with schools france iran partial closes total closures in japan and india as well in all incidentally 300000 students across the world in more than 20 countries now face weeks of discrete disruption and other measures underway being undertaken now in italy these ones until at least early april include the sort of public distancing measures a ban on i'm not sure how effective the ban is as such but certainly urging people not to shake hands or hug one another to maintain a distance of one meter apart it's unclear how that will be inforced public gatherings have all been suspended including cinemas and theatres shut sports

events are all going to take place in front of empty stadiums without spectators and companies have been urged to allow any employee the who can work from home to be able to do so now it's just a snapshot of one country in europe albeit the worst affected perhaps but you know the european union famous for its open borders the virus is spreading quickly it is going to continue to do so the 1st cases in the last 24 hours reported in poland in hungary we've mentioned the netherlands switzerland has reported its 1st fatality and the news frankly not particularly encouraging here in britain the chief medical officer on thursday morning saying that he believes community spread of the virus is underway on some level which effectively means that containment efforts have failed so i suspect it's only a matter of time now before some at least of those measures being undertaken in italy pop up here as well. i think that would situation across europe jonah hall

there live from london. joins us now from to run on sky and saying iran is continuing to come out with new ways to combat the virus of say now people are asking or thirty's rather asking people to stop using cash what's the latest. that's correct that information or that suggestion was coming from something that has become a fixture here in daily life in iran the public minister the public briefing by the health ministry and before i get into the cash issue let me describe to you something that was released today that health ministry released a mac on twitter the spokesman released a map that showed how the virus emanated from home sort of in the center of the country out to the rest of the nation and it really looks like the tentacles of an octopus sort of gulf in the country and that's really what we're seeing in iran experiencing the death toll is at $107.00 the total number of cases more than

3550 new deaths since yesterday 500 new cases confirmed since yesterday and the health ministry has taken a number of steps one of the things they've suggested to people today is to stop using cash now it remains to be seen or it really is unclear how much of a vector cash is but certainly it changes hands so with germs that would be on the hard currency but iran is already a country that is very tilted towards the use of cards and digital transactions the credit conduct any sort of financial business having said that banks are raising the ceiling and any sort of digital transaction or a.t.m. withdrawals that customers can make they're also sending messages to customers to offer them rewards points and other reward systems to try to encourage them to use digital transactions instead of part cash schools and public events various public venues universities cinemas theaters that were shut 2 weeks ago those closures by

government order yet again it been extended another 2 weeks taking us into the persian new year taking us well into april after the holidays and they are likely to continue to be remain close that's what many people are expecting here now as the government and the people continue to contend with this public health crisis we've heard from the head of. the revolutionary guard corps commander salaam you sense a lot of the head of the i r g c in a speech today and chairman said we will win this fight against the virus which he said may be the result of an american biological invasion 1st in china and then in iran now this is a popular conspiracy theory that started to emanate out of coolness soon as the outbreak was discovered but it was the 1st time we're hearing it localized by a senior member of the establishment here and then bus driver there live from tehran thank you the international criminal court has decided to investigate allegations of crimes committed during the war in afghanistan these include claims of atrocities by u.s.

troops afghan forces and the taliban and the court is looking into prison a torture and the mass killing of civilians the petition to open the case has led to u.s. president donald trump imposing a travel ban on staff who work for the court u.s. secretary of state might compare has strongly condemned the decision by the i.c.c. to investigate and the u.s. war crimes in afghanistan. this is a truly breathtaking action by an unaccountable political institution masquerading as a legal body. it's all the more reckless for this ruling to come just days after the united states sided historic peace deal on afghanistan which is the best chance for peace in a generation the united states is not a party to the i.c.c. we will take all necessary measures to protect our citizens from this renegade unlawful so-called court. the conflict in afghanistan began with the u.s. led invasion in 2001 making it america's longest running conflict i.c.c.

chief prosecutor fast and soda says there's evidence of torture right and sexual violence against prisoners by u.s. troops and intelligence agencies mainly between 20032004 that afghan security forces are suspected of torturing prisoners at government detention centers he also says the taliban and other groups have killed more than $17000.00 civilians since 2009 was stuck on him is a founding member of the afghanistan affairs unit cents an afghan think tank he joins us by skype from kabul really good to have you on the program to start 1st off i mean the i.c.c. has been looking into this for you what's been the holdup. has been looking into it 123 shared. on

a sunday as well as some of the human rights based n.g.o.s dangers that are working for promotional human rights looking to collect information and start recording the cases. which which has. 'd the special rights here 1 but the problem is that the american administration stopped it and considering the part that one of the actors on these american. 'd forces from the. start could do you see. 'd this and the process as i said the u.s. is not a party to the i.c.c. in the hague we talked about that but what role has the afghan government played and keeping these atrocities from i guess the public's fair and the public discourse. well the afghan government has been trying to sweep the issue of transition of justice under the carpet since 2001 i can remind

you of at a port where i want to thank the independent human rights commission worked on a report that contained details of human rights abuses during the civil bought in afghanistan in the ninety's and they wanted to launch that that report 'd but then there the afghan government block the release of that report that it both would never have been launched and also the politicians in the parliament what part of the 2 evidence of a lot of big fast and missed the bill in the national fallen meant giving a blanket amnesty to all securely i would like to remind everyone one more point that outlines on the starting point is not a few $1001.00 but $979.00 and since that be a get have been numerous pieces of human rights abuses caused

conducted by the russian forces the different governments that have taken power in the country during the civil war we had different groups who had been alleged of being responsible to bought into the human rights abuses so it restarted from 2001 that will be another issue which will be contested by many because they would want this whole issue to be started back from $979.00 but the what if it started from 2001 the up one government and the international community particularly the americans are looking for the conciliation in the country and he shoots off transitional justice and crimes against humanity and a water crimes which definitely challenge the progress that is made on the the sandy conciliation front thank you then tell me that the time that must talk to him a founding member of the afghanistan affairs unit thank you still ahead on

al-jazeera. i decided to take the recent. how the coronavirus of impacting migrant workers than my family back home. stuck in mexico while that is fine in cases ahead in the us cause we need some of the 1000 the nimda. i'm in for an investigation is underway after this family and league football i confronted the spectator and the fans. follow the weather's lousy set fire across the arabian peninsula further north we have got plowed i'm right just making its way towards the levant so we can expect to see some wet weather around syria lebanon jordan maybe down as israel just around the sinai peninsula as we go on through friday quite brisk winds is what is in northern parts of saudi arabia and i strong winds they will push up into good

parts of iraq over the next day or so with a chance of one or 2 showers maybe some showers then to northern parts of iraq as well but certainly the possibility of lift the dust and sand affecting visibilities further south across the plains it is dry temperatures here getting into the mid twenty's celsius so it's all over the coming days not bad to across a good part of northern africa but those showers on the eastern side of the med could bring a little bit of weather just around the coastal fringes of egypt for example as we go on through friday before much of north africa is largely dry when i see the odd shot just scraping the fog north of algeria for a time pushing over to wards tunisia shows there and see the gulf of guinea southern parts of nigeria ghana pushing over towards liberia sierra leone could always see a shot or 2 over the next cameron could also see want to see sam is also stretching their way towards the highlands.

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to an al-jazeera. what your knowledge is there a reminder about top stories of the presidents of turkey and russia a meeting in moscow to try and defuse tensions in syria president bush and express his condolences for the deaths of turkish troops killed there last week. the global aviation watchdog says the industry could lose more than $100000000000.00 in revenue as a result of the corona virus outbreak. international criminal court has decided to investigate allegations of war crimes by all sides in afghanistan u.s. secretary of state my phone has strongly condemned the decision. gaza's health

ministry says at least 12 people have died after an explosion at a bakery sparked a huge fire. the fire spread through nearby shops and homes in the new city arts refugee camp it's just 53 people were injured more than a dozen are in critical condition fire crews and ambulances rushed to the site to try to help others a technical fault of the bakery was blamed for the explosion. israel's military has demolished 2 palestinian homes in the occupied west bank the army says the 2 residents who were targeted played a role in an attack on an israeli settlement last august when one person was killed human rights groups have long criticized israel's practice of destroying homes saying it's collective punishment and that illegal under international law. more now on the fallout from the coronavirus now much of the discussion about the coronavirus its financial impact has focused on the world's biggest economies

incomings the millions of migrant workers a quarter up at 2 unable to return to jobs that they and their families rely on on a beach reports from manila. 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 flying 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 after quiet and go back to hong kong but suddenly because of the trouble. 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 we'd rather be sick in hong kong and taken care of by the hong kong government instead of being sick here taken care of by the philippine system which is good but is 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 a livelihood for me like i having a family that. really needs. the money you know so i decided to take the risk. there is a risk for elisa because domestic workers have been among those diagnosed with the corona virus in hong kong. and that's more than 400 filipino coup members of the prince's cruise ship isolated in japan for 2 weeks return home to leave behind

dozens of their colleagues who've been infected by the virus barnaby lo al-jazeera manila let's get more now on the u.s. reaction to the i.c.c. ruling on afghanistan let's bring in jordan was at the state department in washington rolls a bit of background to the i.c.c. has said it's going to look into all posses to the conflict in afghanistan that includes the u.s. tell us a little bit more about what pump i had to say. well the u.s. secretary of state mike pompei o spoke to reporters in the last hour and he reacted quite angrily to the international criminal court's decision to allow the chief prosecutor filed to bensouda to pursue an investigation into alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity allegedly committed by members of the u.s. military as well as committed allegedly by members of u.s.

intelligence services this is an operation or an investigation which the u.s. has steadfastly objected to sense she 1st made her announcement back in november 27th teen the secretary of state told reporters in the past hour that's how the u.s. would not cooperate he condemned the investigation ruling as an act of a political vendetta i should say and that he would do everything possible to make certain that u.s. persons who are accused are not brought before the i.c.c. and prosecuted. like that runs jordan there live from washington d.c. . go shish ans to thought the post breaks that relationship between the u.k. and the european union have already hit roadblocks the 1st round of trade talks between the u.k. and the e.u. have wrapped up in brussels person wants

a deal outlining its future relationship with europe signed off by january after 4 days of meetings the chief negotiators said there was still serious divergences and work differences. as price. especially after only one round of negotiations but some very very difficult to cover. continue to believe that we can reach a good agreement for both sides overcoming challenges no. independent and to do you agree to gays or. on grown groups to make it possible for us to greet trade and to travel surrounds transitional government is being urged to investigate last year's killing of pro-democracy demonstrators the us based ngo physicians for human rights blamed sudan security forces for the deaths of 241 people what's become known as the june 3rd massacre

that happened 2 months after president omar bashir was removed many of the student protesters demanding democracy were health care workers the report says security forces fired into hospitals and tortured civilians as well as carrying out gender based attacks the physicians group is calling on u.n. member states and the african union to sanction the sudanese officials responsible we'll have a morgan is in the sudanese capital khartoum she says protesters won't see the revolution is over until with accountability. well i'll just 0 was banned from reporting we were in hutton when the attack on the set in happened and we do remember hearing the gunshots opened on protesters at. the sets in which was not far from where we were and we also heard from friends from people who are at the site and who ran for their lives and went into hospitals about how they were targeted we heard from physicians how they were not able to access hospitals to provide health care so the report does match up to what we experienced on june 3rd

and let's not forget that it was not only in her tomb there were other systems around the various capitals in different states in the country and they also experienced attacks by security forces now it's worth noting that the prime minister 3 months after he was appointed in august last year set up a committee to investigate that committee was supposed to produce results within the 1st 3 months but it asks for an extension which according to the laws that it was set up with it was allowed to do we had a chat with the head of the committee just a few days back and he said that he may require another extensions this comes at a time when we see monthly protests people on the streets demanding justice demanding accountability and saying that they will not consider the revolution over we see monthly vigils being held by the protesters on the route of the army headquarters and they're saying that unless justice is achieved then their revolution is not complete libya's conflict has forced flights to be redirected to

misrata after the only functioning airport in tripoli was targeted on monday only $300.00 civilians have been killed by rockets or airstrikes since warlord who began his campaign to seize the capital back in april just as charles stratford has more from this russia. with forces loyal to warlord khalifa haftar targeting with seagate ports in tripoli virtually every day all flights to and from western libya are now being conducted from here misrata airport which is around a 3 hour drive from the capital now all foreign airlines stopped operating all flying to and from libya around 5 years ago i spoke to a pilot with a libyan airline last night who refused to go on camera but he described the experience of flying into tripoli in recent months as having been terrifying and that's despite increased communication with government forces trying to protect the airport on the ground. this is

a recent rocket attack on tripoli by help his forces a number of civilians were injured when some of the rockets landed in the neighborhood an aircraft belonging to the libyan airline el afriqiyah which was parked near the runway at maty port was hit by shrapnel from exploding rockets on monday no one was injured misrata airport is now having to serve up to 5000 passengers a day a 10 fold increase since mitzi gav port was closed some of them of course misrata airport is not capable of handling this amount of flights but we're doing everything we can to make things run as smoothly as possible. most of these passages which you should fly from achieved before it was shot and yes because i have friends who were in matija airport when rockets hit they describe absolute chaos and fear just imagine a place like this and bombs start falling around you you probably never want to travel again the interior minister for the un backed government has said that the

international community is not doing enough to punish off the fatah that's in civilian areas in tripoli including with c. for the show has warned that the un backed government by a soon have little choice but to change its military strategy from a defensive one into an offensive one in order to push off this full ceasefire stop without 0 misrata. in india 4 men convicted of the rape and murder of a woman in 2012 will be executed later this month after their petitions were rejected by india's president the man had followed several appeals since a conviction in 2017 india's supreme court upheld the death sentences against them the rape torture and murder of the 23 year old physiotherapy student on a bus in new delhi triggered mass protests tech meds to toughen laws against sexual violence including the death penalty at least 10 people have died after

a 5 story residential building collapsed in pakistan's largest city $28.00 people have also been rescued from the rubble of a 5 story building and trotty recovery operations are ongoing authorities say they worry surrounding buildings may collapse to haiti has a new prime minister who is promising to deal with a grinding economic and political political rather crisis the president's war in joseph to the who is the former prime minister and 3 is this the months of unrest in the island nation of a corruption and lack of jobs parliamentary elections due in october were not helped and president of the no moyes has been ruling by decree since january. well in $60000.00 asylum seekers are being denied entry into the united states under a controversial plan nicknamed remain in mexico and they have to wait to cross the border while their case is a process in the u.s. courts in the mix can board telling of what the morals more than 2000 people are living in

a tent camp waiting to head the fight to home and has more. in the mix can bank of the rio bravo is 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 and waiting for their asylum request to play out in a closed up 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 u.s. provide food and other essentials. they come to matamoros a border town known for gang violence. but 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 under this u.s. administration they call and take courts and this is where asylum seekers speak to judges. who elsewhere in the united states 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 their case is. a study by city accuse 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 attorney said are willing to actually come into mexico and especially in the areas of my them or us i know why when i go because of the level of dangerousness within within mexico itself last friday us did m.p.p. to hoped but then the same cool state that depending fresh arguments it means that from 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 of. the migrants right suffocates 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 home and how does it or my tomatoes. thousands of people

have been killed including 5 children after a series of tornadoes tore through the u.s. state of tennessee at least 3 people are missing they are hot and has the latest. amy and darryl jenene say their home was the only one spared in their neighborhood as a tornado brought widespread destruction their home east of the city of nashville became a shelter and that's all you could hear is just people screaming throughout the neighborhood and we ended up with a house full of muddy people in their pajamas and we did we became the collection point because we were the only outstanding dozens of people were. killed in their homes across tennessee the youngest was just 2 years old in the capital of country music in the u.s. celebrities took to social media to voice their support to those that really lost family members i'm sorry about that in our prayers with you and so just wanted to

shout out and say we're with you. schools prisons and airports were also damaged neighbors here say they're relying on each other to get back on their feet. one of the little girls is the place next door she said i don't want to leave the house that stayed up and that just i was like that's why our house stayed up because they needed a place to go the tornadoes were the worst to hit tennessee in 7 years and it remains in a state of emergency leo harding al-jazeera. breaking news now and u.s. senator elizabeth warren the liberal firebrand to emerge as a top democratic contender for the white house has ended her campaign has been a slow decline but steady decline for elizabeth warren she was as i mentioned once there was a lot of excitement around her and her campaign a decline in support of the past few months she really suffered a serious blow

a death knell if you like on super tuesday failed to get her campaign off the ground even lost in her own state to joe biden this does now look like it is becoming a 2 horse race between bernie sanders and joe biden so just recapping there breaking news elizabeth warren is suspending her campaign she is no longer in the race to become the democratic nominee. still to come here on our just their earnings boards to hold a rally in within sight of a 50 point you've got to come down to go.

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the time after ford had ended thank you so much kamal india have reached the final of the women's t 20 world cup for the 1st time ever they reached some base title decider against australia in somewhat bizarre circumstances. able to celebrate without a single ball being bowled in the semifinal against england a heavy rain washing out the match in sydney and there was no reserve day included in the schedule india progressed by virtue of having a better record in the group stages according to the if we were we won't get made because of any any condition then who are either top in the league their team is going to be the final and their top we started it was very unfortunate that we didn't get game delivered door. these are that will be we can hope it is not that we can they lost our 1st game against south africa which are to make cost us but.

to make the semifinals and then hopefully play or best cricket was on an off he was with them at that chance taken by fast. well it's in the day the rain relented allowing australia and south africa to get on the field at the sydney cricket ground caps a mag lining it 49 of the 100 seems good 134 for 5 of their 20 overs. more rain then followed unself after one chasing a revised target of 98 from 13 overs despite some big myself just short losing out by 5 runs australia have played in every t 20 world cup finals 15010 from the start of the 4 k. . we never came into this cutlass thinking it's going to happen and it's going to be easy we we knew were going to be in for a fight and that's exactly what's happened so yeah we knew we had. you know we weren't owed anything we had to go and win this world cup we're not minute defending it we're ready to win it tottenham manager is

a marine you know has defended the actions of his player eric dire dire went into the stands to confront the fan after his team's f.a. cup defeat against norwich marino says the spectator was insulting the england international within a shots of dyess family who were watching the game being football association on tottenham now investigating the incident. i think eric did what we professionals you cannot do and but i repeat. probably every one of us would do it so i repeat you question as you can all do but i also repeat i don't leave the players and only stay in the play wayne rooney will be back playing against manchester united later this thursday united's record goalscorer is now a player coach 2nd city club darby county in that same face each other in the 5th round of the f.a. cup now $34.00 rooney spent 13 years at united winning this trophy in 2016.

representing football legend ronald dania has been accused of using a fake passports and supine require the 39 year old is under investigation and was banned from leaving his hotel of the capsule assumption police have also confiscated what they believe to be a forced paraguayan id card england's 6 nations rugby match against italy on march the 14th has been postponed due to coronavirus organizers were facing an option supply the rome game behind closed doors or delaying it insulates from this year on this clash with italy in dublin on saturday also called off its football matches well that's taking place without fans for at least the next 6 weeks due to the outbreak olympic bosses are still insisting the cancellation of this year's tokyo games isn't being considered good news for athletes including world champion high jumper. cattery want to silver medal at the rio games 4 years ago and he's the favorite to win gold in japan and while some of the sporting events are taking place without spectators bhatia has told al-jazeera he hopes that doesn't happen

the olympics i think it take it take so much of the joy and the beauty of sport goes for the need to be celebrated in the filled with people with audience you know to interact with the reaction from people and the support we get from the people on the job we give them it's a big very very special relationship is a big part of sport that cannot be taken away of i don't know i actually feel rather it feels like more like training you know i don't want to go to the biggest event. coming to compete with new orleans or not people at the end of the day health is the most important and whatever decision i mean the i.o.c. or the people that in trying. to make sure that we are safe and healthy and with it . ok most for throughout the day but that is it for me full now and thanks so much for that and events that are making bell for this news hour don't go away but i'll be back in just a moment and more of the day's news here on out of there. with

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the russian and turkish presidents meet to discuss the fighting in northwest syria which threatens to drag them into a direct conflict. i'm convinced all this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. we could see the effects on revenues exceed 100000000000. u.k. airline collapse there have been there are predictions more will follow the chrono bias outbreak strikes critical sectors of the global economy. u.s. senator elizabeth warren who was was seen as the front runner has dropped out of the rights to become the democratic nominee.