A strategic town they took from the government overnight. Desperate civilians have nowhere to turn but squalid camps. In scorn of a joke of riches perfect here house consume you hes won his 16th much of an undefeated season a victory that ensures he stays as a world at the move. Ahead of the World Health Organization says the new coronavirus epidemic has reached a Decisive Point is urging countries to redouble their efforts to contain the spread of the disease china the epicenter of the outbreak has postponed the reopening of all schools and universities until further notice south korea has confirmed another 505 cases meaning its overtaken china in new daily infection numbers more than 7500 and now infected there and 30. 18 people have died in italy biggest virus hotspot the death toll has increased to 17 with more than 650 cases one of irans Vice President s has joined the Deputy Health minister and being diagnosed with the virus iran has the highest fatality rate outside of china where the death toll rising to 28. 00 and saudi arabia is halting visas for the owner of pilgrimage and restricting tourist travel from affected countries have now been more than 82000 infections across 45 countries in every continent except antarctica no country should assume it wouldnt get cases that could be a fire told me stick and quite literally this virus does not respect borders. It does not distinguish between races or it in the cities. It has not a good foot a countrys g. D. P. Or level of development. The point is not only to prevent cases arriving on your shores the point is what you do when you have this they have break in iran has prompted the authorities to cancel friday prayers in several cities including the capital said bega is in tehran he has more on the new restrictions announced. Well the president hasnt signed off on a number of decisions today made by the counter Coronavirus Committee now schools will remain closed for a further 3 days from saturday universities will be closed for another week now many of these of were to be closed for a week Public Events such as concerts and film showings are still canceled but most significantly friday prayers a cast of the 23 cities now let me explain how significant that is even in the early 1980 s. When they were assessing nations political assassinations taking place in mosques friday prayers were never canceled even at the height of the iraq war and Saddam Hussein was attacking the rain as it is those friday prayers were never canceled so this shows as seriously iran is taking that break of this virus and how hard theyre trying to bring it under control but despite that today we heard that the Vice President for womens and families Family Affairs declaring was diagnosed with a virus that makes full politicians members of parliament and thats including the departure Health Minister also we heard that the former ambassador to the back to can hardly for sure if he was 81 years old he was diagnosed with a contract in the virus yesterday now its been weve heard that he has actually died hes 81 years old but iran is still finding itself continually isolated many countries have suspended their flights between iran and themselves but iran is trying to bring the matter under control but iran is also suffering economically under u. S. Sanctions and they want to get this under control so that the economy doesnt suffer any further. A woman in japan has tested positive for a corona virus for a 2nd time the Health Ministry says the 40 year old woman contracted the virus again after she was discharged from hospital earlier this month on its a 1st in japan cases of 2nd positive tests have been reported in china japans Prime Minister has asked schools nationwide to close until late march to help control the spread of infection large gatherings and Sports Events are also halted for 2 weeks. Elsewhere in asia nations are continuing to restrict travel and increase containment measures a sarah clarke reports now from hong kong. Shopping center is a sanitized and so Government Employees a sterilising public transport is a south korean government steps up efforts to stop the spread of the current of our. Joint military exercises with the United States have been postponed after american soldiers stationed at a base today tested positive for containment offers of covert 19 and the city of walk in u. S. Service members were prioritizing making this decision the largest daily increase in the number of infections has been in a city in the southeast for a church at the center of the outbreak is low tide as the virus spreads the government has postponed some annual school exams and is asking people to avoid large crowds around 40 countries and theyre restricting travelers from south korea if. You give them you know the government feels very sorry that our citizens have gone through the inconvenience in the process of entering Foreign Countries due to the countrys sudden entry restriction measures. The epicenter of the outbreak to bury remains under lockdown while cities in the rest of china a slowly returning to work china reported the laws death toll in a month on tuesday the number of infections rose slightly to. The 1st case happened in china but that doesnt mean the source is in china the foreign prediction of when this will be contained says end of may june we think it will be the end of april. But some countries are not taking any risks astrology has gone one step further than the World Health Organization declaring the coronavirus a Global Pandemic and electing an Emergency Response plan we believe that the risk of a Global Pandemic is very much upon us and as a result as a government we need to take the steps necessary to prepare for such pandemic schools here in hong kong have been closed since january and were mine shut until at least the 20 the by japan 2 was announced it will shut all schools until march china may be optimistic it can contain the outbreak by boat but the virus is spreading faster outside many countries and they are not taking any risks sarah clarke aljazeera hong kong. North korea is ramping up efforts to prevent outbreak its shut down nearly all cross border traffic and Foreign Tourists and mobilize some 30000 Health Workers to monitor residents and isolate those with symptoms north korea has yet to report a single case of corona virus a secretive country has poor medical infrastructure after years of sanctions. Francaise the number of camp confirmed cases that has more than doubled in 24 hours its Health Ministry also says 2 of its infected citizens recently returned from a trip to egypt and they are part of a tour group of 20 people officials are working to check the other travelers for the virus and anyone else they might have been contact with israels concern about egypts efforts to contain the spread of the virus officials in cairo so theres only been one confirmed case and that person has recovered. And a virus cases continue to rise in italy the countrys economy is taking a beating in milan usually crowded streets are now virtually deserted and many Business Owners are worried about how theyll cope from milan. Reports. Normally bustling now virtually at a standstill the corona Virus Outbreak in northern italy slumbered the region means even the site historic duomo cathedral is closed to visitors and many here arent happy sparrow. I hope next week they managed to solve the problem because the restaurants are empty the cafes are wedded to the trams and trains are empty i dont know how long we can cope with. Since the 1st coronavirus case was detected in italy the Stock Exchange has plunged 8 percent making many worry about how exactly the fragile economy will cope its not just tourists who are missing from this famous where its also residents many of whom now find themselves working from home. Like modern monte and academic coordinator at a university in milan whos trying to keep things calm for her family so they can all adapt to the situation. Is there. I receive messages from all over the word from my students and over the word concerned if they are concerned about me about my situation by the university my family motto. Its to make sure her son and daughter take the necessary precautions by the sound of it her advice has already made an impact you have to put it but i always bring my sunny days in jail with me yet like yesterday when i was having ice cream with my girlfriends and i made them all washed their hands. At night milan looks and feels even emptier tables with no want to sit around them waiting staff with no one to serve before we have much cause to my boats now every ways tradeoff even industry to make sure. The sky is dark but so is the moon yes the trams still run even though it seems more and more uncertain were things are heading from a gentleman to 0 milan. Grand virus is taking a heavy toll on the Global Economy trade routes are being caught Global Supply chains disrupted and stock markets are falling u. S. Stocks dropped more than 4 percent and are on track to record their worst weekly losses since the Global Financial crisis of 2008 european and asian shares also fell on thursday with travel stocks bearing the brunt earlier facebook announced that it is canceling its annual conference for developers live to christensen in may here is in new york for us the question is the markets have just closed the how bad was it. Well another extremely volatile day on wall street the markets saw another major sell off the Dow Jones Industrial average fell more than nearly 1200 points thats more than 3000 points for this week alone all 3 of the major indices are now 10 percent below the market highs that means that theyre in whats known as correction territory a significant drop this as investors remain very concerned about the continuing spread of the coronavirus and in particular some new cases registered in germany and one here in the United States in Northern California where Health Officials couldnt trace and have yet to trace the origin of the contact with the person who contract did the corona virus and so that has investors worried that corporate earnings are going to suffer that the Global Economy in general is going to suffer and on wall street what we saw with the markets is that the sectors you expect were hit would be hit hard have been hit hard yet again things Like AirlinesBig Technology companies that are multinational Technology CompaniesEnergy Crude Oil again registering maurits at the lowest levels in over a year all of this related to the spread of this virus and fears about Global Supply chains especially for Manufacturing Companies microsoft lowered its revenue projections saying that the supply chains werent coming back in line quickly enough that the end of the day their stocks were down more than 5 percent of something were seeing pretty much across the board there are some bright spots here and there but very very few overall sentiment is concerned about where were headed and how long its going to take to get this under control and could this push the United States and other countries into a recession the experts caution were not there yet but if its not contained that could be an issue. Certainly one way that we judge investors concern is by looking at whats known as the vix volatility index and that is also been extremely high up 22 percentage just a sign of how worried investors are and of course investors worried about their bottom line in the corporations bottom line but for the rest of us it could have a knock on effect on the economy writ large christian salumi thank you very much indeed. Coming up on this news from london as Coronavirus Infection is continue to soar worldwide we look at what it takes to declare a Global Pandemic. Whether small signs of hope as people return to homes and businesses destroyed during this weeks violence in new delhi. And in sports why the new method of cooling down fans at some of sporting events may have to be put on ice andy well have more. On the reports that at least 9 turkish soldiers have been killed during fighting in syrias in late province its from to turkish president bush of the one to hold an emergency meeting to discuss the situation meanwhile a key battle is taking place with the strategic syrian town of sarah keep in it live Syrian Rebels backed by turkey fighting to hold on to the town after recapturing it from the army overnight a stream of Turkish Military reinforcements has been moving towards the front line. Report somehow tie on the turkey syria border. This is job but i live on the streets of. For the rebel commander this is just the beginning of a long push to recapture lost territory after the mess and after his back on that old control we have managed to evict Syrian Army Russian ally and progovernment militias from soccer i want to assure our people that we will liberate all the cities of syria and defeated the theater. But for the rebels to hold ground may be challenging the city is located on 2 highways them for an empire which linked damascus to a North Eastern syria. So in Government Troops and russian fighter jets are striking rebel positions preventing them from reinforcing their lines of defense. Moment of triumph for the rebels this is their 1st significant military gain in months. To get the opposition has lost many strongholds and retreated north allowing the syrian army to advance to words city and as Government Troops close in thousands of civilians flee the offensive has displaced almost 1000000 people and created the worst humanitarian situation since the start of the conflict in syria 9 years ago. Turkey insists its military intervention is so little in short a cease fire is implemented and syrian troops pull back behind the Demilitarized Zone in it globe the developments on the ground in our favor but on the other hand the regimes losses are very big 3 of our soldiers have been killed let them rest in peace but there is no time to deal with this now negotiations with the russians will continue however we are operating in it lope with the i dont. Agreement along with the 911 kilometer border we are safe guarding our country we will continue to operate in syria backing Syrian Rebels and told we win the war turkish officials are in talks with russia to get access to space in northwestern syria a demand that has been so far brushed aside by moscow which accuses of undermining peace efforts its unclear at this stage if the rebels it is part of a large scale military campaign backed by turkey in the province of. Rural. But the capture of stark is likely to create momentum among rebel fighters who have suffered a series of setbacks recently asked about aljazeera. And warn the breaking news of turkish soldiers killed in a province fashion joins us live from that turkey syria border as it does more but the the i understand if a scanty details of whats been happening there with the turkish troops. Well lauren the governor of her ties talking about 9 soldiers killed and Dozens Injured in an airstrike the turkish government blames on the Syrian Government and this is a serious us collation now in the conflict in syria with this number of turkish soldiers reported so far killed today in live promise of this is something which is definitely going to further. Escalate the tension in the province to the turkish government has been saying in the past repeated lee sending warnings to the Syrian Government and to its russian are like that if turkish soldiers were to be targeted in syria in libya in particular turkey with therefore used all the necessary means to retaliate we do understand that the security meeting there was chaired by the president. Has come to an end a while ago were expecting to hear more details about what happened during that meeting we do also understand that the Turkish Foreign minister who moved all the spoke with the nato secretary general i think it was updating him on the latest developments about what happened in the province this is really a serious escalation i have to say and we should wait and see what will happen in the upcoming was. Thank you very much indeed tonight update. On a serious i mean ive had a sent this update earlier from the outskirts of sara came. In for one of the about whether or not they figure we are exactly on the m 4 highway connecting aleppo with latakia this highway leads to the meeting going to the international them 5 highway connecting aleppo and damascus so i could see it is the point where both the highways connect but then the circle of the. Stargate to our right was captured this morning by the armed opposition having seized control of the city the armed opposition is now in total control of both the strategic highways however airstrikes are still carried out by both the russian and syrian regimes fighter jets targeting the city and its outskirts. Of the family are of course as you have just seen it was an air strike on the city the armed opposition who is now in control of sark of city and both the highways say they killed a large number of the Regime Forces inside the city we can also see that plume of smoke as a result of the air strike aerial bombardment has not stopped on the contrary it has intensified as i said earlier both the highways are now cut off by the armed opposition but it is a big win and a massive advance for the opposition to seize control of seraglio along with a number of its neighboring villages. And his wife sara came but it is important to have a controls the m 4 an m 5 highways gains Critical Military and economic advantages in 5 in particular aleppo with damascus in the south the growing red areas are controlled by the government a shrinking green or rebel territory the yellow areas in the north and west are controlled by the kurds the United Nations has repeatedly warned that the humanitarian crisis unfolding in libya is the worst theyve seen since the war began 9 years ago where harding has more. The United Nations says nearly a 1000000 syrians have been forced from their homes since december some are even living in caves theyre trapped near the closed border with turkey and according to the u. N. More than half of the displaced are children some infants are reported to have frozen to death or suffocated in tents with their parents as they all tried to keep warm this is the worst wave of displacement weve seen during the syrian conflict with the harsh winter conditions in a globe we see people trapped isolated and running out of ways to cope in recent days russian backed Syrian Government airstrikes have increased hospitals blood banks and schools have all been destroyed those trying to flee across the border with turkey face a concrete wall topped with barbed wire i level out of the move would do that but if the people are taking refuge in the turkish wall but why is the wall here is it to prevent families from entering their women and children their elderly people why dont they allow children in the main can stay here and fight but the children the women let them in. Many people like these are desperate to escape the fighting and if a safe passage is not created theyll remain trapped well the u. N. Security council mentality discuss they worsening humanitarian situation in syria and was told of catastrophic consequences on the ground gave rosendo has more from the u. N. The situation in italy a busy tier rating by the hour and the humanitarian crisis is now more urgent than ever that was the message delivered by top United Nations officials here to the Security Council. The assistant secretary general of humanitarian affairs told the Council Members she has been speaking with aid workers in the country and with contacts inside of libya who have given her heartbreaking examples of what people especially children are facing what is happening in northwest syria these said is beyond imagination it is not human to be tolerable they dont know children so traumatized they no longer speak. As humanitarian needs increase there are also growing calls for un secretary general Antonio Gutierrez to do more to help in the fighting something i put to his spokesman yesterday 9 members of the Security Council met with the secretary general and part of their message apparently was urging the secretary general to do all he can to get an immediate cease fire the secretary general did meet with the 9 members his goals as stated publicly and privately or really to very simple goals put a stop to the killing and make sure there is humanitarian access for those who need it the most meanwhile be a stone an ambassador to the u. N. Might have summed it up most dramatically when he told the Security Council on thursday this syria that credo a civilization is being turned into a graveyard. To say it early and i. V. Is a senior teaching for Us University of londons department of politics and International Studies he joins minister thanks very much for coming i mean its really serious situation just to start in initially with the with what appears to be an escalation of fighting with turkey in and syria mixed in with the russians. Suggesting that theyve got theyve had at least 9 soldiers killed our bigger problem is that going to be for turkey well its become a very complicated and this is not something very new im not very surprised to see this collation in fact started 9 years ago and as we know it is tragically very important for turkey and. The militia forces the point is the situation that we are actually we witnessed the escalation since turkey conducted a military operation in a free Northern Syria so it seems because it is the last bastion of anti us forces is very important for both sides for for turkish government and its militia forces and for Syrian Government to a to retake specific a strategic area so i assume we are witnessing a quiet complicated situation and we may witness more escalating. Here just while ive been told you that theres some snaps are coming in now has there been a security meeting in turkey on this and weve heard from reporter the stage. Is that Turkish Police the coast guard and Border Security officials have been ordered to stand down on the possible flow syrian migrants and that they wont know will no longer stop Syrian Refugees reaching europe by land and sea then that would be a Major Development in terms of the of the of the european responses because theyve been hoping for turkey to continue keeping the refugees 3700000. 00 refugees at this stage in Syrian Refugees in turkey. Moment and about a 1000000 that are about that that are trapped inside syria and. Not able to go through the border if you suddenly had that kind of. What would that mean perhaps turkey because it seems quite disappointed that there is no any support for them for its adventure in syria in my use. Syrian refugees as a tool in order to pressurize the European Union but i think this will be counterproductive again for turkey and for for for europe i assume all United NationInternational Community should support. The Syrian Refugees and also many of syria fijis may wish to come back home and go back to their homeland so i assume you need a proper mobilization by International Community is is should come out of that state calculations what about the situation there was a suggestion and let me more talks between russia and turkey over the future of syria do you think it will still go ahead in the current climate or not is a very good point i mean there have been a number of negotiations between turkey and russia and the problem is they are looking to the Syrian Crisis from this type of search to find the most i type of solution to only find the solution for one specific region and then go for the next i think we need to look into syria from the whole and i assume with turkish government insisting to support the rebels and the syrian the state insisting to retake its strategic area. I am not very companies that the negotiations between turkey and russia would be very fruitful at this stage but i soon as i said International Community should step in and also Syrian Government is trying to retake its territory so its quite a complicated situation i would say. Thank you very much difficult to talk to us thank you. Whats more still to come this hour a call for unity in the challenges facing south sudans military as it tries to come together after years of conflict. Climate campaigners celebrate after u. K. Court blocks Heathrow Airport 6 pension plans. And is the korean teenager setting the standards at the new zealand open. This time very disturbed across the good parts of europe over the coming days will supply tumbling in from the atlantic pushing a further race was latest weather system parry of low pressure here just pushing down across luxembourg belgium down into that western side of germany packing in quite a key northwest the wind behind his we have seen some snow flurries across the British Isles with western corner over here more as we go on into friday so we have the high ground by that stage pushing away from the south war heavy rain more very strong winds pushing in this one of course we still have at least one severe Flood Warning out for 6 western side of england many areas will still see theri heavy outbreaks of rain over the coming days central pa see it not too bad because some showers some of the wintry making their way down across the balkans over towards remain here and hungary sliding further response as we go on through sas day center past again dry and not doing too badly some snow up towards more way wall wet and windy and at times wintry weather coming in across the far northwest of europe by saturday well see want to see showers set just pushing their way into western parts of france we may even see want to 2 showers just sliding across the southern half of spain. March on aljazeera. Up to theyre also going on the nation witness brings a new film this time from africa for International Womens day a crucial day in the race to challenge donald trump where live across key u. S. States for a super tuesday studio b. Unscripted brings a fresh approach to discussing contentious issues and finding Common Solutions as Benjamin Netanyahu prepares to go on trial for corruption israel heads into its 3rd election in less than a year the listening post does 6 the worlds media how they operate and the way they cover stories much on aljazeera. Chinese authorities the putting those they say have committed a crime. But others show trials or genuine confessions. That i want to east investigate. On aljazeera. Among the top stories on aljazeera there are reports that at least 9 turkish soldiers have been killed in as strike in syrias province prompting turkeys president to hold an Emergency Security meeting turkey has been helping the Syrian Rebels hold on to a strategic town that captured from the government overnight. The World Health Organization says the new coronavirus epidemic has reached a Decisive Point of now in more than 82000 infections across 45 countries in every continent expect except antarctica. The outbreak is also taking a toll on the Global Economy u. S. Stocks dropped more than 4 percent and are on track for their worst weekly losses since the 2008 Global Financial crisis. Passed outbreaks of new viruses have been declared to Global Pandemics but so far the World Health Organization has stopped short of doing that for corona virus but with infections spreading to more countries every day it appears to be getting close to meeting the definition shot paris has more. There is no one definition for a pandemic the World Health Organization scrapped its criteria 10 years ago after the h one n one outbreak now its more subjective the w. H. O. Says its when a new disease spreads easily from person to person around the world now in more than 50 countries about a quarter of all nations coronavirus all covered 19 certainly global and can spread from person to person with more than 82000 and fictions and less than 2 months yet the w. H. O. See. Is it still doesnt meet the standard for a pandemic our message continues to be that this virus has. No country should assume it wouldnt get cases that could be a fight the mystic and quite literally this virus does not respect borders. The tell you a choice is countries should be in a phase of preparedness for a possible pandemic if one was declared governments would have to roll out a full scale response with mobilization down to local level and distribution of personal protective equipment antivirals and other medical supplies its costly and in 2009 the last time the w. H. O. Declared a pandemic some countries criticized the move for burdening them unnecessarily w. H. O. When others dont like to use the word pandemic but by the classical definition were really teetering very very close to that because there are a number of countries outside of china there do have a considerable number of cases the costs of a moderate to severe pandemic a high the world bank puts it at nearly 570000000000. 00 even without meeting the threshold coronavirus has shaken Financial Markets but the human cost is still low relative to past pandemics the 1918 spanish flu killed 50000000 people and infected one 3rd of the worlds population the most recent pandemic swine flu in 2009 killed up 2575000 people coronavirus sits at 0. 5 percent of that the w. H. R. Hoping it levels off and it doesnt have to declare a pandemic shall it ballasts aljazeera. The number of People Killed in the violence that rocked new delhi this week has risen to 33 after several critically injured patients died in hospital india has seen months of protests over a new citizenship law which excludes muslims in parts of the capital people have been returning to homes and businesses which were destroyed but they say they came to build bridges tony betty reports from new delhi. After the 2nd day of calm people who escaped the violence are starting to return to their battered neighborhoods in northeast delhi in showing bag theyve come back to widespread destruction and loss. And they get out that it was very stressful living here during the last few days we were all extremely scared so scared that we moved all our women to a safer place only the mains. People were killed and injured here homes and businesses were burned but mohammeds fruit and vegetable shop provided a livelihood for his family for 30 years he was burnt during the riots and hes not ensured hes part of the Muslim Community that suffered the worst of the violence but hes not vengeful. We have to live peacefully together whatever has happened we have to treat it as a one off we have to forget we cant just blame the hundreds of muslims both groups where there are. 3 shops down is his neighbor ganesh whos a hindu his fruit and veg shop was also burned but even after losing his livelihood he Still Believes in coexistence. Then there is peace we can once again start a business we have to do wit to survive to earn our living there is no other way to earn a living. Its a seed of hope that hindus and muslims can return to the peaceful coexistence they enjoyed for years a Senior Police commissioner visited thursday to reassure locals the peace has been restored but is the presence of large numbers of Security Forces that people find more. During not words alone this is a very Public ConfidenceBuilding Measure designed to show people that the Security Forces have control of the streets and is now safe but many people are asking the question where were they when they needed the most. Delhi police have been heavily criticised over its handling of the violence which has been described as at best negligent and worse complicit families are slowly returning to this battleground feeling more apprehensive than safe well that was it seems to be peace and calm but we lost everything after our home was set on fire we only managed to salvage this cooking gas cylinder. But others like this hindu family have decided to leave the district altogether. The riot situation are scaring us a lot thats why were going back to our village where its safer. The streets will be cleared the debris removed and homes rebuilt but these communities cannot fully heal until those responsible face justice Tony Berkeley aljazeera bag north east delhi. Israel has approved nearly 1800 new settler homes in the occupied west bank just 4 days before the countrys latest election its the 2nd major settlement statement by the government of Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu in recent days is right really could party and the defense ministers far right i mean a coalition of vying for the support of more than 600000. 00 settlers in mondays election its the 3rd in just a year after another netanyahu nor rival benny gantz were able to form a government. Even though the warring sides have partially formed a Transitional Government a crucial part of the deal still hasnt been completed the armed forces were due to be unified and even where they have been troops are abandoning the camps fix conditions are so poor there is had to morgan is this report from. A call to line up for military exercises is something these soldiers are used to but for the past 2 months the south sudanese troops have been training alongside other armed groups some of whom they once fought on the battlefield during south sudans civil war that were here weve got the. Unified theres no different in all of theres no eye or theres no. Theres no. Well. Some of these fighters gathered here are parts of the Government Forces others come from the main armed opposition called the Sudan Peoples Liberation Movement in opposition and a few from the armed group known as south sudans Opposition Alliance this is one of the 16 such camps around the country where the fighters are trying to form a unified National Army it was set up after 2800. 00 peace deal to end the 5 year long conflict thats killed nearly 400000 people and displaced a 3rd of the countrys 12000000 population the deal states that 41500 out of the 83000 forces from the working sites are to be trained before the formation of a Transitional Government thats government was partially formed last weekend when 5 Vice President s were sworn in this Training Camp in the west of south sudan holds about 1500 soldiers from the 3 different sides but theyre not in equal numbers even though theyre supposed to be the opposition says transporting soldiers from their areas to the council is difficult and thats just one of the many issues affecting the training and reunification of the forces. So ill just say the camp lacks many basic needs making life inside hard. There is no medicine and we sleep in the open where its cold and the needs for female soldiers are not met there is no water sometimes and there is no place to sleep and we train in our slippers and sometimes barefoot which is hard and we dont have uniforms. The joint monitoring and Evaluation Commission the body tasked with monitoring the implementation of the deal as you quoted that since the training sites were established hundreds of soldiers have abandoned them due to poor conditions such as is another big challenge the government government made a pledge of 100000000. 00 which we felt would be sufficient to do this initial training on fortunately not all of those resources up come from the government weve received about 60000000 of which of the 100000000. 00 so we continue to encourage the government to make available those remaining funds so that we can really see an improvement in those conditions within those training centers. A well trained and disciplined army is crucial for south sudans transitional period and to avoid a return to were soldiers here say they want to be part of a united army but how soon thats happens depends on those leaving them and the country. Ill just. A quick update for you. About the fighting in syria and the turkish troops killed there the governor of turkeys had. Previously said that 9 turkish troops were killed now says 22 turkish soldiers died in an ass strike by. Syrian Government Forces that bridge in where the fighting has been intensifying to 22 turkish soldiers killed in a province thats according to the governor of province. Amnesty International Says the americas remain the worlds most dangerous region for human rights defenders and journalists colombia was the deadliest nation in 2019 with 106 human rights defenders killed 210 people died last year taking part in protests across the americas most of them were in haiti followed by venezuela bolivia and chile with authorities often curbing antigovernment demonstrations using violent miniaturize tactics annecy says venezuelas Security Forces carried out executions as well as illegal detention and used Excessive Force that could amount to crimes against humanity mexico is the regions deadliest country for journalists with at least 10 killings last year erica we have our eyes they director for the americas at aniston international she says venezuelans living under president Nicolas Maduro suffered particularly the red team of nicholas being inclosing ever pressed by helen always gosselaar carry them all straight to the streets demanding and even human rights extrajudicial executions during the day or are the day to day experience for many people in the country more than 4800000 or people have left the country on the last years precisely because actually are they because they are seeking International Protection in neighboring countries where other countries. And the regime continue to quite relate and social rights people but also that completely. The British Government is threatening to walk away from trade talks with the European Union as early as june if it sees no hope of a compromise the u. K. Has been setting out its red lines as it wont commit to following e. U. Rules in a post briggs it trade deal comes 2 days off to e. U. Ministers approve their own approach to the negotiations britain left the bloc in january and that has until the end of the year to secure a trade deal and agreements on everything from fishing rights to transport hall in london says the e. U. Thinks britain wants the best of both worlds. The government has here given notice that the political declaration is no longer the blueprint it intends to follow the blueprint will be rather the election manifesto that Boris Johnson won so handsomely on in december that commits the government to seek whats called a canada style free trade arrangement 0 tariffs 0 quotas and enough regulator a divergence from e. U. Rules and laws d to allow britain to do trade deals with other big economies like the United States the e. U. Simply see this see this as the u. K. Trying to have the best of both worlds both preferential access to its markets and watering down its laws and regulations and i think in the months ahead this is a problem that is going to be difficult. To square there are different schools of thoughts on on this theres a sort of good Case Scenario or best Case Scenario and a worst Case Scenario in the end remember that the canada deal socalled was struck over many years these things take time and time is something that isnt on the table the best Case Scenario here is that they reach some sort of basic trade deal by the end of the year covering goods or some sectors of goods at least with other deals to come in months and years ahead in other sectors of the economy the worst Case Scenario as some see it is that theres no deal in december 31st the end of the transition period that there is no extension to that period and therefore the to break up on w t o lines World Trade Organization rules tariffs structures are put into place immediately that will be bad news for british manufacturers and exporters but a price the government here says its worth is worth paying in the interests of being able to. Get the holy grail if you like trade deals with other economies. Climate campaigners are celebrating after a u. K. Court ground and plans for a 3rd runway at europes Busiest Airport expanding london heathrow was deemed to breach britains Climate Change commitments and has implications for many other Infrastructure Projects largely was a caution ondon. The described this is the most important environmental decision in a generation and so it was no surprise they were cheering there seems no way back for the expansion of londons main airport for the foreseeable future but the judge said that the government had been given a notice to appeal so it doesnt a lot they are so where we go from here i dont think as a white back faith wrote my message to the government is rather than tinkering or tweaking with plans for a 3rd runway abounds in these plans because its quite clear there are serious consequences of a new runway on Climate Change on air quality or Noise Pollution on the road a real network but also the call to have life with people live in the city. The expansion would have been vost destroying entire villages rerouting rivers as well as londons orbital motorway but it wasnt that the last days for the governments and the airports it was the courts ruling that the governments have broken the law the crucial part of the ruling was of the government was found to be in breach of its international Climate Change obligations that not only means that heathrow now wont happen it also calls into question all sorts of other big Infrastructure Projects in Boris Johnsons post brecks in britain. And thats the much bigger issue raised by this ruling how do governments and industry balance their demands for continuous Economic Growth with their obligations to slow down Climate Change the politicians and leaders have got to say we really are serious about being a Global Trading nation in Great Britain because were going through the whole process of the moment and were seeing how capacity potentially moving elsewhere because were for what we do about that we grow it globally the spotlight is on the u. K. We have the Climate Summit in glasgow we have all of all vegas flying in here discuss Climate Change so really the Prime Minister now needs to show leadership he needs to show that hes taking time and change seriously he needs to really rethink all of these high carbon Infrastructure Projects for the next target in the sights of the environmentalists will be the governments plans for 100000000000. 00 rail line from london to the north which is also loathed by communities in its path they will be cheering this ruling as well Lawrence Leigh aljazeera london. A square in prague which is home to the Russian Embassy has been renamed after a murdered russian opposition politician person himself was shot dead near the kremlin 5 years ago it was one of the to be putins most vocal critics and had been working on a report examining russias role in the conflict in ukraine several men were jailed for his murder but names of allies have criticized the investigation offending to identify who ordered his killing. Still ahead this news hour. After fans are kept away from a top european football match more see how the sporting world is dealing with the current virus. Or. Is andy with all the sport. Thank you so much laura not a joke of it is perfect year has continued hes won his 16th match of an undefeated season a victory that ensures hell hold on to the world number one sports truck which beating russias current catch enough to move into the last 4 of the dubai championships hes aiming to secure this title for a 5th time to show hes already won the inaugural a. T. P. Cup the serbia and the australian open. Also into the semis world number 6 the finest sits a pass it did take in close to 2 and a half hours to beat germanys strife in 3 sets the next face britains dan evans. On strippers run of the cats are open has been brought to an end by pressure cricket over. Ranked player in the history of the womens game has been enjoying huge support in an off the back of when ive a world number 3 kelly in a place given the chin is in pushed all the way in this quarter final says once whats high break botho won by a place giver and shes into the last 4 or should be taking on world number one bossy. 4 time Tour De France when a crisp room says he will continue to race beyond this year after coming back from a serious crash last june the kenyan born brit has to himself in the u. A. E. Its all it seems in the us after months of rehab for multiple fractures hes perhaps understandably down in 71st after thursday stage 5 for him aiming for a sort of runs comeback as well and says his future wont be determined by whether or not any of us retain his services now senior olympic official says the decision as to whether the tokyo games go ahead on july 24th may well be taken out of their hands earlier this week dick pound admitted coronavirus was a threat to the olympics happening this year pound says olympic organizers will have to listen to governments and International Agencies when it comes to making a final decision also believes delaying the games by a year is an option but had this message for them pick up fleets. We are committed to going to tokyo so that youll be on the track at the opening ceremonies on july 24th only if there is the worst possible. Outcome of this virus and it becomes a real pandemic were. World health stage then we reluctantly have to say well thats more important frankly than the olympics and even more important the new book will do her very best to make sure the you get your limp because of unity only we spoke to professor Sanjay Sharma the medical director for the London Marathon on a consultant at the london olympics he said tokyo may have to consider events without founds but they can afford to wait before making a decision. The aim is to really contain this virus in the absence of an obvious vaccine and one of the methods of containing this is to prevent large Mass Gatherings involving individuals living in areas where infection rates are high and this is in venice inevitably going to affect International Sport its early days at the moment to see which course this virus is actually going to take as things go at the moment the games are due to go ahead and certainly the participants these are 11000 olympiads have been advised to continue to train as if they were going to compete there are several measures that could be taken and i hope it doesnt come to that this could involve spectator less events which would be a bit of a shame but thats one way of preventing across infection between large groups of people coming from International Areas the other possibility of course is to maybe move the olympics to other regions doesnt sound so practical at such a late stage or what other possibilities to postpone it completely until a year later but i still think that all of these strategies are slightly early to call them i think we should wait for 2 or 3 months before knowing where we are before we can make that call well if the games do go ahead japans plans to combat intense summer heat could be affected by of a Global Factors organizers have plants use snow cannons to cool down spectators at the games as temperatures in july and august could reach 40 degrees celsius with 80 percent humidity but an unusually warm winter mean snow fall is on course to be the lowest on record sore throats as havent been able to transport enough of it from the mound since the cap. India are the 1st same into the semifinals of the womens t 20 world cup thanks to a 3 run win over new zealand on thursday indias 16 year old star chef oliver again at the top performance scored 46 of the teams 133 runs in reply green hit new zealand only 6 that allowed one indian fans assure a safe pair of hands beyond the boundary rug. The kiwis needed 5 from their final ball the only managed a single india safe for the top of group a new zealand face a crucial match against australia next. While australia will be favorites after an astonishing batting disquiets bangladeshis fielding didnt do too many favors beth mooney and alisa healy both passing the 80 run mark as the host for each 189. 00 for one. Thing that i should call an 86 runs. And a 17 year old is leading the way goals new zealand open south koreas juice young kim has the 1st round lead after this 7 under par round of 64. 00 the teenager became the 2nd youngest by its ever win on the asian so last year is that still ranked 104. 00 so you want to go. Ok that is how you sports is looking for now lets get back to lauren in london and i think very much again you is such a great money can always catch up with the sport and of course all the news becoming on our website is rest of it is our dot com details there of events in syria but turkish soldiers have been killed more for me in just a few minutes like now. Trade tensions could cut global Economic Growth by north point 8 percent we bring you the stories and developments that are rapidly changing the world we live in to what extent will china be a drag on the Global Economy in 2020 counting the cost on aljazeera. The un published the most comprehensive study of life on. They found 1000000 species face extinction thats more than 12 percent of known life on. While on track to destroy the much Oil Infrastructure on which our world depends the report identifies the 5 main drivers of this because crisis 1st the way we use and abuse alcohol thats was always says 75 percent of the land and 2 fires of the Marine Environment have been severely altered by human activity exploitation of species through over fishing and hunting Climate Change caused by our Greenhouse Gas emissions. Pollution and finally the how for creaked on local ecosystems by invasive species. Reports both to say the decline can be slowed even stopped in some cases but to do that we must transform our relationship with. In one lifetime and we cannot see everything with our own eyes without testimony we would know very little witness documentaries that open your eyes on aljazeera. The. 22 turkish troops killed in an air strike in a Syrian Rebels battle to hold on to a strategic town they took from the government are desperate civilians have nowhere to turn but squalid camps. Are and tell you this is our jazeera live from london also coming up. This is not a time for fear this is a time for taking action countries around the world battle to stop coronavirus spreading further with iran taking drastic measures as more of its senior official