Transcripts For ALJAZ NEWSHOUR 20240713

Scuffles at the border between it was amal and mexico hundreds of vibrance are trying to head to the u. S. And we report from a poor Rural Community and afghanistan thats finding it harder and harder to cope with winter. We begin this hour in lebanon where police have faced off with protest as in beirut Security Forces fired water cannon and tear gas on demonstrators in clashes that lasted several hours more than 200. 00 people were injured parties to say that target of waiting for the government to make the changes that would bring a resolution to the ongoing economic crisis so horrible its from beirut. 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 fierce confrontations between antiriot police. And. Protesters turned downtown beirut into a war zone this is the epicenter of a protest movement that until a few days ago was relatively peaceful running battles began when 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. Protesters to back off and that they cant win and i think that the message of everybody here is that. Lebanons economy has been in turmoil for months a proposal to tax whats up holes which should be a free service triggered the protests in mid october unemployment was rising and the lebanese local currency was losing value not in an economy crisis everybodys going to everybodys going to need to do this. I dont have to convince anybody about whats happening today its clear whats happening who can get their money in the banks we lost everything finally everything this is good. It was an amazing country they took everything we have nothing left this is our only option is to go down on the streets and violence we have to use violence were all fighting a 40 year career up the government. There is anger at banks which imposed caps on withdrawals there is a shortage of dollars antiriot police have been using excessive amounts of tear gas to disperse the crowd but antiestablishment protesters 2 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 theyre bickering among themselves for ministerial posts in the next cabinet this new government allegedly technocrats it was really just a smokescreen for the old ruling oligarchic 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 lull 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. Beirut. About holiday is director of research at the advent of washington d. C. He says the ruling elite just isnt doing enough to satisfy people to moms the problem is that the ruling class is not responding well people on the streets want. All theyre doing is just postponing and postponing and performing the formation of a new government even though the protesters have given the new. Prime minister designate a sense you have. A whole month so far for the socalled government but apparently hes not being allowed even by the people who need him out and they think him to do that job not being allowed to follow that government so the a county is really very very and in very bad shape unemployment. Exchange rate of the local currency everything has collapsed and i think its going well that i mean whats happening or since tuesday has been expected i mean that people cannot take it anymore this is weve just entered the 4th month and i think its going to go on like this at all that ruling class is by going to review that the government be formed without that influence over it. They. Will be forming if technocratic government thats supposed to be apolitical which is the all 11 on there is no such thing as a political protesters have been asking for a government that is really be the government where People Knowledge and experience can take these these ministries and even do some some make some difference in the country this is not going to happen because if that happens that means available are they going to last is not going to have its interest protected and. Theyre not going to approve of a 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 the streets and i honestly i mean the the old system has actually run its course. If you can just as survive anymore like this because you know if you are government comes in and does the same things as that was government has until now and now the country simply in and out of options except for that they go shames of the political system as well as they can all exist and live in on the forces aig this socalled resistance force. And the force of the protesters as asking for through democracy as a country so which is more important for the country was are important for their country the land and stand against israel is supported by a lot of lebanese but given the same time a lot of lebanese want the country to be around their graphically not going to stick their hand bases so. They can be built this combination can be done the problem is you know you cannot resist israel you cannot do anything against you know imperialism whatever theyre calling it without even having it was for the people and then the people in the streets have no voice so far. To libya now a lot of the fall far and the leader of the un recognized government has arrived and doesnt have a highly anticipated peace conference and such progress will be made in the gym the capital that would lead to a ceasefire in the conflict the texas russian and french president s are all expected to attend the u. N. Meeting on sunday. Forces loyal to have have attacked 5 eastern oil ports in libya the state oil has closed down the sides thats expected to result in the loss of 800000. 00 Barrels Per Day of output by most of the eads isnt aaa and says the oil blockade is already having an impact on global markets. In less than 24 hours their libyan dinar has lost about. 10 percent of its value compared to hard core of his b. Because of the blockade of the terminals and Oil Exporting Ports in the east of the country the United Nations support the mission in libya has 1st concert of the blue kade of the installations and its sad that the. Must not be part of the conflict there 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 of the bag borne of libyas National Income which is estimated at about 55000000. 00 a day lost because of the. Well as i mentioned earlier World Leaders are gathering in berlin for that conference on libya. Has more from the german capital. This was the moment libyas arch rivals were supposed to agree to a cease fire Prime Minister phases and warlord in moscow for a meeting brokered by Vladimir Putin and. But after walked out of the last minute the collapse of those talks has been a setback for International Efforts to and the conflict many are now waiting to see whether leaders from 12 countries can achieve what eluded put in and done in moscow and persuade rival factions to reach a truce while 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 the operated put pressure on half thoughts for an office in particular the u. A. E. So the problem is that the foreign minister many conclude. It in 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 after is leading an offensive to capture tripoli backed by the u. A. E. France 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 have to has a list of demands he wants armed factions in the west to disband and his Libyan National army to take over hes also made it clear that the military and maritime deal said was just government signed with turkey should be scrapped for 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 a prolonged and spillover threatening your security thats why the International Committee is determined to end war in libya. The uns envoy for libya hasan salama is already in germany he says those attending sundays means he must remember the interests of the libyan people dont want to grow compatible 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 suspicion of hostilities. And also a is a political analyst and director of the tripoli banks to Study Institute earlier he told my colleague Adrian Finnegan 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 put in there yes i mean 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 some more oh is this a massive massive danger in libyas oil and 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 me 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 after 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 and liberal is pretty. Hes had a go at trying to defend the u. S. At the interest of the u. N. By government but a un backed government cannot rely on the Un Security Council that brought it to life the Un 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 to have to continue to not only commit war crimes in the way that has been investigated for the last 5 years but to continue is 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 so moscow putins never met after. After i left russia because he couldnt meet putin so i dont understand how west the 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 thought 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 head on the news hour including me. 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. And the ultimate fighting championship spigots and most controversial stock on a great game makes its return to the cage fireable have more sports. In yemen 30 government soldiers died in a missile strike in the Northern Region of moderate dozens of people were also injured sources say who the rebels were behind the attack as mohammed explains. According to the whole these books man he says that on friday they have already fault and advancing at by the saudi and government backed forces. In the region. This latest fatalities that the we have. Heard and received about are there are different stories one says. This news has belonged belongs to an independent newspaper which has just published its front page and will be distributed in the morning that the whole thing is have already captured the 29th mechanica military. Subrogate for the 29th military military and also belongs to the 7th military region backed by the saudi arabia and also the the government. This is one of the explanations of the high mortalities that they have already captured this military can brigades and also they have can be skated its. But another source that i have to can tack to the he mentioned that the the how these have used ballastic messiah law on a military canned eastern or the province of marib its a Training Camp such as resulted in the high mortality among those who were inside the camp the sause told me that the this it was a preemptive strike on this military camp as it is was going to support and reinforce those who have been defeated and in the in the eastern of. Groups of migrants who are part of a u. S. Bound caravan. Have begun crossing into mexico earlier there were scuffles on the guatemalan mexico border some people trying to push their way past Security Forces to cross a closed bridge since then mexico has allowed some people to cross Central American countries have come under increasing pressure from washington to stop migrants crossing into the u. S. On home and has more from mama guatemalan city on the Mexican Border where thousands are trying to cross it was a scuffle it was a few young men who were trying to push their way across and they got repulsed by the Mexican Border guards and then after that the gates of that border bridge closed from then on in the mexican authorities started letting people through 20 a time the question was where they were taking them after that they would take them in buses to migrant stations state run migrant stations n. G. O. S later told us that the more you will be able to get out of the question to many that was sort of looking on and not going through that border was wherever they were being processed for these is for work or for asylum or they were being deported back to honduras and thats why 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 write this about for found some people thats what im old enough story to say that we go through 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 are still on their way in the u. S. Impeachment managers with the house of representatives have filed a brief laying out their arguments for the charges against President Donald Trump the senate trial has formally begun with Opening Statements expected on tuesday in their briefing document the democrats say abandoned his oath and must be removed from office to safeguard the integrity of the 2020 election. Well the white house released a statement from trump response saying the articles all the impeachment submitted by House Democrats are a dangerous attack on the rise of the American People to freely choose their president this is a brazen and unlawful attempt to overturn the results of the 26 a legend and to fair with a 2020 election now just months away oh Harry Lippman is a former us attorney and host of talking fades podcasts he joins us now on skype from the oira and send Diego California thank you so much for your time so if heard from donald trump as we saw their ad now for the 1st time i believe at least an official stance from his legal team what can we take from the arguments that his legal team have now presented not a lot there really a few so a lot of things they had already said and they they really give no quarter so 1st of all its technically its not just a press release its a legal document he has been summoned to appear in front of the senate and this is answer to the summons and then he will also on monday file a trial brief thats an answer to the document from the house managers that you were just referring to theres really not much in the answer to the summons that we havent heard before including in prague maisha stone he could be really strike out at the house managers for daring to have initiated this process which they try to portray as something of a constitutional hijacking so its a very aggressive tone but no more or less than weve heard from them in recent months talk to me a little bit about trumps legal team and what we can expect to see in the senate trial because of who is on his take. Thats a very interesting point they have 72 of them are well known i suspect even to your viewers Alan Dershowitz from Harvard Law School and ken starr who was the special prosecutor of president clinton theyre both i would say they havent been practicing vigorously for many years but their inclusion and what we know about it so far suggests that theyll be making a different kind of argument the kind that the president himself has steadfastly refused to acknowledge which is even if he did improper things he shouldnt be impeached now in addition there are 5 people including the white House Counsel and 2 other people with more trial experience who likely will be carrying the water day to day over the next couple weeks as the Opening Statements of each team are done but it the big news here today was the inclusion of the sort of marquee names dershowitz and starr and that might also suggest by the way a kind of active presence on their part in the nightly t. V. Fights about who can spin the days proceedings more effectively how the issue of whether the senate can call witnesses is obviously a really big one explains how he was at what point will that be voted on and how likely is it that the Republican Controlled Senate would actually be willing to open things up again. Right so it will be after these Opening Statements which are that that makes them seem maybe shorter than they are that only 2 weeks of proceedings at that point by far the majority of the Republican Controlled Senate would would love to if they could just shut it down and say weve heard enough but there are 3 or 4 or 5 republicans who may feel otherwise and it is after all a pretty compelling position if theres important testimony out there why not hear it so the Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell may not be able to prevent a motion to hear some testimony and if you were gauging the kind of behind the Scenes Movement over the last week you would say that it seems to be moving in the direction of at least having some witnesses there are a few socalled moderate republicans who seem in favor of it and they themselves are buffeted by political winds from districts where thats not so monolithically for trump and they need to portray themselves as being not in lock step with a very unpopular president other than within the Republican Party an interesting few weeks ahead to say the least thank you so much that thats how you get in there a former u. S. Attorney and host of talking. Well making their own transfer mizzle from power with thousands of protesters in washington at across the u. S. On saturday they held rallies mocking the 3rd anniversary of the womens knots that 3 millions of protesters to the streets that day off to trumps integration in 2017 as well as the main event to washington rallies were held in chicago new york and will sent protests to say trump must call in order to protect diversity equality and human rights gabriel and his own daughter was at the rally in washington d. C. Despite the cold temperatures and nearly freezing rain it hasnt stopped thousands of people from coming out on the streets here in washington d. C. For the 4th annual womens march the 1st one happened in january 2017 and it was in response to President Donald Trumps inauguration in that march it was almost like a protest there were more than a 1000000 people throughout the United States that took part in that 2017 this one is much different theres only a few 1000 people here nevertheless everyone here says that while the numbers are much much smaller that its important that theyre here for us and so much bigger than that for us its about the impact that people are able to have when you go back and say to communities for us its about people coming here getting inspired getting motivated and to get out energy back into the communities to focus on the public and i see i think the marginalized populations africanamericans l. G. B. T. Q. And hispanics which i am part of that culture if we dont all get together and stand nothings going to change and all of us collectively can make that change happen most people here tell us that it doesnt matter of trump is reelected or not theyre going to carry on this movement for years to come theres already talk about maybe anothers womens march later this year closer to the election still ahead on al jazeera app for scream passengers coming in from china where more cases of a deadly new virus has been concerned plus. Im Andrew Thomas in sydney where a worldwide trend all libraries a bullish finds began ill be explaining why so many other places are horribly below do. And rugby unions european champions on punished for overspending on players salaries by being relegated to the english 2nd division. Had some cold play conditions across northern sections of china we have got one of the. Across the Korean Peninsula studly away from japan but look at this because this is in northern china under those cold clear skies its a week ahead of the Lunar New Year and this is known as the chinese little new years have plenty of good case guys to enjoy the dry conditions as well if you want sunday across the northern sections of the Korean Peninsula maybe just some snow flurries in the not too bad sunday across much of japan want to show snow flow is working their way east was all monday but mostly dry across much of china and not a bad day in hong kong 22 degrees celsius now the rains a very widespread strikes in tunisia weve had a few days of dry conditions not sure about sunday across much of borneo its as we head off into monday we see some much heavier spells of rain this could lead to some localized flooding and also some heaviest piles into northern and Western Areas of a fairly quiet picture in india we have seen a few showers to the north as so quote of course that were also being played again by this fall this is up into punjab and just look at the is so very dense nothing really to clear that either as we go through the next couple of days maybe a few showers into Southern India but still cool in new delhi at a high of just 16. A searching investigation into gun culture in the philippines. And the new rules that were put in place to control it in this country is not good right. Now if you restrict the right of orders youre not solving the problem of criminality of the peace because these are not the people who are committing the crime. Who are your customers a lot of it has the violence actually. Rewind stray bullets on aljazeera. They join one of the worlds most notorious ahmed groups. But found a way out to rebuild their lives and now help but its. A tale of course recruitment child soldiers and the refit exploitation of women the door to. Part of the radicalized. Tunnel just 0. The in. The. Youre. Watching aljazeera a reminder of our top stories this hour lebanese the legs of fired water cannon and tear gas against protesters were demanding a resolution to the economic crisis there more than 200. 00 people were injured in the capital they were. All orderly 5 star and the leader of that libyas u. N. Recognized government have arrived in berlin head of a highly anticipated peace conference the turkish russian and french president s are all expected to attend the un back creasing on sunday. In yemen 1st the government soldiers have been killed in an attack in the Northern Region of. Dozens of people were also injured sources say who the rebels were behind the attack. Members of venezuelas opposition policy say they have transcripts of government officials offering them bribes they say already are recordings reveal 700000. 00 each was offered to them to turn on the. A lesson america editor had to see a new man reports from. 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. Including. The things 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. Kina 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 might have 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 Nicolas Maduro personally responsible. The white house has accused than israel and 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 met with president maduro 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 6 people have been killed by flooding and landslides in southeast brazil firefighters arrived by helicopter on saturday to rescue people trapped in houses buried in mud Officials Say a whole months rain fell in just 24 hours turning streets into rivers destroying buildings and sweeping calls away heavy softball in parts of afghanistan has killed dozens of people in recent weeks zain bus ravi went to head up the province in the western part of the country where residents are appealing for help as the diet conditions continue. In villages all over the country afghans live in much the same way they have for centuries there are no gas or electricity lines people still collect the wood they burn to stay warm in the winter. Thats how 18 year old mother died his father said he walked to a nearby forest to gather brush for a fire to keep the family would warm through the night but he never came about out of the lot of them were all of them young we thought that he went to his sisters house on the other side of the woods for a new yorks to not work at night so we went there the next day we found his body in the snow our next years father said his son probably became tired walking in the heavy snow and with no one to help him fell asleep and froze to death. Conditions are miserable for people in other a scone district one man in this village said here in the forgotten corners of afghanistan people are a living waiting to die. Snowfall was so heavy this year the roof of mud johns mud house collapsed in the middle of the night her family was sleeping when it happened. I ran out of the room and my husband was screaming for help i was only able to pull my children out of doing things my husband was trapped and tied on to develop all when the neighbors came they removed his body. Even before the storm she did not have much now a widow sitting outside her broken home she seems completely lost though tragic local Officials Say the overall death toll in this area has been low but village elders say they are in serious need of help weather related illnesses and injuries have affected nearly every one of the 700 homes in this Community People we met said that the winters in this part of the country have been getting increasingly more and more extreme but the cold is more severe and they have ever experienced in the past and we are expecting 2 more months of snow fall and they are already worried about the next disaster when the snow eventually melts and floods their homes even if people wanted to leave their Ancestral Lands they say they have nowhere else to go if they dont get help soon elders here worry out of work young men could join armed groups like the taliban more as a matter of survival than ideology. I got these people the job listen they do not have anything to eat if these men commit rogueries or join insurgents and it is the right. The biggest complaint we heard was that people here need a Medical Clinic the nearest one is in district headquarters on the other side of snow covered hills one woman said people have no choice but to walk while they still can before the next storm. It seems desperate but they maybe the lucky ones deeper in the mountains where the roads are still covered in snow district official say many villages remain in accessible and the true scale of human suffering still out of sight same bus robbery other risk on district Herat Province afghanistan. And syria wall pagans have bombed a Shelter Housing displaced people killing 4 people in it its a latest attack to violate a ceasefire that came into force a week ago katia lopez called the on reports where no one. Heard a desperate rush to save lives but this shelter for displaced people was one of several sites hit by recent airstrikes in syria. Inside is a family including several Young Children yeah divergence he 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 on 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 syrias 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 of cease fire agreements that go ignored. 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 families are now packing their belongings leaving so many dont yet know where they can go and be safe. With a yawn al jazeera. Health officials in the chinese city of one hon have confirmed 4 more people are infected with a deadly new virus scientists in london say there could be more than 701 confirmed cases a number of airports in the u. S. And nelse creaming passengers arriving from holland and there are new concerns about the virus spreading ahead of next weekends luna new year when millions of Chinese People will be traveling the u. S. Based center for Disease Control says it hasnt seen this kind of disease before chinese officials have a death by this outbreak is being caused by a Novel Coronavirus a corona virus is a class of viruses that can cause the common cold but it actually can also cause more serious diseases like mers and sars lets take a closer look at the virus thats been identified under a class of viruses that can cause the common cold but also be as serious as sars Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome which killed nearly 800 people worldwide in 2003 chinese authorities suspect the virus originated in the Seafood Market in the city of hahn Officials Say there are no confirmed cases yet that its being transmitted from person to person scientists estimate theres a roughly 10 day delay between when a patient is infected and when the virus is actually detect it. Katrina 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 whos affected is from is from rouhani 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 is not a small city 11000000 people live there and during this period there are about 2000000000 trips made across china if theres any panic spot around this corona virus that it could lead to all sorts of cales 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 dont panic and just go about a business thats thats their message so far earlier my colleague spoke to Hugh Pennington whos an emeritus professor of bacteriology at the university of opposition he says finding out of humans control transmit the virus is crucial. There are many Unanswered Questions the big one is human to human transmission doesnt happen if it happens how often does it happen how close do you have to be to somebody to catch the virus we know that almost certainly it spread on the wind its spread by the air which is quite a difficult thing to prevent its not like something probably in food or water and so on so there are these are these are problems which theyre grappling with at the moment do we have controls at airports people taking peoples temperatures not what you i just wanted to forgive me for interrupting i just wanted to to go to that question because theres a lot that we still dont know what you think the preventative measures should be that are in place well i think at the moment its its watch and see what happens to see whether its worth really in knees preventive measures because the preventive measures themselves are quite expensive they dont always work they create a lot of inconvenience and so on one doesnt want to do that unnecessarily but on the other hand doesnt put want to put it off too late so at the moment were very much in a living care of sort of period about this virus what so far we know is that its not as nasty in terms of mortality as sauce which unfortunately killed about 10 percent of the people who got infected and it doesnt seem to be as nasty as that although we have had some fatalities although it can travel as as we found you know its going to thailand its going to your prime and based on that we think there are many more cases than the ones that have been diagnosed so far in a way that might be good news because many of those cases might have been very mild and not come to medical attention but its too early to really be certain about that so at the moment i think its watch and really keep a very very close eye on it will Health Organization Chinese Government and other Health Authorities are looking very carefully to see whether they need to bring in airport checks in particular because thats one useful way of minimizing not stopping but in minimizing spread. There are no drugs that can stop it theres no vaccine so its much more these traditional preventive measures if we have to bring them in those are the ones who have to use what are the signs of this fire is developing well basically it causes a new monia as you have trouble breathing they have a temperature and so on so it seems to be a response to a virus that really is those are the essential kind of clinical features and of course the problem with that is that there are many other causes of pneumonia as well so just by getting a case of new mill you can say this person has got this new coronavirus you have to do the tests to be absolutely certain about that but of course if somebody has come from who had it particularly if somebody has been associated with our food market there which arent i understand as being closer quite a while ago that of course would raise the index of suspicion and may have a very very aggressive approach to doing the tests we also spoke with col bailey and aviation analyst and former f. A. A. Safety Team Representative he says screening at u. S. Airports to check passengers during the al break could see many people denied entry. 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 is not detected. You know that there has some concern. You know what i would say travelers if travelers are coming into the u. S. And questioned by the authorities they really have to be honest and answer the question errors obviously because you know we dont want to see any kind of you know outbreak here right now the authorities here in the u. S. For safer Cisco Los Angeles and your j. F. K. Airport will be using you know infrared. Temperature readers to to read the patients temperature and they will also be questionnaires and questioning 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 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 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 you know an increase wait times coming through us and reporting u. S. Customs and those are our ports. East africa is seeing the most serious escalation in the number of locusts in 25 years its adding to food is a Food Security kenya is one of the worst affected countries authorities there say theres been a dangerous rise in swarm activity the insects have destroyed hundreds of thousands of picked is of crops. Libraries across the while theyre looking for ways to keep up in the digital age and australia have moved all records to a new Computer System which triggered the idea of scrapping late finds Andrew Thomas has more from sydney. Its a brand new library with a new way of lending borrowing a book has been the same for decades people read them for a set amount of time then return them if they dont books become overdue and readers are fine when they bring them back but thats changing Many Australian libraries have since 27 so you tested i know following policy managers say yes to save stuff time and the costs of administration which were 10 times higher than the revenue raised from fines potential fines also put off poor people from using libraries and stopped them borrowing books once they owed fines they couldnt pay in the 1st trial that we had the amount of items that got returned to the library was 3 times as many that we usually have any its sorry that was close to 70000. 00 items that came back so we regained a whole lot of customers that hadnt been using our services because they were either afraid of the fines that with a or a bit embarrassed to come back the trial has become a permanent change we just want this to be a welcoming friendly place and having fines and chasing people down for money is really not the kind of relationship that we want to have with that community in the digital age libraries like this one mostly lend traditional books they need to change to survive but opinion is divided its great because i get them during have to try and remember the dates and things like that and then if you just come in whenever it suits us people is waiting for the opportunity to read to the same boat if they are not penalized than the other person will be lost opportunity but there are no Foreign Policy is. Spreading this initiative is one thats proving popular with councils across australia and beyond borrowing the idea libraries in scandinavia britain and the United States have scrapped the fine system of the countries to considering taking a leaf out of the same book under thomas algis their sydney still ahead on aljazeera the latest looking over their shoulder who does not see ill go on a winning buy and desolate far will have more instincts. And escape from severe hardship onto the world stage as a Paralympic Champion will be i want to say for now though for the 1500. 00 metres on the bronze or the 800. 00 under decided to Work Overseas i went knocking on doors looking at a job and was interested in the knowledge of studies that led to International Recognition as a Global Leader in the generative medicine to inspiring journeys of human endeavor arabs abroad the paralympian and the bone make up on aljazeera. The latest news as it breaks this bushfire season is far from the but its caused so much devastation across a strain. With detail Coverage Campaign a safe in a 100 substantial journal and seen ages of sleeping on the streets of tires and feel as generalism senators are preparing for a briefing on the u. S. Military strike and whatever response it may bring. Its time to support his far. Thanks so much you have seized biggest drug 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 hes denied. Did it this way im going to hear all of them in this division it begins youre going to. Tell you all the 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 reach 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 the 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. Their 10th league win in a row on saturday the romans 51 win over sampdoria puts them just 3 points behind giving and just point behind in our millennium you until now have looked the most likely contenders to break the run of 83 titles lots you havent lost in the league since september ciro mobile a with a hat trick of its. They wish premier league title of more and more likely to go to liverpool this season defending champions manchester citys slipped up again on saturday 2 late goals from Sergio Guerra looked to have given them a 21 win against Crystal Palace Wilfried Zaha force an own goal from his for an id you know in the last minute due to the final score and city 13 points behind liverpool who play ban united on sunday dispute i was there we tried and we tried again and we we come back was a ph d. In drug to plunge 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 but 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 blame i really can not believe that the most Important Committee in the world. Ones. About help for all 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 of. Britains lee westwood has a one shot lead heading into the final round of the abu dhabi championship westwoods round including an eagle on the 8th hole finished with a 65 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 at the u. S. This time doubt 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 straight world cup title has hit a stumbling block italys Frederica Bruneau ne and petra the whole of slovakias hype 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. And thats it from making bell for this news hour the how raman will be back in just a moment with more of the days news stay with us. Or joining us from the discovery. Which is the call. Of a letter to germany addressed to i ground. 0. Traces of family links back to the regime of benito mussolini. Is fascism returned to italian poultry fresh in the family it makes me sick this letter. I found coming through on aljazeera. In the heart of the amazon believe me and family is the band lives in peril to harvest brazil nuts. Which can sing the congo to the capital is an even more dangerous challenge. Risking it to believe me out. On aljazeera. In a 2 part series. Observes the lives of 2 children. Over 20 years. Where insights into circumstances that shaped lives. In a rapidly changing world. 20 years of me continues with Good Morning Group on how to 0. Im counting the cost from this monster trade deal is china capitulates can beijing deliver tens of billions in extra trade russia seeks to isolate ukraine with a pipeline via turkey plus south koreas dirt struggling to climb the social escalator counting the cost on ill just see a. Major clashes in the lebanese capital Security Forces fired tear gas to find protesters who say theyre tired of waiting for change. But i want to know because theyre with me so whole raman live from doha coming up in the next 30 minutes the Prime Minister of libyas u. N. Backed government prepares for peace talks in berlin along with his rival for power the warlord Khalifa Haftar also