Candidacy deepening a political crisis sparked by months of mass protests researchers warn corona virus may have been circulating undetected in Washington State where the disease has claimed the 1st u. S. Death and a major setback just the day after the us taliban deal was signed the afghan president refuses to commit to a prisoner swap. Hello russia says it cannot guarantee the safety of turkish planes flying over syria the Defense Ministry issued the warning after the Turkish Military shot down 2 syrian fighter jets near it also targeted in airports and Syrian Government soldiers following the death of 34 turkish soldiers on thursday. Begins our coverage a report some has high on the turkey syria border. Turkish syrian fighter jets faced off. In the skies above. With 2 syrian warplanes. The confrontation marked u. S. Kelly said in the conflict between syria. Turkeys defense minister. Troops will retaliate against it if the. Also announced Operation Spring shilled and your campaign aimed at pushing Syrian Government troops out of the socalled buffer zone near the border. We do not aim to face off with russia our only aim is to stop syrian regimes most ekers radical groups the displacement of civilians. Turkey has stepped up its military campaign in italy province in response to the deaths of 34 soldiers the strikes on thursday. Funeral processions in turkey for the dead soldiers have turned into rallies calling for revenge in rebel held it live people took to the streets showing support for turkeys Bitter Campaign in northwestern syria in recent fighting in southern it providence turkey backed rebel groups recaptured villages they lost a few weeks ago including. Further south Syrian Government forces have launched an offensive to capture asuna main the city was a major opposition stronghold but into a 1017. 00 russia brokered a deal that allowed the Syrian Government to administer the city and the rebels to withdraw the heavy weapons that deal didnt last and syrian troops are determined to control the city this time by the rebels hung on Operation Spring shield is turkeys for cross Border Campaign in Northern Syria and there are fears this could turn into a wider confrontation but there are also hopes that russia and turkey will eventually set aside their differences and implement a cease fire in italy province. How tight. Well thousands of refugees and migrants many who fled the fighting in syria are continuing to gather at turkeys land border with greece the surge in number as follows turkeys the says and to open its borders to Europe Johnson reports in the greek island the flesh posts where he says the increase in a rivals a political tension. This boatload of Asylum Seekers came ashore on the island of lesbos on sunday Police Stopped us from interviewing them on camera but this congolese man told me turkish people smugglers promised him and his wife a free ride while they were in church for sunday service this man from sierra leone says he was walking on the beach as the boat was being prepared he was told to jump in for free as well its unclear if someone is paying the smugglers to do that on the island north shore a boatload of afghans paid 500. 00 each to get out of turkey their deals with smugglers had been struck weeks before turkeys president the chapter you put on ordered the opening of borders with neighboring belgariad and greece both members of the European Union what did the agents say to you. This was the 1st day of significant arrivals since turkey opened its borders towards europe they want enough to create a logistical problem for the greek with origins but they were enough to make many of the people of lesbos anxious that they may once again face the sort of uncontrolled refugee flows experienced in 2015 and this time refugees would have nowhere else to go the arrival of a dinghy filled with refugees at the small fishing harbor affair to me led to a blockade as local residents prevented them from disembarking the coast guard brought the dinghy here after its engine failed t. V. Cameras were unwelcome and some of the scene had to be filmed at a Distance Police were unable to register other arrivals. Morea camp the largest in greece it too was blockaded by angry islanders whove seen its population growth 4 fold to over 20000 since the new democracy government was elected last year if. People believe the government didnt necked quickly over 7 months there wasnt any increase in air quality of life trust has been lost in the island is turning into a giant hotspot but other viewpoints were also on display this group protested at coast guard headquarters calling for refugees to be showed more humanity and greater support a stark reminder that migration is a defining political issue not just here but throughout europe jumpstart openness aljazeera lesbos lets face it hes a human rights attorney hes also an advocacy manager at the Syrian Campaign thats a group that campaigns for free and peaceful syria hes joining us from irvine california thanks for your time with us on the aljazeera news hour so what do you think happens to those refugees now who are stuck on the greek Turkish Border and effectively in no mans land. I mean the situation is absolutely heartbreaking were seeing people who are fleeing some of the worst violence of our lifetimes in syria and other countries as well arriving in greece to borders that are close to tear gas and to more violence the borders should be opened to these refugees but more importantly people need to remember that these people dont want to be refugees theyre fleeing in the case of syria state sponsored violence war planes bombing them in their homes in their hospitals and the e. U. Has sat by and watched this for months and months unfold as more and more syrians 1000000 syrians displaced from their homes in the past 2 months no emergency meetings were called by the e. U. When a 1000000 syrians were displaced from their homes inside syria but when a few 100 syrians showed up on the borders of the e. U. It became a crisis and emergency meetings are being called and thats just not how humanitarian principles and more ality and humanity should function by opening its borders a turkey that is by turkey opening its borders for refugees to cross into europe or do you think turkeys calculation is here i mean i think its pretty obvious whats happening here turkey has 3 and a half 1000000 refugees it is the largest sponsor and host of Syrian Refugees in the world and. Turkey wants these refugees who want to go to europe to be able to have the freedom to do so and furthermore the e. U. Is not supporting turkey in syria where it is now trying to keep a 1000000 people who have this been displaced just in the past couple months a total of 3000000 people and it led turkey has its forces on the ground trying to keep those people see if and turkey just cant take more of fijis into turkey is an unfortunate reality now what were seeing that greece has closed its borders and is not allowing these people to flee to safety what sort of protection can they get in the immediate future because were seeing countries like greece that are simply not respecting the refugees rights to seek asylum at this point so what can be done next then from what youve been hearing on the ground perhaps what for a new sponsor do well its unclear what greek authorities are planning to do its obvious that the e. U. Does not want more refugees but syrians again dont want to be refugees they want to stay in their homes in syria they want to for those who are already in turkey they want to be able to go back to their homes in syria but thats not possible as long as the russian government as long as the assad regime continue to bomb them indiscriminately in their homes what is needed is for the e. U. Nato the United States to support turkish efforts to create a safe zone in northwest syria where syrians can be safe and to start the process for a political solution that will allow the millions of refugees both in turkey in lebanon and in europe to go back to their homes and that is not an impossibility turkey has shown us today that it has. Increased the costs to the assad regime by protecting civilians there and as long as the International Community can support turkey in this and can push towards a cease fire we might be able to see a day where no refugees are fleeing to europe and instead refugees are going back to their homes inside syria i cannot thank you very much for a 2nd through us from california on. Plenty more head on the. Afraid to return home. Refugees are stuck in camps in bangladesh 3 years on from the military crackdown we look at the impact coronavirus has had on Church Attendance and. Virus restrictions on people arriving in the country from peter. The 1st iraqs Prime Minister designate has withdrawn his candidacy a month after his appointment political crisis sparked by months of mass protests calling for a political overhaul. We made the announcement in a video posted online saying politicians are obstructing his efforts to form a government. Failed for the 2nd time in a week to prove his cabinets. Rejected him saying hes part of the same corrupt class theyre rallying against earlier one person was killed in 24 other protests in baghdad denouncing. Security forces fired. More than 500 people have been killed in a protest in iraq since october. 2 rockets have hit the green zone in the iraqi capital thats where the u. S. Embassy and government offices are located no one was injured in that attack that speaks to face. The director of the center for the study of the middle east that Indiana University is also a former iraqi ambassador to the United Nations joining us from bloomington thats in indiana over in the u. S. Thanks very much for your time with us on the news hour now that iraqs Prime Minister. Does this now deep in the political crisis in iraq. Yes absolutely. After he failed to obtain the confidence of parliament it was a new cabinet it now fulls to the president to designate whomever he chooses freely who whoever he thinks can. Form a government hes no longer bound by a candidate of the largest bloc but clearly we are at a deep deep impasse and have been since the last election that impasse has just gotten much deeper although i think part of it is is certainly the Prime Minister designate falls he really dominated a list of candidates for cabinet positions many of whom were not qualified and for any Prime Minister that takes up the post next wont he be facing the same challenges as well. We did say that certain politician has politicians have placed obstacles in his way in forming a new cabinet so what are the challenges ahead for any Prime Minister that comes into that position. Well the single most important thing for for whomever the president designates next is the ability to obtain the confidence of Parliament Going to an outsider. Is always a difficult task because the outsider has no base of votes in parliament to begin with so that will continue to be a problem in my view the next government should be tasked by the president to accomplish essentially one task and that is to oversee the production of a full set of laws having to do with early elections just such a date for early elections this calendar year and to get the country to early elections in the hope that the electorate will. Break the gordian knot of the impasse were in now if it does what a lot we tried to do which is to form a comprehensive sort of set of agendas which look like a matter of taking years to fulfill the next Prime Minister will have the same problem the next Prime Minister designate will have the same problem and obviously its very late in iraq right now and i know youre joining us from the United States but let me ask you this how do you think demonstrators are going to react to this news that he has withdrawn his candidacy and what happens to the protest movements going forward. I think this energizes the protest movement to my knowledge this is the 1st time since the of stablish that of the state of iraq. 922 to my knowledge this is the 1st time that a Prime Minister designate has failed to form a government. The protesters rejected him upon his kind it is not a nation by the president and i think the protesters will be energized by this whatever the reasons are for his failure whether he is right that the parliamentary parties were obstacles or not i think this energizes the demonstrators and they will continue to demonstrate for better governance in iraq right. Now we thank you very much for speaking to us from bloomington thank you my pleasure thank you know that corona virus may have been spreading across the u. S. State of washington for weeks thats according to government researchers a day off to the 1st official death from the virus was reported to more cases have been confirmed bringing the total there to 8 and Research Suggests some of the cases are linked through Community Transmission that means hundreds more could be infected more than 60 people have been diagnosed nationwide including new cases in illinois as well as rhode island well the u. S. Vice president mike pence made assurances earlier that the majority of those infected will recover. Well there will be more cases theres no question but its not my confidence it is the confidence of all of our Health Experts who are widely regarded as the best in the world. That its important that people in this country understand that while there are 46 americans that we brought home from china. And 22. 00 americans now sadly with one loss of life that the vast majority of those people in the vast majority of any american that would contract a coronavirus that will will be treated now the u. S. Government says that its investigating complaints Health Workers were not given proper training before receiving american Passengers Evacuated from a cruise ship in japan but the health and Human ServicesDepartment Says none of the staff who had contact with the evacuees are infected about 300 u. S. Citizens on board the diamond princess were flown home 2 weeks ago nearly 700 cases were confirmed on that ship making it one of the largest clusters of infections outside off china lets bring in jordan for an update from washington so whats the latest on the case. Well what were looking at is 73. 00 cases that have been confirmed in the United States as you noted 8 of those cases are in Washington State as well as the cases in rhode island massachusetts and illinois now while it appears that the latest 2 cases announced in Washington State were among people with preexisting Health Conditions who had not recently travelled it appears at least at 1st glance that the other cases in the eastern part of the United States were contracted by people who had recently traveled to europe and so certainly there is a growing concern that these people may have inadvertently infected other people but the message coming from the trumpet ministration is that people should not be panicking but as you might expect daryn there are many many questions about just how many more cases of this corona virus could develop here in the United States and we heard mike pence speaking earlier on but one more is the government saying or doing to calm things down. Well not just of the Vice President but also the secretary of the department of health and Human Services alex as are were on the sunday Morning Public Affairs shows as you said trying to reassure the American Public about the spread of this virus while the one message was that people should not be buying face masks because theyre only useful if people have a suspected case of the virus and that its more important for Health Care Workers to have access to these masks and to gloves into other protective gear what is our in particular made note of was that the government is trying to approach this from what he called a whole of government approach trying to get as many federal agencies that might be able to help diagnose and prevent the spread of the of the disease involved as quickly as possible is are also noted that the government is trying to speed up the availability of tests in order to diagnose people who might have come down with this particular virus but whether 75000 test kits will be enough in a country of 330000000 people certainly theres a lot more work that needs to be done yeah ok rosen thank you for that update from washington. But 1st lets just tell you about the breaking news were getting out of the u. S. Some reports are coming in that people who judge is suspending his campaign for the democratic president ial nomination the former mayor of south bend indiana narrowly defeated Bernie Sanders in the Iowa Caucuses and