2nd fashion on al-jazeera. or the order. this is al jazeera. to harvey when i'm santa maria and this is the news hour from al-jazeera 100000 corona virus infections and counting the outbreak reaches a worrying new milestone driven by new cases outside of china also in the news gunmen killed 30 people at a ceremony in kabul attended by some of afghanistan's leadership it is tense but mostly calm in syria's province softer a cease fire agreed by turkey and russia takes effect but syrians who fled to live there among the refugees who say they feel like political pawns stuck and unwanted

on the borders. and in sport step curry makes his long awaited return to be a scoring $23.00 points for the golden state warriors and his 1st game for money. from asia to the middle east and europe coronavirus is forcing governments to further time in their restrictions this friday and in some places it is even raising tensions between countries we will take you through all the global developments shortly but let's start with a global picture covert 19 as it is officially known is tracked by the johns hopkins university in the united states using figures from the world health organization and the headline figure this hour is that 100055 confirmed infections from corona virus worldwide that milestone passed just in the last hour

or so by the official numbers driven not by all of this in china and asia obviously that is where the main number of infections but it is new infections in other parts of the world here through the middle east iran and also of course through europe as well the focus is there that is where the new cases that come. from but the important thing to remember and it's that green number up in the corner there 55672 people have recovered from corona virus so it is approximately a 55 percent recovery rate at the moment despite the deaths of nearly 3400 people as well now at least 1200 of the new infections come from here the large red circle in the middle of iran and that's just in the past 24 hours iran's biggest jump since the outbreak began its health ministry adds that 124 people have now died police are also enforcing road and highway closures as they try to contain the spread of the virus here on skype from teheran to bring us up to date road closures

this is a new development in a pretty serious one actually. that's right kemal really just to give you a sense of how bad the situation is here the health ministry yesterday released an image on twitter that image was of the epicenter of where this virus began in the religious and important political city of home in sort of the center of the country emanating from there a giant red a set of what looked like the tentacles of an octopus engulfing the whole country and that's really what's happened there isn't a province now that hasn't been affected by a coronavirus can outbreak of some kind that's come from the health ministry today now the biggest jump we've seen as you said since this began here in iran one $1234.00 cases in the last 24 hours the bulk of those into hiran now and that brings us to the total number of cases in the capital tehran into iran province to approximately 1400 out of

a total of about $4700.00 cases countrywide that makes to iran the capital the real new epicenter of the virus in this country and the battle against it is picking up steam here in the capital the total number of new deaths the 17 total killed so far officially is $124.00 there are critics continue to say that the number is much higher but iran simply is not making that number transparent or clear to the public and one of the complaints from the health ministry spokesman today was that people are not listening to the government that people simply are not paying attention to rules that are constantly sent out via s.m.s. by a public messaging on state television on the radio in cars and in your homes you can hear people announcing the government messaging to stay indoors to maintain personal hygiene but life here largely is continuing people are out on the street it is really difficult to observe the rules that people should stay at home in fact a letter by an m.p. from the capital from to run representing people here in the capital to the

president of the country present hasan rowhani to the speaker of parliament to. the health minister himself he's imploring the government to mandate a quarantine for the capital warning that if that is is not done then the consequences could be irreversible for the country china has come out and said that the sanctions simply aren't helping they're trying to raise money charitable donations to help their counterparts to help their allies in iran combat this coronavirus and they're saying that sanctions unilateral sanctions by the united states are only exacerbating the situation and part of the reason we might see people not observing the government direction to stay indoors is that at some point people have to go out they have to work they have to pay their bills and economically the country was in such dire straits well before this outbreak began really it is difficult for people simply to stay at home and not go out and participate in what is left of their economy of their struggling economy thank you

for those updates from teheran that is us ravi we're also looking at bethlehem where corona virus has spread to in the israeli military isn't allowing people in or out of the now palestinian president mahmoud abbas earlier declared a state of emergency off the 7 cases were confirmed tourists and pilgrims are banned from the area for the next 2 weeks of the church of the nativity which is revered among christians as the birthplace of jesus christ is among the sites that have been closed. joining us now an activist in bethlehem on skype thank you for your time tell us what it's like there in bethlehem. thank you for having me right now but it is under 30 days of law cave because of the spread of the corona virus and the 7 cases you just mentioned have been confirmed corona and many are being tested to make sure if they're holding the virus or not people are scared and the virus is new york is not only new to the bethlehem area it's also to the world

if i try to understand what this means and how they can function and move on with their lives martin but during the say look we're ministry of health have shared recommendations that they have mentioned. that void big gatherings and then monster and search to purchase are for. escorts are in close before. her pigs are going forward no to reason and accepted your impacts on him. so it's scary people are it's reminding them that it's cool curfew that was upon backup and an accomplice in its current series and what this that me and how the country's going to function during those 30 days or even afterwards for what's going to parchman after 30 days are over is life going to go back to normal. when we think about this sorry to interrupt you when we think and hear about the west

bank i think we often think about it in terms of politics as you say in terms of occupation of israel i mean just to actually how important places like best to him and to to to tourism to the economy. and tourism is the number one income generating generating people here so maybe interest in is affected that means many people will not be able to live and to make money. and many things are connected to resent. gift shops and buses and tour companies and even holy sites in many different sites that live and rely on tourism so that would be affected by not having interest in or many have even trying to be concerned yes possible or i mean you are worried any action. so the life is the hope and the likelihood but some areas especially and the west bank are. highly

affected by this fire and. joining us on skype from bethlehem we do appreciate that and might come back to you in the next few days and find out so we'll wait and find out how it is going there thank you thank you so much. moving on to other news for now and 30 people have been killed and more than 50 injured during an attack at a political ceremony in kabul the head of the peace council was giving a speech it was being broadcast live when shots were fired afghanistan's chief executive a dollar was also there but witnesses say he was not hurt in kabul with the latest on this one last time we spoke to you were saying it was an ongoing situation where are we now. well actually it's been over now for about half an hour but this was a very long standoff between the afghan security forces and attackers that were holed up in a nearby building which was under construction that's actually where they based

themselves to launch the attack on this memorial service but you know the attack started at $1120.00 kabul time and it was over about 5 pm so that shows you how long it lasted you had to bring in afghan security forces you had to bring in foreign forces it was quite a situation and it really it happened south of kabul in an area this predominantly has ira which is a shia minority living here in afghanistan which has come under attack a lot of times over the past years and you were saying others will hold to that the taliban was quick to say actually it wasn't us. yes absolutely i mean within half an hour they got a taliban spokesperson here in afghanistan treated that the taliban had nothing to do with this attack now i think there was so quick in doing so because such an

attack would be a clear violation of the agreement carried out between the u.s. and the taliban and was signed in doha last nearly last week sat on saturday it would be a week but remains a question of who is then behind that attack so far no claims of responsibility it could be any of the groups operating in the country could be ice or it could be even splinter groups from the taliban they were commanders and fighters who were not happy with the deal signed with the united states and some of them have actually sworn allegiance to i said or do groups it could be anyone at this stage but i think what this attack really underlines is that you know with vended agreement is the withdrawal of all foreign forces from the country over the last 14 months that would leave afghan security forces. own to quell such attacks and how we have seen today how complicated that is how long it took and how many

reinforcement needs to be needed to be send their so i think that's one aspect of the agreement that really underlines that the afghan security forces will be left in a very fragile situation what are the hunted reporting from kabul thank you. it's also been an explosion outside the u.s. embassy internews is capital tunis reports say it was a suicide bomber at least one person killed in that attack and several others injured including at least 4 security employees. more than 50 people have been killed during violence in zambia unrest that is in response to a series of mysterious attacks in which gangs used poisonous gas to target their victims this actually started back in december that spread across the country president has blamed some community leaders for inciting the killings we witnessed mr skilling's in this interview. with. the 2 women

and. we have equally read miss miss miss reactions from citizens for these killings. following the story for us from johannesburg for me to can you actually put this in some sort of order for us because there's a lot happening and a lot of blame going for different elements here. well come all this all began in december as you mentioned where there were these very strange attacks apparently by kang's using poisonous gas or spray police haven't been able to identify what it is exactly but they use these gases or sprays to attack public buildings schools as well as homes which then leaves the occupants of these homes of the people in the schools either dizzy or they lose consciousness and so this has been of great concern and while police have not said why this is happening that not established a clear motive behind these attacks there is speculation in zambia that it may be

linked to what people are calling ritual killings that perhaps these gangs want to attack people for their body parts to be used for rituals which has known to be to happen in zambia previously now following these gas attacks the people in different parts of zambia not only that we've also seen the lusaka have been resorted to what's been called mob justice to deal with these attacks they say police are not doing enough so in response they've attacked people that they think of behind the attacks we do know that so far they've been a number of arrests by police against the people or rests of people responsible for the mob justice and these these violent mob attacks so far so far police is say that they're trying to get a control on the consequent instances of mob justice but still are investigating these gas attacks the army has been deployed to certain areas in zambia to try and

quell the tensions but also try to prevent more of these gas attacks happening we know so far at least 500 they've been at least 500 reports of these incidents affecting at least 1700 people so it really is an ongoing concern for authorities in zambia we heard. these am good president at google they use it quite firm language trying to deal with the people responsible for these instances of mob justice but ultimately having to try and investigate further what exactly is behind why these gassings appen ng quite an extraordinary story it is thank you for that from me to miller in johannesburg quarter past the hour here on al-jazeera this is what's coming up for you we will look at the legacy of libya's past exploring their connections to today's conflicts also how violence and protests over a contentious citizenship law have left thousands homeless in india and sport when

rooney tries to recapture some of his old magic as he faces off against his old club the football action coming up with a little later. there is a tense calm which is largely holding in syria's it'll a province after a cease fire came into effect presidents reject type and vladimir putin agreed to the deal during hours of talks in moscow on thursday but they have been reports of some sporadic fighting in southern parts of the province between syrian government forces and opposition groups some syrians displaced by the ongoing violence has a mystic about this latest ceasefire is that most. people did not return to their homes what does the truce mean ok you implemented the ceasefire and i am here displaced and maybe i will not be able to go back home for 10 years or 15 years how

do i benefit from this truce or cease fire. now turkey and russia also say they're going to establish a 12 kilometer wide security corridor along it lives and for highway arrival forces have been fighting for control of that road and the m 5 highway for months we've got them on the map a you see in the middle of it is this town of sort of keep this is at the center of it because whoever controls it has both access to the m 5 across the country there and the story that's the aim for going that way in 5 going down that way they can crucial military and economic advantages because all these areas in red government areas and those in green are the opposition once you go through both of those then as we zoom right in you'll have a look at that white line there which is the security corridor with that turkey and russia have now agreed to establish now with us from the turkish city of untac a nice to have you with us has been to explain more about well actually 1st of all more about the cease fire it's in place it seems to be working but there are still reports of fighting. well it

came out of the ceasefire still holds basically across the entire area since yesterday which is widely seen an indication that all the parties are now fully aware about the need to move forward and put an end to the escalation that has been ferrying up over the last few days of there was or was going to lead to a full blown confrontation between the syrian military and the turkish army the reason why you are seeing some flashpoints here and there is just because of the very nature of the conflict and the different groups and militias rebel fighters operating in different areas some of them don't have a. chain of command to say so for the information to trickle down for for you to be able to control the entire area it takes time and we have to remind our viewers that until yesterday there's been heavy fighting just a few hours before the cease fire that we have a fight

a heavy fighting in the saddle. and also on the outskirts. but generally speaking the message has gone to every party that this could be the beginning of a new chapter and this explains the dramatic change in this spate of violence that we've seen since midnight yesterday thank you for those updates there. in an taqiyya. now as an extension of the syrians from adlib are among the 10s of thousands of people trying to cross from turkey into the european union the trying to go through greece and bulgaria have been met by violence rubber bullets and tear gas turkey also says it's to put a 1000 police officers to that border area to stop refugees and migrants from being pushed back and toxic uname is there for us in dean natasha tell us more about what you're seeing there. it's been a week since turkey opened its borders and people are clearly getting beaten down

they've been out in the open often rained on it's been very cold the temperatures sometimes drip dipping below 0 at night eating food sporadically there was tension once again at an official checkpoint here and endured a and what happened is greek police fired a water cannon at hundreds of migrants and refugees pushed up against the fence in response turkey soldiers fired tear gas in between of course the 2 country's security forces are women men and children who say they are only asking for one thing the opportunity to start a new life in europe. 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'm not left all my life here or a city of course in this situation that's. what i love and 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 revenue they will give us to the creeks they take all our belongings and money and be tests and they will send us back we're human beings not animals the turkish minister of interior has announced $1000.00 members of turkey 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 give it military anger limit. we will not provide an opportunity for the maltreatment of people there i would like to express that we have 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 law and. 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 neat with a rubber bullet and beat him. mean that the women attired men

a target we're all tired of the please open the gate as news or bull as these refugees are there 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. refugees tell us at 3 o'clock this morning police moved in to that riverbank encampment and used tear gas and beat them telling refugees they had to leave they were given according the refugees we spoke to one of 2 choices go to the border or to istanbul now we're here at the a during a bus station you can see people congregated behind me they're trying to figure out what to do next so many people we've spoken to have already crossed into greece once twice even 3 times only to be deported back to turkey.

and i'm sorry on the border between turkey and greece thank you. well the failure to reach agreement on a major dam project on the nile is worrying farmers in sudan if you if you sit down in egypt and go around in circles already discussing the issues surrounding this grand ethiopian renascence damn project i was hearing morgan reports farmers believe water supplies could slow to a trickle. normally around this time of the year farm is covered with wheat ready for harvest it's his source of income normally earning him millions of sudanese pounds but he says he doesn't expect to make a profit this year because there's not enough water. there for her and his but the water from the river is blocked in the canals because they're covered with dirt and silt i have parts of my father that haven't even been irrigated once some have been irrigated once but by now they should be irrigated for the 5th time it's not the 1st time but this is the worst we've seen this is going to affect our harvests badly. with them or. how much farmland is part of what is called the dizzier

agricultural project established in 1911 during british colonial rule it started as a $250.00 hectors farm it now covers over $2000000.00 hectares and it's the economic lifeline for over 100000 farmers it was once the main source of foreign income contributing to over 60 percent of sudan's g.d.p. but since the discovery of oil in the my 970 s. farmers here see the government's interest in the largest agricultural project in the country declined the dizzier irrigation system mainly relies on the sloping land from north to south to carry the water through the canal for the farms it's been like this since it was 1st established but some pharmacy the system is now failing them thousands have reported lost harvest in the past 3 decades and they say the situation is getting worse and worse every year that can also some covers less than 36 percent of the project its water comes from the nearby in the river and for farmers in $20.00 there are concerns that irrigation issues will get to

worse neighboring ethiopia is expected to start filling in. grant if you can remember on stand by may 2020 the dam is being built on the blue nile which flows from the country to sudan and egypt several rounds of talks between the 3 countries have failed to produce a deal over the duration of filling up a dam so dense transitional government says it won't agree to any deal that will impact the livelihoods of farmers but that the problem facing farmers is one of management the problem is not in the fort or coming through the skin the problem came in the many men though this were coming from the. supporter there is no thought it is a war that ended well but there is a problem in the 4th of coming. to minister. less than 500000 hectares of the 2200000 is expected to produce harvest this year some experts say other factors also play a role in how farms that were once regarded as the bread basket of sudan have declined their farmers are using the very same to want to get i've been using for

the past maybe 30 years so they haven't really been trained so the seeds that they are using. a lot of it is genetically depleted and this will cause problems on quite on qualities of const problems on productivity on all. farmers here even with new technologies their farms are a triscuit they see if you can dam reduces the water the project gets they fear they may have to give up most of the land to farm for generations people morgan al-jazeera just irritates. time for a look at the weather with richard getting into the evening for our viewers in india and pakistan what can they expect pretty disturbed weather kamau remember last news hour talking about the weird weather across europe very warm weather for much of russia well this story sort of follows on from that because everything is slightly topsy turvy at the moment and in northern parts of india and pakistan we've had some pretty wet weather last few days a shot comes from the rain has been pouring down whereas all come from when it

comes from western disturbances as a cold and where they come from they tend to come from the mediterranean sea so these systems develop through the mediterranean they push on through and then they head on across the levant sometimes the middle east and then work their way into northern india and pakistan in fact we've seen far more these systems than we normally expect this year you know we see about 5 up to now and so far i think we're into the low twenty's so a lot of change will weather across the north and you can see as a run the satellite picture circulation of cloud pushing into northern parts of both india and pakistan and giving some pretty heavy rain and obviously once you get into the foothills of the himalayas not just rain but snow so that runs on through during the course of the day on friday so delhi certainly at risk of some heavy showers and then others say through into the himalayas the could be some really heavy snowfall some showers elsewhere some is to be fairly heavy across more eastern parts of india but the disturbance itself will eventually run out of steam as it were showers tending to 1st let's

a brighter weather returning and we should see some sunshine a temperature of 26 returning to delhi kamau richard thank you so much for that still ahead for you on this news hour. i will not be running for president in 2 to one but i guarantee i will. fire. another presidential hopeful drops out that leaves just 2 major players in the race for the u.s. democratic nomination also stranded in some of mexico's most dangerous border towns the grim reality of a year old u.s. asylum policy in sports and a limp. test event goes ahead but there are no athletes that story interest in sports at about 10 to the hour. informed opinions the economy is actually what's keeping donald trump afloat right now and in-depth analysis of the day's headlines the protest movement is only getting stronger the more people who kill the more resilient the resistant they

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this is the news hour from al-jazeera and these are the top stories at least 30 people killed in afghanistan during a political ceremony in kabul the head of the peace council's giving a speech that was being broadcast live when shots were fired and the taliban says it is not the spots. coronavirus cases around the world of tops $100000.00 as the illness spreads to more countries but more than half of those infected have. made a full recovery iran said 1200 new infections just in the last 24 hours biggest jump there since the outbreak began 124 people have died in iraq. i mentioned at the top of the news are some of the political tensions caused by this for example japan's prime minister imposing a mandatory quarantine on all visitors from south korea and china south korea doesn't like that and it's called for it to be revoked and has retaliated by

suspending a visa waiver program for japanese nationals brian with all the details from seoul in the sometimes strained relations between japan and south korea the corona virus outbreak has exposed the animosity that exists below the surface south korea says it wasn't consulted before japanese prime minister shinzo abbé announced the new measures yokohama new visitors from both china and south korea will be required to be quarantined for 2 weeks at a location designated by the quarantine director and asked that they refrain from using public transportation in the country. that brought a swift response from seoul the japanese ambassador was summoned for an official reprimand then. we find this very regrettable and urged the japanese government to withdraw such an excessive an unreasonable measure immediately our government will devise a proper counter measure against japan's measures opponents in south korea accuse

the japanese government of trying to deflect criticism of its handling of the corona virus outbreak in particular the attempted quarantining of a cruise ship that left hundreds of passengers sick and. while criticizing japan's efforts south korea has been quick to show the scale and transparency of its own response which is one international praise testing on an industrial scale means thousands of people are being checked with the virus every day. on south korea has been touted as an outstanding example of releasing information in a transparent and rapid manner in that sense i believe that japan's move to not fully take into account our central and local governments efforts. the growing dispute between 2 leading countries in the fight against this global health emergency is worrying for the international community the 2 sides have long

disagreed over trade and the legacy of the 2nd world war more than 100 countries now have travel restrictions on people arriving from south korea but unlike many of them japan is a vital trading partner this quarantine measure will cause further economic pain and there's a lingering suspicion here that politics not public health is the motivation behind it bright al-jazeera so a couple more updates for you another 12 people have tested positive in egypt the official total there now 15 egypt's health ministry says those who've fallen ill have been on a nile cruise ship heading from a swan to the southern city of luck song and as many as 300000000 students are missing their classes worldwide 300000000 because governments are temporarily closing schools and universities in response to the outbreak suspensions are in place in 22 countries across asia europe and the middle east ranging from a few days to several weeks united nations says the disruption to education it's

unprecedented. the way governments are dealing with the virus is by quarantining people they hope that isolation can stop the spread but as cornton people wait much of the content they're sharing online has itself gone viral yachting has this report it's a waiting game carl goldman has been in court and teen at a hospital in the u.s. since leaving the diamond princess cruise ship in japan he has documented his journey on his blog his most popular post was when he announced that he had tested positive for the corona virus it's been viewed more than $42000.00 times were sent to him was 3 here and then here for only about 8 hours later you're free fever after that i restrained feeling well for sure i think it's definitely do you hide there are nowhere to call out explored this they were pumping me up with trying to i've been through every color of the rainbow catering to myself had traded today

his doctor handed him yet another post it note the plus sign tells him he tested positive for corona again it's been more than 30 days carl's wife was recently released from corn teen even though she tested negative he says she was threatened when she returned home the spread of corona virus has also led to racist attacks earlier this week jonathan mock a student from singapore was being in london on facebook he said he remembered them yelling something about the coronavirus before punching him in the face. another headline tells the story of a chinese woman attacked in the netherlands. in vietnam the government is taking a social approach to tackling the virus. this video went viral and has been turned into a popular dance on the social platform take time. the

world health organization lists hand-washing as the number one way to stop the respiratory illness from spreading quarantine is another. look at the government is telling people basically not to go anywhere actually you know my yeah i mean we're basically locked in our house i mean my you know my job has been i'm a college professor i'm not teaching right now they just they just cancel class the next 2 weeks my kids are in kindergarten that's also been canceled so we're basically just stuck in the house for those in corn teen the psychological impact can take a toll. mentally and emotionally draining. to them not to walk into getting saying no and trying not to get lusting over you know it's and so it's ok to. fire us and it's been a lot of. 5 days and it's not possible to stay and burn me as far. as for karl he'll have to stay in quarantine until he recovers and gets

a note from his doctor that clears him to go home leah harding al-jazeera also in the news this hour a court in india's capital has ordered 4 men to be executed light of this month off their appeals in a land right case failed they were convicted of gang raping and murdering a student on a bus in new delhi and 2012 and then just leaving it to die on a road the case triggered mass protests and eventually led to tougher laws against sexual violence the men had filed several planes for mercy since their conviction they were rejected by the president. also in delhi thousands of been made homeless by the recent rioting over a contentious citizenship law crowds of hindus who support the law attacked muslims have been protesting against it and nearly 50 people were killed and as a spoke to some of those left without a roof over their head. for the last 10 days after fleeing their home with their 6 children robina and early her son have returned to see what's left of it robina

says they fled when they saw groups of men setting houses on fire and the most awful bad neighborhood got to make them out of nothing of ours as we just took our children and ran for our lives. there with. the family is one of at least 1700 that have been displaced in northeast delhi. i don't know how my children will continue these studies everything we have worked for is destroyed i just want all of this to be are over and to start a new life. robina and her family have been staying with relatives others are taking shelter at this nearby relief camp that's been set up by student and civil society groups around 500 people are staying here everyone has a story including these cousins alfie and upset all my when we were running away they were throwing stones and that's when i got hurt. on the brink many shops we

were watching from the roof of the house. even burnt our mosque. the only a muster the neighborhood of shivah heart is one of at least 4 mosques that were destroyed. the violence began on february 23rd when fighting started between hindus and muslims protesting against the citizenship law that critics say discriminates against muslims so all. that led to violence from both communities a fact finding team says muslim suffered disproportionately all of them how that. the building. houses. houses delhi police have arrested 1600 people but the families of those killed or injured said they want politicians to be held to account. for

a few hours before the violence started on february 23rd cup in mishra a member of the ruling baath party said his supporters would take matters into their own hands unless those protesting against the citizenship cleared the streets mishra didn't respond to request for an interview. the delhi government has given compensation to those affected by the violence but many have lost their loved ones their homes or their livelihoods because of their religion say it won't take more than money for them to feel safe again elizabeth pran al-jazeera most of a bad day. in the united states senator elizabeth warren has ended her bid for the white house she was once considered the front runner for the democratic nomination but failed to win a single state in the primaries she even lost her home state of massachusetts to joe biden withdrawal leaves 3 hopefuls in the race. i will not be running for president in 2020 but i guarantee you i will stay in the fight for

hard working folks across this country have gotten short end of the stick over and over that's been the fight of my life and will continue to do so. i'm a central americans waiting for their asylum cases to be decided in the us stranded across the border in one of mexico's most dangerous states this is because of a u.s. policy which doesn't allow them entry until the courts make a final decision the strategy has come under fire stories of migrants being victimized come to light john holman reports from the way of a lead in mexico. at the moment we cross the border from the u.s. into norval already the mexico we're told to put the camera down. this town's in the grip of organized crime despite that it's where the u.s. is shipping out those who've come to the states asking for asylum shuttling them across the border to wait for months between hearings under a policy called n.p.p.

will remain in mexico. when they arrive in with the laredo they're being systematically kidnapped shelter managers n.g.o.s a migrants themselves have told out 03 out of 4 people on this program are either what we have working for more than one yet now wire reporting recent even a kidnapping for families share their stories with us this salvadoran traveling with 2 small children it happened just after being left on the border bridge like the others he was too frightened to show his face. i was skiing disparate and i took a taxi in just 2 blocks a black truck blocked us off they told me to get out they put us in a truck and took us to a house where they kept us for 5 days he says 21 others were in the safe house to. all of them kidnapped they had been as wayland's haitians people from cameroon and mexicans. everyone told

a similar stories asylum seekers appeared to be picked off as soon as they enter the city their relatives are then cool for the ransom listen to this 16 year old honduran. my mom was scared crying she didn't know what. do she can get together the $800.00 they want and it appears highly organized migrants told us you can even get a code word if you pay thousands of dollars so you're not kidnapped again it's going officials often no protection the asylum seekers told us. among them this one durham own kidnapped with his 11 year old son. the migration officers kicked us out practically threw us onto the street and not seeming to us from their car picked us up and kidnapped us and i thought to myself ave in it but the gang to. mexico is migration of storage he's denied our interview request but told aspira statement the moment that the foreigners are received by the national migration institute they've given food in the opportunity to be safely taken to the interior of the

country and quote the nation with the national guard all to safe shelters all of the migrants the shelter workers we talked to and with a little fit that's not what's happened they've had to find their own way to shelters which they say they don't can't leave. home or the asylum seekers and we certainly don't ever go out and shout less they're going straight hearing and that means many of them inside. it wasn't even safe for us to film in the street and every time the asylum seekers returned from the hearings in the us back across the bridge to mexico they were running a risk what do you think the chances to get up to get water without their high very high you're not safe. at least the kidnappers seem less brutal than in other parts of mexico migrants told us they weren't hit and were let go if their families didn't have the money but the trauma is still acute and with mexico in the

us seemingly unwilling to acknowledge the severity of the problem it's hard to see things changing john home and how does it a river loreto. germany's interior minister says the threat of right wing. extremism isn't been taken seriously host c. offer is pushing for gun owners to undergo psychological tests germany's had a spate of attacks linked to the far right the most recent of them was when a gunman killed 9 people there frank. now ancient powers once competed for control of vast areas of libya its southern mediterranean shores were of huge strategic importance to empires and their armies throughout history and sounds a little familiar doesn't it charles stratford has this report now from one of its historic sites where not much has changed. many say there are ghosts among the ruins of leptis magna from around $19080.00 under the roman emperors septimius severus it became the wealthiest city in north africa only alexandria rivaled it in

splendid 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 powers continue to compete for control in libya it was then that the comfort in this place represents so much of our heritage if the war continues there will be more destruction and fighting could go to all cities will further affect tourism in areas residential areas and more people will be displaced it's a very complicated situation. 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 southern shores 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 for wolf khalifa haftar comes from countries including the u.a.e. egypt and russia. hundreds of civilians have been killed since hope to launch the military offensive against the un backed government in tripoli in april after his allies say their fight is against terrorism the few foreign governments analysts or 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 by 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 plans to make libya prosper the 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. that al-jazeera leptis magna libya.

thars got you sport in just a moment she will tell us how the defending n.b.a. champions the toronto raptors spoil steph curry is return to the game to. business leaders is both to buy no bras paul.

business leaders his vote to buy no bras paul. oh. it's hard to look you can spot with far thank you so much one of the biggest stars and basketball made his long awaited return to the n.b.a. on thursday golden state warriors star staff curry was back in action after missing for months with a broken hand so while malik reports. it's the moment golden state sounds have been

dreaming of steph curry is 50 again and back to producing magic on the court i think the 2 time m.v.p. left town which was broken and kept him out of action for all months look to be fully he knows they're biased as the warriors faced n.b.a. champions toronto in his comeback match. the warriors have been lost without curry and clayton who's also missed much of the campaign through injury choices without quality shooting like this last season's finalists have slipped to having the worst record in the n.b.a. defeasible. curry did with 9 of his 123 point attempts but when he delivered. he delivered big the 31 year old marking his or turn with 23 points it's kind of a cool moment. with you again just

the excitement engine of building and all this i really get a religion expert curry's efforts weren't enough to get his team a rare win but his attorneys goldens they at least have good reason to be optimistic so while malik al-jazeera. well that win for toronto secured their spot in the playoffs one team on course to join them there is a denver nuggets they secured a narrow 2 point victory over the charlotte hornets on thursday denver sealing it with seconds last jamal murray getting the vital buckets and i get set in the west . at least top flight football league resumes on saturday unfold starting with the matches that were postponed last week due to the corona virus outbreak in the country 6 matches were postponed last week including the potential title decider between current leaders eventis and internal and as for government orders all that is will be played without fans present until april with. manchester

united manager only going to seoul sure isn't happy despite his team's progress into the quarter finals of the f.a. cup united beat wayne rooney's darby county in the system around you know its record goalscorer is now a player coach the 2nd tier club release team can pull off a shock result losing 3 know united face man city next on the sunday against city have had an extra day to prepare for. i cannot believe why this is so there's a darby on sunday and we've got to play thursday nights what's what's the point been in that. that doesn't level the playing field it was the same when we when we beat them us time as well to be fair but we played wednesday they believe tuesday so that's them 24 always though they're important so we've got to be good at recovering now. when men's world cup champions team u.s.a.'s preparations for the olympics appear to be on track they beat arch rivals england in the she believes cup in florida this was the 1st time the 2 sides were

meeting since last year's world cup semifinals christian prost and carli lloyd scored in the 2nd half to give the u.s. a 2 no victory against the defending champions standing their unbeaten streak to 29 games i mean to go is everything these years of preparation for the olympics so. i mean for me personally obviously it's another opportunity to keep building this year i'm on a little bit slower build than everybody else being much older than everybody else and have come a long way off last year but i felt like. i had a good performance all the way through qualifiers. she scored a stunning goal for japan in their earlier game against spain it wasn't enough to inspire win for the 20 levon world champions spain went on to win this match 21. tokyo 2020 organizers are downsizing the olympic torch handover ceremony in greece on march 19th the event will be held without any children present over fears of

coronavirus meanwhile in tokyo it's full steam ahead as organizers have pledged that all olympic venues are on course to be completed on time the aquatic center has just been finished the national stadium which will host the opening ceremonies on july 24th was completed ahead of schedule. other tests of that for a limb pick a rock climbing when ahead in tokyo on friday without any competitors in vault games officials were the only people allowed to take part in the operational test no crowds turned up at the venue that has a capacity over 8000 rock climbing is set to make its olympics debut this summer. world number one rory mcilroy had a slow start in the opening round of the arnold palmer invitational but the 2800 champion bounced back with 5 birdies and enable the northern irishman ending the day with a 6 under 66 at bay hill in florida he adds into the 2nd round just one shot behind

american that every. day at a hockey player required 90 stitches to a facial injury after an accidental collision new york islanders johnny boychuk was rushed off the ice after the blade of the poet skate when into his face boychuk has maintained his sense of humor though later tweeting luckily for me the skate only cut my eyelid so wait for the late response facial recognition wasn't working on my phone. ok and that is all your support for now call that ira thank you for that finally the easter island statues you know the one for me has told 14 times sacred symbol of punishing culture well one easter island local decided to ram into one with a pick up truck the chilean man a long time island resident was arrested the mayor says the attack caused incalculable damage. thanks for joining us for this news hour back in a moment the latest on coronavirus and the rest of the world news as well.

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