in an environment driven by trends where lispunds plea may close may become the ultimate fashion statement. the. the a. a jump a new coronavirus cases in south korea the days of slowing infections. britain's junior health minister nadine dorries test positive because at 19 the alberich spreads for. i'm convinced all this is all just there live from doha also coming up. it's already forces used tear gas and live fire to disperse palestinian protesters trying to fend off illegal settlers in the occupied west bank pass. to come back to the shoulder station. joe biden pulls off a string of wins to take

a dominant leader of the baddies that is in the race for the democratic presidential nomination. but we begin with the corona virus that spread to more than 100 countries across 6 continents south korea is especially hard hit more than 200 new cases have been reported there many of them medical center in the capital south korea has the highest number of infections in asia outside china the crisis there seems to be easing with fewer new cases and deaths reported the government is allowing some companies to reopen in ruhani the epicenter of the outbreak in the u.s. a number of infections has increased with more than a 1000 now confirmed the national guard has been deployed and a new york city suburb sealed off after a cluster of cases were reported person's health minister is a victim. to the national health service is contacting people who've been in

contact with nadine dorries well stephen baba is a professor and political economist at regents university london he joins us via skype and as they were happening good morning this is all happening with the background of course of the budget being unveiled today there are a lot of things for the government to balance head talk us through that. yesterday and. the budget which is one of the main parliamentary occasions of the year takes place with what you might see as a rookie chancellor chances are you've been in post for 4 weeks already had 2 big important backdrops to the decisions that need to be taken one of these of course post breaks at britain and starting to set out that economic agenda and the other which is allied to that is the fact that of course boris johnson won a majority government election in december on the back of those very same people who had voted leave many constituencies in the north of the midlands who haven't

voted conservative before and they're expecting something quite significant out of this budget so what you're seeing is. the trailing of significant increases in spending including around infrastructure. road rail broadband which is of course a longer term measure. what we now have these this crisis the corona crisis which is not only a threat to health which of course it is but it's also a threat to the economic wellbeing of britain and in other countries as well do you anticipate there being a lot of last minute measures announced in tens of dealing with the i'll break. yes well because you never know how last minute they are because the chancellor announces those measures to the house of commons but you can really imagine that

many of these things will have been. drafted really right up until the moment that the speech is put together. the corona virus has now. stretched into government to be have a. health mason $100.00 who has tested positive for it so that that impact of it is starting to make its self felt so i think at the very least we'll start to see the chancellor being very generous in terms of spending. additional funds in terms of the n.h.s. . does that does that go further do we do we see other emergency measures will be the question that support small businesses support those who are on wages rather than salaries those that are expected to self quarantine if they if they feel ill but of course would be paid to live the extensions of sick pay and things like that thank you that bad staff and bob are there at faster and political economist at regents university thank you. or mcbride is in the south korean capital he says

there are concerns the illness could spread further insult. after more than a week of gradually declining daily cases being reported it was really leading to a feeling here that south korea had got this under control and then we get this bike and it is due in large part to a cluster that has sprung up here in the capital seoul and based around this call center now people started to detect a trends that call center workers were falling sick they started to do widespread testing and have discovered a 93 cases now at this one call center either workers or their immediate family or acquaintances and friends and the concern is that this is the biggest cluster that we have had in the sole area and the sole greater sole metropolitan area which includes the capital but also surrounding cities such as insurance is an area that

comprises 25000000 people this call center was in a part of the city that has served extremely well by subway systems by trains so there is a real concern of there you had for a time at least hundreds of calls sent to workers coming to and from work using all of these means of public transport so we can expect to see more cases it's feared on the positive side this is happened fairly recently in the past few days so it is a time obviously of heightened awareness there are less people traveling more people have been staying at home if people have been traveling they're been extremely conscious about wearing masks about keeping distance from fellow passengers and and so on so the hope is that the authorities here the medical services and all of the testing infrastructure that is in place has moved quickly enough to contain that and china easing restrictions in here by a province the epicenter of the operate between you is in the chinese capital with

more on what that means for the millions of people in the lock down area. we've heard in the last 24 hours 24 new cases reported in 22 deaths but what's significant about this number of the 24 new cases 10 of those new cases were imported primarily from italy and a province the epicenter of the virus itself there were at least 13 new cases reported which is very significant thing as we had more than a 1000 just a couple of weeks ago every day reported and it seems that who a province itself is starting to ease the lockdown the province has been divided into 3 zones a red zone a high risk zone which includes the at the center the city of new high and a yellow zone a medium risk zone and a green zone more of the outskirts of the province and so in the green zone all workplaces of as far as we know are able to go back to work except for entertainment venues or entertainment related businesses in the yellow or the medium risk zone more businesses are allowed and in. that area the high risk is are

in essential public services or only will be allowed to go back that also seems to include companies which are involved in global supply chain and we've just heard that honda the car maker is starting to also resume some of its operations in the lockdown is still technically in place because nora but he is able to leave a province as yet and nobody's able to enter so really what this means is that if you have a green code you're able to move around within your city or within your county so it's still very much locked down in place but this system at least is providing relief to. people who have been confined essentially to their residential compounds for the last few weeks. israeli forces in the occupied west bank of used tear gas and rubber coated bullets to disperse palestinian protesters. the activists were kept overnight on our mountain near the city of nablus to fend off illegal israeli settlers were trying to use the location to establish an

outpost palestinian help for parties say 17 people have been injured including a teenager who's in critical condition it for him is in ramallah in the occupied west bank need or what more can you tell us. reporting 2 medical sources 2 people now are in a critical condition one of which has been shot in the head by a live ammunition and the other but other coated bullets confrontations are still ongoing in the town where palestinians are saying they feel or they say they have seen israeli settlers trying to go to the mountains to use it as a future outpost just for context used to the israelis would go to certain locations in the occupied west bank they would start building a caravan they would stay there for a while and then that outpost usually turns into a settlement of course old settlements are illegal under international law but for

posting is they're saying that settler attacks have been increasing settler attacks on people and on land and they've went in the early hours of the morning to try and defend those areas to try and push away those seculars whenever they come and they said that today israeli if you it has have used extreme power against them to kind of this person that sits in as we know from the un's ochoa organizations attacks by settlers have been increasing again palestinian citizens and just in this beginning of this year the culture has recorded 34 attacks against palestinians so they're saying this is the way for us to defend what is left of the pie just like take that need abraham there live from ramallah well you know

sadat is the director of international relations and media for the khaled i say sion and war resistance commission which is affiliated with the p.l.o. he says protesters were given no warning from israeli forces. at about 5 am all of a sudden we have found i was. surrounded from all sides by his lens exhibition. of your vision forces. who have gone the area where we have been sitting and we read in a group setting out on fire because it was very cold night and they did not need even a small warning nothing at all and started with extreme power they have used live ammunition they have used the coated with a bullet they have used toxic tear gas clouds of tear gas sundry nade and they were shooting directly at people face to face i have seen many people were shot directly the gun was at a certain kind of the body or the part of the body and shot immediately and i don't

know whether it was. about quite a bit of bullets or a. lot i mentioned but 2 very critical set of conditions and that i think the numbers now i have seen a soldier put that gun point on the head of the palestinian teen called islam is 22 years old and he shot him twice in the head. still ahead on al-jazeera a disgraced. final attempt to overturn his conviction for child sex abuse. a wave of deadly violence in cameroon we speak to the man claiming responsibility for the attacks. hello and welcome to our international weather forecasts are 2 main features in the

weather across europe unsettled conditions across more western areas and the warm still in evidence across eastern and southern parts of europe and that warmth you see there bucharest 16 care of 10 moscow 8 degrees and temperatures on the way up meanwhile out across more western areas but he'll settle towards u.k. windy with showers long spells of rain and a weather front strung out across the low countries into germany and further east towards austria which is going to be very slow moving over the next a few days and so we could see quite significant rainfall accumulations here over a period of time for some of the rivers may well be affected by this but you know so the forecast for thursday has bucharest there 19 degrees kiev 14 is a very warm indeed fine across the eastern parts of europe now as we head down into northern and central parts of africa around the gulf of guinea region we've had some fairly heavy showers the lower there in the ivory coast $123.00 millimeters of rain just 24 hours but the main feature of interest here is the cold air pushing

down from the north so we've got these northerly winds along the coast of libya but that's going to push all the way south all the way into northern parts of china and we're going to see a big drop in temperature here over the next few days. the u.n. fact finders accused of burma's military genocide this is a political. if you think. do you believe the undervote is a clash. of 2 going on they. would both recognize the both sides have legitimate grievances against the other. this is the foundation of climate back then and this is why the polluters must be hard hitting debate with our. own al-jazeera.

you're watching al-jazeera a reminder of our top stories this hour after days of slow and corona virus infections in south korea has reported a spike in new cases more than 90 come from a call center in the capital seoul the government has urged many organizations to take extra measures. health minister has become the 1st british politician to test positive for corona virus the dean there is no self isolation she was at an event to the prime minister's residence earlier in the week. israeli forces in the occupied west bank of news tear gas and rubber coated bullets to disperse palestinian protesters at least 17 people have been would it be activists were camped out overnight on our own my mountain near the city of nablus to fend off and legal israeli settlers trying to use the location to establish an outpost. for more

now on our top story the global fallout of the coronavirus outbreak even leaders have failed to set up a $28000000000.00 investment fund to protect the blocks economy from the corona virus outbreak italy is at the forefront of the crisis with its entire population of 60000000 subject to survey restrictions on travel and public gatherings brennan reports. a pan european crisis would normally see e.u. leaders racing to meet in brussels but concern about possible infection meant an emergency video conference instead the outcome of this rare virtual meeting a multi $1000000000.00 european investment fund to support health care jobs and small businesses. we will bring forward a corona response investment fund directed at the health care systems

directed at as a s m e's and as a labor market at the labor markets and other vulnerable parts of our economies the instrument will be sizable and reach 25000000000 euros quickly all 27 e.u. nations have now registered the presence of the virus and there's a keen awareness that the crisis in italy may happen elsewhere for the next 3 weeks at least 60000000 italians will be encouraged to remain behind closed doors as much as possible with restrictions on travel and group gatherings sure to affect their daily lives few will go to work none will go to school or university or will hope that if they get the virus they can recover at home without having to make use of italy's vastly overstretched health system the costs a clear from the tourist sites roads near empty and impressive piazzas deserted how sustainable is all this for a country already on the edge of recession how effective are these measures anyway

we can't necessarily say what happens in one country always ups and happens in another country but there are really really important things that china has taught us they had an enormous outbreak vast numbers of cases and they took very very strong measures when you look at the epidemiological curve it was going up like this the numbers and then it starts to flat when they took those actions and has come down very very steeply and yes we want to see that happen in other countries after italy france is europe's next worst affected country president macron urged calm but said the country's epidemic is only just beginning france and germany have been relatively restrained in the measures they've imposed so far some school closures and restrictions on sports events and public gatherings spain has closed schools in the capital madrid. ed and suspended its lower house of parliament after an m.p. tested positive and greece has closed all schools and universities for 2 weeks

they're almost 0 and we're now taking care of the children and the grandparents who are the people with the highest risk is if things get complicated because we have to combine our personal life with our work life it's complicated everyone must prepare to incorporate coronavirus into their daily lives now it's not easy if you're the prime minister of the netherlands who announced an official policy of no handshakes before promptly leaning over and shaking hands. also given your silly story think the job over over over paul brennan al-jazeera. afghanistan's president bush afghani has signed a decree that paves the way for the release of some taliban prisoners 1500 will be freed within 15 days return the taliban will hand over 1000 afghan troops and talk to the move will lead to talks between the group and the government the un security council has passed a resolution supporting the deal. i made this life for us in kabul so what does this all mean for those in traffic and talks going forward.

well it should pave the way forward in traffic and talks to start now the taliban have been saying that they wanted all the 5000 prisoners to be released before any negotiations start now it seems through decree that was issued by president that you will have a 1st batch of $1500.00 that would be released starting saturday $100.00 per day and after that once to talk start then you will have $500.00 others released every 2 weeks we haven't heard back from the taliban should as well a lot of negotiations going on actually for me to accept issue. 3 we'll see what the taliban have to say but they seem to indicate that they will respect their part of the release their 1000 prisoners as also guaranteed by.

it's not clear at this point if they do it did one go or also do it in a staggered way but we'll have to wait and see was their response to disagree and are there were also some concerns about how the process would play out given that there were claims by abdullah abdullah that he won the presidency so where are things that there. well that is probably the biggest challenge yet and it's not resolved at this point. that the u.s. envoy has been shuttling really between the 2 men are 70 and try to trying to find a compromise actually on the good. of our 70 was postponed by several hours because until the last minute he was trying to avoid this situation where you had 2 people who were who were being both inaugurated as president one in an official capacity and. if i could put it that way self-proclaimed president

a demo meant there is no solution and maybe the divisions are growing deeper yesterday for example former president hamid karzai has refused to meet with. stating that that has been taking part in this dispute meaning. when to the inauguration of a shovel hani so certainly that remains the biggest challenge i 70 says he is going to form a team to go to these negotiations apparently now in doha but that include everybody including members of the camp and at this stage it's not very clear if that will happen or who will be part of that team thank you for that does there need their life from kabul. joe biden has cemented his frontrunner status in the race to win the democratic nomination for the u.s. presidency the former vice president has won primaries in the us states of

mississippi missouri and idaho as well as the key state of michigan i'll just. as on the reports from detroit. joe biden at his last campaign rally michigan implored people to get out and vote for him but he did these are some of the voters that helped him win michigan making him the undisputed front runner for the democratic nomination i want to thank bernie sanders who supported through their tireless energy and their passion we share a common goal and together we will defeat. with the freedom to get. hope to endorsement from senators comma harris and cory booker would help him maintain his overwhelming support from black voters it worked. because right now everybody. is going to be strong 2 men who can be true who did you vote for today joe biden. because he already was in office so he already has

a fill about what goes on well leadership is what this country need and what it takes to be a successful country bernie sanders campaigned heavily in michigan many on his team saw it as he must win money but exit poll shows sanders overwhelming support from young voters wasn't nearly enough and this was supposed to be a day that bernie sanders revived his campaign and regained momentum but clearly neither happened here at this bernie sanders watch party in detroit they were hoping it was going to be a victory but it wasn't really his supporters consoled one another and spoke as if his campaign might be over but also trying to remain upbeat the central theme of this whole campaign is the this is larger than one person as long. the one night in florida the one quote. for me i think is that the senators will fighting for clean air clean water to the right of i think those are guys that are going to. be. one

campaign cycle so you know it was all isn't exactly what. they were excited to see what what happens now. it's now clear that the tipping in favor of a presidential election between joe biden and donald trump. which is evil detroit. historically has highest court is hearing a final appeal from the disgraced roman catholic cardinal george pell to overturn his sex abuse conviction the former archbishop of melbourne is serving a 6 year jail sentence for molesting 2 choir boys in the 1990 s. even went to rome as the vatican treasurer for pope francis the 78 year olds is the highest ranking catholic convicted so far in the sex abuse scandal which has shaken the church's reputation worldwide i reporter nick clegg age has more from the capital canberra. it was in. a light 28 chain when

a cheery found guilty of sexually abusing. quiet boys in a kit in the toria now last year the victorian court of appeal dismissed his lawyer as fine but to try and quash his conviction and that's how we've ended up here in the high court so today has really been about his lawyer is saying we do not believe that the victorian court of appeal was correct in holding that conviction and they've really focused on the timing of when these abuses could in the could age roll it was on the morning of sunday mass in a busy area they say and they also questioned the reliability of a witness we need to remember that george pell convicted sex offender behind is still a cardinal and that's a separate process within the church of all of that to be changed to the point so

it has not just gone it's the issue of george pell and he said we need to let the legal courts run toward and exhaust all appeal options before a decision is made and we're nearly there i mean a decision won't be made or that the next 2 days of the hearing will it's unlikely that that will happen it could take months. leader of one of the many armed groups fighting for independence and camera road is claiming responsibility for attacks there security checkpoints were fired at home tuesday following a bomb blast on sunday separatists an english speaking regions began their fight to break away from the french speaking majority 3 years ago and create their own country called amazonia the leader of the embers only in defense force has given an exclusive interview to our reporter nicholas huck. the moment just before sunday's attack. prison guards from the women's jail where armed

separatists are locked up are marching to governor takes to the podium praising cameron's government and then this. panic as an improvised explosive device detonate one soldier is killed instantaneously scores are injured mostly members of the security forces armed separatists from the english speaking region claimed responsibility for the attack they want to break away from cameroon to create their own country amazonia there are more than 20 armed separatists groups active in the english speaking regions of cameroon at the moment rarely do they make public declarations very they can get detected by cameroonian security forces the leader of one of these groups the defense force has agreed to talk to us . about cho lucas admits his armed group is behind the killings of hundreds of cameroon. we have a right to existence with. dignity and come home. to me

the. human rights watch accuses cameroon's rapid intervention brigade operating in the english speaking regions of killing civilians and burning their homes there were people who were burned alive and many of them will be men and children so whole families like killed so it's i think is the brutality in the manner in which it happened it seems like the we have been it was deliberate it's just like casualties all. the force is trained in managed by former israeli naval forces officers stationed inside the presidency the government denying any wrongdoing. which started off as a peaceful movement against the government insisting on having french teachers in schools in the english speaking regions has turned into a violent separatist. more than

a 1000000 are displaced and thousands have been killed with many others caught in a spiral of violence. al-jazeera. this is al jazeera and these are the top stories today's of slowing corona virus infections south korea has reported a spike in new cases more than 90 come from a call center in the capital seoul the government has urged many organizations to take extreme measures a health minister has become the 1st british politician to test positive for corona virus the dangerous is now isolating she was at an event at a prime minister's residence there in the wake. it's already forces in the occupied west bank have used tear gas and rubber coated bullets to disperse palestinian protesters at least 17 people if they mooned it the activists were camped of a night on automatic mountain and the city of nablus to fend off

a legal israeli settlers trying to use the location to establish an outpost it bring him has more from ramallah in the occupied west bank palestinians see they're trying to save their lands from illegal israeli settlements you do need that close with august 3rd to location of a corridor to to if it becomes an out who meaning that it's not recognized by the israeli government however it's still considered illegal under international law and then we've seen many of those who turn into settlements that are organized by story that the recognized by the israeli government are given services they are using the infrastructure as well as resources from palestinian cities and towns afghanistan's president has signed a decree that paves the way for the release of some taliban prisoners $1500.00 will be freed within 15 days and return the taliban will hand over $1000.00 afghan

troops it's hoped the move will lead to talks between the group and the government joe biden has cemented his frontrunner status in the democratic party's race for the white house the former u.s. vice president one tuesday's primaries in the key state of michigan as well as mississippi missouri and idaho australia's highest courses here in a final appeal from the disgraced roman catholic cardinal george pell to overturn his sex abuse conviction the former archbishop of melbourne is serving a 6 year jail sentence for molesting 2 choir boys in the 1990 s. . those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after the stream stay with us. to al-jazeera we talk about 2 of the biggest problems facing and they are the endemic corruption and we listen so if you replace china as an enemy of ours and that's really bad news we meet with global news makers and tweak

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