getting reports that syrian government forces and their allies have captured from rebels the last part of the m 5 highway which links the capital damascus with the cities of hama homes and aleppo this latest development comes amid continued fighting with turkish forces in the north and military says it's killed $101.00 syrian government soldiers and it led province that's in retaliation for the deaths of some of its troops 5 turkish troops were killed on monday when syrian forces attacked their military observation post and the town of tough onas and live province it is the 2nd such as elation this month between the 2 countries turkey is backing opposition rebels trying to hold out against of offensive by damascus in english yellow is inside syria baba hala not far from the turkish border following all these late breaking developments seen in what is the latest. well well actually it seems the syrian government too will be having the full control over the m 5 highway for the 1st time in in the last 7 years according to the observatory groups and according to our sources in the field we are heard that there. are still clashes by the m 5 highway between the syrian government forces and the syrian armed opposition however it is it is just a little left for the syrian government to take fire fire which they have been craving for such a long time m 5 and also m 4 highway actually are like our arteries for syria this is the main logistics route and connecting damascus to connecting the trade center of all syria to damascus and through m 4 to this was very important for both sides both the opposition and the syrian regime syrian government to take control of the highway that's why all these things happened in the last couple in february because the syrian government forces have violated the escalation zone agreements and they have moved from south to north coming to reaching m 5 highway and then moving to serach up to take also control of them for highway 2 and that's that was the point when turkish turkish military it began to send reinforcements to strengthen its military observation posts and to support the civilians syria in order to avoid more displacement because as the syrian government advances from south to north that means hundreds of thousands of people fleeing to the north main into turkey syria border which has been ongoing for a while and according to do and since the 1st since december until today at this 700000 more people have been displaced right now right behind. turkish border. inside syria there are around 4000000 civilians who are waiting for safety and security who are actually in very living in very difficult conditions and the current military tension on the ground makes it more difficult for the civilians because it is the thing much more difficult for them to find shelters even though they don't move north they move to some. free syrian army controlled areas like. the situation over there is not easy as well but coming to the military tension the syrian government forces and the turkish military have vowed they have vowed to strengthen their positions inside of the escalation zone turkey says and we are not attacking the syrian government we are just responding to their attacks it's our military observation post like it happened yesterday and like it happened last week when the syrian government forces attacked a syrian convoy that was meant to bring reinforcements to the military post but given the situation it seems they're at the brink of war but people say turkey and syria will not directly confront each other but no one has any idea whether this proxy war inside syria will turn into a bilateral or multilateral conflict because here with the latest inside syria say no thank you the number of people killed by the corona virus outbreak has now passed 1000 chinese officials have announced another $109.00 deaths that is the biggest single day jump since the outbreak began the chinese government is blaming local officials that have a province for acting too slowly in the early stages of the outbreak and 2 health officials are the latest to be removed from office a team from the world health organization has arrived in china that it has warned of the growing risk of a global pandemic as the world sees more suma to human transmission outside china. in recent days we have seen some concerning instances of only ward transmission from people was not 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 of objective remains containment and 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. a train route the latest now from hong kong so the numbers keep increasing and and now people are losing their jobs as well later. yes that's right the 2 most senior officials in the local health commission in who bay province have been dismissed i think there's going to be other sackings in the days and weeks to come i think possibly the mayor of new hand the local police chief the local party chief must all be feeling quite vulnerable now now state media which reported the sackings also says that many other local officials have also been removed from their posts during the past couple of days and weeks what is happening at the moment richelle is that there is a lot of anger being directed in particular at the local government in wu han not so much at the leadership because people know that to criticize the chinese president to criticize anyone in the politburo standing committee is to risk arrest and jail so they've been leveling their anger at those local government officials so that makes it easier for the government to remove those officials because the government then appears to be a ceding to the wishes of the people the way things work in china is that you know in crises like this the very top leadership is never really held to account it's always officials much lower down that's the way the system is designed during the sars epidemic 17 years ago for instance you know the mayor of beijing was removed from his post and a health minister was also forced to resign no one of the top tier of the chinese government was punished in in any way now as you mentioned an advance team from the world health organization has arrived in china they landed on monday their priority of course is to work out how to contain the virus one of the things i think they will be concerned about is the probability the high probability that we have a large number of people who may be infected or may indeed be infected who have not gone to hospital but they stayed at home because they have seen the pictures that on television of over. around hospitals that are completely overwhelmed and they feel that perhaps it's more dangerous to go to hospital if they have these symptoms and to stay at home so the figures we're getting at the moment those figures that you mentioned earlier on only refer to what the government is telling us what local officials are telling us the world health organization want to examine those figures and a lot more detail to find out just how widespread this is ok adrian brown with the latest developments from hong kong adrian thank you. and this hour lebanon's parliament's expected to take a vote of confidence on the new cabinet of the prime minister. the protesters who have spent months calling for a political overhaul they are rejecting the new government saying it's just an extension of corrupt traditional political parties that they have been against sense october you can see the protests happening right now so they have gathered outside parliament the m.p.'s will decide on whether to accept the government and his policy so for more on all this it's bring in. beirut saying we're getting pictures and we can see that the protests are all really getting a little a little unruly. yes there have been a confrontation since the early hours of the morning we are just one of the entrances to parliament building a security cordon has been created around part of the square in central beirut protesters are camped out in a number of locations but security forces a heavy presence of military and security personnel trying to push the people away they used tear gas they used water cannon it is proving very difficult for the anti-establishment protesters jury will ensure that this session does not happen already at least $55.00 members of parliament have arrived at the building you need $65.00 that's how close the one members in order for who are to be reached and for the stephan to go ahead but people here already feel victorious they feel that the very fact that the state house that the boy hundreds if not the few 1000 through the ground and these have to sneak into apartment building is a sign of how disconnected really those in power have become a problem for the people isolating themselves behind the cement walls so the situation is tense in the street those in power the new government is bent on holding this session in order for them to get the vote of confidence and they look at that level of confidence because there were a point. i show you that the majority and this is why people here say they have no shot for low pay for the new government new faces yes specialists yes but appointed by political parties who have been governing this country for the past 4 decades in a hood or with the developments on the streets there and beirut santa thank you 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 at least 15 refugees have died and dozens are missing after their boat capsized as they tried to escape bangladesh authorities say this happened near st martin's island in the bay of bengal the coast guard and navy are searching for survivors they say they have rescued 67 people or than a 1000000 or hunger refugees live in dire conditions in camps and bangladesh 750000 people fled from me and me and maher that is following a brutal military crackdown in 2017 still ahead on al-jazeera the show must go on we'll tell you how the coronavirus is impacting asia's biggest air show. and a rare sight snow covered palm trees on the streets of baghdad. how i once again welcome to look at the international forecast by much the case of sunshine and showers across southeast asia the heaviest showers will be into malaysia think a clout there it's indonesia as well because see some rather lively downpours coming in here over the next few days one or 2 showers will be few and far between into the philippines and also across india china you come down into southern parts of thailand pushing across the peninsula they wanted to show was creeping the way into the wetter weather definitely further south we see some rather wet weather of course because northern parts of australia out here in the open waters we do have a tropical cyclone in the way say that's going to continue making its way it was east coast of australia which is already of course struggling to cope with the very heavy rain that we have seen in a recent days lotsa shows here lots of clouds still showing up is a situation in queensland just 4 weeks ago take a look at it now we've gone from fires to floods further heavy right as we go on through the next couple of days those showers extending across much of eastern queensland eastern parts of new south wales as well will see that wet to where the starting to slide a little further south with the shells not quite as heavy but still there nevertheless and continuing right into the weekend. radicalism is on the rise across the globe and we're told it's everywhere we're told we're supposed to be highly suspicious of everybody and everything but government policies aimed at tackling radicalisation in fact pushing youngsters to the ranges of society and the impact is you don't think there is so much we can try before you say ok that's me rethinking radicalization part of the radicalized youth syrians on al-jazeera. you're. watching our visitor and let's recap the top stories for you right now we're getting reports that syrian government forces have captured from rebels the last part of the im 5 highway that links damascus with the city of hama homes and aleppo this latest development comes amid continue fighting with turkish forces in the north turkey says it's killed 101 syrian government soldiers in retaliation for the deaths of 5 of its soldiers and the number of people killed by the corona virus has passed 1000 a team of experts has arrived in china and thailand has denied entry to a cruise ship over uncertainty about the spread of the virus but it ons parliament is soon expected to take a vote of confidence on the new cabinet of the prime minister. the protesters to a spent months calling for a political overhaul they are rejecting the new government. the coronavirus is having a devastating impact on the chinese economy according to analysts a leading government think tank believes a whole percentage point could be wiped off economic growth this year on dependent economists estimate growth of just 3.6 percent in the 1st 3 months of this year about is way below their previous 4.8 percent prediction and more than $300.00 companies are waiting for loans for $8200000000.00 to stave off job losses but there's also disruption to trade and events outside of china florence labor louis reports in the singapore air show. it's one of the biggest highlights. for a few moments people stop whatever they were during. that time i think it's being overshadowed by santo but the road of pirates. taking place today stopped at the place to see these results that the 2nd highest level no organizers say that taking . painting and turning away people well but more than 70 companies have pulled out of the event that movie is somewhat more subdued especially at the exhibition hall where. they rest a bit too hard but also scaled back its presence at this year's shows and the saudi arabian re-order redacting. made last event in 2018 the dash generated nearly $250000000.00 in spending prone a pirate having and impact on the aviation industry and others to be spoke to says . he described it ready as a crisis but says it industry is resilient and it will be able to rebound now as to how long it's going to take to come back that's more difficult to bring predict especially considering that won't help all the noise they should say it's still too early to tell whether the pirate has. the race is on to fast track a vaccine but a baiter breakthrough isn't likely for months scientists say a lack of cooperation globally that is what's on progress my private reports from seoul. 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. had to look it's always difficult to give a precise date but in any case nothing before the autumn so this means will have a product by september or october when we can say for so endanger 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 operator 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 m t viral 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. mourners are attending a public memorial service in nairobi for former kenyan president 10 year he led the country for 24 years until 2002 he died last week at the age of 95 so let's go now to the kenyan capital nairobi and speak to our catherine soy so catherine and that's a long time 24 here is what was life like under his rule. yes michelle let me paint your picture and i did go up to 8 years in the ninety's when he was head and then it felt very much like he was larger than life with an enigma . happens with every where you stay put on the car in the buildings the streets and even a national holiday was named after he lit stadium it's called in the aisle and yeah the nickname. at the start of his. presidency when he said that he's going to fall in the footsteps of founding has it and. no means is the society you would fall steps in that's a nickname that he gave himself and it stuck so you can imagine how life was like even in school when was visiting a school for example children from all the neighbors would line the streets with flags all day just a singing praises on news bulletins his face news was at the top of all news bulletins that a newspaper could have a as well but then other people say that he was also at the gate thank you chris i did over a government that sanctioned detentions and talks of thousands of people in what detained and tortured political opponents while detained and tortured many of them died then on the flip side there are other people who say look he did agree to handle the power elite in 2002 he acted out well as president builds many a school the university is a time to keep children in school full of 3 milk program he was passionate about the environmentalists we're headed and i come pain to protect the environment by planting she's building politically cations to prevent so i let her also and so want so people saying that he has also to be given credit on a lot of people that i have spoken to say that that legacy no matter how you started he legacy is more bad than good. you talked about the arrests and the detention and there are lots of former political prisoners what is their reaction. well let me start with one man more notable he. was a political. prisoner not in mourning he's now. position he was a prime minister even once joined and. more used potty but before that he was tortured he was and he was humiliated he was maybe. he went on exile at some point as well but we have seen him in recent days and we've been here you know recount quietly with the former president we throw you a viewing the body all of. president morsi when it was lying in state and he said that the more he knew you know much of the problems in a lot of issues he had like a maggot man and a man who you. kept they were going the other neighboring countries was. a conflict but we did it to another. political prisoner. who was also detained and talk to and he asked me what i. think i mean nothing like you know. the fact that it had never thought so he said that he still very very angry he cannot forgive the former president all right catherine sawyer live in katherine thank you and the u.s. the new hampshire primary has begun in the small town of dixville notch it's a tradition that goes back early 60 years when its residents were the 1st and the state to cast ballots and with their votes being cast or only they were among the 1st to declare results for tuesday's election michael bloomberg one of 3 votes. bernie sanders was. the primary in this relatively small state traditionally plays a big role in selecting the party nominee al jazeera as kristen salumi explains why . new hampshire resident jonathan blyth 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 to judge 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 his 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 for the budget in the united states and it's a back to what i heard a warrior more like right here on talk you still not decided to. close in on not making the outcome hard to predict kristen salumi al jazeera nashua new hampshire and he is governing parties expected to lose a major state election his 1st electoral test since anti-government protests began 2 months ago the vote counting is underway for the delhi legislative assembly and early results suggest the liberal party is well ahead of the prime minister narendra modi's beach a.p. the government has been under pressure since passing a new citizen ship law. barely 8000000 mexicans have some form of disability for many getting to work can be a challenge an organization in the capital is training people in wheelchairs to help them get around the city and it's been a report from mexico city it hopes to increase accessibility for an estimated 500000 people. it's the morning rush in mexico city and who lopez is on his way to work navigating the metro system here can be quite hectic and it's no lesser challenge when you're forced to commute in a wheelchair in recent years the mexican capital has improved in terms of access for the disabled and many of the city's public transit stations have become wheelchair accessible it's just one among the living it isn't uncommon however for julio to have to rely on the kindness of strangers every time an elevator or set of escalators unexpectedly breaks down the been in the market today guys might spirits on the metro often depends on people's moods there is a difference between having a good morning without complications or a more challenging time who has mastered the challenges of getting around the city he also works at an organization called independent living mexico that helps others do the same every week at a courtyard in downtown mexico city instructors hold workshops for people with motor disabilities the whole thing is a real crash course in urban mobility yes and in bayside so yes we teach them to climb platforms ramps and stairs the goal is to make people feel independent to get back into society and not feel held back when there is an around. wheelchair management is a major focus of this course and so is psychological rehabilitation not only are people with disabilities learning practical techniques to navigate the urban landscapes of mexico city but these training sessions serve as a valuable opportunity to socialize to meet new people and for individuals to learn from each other's experiences. an estimated 5500000 people across mexico live with some sort of disability santiago villa. ask is the founder of independent living says the vast majority of them or excluded from living a normal life and. only 10 percent of people with disabilities are included partially included in society and 90 percent are left out of context they don't have a job or an education and they don't have the necessary job skills to compete. mexico city still has a long way to go to become a more accessible city in the meantime lopez hopes people will see his daily commute as an example but just because you're in a wheelchair it doesn't mean you can't get around madrid upolu mexico city. people in baghdad have woken up to a surprise snowfall blanketing the iraqi capital it is common for there to be snow in the north of the country and the lowlands around baghdad that is quite unusual at these pictures the last time this no there was 2015. we shall carry these are the headlines right now on al-jazeera there are reports syrian government forces have captured the entire m 5 highway at length damascus with aleppo this latest development comes amid continued fighting with turkish forces in the north turkey said it has killed 101 syrian government troops in retaliation for the death of 5 of its soldiers since it was inside syria. and not far from the turkish border. seems the syrian government will be having the full cooling to all over the m 5 highway for the 1st time in in the last 7 years according to the observateur e groups and according to our sources in the field we are heard that there. are still clashes by the m 5 highway between the syrian government forces and the syrian armed opposition however it is just a little left for the syrian government to take 5 highway which they have been craving for such a long time the number of people killed by the chronic virus has passed 1000 attainment w.h.o. experts has arrived in china and thailand has denied entry to a cruise ship over concerns about the spread of the virus that's already been turned away from japan and the philippines lebanon's parliament is soon expected to take a vote of confidence on the new cabinet of the prime minister hasse and protesters you can see there already on the streets now these are the protesters that have spent months calling for a political overhaul and as you can see they're rejecting the new government at least 5 people have been killed and several injured in a suicide attack in afghanistan's capital so billions were among the victims when a car bomb exploded near a military academy in kabul so far no one has claimed responsibility and the u.s. the new hampshire primary officially began in the small town of dixville notch this is a tradition that goes back nearly 60 years and its residents were the 1st in the state to cast ballots and the as governing party is expected to lose a major state election it's the 1st a lot of coral tests and anti-government protests began 2 months ago the counting is underway for the delegate legislative assembly early results suggest the liberal party is well ahead of the prime minister during her modi's b.j. . so the headlines keep it here on al-jazeera we have a news hour at the top of the hour in the meantime radicalized is next. now a juicer. with every. point ironic that one many governments around the wall declare that the fight against terrorism is their number one priority this hasn't stopped. the fia has continued with the attacks have continued we have to wonder why is this the case.