actually. arrests in saudi arabia a number of high profile members the role fabry have been to taint including former crown prince mohammed bin nayef. macleod this is uncertain life and turn up the program. it absolutely could be a catastrophe i mean absolute devastation new concerns about the coronavirus off of the number of cases worldwide tops 100000. 24 hours of uneasy calm is a ceasefire in serious into that still holds. a new generation of thai protesters

will tell you about the backlash following the ban on opposition party. so that we begin in saudi arabia where crown prince mohammed bin solomon has detained some of the most high profile members of his royal family that includes form a crown prince mohammed bin nayef as well as a prince had been i've been a saudi that's younger brother of the saudi king report suggests that they've both been accused of treason so to gods have also arrested one of them had been nice brought this. lightly to be under the threat of life imprisonment all possible ask you should both could have rivaled crown prince mohammed bin solomon to the throne if king solomon died without serious senior correspondent jim wallace shell explains what these detentions mean for the kingdom and the impact on saudi politics. in terms of his significance it's huge because we're talking about true

of the most senior members of the saudi royal family and true that up until now have not been seen as supporters of crown prince may have been someone in the direction that he's been taking the country both domestically and in terms of foreign policy what's printed it is very difficult to ascertain needless to say because saudis are very close culture in terms of back of transparency and no media freedom there but also what's peculiar about it is that these are 2 figures who have they've been under house arrest they haven't been able to move freely for a very long time so the idea that maybe they were trying to hatch some sort of coup is very far fetched and difficult to see considering the restraints they were under already more likely than not what's a lot of analysts are talking about is that the current king solomon is somebody who has been reportedly suffered from dementia for many years he's unwell his health is very frail so is this a sign that he has either passed or is about to and now for the crown prince needs

to ensure that there are no obstacles in his way in terms of succession so now have been some man was able to get the u.s. true digits long term. if the person he's arrested and supports him and his kind of unconditional support from this current us administration he's managed to sideline the religious institution either by co-opting them on to his side or by arresting many of them including people like some others but the royal courts the royal family he has failed to exert his total control over even after he managed to do things like rounding a lot of senior members of the world family in the ritz carlton that famous case in the end of 2007 there were still those figures like the only other child of the founding king king abdul aziz that is a human being somebody who didn't support them as well as his cousin and the nephew of the current king mohammed bin well let's say now from hello josh on who's the executive director of the arab center of washington he thinks the detentions seem

like an attempt by the crown prince to consolidate more. couldn't somma who is the most senior of that's 3 and has actually overseas for many years came back couple years ago to kind of try to calm things down. after b.s. took over and there were some. kind of turmoil in within the royal family. and of course the the previous crown prince and his brother were also involved in these 3 of arrests the accusation of course. or the implication is that there was an attempt at a coup i don't think the possibility of a coup is even. he's a blow at this time in terms of where the military is and its potential participation and that i think this is another penned by moment in some amount to

kind of exert in a paranoid way his full control over the kingdom that finitely there are some kinds of rumors and innuendoes that there is term or within the family in the form of criticism that doesn't justify 1st of all the accusation itself that they constitute a threat in the form of a coup and to justify this type of step you know being arrested like criminals with mass security forces coming to their homes and yanking him out of their private residences so this is this is not the saudi arabia we all knew for 56 or definitely 10 or 20 years ago. now the number of cases occurring a virus worldwide has surpassed the 100000 mark more than 3000 people lost their lives and china is reporting 28 new deaths on friday it's italy has the 2nd highest number of deaths and then followed by iran and the outbreak has led to travel

restrictions diplomatic standoffs in the global economy is also feeling the pinch has this. the global infection total since the start of the corona virus outbreak has soared past the $100000.00 mark while there are positive signs in the slowing rate of infections in china and south korea elsewhere speeding up iran recorded a dramatic rise of a 1000 new cases in the 24 hours since thursday with your 30 said to be preparing travel restrictions between cities to add to widespread school closures and bans on public gatherings among the more than $3300.00 lives lost around the world so far most have been among the elderly whose less efficient immune systems make it hard to fight off the virus. in france where new infections jumped by 200 on friday president emanuel visited a retirement facility. i am asking all fellow citizens to act responsibly to make their sacrifice i know it is sometimes

heartbreaking but we must visit as much as possible. the european union with its open borders is proving a haven for the spread of coronavirus italy remains the worst affected country but germany's catching up across europe tiny vatican city has reported its 1st case as has serbia and in britain prime minister boris johnson has announced a $50000000.00 investment into vaccine research and faster testing methods early signs of the virus continue to spring up in africa and the middle east cameroon and senegal join nigeria and south africa in registering their 1st cases this week as the head of the un's world program sounded a stark warning if coronavirus continues or create panic around the world and there's an economic downturn of until the european leaders and leaders around the world you don't have enough money set aside to address the needs in africa east

africa west africa and the middle east right now and if there's a next economic downturn on top of the economic downturn that exists now in syria and lebanon it absolutely could be a catastrophe i mean absolute devastation but european health ministers meeting in brussels have problems of their own there are concerns about a shortage of medicines and protective equipment because of disruptions in the supply chain from china not helped by larger countries like france and germany banning all exports jonah how al-jazeera. well south korea is reporting $174.00 new coronavirus cases bringing the total number of infections to more than 6 and a half $1044.00 people have died from the virus so far of people there have been frantically buying masks. and stocks are running low and that's prompted the government to limit sales to 2 per person each week let's speak now to robert bright who joins us from seoul south korea's capital and rob people's fears it seems spreading faster than the virus itself and then there is this question of

really how effective these masks are anyway absolutely there are these are fairly severe restrictions on masters must run out to south korea is going through obviously pretty severe times the way this rationing works is that everybody has an id card here and depending on what the last few digits are of your id number then you are a lot at a certain day of the week when you can go to a pharmacy and from monday you are limited to 2 masks now as we know there is various advice on when people should and shouldn't be wearing masks but if you are wearing a mask you should really be disposing of it at the end of each day but simply south korea does not have the kind of stocks to allow that and the government is giving all kinds of advice on hygiene and how to make these 2 masks last a whole week and to keep them clean and effective it's also introducing other

measures it's now completely banned any exports of masks to other countries it simply can't afford to have exports leaving leaving south korea we're also hearing about a special police raids on a number of businesses on warehouses that are suspected of hoarding masks so all pretty drastic stuff it is led to lots of lines queues outside of pharmacies people grudgingly are accepting these measures because everybody here it seems feels as though they have to be wearing a mask. tookey well it's difficult to go without a mask a living without mass is no longer the norm when i'm not wearing one i feel war 8 home or draw this is the 1st time i queued for a mask passed by here several times but they didn't have any. for us it's not easy to make ends meet we're on the verge of bankruptcy and all is of course is causing regional tensions not least with japan who have problems of their own with the

olympics coming. that's right all the countries of east asia are a wondering how this is going to impact them for japan yes their big concern at the moment is the 2020 summer olympics in tokyo whether that is going to be impacted also for prime minister shinzo are they he was expecting to have a visit a state visit by xi jinping of china that's been delayed and there is a danger that it could be canceled altogether lest they can get the coronavirus under control in japan now we know from various measures that have been taken in japan that their record so far on controlling the spread of the disease has been far from exemplary the eyes of the world are watching it seems and there is a school of thought that says that japan despite its sophistication simply wouldn't be able to handle the kind of outbreaks that we've seen in south korea or in china

so we've had this unusual step extraordinary step of imposing this quarantine on all visitors from china and south korea and just to give you some context of what impact that is going to have last year alone nearly half of all the visitors who went to japan came from either south korea or china or the 2 countries that are now given this being given this 2 weeks of quarantine so people are expecting a big impact from that for south korea's point of view they have actually taken retaliatory measures but they have stopped short of imposing the same kind of quarantine it seems that south korea is suffering more than most countries in north east asia at the moment and is trying to limit the fallout from this latest spat. all right thanks very much robert right there in seoul in south korea while oil prices plunged by more than 8 percent on friday as the world's biggest producers failed to agree on how to deal with the impacts of the virus outbreak opec has been

pushing for production cuts in an effort to stabilize prices but russia has refused to support the move the development came as major stock markets in asia or in europe and in north america all recorded losses on friday in the united states president donald trump has signed a bill providing more than 8000000000 dollars in emergency funding for the virus trump visited the centers for disease control and prevention in atlanta at least 15 people have died from the virus in the u.s. and there are more than 250 confirmed cases across 30 states i mean while u.s. vice president might present says that 21 people on board a cruise ship off san francisco have tested positive for her a virus a grand princess is being held off shore while it's 3 and a half 1000 passengers and crew are tested. the world health organization says the percentage of people who died from corona virus is 3.4 percent but that statistic

is being disputed some health experts believe the number would be much lower if more people were tested of the various folks who 100 residents considered asymptomatic and he didn't know he was infected until he had the test training he reports now from beijing. to change and shown daily mail delivery of a highlight every day it 100 percent has recovered from the current a virus but he has to stay quarantine at this hotel for 2 weeks he says getting infected came as a surprise. was that you know i almost had 07 times i stayed a few times and it was a few days that's all i always want to sleep but i was never feeling too bad. chain gen is considered a symptomatic displaying few or no specific symptoms his parents also called the virus his mother had a fever but his father also had very few symptoms after 2 weeks at a makeshift hospital and without undergoing any treatment and tested negative for

the illness former world health organization official due to a symptomatic patients are not unusual. we've seen that everywhere all over the world these people test positive show no symptoms if we group them as patients after the tested positive with have too many patients they are not strictly patients but rather a virus carrier. while the corona virus can cause pneumonia and lead to other health complications health officials say 80 percent of people who catch the current virus only have mild symptoms experts say this means asymptomatic patients may go untested and can spread the illness without knowing but there is good news the good news is many people who don't show symptoms can develop the ability if people develop this immunity to epidemic eventually with slowly disappear medical experts are still learning about the severity of the virus but those over the age

of 60 and with other underlying health concerns appear to be the worst affected change says his experience shows there's no need for people to be too alarmed this is a bad thing for the whole society but as individuals we don't all have to panic for me i didn't feel. i had no fever in was a better than a code with a week left in quarantine he's looking forward to leaving the hotel and daily food deliveries behind. al-jazeera beijing. also ahead here a non-zero frustration rises among refugees and migrants trapped at the border between greece and turkey. people are dying every every minute every day a woman running a hospital in war torn syria tells us why she's little hope the situation it will improve despite a cease fire. hello

and welcome back we'll look at weather conditions across the levant and reagan potential 1st of all here in the gulf region we've got fine conditions we've lost the wind which had been blowing down the gulf for days on end or so it seems instead we've got our lights suddenly so the weather here should be beautiful 26 degrees in perfect weather conditions i say across the rest the region still looking fine a bit of a breeze down through the red sea a fine day in mecca highs of 34 further towards the north there's a circular developing across iraq and that's going to give so the possibility of some showers but where showers don't develop we cook at some lifted dust was fairly gusty winds some showers across into iran those clearing further towards the east during the course of sunday and the air of low pressure should gradually weaken so fine conditions expected in baghdad at that stage with temperatures of 24 degrees

moving down into central eastern parts of africa one of 2 showers for the far south of kenya most the sherritt to vittie is a way into tanzania and that continues as head on through into sunday some heavy showers across the d.r. congo for southern portions of africa we've got a circulation of low pressure just off the coast of madagascar but it's going to get some heavy showers in this region where 2 shows could affect on town and revoked here with highs of 27 sunny in capetown eyes of 30. talk to al jazeera let me talk about 2 of the biggest problems facing and they all the endemic corruption and we listen so if you reprint place china as an enemy of the ways and that's really that we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that matter just 0.

percent case of the best documentary films from across the net by the noticing or. are you watching out there a reminder of our top stories and saudi crown prince mohammed bin salmond has detained high profile members of the royal family be include former crown prince mohammed bin nayef and the youngest brother the saudi king of course just said they have both been accused of treason. a number of cases of coronavirus worldwide has surpassed the 100000 mark more than 3000 people have lost their lives in china is reporting 28 new deaths on friday. in the united states president all trying to

sign a bill providing more than 8000000000 dollars in emergency funding to fight the outbreak the number killed by the virus has now risen to 15. for the 1st time in 3 months there have been no airstrikes or shelling in syria's in the province a cease fire agreement brokered by turkey and by russia on thursday appears to be holding but there have been reports of some fighting in southern parts of the province between syrian government forces and a section of the opposition that many syrians believe the fragile truce may not last for long and. my supposed to believe there's a truce if i'm listening to the sound of jets and prominently there is no real truce while i'm out of it but i will tell them what i'm not at all hopeful regarding the agreement i'm not expecting anything from it those people don't respect any commitments. regarding the agreement we don't feel at all reassured they didn't meet our aspirations and desires it won't hold because there have been many agreements that the regime hasn't respected and it won't respect this one

either. a migrants attempting to cross the border from turkey into greece have been hit with tear gas as riot police from both sides try to keep them away tens of thousands of people have been trying to cross into greece since last week in turkey declared its borders with the european union open but greece has been using tear gas and water cannon to repel them saying those trying to enter are doing so illegally 1000 police officers have been deployed to try and stop the push back on the top diplomats as criticized turkey's actions as a political game. don't go to the border. bullish not open. if someone tells you i jus kangal because it would result in you can go freely to a russian greece or to cyprus that's not true voigt the situation in greece could be in danger avoid discoloration of decry sheesh i'd like moving to a closed door but please don't tell people that they can go because it's not true.

matushka name is it a makeshift migrant cum sized in the d.n.a. on turkey's border with greece and she described the situation. we're at the a during a bus station it's one of the places where refugees and migrants have been congregating as they try to determine what to do next you can see people have managed to set up tents there burrowed in blankets trying to stay warm there are camp fires here it's been a week since turkey opened its borders and it's been a tough week for the people we've been speaking to they have said they've been cold hungry we've spoken to many people who managed to make it across the border into greece only to be deported back to turkey and they have shared stories of cruelty people such as the man we're about to tell you about says that the greek police have mistreated them we spoke to an iranian amputee who says when he crossed over

the border into greece the greek police fired warning shots into the air he was a unable to run his friends did police found him he says they beat him severely and threaten to confiscate his prosthetic leg now the turkish government has deployed $1000.00 members of its special police forces to the river region border with greece the turkish government says this is an attempt to prevent the greek government from pushing back migrants into turkey and turkey says it's also a way to try to minimize what it describes as the poor treatment of vulnerable people here and a possible violation of international law has been an explosion outside the u.s. embassy in china just comfort of china's 2 suicide bombings killed a policeman and injured 5 others that the embassies main gate chooses ministry of interior has put security forces on high alert group has claimed responsibility for the attack. thailand may be heading for another round of political volatility the

band opposition party calling for more protests but it is widespread writings from students that may be more concerning for the government which critics say is not democratically elected explains why. one university campuses around thailand there is a political awakening under way students representing a new generation of thai protesters a coming out to call for the removal of a government still largely run by military generals who staged a coup in 2014 when it took them and it up that woman this is just the beginning at that moment students have come out to express that awesome concern we just started to show our strength in numbers but. they have many concerns but the catalyst for the protests was a court decision 2 weeks ago to ban a popular opposition party a decision widely seen as politically motivated as. 8 well large scale student protests are rare in thailand so not towards university has

a history of political activism and was the scene of one of the country's darkest days in 1976 dozens of students were gunned down and murdered on the campus of thomas art university they'd been protesting against the return to thailand of a former military ruler who'd been overthrown 3 years earlier it was here that the security forces began their assault on thomas a university more than 43 years ago firing through the fence at students the message is still a sensitive subject in thailand today which is why the government may be particularly concerned about students from this university playing a leading role in the current protests protests which are again to an extent about an army general the current prime minister who led the 2014 coup. earlier this week . said he wouldn't answer the media's questions about politics or protests and instead chose to warn protest is about coronavirus. any protester public assembly

if you can please perspire in it if you insist on holding a protest please make sure you take all the necessary precautions that's just a scare tactic say critics like this former student who's been supporting the protests through designing stick is to handouts he says other problems like thailand stuttering economy will see the protests grow way beyond the universities now sport is getting weaker from this didn't we have to happen. to come to to support them. at the protests some have also risked long jail terms by expressing even subtle disapproval of thailand's powerful royal family the introduction of those sensitive messages adds another potentially provocative and dangerous element to a protest movement that's just getting underway wayne hay al jazeera bangkok. the former brazilian strike. has been arrested in parent war for literally using fake

passports 39 year old in his brother were taken to a police station in the capital asuncion for questioning on friday one of the news legal team has filed an injunction to try and free them. the 1st syrian woman to run an underground hospital in rebel controlled areas is urging the international community to stop the humanitarian catastrophe unfolding. worked in the once procedure enclave for 3 years until she and her staff were forced to evacuate the workers the subject of an oscar nominated documentary butler sat down with her in perth. the howard documentary the k. follows pediatrician dr nor is she runs an underground hospital in eastern guta before the enclave fell to the syrian regime in 28. dedicated exhausted and at times terrified staff battle to save lives as russian

backed syrian forces relentlessly area i was after it all for us well after. being in and we were in a hospital it's our gift of bonding we saved some lives we held and that's make us inquirers us to continue but a lot of the children we couldn't help a lot of them died because of being a lot of them died in the chemical attack that at the time in 28 the head of the united nations called eastern ghouta under the bombing hell on earth i think it was like that it was very dangerous why is this carrying this everywhere and it's officially in 20 a team before we. leave in the last month they started to bomb every 2nd they did install their own doctor money also faced another challenge she battled prejudice for men believed a woman should be in charge of running a hospital. how did that feel there you are saving lives and then you have men

say a woman's place is in the home it's really frustrating it's make me very angry but i insist to stay and insists. also because i was a brawl that that woman can do. like the men already better than them in. the cave was nominated for an oscar through the spotlight on dr armani she's using it to campaign for an end to the humanitarian crisis in the northwestern syrian province of it leap intensified bombing at the area by syrian and russian forces in recent weeks has killed hundreds of people and left millions in desperate need only not optimistic and i think a lot of syrian are not optimistic we need international community to pressure on them to stop killing people and you know all the situation now and it's catastrophe situation people are dying every every minute every day off to paris dr armani will

visit other european capitals to urge governments and people not to ignore the millions of syrian civilians particularly children trapped in what seems like an endless war. al-jazeera paris. predatory cover the top stories here on the margins there and saudi crown prince mohammed bin solomon has reportedly detained high profile members of the royal family being clued former crown prince mohammed bin nayef and the youngest brother of the saudi king report suggests that they have both been accused of treason. explains why reports of these detentions are important. it's huge because of the positioning of these 2 figures within the royal family their seniority both in terms of lineage but also in terms of positions held some form of denial of being the former crown prince being head of the intelligence before he was somebody that

had great respect and commanded a lot of respect both domestically within the royal family within the religious institutions but also internationally with the united states and other countries and obviously not lizzie's being the only other son of the late king faisal and being a significant figure with respect to the number of cases of coronavirus worldwide has gone past the 100000 mark more than 3000 people have lost their lives and china is reporting 28 new deaths on friday south korea reports 174 new coronavirus cases 44 people have died from the virus so far people there have been frantically buying masks and starts running low and that's prompted the government to limit cells to 2 per person each week or more than 6 and a half 1000 cases in south korea and in the united states the number of people killed by the virus has risen to 15 president donald trump has signed a bill into law providing more than $8000000000.00 in emergency funding to fight the outbreak for the 1st time in 3 months have been named strikes or shelling in

syria's province a cease fire agreement brokered by turkey and by russia on thursday it appears to be holding but there have been reports of some fights in southern parts of the province between government forces and a section of the opposition. refugees and migrants trying to cross the border from turkey into greece have been hit with tear gas that's right police from both sides tried to keep away tens of thousands of people have been trying to cross into greece since turkey opened its borders with the european union. all right you're up to date with the headlines here are not still got more news coming up to talk to at the service. on charging the cost why the nurses say fed rate cut just isn't good enough to save the global economy from the impact of the fast spreading coronavirus scientists race to find a vaccine to stop the epidemic plus the environmental damage of drilling for oil in

the republic of congo counting the cost on al-jazeera. group. after nearly 2 decades of the longest running u.s. war the united states and now gone taleban 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 a 14 month old u.s. and nato troops to withdraw a taliban guarantee that of gun soil will not be used to threaten u.s. security a negotiation with the up on government by march 10th leading to a permanent and comprehensive cease fire. behind the signing with 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 within the green.