their anti-government demonstration. in the wheels have stopped spinning out india's textile industry has been badly hit by a slowing economy. starting with the latest on the corona virus outbreak which was of course declared a global health emergency by the w.h.o. and it is indeed spreading we've seen the 1st death outside of china reported in the philippines a 44 year old man from where the virus was 1st reported died in a hospital in manila on saturday also chinese officials have reported 45 new deaths it brings the death toll there to 304 with more than 14000 people confirmed to have the illness. for but. yesterday. well the chorus of that. he developed. in the last few days. however the. worst. chinese authorities have stepped up their efforts to fight the spread of the virus the eastern city of when john has become the 1st outside the epicenter of a province to go into virtual lockdown it is some 800 kilometers away from but people and when child can now only go out once every 2 days to by necessity public events have been cancelled schools and museums have been closed and more than 250 people in the city have tested positive for corona virus in hong kong to say this why don't you start in fact line with what is happening in hong kong and tell us about where you are. yes well there's a lot of concern clearly in hong kong about the fact that the number of cases of confirmed corona virus here could spike in the days ahead so if we only have 14 confirmed cases many people trying to get their hands on face masks there is a shortage of them still in the city some shops do have them as we've been reporting but the price is up fairly high that's adding to the concerns of people is that as of monday there's going to be at least medical stuff on duty because one of the unions has called for a strike so on monday around 3000 non-essential medical staff will walk off the job they are vowing to intensify their action throughout the course of the week if they demands met by the government one of the key demands is that they effectively close the border crossings between mainland china and hong kong they want mainland chinese to be stopped from coming into hong kong therefore to try to crack down to prevent out more coronavirus virus cases coming in to this city the government has already said it's not going to close the borders they have reduced the transport options available between the 2 areas but they're not going to close the border the chief executive of hong kong carrie lamb says that she really it goes to the sentiment of the world health organization that says that borders should be kept open for people and for trade in goods as well so it seems unlikely that the government is going to bow to that particular demand in this case ok what about the philippines. the i guess the key point with the man who's died there is that he was from han itself but the fact that it's happening outside of china it will cause concern. it certainly will i guess given that this virus is spreading to more and more countries it was inevitable that this was going to happen is probably the stock fact of the matter but yes the authorities in manila. the philippine government officials and the world health organization very keen to stress that this was not a localized transmission of the virus that the man 44 year old who died on saturday brought the virus you contract to the virus in on him who by a province he traveled on the 21st of january from mainland china via hong kong into the philippines 4 days later was hospitalized and then died on saturday with severe pneumonia he didn't travel from wu han alone he was with a 38 year old companion a chinese woman and it really is she was confirmed as being the 1st all to do the case of corona virus in the philippines she is isolation in a hospital in the announcement of the fatality came just hours after the government in manila announced that it is tightening its border controls its travel ban on chinese people traveling from china into the philippines that ban now stipulates that all foreigners traveling from china including hong kong and macau are now banned from entering the philippines not just chinese citizens but all foreigners and again that would appear to go against the world health organization guidelines but the philippines now it seems following the example set by the likes of australia new zealand the united states singapore all it should be pointed out are members of the world health organization but all of them introducing some form of travel ban thank you when high those updates coming from hong kong. more on the global response now to the crisis as we've been reporting the philippines in new zealand to become the latest countries to ban foreign tourists from entering if they have recently visited china south korea's ban any foreign nationals recently been to specifically more airlines are suspended funds to china you've got the u.s. carriers delta united american all counseling services also kataria waves vietnam airlines and other asian carriers and russia has said it is suspending all visa free travel for tourists to and from china the government's also stopped issuing visas to people who've recently been. a new zealand's prime minister just in the are done says the country is taking a precautionary approach new zealand permanent residents and citizens who have been in mainland china will continue to be able to return home they will be required to go into isolation for a period of 14 days for anyone who has visited mainland china and the last 14 days they will not be able to come in and remain within new zealand's borders restrictions will be placed at the border we will be reviewing that every 48 hours and health officials in new york say they're investigating a case of corona virus there there are now 8 confirmed cases in the united states the latest is in boston as gabriel is on there with more details. there are 3 in the state of california 2 in illinois one in the state of washington and one in the state of arizona the latest confirmed case comes from the state of massachusetts particularly the city of boston that's where officials there said it is a. man in his twenty's a college student who is a student at the university of massachusetts at the boston campus who had come back from china showed signs or symptoms of being sick was tested in the test came back positive he is now being held in isolation at his home in boston and being closely monitored 24 hours a day by medical officials there we also have from the city city of new york city the mayor bill the blast to confirming the 1st suspected case the u.s. is preparing potentially for hundreds if not thousands of people that they're repatriating from china or visitors that they need to quarantine and where they're going to put them or the department of health and human services has requested that the military set up some sort of quarantine areas on military bases and the pentagon confirm that they are doing that they're having beds if you will for as many as 2000 people to be quarantined they've already identified 3 different military bases where they will put these people that potentially could have coronavirus should this be necessary in the coming days all 3 major u.s. airlines united american and delta have canceled all of their flights to china however there are flights from chinese carriers that are coming to the u.s. still and those flights are all being diverted to 7 different international airports in the u.s. where there is going to be extensive extra scoop screening of all passengers who are either coming from china or could have come through china to the u.s. all of this is going to be starting on sunday. some thoughts now from doctor of in group who is the university of washington medical center he told us china has responded well to this outbreak but the virus has proved almost impossible to track . i have to applaud the chinese government because i think they've learned the lessons of 2003 with sars because corona virus this current virus is behaving very similarly to sars it kills elderly individuals more so than younger otherwise healthy individuals it seems like it's actually more transmissible than sars that if you are asymptomatic or if you are recovering from this illness you're so likely to transmitted that's why it's so concerning and frankly even more concerning than sars so i would say the chinese government has done has learned the lessons of the past they've there are some concerns that maybe they delayed their detection or weren't issuing red flag warnings as soon as the should have but they've done a lot and if it's true that if you're in asymptomatic individual that you can still transmitted and major studies in major medical journals have confirmed that then then the transmission patterns of corona virus are unlike anything we've ever seen previously with a droplet or airborne transmitted disease like flu or sars or murders this is different and this is concerning that's why our our pentagon in our our military services are setting up quarantine beds because what else are we going to do but the fact is you can't quarantine everybody's so i think we should all be prepared that case loads will increase i think i'm hearing numbers of 75000 just in who bay province we should expect that number we should expect the number of dead to increase we should think spec the number of suspected cases here are confirmed in the united states to increase as well and i think that should not be surprising to anyone of us. on to other news iraq's president bottom seller has named former communication minister mohammad allow me as prime minister designate but his appointment hasn't been welcomed in some areas where demonstrators have camped out for weeks demanding greater political reforms this report from simona fulton in baghdad. on. the the streets response to iraq's prime minister designate came fast and it was loud and clear the mohammed the law is rejected protesters in baghdad to hear square chanted on saturday night after 2 months of political deadlock president barham saleh chose mohamed allow it to replace other love the mahdi who resigned 2 months ago amid widespread anti-government protests days prior to allow his appointment we spoke to protesters in tahrir he had who saw him as another incarnation of a political system that has failed them a good model for sure he's rejected any person who has a relation with the parties from close or far is reject from all the people in general because for 16 years we haven't seen anything from them just destruction. indeed alawi is part and parcel of iraq's post 2003 political establishment a cousin of former vice president and prime minister ayad alawi he served as a member of parliament and communication minister but resigned in 2012 after he accused the government of sectarianism upon his appointment allow addressed iraqis in a late night speech pledging to address their demands. i want to point towards the necessity for the peaceful protests to continue that support reforms until they achieve their legitimate demands on the government start stage genuine reforms. just like his predecessor allow a promise to create jobs and fight corruption and he vowed to bring those responsible for the deaths of over $600.00 protesters to account. that we're going to investigate some bring those responsible for the violence against peaceful demonstrators to a town which. the prime minister designate has 30 days to form a cabinet which must be approved by a parliament that has been deeply divided over how to handle the latest crisis some factions have rejected allowed his appointment but influential shiite cleric mokhtar starter throw his weight behind him. i don't think he has support from all the political blocs but there are important political forces and i expect that the surge wrists movement will stand with him and if that's the case the other political blocs will do the sign it. for 4 months protesters have asked for a complete overhaul of the political system and then in the pendent head of state who isn't beholden to any domestic or foreign powers allow is appointment doesn't fulfill either of these demands but it could and the months of deadlock and pave the way for early elections and gradual reform. al-jazeera but that. we've also got imran khan then back to square the epicenter of anti-government protests he has more in the public mood of this new appointment. he is part of the political establishment but he has actually taken issue with his own party he was the communications minister nuri al maliki's government he actually resigned from that post because he felt that nuri al maliki was pushing forward sectarian policies that he simply couldn't agree with now he does have the backing of a key share cleric fatah the other who has one of the largest books in color but i don't know if you can see it but just back that way is a very key building if chakra square is the focal point then the turkish threshold as it's known is huge for 5 story building is the focal point of the focal point now they looked several side and his supporters they pulled out of the protest movement for a week but they're now back in and they've taken over that building and this is concerning to the protesters because they say they may well be cold to the protest movement but others say well actually we do need something political in order to push this forward so maybe we do have to deal with looks how to put all of this well is just is iraq in politics. in the news ahead. impoverished and ignored tripoli rises to become the heart of lebanon's protests and rolling back restrictions why the u.s. has changed its policy on the use of land mines. how the weather remains incredibly mild across a good parts of here we're still seeing that so wet that we need that cloudy weather tumbling in from the atlantic and that's bringing in that so that moderate in the process quite a keen a westerly wind drifting in pa so the southwest of france for example could get up into the low to mid twenty's over the next couple days something of a change on the down towards the balkans as we go through the next day or 2 at present as i said it's mild for getting up to 15 celsius in paris should be about 7 or 8 degrees london at 12 not doing too bad here but there is a fair amount of rain some of that rain will be rather heavy tended to snow some slushy snow just coming down over the alps that will push its way through southern parts of germany it's powdered into austria as well 3 celsius to 3 south again very mild here there we go with the wintry weather talking in just around the office to go on through monday but temperatures still very much on the high side wall cloud and rain coming through the sunshine the warm sunshine that's for the south are getting up into the high teens maybe 20 celsius here over the next couple days and some of these piles in the southwest will see those temperatures rising further the clear skies across the med they stretch their way into northern parts of africa fine try and warm here with highs about 20 degrees. talk to al jazeera we talk about 2 of the biggest problems facing and they all the endemic corruption and we listen so if you really put place china's enemy to help with and that's really than yours we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that matter just 0 context these are the 3 storytelling around the biggest issues done but had to do you should do it again. the 2nd to the top stories on al-jazeera this hour a man in the philippines become the 1st person to die from corona virus outside of china 304 people have now died within china and more than 14000 cases have been through. the philippines and new zealand have joined the u.s. and australia in banning entry to foreigners of recently visited china and in hong kong pressure is growing on the government to close its border with the mainland. and iraq has a new prime minister after months of political deadlock and anti-government protests but demonstrators say he's just part of the old ruling elite and they will continue to protest. the arab league has rejected donald trump's proposed middle east plan calling it unfair i don't emergency meeting in cairo palestinian president mahmoud abbas criticize the saying is people will never accept that the support from need abraham now in the occupied west bank. well palestinians were banking on the support of the arab league's faith and they got it. from the ministerial council confirms the palestinian government's rejection to the so-called deal of the century in its current form the council stressed that the acceptance of such a deal would mean waiving the historical rights of the palestinian people because it's considerably less than the legitimate ambitions of the palestinian people president mahmoud abbas detailed at length the reasons why the u.s. mideast plan should be rejected saying it adopts the israeli position in full leaving little or no room for any negotiation u.s. president donald trump has given the palestinians 4 years to engage with the plan but the best that is rated we use that time to push ahead with policies which are contrary to international law and further sort of defy the occupation and we're going to have the will and the coach the moment they said jerusalem is and next to israel i knew i have to say it loud and clear we will never accept that under any circumstances i will never sell jerusalem the arab league has presented the arab peace initiative from 2002 as a solution for the palestinian israeli conflict. it calls for the end of the israeli occupation before arab and islamic states normalize relations with israel that theist's iraq and the influence of the regional conflict led some states to go along with the us administration from iran pushed them closer to the main enemy israel reflected negatively on the obscene or the official level the palestinian leadership hopes that diplomatic pressure could help keep israeli plans in check but as things we spoke to here today say that they've been hearing similar statements from different organizations productive and their lives under occupation have only been getting worse there are no could not do it if the arabs are with us the u.s. and israel won't do this to us. are not waiting for the arabs they already sold us thought if we are split amongst ourselves what are we expecting from the palestinian officials say the arab league's position helps them rally support especially as the israeli prime minister promised to push for an extension as early as next week i do believe that the the rejection of this plan must must be. because it is illegal it's undermines the international law not only undermines the rights of the palestinian people the palestinian leadership is also looking for the backing of the african summit the organization of islamic cooperation and the united nations security council officials here say it's not the u.s. plan itself they fear it's how israel can use it. the occupied west bank protesters in lebanon have marched through its poorest city to show the government they are united in their calls for political change there is still widespread anger over corruption and mismanagement but this latest rally coming ahead of next week's confidence votes to approve a new cabinet. sort of how to reports now from tripoli. so. revolutionary songs play out says activists board buses taking them to tripoli it's the 1st time they've come together from different parts of the country to meet in the poorest city in lebanon on that we came from able to thank tripoli for all the birds everything she did for beirut and all every single egypt game yet also. that the mosque today is hand in hand so we're putting i would hunt together the fellow to handle one heart one blood and one heartbeat it was. just weeks ago protesters nationwide said a british forcing former prime minister side of these government to resign but they're still unhappy. they're concerned the new government is caught out of the same cloth a political elite that won't meet their demands and time soon if i take it is no love lost levon or maybe a different religious and even better shows background but they are here in tripoli to show you and they have one message for the new government is that they'll be stronger than ever and always fight for the right. the new cabinet is gz receive a vote of confidence in parliament next week but protesters don't trust those at the helm and to worried about the future. they've suffered for years from deep rooted corruption power cuts and the lack of basic public services they say their revolution is not dead yet despite dwindling numbers they are born the coalition who are really really urgent this is one is the economic crisis the is that and the benghazi of the court system 1st it's not that suburb and i hear more that the strip of the city going to be hard to come in there's a real sense of community at this demonstration from free soup kitchens to see a discussion forum bringing together different movements on civil societies listen to montevideo they talk about wanting a government that will be held accountable. and despite the diversity here they all agree on one thing they need to work hand in hand in challenging the governments and making sure their demands are met such a height of al-jazeera tragedy. supporters of the former ivory coast president have called for his release prosecutors at the international criminal court are preparing to appeal his acquittal on charges of crimes against humanity a hearing expected next week last year bank was acquitted of charges related to violence he lost the 2010 presidential election has been on a conditional release in belgium or prosecutors prepare the appeal the united states has rolled back restrictions on the use of landmines which have been banned by more than 100 countries arms control proponents have been quick to criticize the move which will allow the use of anti-personnel land mines in exceptional circumstances over schapelle has more a weapon of war than most countries believe should no longer be used and cannot be justified morally. anti-personnel land mines maim and kill thousands of innocent people each year often in places where fighting ended decades ago and while most of the world has banned them the u.s. says it's planning to use them again after more than 30 years a land mines are one of very many other important tools that our commanders need to have available to them on the battlefield to shape the battlefield and to protect our forces. with the change in policy u.s. forces will be able to use anti-personnel mines in future conflicts in certain circumstances. mines the pentagon says will be able to self-destruct or self deactivate without threatening civilians unlike the millions of mines that dot the korean demilitarized zone the obama administration committed the u.s. to destroy landmines stockpiles except those intended to defend south korea the last thing which we need is more land mines it's an incredibly reckless move is a very dangerous and even people will die as a result of this move it just for her normalizes peace is an obscene weapon they're not designed to be safe they're designed for one purpose and that is to kill after princess diana's walk through an angolan minefield helped galvanize the world to take action 80 percent of un member states have signed the mine ban treaty and destroyed more than $55000000.00 of them yet thousands of people continue to be killed and injured each year more than half of them children mostly and a handful of countries including afghanistan syria and ukraine the u.s. is unlikely to ever use landmines on its own soil and campaigners say the change in policy will put civilians at risk in future conflicts no matter how smart the minds become and al-jazeera. the economic slowdown in india is hurting the country's textile industry the workers have lost their jobs owners of the mill say the cheap imports are reduced export market higher taxes they're all to blame for the decline so how raman reports now from the state of punjab. there's an eerie silence at the textile factory the wheels of industry have come to a near grinding halt the majority of looms have been silent for 18 months it's only spoke to us on the condition of anonymity to protect what little he has left in terms of a business for us to follow the implementation of g.s.t. was not too many hassles and then economic downturn all over the world not just india but all over the world and too much ending in government policies too many trade barriers coming up in export markets. his concerns are shared by many of the 40000 textile factory owners of the city many say they see their profits plummet by 25 percent and had to lay off workers. for one industry leader the whole system needs to be looked at he says industrialists are having to make hard choices about where to invest and how many staff to employ. the government rushed to apply g.s.t. and hasn't got it right that's the funds are needed to complete the financial circle and keep businesses afloat they're not refunded and stuck with government so business men are dipping into profits to run their factories until they are reimbursed. factory producers clothing that is running smoothly despite the financial headwinds he told me it's tough to juggle both of you taxes keep products competitively priced and his $250.00 staff employed those in the textile industry are not the only ones concerned about the impact the economic slowdown is having the international monetary fund says the indian government needs to spend in areas such as construction and infrastructure to kick start the economy and they need to be evaluate their relationship with the nation's economic blocks to make that next . it's attractive. aurora has been designing high end we've been sweating clothing for 20 years her profits are down and she's had to lay off 20 percent of her seamstresses here are people just so they have reduced their are finding power on clothes they have been cut tailing on you know you go out on the putting up and investing on the right lot of the right time people don't worry about that they need a hand where they may even go for a commercial production. if you look fancy but it should be cheap and that is what people are looking for. the textile industry continues to discuss its financial woes with the government hoping both sides could find a way forward to secure jobs of the economic future with global demand down of the domestic market cautious about spending the future doesn't look too promising so robert al-jazeera looked down on the job. past the hour on al-jazeera and these are the headlines a man in the philippines has become the 1st person to die from corona virus outside china 44 year old man from the epicenter of the illness a woman who was with him also tested positive 304 people have now died within china and more than 14000 cases have been confirmed also the philippines in new zealand have joined the u.s. and australia in banning entry to foreigners have recently visited china and in hong kong pressure is growing on the government to close its border with the main land here is more from hong kong with wayne hay. there's going to be at least medical staff on duty because one of the unions has called for a strike so on monday around $3000.00 non-essential medical staff will walk off the job they are vowing to intensify their action throughout the course of the week if they demand met by the government one of the key demands is that they effectively close the border crossings between mainland china and hong kong they want mainland chinese to be stopped from coming into hong kong therefore to try to crack down to prevent more coronavirus virus cases coming in to this city the other headlines iraq has a new prime minister after months of political deadlock on anti-government protests former communications minister mohamad allow he was named prime minister designate by the president but i'm salah the demonstrators say he's a part of the old ruling elite and so they will continue protesting. the arab league has rejected u.s. president donald trump's proposed plan for the middle east calling it unfair at an emergency meeting in cairo palestinian president mahmoud abbas says his people will never accept that protesters are gathered in lebanon's poorest city tripoli to demonstrate against the new government it comes ahead of next week's confidence votes in that new cabinet the government was named in january amid nationwide protests and an economic crisis and supporters of the former ivory coast president their own backbone have called for his release prosecutors of the international criminal court are preparing to appeal his acquittal on charges of crimes against humanity that that hearing is expected next week. and you are up to date with the headlines we're back with more right after talk to al-jazeera. we understand the difference ace and some americans have cultures across the wound so matter how you tell came out you see a friend that means and current affairs that matter to you. count is there. to see. the nile at almost 7000 kilometers it's africa's longest river. its waters run through 11 countries. and for the 218000000 people living along its banks the nile symbolizes life itself just as it did for those who settled along the river centuries ago. but a huge new project in ethiopia has triggered a major dispute with the church. and scientists are warning construction of the renascence down aimed at massively increasing ethiopia's electricity supply could cause irreversible damage not only in egypt.