After several days of declining figures the number of new corona virus infections in china has risen again really 2000 more people are reported infected on sunday the virus is down claimed 1770 lives on chinas mainland forcing some cities to tighten controls even further than a city with more than 2500 cases of the virus has gone into complete lockdown it comes as the u. S. Has begun evacuating hundreds of people from the diamond princess cruise ship and japan 14 of those evacuated were put and containment on the flight to the United States after they were confirmed to have the virus and in hong kong theres been reports of panic buying and one instance Armed Robbers stole hundreds of toilet paper rolls store clark joins us now from hong kong so sara what else can you tell us about these 14 confirmed cases of u. S. Citizens having run a virus. This is an extraordinary and unfortunate situation as you mentioned the American Government sent through an aircraft to rescue those american citizens who are on board the diamond princess which is the the ship the cruise liner which is in quarantine for some time in your are now those passengers more than 300 of those american citizens are on a flight returning to the u. S. And i would just have confirmation from the state department that 4 tane of those passengers have now tested positive to the crowd a virus now those u. S. Citizens already found to be infected with the crowd of us were left in quarantine in your camera but as i mentioned those passengers sent and rescued by that aircraft on a flight now back to the u. S. 14 of them have confirmed to be positive now with the state Department Says those passengers have been put in isolation in a specialized containment area on board that aircraft now the 1st flight is due to land shortly on a u. S. Air force base in california and clearly all those passengers will then be put into quarantine for at least 14 days and to test those other passengers who are on board that aircraft returning to the United States and in fact sarah we understand that that plane has literally just landed just in the in the last few minutes so Chinas Parliament they have a schedule session of parliament apparently thats going to be delayed do we know why. Well these are the latest lines suggesting that Chinas Parliament discuss a proposal to delay the march session that much session was meant to begin on much 5 clearly with st 1000 delegates required for that particular parliamentary session and they need to be in beijing under these extraordinary circumstances and under these current quarantine rules clearly a lot of those delegates wont be able to make it in time to be there for that much 55th session theres also a new line that apparently the parliament of chinas discussing the draft legislation of the band the wild animal tried and also says that the World Health Organization is now sending the delegations today a delegation of experts to visit beijing province Sichuan Province during their visit to china and theyve also just confirmed that one of those drug tests or the drugs have proved effective these are the the trials the World Health Organization is currently conducting now as you mentioned earlier that the cases continue to rise inside but theres been less deaths on sun that of course if you buy provinces got an extraordinary lock down for at least 60000000. 00 people within the province and that includes no departures for those residents within the apartments once every 3 days that can leave to get the essential supplies of private cars have been banned from being on the roads and Housing Estates have put in place one entrance for the exit and entrance and obviously thats being tightly restricted and tightly monitored and in hong kong we do have an extraordinary situation of panic buying this panic buying continues its very difficult to get rice in the current environment and at supermarkets and i may not tell you mentioned we had some feeds knife wielding thieves rob a delivery man at a supermarket stealing hundreds of rolls of toilet paper to those men have since been arrested but certainly extraordinary times in hong kong and elsewhere ok with the latest wrap up there from hong kong thank you. And chinas government is working to limit the Economic Impact of the virus tax incentives are being rolled out to help encourage companies to return to work millions of workers have been off the job for weeks as the government tries to limit the spread of the virus. 50 percent of our employees have returned to work bringing our Production Capacity to 50 percent we predict all of our workers went back on their post by the end of february and a Production Capacity will return to normal the governments also rolled out some measures to help enterprises and ensure their normal operation so were encouraged and feel confident at least 5 people have been killed by a car bomb in a turkish controlled town in syria 5 others were injured when it detonated in the town near the Turkish Border thousands of civilians have been killed there by a number of car bomb since Turkish Backed forces drove out the kurdish y. P. G. Forces in october turkish state media have blamed the attack on the wife. And syrian state media is reporting that Government Forces have recaptured parts of aleppo province which was once controlled by rebels president Bashar Al Assads forces have made significant gains over the past several days seizing the strategic in 5 highway which links aleppo with the major syrian cities turkey which backs a section of the opposition is trying to stop those advances and rebels who have left those areas in aleppo and neighboring it live now see ankaras increased involvement is the only way to regain lost ground. Reports say on turkeys border with syria. These are fighters from the National Liberation front a Rebel Alliance backed by turkey outgunned and outnumbered the fighters secret behind in newly erected embankment on the other side Government Troops are stepping up their campaign. We are consolidating our defense lines setting up small flexible command centers and most of the factions are coordinating their operations and our image to drag Government Forces into our own area fighting has surged over the last few days president Bashar Al Assads forces have regained control of many areas in aleppo and. Their advance infuriated turkey which accuses said of violating the terms of a cease fire agreement turkey signed with russia and iran 2 years ago unka has sent more troops into it and expanded its military outposts despite that damascus insists its campaign wont stop turkeys growing involvement in the syrian conflict is welcomed by the rebels who see it as an opportunity for a cold. Were still fighting to prevent assads army and the militias backing him from destroying our villages and evicting civilians the morale of our fight is high and we are all determined to defeat assad the rebels have been weakened by internal fighting and divisions the National Liberation front is one among many things operating in rebel held territory. Is the most powerful its an alliance of many groups with a strong presence in it live. Gunshots were heard in tear gas fired during the latest antigovernment demonstrations in iraq or testers fought with police who used smoke arms to disperse crowds in baghdad on sunday or testers say their tents were set on fire by Security Forces on saturday around 550 iraqis have been killed during months of protests against corruption unemployment and lack of Government Services and you Supreme Court has ruled that women in the army must be given the same Career Opportunities as men it means female officers canal apply for Permanent Commissions which opens up command roles its not yet clear though women will now be able to take part in active combat in court the Indian Government announced that many male soldiers would not accept female superiors judges said it was an insult to question the ability and achievements of women in the army. Has more from new delhi. Were at the Supreme Court where female officers are celebrating the judges decision the courts told the government that female officers should have whats called Permanent Commission that is they should be allowed to serve for the same duration as their male counterparts. Even. Long in the league. In Defense Forces so this day has finally come. Ecstatic about the decision its its a wonderful decision its a decision thats come up and it tells everybody that women are equal to everyone else the men are no different and the women are no different so its about equality for the Supreme Court also said that the government needs to change its mind set and thats because Permanent Commission was posited by the Delhi High Court in 2010 but challenge by the government which cited physiological features and societal norms as reasons why women couldnt have equality in the armed forces now the Supreme Court said that the governments grounds for denying Permanent Commission and for denying command positions are disturbing and need to be changed they cannot be accepted female officers hope that this paves the way for them to serve and command positions in all branches of the indian army so head on aljazeera. This was an agonizing decision for us that we didnt make slightly. 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Because im slightly quotes where the pushing into northern parts of europe now has got to be a very unsettled wake still have 270. 00 such borders in force across parts of the British Isles at present we are going to see the floodwater is continuing to rise for some but generally speaking it is starting to aim for a very blustery to see how tightly packed the remain across northern parts of you have in this cold front here that blue line on a chart here that is what remains of storm dennis is it continues to drive its way eastward so not say much more rain on it for those Northern Areas over towards the eastern side if you get there will be some right and some snow pushing over to wolf as you can see its getting stretched out we are going to see some rather heavy rain at times moving across central and southern areas of france southern parts of germany and down into switzerland where it will turn to snow over the following behind across say British Isles as we go on through monday and audience to choose day as we go on a little further you can see how that may with a system that can teach drive his wife a swiss tempest picking up in moscow getting up to around 6 celsius there will be some rain and snow there of course but squatted down to central and southern parts of europe by this stage but a few showers there for the eastern side of the med. Joining me maddi often as i put up from questions to my special guests and challenged them to some straight talking political debate here on aljazeera. Capturing a moment in time. Snapshots of other lives. Providing the clips into someone elses what. I didnt witness on aljazeera. Loop the. Marching out to syria lets recap the top stories the number of new corona virus infections in china has risen again after several days at the klein only 2000 more people were reported to be infected on sunday with the death toll rising to 1770 syrian state media says Government Forces have seize most of aleppo province russian airstrikes assisted in the bush the turkish delegation is set to resume talks in moscow on monday to discuss the escalation in the area. And indias Supreme Court has ruled that women in the army must be given the same Career Opportunities men and means female officers can now apply for Permanent Commissions which opens up command was not yet clear that women will now be able to take part in active combat for our top story the crying a virus epidemic that has curbed travel and destructive Global Supply chains and spread to more than 2 dozen countries but one of asias most populous nations is yet to report a single case indonesians who were evacuated from the chinese epicenter ruan have been released with a clean bill of health just a washington reports from one of indonesias most important tourist spots. Its quieter than usual on balis beaches tens of thousands of Chinese Tourists who would have spent their winter holidays on the island have had to postpone their plans because of the corona Virus Outbreak who visit is from china who landed here before the outbreak escalated there were 2 choices return home or extend this stay at least 300 out of the 5000 who are here have applied for visa extensions but you and her husband are ready to go home the couple say theyre confident chinese authorities and governments around the world handling the situation you know what we need to go back to our jobs and our children need to go to school so in our holiday we will immediately return home every year around a 1000000 Chinese Tourists visit bali and they would direct flights from where the outbreak began until they were stopped a few weeks ago as many ask how indonesia has seemingly avoided this outbreak for now this concern the virus is present here but undetected somewhere in this vast archipelago a recent study by harvard researchers looked at data around the outbreak and its link with a travel volume it calculated the risk of an outbreak in countries with direct flights to when the outbreak began and found the disease could already be in indonesia some say indonesia is vulnerable. There are many ports of entry into the country so many airports and ways for people to get in and some areas dont have the right equipment to take to the virus. But authorities here are defending the measures taken by indonesia. Weve been mapping the spread of what would happen if there was an outbreak we have 100. 00 hospitals ready now and getting ready the facilities and personnel are prepared. The World Health Organization also says the country is taking the right steps to detect the virus and prepare for cases. Have. Its been confirmed one Chinese National who travelled to bali has contract to the virus but its not clear whether that happened in bali when authorities are looking into the case and on this island many are anxiously waiting to know just who washington 0. Pakistan and the Un Refugee Agency are holding a conference to highlight the challenges facing afghan refugees its estimated more than 2000000 are sheltering in pakistan some have been displaced sense than 1979 soviet invasion ongoing violence makes returning home dangerous but a Repatriation Program is set to resume next month the Un Refugee Agency says millions remain displaced from the time of the soviet invasion and most are either in pakistan or iran but censored 1000 to more than 4000000 afghans have chosen to return home under a voluntary Repatriation Program the largest the u. N. Refugee agency has carried out pakistan is hosting a conference to share the Lessons Learned to encourage other countries to share the cost of hosting afghan refugees at a refugee camp in the city of a shower he joins us live so the organizers of this what are they hoping to really try to achieve. 1st of all the main emphasis is really be to try back to try to bring back into focus the plight of millions of refugees who are still in budgets than there of course have been problems from International Donors and very little help had been coming in but the great general of the United Nations and turn your good carries himself was. Secretary of the refugees said that pakistan has been a wonderful whole he said that this is an issue which has been going on for almost 4 decades he also mentioned the fact that bug astonished hosting the 2nd largest refugee population in the ward and he appeared to the International Community to come out with more janitors tried to solve the problems of did. However Everybody Knows that because of the situation in afghanistan many people are reluctant to go and so he would also hope that the peace talks that are underway perhaps would provide an opportunity for a wall entry. Based on dignity and also on human compassion he of course has gone out of the way to tang boat iran and pa