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Airports screen passengers coming in from china where new cases of a deadly virus have been confirmed. Lebanese police have fired at water cannon and tear gas against protesters demanding a resolution to the economic crisis there well than 200 people were injured in the capital beirut saying a honda has more from. Rage in the streets of the capital in what might be a new phase in an uprising against lebanons leadership that is now in its worst month fears confrontations between antiriot police and antiestablishment protesters turned downtown beirut into a war zone this is the epicenter of my protest movement that until a few days ago was relatively peaceful running battles began with demonstrators who want the Political Class they blame for mismanagement and corruption to leave power try to Storm Parliament Building Security forces responded with tear gas i feel like the message is for protesters to back off and that they cant win and i think that the message of. Thing here is that the more Police Violence they face the more. The return lebanons economy has been in turmoil for months a proposal to tax whats up calls which should be a free service triggered the protests in mid october unemployment was rising and the lebanese local currency was losing value we are in an economy to crisis everybodys going to get hungry everybody is going to need to do this sooner i dont have to convince anybody about whats happening today its clear whats happening who can get hold of their money in the banks. There is anger at banks which imposed caps on withdrawals there is a shortage of dollars its been almost 2 hours since the violence began antiriot police have been using excessive amounts of tear gas to disperse the crowd but antiestablishment protesters are defiant the wounded were in the dozens both protesters and Security Forces were taken to hospitals there is a political vacuum many lebanese are growing impatient with politicians who are refusing to form an independent Government Free of the influence of Political Parties instead they are bickering among themselves for ministerial posts in the next cabinet this new government. Technocrats it was really just a smokescreen for the old ruling oligarchies elite so the protesters were really upset this is the 3rd night of violence since tuesday when activists said they planned to revive the momentum of the protest movement after a brief they announced what they called a week of rage they seem to be living up to that promise. The United Nations has already described events in lebanon as dangerous chaos it is what comes next that many fear senator the elders eat a lot. Well and not harbor is director of research at the arab sent to washington d. C. He joins us now via skype from the genea good to have you on the program so a part of us have been ongoing for months now but weve seen these obviously violent scenes again on saturday evening how do you see this all playing else. Playing out nobody really knows how its going to play out the problem is that the ruling class is not responding well to people on the streets was. Already building is just postponing it was phony and performing the formation of a new government even though the protesters have given the new. Prime minister designate percent vs. A whole month so far for the socalled government but apparently hes not being allowed even by the people who reviewed nominated him to do the job that hes not being allowed to vote and that government some of the economy and leave the area and in very bad shape the unemployment. Exchange rate of the local currency everything has collapsed and fingers are going well that i mean or whats happening or since today has been expected i mean that people cannot take it anymore this is with us and the 4th month and i think its going to go on like this at all told us a little bit more about the fight for my new government we had one ad lets take and find a space there but whats your take on it. Well you know. First of all the politicians the old can has the. Glasses but im going to really let Big Government be formed without that influence over it. Will be forming if technocratic government thats supposed to be apolitical which is the leaven on that is no such thing as a political protesters have been asking for a government that is really the government where People Knowledge and experience can take these these ministries and really do some sort of make some difference in the country this is not going to happen because if that happens that means available to the glass is not going to have it into the bank and. Theyre not going to approve of a new government so i think as far as im concerned this thing is only going to get worse the protesters have promised that they are not going to be this great and i mean you know the old system has actually be run its course. Cannot survive anymore like this because you know every new government comes in and does the same things as the old government has done until now and now the country is simply in and out of options except for that they go sharing the political system as well as they can on its just the frustration is very evident there on the street i was interested in what you wrote recently about how resistant and revolution to sort of forces that expression across parts of the middle east right now lebanon being one of those places tell us what you mean by that. Well the the this is this is really something i mean and levon on the forces aig zest you know the socalled Resistance Force thats led by about the boiler and and the force of the protesters that are asking for through democracy in that country so what should she is more important for the country both are important for their country the land and its standing against israel is supported by a whole lot of lebanese but given the same time a lot of lebanese want the country to be around democratically not unexpected and bases so its a its the they can be of if this combination can be done the problem is not you cannot resist israel you cannot do anything against you know imperialism whatever theyre calling it without even having a voice for the people and and then the people in the streets have no voice so far just. Like programming notes and like i hope you dont you dont mind i did not write that this is a friend of mine in around me who wrote that piece of the but i dont know these its really been very nice they are generally want to do so thank you so much echoing that i thank you for that thats not how theyre director of research at the advent to washington d. C. To libya now where warlords only for half hour and the leader of the un recognized government have arrived in berlin ahead of a highly anticipated peace conference thats hoped progress will be made in the german capital that would lead to a cease fire in the conflict the turkish russian and french president are all set to attend the un backed meeting which begins on sunday meanwhile forces loyal to her far have attacked 5 eastern oil ports in libya the state oil firm has closed down the sites thats expected to result in the loss of 800000. 00 Barrels Per Day of output well mahmouds of the wind is in tripoli and says the oil blockade is already having an impact on Global Markets in less than 24 hours the libyan dinar has lost about. 10 percent of its value compared to hard currency is be because of the blockade of the Oil Terminals and Oil Exporting Ports in the east of the country the United Nations support the mission in libya has fixed 1st concern over of the blue kade of the oil industry lesions and its sad that the. Must not be part of the conflict and no see thats the state oil for the National Oil Corporation must stay neutral away from the current of the conflict thats going on the oil revenues are the backbone of libyas National Income which is estimated at about 55000000. 00 a day lost because of the bookie. Well as i mentioned earlier World Leaders are gathering in berlin where that conference on libya is set to take place. Or has more now from the german capital. This was the moment livias archrivals was supposed to agree to a cease fire Prime Minister face the stars and warlord in moscow for a meeting brokered by Vladimir Putin and. But have to walked out of the last minute the collapse of those talks has been a setback for International Efforts to end the conflict many are now waiting to see whether leaders from 12 countries can achieve in berlin what eluded put in an add on in moscow and persuade rival factions to reach a truce what people in conferences try to do is get agreement between the states meddling in libya to stop their support to the warring parties problem is that western states on moderated put pressure on half that front office in particular the u. A. E. So the promise is that the formulas will american killing it in the ring hollow german chancellor Angela Merkel is pushing for a permanent ceasefire in libya and implementing an arms embargo but that may not be an easy task libya has been marred by an Armed Conflict for years. Is leading an offensive to capture tripoli backed by the u. A. E. Edge of saudi arabia friends and russia the general has brushed aside reconciliation efforts. Hes intent on defeating his opponent as Prime Minister of the International Recognized government based in tripoli. Any talks taking place when tripoli is under a question is an absolute disrespect for those who are killed for the sake of democracy it is a disrespect for those forced out of their villages and cities hotter has a list of demands he wants armed factions in the west to disband and his Libyan National army to take over he. It also made it clear that the military and maritime deal government signed with turkey should be scrapped the leaders attending the berlin peace talks the libyan conflict has reached a Tipping Point violence is on the rise and an arche has paved the way for a wave of mass in areas to join the conflict raising fears it could be prolonged and spillover threatening your security thats why the International Committee is determined to end war in libya. Well the uns envoy for libya Haasan Salama is already in germany says those attending sundays meeting must remember the interest of the libyan people. I think there is too much talk about libya and not enough about libyans the libyans have the right to be taking care of as well and they are the main beneficiaries of this truce so we wanted to last as long as possible and i hope that in berlin we will have the opportunity to turn it into a proper cessation of hostilities. He is a political analyst and the director of the tripoli based sunday institute earlier he told my colleague and again that he doesnt believe progress will be achieved in berlin. Over the last 45. 00 days huge shipments from Abu Dhabi Special forces base to be made made through egypt in eritrea into Eastern Libya it doesnt look like theyre preparing for a peace talk doesnt look like theyre preparing for a cease fire it looks at the preparing for another offensive and thats the danger here is that all of this illusion trying to bring putin there the assessment that putin was the strong man that was really giving have to all of the support putin going to get him to sign and that was a distraction the real danger here is that the military support and the diplomatic support that has been given to after not only in the last mind months but over the last 5 years has been given by france which is effectively gagged the u. N. Mission from essentially sanctioning condemning and criticizing after when antonio guitar was the chief of the u. N. Witnessed the offensive on april 4th but also has been giving a diplomatic immunity to his backers in egypt and the u. A. E. To continually violate the arms embargo over the last my months over the last 5 years what could have happened in berlin could have easily happened in a scott conference over the last 9 months what has changed today there is no new dynamic in the u. N. Security council there is a new dynamic in you this is an attempt by europeans to demonstrate that they want to do something but not a real attempt to actually solve the problems which are very very simple so how badly will this reflect on the europeans if this doesnt go well tomorrow if they walk away with nothing while today libyas a headache but some moral its a danger because the migration crisis that plagued europe only 4 years ago 5 years ago that led to the debate here and vote here that led to the rise of the far right in and leg up party in italy and germany and austria and poland those things emerged after libyas last migration crisis today its a nuisance but tomorrow is a small a massive massive danger in libyas oil in europe southern a neighborhood thats the problem it we cant expect anything its i sound like a broken record but it is a broken problem and its something that nobody wants to solve and its been broken by members of the International Community that have absolutely no intent on ripening. Any of the local factions we already know that sort of was it was willing to sign the deal because he signed in turkey and left he signed it under pressure from turkey and left moscow but half there didnt what would have changed in the last week apart from an arms embargo violation again a huge strike and only an hour an hour ago and the shutting down of libyas Natural Resources in the last 24 hours is its gotten worse since they last try to broker peace he said that the no one no ones going to no one wants to solve this moment turkeys president wants to have a go though i mean hes got hes got troops on the ground there in libya. Hes had a go at trying to defend the us at the g. 20 in tripoli the u. N. Backed government but a u. N. Backed government cannot rely on the u. N. Security council that brought it to life the u. N. Security council has a very Important Role that goes beyond the role that turkey can play and germany can play because theyre not members of the u. N. Security council the members of the u. N. Security council the u. S. U. K. France russia and china and one of those members is essentially trying to give diplomatic immunity or have to continue to not only commit war crimes in the way that has been investigated for the last 5 years but the continuous offensive its simple weve been distracted for the last 4 months by the idea an illusion of Russian Support there because putin invited him to moscow putins never met after. The left russia because he couldnt meet putin so i dont understand how west discussing the role that russia plays when a century the actors are simple france giving diplomatic immunity egypt in the u. A. E. Giving merger support if they want to solve it its that conversation they just start with they shouldnt start by playing a game of russian smoke and mirrors in berlin and expecting people to buy it this is a 9 year problem that has been essentially the same for the last 5 years its not repeat its not repeat unless you want to make a repeat. Thank you more ahead on the news hour including desperate people at a desperate system europes refugee crisis leaves cyprus at breaking point. Hong kongs government aims for more muted Chinese New Year but protesters at different plants. And the ultimate fighting championship biggest and most controversial stock on the grid makes its return to the cage car it will have more in sport. In yemen who the rebels have killed 30 government soldiers in an attack in the Northern Region of moderate dozens of others were killed when the who the missile strike struck a military Training Camp the government has been fighting the who the rebels for control of the area well Mohamed Salah top joins us now live from sana just for us up to speed with whats happening there whats the latest. Yes according to the sources that ive talked to they have revealed that the over the past 2 and 4 hours the there were some preparations and also advancement by the Government Forces in order to advance toward the region which is just 50 kilometers to the east of the capital sanaa. Have confirmed that they have for oil the such as. Over the last. 24 hours but their recent news that the we have received from my source from the ministry of defense that belongs to the whole of these that they have already captured this military camp which is a brigade that belongs to the 29th or mechanic military camp its. The region of now where the confrontations have been going on for over. 4 years. Since the beginning of the saudi. Military campaign but there is another source that confirms that it is a signal. That have hit a military Training Camp. Rep that have also inflicted heavy losses but they are the most likely the most. Reliable source that i have received from the ministry of defense of the whole season newspaper that has just revealed its. First page which will be revealed in the Early Morning to the people and to the audience that is it is. A military campaign that have been carried out by the host these and they have already come to skated the. V. A. Cause of the 29th the military count and also they have. Inflicted heavy losses according to the source and also now another source from the hospital has already received the sounds least 30 people dead. But in the coming hours we will receive more news to confirm to be confirmed by the. Military spokesperson a spokesman. Also to give us more details about this latest. I think that thats what theyre live from santa mexicos government is promising jobs to nearly 3000 migrants who are making their way from Central America to the u. S. Thousands have made it to the guatemala mexico border where they tried to push their way past Security Forces to cross a closed bridge and into mexican territory Central American countries and mexico have come under increasing pressure from washington to stop migrants from crossing into the u. S. John heilemann is live for us now in a guatemalan city on the Mexican Border john just tell us where you are and whats been happening there. Yeah we live in the city have taken a month on the border with guatemala and mexico you can see it looks pretty calm right now we can actually get on to the border bridge because i live signal goes there but its pretty calm on the border bridges well earlier on in the day as you mentioned there was a scuffle it was a few young men who were trying to push their way across and they got riposte by the Mexican Border guards and then after that the gates of that border bridge closed from then on in the midst of the 30 started letting people through 20 a time the question was where they would taken them off to that they would take them in buses to migrant stations state run migrant stations n. G. O. S later told us that the migrants would be able to get out of the question the many that was sort of looking on and not going through that border was wherever they were being processed for visas for work or for asylum or if they were being deported back to on doris nights while a lot of people held back they didnt go through those gates into mexico and they sort of in a standby mode waiting for more people in this caravan to arrive theres about 4000 people thats what the modern Authorities Say that this country trying to get to mexico and we know that some have gone to another part of the border some of arrived here and a lot of them still on their way. Help us understand under the threat of sanctions from the u. S. Mexico has said its not allowing migrants to cross the border but at the same time has offered jobs around it to thousands of these people so is this a way for mexico to get around those american threats. I think think its a wait to get around them by think its a way perhaps a president under his minor will nope is over a doors government its a same like will we not just putting a full stop on this we are at she offering something they know the if these people arrive at the board with the United States and they going to be in trouble with the Trump Administration weve been here on the border in the past as youve mentioned whether president trumps of ministration been for ending sanctions the president himself is been making negative noises and under his man who a Lopez Obrador bennett mets chris president that so last thing he wants hes of as a president thats very good looking within the country doesnt really want to get involved in a Foreign Affairs tussle at the moment he just wants kerio his project so hes trying to do that but obviously his government is seen as leftist brought them rightist so he doesnt want to be seen as someone who wont give bees people heading from honduras many of them fleeing poverty some of them fleeing from gangs the big store and kid who in that Central American country does want to be seemly shutting the door completely so this is awaits a sort of go between the 2 have to say the pos caravans especially over the last year a mets her have been dealt with quite firmly theyve been stopped by the countrys National Guard and a lot of people have just been sent back so this isnt a president and a government that sorts of treaded lightly in this area its offering a bit more now than it has done in the past over the past year from home in that lie from tech on oman thank you to the impeachment trial of us President Donald Trump pen more details are emerging about how both sides a going to get their cases planes go live now to gabriel and his long though whos standing by for us and washington d. C. Want did by sides have to say yeah we primarily heard from Donald Trumps Defense Attorneys that issued a 6 page brief to the senate and its really a summary if you will of what their defense is going to be of donald trump and theyre really going to do 3 things according to this document that they released number one theyre going to argue they say the fundamentals of the 2 articles of impeachment against the president the abuse of power and obstruction of congress theyre going to say from a constitutional and legal standpoint that nothing the president is being accused of is necessarily a crime and they will say it does not rise to the levels of high crimes and misdemeanors something that the president shouldnt be impeached for so theyll have one argument on a legal basis then they will say also number 2 that theres a procedural problem theyre going to argue that the democrats in the house of representatives did not follow proper procedural avenues when they were pursuing impeachment in the house of representatives and that that was biased against the president theyre going to argue that and number 3 theyre going to also argue a 3rd more subjective thing they are going to say and they wrote in this brief and this is their words that this impeachment is a brazen attempt to overturn the 2016 election and they will say it is also an attempt to affect the 2020 election theyre basically going to make the argument that the democrats could not beat donald trump at the polls and so that is why they are trying to impeach him and kick him out of office of course the democrats are already have a response to this they claim with a listen just look back at the house of representatives the house already voted to impeach trump and that was based on a whole mountain of evidence so the democrats are going to argue that they are ready to pursue even more impeachment and defend the dip in peach meant that the democrats are pushing forward the road there was so there has been discussion about whether the republicans perhaps might try to get this dismissed thrown out of the senate as soon as possible then theres the issue of witnesses whether more witnesses might be allowed is there any idea of how long this in and peterson trial is likely to go all. It depends on one thing and thats witnesses will witnesses be allowed the republicans dont want it they do not they say that more witnesses are not necessary because there are already witnesses in the house of representatives and so they said theres no one else to hear from the democrats say yeah we want to call witnesses this is a sobering moment and we need to have as much evidence as possible automatically this will be decided by the surprise of the Supreme Court that is essentially the judge of this trial in the senate it will probably be decided by middle to late next week if witnesses are allowed this trial could go on for many weeks if not months because trumps lawyers said if the democrats are going to call witnesses were also going to call witnesses could go on for months if witnesses are not allowed the republicans think that they will make this a very speedy trial and theyre hoping that it could be done in 2 maybe even 3 weeks so it all really depends on the witnesses and we simply dont know if theyll be allowed yet think that thats Gabrielle Elizondo there and what isnt in d. C. Still ahead so on al jazeera t. V. Interview. Today i am being seriously threatened in my physical integrity and that of my family the venezuelan government is accused of offering bribes to the opposition of these. And that rugby union to european champions to form overspending or players salaries i think relegated to the 1st 2nd division. Head of the big snowstorm across northern sections of the United States snow ice blizzard conditions and a cool some rain further to the south but it has been meeting fairly swiftly this storm system look at this this is in utah Salt Lake City 13 centimeters of snow has been recorded and then as a say the storm is moving reading its way eastward so this is day morning across in iowa again a case of digging out of all that snow but just look at this because by sunday it really is pretty clear out across much of the west the Central Regions and even by then across much of the northeast still some snow flurries really lake effect snow coming off of the great lakes and then by monday its a very senna picture it really is fairly quiet it has become colder those temperatures of that new york hovering around freezing one celsius in washington and then youve got want to stay flows likely into the mountains across into seattle and then down into the caribbean no snow here but there are plenty of rain showers will see a few shots working their way through will central southern areas over florida and then also where the bulk of the rains out towards mexico some showers around into the yucatan peninsula but mostly dry and to cancun and then weve got some fairly heavy rain working its way into southern mexico on sunday monday in the story and cooler in mexico city as 60. A journey of discovery. Which is the call. Of a letter to germany addressed to my ground. 0. Traces of family to the regime of Benito Mussolini and. His fascism return to italian polish fascist in the family it makes me sick this letter. I found coming through on aljazeera. When plonking society that opened up the space for the image get out but it is the European Parliament thats not accountable and its impossible for the people to bed it is for link up our people on time to take the. Lead on the full front of Strong Demand our song moment while getting the growth of rejectionism of this world because the model doesnt flood europes forbidding colony episode 2 on aljazeera. Youre watching aljazeera reminder of our top stories this hour lebanese of police of 5 it was a candidate tear gas against protesters who are demanding a resolution to the economic crisis fear more than 200. 00 people were injured in the capital beirut. All of the 4 have died and the leader of that libyas u. N. Recognized government have a live to the head of a highly anticipated peace conference the turkish russian and french president s are all expected to attend the u. N. Backed meeting on sunday. In yemen 30 government soldiers have been killed in an attack in the Northern Region of moderate dozens of others were killed when a movie missile struck a military Training Camp. In Syria Warplanes have bombed this Shelter Housing displaced people killing 4 and if that is the latest attack that violates the cigs fire that began a week ago katia lopez how the all reports were in on. A desperate rush to save lives to get this shelter for displaced people was one of several sites hit by recent airstrikes in syria. Inside is a family including several young children. Have been arjen see crews take the injured to hospital or some of the missiles hit several towns in the northern province of aleppo. But for others its too late for the new year because some of the airstrikes hit this house which was for displaced people they came here looking for shelter trying to escape the bombing when we arrived we found 4 bodies on the ground. Turkeys president Recep Tayyip Erdogan says syrias government violated the cease fire brokered by turkey and russia. The target it live province is the last territory controlled by rebel groups in serious northwest region. Thousands of civilians are caught in the violence the u. N. Says more than 300000 syrians have been forced from their homes over the last 10 weeks women men and children simply carrying out everyday activities at the workplace in markets and at schools being killed and maimed in senseless violence was these protesters say theyve had enough they are tired of short lives cease fire agreements that go ignored im an animal for those of us living in syria we know the talks of cease fire turned out to be lies there is no cease fire a few days ago there was a massacre here that killed civilians many many families are now packing their belongings in leaving so many dont yet know. Were the can go and be safe caught see a little who so the yon aljazeera Health Officials and the chinese city of will han the have confirmed for more people are infected with a deadly new virus scientists in london say they could be more than 1700. 00 on confirmed cases a number of airports around so and in the us now screening passengers arriving from will hon and there are new concerns about the virus spreading ahead of next weekends loon a new year would millions of Chinese People will be traveling the us a base centers for Disease Control says it hasnt seemed this kind of disease before chinese officials have a den of fired this outbreak as being caused by a Novel Coronavirus a corona virus is a class of viruses that can cause the common cold but a actually can also cause more serious diseases like murs and sars lets take a closer look at the virus its been identified underclass a viruses that can cause the common called but it cant also be as serious as salas Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome which killed nearly 800 people world wide in 2003 chinese authorities suspect the virus originated in a Seafood Market in the city of will haunt official say there are no confirmed cases yet that its being transmitted from person to person scientists estimate there is a roughly 10 day delay between when a patient is infected and when the virus is actually detect it khatri you is in beijing she spoke to us earlier about the governments response to the outbreak the Chinese Government they are very much trying to keep a lid on any sort of widespread panic theyre trying to say that everyone who is associated with this particular seafood wholesale market which seems to be connecting all the people who have been affected so far have been being closely watched or have been tested and that everything is under control and that theyve said that everyone who is affected is from is from one and so far it hasnt broken out into other areas now of course the government is trying to do this because were entering the Chinese New Year period who hunt is not a small city 11000000 people live there and during this period there are about 2000000 trips made across china if theres any panic sparked around this corona virus that it could lead to all sorts of kael so the government is very much interested in trying to spread the message that it is all ok if you have any symptoms get tested because were not ruling out human to human transmission but at the same time and dont panic and just go about any business thats thats the message so far. Is an aviation analyst and former f. A. A. Safety Team Representative he joins us on skype from butler new jersey thank you so much for your time sir how big a step is this mean the last time the c. D. C. Did this move went to ports and did screening was during the a bowl of outbreak yes you know also with the sars virus i think right now here the c. D. C. Is being very proactive and trying to contain this in the very early stages you know the concern i have is that 10 day interim period where the virus that detected. You know that there has some conserved you know what i would say trout worse if travelers are coming into the u. S. And questioned by the authorities they really have to be honest and answer the question errors honestly because you know we dont want to see any kind of you know outward your. How difficult is it to screen for this virus given we still know nothing about it we dont know yet if it could be passed from person to person and also its flu season so it could be a lot of sick people you know on these planes yeah thats thats exactly true and the uncertainty of this virus is a big concern we really just dont know right now the authorities here in the u. S. Were safer Sysco Los Angeles and your j. F. K. Airport will be using you know infrared. Temperature readers to read the patients temperature and there will also be questionnaires and questioning of the travelers that are entering so based on the temperature reading in those questionnaires that will lead them to do further testing already or even possibly deny them access into the country depending on the results of both of those tests come tell us a little bit more if you can about what travelers should expect when they go through these airports what kind of things will they be seeing you know typically the authorities that the. U. S. U. S. Customs is very good at what they do you know obviously with the Chinese New Year you know that is an increased. A lot more travelers and typical so the timing is pretty bad and in that respect but the authorities usually are pretty good with you know moving everybody through as quickly as possible but obviously you know i would tell travelers to expect you know to increase wait times coming to us and reporting u. S. Customs and those airports i think that thats called by me theyre an aviation analyst. Thank you hong kongs media is reporting 81 apparent cases there but theres been no official confirmation the anyone has been infected with the corona Virus Outbreak comes as people are preparing to celebrate the Chinese New Year as weve been saying separately the government has cancelled some advance of the concerns about protests that have gone on for months or club reports. The streets a decorated in traditional Chinese New Year stock markets a big tour park essential to the busy and colorful festival plants and flowers signifying hope and promise for a new year. But the government has been the cyle of what are known as dry goods any items with a political reference that hasnt stopped prodemocracy Groups Holding their own independent markets because of the protests and also we think that hong kong people should take more control on their own freedom and in the moment so we plan to set up this market. Hopefully hong kong people can have their freedom on how to use them on e bay so. This is one of a number of crowd funded markets being held across the city called. On sila handicrafts and products and message which still hold those came to reaffirm their political stance in the past 3 months hong kong is that is that raising some problems with bodies. We want to leave us a message in the happy trying to steal again and to let them feel happy and the products can show you the whole commerce of the around 15 independent organized markets being held by the Chinese New Year holiday break the location of some of them is not being shared publicly you have to register 1st to get those details in the current climate organizers fear any politicize a bit will be targeted by Police Security checks are in place across the main festival locations but the government isnt taking any chances. The annual fall works display has been cancelled so too has the traditional Chinese New Year bright what was once considered the most significant festival of the year in hong kong is rather low key 2020 antigovernment protests is upon another rally on sunday which might further dampen the celebrations sarah clock aljazeera hong kong. Members of venezuelas Opposition Party say they have transcripts of government officials offering them broads they say already are recordings reveal 700000. 00 was offered for them to turn on ledo one though in america at a tennesseean human reports from caracas. A new twist in the hostile takeover of the news whalers opposition controlled parliament. Nearly 2 weeks ago soldiers prevented opposition. From entering the legislature. While a small group of dissident deputies installed their own man as speaker of the house with the governments full support. Now the majority opposition leadership is showing would it says is proof of how the government tried to buy off deputies to oust why the law including alfonso might have beena. The thing is we agreed on 700. 00 initially there was another proposition of 1000000. 00 i suggested 1. 00 but they came back with 500. 00 and said no thats unacceptable so we arrived a bill ground of 700000 which is still money you know. Kenya says he met and taped. A deputy whod been expelled from his Opposition Party offering him the bribe just ahead of the january 5th vote for control of parliament he says only 16 out of more than 100 deputies took the bait and that he and others who refused are now in danger. Today i am being seriously threatened in my physical integrity and that of my family aljazeera tried without success to speak to who nevertheless responded to the accusations on twitter calling the recording a hoax and threatening to take his accusers to court for slander he added if deputy mad kena had this audio why didnt he make it public 2 weeks ago after the election as a director of the National Assembly he didnt because he. Didnt have what is a vulgar montage we asked mccain not the very same question and he responded that it was because of fears for his and other deputies safety now that theyve gone public he says that if anything happens to them they will hold president nicole last mughal personally responsible. The white house has accused the news wailin government of using bribery tactics to oust what it regards as the legitimate opposition leadership and slap sanctions on Deputy Noriega according to the voice transcript the socalled turncoat deputies smith was president personally the night before the bribe offer was made to calculate how many votes were needed. None of this is admissible in a court of law but then its the court of Public Opinion that the opposition is trying to win over to see in human aljazeera had access. At least 4 people have been killed in a car bombing attack that apparently targeted turkish contract is in somalia it happened in the telling of of course northwest of the capital mogadishu 15 others were wounded he took us engineers were having lunch with Somali Police at the time of the attack alshabaab has claimed responsibility. East africa is seeing the most serious escalation in the number of locusts in 25 years is adding to fears of a Food Security in a region that still reeling from floods and droughts kenya has one of the worst affected countries authorities there say theres been an extremely dangerous rise in swarm activity insects fly together by the millions and have destroyed hundreds of thousands of hectares of crops. Yeah we have lost our land we have lost our foreheads we thought that we shall be civil war the next coming fall yes but at this time there no if you can see this thought this through you got it cleaned all this was a glint that the grass isnt its. Them also been destroyed. Long running transport strikes in france could end on monday of the main union called for an end to industrial action but the protests have brought people from all staked is out on to the streets. Opera work is with the latest see the string of creative demonstrations against Pension Reforms in paris on friday night president of my new mccaughan had to be evacuated from the theater when singing and dancing protesters blocks the exits. So i press is asking for help from the e. U. To cope with an increase in a rivals of migrants and refugees many people are taking a boat from mainland turkey to the island they then cross over the border from the self declared republic of Northern Cyprus into the south which is part of the e. U. Critics accuse the government of deliberately making things difficult for Asylum Seekers to put people off going there for a challenge which helens rather reports omar has experienced much misery shes not giving her real name to protect family back in syria Bashar Assads massacres forced her to leave by lebanon to cyprus but life here is not happy so do you think the government do you think cyprus as a country wants hear hear. You know its a racist country the day after their ship arrived 4 months ago omars husband was arrested hes not being prosecuted but police wont say why theyre not releasing him only that they think hes a security threat. We came from an unjust country we came from oppression from Bashar Al Assad syria and we came to this country thinking theres justice democracy and human rights things arent much better for many other Asylum Seekers people queue for menial jobs and me go welfare coupons through the night to be one of the lucky few seen by a handful of staff during office hours asylum applications can take many years to complete its an overwhelms and confusing system as more arduous routes into europe are restricted the relatively simple journey from turkey to the self declared republic of Northern Cyprus then into the south becomes more travelled 15000 now have Refugee Status here upwards of 15000 more applications are pending now these arent huge numbers on the global scheme of things certainly compared to the millions of refugees in turkey but cyprus is a tiny country and it now has the highest number of Asylum Seekers per capita of anywhere in the European Union cyprus is interior minister says they need european help because the system is at breaking point if turkey is who is continuously. Pushing people to across the green line to cyprus they are entering the european territory its not a cyprus problem anymore in my creation is its a european problem but some on the ground see things differently Doris Polycarp who runs kisa a refugee focused and hes critical of europes inaction but he says cyprus has created a hostile environment to make itself a less attractive destination if you dont do you our job and you are in fear that this will say they will blame you for this situation is very easy to say europe is the responsible for the north throwing so that even instead of saying that we need. And we didnt do what we should do as with all refugee stories whether governments around able or unwilling to cope its real people who suffer for each islands aljazeera cyprus. Buckingham palace has announced an agreement for the future role of the duke and duchess of sussex prince harry and to me going to want to use their Royal Highness titles anymore but allowed to keep them and a statement from the palace Queen Elizabeth also said the couple will repay a public money used to renovate the u. K. Home last week harry and megan and now they intended to step back as senior members of the royal family. Still ahead on aljazeera the lead is looking over their shoulder and says not to go on a winning run and italy bar at will have more inspectors. Frank assessments the one thing about these bushfires is its really wiping out all of the climate she informed opinions economy i think is actually whats keeping donald trump afloat right now critical debate he cannot go through school even know what the floor is all about this argument is astonishingly patronize an indepth analysis of the days headlines this is the beginning for you iraq of the new conscious and aware youth about struggle against an ethnic sectarian kotor inside story on aljazeera. The latest news as it breaks this bush 5 season is far from over but its caused so much devastation across a stray. With details coverage campaigners say for the hundreds of children and teenagers the sleeping on the streets of tires and feel as journalism senators are preparing for briefings on the u. S. Military strike and whatever response it may bring. Its time for sports now heres. Thanks so much you have cs biggest draw a corner mcgregor makes his much anticipated return to action in just a few hours time the 31 year old has come in at is heaviest ever fighting weight as he steps into the octagon for the 1st time in 15 months. The former 2 Division Champion is moved up to welterweight for the 1st time the irishman is taking on american donald surrounding in las vegas on saturday mcgregor hasnt won a fight in 3 years hes had several run ins with the law including being fined for punching an elderly man and allegations of Sexual Assault which he is tonight. To get it this way im going to hear all of them in this division it begins were going to. Tell you all how to support now youve got a great show tomorrow only the dominant team in European Rugby Union will be relegated from englands top division this season after being punished for breaking rules on players salaries but the club saracens are the reigning european champions and provided the bulk of the england team that reached last years World Cup Final in japan but the english premiership announced on saturday that would demote them to 2nd tier next season on top of a 7000000. 00 fine already handed out saracens have one for the past 5 premiership titles but were found to have broken the competition salary cap in each of the last 3 seasons. Italian football champions event is could have a new challenge to their dominance in syria as their 10th league win in a row on saturday the romans 51 win over sampdoria puts them just 3 points behind giving i just point behind in our millennium you win so now have looked the most likely contenders to great. Titles lots you havent lost in the league since september ciro mobile a with a hat trick of its. They wish premier league title exe more and more likely to go to liverpool this season defending champions manchester citys slipped up again on saturday 2 late goals from sergio where a look to have given them a 21 win against Crystal Palace Wilfried Zaha forced an own goal from his for an id you know when the last minute to to the final scores city 13 points behind liverpool who play ban united on sunday dispute i was there we tried and we tried again and we we came back was a ph d. In drop 2 points and his way back to trouble and you have to learn for deciduous meanwhile in spain real madrid have gone top league or 2 goals from castle mero giving them a 21 win over sivia putting them 3 points above barcelona who play on sunday. Mens tennis number one rafa nadal says hes confident Australian Open organizers wont let smoke from bushfires affect the players concerns about air quality were heightened when one player was taken off court with breathing difficulties during qualifying the skies have been clear as fans arrived in melbourne ahead of mondays for sticky they told me that they have the right specialists here analyzing more of the rising give me 4 minutes there and there is a problem with those guys with some parameters we dont play i really can not believe that the most Important Committee in the world. Ones. About help for for the competitors. Caroline wozniak he admits saying goodbye to tennis will be emotional the former world number one is set to retire at the end of the Australian Open the 29 year old finally won her 1st grand slam in 20 team in melbourne but the dane is since struggle she finished last season with no titles for the 1st time in 12 years im out here and i love the sport of them over everything weve given really i love being out there competing but im ready to start a new chapter. Britains lee westwood has a one shot lead heading into the final round of the abu dhabi championship westwards round including an eagle on the 8th hole and finished with a 65. 00 on saturday to go 14 under his one shot clear francesco left port of italy and austria as brand vice burger while top ranked brooks kept the u. S. Is tired out in 48. 00 place. Well top womens alpine skier of recent seasons mckayla shifrin has yet to win a race in 2020 the time olympic gold medalists quest for a 4th street world cup title has hit a stumbling block italys Frederica Bruneau nay and petrova hope of slovakias hike for a giant slalom victory on saturday it was the 13th career world cup win for bruno nay different than ish 3rd by the smallest of margins the 24 year old was just 100th of a 2nd behind the joint winners in italy the american though still leads the overall standings. And thats all your support for now more later. Thanks but far you can find much more on our website get transfer that is aljazeera dot com thats it for me for this news hour stay with us ill be back at a moment with more of the days. And counting the cost from touts is also a trade deal as china capitulates and beijing delivered tens of billions in extra trade russia seeks to isolate ukraine with a pipeline via turkey plus south koreas does food struggling to climb the social skylights counting the cost ill just feel. Driven by outrage and spanning generations the rohinton demonstrators gathered on the very day a widely criticized repatriation agreement between the governments of bangladesh and me and more was to begin the anger was all too apparent and the fear was palpable if you dont like was so afraid that if they send one of us back to myanmar today tomorrow theyll send back 10 and the day after tomorrow theyll send back 20 if we were given citizenship in myanmar then there would be no need to take us back there we would go back on our own we must remember the rancho among the most persecuted minority used in the world. The 21st century began with extraordinary Economic Growth across much of latin america. But since this halted in 2008 theres been a political shift to the right on a continent where socialism on strive to. Achieve land politician goes on a journey to meet leading leftwing ficus. To understand why that politics have lost ground so dramatically. In latin america a giant in time oil on aljazeera. Now all jews are. With. The. Idea clashes in the lebanese capital Security Forces 5 take as that defined protest is this a bit tired of waiting for a change. Im given al this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up a Prime Minister of libyas u. N. Bad government drives then for peace talks along with his rival for power warlords from the fall have done