the number of people killed by the corona virus outbreak has now passed a 1000 chinese officials have announced another 109 deaths the biggest single day jump since the outbreak began the number of cases has risen to more than 43000 globally and scientists in london are working on a possible vaccine head of the world health organization is warning of the room growing risk of a global pandemic as the world sees more human to human transmission outside china . in recent days we have seen some concerning instances of onward transmission from people with no travel history to china like the cases reported in france yesterday and the united kingdom today the detection of this small number of cases could be the spark that becomes a bigger fire but for no it's only a spark our objective remains containment let's go to katrina you're in beijing for the latest xi jinping being seen for the 1st time in public what's his message been katrina. that's right so she didn't being visited to hospitals here in beijing you was wearing a mask getting his temperature checked he was telling people that he couldn't shake their hands because of these special times and it seems he had 2 messages the 1st being that he was there to reassure the people this is a time of low morale and high fear around the country and he wanted to tell the people that that this outbreak has been dealt with at the very top and that he's personally or overseeing what he's called a war like effort to fight this outbreak he spoke on via video chat to medical teams in war he called them heroes he said that everything was being done to help them he also admitted that this outbreak has exposed both the strengths and the shortcomings of china system secondly i think this visit was really it was political the chinese government is facing mounting criticism about its handling of this outbreak specifically we have the death of a doctor last week who is one of the whistleblowers who was trying to sound the alarm about the severity of this virus in early january and he was actually detained and and reprimanded for doing that and so there's a lot of criticism about how there hasn't been a steady flow of information and some questions about the credibility of xi jinping and his government so this visit was also about very much stemming any crisis of confidence that could be happening because of this virus. monday also produced sure you know katrina the largest number of deaths since the outbreak but also a significant drop in new cases how is all of that being interpreted. that's right so at the moment moment we've had some good news that these cases the numbers of cases are not rising as fast as they were particularly outside of who they which is a good thing and that's being very comforting to hear but also there's been some bad news in that there are more critical cases and critical cases this number is rising fast we've seen many cases that were mild and perhaps mild for weeks that suddenly take turns for the worse so i think at the moment in who are there about 7000 critical cases experts are also finding out more information about this virus there's still much they don't know but what they do know for example is that the incubation period could potentially be much longer than they thought they say more patients present with symptoms a tween $3.00 and $7.00 days and that the quarantine period was about 14 days now we've had one expert john shannon was involved in the sars epidemic in 2003 has come out and said that the incubation period could be up to 24 days we also know that people who are affected by this virus and who do recover may have long term effects on their respective tree system and we also know that some of these testing kits that are being used in who may be providing false negatives are if the reader will have some good news about the numbers this news is also it's also creating some sense of tension and adding indeed to the tension and indeed outside of who bay people are very very slowly going back to work on monday was the end officially the beginning of official beginning of the new year people are supposed to go be going back to work but because of this news because we know that it's still very serious and there's no forseeable end in sight to this that return to normal life is going to be very slow indeed or thanks so much katrina you. as countries outside china work to prevent the corona virus from spreading thailand has denied entry to a cruise ship carrying more than a 1000 people the westerdam has already been turned away from japan and the philippines holland america is the u.s. company which owns the ship it says there's no reason to believe anyone on board is infected and the race is on to try and fast track of coronavirus vaccine but a major breakthrough is unlikely to happen for months scientists say a lack of global cooperation is slowing progress bribe reports from. china's prime minister leaker chang visiting scientists at the forefront of his country's efforts to tackle the coronavirus initially criticized for its slow response to the outbreak china very quickly shared the genetic map of the newly identified virus prompting an international race to find a vaccine for it but it's likely to take months. to look it's always difficult to give a precise dean but in any case nothing before the autumn so this means will have a product by september or october when we can say for certain danger we can use it on people frustratingly for scientists the development time for a new vaccine often means it's not available until the outbreak they need it for has peaked or is dying out but at least research is working on this perona virus have a head start thanks to work already done on similar viruses. at the international vaccine institute in seoul as elsewhere staff have experience dealing with other members of the same coronavirus family including mers from the middle east and the sars outbreak of 2003 what typically happens is we have an operating people get very concerned governments get concerned the television has lots of broadcasts and then the outbreak ends and concern ends and then funding ends then you know we have a number of vaccines that we have for sars that haven't ever been tested in humans in the absence of a specific vaccine antiviral drugs for other conditions are also being tested it's lead to more scientists calling for a coordinated development of prototype vaccines able to deal with entire families of viruses that can be adapted for a future outbreak because the goal of course is to have one on the shelf that you could use against the next virus that might emerge as well as the one that we're currently dealing with the global response to this outbreak could be a step towards greater cooperation of mcbride al-jazeera so. now police in afghanistan are reporting a car bomb attack at the gates of a military academy it happened in the capital witnesses say groups of staff and students were arriving when the explosion took place it's not known how many people have been killed or wounded. the most serious confrontation yet has taken place between turkish and syrian forces turkey's military says it's killed 101 syrian government soldiers in the province in retaliation for the deaths of 5 turkish troops syria's trying to take the last areas left on the rebel control but until this month has been no direct conflict between turkish and syrian forces. begins our coverage from istanbul. the turkish soldiers were stationed in a recently established military post in tufton as in the province. is the 2nd time turkey's military has come under direct fire in lip province earlier this month 8 soldiers were killed in an attack by syrian army in the same area and escalation that increases the risk of a full blown military confrontation between ankara and damascus. the main aim is that the cease fire should be respected as soon as possible in a labor of a 3 must stop it's a question for a permanent understudy to cease fire. as tension grows a sudden counter offensive by the rebels they launched an attack to retake the town of sirte that is now under the control of syrian government troops. as the turkish backs syrian national army fighters will close in in. the bombardment intensified turkish army units in targeting syrian troops positioned in the town while turkey sends more troops and vehicles into it at an unusually fast pace. we hope that this convoy will do what they promised and force the regime back to where they were we hope that they will do what is promised and not to be deceitful straddling the intersection of the major and for an m. 5 motorways but link government held cities of damascus aleppo and latakia. could shape the future of rebel held territory it is the last rebel held area in syria and for many defending the province is a matter of life after the death of the turkish soldiers in india is likely to put more pressure on the government here many are waiting to see if president. will order a response or show restraint as talks with russian diplomats and military officers are underway in. istanbul. the u.n. says nearly 700000 people have been forced from their homes by the fighting in northern syria 100000 moved in the past week alone is thought to be the biggest displacement in such a short period in the 9 year war government troops and their allies are advancing with the help of russian air power they've captured nearly all of the m 5 road that links some of syria's biggest cities and i hope the massacres and the taqiyya highway is important for the country's economy turkey has 12 observation posts along its borders several of them are now surrounded by syrian troops they include one that came under fire on monday which led to turkey's retaliation so of course all is in the turkish border region of her time she says the turkish military is determined to press on turkey vows to continue its reinforcements to protect this military observation post inside and these posts were brought here according to our stan and sochi agreement as the as part of the deescalation there so the main objective of this observation post was to observe the cease fire and the escalation violations however since the syrian government forces have violated the cease fire and the escalation zone agreement turkey started to. store up forward to reinforce these military force and not only to protect the soldiers but also to protect the civilians being pushed from south to north and they're being displaced but on the other hand we're hearing that the syrian government forces also reinforcements so this reinforcement being used as a tool for a possible deterrence doesn't seem to work and for the very 1st time in this syrian civil war uncle and the massacres are about to confront each other's. is the director of the turkey project the center for strategic and international studies he says the pressure is on russia to keep this from escalating between syria and turkey. it's unclear whether it's going to lead to a full blown war between the 2 sides something that they have avoided in what was in essence a proxy war between syrian opposition forces backed by turkey from 2011 and 12 and the syrian armed forces backed by the russians and and the iranians there was a russian military delegation in saturday. for talks with the turks that was inconclusive they have come back for a 2nd round of talks in ankara and in between there was the attack by the syrian. artillery and artillery elements against the turkish forces leading to the death of 5 soldiers so the question is are the russians who have decisive influence over the assad regime are going to use that influence to restrain the syrians and use their ongoing contacts with the charts to prevent them from from proceeding to a full blown war it's unclear at the moment still ahead on al jazeera the u.s. accuses chinese military hackers of data breaches affecting nearly $115000000.00 people plus. i'm going to meet in bangladesh now i mean india 15 people were killed in january alone by the india of old force for making just simple mistake. i i. hello again welcome back to your international weather forecast where here across parts of iraq as well as iran we are watching one system make its way towards the east but unfortunate still going to be seeing some very inclement weather across parts of northern iran over the next day tehran only getting to about 3 degrees and the snow to the north overnight lows though we do expect to see probably below freezing and much of that region over here towards afghanistan higher elevations it is going to be snow for you by the time we get to wednesday though things improve but still quite cold across much of the area and speaking of the called take a look at the gulf coast wait as a high on wednesday only getting to about 10 degrees there here in doha though it is going to be quite chilly as the overnight lows go down to about 10 on tuesday and into wednesday morning by wednesday only getting to about 15 degrees by the time we get to thursday it's sunny at 18 degrees here well we are going to be watching for quite a bit of rain here across parts of south africa making its way towards the east in the northeast that is going to be pushing into mozambique over the next day we do expect to see some localized flooding across much of this area as you can see in our forecast map those bright yellows that's going to push towards the north into zimbabwe as well so we will be watching this very carefully over the next few days down towards cape town though it is going to be plenty of sun in the forecast and we do expect to see a temperature of $29.00. on counting the calls to spike your following to stop propping up straw men in africa france is backing a libyan war and china's dictator is it all about the oil plus the u.k. finally clears one brights at hurdle what does it mean for one of the worst performing industrial economies. counting the cost on al-jazeera. ascent case of the best documentary films from across the network on how to sierra . welcome back let's recap our headlines now the number of people killed by the corona virus is passed more than a 1000 team of w.h.o. experts has arrived in trying to investigate thailand is denied entry to a cruise ship to prevent the spread of coronavirus it's already been turned away from japan and the philippines the owners of the vessel deny anyone on board is infected. turkey says it's killed more than $100.00 syrian government troops in retaliation for an attack on its forces 5 turkish soldiers were killed in that province. 30 people have been killed in an attack in nigeria members of the armed group are being blamed for the killings the attack happened in borno state gunman set fire to cars parked along the road most of the victims were travellers sleeping in their vehicles mohamed has war we should warn you a report may contain some images you find disturbing. this is what's left after a suspected rampage by the armed groups. in the nigerian city of my degree charred bodies and burnt vehicles at least 30 people were killed while travelling overnight in the town of on a major highway in borno state witnesses say most of the victims were burnt to death while sleeping in their cars and. we were just sitting in the front seat of the car and heard them shouting god is great and then the shooting began so it was the 1st killed a lady in the front seat of the car and then we started running away they also burned. in abducted a number of men and women of the victims mr 5 pm curfew to pass a gate leading to my degree they were forced to stay in our know after the military reportedly shot the road. but our town has come under attack before. and that's angered the residents here who want answers. for president muhammadu buhari has condemned the attacks the governor of borno state says there isn't enough support given by the authorities to protect the people we met at camp one and then i belittle a tablet i get it in i want the i know not what i thought i could have looked at close to good looking well i don't go back to my doctor. the army has promised to rectify this. we will fix the problem we are working for you not for us and we will make sure we continue doing that. while there's been no claim of responsibility boko haram has been fighting an insurgency in nigeria for the past decade the city of my degree used to be a stronghold of the armed group but government forces have since driven them out the area has also become a target of the islamic state in west africa. has made some progress in terms of. its own internal operations and in terms of building up cooperation with neighboring states it's a difficult environment you know the. challenges further to the north in the south hell the continuing uncertainty in libya and broader changes in terms of islamist violence in syria and iraq i think create a space that i think in this work parts of nigeria to in the north east violence it seems have been able to exploit the violence in the north east has become all too common for the people here and many continue to live in constant fear mohammed al jazeera. in yemen the united arab emirates has admitted targeting groups loyal to the u.n. bank government the deputy chief of staff. of the u.a.e. is armed forces so close to the muslim brotherhood a movement linked to yemen's government. well. everyone should know that i say it here for the record we've been fighting 3 enemies at the same time. the muslim brotherhood and their 5th column and the terrorism of al-qaeda and liberation could not have been complete without imposing security and dealing professionally with those enemies therefore we have conscripted trained and equipped more than 200000 lebanese in the liberated areas 15 bangladeshis were shot dead by indian border forces in january 1 of the worst months in decades that's despite india's promise to stop using live ammunition smith reports the border between the 2 nations is often unmarked making it dangerous these easy to cross by mistake it can be hard to tell where bangladesh ands and india begins. that stone marks the divine. put a foot wrong and it could cost you your life is all rahman was found dead early on january 21st he had a single bullet wound to his chest. his mud caked feet a typical of someone who's been working in a rice paddy. 2 days later dawn kamau hussein went to tend the patties later that day his body was brought back to his family wrapped in a shroud lot of good police he was brutally killed by the indian border guards we want justice for this he was the only breadwinner now he's dead we are totally helpless now how are we going to manage. by the end of january in just one month the indian border forces have killed 15 bangladeshis over the past 20 years more than a 1000 people have been killed according to human rights watch borders and we don't want any more killings in the border there can arrest and can punish the people jailed them or find them but instead they're shooting them dead they want to get what it is our there are sometimes the indians will take people just for crossing a few centimeters into the other side by mistake and detain them for years we want some fair justice and a peaceful border this is our request to the government this is india's border fence but ours is the practice internationally it set back from the actual boundary line it's in the indian territory between the fence and the markers that the shootings happen now add to this easy to stray from bangladesh into india you can just about make out india carved in the stone there now indian or parties have repeatedly promised to bring the number of border killings down to 0 and to introduce non-lethal weapons but it's clearly not happening. the indian government has said is fighting illegal cross border cattle trading al-jazeera did not receive a response from the government to our questions about the killings none of those killed in january was found with lethal weapon. not irani son sons it was also shot dead last month. he could have been punished or jailed instead she says. bangladeshis home minister said this week he's taking necessary measures at a diplomatic level to stop the killings similar comments have been made several times over the past years but india's border guards a still opening fire. burn admit our jazeera on the bangladesh india border now the campaign to win the democratic presidential nomination in the u.s. is gearing up candidates have been rallying in the next battleground state new hampshire voters there will get their say for the nomination in the race is 1st primary election on tuesday because it's held so early the state's election is considered an indicator of the level of support for contenders have results can build all killed campaign momentum independent voters are important in new hampshire more of them then democrats and republicans and unlike most states they can vote cast votes rather in either primary when it comes to the general election democrats have won the state in 6 of the past 7 presidential votes but in 2016 hillary clinton won by just 0.4 percent in new hampshire primary as officially started in the town of dixville notch in a tradition that goes back almost 50 years residents there were the 1st to cast their ballots in the state because the votes are cast so early among the 1st of the results to christen salome is in dire new hampshire sure reports on how candid it's trying to win over voters. bernie sanders held a very enthusiastic rally here in the state of new hampshire at new hampshire university some 10000 supporters showed up lots of young people at the university of new hampshire but really voters of all ages he has a very strong base in new hampshire where he won the primary against hillary clinton unexpectedly in 2016 and he is leading in the polls here in new hampshire but he's facing a strong challenge from south bend indiana mayor pete. chu eked out a surprise win against him in the iowa caucuses and seen a lot of momentum here in new hampshire so while bernie seems to be distancing himself from the other liberal candidate in the field elizabeth warren he has been slowing down according to the polls anyway. the race right now really seems to be among the more moderate candidates looking from moderate voters joe biden was expected to examine and that field he's been performing not as well as expected amy clothes shop hours senator from minnesota also seems to have a little momentum a little bit of buzz coming out of the iowa caucus as she did better than expected she had a very good performance in the democratic debate on friday and she's raised a lot of money here in new hampshire so there's a lot of buzz about her as well this tonight though was the biggest event for a democrat in the state of new hampshire so far on the republican side however president trump came to town he said that he wanted to shake things up for the democrats he's riding a wave of popularity post failed impeachment now that he's been acquitted his popularity among republicans is that an all time high with the 94 percent approval rating he was talking about all of the things that he's done to help new hampshire's economy at that rally and people waited in line for hours to see him. he called the democrats boring in one of his tweets earlier today said that's why he's coming here to new hampshire i think the people here at this rally might disagree with that it was very enthusiastic we'll see with the results on tuesday. well the woman widely tipped to replace german chancellor angela merkel has announced still quit is the leader of the governing c.d.u. party. stepping aside following an internal rao over the far right. the she will stay on as head of the cd you until her replacement is elected. the u.s. department of justice is charged for chinese military hackers with suspicion of hacking a credit reporting agency in 2017 it resulted in adults a breach which affected their $150000000.00 people on of the most severe ever reported the hikers spent weeks in the equifax system breaking into computer networks and stealing company secrets and personal data this kind of attack on american industry is of a piece with other chinese illegal acquisitions of sensitive personal data for years we have witnessed china's for racist appetite for the personal data of americans including the fast of personnel records from the office of personnel management the intrusion into marriott hotels and and some health insurance companies and now the wholesale fest of credit and other information from ethical facts. has more from washington d.c. . well listen those move by attorney general william barr is more a public shaming than any realistic prospect that the americans are going to get the 4 chinese hackers back to the u.s. to face charges it was a 2 year investigation there's a 9 count indictment 150000000 or close to phone their personal data had been compromised what did the hackers take will the names dates of birth social security numbers the things that people need to steal identities additionally there was around 10000000 people who had their driving license details now this isn't the biggest hack in american history but it's william barr said it was certainly the most severe. and let's take you through some of the headlines here now to syria now the number of people killed by the corona virus is now more than a 1000 a team of w.h.o. experts has arrived in china to investigate katrina you is in beijing the number of cases the rise of cases appears to be slowing outside of who they now we still have large majority of cases inside of. the surrounding areas but outside of china the seems to be a drop in that say the government is saying that that containment efforts the effort to lock down 50 or so 1000000 people a prevent them from leaving they seem to be saying that that is in fact working but we've also heard conversely that they're still finding out more about this virus in the still so much that we don't know. he claims it's killed more than $100.00 syrian government troops ankara's says it's in retaliation for an attack on its forces 5 to his soldiers were killed in the province. boko haram fighters are suspected to have killed 30 people in northeastern nigeria government set fire to cars parked along the road and borno state police in afghanistan are reporting a car bomb attack at the gates of a military academy it happened in the capital kabul witnesses say groups of staff and students were arriving at the academy when the explosion took place is not yet clear how many people have been killed or wounded. in this finish for oil party is now only one the general election by one seat shin fein came 2nd despite winning the popular vote prime minister override because under pressure to resign after his party came 3rd democratic presidential hopefuls are campaigning in new hampshire for the 2nd vote to select a normally take place later on tuesday. or those i headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after counting the cost. pro-forma visionary teacher. needs to bring traditional arabic sounds to a whole new audience being a one man and being american playing around with it already in something new. to palestine and. chose the next generation of musical talent simon shaheen. on al-jazeera. that is counting the cost on al-jazeera a week you look at the world business and economics this week france in africa despite vying to stop propping up straw men on the continent france isn't backing a libyan war northern chad's dictator is it all about the oil. all forces loyal to him even have to have blockaded the oil ports and have stopped pipelines trying to get the economy much needed.