at. the end the o.r. . was it's tense but mostly calm and serious edward province after a cease fire agreed by turkey and russia takes effects the syrians who fled it were garment refugees is a very feel like political homes stock and on wanted only use borders. my color and how to heal and this is al jazeera going from doha also coming up japan faces anger over its decision to impose coronavirus travel restrictions on visitors from china and south korea also we'll visit the ghosts of libya's ponds to explore

the ancient connections to today's conflict. my way i hope people in syria said lub provence are describing a tense count in the more sleep rebel held area after a cease fire to affect turkey which backs opposition forces brokered the deal with russia that's our idea the syrian government or president richard tayyip erdogan and blood amir peretz agreed the deal during hours of talks in moscow on thursday they said they'll establish a 12 kilometer wide security corridor along it lives emma for highway that connects the government stronghold of latakia with syria's largest city of aleppo know the syrian army's offensive or to retake it lopez pushed nearly a 1000000 civilians towards turkey's border and threatens a direct confrontation between turkey. and russia now has seen of course you know

who is in the turkish city of her time not far from the syrian border and she joins me know cinema. has been struck and for no it appears to be holding. while there so far it appears to be holding there is a kind of small loyal nation let's say by the syrian government side which hasn't been called to that's a violation yet but for now everybody expects this cease fire holds as you will to remember there are many ceasefire that couldn't even hold for even for 24 hours so we don't know what the bay is going to bring but for now both moscow and seems to be committed to preserve the cease fire but i have to remind that in yesterday's protocol additional protocol for the such or such an agreement both russians and

turkey agreed to seize all military actions along the line of contact in the escalation zone so in turkey i ought to say most of the analysts and most of the media have been trying to understand why the word ceasefire hasn't been used in this additional protocol instead a whole to seizing all military actions have been used but of course. there are many factions on the ground it's not only russians it's not on the turks even among the opposition there are lots of factions some of them are more eager on the syrian government forces side it's the syrian government's army plus other militia groups backed by iran and it is difficult to hold a cease fire in that this is what the time and experience showed us for no it is it is quiet but everybody expects that this cease fire if it holds it will ease the pressure of the influx influx to the turkish border but whether it will have.

and e.'s impact on the migrants moving to europe from turkey dragged across to europe whether the number of those people will go down it is still i'm sure ok seen him. live for us it's like on the turkish syrian border thank you very much in deed now syrians from it liberman tens of thousands of people trying to cross from turkey into the e.u. they're trying to enter through greece and bulgaria but say they have been met by violence rubber bullets and tear gas and sasha game reports now from a tyranny. the wind sliced through copes the cold left fingers numb it the syrian refugees from it live along with other migrants have been camped out on this riverbank in a dern a turkey for days they're stuck here trying to figure out how best to cross into greece and continue on to western europe to find the good life i'm still young but

i have to of course i must live on my life here or in city of course in this situation this is. what i love i mean i think to. get a good country before late in the day as the wind picked up police officers walked through the tents and clusters of people telling them they could take buses to a warm place suspicion spread as fast as the wind gusts only then we just think it was not over we weren't be taking buses because they take us to the rev and they will give us to the creeks they take all our belongings and money and be tests and they will send us back we human beings not animals the turkish minister of interior has announced $1000.00 members of turkey's special police forces are deploying to the merge river border with greece this is an effort to prevent greek troops from pushing back migrants who reached the country by boat the interior minister says

greece tried to send 4900 people back to turkey and injured 164 get it militant anger limit. we will not provide an opportunity for the maltreatment of people there i would like to express that we've taken the necessary measures to protect our borders from a push back and to prevent several attempts by greece which were in violation of the international. the greek government has not responded to the accusations but it's deployed additional troops along its side of the border refugees say greece is just a transit point for them many like ibrahim. have crossed into the country and been deported back to turkey with awful memories ibrahim says a few days ago greek police shot him in the needy with a rubber bullet and beat him. women are tired men are tired we're all tired brother please open the gate as miserable as these refugees are they're more

anguished about their loved ones back in it live at least in turkey they have found a refuge from a 9 year war in syria the tashi game al-jazeera adderley turkey. well a new political storm is brewing between south korea and japan over coronavirus quarantine measures japan's prime minister has imposed a mandatory quarantine on over sisters from south korea and china but so has protested against that calling for it to be revoked and kinds of measures to be put in place it's also protested against similar restrictions and forced by vietnam and singapore and south korea has more than $6000.00 confirmed cases. local color new corn team for visitors from both countries will be strengthened and the be required to be quantified 2 weeks of the location designated by the quantity director to be asked to refrain from using public transportation in the country. or

of mcbride joins me now live form so rob was behind this restriction that's been imposed the international consensus appeared to be that south korea was managing the outbreak reasonably well. absolutely there is a real see the indignation here at this move the south korean foreign minister calling in the japanese ambassador for a dressing down lodging in the strongest possible terms south korea's objection to it there is also dismay and almost that this was carried out it seems without any consultation south korea didn't have advance warning of this and there is a belief here that line behind this is not so much public health but pure politics in particular the japanese government and the prime minister have faced a lot of criticism over the way they have been handling the outbreak in japan and there's a feeling here that nothing deflects better than

a bit of korea bashing at that plays well to your local audience there is a around $100.00 countries now around the world that have imposed travel restrictions on people from korea increasingly south korea is feeling like a pariah nation and it puts up with it largely it does object to some of these travel restrictions but it does accept grudgingly that for a lot of countries especially developing countries they simply cannot afford 2 important outbreak of coronavirus from south korea they don't have the medical resources to deal with such an outbreak but there's a feeling here that japan is a big sophisticated country it has the kind of medical services you need to keep travel going to have in place screening rather than taking a draconian measure such as a complete ban like this south korea is already struggling economically with this with this outbreak it's going to have dire consequences for later on this year

putting in place bearish budgetary measures to deal with it but japan is such an important trading partner this is going to cause further economic pain this is what south korea's prime minister had to say about it. yesterday the japanese government imposed a measure practically blocking the entry of all us citizens to japan we find this very regrettable and urged the japanese government to withdraw such an excessive and reasonable measure immediately our government will devise a proper counter measure against japan's measures. south korea's national security council has met friday to consider its response and it has talked about following a principle of risk reciprocity which would seem to indicate that it is possibly considering exactly the same kind of ban in retaliation that should cause concern for the international community because of course if faces this global public health crisis and 2 of the most important partners in tackling that japan and south

korea seem to be taking the gloves off and getting stuck into age old animosities k.-rob mcbride reports a move live for us in seoul thanking and the 300000000 students are being affected by school closures world wind and countries impose strict measures to contain the spread of the virus $22.00 countries of unknowns the suspension of classes to varying degrees bands form school across parts of asia europe and the middle east some probably a few days others for several weeks the united nations says the global scale and speeds of the current educational disruption is unparalleled. well we'll have more on the corona vibrate kora virus outbreak coming up and that includes no one and all i says still in palestine seal of bethlehem will be mine in ramallah plus.

pensioners protest of the republic of congo open the government will start dancing to their choosing. hello and welcome to international weather forecast the weather situation across europe isn't looking as bad as it was in recent days with all the storms but we still got some unsettled weather moving in long the bay of biscay along the north coast of spain and into southern parts of france more snow for the pyrenees which is much welcome of course slightly dry conditions across the u.k. that frontal system will be pushing in for saturday's will come back to that one across central parts here makes some showers around some heavier rain down across parts of the balkans for italy a scattering of showers rome looking at highs of 14 degrees moving the forecast on

then into the start of the weekend we've got this frontal system moving in towards western parts of the u.k. bringing some strong winds the potential for some pretty heavy rain in places conditions across much of france snow just settling on the alps generally dry conditions expected here and unsettled spot the weather around the more eastern side of the mediterranean with some rain or days of snow heading down into northern and central parts of africa we've still got some results for a trip into mist 20 degrees in trueness on friday but heading into saturday we could see the winds turning towards the northwest and strengthening and temperatures then dropping to just 13. frank assessments the one thing about these bush bars is it's really working out the politics of climate change informed opinions economy i think is actually what's keeping donald trump afloat right now critical debate sucralose through school

lawyers all about this argument is astonishingly patronize a in-depth analysis of the day's headlines this is the beginning of a new iraq of the new conscious and aware of that struggle against an ethnic sectarian kotor inside story on al-jazeera. the or. oh. oh. this is al jazeera of mind over the headlines this hour a tense calm appears to be holding in serious italy provence after a cease fire came into effect it was brokered by russia and turkey after days of fighting that almost pushed the country's toward direct confrontation. 100 so

refugees and migrants are gathering near the turkey greece border and that's after ankara said it would swarm to stop them trying to enter the new. and south korea is protesting against a cola virus travel restriction on its citizens this is in japan tokyo and i still face a 2 week it mandatory quarantine south korea has more than 6000 coronavirus cases. where the number of confirmed infections in new york has doubled to 22 governor andrew cuomo said that that number is expected to rise as more people are tested the city is monitoring nearly 3000 people who are under self quarantine in their homes a large scale cleaning operation is underway to stop the virus spreading in a city where millions of people use public transport every day cable elizondo reports. sanitizing the busiest public transport system in the united states city officials say all of new york's $472.00 subway stations or thousands subway cars

and buses and claimed it will be recently 2 hours all to try to prevent an outbreak of coronavirus or covert 19 it will decrease the present. viruses but both the cold it 19 and others on our facilities will also give passengers our customers a sense that we're doing everything we can. new york is yet to see a major outbreak of corona virus at least so far but officials are planning for the worst because there are so many people here. on any given week day more than one and a half a 1000000 people pour into new york city from the outer areas every day more than 5 and a half 1000000 commuters use the public transportation everything from the subway to the bus to the trains and every year new york city receives more than $60000000.00 tourists. that's

a lot of hands touching things the problem though with wiping down the subways is it's unclear how long it keeps surfaces contamination free there is still some debate about 4 mites which is essentially when you touch a surface that's contaminated you touch yourself how long can a virus survive on the surface is still a matter of debate we have anything between 9 hours to 14 days for now most people here are not changing their routines i kind of understand some of the panic about it but at the same time i'm just going to continue to live my daily life and you know do the things i normally do the sales they are much like oh my gosh i'm like traveling around like be careful but there's been a lot of diseases actually and like the kind of viruses like stats are actually pretty low. but when it comes to the subway stations they'll continue to wipe everything down to try to wipe out any corona virus worries gabriels on doe

al-jazeera new york. well among the places working to contain the fire risk is bethlehem the israeli military has sealed off the city in the occupied west bank and isn't allowing people in or palestinian president mahmoud abbas so they are declared states of emergency the. there after 7 cases of the virus were confirmed 2 wrists and pilgrims are banned from the area for the next 2 weeks when these abraham is live for us in ramallah she joins me now needs a drastic measures are clearly being taken where you are what sort of impact is that having on everyday life well i can tell you driving this warning to the office from a lot sounded more like or looked like a ghost town it's a friday it's a weekend usually not many people are out on the streets on this hour of the morning but you could definitely see the effects of the declaration made late on thursday by the palestinian prime minister mohammed to stay he said that all

educational facilities more churches forests will be closed for a month in an attempt to contain the spread of the virus the 7 cases remain in a hotel in bethlehem they were infected after a tourist delegation was in that hotel we've seen some protests in jericho actually in the west bank trying to prevent some of those patients from going there so you could sense a state of panic palestinians are scared whether their institutions is going to be able to deal with that situation particularly their day or under israeli occupation but what we know for now is that limited movement is going to be happening between palestinian cities for a month the palestinian prime minister told perseus to be awaiting for more instructions the church of nativity remains closed all tourist. areas are visions

have been cancelled in an attempt to kind of control who really goes and comes to the palestinian territory as we know it is under israeli occupation and they don't have control over their borders ok neither abraham bringing us up today it's with the latest from ramallah thank you. now a court in india's capital new delhi has ordered 4 men convicted of the 2012 gang rape and murder of a woman to be executed later this month the men had filed several appeals and their conviction but their mercy pleas for rejected by the president the crime involving a 23 year old physiotherapy student on a bus in new delhi triggered mass protests it's led to tougher laws against sexual violence including the death penalty or to get more on this now i'm joined by kavita krishnan the secretary of all india progressive women's association she joins us now by skype from new delhi good to have you with us here on our just 0

talking about this case specifically would you say justice is being served or is this death sentence being handed down 8 years after the crime to saying to show the least some action has been taken that sentence does not justice and that is something which women's movement groups in india have been saying consistently for many many years that we do not seek the death penalty in fact the justice department committee which had put out a set of very landmark lekman the issuance to the bench and. you know improve the situation on gender based violence in india in the wake of the 2012 movement that committee had never recommended definitely at all so what the way we see it is that the death penalty being equated with justice in this case and certain other cases it's basically the state's way of washing off that. possibility. so they

make out the death penalty to be a political. message to people that we are man enough to protect women and we are man enough women and that all the other issues that we've been raising get drowned out and. about investing in judges and more courts in making the. police investigated and judicial system far more gender sensitive in ensuring that there is no public transport that women do not have adequate. catering investing in more women's shelters and sort of all these things that think the current not where having some audio issues i'm afraid i would like to continue this conversation let's try and come but so i guess another time but for now i thank you very much for joining us from new delhi let's move on to see another story now hundreds of civilians have been killed since the libyan warlord who

either have to began his offensive against the u.n. but it's government in tripoli back in april and there are fears science might influence will continue to few the conflicts foreign powers of competed for control of the area now known as libya for millennia southern mediterranean shores were of unity just importance to empires and their armies throughout history and as john stratford now reports from one of the most historic sites not much has changed. many say there are ghosts among the ruins of leptis magna from around $19080.00 under the roman emperor septimius severus it became the wealthiest city in north africa only alexandria rivaled it in splendor power. repeatedly attacks by other invading armies and indigenous tribes by the time of the arab conquest around 650 the city had been virtually abandoned. foreign policy continue to

compete for control in libya it was done good that the comfort in this place represents so much of our heritage but the war continues there will be more destruction and fighting could go to all cities will further affect tourism areas residential areas and more people will be displaced it's a very complicated situation on. many empires and their armies have fought for control of leptis magna and what became libya over the millennia foreign powers have long been aware of the strategic importance of the mediterranean sea southern shuls there are many people in libya that say ending this need a decade long conflict is being complicated because of the sheer number of countries involved support. comes from countries including the u.a.e. egypt and russia. hundreds of civilians have been killed since have to launched a military offensive against the un backed government in tripoli in april. after

his allies in their fight against terrorism a few foreign governments analysts all military commanders believe them and many blame the u.a.e. and say russia wants greater influence in the southern mediterranean and africa and also wants to use it to weaken the nato alliance may the u.a.e. is behind all the wars in the region if libya stands on its feet the u.a.e. will lose its status in the region they are worried about the dominance of their ports like. that's why they are trying to sabotage all the planes to make libya prosper. u.n. says that more than 150000 people have been forced to flee the fighting turkey signed a maritime agreement with the un backed government in november critics say could give ankara an unfair advantage over rights to mediterranean oil and gas drilling turkey says it has the right to send military advisers and pro turkey syrian fighters to help defend tripoli because of

a security agreement it signed with the government earlier this week pro have to media announced the opening of what it describes as an embassy in damascus fueling speculation that fighters loyal to bashar al assad's regime are coming to libya to fight on behalf of off the conflict has kept foreign tourists away from the spectacular ancient ruins of leptis magna for years these ancient marble pillars a perhaps a symbol of the foreign armies that throughout history have fought for control of this resource rich country on the mediterranean coast. a battle that continues today john strafford al jazeera leptis magna libya. now retiring soon the republic of congo say they're struggling because the government hasn't paid their pensions for here's the country has nearly gone bankrupt 3 times in the last 2 decades and has been repeatedly bailed out by the i.m.f. that's in spite of it being africa's 3rd largest oil producer malcolm webb reports

from brazzaville. these people say they've been cheated by their government they work for the telecoms and postal service for decades here in the republic of congo now they're retired they haven't been paid their pensions really levon yanks so this is their protest held every day outside the central post office they call it a concert your significant down it's really difficult we're living in misery we're suffering since we began the protests about 450 of our members have died already because they were able to pay for the health care the nate thanks more than a $1000.00 people contributed money every month to a pension fund but the money disappeared thanks and so they keep playing it that willingly even standing here across the street like i'm fairly here myself so they

say that message still isn't being. there that they hate their crunch and cold so it's really on the dollar every year from oil that. the country produces more than 300000 barrels of crude oil a day but that hasn't stopped it from nearly going bankrupt 3 times in the last 2 decades. and it hasn't helped many congolese. nearly half live in poverty many people in the capital brazzaville live in slums but there has been money for grander projects like this 100000000 dollar bridge built before the last election 2 months ago the road leading to a collapse each time that's nearly happened to congo's economy international monetary fund has stepped in with multi-million dollar bailouts the opposition says the government borrows against his own oil reserves but then doesn't repay its debt

reserve and their problems are given to us we are constantly in financial debt because we have a problem with the leadership parliament does not prosecute people who are corrupt we don't hold people in government to account for stealing money investing in personal property that's why this keeps happening. to national oil company didn't respond to our request for an interview neither did the minister of hydrocarbons to oil companies announce major new discoveries last year more oil will enable borrowing. pouring hasn't helped the pensioners before they wonder if they'll ever be paid and so their daily concert goes on malcolm webb al-jazeera brazzaville republic of congo. twitter says it will start supplying a label to tweets that it contain manipulated or misleading content social media platforms are under increasing pressure to deal with the problem including

so-called deep fake videos these are altered with artificial intelligence to make a person appear to say or do something they didn't. my. this is al jazeera and these are the headlines and sounds calm appears to be holding in syria's adlib province after a cease fire came into effect it was brokered by washer and turkey after days of fighting but almost pushed the countries to war direct confrontation simcoe c.-o. has more now for literally syria border while the us so far it appears to be holding there is a kind of small loyal ation let's say by the syrian government which hasn't been called as a violation yet but for now everybody expects this cease fire holds as you would remember there were many ceasefire that couldn't even hold for even for 24 hours or

we don't know what the day is going to bring bad for now both moscow and on crowd seems to be committed to preserve the ceasefire hundreds of refugees and migrants are gathering near the turkey greece border that's after ankara set up a normal stop them trying to enter the e.u. south korea is protesting against a cone of ours travel restriction on its citizens visiting japan tokyo and i'm still face a 2 week mandatory quarantine south korea has more than 6000 coronavirus cases nearly 300000000 students are being affected by school causes worldwide the strict measures are imposed to contain the spread of the virus 22 countries are the ones the suspension of classes united nations says the global scale and speed of the disruption to education is unparalleled. and a court in india's capital new delhi has ordered 4 men convicted on the 2012 gang

rape and murder of a woman to be executed later this month the men had filed several appeals since their conviction but they were rejected by the president's the crimes against a student on a bus in delhi triggered widespread protests the attack led to tougher laws against sexual violence including the death penalty and twitter says it will start applying a label to tweets containing manipulated forms of media social media platform also plans to remove any content it deems deliberately misleading it's likely to cause harm companies have come under pressure to deal with deep fake videos well actually state stay with us here on al-jazeera inside story is up next. we understand the differences and similarities of cultures across the world so no matter how you take. out 0 bring you the news and current affairs that matter to

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