The spread of a new and potentially deadly virus appears to be accelerating in asia the virus has killed 3 people since 1st being detected in the chinese city of 139 new cases were confirmed over the weekend south koreas centers for Disease Control and prevention has now reported its 1st case a chinese woman who flew into incheon city from move on sunday has been quarantined that follows one case being confirmed in japan early in january and 2 in thailand 6 days ago after london and click confirmed patient was identified in the quarantine phase and there is no Community Exposure and those who have come in contact are currently being investigated. Lets take a closer look now at this new virus its being classified in a family of viruses that cause symptoms ranging from the common cold to saas thats the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome that killed nearly 800 people worldwide in 2003 chinese authorities suspect the virus originated in a seafood and make it here lizzie of rouhani its thought the viruses spread from species to species there is a 10 day delay between infection and detection and that includes an incubation period and a further delay before hospital admission to 20 years joins us live now in beijing and this really couldnt happen at a worse time couldnt get given that youve got the big movement of people over the Chinese New Year tell us about the level of concern there. Well more people are concerned because we had cases on the saturday here in china 50 people were confirmed to have this new coronavirus and today as you mentioned theyre about 200 now confirmed japan thailand south korea as you mentioned but also outside of hunt itself so in the city of beijing there are some cases. Generals have potential cases in juggling so people are really concerned about the spread of this some of the measures that the governments have put in place a ramping up of screenings at airports and railway stations and also things like asking people to perhaps when mosques are there out Pay Attention to washing their hands and also. For trying to sort of prevent public gatherings but as you mentioned that sort of a useless point because weve had more people out in public crisscrossing the country traveling from place to place and we have during any other time that the if a Chinese New Year we have hundreds of millions of people getting on planes getting on trains to go to different cities and to go to Different Countries indeed and will hunt itself is not a small city there are about 11000000 people who live there and it is a major transport hub so there are a lot of people not only originating from 100 to go out but also just passing through so those concerns that we might see this number to jump even higher indeed over the next few days there is really one of the real concerns here is if this mutates if you start to see human to human transmission of this given that one of the what is the government putting into place here and how much faith is there right now in the government what the government is telling the people because people have long memories they remember what happened during saws. Thats right the government is at pains to emphasize to the chinese public that this is preventable and controllable there also the message is that so far the people who have confirmed to have this new form of corona virus have seem to have mild symptoms so theyre really trying to prevent any panic from spreading theyve also been a pains to say that it seems that everybody whos had a confirmed case so far has been in some way or another connected with this seafood and meat market where it originated from well connected in rouhani and say because of that were they seem quite confident that this does come from one and its not so far proving to be human to human transmission but as you say there is a lot of skepticism around the information thats been provided by the government because in this 20022003 saw outbreak Authorities Authority is notoriously withheld information valuable information about the epidemic before it affected thousands of people so people are concerned that a similar thing is happening today and also another reason for that concern is that there is a big discrepancy between the numbers that were seeing being reported here in Chinese Media and the numbers that some experts around the world of putting putting up some british researchers on friday actually predicted that there could be as much as 700 people with with this illness and the government has said so father only about 200 so there are also concerns about the difference in those opinions 3 thank you for that country you live for us from beijing. The police of baghdad as they tried to break down protesters barricades on the outskirts of the capital the latest round of mass demonstrations broke out there added a number of cities in the south including not just. Protests of the country by block tell you to niger roads the demonstrations began you know people are angry about widespread corruption and a lack of public services. In baghdad he says the protests have intensified across the country. In the south of the country the provinces that face baghdad the blockade is actually holding what the protesters have done is theyve blocked off the main highways on the roads leading from provinces like nestle and babylon into the capital the only things that are getting food say the protesters you see the 6 party talks this is a real escalation from the protesters. In terms of what they can do by blocking all these rights are effectively trying to cut the south of the country from the rest of the country now this is a real escalation as the saying the reason why they do this is because theyre frustrated that the demands are being listened to they say the government hasnt put in place a new Prime Minister the new Prime Minister has to bed early elections that hasnt happened so the protesters are really trying their hardest to escalate the book real pressure on the government here in baghdad how about. A busy good long nights. But this morning had very this morning is the Security Forces when they played those book aides they were there was take a sort of big fight out the protesters just had one of the makeshift hospitals just behind me there are people in the hospital who are suffering from the often effects of takeouts iran has denied claims it has violated the 25 day uclear deal thats despite having rolled back its commitments to the pact. Irans Foreign Ministry his also i criticised european powers for filing to salvage the agreement to ron has been scaling back its commitments on the the deal after the u. S. Withdrew from the agreement in 28 sane britain france and germany trigger to dispute mechanism this month signing iranian violations renewed violence has broken out in libya hours after a peace conference wrapped up in berlin military forces aligned with the un recognized government accused those loyal to war the order of the 4 hafter of shelling residential areas south of the capital and that casts doubt over the latest push for peace by World Leaders who promise to respect a u. N. Arms embargo and work towards a permanent ceasefire as about reports from the german capital. It was the most important gathering to and libyas conflict in many years but from the start german chancellor Angela Merkel was struggling to narrow differences between libyas rivals Prime Minister of the tripoli based government of National Accord phase assad was with used to sit down with warlords highly for have to leave merkel shuttling back and forth to convince spaceship powers to help secure a permanent cease fire and stop the flow of arms into the war torn country home with nothing here 1000000 there. Everyone with an agreement including the regional organizations the arab league to a you and of course the African Union that we need a political solution its become evident in the last few weeks that there is no chance for a military solution which could only increase the suffering of the libyan people the u. N. Chief said the new diplomatic gains made so far boost the chances for a new political process and led by the libyans weirds already in part is to engage in a leave you no longer dialogue under the auspices of the United Nations paving the way for a political solution to the crisis despite the consensus among the participants of the conference there remains a huge disagreement for us president manuel mccrone called for an immediate and to foreign intervention paris has recently expressed concerns over to. Is growing influence but for president of us of. Turkeys role is crucial to and violence and to prevent her from capturing tripoli. We have been trying on a number of occasions to have a cease fire agreement signed a government of National Accord signed a cease fire agreement yet it wasnt signed by the other party led by half todd if we fail to heavy a cease fire in place and if we fail to have an agreement signed we will never see have ties hostilities coming to an end russia is also expanding its influence in libya but appears to be willing to team up with turkey to ensure the cease fire holds even though both countries support opposite sides of the conflict. Because. We think both the parties were coming to moscow as they both had heeded our calls and they had both responded to our demands of a ceasefire now we are in berlin we hope for more success in this particular crisis. The us world has significantly diminished in the oil rich country the e. U. Is divided the friends support have while the italians. There were hopes the conference will bring all the parties that can and the conflict button is 0 was shunned from the peace talks after receiving an invitation last minute morocco which host of the 2015 peace talks and a key supporter of the d. N. A. Were also excluded the bullying conference was essentially about political dialogue libyan rival groups will meet in geneva in the coming weeks to see if they can form a new government or risk turning their country into a permanent playground for foreign intervention. Belin. Still ahead on the aljazeera we join a caravan of Central AmericansAsylum Seekers trying to reach the u. S. And 1st it was flames nowadays flash flooding the strangest struggles with new weather warnings. Hello again welcome back to International Weather forecasts were here across the North Western part of europe were dealing with an air of High Pressure very strong very big and if you look at the satellite all of this area of mostly clear skies is where the High Pressure is dominating now down here towards the south it is an area of low pressure this is what is bringing all the bad weather here across parts of the western mediterranean affecting parts of spain also into parts of france were going to see a lot of heavy rain over the next few days but its really going to be the snow were going to be watching in this area because its going to be quite heavy across much of the region and take a look at the forecast map as we go down i want to show you how much snow we do expect to see over the next 72 hours here across peyronies and down towards the south into parts of spain we are expecting to see possibly up to and over 150. 00 centimeters of snow just in the next 3 days well be watching this very very carefully for barcelona though it is going to be the rain of the next few days here on monday as well as some very gusty winds as we go towards tuesday because of the rain we could be seeing some localized flooding as well but by the time we get towards wednesday we expect to see some lighter rain across much of the area and then here across the northwestern part of africa it is also going to be the rain and for algiers a rainy day for you with a temperature of 13 degrees. A journey of personal discovery i found this which is the copy of a letter nazi germany addressed to my grandfather aljazeera as barbara 0 traces of family links back to the regime of Benito Mussolini and on sps is fascism returned to italian poetry freshest in the family it makes me sick this letter alone and i found it. On aljazeera. To. It was heres a reminder of our top stories this hour south korea has become the 3rd asian country to confirm its 1st case of a new coronavirus that is originated in china patient numbers of triple 3 people have died since it was 1st detected in the chinese city over. Police have fired tear gas in baghdad as they tried to break down protesters barricades on the outskirts of the iraqi capital the latest round of demonstrations broke out there and in a number of cities in the south. Fighting has brought that out south of the libyan capital tripoli hours after a conference on stopping the violence ended in berlin World Leaders agreed to respect a u. N. Arms embargo and push the warring sides to board of clomid and cease fire. The number of ships being hijacked in the gulf of guinea has doubled in the past year the International Maritime bureau warns the region has become the tourist for piracy 90 percent of attacks take place there chased from west african countries a meeting in senegal to try to find a solution is nicholas ports from dhaka. Its a calling she often finds hard to explain it comes from a deep desire to defend her country and its waters after visiting senegals naval headquarters on a School Field Trip 16 year old has made up her mind shell be joining the navy since its a noble cause protecting the ocean from polluting vessels and saving peoples lives at sea even if its dangerous i want to be part of the mission the navy is on a drive to recruit more soldiers at sea while piracy globally has dropped the number of boats attacked in the gulf of guinea has doubled in the last year this has become the worlds most dangerous waters not only is it a major Transit Route for cargo ships the shores of senegal are also rich in marine life attracting illegal deep sea Fishing Vessels that are polluting the sea floor shows promise of the bus problem 90 percent of the worlds trade happens on water we need to protect the oceans to protect our economies and the trade most attacks are taking place off the coast of nigeria in angola to Oil Exporting Countries the attackers are gangs often made up of poor fishermen frustrated in seeing this wealth they have no access to taking away from their shores senegal discovered 50 trillion cubic feet of natural gas and a 1000000000 barrels of oil it has just allocated exportation rights to multinationals. The drilling has been started by theres this expectation that this newfound wealth will be equally redistributed among all senegalese especially among the fisherman communities who have suffered from Illegal Fishing on these waters they say the ocean is a Precious Resource that needs to be protected. While the ministration says its pulling back u. S. Troops in africa in march the u. S. Navy organized its the Largest Naval games in africa and the gulf of guinea with 3000. 00 troops 33. 00 countries including senegal. There are no physical boundaries on our territorial waters and so to protect it we need main power and soldiers willing to take action and neutralize the enemy we needed and so this will require a new strategy for senegal and the region with fresh recruits willing to take risks needed to protect the ocean and its untapped well. Nicholas hawk aljazeera car the un has warned that a missile attack on a Government Military camp in yemen to do to deescalate the countrys 5 year long conflict at least 111. 00 people were killed and 62 wounded in the attack on sunday yemens government is blamed the rebels and has vowed to retaliate the Foreign Ministry says a mosque inside the camp was his while soldiers were praying leaked documents suggest africas wealthiest woman siphoned hundreds of millions of dollars of angolan government money to offshore accounts a Journalist Organization says the paper has implicate the former president s daughter isabella dos santos and brand has more. This is the woman at the same to her of an investigation dubbed the wonder Lakes Isabella Santosh the daughter of angolas former president a billionaire and africas Richest Woman success she argues is selfmade but a group of journalists say documents prove she ripped off a country to enrich himself our investigation which took 8 months and more than 100 journalists to complete found dos santos aided by her sort of qadri of western advisors funneled hundreds of millions of dollars and offshore Shell Companies and from there into all kinds of assets including luxury homes and big business and. Her father. Santos rule the country for almost 40 years until 2017 the group says he gave her big chunks of some of angolas most valuable resources and she built a Business Empire that stretched from telecommunications to banking and construction she used to head angolas National Oil Company sun and go before being forced out by her fathers successor and so his government has suspended some of her projects and seized in a stimulated 1000000000 dollars worth of assets and a corruption drive earlier this month she told aljazeera it was a political vendetta definitely this is a politically motivated attack theres no doubt about that my father was on the former ruler of anger that he was president for a very long time and he chose not to stand for this election and he chose not to stand in 2017 believing that it was important to have a transition it was important for someone new to come and unfortunately the nuclear who came on board has now trying to. Is politically motivated attacks on his family and specially on his children last month isabels half brother Joseph Philomena to santosh went on trial for corruption hes pleaded not guilty. Angola is rich in oil and diamonds but it remains one of the worlds poorest countries with a staggering wealth gap j. Accuses angolan government officials as well as waste and Financial Firms lawyers and accountants of helping isabel to some to stash away public funds the portuguese authorities are possibly investigating and other governments around the. Take a closer look at some of the money thats flowing through their Financial Systems despite her legal troubles is about to santos remains defiant shes even considering running for president and in goal is next election in 2022. Brian aljazeera that is why this Opposition Leader has defied a travel ban fly into colombia ahead of his meeting with u. S. Secretary of state. Monday is the latest show of support from washington which says is the rightful leader of venezuela hes been barred from leaving venezuela since proclaiming himself president a year ago and trying to oust president Nicolas Maduro remains in power despite a economic crisis u. S. Secretary of state mark was spoken route to colombia reaffirming washingtons commitment to supporting wider. Hes really like the leader and misspell of judas and i look for them meeting with him our mission a bit as well as a james. We are convinced that the members will be preserving better 2020 than they had in 2001000 euros but destructive. That millions of people have to flee the country to the american spirit into one of the. Basic set is to continue to work through all the diplomatic and to achieve the outcome the present from play down about 18 months ago. More than 17 bytes including members of brazils most powerful gang have a skype from prison and powerglide through a tunnel the government says prison officials must have been aware of the operation as hundreds of bags of earth were uncovered in some cells the prisons director was fired along with 6 other prison officials power wise interior minister says the tunnel by just be a ruse to make sure no officials involved held accountable as many of the invites walked out through the main gate. Thousands of people from honduras of lift their homes in the last few days hoping to reach the United States some of reach the guatemala border town of taking no money trying to cross into mexico but many of them dont know that as they are trying to leave guatemala the u. S. Is sending planes filled with their countrymen back John Heilemann has more from the 2nd. Some 4000 home during as he just beginning a long journey north passing through guatemala sleeping rough and ensuring blistering heat for them the end goal is worth it asylum in the u. S. But theres something many dont know and its this even if they do reach the u. S. Border its likely theyll be flown back to guatemala to seek refuge here instead its part of a u. S. Plan thats been operating since november but in 4 days spent with the caravan hardly anyone we asked was aware of it. You know i didnt know that until now sending us to a country that we dont know where theres not much why why dont they just send us home. Those in the queue waiting to get into a shelter russo unaware and taken about once they found out someone get them when we dont feel safe here its a violent country like undoing us thats not what we made the sacrifice to help our families fall in Guatemala City we talked to one of the hundreds whod really been sent fact although he was too scared to go on camera and i have problems with the gangs and hundreds if i go back there they could kill me hes now requesting asylum in guatemala but he says he was sent here under false pretenses then again you dont care what the my life they told me to go to guatemala and wait and then come back for my u. S. Court date they never told me i was being deported here for good migrant defenders told us the other one durance had similar stories meanwhile their countrymen continue north you might think that people would turn back once they found out that their chances of asylum in the u. S. Were incredibly slim. And then actually theyd likely be sent back here to guatemala but that wasnt the case for the people that we talked to once they understood the situation said they carry on and thats a bit of a never lose hope im still optimistic we can cross with gods help i was a lot more were going to try to anyway because we want to a Better Future for our children. Blind faith perhaps but born out of desperation for those who see few of the ways the public see danger zone home and how does it to cooma the prince harry says hes sad to be cutting most of his royal ties but was left with no other option he was speaking for the 1st time about the decision he made with his wife megan to step away from their roles as senior royals the couple of nouns they move the of these bonds saying theyre no longer wanted to receive public funds. Was to consider yourself in the queen the callable unsmiling military sensations but without public funding unfortunately that wasnt possible except that this knowing that it doesnt change who i am or how committed i am. Helps you understand what is it come to that i would step my family from all i have ever known to stay just to step forward is what i can be a more peaceful life the Canadian Army is sending over 100. 00 soldiers to aid recovery after a massive blizzard struck the countrys east the provinces of new found london labrador have been buried under a large amounts of snow the storm dumped more than 76. 00 centimeters on the provincial capitals and john burying cars and trapping people in their homes local authorities have declared a state of emergency and so the priority is snow removal and clearing the roads so the main hospital. More thunderstorms are forecast across a stranger on monday where the heaviest rain in months has already flooded parts of the country areas that were burning just days ago meteorologists have issued severe warm weather warnings in New South Wales southern queensland and parts of victoria every thomas has more. For weeks australia burned and choking smoke filled the air but this is dust a huge dust storm rolled across the towns of dubbo and parks over the weekend dramatic but not dangerous and elsewhere its now flooding in melbourne to ritual rain storms and hail stones the size of golf balls. Qualifying matches at the Australian Open were abandoned smoke from bushfires had been a big worry for players now its further rain interruptions this story a little bit of it all you see. You know would have a lot of troubles if they had to cancel naturism you know luckily they have 3 close. Courts with a with a roof but still has so many matches so many players. Lets hope there for the worst is behind the rain has also been heavy in parts of the states of queensland and New South Wales for those tackling the bushfires its just what was needed though dozens of fires are still burning the water has dampened them and none of the threatening homes or lives but the Economic Impact of the fires is still being felt tourism in summer is usually the backbone of kangaroo islands economy but this cruise ship is the 1st to visit the island of a straight a south coast since spires earlier this month most tourists are staying away they think theyre on fire and thats not so we really need to send that message out that they are still accessible australia is huge varied weather is normal but the start of 2020 has been exceptional Andrew Thomas aljazeera sydney spacex has completed the last major test of a crew capsule needed before it can launch nasa astronauts from u. S. Soil. I there you just saw the transgenic was sheer Sierra Nevada and california this stuff is looking great so far. The American Aerospace manufacturer mimicked the launch fadia off the florida coast it was testing whether the capsule could separate from a rocket and return the crew if something went wrong by 6 found musk says it was a picture perfect mission. And im super fired up this is great you know its really great there anyone who has an adventurous part of the body is going to be very excited about this and i think it will help really a great interest in space. This is al jazeera these are the top stories south korea has become the 3rd asian country to confirm its 1st case of a new coronavirus that originated from china patient numbers of triple 3 people have died since it was 1st detected in the chinese city of. Trade to you has the latest from beijing. Well more people are concerned because we had the cases on the saturday here in china 50 people were confirmed to have this new coronavirus and today as you mentioned theyre about 200 now confirmed japan thailand south korea as you mentioned but also outside of rouhani itself so in the city of beijing there are some cases. Generals have potential cases in judge young so people are really concerned about the spread of this. Police in baghdad as they try to break protesters barricades on the outskirts of the iraqi capital. Demonstrations broke out there and in a number of cities in the south. Fighting has broken out south of the libyan capital tripoli hours after a conference on stopping the violence ended in berlin World Leaders agreed to respect the u. N. And push warring sides toward a permanent ceasefire. I need everyone was in agreement including the regional organizations the arab league the e. U. And of course the African Union that we need a political solution become evident in the last few days that theres no chance for a military solution which would only increase the suffering of the people iran has denied claims its violated the 2015 uclear deal thats despite having rolled back its commitments to the pact irans Foreign Ministry has also criticized european powers failing to salvage the agreement to iran has been scaling back its commitments under the deal after the u. S. Withdrew from the agreement and. Britain france and germany triggered a dispute mechanism citing iranian violations. Completed the last major test of recruits needed before it can. From u. S. Soil the American Aerospace manufacturing. Off the florida coast. As the headlines the news continues here on aljazeera after risking it all. We understand the differences and similarities of cultures across the wound. And Current Affairs that matter to. Aljazeera. Leg. Leg