A 1st for antarctica temperatures hit a record high adding to growing fears about global warming. Hello for the 2nd day in a row the number of corona virus cases has surged in the chinese province of the heart of the outbreak officials at who base a nearly 5000 new infections were confirmed on thursday the rest of china reported fewer than 300 new cases who also had 160 more deaths new cases had surged by almost 15000 the previous day after doctors and change the method of testing for the illness katrina use in beijing and she says another surge in case numbers doesnt necessarily mean the outbreak is getting significantly worse. This week the government has said that theyre really saying this is a pivotal week in fighting the outbreak they seem to be changing things up a little bit so as you mentioned theres been a change in the how theyre diagnosing these cases of the new coronavirus all curve of 19 doctors no longer have to rely on one single type of test they can now use things like chest x. Rays and c. T. Scans to be able to confirm that people who do have suspected cases other symptoms that they do have the coronavirus so were seeing this huge jump 15000 on wednesday 5000 in the last 24 hours because many of those people in the suspected cases lift list has now have now been moved to this confirmed cases list and theyre also giving doctors a bit more flexibility in trying for different treatments it seems one hospital and is reporting that they are asking patients who have recovered from the corona virus to come back and actually donate blood some doctors there are saying that their blood has a certain type of antibody which will be which seems to be effective in treating the corona virus and that theyve said that they have been at least 11 patients so far who have benefited from this type of treatment so it seems to that there are some hopeful there is some hopeful news coming out of who they despite didnt massive jump in numbers and we do have to remember that the World Health Organization has said itself that hasnt seemed to be any major difference in the trajectory of the corona virus this week despite this change in numbers of passengers from a cruise ship turned away by 4 countries because of coronavirus fears has finally been allowed off in cambodia Prime Minister presented flowers to the 1st people to leave the m. S. Westerdam it arrives in cambodia on wednesday but the 2000 passengers and crew are kept on board until any cases of the virus have been ruled out when he was there when the ship arrived. Theres a lot of relief as you can imagine from the passengers and crew on board the ship for 2 weeks they were at sea cruising around asia trying to find a port to call in to when all those other governments in port said no cambodia said yes so on thursday evening it was finally able to tie up here at the port in sihanoukville and 1st thing friday morning the 1st of those passengers came off here there was jubilation and not just from those passengers who were lucky enough to be among the 1st group but also the hundreds more who lined the decks of the ship to say goodbye to them of course they were. They cheered as the cambodian Prime Minister hun sen came here to welcome the ship in who spoke to the crowd here spoke to those who were lucky enough to be the 1st to disembark the ship at any again sought to allay concerns about the virus has really done that from day one of the outbreak here in cambodia tried to downplay the threats that it may cause and he did that again in his speech saying the cambodian shouldnt be worried about coronaviruses welcome to ship again and he said that even if they were a positive cases of the virus on board the ship he still would have welcomed it to dock here in sihanoukville and he would have tried to get those affected patients off the ship as quickly as possible so they wouldnt be uncomfortable on the ship so thats been a common theme over the past few days after it was confirmed that the government would allow the ship to tie up here. The u. S. Senate has voted to limit president dong trumps ability to go at it alone and launch war with iran the move to reduce his president ial powers was backed by 8 members of his own Republican Party the war powers resolution means trump would have to seek congressional approval to launch any future strikes it was prompted by the assassination of the Iranian Military commander possum soleimani in a u. S. Strike last month which led to a counter strike on u. S. Soldiers trump is expected to veto the measure she had pretenses in washington with more on the political motives behind votes. 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 so 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 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 the military footprint to bomb all sorts of all sorts of people who groups the dream exist after 911 so this has been going on for some time now and its only the democrats rediscover their constitution and theyre saying that enough is enough and they were joined by some republicans republicans who have various motives as well in that some of them were just simply rather annoyed by the briefing 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 a 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. Melanie sloan is a former federal prosecutor and partner at the Public Affairs firm Summer Strategies and she says although trump is expected to veto the 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 you expect 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 as i was because americans dont pay that close attention to Foreign Policy sadly so when theyre not as worried that trouble 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 debates in iraq a arab a syncro coop province where u. S. Troops are stationed has been targeted in another rocket attack there been no reports of any casualties a previous attack on the same base in december killed a u. S. Contractor a triggering a chain of events that caused regional tensions to soar. Since december more than 800000 syrians have fled their homes an adlib province the last remaining rebel held area the u. N. Says the majority of them are women and children theyve ended up in displacement camps near the Turkish Border but conditions are desperate as the cold Winter Weather sets in and storms blanket the area with snow relief workers say 10 children have died in the last week alone. So much you know about there are 27 families living in tents things are stealing because we dont have the situation is very difficult its impossible for anyone to rent a home. Over the situation here is very difficult as you can see nothing in the temperature is below 0 you can see its who we are staying in a tent because different cost 100. 00 or 200. 00 and theres a lot of displacement going on now the ukase finance minister has abruptly resigned just a month before he was to deliver britains annual budget statement sodje job it stepped down after Prime MinisterBoris Johnson said he could only keep his job if he fired his close aides he said no self respecting minister critics up with johnson was demanding and job his resignation was part of a wider Cabinet Reshuffle which also saw the departure of the man who helped restore power sharing to Northern Ireland after 3 years of deadlock julian smith the Northern Ireland secretary was one of 5 ministers sacked by the Prime Minister. Has more from london. So what i had been anticipated to be a pretty mundane Cabinet Reshuffle had its doors run completely off by the shock resignation of the chancellor although there have been differences between him and the Prime Minister particularly over johnsons plans to increase Government Spending it was expected that jabbered would keep his position but that was until number 10 gave him all this 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 i have to say about that the conditions that were attached was a requirement that i replace all my political advisors 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 get his replacement is really soon akka 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 in the United Kingdom is 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 brics that. Still ahead on aljazeera. Destruction in south Africas Parliament during the president s state of the nation speech find out what the commotion was all about and. What 3 words we take a look at the phone out helping rescue services to save lives. Hello and welcome back now ive just arrived back in the Arabian Peninsula after a long absence and i tell you what it really was a shock the system how cold it was right here in qatar we have not snow but certainly run they have had snow across Northern Areas cause some real problems been some deaths reported an avalanche of very serious conditions but that cold air has continued to push south whats so were seeing temperatures really struck him last 24 to 48 hours yes a bit of a wind chill here in qatar the wind is light to 24 hours the cold air is gradually abating so were going to see temperatures rising slightly 22 and 24 expected in dubai housework cloudy around the eastern side of the Mediterranean Sea there so a cloudy day expected in beirut highs of 70 just a chance of a shower towards saturday then yemen otherwise dodgy dry conditions so head on into saturday you see the temperatures in doha and you by continuing to rise 26 there and you by heading into east africa were seeing some pretty heavy showers affecting this central area d. R. Congo all the way towards the east and certainly for mali down towards times near are seeing some heavy showers those are expected to continue you see weve got some big downpours expected across Lake Victoria but it should be dry nairobi with high sierra of 25. For. The controversial leader of this land john just how do you use one of the most wanted turns to stream in this county tennessee and his alleged extra judicial killings by Israeli Television in a sudden sense of being caught in the mask and the outcome is only deaths if someone tried to talk to scott the media seemingly tennison was shut down the borders. To kill him in damascus on aljazeera. Or moon her for the lord. Hello again the top stories on aljazeera this hour Chinese Health authorities have confirmed nearly 5000. 00 new coronavirus cases in a province the epicenter of the virus they also announced 116. 00 more deaths in the region on thursday. The Prime Minister of cambodia presented flowers to the 1st passengers to leave the western. True ship had been turned away by 4 countries because of coronavirus fears it then arrived in cambodia on wednesday but the 2000 passengers and crew were kept on board until any cases of the virus had been ruled out. The u. S. Senate has passed legislation requiring the president to seek congressional approval for any future strikes on iran 8 republican senators backed the resolution which was prompted by the assassination of top Iranian Military commander qassam sunday money in the u. S. Strike last month. China has began rolling back tariffs on u. S. Imports its part of an initial deal signed by the worlds 2 largest economies last month in the hopes of easing a trade war the agreements only applies to recent tariffs impose a september on goods including crude oil soybeans pork and beef under the deal beijing would buy more goods and services from the u. S. Lets get some perspective on this and speak to polian long shes the managing director of asia and analytical which conducts research on chinas political economy shes joining us from hong kong thanks very much for speaking to us on aljazeera so what does china get out of this right now. Right now this is a Holding Action china is a relief to see this very serious problem with us coronavirus it doesnt want to be fighting a trade war at the same time so this agreement of more or less puts things on hold until china has more time and space but that lynch said of negotiations id like to get your thoughts on the corona virus and how its impacting chinas economy in a moment but 1st just tell me this you say this puts things on hold some people seem to suggest that this could be a be the beginning of the process often deescalation when it comes to the trade war between the United States and china do you see it that way. And go because im going to see it so much now as a trade war or even a cold war so much as the dawn of a. Good relations between the 2 countries the american perception now not just that china is a rule spending competitor but that it is a threat the chinese for their part sees the americans as trying to contain their rise to its rightful position in the. Coming week and certainly they are racing focused dominance so any agreements they have on commercial issues wont just deal with a part of the problems between the 2 countries but the u. S. Treasury secretary steve minutes in recently said that there could be phases to trade negotiations and some u. S. Tariffs then can be rolled back what needs to happen for these face to negotiations to take place and go forward. Or face to face rephrase for the law only be technical the easy stuff that could be agreed on how much a guy for real how much you buy from me how much access i give you but the thing that is holding back a true agreement between the 2 countries is the fact that there is it is very difficult for them to agree on a mechanism for compliance i mean the trade gap acts says intellectual Property Rights and all of that has to be discussed for the past 20 years different when astringents have signed different agreements so in agreement without some form of compliance might convince them that the americans will accept that the chinese to sell to their own people then it will just be. Words of elites feeling that there is no true resolution of the dispute right and just to back to that point that you raised a few moments ago on corona virus what impact is this virus having on the chinese economy as of today and how likely is that to impact any trade negotiations between the u. S. And china. I dont think it is going to impact the trick negotiations brutally simply because the disagreements between the 2 countries the conflict of interest isnt related to the virus the economy itself how much depends on how a lot quickly the chinese are able to contain the growth of the and the spread of the virus but whatever happens there are going to be 2 things that will be changing not so much for the the rules of the economy itself but for foreign businesses perception of where that how much risk china is becoming for the right us right now the immediacy is the the british in the supply chain from the south korean coming to fracture high in the has already stopped production because of the brick in the supply chain now justices are always saying yes we should diversify the sources of our Supplier Base too hard they say well were doing another day now that day has come and theyre going to say sure we put everything in china even months things are good because you can never tell who was going to expect this sort of bill should white lockdown right and even for could be set up to stay in china or theyll say well maybe we should just put all our clients in one hand really we should have done dotted in different cities so its going to change the business and government which itself will affect the economy long term ok. Long we thank you very much for speaking to us from hong kong. South africas president has used his state of the nation address to defend his record on the economy. The Opposition Party repeatedly disrupted the speech and when it resumed Cyril Ramaphosa acknowledged more needs to be done to kickstart the stalling economy he blamed widespread power shortages for a sluggish growth and admitted that was reaching unsustainable levels aljazeera is for media millars in johannesburg and she says the president outlines options to deal with the countrys energy issues. Now the president when he finally was able to begin that address did say that whats referred to as a low trading in south africa these power cuts these rolling blackouts would indeed continue and this of course wouldnt be you know of any consolation to investors and businesses in this country who are already struggling with the Unemployment Rate is at 29 point one percent so the president did say these role of these blackouts would continue but they would also allow room for the use of independent Power Producers in speeding up licensing and regulations easing to allow for they being options for Energy Production in south africa but just going back to the Economic Freedom fighters in these this address by the president was delayed by almost an hour and a half thats the extent of the disruptions at that time the Economic Freedom fighters 1st saying that they wanted the removal of the former president f. W. De klerk from the sitting of the 2 houses of parliament in that he was an apartheid apologist iran has unveiled a list of approved candidates allowed to run in next weeks parliamentary elections many moderates and reformist candidates were disqualified the Guardian Council which oversees the approvals has historically dominated by ultra conservatives so big reports from to whom. 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 by your turning i deny this the Guardian Council has the juicy to verify the qualification of candidates in the council has never had a political view over the 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 we. Movement one of those who standing again is reformist candidate 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 irans capital 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 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 as. I am aware of the difficult situation and Economic Hardship that today parts versus idea of 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 are on the coldest continent on the planet has just had its hottest day the temperature in antarctica 20. 75 degrees celsius the recording was taken at say more island and it follows a high of 18. 3 degrees last week activists fear the rising temperatures in antarctica will contribute to an even faster rising global sea levels to glaciologists and director of the Antarctic Research center in Victoria University in wellington he says their recent records are not surprising. 2019 was the 2nd warmest year on record and previous record holder was 2017 so were seeing each year be at least as will or even warmer so it doesnt surprise me at all that were seeing january as one of the will miss mansel the will this month on record were already seeing some pretty significant impacts on untapped ikku we know that the ice sheet is beginning to lose mass that its me means its noting and that no water is contributing to sea to rise and its doing that with an extent are rising right and we expect that to continue dean topic the new chiller itself has always been a hot spot its experience more warming than anywhere else on the antarctic and we see big changes they it was seeing new species coming from south america that never have lived in antarctica so its seeing invasions of spaces with sea loss of habitat loss of sea ice. For winds. But this is really just a small window into much Greater China that will ultimately come for antarctica and will lead to significant suitable rise at that moment the science predicts that we could get up to a meter of Sea Level Rise by 2100 a free phone application is being credited with helping find 4 people trapped in a blizzard on scotlands highest mountain earlier this week its called what 3 words a system to identify peoples exact locations Jessica Baldwin reports from pember england. A rescue drill on the river tees. 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 tease is 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 them and who doesnt know what 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 ship 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 meters 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 tent 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 tease Jessica Baldwin aljazeera pembury england. Hello again the headlines on aljazeera the number of coronavirus cases a surge in the chinese province at the heart of the outbreak for a 2nd day officials on who base a nearly 5000 new infections were confirmed on thursday the rest of china reported fewer than 300 new cases who they also had 116 more deaths the Prime Minister of cum bodie a welcome the 1st passengers to leave the m. S. Westerdam the cruise ship had been turned away by 4 countries because of coronavirus fears it arrived in cambodia on wednesday but the 2000 passengers and crew were kept on board until any cases of the virus had been ruled out. The u. S. Senate has passed legislation requiring the president to seek congressional approval for any future strikes on iran 8 republican senators backed the resolution it was prompted by the assassination of the top iranian commander qassam sunday my knee in a u. S. Strike last month. A rocket has hit in iraq here base in kirkwood province where u. S. Troops are stationed there have been no reports of any casualties a previous attack on the same base in december killed a u. S. Contractor triggering a chain of events that caused regional tensions to escalate the u. K. s finance minister has abruptly resigned following a disagreement with Prime MinisterBoris Johnson such a job it stepped down after johnson said he could only keep his job if he fired his close aides he said no self respecting minister critic cept with johnson was demanding china has begun rolling back tariffs on u. S. Goods its part of an initial deal signed by the worlds 2 largest economies last month and the hopes of easing a trade war the agreement only applies to recent terror suppose in september on products including crude oil soybeans pork and beef under the deal beijing would buy more goods and services from the u. S. Those are the headlines on al jazeera radicalized youth is coming up next thanks for watching americans live side by side in 2 parallel universes the truck parts of america are getting trumpy or there is a poll out a few weeks ago that you had almost 30 percent americans believing they were on the cusp of civil war both sides accuse each other of doing things that are so blatantly wrong the bottom line on u. S. Politics and policies and their effect on the world. Oil ironic that when many governments around the world declare that the fight against terrorism is their number one priority this hasnt. The feel has continued the attacks have continued we have to wonder why is this the case