catherine stansell. falls and talk us presidential election have just closed president to 4 in a single day is expected to win a 4th term extending his 15 year rule and his family's dineh stick control the opposition hasn't been able to form a united front the president succeeded his late father who led togo for 38 years after seizing power in a coup well that it just is live for us in the capital loma. i believe polls are closing or have close what's the turnout thing like. well basically election officials are saying that they impressed with the turnout so far however the figures calling stations have visited this morning. there are a lot of people who are staying home told al-jazeera that they're not. our apologies there we had some technical issues that was a bit interests and love my with the latest on the togo presidential election we will speak to him a little later in the news hour if we can or next hour foud spain day one of a weeklong reduction of violence between the afghan taliban and the u.s

been only 2 months since the last terror lated stopping here in london thank you very much catherine stansell bringing us all the latest there from stress and in london. it was al jazeera much more coming out nothing new why people in gaza say u.s. president charles middle east peace plan doesn't change anything. on the complicated process of electing a u.s. president he explained how iowa chooses its candidates. are going to welcome back to you in the national weather forecast well it's been quite mild here across parts of europe as we enter the week and came into the weekend we're talking about temperatures into the teens across many areas of course we've had plenty of clouds and rain across much of this region but things could be changing as we go and start the week here on monday though we're still going to be seeing those temperatures above average you can see 18 degrees a lot of teens across much of central europe but that's going to change as we go towards tuesday that westerly flow is going to change we're going to start seeing a more north westerly flow if not a northerly flow that's

catherine stansell al-jazeera samina kausar franco is an italian journalist in venice there wall of the affected regions that she says there are fears about how the outbreak will affect the local economy. what we're seeing here in venice is people out in the street for carnival but effectively in the town where there has been one dead person invent it the situation is very different and the same goes for the towns that you were mentioning that are in a lockdown many streets are empty as you heard on the report before i mean there will be no sunday masses there will be no sunday soccer matches public gatherings demonstrations i've just not going to be allowed to be held and the authorities have told the residents as southwest of milan to stay indoors and so we're talking at least $50000.00 residents who are basically staying at home at this stage that the governor of the venator region has even suggested suspending all carnival events which of course this is a very big month pro-con of all events here in venice and there are the governor along that he has also asked for counter measures

for many here looks like it will remain at a standstill until the outbreak can be contained catherine stansell al jazeera. well as learning that we spoke with dr gloria to leon in the director of infectious diseases at the sopranos the university of rome she says that many people with corona virus may never develop symptoms and could spread it unknowingly but there are 2 possibilities for transmission by a person who is not overly infected or over 3 diseased the 1st one is that anyone can be infected without becoming immediately ill and during the intermission period usually we are able to transmit the rare infection we have been infected by therefore there are some persons who are not aware of be infected and will and will efficiently transmit infection. some of those persons will never develop and over disease and they will continue to transmit infection until the infection has been totally eradicated we don't know our many persons have been infected we don't really know how many passengers wear ear which is another biological condition the majority of persons usually in the majority of infe

for many here looks like it will remain at a standstill until the outbreak can be contained catherine stansell al jazeera. moving on the president of target. has won a 4th term in office according to initial results he took 72 percent of the vote far ahead of his main rival me called joe now the opposition alleges that fraud took place during the election the president's family has ruled this west african nation for 53 years when it burst is following the story for us from me with a massive win of 72 percent of the vote as declared by the independent national electoral commission president is set to extend his 15 year rule on the state of the west african nation and effectively solidifying the group the family had on power in this country for more than half a century now with this result there will be no need for a 2nd round of voting or an off between the top 2 candidates the results will now have to be forwarded to the constitutional court for it to ratify within the next 60 days however that one opposition figure who had already declared himself elected president is saying that he is not ag

for many here looks like it will remain at a standstill until the outbreak can be contained catherine stansell al-jazeera. well joining us now via skype from the italian capital rome is dr gloria tell yani she's the director of the clinic of infectious and tropical diseases at the supply and the university of rome thank you for joining us to tell jani so a number of those infected in italy seem to have no direct links to the origin of the virus they haven't been in contact with other infected people or anyone that recently returned from china so what does that mean for the transmission of the virus well exactly there are 2 possibilities for transmission by a person who is not overly infected or over to the diseased the 1st one is that anyone can be infected without becoming immediately ill and during the intermission period usually we are able to transmit the rare infection we have been infected by therefore there are some persons who are not aware of be infected with and will efficiently transmit exaction. some of those persons will never develop and over disease and they will continue to tra

catherine stansell. in iran 2 cities have impressed on lockdown and authorities have ordered trains and buses to be cleaned daily bases in toronto with more on how iranians are reacting to the outbreak. the government has been announcing some measures to deal with this fire us now we know that all the cultural events concerts including film screenings have been canceled from tomorrow in the cities of iraq the schools are closed for a week the religious schools in com where the health ministry thinks that this virus started from again closed tomorrow now on state t.v. they have been showing videos on how to wear the face masks properly and how people can wash their hands properly and now iraq has also suspended flights between the 2 countries iran has closed its land borders between the 2 countries and that's only been or only open for a week after they have been closed for 4 months because of the insecurity in the protests that were taking pace in iraq iran doesn't think it was safe for the pilgrims to t

affecting 50000 people over the last 2 days of the venice carnival of also being cancelled catherine stansell has more. more drastic measures in italy as doctors struggle to contain the spread of the corona virus the mayor of milan has ordered schools to close for at least a week sporting events in the guardian financial regions have been cancelled so have the final days of the world famous tennis carnival disappointment to thousands of revelers. say well it is useless to stop a carnival because there are hospitals and bars and supermarkets and restaurants and trains and planes and ferries which are all open spaces and so how do you solve this problem stopping a carnival it's all ridiculous panic is more contagious and a virus. at this point has been necessary many things and the lock down in northern italy has gone from urging everyone to stay indoors to a fully fledged quarantine prime minister decepticons has banned people from entering and leaving the regions where the virus is most prevalent and the army is being deployed to ensure the quarantine is observed. the list of we and the healt

catherine stansell al jazeera. so we know because of long go here's the tally and journalist in this new wall of the affected region she says there are fears about how the outbreak will affect the local economy. what we're seeing here in venice is people out in the street for carnival but effectively in the town where there has been one dead person invent it the situation is very different and the same goes for the towns that you were mentioning that are in a lockdown many streets are empty as you heard on the report before i mean there will be no sunday masses there will be no sunday soccer matches public gatherings demonstrations i just not going to be allowed to be held and the authorities have told the residents as southwest of milan to stay indoors and so we're talking at least $50000.00 residents who are basically staying at home at this stage that the governor of the venator region has even suggested suspending all carnival events which of course this is a very big month pro-con of all events here in venice

prison police say the incident in the southern suburb of stress and most terrorism related catherine stansell reports. was. a moment of panic on a bustling streets in south london police target a man suspected of stabbing 2 people within minutes he was shocked at. armed officers who were part of a proactive counter-terrorism surveillance operation and were following the suspect on folks who were in immediate attendants and shot a male suspect dead at the scene. the suspect had been recently released from prison where he had been serving a sentence for islamist related terrorism. cole was. the suspect was wearing a hoax explosive device. but this is the 1st such attack to happen in a relatively unknown london suburb and it's shaken the people here. credibly shocked that some devastated issued a patent on this should happen here in stress and we pride ourselves on being close inclusive welcoming community and so many people from so many different backgrounds living in a very harmoniously together it's a place where you just wouldn't expect this to happen i think it's you know obviously that was

for many here looks like it will remain at a standstill until the outbreak can be contained catherine stansell al-jazeera. i am i am. the israeli military has launched as strikes in gaza that's after the palestinian armed group islamic jihad launched 21 rockets into southern israel 13 were intercepted by israeli defense systems islamic jihad said it lewinski attack after the israeli army fired on a group of palestinians killing one of them in that incident earlier on sunday the military says the victim was trying to plant explosives into separation fence an israeli bulldozer then went into gaza to lift the man's drawing a furious reaction from palestinians 4 people were shot and injured when they tried to recover the body well harry force is in west jerusalem and joins us live from men now how he can you just update us on the latest. well as you're saying this is all triggered by what took place early on sunday with that incident on the border the video that bulldozer trying to lift away a body and seeing it sort of hanging precipitously from the bulldozer scoop it caused a great deal of outra

catherine stansell. in iran 2 cities have been put on lockdown and authorities have ordered trains and buses to be cleaned daily beggars in toronto with more on how iranians are reacting to the outbreak. the government has been announcing some measures to deal with this fire us now we know that all cultural events concerts including film screenings have been canceled from tomorrow in the cities of iraq the schools are closed for a week the religious schools in calm where the health ministry thinks that this virus started from again closed tomorrow now on state t.v. they've been showing videos on how to wear the face masks properly and how people can wash their hands properly and now iraq has also suspended flights between the 2 countries iran has closed its land borders between the 2 countries and that's only . only open for a week after they have been closed for 4 months because of the insecurity in the protests that were taking pace in iraq iran doesn't think it was safe for the pilgrims to travel but

from prison police say the incident in the southern suburb of stratham was terrorism related catherine stansell reports. was. a moment of panic on a bustling streets in south london police target a man suspected of stopping 2 people within minutes he was shocked at. people ran into shops for shelter well armed officers cleared the area within an hour police declared it a terrorist related incident and. this is the 1st such attack to happen in a relatively unknown london suburb and it's shaken the people here. credibly shocked and devastated that we should. patent in this in from here in stress and we pride ourselves on being close inclusive welcoming community and so many people from so many different backgrounds living in a very harmoniously together it's a place where you just wouldn't expect this to happen i think it's you know obviously that was like one street away from where you live it makes you feel a bit unsafe because you know if we had left the house 10 minutes earlier we would have been here as it was happening rather than you know just as ad finished you know it's it makes just fee

terrorism related incident happened didn't do so the stress of the scene has now been contained catherine stansell joins us now from london what details are emerging now. as well police still have the area cordoned off the incident happened we could see just a little ways behind me here you have to remember this street is very busy on a sunday afternoon filled with shops filled with cops it was extremely busy and witnesses say that they saw a man carrying a large knife running away and police. according to some social media video police trust in civilian clothing managed to. chase have and he was shot dead the response was incredibly quick and within an hour they declared a terrorist incident the witnesses who work here a say that he was wearing metal canisters around just around his chest so police pushed everyone away very quickly. just in case there is any further danger police have not confirmed whether or not this was a viable explosive device or not. and at the moment they're not giving us any further information on not. but people who are here are in a lot of shock they can't believe that t

for many here looks like it will remain at a standstill until the outbreak can be contained catherine stansell al-jazeera. well joining us now via skype is journalists being a cast of franco she's in venice where the carnival as you heard has been closed by the man sabina thank you for joining us so we understand it's a very fluid situation that can you tell us a bit more about the extra measures that the government is putting in place well the extra measures have now been extended just not just to beneteau and to long body but to another 3 regions including a mediator man yeah. sue what would the measures include is no schools schools will be closed no university universities will be closed people have been asked to stay at home and not go to their offices there will be no church services anymore basically there will be no. public gatherings and that could create the spread of the virus all of this has been stopped and as well as obviously a sporting event a soccer games. and this itchy and the carnival as you said has been completely stopped to no events for carnival anymore in venice but of

catherine stansell. turkish president says he plans to hold a summit on syria with leaders from russia france and germany on march 5th earlier one turkish soldier was killed in a bomb attack by a syrian government forces in the province russia back forces have been steadily regaining ground in the region which is the last rebel held stronghold. doctors and idlib province keep the location of their hospital secret fairing they may be targeted next 70 hospitals have closed because of bombing by government they'd be government's air force about a reports from to the goes to on turkey's border with syria. and i have both worked in hospitals that were bombed rebel held areas their paths converged here at an underground clinic they want kept secret the u.n. accuses syrian government forces and their russian allies of deliberately targeting medical facilities. where we are constantly bombarded by government troops we work nonstop we have decided to operate with a minimum style just in case the hospital is bomba

for many here looks like it will remain at a standstill until the outbreak can be contained catherine stansell al jazeera. well south korea is on high alert and the president has called for a president and powerful measures to control the outbreak but what broad reports. the worst affected areas in southeast korea the city of daegu and neighboring chango county remain at a virtual standstill to mask clusters of infections account for the majority of cases reported so far one of them at this hospital quickly spread infecting more than 100 patients and staff wards are being prepared to treat the increase of new coronavirus patients raising the alert to the highest level came at an emergency meeting chaired by president moon j.n. this weekend the number of new cases has risen alarmingly by the hundreds and he stressed that the next few days will be critical in stemming the outbreak to. the situation has become completely different since the outbreak of mess and fiction extra resources will be directed into trying to stop the spread of the corona virus the urged everyone to avoid massive events we

catherine stansell al-jazeera. meanwhile china has reported an increase in new krona virus infections at the epicenter of the outbreak in hoop a province 630 more cases were confirmed on saturday from almost 370 the previous day 96 more deaths were also reporters now the race to decide which democrat will take on president trump in november selection has resumed in nevada the state's diverse population will test which candidate appeals to voters amongst minority communities in africa right where sharks been sworn in as south sudan's vice president as he forms a new coalition government with former rival president salva kiir there trying to end years of conflict ahead of elections to be held within the next 3 years the world's youngest nation descended into war in 20132 years after winning independence from sudan millions have been displaced by the fighting but president here insists that peace is here to stay. we saw manfully so i'm only sure where that we will work together to preserve their lives of our people bu

from prison police say the incident in the southern suburb of stratham was terrorism related catherine stansell reports. was. a moment of panic on a bustling streets in south london police target a man suspected of stopping people within minutes he was shocked at. armed officers who were part of a proactive counter-terrorism surveillance operation and were following the suspect on folks who were in immediate attendants and shot a male suspect dead at the scene. the suspect had been recently released from prison where he had been serving a sentence for islamist related terrorism and the whole family. the suspect was wearing a hoax explosive device. but this is the 1st such attack to happen in a relatively unknown london suburb and it's shaken the people here credibly shocked absolutely devastated by this shoot a patent on this and i'm here in stress and we try. ourselves of being in close inclusive welcoming community and so many people from so many different backgrounds living in a very harmoniously together it's a place where you just wouldn't expect this to happen i think it's you know obviou

for many here looks like it will remain at a standstill until the outbreak can be contained catherine stansell al jazeera. sabina is a journalist based in told us about the atmosphere in the city. no events will carnival anymore in venice but of course that does not leave. that that does not completely resolve the problems because obviously buses continue and that the boats in venice a full of people all the time what i did notice today there were many many more people wearing protective masks then i had seen yesterday people are not reacting badly to this a situation they consider is serious and there is and there is panic and there is also paranoia at the moment they feel that. that the measures needed to be taken it's not people are completely complaining all the time so yes they are patrolling those towns particularly the ones that have been quarantined to ensure that people do not leave or come back and they do face up to $250.00 in net fines and jail sentences if they break those measures in the regions where the quarantine which are not under quarantine people can sort of carry out thei

related the scene has been cordoned off and an investigation is underway well our correspondent catherine stansell has been following the story and joins me in the studio now what more is come to light catherine well one of the individuals who was stabbed is suffering from life threatening injuries and is in the hospital . and shortly after the incident police shot the suspects dead and an hour later they declared it a terrorism related instance and a lot of people were wondering how and why they were able to do that so quickly the police have said that there was in fact a proactive counterterrorism operation that was underway at the time suggesting that this individual had been under some sort of surveillance and. the the other element that has come to light now is that there are reports that the suspect himself had recently been released from prison at the end of january after being convicted of terrorism related offenses and this will sound familiar the attack that happened at london bridge at the end of november the same it was the same circumstance for the suspect as well he had recently been

for many here looks like it will remain at a standstill until the outbreak can be contained catherine stansell al-jazeera. spain has been forced to suspend all flights in and out of the islands of gran canaria in tenerife to a major sandstorm visibility has been severely affected after a storm carrying clouds of red sand from the sahara hit the canary islands is left hundreds of holidaymakers stranded in the popular tourist destination the regional government has declared a state of alert and people have been advised to stay inside and keep windows closed the u.k. government government negotiation team has been ordered by prime minister boris johnson to come up with plans to avoid checks on goods passing from britain to northern ireland according to u.k. sunday times newspaper officials are seeking to evade checks on good crossing the irish sea which is due to come into effect as of next year because of breaks in the u.k. formally left the e.u. last month and is in a transition period that withdrawal agreement leaves northern ireland inside the u.k. customs area but all procedures are expected

catherine stansell. also being a cast of franco is an italian journalist and she joins us now via skype from venice in one of the affected regions thank you so much for joining us so 12 towns now on the lockdown what are you seeing where you are. well what we're seeing here in venice is people out in the street for carnival but effectively in the town where there has been one dead person invent it the situation is very different and the same goes for the towns that you were mentioning that are in along down many streets are empty as you heard on the other the report before i mean there will be no sunday masses there will be no sunday soccer matches public gatherings demonstrations are just not going to be allowed to be held and the authorities have told the residents as southwest of milan to stay indoors and so we're talking at least $50000.00 residents who are basically staying at home at this stage so we heard there in catherine report that there is a sense of panic a missing reports that face mosques