>>> and kerry lam the chief executive of hong kong.he's stuck in between beijing and the protesters. will china send in the army or will it exceed to the protesters' demands? >> thank you, mr. chief justice. >> we'll get to my take in a bit. but right now on saturday, the impeachment trial of donald trump and the united states senate went into its next phase. when the president's lawyers began their defense. at this point, there is no expectation that trump will actually be removed from office. in the end, this is an essentially party line vote, which means the president will remain in the oval office, but how is the world watching this whole spectacle? joining me now in london, zani minton meadows. in tel aviv, a long-time top diplomat including two stints as u.s. ambassador to israel. from singapore a distinguished fellow at the national university of singapore. zani you were at davos as i was. you saw lots of people from around the world, sort of a good cross-section of global elites, i suppose. what is your sense of what they are m

on choose day hong kong chief executive kerry lam tried to strike a further optimistic note this time for the economy. hong kong will rebound after these months of social unrest and we have a lot of opportunities in front of us that will give us more economic growth in the time to come that future growth she said means an extra $10000000000.00 hong kong dollars can be spent helping people struggling now that represents about 2 percent of the total operating expenditure of the government but it also reflects our commitment to improve the living conditions of the disadvantaged people and the elderly those disadvantaged and elderly hong kong is could be in line for cash handouts under the government's plans the administration is also considering an increase in statutory holiday for workers from $12.00 to $17.00 days a year. but what the measures won't do is end the unrest in the cause of hong kong's money troubles kerry lam remains accused of having done far too little to meet the protesters demands. now to some of the other business stories making news u.s. justice officials have asked

kerry lam has promised a further $1300000000.00 u.s. dollars in relief to help economy struggling for months of protests saying it's recession last year for the 1st time in a decade a total of more than 4 $1000000000.00 has now been pledged to all the lamb insists all kong is resilient as financial hub. hong kong polytechnic university was the scene of some of the most shocking images from the anti beijing demonstrations when it was held in the siege back in november. but this week it reopened for the new semester admittedly with a few extra security measures. on tuesday hong kong chief executive kerry lam tried to strike a further optimistic note this time for the economy. hong kong will rebound after least months of social unrest and we have a lot of opportunities in front of us that will give us more economic growth in a time to come that future growth she said means an extra $10000000000.00 hong kong dollars can be spent helping people struggling now that represents about 2 percent of the total operating expenditure of the governmen

on kong's leader kerry lam has raised the territory's alert level to emergency in response to the corona virus outbreak and on mainland china there been 5 confirmed cases of the virus in. and search and rescue efforts are underway in turkey after a powerful earthquake struck in the east on friday evening magnitude 6.8 trauma killed at least 22 people. the death of an eritrean teenager in a tripoli detention camp this week has highlighted the plight of more than 40000 africans who are living in makeshift centers in libya most have been detained while attempting to cross to europe aid agencies say the conditions are appalling zeros 20 berkeley has visited one detention center near libya's capital. driven by public pushed by fear and persecution by the way most migrants escaping their homeland mostly in sub-saharan africa end up here on the coast of north africa libya can be the start of a bright new life for the beginning of a nightmare. in the capital tripoli thousands wait each day for the chance of manual work the money they earn is used on a mediterranean crossing to europe sent back t

support while the government has acknowledged it's been a year effect xyzzy and the chief executive kerry lam has promised to rebuild the city there is no sign of conceding to any of the demands. of. the new year's eve demonstrations included human chains and many popular entertainment districts and there were clashes in long called the main plash point where some of the more radical protesters lost roads set off fireworks and disrupted traffic. some took a more festive approach these protesters were offering free hugs but not so often in their stand in the peaceful. that's what it was and. like me we find that the protests to be continuity intended because the situation is i think getting more serious here and yet so we are going to fight for what you want in the next year indicating that hong kong may need to brace itself for yet another turbulent year maybe gopalan ajah 0 hong kong. teenagers in colombia risking their lives riding modified pushbikes down steep highways it's the country's more extreme version of gravity biting us force invented in the u.s. many youngsters say it helps them

hong kong but so far they have resisted calls to close the border crossings completely on friday kerry lam again refused to do that. we should not contemplate sort of restrictions off international travel or trade and we should not adopt discriminate tree approach in dealing with people flowing between different countries and places in trying to contain the spread of the d.c.'s there are other measures which will help us to achieve that in fact. also announced in that media conference that civil servants will stay and work at home next week so that's an extension for this week been working from home as well as another another preventative measure following the end of the lunar new year holiday period so that it's been extended by another week and also she announced that all schools in hong kong will remain closed until the 2nd of march. and so far we have at least 5 universities that have followed that lead and we'll also stay close for that period thank you wayne hey in hong kong let's go further afield now a plane usual and a british air force base in a few hours carrying $110.00 british

several opposition politicians were ejected from the hong kong legislative ahead thing leader kerry lam she says the city's autonomous status could last beyond its 2047 expiration date and she stressed that the one country 2 systems model can only be preserved find loyalty to beijing. what goes with the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera the inside story statement banks are watching but for. we understand the different scenes and similarities of cultures across the land. so no matter what you seek out his new era will bring you the needs and current affairs that matter to the. al-jazeera. sudan's transitional government but to the task the army says it lost what it calls the rebellion by former forces it all started with a plan to restructure the intelligence services so what does it mean for sudan's transition to civilian rule this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i'm richelle carey it was a great confrontation between what say you know sudan's old guard and the new administration at the revolt from within the ranks of the security services posed a major c

several opposition politicians were ejected from the hong kong legislator the heckling leader kerry lam she says the city's autonomous status could last beyond its 2047 expiration date and she stressed that the one country 2 systems model can only be preserved by loyalty to beijing. what those were the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after inside story statement banks are watching by for . we understand the differences and similarities of cultures across the world. so no matter. how to bring you their needs and current affairs that matter to you. how does iraq. sudan's transitional government put to the test the army says it quashed what it calls a rebellion by former forces it all started with a plan to restructure the intelligence services so what does it mean for sudan's transition to civilian rule this is inside story. will follow and welcome to the program i'm richelle carey it was a great confrontation between what's seen as sudan's old guard and the new administration at the revolt from within the ranks of the security services posed a major challenge for the tran

before this crossing point was closed the new measures were announced by hong kong's chief executive kerry lam a leader under siege and behind a mosque for the 1st time. it's always night they create things on the mainland has also decided to temporarily poor. to hong kong they make up about 20 something. the rest would be business travelers and those visiting relatives and coming for other reasons. the partial closure of the border is unprecedented and would almost certainly have needed the approval of china's leadership the outbreak of this virus is feeding into a growing anti mainland sentiment here it's been a theme of the ongoing protests but many legislators say this latest measure simply doesn't go far enough and they're demanding that kerry land shut down the entire border local people we spoke to agree. i think the government has done too little the government should shut down all the ports to the media and instead of a partial shutdown. i think the government announced these measures too late since there is already an outbreak of the corona virus in the city the ports should have bee

outbreak in china they're showing no signs of letting up within the past hour hong kong's leader kerry lam announced a series of dramatic new measures including halting ferry and train services to the mainland holding the number of flights and the suspension of personal travel purr. emmett's she also is all hong kong residents who were on the mainland to return home and stay there for the next 14 days. the measures will be effective in reducing the number of visitors from the mainland since transportation services are required for the commuters who will scale back our transportation services 1st of all high speed rail services to and from the mainland will be suspended in terms of air travel the number of flights from mainland to hong kong will be slashed by half in terms of sea travel or cross border ferry services will be suspended will carry lambs move appears to be an attempt to isolate further hong kong from the outbreak which is now killed $106.00 people or more than 4 and a half 1000 chinese people infected the virus has spread widely across southeast asia there are 8 confirmed case

be closed completely indefinitely that hasn't happened but as you mentioned the chief executive kerry lam did announce stricter controls that include the suspension of all rail and ferry services between hong kong and the mainland effective midnight tonight so that's in around 6 hours from now just under 6 hours travel and bus services will continue but they will be reduced and from the mainland side they're going to stop giving out individual visas passes for mainland chinese citizens traveling to hong kong so certainly steps are being taken at they will be welcomed but again i don't think they will stop the criticism of the government that their response has been too slow in the last few hours we have had an update about the actual situation here in hong kong from the government health authorities for the past few days the number of confirmed cases here in hong kong has stood at 8 that is unchanged but they have said that 2 more people have tested positive for corona virus they're awaiting the results of a 2nd retest at one person is in a critical condition but perhaps what will be alar

indefinitely the government hasn't done that but certainly it has announced through chief executive kerry lam strict control so as of midnight thursday we will see the suspension of out rail and ferry services between hong kong and mainland china they will be a reduction in air and bus transport services as well and from the mainland side they're going to suspend the process of giving out visas to individuals to travel from mainland china to hong kong so certainly it will be welcomed but i think the real question is will it be enough to stop the criticism of the government that it hasn't done enough that it's been too slow to respond and i think the answer to that is no most people will feel that it is too little too late and doesn't go far enough wolf thanks very much william hague for us in hong kong. there's a. way it will have a limited role in the development of the united kingdom's 5 gene network the u.s. called on britain to exclude the chinese tech firm from the project because of security fears the team barbara reports from london. it's a yes but one with caviar as the u.k. governmen

have been reported in the city which has now activated at serious response level chief executive kerry lam visited a railway station to extraordinary health checks for incoming passengers $44.00 cases have been detected in mainland china so far the outbreak has revived memories of the sods epidemic which cold 700 people across china in 2003. to a strain. of bracing for a difficult night as hot and windy conditions continue to spread as nearly 150 fires are burning in new south wales alone and in south australia 2 more people are confirmed dead tens of thousands have fled the worst affected areas jessica washington reports. for these fire crews conditions are bad and quickly getting worse thousands of firefighters are on the ground battling unforgiving weather. the extreme heat and volatile winds make a deadly combination as bush fires burn at emergency levels in 3 states in new south wales one local government minister described it as like an atomic bomb hitting the region is already caused major devastation here on new year's eve they making a frightening return with conditions even more

convened just after kerry arrived back from davos in switzerland where she'd been attending the world economic forum now in addition to the various measures announced today carol lam didn't decide to impose a temporary closure of the border between hong kong and china even if she had wanted to it's doubtful that her political masters in beijing would have allowed it instead she's decided to embark on other measures including requiring all visitors from the mainland to sign and fill in health declaration forms this will apply to people entering hong kong by rail train plane and boat she's also going to extend the school holidays for universities kindergartens and schools until the middle of february also flights and train services between who hanna and hong kong will remain suspended and of course all official lunar new year celebrations have been cancelled the french consulate in hard says it's working to provide transportation for its citizens to leave the city and in france itself new cases of being reported tash about lays there. the french health minister and us prison has confirmed there are 3 cases of patients with current virus in the country now we've lear

convened just after kerry arrived back from davos in switzerland where she'd been attending the world economic forum now in addition to the various measures announced today carol lam didn't decide to impose a temporary closure of the border between hong kong and china even if she had wanted to it's doubtful that her political masters in beijing would have allowed it instead she's decided to embark on other measures including requiring all visitors from the mainland to sign and fill in health declaration forms this will apply to people entering hong kong by rail train plane and boat she's also going to extend the school holidays for universities kindergartens and schools until the middle of february also flights and train services between who hanna and hong kong will remain suspended and of course all official lunar new year celebrations have been cancelled meanwhile authorities in france are saying that 2 or 3 cases there arrived without showing any symptoms france's director general of health says all 3 patients are doing very well they are the 1st confirmed diagnoses of the new coronavirus in here at the authority has established a hotline for people who have re

convened just after kerry arrived back from davos in switzerland where she'd been attending the world economic forum now in addition to the various measures announced today carol lam didn't decide to impose a temporary closure of the border between hong kong and china even if she had wanted to it's doubtful that her political masters in beijing would have allowed it instead she's decided to embark on other measures including requiring all visitors from the mainland to sign and fill in health declaration forms this will apply to people entering hong kong by rail train plane and boat she's also going to extend the school holidays for universities kindergartens and schools until the middle of february also flights and train services between who hanna and hong kong will remain suspended and of course all official lunar new year celebrations have been cancelled. well gary is a professor at the department of microbiology and immunology had to learn university school of medicine and he joins us from new orleans thank you so much for your time mr gary dawson just out from the center for disease control showed that this flu season 6400000 people have caught the flu just th

convened just after kerry arrived back from davos in switzerland where she'd been attending the world economic forum now in addition to the various measures announced today carol lam didn't decide to impose a temporary closure of the border between hong kong and china even if she had wanted to it's doubtful that her political masters in beijing would have allowed it instead she's decided to embark on other measures including requiring all visitors from the mainland to sign and fill in health declaration forms this will apply to people entering hong kong by rail train plane and boat she's also going to extend the school holidays for universities kindergartens and schools until the middle of february also flights and train services between blue hand and hong kong will remain suspended and of course all official lunar new year celebrations have been canceled the french consulate in who had says it's working to provide transportation for its citizens to leave the city and in france itself new cases have been reported tasha butler is there. the french health minister and u.s. prison has confirmed there are 3 cases of patients with current virus in the country now we've

kerry gas, the driving force for the event. it was so emotional. by common candour i couldn't even go outside. it was emotional. —— back home in canberra. i it was emotional. —— back home in canberra. lamnd the world. the awareness is growing and we are doing everything we possibly can. always happy to help, always happy to lend my time or my money for that matter. it was a pleasure to be here with nick and the other legends of the game. full—back stuart hogg will captain scotland for this year's six nations. he replaces stuart mcinally, who led the team at the world cup. with 72 caps, he's the most experience player in gregor townsend's 38 man squad for the championship. after missing out on the world cup, there are also recalls for hquones and rory hutchinson. having scored nine tries in 12 games for gloucester this season, lewis rees zammit has been handed his first international call up for wales for the six nations. he's one of five uncapped men in wayne pivac‘s squad. there's also a return for scrum half rhys webb. he had previously been ineligible because he played for toulon in france. but after announcing he was leaving and rejoining 0spreys for next season, wales rugby have r