warning about food security in east africa after 200000000000 locusts wiped out crops in one of the worst insect invasions ever. to begin with the growing corona virus outbreak that's casting a shadow over the chinese lunar new year a doctor treating patients in china has become the latest victim of the virus that death toll brings the number of those killed to 42 with more than 1300 others infected malaysia is the latest country to report cases of the virus infections have also reached europe with 3 patients confirmed in paris in an effort to contain it spread the chinese government has expanded its travel restrictions now affecting 36000000 people. jim brown is live for us in hong kong with the latest right now how much celebration is left in the lunar new year right now. well i would describe the mood here as being pretty flat very subdued there is no real outward signs of panic it has to be said but i think there is a growing sense of unease as this virus continues to spread a number of lunar new year events have been cancelled or a soccer tournament also a carnival but it's also becoming noticeable that face masks are becoming more difficult to purchase they're there but you've got to look very hard to try to find them we've been hearing today somebody from one of hong kong's leading microbiologists talk to you in kwok you'll know he was heavily involved in the fight against the sars epidemic 17 years ago and he's been saying that he wants the government to extend the lunar new year holidays for children currently on a break for a lunar new year until the 10th of february the same goes for university student he says that everybody going out in public should now wear a face mask and he says the next few days are going to be absolutely crucial in trying to contain this virus and to prevent it spreading he's also expressed a common concern among medical experts who are grappling with this virus around the world and that is the long incubation period the virus appears to have it could be more than several days which means that somebody could cross over to hong kong from the mainland and then pass it on unknowingly to somebody else and also we have to remember the people who have the who may be carrying this virus are not displaying any obvious signs of illness it's a very deceptive silent killer this particular virus we're all so we'll also being talking sami to a doctor in hong kong to represent 6000 public sector doctors and she is very skeptical of. about the official information we've been getting from the authorities in the mainland and one of the reasons for that of course is that they of the sars legacy 17 years ago when we know now that the government tried to sit on official information and to cover it up she points out to the fact that you know this outbreak actually began signs of the disease 1st began to appear in at the end of november but it's not clear she says when the chinese authorities actually notified the world health organization or thanks so much adrian brown there laura birdman layers more on the measures beijing is taking to try and contain the outbreak it's now business time scale workers have just days to flatten this land and construct a 1000 beds health center on this 25000 square meters site in 100 city it's part of china's urgent battle to control the spread of the crew in a virus videos such as this one have gone viral on social media an unidentified female voice says 3 parties covered with blankets have been lying in the packed corridors of a hospital in ruhani. as more cases they reported around the world it's still not clear how many people could be infected at 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 many streets and markets are empty in one hand where the 1st outbreak emerged and all public transport has been shut down cases the corona virus and now confirmed in nearly every province of china. health officials in france have reported cases of the virus it makes them the 1st confirmed in europe this is i wanted to communicate about the fact that the patient who was hospitalized in bordeaux and talked about on social networks is indeed a confirmed case of the corona virus. could only wish for travelers coming back from china it's important to check oneself and come the 1st risperidone symptom or fever you should go to the emergency room or call a doctor and hear new year's celebrations are being canceled in cities across china including the capital beijing shanghai disneyland parts of china's great wall will be closed but millions of people are traveling both in china and brought ahead of the new year's celebrations increasing the risk that the virus may spread further. i don't think this virus has been properly controlled i just came back to china i read a lot of news and ned i'm not very satisfied with how the government prevented in control of the disease i'm very afraid of getting infected now it's on china and health experts around the globe to track and hoped the fast spreading infection. manly al-jazeera research is a john hopkins university in the us or mapping the spread of the virus the bright orange dots show the areas in china where cases have now been confirmed the majority of those are in hawaii province where the 1st outbreak was reported transportation has been shut down shut rather in at least 13 chinese cities across the world there have been confirmed cases now in southeast asia australia the u.s. and now europe. and search and rescue efforts are underway in turkey after a powerful earthquake struck in the east of the country late on friday at least 20 people have been killed and more than 1000 are injured buildings collapse near the epicenter of the magnitude 6.8 quake in allows that province emergency crews are searching for people feared trapped in the rubble. of the epicenter was in a town of about 4000 people in the sparsely populated province of. that's about 700 kilometers east of the capital ankara. and this was the moment the quest quake struck interrupting live broadcasts many people rather outdoors for safety those with damaged homes are still afraid to return ballot is the u.n. called or later for the i could search and rescue association the largest turkish aid group assisting in the earthquake rescue effort he joins us now on skype from bath in the united kingdom good to have you with us let's start with the the casualty situation the health minister says 30 people are trapped residents are under the rubble in allows it alone what's the likelihood we could see people pulled out of the rubble alive. well we're still in a very unlikely window with the 1st 72 hours after the earthquake is very very critical most rescues in this window we do should be conducted by people locals and neighbors but search and rescue teams got to the scene now rather quickly and 30 is a good number and i would say at this point it is still a good likeness to that number. how are the search and rescue efforts proceeding this is. a rather sparsely if not remote area right. that's correct but we have there are 2 well 2 provinces were hit by the earthquake and as a both have fully functional airports i believe both can help how wide body aircraft so that deployment of search and rescue efforts were not a problem mobile communications were up or running if not they were not even the destructor for a little bit as far as i recall and so for a earthquake scenario their response and the coordination communication has been pretty much text but in this case ok are they facing a search and rescue effort is facing any particular challenges that need to be dealt with. the biggest challenge here is the with temperature conditions as a is over night with the chill feels like chill factor it gets about minus 10 or more degrees celsius and people in the who are trapped in the rubble is or facing quite low temperatures other than that most buildings in the area are made of concrete and mud brick the mud brick buildings obviously collapse much sooner and. the likelihood of every changing lives make tens or if reaching confirmed by victims under a mud brick buildings is is a little bit lower than that of concrete buildings which will tend to collapse have with some voids. where through which the victims can breathe through so the building structures and the temperature low temperatures are the 2 biggest challenges faced by all the teams on the ground no turkey tightened its construction cut off of the powerful earthquakes in the 1999 right on those rules widely observed in places like. they are i mean with the resources that local governments will have local response mayors offices day after of the year by st codes and it has still significantly improved since then but is there still a large room for improvement that is correct earthquakes don't kill people buildings kill people so. there's a lot of room for improvement but we've got a long way gone quite for since 99 did residents get much of a warning that it was coming. well there isn't a technically there isn't a clique successful early warning system in place there is always there is always scientists on t.v. on national television warning the fault lines and consider this is the 2nd most active fault line after the northern northwest ratatouille intro line in turkey. people who are what who have a level of awareness will have known that something's bound to happen. like it people who watch t.v. nationally they will know that people who are warning about such earthquakes but. after and after people close to do programs they tend to forget so that's just unfortunate. it's not just specific to turkey so we're doing what we can in terms of operations well i thank you very much for sharing your thoughts and good luck with the rescue effort thank you sir. iraqi security forces of stone that anti-government sit in and burned protesters tents as they attempted to disperse demonstrators in the southern city of basra there lee $500.00 people have been killed during protests since october there is anger over unemployment a lack of public services and corruption. 2 protesters have been killed another anti government rally in iraq's capital baghdad police use live ammunition and tear gas to disperse demonstrates is blocking a highway medical and police sources say one person died after being shot in another after being hit by a take last hamster. still out on al-jazeera the final day of arguments why the prosecution have been heard in trumps in pietschmann trial to bring you the highlights. and the death of a young man highlights the appalling conditions of migrants held in detention camps in libya. how it was still got some rather disturbed weather pushing into the southwest of here a little curl of cloud here that says what remains of storm gloria further showers longer specify the winds are starting to waist i'm pleased to say the rain not quite as intense we will see some pretty intense rainfall and some rather strong winds grassy pushing in from this system out in the atlantic that will bring some rather wet weather into western parts of the british isles as we go on through the next couple days pushing further south we go with the showers easing out to push go back into spain mainly of rain see temperatures to madrid around 10 degrees celsius to the east of that should be fine and dry although there will still be a few showers you know just easing across into italy and more so into the box as we go on into sunday some showers once again affecting some. piles of france by sunday that wet weather that we've got pushing into western parts of the british isles will slot across well scotland and a good part of england through the course of the day the race is generally dry staying mild in moscow temps is once again getting about phrasing cause of around 2 degrees celsius they want across in all the possible africa generally try here that wessel weather that we do have around the iberian peninsula will once again bring some lively showers into the funnel on the rock this weekend. for. the 21st century began with extraordinary economic growth across much of latin america. but since this halted in 2008 has been a political shift to the right on a continent to us socialism on strive to. actual land politician goes on a journey to mean leading leftwing ficus to understand why that politics have lost ground so dramatic a. latin america a giant in time oil on al-jazeera. welcome back you're watching al-jazeera time to recap our headlines now malaysia has become the latest country to report cases of the deadly coronavirus the outbreak has also reached europe france's health ministry says 3 infected individuals are being closely monitored. a doctor treating patients in china's away province has become the latest person did die from the virus the death toll has now climbed to 42. search and rescue efforts are underway in turkey after a powerful earthquake struck to the east of the country late on friday at least 20 people were killed and over 1000 injured following the magnitude 6.8 quake. a palestinian child is disappearance sparked protests in east jerusalem on friday died after he was found in critical condition medics reportedly tried to revive 8 year old will say. of the finding him in a water drain near where he went missing tensions have been high since the boy disappeared protesters demanding a search for 2 with police outside the settlement in occupied east jerusalem on friday u.s. democrats have wrapped up the final day of opening arguments in the impeachment trial of president donald trump they cuse him of being the ringleader in efforts to push ukraine to investigate political rival joe biden later on saturday white house lawyers will get their say to argue in trump's defense have returned see reports from washington. so ordered senators adjourned. on friday democratic party house managers concluded their opening arguments against donald trump over 3 sessions they meticulously presented their case the trump abuse the office of the president in an attempt to gain a competitive advantage against his democratic rival joe biden by attempting to blackmail the ukrainian president president tried to cheat he got caught and then he worked hard to cover it up only his will goes he is a dictator this must not stand and that is why another reason he must be removed from office and that the president obstructed congress as a probe his alleged wrongdoing by withholding evidence and intimidating potential witnesses it's simple the president abuse the powers. by the american people in a skiing to suppress evidence that skate accountability and orchestrate a massive cover up any did so in plain sight and his obstruction remains ongoing now it's up to the president's lawyers to make their case we're going to rebut and refute and we're going to put on an affirmative case tomorrow unlike the democrats the white house lawyers are not expected to use all of their time they will be assured morning session on saturday but their arguments are expected to start in earnest on monday donald trump has made it clear that he wants his case made in weekday t.v. primetime and not during the weekend the white house will argue that it was in the national interest to ask the ukrainian president for an investigation into biden and his son and potential conflicts of interest why did hunter biden hold a lucrative position at an allegedly corrupt ukrainian energy company despite having no expertise in the area while his father was vice president why they opened up the door. why does a double door on the hunter biden joe biden. i guess they figure that was it their way of getting ahead of it we will address it in addition they will argue that it is the democrats who are abusing their power as they seek to overturn the results of the 2016 election and influence the next and violate the constitutionally mandated separation of powers between congress and the president there are signs here is that it's still very unlikely that any witnesses will be cool so the white house is still on track for an acquittal of the president before the state of the union address on february the 4th forever times the al-jazeera washington. a military judge in the u.s. says it's his decision not the government's where the interrogation techniques used on 911 suspects will be described as tortured joining the trial that could affect how their cases are treated he made his comments as the 1st week of a pretrial hearing wrapped up a kuantan of a ballet was it in jordan was that it's the 1st time psychologist james mitchell has testified in court about his work for the cia after september 11th and mitchell was both combative and proud of his work as a contract interrogator what he called life saving questioning techniques lawyers for the $911.00 defendants called torture meaning they shouldn't be convicted much less executed in his mind the coercive physical pressures which includes but it is not everything is the critical defining element the fact that people are being held in isolation for years incommunicado from their families told that they're going to die there and lack all ordinary protections of a person in prison. is outrageous mitchell testified he waterboard khalid shaikh muhammad and abu zubaida something he said he found upsetting but he said stab cia interrogators regularly crossed the line forcing detainees to kneel backwards with a broomstick behind their knees depriving them of sleep food and clothing or in the case of. letting roky interrogators slam him into a wall over and over for practice both the defendants and 11 relatives of people killed in the attacks listened to mitchell's testimony on friday they watched mitchell and mr lawyer walton ruiz tangle over how saif treatment in detention at guantanamo i wanted to establish the basically triple roles that he had right. intelligence. collection the briefer and psychologist write. in to. illustrate or at lease they the foundation for. why that is so. damaging jim mitchell has been trying to show all week that he was one of the good guys during a period of high fear and anxiety in the united states the military judge in this case has yet to rule whether what mitchell and other interrogators did to detainees in fact constitute torture that decision could one day affect how both prosecutors and the defense lawyers prepare their cases for trial rosalyn jordan al-jazeera guantanamo. and irish judges agreed to the extradition of a lorry driver wanted in connection with the deaths of $39.00 vietnamese migrants a man harrison will be sent to the u.k. to face charges of manslaughter and human trafficking unless his lawyers women appeal the victims' bodies were discovered last october inside of trial which harrison allegedly delivered the container was found in essex just outside of london. the death of a teenage eritrean boy in a tripoli detention camp this week has highlighted the plight of more than 40000 africans living in makeshift centers in libya most have been detained while attempting to cross into europe aid agencies say conditions are appalling tony berthing visited one detention center near the libyan capital. driven by poverty or pushed by fear and persecution either way most migrants escaping their homeland mostly in sub-saharan africa end up here on the coast of north africa libya can be the start of a bright new life for the beginning of a nightmare in the capital tripoli thousands wait each day for the chance of manual work the money they earn is used on a mediterranean crossing to europe sent back to their families or to buy food they come with a dream but the reality of life here is far from a dalit and there's there's i came here to make money and it's better than staying in your own country because here your mind is more free but now there isn't work like before you sometimes don't even have enough to eat. they won't openly say they want to go to europe that would provoke arrest but most not all want to. joshua made that crossing in spent 6 years in europe before being deported from austria last year his dream was to become a rap artist but he found only hardship and difficulty in europe i can make money if the people are living abroad so i decided to work my morning. and go back to my country and establish my talent because i'm a good musician. but you can tell from the drain faces that optimism among many african migrants is in short supply these africa workers do their jobs that they don't want to do they earn just a few dollars a day but it's still more than they can earn in their own countries they often live in basic deprived conditions but even so in some respects they are the lucky ones these migrants are some of the estimated 40000 detained in libya most were arrested trying to cross the mediterranean sea to europe at this center in zawiya west of tripoli there are almost 500 detainees some of whom have been held for 4 years many of applied for political asylum or settlement in europe it's a place of bad living conditions and broken dreams 16 year old adel de brett see on a skate political persecution in eritrea with a dream of a new life his life ended in a detention center in tripoli when he died in mysterious circumstances aid organizations say that getting explanations and access to migrant centers isn't easy it is a sovereign state and where we can advocate to. improve the conditions close the centers and find alternatives to this approach but. in the state that the country is in right now. it's a very very difficult undertaking. the cash strapped internationally recognized libyan government says it's doing its best under the circumstances but can't adequately help its own people who've been displaced in the conflict let alone migrants that's no comfort to a large who is from nigeria she's been in detention for nearly 4 years 3 of her 5 children have been born in centers and she's been caught trying to reach europe 4 times my kids are going through a lot of risk going through crises. going through they risk on the sea they are gone. and that makes i'm not proud of myself i'm ashamed of myself because i kept on asking myself why am i brought them to this one. but the migrants have learned to cope with hardship and limited choices they've had to the so-called crossing season with karma seize in the mediterranean is approaching and many will be making the choice of either sticking with what they have or gambling on a dangerous voyage and the unknown prospects in a europe which is not as welcoming as it once was tony berkeley al-jazeera tripoli . plagues of locusts swarming in their billions across kenya somalia and ethiopia have triggered calls from the un for international help kenya is facing its largest invasion in 7 decades the insects can eat their own way to food every day and have destroyed thousands of kilometers props the u.n. is concerned this will further threaten food supplies in the east africa and seasonal rains last month of course the local population to boom dominic burgeon is the director of the united nations food and agriculture organizations emergency and resilience division he spoke to us from the kenyan capital way he's responding to the situation. i mean the locusts worms are spreading throughout africa as a matter of fact there is being a cyclonic sembler cycle and one that is brought very humid conditions to the eastern africa creating very focal conditions for the locusts to erupt so no we have seen the development of locusts they already impact on some crops and especially on raids on us year that are so essential for the past or if we see that it's you know many in the region but not the problem is that locust are getting matcher saw that there are there actually. yes eggs on them they take that would be very soon and that will lead to a new generation of locusts which this time will come at a time for the planting of the next in the region that will come around march april so it means that at that time we run the risk of really having the crop at risk and therefore to have a situation where the $11900000.00 people are worried the severely food insecure in kenya formerly in georgia with see their security situation further deteriorate. and you can get much more on those stories if you head over to our website at al-jazeera dot com. has take you through some of the year's headlines now malaysia has become the latest country to report cases of the coronavirus the outbreak has also reached europe france's health ministry says 3 infected individuals are being closely monitored a doctor treating patients in china as who by province has become the latest person to die from the virus the death toll has now climbed to 42 the outbreak was 1st reported on new year's eve search and rescue efforts are underway in turkey after a powerful earthquake struck in the east late on friday at least 20 people have been killed and more than 1000 injured following the magnitude 6.8 quake. iraqi security forces a storm that anti government sit in and burnt processes tents as they tried to disperse demonstrators in the southern city of basra nearly $500.00 people have been killed during protests since october there's anger of unemployment a lack of public services and corruption. a palestinian child whose disappearance sparked protest in east jerusalem has died on friday after being found in critical condition medics reportedly tried to revive a 2 year old will say a word on the after finding him in a water drain tensions have been high since the boy disappeared. an irish judges agreed to the extradition of a lorry driver wanted in connection with the deaths of $39.00 vietnamese migrants a man harrison will be sent to the u.k. to face charges of manslaughter and human trafficking unless his lawyers win an appeal the victims' bodies were discovered last october inside a trailer charis and allegedly delivered. locals swarming in their billions of cross kenya somalia and ethiopia have triggered calls from the un for international help kenya is facing its largest invasion in 7 decades. tributes have been paid to one of the key architects of the northern ireland peace process seamus mallon died at the age of $83.00 the news continues on al-jazeera after inside story so stay with us. there is no channel that covers moral views like we do. because like nothing you ever. really want to know how these things and people. that they can stay even when they're no not at 1. 1000 really invest that as a journalist. china is stepping up efforts to contain a new corona virus outbreak but people abroad have already been affected so are these efforts enough or is the world witnessing the start of a global epidemic this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i'm. trying is reporting people with coronavirus outside the epicenter of the outbreak have now died this is health authorities fear around the world the infection rate could increase during what's usually china's busiest travel period of the year hundreds of millions of chinese are preparing to celebrate the lunar new year although beijing has canceled all 'd 'd public celebrations and has a death toll rises more countries are taking their own precautions scott hi there has me.