looking at the amount of generation capacity that needs to be built in order to meet the projected demond. and we do have this plan but it's being slow in coming and it's not get implemented in any shape or form yet and furthermore that really looks at logan to m. planning happened 2030 years about a limit of 12 years and there are a immediate short term needs that are not addressed in this plan frank government is at the moment during a request for proposals for short term in emergency power and last year and it's on board member told south africa's parliament that there was a lot of political interference in the pilots and it seemed to the extent that the right decisions weren't always taken why would that be the case. it government has kind of seen. and it's going to see that self because state owned enterprise as being some kind of extension of government policy and it in a kind of an in committing agency for government policy so for example they kept the price of electricity on to see should be low. for the benefit of the social benefit of people in south africa and was also being se

more protests in tehran hundreds demond to the british ambassador be kicked out while others rally against iran's government. the president did say when there was a potential he didn't cite a specific piece of evidence and all this says more questions are being raised about the threat cited by donald trump to justify the killing of iranian general custom solomon. hello there again i missed on the attainments as al jazeera live from tire also coming up more lava and ash from an erupting volcano in the philippines that's forced thousands to flee and shut down the as airports. and german engineering giant siemens of sticks with a controversial coal mine project in a strain yet despite a backlash from climate activists. now there have been protests across iran for a 2nd day increasing pressure on its leaders after they admitted the military accidentally shot down a ukrainian airliner but there have also been rallies against the u.k. by those who say its government is trying to stir up chaos and on the diplomatic front castle's amir has arrived in tehran pushing for talks to resolve the crisis

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 season. and what about the wider asia region how far has this virus spread. before i mention that i just want to say i've been speaking to a doctor adrian who represents 6000 doctors working in the public sector here in hong kong and she says you know in a good month occupancy rate in hospitals is about 9899 percent so she questions actually whether hong kong is capable of actually handling a major outbreak we have to remember that you know the hong kong china border is one of the busiest in the world hundreds of thousands cross backwards and forwards every