League champions Manchester City and given a 2 year ban. Now chinas foreign minister has his house at some countries for overreacting and causing panic over the corona Virus Outbreak said that containing the virus remains a huge challenge for china but insists it is under control now the death toll has risen to over 1500 with 143 reported on friday but figures just released by Health Officials show the number of new infections hall from the previous day and almost all of those infected are in china a province where the outbreak began orders have now gone out for all people arriving in the capital to quarantine themselves for 14 days or to face punishment while our correspondent adrian brown is live for us in Hong Kong Adrian with these fresh numbers that were getting from beijing is it too early for optimism. I think these figures are you know a crumb of positive news as you rightly point out there were 143 deaths recorded on friday thats up 27 on the previous day but significantly the rate of infections is much lower there are more than 1500. 00 deaths in total but as you also point out the infection rate outside of who by province has been dropping you know quite markedly during the past few days i think over the past 4 days weve seen a steady decline that will reassure Chinas National Health Commission and also the World Health Organization which has more experts arriving in the epicenter this weekend one of the things they want to find out of course is why so Many Health Workers have become infected 7800. 00 so far and of course 6 Health Workers have also died they want to try and identify where those infections actually occurred now chinas top diplomat whiny has also been talking hes worried that a lot of countries are in his words overreacting and he wants to stress once more that china will bring this virus under control. Some countries have stepped up measures including quarantine measures which are reasonable and understandable but some countries have overreacted which is triggered an unnecessary panic fire. Well that was the Chinese Foreign minister one year and of course chinas diplomats elsewhere in the world are also in trying to send out that kind of reassuring message and were noticing a real change in the tone of state controlled media at the start of this outbreak they were allowed basically free reign to report what they saw what they heard that has now changed you know the government is ensuring that only selected journalists are allowed into hand and they are there to really extent you ate the positive and to stress as i say that china is bringing this virus under control the rest of the world of course remain skeptical because we are being asked to in a sense interpret figures that themselves may be inaccurate adrian brown that live for us in hong kong thank you for that update adrian well the chinese city of one hand is now entering its 4th week under lockdown since it was identified as the source of the outbreak and as adrian was saying there are restrictions on journalists from traveling to the city but aljazeera has obtained pictures from the resident trees trap near by katrina you reports from beijing. Empty streets and an increasingly empty fridge there are plenty of vegetables but not much meat for the one familys next meal during the coronavirus lockdown speaking via video call from who pay one she told us his family was doing its best not to panic you would only go home with this infection lucre all over our bodies will we go out we wear masks we dont know if we go out we come back with a virus stuck in our clothes so we disinfect every day. He lives in ging mn a city knavery will hunt the epicenter of the Virus Outbreak for 3 weeks the familys been ordered to stay indoors movement is increasingly restricted once every 3 days one family members allowed to leave the house to pick up groceries supplies and a limited shop to stand in lines one meter apart waiting to enter its been almost a month since juan saw his daughters who are staying with relatives in southeast china is it true that there are few relief that my wife and daughters are not there who are now we chat or lie every day theyre doing ok just worry about me the vast majority of confirmed coronavirus cases will than 50000 are in a province patients have been sharing videos and social media of life inside makeshift hospitals and Quarantine Centers at least 1700 medical staff are among the infected. Elsewhere in china people taking any chances want shinn hopes leaders will learn their lesson from the outbreak. At the beginning nobody paid enough attention everyone thought it was under control until it was too late. And looks forward to life under lockdown coming to an end katrina new aljazeera aging. Well say steve zahn is the director of the China Institute at so us which is part of university of london he says the handling of the virus in china is also playing an Important Role in domestic politics. We have to be aware that the. Party is much more seizing the retailer and controlling the. Spread and the negative news of how the government is managing it and with the actual management of the Public Health crisis we see it in the compulsion and all the top level special to me by xi jinping all 9 members only one doctor is responsible for Public Health the others are responsible for propaganda and Public Security i think we have to make a distinction between the spread of the virus beyond china and how the Chinese Government is actually working with the International Community to tackle that and the issue of the spread of the virus would seem to china i think they are actually more open and when they i didnt with the spread of the virus. From within china we have to bear in mind that when one hand was locked down in this city of 11000000 and 5000000 had already left for the new Year Holidays and very High Percentage of them would have gone to the countryside with very little medical support practically no testing kits and where they are and how many of them are you factor that i dont think are really reflected in the statistics. Moving on to other news now and its a deal that last only a week but u. S. Officials say if its a success it could lead to the withdrawal of troops from afghanistan now the taliban and american negotiators have agreed to a proposal for a reduction of violence in the country the announcement is the result of ongoing peace talks and cata a senior u. S. Official says if this deal holds it could be followed by a more permanent accord while the u. N. Secretary general spokesman has welcomed the agreement he says its important to cut violence thats harming civilians and afghanistan if this were to succeed it would obviously be notable step in bringing peace to the country. And the dialogues are vital pay is a is vital to paving forward the constructive intra afghan negotiations on peace i think its very important. To find ways to reduce the levels of violence in afghanistan is especially the violence that is harming civilians while she had her tansey joins us now live from washington d. C. She had this does sound like a breakthrough of sorts talk us through how this might work. Well this is what weve been able to glean from rather vague on the record official statements and rather more specific anonymous briefings its a 3 stage process we have the 7 day reduction of violence there is an element here that there is an acceptable level of violence and that will be allowed but from what we can understand the taliban have specific prohibitions there are no roadside bombs. No rocket attacks no suicide attacks however the u. S. Is still allowed to carry on what it calls Counterterrorism Operations whatever that might be one of the questions we have. There is no understanding that the taliban doesnt control the factions in afghanistan so they may be still violence in afghanistan but there will be a channel of communication between the u. S. And the taliban so that if there is an incident then the taliban and the u. S. Can question each other and what what was that what happened here what were the reasons behind it was that you. Seem to be very conscious about the possibility of false flag operations that might be designed to try and scope of the deal after that 7 day period of everyone is satisfied that the taliban will pledge that it wont support any what are called terrorist attacks on the u. S. And its allies and the u. S. Will put in place its phased withdrawal from afghanistan that then leads to direct talks between the Afghan Government who by the way had nothing to do with all these talks and the taliban and then hopefully to a lasting peace deal however clearly still lots lots of questions here what is acceptable violence what it what a Counterterrorism Operations for that matter out when when was this all going to stop the u. S. Say its going to start really soon c. B. S. Going to tell about a source apparently to say that theyre expecting the 1st stage in february 22nd a 2nd stage for b. 29th a week later and then the peace talks to begin march 10th but many questions before rolling out there will occur in munich on saturday morning local time. So you have i mean we cant forget as well that this is an Election Year in the u. S. It seems a rather good time for a troop withdrawal from the very unpopular war right there frankly who can blame donald trump like him or not if he pulls this off this will be a amazing achievement barack obama also campaigned on pulling the troops back from afghanistan as donald trump did and failed he when barack Obama Left Office it was still 8400 troops that this is a very unpopular war all the democratic president ial candidates are vowing to bring the troops back as soon as possible the opinion polls show the. Move was opposition it would seem is an endless war with no military military solution 2400. 00 us dead not to mention all of the afghan civilian casualties the afghan casualties 2 trillion dollars people want to get out but this is where it gets complicated there are reports notably in Time Magazine they say theyve seen several secret alixs to this deal and those who say theres actually do say what the cia will be allowed to do they also suggest the taliban is allowed to deny there will be any and prolonged u. S. Presence but the key part is there will be a 400000. 00 troop withdrawal in afghanistan by the u. S. But some 8600 troops may still remain 200 more than what Obama Left Office except they wont be fighting any was simply Counterterrorism Operations something we often hear from republican and democratic administrations they will if they continue their military operations around the world which leads to all will more questions how stable afghanistan be with the continued u. S. Presence what happens on the taliban rank and file realize that they have the u. S. Troops are still there fighting in afghanistan or is it simply a matter of well the election will come and gone by then so it doesnt matter so there is hope that this will lead to that peace deal those direct talks with the taliban and the government but theres still a lot of questions a lot of questions and you have a tendency there for us in washington d. C. Thank you say have. Well theres still plenty more ahead for you on this news hour including Fire Destroys an orphanage in haiti killing more than a dozen children well have all the latest plus. In north Center Sri Lanka where farmers and elephants are fighting for survival and in sports 2 giants of african football playing for one of the continents major titles away from sweden soil find out relieved that with the cast to pick up the story its strange. Now rebels in Northern Syria say they have shot down a military helicopter on friday killing everyone on board Government Forces are trying to take the last opposition held areas in an operation thats already displaced more than 800000 people since the beginning of december some all the reports from the tekkie syria border this is the moment another Syrian MilitaryHelicopter Shot down in aleppo province none of its crew survived they were taking part in a military operation to recapture opposition held areas of the oscars of aleppo city its the 2nd helicopter downed by rebels in the same area this week. Fees fighting continues in neighboring province its a critical time for the rebels who are constantly retreating after losing ground. Is their last stronghold if they are defeated here the war will be over and president bashar assad will have regained total control over syria many syrians are continuing to flee their homes this woman has been forced from the countryside of aleppo province she feels abandoned by everyone that is mad i mean its very cold and no one seems to care about whats happening to us the situation is more than tragic no one is helping look at the people leaving i dont know of any safer area where i can take my family almost 150000 refugees have fled to worse the border with turkey in the last 4 days joining more than a 1000000 forced from their homes since the start of the syrian armys offensive in it live last april. Has been forced to flee his village. As well as refugee camps at least 4 times over the last few months after modernism i recently moved with my family to the city of been ish think you will be safe far from the fighting then the syrian army stepped up its offensive a week ago we packed and left i dont know where to go next i feel like my next move will be towards the unknown. As the humanitarian crisis deepens turkey is deploying more troops into had lived. Accuses damascus of violating the terms of a cease fire agreement that was we 2 years ago between turkey iran and russia the deal established safe zones and implemented a cease fire but violence never stopped the syrian army seems determined to defeat the rebels and continue its advance towards the city of idlib thats a red line for turkey its ramped up its military presence in and has given the syrian army until the end of this month to pull out behind turkish observation post or face a tougher response has. Delivered on Turkish Border with syria. Well the Syrian Government has also attacked a camp for internally displaced people in the northern countryside of its lead province social media video showed the off tomorrow of the shelling nearest armada there were no casualties. 20 people have been killed in an attack in central mali it happened in the village of august sagal in the region of mopti more than 100 people were killed in the same village last march an ethnic dogan militia has been accused of carrying out attacks now a fire has swept through an orphanage in haiti killing 15 people 13 of them children its thought candles were being used after a generator had failed rescue workers at the scene near the capital Port Au Prince are still working to recover bodies and you got to get reports. The fire broke out on thursday evening quickly spreading through the unlicensed orphanage run by a u. S. Religious group just outside haitis capital Authorities Say 7 of those who perished were babies or toddlers along with 6 who were roughly 10 or 11 years of age who reportedly took firefighters around an hour and a half to reach the scene in museum prosecuted cos it was a little. We did not have the means to intervene all the way up the floor we were taking out the children who were conscious and making sure to get them to the hospital unfortunately when they got to the hospital they did not receive any help. Other place started is still being investigated but a worker at the home said candles were being used to light after a generator failed the church of bible understanding is reported to a failed senator inspections in the past because of overcrowding and a lack of trained staff. Pennsylvania organization which runs this and another home in haiti says it houses close to 200. 00 children in what it calls a Christian Training Program in haiti orphans are often children families cant afford to feed they come to places like this to get an education and safe housing workers from the home are in shock the idea of. I was eating soup and i ran fast to get there when i arrived i did not find any of my children i saw only 3 or 4 of the younger ones a life the government has closed around 160 orphanages in the past 5 years and hundreds more operate without official authorization haitis president job namo east tweeted his condolences saying im deeply saddened by the death of about 10 children as a result of a fire last night at the orphanage i urge the authorities to urgently investigate in order to establish the causes of this tragedy the Authorities Say theyre seeking shelter for the children that survived and the gallacher aljazeera. In algeria its the 1st anniversary of the beginning of the Mass Movement that ousted the countrys longest serving leda president idolizes but a figure was removed in april but protests as a still demanding freedom and democracy as well as the removal of what they call the ruling elite. The reports. Every friday for the last year theyve been demanding an overhaul of algerias entire political establishment. Many algerian say they feel betrayed by that political elite and have lost trust in the government. Algerias political crisis began last february when president after lizzies beautifully announced he wanted a 5th term in office the 82 year old had ruled for 20 years but was rarely seen in public since suffering a stroke in 2