and i'm biased and as an african i couldn't be more proud to be part of. al-jazeera. alone can bell this is the news our live from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes and midnight ceasefire in syria the russian and turkish leaders work out a deal to stop the fighting and after marathon talks in moscow. i maryam namazie in london with the top stories from europe including more schools are closed and an airline collapses yet the world health organization says some countries as still not taking the coronavirus threat seriously and else. u.s. senator elizabeth warren who was once seen as

a frontrunner has dropped out of the rights to become the democratic nominee for president. this is a truly breathtaking action by an accountable political institution masquerading as a legal body. the u.s. secretary of state slams the international criminal court after it agrees to take up a case surrounding alleged atrocities in afghanistan. and in sport india's women make cricketing history without a ball being bowled through the t 20 world cup finals despite the semi against england being rained off. welcome to the news all the presidents of russia and turkey have agreed to a cease fire in syria after 6 hours of talks in moscow they agreed on the need to deescalate province. we are going to

establish a cease fire and we are going to take the necessary steps very quickly tonight exactly at midnight we are going to declare a cease fire. so yes need we are going to agree an international memorandum which can be signed by our ministers of foreign affairs in the course of more than 6 hours of negotiations we have come to other agreements we believe these agreements will be the foundation of further cooperation and put an end to civilian suffering in syria in addition to this is father 2 sides agreed to joint patrols along the m 4 and m 5 highways beginning on march the 15th that's where the most intense fighting has been taking place at least 15 civilians were killed earlier on wednesday this is all lead to a humanitarian crisis and turkey says it can't cope with the influx of more people turkey is deploying a 1000 special police forces along its border to stop greece from sending back refugees now of course standing by for us in the hot side areas on the turkey syria

border but 1st it's going to stop valsin who is in moscow for so step will be happy with what's come out of these discussions with everyone and can he get bashar al assad to adhered to the terms. well that's a good question i'm sure a person would not agree to this if he would not be happy about it it's been the 6 hours of talks and they call it the international member run them that they now have to release which is a big name for something that might be a lot smaller because of course we can't call it a breakthrough at all on the situation in italy or in syria in general both countries leaders announced when they were making their statements that they still have very much a different opinion on the future of syria but this is for the time being what they manage to agree on this is a ceasefire which will come into effect in those 3 hours from now at midnight and

then they will have this buffer zone which is around the m 4 highway which is 12 kilometers altogether which is a lot smaller than the one i was hoping for he was talking about this safe zone of 30 kilometers next to the border for refugees to go back to so i think that's where clinton has managed to win some foreign spots now of course the big job this all has to keep that cease fire in effect and under control because what we've seen in the past of course is that many cease fires were broken and that don't get also accused outside of of breaking the last one by bombarding a turkish positions and as civilians phones simply for the last couple of months so it's a small step but i think it's needed to release tension which has been building up for a while now and has reached a very dangerous boiling point so to deescalate this this tension between turkey

and russia this cease fire is very much needed. and how do you think this is going to play on the ground like you said i mean the question is whether this can hold what else i guess it would a major point to come out to all of that press conference between the 2 needed. well they stressed very much that said their relationship is so so good that in difficult times as they are experiencing now in its lips that this relationship will always come up with a solution that's what they've managed to show us today of course the relationship between turkey and russia has been very much a tacit in the last couple of weeks 2 to 4 in that people were actually asking is there going to be a real military confrontation between the 2 superpowers over it live of course that would have been a very serious situation knowing of course that russia has nuclear weapons and turkey has the backing of nato so at least by you know talking for 6 hours and

looking each other in the face again these 2 leaders have managed to at least avoid that kind of disaster but of course it's still a very small step looking at the whole future of syria russia is very much still. saying that they are defending the territorial integrity of syria meaning that turkey of course has no place there and turkey are the one that he is not going to give up on it live at all i think then steadfast and then live from moscow let's go now to hashem abbado who joins me from the city of hot guy on the turkey syria border how should i i mean obviously i do i went into this wanting a cease fire a cease fire has now been announced what's your faults is this likely to last. well cease fires have have always been front giant in syria particularly in the

northern part of the northwestern province of live since they were 1st implemented in 2017 and in never held for a longer period because the syrian government has always been launching major offenses in the area saying that its ultimate goal is to defeat the opposition and to claim back as a province of idlib which is the rebels' last stronghold in in the country but things could change this time for different reasons now turkey is very pretty preoccupied by the what is happening in the province of the liver and this is this explains why they have sent troops into the province and why they have been at them and with that with the meeting with putin they wanted not only a cease fire but save callie dos demilitarized zone something to make sure that the syrian government won't be able to cross the road we can once again and move towards the city of it lived all in all i think if that holds in the near future it

will be quite significant achievement from a turkish perspective which has sent troops earlier this. year in february to live saying that you won't pull out from it live until the syrian military from the demilitarized zone hashim the turkey has suffered to losses and now an adlib since its launch this latest military incursion how is this ceasefire likely to go down among turks and also among the political factions. the pictures yesterday from the brawl of the parliament was quite indicative of a divide tickler within the political establishment the opposition was basically critical of president as a player in saying that the idea of sending troops with cover was a huge mistake now i think this announcement in is more in moscow is going to

appease tensions it is definitely going to be sold by the government as a major diplomatic victory because until about a few days ago the general sentiment among experts was that is going to be truly difficult for this time to convince vladimir putin of the idea of a ceasefire on its own because of the huge differences about the province of idlib but they managed to get a cease fire safe doors and relocating go to settling the millions of syrians who are stranded on the border i mean i think this is going to be well taken by the political establishment but also by the people because the 60 soldiers who were killed there was unprecedented there was the deadliest losses so far for the turkish army since its involvement in syria and i think there were concerns that this if the if the president of the turkish soldiers in it was going to continue

for a longer period without it political settlement without a cease fire it was likely to create many worries and concerns among the turkish people but with this announcement tonight from moscow i think this is going to be widely seen as a diplomatic victory for president because if they don't think that they're bringing us the tax perspective from one type. well as we've been saying rival forces have been fighting for control of the m 4 and m 5 highways of the past month the syrian government recently tom assad a kid and it lead from turkish bank rebels whoever controls that town has access to both highways and gains critical military and economic advantages the m 4 and m 5 link aleppo with damascus in the south and the talk here in the west the growing red areas you can see they're controlled by the government the shrinking green is rebel territory yellow in the north and in the west is controlled by the kurds well

alexey klebnikov is a middle east expert at the russian international affairs council he joins us by skype from moscow thank you so much for coming on the program what are your thoughts on this ceasefire that's been announced in it does have the ability to keep bashar al assad in line. well in the 1st place i would like to stress or tension to the fact that the 2 agreed to be already tested a form of joint military patrols which was lastly which connects and you really wouldn't a meeting and deal on is that you practice tonight they agreed to deploy a joint military force to salute the troll and for so i think that's one of the most essential things and something which will ensure this cease fire and ensure the security over the crew show nothing highway in the country will make syria so

confident i mean i'm thinking about the a standard agreement i'm thinking about saute i'm thinking about the fact that for the escalation zines were originally agreed upon by turkey russia and iran all of those forward the escalations on its own be it lib remains or remained i mean how given the history of what we've seen can you feel so confident. well in the 1st place i think that moscow and damascus don't have an appetite to take care it lives on because the province is inhabited by 3500000 people and an attempt to take it will lead to medicare and disaster which is already in place so i think the idea behind the entire deal was to retain control or 85 and for how to strike a deal a compromise with turkey a joint patrol to step of security it. would sort of save the security corridor

along the highways and let it be a. headache to deal with the remaining h.t.s. under some fighters in a loop and also to step will be issue with refugees what is russia's endgame hair in syria do you think beyond the safe beyond the joint patrols along the m $4.00 and $5.00 highway what's the end game. well i don't think we can talk about all of arab and and game i don't see any so far because what we can be sure about is that russia in syria is to state as we know russia has agreement with the syrian government to rent the military bases maybe and a naval base in that blissful 50 years with another problem but 25 years after that

so almost a century russia will be in syria so it is interested in finally. the best out of country and buying it economical so this is why i think it's it's important to see now that russia is trying to do everything to escalate and strike a deal and probably most with turkey because also this entire problem was pictured out in the majority of the media as the most essential and the last sort of problem between the 2 countries but it's not close to the truth because you have. not aleppo areas which are also under control of the 1st to observe the rate ration should be for us and all of the ranch well to have a buffer zone east of the frat house which is also controlled by turkey so it is just one of the remaining hot points and difficult discussion points between

russia and turkey turkey and damascus for the future and i think it also demonstrates that the 2 interests the 2 countries they're ready to set aside their differences and work together too because that they understand it is not an end game and they relate to negotiate and coordinate in syria for years to come thank god that. there from the russian international have counsel thank you. thank you. syrian president bashar al assad addressed the conflict with turkey and highlighted the shared history he did that on an interview with russian television . news turks are brother nation i'm asking you now what problem do you have with syria that makes you die evil action to syria commit against turkey before in the course of the war and it never happened we have mixed marriages families common interests we have

a shared historical culture this conflict is illogical. 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 go. to sea to see it way should not just here at the border and that you talk with some of them us or of course you mean it's just. about disparate stories in this very moment according to the news i read stuck in the media or not we know up on it we saw a solution so this is something that shouldn't top and now and i would like to add these 2 that we don't tend to in politics but when politics threats the dignity of the human beings what you do you also to remind to get on so that we shared one humanity and when i listen to that today head of you will be in commission talking

about the shield meaning that on yet the side that i went on so this is. something that they're. on this leak could be avoided because you know human beings i've seen children i've seen women and they are not. they're not whip on so. find my head on the news on including. i decided to take every case. how the coronavirus is impacting migrant workers and their families back home. the 1st round of talks to decide what happens off the brakes it is over and negotiations have already had long talks will tell you why in a moment. and in sports as a limpet organizers insist the games will go ahead we'll hear from one of the favorites for gold in tokyo. the world health organization has warned many countries still not taking the

coronavirus threat seriously enough for more on that let's go to maryam namazie and i european broadcast center. yeah that's right the world health organization issuing that warning as new cases of the virus have risen significantly in parts of europe more deaths are reported in italy the netherlands france and the u.k. on thursday several public events have been cancelled and all schools in italy a close for at least 10 days the economic impact is also continuing to worsen with the airline and terrorism industries bearing the brunt jonah hill has our report. the economic costs of coronavirus are mounting everywhere with the squeeze on international travel affecting airlines in particular the german carrier tons of has grounded hundreds of planes and for u.k. regional carrier fly b. it was all too much the already struggling airline succumbed to bankruptcy and it may not be the last cruise operators would also be suffering thousands of

passengers are stranded aboard the grand princess off the coast of california as tests are carried out on board the vessel belongs to the same company that owned the virus stricken darman princess held off the japanese coast last month with $700.00 cases on board and 6 death as corona virus increases its reach with south africa registering its 1st case and the u.k. and switzerland their 1st fatalities each day brings heightened levels of response but the world health organization says it's concerned some countries aren't taking the threat seriously enough this is not a time for excuses this is a time for calling out all the stops countries have been planning for a scenario like this for decades now is the time to act on those plans. the presence of community transmission means efforts to contain the

disease afaik this is they've made it. money is being thrown at the problem in the united states with congress approving an $8000000000.00 war chest the international monetary fund says it's making $50000000000.00 available in aid to low income and emerging market countries to fight the epidemic. but economic gloom with the rising threat of recession has brought some glimmers of opportunity. one e-commerce firm in south korea said it was struggling to keep pace with demand as shoppers desert the streets and move on line. in the past we used to go out with a truck half full but these days there's so much to deliver there are packages left over after filling the truck completely elsewhere the retreat of whole communities into isolation continues in bethlehem palestinian officials have closed the church of the nativity weeks before the easter season that draws tens of thousands of

visitors and worshippers to the traditional birthplace of christ italian schools didn't open on thursday and won't for some time to come similar scenes in india iran france and japan in all around 300000000 students in more than 20 countries face weeks of disruption desperate measures in what field to many like desperate times when the wisdom of. when this emergency is over we will look back and i am convinced that we will be proud of how an entire country has faced this with courage and determination for now though this emergency is just getting started jonah how al-jazeera. try talks between the u.k. and the european union have just wrapped up with the chief negotiator warning of grave differences between the 2 sides meetings in brussels for the 1st since the u.k. formally left the bloc in january after nearly 50 years of membership britain wants a deal outlining its future relationship with europe signed before the end of the

year when the transition period is due to expire but michel barnier says friction remains of a rules for fisheries and provisions affect competition and work differences. neutral price especially after only $1.00 round of negotiations. but some very very difficult to cover her. continue to believe that we can reach a good agreement for both sides our common challenges now to independent and to do to agree to gays are on grown grooves that mickey partially born for us to call glory to trade and to craft a climate activist grettir term biogas accuse the european union government of not being ambitious enough with their climate goals to join a protest outside e.u. buildings in brussels on thursday just

a day earlier she criticised the use green growth floor saying it didn't go far enough teenage activist also met the croatian environment minister before again addressing the european council we cannot just have goals for 2030 or 2050 we also need them above all need them for 2020 because right now if high emissions continue like today's business as usual then that remaining budget will will be gone i mean before we will even have the chance to deliver on those targets now in other stories we're following germany's interior minister has warned that right wing extremism posed the greatest threat to the country or city hall for address the heat of parliamentary debate on hasen right wing violence following a shooting in the frankfurt suburb of her now it was germany's 3rd deadly far right attack in a matter of months she offers call for psychological tests firearms license holders

. well to lead from the opening saves them is of course we also have left wing extremism we have the russian booga who have great affinity with weapons we still have a high risk live a live islamic terror but the biggest threat to their country comes from right wing extremism get from. the u.k. high court has found dubai's ruler organize the abduction of 2 of his children and is still holding them against their will the high court found that mohammed bin rashid al maktoum ordered his 2 daughters to be kidnapped and returned to dubai later in 200-1000 his youngest wife jordanian princess higher than her her same fled dubai with their own 2 children saying that she fit the life husband had applied to the high court in london for custody. as part of the international women's day debate in the u.k. house of parliament the opposition m.p. jess phillips has once again read out the names of the women murdered by men in the

u.k. over the past year. so her she'll start. to the web tracing the 4 living square. it took on more than 4 minutes to say the names of more than $100.00 women a figure that she pointed out rises every year she also called for more action from the government on a type of crime that seems to be overlooked. i cannot help but reflect but how these women all been managed to in terrorist incidents how do you see women all college of coronavirus. how these were $1000000.00 sports events around the year. there would be. inquiries the government would stop at nothing. to have more from london for you at 900 g.m.t. in just over half an hour's time now back to cannes and our. thanks for that

merriam our lives with warren has suspended her 2020 bid for the white house the former massachusetts senator was considered a frontrunner for the democratic nominee but failed to win a single state during the primaries she lost her home state to rival candidate joe biden when becoming infected with role leaves 3 candidates in the race technically speaking biden and bernie sanders that can fitted the frontrunner. well it's going now to patrick ohio who's in washington patty so the super tuesday van was really the death knell for warren's campaign it really was when she didn't win any of the early contests there was no longer a viable path for her to get the domination so she came out and spoke to reporters in what seemed to be the alley behind her house with her husband and her dog and she said at the beginning of this whole race that she was told that there were just 2 lanes one for progressives that bernie sanders had and one for moderates which joe biden was leading and she said i didn't believe that but i guess i was wrong

because that's where the race is now she was very elegant as she spoke to reporters about the disappointment of trying to run this race she was asked about sexism and it played a part and she said that's a trap question if i say yes i'm whining if i say no then the ball the woman in the world say what are you talking about and that was the part that she really seemed to get choked up about is when she talked about these things that she would do with little girls that are out to be famous for herself the lines she wouldn't leave until everyone got a selfie with her wanted to see. every one of the selfie got one and was that little girl she would kneel down and she would give a pinky promise and say i'm running for president because that's what girls do and then she said she did the pinky promise of that they would always remember it and that seemed to be a really hard thing for her to do admit she was walking away from. i will not be running for president in 20 but i guarantee i will win the fight for hard working folks across this country have gotten short into the stand over

and over that's been the fight of my life and it will continue to be so. do you know she is likely to put a white behind now and can you tell us how valuable that would be it could be very valuable because again this race is still fairly close when you look at the delegate math and you might think of course she's going to endorse indorse bernie sanders because they're both progressives that said when it comes to bernie sanders she's often complained that he can yell a lot but he can actually build the coalitions to get things done when it comes to joe biden could she endorse him well she has in the past joe biden made it clear that 4 years ago when he was going to run he would have picked her as his vice president although that seems less likely now but she said i'm going to give it a few minutes i'm going to wait and the reason it matters is not just the voters because she has a loyal following but also the delegates if it goes to a contested convention she does have delegates that she could hand over to one of the other that's with you less and less likely to happen but this is

a race where nothing that was supposed to happen is happening so we'll have to wait and see how it shakes out but she said it's an important decision to it's take a couple of days at least to think about think that pedicle had their cost of elements in washington d.c. . so to come here on al-jazeera flying into a conflict how fighting in libya is putting a strain on pilots and travel. and who was really to blame for killing protesters in sudan's capital last summer the transitional government is under pressure to find out. in support an investigation is underway after this premier league footballer confronted a spectator in the stands. follow the weather's lousy set fire across the arabian peninsula further north we have got cloud and rain 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 as well as 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 there to northern parts of iran as well but certainly the possibility of lift that dust and sand affecting visibilities further south across 11 plants it is largely dry temperatures here getting into the a mid twenty's celsius so that's will over the coming days not the 2 across a good part of northern africa but those showers around 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 but for much of north africa as largely dry when i see the odd shot just scraping the far north of algeria for a time pushing over 2 boards tunisia shows there and see the gulf of guinea southern parts of nigeria got a pushing over towards liberia sierra leone could always see

a shower or 2 over the next. could also see want to see showers sand was also stretching their way towards the ethiopian highlands. as the world battles of potential new pandemic we'll bring you the latest developments from around the globe with updates about travel restrictions on how to protect ourselves. you can run a virus outbreak special coverage on. tropical. chinese developers are accused of destroying a pacific power don't. want to waste investigates on al-jazeera. one of the really special things about working for all those year is that even as a camera woman i get to have so much and put in contribution to

a story i feel we cover this region better than anyone else would be what it is you know it's that it turns the body we've got to give because you have a lot of people that do fight their own political issues. the people who believe to tell the real story so i'll just mend it used to do the work in-depth journalism we don't feel in favor of us across the globe. lose. the war. you're watching al-jazeera reminder of our top stories this hour the presidents of russia and turkey have agreed to a ceasefire in syria it will begin in the province of midnight the 2 sides also agreed to joint patrols along the strategic m 4 highway beginning on march 15th. elizabeth warren has suspended her 2020 bid for want to also be former

massachusetts senator was considered a frontrunner for the democratic nominee but failed to win a single state during the primaries. the global aviation watchdog save the industry could lose more than 100000000000. dollars in revenue as a result of the corona virus outbreak countries are imposing tough restrictions on travel is coming from places worst affected by the virus. but get more now on that story and in iran schools and universities will remain closed for the rest of this month checkpoints are being set up to limit travel between cities now has more than 3 and a half 1000 confirmed cases with at least 107 people did they describe he has more from the capital tehran. the health ministry released america on twitter the spokesman released a map that showed how the virus emanated from a comb 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 engulfing 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 a hard currency but iran is already a country that is very tilted towards the use of cards and digital transactions to create conduct any sort of financial business having said that banks are raising the ceiling and the 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 hard 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 closed that's what many people are expecting here palestinian authorities in the occupied west bank of banning terrorists from pilgrims for the next 2 weeks this issue was made after the 1st suspected cases of corona virus were detected the church of the nativity among christians as the birth place of jesus is among the sites expected to be closed off until much 28. need it for him is in ramallah with more on the economic impact the ban on tourists will have there has been a sense of paranoia in bethlehem ever since the news broke out that there has been suspected cases the health ministry saying that they are still waiting on there is to see if there has been actually any cases that has been confirmed to 50 churches

one of the main sites in the palestinian territory where pilgrims from all around the world come to visit bethlehem has depended on tourism for so long and living under the israeli occupation the conflict has had that stalled on their economic situation but now we're having the issue of corona and we're going to have to say to wait and see how it's going to play out when it comes to the city's economy but indeed the fasting into is a mystery has closed off the church as well as banning reservations of canceling all reservations for tourists palestinians do not have control over the borders so these measures were seen as important as a precaution to help control the spread of the virus. much of the discussion about the financial impact of the coronavirus is focused on the world's big economies and companies but millions of migrant workers caught up in it too unable to return to jobs that they and their families rely on on the live reports from manila. aleesha

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 no 14 days after quiet and then 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 they'd rather be sick in hong kong and

taken care of by the hong kong government instead of being here taking 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 livelihood for me like. i having a 5000000 that really need really need. 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 $400.00 filipino coup members of the diamond 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 minute 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 taleban anacortes to look into prison a torture and mass killings 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 course. u.s. secretary of state michael bio is strongly condemned the decision by the i.c.c. to investigate alleged us war crimes in afghanistan this is a truly breathtaking action by an unaccountable political institution masquerading as a legal body is all the more reckless for this ruling to come just days after the united states signed a 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. says there is evidence of torture rape and sexual violence against prisoners by u.s. troops and intelligence agencies mainly between 20032004 that afghan security forces a suspected of torturing prisoners and government tension sent is she also says the taliban and other armed groups have killed more than 17000 civilians since 2009 we're told the cabman is an international human rights lawyer who also specializes in the criminal courts he says those being accused cannot act with impunity. you have from from the u.s. side a blanket refusal to cooperate and we've already seen president trumps position that

he's taken with those that have already been convicted. and military being convicted of war crimes way he has shown that he's willing to overturn those convictions and protect the military regardless of what they've been charged with you have the afghanistan position that they say that they are are ready and willing to to prosecute these cases in the national courts which is. i have to say regrettably an unrealistic. statement to make because they are not prepared you also have the the the recent peace talks the us a very good with the taliban and so the argument will have to be made that this will interfere with the peace process where i think as any reasonable person would say justice has to play. an important if not an integral part of the peace process so so there's not going to be a huge amount of cooperation from the u.s. or from afghanistan but that in itself is not justification for allowing impunity

to prevail the entire criminal court was set up precisely to do with this type of situation saddam's transitional government is being urged to investigate last year's killing of pro-democracy demonstrations the us based ngo physicians for human rights lang sit down 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 sit in 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 . heather morgan is in the sudanese capital khartoum she says protesters won't see the revolution is over until there is accountability while all just 0 was banned from reporting we were in her time when the attack on the sit in happened and we do

remember hearing the gunshots opened on protesters as. the sets in which was not far from where we were and we also heard from friends from people who are adversity 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 asked 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 the only functioning airport in tripoli was targeted on monday nearly 300 civilians have been killed by rockets or airstrikes since war before half the began his campaign to seize the capital and put. stratford has more from misrata. with forces loyal to warlord khalifa haftar targeting which he get 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 good airport 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. 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 smooth as possible. most of these passages would use a fly from which. 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'd probably never want to travel again the interior minister for the un bank government 40 bashar has said that the international community is not doing enough to punish off the fatah that's in civilian areas in tripoli including with sea ports 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 seize back stop it i'll just hero misrata. 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 north and outside refugee camp at least 53 people were injured well but a dozen are in a critical condition fire crews and ambulances rushed to the site to try and help others the technical fault at 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 is 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 that's illegal under international law. dozens of people have been killed including 5 children have to a series of tornadoes tore through the u.s. state of tennessee at least 3 people missing they are hurting has the latest. amy and darryl jeanine 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. in 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 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 one who's 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. teenage climate activist aggressive tone book has urged the e.u. to set tougher emission targets. even before the. joint apart test outside the e.u. council building in brussels it comes after the e.u. unveiled plans to be the 1st carbon neutral continent by 2050 plan relies on meeting ambitious emissions targets from 2030 on woods but said the matter was more urgent and goals must be set throughout 2020 as well. but these 10 people have died after a 5 storey residential building collapsed in pakistan's largest city 28 people have also been rescued from the rubble of the building in karachi recovery operations are ongoing authorities say that worried surrounding buildings may collapse too

in india 4 men convicted of the rape torture and murder of a woman in 2012 will be executed later this month after their petitions were rejected by india's president the men had filed several appeals since their 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 the attack led to tougher laws against sexual violence including the death penalty. still ahead here on al-jazeera and sports houses for a beer move within sight of the fact that t 20 world cup title. time

after 40 years andy thank you so much kamala near reached the fun of the women's t 20 world cup for the 1st time ever they reached somebody title decider against australia though and so what does all circumstances. that finds able to celebrate without a single ball being bowled in the semifinal against england heavy rain washed out the match in sydney and there was no reserve included in the schedule india progress by virtue of having a better record in the group stages. according to life we will we won't get married because of any any condition then who are these adult in the league their deal was going to be little final and don't always do i did it was very unfortunate

that we didn't get game delivered door. these are the rules we can't help it because not only can they lost our 1st game in south africa which ought to make cost us but. to make the semifinals and then hopefully play a better cricket was and of with them had the chance taken away from us well late in the day the rain did relent so on australia and south africa to get on the field at the sydney cricket ground caps in mag lining hitting 49 is the home seems quite a 134 for 5 in their 20 overs. more rain then followed and south africa were left chasing a revised target of 98 from 13 overs despite some big hits him f.l. just short losing out by 5 runs australia of pride in every t 20 world cup now since their highnesses 2010 and a one the title for us. we never came into this woke up this thinking is going to happen and it's going to be easy we were we knew we 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 out anything we had to go and win this world cup we're not going to defending it we're ready to win it. on a manager as a marine you know has defended the actions of his player eric dyer diet went into the stands to confront a fan after it seemed f.a. cup defeat to get his norrish says the spectator was insulting the england international within a shot of dyess family the english football association. and now investigating the incident. i think eric did what we professionals you cannot do and but i repeat. probably every one of those who do so i repeat we professionals you cannot do what they also repeat i don't we don't play here. and i understand. why in reno you back playing against manchester united a little later on united's record goalscorer our player coach at 2nd sick of darby county in its aims are facing each other in the 5th round of the f.a.

cup now 34 rooney spent 13 years at united winning this trophy in 2060 wayne will show. you can do and he wants to prove that lee he's still the fight in the in the in an old dog so. we've got to be on our toes don't give him any space in there on the books that brazilian football legend ronald dania has been accused of using a fake passports once a power acquired the 39 year old is under investigation has been banned from leaving his hard sell of the capsule ascension police have also confiscated what they believe to be a forged part why an id card. upcoming asian world cup qualifiers looks set to be postponed due to coronavirus in a statement football's governing body faith has said the wellbeing and health of all individuals involved remains its highest priority the next round of games on the roads cattle 2022 sets be played later on in march and in 6 nations rugby match

against italy has also been postponed due to corona virus organizers were facing an option of playing the game in round behind closed doors or delaying it is a life from this year england's home game against wales on saturday is all mine. olympic bosses still insisting the cancellation of this year's tokyo games isn't being considered good news for athletes including world champion high jumper. the cattery want to silver medal in rare 4 years ago he's the favorite to win gold in japan and while some of the sporting events are taking place without spectators bosham hopes that doesn't happen at the olympics. i think it to take so much of the joy and the beauty of sport go sport need to be celebrated and filled with people with audience you know to interact with the reaction from people and the support we get from the people and 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 and community compete with an orioles 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's in charge take to make sure that we are safe and healthy and with it. on a hockey planet required 90 stitches to a facial injury after an accidental collision new york islanders defenseman johnny boychuk rushed off the ice after the blade of an opponent skate went into his face which has managed to keep the sense of humor later tweeting luckily for me the skates only cut my eyelid sorry for the late response everyone facial recognition wasn't working on. ok that is why sports is looking for an arc in thought glad glad you didn't show a close up of the painful for me. next with more on the day's news.

once hosni mubarak became president so began a story of conflict and isolation on one side a wife and son the sights set on succession on the other the president increasingly distant from the egyptian people when his beloved grandson died mubarak need to step down but then the flames ignited in tunisia exploded in egypt and everything changed episode 2 of the family and i'll just. in 2013 cases of getting great shock to asia and the world it's almost like young men take

each other on al-jazeera asked men in cambodia what drove them to commit violence against women i don't know whether it's reaper because a condom for a girl a male in 2016 has anything changed normalization of violence against women unfortunately i think is still a very common pattern around the world rewind it's a man's world on al-jazeera. this is a domicile a man's 4th trip to boozy in 2 days the fisherman is using his boat to risk you as many people as he can was stranded in the flood hit area to psychologize struck mozambique 1st so women with babies on their backs crying for help saying they were dying i knew i had to do something i was late and from the dark a faint was still in the distance alerts us to people calling for help women children and the elderly are brought on board 1st hungry and thirsty it hasn't taken much time to pull the boat about 200 people have been rescued and more want

to get on but this simply no space. a new commitment to ending the fighting in northwest syria turkey and russia agree to a cease fire is set to begin in the coming hours and turkey deploys a special police force to its border with greece as the right cross warns migrants that are being used as political pawns. hello i'm maryam namazie in london you're watching al-jazeera also coming up more schools are closed and the airline industry is under increasing pressure yet the world health organization says some countries are not taking the coronavirus threat seriously enough.