revealing eco friendly solutions to combat threats to our planet on al-jazeera. the. 100000 corona virus infections and counting the outbreak reaches a warring new milestone driven by new cases outside china. in the u.s. the national guard brings coronavirus testing kits to passengers stranded on a cruise ship off the coast of california. to put out the sounds there live from doha also coming up gunmen killed 30 people at a ceremony in kabul attended by some of afghanistan's leaders. syrians who fled lebar among refugees who say they feel like political pawns stuck and i wanted on that

use board is. this series of gas attacks across zambia sponsored violent reprisals now the president blames community leaders for the armrest. we begin to saw with the latest on the corona virus outbreak which is forcing people around the world to drastically change the way they live travel restrictions are being tightened to millions of students are off school in the global economy is feeling the pinch brant crude oil prices are now down by 7 percent is the major oil producing countries hold an emergency meeting before we begin our coverage this take a look now at the numbers covered 19 as the virus is officially known as being tracked by johns hopkins university in the u.s. here is the dashboard here as you can see here from the figures we've got 100640 7 total confirmed cases over here. we've got 3411 is the total number of deaths

that have been recorded what we really need to look at is the total number of recovered more than 55000 as it stands now this source is using various figures from various sources including the world health organization even twitter the media various reports coming out of course helpful thora these in the numbers that they're coming out with so this number could also be much higher because of course those numbers are not including the mild cases that haven't been confirmed as being coronavirus but of which the world health organization assumes there are many more mild cases we are following developments around the world mike hanna is live for us in washington d.c. as united states tried to tries to contain the spread of the virus on both coasts but we're going to begin with john hall who is live for us in london where more than 160 cases have now been confirmed in the u.k. john a 1st off i want to ask you about i believe another airline has been affected or is

saying that it's causing or making cuts where it where it can work can you tell us . well you know the virus spreading fast across europe european union numbers going up as you say here in britain numbers going up dramatically in france in germany and elsewhere and tell you about the airlines in a moment the world health organization has just given a briefing where they made the point dr michael run of the w.h.o. that these rapidly increasing numbers up 224 hours in france as i said similar in germany a 1000 cases in the last 24 hours in iraq these numbers don't necessarily point to the more sort of suddenly very little spread of this virus but rather to. better action plan national action plans coming online better deeper and wider testing programs more awareness more reporting of symptoms he said the more you look for the virus the more you're going to find and that is all to the good because you've got to know the size of the problem in your country in order to get

a better idea of how to deal with it so you know certainly and zajac spreading across europe on that front it's playing havoc as well with the airline industry no doubt about that tons of the german airline has just announced that it is going to be pulling back up to 50 percent of its total capacity on all legs it seems blaming drastic bookings and numerous flight calculations according to its website for a drop in demand all traffic areas are to be effect effected it says in the measure will serve to reduce the financial consequences of the slump bow i are to the international air travel agency said on thursday that cumulative losses to airlines as a result of coronavirus could top $100000000000.00 in our early ones operate on famously tight margins that just can't afford to fly empty aircraft around the world one airline collapsed in the u.k. fly be on thursday it may well not be the last thanks for that that's john hall there live from london where the u.s.

president has signed a bill providing $8000000000.00 in emergency funding for corona virus it has more than $200.00 cases in 13 states and at least 12 americans have died the coast guard has delivered testing kits to a cruise ship what off the coast of san francisco dozens of people have been sick on the ship. because we do have a situation where we have this massive ship with 5000 people who we have to make a decision you know it's a big decision because we have very low numbers compared to. major countries throughout the world the numbers are lower than just about anybody because we've been very strong in the borders but when you have a ship with a lot of americans on it's got 5000 people hundreds of messages and you know who commands that we have to make a decision we're working with the governor of california. mike hanna is live for us in washington d.c. mike is there a feeling that the u.s. is prepared for this outbreak well the trumpet ministration

says that it is that it has reacted admirably as it puts it to this particular outbreak but just to take that cruise ship situation for example the reports of the virus were given on that ship 24 hours ago it's taken since then for all the testing kits to get delivered to the ship by the coast guard within the last hour president trump has tweeted that all the testing kits have now been delivered testing is now under way not quite clear how long that is going to take but it's just a sign of something like this how long it took to get the testing kits to this particular area now the health secretary insists that there has be no shortage of testing kits but many contend that this is not the case that part of the u.s. administration's slow reaction to this crisis has led to there being a shortage of kits to actually test who is infected. mike as we've been saying in

the states now has more than 200 cases at least 12 americans have died due to all thirty's know exactly where all of these cases have come from or is community transmission now happening. well it has been trying to track down a number of cases where a particular incidence of the virus has originated normally it's to an individual who has just been traveling abroad in new york city for example a rabbi was self quarantined of the he declared that he had the virus he then publicly asked all of those who'd been in contact with him to have testing done so certainly in the number of cases you do have a form of patient 0 from whom the virus is originating as mentioned thereby jono the rise in cases could also be attributed to the fact that finally

a series of testing protocols are being put in place that more people are being tested than were in the initial days and weeks of the outbreak of the particular virus certainly the funding bill very important that was congress acting rather quickly in recent days that's an 8000000000 dollar bills 3000000000 of which will go towards finding a vaccine for this virus another $2000000000.00 will go to those federal agencies that are on the frontline of combating the disease you've also got other very visible signs of the authorities making attempts to combat the virus new york city for example the country's largest. municipality the largest transport system there the metro the trains the buses are all being disinfected every 3 days each and every vehicle being disinfected each and every 3 days this is a clear sign to reassure the public that the authorities are taking steps to combat

this virus as the numbers of those infected continue to mount thank you for that that's mike hanna there live from washington d.c. . another 12 people have tested positive in egypt takes the official total there to 15 egypt's health ministry says those who have fallen ill had been on a nile cruise ship heading from us want to the southern city of luxor or an attack at a ceremony in kabul has there 30 people dead the head of the country's peace council was giving a speech when the shots were fired chief executive of the law bill that was there but he escaped unhurt it's the 1st major attack since the taliban signed a deal with the u.s. to reduce violence the group says it's not behind the attack. i saw it claimed responsibility now but without offering evidence about hamid us in kabul 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 with the base themselves to launch the attack on this memorial service and the 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 it happened south of kabul in an area that is predominantly. iraq which is a shia minority living here in afghanistan which has come under attack a lot of times over the past years a tense calm resulting holding in syria's if the province after a cease fire came into effect president's rhetoric to want to let him a person agreed to the deal during 6 hours of talks in moscow on thursday but there have been reports of sporadic fighting in southern parts of the province between syrian government forces and opposition groups. that have tiny turkey's syrian

border he says it remains to be seen whether the cease fire will hold. the rebels were hoping that. with the backing of turkey they would be able to regain those areas in madison or man morlock and the strategic city of set up that didn't happen in this explains their frustration over the terms of the agreement signed between turkey and russia but took it says in general this is this was a good agreement because it will protect the borders it will protect the turkish army operating in the air the it will pave the way for the resettlement of the hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced since the start of the syrian government offensive in december and it will also pave the way for more cooperation with a joint patrols between the russians and the turks in the in 2 weeks from now on both sides of the highway in 4 but then we have to wait and see to what

to what level can the turks and the russians bring their cooperation as far as live is concerned that would be indicative of whether this is fire will continue to hold or will collapse of the 2 parties have signed is if the bass of those deals collapse when the syrian army decided it was about time to move forward to retake the strategic city of because it is the rebels' last major stronghold in syria. last week turkey opened its border with the e.u. which is being seen as an attempt to pressure the block into helping with the conflict in syria now there have been scuffles at the great turkish border as refugees and migrants try to cross or parties from both sides have used tear gas and water cannon turkey has sent a 1000 special police officers to halt what it called push back from greece thousands of people have gathered there in the past week athens says those trying to enter a doing so in a good way and it's being backed up by the. don't go to the border.

bullish not over. you soon one tells you that you can't go because the borders open you can go freely to ewood of greece or to cyprus that's not true void the situation in greece could be in danger avoid discoloration of the crisis avoid moving to a closed door. please don't tell people that they can go because it's not true is that going to isn't it that on a on the border between turkey and greece she describes the situation there. when desperation commingled with security forces from 2 countries along a border trouble is bound to follow earlier today the greek police fired a water cannon to disperse a crowd that was pushing up against a fence trying to get into greece this is a pattern we've seen over the last 4 or 5 days in response turkey police

fired tear gas now a greek government official is accusing the turkish government of orchestrating attacks by drone to provide cover so people can sneak into greece turkey is saying that it simply responding with tear gas when greek fires tear gas at vulnerable people it's been a week since turkey opened its borders and we have spoken to so many people in the last week there was initially a lot of optimism there is now hope that is diminishing as they confront many obstacles and people are telling us despite the obstacles look behind me at all these people who are still here they are going to continue their quest to get to western europe. still ahead 8 on i'll just say i will have more on the coronavirus al breaking including. israel and palestine completely sealed off bethlehem.

the republic of congo. welcome back as we begin our forecast in asia northeastern areas looking much quieter sun is far as japan on the korean peninsula is concerned grinch enjoying fine conditions as any woman conditions so there are 12 degrees and temperatures set to rise over the course of the weekend for much of japan it's looking fine sapporo seen temperatures coming above freezing so a bit of a thaw taking place but we have got this area of rain moving across some of the southern japanese islands and that will continue to extend further towards the east jury in the course of the weekend to support coming out now with a decent saw taking place and seoul seeing temperatures rocketing up to 17 degrees some heavy rain across more southern parts of china but further south into hong

kong it should be generally draw and fine and it should be fine for the most part for vietnam the annoy into the low thirty's into southeastern parts of asia for central and southern parts of the philippines with might see some fairly heavy showers manila should remain largely drawing not as wet as it has been across town of borneo but certainly for java but tensions still for some very heavy downpours and we're looking at prices conditions for singapore in kuala lumpur but i think the risk of showers is generally increasing here across south asia we've got some showers scattered across more eastern parts of india further north the risk of showers decreasing slightly for new delhi. struggling. full of pleasure knows all the requirements of the know very well then went to a room and went on this is the guy i'm going to pieces you do and with. me go r s a fresh when i get our bomb feet off an intimate look at life in cuba for us on

star course i'm going to pass an army when i came out of a sort of long ago i may hang in my cube at this time on al-jazeera. you want your knowledge is there a reminder about top stories are prone to virus cases around the world have topped $100.00 that as the illness spreads to more countries but more than half of those infected have made a full recovery. at least 30 people have been killed in afghanistan during a political ceremony in kabul the head of the peace council was giving a speech that was being broadcast live when shots were fired the taliban says it's

not response. to tense comments largely holding in serious problems after a cease fire came into effect it was brokered by russia and turkey after days of fighting that nearly pushed the countries to a direct confrontation. as we've been hearing more countries have reported cases of coronavirus officially known as covert 19 it's spread to bethlehem and now the israeli military is not allowing people in or out palestinian president mahmoud abbas earlier declared a state of emergency after 7 cases were confirmed tourists and pilgrims a banned from the area for the next 2 weeks the church of the nativity revered among christians as the birthplace of jesus is among the sites that have been closed. is an activist investor him she says cutting off the area could be disastrous for the local economy. dora's it is the number one income generating generating income to the people here so we've risen is affected that means many people will not be able to live and to make money. and many things are connected

to tourism. gift shops and buses and to companies even hold in many different sites that live and rely on tourism so that would be affected by really not having a tourist allowed in or many have even trying to earn possible this morning to avoid any action. so the life of the ho and the likelihood are especially and the west bank would be highly affected by this virus as many as 300000000 students are missing classes worldwide because governments are temporarily closing schools and universities in response to the outbreak suspensions are in place in $22.00 countries across asia europe and the middle east ranging from a few days to several weeks the united nations says the destruction to its creation is unprecedented so fun here johnny b.

is the assistant director general for education at unesco she says there are different platforms for education in crisis situations. i think that it's really a question of the recipients of the system to their. platforms that can really give you the immediate response as far as we know china is a county that immediately adopted the sky and all the. learning and distance swimming in order to feel to get as they since more than 4 weeks more than one mile. they decided to close. disclosure of schools in the county and japan is doing the same so our idea as the un agency responsible for and quite keen to guarantee an inclusive education for all is a to assist india is

a special and exceptional situation kountry with immediate response concrete solutions and and also making ministers able to share their experiences and best practices thousands of people suspected of having the corona virus have been asked to stay in quarantine the hope is that i say leighton can help stop the disease from gone viral while they wait much of the content sharing online is gone viral instead they are hiding reports. it's a waiting game carl goldman has been in corn 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 worse than 10 was the street here and then hit for only about 8 hours later you have receiver after that i was strange feeling well for church i think it's definitely to your

high grade they're never going to let explore this they were pumping me up with trying to i've been through every color of the rainbow catering to like myself hydrated 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 tick tocks. 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 my yeah i mean we're basically sort of 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. it's mentally and emotionally draining to put a lot of work into getting saying no and trying not to get lost in all your thoughts and so it's ok to be ok. it's been

a lot of oh my goodness for 5 days and it's not possible to stay and probably as far. as for karl who have to stay in quarantine until he recovers and gets a note from his doctor that clears him to go home harding al-jazeera. there's been an explosion outside the u.s. embassy internews he has capital tunis officials say 2 suicide bombers attacked a patrol in the street outside the embassy killing one person several others were injured including at least 5 security guards. even luckily a sort of other cell one officer was killed 5 security personnel and a woman were wounded in this cowardly attack is a sign of despair and defeat amongst those terrorist groups this attack make us more adamant to continue to hunt down those terrorists and their hideouts until we're ready kate these groups completely sabayon president said go along group has confirmed that more than 50 people have been killed in violence since december

during address to parliament to blame some community leaders for inciting the killings the rest follows a series of attacks in which gangs used poisonous gas to target their victims leaving them unconscious last month the army was deployed after protests across the country demanding justice we witnessed mr skilling's in this interview. with most all of the 2 women and. we have equally with his this list reactions from citizens for these killings. from a demo is in johannesburg she reports many believe the attacks are connected to ritual killings. it really is a strange event that has really caused the police to be concerned in that it seems as if they are gangs going around parts of zambia these attacks have spread using a poisonous gas or some sort of chemical gas which police haven't identified but

using that gas in public places and the homes to cause people to lose consciousness become dizzy and while police haven't established a clear motive speculation in zambia is that these attacks appear to be connected to what people are saying a ritual killings where the reason these gangs are attacking these public spaces and attacking people is because they want to mobilize them perhaps to attack them for their body parts for ritual killings now the police have said they are investigating the army is also being deployed to certain areas in zambia to ensure that they're kept safe and there aren't any further attacks but what's happened is that people they have taken matters into their own hands and have been a number of a violent mob just as attacks against people suspected to be responsible for these chemical gas attacks. or died people in the republic of congo say they're struggling because the government hasn't paid their pensions for years the country

is nearly gone bankrupt 3 times in the last 2 decades and has been repeatedly by the i.m.f. 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 leavened yeah. so this is their protest held every day outside the central post office they call it a concert feel they no doubt it's really difficult we are living in misery we're suffering since we began the parties about 450 of our members have died already because they were able to pay for the health care they need. more than a 1000 people contributed money every month to

a pension fund but the money disappeared. and so they keep playing it's willingly loud even down to here across the street like i'm fairly here myself so they say that message still isn't being. so they're told that they paid their friendship. is the earning 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 in the hof 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 the international

monetary fund has stepped in with multi-million dollar bailouts the opposition says the government is against his will reserve but then doesn't repay its debts or is that going to put them to. 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 a major new discoveries last year. will enable borrowing. for owing doesn't help the pensioners before they won the race ever be paid and so their daily concert goes on. al-jazeera brazzaville republic of congo. to as it says it will start applying

a label to tweets that it deems to contain manipulated or misleading content social media platforms are under increasing pressure to deal with the problem including so-called fake videos these are altered without official intelligence to make a person appear to say or do something they didn't. this is there and these are the top stories coronavirus cases around the world have topped $100000.00 as the illness spreads to more countries but more than half of those infected have made a full recovery base 30 people have been killed in afghanistan during a political ceremony in kabul the head of the peace council was giving a speech that was being broadcast live when the shots were fired the taliban says it's not responsible. a tense calm is largely holding in syria's in the province after a ceasefire came into effect it was brokered by russia and turkey after days of

fighting that nearly pushed the country's towards direct confrontation. last week turkey opened its border with the e.u. which is being seen as an attempt to pressure the block into helping with the conflict in syria now there have been scuffles at the greek turkish border as refugees and migrants try to cross authorities from both sides have used tear gas and water cannon athan says i was trying to enter a doing so in the gallery and it's being backed up by the e.u. . go to the border. bullish not over. yet you can go because if you can go freely to a would have to agree to cyprus. it's not. the situation in greece could be in danger void discoloration of job creation i want moving to. please don't tell me because it's not true. there's been an explosion outside the

us embassy in tunis he is capital officials say 2 suicide bombers attacked a patrol in the street outside the embassy killing one person several others were injured including at least 5 security guards to disease ministry of interior has put security forces on high alert sandy and president who has confirmed that more than 50 people have been killed in violence since december during an address to parliament he blamed some community leaders for inciting the killings the unbiased follows a series of attacks which gangs used poisonous gas to target their victims they even the unconscious. well those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera off to talk to stay with us.

to see. after nearly 2 decades of the longest running u.s. war the united states and now gone taliban have signed a historic agreement. with the potential to end the war in the gun is done along the way to degree meant includes a timeline of 14 months or u.s. and nato troops to withdraw a taliban guarantee that of gun soil will not be used to threaten u.s. security and negotiations would be up on government by march 10th leading to a permanent and comprehensive cease fire. behind the signing was years of shuttle diplomacy up there played a central role in the negotiations it hosted the months long discussion between representatives of the taliban and american officials in the capital doha now with an agreement.