0. 0 i'm mary watching the news hour live from london coming up in the next 60 minutes iran and it's only an ounce tough new measures as coronavirus numbers job with a newly elected m.p. dying in teheran and a ruling party leader among thousands infected in italy. this is a 5 story hotel being used to quarantine people collapses in china trapping dozens . 3 c.d.'s saudi princes are reportedly arrested for crossing a coup including the king's younger brother and

a former crown prince. and then as greek police battle to stop more people crossing the border we report on the growing anger against those helping refugees on last boss. coming up in school for an champion's parents and demand become. to be disrupted by the coronavirus outbreak will they form a superstar ronald appears in court in perth who are accused of entering the country in a false false false. the world health organization says the number of global coronavirus cases has now passed 100000 with almost 102000 confirmed around the world iran's death toll is reported to have reached 145 with a conservative m.p. among the 21 who've died in the last day and more than 5 and a half 1000 people are infected the numbers are rising across europe as well the

leader of one of the city's ruling parties is among the $5883.00 now confirmed as infected a rise of more than a 1000 in the space of a day $233.00 have died there all together and the government has announced tough new restrictions and then in china a hotel in the city of jo which was housing people who had contact with virus patients has collapsed 30 people are still trapped in the wreckage katrina you has more on that story now from beijing. this hotel is located in the city of 20 in china's southern 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 for monitoring

by medical authorities we know that they had been put in this hotel since about need 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 we're 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 at the heart of the building in the lower level had some stores 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. so that's what's been happening in china iran meanwhile has banned group pres suspended major events and reduced working hours across the country to slow the outbreak it's now spread to all $31.00 provinces as well as infecting and killing a number of current and former politicians same bus driver he is in the capital tehran for us and says that despite the situation there many people are ignoring

advice from the authorities. they're definitely trying to do whatever they can to convince people to listen to the advice that they are given that's really been the biggest challenge from senior leadership here in iran in terms of combating this corona virus ever since the outbreak was publicly announced ever since it began in rome last month now if you speak to iranians even those that do believe the government than a recent poll by a number of them in the simple authority in town iran estimates that only 50 percent of the people are truly concerned about this is a public health crisis even if you speak to iranians who might wish to follow the government's advice to the letter they say they simply can't afford it even if they might like to stay indoors and not open their shops not carry on with their businesses many shops are closed many are not one business operator i spoke with said that he worries that shutting down his business will mean not only laying off

workers but because of the economic impact over a long period of time of the corona virus and having to shut things down it might mean that he'll never be able to open his business again taxis are available on the streets but when you get in most drivers are wearing gloves and masks and they provide you with hand sanitizer and will spray your hands before you start the journey or as much of a service to their passengers as a way to protect themselves really iranians will tell you that they simply can't afford for life not to go on as normal and that is something that the government has been aware of ever since this outbreak began. well the italian government meanwhile is introducing restrictive new measures in parts of the country in the north of the country which has been really badly affected by the coronavirus a draft to create a will tell people not to enter or leave long body or 11 other provinces and closes ski resorts museums cultural centers and gyms schools will remain closed until at

least april the 3rd new all comes after actually reported more than 1200 new infections in the past day and then pope francis who's fighting a cold as council public appearances and will deliver his regular sunday prat to crowds at the vatican by lifestream instead the leader of one of italy's 2 ruling parties has also announced that he has the virus. so it is a ride to have coronavirus to obviously all be money to lock everybody else in the situation feel fine so it was decided that whole be isolated to home also my family's falling all the protocols the situations. contacting all the people who are close to me at work to be interviewed and to be checked. well elsewhere in europe france diagnosable 330 new cases of the coronavirus on saturday that's the biggest daily increase france has recorded so far 7 more people have died bringing

the total to 16 police in spain have deployed forces to really try and implement that home quarantine in a town in the north with a high number of infections and then the number of people here in the u.k. diagnosed with the crown of virus has now risen to 209 so that's how things stand at the moment here in europe and then 21 people on a cruise ship has been barred from docking in san francisco have tested positive for corona virus u.s. vice president might and says only about 50 people of the 3 and a half 1000 passengers and crew have test him tested so far the grand princess will be. into a known commercial port where more tests you to take place meanwhile a man who contract the virus on the vessel sister ship the diamond princess which was held as of course in japan last month has died he is the 7th person from that ship to die of corona virus so let's get the latest from patty call hane who's in washington past who just running through some of the figures here in europe where

the number of infections appears to be rising what's the state of play there in the united in the u.s. . well i'll tell you i just want to look at the centers for disease control their web site they're usually the clearinghouse for all of this. doesn't appear that the information has been updated since perhaps 24 hours ago but we are hearing more states come forward we believe as many as $29.00 states now have cases of the current virus and that is going to exponentially grow and here is why the u.s. hasn't really had test kits to figure out who has the virus basically throughout this entire outbreak it's now just getting to the point where hospitals have tests and doctors are able to order these tests and the reason why is the centers for disease control they're in charge they came up with the test they sent it out the basically the labs were like this doesn't work so then they fixed it up sent it out and now they're trying to scale up now the president came out and said look anyone who needs a task can get a test that's not necessarily the case part of the problem is when the c.d.c.

1st started setting these sas kits out because they had so few of them they limited it they said basically only people who have actually been in china are going to be tested for it so you saw nurses come out and say i think i have it and they said well you can't be tested for it and the people who didn't get tested many of those just kept continuing in the community so we really don't know the full extent of it the president likes to say that the numbers are very low compared to everyone else but keep in mind people haven't actually really been able to be tested to for it up until just the last day or 2 so expect to see that number grow exponentially another unusual thing here the centers for disease control the c.d.c. there at every every sort of thing like this they've always put out the numbers they've been very transparent very public here's how many tests we've done they say they're no longer going to do that when it comes to the coronavirus the goal for the trump administration is not to spread panic but there are a lot of state officials who are saying you're making people panic by not giving

them the actual information so a lot of criticism as to how the this administration has handled this from. the beginning right and then also simple taney asli you have concerns about how this is going to impact the global economy we know they're going to be severe consequences if in predictions of a recession but what the specific points of concern there in the u.s. . well this is a service economy so if people can't feel free to go out and do services that 70 percent of the economy then you're going to see a dramatic shrinkage of the economy and there are big already indications that this is going to happen south by southwest that the huge festival in texas they've canceled for the year you've seen amtrak say we don't have passengers to justify nonstop service on the trains between new york and d.c. so we're starting to see these big companies tell their employees to stay home that affects the shops around the offices and so we're seeing bakeries say i don't know

how much longer i can do this for example in seattle one baker said that their profits are down by 50 percent if it keeps up she said another 70 percent i don't know how long i can sustain this the u.s. is also going to have a very unique challenges in this because of the way the economy here is set up this is not a country that has universal sick time so 2 thirds of the lowest income people in this country if they don't go to work they don't get paid and these are not people who have any sort of savings accounts usually so that is the fear is that that is going to push these people lot of them work in the food industry to go to work sick the other issue is 27500000 people in this country do not have health insurance and again many tend to be low income so they don't have the money to go to a doctor and say sure test me i can pay for it so there's great concern in congress that these issues need to be addressed but we're seeing again polarization there some republicans are saying companies should offer sick time the government shouldn't regular demand it well there are democrats who are saying no the federal

government needs to step in and demand or at least provide some pay for sick workers so they don't come to work and spread the virus so really just the beginning of the outbreak here in the united states but expect over the coming hours and days you're going to see the cases grow exponentially thank you very much from washington patty call hain let's move to asia now because in. factions are still rising across the region particularly in south korea which has more than 7000 cases and 46 deaths it's the largest number of infections outside of china where the outbreak 1st began and the authorities have started restricting the skit the sale of surgical masks to the pollen is monitoring the situation for us from hong kong. 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 home overall this is the 1st time i've cute for a mosque i've passed by here several times but they didn't happen 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 hospitals in daegu are overwhelmed or. a number of the medical staff are being quarantined and so there isn't enough manpower or resources also there aren't enough supplies don't even

with 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. detests joined the ranks inside or in development and many clinical trials of beauty x. 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 paul an arrow hong kong. it was the news hour live from london much more still to tell you how to lebanon is set to default on

a $1200000000.00 loan payment due on monday to economic crisis in the country deepens. mexico's problem with my cheese mow protest against a dangerous culture that's killing women. and then later how it looked wrong james helped the l.a. lakers get the jump on the milwaukee bucks in a clash of the n.b.a.'s 2 best teams. 3 senior saudi princes are reported to have been detained by mosques men in a major security crackdown which suggests a new power battle in the kingdom they are prince ahmed bin abdulaziz who's the youngest and only surviving full brother of the king solomon the king's nephew mohammed bin nayef a former interior minister and crown prince who was replaced by the king's son mohammed bin selman in a palace coup in 2017 and then had been knife's half brother prince now off the 9th

as said to be accused of attempting a coup the wall street journal says security forces also detained dozens of interior ministry officials senior army officers and all the suspected of supporting the alleged clause and brian has more. the saudi crown prince mohammed bin solomon has moved to consolidate power since removing his cousin mohammed bin nayef his age 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 seeing 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 and there is turmoil 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 him out of their private residences mohamed bin solomon known as has

a reputation for cracking down on anyone who opposes him and 27 tane dozens of senior members of the royal family and billionaire business men were rounded up and detained at a luxury hotel in riyadh the saudi government said it was an anti corruption drive rights groups disagreed. hundreds of activists including women's rights campaign 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 for the. woman of 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 between 18 killing of saudi journalists. in the kingdom's consolation a stand. he 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. who is the most senior 3 and. actually overseas for many years came back. ears go to it to kind of try to calm things down. after b.s. took over and there was some. kind of turmoil within the royal family the prince of wales' 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 it is 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 prince 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 . roxane pheromone family on is a lecturer of politics and international studies at university of cambridge joins me in the studio now so reports of these do. attentions fits into an established pattern of behavior by crown prince mohammed bin salman of rounding up and detaining members of the royal family in wealthy saudi businessmen as he did in 2017 these latest arrests any different not significantly he'd certainly chooses to go for the large action of the political aggression and to show that he is in control to act with a certain degree of impunity so if there was a coup attempt he has certainly made it clear that he is the one to in charge

that he will not countenance any kind of activity against him and in fact i understand that after the arrests of these major figures that he then demanded the other members of the family to confirm their loyalty to him and many were expected to tweet or to e-mail him and show that they were behind him so yeah there are still questions about precisely what's going on because this is all very opaque and information we did it's one of our 5 bought what we do know prince ahmed bin abdulaziz is an uncle of the crown prince and then obviously you have his cousin mohammed bin nayef who was at one time seen as an it and was the crown for he was our own private i mean we've been i if he was i mean his assets are already been frozen he was already subject to a travel ban and was effectively under house arrest so while these 2 might be

potential rivals it's not as though they pose an immediate threat not at all and that it is being put out that there was no possibility considering that they were under quite a bit of surveillance certainly the fact that prince what has been taken is very serious because he is a brother of the king. selman the last brother the youngest traditionally in the saudi royal family the succession is pos from yet another to throw in position he's certainly a threat but in fact he had spent much of his time abroad. and he's the last of the soup dairy 7 which were the original brothers of or sons i should say of the founder of saudi arabia so it's a significant move and possibly suggests that. the crown prince and b.s. is consolidating in preparation for change at the top yes that's the anticipation isn't it and i suppose if you take the long term view is it

a consolidation of power now at the expense. the expense of long term stability so could it cause him problems within the royal family further down the line well it certainly could but his timing is also interesting saudi arabia's closed its borders to the u.a.e. and before anan kuwait due to the coronavirus. because it's chosen also to disinfect the entire area around the kaaba in mecca and to reduce pilgrimage this is a moment when the. kingdom has many many fewer people out and about. and officials and clerics that are active so if there was going to be a period of consolidation the moment is in some ways well chosen thank you very much roxanne farm on from me on thank you pleasure to be here thank you. want to reason on the news now lebanon's prime minister is saying that his government will

not make a debt payment of $1200000000.00 it was jus on monday i sunday says lebanon's currency reserves are dangerously low and people's basic needs must be prioritized saying the holder has more on this now from beirut. businesses are closing unemployment is rising inflation is soaring and the local currency depreciated by at least 50 percent and now for the 1st time in its history lebanon is defaulting on paying its debt 1200000000 dollars is due on monday the country is facing its worst economic crisis in decades prime minister has sandia who took office in january after massive protests toppled the previous government told the nation his administration will work on restructuring the debt which has become too much for the country to bear. going on without the sour hard currency reserves are at a critical record low as a result the republic of lebanon is forced to default the coming march 9th

obligation on the euro bond these funds must be channeled toward securing the basic necessities for the lebanese people 2 people have been on the streets for months demanding a new leadership they have little faith in a government appointed by the old political class they accused of corruption demonstrators have also vented their anger at banks for imposing capital controls but bankers are blaming the authorities for looking for an easy way out restructuring the public that seems to be a way to avoid the other reforms that are necessary to jumpstart the economy and to solve the crisis which is essentially it is structured in the public sector some parties in lebanon have been used to look at the public sector source of benefits and favors to their political constituency international donors have made clear there will be no assistance unless reforms are carried out it's not just about implementing reforms lebanon's government does not have many friends it

is seen by the united states and its allies as controlled by hezbollah or any iranian backed group they consider a terrorist organization and they have been trying to contain iran's growing influence. in the middle east the only option to secure foreign funding and without risking further isolation is through the international monetary fund but has the power broker in government has rejected an i.m.f. bailout it says it would involve taxes and calls the institution a tool of the united states in case. signs up to the i.m.f. they will lose some of the sovereignty they've won the $2800.00 actions the 1st election that they've won since 2005 and if they lose power this means that they can see that some sort of defeat to the i.m.f. and to the international community to the united states levels financial crisis has entered a new stage and there doesn't seem to be

a rescue plan and as conditions worsen for the people many are warning of further unrest. so ahead. yemen is in my view at a critical juncture of. yemen it's a crossroads a $17000.00 paid by displaced by the latest fighting in the war torn country. and the water shortages add tell existing hardship in zimbabwe as a country suffers its worst droughts in v.a. is that an awful lot of pakistan cricket captain as it is to train pass in the whole box a dozen and while 1st thing a lot more coming up in sport. but . we're hanging on to that mobile westerly fade now weather across europe so there

is of cloud and brian continuing to tumble in from the atlantic this next weather system bringing some break down polls for a time when those flood affected parts of western england in particular and the date across at least inside of wales well blustery showers are rolling through this area of low pressure facing away just around grayson parts of the balkans and that will also bring some wet weather some wintry weather blustery showers pushing a further east was. just sliding across france through the low countries which was germinates wards denmark sinking further south was a fair bit of snow coming in on monday across the alps and right sleet and snow down to the southeast and calista persisting as well some very strong winds at times easing over into western parts of to whisk of some flooding coming through here flood risk of course continues up towards the northwest we'll see more wet weather coming in here but down to the southwest of it not bad in madrid temperatures at about 18 celsius with plenty of sunshine and plenty of sunshine to

cost more than parts of africa a few showers just around the northeast of algeria northern parts of china most is fine and dry but more the way of showers there for the gulf of guinea. a journey both dark because if you don't believe there's a very forever there's a lot of corruption and beautiful lake and beautiful lady you have to be very patient and what is also the same as ascended against towers introduced to it though when my father and my mother or for king for how the personal story to discover the source of one of the most expensive commodities sent from heaven an outrageous era. but soon as the sun goes down shutting down russia is a very challenging place to work from if you join the live even though your folks

here say you can't do it it's not allowed to feel pushing you're always pushing. hard of the central market always on the love god people are being taken for peacefully bought here through the city sat for we are the ones travelling the extra mile where are the media going to go we go dear we give them a chance to tell their story. welcome back you're watching the news hour live from london a look at the headlines the world health organization says the global number of coronavirus diagnoses has passed 100000 italy and iran that both reported more than a 1000 additional cases in the past day it's only now pounds to knock down its body

reaching the wealthiest regions and country 30 people are still trapped after a building being used for coronavirus quarantine in china collapsed emergency services have been working through the night to rescue people from the hotel in the city of toronto. and 3 senior saudi princes of reportedly been arrested in another crackdown in the kingdom king's brother in the form of crown prince were detained as well as army officers and interior ministry stuff they all thought to be accused of plotting a coup. now renewed fighting in northern yemen has displaced at least $70000.00 people according to the international committee of the red cross it says relief efforts in al jawf province of been hampered since last month the region already has a large number of displaced people many families don't have access to food shelter or medical care the clashes bring an end to 3 months of relative calm for yemen the united nations has called for an immediate end to this violence. 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. well turkey's defense minister saying that the ceasefire in syria's province is holding a pause in fighting was agreed by turkish president russia type one and his russian counterpart vladimir putin in moscow earlier this week to support opposing sides in the syrian conflict and violence have been escalating steadily in northwestern syria russian news agencies have reported 3 shootings in over the past 24 hours meanwhile on the border between turkey and greece tensions have continued to escalate of the flow of refugees and migrants volleys of tear gas have been exchanged by riot police on both sides thousands of people have been trying to

cross into greece since turkey declared its borders with the e.u. opened just over a week ago but greek authorities of move bulldozers an armored vehicles to stop them crossing the border while a 1000 turkish police have also been deployed present one is expected to travel to brussels on monday to discuss the issue. thousands more people have been heading for the greek islands and it's triggered a backlash against the aid groups who've offered support earlier a rally was held in support of the aid agencies who say they are now facing abuse from locals migrant camps on the island overcrowded many residents are saying they can't cope from the island of less boss john psaropoulos reports. 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 be doing her cards in

a car and police every we're doing here free but it's makes 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 their 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 are straight through 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 hoa 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 front lines of an ongoing crisis jumpstart ople us algis or less bus. it's a week since the u.s. and the afghan taliban signed a peace deal but the deadly attacks continued more than 30 people were killed in kabul on friday and one of dozens of incidents in the past 7 days despite that the taliban is still jews hold talks with the government but the negotiations face many hurdles on the until hamid explains from kabul. 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 was going to 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 the taliban fighters risky being 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 u.s. 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 east to be free to sooner rather than later degree wind has been criticised within the taliban's ranks and there are reports of fighters defecting to other groups like

isis. brutally. they are one thing but. there are differences there are taliban in afghanistan there are problems. and you just haven't parks that you don't agree. clarence. prior systems and all through 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 is now in a position of strength general dean should worry says it has also evolved is the day he was attorney general of the taliban government in the 1990 s. . the taliban is definitely the winner but before we rule 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 desire after agreeing on a ceasefire but attacks are likely to continue just as they did during negotiations with the us leaving afghans paying the price once again but at that heavy the edges iraq kabul. israel's joint arab list made history in monday's election by winning more seats in the knesset than ever before party represents the country's palestinian israelis but what does it plan to do with its newfound power iran can went to haifa to find out. there are nearly 2000000 palestinian citizens of israel this is high for a mix between palestinian israelis and jewish israelis the party that represents the palestinian israelis the joint arab less one a record of 15 seats in israel's knesset the parliament that gives them more power than ever before power they say will allow them to represent more forcefully the

interests of palestinian israelis but what is on the immediate agenda ousting the current prime minister benjamin netanyahu the prime minister is indicted in 3 different corruption cases which presents the opportunity for the opposition to pass a law if they can form a government to ban indicted prime ministers from sitting in office this is one. of the tools that we can do 2nd if someone. will appeal. to you a lot of our 15 seats he would. hear demands civic demands for the arab community. the joint ira blissed may support opposition leader benny gantz and his blue and white policy to maximize the new found power but that comes with conditions gads must give a statement that the deviance it is. legitimate. to have

a statement against that off mic that you know that try to digitize the votes you can not go with the gavels when he is silent about the major things supports doesn't mean that the joint arab list will join the government they've already said that they won't do that but what it does mean is that they may support a government led by blue and white leader benny gantz the palestinian israeli vote hit record levels nearly 98 percent according to official figures. was one of the people who worked on the get out the vote campaign in haifa at the beginning i think it was a little bit hard and a little bit difficult because a lot of people in the city didn't you know somehow trust the politician they don't like politician that much but when we so the things that happen you know. and all the things that 2 they were saying about the our society we we we we wanted to

you know to raise our voice right now palestinian israelis feel that there is no opportunity to push the demands of the knesset but it still anyone's guess who in israel be able to form a government and when that might happen. hyphen. thailand could be facing another period of political unrest after a banned opposition party called for protests but anti-government rallies by students might be a bigger concern to thai politicians as waianae plains from bangkok. one university campuses around thailand there is a political awakening underway 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 on and it up that woman this is just the beginning at that moment students have come out to express that dawson concern we're only just started to show our strength in numbers up through and 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 so. 8 proud 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 tom assad 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. the war earlier this week. said he wouldn't answer the media's questions about politics or protests and instead chose to warn protesters about coronavirus. any protest to public assembly if you can please perspire and if you insist on holding your protest please make sure that you take all the necessary precautions that's just a scare tactic say critics like this former student who's been supporting the protests throughout 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 bigger from this didn't we have to have. people 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. a teenager has been shot dead by police in guyana during protests over allegations of election rigging people are demonstrating against the results of monday's vote which appeared to give president david grange as government a strong lead opposition leaders an international observers say there's been credible evidence of fraud and his top court is considering an opposition application to stop a winner being declared until the votes are counted. on sunday thousands of women are expected to protest against gender based violence in mexico it follows a year of demonstrations against sexual harassment abuse and murder government figures show that on average at least 10 women a kilt that every day john hollinger reports on this now from mexico city. to continue i meant them in the us i live in 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. but scores attorney general has said that more than 10 women were killed that 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. this conduct is normalized enough in society she says that she didn't know who to turn to from the area give me your answers mr 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 that runs through popular culture in mexico because there was another family run around there 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. 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 their 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 cleaned 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. or monday there will be a national women's strike this movement is the only game in traction john hoeven 000 mexico city. southern africa is suffering its where strout in decades and zimbabwe's one of the hardest hit countries many families are struggling with daily water shortages on top of rampant inflation and a shrinking economy from away harmattan reports. in zimbabwe 2nd city the supply of piped water from the city council is unreliable that means they sometimes had 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 holes doesn't 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 saw it is a big challenge that we're living in cold to. like other parts of southern africa zimbabwe is experiencing its worst drought in years city authorities say rationing is necessary to cities is implemented. in program to try and have. digital that we have straight to receive enough rain as we all know and it liar is in there 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 no the rainy season started late this year and even then has been erratic and new dam is being built about 100 kilometers from the way authorities say it will draw water directly from this and busy river but is still a long way from being completed part of the problem is a source of foreign currency and zimbabwe's worsening economic crisis zimbabwe is 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 buffel millions of others that is not an option how to al-jazeera. with al-jazeera live from london while still ahead on the program qualifying continues for the olympics despite uncertainty about whether

tokyo 2020 can go ahead because of the spread of the coronavirus. once president mubarak became president show began a story of conflict and isolation on one side a wife and son the sights set on succession on the other president the crease in the distance from the egyptian people when his beloved grandson died. but then the flames ignited in tunisia exploded in egypt and everything changed. 2 of the farm. she was black. i'm from rio de janeiro's surveillance video she was also an elected outspoken councilwoman. until she was assassinated.

people in power investigates the killing of a vocal critic of brazil's security forces and the legacy of empowerment she left behind the mantle of mariel franco on out using a. time not for all the sport now peter is in. marion thank you so much brazil's former world footballer of the year ronaldinho testified in court in paragon saturday of the being arrested for entering the country with false documents the 2003 world cup winner and his brother appeared before a judge innocency on the morning after their arrest on friday that's the spider

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 one of the nearest brother or keep the page jailed painting further investigations. one of the owners former team parasangs a man who had saturday's match against stress ball postponed because of the corona virus outbreak it's the 1st top flight game in the country to be called off the match was due to be played at strasbourg but authorities in the alsace region have cancelled public gatherings there sporting events like april's paris marathon and the paris nice cycling race have also been delayed. after the last round of italy's city our matches were postponed because of the coronavirus are break the league is back this week with one of the country's biggest contests however when 2nd place you venters host of 3rd place in similarity in a match it's early darby they will be no fans inside the stadium empty stadiums

will be the order of the day after the italian government to create all sporting events until april food must take place without spectators. down to 9 put down to under siege or when you play football in big stadiums it is important to have the fans in the stadium but right now we are in the delicate situation and we need to pay a lot of attention so health comes before anything else for everybody's we will have to adjust to that and do things in the safest possible way to. english premier league leaders liverpool are back on track following a slight mid-season wobble they had lost 3 of their past 4 matches in all competitions as they host the bournemouth on saturday and then they went a goal down of their infield but the reds would come back to secure a 21 victory they are now 25 points clear at the top of the standings because moto g.p. may have been cancelled this weekend due to coronavirus quarantine laws but the

moto 2 and motor 3 races already able to go ahead at the sale international circuit that's because those teams had already flown into doha before quarantine rules came into force on saturday joe roberts became the 1st american in 10 years to qualify on pole at a moto to race the season opener for the moto g.p. proper will now be in austin texas on april 1st. 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 superstar le bron james saying he won't play without supporters james made his mark on the showdown between the leading teams from the east and west to the lakers getting the better of the milwaukee bucks by 10 points to guarantee a place in the playoffs james with leadership in place and in front of his home crowd at least for now 63 years. to play games with the fans. some possible. plan never. been to france before my teammates played

for the fans that's what it's all about so natural to a reader i know if i'm playing so they do what they want to do. one of the n.h.l. is all time great players on really died on friday 'd at the age of 84. 11 stanley cups more than any other player in a 20 year career for the montreal canadiens nicknamed pocket rocket he was recommended to the canadiens by his older brother fellow montreal legend maurice reshad and signed for them in 955 it took over the captaincy in 171 winning his final championship 2 years later. athletes around the world or continue to battle for their places at the olympics says tokyo 2020 organizers insist the games will go ahead to spite the corona virus outbreak boxes in asia and oceania are competing in the final round of qualifiers in jordan olympic flyway champion

shock. of those becky stan one of those through to the quarterfinals of these birds on saturday this event was moved to a moment from the chinese city of new hampshire where the operate started jordan's that muhammad awardee also getting through he round of 16 here. that's where we'll leave it for now more sports teams coming up again later mary thanks very much peter now space x. has completed another successful launch of supplies for the international space station and the little guy a 1900 here. a falcon rocket sent up a capsule containing needing 2000 kilos of a quick mint and experiments studio arrive on monday it's the 20th delivery iran must commercial space has made to the space station. that's it for the news hour but i'll be back in a moment with more of the day's news stay with us. i

was raised in france. these are my grandparents. these are my parents and this is mean. by them both isis and us on. the 2nd of a 2 part epic tale of a remarkable family. the father the son and the jihad. to on al-jazeera one of the really special things that work in progress here is

that even as a camera woman i get to have so much and put in contribution to a story i feel we cover this region better than anyone else working for us as you know it's very challenging the body but to be there because you have a lot of people that are divided on political issues we are we the people we live to tell the real stories are just mended used to deliver in-depth journalism we don't feel in favor to the audience across the globe. a nation where corruption is endemic now embroiled in a battle to hold the power to account. how has this radical transformation occurred. i mean nobody i mean if you want to shedding light on the romanians pressing for change and the unconventional methods to eliminate corruption remain people. on al-jazeera. we understand the differences come the similarities of cultures across the world so no

matter what we do to the news and current affairs does that matter to you. iran and italy and mounts tough new measures as coronavirus numbers jump with a newly elected m.p. dying in tehran 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 . allow i maryam namazie in london you're watching al-jazeera also coming up on the program 3 senior saudi princes are reportedly arrested for plotting a coup including the king's younger brother in the former crown prince. and is greek and.