libya's un recognized government pulls out of ceasefire talks in geneva after war not only for have task forces attacked the tripoli court. down in jordan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up free at last the coronavirus quarantine is lifted for some on board a cruise ship in japan but the number of dead in mainland china surges past 2000. a 2nd term to ashraf ghani as afghan president but the opposition is calling his election win a move against democracy. and u.s. court rejects chinese telecom giant while his appeal to these restrictions on doing business with government agents. efforts to restore peace in libya have suffered another setback the un recognized government has pulled out of ceasefire talks in geneva after the port in the capital tripoli was targeted by forces loyal to warlord honey for half tal well last month after he had refused to sign a cease fire deal brokered by russia and turkey are diplomatic editor james bays reports now from geneva the porch in the libyan capital tripoli under attack general half his forces carried out the rocket strikes about the sa

in the talks in geneva the government says that it cannot continue in any peace talks with. the capital is under attack the state facility is the region that is the areas and also the port which is the government describes as the lifeline not only for the people in the capital city but all libyans because this is the main and major port in the capital city and then you see that the state oil further has declared that it has just moved and evacuated all tankers that are loaded with fuel and gas in the port in order to prevent humanitarian and invented environmental disaster due to the multiple attacks by have to this forces on the port on tuesday what james moron is from the center for european policy studies he says it's not the 1st time the ceasefire talks have been suspended. yes he's given doing it on a number of occasions of course so we also saw in moscow couple of months ago when the g n a has signed a cease fire agreement is the only way a promise you move was sponsored by one of his main backers that is there russia is . record as a man of peace has got to be in doub

a rocket attack on libya's main port brings peace talks in geneva to a sudden halt as the government suspends involvement. and i'm richelle carey this is out there live from doha also coming up hundreds of passengers finally leave a quarantine cruise ship in japan as a doctor describes conditions onboard as deplorable. you say he says. his carriage i was so scared of getting caught between 90. plus the u.n. expresses alarm over the deaths of nearly $300.00 civilians in northwest syria since the beginning of the year. i'm actually i guess the chief law enforcement officer of the country a group of us federal judges condemn a president trumpet using him up overstepping his legal boundaries. began in libya where efforts to bring peace have suffered yet another setback internationally recognized government has suspended involvement and talks in geneva after war khalifa haftar forces attacked the capital sport at least 3 people were killed in that assault that port is a main entry point by sea for supplies to libya after its forces say their target was an arms depot has been trying to cap

libya's internationally recognized government pulls out of ceasefire talks in geneva after warlord khalifa haftar forces attacked tripoli port. welcome back to doha one i'm kemal santamaria with the world news from al-jazeera the number of deaths in china's coronavirus crosses 2000 with the surgeon fatalities in her bed province the epicenter of the epidemic also the unique human rights bodies as recent attacks on schools and hospitals in syria are prompting questions about war crimes. and u.s. court rejects the chinese telecom giant powers appeal to ease restrictions on doing business with government agents. however in libya's internationally recognized government pulled out of cease fire talks after tripoli's port was targeted by forces loyal to the warlords. at least 3 civilians were killed in the assault diplomatic editor james bays has just sent this report the porch in the libyan capital tripoli under attack general half his forces carried out the rocket strikes about the same time the talks were resuming in geneva and immediately put the fate of the peace efforts in jeopardy. it's n

a rocket attack on libya's main port brings peace talks in geneva to a sudden halt as the government suspends its involvement. i'm richelle carey this is out there live from doha also coming up hundreds of passengers finally leave a quarantined ship in japan a doctor describes conditions onboard as deplorable you say he says. it was clear. i was so scared of getting caught between again. plus the un expresses alarm over the deaths of nearly $300.00 civilians in northwest syria since the beginning of the year also. cowbell a breakdancer all pop songs are being used to tell refugees stories of resilience and march. to begin in libya where efforts to stop the fighting have suffered yet another setback internationally recognized government has suspended its involvement in talks in geneva after warlord forces attacked the capital sport at least 3 people were killed in that assault that port is the main entry point for supplies to libya of taras forces say their target was an arms depot he's been trying to capture the capital since april tripoli's government is now insisting the talks cann

backed government suspends its involvement in geneva talks off to a rocket attack on the country's main port. hundreds of passengers a finally allowed off a cruise ship held in japan but just how effective was their coronavirus quarantine . they say they're on a mission from god but they're peddling drugs we investigate the evangelical traffickers of rio de janeiro. and the future of artificial intelligence in the european union leaders meet to discuss ways to compete with the u.s. and china. on in sport title holders of political face an uncertain future in this season's champions league beats and war mill in spain by a flintstone woodridge in the 1st leg of their last 16 towing. efforts to end the fighting that's torn libya and to have suffered yet another setback the internationally recognized government in tripoli has now suspended its involvement in talks in geneva after the capital's port was attacked on tuesday at least 3 people were killed when rockets were fired by forces of world khalifa haftar now the port is the main entry point for supplies into libya have to us forces say

news hour from al-jazeera united nations recognized government pulls out of the cease fire talks in geneva after war khalifa haftar us forces attack tripoli ports. also in the news the un human rights body says recent attacks on schools and hospitals in syria prompting questions about war crime. just released figures show the new death toll in the trying to run a virus is not topped 2000 and u.s. court rejects chinese telecom giant powers appeal to ease restrictions on doing business with the u.s. government agencies. starting with breaking news out of libya this hour with the internationally recognized government has pulled out of ceasefire talks in geneva on the same day warlord khalifa haftar forces attacked a port in tripoli the government of national called say the attacks on civilians showed after is not serious about working towards a resolution at least 3 people were killed in wednesday's attacks tripoli's port so important it's a gateway for food fuel and all sorts of imports for the country and libya's national oil company announces there will be major disruption to schools hospi

mission in libya who are here in geneva and smell gas on salami who is leading this process is the u.n. special representative no statement from them on his behalf at this stage and i suspect that's because they are right now trying to work out the way forward we will so contacted the office of the u.n. spokes person at set for the 2nd general in new york a no response from either place yet but i suspect the u.n. a doing all they can to try and have some damage limitation remember all of this process is backed by the internet. national community just days ago in munich at the munich security conference foreign ministers came together and supported this process or suspects some of those countries are going to be speaking to the government in tripoli others are suspect to putting pressure on general have to stop his military action that's james base there with the diplomatic to changing needs well let's move across to him last night abdullah who joins us now live from tripoli quite a lot of confusion as to exactly what it was that khalifa haftar forces were firing on one minute we were t

in geneva for talks with 5 from the g.n.a.t. the internationally recognized government it's now 10 months since general hafta appended the international community's peace plans by ordering an offensive to try and seize tripoli the operation launched defiantly just hours after he met the u.n. secretary general and tonio good terrorist who was visiting libya at the time in the months since the death toll has mounted as weapons of continue to pour into the country despite this the secretary general's envoy is keen to push the diplomatic momentum forward is your plan back on track my plan is not back on track my plan has never left that that it is being implemented was patience and determination this by the many of the key you need a cease fire before next week i better have a ceasefire in order to implement all the rest but this is not the precondition the reason next week is important as mr salamis ambitious plan to bring representatives of all the libyan factions here to geneva those talks are supposed to start on the 26th james

recognize government has pulled out of ceasefire talks in geneva that's after the port in the capital tripoli was targeted by forces loyal to warlord holly for have tar last month have to have refused to sign a cease fire deal brokered by russia and turkey are diplomatic editor james bays reports now from geneva the porch in the libyan capital tripoli under attack general half his forces carried out the rocket strikes about the same time the talks were resuming in geneva and immediately put the fate of the peace efforts in jeopardy. it's now 10 months since general haftar appended the international community's peace plans by ordering an offensive to try and seize tripoli the operation launched defiantly just hours after he met u.n. secretary general antonio good terrorist who was visiting libya at the time in the months since the death toll has mounted as weapons have continued to pour into the country despite the latest attacks when he spoke to reporters the secretary general's envoy was determined to push the diplomatic momentum forward is your plan back on track my plan is not back

back government suspend its involvement in the geneva talks after a rocket attack on the country's main port. i'm richelle carey this is al jazeera live from toha also coming up turkey's president threatens in a minute military operation to push back government forces in serious adlib province russia warns against it. 79 more cases of coronavirus put it on a cruise ship in japan as hundreds of passengers are allowed to go home. a ballet for you to answer no pop songs are telling refugee stories of resilience and harsh. efforts to end the fighting in that store in libya and to have suffered yet another setback internationally recognized government in tripoli has suspended its involvement in talks in geneva after the capital sport was attacked on tuesday at least 3 people were killed and rockets were fired by forces of war khalifa haftar are the port is the main entry point for supplies into libya forces say their target was an arms depot but later has been trying to capture the capital since april to police government is now insisting talks cannot continue until the world firmly responds

events for us from geneva of the many stakeholders there james all trying to find a way forward for a lasting peace in tripoli and some have already been speaking well many stakeholders but according to the u.n. representative gusen salama although they all say the same thing publicly behind the scenes they're pulling in different directions and that is one of the problems he's had sorry days of talks here at the u.n. in geneva the 1st round of the so-called political track trying to get all the sides together the problem he's faced is that many of the key players have boycotted those talks and have not attended those talks he says they really do need to come back to the table because the situation for ordinary libyans is getting worse by the day he's talked about the violence we've seen in the last 24 hours as significant breach of the already very shaky truce and he's also concerned about the situation not just in libya but the situation in syria because in both wars you have turkey and russia on opposing sides i do believe that there are play a lot of now very active in both to m

to libya where they were shelling in weeks is threatening to derail peace talks in geneva rocket fire has forced flights to be suspended it means go the only functioning airport in tripoli and it will have more from the talks in geneva 1st child stratford has been following developments on the ground as some will say for his back was peppered with shrapnel when a rocket fired by forces loyal to walt hurley for half the exploded by his home. for shot off unless i was standing on the street thank god my neighbor called me over to and i moved forward 5 steps and the rocket landed just a few metres away. pregnant wife suffered minor injuries and his son serious head wounds in the attack we go to his neighborhood and find evidence of what people who live here say happens day and night hours earlier another barrel of rockets had hit . residents say that at least 7 rockets hit this neighborhood the smalling they saying that nobody was injured in those attacks but behind this house is mighty good port which has been consistently targeted by half this forces over recent months now people here

in geneva for talks with 5 from the internationally recognized gump. it's now 10 months since general have to appended the international community's peace plans by ordering an offensive to try and seize tripoli the operation launched defiantly just hours after he met the u.n. secretary general and tonio good terrorist who was visiting libya at the time in the months since the death toll has mounted his weapons of continue to pour into the country despite this the secretary general's envoy is keen to push the diplomatic momentum forward is your plan back on track my plan is not back on track my plan has never left the track it is being implemented was patience and determination and this by the many of the clearly to cease fire before next week i better have a cease fire in order to implement all the rest but this is not the precondition the reason next week is important as mr salamis ambitious plan to bring representatives of all the libyan factions here to geneva those talks are supposed to start on the 26th james al-jazeera of the united nations in ge

factions as a meets in geneva. hoping to turn a fragile truce into a lasting cease fire salami says or sell however a number of issues but that they are working on bridging the gap on a few points are virgins that still exist between the 2 sides libya as you know is divided between 2 rival administration the internationally recognized government which is based in the capital tripoli and the forces of warlords the have tahu is supported by a number of foreign countries including egypt and the u.a.e. we'll bring you the latest from geneva as we get it in the meantime let's cross over to washington d.c. . the speaker of the u.s. house of representatives nancy pelosi is speaking after the senate acquitted president donald trump on impeachment charges let's listen in of his holiness to the pharmaceutical industry. so we got 2 major sayings accomplished these are things the president said he wanted to do reduce the cost of prescription drugs and build the infrastructure during the campaign especially infrastructure hardl

news from iraq libya's internationally recognized government has pulled out of ceasefire talks in geneva after warlord forces attacked tripoli paul. also in the news the period has lifted for some passengers on board a cruise ship in japan as the global coronavirus death toll tops 2000 the u.n. human rights body says recent attacks on schools and hospitals in syria and are prompting questions about war crimes and a court in the united states rejects chinese telecom giant ways appeal to ease restrictions on doing business with the government. developing news this wednesday has come out of libya where the internationally recognized government has pulled out of ceasefire talks in geneva after warlord khalifa haftar forces attacked the port in the capital tripoli at least 3 people were killed in the assault on the port which is a major entry point for supplies food fuel all of these things coming into libya and there are warnings of major disruptions to schools hospitals and power stations his forces say the target of the shelling specifically was and he has repeatedly launched these assault

in geneva thanks. a sense other news now the u.s. attorney general william barr is reportedly considering stepping down over conflicts with president donald trump the justice department says looks in a dispute with an association of judges over the handling of the sentencing of trump's former advisor white house correspondent kimberly how kate's has this reports. less than 2 weeks after being acquitted by the u.s. senate of abusing his presidential powers donald trump is once again facing similar accusations as he fights his own department of justice somebody has to stick up for the people trump is being criticized for intervening in a case involving a close friend and political ally roger stone convicted last year of lying to a congressional committee investigating whether trust political campaign colluded with russia federal prosecutors recommended stone go to jail for at least 7 years trump tweeted the recommendation was a miscarriage of justice that same day his attorney general william barr downgraded the recommendation promptin

sponsored talks on libya's conflict are under pressure in geneva the delegation representing warlord holy father says it's suspending its participation internationally recognized government based in tripoli is also expressing doubts namespace has more from geneva libya's prime minister came from tripoli to address the most important annual meeting of the un human rights council fires elsa raj gave an impassioned speech focusing on what he says is war crimes directly ordered by the man who in recent months has tried to depose him general holy for half the a c. that was said of her daughter many have lost their lives men women children families have been displaced children have been orphaned because of degradation were perpetrated by the war criminal khalifa haftar karma be more on how to have to. meanwhile military talks which have also been taking place here in the u.n. headquarters in geneva have concluded for now they've come up with a draft cease fire agreement but issues still have to be resolved and no actual cease fire has been agreed according to the u.n. envoy gas and salami

the un says it's hopeful that talks in geneva aimed at reaching a cease fire in libya will be able to resume the negotiations were suspended on tuesday by the internationally recognized government after warlord who for half the us forces attacked the port in the capital tripoli but the head of that government says he's fed up with the disgust. of the reports now from tripoli. libya's prime minister face saraj visited the site of an attack on tripoli's main port charge containers a clear example of want phase as is the international community's feed to enforce its own embargo national policy we requested the holding of the weapons embargoed 4 years ago not just these days if the weapons embargoed had been respected we would not have been in this situation today if it is to be respected it must be upheld of all outlets land sea and air for the attack happened on tuesday shortly after the e.u. approved a naval appreciation intended to enforce the weapons imber go that however will be insufficient according to the government in tripoli as weapons and fighters continue to pour in from thos

in geneva between 5 representatives of the internationally recognized government in tripoli and 5 from general have to decide to try and get a cease fire can you give us a readout of how they went the government's representative at the u.n. in new york libyan ambassador sunny told me the previous round of talks had been far from easy and there's a lot of issues that we don't need and together but there are some parts that as mentioned from the u.n. led process that could be a breakthrough but i'm still. have to be cautious because we noticed that there are certain elements that we look into in terms of the return of i.d.p.'s the buffer area and where the withdrawal areas are these are things that are still and good discussions and are not clear yet at the munich security conference the u.n. has its deputy special representative in libya made it clear if they can silence the guns the plan is for wider political talks in just over a week's time james pays out 0 geneva. still ahead on al-jazeera syria's president pledges to push on with its offensive towards the humanitarian crisis worsen

in geneva for talks with 5 from the g. and a the internationally recognized government it's now 10 months since general hafta appended the international community's peace plans by ordering an offensive to try and seize tripoli the operation launched defiantly just hours after he met the u.n. secretary general antonio good terrorist who was visiting libya at the time in the months since the death toll has mounted those weapons of continue to pour into the country. despite this the secretary general's envoy is keen to push the diplomatic momentum forward is your plan back on track my plan is not back on track my plan has never left that it is being implemented was patience and determination this by the many of us the clear need a cease fire before next week i better have a ceasefire in order to implement all the rest but this is not the precondition the reason next week is important as mr salamis ambitious plan to bring representatives of all the libyan factions here to geneva those talks are supposed to start on the 26th ja

in the talks in geneva the government says that it cannot continue in any peace talks with. the capital is under attack the state facility is that it is the areas and also the port which is the government describes as the lifeline not only for the people in the capital city but all libyans because this is the main and major port in the capital city where the headlines and the number of people have died due to coronavirus in china has now crossed 2005 to who are province the epicenter of the outbreak reported another 132 deaths on tuesday when 74000 people have now been infected in mainland china also russia has become the 1st country to temporarily banned chinese citizens from coming in to try to stop the virus from spreading this comes into effect on thursday. the united nations says nearly $300.00 civilians have been killed in northwest syria since the beginning of this year almost all of them in attacks by the government and its ally russia it's denounced the offensive as cruel beyond belief a government has been trying to capture the last rebel held strongholds. ukraine'

the only option for peace in libya well let's go live now tried every magic editor james bay is in geneva for us james where do we go from here what's the latest on potentially restarting these talks. the u.n. is hopeful of the talks can resume what is important to note is that the delegation from the government of national accord who were here along with the delegation from general half talking on choose day at the same time as tripoli's port came under attack by forces which of commanded by general have to yes they said late at night that they were going to pull out of the talks but they're still here in geneva and i think the u.n. is trying to persuade them that their best to rejoin those talks the u.n. has issued a number of statements the 1st one of those said that the attack on the port was deplorable very strong language there from the united nations and i think by saying language like that the u.n. is trying to persuade them that their concerns are being noted and also persuade them to stay here for these talks which are supposed to get it durable cease fire in libya you had a tru

is that the united nations in geneva to draw attention to the or singer tarion situation in libya as the conflict drags on speaking at the human rights council he showed the members pictures of children who died in recent attacks he also called khalifa who launched an offensive on the capital in april a war criminal. until this very day we have not seen a peep tearing stance by the international community before you we express our regret at the continuing flagrant violation of human rights which led to the killing of thousands and displacement of hundreds of thousands your excellences ladies and gentleman many have lost their lives men women children the elderly families have been displaced children have been orphaned because of their aggression perpetrated by the war criminals have gotten our diplomatic editor changed bases in geneva and explains why libya's prime minister addressed the human rights council. 2 different things are going on at the same time right now at the u.n. here in geneva and the why they both into into sect is libya one is the human rights council that exists s

to say that the delegation from the g m a although they said they were pulling out have stayed in geneva we believe there may well have been the meeting between them and the u.n. special representative gets on salami and about an hour ago his office put out a statement saying they were hoping to restart the the talks that have been stalled and have been started this morning because of this situation that followed a late night statement in which the u.n. said the attacks on the port of tripoli were deplorable but it is a confused picture we've also heard fresh news from tripoli saying that they still aren't sure that they will rejoin the talks so not clear but both delegations are remain in geneva the u.n. working very hard on my suspect mr salami is not just speaking to the delegations he's also trying to engage international actors in this because remember there is a resolution last week from the u.n. security council pushing this process and only a couple of days ago in munich foreign ministers from all the key international players were saying that this was the way for with these talk

major breakthrough after weeks of negotiations but as our diplomatic editor james bays reports from geneva talks there on a full ceasefire may be more important. foreign ministers of the european union meeting in brussels have decided in principle to start monitoring illegal arms flows to libya however they've also actually cancelled an already mandated e.u. mission operations a fear that used to have ships in the mediterranean from 2015 to deter migrants until the naval vessels were withdrawn as a result of a talian pressure instead of retard skiing that help aeration they now have to set up a new naval and air mission which may even need fresh u.n. security council authorization it could all take months to find some of the international arms embargo isn't the only major problem affecting peace efforts in libya in the coming hours talks will resume here at the u.n. in geneva between 5 representatives of the internationally recognized government in tripoli and 5 from general have to decide to try and get a cease fire can you give us a readout of how they went the government's representativ

tulip mazumdar at the who meeting in geneva.ing new figures from china's central hubei province. our correspondent nick beake joins me live from hong kong. tell us what these new figures are? good morning. ithink we're getting two pictures emerging, one is the picture outside china that we have had the who talking about, the stabilisation of cases. but when we talk about hubei province in particular, the epicentre of this outbreak, on the surface of the it seemed there is some pretty concerning news overnight. the number of daily doubts was 2a2 yesterday. the contacts, the previous tires number was 103. is that? —— previous highest number. there was some discussion. we only got this figure in the last hour or so but in the past few days it does seem the chinese authorities have been calculating cases in a different way and they have been including people who they have been testing in a new manner. another statistic i can give you is the number of new cases which we had been told was falling, over the past fortnight or so, that h

not just to china but to the rest of the world is that he was speaking as research is meeting in geneva to review research projects that might produce a cure or a vaccine to combat the virus many who live in geneva in just a moment but 1st a look at how the new crew now lies became such a threat. people with an unknown illness began appearing at one central hospital an early december 29th teen late in the month when young a doctor there posts on social media that patients in the hospital are exhibiting symptoms of viral pneumonia chinese health authorities admit they are investigating an outbreak among the 1st patients many have direct ties to the hunan seafood park it where wildlife is also sold by january 1st it shut down. as 2020 dawns chinese health authorities announced they've identified the culprit a novel coronavirus. a 61 year old becomes the outbreaks 1st casualty the number of people affected starts to rise and before long thailand confirms the 1st case outside china's borders then japan reports another unsettling way neither had visited the one market so person to person tra

the worst shelling in weeks threatens to derail a libya peace talks taking place in geneva. and a major railway station is evacuated in paris after protesters begin lighting fires . are come to the program our top story nato has called on russia and syria to halt the offensive in as violence continues to escalate in the region the military alliance held an emergency meeting and has condemned the continued indiscriminate as strikes as follows the death of $33.00 turkish soldiers on thursday member states express solidarity with ally turkey but offered no additional nato support meanwhile on the ground turkey has started retaliatory strikes saying it has hit more than $200.00 syrian government positions after denying involvement in the initial attack on turkish soldiers moscow made amends with turkey as president vladimir putin spoke to worship type 2 on the 2 countries have decided to stick to that 2018 deescalation zone plan but that so-called safety zone is where most of the violence is now taking place so let's cross to hash bar in hatay on the turkey syria border what is

and as those talks are getting underway in geneva. sound of shelling was held in the libyan capital tripoli it appeared to be targeting port there the ships docked in that ports have been evacuated afghanistan's president ashraf ghani has been declared the winner all 321000 election with just over 50 percent of the folks results from september's election were delayed after allegations of vote rigging forced to be counts the number of people killed by the coronaviruses now surpassed 1800 after china reported 98 more deaths the head of a major hospital in one han the center of the outbreak has also died off the virus across mainland china more than 1800 new cases were confirmed on monday a ukrainian soldier has been killed and several others wounded in the eastern donbass region since the largest attack since the peace process was renewed last year as europe states freewinds is up next. hello and welcome to rewind we're back here at doha's iconic museum of islamic out for another look back at some of the best documentaries we've brought

meanwhile in geneva growing about u.n. sponsored talks to earn libya's conflict diplomatic editor james bays libya's prime minister came from tripoli to address the most important annual meeting of the un human rights council. gave an impassioned speech focusing on what he says the war crimes directly ordered by the man who in recent months has tried to depose him general holy for half. a city that was that many have lost their lives men women children families have been displaced children have been orphaned because of digression perpetrated by the war criminal khalifa haftar. surely how to have to. meanwhile military talks which have also been taking place here in the u.n. headquarters in geneva have concluded for now they've come up with a draft cease fire agreement but issues still have to be resolved and no actual cease fire has been agreed according to the u.n. envoy gas and salami the next stage is for wider political talks starting a wednesday but will they go ahead i try to get clarification at a news conference fr

and the worst shelling in weeks threatens to derail the libya peace talks taking place in geneva. after more than 18 years of fighting the us secretary of state might pombo is expected on saturday to witness the signing of the peace agreement with the taliban its hopes the deal will bring about the end of the war in afghanistan the longest war in american history and see international troops leave the country in a moment we'll have an exclusive interview with a taliban spokesman 1st though let's speak to rosalynn jordan who is in washington for us tell us more about what this agreement will call for and what it means for the u.s. presence in afghanistan. well daryn this signing of this agreement is coming one week after the u.s. and the taliban and afghan forces agreed to essentially lay down their weapons they didn't call it a cease fire but they did say that this was a real show of trust in both sides to reduce the violence in order to get to this agreement which in short would mean the release of perhaps upwards of 5000 taliban members who are being held by afghan forces and by

yes that's the situation in geneva but it's worth telling you what's happening right now in libya i've been in touch with our team in tripoli in the last few minutes 2 large booms it seems to be further rocket attacks probably grad rocket attacks on the only operating international airport in the libyan capital mis again a port 'd and this follows attacks that have taken place in the last few hours on the tripoli port all of those attacks indiscriminate attacks it seems carried out by general have to its forces it's worth me giving you the backdrop to the whole situation and remember there was an international peace plan that was are pended by generals have to us forces back in april the u.n. secretary general happened to be in libya at the time when general haftar launched his offensive to try to take control of tripoli since then the violence has continued and weapons of continued to pour to both sides in the conflict the u.n. though despite all this trying to keep up the diplomatic momentum the big question is your plan back on track my plan is not back on track my plan has never la

in the worst challenging in weeks threatens to derail libya peace talks taking place in geneva. and on p. december in doha with all its supporters china's most famous athletes with a big swimming champion sun myung is banned for 8 years for breaking anti doping rules details and reaction coming up. welcome to the program our top story nato has called on russia and syria to halt the offensive an adlib as violence continues to escalate in the region the military alliance held an emergency meeting and has condemned the continued indiscriminate as strikes is follows the death of $33.00 turkish soldiers on thursday member states expressed solidarity with their ally turkey but they offered no additional nato support meanwhile on the ground turkey has started retaliatory strikes saying that it's hit more than $200.00 syrian government positions well after denying any initial involvement in those attacks moscow made amends with turkey as president vladimir putin spoke with russia type 2 on the 2 countries have decided to stick to that $2800.00 deescalation zone but that so-called safety

events involving more than $1000.00 people health authorities have reported 50 cases including in geneva and in 00 study l. smart ross is a geneticist and molecular biologist northumbria university is once extensively in africa and is a specialist on epidemic outbreaks and he says that while there have been improvements in recent years the region still needs international investment to help with preparations for the arrival of the virus we need to point out of a sense the able operate in west africa there has been a massive scale up on the capability in the countries in the sub-saharan region because international bodies have poured in investment to make sure the health care capability for screaming and monitoring the situations is up to par and that is not to say that the situation is perfect it's far from perfect actually. jeremy farrar from the welcome trust that many of the internationally renowned people have requested that investment is made by the world bank as well as many of the charitable bodies like bill and melinda gates to ensure preparedness in these regions for this kind o

in geneva for now thank you. well after a brief respite in china the rate of new corona virus infections is again increasing the number killed is on track to surpass the sars total 17 years ago well as $720.00 chinese people have died from the new virus in addition an american woman and a man both from japan both passed away in han where the break started hong kong has begun a 2 week mandatory quarantine for all arrivals from mainland china while in japan thousands of cruise ship passengers remain in quarantine so it says in the ports of yokohama have confirmed 64 cases on poor it's what the world health organization says it sends a good international team of investigators to china as early as monday. yes we have submitted names and i got a response actually today so the team lead the team leader will be leaving either monday already tuesday that's what we have a me at now and then the rest of experts will also for last event welcome to you has this report from beijing. the owners of this luxury cruise ship descr

here in geneva ok james bay is there life as engine eva thank you very much indeed. now the future of the biggest broadcaster in the philippines is being decided by a senate committee in the capital manila protesters condemn the government's attempt to shut down a.b.'s c.d.n. as a severe attack on media freedom president who's eternity has repeatedly pledged to shut down the t.v. network which has criticized his policies the network's broadcasting license expires next month and previous efforts to renew its have failed. us now this reports from barnaby lo. says president will be going to turkey to assume the presidency back in 2016 he's been on the attack against the country's largest broadcaster abs and now on monday the company was given a chance for the 1st time to present its arguments in a legislative forum as is broadcast license hangs in the balance now outside the senate building in the capital manila protesters gathered for demonstration supporting $11000.00 workers of a.b.s. c b n as well as a call for the preservation of press freedom in the country but de

the nations um-backed government has pulled out of peace talks in geneva, furious that rival generalicia have to's -- that rival general halifa attacked a port. in libya, a fragile truce has been repeatedly violated. reporter: scenes from tripoli haharbor just t moments after rockets rained down on the capital port. and his allies have the redline. >> we will suspend o our participation in the geneva talks until a strong position is taken against our aggressors. when t the time e cos, we will firmlyly retaliate to those aggressions. reporter: highly explosive fuel vessel s stopped at the port hae evacuated. power stations could be disrupted as a result of the attack. as have to's eastern -- as haftar's forces were targeting infrastructure, peace talks were taking place in geneva. the latest attack is a big breach of the current cease-fire, but it is far from the first. the ununited nations remains committed to de-escalating the conflict. the two sides have seen that it is better that there is no direct interaction between them. agreement.an if i can get the agreement by what i amhat

envoy in a sense is supposed to be leaving geneva at any point maybe he's already gone because he is attending that meeting now libya is in a very dire economic situation a dim omit it relies mainly on oil but at the moment you have the oil fields that are under blockade and production has gone down from 1300100000 barrels a day 272000 barrels a day so the economy is in tatters that is the 2nd track the 3rd track and that will be probably as difficult as the military track is the political one there is a date set for that february 26th but there was also this idea that you needed again that ceasefire to make sure that the political track will start on some sort of more friendly atmosphere if i may use that word so in between all of that the 5 plus 5 military commanders will meet again on february 18th so you have these 3 tracks that should be moving at the same time but if one stumbles then the 2 others will also stumble thank you very much trying to me to in geneva. it was al jazeera live from london more still ahead coldest continent as its hottest temperature on record. voting end

security council had closed door briefings last night it's about the diplomatic efforts in geneva yes what the german foreign minister said afterwards of the visit to playing the spirit of the european union has agreed to set up a mission and that our next foreign ministers meeting in brussels hopefully will decide exactly what that mission would look like and then we'll have a basis to work out what the consequences could be for those who continue to violate the arms embargo. because there have to be consequences and regardless of what they look like there are a lot of tools to work with it's just the 1st step in raising the political pressure with the aim of preventing any further violation of the arms embargo if that keeps happening anyway then we in the european union will have to talk about what the consequences look like. the other cities that power the world's biggest economy but they're also at serious risk of disappearing beneath the waves a report from a consulting firm says the chinese cities of one joule and on one which generate 20 percent of the country's g.d.p. the worl

al-jadeed -- al jazeera, geneva. >> heavy fighting between saudi troops and tribal forces in the eastf yemen close to the oman border. saudi troops attempted to storm the town of sean but have been repelled. attack helicopters and armored vehicles were deployed as part of the assault heard. escaped yemen have fighting that has got most of the country since 2013. with us and editor-inin-chief of international interest magazine. he told us that saudi's are difficult position with him tribes going against them now. >> we have to understand the context. there have been increasing discontent -- there has been increasing discontent in southern yemen, that the plan now from uae in particular, is to seize the ports about to back the separatist movement in the south in order to expand the maritime policy that extends on the coast of east africa all the way to the mediterranean. convincedieves it has saudi arabia to abandon the idea of restoring yemen as one nation by bribing it with having a stake in building a pipeline that goes in that vicinity near the border of oman towards those ports. it

secretary general is expressed his concern i can tell you here in geneva the u.n. special envoy there pedersen is working the phones as we speak and as you say so the humanitarian community in the u.n. very very concerned concerned that the border might be open that refugees might start to flow u.n.h.c.r. the un's refugee agency is monitoring the situation and waiting for the latest reports from the field earlier on we had a briefing for journalists here in which a spokesman for the humanitarian community explained how serious the situation was we now have 950000 displacement going on in absolutely horrifying conditions people have nothing and they have no place to go. so you know this is just. you know an increase upon an increase upon an increase and it really is tragic to see what is going on we of course joined the secretary general again in his call for an immediate cease fire that is really what is needed to make a difference for these hundreds of thousands of very vulnerable people. well we have had obviously that meeting of nato a rare meeting a called unde

a cease fire deal brokered by russia and turkey are diplomatic editor james bays reports now from geneva the port in the libyan capital tripoli under attack general half his forces carried out the rocket strikes about the same time the talks were resuming in geneva and immediately put the fate of the peace efforts.

that was dr margaret had is from the world health organization in geneva and here in but in the future leadership of germany's dominant conservative party has been thrown into question with the resignation of chancellor angela merkel's chosen successor an idiot and balance shock announcement that she will step down as head of matters c.d.u. party throws the field of potential chancellor candidates wide open but finding a successor poses a major challenge for the c.d.u. the political crisis in germany comes as the rest of europe looks to berlin for stability through the tumultuous post brags that era. a chief political editor michelle knight joins me now michelle or a new party leader is not going to be chosen anytime soon how will this will this uncertainty and delay in waiting weaken the c.d.o. party. but already has because the succession plan of angle medical didn't work out and it was the one who was supposed to unite the party to hound behind a clear vision of what being conservative that's the see in the c.d.u. party is all about in the years and decades to come and now she had t