that claim we don't know what's going to happen just yet but obviously interesting days ahead adrian scott many thanks i was in a scott high to there live in bangkok turkey is accusing saudi arabia of not being transparent when it comes to the investigation into the murder of the journalist jamal show jeep and cross says its findings are in line with the u.n. human rights envoy investigating the case special reports of a column and says that she's death was a brutal premeditated killing planned and perpetrated by saudi officials she's been on a week long mission to turkey to examine the evidence will this as a new report in the new york times says that the saudi crown prince threatened to go after jamal has shown she in twenty seventeen according to the reports ahmed been some and told an aide that he would use a bullet against the journalist if he didn't return home and in his criticism of the kingdom the conversation was intercepted by u.s. intelligence agencies to show she was murdered inside the saudi consulate in istanbul in october of last year stephanie decker reports now from istan

adrian, scott hyde, the reporting, live from bangkok scott, many thanks. indeed, iran's leader is urging the u.s. president elect to condemn the last 4 years of american foreign policy. rouhani says that the trumpet, ministration, has committed terrible crimes against iran. he says that joe biden needs to correct and compensate for the past government's decisions. let's go live wrong, said what else to the president? well, it was an opportunity for him to really attack the trumpet ministration, but also reach out to president elect joe biden, and encourage him to return back to the joint comprehensive plan of action, which is the 2015 nuclear deal president hassan rouhani has said that great crimes have been committed against the iranian nation by the trumpet ministration, including denying them a $5000000000.00 loan from the international monetary fund to combat the covert pandemic. now he said that iran's policy was clear that a reduction in tensions would be met with rejections intentions, actions for actions commitments for commitments and respect for

gathered here later they're characterizing it as a sit in that should happen in about the next hour adrian and scott what's been the reaction now that but the house and the senate have passed this hong kong democracy act in the states. well the government here in hong kong came out almost immediately and condemned the passage of the bill in both the senate and now we know in the house of the what's left to be signed by president coming out of beijing demanded actually that he vetoes presence of. that bill but also here the local government came up pretty quickly condemned it saying this is internal matter for hongkong and these bills are really only making things worse for the situation actually feeling the fire it kind of has a knock on effect we've seen in the markets in china and here in hong kong dipping a little bit lower today for the 2nd day because there's concern that if this bill moves forward it will have economic implications and that could prompt retaliation china and the united states when it comes to ongoing trade wars are going to knock on effect on the economy as it already has here

each masters event at least twice this is unwelcome news for him after his duties did adrian balkans which was scott talk to him 3 other players tested positive for. cycling is delayed top of france has begun in nice despite rising numbers of coronavirus cases across the country fans were allowed to line the route on the 1st of its 21 stages on saturday riders will face covered test 2 out of which ends in paris on september 20 and eating the records more than one positive test will be expelled from the rice stage one was won by norwegian sprinter alexander christophe . and let's finish on a really good 2 story japanese olympic hopeful. has returned to competitive swimming after having treatment for leukemia for more than a year the 20 year old won 6 gold medals 2 years ago at the games in jakarta and was a favorite for the olympics in tokyo before she fell she's not expecting to try to qualify for niche matches delayed games but could target the 2024 olympics in paris . marked a competitive return to the pole of the 50 metres freestyle heat in a local weight in tokyo and more than 2 seconds slower t

or oh thanks so much for that update there from scott continue this though with adrian brownies in hong kong outside a theme park has now been shut down to prevent the spread of coronavirus so clearly the economy they're taking a hit. that's right some eon not actually outside that theme park i mean anymore we're actually in the center of hong kong where a short time ago officials from the hospital authority and the health department met the media to provide an update and they say in fact that the number of suspected cases has now gone up by 77 taking it to more than 380 suspected cases and the number of confirmed cases have risen from $5.00 to $6.00 also another confirmed case in macau taking the total there to 3 the hospital 30 also say they are readying another quarantine center turning a former holiday camp into a quarantine center and we've also heard from a microbiologist who was talking yesterday he says that he believes there are number of undetected cases in hong kong now some experts are now warning the incubation period for this virus could be up to 14 days so it's possible t

people adrian brown al-jazeera hong kong and for more on that public acknowledgement adrian was mentioning let's bring in scott heiler he's joining us from beijing so the leaders in china as we're hearing they're calling this epidemic as a major test the china system what were they saying and what are we to read into these comments scott. yes absolutely the top 7 leaders of this nation led by president xi jinping had another very rare standing committee of the pullup euro meeting and out of that they said they were short comings and that there were difficulties in the early stages of dealing with this coronavirus crisis and they're carrying the way through they're trying to correct as much as they can they said that and they say they there are systems that need to be corrected and improved that's quite a rare admission from the very top government officials here in the central government here in beijing that what's going to be interesting moving forward ok they are saying this this is they say this is a difficult situation what are they going to do to change things we do know now what they're trying to do is b

away from the protests which marred what was never going to be a day of celebration adrian brown al-jazeera hong kong. scott hi liz live from the school of the teenager who was shot by police during protests. we seem to be something of a crossroads when it comes to the process that we know. particularly after the firing of live rounds against demonstrations where do we stand. yes and where in front of a secondary school that you and you can tended now something amazing here just over the last hour or 2 you know hundreds were gathering out front it's a bit empty out here now that's because they are now inside the secondary school the principal came out addressed the crowd for a little bit and then they brought them in for into the assembly hall so they could have a discussion almost immediately after the principal came out he brought them in so it's quite an amazing feat for this principal he is just the principal of the school secondary school where this shooting victim attended he's brought them in these people a lot of them themselves alumni of this secondary school they were out here protesting they're i

their anger but we'll find out how beijing is looking at those developments with adrian brown in a bit but 1st let's talk to scott hide and hong kong. scott you outside the legislative council we've already seen riot police deployed that this morning is there a concern about further violence especially given those numbers. council building known as let's go is that block building behind me you'll see in front of that black building at least on this side there are thousands of protesters and we've been here for over an hour and there's been a steady stream of protesters gathering this group back here they've also been dragging the gates and coridon is in front of them as well that is because mainly 200 meters down this road behind the camera riot police have started to stage about the same time a 90 minutes ago i would say dozens at this stage so right now obviously this is a point where there could be some kind of confrontation you know we have seen a scuffle we saw scuffles sunday night during that 1000000 person protest here around let's go right now there haven't been any scuffles we know that a few 100 protes

be punished that amounts to a public acknowledgement that they failed the people adrian brown al-jazeera hong kong scott hyder is in beijing he explains how chinese officials are reacting to criticism of their response to the virus. you know they've said that their short comings and difficulties in the way that they've dealt with this so far you know that that kind of goes from the low levels of government all the way up to the 7 most powerful leaders here in china know 2 times since this crisis has really surfaced over the last 10 days the pope or a standing committee has met that's the 7 most powerful leaders in this nation led by xi jinping the president and they met just within the last 32 hours 24 hours and they said that there were short comings and problems with the way that this was handled so obviously that's a big admission now later in the day we heard from the health commission the national health commission and they said that they do not yet see what they called a turning point a century when the numbers of those infected and deaths related to corona virus they haven't plateaued or they hav

from the protests which marred what was never going to be a day of celebration adrian brown al-jazeera hong kong or scott hyder is live at the queen elizabeth hospital in hong kong where the protester who was shot is being treated firstly scots the shooting marks a negative milestone and in the 4 months now are protests where do we stand after some of the worst violence seen so far. yes the student a teenage student was transferred yesterday this had the shooting happened late afternoon on tuesday the student was transferred from the initial hospital he was taken to to queen elizabeth here we know that he went underwent surgery late in the afternoon on tuesday we're also hearing that family and friends of school friends came to visit him at this hospital late on tuesday now what's going to be interesting as we see things moving forward how things will involve you know this is the morning after if you will we saw agents report that it was widespread violence some of the worst violence we've seen in these nearly 4 months of protest during this period what's going to be interesting is to see how both sides

outbreak and overcrowding hospitals there continue to plea for more supplies and staff scott either al-jazeera beijing. adrian brown is in hong kong hey explains what messes the territory is taking. the number of suspected cases has now gone up by 77 taking it to more than 380 suspected cases and the number of confirmed cases have risen from 5 to 6 also another confirmed case in macau taking the total there to 3 the hospital 30 also say they are readying another quarantine center turning a former holiday camp into a quarantine center and we've also heard from a microbiologist who was talking yesterday he says that he believes there are number of undetected cases in hong kong now some experts are now warning of the incubation period for this virus could be up to 14 days so it's possible that somebody who was in 2 weeks ago is now in hong kong and could have the virus now in response to the spreading virus the hong kong authorities have announced that a number of big tourist attractions in hong kong are going to close for the forseeable future that includes the ocean park theme park and also the big disney them

to be said no deaths in hong kong all right thank you for that adrian brown in hong kong well from hong kong let's go to beijing now scotthyder is our correspondent there he's got the details on the restrictions that are being put in place on the mainland. we're looking at almost $50000000.00 people on a lockdown in central china we're hearing too that some of the train service here into beijing is going to start to be limited even further now this is a concern because we're looking at you know an extended lunar new year but it's coming to an end toward the end of the week and when you look at the train stations here a lot of people are coming back early even though that holiday has been extended because they're worried that there's going to be even more restrictions on the train service here into the capital so that's a concern to the what's becoming to look like an airlift by some nations of their citizens out of the epicenter of this coronavirus and will han we know that the united states is evacuating its consulate in the coming hours by aircraft they're also going to let citizens and he says that they can fit in wha

on saturday to give all those people time as i say to prepare adrian brown live in hong kong thank you very much indeed well al-jazeera scott. sideline has been speaking to one particular family from shanghai they're currently stuck in and because they're not able to leave let's hear what he found out. trying to make the best of the lockdown. and his family travel to hahn for them or new year even once the coronavirus locked down and they were face an additional 14 day quarantine when they get back home to shanghai like millions of other chinese across the country the children might be smiling but the adults are very concerned. how you feel what do what do you want to tell people out there how you feel and what it's like so i think every 60 is just the 1st to want to since it's funny. as it was and not. just don't. know that you know no you know it's doctor. 2 to 2 treaty and that's something he has had to speak with these children about age 2 to 13 i'm going to answer is serious and this is always hard to do. since. this is the 1st schools photos to show the empty streets of will haunt but the shelves in the supermarkets a

hello i'm adrian for the get this is the live from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes scott put the brakes quarantine mandatory for travelers from spain as the corona virus infection rates triples couple india. packed up and leaving china u.s. diplomats to pop their closed consulate in chengdu as relations the deteriorates. the u.s. military says it has proof that russia is violating the u.n. so the u.n. on's a brother in libya. but in russia's far east protests present a rare public challenge to president vladimir putin and his 4 west indian hopes of a 1st series win in england for more than 3 decades if he can hit the home scene moving into a strong position on day 2 of the deciding test. breaking news this hour scotland is to reimpose a 14 day quarantine on travelers returning from spain 1st but a cynical assertion says that she's advise in caution about all non-essential foreign travel as guidelines can change at short notice this is night clubs at the vent holes are being closed down again in barcelona and elsewhere across the spanish region of couple odia have been more than $

to touch a bottle standing by for us in paris adrian brown is live for us in hong kong which is just to clear the health emergency but 1st let's go to scott hyla who is in beijing scott chinese new year celebrations going ahead despite the threat from this corona virus but they will be muted to say the least this year. absolutely yes and we've been to a couple of parks in here on the streets here in beijing and it's a very very quiet day this would normally be a time when people would come out they did their spending time with their families but they would come out for these festivals and in fairs that normally would be held at the parks and around here the capital beijing but that is not happening today here it's not happening across the country as well obviously because of the concern of this coronavirus being spread even further and what's raising part of that concern is that there are indications strong indications that people can be asymptomatic yet still carrying this coronavirus another words so it might be carrying it in unwillingly pass it on to others before they know they actually have it so obviously taking every precaution he

scott had an al-jazeera beijing. well let's go live to hong kong now our correspondent there is a.j. and brown and adrian behind you is that cruise liner is this the cruise liner that was turned away by taiwan that is the same one yes under leaden skies here in hong kong sits the dreamworld here in hong kong harbor this festival is at the center of the latest virus scare because of the previous 4 digit made between january the 21st and 25th when the vessel returned on january 25th authorities had no idea that on board with 3 people who had in fact been infected with the virus that confirmation came from mainland authorities on wednesday morning so the alert went out what we don't know martine which is what concerns the authorities in hong kong right now is the fate of 200 people from hong kong who got off the cruise liner on the 25th of january so that was before we had confirmation of those 3 infections now as you pointed out in your introduction hong kong is now basically invoking the emergency powers to prevent anyone coming into hong kong from the mainland that includes incidentally thousands of hong

scott can tell us more. what's happening in thailand the country had been weathering the pandemic pretty well until now. it had adrian and that was something that the government here was very very proud of is that they were able to contain the spread of the you know this is as you mentioned this is the 3rd wave the 1st 2 waves weren't that big compared to you know the rest of the world obviously and even this 3rd wave which is the worst here in the country still isn't that big when you look at other nations but it is big for here and there are a couple of reasons for that as you mentioned 50 over 1500 cases new cases today thursday that's the 4th record daily record set just this week so very concerning for the people of thailand and for the government now the government is getting a lot of criticism before they are being heralded for their ability to contain the virus but what the criticism is focusing on right now is is the vaccine program less than one half of one percent of the 69000000 people here in thailand have been vaccinated so a lot of the critics are saying a lot of the criticism of this is coming from th

all right scott by thanks indeed scott i live in beijing let's go to hong kong when i was there as a dream brown is the what's happening where you are a drain. well adrian to set the scene for you i'm at a flower market in causeway bay in central hong kong this is an annual lunar new year event but as you can see saw fewer people here this year various reasons is that the virus of course and also the ongoing political protests here in hong kong now we do have more than $200.00 suspected virus cases here in hong kong we have 2 people confirmed with the virus and we've been hearing today from the hospital authority of hong kong outlining the challenges they face in trying to ensure they have enough beds to cope with demond if indeed this fire is spreads and continues to spread here. yesterday we have more than 5000. and 10 this. medical been see rate is 97 percent and she is quite full but not as full as the peak of the winter so right now is slightly better but we are we perceive that after. the long holiday usually there will be for this. amount not just from the isolation that but from the other things like the fruits in terms. of the kind of the seaso

now scott thank you scott hyla there live in beijing well leading for all ages in hong kong there warning that the outbreak is was some what the chinese government is saying adrian brown has more. we've been hearing the softer noone from caprio long he's a leading epidemiologist he is the head and he's the dean of hong kong university's medical medical faculty and he basically says based on commuter computer modeling that they've been using as other experts are around the world right now he estimates that in fact 44000 people have been infected by this virus in who hand and he also says that the rate of infection will double every 6 to 7 days so again this is based on computer modeling it doesn't mean it's necessarily going to happen but he said it is their forecast as sort of worst case scenario you might say so these are alarmed words coming from hong kong and they appear to in a sense contradict what the world health organization has been saying because the world health organization so far hasn't felt compelled to declare an international public health alert the experts in hong kong are saying that draconian measures will be needed not just by hong kong's gov

that adrian brown live for us in beijing now to counter china's growing influence in the south pacific australia's prime minister says he wants to step up his country's engagement there recently scott morrison visited the tiny island of vanuatu where he discussed how the two countries can work closer together andrew thomas reports from port vila in vanuatu for. most road works around are overseen by someone from china and it's money from china that is paying for this either through loans on generous terms or as are you there by a huge convention center paid for by china is having its car park resurfaced across pacific island countries state link chinese companies are becoming increasingly active china has been around for a long time but the nature of its engagement has definitely changed in the last few years both in terms of the quantity and the diversification analysts see projects like the u.s. as a way for china to win friends and with those recipient countries help project its power and influence we continue to try to maximise the opportunities for development for our country and also of course we are happy to support aspirations of friends when they need us to support them wi

scott either al-jazeera beijing. hong kong hong kong has declared a health emergency over the outbreak of the virus let's go live there now as a tree and brown can tell us more adrian about what exactly has been declared. yes indeed adrian kerry hong kong's chief executive has decided this health crisis is serious enough to raise it to the emergency category now that followed a meeting with key advisors including some of hong kong's top medical experts that meeting was convened just after kerry am i arrived back from davos in switzerland where she's been attending the world economic forum now in addition to the various measures announced today kerry didn't decide to impose a temporary closure of the border between hong kong and china even if she had wanted to it's doubtful that her political masters in beijing would have allowed it instead she's decided to embark on other measures including requiring all visitors from the mainland to sign and fill in health declaration forms this will apply to people entering hong kong by rail train plane and boat she's also going to extend the school holidays for universities kindergartens and schools until the middle of february