Guinea bike near to the worlds most dangerous waterway. We begin in iraq where there are reports of protesters have been killed in the capital baghdad after police tried to break down barricades on the outskirts of the city dozens are said to be injured in the latest round of mass demonstrations rallies have also brought about the number of cities in the south of the country including the job and nasiriyah protests of the south of the country by blockading major roads in bring charges in baghdad and he joins us now remember what more can you tell us about these clashes inside the city. Well let me show you the clashes just down the road over there in the last couple of hours we have heard. A number of ambulances coming this way in fact you can just see one coming now while i wait this is it told us that they see at least one person that has been killed as a result of the police using light fire whats been happening throughout the day that the protesters ive been living this way burning i dont know if you. Take it out you can see the blood of the burning tires are over that theyve been trying to cut off the city the Police Forces have been pushing back using tear gas and now in the last couple of hours we have been hearing live fire being used against the closure now she National Security council is also said that the police can go in and arrest people we dont know whether thats actually happened in the or how many people have actually been arrested but we know that things are escalating going to be the escalating throughout the day here certainly in the last couple hours we did a life full of now thats what were hearing. From eyewitnesses that at least one person has been killed thats whats happening in baghdad but these protests are also taking place you know the pasta the country particularly the south what are you hearing from there. Well were not seeing the kind of levels of violence that weve seen here in baghdad however the south has been effectively cut off the main roads leading from say babylon province which it faces back that plus nasiriyah not to feel the love of all being cut off by the protesters the protesters of an outfit going to stay through the night and it seems at least in the south the Security Forces are going to allow them to keep the blockade now the only vehicles that are getting through services and d food supply trucks and the protesters that say although there has been violence they say that they are willing to stay there for as long as it takes the question stan really is all the protesters being listened to now what theyre saying is the. Body has a story body the Prime Minister although hes resigned hasnt actually stepped down. Until he steps out and theres a new Prime Minister they can call for the elections the protesters but then not being so thats why this escalation the scene but where do you go from a how much more can you escalate thats the real question now for the protesters in iran thank you for that we will put those questions now to our next guest. Is an independent politician and an economist he joins us live from baghdad by skype were continuing to see these protests ramp up were seeing a crackdown from Security Officials there inside the country the country is it a dangerous scene pos is no where the protests are escalating but there is still apparently this refusal to buckle will to yield from from the politicians themselves where does it go to. Exactly well what happens is that you know the demonstrators or the protesters started back in october 1st initially their goal was for the Prime Minister to resign and he did so his government turned into a caretaker government well 30 days have elapsed for the president to name his successor and the protesters are asking for an independent politician was not the phillie it was the current corrupt Political Parties that today is that right so thats why there is an escalation by the protesters they are sensing that there is the the parliament and the president are dragging their feet in selecting an independent successor to i doubt the met the the last couple days was very active politically so there are several names being. Tossed around. Some of them are even tossing the name of odd jobs and that the i get to be the person they of course the protesters went wild when they heard that and they said there is no way they will accept the job due to come back at this hour there are other politicians who are affiliated with the d very conservative side of parliament was morally more affiliated with iran and those then have been rejected by so. Just can i just jump in here and just just pick up on something you were saying weve had nominations weve had nominations rejected weve had the president cited that he will stand aside rather than accept a nomination from the shia bloc is the problem here not just that the parliament is not listening to the people but it is incapable of being able to deliver on what the people are demanding. They are able to deliver however its very hard for them to let go in arabic we say off of the seat of the course and you know once they are in that position its very hard for them to let go and allow somebody independent and as you probably know i am one of the independent candidates for the Prime Minister there its theyre incapable of letting go of all they have earned all these years and you know the benefits and obviously the corruption that comes along with it the president has taken a very good physicist and he said he will not nominate anybody that the protesters will reject and the custom here is one they have been nominating people from the conservative you know by the way both sides are shiite whether its a conservative or the liberal so when they nominate a conservative the protestors have been hanging their specters with a big x on it so they x. Them out so i think the last 5 or 6 candidates that have been nominated have been extra out so the president has been very clear he said he will nominate and then depend that candidates who the protesters will not accept our out and well see what happens within the next 24 hours yeah because the next escalation that theres are talking about is storming the parliament and then the parliament because they feel its the parliament thats dragging their feet and bringing up other issues are not relevant to the protesters you know when theyve. Called up for a vote to remove all foreign troops from iraq that was try to sideline the whole issue and they said you know lets not talk about this right now lets talk about getting rid of the corrupt government in favor of the Prime Minister as you point out there are some of the other complicating factors here so much of a backstory is what were seeing on the streets but appreciate you giving us your insights dimas and a 2nd thank you. Thank you well the e. U. Says its considering ways to support a ceasefire in libya including a possible military led mission on the ground Foreign Ministers are meeting in brussels one day after a 1000000000 peace conference brought together the b. S. Warring sides in several world powers but fighting broke out south of tripoli just hours after that summit came to an end the a used top diplomat joseph borel says any peace settlement will need the blocks support meanwhile oil prices have risen to more than 65. 00 a barrel on concerns of supplies out of libya bunch of the countrys Oil Infrastructure remains on the blockade by have to us forces the state oil for in this war and its output will be reduced by more than 90 percent. Samoa bar is in berlin and he joins us now after we had this meeting the hopes of a more permanent ceasefire where are things at right now. On. Russia to show that it is determined to implement the cease fire agreement and also the stem the flow of arms into libya as has been agreed on here in berlin but this is going to be an extremely delicate task of this explains why the. Foreign policy chief. Is talking about implementing the cease fire looking at whatever means to ensure that that is going to be implemented on the ground including the possibility of a military force operating on the ground but i think this is going to be extremely difficult because ive been talking to different. Officials. Particularly libyans and who would say that even the notion of a peacekeeping force under the control of the u. N. Is not something accepted by most of the libyas her will react angrily to the presence of foreign troops on the ground and i think what is going to happen in the coming days is basically the u. N. Will take over will bring all the warring factions in libya to geneva including military commanders from the east and mr commanders from the west they will try to talk to each other ensure that the ceasefire is going to be implemented that would pave the way to restarting a comprehensive political talk now as far as the new is concerned theyre also talking about the need to reactivate the Naval Mission that was implemented in 2015 but it was abandoned in 2001000 because of the use differences between members about how to deal with the libyan crisis has moves one thing to talk about a political resolution rather than a military one but of. We continue to see escalation of fighting on the ground in spite of the cease fire being in place and fundamentally trying to get both sides to agree on what libya looks like in some result after some resolution of this conflict has always been the problem how does the country move forward who holds the reins of power is this some partition of the country how do you reflect the demands of all of the the fact is all before she is involved here. This is what we do understand from our sources the u. N. Will call for crucial talks in geneva in about a week from now and what theyre trying to achieve in geneva is the following they will have representatives from the president ial council from the parliament and from. And from Civil Society come together negotiate a new framework for a political solution they will start with the military reforms of the reform of the Security Forces they will try to fight to see whether they can form a new National Unity government and they will try to now the differences between will last if i have to and the internationally government internationally recognized government of phase. Been talking to libyans and this is exactly what they have been saying they do understand this is going to be a long way to go but they need something to be led by the libyans they have lost faith in the International Community stand this is the problem now facing the e. U. In particular they are trying to think about a new political reality in libya where the libyans with the e. U. Takes front stage position the problem is they have become completely irrelevant to libya the 2 key players who are going to save the future of the country are definitely going to be the russians and the turks why the russians or the turks because they are now having absolutely massive leverage over the 2 rival factions operating on the ground hashem thank you Hashem Barbara joining us there. The spread of a new and potentially deadly virus appears to be accelerating in asia south korea has become the latest country to confirm its 1st case of a new corona virus that has originated in china patient numbers of tripled and 3 people have died since it was 1st detected in the chinese city of on train a year reports from beijing. This stuff a hospital are working around the clock to identify a mystery virus which has been linked to stars Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome at least 3 people have died and the number of those confirmed have the virus is growing but chinese Officials Say the outbreak is under control. All the. New cases have been a been tix to a visit native hospital and we have concentrated resources experts to treat patients in one place sheba so the virus which causes pneumonia like symptoms originated in a. Meat market cases have been confirmed in beijing and shenzhen and found in chinese visitors japan thailand and south korea human to human transmission has not been ruled out and thats a problem because this week marks the official beginning of chinas busiest travel season hundreds of millions are using Public Transit ahead of Chinese New Year celebrations checks are being conducted in railway stations and airports but that hasnt always the growing concern about the spread of the virus people here are looking to the gun to do more to keep them safe but i dont think the government is doing enough because im just not hear enough details about it i dont think they will give us the true number of those infected im worried and thats why i wear a mask when im out others say they trust the governments handling of the virus i believe the government would give us past and Accurate Information i think theyre more worried than the public they were have to figure out how to deal with it so im not worried but the outbreak is bringing back an easy memories. The 2003 sauce outbreak which killed almost 800 people worldwide and left more than 8000 sick authorities initially withheld information about the epidemic leading some to question the chinese governments transparency around the virus british researchers say they could be as many as 7100 cases the World Health Organization has sent a Research Team to work on for us to fully otherwise the extent of human to human transmission we need to collect more and more information so this is obviously the new diseases and so many think we still dont know videos are circulating on chinese social media of passages being tested on flights from behind but the government has appealed to the public to remain calm 8 people were arrested earlier this month for spreading rumors about the outbreak online but preventing the spread of the virus may not be as straightforward as controlling the spread of information between you aljazeera beijing still ahead on aljazeera scrambling to contain the violence lebanons president meets Security Officials after weekend protests leave hundreds injured. Hello again its good to have you back where cross parts of china of the next few days were going to be seeing some more rain developing across much of southeastern china now there are a few clouds here on the satellite image well hanya picking up a few clouds as well but expect to see more rain developing as we go towards thursday now for shanghai the rain is going to start to develop as we go towards evening time hours but we do expect by the time we get to wednesday the strip of rain right here could be quite heavy we could be seeing some a localized flooding across much of that area for shanghai though if we dont forecast looks like this starting rain as we go towards tuesday night the rain though does continue as we go through thursday well here across india not looking too bad a lot of the heavy rain that we saw earlier the end of last week as well has really dissipated across much of the north where we see a few clouds down here towards the south expect to see a high of 31 degrees maybe some clouds in the forecast cuda a nice day for you at 28 degrees and then here quaid expect to see more rain over the next few days but its not just kuwait we could be seeing some rain here across parts of iraq as well as into iran as we go towards the next couple of days tuesday really not looking too bad but its wednesday that we do see the very heavy rain across much of the area and doha a nice day at 21 degrees. In a 2 part series. On 0 observes the lives of 2 children. Over 20 years. Insights into circumstances that shape lives. In a rapidly changing. 20 years that means continues with good morning groups on which is 0. One move for her for war. Youre watching aljazeera heres a reminder of our top stories this hour there are reports that protesters have been killed in the capital baghdad after police tried to break down barricades on the outskirts of the city dozens of said to be egypt in the latest round of mass demonstrations. The e. U. Says its considering ways to support a ceasefire in libya including a possible military led mission on the Ground Fighting broke out south of the capital hours after a brief summit. The conflict in. South korea has become the 3rd asian country to confirm its 1st case of a new coronavirus that originated in china patient numbers tripled to 3 people have died since it was 1st detected in the chinese suzi of. Lebanons president is meeting the heads of security agencies to discuss the recent wave of violent protests michaud says more needs to be done to preserve peace and stability after 2 nights of god raised more than 500. 00 people injured on sunday there will violent confrontations between riot police and protesters outside lebanons frustration has been growing for a financial crisis and the failure of politicians to form a new government. Isnt a hard joins us live now from beirut what can we expect in terms of more protests and also were hearing anything out of this meeting with security agencies. Now that meeting is still taking place the president is chairing that meeting the heads of the various security agencies as well as the army chief the caretaker interior minister as well the defense minister what we understand is theyre discussing security developments as well as how to restore peace and stability you see the international the internal Security Forces they have been saying that yes we will allow people to peacefully protest but we will not allow them. Vandalized public and private property and we will not allow them to assault the Security Forces what we saw over the past 2 nights well was the violent confrontations in the center of beirut where we are this is the security cordon outside Parliament Building what protesters were trying to do was try to storm the Parliament Building vent their anger towards an institution they believe is no longer legitimate they want lawmakers to resign they believe that those who have been in power for the last 30 years are responsible for the mismanagement of this country and theyre