prompting calls for reform of a market increasingly seen as out of touch with main street kristen salumi al jazeera new york. this is al jazeera and these are the top stories a team of investigators sent by the world health organization is impairing to leave quarantine in the chinese city of homs looking at the origins of the corona virus covenanted was 1st detected in the heart of lake 2019 katrina you has the latest from. rocky outside the hotel where they've been for 2 weeks and we've been speaking to a dutch brawler just named marion koopman who was a member of the job you hate your team and she says since they've arrived in china for the past 2 weeks they've already began their investigational be it from the combined men of their hotel room during this quarantine period they've been having daily online leasing for chinese scientists and others would be no on the ground working to contain the outbreak here in holland and she described their discussion so far as frank going forward though when they get out of their hotel today they don't have finalize plans yet but they do know that they'll be h

prompting calls for reform of a market increasingly seen as out of touch with main street kristen salumi al jazeera new york now a city in southern finland has launched the world's 1st urban ski sharing system residents of lottie are used to skiing to get around during the winter well now they can borrow a pair from one of 3 stations around the city authorities want to encourage people to reduce transport related carbon emissions has already been declared this year's european green capital. part of the headlines here on al-jazeera a team of investigators sent by the world health organization is preparing to leave quarantine in the chinese city of looking into the origins of the corona virus code 19 was 1st detected in late 2019 katrina you has the latest now from. some of the team members here in waiting in the hotel behind us including dr brawley just mary and he said that she's feeling quite optimistic that the team is in good spirits and she's going to get to this is a. con but also she says that the public may need to temper its expectations this is the very beginning of what is a deep dive int

which saw its worst week in months and wondering if activist online trading is here to stay kristen salumi al-jazeera new york. still ahead on al-jazeera. international a mom grows over a possible coup and close. one of the front of the sunbed often decorated viruses from god making the sale of funny genuity she and stephanie decker his mother the regime media among $114000000.00 and. we'll have that story coming up. hello we've got some quiet weather pushing into eastern parts of the u.s. over the next couple of days this massive clouds in the process of pulling out of the way this dog bordello windy weather wet weather at times when she weather easing off the eastern seaboard then so we're going to pull in a northerly wind so it's going to be cold as we go through the next day or so temperatures new york no higher than minus one celsius in the heat of the day on saturday a whole lot better in they say we got some disturbed weather pushing across the plains as we go on through saturday some heavy rain here bumping into that cold rexy of the winds coming from a solid direction that most direct coming

that new york has been better than other states when it comes to protecting the elderly kristen salumi al jazeera new york well experts from the world health organization have met chinese scientists and will happen as they continue their investigation into the origins of cave in 19 the team is now expected to conduct its 1st field visits in the city of races that researches would visit hospitals labs and the food markets that have been linked to the earliest cases of the virus. protests in lebanon have been growing as. government corruption and security forces have been firing tear gas and water cannon the crowds of protesters gathered in the city of tripoli 2 people have been killed and hundreds injured in 4 days of unrest has this update from tripoli. another night of protests another night of violence in lebanon 2nd largest city dozens of protesters have been injured over recent days to protesters killed the situation on the ground is estimated there is a lot of anger people initially took to the streets to protest the coronavirus. they said that the government is not the writing the poor and

the decision along with the warning that by that time damage will already have been done kristen salumi al jazeera the united nations. who the media is reporting that the saudi led coalition carried out 20 ass trikes on yemeni governance on thursday it says the strikes targeted mareeba sada and sunna with 2 air strikes aimed at some who think controlled airport according to the u.n. the war in yemen has killed more than 233000 people since it began in 2015 still to come this half hour more than a year after the 1st coronavirus case was flagged world health organization investigators finally arrive in will happen. and have siberians are coping with the winter that is bitterly cold even for them in minus 50 degrees predicted in the coming days. where it's been a halt in new south wales we hit 40 that's all gone this week line here is a frontal system that's gone through the terms have dropped. victoria's gone are the norm summer and again i don't have a cloud some rain the hard temperature of 19 in melbourne adelaide exceeds it by a little bit sydney vinyl for a lot more while it is pretty and purse

the decision along with the warning that by that time damage will already have been done kristen salumi al-jazeera the united nations will iraq is the deputy country director for action against hunger she says the u.s. decision will make the situation in yemen catastrophic. yemen is already one of the most complex and difficult operating environment for humanitarians in the world and what this is going to do is take a hard situation and make it effectively impossible. we work with action against hunger through lots of health facilities delivering primary health care as well as nutrition services and every single health facility in the country is government run so when you remove our ability to work with the government we can't deliver those life saving services is we're talking about importation of essential supplies of food a fuel of medicine if we can't bring supplies in there's not very much that humanitarians can do on a.c.f. and other humanitarian actors are trying to put in place contingency plans to make sure that lifesaving aid can continue to be delivered but all of these are just bandaid

which saw its worst week in month and wondering if activist online trading is here to stay kristen salumi al jazeera new york. so has hair on al-jazeera they fled for their lives now they're facing hunger and disease the crisis in central africa is being described as apocalyptic. i pulled out half of the internet and out of hong kong literally interest in knowledge and we speak to those determined to stay in hong kong despite china's growing crackdown on the city's freedoms. it's time for the perfect jenny. sponsored play qatar airways there are some surprising differences weather wise across europe at the moment in the southeast to spain and had a record high in our county of 50 degrees that's been swept away by this storm come again then here this snow is sense and subzero weather so it's no exhaust it's a big contrast and he so is the temperature difference that makes the stormy weather so expect some action here's the 1st snow go storm come again was snow and it's forward edge where it's good if it gets a cold rain it's southern edge and of course 30 windy weather and warsaw represents a steady

which saw its worst week in months and wondering if activist online trading is here to stay kristen salumi al-jazeera new york. the hong kong government says it will no longer recognize the british national overseas or be a no passport hours after china made the same announcement the move comes into effect on sunday the same day b n o holders can apply for a special visa to move to the u.k. as adrian brown reports many a determined to stay even as china moves to rapidly curtail the city's freedoms. the music video promoting a message of harmony in a community where politics have been badly out of tune. let's move forward no matter what go the lyrics let's share the new economy. the songs called endless possibilities and was written by linda chan he's a technology entrepreneur and doesn't intend on joining a growing exodus to the u.k. we can see for 5 years already more more peaceful when people become friendly to each other again despite their political believe and couple with the fighting of the cold we have a common target to work together chan is also a government advisor and supports china's rece

which saw its worst week in months and wondering if activist online trading is here to stay kristen salumi al-jazeera new york. well still ahead here on al-jazeera amid a crowd of hours long actors and playwrights in florida see an opportunity to keep doing what they love. and we look at why a possible free trade deal with the u.s. could worsen kenya's problem with plastic waste those stories after the break. it's time for the perfect jenny. went sponsored point qatar airways hello we're saying some very heavy snowfall recently across a good part of northern japan and western areas of honshu disruptive snow power outages and a lot of travel disruption as a systems made its way through tightly packed isobar so we do still have strong winds coming in across the warm waters the relatively warm waters of the save japan the air cools condenses it forms the cloud and it dumps a lot of snow across the western side of concho there will be more snow flurries as we go through saturday to do expect further disruption here then possibility of power outages as well and an increased avalanche risk things will slow

prompting calls for reform of a market increasingly seen as out of touch with main street kristen salumi al-jazeera new york. time for a quick check of the headlines here on al-jazeera a team of investigators sent by the world health organization is preparing to meet quarantine in the chinese city of. looking into the origins of the corona virus covered 19 was 1st detected in late 2019 katrina you as the latest from. new clothing to some of the team members here in waiting in the hotel behind us including dr brawley just mary and she said that she's feeling quite optimistic that the team is in goods.

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which saw its worst week in months and wondering if activist online trading is here to stay kristen salumi al-jazeera new york. so i had hair on. why there is a rising number of afghans seeking refuge from violence despite peace talks between the government and the taliban. and although a stage for this there is a tree in florida how it's keeping the arts alive even during a global pandemic. how either the weather has been exceptionally mild if not hot across western parts of europe tick down towards the southwest now we can see on thursday off no the temperature got up to a staggering 29 degrees celsius that is around 12 degrees about the seasonal average so some very very warm weather something's going to cool off over the next couple of days now let's compare and contrast that with the weather that we see across the other side if you know there's a moderate sweeps in from the atlantic with this gag of weather fronts with some rain sleet and snow there's a fair bit of snow just around the black sea this is into western parts of ukraine where we saw a good covering of snow cause widespread destructi

that new york has been better than other states when it comes to protecting the elderly kristen salumi al-jazeera new york the u.n. security jet the u.n. secretary general rather on the security council are once again calling on all foreign forces and mercenaries to leave libya under a cease fire deal all fighters from outside the country were told to withdraw by the end of this month but that as yet to happen diplomatic editor james baker reports from the u.s. . it's now almost 10 years since the start of the uprising in libya it's been a decade of death and misery but the un's outgoing acting special representative stephanie williams told the security council there was no reason for hope that ceasefire is in place a cease fire agreed in october it was holding despite this she said blatant foreign interference was continuing this was the 1st security council meeting on libya attended by a diplomat representing the biden administration and he demonstrated what appears to be a more forceful u.s. policy we call all external parties to include russia turkey and the u.a.e. to respect libyan foreign t

prompting calls for reform of a market increasingly seen as out of touch with main street kristen salumi al-jazeera new york. now a city in southern finland has launched the world's 1st urban ski sharing system residents of lottie are used to skiing to get around during the winter well now they can borrow a pair from one of 3 stations around the city authorities want to encourage people to reduce transport related carbon emissions lotty has already been declared this year's european green capital. of the headlines here in al-jazeera a team of investigators sent by the world health organization is preparing to leave quarantine in the chinese city of will hand looking into the origins of the corona virus code with 19 was 1st detected in who had.

other struggling company of a market increasingly seen as out of touch with main street kristen salumi al-jazeera new york. results is there and these are the top stories the new u.s. secretary of state is they dealt how joe biden's administration plans to rebuild ties with the rest of the world as need lincoln says if iran returns to full compliance on the 2050 nuclear agreement the u.s. will also come back to the deal share buttons it has more from washington d.c. . it just isn't clear what the boy did with instructions are you saying because one .

prompting calls for reform of a market increasingly seen as out of touch with main street kristen salumi al jazeera new york. time for a quick check of the headlines here on al-jazeera a team of investigators sent by the world health organization is preparing to leave quarantine in the chinese city of. looking into the origins of the corona virus covered 19 was 1st detected in late 2019 katrina you as the latest from. talking to some of the team members here in waiting in the hotel behind us including dr brawley just mary and he said that she's feeling quite optimistic that the team is in good spirits and she's the only continues to this is inside the team doing what it can but also she says that the public may need to temper its expectations this is only the very beginning of what is a deep dive into the origin of the war in a virus and to expect any conclusive finding in the next few weeks is unrealistic this could in fact take he is the new u.s. secretary of state blinken says if iran returns to full compliance some of the 2050 nuclear agreement the u.s. will also come back to the deal donald tr

prompting calls for reform of a market increasingly seen as out of touch with main street kristen salumi al jazeera new york. this is al jazeera these are your top stories the team from the world health organization have ended that 2 week hotel quarantine and will china will now begin investigating the origins of the corona virus and make some months of to lay katrina you is in will hand. debate show said that plan for the next few weeks is yet to be finalized but since they arrived in china 2 weeks ago they've already being in gauged in frank discussions with that chinese counterparts and others involved in the management of the outbreak here in holland they've got a mammoth task ahead of them they're investigating a lot of theories and among them is one that covers 19 1st originated in a wild animal potentially a bat secondly they're also going to go into the 100 black market where the 1st cluster of the corinna virus was 1st identified and see how the virus might have spread from there. vietnam is reporting a new outbreak of corona virus often nearly 2 months health officials fear a wider outbre

which saw its worst week in month and wondering if activist online trading is here to stay kristen salumi al jazeera new york well than a dozen countries including the u.s. and the u.k. have urged meanwhile to stick to democratic norms as international concern grows over a possible coup the military made claims of irregularities in the embassy election which saw a governing party won a majority of seats in palomas election commission rejected the allegations the army says it may take action if it's complaints addressed menzel wu's executive director of the meanwhile institute for peace and security he says the government is currently holding talks with the army to defuse tensions. well right now the threat has become serious and we have to be informed that the government and the military having a negotiation section yesterday so far the result has not been coming yet but i liked the other coop's happening happen in the end or in the past the military. was like a warning several times letting the government of the public know their. consent and what action they might take or they may not take the hor

prompting calls for reform of a market increasingly seen as out of touch with main street kristen salumi al jazeera new york. is with bison interests he joins us live from houston texas via skype thank you for your time mr young i just want to quickly make this very clear for people who may not understand so this is a bunch of people banding together online to purposefully push up the price of a stock in reaction to another group of people the wall street institutional investors who usually do the same thing but have been doing but doing it to push down the price of the stock is that right. yeah it kind of so i think i think i would frame it differently game stop had been actually i guess manipulated down there had been a set of investment funds that kind of go from one company to another and aggressively short their stock you know put out kind of negative things about them encourage negative news stories and so game stop shares probably bertucci on one hand there are not doing very well as a retailer james on the other hand they have a promising new board member who is the co-founder of chewy and

prompting calls for reform of a market increasingly seen as out of touch with main street kristen salumi al-jazeeranew york. leaders of a city in southern finland say they've launched the world's 1st been ski sharing system residents of lottery used to skiing to get around during the winter well now they can borrow a path from one of 3 stations around the city officials say they want to encourage people to reduce transport related carbon emissions it's early as well 2nd oldest population and europe's 2nd highest coronavirus death toll for many elderly people social distancing means being isolated from their families for long periods of time especially those living in care homes but as stephanie decker reports from avellino in southern italy some have come up with a novel idea as bringing affection and touch back. who am i asked his mother might. be. i'm luigi he reminds her it's all a little overwhelming much with a mask is the fuel in the plastic bag she's difficult. but the least she did recognize me after a few minutes. this is the 1st so-called hug bubble in southern italy plastic divides them

which saw its worst week in month and wondering if activist online trading is here to stay kristen salumi al jazeera new york. still ahead here on al-jazeera why there is a rising number of afghans seeking refuge from violence and the taliban and the government are talking peace. and all the world's a stage and this there's a truth in florida how it's been in the arts alive even join at the label pandemic . you can tell the rainy season is coming to us and how it's functioning from the point of view frequency in dips of showers in a good part of malaysia and even indonesia the focus on the heavy stuff is further east and further south very few shots of any significance see mark in the philippines we still got them in sumatra in the afternoon but they're not everywhere and we certainly got in showing up to say further south and if you cross the equator which affecting a straight and indeed fiji as a tropical low in western australia that's producing flooding in well the kimberley plateau and then to the east over suva just coming in now is tropical cyclone and that ahead of it is already already been

other struggling company of a market increasingly seen as out of touch with main street kristen salumi al jazeera new york. results is there and these are the top stories the new u.s. secretary of state is they dealt how joe biden's administration plans to rebuild tell lies with the rest of the world as anything can says if iran returns to full compliance of the 2015 u.k. agreement the u.s. will also come back to the deal share buttons he has more from washington d.c. . it just isn't clear what the buy did ministrations actually saying because what they had promised on the campaign trail and even said during the transition period was we will go into compliance when iran goes into compliance and roberto's the us off draw that broke the terms of the deal broke international law by breaking a un ratified treaty or banks the u.s. and the u.n. and iran but on the one hand blinken says that we will get back into the deal we will comply by the demands when iran does but them a few sentences off that always he then goes into great detail about how. iran's compliance will need to be assessed the u.s. has

prompting calls for reform of a market increasingly seen as out of touch with main street kristen salumi al jazeera new york. this is just there and these are the top stories a team of investigators sent by the world health organization is impairing to leave quarantine in the chinese city of homs looking into the origins of the corona virus covenanted with fast attacked and hot of late 2019 katrina you has the latest from . rocky outside the hotel where they've been for 2.

that new york has been better than other states when it comes to protecting the elderly kristen salumi al-jazeera new york oh sure lanka has started its vaccine rollout with a half 1000000 doses donated by india it's using the astra zeneca vaccine manufactured by india's serum institute the biggest vaccine maker in the world it is involved in what's been called vaccine diplomacy gifting millions of doses to 7 neighboring countries. now then exports of cherries from chile to china have taken hits appears to be all because of the room an unsubstantiated reports began circulating on chinese social media that traces a coded 19 were found in some boxes of cherries latin america and it's only seen human reports now from santiago. all year long producers wait for this moment when their cherries go through the final stage of selection sanitation and packing before being shipped off to china for the chinese this color red brings good fortune so they import cherries mainly from chile to celebrate the chinese new year which starts next month but when an unsubstantiated story went viral on chinese social net

the decision along with the warning that by that time damage will already have been done kristen salumi al jazeera the united nations mexico's attorney general says charges will not be placed on its former defense minister accused of drug trafficking in the united states salvador. was arrested in los angeles in october but the u.s. let him return to mexico to be investigated the u.s. accused him of conspiring to produce and distribute illegal drugs that mexico's attorney general says the evidence shows never met criminal organizations nor promised to protect them in the u.s. has added chinese smart smartphone maker gyal me to its economic blacklist washington says the company and 8 others have links to the chinese military and u.s. investors have until november to divest their stakes or face penalties the company has become the world's largest 3rd largest smartphone maker benefiting from a previous blacklist of weiwei. more dangerous chemicals have been found at beirut sport months after a huge explosion killed more than $200.00 people the blast destroyed neighborhoods in the lebanese capital and

which saw its worst week in months and wondering if activist online trading is here to stay kristen salumi al jazeeranew york time for an update on the sports news with peter thank you very well start with something we've not seen too much of in the last 12 months up to 50000 fans a day will be allowed in to watch the australian open tennis that's around 50 percent of the usual attendance for the grand slam which starts on february 8th in melbourne the limit will drop to $25000.00 for the last 6 days of the tournament because there are fewer matches it's all been signed off by the state of victoria. the following dies will have up to 390000 people here at melbourne park and that's about 50 percent of the average over the last 3 years you know it will not but the saw him as the last few years but it will be the most significant international event with crowds that the world has seen for many many months more than a 1000 people including players and their entourages were required to undergo 14 days of coron team on their arrival in australia most were at least able to train them but 72 players were in

the decision along with the warning that by that time damage will already have been done kristen salumi al jazeera the united nations let's talk more about this with her heart to the head of mission for doctors without borders in yemen he joins us via skype from aden thanks very much indeed for being with us can you tell us what this will mean for aid organizations trying to operate in yemen. as it is if still doesn't have the full picture of all the designation of the young so long by the outgoing trombonist nation as a foreign terrorist organization. one of. it is difficult to say but it is vital that any potential counterterrorism as it nation in yemen does not. have the yemeni people who are already suffering the direct in the indirect of the protected more for almost all decade. and to terrorist nation settings to further complicate the provision of aid of vital to yemen there must be. brought exemption covering every. port of humanitarian supplies the movement of humanitarian teams on the ground we got. independent. and support to medical services but many still holds inside and an audience

which saw its worst week in months and wondering if activist online trading is here to stay kristen salumi al jazeera new york still had on the al-jazeera news hour all the world's a stage for this bitter trip and florida how it's keeping the arts alive even during the global pandemic and we have action from the america's cup challenger series and these ilands stories coming up with peter and sports. frank assessments you go colleagues on the ground in the canaries what is the situation there's only one doctor and one nurse for $2200.00 people and in-depth analysis of the dates global headlines. inside story on al-jazeera. february on al-jazeera under strict accents to iran's nuclear program is about to end will u.s. president joe biden overturn trump sanctions and help rebuild relations al-jazeera sense out on a journey to the heart of what it means to be a true support of the people the u.s. has the highest prove it 19 counts in the world the new administration as promised a time at around we'll have extensive coverage the big picture reveals how the perfect storm of events in 2020 exposed the trut

prompting calls for reform of a market increasingly seen as out of touch with main street kristen salumi al jazeera new york still to come here in the news for you a viral photo of u.s. senator bernie sanders helps grab big bucks for charity. and 2 of the n.b.a.'s top teams muse in what many think could be a preview of the season's finals that's coming up in sports with peter when we come back. time for sport is peter thank you peter a limpet bosses are adamant that holding the tokyo games in july would not be irresponsible much of japan is in a state of emergency because of covert 1001 poll showed 80 percent of the public are in favor of postponing again or canceling but the international olympic committee says it's a case of how not if the games will go ahead they are to release a playbook soon explaining how they plan to get thousands of athletes to compete safely in japan if we would think it would be irresponsible and if we would think there could be games could not be saved we would not go over it again principle number one save organization we've been speaking to the huff post travis waldron

about 700 percent this year but as you can imagine institutional investors are not happy al-jazeera is kristen salumieports from new york. game stop a video game retailer was in trouble even before the coronavirus pandemic hit suffering hundreds of millions of dollars in losses and closing hundreds of brick and mortar stores as gamers increasingly made their purchases online but none of that has stopped its stock from skyrocketing in value spurred on by individual investors posting on the reddit page wall street bets started by jamie rosen scale and what we're seeing here is the result of having a massive influx of retail traders who don't care about fundamentals never really have cared about fundamentals they cared about the short term moves so in theory in the short term anything is possible i mean the price is set based on supply and demand and at this point anyone who's just buying up the stocks is further putting pressure to raise the price institutional investors had bet against game stop shorting the stock to make a profit but read it investors rallied against them buying the stock on mass thi

he occupies the white house the question is it too little too late gabriel's on doe al-jazeera washington kristen salumi is in biden's hometown of wilmington delaware and she has a what he had to say. he very specifically did not say anything about whether or not the 20 fouth 5th amendment should be invoked which would put mike pence in charge of the government he in fact told reporters before delivering prepared remarks that he would avoid that topic what he did say is that the attack on the capital was one of the darkest days in u.s. history he called the capital the citadel of justice he said it was an assault on democracy he didn't however spare president charm criticism or blame for what happened he said it was the result of the culmination of 4 years of disregard for the constitution and the rule of law and he called those who took part in the domestic terrorists now this was an event to name top officials in the justice department his nominees for that department and by not addressing the issue of the 25th amendment and whether or not any specific charges should be brought against any of the demo

al jazeera kristen salumi reporting live. from new york many thanks indeed krista let's go live then to berlin which is a restaurant it kane is there 1st tell us the latest in the spat between the e.u. and the drug maker astra zeneca. one of the interesting things that has come to define the way this whole story has developed over the last few days is the differing version of events that comes with it so we've had a situation where here in germany the scientific commission which advises the government the federal health ministry about the sorts of vaccines that can be authorized and in what way well it's reported that it's indicated to the health ministry perhaps that only those under the age of $65.00 should be given the astrovan zeneca vaccine if and when it is approved at a european level because it says that the amount of data for those over $65.00 is just insufficient to be able to say that it can be authorised the health minister here has not confirmed that that is definitely going to happen and said well let's wait to

kristen salumi bring us up to date on that security council debate at the u.n. on central african republic christine thank you very much indeed. so i had on al-jazeera indonesia's earthquake victims say help can't come fast enough as heavy rain hampers rescue efforts and europe makes plans to phase out fuel burning cars but cannot retain its technological independence and it's a great day in abu dhabi for former golf world number one lori mcelroy gemma's going to be here with the action in sport. however we're seeing some rather wet sand windy and at times when she weather pushing across northern parts of the middle east recently we've had since snow pushing it just for the balance easing across northern parts of syria iraq pushing across iran now making its way towards afghanistan through turkmenistan dry weather coming back in behind to the south that will see temperatures here into struggling over the next couple of days 2021 celsius with that cane blowing through the gulf lifted dust and sand so visibility problems you can expect that until we get into the 2nd half of the weekend south of that generate dry plenty of sunshine coming through that