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Chinas lifting some of the restrictions on people at the epicenter of the coronavirus epidemic a short time ago government officials announced that Healthy People in the city of who han in a province will now be allowed to leave for the authorities are calling crucial operations only earlier for chinese provinces lowered their Emergency Response level to the outbreak the government has a 4 tier response system for Public Health emergencies that determines what measures it will take about 78000 people in china remain infected however south korea is still on high alert its Just Announced 161 new cases brings the total number of infected people to 763 the number of dead from the virus in south korea well that stands at 7 after 2 more were announced on monday in a few moments rob mcbride will be live for us in seoul 1st lets go to katrina you our correspondent in beijing katrina you and i were discussing just a few days back about a slightly heavy handed approach on the part of the chinese authorities but it seems to have worked. Well thats what they fear already is a saying weve had some positive some encouraging news weve had 416. 00 new cases reported of coronavirus of the past 24 hours so there seems to be a downward trend and because of that weve seen for the 1st time some loosening on some of those heavy handed restrictions that youve just mentioned peter so today with just a few hours ago weve been told that will one city is now allowing healthy nonresidents of want to leave the city and also people who are in Government Operations medical workers people delivering supplies post walk workers etc theyre also allowed to leave the city and that it was stuck outside the city during the lockdown an hour loud to enter an important caveat though as it seems that normal one residence if you dont have a specific reason for having to leave the city will not going to be allowed to leave still so its not like were going to see a massive exodus but this is a significant significant change and it does signal some positive movements and weve also seen some other provinces 4 provinces united way joe in sensi province also lower their alert level saying that people can go back to work but we have to remember in kuwait province situation does remain critical weve had 150 deaths reported in the last 24 hours morse of them in kuwait province and there are still about 50000 people in hospital receiving care about 10000 of those are in Critical Condition and there are still 4000 suspected cases yet to be confirmed so for the government its really about toeing the swine line between encouraging people to go back to work around the country getting the economy going again but at the same time making sure that the millions of people who are going back to work on spreading the illness once again so it is a fine line there but were are we are going to see at by the end of today whether the government is going to perspire in the National Peoples congress which is the key political event for the year which usually takes place in march katrina thanks very much rob mcbride joins us live from seoul so rob slightly different picture where you are restrictions still in place. Absolutely with as you mentioned they have raised the alert level to the highest the alert level red which means that they can direct more medical resources to where theyre needed which is down in the southeast of the country this city of daegu and also its neighboring county where weve had these clusters of outbreaks the Health Ministry have been giving their regular briefing updating the figures 161. 00 new cases of that is slightly more than yesterday sunday but about the same level as the increase on saturday so we are sort of getting this slight fluctuation but the numbers are still on the trend and the ministry has been talking about its policy of containment this policy whereby you every case that presents itself that is a confirmed coronavirus case you have to investigate you see how that person was possibly infected by somebody else did that person then meet other people and pass it on so this is very resource hungry work it is takes a huge amount of hours of investigative work by these medical professionals and with more cases obviously that workload increases and the ministry has said at some point if they do continue to have these increased number of cases they might have to scale back on this containment work and go more over to mitigation basically just trying to accept that this is spreading through the community and you have to deal with the damage as best you can the ministry as therefore as asking for volunteers in the daegu area in the southeast of the country especially to come forward to help to start these Testing Centers and also these wards that are being dedicated to treat Infectious Diseases but to give you some idea of the workload that these medical professionals are facing this is the height of flu season and in this area the southeast of the country there already have. Have about 30000 its estimated 30000 people with flu symptoms that if those people all turn up at Testing Centers you have to investigate whether those are they corona virus cases though still the task facing the medical services here in south korea extremely daunting rob thanks very much irans being isolated by its neighbors because of growing fears over the coronavirus outbreak for new infections have been recorded in the capital tehran 7 in the holy city of qom to england province and one each in markazi province and tunica bonn in a bid to stop the spread to pakistan closed its border with iran on sunday as have armenia and turkey in the northwest ankara has also hold all incoming flights afghanistan has suspended all road and air travel to its neighbor 3 afghans are currently being tested for the virus after entering from iran and iraq is scanning arrivals of a few years that hundreds of thousands of iranians visiting holy sites could bring the virus across the border for such about as in tehran with more on how the authorities there are responding. The number is of course significant because they are worried that the containment process is really something that they need to address as quickly as possible the outbreak started in the holy city of home which is about 120 kilometers south of the capital tehran officials believe that a chinese worker construction worker was the source of the outbreak in that city you know they have since closed schools and universities not only but in about 2 thirds of the cities across the country in the capital all the major events have been canceled including the governments Foreign Ministry briefing that was to be held on monday and we also understand the terror on university dormitories have been evacuated as well the Health Minister has also said that the masks and this in fact since will no longer be sold in pharmacies because the government will be hanged handing them out in public a metro stations as well as buses across the cities the president. Has won a 4th term in office according to initial results he took 72 percent of the vote far ahead of his main rival. Now the opposition alleges that fraud took place during the election the president s family has ruled the west african country for 53 years but it was just following the story for us from me. With a massive win of 72 percent of the vote as declared by the independent National Electoral Commission President is set to extend his 15 year will on the state the west african nation and effectively solidifying the group the family had on power in this country for more than half a century now with this result there will be no need for a 2nd round of voting or an off between the top 2 candidates the results will now have to be forwarded to the Constitutional Court for it to ratify within the next 6 days however that one opposition figure who had already declared himself elected president is saying that he is not agreeing to the results as announced by the independent National Electoral commission we know he proceed to change the to change the result is some way. Of the former head of state over the new people who write their name on a pool so we know and there are so committed no and my we. Do have a power we do it boots we do it problem. As we. Do it as quote. People. To leave and to give that power now a lot of people were watching closely to see the reaction of people on the streets and what will be the response of the security forces. At least 9 people including 3 children have been killed in an earthquake in turkey the magnitude 5. 7 quakes epicenter was just across the border in iran and more than 70 people were injured. Reports now from a tape in turkey. The moment the 5. 7 magnitude earthquake rattled villages in the turkish province of one people in the area close to the border with iran rushed outside into the streets what followed was panic pandemonium and desperate cries for help on in the world do you happen to be in 2 seconds we ran away in a building collapsed my sheets encountered buried under the rubble if the earthquake could happen at night we wouldnt have survived this ship on the rescue teams scramble to reach survivors under the rubble turkeys government assessing the damage. There are no more people under the rubble will be taking extra precautions for the upcoming hours a good chance being set up to house the homeless but its still winter here keeping of the cold is essential fearful of aftershocks many are planning to spend the night in the open crisscrossed by 4th lines turkey and iran are some of the most seismically active countries in the world last month more than 40 people were killed and hundreds injured when a 6. 8 magnitude earthquake struck the eastern turkish provinces. And. A 9 years ago one of the most devastating disasters in eastern turkey is recent history a 7 point one magnitude earthquake killed more than 500 people and ever since the turkish government has stepped up efforts or alleviate the destructive impacts of the biggest natural threats in the region. How tight. Still to come here on aljazeera a scandal in paris while a former french president ial candidate is facing trial also ahead. I lean upon him and promised i met him already on state of the job by dot com were going to have a 1st visit to india and us as. How the snow stopped falling in turkey now but the residual rain is spreading across the levant itll head slowly south that satellite shows circulation the strongest winds are region thats where the showers going to go down on monday youll notice something developing in north and saudi and also of course the eastern edge of the Higher Ground as we enter into iran thats going to keep going and enhanced the showers i think in saudi arabia even as far south as mecca i mean as you kuwait to the south there is that is remarkably warm a light suddenly breeze binns 30 degrees in doha its but average and 33 in riyadh thats really quite a big climb and as the rate is slowly coming north are you most of us surprised to see my big white top plant there in d. R. Congo and there in angola forecast wise theyll tend to stay in that and that area got to gabble as well and if you go further south you see not only northern but southern parts of milan received some fairly heavy rain in fact that streak runs all the way down through zimbabwe towards botswana on the eastern side of south africa so forecast wise pretty widespread right and it still includes maybe not discuss in coast but inland including when took 24. 00 degrees and thunderstorms pretty good for february. We will maintain the finest fighting force the world has ever known United States army was so reliant on the private sector i would call it a dependency we have a mismatch between the way we magine to be and the reality of the 21st century enough to embody the deal for you and i would tool for you how many of the persons that youre sending out you should be child soldiers and. Child soldiers reloaded on aljazeera. Updating the top story so far this half hour china is partly lifting quarantine restrictions at the epicenter of the coronavirus epidemic allowing healthy nonresidents to leave the city of new hand under certain conditions earlier for chinese provinces lowered their Emergency Response levels we are bringing. The Israeli Military has launched air strikes on gaza and the syrian capital damascus after the Palestinian Group Islamic Jihad fired 21 rockets into southern israel said it launched the attack after this really soldiers fired on a group of palestinians killing one of its members. And initial results in turkey his president ial election show incumbent president thats a big winning by a landslide Electoral Commission says hes taken 72 percent of the vote the opposition says the election was marred by for. A Senate Committee hearing has started in manila to decide the future of the philippines biggest broadcaster demonstrators have gathered outside the senate to protest the governments petition to close down a. B. S. E. B. M. On his current license expires in march they say its an attack on press freedom to manila and barnaby lobato be so whats the issue for the government with this broadcaster. Hi peter were inside the premises of a Senate Building right now here in manila where there is an ongoing in korea on the renewal of the podcast slices of a. V. s c. B. S. You mention the largest broadcaster in fact the largest Media Organization here in the philippines now this is an important date because bills supporting the renewal of the broadcast license of a b a c b and have been languishing for many many months at the lower house and the lower house is the 1st step for the renewal of the broadcast license of a. B. S. E b. N. Or any broadcaster for that matter so this is the 1st time a. B. S. You get is having the chance to speak out on the issue to thrash out their arguments against the renewal of their broadcast franchise and this is also important because the countrys top attorney has filed a petition at the Supreme Court for a. B. S. C b m and its supporters to not issue any statement on the issue of the renewal of its broadcast franchise now just to give you a brief background the countrys top attorney also filed a petition stopping a. B. S. E b. And from its operations on the basis of. A constitutional violation on its pay per view service the top attorney of the government is saying that a. B. S. Even doesnt have the necessary permits for a paper view Service Attorney also accuses a. B. S. E b. N. Of having foreigners all parts of the Company Media corporations in the philippines are supposed to be fully owned by filipinos but because of this hearing right now thats still ongoing we are having some clarity on some of these issues the regulator the main regulator for which the. Is under is saying right now that a. B. S. Even has no violations so far the securities and Exchange Commission is saying also that a. B. S. Even has no buy elations so far in terms of its Corporate Finances and so what were hearing right now is that a. B. S. Even so far has no violations and so therefore there is no reason for the nonrenewal of its broadcast license and yet. It is congress that has the sole power of renewing this broadcast license and again bill supporting this renewal of broadcast license still languishing in the lower house Peter Barnaby thanks very much. The Israeli Military has launched airstrikes into gaza the army says its in response to Palestinian Group Islamic Jihad firing 21. 00 rockets into southern israel 13 of them were intercepted the Israeli Military has also carried out air strikes against Islamic Jihad targets in damascus syrian state media is reporting that the countrys air defenses of intercepted what they call quote hostile targets over the city the group says it carried out the rocket attack on israel off to the army opened fire on a group of palestinians killing one person 4 others were shot and injured while trying to recover the body before it was taken away by and is really bulldozer and forces in west jerusalem he says the israeli airstrikes came as no surprise. Well certainly the strikes inside gaza are relatively standard for this kind of escalation the kind of which weve seen many times in the last couple of years certainly of rocket fire such as this is typically met with an israeli round of airstrikes inside gaza the Israeli Military saying dozens of targets belonging to palestinian Islamic Jihad have been hit also saying that they struck what they said was a rocket team in preparation potentially for a launch of the palace in Health Ministry inside gaza saying that a group of 4 people were injured by a drone strike and that among the injured were among the group were a man and his wife less typical though is the strikes that these women she is also rarely admitting to having carried out inside syria it did however in november at a time when it assassinated a a Rocket Team Commander inside gaza as well as trying to carry out a strike against a senior Islamic Jihad figure in damascus it said at that point there would be further strikes against Islamic Jihad leadership in in the syrian capital if rocket fire continued so the immediate thought for many was is this a sign that they were doing just that in response to this latest round of rocket fire so far the Israeli Military is just saying that it struck a site which its calling a hub for Islamic Jihad activity south of the syrian capital one used for weapons research. U. S. President donald trump is on his way to his 1st state visit to india his trip is designed not only to boost ties and trade but also his reelection chances by wooing 4 and a half 1000000 Indian American voters when he arrives hell be welcomed 5100000 people at a rally in state from there are india correspondent Elizabeth Run has more. Well that says above all good rehearsing for the 1st visit to the by a u. S. President as donald trump has driven from the airport hell be welcomed by these dances then 100000 people inside the. Stadium. Very much. But out of order one of the leaders of the world. Coming to. Town leaders and spent around 10000000. 00 half of that on the blanket security operation for Donald Trumps visit to las just 4 wow those. Billboards every few meters around the city center celebrate the friendship between they say the worlds oldest democracy in the worlds largest. And this wall has been built along the road that president takes from the airport to hide the slum behind it. But away from the newly manicured city center is another. From a time when that in their body was chief minister of the state and bad from travelling to the United States in february 2002 killed at least a 1000 people most of the muslims and riots the Us Government banned because of allegations he tacitly supported the mob violence 97 People Killed in the muslim neighborhood of one day including shakes cousin and her 2 young children. By writing what he wants to hide the atrocities taking place against muslims in india he wants to clean his image and protect that everything is peaceful in india. Says trumps unlikely to put any pressure on marty over the treatment of Indian Muslims the. Idea about. This. Where. Despite their differences on trade issues the leaders have met 4 times in the past year and clothing in the u. S. City of houston where donald trump welcomed along with 50000 Indian Americans interned pledge to support for trumps reelection people born in india the 2nd Largest Immigrant Group in the United States might not be the most populous states but nearly a 3rd of all Indian Americans have connections here and 9 months out from the u. S. Election president coming to. Boost his popularity among the 4 and a half 1000000 Indian American voters elizabeth for aljazeera and who. Will stay with us story. Of the consultancy relax strategies she says trade is off the table but trump will be able to find common ground. They are drawn to one another primarily because their own feel the way they see their roles as leaders of their these 2 big democracies and worlds 2 largest democracies india being the new us in america being the oldest and so the reality is this is you know youve got india that is so complex its many nations in one it seems sometimes i actually just returned from there and the sentiment about shop is that you know maybe he is a bit like Prime Minister murthy and i really feel that that is exactly why trump wants to go there he know hes he knows hes going to get a bit of a heros welcome and with india being the largest democracy and this this is these are people of every type you know you would think that they would be as diverse as the United States but alas they are primarily in the nation and so trying with all his issues with Muslim Americans he hasnt got to worry about those those of course the muslim issue complex applies to most of these reign as Prime Minister and so lets just pull back and say these 2 men quite like each other and i think well be comparing notes quite a bit there fischel is here in washington d. C. Just on friday acknowledged the trumpet ministration officials that really nothing is going to get done regarding trade not even something small this visit was truly supposed to be about bilateral ations but weve learned since its been. Officially now that the visit between the 2 leaders will again incorporate regional and global issues and i think thats where they will really spend most of their time talking about. Iran has seen its lowest turnout in a parliamentary election in 40 years just under 43 percent of eligible voters cast their ballots on friday conservative candidates are set to win a majority taking all 30 parliamentary seats in the capital tehran voters options were limited with more than 7000 potential candidates disqualified irans interior minister says other circumstances were to blame for the low turnout in ma that shadow. We held these elections when there were several incidents in the country we had bad weather there was this coronavirus disease there was the plane crash also the events of january and november in such a situation the turnout right seems perfectly acceptable for us. Off Duty Police Officers in haiti have exchanged gunfire with members of the armed forces in the capital Port Au Prince the confrontation started during a demonstration demanding better wages for Law Enforcement officers its not clear who started shooting 1st at least 3 of the protesting policemen were wounded and taken to hospital. The trial of the former french president ial candidate francois feel a certain begin in paris feel is accused of paying his wife more than a 1000000 euros in public funds for a fake job the scandal which came to be known as penelope gate emerged during the 27000. 00 Election Campaign and destroyed feels political career. Has more from paris. Only 2017 and fossil fuel was riding high the strongest contender in frances president ial race he was the candidate for frances conservative party the republicans after winning its primary with a landslide a former Prime Minister he was politically experienced well connected and confident he would win but i do not want to change my beliefs or my goals according to peoples feelings or the i like mint of the planets. Things seemed to be going feelings way until the scandal broke a french newspaper allege that fear had misused taxpayers money when he was an m. P. To pay his wife penelope as a parliamentary system for years for no work the couple was placed under formal investigation or denied the accusations and said he was affect him of the Political Smear Campaign on sees only pretty 36 years of political life 36 years without any judicial problems today i am the target of a ruthless one sided attack 7 days a week 24 hours a day for all the legal facts is this fair is chris issues france has a history of corruption and nepotism in politics some soft field as a symbol of both and public pressure mounted on him to step down he refused and forged ahead with his campaign but the damage was done for fail to make it past the 1st round of the president ial election losing out to the far right smearing the pen and emmanuel mccann. Who went on to win 3 years after the so called for a good old scoundrel broke for also for your his wife go on patrol in paris if found guilty of misusing Public Forums could raise up to 10 years in prison his wife could face up to 5 years for complicity the high profile case prompted president mccall to post an Anti Corruption law targeted to cleaning up politics a few months after he was elected feel skepta low profile in recent years in a t. V. Interview in october he ruled out a return to politics for one of frances best known politicians its been a spectacular fall from grace. Al jazeera paris. To get top stories for you so far today china partly lifting quarantine restrictions at the epicenter of the coronavirus epidemic allowing some people to leave the city of under certain conditions earlier 4 provinces in china well they lowered their Emergency Response level to the outbreak katrina you has more from beijing but just a few hours ago weve been told that will one city is now allowing healthy non residents of want to leave the city and also people who are in Government Operations medical workers people delivering supplies post walk workers etc theyre also allowed to leave the city and would 100 and was stuck outside the city during the lockdown and now allowed to enter an important caveat though as it seems that normal one residence if you dont have a specific reason for having to leave the city youre not going to be allowed to leave still so its not like were going to see a massive exodus but this is a significant significant change and it does signal some positive movements. Meanwhile south korea is still on high alert as a grapples with the coronavirus its announced 161 new cases brings the number of people infected to 763 the number of deaths from the virus in south korea stands at 7 after 2 more were announced on monday the Israeli Military has carried out air strikes on gaza and the syrian capital damascus after the Palestinian Group Islamic Jihad fired 21. 00 rockets into southern israel the group said it launched the attack after Israeli Soldiers fired on a group of palestinians target was president for a game has won a 4th term in office according to preliminary results he took 72 percent of the vote far ahead of his main rival the opposition says there were acts of fraud during the election an earthquake has killed at least 9 people in turkey the 5. 7 magnitude tremor struck just across the border in northwestern iran dozens of people were injured in both countries off Duty Police Officers in haiti have exchanged gunfire with members of the armed forces important prince the confrontation started during a demonstration by Law Enforcement officers demanding higher wages those are your headlines the news continues after a 101 east r. C. Very soon. On counting the cost a tale of 2. 00 nations a straight is on relenting charges a cold a germanys plan to get out of Coal Powered Energy plus the unseen polluter we find out what the shipping industry is doing to end soaring emissions. The costs on aljazeera. For more than 6 months the strain the. Millions of head to his have been schools. Thousands of prunes destroyed and dozens of lives lost. But beyond the human tragedy is the catastrophe of staggering proportions the corpses littering the ground nothing could have prepared me for the scale is. It just copied described. More than a 1000000000 animals have been killed the firm faced seems teetering on the brink without going to medical its