the number of people killed by the crown virus outbreak has now passed a 1002 local officials have also been fired for the handling of the crisis chinese officials have announced another 109 tats the biggest single day job since the outbreak began in thailand passengers on a cruise ship are being refused permission to disembark the westerdam has already been turned away from japan and the philippines the u.s. company which owns the ship says there is no reason to believe anyone on board has the virus and scientists in london are working on a possible baxi testing on animals began on monday as it could be ready for human trials and a few months let's go to adrian brown now with a wrap up of all the latest developments in there quite a few adrian. that's right a state media in china is reporting that the 2 most senior health officials in who by the province of now being removed from that judy's a number of lower level officials have also been taken away from their posts during the past few weeks and i think this is a sign now that the the political purge if you like is beginning to widen now analysts say that the local government was too slow at noticing the outbreak of this virus and that when it did it tried to cover up the extent of the outbreak also in early january the local government was holding a key political meeting the national people's congress and the feeling is that they wanted to avoid anything overshadowing that key meeting also just before they were they finally ordered a lockdown and 3 weeks ago they allowed a banquet to take place in the city an annual banquet that was attended by $40000.00 people and that of course helped to spread the virus still further now i think there's probably going to be more sackings i think the the local police chief is looking vulnerable as is the mayor as is the local party chief who has acknowledged shortcomings in the way the local government responded to the crisis richelle it's worth pointing out that a lot of the anger that's being directed at the government is being directed at the local government and that suits the leadership in beijing because it makes it easier for them to remove party officials at the lower level and that way the government is seen to be a ceding to the people's wishes. and major ian brown with the latest from hong kong a train and. as i mentioned the race is on to fast track a vaccine for the coronavirus but a major breakthrough is unlikely for months thanks to say a lack of cooperation globally is slowing progress robert private ports and cell. 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 date but in any case nothing before the autumn so this means we'll 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 researchers working on this corona 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 operate 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 and you know we have a number of vaccines as 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 broad al-jazeera so. and yemen the united arab emirates has admitted targeting groups loyal to the u.n. backed government that any chief of staff of the armed forces says they have included the muslim brotherhood movement linked to yemen's government well. everyone should know that i say 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 qaida 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 yemenis in the liberated areas. turkey's military says it's killed 101 syrian government troops and edler province and retaliation for the deaths of some of its soldiers 5 turkish troops died when syrian forces. attacked a military observation post in the town a to fine odds and it looked province it is the 2nd such as collation this month between the 2 countries turkey is backing off position rebels trying to hold out against an offensive by damascus now the u.n. says nearly 700000 people have been forced from their homes by the fighting in northern syria 100000 moved in just the past week it's thought to be the biggest displaced in such a short time 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 highway that links some of syria's biggest cities let the damascus latakia the road is crucial for the country's economy turkey has 12 observation posts along its borders several are surrounded by syrian troops that include the one that came under fire on monday prompting turkish retaliation simplicio was inside syria at the baba that is not far from the turkish border sinan what is the latest. well the latest is that the military tension is still underway inside the school asian zone especially after yesterday's attack that targeted taftanaz a raise the military raise as you said is a matter of a diplomatic crisis for turkey yesterday there were by later there was a by a little talk with one turkish and russian delegation in ankara for the 2nd time in the last couple of days which ended up with nothing totally fruitless that's why the turkish side has vowed to retaliate if they are if there observation posts have been attacked again but let me say that the spike turkey retaliated and targeted at this 115 targets on the syrian government syrian syrian government forces side the syrian government also continues its reinforcements by the way of course there have been italian situation on the ground is the greatest issue here as the as there is a new wave of displacement after a target and its countryside alliterative countryside was bombed for the 2nd time in the last 48 hours in the past 24 hours at least 60 civilians were killed due to the syrian government's strikes 11 of them were killed in between and 3 of them in. the west countryside of aleppo and now there is a new wave of this placement coming from since coming from this area since yesterday evening so the number of the this place peopled by the turkey syria border is increasing every day you said that yes there were there was an increase of $100000.00 at least in the last one week probably it seems to be going higher as the military tension on the ground is there and there is no diplomatic solution the spite of the escalation zone agreement between turkey iran syria and russia all right tim costello with the latest inside syria sentiment thank you. 30 people have been killed and that and that and attack nigeria members of the armed group okocha raam are being blamed for the killings the attack happened in medical and borno state government set fire to cars parked along a road most of the victims were travellers asleep and their cars were able mohammad has more in a warning you may find some of the images in this report disturbing. this is what's left after a suspected rampage by the group boko haram in the nigerian city of my degree bodies and burnt vehicles at least 30 people were killed while travelling overnight in the town of ono 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 the 1st killed a lady in the front seat of the car and then we started running away and they also burned. in abducted a number of men and women. the victims missed a 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 tablets i get it and i wouldn't say i don't know but i thought i could apply book looked at close to get a look at it well i don't know about dramatically. 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 has 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 one nigeria 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 that the north in the sahara that you know fast so 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 the last word parts of nigeria in the northeast he was unable 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. at least 5 people have been killed and several injured in a suicide attack in afghanistan's capital civilians were among the victims when a car bomb exploded near a military academy and kabul no one so far has claimed responsibility. still ahead on al-jazeera the show must go on or tell you how the grind of viruses impacting asia's biggest air show. hello again or welcome back to your international weather forecast well here across parts of northwestern europe of course we have been dealing with those very very severe winds coming from the atlantic across parts of the u.k. affecting much of the north also down here towards parts of france and the benelux region we're going to still have a problem here on tuesday with very gusty winds across much of the u.k. also ireland pushing into denmark as well as into the baltic sea down towards the south though conditions are getting a little bit better in terms of those winds but as we go towards wednesday things improve for much of the u.k. but those winds are still a problem here across northern europe as well as into the baltics we are going to be watching this very carefully also down here across much of central europe temperatures are about average for this time of year we are going to be seeing vienna at about 8 degrees there rome is going to be a nice day with about 17 and athens sun in your forecast at 19 degrees for you well here across another part of africa things are looking quite quiet here across much of the region now we do have some clouds across parts of mali those will be producing a little bit of rain this system as we go towards the next couple of days and also into parts of algiers by the time we do get towards wednesday light showers we do expect to see across much of the region but up towards the north it is going to be quite nice and ribot at 18 degrees and for all cheers plenty of sun with a temperature of 20. frank assessments the one good thing about these bushfires usage really why they're not the politics of climate change informed opinions economy i think is actually what's keeping damo trouble float right now critical debate sequel on those do schoolchildren know what the noise on of all this argument is astonishingly patronize a in-depth analysis of the day's headlines this is the beginning of a new iraq of a new conscious and aware youth about struggle against an ethnic sectarian kota inside story on al-jazeera. root. watching al-jazeera let's recap the top stories right now the number of people killed by the corona virus has passed 1000 the team of w.h.o. experts has arrived in china to investigate meanwhile thailand has denied entry to a ship over concerns about the spread of the virus turkey says it has killed $101.00 syrian government soldiers in retaliation for the deaths of 5 of its soldiers it is the 2nd such as elation this month between the 2 countries and at least 5 people have been killed and several injured in a suicide attack in afghanistan's capital civilians were among the victims when a car bomb exploded near a military academy in kabul so far no one has claimed responsibility. asia's biggest airshow is underway in singapore but dozens of companies have pulled out over worries about the coronavirus at least 70 businesses are skipping the event they include major companies like u.s. defense firms lockheed martin and raytheon it's another setback for the aviation industry from this outbreak that's already led to hundreds of flights being suspended to and from china 10 chinese companies are unable to attend florence lloyd joins us from the airshow and singapore to put all of this and perspective for us florence. well you're right it this is a much quieter show than it than previous shows and as a noticeably reduced presence in terms of exhibits as when we walked around the it's a bishan hole we notice some vacant lot some quiet rooms where the companies have pulled out now lockheed martin the defense company they still have their hospitality tent up but they had a notice up that to say they regret but because of coronavirus of the concerns of that they're not able to attend this year's show and singapore has reported the highest number of coronavirus cases and the government has raised its disease outbreak levels so there are concerns and they're not just affecting attendance at this asshole but also at lines now industry analysts i'm wondering whether this could tip the industry into a downturn would need to talk a little bit more about this is patty's sarrasin form a see knock at a low cost airline that operates mainly in thailand patty thank you for joining us if you know would you tell us a little bit about just how severe and impact you see this new corona virus outbreak having on lines oh it's definitely in the past month or so after the christmas break of this virus and really escalating across the whole of china and expanded beyond the boundaries as well so what china's actually bring being very responsible actually is to stop planes from flying out of of china into different countries as well and now you see escalation to the us as well so just as an airliner if i was running it today i would be crying my tears too to hell actually because of that is very difficult it's hard to planned to diversify into the burst of the the the flights to somewhere else and i'm glad you spoke about that because as a former c.e.o. often airline company you've had to weather such quizes before political turmoil in time. but how do you add lines brace themselves for such unexpected events especially for events where they can't see when it's going to end oh in airlines you guess every day what's going to happen and where there's going to flood or you political it's a very difficult business to run knowing that there's so many things you can't control now disease virus things like this is even worse because you don't know when scoring 2 and you can only predict today we're talking about years going to be gone and airlines such as. aries you. know they are really suffering big time and they're going to try to find the alternative routes whereby they can actually utilize their copper quickly every day when the planes are on the ground we're talking about heavy costs. thank you thank you patty and that was patty sarrasin from knock a low cost airline based in thailand talking to us about the impact of corner virus on the aviation industry now and other analysts we spoke to said that it will describe this as a crisis but he also talked about how he was optimistic about the long term growth of the industry because our lines they have whether this was sort of crisis before what's important is how manage their cash flow but he was optimistic that they will be able to rebound is just not known when ok insurance louis live in singapore florence thank you. in the coming hours lebanon's parliament will vote on the appointment of a new cabinet antigovernment protesters who spent months calling for a peaceful overhaul are rejecting prime minister on jobs leadership are gathering outside parliament in peaceful decide on whether to accept proposed government and his policies in a hotel as live for us and in beirut you know what do we expect today. oh well as you can see protesters have gathered at various locations around parliament square they are hoping to prevent that session from happening but it is proving to be difficult the state is determined to hold that session they have deployed hundreds of military and security forces around the parliament building creating really a security cordon which protesters have not been able to breach there has been confrontations since the early hours of the morning security forces used water cannons tear gas and they even beat up a number of protesters so the state really is showing willingness to use force to ensure that this parliament session happens and you mentioned the session that's been called for so that the government there you have are meant can present their policy statement their plan really to solve lebanon's economic and financial crisis but the message from the street is no we do not support you we do not trust you we have lost the faith in you and we don't believe that you can save this country which is the economy is in your collapse so what these protesters are hoping to do is prevent a quorum you need 65 m.p.'s in order for the session to go ahead but we understand already these have made their way to parliament building so. though might these protesters be successful and what it is they're trying to do and if so what next. what next they're numbers it's just not enough hundreds of them yes they're deployed in various locations they are being beaten up really of the new government has has shown that it is point to you know use harsh measures that's what we've seen really over the past few weeks they've taken on the protesters the protests turned it into riots what's next for the government well the biggest question is do they have the confidence of the international community in order to save the country from near collapse they're going to need money from foreign donors and the message from the u.s. u.n. special coordinator in lebanon was very very clear he said that you are not going to be given a blank checks just because you get the vote of confidence and part of it part of it which the government will get because it was appointed by the majority in parliament it doesn't mean you have the confidence of the international community that money is not the people in if you do not show willingness to carry out much needed reforms and to fight corruption so that's going to be the real battle that the next government has to face to get to the faith and support of the international community which is so far not forthcoming ok hodor with the latest and beirut thank you and they study 11 refugees have died and several are missing after the boat capsized as they tried to escape bangladesh authorities there say the answer didn't happen near st martin's island in the bay of bengal all english is coast guard and naval force are conducting a joint rescue dive more than a 1000000 rangar refugees live in dire conditions and camps in bangladesh 750000 fly from me i'm are following a brutal military crackdown and 2017. this department of justice has charged 4 members of the chinese military with one of the biggest data hacks and history they are accused of breaking into the computer network said the equifax credit reporting agency in 2017 yakker spent weeks in the equifax system stealing company secrets and personal data and a breach that affected their lee 150000000 people 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 voracious appetite for the personal data of americans including the fast of personnel records from the office of personnel management the intrusion into marriott hotels an anthem health insurance companies and now the wholesale fest of credit and other information from ethical fax the new hampshire primary has officially started in the small town of dixville notch it is a tradition that goes back almost 60 years the town residents were the 1st to cast ballots in the state and led the cast so early in the town they were in the town they were among the 1st to declare results for tuesday's election cycle bloomberg was victorious receiving 3 votes paid get attention bernie sanders received one of the primary in this relatively small state traditionally plays a big role in selecting the party nominee in part due to its many and dependent voters i was here as a person salome reports on why. new hampshire resident jonathan blitz says he leans republican sue inly will board lean democrat but like many voters in the state they don't belong to a political party this is serious stuff and we need to change the direction of the country they were among hundreds of voters who lined up to see democrat pete would a judge in a school auditorium on balancing between p. and burning right now although i do like even closer to a little bit. with no clear front runner for the democratic presidential nomination these independent voters are in high demand particularly by middle of the road candidates like blue jets when you're coming up here to run for president you're not just appealing to the members of your own party but you're also trying to reach those folks in the middle who might vote for your party but not want to identify with it maybe are not as ideological maybe a bit more pragmatic minded 42 percent of the electorate here has no party affiliation and unlike voters in other states independents in new hampshire can vote in either primary democrat or republican that's led to some surprise finishes in the past. in 2016 bernie sanders who comes from the neighboring state of vermont beat party favorite hillary clinton here by more than 20 percent with this strong base of support he could win the primary again in 2020 but this year is like none other due to the large field of democrats and a president who's loved by his base despised by the left. so if you're a voter who doesn't like bernie sanders you're not just thinking which candidate do i like more than bernie sanders who currently which candidate who's not bernie sanders do i like can i support who i think has the best shot of beating him it's a job these voters take seriously we're still debating but i think he would be an excellent choice very hard to deny and you say to back to whatever you want to your more likely you're still not decided. close in on not making the outcome hard to predict kristen salumi al jazeera nashua new hampshire ireland's fianna fáil party has won the highest number of parliamentary seats in the general election by a single seat of one nationalization feigns a surge in support are now the 2nd largest party in parliament the prime minister's party only won 35 out of 160 seats so that means no outright majority for any party and likely very complicated negotiations are ahead. a russian court has handed down a lengthy sentences to 7 activists accused of trying to overthrow the government here rights groups and lawyers say the charges are fabricated they claim the men were tortured and forced into giving false confessions they were sentenced to between 6 and 18 years opposition figure alexina vali tweeted that the sentences are horrible. the woman widely tipped to replace german chancellor angela merkel has announced she'll quit as leader of the governing c.d.u. party. our is stepping down over a decision by regional representatives to vote alongside the far right party she will stay on as head of her party until her replacement is elected she's lead c.d.u. since taking over from the end of 2018 at least 6 people have died in europe a storm cura brought hurricane force winds knocking down trees and damaging buildings cleanup efforts are now underway in the u.k. after heavy rain left hundreds of homes and businesses underwater and in france the strong winds cut power to thousands of storm grounded hundreds of flights and caused massive delays to rail services across northwest europe and to rental rain has flooded parts of brazil's most populous city urson sao paulo have overflowed affecting major roads and highways mercy crews have rescued people who had been trapped on top of their cars for hours the rains caused mudslides in other parts of the city and people in baghdad have awoken to an unexpected surprise snow fall blanketing the iraqi capital it's common to snow in the north but in the lowlands around baghdad it's very rare thing the last time it started there was 2015. all right the website is al jazeera dot com take a take a look there when you get a moment we'll keep you up to date on all the day's news and keep it here we have a wrap of the headlines for you in just a moment. take a look at the headlines right now on al-jazeera the number of people killed by the coronavirus has now passed 1000 attainment of experts has arrived in china to investigate and while thailand has denied entry to a cruise ship over concerns about the spread of the virus the owners have the vessel deny anyone on board is infected adrian brown has more now from hong kong he says officials in china are being blamed for the extent of the outbreak state media in china is reporting that the 2 most senior health officials in hooghly province of now being removed from the jew sees a number of lower level officials have also been taken away from their posts during the past few weeks and i think this is a sign now that the the political purge if you like is beginning to widen now analysts say that the local government was too slow but noticing the outbreak of this virus and that when it did it tried to cover up the extent of the outbreak turkey says it's killed $101.00 syrian government soldiers in retaliation for the deaths of 5 of its soldiers it's the 2nd such as elation this month between the 2 countries turkey backs opposition rebels trying to hold out against an offense that i didn't ask. at least 5 people have been killed and several enter it in a suicide attack in afghanistan's capital civilians were among the victims when a car bomb exploded near a military academy and kabul. lebanon's parliament will vote later today on the appointment of a new cabinet but anti-government protesters who spent months calling for a political overhaul they are rejecting. leadership gathering outside parliament were m.p.'s will decide on whether to accept a proposed government and his policies at least 11 refugees have died and several more are missing after their boat capsized trying to escape bangladesh authorities there say the ensign happened near st martin's island in the bay of bengal. ages biggest airshow is underway in singapore but dozens of companies have pulled out over worries about the coronavirus at least 70 businesses are skipping the event include major companies like u.s. defense firms lockheed martin and raytheon this is another setback for the aviation industry from this outbreak that's already led to hundreds of flights being suspended to and from china so the headlines keep it here on al-jazeera more news to come at the top of the hour in the meantime inside story. al jazeera with every. it's the worst invasion of doesn't motorists in a pool to of a century across east africa and south asia the food supplies and livelihoods of millions so under threat the situation has been declared a national emergency in some countries so what's caused the infestation and could it get worse this is inside story. hello welcome to the program i'm adrian finnegan seen as the world's most dangerous migrates re pests locusts can swarm in the billions and in january densely enough to force an ethiopian airlines plane off course now they're invading ethiopia somalia kenya.