demand the expulsion of the united states. thank you for joining us china is taking drastic measures to try to contain the outbreak of a deadly new virus as tens of millions of people prepare to travel for the moon or new year public transport is being shut down after the government said that 26 people have now died as the 1st cases are confirmed in europe airports around the world are screening passengers to try to stop the spread problem and has more. as china battles to control the spread of the coronavirus videos such as this one are going viral on social media an unidentified female voice says 3 bodies covered with blankets have been lying in the packed cold odors of a hospital in the chinese city of she says there's little the medical staff can do as more cases are reported around the world it's still not clear how many people could be you know affected by the beginning of any other break you would focus more on a severe cases and you have more of those and then maybe we are missing some mild cases because people will just be a little bit sick and will not be ever tested and they will recover it. many streets are empty in han the capital of china's kobe province this is where the outbreak emerged all public transport has been shut down other cities in the province have done the same thing around 40000000 people are affected cases of the coronavirus are now confirmed in nearly every province of china new year celebrations are being cancelled in cities including the capital beijing shanghai disneyland will be shut from saturday and part of china's great wall will be closed . but millions of people have been travelling both in china and abroad ahead of the new year's celebrations increasing the risk that the virus may spread further you are judging i don't think this virus has been properly controlled i just came back to china i read a lot of news i'm to net i'm not very satisfied with how the government prevented in control of the disease i'm very afraid of getting infected i am really afraid of those people all relieved and laughter but i do hope the situation we're all her can be improved so this video was deleted after it appeared on china's way both social media site china now has to control the virus and prevent the spread of panic rob matheson al-jazeera. but doctors in hong kong have treated more than 200 patients suspected of having the virus thousands of people have presented themselves the hospital emergency departments. yesterday we have more than 5000. and 10 this. at the hope that occupancy rate is 97 percent actually it's quite useful but not as full as the peak of the when the search so right now it's like the better but we are we perceive that after the chinese new year long holiday usually there will be a further search in the amount of the amount not just from the isolation that but from the other things like the flu symptoms. other cough the season and the 1st cases of corona virus have been discovered in europe france says health minister confirmed the diagnoses in bordeaux and paris the paul also confirmed its 1st case on friday while the virus has been found in the u.s. call as we were mentioning thailand south korea and singapore airports around the world have stepped of screening of travelers arriving from affected regions. we can confirm a case of corona virus in the city of border the patient is 48 years old he just returned from china where he passed through the city he came back to france on generator 22nd and saw a doctor for his symptoms on january 28th day we got confirmation his samples are positive he is staying in an isolated room so that he has no contact with the outside world we also have a new confirmed cases in paris but we don't have the history of this patient yes. mohamed explains how the corona virus has spread. viruses are everywhere in plants birds animals and in humans but most don't stand a chance of adapting and spreading the natural world's defense systems fight them off and vaccines help as well but every now and then a virus gets through jumping the species barrier from say a pig or a bird to target instead a human coronaviruses are a large family of viruses common in animals until the end of last year just 6 were known to infect people the ruhani corona virus is number 7 now 4 of these strains cause illnesses like the common cold unpleasant but for most of us not life threatening but the others are killers the highly contagious severe acute respiratory syndrome all saws broke out in china over 2002 into 2003 and it killed almost 10 percent of those who became infected it's thought to have spread from the civet cat to humans since the middle east respiratory syndrome mers was identified in saudi arabia in 2012 more than 850 people have died it sorts have come from the camel now both have caused panic both killed but both have been contained this new strain is a killer too and can be passed from human to human but are though it seems at this stage to be less contagious panic is rising as it spreads within tarna and across time as borders to the threat of a global health emergency looms. at least 14 people have been killed after a powerful earthquake struck eastern turkey the magnitude $6.00 quake hit elizee province which is around 500 kilometers east of the capital ankara and it hit a depth of 10 kilometers many buildings have been damaged in year the epicenter the tremor was also felt in neighboring countries including iran syria and lebanon turkish aid organizations say that they've sent teams to the affected areas and we'll try and bring you more details on that story as we get them here on al-jazeera. now it's the final day of arguments by u.s. congressional democrats in the senate impeachment trial of president trump is accused of withholding military aid to ukraine in exchange for an investigation into his political rival joe biden prosecutors are focusing their allegations of abuse of power and the obstruction of congress have visual castor is live for us from capitol hill as sort of the democrats trying to achieve today. a barbara so this is the final day of their arguments and at the moment we're hearing these house democrat impeachment managers making the case for obstruction of congress saying that president trumped because he withheld documents as well as barred people from testifying during the investigative inquiry phase of this impeachment and that he intimidated witnesses they say by tweeting threats in their in their words during those hearings and we heard from employees of the state department who were testifying with information that was damaging to president trump earlier in the day we heard the same pietschmann managers talking about abuse of power saying that because president trump is remains a threat to national security they say and that he because shows no repent no remorse for having invited ukraine as the allegation goes to interfere in the upcoming elections to help him with his chances of staying in office they say because he is unrepentant and has continued to declare that everything he did in that regard was perfect that he will continue to invite for interference to endanger a future u.s. elections and pointing to that as further evidence we saw these men peter managers bring up russia in 2016 when then candidate president trump and they showed of a video clip using the president's own words against. himself when he infamously said to reporters if russia is listening inviting russia to hack into his then opponent hillary clinton's e-mails and of course we know later on that's exactly what russian what russia try to do and furthering that arguments of had the danger that democrats see president trump is if he remains in office was a framed how keen jeffries who said this. the office of legal counsel opine that the whistleblower complaint did not qualify as an urgent concern and therefore did not have to be turned over what can be more urgent than a sitting president trying to cheat in an american election by soliciting foreign interference what can be more urgent than that. that's a constitutional crime in progress. and of course there are 2 audiences listening to these arguments there are the senators and there are the american public who are watching on their television screen so that begs the question exactly how the american public is responding well to day a new poll came out it was conducted by the washington post a.b.c. and if found that the president's approval rating is now at 44 percent which is the highest it has ever been during his presidency asked the question of whether americans support removing him from office well a slim majority in this poll or a slim. more americans in this poll said that they think he should not be removed 47 percent versus 49 percent rather versus 47 percent who answer that he should be removed from office so those are those are the hurdles that these democratic impeachment managers are trying to overcome barbara as tomorrow their chance and to make these arguments and everything goes back into the president's court and will expect arguments from his defense team that as your customer with the latest from capitol hill heidi thank you. ok let's go back to a story that i brought you a little bit earlier that earthquake in the east of turkey whoa. joins us live now from istanbul with a bit more detail as you know of course it's still night now in turkey details are a little bit sketchy but what do we know. well what we know from the officials and the disaster management agencies so far is that the earthquake happened at $855.00 a local 8 55 pm local according to turkey and the magnitude was as you presented 6.8 following the incident following the earthquake there were also 60 aftershocks which were involved 4.0 current day according to the office shows and disaster management agency search and rescue workers are underway we know that we know that there are lots of buildings that were damaged and some of them already collapsed and they are still trying to figure out which buildings are damaged but of course we have to see the light to have proper idea i'm told by the disaster management agency but the airport in is operating there is no cut for the electricity or natural gas but i have to say that this is winter the weather conditions are bad and people are not able to get inside their homes their buildings they have to stay outside that's why the n.g.o.s turkish red crescent and disaster management agency have dispatched 490 search and rescue personnel and some tents and. blankets blankets to the area i have to also say that the immediate cities around. have also felt the earthquake and there are there are damages in cities like mater for instance especially in patrol get the strict there are dozens of buildings that are damaged and we have to see the mourning for the details but i have to also underline that turkey is a moment the most suspect clee active countries in the world and there are several for. a crossing bypassing of the country and ella's the city where the where the earthquake happen is all is it's also on the eastern undertow. all in full line which is the 2nd major fault line for turkey and turkey has suffered a lot from the earthquakes for now it seems the earthquake the impacts of the earthquake have scattered in different districts different cities. the number of that that is not so high so far but of course depending on the situation depending on how the buildings are damaged the numbers can increase we are going to continue following up the story for you as as a situation will be clear of course at sunrise for the moment as you know secular with the latest from istanbul thank you. it watching al-jazeera and more still to come on the program including as turkey announces more troops for libya to support the un recognized government german chancellor angela merkel urges opposition forces to join the cease fire and on her last day in davos a great upturn bird demand for action on climate warning deniers are damaging the world. we've got some very heavy rain in the forecast for northern parts of australia as we go on through the next couple of days will see that wet weather gradually pushing across the cape york peninsula sliding down more than territory pushing across a good part of queensland actually still some a shower was a useful ramo it is but bearing in mind the bushfires into that northeastern corner of new south wales in particular further south it's good tennis weather actually melbourne getting up to around 27 degrees celsius and 8 further west will see temperatures in perth getting up to around 35 degrees so peak for the rhesus well we'll see temperatures in these even getting up to $27.00 in christchurch and also in all clear something around the twenty's in between further north where we got some rather wet weather pushing out essential parts of china as making its way towards the far south of japan much of japan not faring too badly weather wise on saturday as we go on into sunday some of that rain will make its way through q.c. pushing up across those southern areas of honshu but to the north that generates sixes and sevens for the temperature getting up to around 6 degrees 7 degrees there for beijing as well to seoul we could well get into double figures but for the south the wrang continues in shanghai mickelson's snow into central areas the shallows for the south. on counting the cost a nation representing point 3 percent of the world's population but 5 percent of carbon emissions in australia gave up its addiction to call bullshit promises to go carbon neutral by the year 2050 plus we're looking at 11 and how long before it has to turn to be i am counting the costs on al-jazeera. revealing eco friendly solutions to comeback threats to offer management on a much easier. welcome back here's a reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera china has taken drastic measures to contain the spread of the corona virus outbreak public transport has been shut down in the number of provinces as the dest toll rises to 26 the 1st cases have now been confirmed in. more than a dozen people have been killed after a powerful earthquake struck eastern turkey the magnitude $6.00 quake hit a province at a depth of 10 kilometers and us the mcgraths in the senate impeachment trial of president trump have focused their arguments on abuse of power and on obstruction of congress trump is accused of withholding military aid to ukraine in exchange for an investigation into his political rival joe biden. 2 protesters have been killed in the latest anti-government demonstration india iraqi capital baghdad medical and police sources say that one were shot and the 2nd hit by a tear gas canister was sullivan jive was at the protest of the latest in a series against alleged government corruption which began in october and have often turned violent. we were there a couple of hours ago at the area square it was it was very tense protesters tried to block the roads they had a lot of cocktails in their hand they were burning tires in the streets as news broke of these 2 approach to protesters being killed on the mom a moment of the highway this is the main freeway which links to east would link the eastern and western part of baghdad into the key our tree which people use for their daily commute something that the protesters since saturday since monday have been trying to block off and there have been clashes with the government forces they come out in the numbers during the day blocked the highway bird tires and the police force has been coming in hitting them with bullets as well as palast international saying that these canisters not been used for gas canisters not being used for just dispersal of the crowd but are being aimed at the protesters head so it is being used to kill them earlier in a separate demonstration in baghdad iraq he's turned out in large numbers to demand the expulsion of the u.s. military from their country protestors responded to a call by the country's most influential religious figure that's to share cleric that is calling for u.s. military bases to be closed and u.s. warplanes to be banned from iraqi airspace if one can reports now from the demonstration. the cool was for a 1000000 person march and many in baghdad heeded the appeal from influential shia muslim cleric so that his message is simple all americans out the march was also backed by other groups including hizbullah whose leader. was killed alongside iranian general cause most of the money in last month's u.s. missile attack other tojo martin if you thought on this gathering you see today. the forces that will expel the occupiers the resistance groups today showing the american occupiers we are united as one by. it is real and despite some differences in point of views we unite as one with the telethon of. the protests was joined by people from all over southern iraq. our goal is to expel old occupiers we are standing for iraq against any intervention we want dignity and we want. the governments divided i mean terrible but should find it difficult to ignore such a large protest and protest since october have already forced prime minister 10 ounces resignation he remains as caretaker pending a replacement leader a new elections the americans have said they're determined to stay in iraq and at the invitation of the iraqi prime minister one of the. protest movement is this the chorus goes really on it was a 1000000 now regardless of whether a 1000000 people. as bothers to send his message that he wants the u.s. troops out of iraq and he's got this kind of support behind him going. back there. turkey's president says more military personnel are being sent to libya to train troops for the u.n. recognize government that's the type of the hyundai the comments during a news conference with the german chancellor angela merkel turkey is supporting the tripoli based government in its months long battle with the warlord holy for half his forces are trying to take the capital from the government led by the prime minister. you can do to we giving support to the legitimate government in libya in order to reignite the political process in giving support to the government of national court in line with the resolution of the year when it is not a choice but a liability. after is increased his attacks in the last few days which is a clear sign he has no intention of reconciliation. it's imports. for both parties in libya to reach a compromise and we hope will take positive steps to reach a cease fire we have dealt with many 2 political issues that are of mutual concern to both their countries the meetings and the talks that have been held are important because we have managed to express our appreciation to turkey for hosting a lot of refugees. thousands of and here abortion supporters are attending a rally in washington d.c. president on crumples also there he's the 1st u.s. leader to attend the rally since it began 47 years ago the annual event marks the anniversary of the u.s. supreme court decision in 1973 which legalized abortion our white house correspondent kimberly halkett reports. down to this breaking with tradition again together we boast protect cherish and defend the day to day of the sanctity of every human life donald trump descended on washington's national mall to personally address an anti-abortion rally making him the 1st sitting u.s. president to do so again affirming his support for their cause unborn children have never had a stronger defender in the white house doing where. the march started in response to the landmark 973 supreme court ruling legalizing abortion a divisive issue in the united states troops 2016 promised to appoint supreme court judges who might overturn that ruling help them win the white house with the help of these supporters for many the issue is personal but the unborn do not have a voice and we are their voices we are their voices their be killed by them and in but the president also many of these people who consider themselves even jellicoe voters to show up in this november's presidential election and they need him to die . and 11 for said the u.s. president kept his $26.00 team promise to evangelical voters naming conservative justices neil gorsuch and later brett kavanaugh 2 of erica's highest court altered ballots to make it appear with conservative than with democratic appointees justice ruth bader ginsburg's health to decline trucks anti-abortion supporters are eyeing a possible 3rd conservative court appointment trump wins reelection it's critical for a country if you really study it you study our constitution the founding of the country it was founded on judeo christian beliefs and we need to return to that we have so many judges and so many things are changing and we need to have that pro-life person placed in there so that we can continue what we're doing we come before you lord but trump said to work to keep socially conservative voters on his side your guys this rally earlier this month in miami to energize evangelicals after an article in a magazine christianity today published an editorial calling for his removal from office citing trump's grossly immoral character. is going into reelection in a weakened state right now and what he needs more than anything is his base and i think what we're seeing with this president is recognizing without them there he has no shot of actually getting reelected as the us election campaign gains momentum expect even more appeals by president trump to his religious base as he continues to make the case he is the only candidate who will defend their faith can really help get al jazeera the white house close to $100.00 migrants including pregnant women have been rescued off the coast of libya the humanitarian ship ocean viking picked up $92.00 migrants from an inflatable because there were 5 pregnant women in the group the youngest passenger was a 6 month old baby it's thought most of the survivor. overage and he came from less than. the week ahead of breck said the presidents of the european council and commission have formally signed the withdrawal agreement along with the u.k. prime minister boris johnson shows michelle and or so have on their lane put their signatures to the document in brussels it was then sent to london for johnson's a signature the european parliament is expected to vote to approve the agreement next wednesday starting any levon month transition period to discuss a trade deal. the climate activists greater turn burge dominated the final day of the world economic forum without actually making an official appearance at least on the whole reports from davos it appears that her environmental message may finally be getting through to at least some of the world's big business leaders according to the world economic forum the most talked about people at this year's meeting with gratitude berg and donald trump how old she sent me that's true but what is your response to completely have an attorney who's the one from totenberg polar opposites of the new wave of discourse that seems to have come into its own here this week about climate change about the environment even about the old ways of capitalist thinking that have always seemed so at home here in davos we must remember that as long as we do not treat this crisis as a crisis and as long as the facts and the signs of being left completely ignored then we will not be able to solve this crisis world leaders and c.e.o.'s many of them are responding with one in particular the billionaire founder of cloud computing john sales force marc benioff the prayer in capitalism that this obsession that we have with maximizing profits for shareholders alone. there's low do incredible inequality in a planetary emergency but among the banking giants some like citibank and goldman sachs pushed back against calls by climate activists to stop funding the biggest polluters that after greenpeace called out a number of banks represented at davos for having lent $1.00 trillion dollars to fossil fuel producers since the paris climate accord was signed in 2015 so how much of it is hypocrisy a green cloak of virtue behind which old fashioned deals are still being done on climate there are meaningful moves by some private sector leaders that will actually make a difference not only in terms of what they do but will actually force others competitors in their sectors to not be left behind so yes i find that meaningful but if you ask me is the deal making changing is capitalism dead frankly in a world where the economy is getting a little softer they're focusing more on their bottom lines this years down boss has witnessed a confrontation between the decision makers and the young who will have to live with those decisions. they may not be winning yet but their impact is growing hold al-jazeera in the swiss alps. and you can get more on that story and everything else that we have been covering on our website al-jazeera dot com. now a quick reminder of our top stories the 1st cases of corona virus have been confirmed in europe france's health minister has confounded diagnoses and bordeaux and in paris this comes as china where the virus originated as they can drastic measures to contain the spread of the string public transport has been shut down in a number of provinces ahead of the lunar new year which sees millions travel around the country 26 people have so far died from the virus it's too weak still too early to draw the conclusions on how severe the viruses because at the beginning of any olbrich you would focus more on a severe cases and you have more of those and then maybe we are seeing some mild cases because people will just be a little bit sick and will not be ever tested and they will recover so you know we may see more mild cases as a surveillance intensify so there is not so much really on the numbers that that we know that will will will go up. more than a dozen people have died in a powerful earthquake on in turkey buildings collapsed and people ran into the streets after the magnitude 6.8 tremor in the east of the country the turkish emergency management agency says more than 400 rescue teams have been dispatched to help recovery and search efforts the quake's epicenter was 550 kilometers away from ankara and had a depth of 10 kilometers 2 people have been killed in the latest wave of anti-government protests in the iraqi capital baghdad medical and police sources say that one that was shot in the 2nd hit by a tear gas canister it was democrats in the senate impeachment trial of president trump have focused their arguments on abuse of power and on obstruction of call this trump is accused of withholding military aid to ukraine in exchange for an investigation into his political rival joe biden. and turkey's president says more military personnel are being sent to libya to train troops for the un recognized government of the hyundai the comments during a news conference with the german chancellor angela merkel those are the headlines of stay with us counting the cost this coming up next and my colleagues in the how we'll have more news for you in half an hour thanks for watching by. the prime minister's. mission is to. make this country the greatest place. i know the final run into the u.k.'s departure from the e.u. . hello i'm. counting the cost on al-jazeera your weekly look at the world of business and economics this week australia mining and climate change. this is called the fright. that was australia's prime minister 3 years ago and after 30 years of uninterrupted economic growth thanks to the extraction industry he would say that but now with the president of bushfires is it time to rethink its dependence on coal. and the thing is it can be done despite a bad economy and social 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