to what he. told you the all. this is al-jazeera. when you're watching the al-jazeera news our live my headquarters here in doha coming up in the next 60 minutes 70 people are trapped in a collapsed hotel in china that was being used for coronavirus quarantine also iran's government bans a group press to curb the spread of the corona virus confirming 21 deaths in a single day. also lebanon defaults on foreign currency debt worth over $1000000000.00 as it struggles to tackle an economic crisis. 3 senior members of

the saudi royal family the king's brother are arrested as the current prince looks to cement his grip on power. coming up in sports french champions paris and german become the latest football club to be disrupted by the coronavirus outbreak after their game with strasbourg is called off. welcome to the news we begin with the coronavirus our break which is forcing governments around the world to impose new restrictions to limit its spread a 2nd newly elected m.p. in iran has died from the virus as healthful forty's there reported more than a 1000 new cases and 21 deaths in the past 24 hours in italy the number of deaths has risen to 223 with total cases jumping by more than 1200 schools universities and settlers remain closed about those infected is the leader

of one of the ruling parties well to friendship piece of contract the virus while 5 others are being tested the death toll there has reached 11 but in the us 2 people have died in florida the 1st fatalities outside of the west coast over 300 people have their contracted the virus in the u.s. and a hotel used as a quarantine center in china's province has collapsed trapping around 70 people. katrina you has more from beijing. this hotel is located in the city of 20 in china 7 for jen province and the collapse happened in early evening around dinner time trapping about 70 people including people who we know were being monitored because they were in close contact with corona virus patients now the province of food yet has about 300 coronavirus cases but it's monitoring and isolating in quarantine thousands more people known to be linked to those cases from want to train by medical authorities we know that they had been put in this hotel since about mid

february now we know that emergency teams as you said a working to pull out people and so far they've succeeded in pulling out dozens of people were also getting some more information about the hotel itself it's not actually a very old building it was only built in 2018 it's a steel structure about 5 to 8 stories and we know that the hotel occupied up the heart of the building and the lower level had some store and shops located below it it's still unclear at this stage exactly what has caused this collapse but we do know from witness accounts that when it did collapse it sounded like an explosion well in south korea the soul of mass is being restricted to 2 a week per person it has more than $7000.00 kroner virus cases the most outside of china to pick apart reports now from hong kong on how governments in asia and beyond a tackling the outbreak. usually a factory racing to keep up with demand for its products would be good news but at this mosque production center in south korea it is an indication of

a desperate situation with corona virus infection rates increasing by the hundreds daily this factories operating 24 hours a day but it's still contrary not the mosques fast enough the government has banned all exports of surgical masks and is limiting their sales to 2 a week a person whole mood all this is the 1st time i've cute for a mosque i've passed by here several times but they didn't have for me. south korea has the 2nd highest number of corona virus cases after china with more than 7000 infections more than half of them are linked to a religious group in the southern city of daegu whose members had visited the chinese city of han in february the government has thrown its resources behind fighting the virus calling it a war but south korea is struggling to contain it ospital from daegu are overwhelmed almost to. a number of the medical staff are being quarantined and so

there isn't enough manpower or resources also there aren't enough supplies to needles all the large number of infections has prompted nearly 100 nations to impose curbs on travelers from south korea but containing the spread is proving difficult across land a water and egyptian river boat has become the latest vessel to report a cluster of infections $100.00 foreign tourists who were on a nile cruise are being kept in for 19 in the southern city of luxor after 12 crew members tested positive for corona virus new cases are surfacing in new places every day with at least $98.00 countries and territories now reporting infections the world health organization has called on countries to take measures to fight the outbreak so far doubly joel has received a plea conditions for review and approval. 40 then moves to tests 20 vaccines are in development and many clinical trials of therapeutics are

underway the virus is believed to have a originated in the chinese city of han it came to international attention in december as infection rates soared weeks later the chinese government imposed a lockdown in cities and provinces across the country affecting hundreds of millions of people and it's proved effective this week china reported its lowest daily rate of infections china seems to have a handle on the current a virus outbreak saying that it is managing to stem the spread of the virus but now it is facing another challenge getting the economy back on its feet on saturday it announced that exports which make up a 5th of the country's g.d.p. had dropped nearly 20 percent in january and february the same lock down measures which have helped to contain the virus have hurt businesses analysts say china's economy could shrink for the 1st time since the 1970 s. there you go pollen are just 0 hong kong or as being

a spike in crime the virus cases across europe. for several london new center a real concern across europe because country has been touched. well that's right and of course the country of most concern is italy which now has seen its numbers from a day now there are 5883 confirmed cases of corona virus those numbers from italy's civil protection or storage is the number of fatalities is 233 and what the civil protection authority is saying that that fate tatty told seems to be slowing down but really now what they're the italian government now is setting is going to do is is set to adopt a decree on saturday on measures to try and stem the flow of the contagion that of course it's already already inflicted quite

a huge amount amount of damage throughout the country as well and of course with the closing of the schools and universities it's really sort of sweeping are going to be quite a very strong contagion there also in the u.k. another 206 cases now is the official number for corona virus in france as well now you have had 2 more people who have died from the virus taking the total toll of fatalities up to 11 they have they do have 716 confirmed cases in the country in spain as well now you've had police who've had to go in and block of one small town in the northern part of the country in the latter your high region the town of has in effect been quarantined now and in the neighboring basque country where it's believed that about 60 people were infected after attending a funeral there also trying to stem the flow of the spread there as well with also spanish authorities looking to closing down or keeping close and senior centers

both public and private ones so that older people who are more susceptible to the effects coronavirus try to avoid becoming. swept up in more of the contagion there as well so all in all really this is becoming sort of more of a source of concern for various governments and also what is most telling as well is exactly how governments are going to be dealing with the contagion that is in effect sweeping through the continent for the sonia thank you for joining us from london of course the day after the east coast of the united states reported its 1st deaths from the coronavirus rail operator is counseling its nonstop service between new york and washington d.c. so let's cross over to particle haney joins me now from the u.s. capitol and patty east to worst north to solve more and more states are really recording infections so no a real concern for the u.s. . well it's definitely a contradictory message from what you're hearing from u.s.

president donald trump who keeps 8 everything's fine everything's contained he just yesterday's mention that he didn't one passengers on a cruise ship to come into the u.s. because those would raise is numbers but what we're seeing here is we do expect it to increase by the day now in $28.00 states out of the 50 so what's happened here is there was an issue with the testing the centers for disease control or the c.d.c. came up with a test senate out figured out it didn't work came up with the new test but once they had the test since they had so few test kits available their guidance was you can only test people if they have the symptoms and if they've traveled to the areas of concern that meant there were a whole lot of people in this country you said wait a minute i think maybe i have this they couldn't get the test so if they didn't self quarantine and most likely were told to then they were moving about in their community spreading the illness so we do expect that this is going to increase quite dramatically over the next couple of days as more tests are becoming available one of the other issues is throughout history the centers for disease

control whenever there is an outbreak of any sort they tell people publicly every day how many people are getting tested the c.d.c. is not doing that now because they don't want to spread panic if with this in the broader context of this is a president facing reelection he was pinning his hopes on the economy this is potentially going to have a huge impact on the economy not just canceling trains because they just don't have enough passengers there was just a huge festival the south by southwest festival $350000000.00 to austin texas that has been canceled now and this is going to be a problem unique for america in one way is that the low income workers in this country 2 thirds of which don't get paid if they don't go to work they don't have sick days and a lot of those people don't have insurance so they're not going to get the test they're going to go to work there's now 27000000 people in this country who don't have health insurance so until the government. provides these tests free of charge

they won't know if they're sick most likely and even if they do if they want to pay their bills they have to go to work so this has the potential in this country to spread incredibly rapidly even though the administration is saying stay calm nothing to see here do the worrying prospect for the moment patty thanks very much joining us from washington d.c. 1st to rebecca kurtz now she's a professor and director of the center for global health science and security at georgetown university joins me now from bethesda in maryland via skype very good to have you with us on 0 in your opinion how far behind do you and your sort of testing in locating those affected compared to other states in the u.s. son in general the position that the u.s. holds in comparison to other countries around the world that are dealing with this outbreak. well i think to 1st thanks for having me i think to the point that just discussed in your reporting that we are so far behind on testing and it's incredibly frustrating the you know we have only

a couple of 100 documented cases but it seems clear that there are potentially thousands and tens of thousands more cases that are walking around because people cannot get tested and if we can't get people tested then we can take appropriate public health measures and i think be there are different states center and different public health laboratories that are coming online every day able to to continue to conduct testing but it's it's not nearly near where we need to be at this point in terms of the medical facilities and maybe those people in the u.s. are watching our program at the moment what are the immediate do's and don'ts that have to be as observed by those that they believe they might have the virus and for medical practitioners and pharmacies to actually advise correctly. right well there's a lot of guidance that's coming out the. guidance for the american public is if you are step to stay home and if you are sick to not show up at

a health care provider but instead to call 1st so that they can assess your condition and also take any appropriate actions if you do come to say a hospital but to the point that was being made earlier that's really difficult for a lot of people who rely on on those paychecks and can't don't have the sick leave so there's a serious economic consequences to what's being asked that being said the guidance is too if you are sick stay home if you come to work and you are sick there is guidance to employers to basically send you home and to wash your hands as often as you possibly can and to avoid touching your face which is really the best guidance that is out there the other guidance i'm starting to come out is for is to from c.d.c. and from other public health officials guidance to people who are over the age of 60 who have underlying health conditions for them to really be very thoughtful about how they are. where they're going and if they're if they're going to places

where there is lots of people around to to maybe reconsider those activities but those are individual decisions that are going to have been made and there is no official guidance anywhere at this point saying absolutely stay home if you have x. y. and z. condition miscounts that's what's really missing isn't it and you touched upon the fact that the c.d.c. sort of take the helm in these sorts of emergency scenarios however we're looking across 50 states in the u.s. which will have different rules about admitting whether they have the sort of test or how many people got tested or when they're actually going to advise the public that people got tested over one day 2 days 3 days is it about time the system was over a hold and everybody was superseded by just one set of rules given by the c.d.c. when there is a sort of pandemic because it's it doesn't respect borders doesn't it doesn't respect state borders and everyone is affected across the u.s. and i think everybody has to be on the same page when it comes to

a problem like this that involves people's health. well it's an excellent point the e-mail and i think the one has to remember that in our system of government by the constitution public health is a police power reserved to the state which means that every state does have their own regulations does have their own authorities and their own capacities that being said the c.d.c. has often provided is is is the federal entity that all the states look to for guidance and for deep technical expertise i think what is somewhat frustrating right now is that c.d.c. is providing guidance is not always actionable it's not maybe out as forward leaning as some of the states and the. with like because these are public health public health departments are not always terribly empowered even if they have the legal. the the laws or regulations behind them to take action so for

them to be charged with making really significant decisions including things that may have a large scale economic impact it would be it would be better if there was a lot of support for those decisions and support coming from the federal authorities instead what is happening is that there c.d.c. is putting forward new guidance every single day and it but the language is is tempered it says things like consider social distancing in communities and the factors you should be thinking about but not necessarily any type of specific guidance saying that i shall do the following which is what they do say in the coming days of the moment rebecca cassocks joining us from the festa in maryland thank you thank you. well still ahead here on the al-jazeera news struggling to paint a broader future why helping refugees and migrants get back on their feet is becoming harder for volunteer groups working in greece. undesirable fighters take advantage

of an uncertain situation in northern iraq we meet the people left alone to fend for themselves and bron james helps the l.a. lakers get the jump on the milwaukee bucks a little ash of the n.b.a.'s 2 best teams that's coming up in sports later. lebanon's prime minister has said the government won't rip a foreign currency debt worth over a $1000000000.00 in a televised speech house and they also promise to work on a plan to protect people's deposits the default covers a small part of the $91000000000.00 that owes to foreign creditors lebanon's debt is more than a 170 percent of its economic output one of the heaviest burdens the world. who and today we face a huge obligation a debt of $1200000000.00 which is due in 2 days our conscience mandates we must act

with integrity to protect our national interest and our people but our hard currency reserves have reached a critical low as a result lebanon is forced to default forthcoming march 9th obligation on the euro bond these funds must be channeled to secure the basic necessities for the lebanese people then a quarter has more of the adults moved from beirut. the prime minister making it clear that this was not an easy decision but the decision had to be taken in the interests of the country and the people. addressing the nation telling the lebanese people that the country the state doesn't have the money to pay back its debt the 1st time in the oven on history it is defaulting on its debts he mentions the foreign reserves saying that the foreign reserves of foreign currency it's dwindling the country doesn't have enough money to secure the basic needs of the people on needs $10000000000.00 to import just the basic needs of fuel

medicine so the government has decided to use whatever money is left for these basic needs instead of servicing the debt which he called a heavy burden on the state he called the situation unprecedented extraordinary times the addressing the people telling them in many ways to expect even more difficult days ahead telling them that you have resisted in the past and there's going to be challenging times ahead this is a relatively new government he blamed the previous governments but this government was appointed by the political class which has been governing this country for 3 decades so not good news and been on the financial situation really entering a new phase. is a professor of economics at dalton university in beirut and joins me now from the lebanese capital good talking with us on the program i mean was this a default waiting to happen to know could lebanon have

a voice at this. well i think you know i didn't i never expected to live into such a bad time let's say to read about lebanon defaulting. it's the result of mismanagement accumulated over decades and the prime minister beach really described the situation without giving solutions obviously he inherited such a bad situation but still you know for me to listen to now is that lebanon has defaulted it's very tough i think there are lots of informations that probably should have been more transparent about for example he said there is there of the central banks are too low how long as they are a few weeks ago as a governor of something or back said that we have $30000000000.00 of his or is it too is this too long if we had if we have $30000000000.00 i think we should be

paying the $1200000000.00 if we have much less how much do we do how we do have. the speech is a good speech of course yes it's difficult obviously when your when you're listening to it but therefore if he is sort of being scarce with the truth and there is now a default in operation what does that actually mean for the central bank and and the financial works or working of keeping the country financially afloat. i think it would we'll have more problems because if they are the 4th has happened following an agreement with their creditors probably it would have been less severe but seemingly there is no agreement you know because when lebanon talks about the destruction in a debt you can at the destruction of anything without credit there's a proverb earth seemingly it's you know it's a speech full of ideas. and there are not concrete steps so far for

example i would have liked to less than 00 have really made lebanon defaulting should be responsible you know results politicians or whatever was irresponsible fathers that bad outcome i think should be tried or or should be at least had the dispensable plus also the central bank has to be more transparent with us a lot of many points in that speech which really i could not agree to for example about the size of the banking sector and if it's 4 times let's say is a g.d.p. or city times what is it what is bad about it too if you want to do somebody forms of the banking system what kind of reforms you are going to do i am for mergers but emergence of man because we have 65 banks in lebanon today if you want to merge them into 20 banks maybe the salaries of the sector would not go down so

what is bothering him about the size of the sector what the but i think probably good and efficient mr mr beck i think the problem is probably for people watching is how does the sort of leave lebanon financially because obviously if the prime minister is saying that you know we need the money to buy the basic commodities for the lebanese people themselves there will be nobody. you might say available for infrastructure or for investment and with a default comes that sort of psychological problem on the international for. and where credit is where investors don't want to invest in your country because firstly they don't know what they're investing in and secondly they don't know what they're going to get their return what return they're going to get a whether you're true to your word politicians and as bureaucrats and it's about that sort of reputation that is tarnished and that will upset the lebanese people on the surface won't it of course the lebanese they're patient care has been

tarnished you know what i am worried about is not the current credit that are going to so us i am worried about. could not find future creditors because now is lebanon not paying its that many potentially creditors are going to say why should they lend to lebanon if lebanon doesn't pay plus if you do or lend it i will lend it at their much higher interest rate which you may well make they're even much costlier to us. you know that's what from the beginning i found this speech empty of solutions full of description which would be great for somebody who doesn't know 11 and i thought he would probably learn about us but. i would have expected much more solution and what is that is really missing is the current government how hard it's going to work now is the current government has been and for 2 months of course but hasn't started working on their main files and i think it's time to go

deep into work and give us what you option and work on solution and that has not started yet. you know the international community is not going to wait for us until a wake up i think i probably could say this current speech is a wake up call but i don't see saw fired as the government has awaken up yet but we will see what does happen in the coming months for the moment to louis a baker thanks for joining us from beirut sir thank you. thank you. now 3 saudi princes are reported to have been detained by last man in what may be a new power battle in the kingdom one of them is the king's younger brother and the other former prince alexia brian explains the saudi crown prince mohammed bin solomon has moved to consolidate power since removing his cousin mohammad deny a physics of the throne and $27.00 tane now 3 years on the knife is reportedly

accused of trying to push out the crown prince and that seen him and his brother detained as well as the saudi king's youngest brother ahmed bin abdulaziz there are some kinds of rumors and innuendoes that there is term order within the family in the form of criticism but that doesn't justify you know being arrested like criminals with mass security forces coming to their homes and yanking year out of their private residences mohammad been so mundane as has a reputation for cracking down on anyone who opposes him 27 tane dozens of senior members of the royal family and billionaire businessmen were rounded up and detained at a luxury hotel in riyadh the saudi government said it was an end to corruption dr rights groups disagreed. hundreds of activists including women's rights campaigner illusional have to are also in prison. he's not worried about people trying to make a call he doesn't want any independent voices that don't agree with him and it's

not more that i've been i've lived here is one of the 3 people on the council of royal members in saudi arabia that decides the succession he was one of the 3 who didn't vote for him had been summoned to become the crown prince mohammed bin solomon's most notorious legacy so far is the 2018 killing of saudi journalist. in the kingdom's consolation a stand. she was murdered by a hit squad made up of some of been solomon's personal entourage his body dismembered and of a found the cia concluded that the crown prince must have known about the operation if not ordered it himself. is the most senior 3 and. actually overseas for many years came back. ears ago to kind of try to calm things down. after b.s. took over and there were some. kind of turmoil within the royal family prince

wade's return to the kingdom in 2018 came weeks after he appeared to criticize the saudi leadership during a protest in london against the saudi u.a.e. led war in yemen one of my in you know what does the whole of the al saud family have to do with this there are certain individuals responsible in the king to try and print him and others in the state. prince ahmed and mohammed bin nayef or both seen as possible rivals to the throne when i see 4 year old king solomon dies reports suggest they now face long term imprisonment or even death brian al jazeera . still ahead here on al-jazeera concerns about a spate of the attacks in afghanistan just days ahead of planned talks between the taliban and the government. we look at the culture of the day. it's led to a rise in violence against women. but. before we talk some

critic up to isn't isn't saying that's tomorrow but there's a t.v. that's coming up it's we need to. hello there we have seen some rather heavy amounts of rain through eastern sections of the middle east that is now on its way further to the east we will same prating weather conditions but it will save you time as the rain and this is has been looking in the streets of gaza but the sunshine back in the forecast the winds have these a time of sunday so we the high teens low 20 celsius well you can just see that here is the strong bright green arrows those indicating the winds are pretty strong as we go through sunday through southern areas of iraq northern sections of saudi but ahead of that still warm in 27 degrees celsius but by monday that is when we'll have a cooler day 24 degrees and those winds pretty strong again back in place those winds

down through the gulf then down into southern africa and now again some showers and scattered thunderstorms across areas of madagascar more of the same again for the next couple of days but the rains are generally much lighter 3 central areas of africa the d.l.c. is where we're seeing some of the heavier rains and as we go on into monday we could back in the forecast across south africa but they really are across these coastal areas pushing into cape town 26 celsius so not as warm as it has been maybe some showers further to the east but again a warm day with a high of 26 and still they got to thundershowers to northern areas of madagascar. in 2013 cases have got gray. shocked asia and the world it's almost like young men take each other on al-jazeera asked men in cambodia what drove them to commit violence against women i don't know whether it's rape because

a condom. in 2016 has anything changed normalize ation of violence against women unfortunately i think is still a very common pattern around the world rewind it's a man's world on al-jazeera. and the seas for the blind and a robotic arm for the disabled. a young australian engineer isn't venting tools to help people gain independence. and he's all side of that will pull out. all the fire people with a vision will be able to recognise every day. women make science grow gal's episode 4 on al-jazeera. you. know all.

of the like the news hour with me is the home run wide of our top stories a hotel being used as a coronavirus quarantine center in china's eastern if you jump providence has collapsed trapping about 70 people dozens have been rescued from the rubble also an iranian politician has died from the crowd a virus is helpful for which he's there for 21 new deaths in the past 24 hours that brings the number of fatalities to $145.00 while nearly $6000.00 infections have been served and lebanon's prime minister has announced the government won't repay forward currency debt with over $1000000000.00 a televised speech hasn't been able so promise to work the plan to protect people's deposits this default covers just a small part of the $91000000000.00 level on those foreign creditors.

turkey's president reza is expected to brussels on monday during a border standoff with the european union last week turkey said it's opening its borders with europe because it could no longer cope with the number of people fleeing the conflict in syria greek police have fired tear gas to buy goods and refugees trying to cross tens of thousands have been attempting the gertie well thousands more have been heading for the greek islands and that's triggered a backlash against aid groups supporting refugees and migrants as john psaropoulos reports from the island of let's pass. rob is in greece after escaping from an abusive husband in iran and religious persecution in her native afghanistan now that she has asylum here right now wants to help other women living on lesbos refugee camp we're doing here in a car and. we're doing here free but it's made me happy. because i don't my job i don't think about money

just i was i want to help them because i understand the home and she's one of 40 refugees helping other refugees at the hope project many of the donations of goods and labor come from locals but after turkey opened its borders to refugees heading to europe they saw a different reaction anger and intimidation aimed at non-governmental organizations like theirs this is being a wind up by the government as well as the local authorities everything's the ngos fault you know the ngos come here they take all the money everything couse the refugees are getting $400.00 a month and things there is it's just the constant lies coming out in the press and everything counts and the constant propaganda coming out at the height of the refugee crisis and 2015 lesbos became a symbol of humanitarianism and tolerance more than half of the 1000000 or so asylum seekers who arrived in europe from turkey came here and locals furred and

close to them 5 years on however island communities a tired of protecting europe from irregular migration those who live near the refugee camp at moria are upset about the loss of security and property but our people our street the house next door has been burgled 7 or 8 times we've lost count even took the roof tiles off to get in on one occasion they took what they could and destroyed everything else like you know but refugees living in moria are desperate. they barely have clothing and food and even less dignity that is what the whole project set out to provide seeing that the state could not now that a cease fire has been agreed in syria there are early signs that turkey may alleviate refugee pressure on europe but it will take time to rebuild trust in this complex community on the frontlines of an ongoing crisis john psaropoulos al jazeera lesbos. there are nearly 80 attacks in afghanistan since the us the taliban

signed a peace deal in qatar a week ago despite the continued violence the taliban is due to hold talks with the afghan government to the coming days. reports know the hurdles those negotiations are likely to face. was celebrations have been taking place in taliban held areas since an agreement between the u.s. and the taliban was signed in doha nearly a week ago that would have the goodness this is a big achievement for all afghans says the local commander they lost and now we have gained their freedom for civilians caught in the middle and welcome relief. it's been very difficult there were a lot of night raids the taliban fighters were escaping and its civilians who suffer we were the victims not the taliban the message here is that the taliban inflicted the historical defeat on the us but there's another war going on one between afghans at least 80 attacks have been carried out since sunday killing dozens of people mainly members of the afghan security forces. the increase in

hostilities was triggered by afghanistan's president a 70 refusing to release up to 5000 taliban prisoners as guaranteed by the doha agreement the afghan government did not take part in that agreement and says this is a matter that should be negotiated during the upcoming interim afghan talks the taliban insist they must be free before the negotiations start they needed it in the used to be free. rather than later degree went has been criticized within the taliban's ranks and there are reports of fighters defecting to other groups like isis and. totally. they are one thing but inside there are differences there are taliban in afghanistan there are taliban leadership from pakistan they don't agree there. clarence. prior systems and also

politically there are taliban who are trained and educated in one place and groups who are educated in another area that has a difference the group feels this now in a position of strength general a dictionary says it has also evolved since the day he was attorney general of the taliban government in the 1990 s. . the taliban is definitely the winner but before we ruled alone that is change the taliban wants to have a government that will include all ethnicities but there are red lines one is the withdrawal of all foreign troops and their advisors the implementation of islamic law is also a red line because we paid a heavy price but whether the country is called islamic emirates or not is open to negotiation the government wants the taliban to disarm after agreeing on a ceasefire that attacks are likely to continue just as they did during negotiations with the us leaving afghans paying the price once again but at the

tell me the edges iraq a couple of. other reports of attacks by isis fighters adore that iraq has the our group takes advantage of an uncertain security situation in january iraq's parliament called for foreign troops to be expelled after a good general kassab the body was killed in a u.s. airstrike some of the 14 people in northern iraq have been left alone to defend themselves. overlooking the tigris river iraq's mccoll mountain seem peaceful at least on 1st class. but the crevices and caves up above have become a refuge for eisler fighters and the villages below the target for their complaint of terror last month members of isis set up a fake checkpoint and opened fire to people. when they were returning home from work i saw and they attacked them one of them was badly hurt and the other suffered light injuries. while the. villagers stay up at night to

keep watch they say it's the only way to protect themselves there's no army no police only on the main road this land is open all the way to syria so anyone who wants to come can come. until late last year at the u.s. led coalition and their iraqi partners conducted regular air raids in this area forcing eisel into hiding but since tensions between the u.s. and iran escalated on iraqi soil earlier this year those operations have largely stopped and i saw has taken advantage it's areas like these honeycombed with river beds and surrounded by mountains that offer ideal terrain for eisel to operate in they lay low during the day but at night they emerge from their hideouts to terrorize the population villagers here say they have noticed an uptick in iceland doing since coalition activities came to a halt in january as a result of growing u.s. iran tensions. useless family survived in iceland tak last month they are now

staying in their relatives home in a nearby town for the moment going back is not safe they were targeted because her husband the our village chief in arabic cooperates of security forces has suffered a broken jaw and serious injuries to his stomach had not in months the incident was very terrifying there's no security in our area it's finished from dinner time until the morning we're watching we never sleep i swear the families aren't sleeping. you stress daughter the ha was shot in the leg during the attack well like. me is trying to do their duty but they don't manage to contain the security situation we want more support for them because the army can't control the villages at all support that until recently came from the u.s. led coalition minnesota i am going to the mark when we heard the sound of the american airplanes we know it's safe. it's unclear when or if qualis negativities

will fully resume this climate of uncertainty office fertile ground for eisel with iraq civilians once again paying the price see want to fall to an al jazeera in the oven iraq the un has called for an immediate end to military action by your bones warring parties. jaw. between the rebels of the coalition the i.c.r.c. has response efforts have been her but since last month the road 70000 people have been displaced leaving families without food shelter and access to medical care the conflict in the region's poorest country has killed homes of thousands of people. yemen is in my view at a critical juncture. we will either silence the guns and resume the political process. or we will slip back. into

a large scale conflict and suffering that you have all ready seen here in my area where the u.s. state department says it's working with to disable forty's to investigate a suicide bomb attack its embassy in tunis on friday one police officer was killed and 5 other people injured close to the embassies baby gate it's believed to barbers motorbikes were behind the attack the group has yet claimed responsibility while staying on the continent southern africa is suffering its worst drought in decades a barber is one of the worst country's most affected many families are struggling with daily water shortages that's adding to the hardships they're facing as a country deals with rubber to deflation and a shrinking economy there is horribly tasa reports now for below where. in zimbabwe 2nd city pull away all the supply of piped water from the city council is unreliable that means they sometimes have to use untreated water these women uses for washing and flushing toilets if they have to drink it they will boil it 1st in

some suburbs supplies are often cut off for days at a time. when the supply is turned on with lindsey make several trips to the communal tap to stock up she says a neighborhood can sometimes go a whole week without water and she doesn't want to use any that's not clean and safe getting water in the hole stirs and make us feel cold because that water is not here at the lake this person to reach so many people is suffering from stomach so i believe it could be quite rare or something i don't know because some of the people they drink that water some they use it for you know so it is a big challenge that way even in cold to put. like other parts of southern africa zimbabwe is experiencing its worst drought in years city authorities say rationing is necessary to cities is implemented. to try and have.

digital that we have straight to receive enough rain as we all know and it liar is . saying myriad region where we receive very little or no rainfall like this year it's really critical we haven't received the referee falls grateful for it rains. some dams have stopped operating since the water fell below pumping levels the remaining still functional a critically low the rainy season started late this year and even then has been erratic a new dam is being built about 100 kilometers from away or authorities say it will draw water directly from the river but it's still a long way from being completed part of the problem is a source of foreign currency and zimbabwe's worsening economic crisis. already grappling with shortages of fuel medicines electricity and some basic commodities many here say corruption and mismanagement in government and opposition by minister pellets he's is also to blame the few who can afford it buy

a water privately or drill boreholes but for millions of others that is not an option. al-jazeera. at least 46 people remain missing in southeastern brazil days after heavy rainfall calls floods and landslides more than 30 people are known to have died when communities were engulfed in 3 cities on the coast of south polar state but firefighters and volunteers have not given up search for the missing earlier this week the region had a month's rainfall in a single day. millions of women across mexico are expected to strike against gender based violence but day it comes after a year of countless protests against sexual harassment abuse of murder government figures show bad kilometers tedward every day they're trying to hold the reports not from the capital mexico city or whatever sort of get quentin i meant them in the us leave it an emotional outpouring on this state university female students reporting professors students and even relatives that they say have harassed or

attacked them over the years. met screws attorney general has said that more than 10 women are killed a day but behind the number some say is a culture of machismo male chauvinism which in the end helps lead to the violence around 20 professors just from mexico state university and now under investigation this student is one of those who complained this was common so. he started asking me are you a virgin what have you done with your boyfriend have you done naughty things yet his conduct is normalized enough in society she says that she didn't know who to turn to crime that you have your game in your hands as men's are his mrs but i saw his messages i felt alone i didn't know who to talk to in my family or in the police or the student committees even my boyfriend who asked for help just accuse me of starting it all. the submissive objectified woman

is a current the runs through popular culture in mexico because. another family runner these are the weather reporters of the 24 hour news channel. and it's a constant on the country too popular telling novellas screenwriter and the. story as good as always seeing storylines in which the women are victims or hysterical bossy and annoying convinces all that yes women are annoying and bossy and sensitive when they're having a period and it's not true. but in the last year more and more women have been rejecting how they're seen and the violence against them through protests and even street monuments like this one it's actually being claimed in a box of a march that's going to go through mexico city's main avenue this sunday to mark international women's day i. on monday there will be

a national women strike this movement is only gaining traction john heilemann al-jazeera mexico city. a teenager has been killed by police in guyana protests over the president's election victory escalate people are demonstrating against the results of this week's vote after opposition leaders and international observers say they had been rigged votes counted so far give president david grange as government a strong lead yachters top court is considering that application by the opposition to stop a winner being declared until the results are recounted. well still ahead in sports or championship in the atlantic we'll have the action from the start of the kite surfing world of the coast of cape verde islands. on tropical fiji a chinese developers are accused of destroying. a pacific power guys.

want to win 8 investigators on al jazeera. i was raised in france. these are my grandparents. these are my parents and this is mean. by them both isis and as of. this 2nd of a 2 part epic tale of a remarkable family. the father the son and the jihad. on al-jazeera. al-jazeera.

talk about type sport his peter so thank you so much brazil's former will footballer of the year ronaldinho testified in court in paraguay on saturday also me arrested for entering the country with false documents the 2002 world cup winner and his brother appeared before a judge innocency on the morning after their arrest on friday that's despite a prosecutor in the case saying he believed they had been tricked into accepting paraguayan passports when they arrived in the country 2 days earlier the judge in saturday's hearing is expected to rule on whether to release or all the brother or keep the paid jailed pending further investigations. one of the year's former teen parents. saturday match against rose bowl postponed because of the coronavirus

outbreak it's the 1st top flight game in the country to be called off the measured been due to be played at strasbourg but authorities in the alsace region have canceled public gatherings there are the sporting events like april's paris marathon and the paris nice cycling race have also been delayed. english premier league leaders liverpool are back on track following a slight mid-season wobble at last 3 of their past 4 matches in all competitions as they hosted bournemouth on saturday there was a goal down at anfield too but the reds did come back for a 21 win that means their 25 points clear at the top of the table and there's nothing good in losing football games but it makes. you aware of how special it is to win football games it's not always for us especially not always possible to play our best football but to give everybody a proper fight should be always possible and that's what the boys did very often the n.b.a.

is asking teams to make plans for games without basketball fans because of coronavirus but there's a high profile opponent to that idea los angeles lakers superstar le bron james he says he won't play without support james made his mark on the showdown between the leading teams from the east and the west the lakers getting the better of the milwaukee bucks by 10 points to guarantee a place in the playoffs change with 37 points and in front of his home crowd at least for now. if you play games with other fans. i am fine. going to frantically. of my teammates play. that's what it's all about. pressure up to a real you know where i am going so they do what they want to do. but may serve put on a show for one of their franchise legends hall of famer julius erving attending

a game for the 1st time since they moved to brooklyn in 2012 remember they were the new jersey nets before that he witnessed a triple double threat from carousel vs they beat the centennial spurs wasn't enough to save their coach though kenny atkinson leaving the team on saturday and the utah jazz double act has led them to a 4th straight victory donovan mitchell setting up rudy go bury for the stomach and then displaying fancy footwork as the chairs outplayed the injury hit boston celtics scald in 1904 england have kept themselves in contention for rugby union 6 nations championship of the defeating defending champions wales 3330 on saturday the rugby world cup runners up scored 3 tries in london their final match against italy has been postponed because of coronavirus but they would still be unable to win the title if france went on to win all of their remaining matches

. some action from cricket's pakistan super league top ranked sultans they were up against the karate kings in lahore former pakistan captain shahid afridi or he was one of the stars with the best theory is hitting 35 runs from just 17 balls 3 sixes included in that little innings but just as he warmed up the rain came down washing out the match both teams given a point in the standings. 2 time olympic champion marty a smile has scorched a victory in the world cup skiing downhill in norway the austrian was point 14 seconds ahead of alexander are more killed there but the norwegian seizes the lead in the alpine world cup overall standings with meyer for. organizers of the olympics insist state had no discussions on canceling the games because of coronavirus female athletes will continue to battle for their places boxes in asia and oceania took a step closer to the olympics after the 1st round of qualifiers in jordan on friday

this event was moved to our man from the chinese city of new hand where the outbreak started it was a good day for the hosts with 2 jordanians advancing to the court. the kite surfing world tour has started and you could also be part of the action believe it or not you have to send a video of yourself showcasing your skills to the sport's governing body and if they deem you have a sufficient skill level you are just a $120.00 registration fee away the season opener was in cape verde some 500 kilometers off the west african coast australians james korea and portugal's in his career are the 2 winners just so you know we're up against more sports news for me coming up again later so thanks a lot peter you be watching out as there is a very nasty is up next by love that you said with the full rather of the global news headlines from peter myself on the news hour tame thanks for your time and your complete.

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coronavirus numbers continue to spiral with a 2nd m.p. dying in iran and a ruling party leader among the thousands infected in italy this is a 5 story hotel being used to quarantine people collapses in china trapping dozens . hello i'm maryam namazie and london you're watching al-jazeera also coming up on the program lebanon to default on a $1200000000.00 loan payment due on mondays its economic crisis deepens. and 3 senior saudi princes are reportedly arrested for plotting a coup including the king's young.