court not in 5 of the 29 years old and old is a rerun. we begin with breaking news out of hong kong which has reported its 1st death from the coronavirus it's the 2nd fate talented from the virus outside of mainland china but on monday hong kong closed 10 of its 13 borders with mainland china in a bid to stop the spread of the virus but medical workers have been demanding that the border be completely shut well 425 people are now known to have died from the virus within china and there's more than 20000 confirmed cases the virus is continuing to spread elsewhere with more than 150 cases confirmed in 23 countries with agent brown joins us live now from hong kong adrian so confirmation then that one man in the territory has died from the virus what more can you tell us. well according to hong kong officials that this man was certainly 9 and he was the man responsible for the 1st person to person transmission here in hong kong which was confirmed on monday evening the other person being his mother now the person who has died had an underlying condition which is also the case with many other people who have been dying on the mainland so outside of the mainland this is a 2nd person to have died from the virus the other case being in the philippines now all this happened daryn just hours after kerry land the chief executive of hong kong announced she was shutting down more of hong kong's border with china behind me is the bridge to china that is still open one of 3 links to the outside world that is remaining open the other being the international airport and another crossing point nearby chen zen bay now carol lam of course has been under mounting pressure to close all of the border she says she's not going to do that because to do so would be to go against the guidelines of the world health organization there's also another important factor daryn there are plenty of people who live in hong kong but cross the border every day to the city of shenzhen where they work and then come back again in the evening on sunday up to 100000 people went backwards and forwards across this border most of them were hong kong chinese citizens we also have to remember of course but hong kong is is reliant on the mainland for things like vegetables and milk that has to be trucked in every day so there are practical reasons also says the chief executive for making sure that the front here in parts remains open and they join is day 2 of that medical workers strike with doctors and nurses expected to join tell us what's been happening. well there is a protest taking place at the moment outside the hospital authority which is responsible for more than 40 of hong kong's public hospitals the strike appears to be gaining momentum on monday around about 2 and a half 1000 doctors and nurses decided to stay home not to work that meant that a number of operations had to be cancelled including cancer patients now it seems that more doctors and nurses have joined this action that of course is a deepening concern to the chief executive kerri lamb and she's been speaking about the actions of the doctors this morning and once more saying that her priority is the health of the hong kong people let's listen to what she had to say i certainly would not agree with the allegation that we saw a doctor not addressing this public health concern adequately and certainly i don't agree with the allegation that we are putting politics of public health this is a public health situation and we are assisted by our experts and both external and in-house to tackle it is very important situation. and down i just want to update you on the situation in the womb han on choose day morning one of those hospitals which is being assembled in record time to accept patients has now begun accepting patients around about 50 who have been admitted to that mobile hospital another 3 hospitals of course are also under construction i don't monday night there was an important meeting of the politburo standing committee this is the most powerful body in all of china of course it includes the chinese president xi jinping and that body made a rare it mission saying there had been deficiencies and shortcomings in the way that china had responded to the emergency and said that those officials who had failed would be punished and said the china really had to improve the way that it responded to national emergencies in the future so that sort of language very rare indeed aaron all right adrian brown there in hong kong adrian thank you now the race to decide who will be democratic challenger in november as u.s. presidential election is now underway candidates are facing their 1st big test in iowa and the results are seen as an indicator of who will go on to face donald trump in november well unlike primaries these are caucuses run by the parties themselves people meet in small gatherings in churches and town halls rather than in official polling centers in the focus is on face to face and gauge went caucuses have been held in more than 1600 venues as well as other locations outside of the state the last for democrats to win iowa all went on to win the party's nomination on along with their backers this year's candidates who spent nearly $80000000.00 on iowa t.v. and radio ads in the lead up to the vote let's bring in alan fischer who's in des moines iowa for us now and so we're expecting the democratic results within the next hour or so any indication yet allan as to who's ahead. you know we're getting a few early results normally would have a lot more by this stage which suggests that this process has been long and complicated largely because of the size of the field but also because some precincts not all of them some precincts are reporting a record so this is going to change but from the very early results can tell you that pete buthe judge is surprisingly leading with bernie sanders in 2nd place you remember that bernie sanders came 2nd 4 years ago to hillary clinton just natalie and he's expected to top the poll here so we expect that position to change but the fact that pete booted gedge is doing so well he's a 30 year old mia from south bend in indiana the youngest candidate in the field someone who's talked about generational change in the democratic party and that message seems to be appealing to a number of people joe biden currently sitting in 3rd place we're expecting him to drop which would be a bad night for joe biden because he was the vice president during the obama presidency he's got a lot of big name indorsements he spent a lot of time here in iowa he put out a statement earlier this evening just a couple of hours ago saying that his fight goes on so he is obviously expecting not to have a good night elizabeth warren is sitting in 4th place in him equal bush or is having a good night as well she's in 3rd place that's probably enough just to keep her in the race after this but as a say that can all change these are early results but certainly would appear that bernie sanders and people to judge are going to be the 2 going to talk about having a very very good night in iowa what alan so that's the democrats let's talk about the republicans because their caucuses have already happened no doubt as to who is the winner. none at all in fact if you look at the big screen behind me they're projecting the results as they're coming in the 95 percent of the counties reporting it's a lot easier for the republicans because it's very clear there's only 3 candidates in the race as well donald trump has 96.7 percent of the vote that is probably reflective of the level of support he enjoys in the republican party at the moment william weld former governor of massachusetts the sitting in 2nd place and joe walsh former congressman from illinois in 3rd expect him to drop william weld was in not least because of the next contest is in new hampshire is right next to massachusetts bill weld is expected to do well there because of the spillover that he gets and people in new hampshire will know his name but no one's going to challenge donald trump for the republican nomination that's not unusual incumbents tend to to do incredibly well in these situations and donald trump is going to do well here but all eyes on the democrats just to reiterate what we've been seeing early results very early results we're talking about less than 100 precincts of more than a 1000 that have to report people to judge in 1st place bernie sanders and 2nd joe biden and 3rd elizabeth warren and 4th amy klobuchar and 5th the others are clearly not at the races as far as iowans are concerned at the moment right alan fischer there in des moines allan thank you. well john hendren has more from iowa's biggest schools gathering in des moines. now a lot of people are coming here for the 1st time according to our n.b.c. entrance poll one 3rd of the people who have walked into the doors of many recent are new voters and suggest there's a high turnout and that suggests people are very excited about this going to step out of the way and just show you a little of what is going on here right now if you look to the cameras extreme left this group here just over the basketball basket those are supporters of bernie sanders and they just have a no vote to clear the 50 percent they need in order to be viable if you look at one over that he crowned for peace through georgia and one more is amy quote which are which you can't see right now. joe biden and it was about one of the supporters they have all park rides with more than 15 percent in vision or one precinct happens to be the biggest precinct in the state of iowa but most voters are just looking for a winning candidate a lot of those in that entrance poll say they have to make up their mind read until recent days 63 percent say they would rather have someone that beats trump than somebody who agrees with them now turkey says its military has hit several syrian government targets killing dozens of troops the strikes from nonstop to 5 to his soldiers and 3 civilians were killed by shelling in syria's rebel held in the province so he's now sent more reinforcements to ban is threatening further action gupta reports. towns and villages and don't press syria under attack by government jets. a grim reality throughout the 90 s. civil war. for the 1st time the government assault and it has put turkey on the syrian regime in a direct military confrontation an. os off to turkey sent military reinforcements into syria which he says was to prevent more bloodshed in the province its soldiers and civilians came under attack prompting a retaliation from ancora yeah a good day. how is all of this in a what we see is an aerial assault by regime forces an adlib which resulted in a people dying by soldiers and 3 civilians and we concluded that it was unacceptable and retaliation was carried out. the u.n. says it's along this escalation underscores yet again the threat to regional and international peace and security post caused by the ongoing conflict in syria. we also remain deeply concerned by the continue reports of civilian casualties large scale displacement of civilians. turkey says nearly a 1000000 people are moving towards its border to escape the relentless bombing campaign by the syrian government it's fast capturing towns and villages in it live aleppo provinces leaving destroyed neighborhoods and devastated families homeless once again in syria's harsh winter. this found the if 9 never stood a chance or do you know that a general can in is he these people were coming they were displaced we heard the airstrike we came running and found the bus burning inside it there were bodies small children. over the past few weeks syrian government forces have been trying to secure 2 major highways that link cities under government control and isolate the rebels the m 4 highway runs from west to east and the m 5 highway from north to south connecting aleppo to the capital damascus and latakia after the latest russian backed government advance some turkish observation posts built to monitor a cease fire need lib are now surrounded the russians are saying nothing really happened now turkey bombardment kind of in denial meaning that. we use wiggling space to try and find some kind of magic formula to prevent the herd on collision the russian military 1st say have their own political interests inside syria where they're with one help the syrian regime to quins out their. strategies on the battlefield with dangerous consequences and a tragic human cost priyanka gupta al-jazeera. time for a short break here now is iraq when we come back air pollution in many is basically resulting in a public health crisis with elections on the horizon a call for action from residents of one of the world's most polluted cities. and indigenous leaders called on the british government to help stop the exploitation of the amazon more on that stay with us. how i once again we've got some rather nasty weather making its way across north america at the moment this big massive cloud spilling out of the rockies that's been producing a fair amount of snow that will drive its way further east what's as because through tuesday some heavy rain as well across the plains there pushing up towards the appalachians 19 celsius in dallas on tuesday afternoon make the most of that top temperature of around 3 degrees as we go through wednesday some snow tumbling in the west the weather making its way towards the eastern seaboard in the eventually pushing up towards the northeast into that eastern side of kind of the back across the northwest of the usa west apostle kind of around b.c. still plenty of rain sleet and snow we had a state of emergency declared here just around the border through the weekend more unsettled weather to come over the next couple of days not too much sunset weather meanwhile across the caribbean it's the aussie fada dry we got a little rash of showers which will fade their way through the greater antilles quite a keen a steely few showers around the western side of the region as a result of that but over towards us you might just catch want to shout into the leeward just a fine and dry it'll stay fat and dry too for trinidad to bike with lots of lovely tropical sunshine. capturing a moment in time. the snapshots of other lives. of the stories. provided tips into someone else's well out dated one due date or. inspiring documentaries from impassioned filmmakers. like the witness on al-jazeera. welcome back a quick amount of our top stories here on the news has reported its 1st death from corona virus is the 2nd fate tallackson from the paris outside of china the territory has closed 10 of its 13 borders with mainland china in a bid to stop the spread of the corona virus. the months long race to decide who will be the democratic challenger in the u.s. presidential election has officially begun candidates are facing their 1st big test in iowa results were seen as an indicator of who would want to challenge donald trump in november. and turkey says its military is hit several syrian government targets killing dozens of troops it follows the deaths of 5 to 2 soldiers and 3 civilians by shelling in syria's rebel held it live province. now the 14 children have been killed in a stampede at a primary school in western kenya 40 other deaths students have been seriously injured police say the stampede happened when panic broke out a students were leaving school it's unclear what caused the panic and investigation is now under way. malawi's constitutional court has an old last year's disputed presidential election citing widespread irregularities the vote in may return peace and with a recount of power for a 2nd term sparking opposition protests a new election must be held within 150 days. in the capital the long way. it was a unanimous decision 5 constitutional court judges now if i'm a presidential election result say did not win a 2nd term fresh elections have to be held within 150 days opposition leaders who are caught welcome the ruling of all the judgments of the justices be very old. for the colemans after reading the final thank you we came to seek justice for just got was liberations erupted in opposition strongholds judges said they were team in the inconsistency is in may selection some people may have voted more than once there was ballot stuffing and some figures which changed using typewriter correction fluid holding another election in a few months will be elections to call nightly on the point to say they want guarantees that will be no repeat of the widespread irregularities and vote rigging that damaged election. in 2017 king a supreme court and not that country's presidential election because if you regularities malawi is not the 2nd sub-saharan country to have a presidential fact overturned there will no longer be an attempt but in there that problem if your possible to do certain things and the heart. of a the point to you need to work back on the road with. you on the 1st part of the forward should not start looking at the 5th or him. that he would be even go to secure or assure over a free and fair trial. for months they've been demonstrations in several parts of the country over. some of those have been filed. with erica's really d.p.p. party can appeal a constitutional supreme court no one from the party was willing to go on camera after monday's constitutional court ruling the country is tense early on monday the streets of the capital eerily quiet many people chose to stay at home not sure what's going to happen next how a reader a relation is handled could improve or deepen political and economic crisis. now it's one of the world's most polluted cities and as the people of new delhi prepared to vote in local elections this week many are demanding action to improve quality in the indian capital last year. were 40 times the limit set by the world health organization is a problem reports. jane up a me that lives in one of the poorest neighborhoods of the delhi region it's also one of the most polluted the tiny home she shares with 6 other members of her family backs on to the 2nd biggest dumping ground in the city toxic air from the dump is just one of the hazards that the 40000 residents of bias will have to live with. the doctor says that besides my lungs my kidneys are also affected now he told me to stop going to the landfill that you're not going to live a very long but i said if i stop going to the landfill who's going to feed my children. jane ob and others and make a living by sorting and separating waste they held a town hall meeting ahead of elections to ask politicians what they're doing about the environment the candidate of prime minister and that in the more days the party told us that was not their priority. we don't treat this as one of our election. election as said by honorable prime minister. but it's not just people who live in the delhi regions illegal slums who are affected new delhi's equality sees it consistently ranked as one of the most polluted cities in the world in this neighborhood people are not waiting for others to tackle the problem the traders association and this market have installed the 7. f. filters that clean the air pollutants as it passes through them but environmentalists say such towers only create a clean is on them and a lot of solution for the whole city. the towel was put up after air pollution levels reached 40 times higher than the amount deemed healthy by the world health organization late last year air pollution in is basically rose. health crisis it's not just a pollution problem anymore it's also a public health problem. a problem politicians say they're addressed by improving public transport and planting more trees but jane i had made doubts whoever wins the election would do anything to improve the lives of the people of. elizabeth brandon al-jazeera new delhi meanwhile the world health organization is warning of a 60 percent increase in cancer cases over the next 20 years if the quality gap in treatment between rich and poor countries is allowed to continue cancer as the world's 2nd leading cause of death but in a new report the w.h.o. says at least $7000000.00 lives could be saved over the next decade of treatment is improved in low income countries. human rights groups say migrant workers in lebanon are being increasingly exploited as the country suffers from a deepening economic crisis foreign workers are excluded from labor more protections now many are being paid in local currency and sort of the dollars they've been promised so carports from beirut. mohamed isn't backing down on his prices the vegetable seller has been arguing with the customer for 15 minutes every piece of money he counts in the testing times the shortage of us dollars which the local currency is means a large number of migrant workers like him are unable to transfer money home to their families. i can't send money to bangladesh i can only afford to eat and drink $100.00 is no only worth 15 the store crisis started 4 or 5 months ago and foreign workers here are suffering it's not just me. with a lack of dollars in the bank the lebanese currencies value on the black market reduced some employees have been forced to pay their workers and lira instead of dollars almost having the value of their salaries for many migrant workers 11 on sunday is a day of fright and some of them have come to this church to pray but they are clearly concerned as their weekly conversations have changed from catch up it's a financial problem according to the international labor organization the average salary of a domestic worker in lebanon is less than $250.00 a month. but the financial downturn has affected us all but foreign workers are some of the most vulnerable especially because of the lack of the legal protection with a shortage of dollars some aren't receiving their salaries and are defaulting on their ground doubling the possibility of being exploited for their. foreign domestic workers are excluded from lebanon's labor laws instead they're brought in on a sponsorship system one that some rights groups say leads to exploitation. and the sponsorship system means many foreign workers are not only exploited in lebannon but also that employers users get away with it without being punished by law last week a new labor minister. lebanese citizens will need to take jobs traditionally field workers to cope with the effects of the economic crisis we contacted the ministry of labor and we're still waiting for comments on this story it's still not clear if lebanon's new government will reform the label was. the sort of know a lot of this is the worst i've seen it in the 12 years i've lived here but only god knows what the future holds for now foreign workers have little option here. al-jazeera. indigenous leaders from the amazon and have called on the british government to stand up for their rights prime minister barak's johnson to ban imports of minerals or agricultural products from the amazon some of the you get reports now from london. it is known as the lungs of the earth and the richest source of biodiversity in the world but the amazon rain forest is facing unprecedented danger. deforestation. wildfires is disappearing at an alarming rate up by 30 percent between 20182019 as ranchers and loggers raid areas all in the name of economic development acts encouraged by brazil's president. he may have announced a new amazon council to start supplying encourage sustainable development to the rainforest of a scene by a proponent of mining development but also not also ordered cuts to government agencies that enforce laws against illegal logging mining and land grabs all of those decisions taken without consulting the indigenous population. the brazilian government is signaling a great danger to the world for indigenous peoples communities the great soul of the forest they're letting everything go to ruin by messing with the laws that were created in 1908 to protect indigenous peoples it will be impossible to fix this once it's been destroyed. attempting to stop the rot or trying to mobilize foreign leaders to pressure brazil to stop the exploitation of the amazon but it's a tough challenge also not all a right wing populist has hit back at leaders such as france's president. for daring to raise the issue publicly despite the urgent calls from those who live in the rain forest we have to listen to them with these people understand the forest better than anybody you only have to look at satellite maps of the amazon and to see where indigenous rights land rights have been recognized those territories still have primary arms and rain forest and. where the border is there's complete devastation they did you just leaders are hit to ask the british government prevent illegally farmed and mined products from entering into the u.k. but the concern here is that in a post brics it britain will striking up trade deals take precedence over environmental protections. the exploitation of the amazon for mining and intensive farming may have brought some economic production to the region but it is also brought with it the and of a way of life and destruction of a precious natural resource these days the political will to preserve it is so far taking a backseat leaving those who live at the mercy of a state renouncing a promise to protect its people so new diagonal al-jazeera london. all the news of course on our website there it is on your screen the address al jazeera dot com. time for a quick check of the headlines here on al-jazeera hong kong has reported its 1st death from corona virus is the 2nd from the illness outside of china the man had traveled to hong kong from the city of the epicenter of the outbreak the territory has closed 10 of its 13 borders with mainland china in a bid to stop the spread al-jazeera agent brown has more now from hong kong according to hong kong officials this man was 39 and he was the man responsible for the 1st person to person transmission here in hong kong which was confirmed on monday evening the other person being his mother now the person who has died had an underlying condition which is also the case with many other people who've been dying on the mainland so outside of the mainland this is the 2nd person to have died from the virus the other case being in the philippines well 425 people are now known to have died from the virus within china and there's more than 20000 new confirmed cases the virus is continuing to spread elsewhere with more than 150 cases confirmed in 23 countries. the months long race to decide who will be the democratic challenger in the u.s. presidential election has officially begun candidates facing their 1st big test in iowa the results will be seen as an indicator of who will go on to challenge donald trump in the end turkey says his military has hit several syrian government targets killing dozens of troops the strikes were launched after 5 turkish soldiers and 3 civilians were killed by shelling in syria's rebel held in the province turkey has now sent more reinforcements to elim and is threatening for action. an investigation is underway in kenya into what caused a stampede that a primary school that killed at least 14 children. 40 other students were seriously injured police say the stampede to happen when panic broke out to students were leaving school it's unclear what caused the panic malawi's constitutional court has voted to an old last year's disputed presidential election citing widespread in ignorance is the vote in may return peace and with a record to power for a 2nd sparking opposition protests a new election must not be held within a $150.00 days but those were the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after witness statement thanks for watching i think americans live side by side in 2 parallel universes the truck parts of america are getting in trouble here there is a poll out a few weeks ago that you had almost 30 percent of americans believing they were on the cusp of civil war both sides accuse each other of doing things that are so plainly wrong the bottom line on u.s. politics and policies a matter of fact on the world.