Sri lanka where farmers and elephants are fighting for survival. Fellow the number of People Killed by the corona virus has risen to over 1500 with 143 more deaths reported on friday almost all of the 66000 cases are in china province but all fortys are saying that the number of new infections has halved from the previous day lets get an update from a germ brown hes joining us from. Beijing adrian so what more are authorities there saying about the drop in the number of new cases and also the management of this epidemic. Well im actually in hong kong but as you rightly point out in your introduction during the death rate it was again quite high on friday but there is a crumb of comfort here because the death rate was 27 up on the previous day now its hard to talk about positive developments when people are dying and still being infected but i think we can take a crumb of comfort i sense from the fact that the rate of infections is now so much lower than it had been the day before and remember outside of who bay province the rate of infection is also declining quite sharply and globally remember we have just under 500. 00 infections including more than 50 here in hong kong that said the World Health Organization now has a team of experts in move on and one of the things they want to do is to find out the source of the infections that are blamed on more than 700 Workers Health workers doctors or nurses becoming infected they want to know how and where and remember 6 nurses and doctors have also died they are in the front line of a battle thats being fought of course on behalf of the entire world and as we now know many of those workers dont have adequate protective clothing the Chinese Government has conceded that now the United States has offered assistance but so far strangely chinas government has turned down that request now chinas top diplomat meanwhile wang he has been talking he says he thinks that many countries are actually exaggerating the problems in china and hes particularly unhappy with the United States which of course is severed air links between china and the United States u. S. Airlines arent flying to china at the moment and wont be for several more weeks lets himmel as to what he had to say youre going. To share some countries have stepped up measures including quarantine measures which are reasonable and understandable but some countries have overreacted and which has triggered an unnecessary panic vines here. Well china has now been extending its quarantine restrictions to the capital it says that anyone coming to beijing will now have to be self put into selfimposed isolation for 14 days we dont know with that requires to people coming into china from outside of the country but state media says that anyone who doesnt comply with this order will be severely punished without specifying what that punishment will be and just to sum up the rain i think the problem we have at the moment is were having to interpret figures that are coming from chinas government that cant be independently verified and as we now know you know local officials in we were initially trying to cover up the extent of this outbreak more than 6 weeks ago our right to enter and thank you for that update from hong kong now its a deal that lasts only a week but u. S. Officials say if its a success it could lead to the withdrawal of troops from afghanistan the taliban and american negotiators have agreed to a proposal for a reduction of violence in the country the announcement is the result of ongoing peace talks in qatar and a senior u. S. Official says if there still holds it could be followed by a more permanent accord well the u. N. Secretary general spokesman has welcomed the agreement he said its important to curb violence thats harming civilians in afghanistan if this were to succeed it would obviously be notable step in bringing peace to the country. The dialogues are vital pay is of is vital to paving forward the constructive intra afghan negotiations on peace i think its very important. To find ways to reduce the levels of violence in afghanistan is specially the violence that is harming civilians mostly our towns he is in washington and he explains how the us taliban agreements would work. Its a 3 stage process we have the 7 day reduction of violence there is an element here that there is an acceptable level of violence that will be allowed but from what we can understand the taliban have specific prohibitions they the roadside bombs. Rocket attacks no suicide attacks however the u. S. Is still allowed to carry on what it calls Counterterrorism Operations whatever that might be one of the questions we have and there is no understanding that the taliban doesnt control all the factions in afghanistan so they may be still violence in afghanistan but there will be a channel of communication between the u. S. And the taliban so that if there is an incident then the taliban and the u. S. Can question each other as well what was that what happened here what were the reasons behind it was that you. Seem to be very conscious about the possibility of false flag operations that might be designed to try and scope of the deal after that 7 day period of everyone is satisfied that the taliban will pledge that it wont support any what are called terrorist attacks on the u. S. And its allies and the u. S. Will put in place its phased withdrawal from afghanistan that then leads to direct talks between the Afghan Government who by the way had nothing to do with all these talks and the taliban and then hopefully to a lasting peace deal however clearly still lots lots of questions here what is acceptable violence what it what a Counterterrorism Operations for that matter how when when was this were going to stop the u. S. Say its going to start really soon c. B. S. Going to tell about a source apparently to say that theyre expecting the 1st stage in february 22nd the 2nd stage fabry 29th a week later and then the peace talks to begin march 10th but many questions the full wrote about they will occur in munich on saturday morning local time. Rebels in Northern Syria say they shot down a military helicopter on friday killing everyone on board Government Forces are trying to take the last opposition held areas in an operation thats the space more than 800000 people since the beginning of december i had about our reports from need turkey syria border this is the moment another Syrian MilitaryHelicopter Shot down in aleppo province none of its crew survived they were taking part in a military operation to recapture opposition held areas on the outskirts of aleppo city its the 2nd helicopter downed by rebels in the same area this week. Fees fighting continues in neighboring province its a critical time for the rebels who are constantly retreating after losing ground. Is their last stronghold if they are defeated here the war will be over. Many syrians are continuing to flee their homes this woman has been forced from the countryside of aleppo province she feels abandoned by everyone that it matters its very cold and no one seems to care about whats happening to us the situation is more than tragic no one is helping look at the people leaving i dont know of any safe area where i can take my family almost 150000 refugees have fled to was the border with turkey in the last 4 days joining more than a 1000000 forced from their homes since the start of the syrian armys offensive in it live last april. Has been forced to flee his village. As well as refugee camps at least 4 times over the last few months. I recently moved with my family to the city of bin ish thinking it would be safe and far from the fighting then the syrian army stepped up its offensive a week ago we packed and left i dont know where to go next i feel like my next move will be towards the unknown. As the humanitarian crisis deepens turkey is deploying more troops into it live and accuses damascus of violating the terms of a cease fire agreement that was 2 years ago between turkey iran and russia the deal established safe zones and implemented a cease fire but violence never stopped the syrian army seems determined to defeat the rebels and continue its advance towards the city of idlib thats a red line for turkey its ramped up its military presence in and has given the syrian army until the end of this month to pull out behind turkish observation posts or face a tougher response has. Delivered on turkeys border with syria where the Syrian Government has reportedly attack a camp for internally displaced people in the northern countryside of internet province and this is according to social media which appears to show the aftermath of shelling near its not yet clear how many casualties there are. When the syrian army says it secured the last part of a strategic highway that runs through the last rebel held region in the country the highway connects the capital damascus with aleppo and is the main trade route running from the north all the way to the southern border with jordan. It just got more expensive for airbus to export its planes to the u. S. Washington has raise tariffs on european built aircraft and made a dispute over subsidies the u. S. Levy will go up from 10 to 15 percent and washington has long argued that airbus has an unfair advantage over american based plane maker boeing the move comes as American Airlines struggled with a shortage of planes almost a year after boeing grounded its 77. 00 max model over safety concerns and earlier we spoke to kyle bailey hes an aviation analyst and former federal Aviation AuthoritySafety Team Representative he explains how terrified cosi ations between the u. S. And the e. U. Are likely to play out now. A lot of times will see you these terrorists imposed and then there will be after they are imposed for a couple of weeks there will be some more negotiations and talking behind the scenes and you know i wouldnt be surprised if after a few weeks terrorists do go away or. Maybe just you know reduced and we are seeing this in the past with the case you know with terrorists in china we seem threats of terrorists and theyre implemented and then theyre pretty much reduced or taken back and i wouldnt be surprised if this is the case. With thereabouts as well there is a tremendous need for aircraft for both passengers and for cargo and this is business this way for the last couple years and even now some of the max its more more of the case so this is an urgent situation and you know air bus is at a disadvantage here and unfortunately boeing does have its hand hands tied and i think the general flying public as a result of this you know also kind of could possibly see fares increase. Still ahead on aljazeera railing against the pipeline well tell you why Train Services have ground to a halt across canada coming up in sports its 2 giants of african football playing for one of the continents major titles away from home soil find out who leaves qatar with the caps at the cottage. Hello again its good have you back well here cross north america we are looking at some bunch better conditions now that the big weather system is making its way off the eastern seaboard were still going to be dealing with some very cold air behind the system to the forecast map as we go towards saturday still into the Northern Plains were a little bit better than we were but those temperatures are on the way back down as we go towards the end of the week and the beginning of the week so many apples and joy the day here on saturday when a big minus 5 take a look as we go towards sunday a big drop in temperatures particularly across parts of canada and for winnipeg the 3 day forecast does look like this would be seen minus 5 on saturday minus 14 on sunday minus 24. 00 in the overnight hours going to monday but a little bit better by the time we get to monday at minus 10 degrees there where across the caribbean fairly quiet for this time of year we are seeing that from about to push here across parts of florida we may get a shower or 2 for parts of the bahamas but still quite warm for now so with the temperature of about 31 degrees and for have into a nice day for you at 28 degrees there and down towards argentina were going to be seeing a few showers just to the north of one is out as those will continue through the rest of the weekend localized flooding could be a big problem there but for rio it is going to be a warmer day and showers in the forecast with a temperature of 30 degrees. 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And the Us Government has raised tariffs on european built aircraft arab us from 10 to 15 percent it marks a new escalation and a long running dispute between the worlds 2 largest playmakers washington says e. U. Subsidies give rival airbus an unfair advantage. At least 13 children have died in haiti after a fire swept through an orphanage outside the capital Port Au Prince 2 adults were also killed its thought candles were being used after a generator failed rescue workers didnt reach the scene for some time and are still working to recover the bodies and gallagher reports the fire broke out on thursday evening quickly spreading through the unlicensed orphanage run by a u. S. Religious group just outside haitis capital Authorities Say 7 of those who perished were babies or toddlers along with 6 who were roughly 10 or 11 years of age. It reportedly took firefighters around an hour and a half to reach the scene in the movie prosecuted cos it was a little memory we did not have the means to intervene all the way up the floor we were taking out the children who were conscious and making sure to get them to the hospital unfortunately when they got to the hospital they did not receive any help. Other place started is still being investigated but a worker at the home said candles were being used to light after a generator failed the church of bible understanding is reported to a failed senator inspections in the past because of overcrowding and a lack of trained staff. Pennsylvania organization which runs this and another home in haiti says it houses close to 200. 00 children in what it calls a Christian Training Program in haiti orphans are often children families cant afford to feed they come to places like this to get an education and safe housing workers from the home are in shock. I was eating soup and i run fast to get there when i arrived i did not find any of my children i saw only 3 or 4 of the younger ones alive the government has closed around 160 orphanages in the past 5 years and hundreds more operate without official authorization haitis president job namo east tweeted his condolences saying im deeply saddened by the death of about 10 children as a result of a fire last night at the orphanage urge the authorities to urgently investigate in order to establish the causes of this tragedy the Authorities Say theyre seeking shelter for the children that survived and the gallacher aljazeera. 20 people have been killed in an attack in central mali it happened in the village of over psagot in the region of mazzini and more than 100 people were killed in the same village last march an ethnic joke on militia has been accused of carrying out both attacks. At least one person has been killed in the south of libyas capital tripoli and shelling by forces loyal to the warlords. On shoes that on thursday excuse me another person was killed near the capital 4 others were injured in the attack which hit a residential area have to forces have been trying to take tripoli from the internationally recognized government since last april. Well trains are at a standstill right across canada because of a blockade by protesters against a gas pipeline through indigenous land the government is calling for a rapid solution as the cost of the nationwide demonstrations rises nicolette gates has a story. It may look like a small protest but groups like this in ontario and all across canada have brought north americas 3rd largest rial network to a standstill protest is angry at the building of a gas pipeline have blocked trial lines for 6 successive days forcing sea and rail to shut its network in the countrys east hundreds of passenger and freight trains have been cancelled its got to. Be the last route to do it but this isnt we have to take the approved pop line owned by t. C. Energy corps is planned to carry natural gas from dawson creek in British Columbia southwest were a fine or a unique key to matt for shipment to asian markets the pop line is central to a 40000000000. 00 export project it also runs through traditional indigenous lands. Agreements where they dont have the authority on the greens that play the game that the province in canada played for years in nova scotia in canadas far east demonstrators block telephonic city hall Prime MinisterJustin Trudeau has recognised the right to protest but hes pushing for a swift resolution Industry Groups are worried about the cost to canadas economy and are urging the restarting of Train Services im not here to advocate for a project im here to advocate for a process that make sure that we dont fail to allow canadians to be heard. Effectively through. Fear and. If the pipeline outcry continues c. N. N. Says temporary layoffs are possible nicolas cage aljazeera the president of. Creasing pressure from moscow to join russia in a unified states for 2 months russia has cut oil supplies to about the reuss which relies on its neighbor for 80 percent of its Energy PresidentAlexander Lukashenko says its part of russias push to merge the countries. Who faces reelection this year and has governed for 2 decades says he will find alternative markets for oil journalists in the philippines have been demonstrating against attempts to close down the countrys largest t. V. Network the solicitor general has asked the Supreme Court to cancel the franchise of a. B. S. C. B. S. After 25 years its been accused of breaking a rule on Foreign Investments but the networks come under regular attack from president for a drink of the territory for its reports on his controversial drugs crackdown conservationists have criticised the Sri Lankan Government for distributing shotguns to help protect farmers are in crops from elephant attacks shrinking habitats and growing human populations are bringing people and elephants into increasing confrontation with reports. Unknown the predator shinies struggling to cope with the loss of her husband the 31 year old special task force policeman was killed by elephants here in aid whoever just over a year ago it was a half but it was his last day of a 5 day break at home we were both getting work done around the house in the evening he went to buy provisions as he would only be coming back in a month it was while returning home that he ran into a herd of elephants. Last year was the worst year for conflict between people and elephants 121 tree lankans and 405 elephants were killed sri lanka is home to around 6000 Wild Elephants 70 percent of them live outside protected areas which means they share their habitat with People Pharmacy they are vulnerable when travelling to their fears to work or when protecting their crops from night raids this family was rushing to harvest their paddy before the elephants got to it but the elephants are threatened with 500 shotguns handed out by the government the minister of wildlife has given the guns to Civil Security personnel to protect farmers and their crops he told aljazeera the weapons will be used under Wildlife Department supervision only to scare the enablers of morning sunday we have issued birdshot you can shoot and kill elephants with these they will fire up into the elephants are scared of guns because they have been used by villages for many years these guns will be used in a disciplined way. Conservationists say the guns are a bad idea and will only make things worse for the pointers only point in this. Bill if one turns against you youre going to run. A bird really reinforces our vision in elephants and the next time they reform comes in contact with somebody who doesnt know that that person doesnt have a gun and is not going to shoot or to hear probably kill that 4000 kilometers of electric fences have been built to deal with the elephant problem but the battery is mostly in the jungle and are no obstacle for hungry and determined elephants instead he says fences must be used to protect villages and crops these farmers are doing just that. Youre going to get under the you know make it this middle post will have electricity running through it like the base and other wires the elephants can pull it out at any point now we can get some rest at night earlier we had to stay up. Thats on both sides of this battle are rising every year and a National Policy to conserve Wild Elephants is yet to be fully implemented 14 years after it was introduced but protecting these farmers and their crops is the biggest challenge for the government one that carries important votes in a finance as aljazeera era of a North Central sri lanka where the u. S. Has blacklisted certain lankas army chief. For alleged human rights abuses the Lieutenant General was accused of extra judicial killings in 2009 during like during certain lanka civil war Rights Groups say some 40000 ethnic tamils were massacred as Government Forces seen is there predominantly tamil north the sanctions and his family members from entering the United States. Reigning english football champions Manchester City have been banned from European Competition for 2 years for breaking financial rules set by the european governing body away for the club is accused of disguising cash injections from their owners as legitimate sponsorships thats a breach of financial fair play rules designed to force clubs to run businesses and not be over reliance on rich owners and sister united city intends to appeal. Harriss a Global Sports correspondent for the Associated Press news agency he says the cost of that ban will be huge. The city will lose up by around 100000000. 00 euros a year alone in prize money that theyd be getting for reaching the Champions League and hitting the quarterfinals last season as all the Television Revenue from that is the gate receipts as well from going to games and also the reputational damage from our club its an unprecedented ban of this level a 2 season ban the Champions League for one of the richest clubs in World Football indeed world sport well theyve already avoid the band wont save a financial fair play that was back in 2014 when they were initially found to be massively overspending to try to reach the top status at that time they struck a financial sanction and many thought time they should have been banned in the Champions League so for some this would be the sanction that should have been imposed back then and what weve discovered now from this case is many new details relating to that past ban into includes of alleged deception around the manipulation of sponsorship the case could drag out appeals do take some time but we are still many months away from the group stage of the Champions League starting in september so there is time for a appeal to be heard and my city could focus on some of the source of the leagues internal correspondence thats a man who is accused in portugal of hacking by criminals or it is not directly linked to this case. Well the egyptian side is that manic have won one of Biggest Football Club football competitions the caf super cup im playing right here in qatar the egyptians were too strong for its and as your Club Esperance winning 31 all vandar were the action looking to do what they didnt take the cash super campuses showdown between the winners of the african Champions League and the holders of the confederation with. The sellout crowd billie had time to find these seats before confederation household resembling open the story im just the 2nd but it. Was a heated 1st half still the White Knights almost doubled the lead just before half time but its promise was saved by some lucky defending the chinese in cup had their chance to equalise in the 50th minutes after the v. A. R. Old theyd been ahead born on the box and they didnt waste it thank you scott it was ok they come looking for it its just but thank god its to be sparks that minutes later zemanek were back in front. And the stoppage time ashraf bin shockey ensured its bronze would be ramas up for a 2nd year in a row so i think that is she said its only the 5th time in the history of the competition that the Champions League hold a hasnt won the super cup so much wolf and with aljazeera. Following on the headlines on aljazeera this hour chinas foreign minister has criticised some countries for overreacting to the coronavirus the number of new cases dropped by nearly half the previous day on friday the total number of People Killed is more than 1500. Its a deal that last only a week about u. S. Officials say if its a success it could lead to the withdrawal of troops from afghanistan the taliban and american negotiators have agreed to a proposal for a reduction of violence in the country a senior u. S. Official says if this deal holds it could be followed by a more permanent accord and the u. N. Secretary general has welcomed the agreement if this were to succeed it would obviously be a notable step in green peace of the country. And the dialogues of vital pay is of is vital to paving forward the constructive intra afghan negotiations on peace i think its very important. To find ways to reduce the levels of violence in afghanistan is specially the violence that is harming civilians the u. S. Has raise tariffs on european plane maker airbus amid a dispute over subsidies the u. S. Love you will go up from 10 to 15 percent washington has long argued that airbus has an unfair advantage over american based plane maker boeing the move comes as American Airlines struggle with a shortage of planes almost a year after boeing grounded its 737 max model over safety concerns a fire has swept through an orphanage in haiti killing at least 13 children the unlicensed residents on the outskirts of the capital Port Au Prince had been using candles for lights because of problems with its generator about 60 children were staying in the orphanage which is run by a u. S. Based christian group. Reigning english football champions Manchester City have been banned from European Competition for 2 years for breaking financial rules set by the european governing body away for the club is accused of the guys in cash injections from their abu dhabi owners as legitimate sponsorships those are the headlines want to this coming up next right here on out here. The race for the white house has begun this month to see 4 states have their say on tuesday he wants to face donald trump. Sure mr latham to continuing coverage of the 1st stage of the 2020 u. S. Interaction. On a new jersey. Want to strengthen his University Campuses tensions are rising and then i got a chance i had a hard heart she has got to go i. Thought it was that moment that i was attacked. At universities billions of dollars a year from Chinese Student fees and Research Projects with china. But now fear is a growing that these lucrative arrangements maybe posing as strategies academic institutions Even National security at risk. Universities not being sleepwalking the brain in a coma its astonishing there is no excuse anymore. One want to use to invest to