Transcripts For ALJAZ NEWSHOUR 20240713

A full state funeral for Hosni Mubarak the long time president egyptians forced from power during the 20th levon revolution. And its for one of chinas cities highest profile players has announced through its own thoughts on grand slam champion reassure a part of it is stepping away from the game at the age of 32. For the 1st time since the corona Virus Outbreak began the number of new infections outside china has exceeded the number with it 37 countries have tallied 427 new cases all beijing says its counted 411 the World Health Organization is warning immediate action is needed to prevent it from becoming a Global Pandemic a quote a virus was 1st detected in chinas province in back december but the in fiction right appears to be slowing down in Mainland China where the outbreak began the virus is spreading in europe with new far cases in france and greece though the majority are in italy with 322. 00 confirmed infections and 12 deaths more than 81000 cases have been reported globally and from those about 2700 people have died. Now our focus this hour is on europe we have 2 correspondents on the continent following the developments in paris but 1st its going to have attention whos and milan the homage to just bring us up to date on the latest situation in initially. Him there has been another jump in the number of recorded coronavirus cases here in italy according to italys Civil Protection agency there are now 374 people in this country infected with corona virus thats a jump of more than 50 cases since yesterday alone again its been expected that we would be hearing about more cases because there are more proactive measures being taken here to try to test people to try to diagnose cases of corona virus were also told by the Civil Protection agency that now the death toll is 12 and the 12 victim was in the lumbar the region hes a man of the age of 69. 00 and that he had an Underlying Health condition most of the victims have been aged have been over the age of 60 and many of them in their eightys with the fragile Health Conditions that have contributed to the fact that they got the corona virus and died from it now one other thing to mention that weve also been told that the army has now gone through those checkpoints those areas outside the red zones that are located in lumbar the region and also invented to the region to try to ensure that people are not coming out of those quarantine towns while cars are not permitted to go in and out unless they have special permission to do so there have been residents who have been able to walk in and out of those town centers and the army now is involved to try and ensure that those containment measures are fully in effect and i believe he use Health Commissioner has spoken what they have to say. No thats right this was earlier in the day in rome the e. U. Health commissioner still a kid has told reporters there that e. U. Member states must review their preparedness levels in anticipation of the Coronavirus Spread she also added that panic is not the right response and that vigilance is needed against misinformation and xenophobia statements out this is very much reiterating what weve already heard from other European Health officials as well as the Italian Health minister roberto spit on who had said that yesterday urged citizens not to panic and had said that they were trying to do all they could to ensure the virus would not spread now one of the things that was said yesterday and today is that italys borders with neighboring countries will remain open everybody who has spoken about this from these bodies has said that they do not believe closing italys borders would be an effective measure at this time jim mohammed gentoo never bring us up to date with events and thank you across the border from a city fronts remains on high and the festive french citizen has dived into more coronavirus cases have been confirmed that brings the total number of cases to 17 thats going live now to natasha about whos in paris and has some more and more people being diagnosed with current virus who have not been to contamination of regions tell us what do we know about the french citizen whos died from the virus. Well were learning a bit more about this french isnt the 1st or French National to die of the current virus in france there has been already one death in france it was a chinese tourist and a bit earlier this year but all we know about this latest victim is that he is a 60 year old man this is according to French Health authorities who died overnight tuesday to wednesday in a hospital in paris now 2 weeks ago it seems this man started experiencing flu like symptoms he was quite sick but his health really deteriorated just in the last few days he was rushed to hospital and that is where he died he is from the a was region thats a region just north of paris and he was a teacher and that really raised some alarm bells in that region you can imagine because he came into contact with many children with parents and teachers how ever he became sick just before the school broke up for its 2 week winter break and he was actually off work at home so it is hoped by officials in the area that perhaps he didnt come into contact with as many people as he could have but everybody is being checked very thoroughly in that region now whats interesting is there is a real mystery as to how this man contracted can to grow in a virus because he did not travel to any contaminated countries the hand gone abroad even more concerning for officials is the fact there is another man who also has the corona virus this is another victim weve heard about another case i should say weve heard about in the last 24 hours a 55 year old man in the same region he also had traveled to a contaminated area so investigators are really racing to try and find out how these 2 men contracted this virus where it came from and when and as we were hearing earlier from european leaders theyre determined to keep borders open what are french authorities doing to prevent the spread of the crown a virus. Well the french government to certainly stepping up is preventative and emergency measures more than 100 hospitals across the country are now were told a ready to treat cases of the coronavirus to diagnose isolate people as needed and were also told that the french government has ordered millions of mass special masks for Health Care Workers so that when they come into contact with any eventual cases and they perhaps will not hopefully be infected the government has also issued messages to all the schools and also universities all educational institutions i should say really across the country if children or students have been abroad to one of these contaminated countries italy just across the border of course and they should stay at home for 14 days this quarantine period that is the message the government really wants the message to be that people should be fidgeted but of course they shouldnt panic thank you so much for that theres no doubt about that there live from paris. Health officials of the United States are warning its only a matter of time before the corona virus spreads there i want the government to allocate more than 2000000000. 00 in funding toward fighting the disease President Trump is expected to make an announcement on the issue in a few hours time lets go live to complete health at who is in washington d. C. The center for Disease Control has issued a somewhat dire warning for the u. S. Whats the latest. Yeah well in the midst of that dire warning there is bipartisan backlash against u. S. President donald trump and his administrations handling of what many see as an emerging crisis in the United States the concern is the contradictory statements that have been coming out of the white house particularly from the u. S. President the president has tried to downplay fears saying that the risk of mortality is low from coronavirus that is administration has things very much of the control even that a vaccine is very close but the problem is his own public Health Officials have been speaking publicly contradicting the president s statements and as you pointed out the public Health Officials are also issuing dire warnings not so much a question of if this will happen anymore but rather more question of exactly when this will happen and how many people in this country will become infected and how many of those will develop severe or more difficult more complicated disease so the reality is that the headlines are overwhelming the messaging coming from the white house take for example the stock market here in the United States in the last few days continuing to feel the effects of that going downward as well theres very little Public Confidence in the administrations ability to handle this so far given the well publicized evacuation of infected u. S. Citizens put on the very same plane as healthy passengers separated only by flimsy plastic sheeting so as a result the u. S. President has taken much of this criticism personally hes gone on social media saying that he will now have a press conference to talk about all of this it will happen at 23 g. M. T. And we understand the public Health Officials will be appearing alongside him im sure well be checking back in with you then thats complete health at there live from washington d. C. Iran has blamed the United States for spreading misinformation about the virus the government says the situation is under control but at least 19 people have dived into 130. 00 are infected including the deputy Health Minister zain bus ravi is in terre. During a weekly Cabinet Meeting iranian president Hassan Rouhani struck an optimistic tone saying that the reports about containing the coronavirus in iran are promising a taskforce set up earlier this week by the president including senior members of the government and armed forces he said are making gains in controlling the spread of the disease something that has become a major Public Health crisis here in the country he also addressed public concerns about whether or not the information coming from officials could actually be trusted this after a member of parliament representing the city of home where the 1st case was detected said the number of cases and deaths from this virus are far higher than official figures reported by the government heres what the president had to say about that and i have no i mean. I emphasize that we dont manipulate the figures we know the increase no decrease them nor do we exaggerate or downplay him ive told the Health Ministry to announce any figures they have this is a plot we see today in foreign propaganda recently a high ranking u. S. Official made a comment about coronavirus in iran that themselves are dealing with the flu 16000 died because of that the cea but they dont talk about it and now they are turning their attention to corona virus in iran earlier this week president Hassan Rouhani also said that the situation in the country could begin to normalize as early as saturday just a matter of days now but during a briefing by the spokesman for the countrys Health Ministry he said that government officials are expecting the number of corona virus cases in iran to go up in coming days well in south korea the number of cases has passed 1200 the not just number of infections outside of Mainland China churches have cancelled religious services from south Koreas Capital of iran mcbride reports on how the outbreak is affecting daily life. I think looking at the latest figures there is an increasing sense of alarm of nearly a spike of nearly 300 new cases in one day alone and it comes of course as the government here repeats its message that the next few days will be critical in whether south korea is able to contain this outbreak down in the southeast of the country or not and when you look at these figures in the way we have spikes like of like we have on this day wednesday then increasingly people will be thinking this is just not going in the right direction in fact its going very much in the wrong direction and you do feel that sense of nervousness on the streets in places like seoul people will be avoiding any crowds the cinemas are quiet restaurants are quiet we have people being told by the companies to work from home schools are suspended and of course down in the epicenter in daegu city itself we have a number of businesses of factories there closing as some of the workers are discovered to be sick and people just dont have confidence in the workplaces and some factories that is going to be clear of the virus and weve also had fairly unprecedented an ounce but by the Catholic Church in south korea that for the time being at least it is taking for the 1st time in its 236 year history the decision to cancel all services and all masses but then we are it seems living through pretty unprecedented times thank you more head on the news. Reports on why some find his backing libyan want to leave for half the are being accused of sharing an ideology with lysol. After years of violence many and south sudan history may be repeating itself. And it supports the president of the womens tennis toytown just there that coronavirus has left the sport thinking and im a student challenge. Indias capital remains on edge after 3 days of rioting killed 20 people there is heavy security on the streets of north easterly following violent clashes over a new citizenship law that excludes muslims over 200 people have been injured buildings were set alight in mosques ransacks in the worst rioting seen in decades lets bring in Elizabeth Pradhan who is live for us in new delhi elizabeth so modi has finally addressed the violence and it tweets i believe tell us about that. Yes came so after you know 3 or 4 days after as you said the worst violence in the indian capital in decades we finally heard from the Prime Minister this is the 1st thing that he said about a few hours earlier he tweeted asking people to maintain peace and and brotherhood and to stay calm and as and of course that is more than 20 people have been killed and more than 200. 00 injured now because there was such a massive paramilitary presence on the streets of northeast delhi the situation is calm but people are asking why it took so long you know why did it take 4 days demi has a police force of 84000 officers i believe and yet this violence was allowed to continue for days before the measures that weve seen today and so these are all questions that are being asked now and when police were this they are also being accused in fact a lot of journalists including our own team saw Police Standing by allowing violence to take place and to that and i believe the Delhi High Court has slammed the police off to as you said reports that police had been allowing the violence even in some cases as you mentioned joining in tell us the latest there. Its been a very busy last 12 hours or so for the Delhi High Court they passed an order shortly after midnight asking police to allow the safe passage of injured people because this is something that wasnt happening an ambulance was attacked a fire engine so Emergency Services a fire engine was set on fire later on in the day the Delhi High Court said that they were amazed at the state of delhi police and the other really important thing that the high court has done today is they have asked police to file a complaint against a member of the Prime Minister in that in the more days by that the jump the party or b j p a man called copy mishra who on sunday held his own rally close to where a peaceful protest sit in protest was taking place and in that rally he said that protesters should get off the streets that police should fear them and if the police do that then when donald trump leaves the country that he and his supporters and these the people who support the citizenship law d would take matters into their own hands well they didnt wait for donald trump to make the country they started attacking protesters on sunday and that is whats led to so much violence and delhi over the last 4 days and not only did the high court ask the police to file a complaint against this man but other b j p politicians who in the last month have called for violence against protesters and which has resulted in violence against protesters and the b j p is a lot of criticism right now for its rhetoric against people whove been protesting against the citizenship law since it was passed on to sarahs elizabeth piron and their line from new delhi thank you. Well tony burnley is done and he says the citizenship law is becoming an increasingly do visit issue. The major violent scenes are stopped at least for now and now theyre assessing the damage as you can see quite extensive in this part but also the human cost the death casualty figures are going up by the hour almost and Something Like 250 people have been injured and killed and now theres a mop up operation that has been a piece really because of women who were decided to stop their protest in jaffer a bad at a station. After intense provocation by hindu nationalists now that violence is spin some of the worst that delhi has seen in decades and the casualties show that so theres a big deep rooted problem that has now overshadow what this whole matter was about this was about civil rights over the citizens Amendment Act but its been calm in northeast delhi something about religion between muslims and hindus and thats not how it was this whole protest Movement Began because of across the board all religious denominations all minorities protesting about this new law which they say was racist now the problem is now this is being used as a kind of victory now by some of the hindu nationalists they said they wanted these women to be moved they were moved and now it sets a dangerous precedent what will happen in future if theres another protest will they do the same thing violence seems to work now weve had nothing from the Prime Minister mr modi until today 3 days after this whole thing started and he calling for calm hes calling for peace and harmony with be no peace and harmony here quite the reverse the problem is how can they rebuild now from this how can they regain the trust if you look at this damage its superficial compared to the deep rooted scars weve spoken spoken to people whove lost their loved ones hindus and muslims they have suffered their ones have been killed we dont know exactly who was responsible for the killings most of the people seem to be killed by gunshot wounds but some are. Also have been stoned and beaten to the point where their injuries mean meant they died so we dont know what the situation is there needs to be an inquiry human rights activists are calling for the government to actually take deeper stronger measures to find the root causes of this and find the people who were responsible and bring them to justice that we may be one of the 1st steps needed to bring these communities together again well as weve been saying the delhi police has been criticised for its role in the handling of the violence critics say thats because the force is not accountable to the Delhi Government the Central Government controls the police force and the local government has no power over law and order the political divide in delhi is also adding to the tension and the moment modis b j p is the party in power and the National Government the a. P. O. Common man party runs the local government in delhi the 2 parties have clashed in the past over control of the delhi police. Of more on the said speak now 2 political analyst job and sorry who is in new delhi for us thank you for coming on the news hour mr ansari these protests have been ongoing for some time now sometimes that been violent why are we seeing this uptick in violence now. This was a riot rituals for 2 or. The signs were there since for ages and from a tree speeches there was a build up in their own up to the elections and then dead after some very end from a tree anti muslim speeches given by none other than members some members of the ruling but to join the party and freshest little was done to curb this had had the Union Government acted in time this could have been prevented the Union Government for reasons best known to intent to themselves chose to look the other way why parts of delhi were burning and people were and to to come in were going hammer and tongs at each other its only after the courts into being on the 3rd day did did did did did this the Union Government to act and send the National Security adviser and send the records a number of paramilitary to try and take control of the situation had this been done earlier had those who were making and through military speeches held accountable but have this day would not have come to pass the pictures that would be looking at our of Donald Trumps visit to india do you think its a coincidence that this uptick in violence coincided with Donald Trumps visit no i dont think so i dont believe in that Conspiracy Theory there are 2 conspiracy theories during the down one that the the dissenter government the ruling party organized this to ensure that the minorities those opposed to the ca are taught a lesson and the other is that those opposed to ca did this to embarrass the government well i dont think those opposed to see it have the wherewithal to try and organize something of of this scale and something in which they have been at the receiving end there has been a build up for the last so many days and this is all everything has just come together at a time when mr trump was here as well. As we were saying before he came to live they all said and done this could have been. As we were saying before he came to us changing the government controls the police force in delhi the local government has no power over law and order they what difference what impact do you think that has made to what were seeing on the ground it has because the Central Government comprises of the book is headed by the party just the party is its a its a b. G. P. Government and and it to be gippi and those opposed to the ca have been a clue loggerheads do the Delhi Government is is run by a party which which is just of routed the b. G. P. In the state to live in the state to 7 assembly that actions so perhaps and its clear as daylight that the that the delhi police has been taking its orders from the Central Government its not been acting it objectively and independently they have acted as handmaidens of the off the ruling party rather than enforcing the law do you think these protests i mean on the surface are about the citizenship Amendment Law or are they also about you know capitalizing on other underlying tensions whats behind all of this on a more macro level do you think to a very very large extent to a large extent this is about ca and this and the discriminatory real nature of the little latest legislation that has been made into law by the Central Government but maybe this has been festering for a while but the catalyst has been the main provocation has been the new citizenship law that has been enacted by this government really good to get your take that is political analyst john it on a line from new delhi thank you. Turkish president regifted one says plans to push back Syrian Forces in the province turkey has a number of military observation posts there some have been surrounded during in advance by the Syrian Government has also called on damascus and its allies in moscow to stop their attacks and let civilians leave the borders safely we are doing and will continue to do all that we can to address the humanitarian catastrophe taking place in italy we demand the regime pulls back to where we agreed in sochi unfortunately russia is not concerned with this humanitarian issue the assad regime is killing his own people we will push their forces back from the border and make sure the refugees can go home meanwhile the United Nations says nearly 950000 people have been displaced since the government began its offensive in december and it says more than half of the People Living in places like this of children its the biggest displacement of people in such a short time in the nearly 9 year long war and its been described as a horrifying new level of the crisis many people had come to the Northwest Region after fleeing other areas there have been once read reports of babies and small children dying of exposure. And this is what theyre fleeing at least 26 civilians including School Children have been killed and more than 100 injured in the past day alone russian and syrian air strikes and shelling it had a number of towns and villages across it live and the remaining rebel held areas of hama and theyre put on the ground Government Forces have taken a cluster of locations in the southwest of the province. So ahead on aljazeera well tell you about an unexpected benefit from the global coronavirus epidemic. Theres been record breaking floods in indonesias capital and residents are blaming the government. And in sports pakistan pull off a surprise win at the womens t 20 cricket world cup. However long last we have dry weather pushing across the middle east is not all good news there was this area cloud out of the way some places afraid sleet and snow on that as it pushes a bit towards the east the system here that we have just extending down across the gulf into southern parts of saudi arabia pulls out of the way and we have a keen small wind blowing through such problems with lifted dust in the sand you can see the strength of that when they in across the region not quite as bad as we go on through friday so fridays should be a much better day although it will be on the cool side 23. 00 degrees celsius here elsewhere there we go theres wintry flurries over towards well in parts of pakistan pushing through afghanistan still a chance of wanted to wintry flowers there into the now cross northern parts of africa weve had some dusty problems here into parts of west africa as well but for the most part it is dry temperatures in kaare picking up to around 24 celsius a 24 rep bats and somebody says we go on into friday maybe a touch warmer in the process the show is there into the heart of africa just around the ethiopian highlands into the rift valley lots of clouds showing up to still rather wet there into parts of angola was shot was becoming a little more widespread for a good part off south africa. As a weapon of war leaves a very deep a scotus. Scar some rule that the victims men and women can barely talk about. The only witnesses who can help bring about justice. Thomas human rights campaigners in libya investigation since the 2000. And speakable crime on aljazeera. Of struggles full of pleasure not so the requirements of the number even then went from 20. This is you know he she blew in with. Me. An intimate look at life in cuba before us on the course i got my boss had on me when i came out of the sort of the middle i may hang my cuba this time on aljazeera. One. Of the. You want to aljazeera or a binder of our top stories this hour for the 1st time since the corona Virus Outbreak began the number of new infections outside china has exceeded the number within south korea has the highest number of confirmed cases with 1200. The virus is spreading in europe with new cases in france and greece italy is the worst affected with 12 deaths and 322 reported fictions. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called for calm after 3 days of violence in delhi at least 22. 00 people were killed during protests against a contentious citizenship poll. A military funeral has been held in cairo for egypts former leader Hosni Mubarak he died on tuesday at the age of 91 the barak was in power for 3 decades until being forced out during the 20 levon revolution the funeral complete with cannon far and a horse drawn carriage looks to be part of government efforts to highlight mubaraks military career rather than his time in office. Well Mohamed El Masry joins me now on set hes a professor at the Doha Institute for graduate studies specializing in egyptian politics good to talk to you again what should we read into what weve seen from this funeral a military funeral a procession led by the current president what should we take from this well its quite a lot of pomp and circumstance when you when you really stop and think about it for a man who only 9 years ago was ousted by a popular revolt and then a year later sentenced to life in prison we forget for ordering the killing of hundreds of protesters he was openly mocked and ridiculed. In Egyptian Society in egypt in media hated by millions of egyptians but what weve seen over these last few years is a counter revolution in egypt theyve reframed the narrative around the january 25th revolution and now theyre honoring the man who was who was ousted its really quite the change of circumstance and also if we compare his funeral with the burial of Mohammed Morsi who of course collapsed in court and died afterwards he was a democratically elected president and yet we didnt see any of these sorts of scenes deadly quite the contrast and really quite the double standard morsi was a democratic democratically elected leader as you as you pointed out he only served one year of one term in office was forced out by the military in a in a coup detat was jailed on trumped up charges and then. Was obviously essentially killed by the by the regime while while in detention and now the funeral of mubarak is essentially a 180. 00 degree. Difference from that and that you know the key difference here morsi democratically elected and an islamist someone who hailed from the Muslim Brotherhood and mubarak is a military man so at the end of the day did you. The military will honor its people even if they are corrupt dictators even if they presided over human rights atrocities for for 30 years we see. See there at the forefront of these per session how does his role compare you know has he modeled himself on the leader whose death. You know i said yesterday in many ways mubaraks legacy is c. C. C. C. Has inherited that authoritarian structure front from mubarak and hes turned it into a type of super authoritarianism hes enhanced the authoritarian authoritarianism if you will egypt is more repressive today more corrupt today than it was even during the time of mubarak there are more Political Prisoners there have been more politically motivated killings and massacres more repressive legislation its really it was one step forward for egypt during the revolution and then really a couple of steps a couple of steps backwards now thanks so much for your time we have to leave it there thats Mohamed El Masry there professor at the Doha Institute for graduate studies thank you. Talks to try and salvage the 2015 Iran Nuclear Deal have been held in vienna delegates from the European Union china and russia sat down with iranian officials the 1st meeting since an official dispute process was launched of the violations by iran iran began breaking some of its commitments when the us pulled out of the deal in 2018 and reinstated crippling sanctions since the libyan warlord highly for half the began his offensive to take the capital tripoli has courted the west by saying hes trying to rid the country although his words terrorists elements within half the us forces have been accused of sharing an ideology similar to Eisele Charles traffic reports from tripoli. These appoints is loyal to will Khalifa Haftar battling un backed government full season east in libya. Half the says the world should support him because hes a secular force the west can trust to fight terrorism. But many of the most powerful militias fighting for after are considered by western governments to be a threat to the future stability of libya and the security of their own countries because of the ideology they embrace. The big contradiction is in what have to tries to promote about himself and the evidence which is clear that his forces are comprised of so if you had these their ideology scares many people we have seen them storming mosques and forcing others to follow their version of islam they are in an open war against the moderates in libya. These are monthly fighters saying that huffed is gods chosen one the muckle is follow what some analysts describe as an ultra conservative 6 with a jihadist ideology based in saudi arabia this is a saudi based shaikh telling mudhoney fighters loyal to hafta that their fight against the un backed government in tripoli is a religious one the government in tripoli in western libya says it wants to dissolve all militias fighting on its behalf and integrate them into a National Army have to has far more solid hes fighting with him by thousands than the western government so what he says and whats actually happening on the ground is quite different the backbone of his libyan troops the Strongest Force arent highly salafist to follow an obscure saudi sheik and and have what some claim is a quietist philosophy although this is an anomaly to you for all the analysts because what kind of quiet is silent this should sit people every day this is general haftar with one of his top commanders mahmoud a wofully. And this is a war fully killing prisoners in benghazi he is wanted by the International Criminal court to face war crimes after reportedly detaining a wolf for leave for a few days after released him and promoted him to Lieutenant Colonel in the near 6 years since warlord Khalifa Haftar launched his military operation to try and seize power in libya Rights Groups such as Amnesty International have accused both sides of committing war crimes. Described himself as being a secular leader fighting terrorism a leader of the west can trust before the u. N. Backed government here in tripoli military analysts and many people across this country that simply isnt true Charles Trafford aljazeera tripoli. Malaysias interim Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad says he will return as leader if he has enough support in parliament todays ago he resigned suddenly and his party quit the governing coalition i thin now says he wants to form a new unity government which he says wouldnt be aligned with any specific party but his former Coalition Partner on what abraham says 3 parties have nominated him as Prime Minister and no support is have been protesting outside the palace where the king is holding talks. Residents of indonesias capital a calling on the government to better prepare the city for flooding after being forced from their homes yet again its been a record breaking monsoon season across the country with more heavy rain still to come just washington is in jakarta. After the rain theres a sense of quiet resignation to Work Together to clean up the streets the floodwater is a frequent unwelcome presence in their homes these family members are wearing clothes borrowed from relatives the television isnt working theyve burned a Church Destroyed and they bedding and clothes are ruined. We are traumatized it has happened so many times just this month our things a ruined the water came in so fast we didnt have time to save them. You cant as local governor is being criticized over how his administration has handled this years floods advisors to the National Government say there was a lack of preparation. The judge. What has happened in the january floods was such massive destruction we have Early Warning systems to plan ahead for example they should have dedicated people to leave because fewer vehicles could have been damaged lawyer as us. Is leading a class action on behalf of those affected by floods in january when 66 people were killed in flash flooding he says more people may join the class action as the floods continue the. There is no Early Warning system we have the rainy season all the time there should be more preparation but nothing has changed. Governor a nice press waited says the city is adequately prepared for the rainy season and has been monitoring and clearing got his own homes and buildings as a precaution but many say thats not enough this is now a familiar routine for people here self evacuating and then coming back to assess the damage and at least try to clean up this area has been flooded at least 5 times this month and theres more extreme weather coming hundreds have sought shelter at a local mosque after torrential rain some have begun to return home but it wont be long before they may need to leave again more heavy rain and storms are forecast until the beginning of next month just to washington aljazeera jakarta. South sudans warring parties formed a transitional unity government on saturday a power sharing agreement that so aimed at ending years of conflict the u. N. Estimates 400000 people have been killed since 2016 another 4000000 have been displaced have a morgan reports from juba on whether people have hope for a lasting peace. Almost every evening just have gotten and his friends meet under this tree they discussed life and the recent Political Developments in their country south sudan specifically the latest power sharing deal that has seen the reappointment of Opposition Leader rick machar after years of war. Would not feel. So alone this. Because. Of says he feels the deal take south sudan back to where it was in 2013 he wonders what if anything has been achieved africas youngest country seceded from sudan in 2011 after 2 decades of fighting for 2 years later its own civil war started when the president salva kiir accused his Vice President drake machar of attempting a coup a deal was signed in 2015 to end the war that killed thousands and displaced over a 1000000 people but it didnt last i cannot assure you that things will be different but what i. Need to restore peace and stability in the country will be a National Army. The militia. Or belong to the government the new deal is a revitalised version of the 2015 deal and has been broadened to include other armed opposition groups that were born after that deal collapsed. Machar is once again Vice President along with 4 of us with the same position the deal also includes a 3 year transition period before elections are held the revitalised deal includes sharing of ministerial cabinet positions between the government and the opposition groups thats yet to happen able bodies for the war. Even you can read from the political leaders face that all of them they are fed up in continue to do so they might. Adjust to on political issues politically in the state of their. Fight. The partial formation of a Transitional Government last saturday didnt come without deadlines regionally and internationally repeatedly missed deadlines like the sanctions on several government officials frustration through our months out of the means of the poor economy and the worsening humanitarian crisis but some doubt the future of the current deal they fear its a return to the days when the president and the Vice President didnt prestige. Joseph and his friends have nicknamed the treaty meat under the tree of hope they say theyll wait to see how the revitalized deal is implemented and the improvements it can bring and hope it better south sudan after years of suffering people morgan aljazeera. For years they fought against each other for political power now some serious south sudan ethnic groups affixing their muscles for sporting glory. Only they do with little. League wrestling contests are drawing huge crowds in the worlds youngest nation bringing together a divided people after 5 years of civil war some athletes cover themselves and want ash to bring luck i say the friendly competition as a display of peace between ethnic groups. Well more now on our top story the corona Virus Outbreak kuwaits government has joined others in banning shipping to and from the fictive countries as part of efforts to prevent the virus from spreading the outbreak has already blown sea freight transport off course threatening the Global Economy the baltic dry index which reflects the daily price of moving goods is the main shipping indicator and its dropped to lows last seen in 2016 when the sector was still recovering from the Global Financial crisis and this isnt surprising than lists a point to the fact that china accounts for 40 percent of seaborne trade in many of its ports and factories are almost at a standstill its fair this will have a long term impact on manufacturing supply lines around the world. But the drop in chinese manufacturing does have an op side to dramatically drop in Carbon Emissions when haye explains. Hong kong harbor is usually one of the busiest in the world with hundreds of ferries cruising container ships passing through every day but as the corona Virus Outbreak has worsened the economy has slowed and the waters have become quiet the situation is a lot worse in Mainland China where according to one lockdowns and business closures may have already cost almost 200000000000 dollars this year but as the economic price of this outbreak goes up the demagogue to the environment is going down the study showed that a drop in coal and oil use in china have reduced Carbon Dioxide emissions by at least 25 percent and levels of general air pollutants are also significantly down. In the cases such as coal fired power stations and still production. Being big reductions 15 to 40 percent in each of those indicators and we think Something Like 100000000. 00 tons of c o 2 hasnt been arrested compared to last year there were less emissions elsewhere to much of the Global Supply chain has been broken by the disruptions in china factories in countries like cambodia and vietnam cant get enough Raw Materials from china so were slowing down or suspending operations in the International Air transport association expects Global Demand for air travel to fall by almost 5 percent this year in asia that number could be higher less demand means fewer planes in the air and a decrease in emissions weve seen this sort of thing before like during the 2008 Global Financial crisis but after that economic slowdown china looked to make up for lost time by introducing a massive stimulus plan designed to get the economy moving again meaning any environmental gains were soon lost chinas government has already promised tax cuts and other assistance to help companies balance back from the Economic Impact of the op break president xi jinping wants a quick recovery but that could be risky i think the leaders in beijing are very eager to restore. Economy we have already seen some of factories finally opened but the concern is that you know if the workers started to come back to the companies and offices there could be a full time shows a 2nd wave of the spread of the virus workers will also be wanting to start earning again after Many Companies suspended wages because of the downturn as chinas economic engine starts turning over again scientists will be watching with interest what happens to the environment as a result wayne hay al jazeera hong kong. So bands Prime Minister shinzo alba is calling for all sporting and cultural events to be delayed spike 2 weeks or canceled comes just 5 months before the Tokyo Olympics get underway david starts reports. Japan is set to host the olympics in 149. 00 days but right now domestic sporting events are taking a major hit as the Prime Minister shinzo up in his government to try to curb the spread of coronavirus thats a look at about the money or not considering that theres a large risk of infection for nationwide sports and cultural events where a large number of people gather we will consider measures such as suspension put spawn meant and reduction of size for the next 2 weeks worrying times for organizers of tokyo 2020 which has been 7 years in the making at a cost of more than 20000000000. 00 the games start in july with 11000 athletes expected to compete and hundreds of thousands of friends set to attend on tuesday dick pound the longest serving member of the International Olympic Committee Said the games are under threat and that a call needs to be made within 3 months however the head of tokyo 2020 has played down those comments. Are basic thoughts are that we will go ahead with the olympic and paralympic games. That the end of may is the time limits weve never heard of this so when we asked about it the i. O. C. Said its not their official position the games may still be on but coronavirus has already made its mark on the event qualifying tournament safin perspiring across several sports from book sing to badminton but a limpid committees around the world are still preparing to compete come july were taking it very seriously were not going to this walk through the next few months you know avoiding the conversation were dealing with and were taking going to vice and we remind as our partners. In the taking government and the organizing committee come for the guys will go ahead theres been talk of possibly moving the games to london which hosted back in 2012 but its unlikely given the logistics involved and the limited Time Available listen youre going to do theres your florida. Bans 2 months is not enough. Youll never get. In stock your bust. Organizers are considering scaling back the Olympic Torch Relay which starts in march the modern games have only ever been counseled on 3 occasions since they began in 1996 each time because of war and the longer the battle against coronavirus drags on the more tokyo 2020 is at risk of suffering the same fate david stokes aljazeera. Over more sport now heres andy thank you so much kim i will start with a retirement from modern tennis greats russias former world number one Maria Sharapova calling time on her career jeter injury at the age of 32 but is poorest reports the end began with a failed drug test after a decade as one of the faces of the sports. From her breakout season at the age of 17 to have 50 grand slam title 10 years later Maria Sharapova was one of the few true superstars on the womens circuit sharp over shown as a youngster despite the emerging dominance of Serena Williams whom she beat in the 2004 wimbledon final there in suing rivalry meaning the american and her sister venus had some genuine competition for their hall of titles born in the soviet era russia but crafting her talents in florida her worldwide appeal sparked maria mania among fans and the media but after becoming one of the select group of players to clinch a career slam of all 4 major titles her tilt at the 2nd Australian Open crown in 2016 ended in scandal sharp over testing positive for mel dhoni and that have been included on the banned list at the start of that year i know though with this guy i think consequences and. I dont want to end my career this way and i really hope that i will be given another chance to play this game she did gets another chance but only after a 15 month bamma saw her cast out from her place in tennessees golden generation just showing of 3 years on its proved impossible to recoil and form a glories and reputation but 11 years straight as forbes highest paid female athlete i mean she goes out with career earnings of 325000000. 00 as injuries finally take their toll on a player who will hope brilliance is remembered more than her late to mistakes. All race aljazeera. All the president s of the womens tennis torsos coronavirus has left the sport facing an unprecedented challenge events in china where the outbreak began of already being counseled all the amounts of travel players on the site also exposes them to the risk of infection for a small reports. Tennis players are among sports great travelers this week the leading women arent kept are during the year they have top level events in 28 Different Countries while coronavirus may have started in china is now having a Global Impact president of the womens tennis tour says safeguarding Players Health while keeping them on the move is a huge challenge weve never lived through anything like this its unprecedented this is an outbreak that has grown exponentially so fast and i mean you know weve all heard its in the news we keep up with the daily reports of new cases here new cases there are south korea iran italy japan. China is a big market its an important venue for tennis but the womens tour has already had to cancel some lower profile events there due to coronavirus from september onwards the games top players are due to play in a series of asian tournaments with china the 1st port of call the season ending finals in november are also in china. Before that comes the Tokyo Olympics in july on tuesday a senior games official said organizers had a 3 month window to decide its fate. Well i know that. Is a very clean country and they will not host such a big if they would be some problem if it should happen then its going to happen but i believe we as a tennis person and overall sports people we are so strong so we can get through it and definitely we have huge warnings from you know all the tournaments so theyre doing great job just to make sure we are just safe and nothing can happen to us that is officials are passing on up to the Minute Health advice to players but except the Global Nature of their sport means risks do remain. Airplanes cruise its all you know we live in a small world now and a very accessible world so thats great but its also bad in a situation like this when its very hard to contain Something Like the coronavirus for our athletes for ourselves and you know were a traveling circus keeping this circus on the road and its star performers how he is the challenge now being replicated across the sporting world far is. Over a piece 6 nations tournament all sides feeling the importance of coronavirus the all in versus italy much in dublin on march the 7th has just been cancelled olens chief medical officer saying the decision wasnt made lightly its only is europes worst affected countries more than 300 cases and 11 deaths for example of a shock when in their opening match of the womens t 20 world cup they beat former champions the west indies by 8 wickets in australia batting 1st in camera the windies were restricted to a score of 124. 00 for 7. 00 on caps in his memory fan guided out seem to a famous victory with one beats and 38 pakistan have never gone the on the group stages at this tournament before. Ok that is it for me for now thanks andy but thats it for me kimbell for this news on the donkey on the way ill be back in just a moment with more of the days news here on aljazeera. Marge on aljazeera. 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There is a huge group of people at work behind our screens and the power they have is massive that urge to keep swiping through twitter feeds thats just not the way we all click i agree to the terms and conditions thats most of us never even give it a 2nd thought and actually thats designed as well ali rick spores how designers are manipulating a viewer in the final episode all hail the algorithm on a 0. Award winning documentary from around the world. On aljazeera. A major turning point in the crowd a Virus Outbreak with more new cases outside china than where then for the 1st time. Im kim but al this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up pleading for peace indias capital remains on edge after 3 days of rioting over a controversial citizenship law thats killed over 20 people. Turkey says it will push back against Syrian Government forces as the number of displaced people in the north reaches nearly a 1000000. From rivals to allies the rivals again and well have the latest on