Recorded a day or like summer. Chinese Health Authorities have confirmed almost 5000 new coronavirus cases and hoop a province that is the epicenter of the outbreak also announced 116 more deaths in the region on thursday there are now nearly 52000 people and the province with the virus new cases surged by almost 15000 on wednesday after doctors and who they changed the method of testing for the illness joins us live from beijing with the latest so theres been this huge number increases in the in the number of cases training but the government is trying to form some sort of new treatment tell us about that. Thats right so the government with this new these new increases we had another 4000 cases announced in the last 24 for hours and then theyre trying to tell the public look this is all because of the change in diagnosis it wasnt the fact that there was a jump in these figures this is the people who are suspected cases those suspected cases and now being move over to these confirmed cases the World Health Organization has said there has been no major change in the trajectory of the new coronavirus despite these numbers jumping so high in the last few days now the Chinese Government has given these doctors of course discretion on how they can diagnose this case if they can use lung x. Rays and c. T. Scans but theyre also allowing doctors to sort of experiment with different ways to treat this virus so were hearing today that theres a hospital and city where the doctors are asking recovered patients to actually donate blood now weve seen these state media reports at saying that this donated blood has some sort of antibody which has been effected effective in treating patients current patients of the new coronavirus or curve of 19 so thats one of the the new things that were hearing out of them out of 100 still dont know how widely this new treatment has been taken up but it seems to show in some hope at least for the people who one secretary as sees numbers increased so does government censorship. Yes thats right so we know that the government seems to be fighting 2 battles here trying to contain this this virus trying to try to bring those cases dowds but the same time its got another battle on its hands and this week thats all about trying to convince people at the same time that its now safe enough to go back to work the government wants to restart the economy this virus has brought the china almost to a standstill factories have been closed businesses have been closed mobility has been severely restricted and that has having a huge impact on the economy so what the government has done is this week actually introduced some guidelines which actually make what they say undermining social stability and undermining Disease Control efforts make these things a crime so if you seem to be putting out in the messages on social media or even private messaging platforms there will be monitoring this so 1st of all your message could be censored it will just not appear peoples individual a social media accounts are being taken down but at the same time if the government deems its message to be too critical of the government or to be stoking too much panic they could they could find you and they could be charged with a more severe offense and we have to remember that the reason that this is being put in place is not only because this fear and panic about the virus itself but also because of his public outcry and this mounting criticism of how the government have responded to this outbreak there was been a lot of backlash from people in china that for the government saying that things werent information was not shared early enough that the government dropped the ball in and indeed there was even a cover of a tent and because of this a critical window was missed action could have been taken and we could have seen the prevention of this virus you know spreading to this scale so the government is trying to clamp down on that criticism as well as trying to clamp down on any fear and try to encourage people to go back to work and things are ok but of course. Whether theyre winning that battle or not remains to be seen the streets certainly here in beijing still very quiet are catching you with the latest in beijing katrina thank you. And cambodia passengers on board a cruise ship that was turned away by 4 countries over coronavirus errors and finally disembarked Prime Minister presenting flowers to the 1st people to leave v. M. S. Westerdam arrived in cambodia yesterday but the 2000 passengers and crew stayed on board until any cases of the virus could be ruled out and he joins us live from c. N. N. So i mean im sure that all the passengers are glad that nobody had coronavirus but that doesnt mean that they probably werent a bit frustrated. Yes well its been a frustrating 14 days or so for the passengers and crew on board the west of them they have been cruising around asia trying to find a port to go into as you mentioned 4 governments 5 different ports said no thank you out of concern that they could be someone on board who is positive with coronavirus even though the ships management and crew consistently said there were no confirmed cases or any symptoms of the virus on board the ship so late on thursday the cambodian government said yes it ordered already and could remember off the coast of the city but late on thursday they finally said yes you can tie up at the port here and say in oakville and early friday morning the 1st of those passengers were able to disembark and begin their journey back home there were scenes of jubilation as you can imagine emotional scenes as those people came off not from the 1st passengers alone who were able to leave the ship but also those who remain on board who lined the balconies on the ship and cheered as those 1st passengers left and also as the cambodian Prime Minister hun sen came here to speak to the people on board it will be a long wait though for some of those people on board its going to be a slow process they still going through the process of issuing cambodian visas to those people charter flights have to be arranged so the management of this ship is saying it is probably going to take around 3 days to get everybody everybody off ok but the latest on that cruise ship that finally docked thank you elaine. Others concerned in the northwestern chinese province of changing or nearly a 1000000. Detained in camps eager activist groups fear conditions in the camps could worsen any outbreak director of global advocacy at the human rights project is calling for them to be closed a very small number of survivors of the camps have managed to be released and leave china and come to free countries those survivors have testified to people having untreated Health Conditions a starvation diet as you said malnutrition so we know that the torture and mistreatment and bad poor health of all those people is well established and for that kind of population the risk of infection and even death from the infection is going to be astronomically higher right now today there is incredible confusion over statistics the National Health commission has revised its categories and we know that the government is trying to has denied even keeping people in camps and yet we have documentary evidence from the survivors from Satellite Photos from leaked documents that the government has showing that the government has a policy of locking people up on mass and keeping them in complete isolation let me tell you this the university around the country and including in she junction genyen versity in the capital has delayed the start of the semester and told students to stay home so that they wont be affected if universities would be a breeding ground for the infection dont you think a mass Detention Camp would also be a greeting ground were asking for if the universities are going to close the camp should be closed. Claymore head of the news hour including. On political divisions are laid bare and south Africas Parliament has a landmark address by the president as disrupted. The worlds biggest messaging out is back to court as it pushes ahead with a lawsuit against the Israeli Security firm and in sport hats off to this ice hockey player in boston peter will explain whats going on there. There are senators voted to curb the ability of donald trump to go it alone and launch any war with iran the move is to reduce the president ial powers and it was backed by 8 members of his own Republican Party war powers resolution means trump would have to seek congressional approval to launch any future strikes that was prompted by the assassination of Iranian Military commander qassam solo monny in a u. S. Strike last month which prompted a counter strike on u. S. Soldiers trump is expected to veto the measure. The President Trump or any other president cannot plunge the United States into an endless conflict in the middle east today or constitution worked exactly as the framers wanted it to work senators Work Together to assert congresss authority and serve on the check of an overreaching executive branch or 47. 00 democrats 8 republicans stood up and said enough is enough. He is in washington d. C. With more on the political motives behind the vote. Multiple president s of trampled over what the framers were very clear about that its congresss role to declare war on a different country and the way the president s have tried to get out of it say yeah but these are military excursions incursions but actually was president obama very big on all of this 2011 libya. Congressional approval went in democrats grumbled a bit republicans grumbling but they did nothing they didnt do anything like this for example out of course president obama also always using the authorization for use of military force passed after 911 the 2 and you have to go into 100 countries expand the military footprint and bomb all sorts of all sorts of people who are going to groups that have been exist after 911 say this has been going on for some time now and so do the democrats rediscover their constitution and theyre saying look enough is enough and they were joined by some republicans republicans they would have various motives as well in that some of them were just simply rather annoyed by the briefings they got after the assassination of general sort of just too dismissive of the constitutional niceties they felt the white house should have at least paid lip service to but there are always the libertarian side who say look these endless wars have to stop in fact you could ask why more republicans didnt vote for this given the opinion polls have been clear for years thats why dont tread on this bipartisan majority say weve got to bring our troops back from at least we cant have any more war. Is a former federal prosecutor and partner at the Public Affairs farm Summer Strategies she says although thats expected to teach other resolution his Foreign Policy will be closely scrutinized because this is an election year. I think president s have ignored the war powers act and periodically you hear members of congress upset about it and there has been this great expansion of executive power over the years but i think the country is feeling very tired of the endless wars in the middle east and obviously mr trump ran on that so. Too i think not only democrats but some members some members of his own party when he made the strike on iran potentially bringing us into a greater conflict with the middle east republicans really crossed President Trump at their peril as theyve learned and he has been very clear that he expects people to be in lockstep and if you will go after members of his own party in an incredibly tough fashion so i think the only reason that so many of his members were willing to cross him on this i was because americans dont pay that close attention to Foreign Policy sadly so when theyre not as worried that trump will feel the need to call him call them out or that americans will be closely following this vote. In the full contest for president because as we have heard while President Trump previously said no americans were injured in all of this now weve learned that at least 100 members of the our forces are suffering some kind of traumatic brain injury so you can expect that that will be brought back when you get to the debate the other development out of washington in the past few hours use attorney general bill barr has criticized the president s twitter use are said Donald Trumps tweets about the department of justice and its staff undermined his work. You have public statements and tweets made about the department about. People in the department our men and women here about cases pending in the department and about judges before whom we have cases. Make it impossible for me to do my job and to assure the courts and the prosecutors in the in the department that were doing our work with integrity on iraq air base and koku province where u. S. Troops are stationed has been targeted and another attack there been no reports of any casualties our previous attack on the same base in december killed a u. S. Contractor triggering a chain of events that cause regional tensions to soar the attack was blamed on the cats have Hezbollah Group and led to retaliate or a u. S. Strikes that killed iranian commander solomon. Rob matheson is in baghdad with more on what could follow this latest attack. The next question that were all really asking though is how is the u. S. Going to respond to this latest incident well since that attack in december there have actually been several rocket attacks many of which have happened here in baghdad but the u. S. Has not responded principally we understand because nobody has been injured and there has been very little damage but it is significant that this is coming towards the end of the mourning period for some silly money and there are still many of the his followers here in. Iraq but also those members of the Popular Mobilization forces as well all of whom are determined to get foreign particularly u. S. Troops out of iraq who saying that the the killing of qassam tsunami has not yet been avenged and that further attacks will should take place of course no information is given about what those attacks are likely to be or planned but theres another section which is saying well actually the fact that iran carried out a rocket attack on the al assad base here in iraq was enough to avenge the death of hossam simonian there they are happier for a diplomatic a government process to be gone through in an effort to try to find a diplomatic solution to moving the foreign troops out of iraq fact has been held in iraq and iran to mark the end there 40 days of mourning for them so the money earlier in baghdad demonstrators block the road near the airport for he was killed last month so the money was behind irans efforts to spread its employments throughout the middle east has spent on an order the killing saying it posed an imminent threat on a fault and has more from the iraqi capital. We hear it but that International Airport at the precise spot where castle in money and his iraqi associates i will not have the alamo hundreds were killed in the Early Morning hours of january 3rd in fact you can see in the wall behind me. Still the remnants of the shrapnel from the American Drones a strike that targeted the group and you can also see the red flags that have been hoisted here which represent both the blood that has been spilled but theyre also representing a desire for revenge now todays events here at the airport marked the end of commemorations marking the end of a 40 day mourning period in islam and what weve seen over the past few days are pretty modest gatherings mostly composed of members of the Popular Mobilisation forces which of course is this group of iranian backed groups which this himself was heading as the 2nd in charge and you can see here still we have a few dozen members of the pure math who have gathered they have been chanting antiamerican slogans they have been calling for the u. S. To withdraw from iraq overall the numbers have been pretty moderate and compared to the beginning of this crisis the threats against the u. S. Have also subsided i spoke earlier today with the Parliament Member from one of the political wings of the p. M. S. And what he told me was that overall there is now a feeling that the government should proceed in the go sheeting the withdrawal of u. S. Troops yeah i knew it was a National Resolution made by the Iraqi Parliament as a simple response against this crime today the government is serious about implementing this decision and there are procedures in place d to ensure the withdrawal of u. S. Troops but if the us studies then resistance will be. Now he wouldnt really name a deadline for when he wants american troops to withdraw from iraq and of course what is further complicating the situation is the uncertain political situation in the country currently have a caretaker government under Prime Minister either love the matter who is currently negotiating with the americans the terms of for a future military presence and what is uncertain as to how Prime Minister designate mohammed tough. Who is still in the process of forming his cabinet will take both negotiations forward whether he will also insist on the withdrawal of american troops or whether he will take a different direction altogether. At least one person has been killed outside libyas capital tripoli and shelling by forces loyal to warlord Khalifa Haftar at least 4 other civilians were injured in the rocket attack on a residential area it comes just hours after the United NationsSecurity Council voted in support of a 55 point roadmap for ending the war of forces have been trying to capture the libyan capital from the internationally recognized governments the u. N. Says more than 800000 syrians have fled their homes and it led province the last remaining rebel held area since december 1st when the vast majority of them are women and children have ended up in displacement camps near the Turkish Border the conditions are desperate as the cold Winter Weather sets and storms blanket the area with snow relief workers say 10 children have died in the last week alone and some are saying theyre even if you go about there are 10 to 7 families living in 14 tents all things are stealing because we dont have the situation is very difficult its impossible for anyone to rent a home. Without the situation here is very difficult as you can see its not being in a temperature is below 0 you can see it so we staying in a tent because different cost 100. 00 or 200 dollars and theres a lot of displacement going on now. Civilians remain in harms way as hostilities are continuing it live and aleppo reports from the ground indicate the thousands of civilians are on the move from around the m 5 highway with most people moving further north and north west towards the turkey syria border inclement weather including snow fall is excess abating the situation. The finance minister has abruptly resigned following a disagreement with Prime MinisterBoris Johnson says javid stepped down after being told he would only be reappointed if he fired his close aides said no self respecting minister could accept but the Prime Minister was demanding or a challenge from london. So what i had been anticipated to be a pretty mundane Cabinet Reshuffle had his doors run completely off by the shock resignation of the chancellor although there have been differences between him and the Prime Minister particularly over Boris Johnsons plans to increase Government Spending it was expected that javid would keep his position but that was until number 10 gave him oldest to essentially suck his team of advisors and accept a new team appointed mostly by number 10 itself this amounts basically to a power grab on treasury autonomy and lets listen now to what such a job would have to say about that the conditions that were attached was a requirement that i replace or my political advice is you know these are people that have worked incredibly hard on behalf of not just the government but the whole country did a fantastic job i was unable to accept those conditions i dont believe any self respecting minister would accept such conditions and so therefore i thought the best thing to do was to go his replacement is richie soon aka 39 year old relative novice a breakfast and a johnson loyalist he is unlikely to give too much trouble to Boris Johnson and his team but he takes this position at a very tricky time for the United Kingdom its just a month away from a budget that the he has to deliver and then of course there is the very difficult negotiation period on what the u. K. s new relationship is going to be with the European Union and the rest of the world after bricks that. And arctic a has just had its hottest day ever recorded a rating of 20. 75 degrees celsius was taken at Seymour Island by a team of brazilian scientists it follows another recent temperature record of 18. 3 degrees celsius that was set just last week the continent has heated up by almost 3 degrees celsius over the past 50 years activists say they fear the rising temperatures could contribute to global Sea Levels Rising faster than previously thought tenacious a place shelters and director of the Antarctic Research center of Victoria University in wellington he joins us now so i guess just your reaction 1st of all to 20. 75 degrees yeah but its cool it is not completely unexpected given that were experiencing Global Warming and the planet is well known average about 1 point one degrees. Were seeing one of the world the extremes getting more extreme so were breaking temperatures everywhere so its not surprising to see the entirely new chiller responding this one and in fact know at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said that in january and general was the earths general 2020 was the earths hottest on record can you put that in some perspective for us as well you know i did its not a surprise either 2019 was the 2nd warmest year on record in previous record holder was 2017 so we see each year be at least as warm or even ruler so it doesnt surprise me at all that we see january is 1 of the warmest months will equal this month on record so what is the end pact but this i think we all know stan to a certain degree the long term impact but what are the types of things were going to start to see soon because of Something Like this. Yeah i mean were already seeing some pretty significant impacts on antarctica we know that the ice sheet is beginning to lose mass that its me means its no im saying and that no water is contributing to sea to the rise and its doing that with an external writing right and weeks that there to continue being taught to peninsular it so has always been a hot spot as you sit in your introduction its experience more warming than anywhere else on the antarctic and were seeing big changes that it was seeing new species coming from south america that never have lived in in time to go so its seeing invasions of species we see loss of habitat loss of sea ice. For pig winds. But this is really just a small window into much greater change that will ultimately come for antarctica and will lead to significant suitable rise at the moment the science predicts that we could get up to a metre of sea to the rise by 2100 and just as an american i feel like as to how to put this in perspective for for people that speak fahrenheit like i do were talking almost 70 degrees in the at arctic do you think that there is an appropriate sense of emergency about this. Well i think we are seeing more and more consume see all around the world theres not related of you meat to the United States but there is leadership and many countries and we see people in particular saying we had enough this is an emergency we must move and the science tells us that we really have very little time if were going to keep Global Warming below Dangerous Levels so we can still achieve the peris agreement but we must act now but but what of that and youre right there is not any leadership on this issue right now coming out and coming from the trump administration. How big of an obstacle is that to overcome particularly when youre saying time is of the essence hes president for at least one more year and maybe another 4 after that. Yeah i mean i think we need to put them to speak to the as much as hed like to think he has control he actually doesnt california for example is making big changes is and is largely on track to achieve the a path towards the peristyle good the United States as a whole is leading the world in transition to 3 energy so yes leadership xom absolutely critical. But i think were seeing a change with certainly within people and around the world and all we can do is continue to put pressure on our governments and our leaders to act as fast as possible its interesting when you talked about the young people and or stand the sab actually follow my friends 10 year old on twitter and hes always talking about Climate Change so its definitely getting am getting to the kids am to mace thank you very much youre welcome. Still ahead on aljazeera why calls are mounting him allowing for the countrys top election official to step down. And essentially on tighter in trying gender equality in the u. S. Constitution passes an important hurdle. And support organizers of the tokyo 20 twentieths lympics say they are not considering canceling or postponing the Upcoming Games because of the crime of violence. Hello again that starts in northeastern parts of asia where weve had one weather system moving its way across japan another one coming out of the eastern side of china and thats going to run up towards japan over next 24 hours so far south of japan like to see cloudy conditions with the threat of showers weve also got more heavy rain pushing in for southeastern parts of china so expect some heavy showers are affecting taipei and also hong kong as i move the forecast sequence on this further rain across southern parts of china more and pushing up to southern parts of japan some it looks to be fairly heavy but it should remain largely dry that for tokyo highs of 70 and some rain affecting northern parts of the Korean Peninsula so any further south in so weather conditions expected to remain dry and fine into Southeast Asia here youve got the usual rushs show you see the thunderstorms and picked up there in yellow were expecting more storms as youd expect at this time of the year across borneo in particular its looking pretty unsettled with some heavy showers likely to be wet some big downpours expected here possibly some localized flooding not continues as we head on through into saturday as for the indian sub comes that weather conditions here looking largely draw and fine expect to stay that way where we may see one or 2 showers affecting sri lanka during the course of the day. Is your deal dead and did you get the peace prize too soon. Is this going to hurt or help Donald Trumps reelection chances it is very true when they think you could shoot somebody on 5th avenue and not have any consequence this is not a muslim issue this is a human colony issue join me as i put up questions to my special guests and challenge them to some straight talking political debate here on. Examining the impact of todays headlines you use the misinformation used by setting the agenda for tomorrows discussions how unique a moment is this in terms of modern American History when it comes to racism you have the makings of a neo fascist Moment International filmmakers and world class journalists bringing programs to inspire. On aljazeera. Youre. Watching aljazeera leads our top stories right now. Confirm nearly 5000 new coronavirus cases and who they province the epicenter of the virus they also announced 116 more deaths in the region on thursday the u. S. Senate has passed legislation requiring the president to seek congressional approval for any future strikes on iran a republican senators backed the resolution which was prompted by the assassination of a top Iranian Military commander qassam solo monny in a u. S. Strike last month. And a rocket is said in the rocky airbase and koku province where u. S. Troops are stationed theres been no reports of any casualties previous attack on the same base in december killed a u. S. Contractor triggering a chain of events that cause regional tensions to escalate. Hundreds of demonstrators have gathered in allow its capital calling for the head of the Electoral Commission to step down the supreme courts decision to an all last years president ial vote citing widespread irregularities or unmanly reports. Problems. I mean you. Dont know protesters im allowed to see you look at the building of the Electoral Commission of it right now is a man i do not meet. Hundreds marched through the streets of the Southern City of blantyre only a few managed to get past Police Barricades and call him 2 a protest the to says he will only take the chains off when the commissions chairwoman jane and house stop resign. Soon they get so mic because all what we need this is just. This office should be so we dont want them to get inside this room. In the capitol a long way people also march towards the offices of the Electoral Commission. Is a given present peter moore tarka a narrow win in last years election but the court accused the commission of numerous inconsistent sees that included using correction fluid on ballot sheets janeane saajan eyes accusations the results had been altered and the materials that were sent. We indeed did not include it in pics. And even a doing a training we toured we toured the trainees that the 2 pixies in and out but in court one Election Commission member pointed the blame at and saw Police Instructions were given by this year to this year. And the time that this year was getting section the city were not even involved this commission i think it just happened by literally. Malawis Constitutional Court on wednesday threw out an application by president p. To metallica to suspend the an old result there will be a rerun of this president ial election i have there will be a new chairperson of the Electoral Commission and they will need to be close scrutiny of that process but from mastic observers but also international ones the quarter given the country just 150. 00 days to ordering a new election with many now concerned that may not be enough time to restore confidence in the electoral process by the manly aljazeera. So that as president Cyril Ramaphosa has just as state of the nation address to defend his record on the economy. The Opposition Party people disrupted the speech when it resume in the post acknowledged or needed to be done to kick start the stalling economy it blame widespread power shortages for sluggish growth and that it debt was reaching unsustainable levels. Our country is facing a stark reality. The economy has not grown at any meaningful rate for over a decade even as jobs are created the rate of unemployment continues to deepen we need to fix our public finances. No levels of growth means that we are not generating enough revenue to meet our expenses like that is heading to was unsustainable levels the minimal or essential hand of sparking says and disruption overshadowed the president s address. Ahead of president bushs state of the nation address his spokeswoman said the president was not concerned about any disruptions at parliament and question what it would achieve but when the president was prevented from starting his speech much of the attention was indeed on the Opposition Party the Economic Freedom fighters who orchestrated that disruption rather than on the president the Opposition Party demanded that the minister of Public Enterprises be sacked saying hes responsible for corruption and the failure of state owned power utilities respond so for many South Africans politics dominated proceedings on thursday evening. Has previously been criticized for being out of touch and promising far more than hes been able to deliver when remote also finally began his address he dealt with many of the issues that concern South Africans from the high unemployment rates to the ailing economy and importantly the provision of electricity the president said rolling blackouts had hampered the recovery of the economy and that while blackouts would continue the government would support the production of wind and solar energy to ease the Energy Problems that South Africans are experiencing. Also tackled the high level of crime promising Higher Police visibility and hes also promised to fight corruption saying the government is working to stabilize these struggling state owned enterprises but for many South Africans this may have been a repeat of what theyve heard in previous years good ideas or low grade on implementation or on a sunday on the list of approved candidates allowed to run in next weeks parliamentary elections many moderate and reformist candidates have been disqualified Group Overseeing the approval as the Guardian Council historically dominated by ultra conservatives are said. Reports from tehran. 290 seats over 7000 candidates campaigning has officially started but the attention has not been on the candidate standing but those disqualified from taking part by irans Guardian Council the constitutional body that oversees the parliamentary elections and claims that the disqualifications have been politically motivated now youre turning i deny this the Guardian Council has the duty to verify the qualification of candidates and the council has never had a political view over them those who have not been approved can come to us to see the issue in their cases many of those disqualified are politicians linked to the Iranian Reformist Movement one of those who standing again is reformist candidate 40 to mousavi therefore. It was an unfortunate event some of our colleagues and friends from the past 4 years who have been cooperating with us were not given the chance to run in elections some of them have been treated unfairly. But out in the streets its hard to tell theres an election taking place although campaigning has officially started for now runs captain isnt showing signs that its an election moved yet here in one of the citys central squares theres no banners no posters and no country thats kind of missing the lack of interest has been blamed on the current Economic Situation last november so widespread protests against the fuel price increase other areas of the economy are reeling under punitive u. S. Sanctions politicians are trying to relate to peoples economic woes. I am aware of the difficult situation and Economic Hardship that today parts versus side are struggling with the past to change this condition is neither silence nor staying away from voting we should come together to the center of events to be able to trigger change theres been called by some to boycott the elections while leaders of people to come out to vote a good turnout will give legitimacy to the iranian political establishment something iran wants to use to silence its western and domestic critics aside big al jazeera that iran. The site Led Coalition fighting in yemen says it started procedures to try those who have committed Human Rights Violations there does not make clear who will oversee this action nor given details about the process last year of the u. N. Said all sides in the conflict are committed war crimes and that some western governments be complicit a report accuse Coalition Forces of recruiting child soldiers and committing rape torture and murder that also accuse the coalition of and discriminate attacks on civilians the conflict in yemen has killed tens of thousands of people and brought millions to the brink of famine bill koreas the former deputy chief of mission at the u. S. Embassy and yemen he says any coalition investigation into its own conduct would have no credibility. Well its a given that the perpetrator of a crime cannot conduct an objective investigation into his own now a criminal activity weve seen how saudi arabia has conducted investigations into the murder of their own journalist jim. For over a year now and nothing good has come of that. If that is a goodwill gesture that the saudis really want to make towards yemen they should stop that war it begins with that and that is something that they are capable of doing that after that you can have an independent Agency International human rights organizations conduct their investigation and any war criminals should then beauty further to the International Criminal court i think rather than getting out futile investigations at this point focus on stopping the war thats something saudis can do the United States can certainly launch an all out diplomatic effort to end this war that would come 1st and that in itself would at least stop the war crimes from continuing and they are going on on a daily basis now after that we can worry about who are lousy who to investigate. Sudan has signed a settlement deal with the families of american servicemen who are recoiled in the bombing of a u. S. Warship 20 years ago 17 americans were killed when al qaeda suicide bombers ran into the side of the u. S. S. Cole in yemen sadam is accused of providing support to al qaeda compensating the victims families as the latest effort in sudans to be taken off the u. S. List of state sponsors of terrorism. The Facebook Farm whats app has returned to a California Court to suppress is ahead with a lawsuit against an israeli Surveillance Company its suing n. S. O. Group for allegedly hacking into the messaging app to spy on more than a 1000 people the Company Denies to act the accusations in a separate incident in 2018 the Saudi Crown Prince is accused of using n. S. O. Group technology to hack the phone of amazon boss jeff bezos the company has denied any involvement John Scott Railton is a Senior Researcher at the university of toronto that helped whatsapp investigate the n. S. A. Group over the alleged hack he says the case reflects a wider trend. I think were really living in sort of like the gray areas of International Law and certainly the gray areas of oversight and it should come as no surprise that when there is a Technology Like this thats so powerful thats so invasive and so unregulated its going to get abused and the whats app case is a perfect example of this a lot of governments took this technology and they abused it to spy on dissidents human rights defenders journalists and others i think whats unique about this case is that its a window into what happens when states think that they can behave without a lot of oversight the way to look at this is every technology that we use on a daily basis has vulnerabilities and with enough effort and time and resource can probably be hacked the question is really what happens when technology does get hacked what do companies do to protect their users what do legal structures provide by way of protections for users whats interesting about this case is that Many Companies have had their technologies hacked but whats have to respond in this case to go after and so is muscular for years and so has showed up being abused to target journalists and others and for the most part theyve kind of been the bully on the playground whats different here is that you know whats out somebody is big cousin has showed up and said not so fast and not on our platform a central effort to enshrine gender equality in the Us Constitution has passed a major hurdle the haas representatives has approved extending a deadline that would allow the inclusion of the equal rights amendment i did a cast of reports. Its been 100 years since american women got the vote almost 50 since they gained access to abortions but as for getting equal rights protection under the u. S. Constitution the clock is still ticking why has it taken this long. You know its a great question i find it very interesting Heidi Schreck is a pulitzer nominated playwright i thought i had just been left out of this document from the beginning her work what the constitution means to me tells the history of Domestic Violence in her family for their benefit the rights and i met when i was 1st was i guess what kind of the music oh. I believe that the law was related to domestic related to Sexual Assault it. Would have been. I believe that. The women in my family would not have needed to suffer the way they did the proposed equal rights amendment was drafted in 1923 it took 50 years for its language to clear congress but it wasnt ratified by 2 thirds of us states which is required by the constitution until the year 2020 in january virginia became the critical final state to ratify the equal rights amendment for the women of virginia and the women of america the resolution has finally. But there was just one hitch the deadline for state ratification had come and gone in 1982 and the trumpet ministration says that makes the proposed amendment void democrats in congress are pushing for its addition to the constitution regardless delays and distractions will not slow our progress because there can be no Expiration Date on equality this is a clear message to the International Community that we embed in our constitution equal rights for women and that there cannot be discrimination based upon. Extending the deadline for the equal rights amendment would also need approval in the Republican Controlled Senate where itll likely face opposition. Some conservatives fear it could lead to more abortions or even outlaw separate sex bathrooms as for Heidi Schrock the playwright shes expecting twin girls in april i want their future to look very different from our past she says she hopes to soon show her daughters a u. S. Constitution that guarantees very quality castro aljazeera washington. Coming out then spore and chester united player kept away from the rest of the squad to 2 coronavirus appears it will have that after the break. For the. 4 people were rescued from a blizzard on scotlands highest mountain earlier this week thanks to a free phone app its called what 3 words its a new system to identify peoples exact locations of all the reports on a murray england. A rescue drill on the river tease the cleveland fire brigade are called out frequently by people stranded on boats or in trouble in the water time is critical but the river teases more than 135 kilometers long. And when a call comes in its not always clear where the people are who need rescuing or for the control of it ask them if that a mobile phone on the man who doesnt know it is literally asked them can you just please download this app and tell us what the 3 way it say those 3 words identified an area on the river behind me called whole shop and so that meant from time of cold download in the app to rescue was about 11 minutes and that is fantastic what 3 words is a free app on your phone the company is divided up the globe into 3 meter squares each specific location is then given 3 random words purple nightingale jumping could be the front door of your house its an updated laundry tootin latitude system for a voice activated world and its in 40 languages they make money by licensing the technology to Companies LikeDelivery Services or Car Manufacturers the idea came out of a musicians frustration Chris Sheldrick spent hours lugging guitars amplifiers microphones around festivals searching for the right stage or entry gate weve written a mathematical algorithm which actually distributes to 3 what addresses across the world and that and its replicated in every new language that we bring you we literally cover the whole world even the North Pole South Pole the oceans there is a 3 way to dress for everywhere there are lots of places that are hard to pinpoint if you want to meet a friend at a beach or out in the remote desert its not so easy. Mongolian nomads by their very nature dont stay in one place so they need to update tourists who come to experience temp life of the 57 trillion squares i met david shark which is great if i want to meet a friend or get a delivery but its not all about convenience if i were to get hopelessly lost or fall and break my leg it could be life saving more than 80 Emergency Services in the u. K. Now use what 3 words theyve been able to find people trapped in their cars lost hikers and some drifting in the river to Jessica Baldwin aljazeera pembury england and now it has peter a sport thank you so much to take officials have criticized what they call irresponsible rumors that they will postpone the games because of the outbreak of the coronavirus major sporting events within china have been cancelled or delayed but with 162. 00 days to go japanese organizers remain positive of the meeting members of the International Olympic committee on thursday japan strengthened its order controls for chinese arrivals and has so far only reported around 30 virus cases on the mainland you more than any hugo there are many responsible rumors about coronavirus but i would like to make clear once again that were not considering the cancellation postponement of the games let me make that clear we have set up countermeasures and we are sharing information with the National Institute of pictures diseases as far as tokyo 2020 is concerned i would like to continue coordinating with the National Government and respond calmly. Manchester uniteds new signing already on a garlow has been working out away from their Training Ground as a coronavirus precaution rogerian was signed on loan from a chinese club in shanghai 2 weeks ago and did not go on uniteds foreign Training Camp due to fears of travel restrictions he could make his debut against chelsea on monday. Switzerland. Will have to wait another week so you claim a 3rd straight world cup downhill skiing cycle of he was narrowly beaten in austria the skiers were meant to have been at olympic test events in china this weekend but found themselves in the austrian alps in stayed after they were moved to other coronavirus fias germanys thomas almost lost control midway through his run but a flawless final section saw in claim victory by just 200. 00 ths of a 2nd. 2 of africas biggest clubs will face off in the cafe super cup on friday in doha so busy as esperance will be up against egypts zamalek the match puts the winners of the African Champions league against the victors of the Confederation Cup esperance are the current holders of the Champions League this is the 2nd year of a 3 year deal that sees doha hosting the match. The club has won every title the only one missing for the current team is the african supercuts we prepared for this in tunisia were ready to face the other team and god willing we will take the title i keep on. Of course were here for one goal were going to play a great team thats won 2 consecutive continental titles but we have an advantage because huge presence of our fans here in cata have been very welcome and supportive i cant describe how lucky we feel to have them were very excited to play for them. Israel folau is set to make his highly anticipated return to rugby league after being named in the catalan dragons squad for saturdays Super League Game against castleford controversial australian was left out of the dragon squad for their opening match last weekend amid fitness concerns flowers last game of rugby league was 10 years ago and he has not played any form of the game since being sacked by Rugby Australia 8 months ago after posting homophobic comments on social media one of the warmest winters in sweden for decades is causing major problems for would really charitable organizations this is the only truly winter rally in the championship and drivers are usually confronted by large snow banks but as you can see they are none of this year the opening stage of rally sweden was due to be held on thursday but was cancelled and replaced by a practice session because of the lack of snow thats after the roof had already been cut from 18 stages to live and last week. Well a day after the top seed was knocked out of the rotterdam open the 2nd seed has also tumbled out greeces stephanos suffered a defeat at the hands of slovenias world number 52 years bet in a on thursday the slovenian taking this 17564 in what is only the 2nd time in his career that he has beaten a top 10 ranked player he will play canadas phoenix scene in the quarterfinals. It wasnt a good day either for the tournaments 4th seed david goffin was saying packing by 18 year old a young knicks in straight sets its the italians 1st ever win over top 10 player and he will now play pablo card in your booster in the coachs. On the womens side there was good news for the 3rd seed in St Petersburg petrak a veteran meeting 3 sets but eventually defeated allison from a trunk 7616628 favor of the 2 time wimbledon champion from the czech republic. To ice hockey and a nice moment of appreciation by Boston Bruins fans so one of their players David Pasternack scored a hat trick to lead them to a 41 victory over the Montreal Canadiens and fans responded in the traditional way by throwing their hats on to the ice thats passed the next 4 after the season no bruins player has done that since 1975. And that is we will leave it for now more sports news coming up again later well see you then. Thank you for joining me the news hour here on aljazeera visit our website and in a moment al jazeera dot com and keep it here a colleague during this up on the other side of the break to guide you through the rest of the days news. The costs of morality is a magnet for the rich and famous it highlights the most beautiful beaches in all of europe but ive come here to investigate a dark aside sodomy took place hosts to some of the worlds most elaborate war games for decades dust from explosions and statistics has brightened down on the towns and the grazing fields of the firing range exactly what was in them no one knows in the early 2000 local doctors sore a spike in the number of unusual cancers in their patients in a country 90 days defense contracts are a source of income but also quite possibly the cause of untold misery after all the inquiries and with military brass now on trial for the people of this island paradise there is a glimmer of hope but the truth might finally see the light of day around the World Council and cities are working to manipulate and influence us trolls just bought a 6 a can you just algorithms that a teen developed in designed to push content that says click me every click we make just sold. One and in the throes of a 5 part series on raisin in mexico examining how propaganda and proper shape content into the algorithm on the jersey if you were looking at this from the outside you would really wonder what was going on what do you see gross is a religion that they have an indepth exploration of glue. Capitalism and our obsession with economic drugs this is still the center of capitalism there is no limit i view myself as a capital artist. Trying to break the world smaller. We dont want to be set realistic in the world we would rather have a fantasy growing on aljazeera. Nearly 5000 new cases of coronavirus at the epicenter of chinas outbreak doctors theyre trying new methods to detect the fire assist. The watching all just 0 life from a headquarters and. Also ahead taking aim at Donald Trumps ability to launch an attack on iran the u. S. Senate passes a war powers law forcing him to ask for approval. A cabinet shakeup in the u. K. The finance minister quits and a shock move in Prime MinisterBoris Johnson fires cell phone minister