Comes out with a post grex it immigration policy that will close doors for unskilled workers and non english speakers. Hello china is reporting a significant drop in the number of new corona virus cases after medical authorities reverted back to ollie blood tests to diagnose symptoms beijing has been taking a series of drastic steps in recent weeks to fight covert 19 which has killed over 2100 people across the country so there were only 394 confirmed cases on wednesday thats down from nearly 1700 the day before 114 people have died in the past 24 hours and the cruise ship thats right there the diamond princess which has the highest number of confirmed cases outside of china has just reported its 1st casualties were 2 passenger. Both japanese nationals in their eighties died after being taken to hospitals in the middle east to has experienced its 1st fatality 2 elderly people have died in irans pome province and schools and universities have been closed on thursday to stop further spread of the disease in a moment well be live in yokohama japan thats where that ship we mentioned is still dog but often right my pride is standing by for us there but 1st well bring in katrina you shes joining us from beijing to find out more about what all of floridians are saying about the drop in the number of new cases and why theyve changed their screening methods. Well thats right well the authorities have attributed this drop in a change of screening measures so now coronavirus patients are only confirmed after theyve been tested with this socalled r n a test a test which tests for the virus of genetic signature now previously or previous to this past few hours they were accepting clinically diagnosed tests for confirming these krone virus patients doctors could use c. T. Scans or lung x. Rays but now theyre sticking to this are in a test to confirm cases and thats why weve seen a drop from just a few hours ago 75000 down to about 56000 but we have to also remember that this has they decided to change this because the clinically diagnosed numbers were skewing the mortality rate they were making this appear this Infectious Disease to appear less serious than it necessarily is but we have to also look at the fatality rate which is remaining steady so weve had for about 400. 00 cases or just under 400. 00 cases in the past 24 hours which is a considerable considerable drop from previous days which the Chinese Government is emphasizing is good news but still weve had more than 110. 00 deaths in the last 24 hours including as you mentioned the 2 deaths in iran and the true deaths last 24. 00 in the last few hours confirmed in japan so this is really even though weve seen a massive drop in these numbers is no time for governments around the world to relax when it comes to measures to prevent the spread of this new coronavirus and certainly in south korea theyre considering raising the alert level because in one city in the city of daegu theyve seen more cases i think 31. 00 cases in the past 24 hours during the south korean total to about ac or just over 80 and theyre saying that these cases have been concentrated in the city of daegu they seem to come from this one Church Specifically so theyve started to tell their citizens to raise to raise their awareness to. Continue to wear masks even indoors theyre saying that they require a paradigm shift in the way they were approaching the outbreak there because of the jump in cases in south korea ok katrina thank you for that update from beijing lets find out what exactly happened in yokohama japan and rob mcbride is standing by for us because we are now hearing that 2 passengers were on board the cruise ship the diamond princess have now died as a result of the virus rob. Thats right we dont know too many more details than that but it has been confirmed in the last hour or so by japans Health Ministry that the victims were a man and woman both in their eightys it seems that they were being treated a facility a hospital on shore but as you mentioned that they became infected on this ship among the more than 600 people now thats the number of people who have been infected so far of tested positive for the corona virus it has to be said that there are a range of different conditions as certainly we know that older people are more vulnerable more susceptible to this virus other people who have been detected carrying the virus who become infected actually show no symptoms still they have to be carefully looked after and in fact over the past day or so as we see in the start of this disembarkation process at the end of this controversial quarantine amongst people who are being released from the from this vessel who as well as people who are declared fit they have showed no signs of the virus we see also a special convoys of buses with Police Escorts carrying people who have been affected who are gradually being taken out to the various hospitals on the shore as this ship is being evacuated but there is now with over 600 people said to be infected that actually comes out to a pretty grim ray. One in 6 of the crew of the crew and passengers on this vessel who have gradually over the past 2 to 3 weeks or so even despite these quarantine meshes have become infected has raised concerns it has added to the urgency by some countries to womanize charter flights to get their nationals out but we have been watching as many as far as your pal is concerned their citizens are being allowed to return home or weve been seeing them being dropped off at yokohama train station obviously very relieved that this episode is behind them this whole deal is finally over but there are concerns amongst other passengers we talked to the same train station some of them obviously very concerned about fellow japanese citizens going through this their hearts go out to them but other citizens saying well why are they not being kept segregated and really adding to a sense of concern here ok thank you for that i think from. The former new york mayor and billionaire Mike Bloomberg has come under attack from rival democrats and their debate just days ahead of the caucus in the state of nevada so this was the media moguls very 1st debate as he was a late entry into the race to take on donald trump in novembers election he spent hundreds of millions of dollars on Television Ads 5 other candidates joined the debate in las vegas so bloomberg is up against veteran senator Bernie Sanders who talks a Reuters Ipsos poll with 25 percent of registered democrats and independents saying theyll vote for him the former mayor has surged to 2nd place in the poll on 17 percent that puts him ahead of Barack Obamas former Vice President joe biden who started as a front runner but now only managed 13 percent. To edged out sanders in iowa finished a close 2nd in New Hampshire has 11 percent and senator Elizabeth Warren of massachusetts will be fighting for her political survival shes currently 9 percent and theres a minnesota senator any close are she rounds of the pack with 5 percent she managed 3rd place in the New Hampshire primary lets bring in rob reynolds whos joining us from las vegas watching that debate its being described by some as the most contentious one yet rob whats it out for you. Yeah it was definitely a verbal punching match it was the liveliest in the fights 2 years debate by far of all of the debates that the Democratic Candidates of had in this election cycle and Mike Bloomberg as you mentioned really took a beating or he was questioned or attacked i should say on everything from his to his vast wealth to his past. Membership in the Republican Party in support for former president george bush to sexist and massage industry comments he made about women in the past as a businessman and these Exchanges Group pretty hot at times and. Even elicited some gasps from the waiting press here in the media center now whether this is going to have any effect on mayor bloomberg recent rise in the polls of course remains to be seen i think that Bernie Sanders the current front runner in many polls did nothing to hurt his standing as front runner joe biden the former Vice President was sort of almost largely absent from this debate he didnt have much stage time and so i dont think this is going to do anything to stop his steady slide in the polls on the other hand Elizabeth Warren the senator from massachusetts had i think a very good night she led some of those attacks on the former mayor bloomberg and she had some very strong comments about how she would approach. Running the country if she were to become president not a good night for amy char the person the senator from minnesota who had recently had kind of a surge and was seemed to have quite a bit of momentum she was really thrown off for her stride by questioning from pete buda judge and by some of the members of the panel and kind of lost her pool at some point at several points rather buddha judge himself was as usual unflappable and he also got in quite a few good digs at all the candidates for existing himself as the most centrist and most electable candidate the person most likely to be able to defeat throttle trump in november all right rob thank you for that update from las vegas. At least 8 people have been killed in 2 shooting incidents in germany they happened at a short time apart and she shot bars in the western city of hand frankfurts the suspect was later found dead in his home police say theyve also found another body at the suspects house. Still ahead on aljazeera as the Peace Process is underway to end nearly 20 years of war in afghanistan we speak to one family left devastated by a u. S. Drone strike. Yet more unsettled weather spilling in across the middle east over the next couple of days as we go on through thursday cloud right sleet and snow that will tumble across parts of syria out of that eastern side of turkey pushing across iran through the caucasus southern end of the caspian sea summer all the wintry weather coming in behind brightest guys to come in behind that for a time as we go on through thursday the temperature here in doha 28 celsius as a system makes its way further east words itll tumble but a small way in setting it 23 degrees the top temperature on friday afternoon and by friday we will see some wetter weather just spilling by i came across southern parts of 3 cypress and yet heading back towards the levant so meanwhile we have clear skies across northern parts of africa but a few showers just around the bases side of the country around the highlands well see some wet weather coming in here from time to time into burundi in this bad season showers some longer spells of fine a little further south through kenya down into northern parts of tanzania will see some wet weather just coming through over the next a dial so the show is actually stretch across a good part all of Southern Africa so well see some showers there into angola and also into namibia and staying a little disturbed south africa. The politics of division have pushed india into the grip of a historical reckoning im afraid because im not on the minority of mugabe afraid of where do these ideas come from the tragedy of more lives how much weve tried to send a close getting to school a happy family over the course of joining me on just us here on the final part of my journey when i jus become a target of the hindu 1st policy in such of india seoul on aljazeera. Well again the top stories on aljazeera chinas hu a province the epicenter of the corona Virus Outbreak has reported fewer new infections on wednesday as compared to the day before thats after authorities reverted back to just blood tests to diagnose since. 2 elderly people who are on board a cruise ship that have been quarantined in japan for 14 days have now died from the virus those were the 1st deaths on the passenger liner which has the highest number of cases aster in Mainland China. The former new york mayor Mike Bloomberg has come under attack from rival democrats and their debate just before the caucus in the state of nevada this was the media moguls very 1st debate as he was a late entry into the race to take on donald trump in november. The u. N. Has warned of catastrophic human suffering in syria the government and its ally russia continue their bombardment of the last rebel stronghold in the northwest turkey says it will launch another military operation in syria unless the government ends its assaults mike hanna has more from the United Nations we have repeated violent confrontations between turkish and Syrian Government forces who are in support the Russian Federation is actively engaged in support of the Syrian Governments military operation u. N. Special envoy offers a bleak view of the political crisis in syria which in turn has resulted in a devastating humanitarian situation that continues to deteriorate on a daily basis close to a 1000000 displaced people being squeezed into an ever decreasing space by advancing front lines on all sides im getting daily reports of babies and other Young Children dying in the cold. Imagine the grief of a parent who escaped a war zone with their child only to watch that child freeze to death many members contend the crisis is a direct consequence of Russian Support can only and with the plea to our russian colleagues to stop the support of syria if you tell the syrians that there is no longer military support to the Syrian Regime they will have to stop the onslaught on their own population so we will get one school colleague to my german colleagues we will not stop supporting the legitimate government of syria which is conducting a legitimate fight against International Terrorists how can you justify carrying out such indiscriminate and inhumane attacks what are you doing to uphold International Humanitarian law what are you doing to protect the people who are fleeing where do you expect those people to flee to and another question posed by the u. S. Ambassador the question i asked before the council today then what will tomorrows headline be and what are we going to do about it the answer today as it has been on so many occasions in the Security Council before nothing the Security Council has been deeply divided since the very beginning of the syrian conflict russia has wielded its veto on 14 occasions preventing any form of united Security Council action in the face of what is becoming the greatest humanitarian crisis of the 21st century the International Community appears unable to act political interests continuing to take priority over the suffering of millions of civilians mike hanna aljazeera United Nations walter his forces are ready to launch an offensive against Syrian Government forces as has a lot about the reports of the time near turkeys border with syria. Turkish troops in have been asked to expand their military outposts their presence here is the result of an agreement between Turkey Russia and iran 2 years ago to establish safe zones but these turkish soldiers might soon get involved in the biggest military campaign of their deployment president up by. A military operation is imminent. On the subject of it turkey has made all preparations to carry out its own operational plans as with every military operation on the subject ill say we could enter it lip suddenly one night. Undeterred by the turkish warning the syrian army stepping up its offensive government warplanes struck the town of to many in the attacks have intensified over the last few days earlier this week president Bashar Al Assad said in a rare dress that his troops wont hold their campaign until it live forced into their hands talks between russia and turkey to diffuse tension have stalled each side is accusing the other of failing to implement the terms of the escalation in sure the guerrillas the key agreement on it was to separate the Syrian Armed Opposition who cooperates with turkey from the terrorists a terrorist according to the agreements regarding adlib was not be involved in a cease fire regime russia considers heya to have an alliance of rebel groups in it live a terrorist organization and therefore excluded from the ceasefire agreement of 2018 turkey seems to want the Syrian Government troops to go back to the areas behind the Demilitarized Zone but for president said such zones are no longer relevant since his army has advanced further into it and taken over more territory if theres no agreement by the end of this month the chances the ask. The fighting about turned into an outright war between syria and turkey would significantly increase. What i will talk is border with syria an italian Prosecutor Says the captain of a lebanese flak cargo ship has been arrested in genoa and is under investigation for arms trafficking to libya it would be in violation of an International Arms embargo its a legit tanks rockets on military equipment were loaded onto the ship in turkey and taken to tripoli an attack on the up or derail peace talks in geneva on chairs they. Had reports from libyas Prime Minister face sunrise visited the site of an attack on actually police main airport that charred containers a clear example of one phase as is the International Communitys feed to enforce its own embargo National Policy we were questioned the upholding of the weapons embargoed 4 years ago not just these days if the weapons of bugger had been respected we would not have been in this situation today if it is to be respected it must be upheld of all outputs land sea and air or the attack happened on tuesday shortly after the e. U. Approved a naval appreciation intended to enforce the weapons in burgo that however will be insufficient according to the government in tripoli as weapons and fighters continue to pour in from those backing the warlords leave for have to turkish president treasure and has promised to help solve russias government. Uncle opposes the e. U. Mission as well. I want to specifically mention that the European Union does not have the right to make any decisions concerning libya the e. U. Is trying to take charge of the situation and interfere. The conflict in libya has consequences across the Mediterranean Region the Greek Foreign minister has accused turkey and the tripoli government of making the situation worse the attack by half to his forces led to a Prime Minister was a little while from the u n bag talks in geneva and he says he wont return to the negotiations until the world firmly responds to what he calls health care surveillance but what are the what. Tripoli the uns libya envoy has been trying to convince representatives of the internationally recognized government to stay in geneva and resume says fire negotiations are diplomatic editor james bases there. The un has been talking all day to those representatives from the g. A. O. We believe gas on salami the u. N. Envoy has been chatting to them has been meeting but also talking to their bosses Prime Ministers iraj and others in tripoli to try and keep them engaged in this process remember that we have the u. N. Security Council Resolution at the end of last week we had a meeting in munich which had 13 Foreign Ministers representing all the Key Stakeholders in 2 in the International Community including the key supporters of the g n a and of general hafta and all agree there should be these talks taking place and despite that weve seen the same thing that happened back in april last year general haftar going ahead with his military action and basically destroying the peace efforts everyone has said publicly theyre committed to the u. N. Process but clearly some of the countries supporting general haftar gave him the green light in april to march on tripoli and try and take the capital and since then general have to supporters have been sending in arms to his forces planes have been coming in from the United Arab Emirates weapons of be coming over the border from egypt and theres been support from other countries as well new statistics so the u. S. Dropped more bombs on afghanistan last year than any year since 2013 and though there are signs of hope with a deal with the taliban for families caught up in the crossfire already its too late same bus ride and has this reports you. Know be says his home and hosni province was destroyed by one of the more than 7400 bombs the u. S. Air force dropped on of coniston last year. U. S. Government data suggests it is the highest total of airstrikes in of coniston in 10 years his familys home in the village of song became a u. S. Target during a battle between the taliban and Government Forces on the us and it was 1230 at night when the airplane bombed our house it was the day at district and a lot of fighting was going on my brother was killed along with 3 of his daughters one was 4 years old one was 2 years old and the 3rd one was 6 months old fighting came as close as 50 metres to his house after what he describes as a drone strike nobody moved surviving members of his family to gaza the capital of the province they returned last month after repairs to their mud house points to where the bomb struck he says he found his brother muhammad and 3 of his brothers children in pieces its not that there was a drone bombed our house i lost my husband and 3 children i dont know where the taliban came from and started fighting that an airplane came and hit our house were in trouble and im psychologically traumatized my children get scared my nieces and nephews get scared our whole family is scared. Now when they hear loud noises the children say the drones have come back. One of those daughters survived the attack when asked where her father is just she says in the airplane and that her uncle takes care of her for now her answer suggest she still doesnt fully comprehend what happened. An airstrike in but hes province in the north of the country earlier this month meant for the taliban local say killed only civilians. Last night 3 bodies came to hospital 2 children and they were all dead the more children died on the spot and the local villagers buried them there the latest report from u. S. Monitors says last Year American and Afghan Forces killed more civilians than the. Taliban for the 1st time since the conflict began and u. S. Officials monitoring reconstruction efforts also found the taliban and other armed groups carried out more attacks in the last quarter of 2019 than at any time in the previous decade. Fighting during this time of year usually moves from snow covered mountain terrain to warmer urban centers but this time theres been more violence in Rural Communities and relative quiet in major cities that is attributed to peace talks with the taliban u. S. Diplomats are hoping an agreement described as a reduction in violence will help bring american troops home winding down the war in afghanistan is something donald trump knows could help israel lection campaign but fighting has continued outside major cities the number of people being killed in provincial districts has continued to rise if the latest round of taliban talks fail off guns worry that the next fighting season due to start in the spring a matter of months could be more violent than ever. The British Government has unveiled plans to limit access to the u. K. The job market for immigrants when the brics the transition period ends in 10 months the government says it will move to a points based immigration system but critics say it will be bad for the economy or a challenge reports. Post breaks it the u. K. Government insists the country will be open for business but under the new immigration rules outlined on wednesday many kinds of people whove been able to live and work here for decades are having the door closed on them we all know longer going to have a route for low skilled workers to come to the u. K. This will now be a single global system that does not discriminate as to whether or not you come from the you are from outside of the so how will this new system work well it will be points based cap on the number of people eligible and no longer will you citizens get preferential treatment. There off 3 things that incoming workers will need a job offer from an approved employer that job must be at the right skill level and speak english is a must. But workers with all of these will still need Something Else to make up the points maybe theyve completed all their School Qualifications maybe theyre over 33000. 00 or above the going rate for their fields or maybe theres a shortage of workers in their occupation. But theres an issue with shutting out all the highly skilled and many Business Leaders appointing it out so low skilled or low paid jobs are essential for the economy and the u. K. Doesnt have enough of its own citizens willing to do them shut out the immigrants whove been feeding them for decades and youve got a problem if we have a turning off of any access to that lower paid and to the job market care workers laborers on a construction site. Hospitality workers waitresses. Kitchen workers food processes we will potentially see some businesses unable to expand and grow and it will affect the growth rate of the economy. The home secretary says the slack could be taken up by the 8400000 british adults who are working drill into the data though the most students sick carews or retired perhaps only a 1000000 brits are available for these jobs even if they want to reach alums 0 london. Hello again the headlines on aljazeera chinas hu a province the epicenter of the corona Virus Outbreak has reported fewer new infections on wednesday as compared to the day before after or 30 has reverted back to just blood tests to diagnose sometimes its really you has more on the outbreak from beijing so last week we saw this massive jump about 20000 people added to this list in a matter of days simply because they are said they were expanding the diagnostic criteria theyre allowing doctors more discretion in diagnosing cases not using this one specific are in a kind of test but they could diagnose cases with c. T. Scans and lung x. Rays and things like that so now it seems that theyve returned to using this one type of test this r. N. A. Or the nucleic acid test as the only means of confirming a crow in a virus case or 2 elderly people who are on board a cruise ship that had been quarantined in japan 14 days have now died from the virus those were the 1st deaths on the passenger liner which has the highest number of cases after Mainland China the u. N. Has warned of catastrophic human suffering in syria the government on its ally russia continued their bombardments of the last rebel strongholds turkey says it will launch another military operation in syria unless the assault. The u. N. Says its hopeful that talks aimed at reaching a cease fire in libya will be able to resume negotiations were suspended on tuesday by the internationally recognized government after warlords might even have forces attacked the tripoli ports former new york mayor Mike Bloomberg has come under attack from rival democrats and their debate just before the caucus in the state of nevada this was the media moguls very 1st debate that was hosted by n. B. C. At least 8 people have been killed in 2 shooting incidents in germany it happened and she shot ours in the western city of high now in your frankfurts the suspect was later found dead in his home those are the headlines on aljazeera will have more news for you right after witness thats next. The race for the white house has begun. To see 4 states have their say they want to please dont try. To laugh to continue to stick to the 2020 u. S. Election. Just. To not read the. Alleged joke or should