simona: never say never.ughter] simona: i think it is the peak , but we heard that the fed is looking at about $1.5 trillion in reserves as a minimum, so i think they will boosting the start balance sheet again before very long. timing, a little bit to be decided on that one. guy: timing is important, though , because the equity market believes that the buying that is being done, particularly to support the repo market, has had qe-likeffects -- had effects. if the market believes that has had qe-like effects, presumably you will see risk assets falling. simona: in my mind, it has qe-like effects in that anytime you are looking to inject liquidity into the system, through almost whichever metric or channel of injection, the end effect is more liquidity, whether you do it in rate cuts, through balance sheet expansion. there are two issues in terms of what happens if you stop this process. one is what was the magnitude of the initial liquidity injection. therefore, how severe are the withdrawal symptoms. perhaps

and she won — but we'll tell you how close simona halep was from exiting the dubai championship.come along. cricket on the way later, too, but we'll start in europe where two clubs made their debuts in the european champions league knockouts on wednesday. that didn't hold rb leipzig or atalanta back, though. leipzig were 1—0 winners at tottenham while atalanta stunned valencia 4—1 in the san siro to put one foot in the last eight. all the more impressive given that they had no points from their first three group games. john bennett's been looking back on the night's two matches. it was billed as the biggest night in atalanta's history and it went perfectly. incredible performance was that if you get the chance to watch atalanta, make sure you do because they play some wonderful attacking football. the manager encourages everyone to push forward. they put so many men forward and they deserve their 4—1 win. scoring they deserve their 4—1 win. scoring the first and fourth goal at the neverland international —— netherland's international. the third goal was a curling shot and the kee

thank you for that update simona fulton live for us in baghdad. still ahead on al-jazeera the wait for justice in malawi police are accused of failing to investigate a series of rape allegations against officers and the century long fight to enshrine equal wives in the u.s. constitution is on the very success. hello again it's good to have you back well here across asia we are watching storm after storm making its way from the southwest up here towards the northeast and with a lot of rain when those storms do roll through then we get a little bit of a break and then the next storm will be coming in as well so for japan expect to see the rain increase here on friday as that storm pushes up towards the north down towards the south though very heavy rain across much of china over the next few days and we're going to be seeing the very heavy rain across the northern part of taiwan as we go towards saturday that area of heavy rain starts to make its way towards japan for the next round of rain and that's going to affect much of the ricoh islands as wel

simona: there are more investors willing to go into private capital.ot necessarily private equity. all these big managers are -- in the private private capital spectrum, he was a diversification and away from private equity. and then i think some of the big firms have already reduced private equity components of the firm. but also, i think there will be a larger trend towards spending more money in fewer firms. there will be a dichotomy between the winners and the asers, and investors will put larger amount of capital with the winners. anna: thank you so much, simona, joining us here after we saw the megadeal in the left industry. let's check out what is going on in the markets. we are continuing to see treasuries on the rise, and yields coming down. yields on the u.s. ten-year, 1.9%. it dropped to 1.20, a new record low. that's that tenure. does it have one point -- 1% and beyond? falling for the first time since 2000. we are pushing through some significant numbers here on treasury markets. european equity features suggest we'll be down by 4% or so.

people there are refusing to go back down despite increasing pressure from the authorities and the simona14 reports they want one of their own appointed prime minister. these protestors in the city i have defied bullets kidnappings infiltration attempts and most recently the threat of penalties if they continue their civil disobedience. here are the men of nasiriyah and the proto squares need us we will be there every day they chant after the announcement of mohamed tawfik allawi as iraq's prime minister designate earlier this month of already east and followers of the powerful shia cleric marked it outside or try to and the protests at times using force but while turnout has decreased elsewhere nastiest people have persevered. when we die i think a lot of children you know are the act of we have not reached a much we do know what a controversial prime minister we want someone from our protest movement to understand just how freeing that iraq is when times. there's no shortage of grievances here because it is one of iraq's most marginalized provinces nearly half of its population lives in

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pressure the government to listen to their demands even if it means putting their own future on hold simona 14 i'll just there are. there's concern and controversy in mexico about boys as young as 8 years old being trained to fire guns many communities have set up militias because police a failing to protect them from the drug war and other crime. has a story. these young boys from the mexican state of get a little are learning combat techniques. they are the newest and youngest recruits of the community run militia their ages range from 8 to 12 this is we can't even go outside because the school we used to go to is in another town controlled by criminal gangs and if we go there we could be kidnapped. many of the boys see violence in their communities has grown out of hand they're afraid to go back to school and have traded their textbooks for rifles. i joined the community police force to help my people in my family they've told me a lot about guns and about how to defend. last year there were nearly 1600 homicides registered in good little according to official sources. violence has becom

simona: for me is still the labor market.economy is the core of the economy. it is the most increasingly important share of the economy in developing countries. i think that is where we need to look for lasting vulnerability you can have aat lot of variation in month-to-month spending. sentiment can go down or come back. if you have lasting income, you are in a different scenario where you do not make that up later down the line in the year. what is a big concern is if you have restrictions on mobility, the demographic, the consumer and worker demographic to be the most impact it the most rollerball in the sense -- the most vulnerable in the sense that those people are paid on an hourly basis not only are going to be the most impacted in the first wave, but also the ones who have the least in terms of saving. in aggregate the savings rate looks great in the u.s. at more than 7.5%, but that is a concern. it is because of these worries. the challenge for all policymakers is that every data looks good, but it is what is coming n

simona clean hopes that this could prevent dimentia the professor has been researching the health benefits of computer games for years in one study shalit person suffering from depression play the action game post on x. among those who played brooding a typical sum to me of depression decreased the exact reason still needs to be studied but how healthy can smartphone games be this is being researched at the technical university of darmstadt ph d. students have come up with a type of pac-man game in the real world the game of collects coins while being chased by ghosts whose speed increases or decreases according to the game as fitness. researcher stefan goober's sees a great medical advantage in health games. where once worked out by comparison the conventional therapy doesn't include a pay full aspect and there are certain cognitive exercises like one study that you just have to get through. if you add an aspect of playfulness the chances are you'll have more fun for a longer time and that increases motivation what's yours. the classic health game was developed in the u.s. mission is a ga

top seed simona halep history to the quarter finals of the divide championships remaining in was really tested by 2 this year. after getting battered 61 in the 1st set she came back to win the 2nd 16 i just picked jabber in the 3rd 76 to take the match is looking for her 1st title of the year. meanwhile 2 time grand slam champion darby and is also through to the last stage came through a tough match against russia in the told by 3 sets spaniard began the season ranked as number 36 in the world she's now back to the top 2026 year old is looking for her 1st hurdle since april last year. and 2nd seed caroline a post about how to comfortable straight sets win over christina mather no bitch of france took the church player just under an hour to clinch the win and advance to the last 8. reigning formula one world champion lewis hamilton was the fastest on the 1st day of testing in barcelona ahead of the new season or savings have won the last 6 structures titles so it's no surprise to see them setting the pace at all to his teammates valtteri bottas had been quite this in the morning before t

luxury cosmetics to chinese tourists right now face masks are flying off the shelves pharmacists simona portman how to get more in. the end up until now i thought they were sold out inside a few hours we ordered a 1000 more packs they tore those out of our hands as well they barely arrived in the queue and all the way out the door if you don't get out of here chinese visitors in interlochen certainly means losses for retailers after all the swiss make 80 percent of their watch sales to the chinese but tourist earth already manager or kesler is taking a calm approach. to every crisis there's also an opportunity right now the chinese aren't coming i'm convinced the coronavirus is media hype it'll soon die down through i'm convinced it will all be over in a couple of weeks or so you can just a question of marketing then meaning that even if the coronavirus has led to a cooling of tourism relations the chinese love of switzerland won't be affected in the long term. and finally the international monetary fund says argentina's debt is not sustainable that conclusion comes at the end of a week

and she won — but we'll tell you how close simona halep was from exiting the dubai championship. way later, too, but we'll start in europe where two clubs made their debuts in the european champions league knockouts on wednesday. that didn't hold rb leipzig or atalanta back, though. leipzig were 1—0 winners at tottenham while atalanta stunned

brady will now face the simona halep in the last four.na sa balenka. the 2015 champion actually beat brady in the first round of the australian open and thinks it's going to be a tough against a player with lots of confidence. in the other half of the draw, the number 2 seed karolina pliskova is out, she was beaten in straight sets by elena rybakina. the world number 19 from kazakhstan won 7—6, 6—3, and she'll face petra martic next. just time to update you from wellington. day one of the first test between new zealand and india. india are currently on 95/11. from all of us at the bbc sport centre. thanks for watching. see you next time. hello there. the weather is staying unsettled to end the week and indeed into the weekend we have got more rain at times, also some strong winds, thanks to an active jetstream bringing areas of low pressure in. for friday, it's going to be a very windy day, and most of the rain would be across western hills, across the northern half of the country. here it is on the pressure charts. you can see lots of is

all right thanks so much simona faulty in. well police in london. to 3 people were injured in the stabbing it's mostly poles and police will be called a terrorism related incident. in the. stress of. death and stansell joins us now from london so it will details emerging on the suspect who was shot. yes well 1st of all i would just like to mention that one of the people who are injured is suffering from life threatening injuries in hospital and while police say that the incident itself is over this cordon is still in place a forensic team forensics teams are on the scene here and they're expected to be here through the night to continue their investigation now security sources are saying that this was and is famous for later the talk police confirming within an hour of the incident that this was terrorism related it was after the man was shot police had urged everyone on the streets to take shelter in the various shops here because there was a worry that the suspect an explosive device around his chest or in his. later confirmed that's the explosive

peter: wimbledon champ simona halep is moving on from her defeat at the australian open and reach finalfriday over -- in a victory over american jennifer brady. unable to deal with and wentlep's power, on to the final against kazakhstani.. ethiopian smashes the women's half marathon mark by 20 seconds in the uae, wearing nike shoes featured in several records. they prompted tighter regulations last time. career-highas a 50-points to help the hawks beat the miami heat. the heat were leading late in but atlanta secured the narrow when. miami had lost five of their last six games. we will see you again later for more sports. >> thanks, peter. you are watching the al jazeera news out of -- al jazeera newshour. more news after the break. ♪

in that could be used for spying she failed to mention though what makes america's own fall global simonas network a better alternative. explains now that the impeachment debacle is all wrapped up guess who's going to europe in order to promote one of the trumpet ministrations key policies it's the speech ripper herself nancy pelosi the speaker of the u.s. house of representatives is urging european countries to drop plans to use while away as their 5 g. carrier for the benefit of a few corporations you cannot sell the privacy of the people of your country down the river as i said before it's like having the state police write the chinese state police right in your pocket you see nancy pelosi just cares about your privacy odd that she's one of what edward snowden called the gang of 8 key figures that are overseeing surveillance in the united states is for snowden he did meet with you he did violate the law in terms. of for leasing those documents we don't know. any. odd timing as well it's just been revealed that the cia was the secret owner of a swiss company that was offering people encr

simona halep says she's expecting a tough match when she plays american jennifer brady in the semi final match at the australian open. brady had to qualifyjust to make it into the tournament and has now dumped out two top ten seeds. melbourne finalist garbine muguruza the latest to lose to brady. not long to wait now until the start of the women's t20 world cup. it starts on friday in sydney with host and reigning champions australia taking on india. the two teams are expected to be there when it comes to handing out the silver wear but with plenty of other nations also fancying their chances, australia's skipper is aware ofjust how competitive it might be. world cups, every team starts on zero points and on any day anything can happen. so we are very aware of what that looks like and we know we need to play extremely well to win each game that we play. it's a great challenge. it's only a good thing for the women's game worldwide that there are a number of teams that can compete and win this fault up. so it will be really exciting. —— world cup. rory mcilroy will tee off on friday handil

simona fulton is live in baghdad simone has been no shortage of protests almost immediately the moment he was designated as trying minister how is that impacting him any reaction. well the opposition to allow we once known the well before he was appointed and still president barham saleh went ahead and then signet him the new prime minister says that perhaps because he was the only candidate that the president thought the parties could agree on now he's unlikely to reverse that decision what we have to wait is how parliament will react the next 30 days parliament will have to meet and vote on the cabinet that allows us to get out which will then essentially decide whether or not the prime minister has the confidence of the political establishment but in the meantime or through seeing on the streets there's a split within the protest movement we're seeing on the one hand the students who came out today opposing allow and on the other hand we have the followers of shiite cleric mark set aside or one till now were supporting and protecting the protest movement and they have come out in su

simona fulton rate for some bank that way students have been on the streets. no money no studies just one of many slogans we have heard during this student march today 100 have turned out to boyce their opposition to the appointment of the allow as the prime minister designate they're also criticizing shiite cleric loadout father for endorsing him and of course this march comes at a critical moment it just comes just days after a split within the protest movement between the followers of father on one hand and the other protesters who reject allow islamic nation this march aimed to improve their numbers to show that the protest movement is not over despite mohamed allow it being appointed as prime minister president and the students are determined to keep going until their demands for an independent candidate are met even if that means putting their own future on hold and keeping. a saying in iraq the government there is trying to get people to switch from imported fuel to locally produced gas all new public transport vehicles must now run on liquefied petrole

different times both supported and opposed the protesters who want the removal of iraq's ruling elite simona fulton has moved back that. this is just the latest in a series of confrontations between the sudras who supports the nomination of mohamed tawfik allow as prime minister designate and other protesters who reject him until recently the sudras supported the protesters providing important logistical support protection as well as political cover but mark that aside or has changed his position on the protests several times at times offering his support and that other times drawing is now the situation has become particularly tense with the nomination of as prime minister designate on saturday that a sadder and doors to him while many protesters rejected him the sudras then moved into central protest sites controlling strategic buildings and since then we have seen several confrontations just yesterday on tuesday we saw that a group of sudras beat several student protesters who criticize sutter and who rejected we as the prime minister designate so all of these all these tensions risk furt

iraq has faced months of mass protests against corruption unemployment and poor government services simona fulton has more from baghdad she says iraqis are divided on the new prime minister. the opposition to allowing was known a while before he was appointed and still president saleh went ahead and that it made him the new prime minister doesn't that perhaps because he was the only candidate that the president thought the parties could agree on now he's unlikely to reverse that decision where we have to wait is how parliament will react the next 30 days parliament will have to meet and vote on the cabinet that allows put together which will then essentially decide whether or not the prime minister has the confidence of the political establishment but in the meantime what we're seeing on the streets are just within the protest movement we're seeing on the one hand you didn't you came out today opposing allow we are on the other hand we have the followers of here on a cloudy smoke set aside at one time now we're supporting and protecting the protest movement and they have come out in suppor

pressure the government to listen to their demands even if it means putting their own future on hold simona 14 i'll just sirrah. the refugees and migrants in serbia have held a protest at the border with hungary demanding to be allowed through its border this week to stop them coming in but the markets say they won't leave until they can gain access to european union countries they're among thousands stuck in the balkans. well the half a 1000000 patients in our land awaiting to see a doctor and that's why with 24 hours ago before the general election public health care tops the list of agents concerns paul brennan reports from limerick in the west of ireland. around cork city political posters gazed down from the lampposts but it's islands health care crisis which the voters want the politicians to look at you know when the end of a woman had to bring in pillows for the mother but during apollo so notice a doctor if you haven't tried this insurance it's it's it's appalling it's no problem for the ordinary man in the street it's not good to see people waiting on trolleys for hours and hours

pressure the government to listen to their demands even if it means putting their own future on hold simona 14 i'll just about. facebook is taking an israeli cyber surveillance firm to court next week for allegedly hacking uses of its encrypted messaging service whatsapp the social media giant accuse the n.s.a. group of hacking into the phones of nearly 1400 users back in october among them were human rights activists political dissidents and journalists and the so group disputes those allegations it says it will vigorously fight them and those in chief executive jeff bezos has previously said ever so could have provided the software that saudi arabia used to hack its phone. regional elections are underway in india's capital region of delhi it's seen as a major test for prime minister narendra modi's ruling party with widespread protests against the new citizenship law. the university in the capital elizabeth program has more. polls opened at 7 am local time in delhi to time chief minister. and has me a common man party are expected to be reelected but the country's 2 main political parties

iraq helpful forces are imposing strict measures on public spaces to prevent the spread of the virus simona fault and is in the capital with more. coffee shops are still open here in but a day after the ministry of health issued a decree banning public gatherings and ordering the closure of coffee shops cinemas and clubs to prevent the spread of the coronavirus here but business is clearly down you can see that there are many empty tables here this is on a thursday just before a week and where you would usually see large numbers of customers coming to this mall which is one of the biggest malls in the capital and of course business owners are not happy about this we spoke earlier to the director of this small who complained about this directive that has been issued by the ministry of health criticizing the ministry for not consulting the private sector would certainly have a lot of negative impact as a result of these decisions the director did tell us that the mall itself has taken its own precautions to try to mitigate the spread of the virus by for example procuring devices to measure th

where demonstrators have camped out for weeks demanding greater political reforms this report from simona fulton in baghdad. on. the the streets response to iraq's prime minister designate came fast and it was loud and clear the mohammed the law is rejected protesters in baghdad to hear square chanted on saturday night after 2 months of political deadlock president barham saleh chose mohamed allow it to replace other love the mahdi who resigned 2 months ago amid widespread anti-government protests days prior to allow his appointment we spoke to protesters in tahrir he had who saw him as another incarnation of a political system that has failed them a good model for sure he's rejected any person who has a relation with the parties from close or far is reject from all the people in general because for 16 years we haven't seen anything from them just destruction. indeed alawi is part and parcel of iraq's post 2003 political establishment a cousin of former vice president and prime minister ayad alawi he served as a member of parliament and communication minister but resigned in 2012 after he

little point in returning to class and many schools and universities have now been closed for months simona 14 reports from baghdad. your education is a failure they chant rather than preparing for midterm exams these students from various universities in baghdad skipped class to join anti-government protests they demand a better future a future they say the current system is incapable of providing the government is at the mine if this doesn't succeed we won't have another opportunity this is the last chance for us we haven't achieved anything in the protest square yet so we can't return to our studies as usual you've unemployment in iraq is high and one of the protesters main grievances a lot is a 1st year engineering student but without connections she stands little chance of finding a job missing class is a small price to pay. it doesn't worry me to lose one year because there are 600 people who lost their lives entirely not just one year what is one year compared to the goals of our revolution which is to bring change. what they want is to open the political establishment that rose to p

so as we mentioned drastic measures have been announced in iraq to stop the spread of the virus 0 simona for those in baghdad and she's us it's unclear how the containment measures will be enforced. ministry of health issued a new decree earlier this evening announcing far reaching measures in what appears to be an effort to her terrible spread of the virus here in iraq so far there have been 5. 100 cases of the coronavirus including in the southern cities of measure and in the northern city of kirkuk perhaps in the most surprising what measures to help ministry has said it would be for building any public gatherings closing down her face sooner and that clubs prevent that lyra's from spreading and now it's uncertain what exactly will fall under these public gatherings the degree specifically mentioned tastes in the most and clubs did not for example mention restaurants or gentlemen's to be seen whether those will also be closed and whether and how these measures will actually be enforced so neighboring iran has announced domestic travel restrictions at least 19 people have died there an

the country iraqi citizens and are not allowed to travel to 9 countries because of the coronavirus simona fulton is in baghdad. it's uncertain what exactly will fall under the spotlight gatherings and agree specifically mentioned tastes in the mobs and clubs that did not have an example mentioning restaurants original means to be seen whether those will also be closed and whether and how these measures will actually be enforced long tomorrow here in the capital baghdad she. get around security forces going around restaurants and cafes to actually ensure that there. is normal recommendation that has been issued to travel to her temples the lair is at least 22 people have been killed in street days of rioting in india a heavy security presence remains on the streets of the capital new delhi foreign violent clashes over recent citizenship law which excludes muslims over 200 people have been injured or buildings were satellite and mosques ransacked turkey's defense ministry says 2 of its soldiers have been killed in astronauts in syria's italy province this as president richard tire at one sa

operations in the city less than 2 weeks off to mohamed tawfik alawi was named prime minister designate simona fulton has more from baghdad. sinnett bridge here in baghdad has reopened for the 1st time since anti-government demonstrations began and of october you can once again see traffic is moving across this bridge over the river tigris now of course this bridge has been extremely important throughout the protests and has been the location of some of the major standoffs between protesters and government forces we have seen some major attacks against the most heinous occur on this bridge so as of now we only have one bridge that still remains closed here in the budget battle of course what the demonstrators have been trying to do here is to obstruct bridges and roads as part of a civil disobedience campaign to try to bring daily life to hold they want to prevent people from going about going to work they want to prevent businesses from operating all as part of an effort to try to force the government to listen to their demands now since the appointment of mohamed tawfik allow me as the prime

election because same ounce of mass protest against corruption unemployment and poor government services simona falls in is in baghdad and she says many protesters are valid to continue action until all of their demands a mish. the opposition to allowing was not on the well before he was appointed and still president barham saleh went ahead and designated him the new prime minister doesn't that perhaps because he was the only candidate that the president thought the parties could agree on now he's unlikely to reverse that decision where we have to wait is how parliament will react the next 30 days parliament will have to meet and vote on the cabinet that allows put together which will then essentially decide whether or not the prime minister has the confidence of the political establishment but in the meantime what receiving on the streets was left within the protest from what we're seeing on the one hand the students who came out today opposing allowing on and on the other hand we have the followers of. looks at a set of one so now we're supporting and protecting the photos when they have come

teams with true ahead of the event as did some germans wimbledon champion simona halep is moving on from her semifinal defeat at the australian open she reached the final of the divide tennis championships on friday with victory over american jennifer brady the romanian at the top of the screen punishing any loose shots from her home and. brady unable to deal with howlett power or precision the world number 2 winning 626 love to go through to a final against kazakstan selena get back ina. over and reared top seed dominic team was trailing jan luka magnotta 7621 in the quarter final when heavy rain stopped play a match will resume on saturday if team wins he'll overtake roger federer for the world number 3 sports thailand have played their 1st ever match at a cricket world cup playing against the west indies at the women's team 20 world cup ties last regular wickets before setting a target of 79 runs and the former champions struggled early on in the in their chase to quick run outs left the windies reeling at 27 for 3 but they recovered twin by 7 wickets with 24 wins to spare. by some ju

witness months of anti-government rallies calling for a complete overhaul of the political system simona foton is that the protests in baghdad she says say the protesters accused her and his supporters of imposing conservative norms on that. hundreds of women have turned out here in baghdad 3 square supported also by their fellow male demonstrators and what they are really saying here is that there are conservative social norms that they feel are being run by shia clerics the southern while until recently it supported them stations but has since come out with a set of rules for demonstrators which include the segregation of the genders and of course this is not how many protesters here feel this is a very young protest movement one that rejects both the political and religious establishment and it also rejects the conservative social rules that come of it so we have seen here a lot of women who are very different signs rejecting this kind of calls by much but are subtler for the gender struck mix we're also seeing women bearing floods we're seeing pictures of women who have given their l

romania's world number 2 simona halep secured the 20th title of a tennis career with victory in saturday's dubai championship final she went to sit down before leveling against kazakhstan's elena reback ina who was in no mood to go down easily in the food going 54 up here it went up to a tie break but the world number 19 could not quite last the distance in a full final this year halak winning. 1st title of 228. ferrari has asked for me the ones governing body to rule on a new steering system being used by miss a.b.s. a series of confident they do all access steering system is within regulations lewis hamilton and valtteri bottas have both used it during testing moving the steering wheel backwards and forwards to realign the wheels the race director has confirmed that the system will be banned but not until 2021. a 9 year old boy who appeared in a video saying he wanted to kill himself because of bullying has received the support of millions worldwide since the clip went viral this weekend on saturday he got very prominent backing from 13 more australian acquired in burials that laid out t

i'm simona in iraq's southern city of last 3 or 4 demonstrators have refused to give in despite growingpressure from other parties join us here on al-jazeera to learn why the city has played a key role in uprisings past and present. and a former top fee for official is charged with accepting. what's coming up with peter in sports. turkey says 2 of its soldiers have been killed and 5 injured in airstrikes near syria's in the province its military has been shelling syrian government positions in the northwestern city of sarah keep the government's captured the city from rebels 2 weeks ago as part of its push to betake the last rebel held area turkish present bunch of tired purdah one has issued an ultimatum for syrian troops to pull outs or face retaliation. has been following the situation from hot say in turkey near the syrian border. the campaign is still and away with intense fighting but ticket in the on the outskirts of. the main city that is located on the intersection of the 2 major highways and 4 and 5 the rebels say that they have taken full control of the town over and they and

rather appear to be fracturing over the appointment of prime minister designate mohamed tawfik alawi simona 14 reports from baghdad where students have been on the streets. no money no studies just one of many slogans we have heard during this march today 100 have turned out to boyce their opposition to the appointment of the allow as the prime minister there also criticizing shiite cleric that outsider for an dorsett and of course this march comes at a critical moment it just comes just days after a split within the protest movement between the followers of father on one hand and the other protesters who reject allow islamic nation this march to prove their numbers to show that the protest movement is not over just by muhammad allowing being appointed as prime minister of them and the students are determined to keep their demands for an independent candidate are met even if that means putting their own future on hold and keeping. staying in iraq the government is trying to get people to switch from imported fuel to iraq ie produce gas all new public transport vehicles must run on liquefied

i'm simona fulton in iraq's southern city of nasiriya or demonstrators have refused to give in despitegrowing pressure from other parties join us here on al-jazeera to learn why the city has played a key role in our presidents past and present. and a former top official is charged with accepting bryant sats coming up with peter in sports. korea has reported its 1st death from the corona virus infection there's been a spike in the number of cases in the last 24 hours bringing the total up to $104.00 where the majority are in the city of daegu where 2500000 citizens have been urged by the mayor to say inside now that outbreak has been traced to a church congregation japan's government is defending its handling of the infections on board the diamond princess cruise ship near yokohama the vessel there has been in quarantine since early this month well in that time the number of confirmed cases on boards rose to more than 602 elderly passengers have dies after being taken to hospital the moment china they've changed their report saying cases of the virus and its let's a significant drop in

confrontation especially if the sudras incorporation of security forces attempts to clear more protest sites simona fulton al jazeera. after 2 weeks of arguments both sides have rested their cases in the impeachment trial of president donald trump trump pressured ukraine to investigate a political rival and whistled u.s. security and as leverage from spain charged with abuse of power and obstruction of congress. on the closing arguments the senate will convene as recorded in pietschmann chaplain will lead us and pray for the final time democrats serving as president trumps prosecutors made the case for his removal he has betrayed our national security and he will do so again he has compromised our elections and he will do so again you will not change him you cannot constrain him he is who he is truth matters little to him what's right matters even less and decency matters not at all but these arguments are mere formality the conclusion all but certain that the republican senators making up the jury's majority will vote to acquit trump they said so themselves i think what he did is a long way from t

while tennis number 2 simona halep secured the 28th title of her career with victory in the divide championshipfinal she lost the 1st set before leveling against kazakstan zerlina it back ina who is nowhere to go down easily in the 3rd went to a tie break but had it sealed her 1st title of 2020. organize askins well cup of council someday slalom ice in japan because of strong winds and they white out conditions gracious phillip's subjects when the giant saw them on saturday before the arrival of the storm the severe winter weather conditions are a safety concerns around the course forcing organizes to cancel some day's events. a 12 year old girl isn't letting her disability stop her from pursuing her dreams on the ski slopes of pakistan poor underwear has her story. as it is different speech impaired she used to sell boiled eggs to tourists at the ski resort a melon job or to make money for her family that's where she developed a love of skiing but with her parents on able to afford normal skis her brother carved wooden boards for her to learn on. what she would be very poor and earn hardly any

crazy to me that's his responsibility i couldn't let him attack us that way when we're in champions simona halep is moving on from her semifinal defeat at the australian open she reached the final of the de by tennis championships on friday with victory over american jennifer brady the remain at the top of the screen punishing any loose shots from her opponent. brady unable to deal with power or precision the world number 2 winning 626 love to go through to a final against stands and they know that if i came. over in rio top seed dominic teen was trailing jen luka magnotta 7621 and next and final when heavy rain stops play the match will resume on saturday if team wins he'll overtake roger federer for the world number 3 spots. ferrari avast formula one's governing body to rule on a new steering system being used by a sadie's they say gives their rivals a crucial advantage to say he's a confident that you access steering system is within regulations it was hamilton valtteri bottas have both used it during testing it also learned this week in sync bought us moving the steering wheel backward

wimbledon champion simona halep is moving on from her semifinal defeat at the australian open she reached the final of the dubai tennis championships on friday with a victory over american jennifer brady the remaining and at the top of the screen punishing any loose shots from her opponent. brady just on able to deal with hallett's power all precision the world number 2 winning 626 love to go through to a final against kazakhstan's and then read. another running world record has fallen to an athlete wearing a controversial set of trainers ethiopia's. and they smashed the women's half marathon mark by 20 seconds in the u.a.e. she was wearing nike's bate of life issues which are featured in several road and track records they have not been banned but they did prompt tighter regulations last month tre young has scored a career high 50 points to help the atlanta hawks beat the miami heat the 21 year old sank more than obvious 153 point attempts the heat were leading late in the game that allowed atlanta to score the last 10 points to secure the narrow win the hawks remain 2nd last in the east

the city less than 2 weeks after mohammed tuffy callao he was elected as prime minister designate simona fulton has more from baghdad. sinnett bridge here in baghdad has reopened for the 1st time since anti-government demonstrations began and of october you can once again see traffic is moving across this bridge over the river tigris now of course this bridge has been extremely important throughout the protests and has been the location of some of the major standoffs between protesters and government forces we have seen some major attacks against the most heinous occur on this bridge so as of now we only have one bridge that still remains closed here in the budget battle of course what the demonstrators have been trying to do here is to obstruct bridges and roads as part of a civil disobedience campaign to try to bring daily life to hold they want to prevent people from going about going to work they want to prevent businesses from operating all as part of an effort to try to force the government to listen to their demands now since the appointment of mohamed tawfik allow we as the prime

romania's world number 2 simona halep secured the 20th title of a tennis career with victory in saturday's dubai championship final she went to sit down before leveling against kazakhstan's elena reback ina who was in no mood to go down easily in the 3rd going 54 up here it went up to a tie break but the world number 19 could not quite last the distance in a full final this year halep winning her 1st title of 228. a 9 year old boy who appeared in a video saying he wanted to kill himself because of bullying has received the support of millions worldwide since the clip went viral this weekend on saturday he got very prominent backing from 13 more australian a quad in bales that laid out the n.r.l. as indigenous all stars rugby league team against the new zealand maoris on saturday bales he was born with dwarfism has also received support from hollywood. superstars and hundreds of thousands of dollars have been raised for him online the video posted by his mother has been viewed nearly $20000000.00 times. and in rugby union france have won their 3rd 6 nations match in a row to ignite hopes of