The sound of the pharaohs why saving one of the worlds oldest Musical Instruments has become this mans personal mission. Hello chinas foreign minister has accused some countries of causing panic over the corona Virus Outbreak when he made the comments in the german capital as a big drop in the number of new infections was reported by Health Officials inside china there were just over 2600 recorded on friday a little over half the previous day the death toll has now passed 15 hundreds its get an update from a germ brown whos joining us from hong kong so what more are we hearing about this drop in the number of new cases from the mainland is there any way to independently verify these figures adrian. No we cant independently verify these figures and of course this information these statistics are coming from Chinas Health commission and you always have to be careful i think with Chinese Government statistics i spent 5 years covering china and i was always very skeptical of figures you got from the government especially concerning you know its g. D. P. And i think you have to attach the same Health Warning if you like to these figures as well but if they are true if that it does offer you know a little crumb of comfort even though people are still dying and people are still becoming infected there were 143 deaths reported on friday thats up 27 from the day before but this is a significant thing the rate of infections does appear to be much lower half what they were on thursday as you say more than 45100. 00 deaths overall but a sign of a very small sign i think the perhaps you know the infection rate is starting to come down its certainly coming down outside of who by province Officials Say theres been a real significant drop in the rate of affection infections in the rest of china that said you know chinas foreign minister still insists that you know the outside world continues to exaggerate the extent of the outbreak in china and hes been stressing the efforts that china is making to contain the virus heres what hes been saying. Here some countries have stepped up measures including quarantine measures which are reasonable and understandable but some countries have overreacted and which has triggered an unnecessary panic vines. One thing we cant of course forget the reign of those medical workers who really are in the front line of a battle on behalf of the world right now and as we know many of them dont have you know the right protective clothing you know 1700 have become infected with the virus 6 have died thats according to chinas government that may be changing now because state t. V. Has been showing more pictures of specialist medical teams from the military arriving with new equipment but the government certainly was conceding as of just a few days ago that it was short of protective clothing now the United States has been offering help to china but china has so far declined those offers meanwhile in beijing the authorities of announced that anyone coming into the capital from other parts of china would have to go into isolation at home for 14 days and that anyone who breaks that order according to state t. V. Will be punished although its not specified what that punishment will be all right adrian thank you for that update from Hong Kong Well its a deal that lasts only a week but u. S. Officials say if its a success it could lead to the withdrawal of troops from afghanistan 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 in qatar a senior u. S. Official says if this deal holds it could be followed by a more permanent accord the u. N. Secretary general spokesman has welcomed the agreement he said its important to curb violence thats harboring civilians in afghanistan. If this were to succeed it would obviously be a notable step in bringing peace to the country. And the dialogues a vital pay is of is vital to paving forward the constructive intra afghan to go shoot sions on peace i think its very important. To find ways to reduce the levels of violence in afghanistan is specially the violence that is harming civilians. In washington d. C. And he explains how the us taliban agreements will war. 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 that will be allowed but from what we can understand the taliban have specific prohibitions they the roadside bombs. 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 and theres no standing that the taliban doesnt control the factions in afghanistan so they may be you 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 as well 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 how when when was this were 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 the 2nd stage fabry 29th a week later and then the peace talks to begin march 10th but many questions before roosevelt they will occur in munich on saturday morning local time. Rebels in Northern Syria say they 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 the space more than 800000 people since the beginning of december as some have but i reports from the turkey 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 on the outskirts of aleppo city its the 2nd helicopter downed by rebels in the same area this week fees fighting continues in neighboring it live 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 would be over. Many syrians are continuing to flee their homes this woman has been forced from the countryside of aleppo province she feels abandoned by everyone here that it matter that 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 safe 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 it live. 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 as a one turkeys border with syria. Well the Syrian Government has also attacked a camp for internally displaced people in the northern countryside of the province social media video shows the aftermath of the shelling near a sudden my daw there were no casualties. And the syrian army says it secured the last part of a strategic highway that runs through the last rebel held region in the country as youve been hearing the highway connects the capital damascus with aleppo and is the main trade route running from the north all the way to the southern border with jordan. It just got more expensive for air bus to export its planes to the u. S. Washington has raised tariffs on european built aircraft amid a dispute over subsidies the u. S. Levy will go up from 10 to 15 percent washington has long argued that airbus has an unfair advantage over american based plane maker boeing the move comes as American Airlines struggled with a shortage of planes almost a year after boeing grounded its 737 max model over safety concerns and earlier we spoke to Khalid Bailey whos an aviation analyst and former federal Aviation Authority safety representative he explains how terrified between the u. S. And e. U. Are likely to play out now a lot of times will see you these terrorists imposed and then there will be after they are imposed for a couple of weeks there will be some more negotiations and talking behind the scenes and you know i wouldnt be surprised if after a few weeks these terrorists do go away or. Made maybe just you know reduced and we weve seen this in the past with the case you know without you know terrorists im china we seen threats of terrorists and theyre implemented and then theyre pretty much reduced or taken back and i wouldnt be surprised if this is the case you know we hear about why are there is a tremendous need for aircraft for both passengers and for cargo and this is been this this way for the last couple years and even now theres a max its more more of the case so this is an urgent situation and you know airbus is at a disadvantage here and unfortunately boeing does have its hand against time and i think the general flying public as a result of this you know will also kind of about could possibly see fares increase still had on aljazeera. A fire its a story is an orphanage in haiti killing more than a dozen children. And making the job impossible or rare rebuke of Donald Trumps tweets by the u. S. Attorney general details coming up. Hello again welcome back were here cross eastern med we are watching a particular storm making its way towards the east with it a lot of clouds a lot of rain and some winds as well notice the clouds right here pushing past parts of greece that will continue for greece here on saturday making its way towards turkey that will get better by the time we get towards sunday but really a lot of that rain is going to be making its way towards the east as well so from beirut damascus jerusalem expect to see the rain on the increase as we go towards sunday night temptress also coming down so drew slim a top 10 for a few of about 11 degrees there here across the gulf well just a few days ago. It was quite cool across many areas things are going to get better and take a look at 3 day forecast here for doha we do expect to stay in the low twentys all the way across into monday on sunday though it could be a little bit lower visibility that will break up as we go towards the afternoon well from madagascar we do have a cycle and that is making landfall it is going to be weakening but with the storm we do expect to see quite a bit of heavy rain over here on the eastern seaboard we could be see well over 250. 00 millimeters and next 72 hours and that is expecting to lead to some localized flooding across much of that region down towards cape town though it is going to be quite nice we are going to see 28 degrees here on saturday a little cooler with 25 on sunday. To aljazeera we talk about 2 of the biggest problems facing and they all the endemic corruption and the can we listen so if you really put place chinas enemy of all of us and thats really then yours we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that matter on the edges there are really understand the differences and similarities of cultures across the world and not what we can use in kind of for that matter to lean. Now that weve got the top stories on al jazeera chinas foreign minister has criticized some countries for overreacting to the coronavirus the number of new cases dropped by nearly half the previous day on friday the total number of People Killed is more than 1500. U. S. Officials say they have reached an agreement with the taliban which could lead to the withdrawal of troops from afghanistan the deal to reduce violence in the country is the result of ongoing peace talks in qatar. The Us Government has raised tariffs on european built aircraft to airbus from 10 to 15 percent it marks a new escalation and a long running dispute between the worlds 2 largest playmakers washington says subsidies give rival airbus an unfair advantage. 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 failed rescue workers at the scene near the capital Port Au Prince are still working to recover bodies and gallacher 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 the museum prosecuted cos he was a little member 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 of work at the home said candles were being used for 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 children in what it calls a christian training program. In haiti orphans are often children the 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 run 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 alive. The government has closed around 160 orphanages in the past 5 years and hundreds more operate without official authorize ation haitis president just now bowies 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 urge the authorities to agent we investigate in order to establish the causes of this tragedy the Authorities Say theyre seeking shelter for the children that survived the gallica aljazeera or president Donald Trumps former advisor roger stone has asked for a new trial on charges of lying to congress and witness tampering it comes just days after trumps criticism of his proposed jail sentence sparked an uproar over political influence in the Justice System earlier this week the federal Prosecution Team quit the stone case after the Justice Department said it would reduce their recommended sentence charges against him were part of the investigation into possible russians affair and in the 2016 president ial election. The u. S. President is insisting that he has a legal right to intervene in criminal cases like stones thats after attorney general william barr complained the president s tweets were making his job impossible on thursday criticized for his attacks on prosecutors the judge and jurors in stones trial prosecutors had recommended he served 9 years sentence but trying tweeted that it was unfair our White House CorrespondentKimberly Halkett says bars remarks may have been part of an orchestrated move to maintain the integrity of the Justice Department. Its enormously surprising its very rare public criticism from one of the president s biggest defenders and so thats what makes it so on usual because donald trump is a president that while he doesnt offer it he demands loyalty weve seen others in his cabinet who have sort of broken ranks eventually quietly being dismissed sometimes not so quietly the former attorney general Jeff Sessions also the former chief of staff john kelly so theres a lot of speculation in washington right now about why william barr might be doing this is it to protect his own reputation were simply left to speculate but there is some thinking that perhaps this was coordinated and calculated given the fact that william barr has seen the departure of 4 attorneys from the department of justice that he oversees as a result of that stone case and whether or not theres concern that more attorneys might leave and what that could do to the integrity of the Department Despite attempts by chile Security Forces to crackdown on antigovernment protests