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Minister heads to south africa hours before he was due to be charged in connection with the murder of his 2nd wife. And im he said with your support the u. S. Womens Football Team on 66000000. 00 in damages in a discrimination case plus a 16 year old gives india a flying start in the opening match of the womens team to win the world cup the games champions australia. Ok lets get going to afghanistan where an agreement thats supposed to usher in peace is to take effect in just a few hours time the taliban and the u. S. Will begin what theyre calling a quote reduction of violence as of midnight if the 7 day deal proves a success both sides will sign an accord at the end of the month paving the way for talks between the taliban and other afghan groups and the u. S. Has said it wants to pull it strips out of afghanistan live now to washington and my colleague our current correspondent she has she have just take us through the choreography of the next week in theory. So we have the 7 days of reverie duction and violence are still questions as to what exactly is an acceptable level of violence is the questions we still have from the munich conference where this is all negotiated we never got that final reveal from all of the sides saying ok this is exactly whats going to happen there was an understanding that all violence wouldnt end but that the but all sides would reduce violence there was understanding that violence could still occur and that there would be an open channel between the u. S. And the taliban about what was going on so they could make sure that if there was violence they coincide what was actually happening there was an understanding that i remember the they were talking about the possibility of false flag operations for those who dont want peace to try and sabotage the deal but they radically off that 7 day period we will get a signing of some sort of agreement between the u. S. And the taliban the taliban says and he violence or attacks against the u. S. And its allies or anyone else and the u. S. Says it will begin a phased withdrawal of its troops from from afghanistan thats followed them theoretically by talks between the taliban and the Afghan Government who havent actually involved the toll up to this point really athens things are complicated even further now by the disputed election where were not even sure who is going to be the new president of afghanistan with 2 candidates claiming the presidency so thats going to be difficult weve had acknowledgment from the government there will be challenges they have not least because of that final point but tweeting and making statements at least is about the opportunity that this does give everyone to try to end what is a very long costly war in both lives and in money but also incredibly unpopular war in the u. S. Does the taliban have to give up its weapons. Again we havent really seen all the details and in fact to be almost one of the most interesting points that we have right now in the film certainty is persistent persistent reporting about 4 secret annexes in this deal and thats picking a lot of. Take a lot of interest because of parts off that its suggests that the taliban is allowed to say that the u. S. Will be withdrawing fully but the u. S. Will actually have a long term Counterterrorism Force of 8600 in afghanistan im doubtful that withdraw that are going to if this is partly 7 trump can actually make the case to the American People that he is the one who withdrew American Forces president obama pledged to do that and he fell overboard from visit well this is going to become an issue to what is a withdrawal of 8600. 00 Counterterrorism Forces the remaining will continue their activities in afghanistan so we do have all these questions about the small print not least about the secret are mixes thanks very much the u. S. Presence in afghanistan well it started back in 20011 month after the attacks of 911 it launched air strikes and a Ground Invasion to move the taliban from power well then 12000 u. S. Soldiers are still in the country at their peak the numbers more than 100000 thousands more from nato allies and partners countries well theyre also there some 2400. 00 u. S. Troops have been killed since the operation began and the u. S. Is estimated to spent more than one trillion dollars on that mission joining us live here on the news. For me advisor to nato he joins us from washington as well shafiq come down is there an acceptable level of violence that the United States and everyone in the political classes in afghanistan can live with and still say this reduction of violence is a success story. I believe still this is not clear people would not expect any level of violence as an acceptable level of violence there are still answer turnitin what that exactly mean deducing the islands but in afghanistan people will welcome any kind of reduction however there is not a clear definition when people look at this deal right now there are 3 major things reduction of weiland intra Afghan Dialogue as well as conditional would draw off the use troops these are the 3 conditions that were put by the Afghan Government and Afghan People for these negotiations in this is something has been imposed by the United States and parliament in these negotiations and theyre optimistic based on these 3 conditions looking at this event potentially through the optics of where you are washington george w. Bush wants it out didnt happen barack obama wanted out didnt happen why might it happen for donald trump. I believe he has his commitment from 2016 campaign and he continued to promise to the American People that he would have a draw troops from afghanistan but i as a person and my personal believe is that its almost nearly impossible to would drop all the troops from afghanistan because its not only the taliban there are more than 23rd rist groups across the border between afghanistan and pakistan and the United States certainly need a number of Counter Terrorism troops in afghanistan and reading yes or the opposite from pani the deputy leader of taliban it shows that taliban also have some flexibility in there is a potential that they will allow some u. S. Special operations to be in afghanistan for chicken balance not only for the peace deal implementation but also for some country turns him in to ensure that the afghanistan is never again a safe haven for foreign fighters against the United States and its allies sorry just to be clear that seems significantly new to me youre saying that the taliban view themselves potentially at some point in the future once everyone said yes this is a success as some sort of Paramilitary Force on the ground permanently installed but at the same time not giving up their weapons by definition and at the same time joining in some sort of political process. Certainly the negotiation does not include taliban surrounding themselves or giving their weapons to the Afghan Government in a Coalition Forces its more of a political settlement in an creating a coalition of course we still have to wait for the enter Afghan Dialogue certainly at this moment even dont know due to the political crisis in afghanistan who represent afghanistan and enter Afghan Dialogue because the president ial election has been contested by dr of the law of the lie he does not accept president danny as a president so before there was a concern the taliban did not have an address to negotiate now its difficult on the afghan side who are present Afghan Government and Afghan People so i think the issue of disarmament is certainly not in the agreement there neither in any of the onyx is but its more of a settlement and i would say the integration of taliban within the system ok we have to leave it there in washington thank you so much. Thank you as well. Irans extending polling hours in the parliamentary elections in that country by 2 hours state t. V. Is reporting what it calls a rush of voters the parliament is set to become more conservative after thousands of candidates mostly reformists and moderates were barred from running by the Guardian Council thats irans constitutional watchdog the u. S. Responded by imposing new sanctions on members of that council accusing them of rigging the election iranian leaders so called for a high turnout as a show of unity so it is only effective if you said hes voting is a religious duty which we have said in the past and the truth is that elections guarantee the National Interests of iran and anyone who believes in the National Interest of this country should participate my advice is that everyone should vote with whatever it opinions they have formed and to do so early and do not leave this to the last minute but rather vote early in the day. We have 2 reporters covering the story Bernard Smith is in the central iranian city of homs where polling stations have been very busy 1st lets speak to a big whos in the capital tehran hi there i said so whats the turnout been like so far. This polling station has been pretty busy all day but across that front this has been a bit of a different picture in some parts of the problem weve had polling stations do very Little People turning up we havent been allowed to film at those polling stations but the average turnout for that iran is around 47 percent now we believe that could be considerably though although polling has been extended by 2 hours for most of the country now the last figures that we did have nationwide district 2 back to 19 percent turnout but with that could increase as the bring in state t. V. Has been saying theres been a rush of voters but some people have stayed away from the polls and those off for a number of reasons partly because a lot of reformist candidates were disqualified and not to like to stand the other issues around the economy and disappointment if inflation last year was around 40 percent unemployed. And is up and weve been speaking to people who said that the cost of living is up that theyre paying more for meat that theyre paying more for their food and also there was that fuel price hike back in november that resulted in nationwide protests but also theres a mistrust of government after the downing of the Ukrainian Airline many people accuse the government of a cover up because of course they denied it for 3 days but the reformists also have and they made many promises especially to do with the economy and many people have seen that they havent really followed through on those promises or been unable to follow through they went into that 2015 nuclear deal with the United States and the europeans the United States pulled out in 2800 votes sanctions on iran and the country has been struggling economically now when there is a lower turnout when the reformists dont have many candidates standing theyve been disqualified the parliament is set to benefit from the conservative voter base which always comes out and we could very much see a conservative parliament after this election if this goes the way we think it might go there for us what does that mean for the powers that be because its not just politicians and say ron is it its a layer cake of the powers that be. Absolutely so president rouhani is considered a modernist and has a reformist support base thats going to be very very difficult for him as president hes got about a year and a half left of president ial elections next year and it will be become very difficult for him because conservatives from the very beginning were against the 2015 nuclear deal they believe that iran should come from a position of strength im however both militarily and diplomatically and thats not the way the reformists see it but regardless of who comes in they still have to face the peoples concerns around the economic condition of the country those sanctions are not going away any time soon so even if the conservatives find themselves in. A majority in parliament they still have the same problems as a reformist face but we could see a conservative. President in next years after next years president ial elections and what the conservatives dont want and less likely to see is direct negotiations with the United States so we could see a different stance in terms of Foreign Policy from iran you keep us posted with all the twists and turns im sure but in the meantime many thanks live now to the central iranian city of. My colleague our correspondent burnet smith so bernard what do we think as far as the picture is where you are was motivated people to turn out and vote. Because of the people weve been speaking to here tell us that the voting out of a pattern do you see out of concern for that country out of paters in that country despite the problems the countrys facing is quite down a little bit here now today because many people think polling is closed when they find out is extended some more may turn out but in this part of iran this is a conservative area so you would expect there to be good turnout to 10 of the 19 seats that were up for grabs in the last election went to conservative candidates so this time around theres a list of about 109 candidates to choose from almost all of those most of the conservative because those program form candidates have not been allowed to stand their applications were rejected but nevertheless some of the people youre speaking to a few of us of a few of them have said to us im not interested in reformist or conservative im interested in showing my patriotic duty that will be music to the years of the iranian government because they want people out to vote to show that they have legitimacy its a supremely leader who said its a religious duty to vote so theyll be hoping theres been a good turnout today its burnat thank you talk to you soon. The u. N. Is again calling for a holes in the violence in Northern Syria saying it could turn into a quote bloodbath there has been 10 shelling between opposition and Syrian Government forces were making their push for the last rebel held area to turkish troops were killed in an air strike on thursday turkeys president says he wont withdraw from the region he and the russian president Vladimir Putin are jews to discuss the conflicts in a telephone call later on friday plenty more still to come for you here on the news out including united against hate us tens of thousands of people attend vigils for the victims of a far right attack in germany. The trouble is far from over in the u. K. Where more than a 100 flood warnings they remain in place. And another running record is smashed last week or in a controversial brown shoes details coming up with pizza in the schools. Millions of people have been told to stay indoors as south korea becomes the country with the highest number of Coronavirus Infections outside of china the Health Authorities have announced one death and 204 cases nationwide rob mcbride reports now from the Southern City of daegu. The city of daegu is at the center of an outbreak of the corona virus that has the whole of south korea worried with nearly all of the new cases of infection linked to this church a branch of the shin changi church of jesus its believed people attending services here became infected some of whom then travel to other towns and cities in south korea infecting more people daegu in the neighboring city and now the focus of a National Effort to contain the outbreak children hooked into the government will take special measures by designating. Areas and special care zones as a sudden hike in numbers of the confirmed cases have been reported from there its thought many of the new cases of infection were due to one woman member of the church who also travelled widely around daegu city before finally being diagnosed the man has ordered everyone to remain at home bringing the city of 2 and a half 1000000 to a virtual standstill special medical centers have been set up to treat the expected increase in new cases in the capital seoul preventive measures are being taken while other branches of the shin chunky church of jesus have been closed. And large scale rallies that usually take place at the weekends have been banned. With the spread of the virus we plan to take momentous measures in order to protect the elderly who are vulnerable to this contagious disease so will ban the use of public squares where many citizens gather back in daegu people anxiously wait to see if this outbreak has been contained or if this is the start of something bigger usually on a friday evening this downtown shopping going to Entertainment District would be packed with people on this evening its nearly deserted as most tuesdays stay away and wait to see what happens next rob mcbride aljazeera daegu south korea. And china so. Rule health and communist Party Officials have been fired after more than 200 people were infected by the coronavirus inside prisons cases were reported in 2 jails in the chandon and jang provinces inmates and Prison Guards make up most of the 258 new cases reported outside the epicenter on thursday the government says preventative measures were poorly carried out elsewhere iran has now reported 4 deaths from the coronavirus lebanon has confirmed its 1st case of infection a woman who arrived from iran while israel has one case 2 in ukraine fears over the spread of the coronavirus turned into violent confrontations with the police on thursday protesters threw rocks at buses carrying evacuees who are returning home from china the president reassured people that they will not pose any danger. Germanys interior minister says the threat from far right groups is very high after weapons days far right attacks extra police are patrolling mosques train stations and airports across the country 9 people were killed when a gunman opened fire at 2 shisha cafes in the western city of 100 the police are treating it as an act of terrorism after the shooters manifesto was found online several cities have held vigils for the victims. To look sergeant i want to say and repeat clearly once again far right extremism anti semitism and racism are poisons that confuse peoples minds and causes evil to emerge so thats what we need to acknowledge after the far right actions in hama therefore we must oppose racism in society and politicians must work shoulder to shoulder to combat the consequences dominic kane is. Where people gathered for friday prayers. Certainly there is the sense of shock at what happened here you can see the flags in this Turkish Islamic center or at the center at half mast or half staff a mark of respect to those who died several of the victims were people who worshipped at this mosque earlier i spoke to some of the people coming inside coming to pray and one of them said to me that they did not feel reassured they felt threatened their community is threatened they said one specifically saying that their child said to them this morning daddy i am too frightened to go outside im worried might something happen to me as well so the question for them is do is the sort of thing that you were saying there what mr zuma has said more police more clear presence is that going to reassure them on the face of it people here saying no they want more to be done the question for the politicians would be what more can they do just as certainly as i say the sentiment here this mosque at this Turkish Center is more needs to be done well emily goes in ski is a research and Advisory Board member to the prosecution project that see research lab studying Political Violence she says violence from far right groups is becoming worse and politicians need to act by shutting those views down. What we see is that there are a lot of historical parallels in the current types of violence that were seeing today with other acts so far right violence in the ass specially in germany so i think that when we look at the source. The hatred the rhetoric the conspiracy theory. Theyre almost universally coming from the extreme wings. Are i think that there is d undercurrent of racism and hatred driven by data phobia and islamophobia. In sort of a greater. Culture or about making certain people feel as if they are not entitled to this is an idea that they were brought up believing that they were entitled to it and i think that this level of hatred can manifest in many cases into extreme violence i think that our leaders our political leaders need to take a stand. In a way that is more than just words in a way that they can use their political power to deny the gender that people who hate but i also think that we are not seeing enough for our other leaders in our Community Leaders and other types. Of like figure who have the opportunity to have strong and vocal and i hope that we can see more of that in a meaningful way. Mrs Prime Minister has failed to show up put cool toys he was expected to be charged in connection with them a wife told us to bonnies secretary says hes in south africa attending a doctors appointment to pull over to bonnie home in 2017 the Prime Ministers 3rd wife from a santa bonnie has been charged with oldring diplomat those mudda she has denied any involvement with the miller is in the citrus capital in the city with more now on how the government is explaining the Prime Ministers absence. This is where Prime Minister tom to bonnie was due to appear early on friday to face charges of murder and attempted murder following the 2017 shooting of his a strange why for the top barney once the Prime Minister didnt appear in court there was intense speculation around his whereabouts and if in fact he was still in the suit to this is a Prime Minister who had previously fled the country when there was an attempted coup when he said his life was in danger in this case time to bonnie in south africa where his office says hes receiving medical treatment the Prime Minister had to be taking to hold off for this emergency a medical check up because you deserve what is happening. Yes i. Especially he smiled and also taking into consideration that hes a really. Good to beat up shit thats why we had to make sure that. The but when it comes back. Hes. To go before the magistrate here a charges against him and plead their way to me 12 to plead its likely that the court will set a new date for to barneys appearance perhaps in the next week or so but what remains uncertain is whether or not to bond he will return to the suit anytime soon and make his way to this court to face those charges his wife my sire is also facing the same charges she appeared earlier in the week and is due back in court in the middle of march now both have said that they had nothing to do with the murder of deeper lower barney this is a development that really has caused a lot of Political Tension especially within the all buses a convention thats the governing party here in a suit to the party that bonnie leads this is a party that isnt united some want the Prime Minister to resign immediately while others may wait for him to leave office at the end of july when he says he will retire and when he spoke to people in a suit is saying that he would retire and he didnt at any point deal with the charges hes facing nor did he say that is the reason he is stepping down. To come here on the news out. Of Position Party led by a billionaire to challenge the military backed government. The race for the white house goes to nevada where democrats are trying to avoid the same mistakes that through the books in iowa into office. And frustration for ferrari on the final day of testing in barcelona these are the details in about 25 minutes. Hello winter seems to have set in for the eastern med and particularly for turkey this circulation of clavicles means its all spreads across the levant and once more for lebanon and for syria and iraq youve either got rain or snow depending on the height above sea level of course to the size of that weve got the onshore wind keeping things a bit cool trees from sunny 11 degrees for example and every now again you get a shark going all way further south thats not the case on saturday but if youre in Northern Iraq its not like good same for Northern Syria it doesnt improve much on sunday but the detail differences differences will allow more sunshine through and actually allow the rain to come back more into north egypt colwyn theyre coming to libya for example and that in hans is whats been happening over the last few weeks there in taksim here makes it not very warm 15 to 90 degrees nice in libya that when then comes down as the hamas and shes a seasonal wind for chad just for 2 examples and picks up the dust is a persistent seasonal thing but this is looking disappointing if youre in northern egypt youre probably not that pleased as elsewhere in the or world the rains are moving north with the sun but its a good spread now from south africa right up to well get all nearly where rain is likely. That. We will maintain the finest fighting force the world is ever known United States army was so reliant on a private sector i would call a dependency we have a mismatch between the way we are magic. And the reality of the 21st century you know today here in a bagel for 11 i want to show you how many of the persons that youre sending out to you should be child soldiers not. Child soldiers reloaded on aljazeera. When the news breaks the word doubtful. What was it with the ins of getting what was going to presentation and Economic Development when people need to be heard the top leadership world where the potential for barratry of a virus weeks before the public would pose a danger aljazeera has teams on the ground the syrian army says determined to defeat the rebels and continuous advanced was this is a good day to bring you move would winning documentaries and life means. Youre watching al jazeera live from doha my names peter dhabi these are your top stories temporary deal thats supposed to be a significant step towards peace in afghanistan is due to begin in a few hours the taliban and the u. S. Will begin what theyre calling a weeklong reduction of violence as of midnight south korea has announced on the spike in the quran Coronavirus Infection rate bringing the National Total to 304. 00 is now the worst affected country outside china the government is imposing emergency measures. Irans extending its parliamentary election by 2 hours state t. V. Is reporting what it calls the rush of voters thousands of candidates mostly reformists and moderates are being barred from running. From irans economy suffered under u. S. Sanctions of course in 2018 President Trump pulled out of the Iran Nuclear Deal and reimposed tough new sanctions the Unemployment Rate rose from 14. 5 percent in 2018 to 16. 8 percent last year and food and beverage prices went up by 61 percent in november irans government announced it was cutting petrol subsidies in an effort to save billions but that caused widespread anger and hundreds of thousands protested up and down the country lets get more on that were going to talk now to. A professor of Political Science at Tehran University he joins us on skype such as a if the turnout is low if there is apathy at the ballot box what does that say about the voters and about the politicians. It was very much expect that. You will not see their enthusiasm and the heart care not that the opposite 4 years ago at large cities. And all their made cities because there were tensions so show more tears and. All. Of them honor it and its always leave a no pulse cities and they have maybe abstained for election because of their disappointment in the performance of their of their president match theirs they were very much hoping for years ago then they moved it for their tense matchless and Iranian Parliament but really as you as you said it in your opening remarks part of the economy is concerned. Commie is getting some back towards god and thats why thats why many say you. Want the ball there to wall these are not who brain growth is this election different however because usually in iran parliamentary elections are focused on domestic issues day to day issues but some analysts have been telling us that its different this time around this is the electrodes in a very nuanced way telling the political authorities the powers that be in tehran how they want the country to behave to its external colleagues how it wants the country to behave particularly when it comes to the trumpet ministration in america. It is only 2000. Even while iran sends more so theyre all start to see. More they buy what you cant save the hard liners now on the face of great hard liners are already matched and the american they are very much. At europe and saw the at the etc etc so really there has been a year of this election. Is the political economy well shes very much a holes. To the kind of approach which we buy year by year message that eve and me theres a match trying to reshape that tom i know i understand the and this engine between you know our and United States what there is in any of todays election on the contrary would be hard liners who would be pressing for more and yet medicare. And. You know explore think never lotion etc etc is it as clear and simple as saying this is about reformists or non reformist because despite whatever the result is if it comes to interacting legislation or taking the country in a particular direction that has to go to the Guardian Council anyway and they then will decide whether that whatever vote is actually happens. Well actually. It is possible that we might have. Been like at the end not that i know because there is. A law and all their off of their establishment and know some kind of understanding. Between their arrest or on me or for that matter any of their of their moderated to reach the United States the hardliners. Without hurry in there in tehran and as we saw they. Didnt know the right green men then down the drain because the forts from bad bios many are like you know what they who actually knew where to destroy. The hi there it isnt new friends and thats been like ive been not that all of that even hardliners who would more or if they read some kind of harmless and the video might have to say then you could be sadder than that the. Ok we must leave it there great to talk to such a. Thank you so much for joining us here on the news hour welcome. A team of experts is trying to find unexploded bombs and rockets that are putting lives at risk in libya but the ordnance can remain hidden for years as mike went up to what have reports now from tripoli. Explosives experts to recover a rocket that landed in this farm on the outskirts of tripoli it did not explode but for more adam rohan is a still in shock. Of course i was sitting inside at night when i heard a huge blow i thought windows shattered i rushed out to check everywhere i found a hole in the farm and dust scattered all over the grass this farm is in the war leader i had neighborhood of tripoli about 15 kilometers from the frontline the internationally recognized the government accuses forces loyal to warlords really for have to of targeting a residential areas since have began his oftens of on the capital in april explosives experts have been receiving a good many calls about an exploded ordinance more than his colleagues know the dangers but also that the job they do can save lives if the rocket is not found and made safe then it called explode later and kill civilians they finally managed to dig it out. But the fear. It didnt explode because it hit fragile soil if it hit a house would have sent shrapnel within a wide range we only have primitive tools to recover such ordnance we contacted many institutions but had no response so far. Officials here say nearly 6 tons of unexploded devices have been collected in tripoli since april some have been destroyed and some have been temporarily stored in the headquarters of the National Safety agency. Because. We have a special store in salaheddine area but we cant currently reach it because its now in the middle of the frontline interNational Efforts to in the conflict have so far failed and a cease fire brokered by a russia and turkey last month did not last for long the bomb Disposal Team has recently launched a campaign to raise Peoples Awareness of unexploded munitions the weapons you see. To be detonated later somewhere in the deserts everyone is hoping the war will end soon but for these experts it does not mean the end of their work they say some of the unexploded ordinance will remain hidden and likely put the threat for years to come. Tripoli. A popular opPosition Party in thailand has been dissolved by the Constitutional Courts future forward rose to prominence in last years elections but has inspired several legal challenges which are politically motivated by a reports now from bangkok. There was anger and sadness his supporters gathered at the headquarters of the future Forward Party to watch the verdict the Constitutional Court judges ruled that the opPosition Party be dissolved and that 16 leaders banned from politics for 10 years. The case surrounded the more than 6000000. 00 given to the party by its leader Tom Anton Jiang room ruling kid the party said it was a loan which was being paid back and therefore exempt from laws in thailand that restrict the amount of money that can be given to a Political Party by an individual the judges disagreed and ruled that it was a donation while in excess of the legal limit future forward says it will now become a Political Movement and fight on full color blind out they wanted to destroy us this is the time to prove them wrong we have to become stronger they want to stone person to the ground therefore this is the time to stand for its not the time to be said to cry we dont have time for. This body delved into areas that others have and like going to reform one of the most powerful Political Forces in thailand the military but their ideas proved popular with many thais perhaps too popular and the military and the courts moved against them. The election last year the 1st since a 2014 coup was also future forwards 1st and it won more than 6000000. 00 votes. It was an outcome that perhaps surprised a military that had spent the preceding years devising a new political system that many believe was designed to maintain its grip on power it now seems inevitable that thailands fight for democracy. Will once again be taken to the streets your language no women we cant live like this thailand is going backward we have no choice but to stand together please come out people we cannot only rely on total torne anymore this was the 4th major opPosition Party to be dissolved by the court in 13 years most if you forwards m. P. s will be able to continue in parliament under a Different Party name but the ban on the leaders will increase the majority of the government which perhaps coincidentally faces a vote of no confidence next week wayne hay al jazeera bangkok flash floods hit the city of yoga carter in indonesia just south of the capital jakarta 60 units were killed and 5 others are missing more than 200. 00 students were on a field trip in that area the officials have launched a search and rescue operation in the u. K. And more than 100. 00 flood warnings well they remain in place after some areas recorded the highest water levels in 40 years 2 storms caused heavy damage to a number of communities in both england and wales earlier this week at least 3 people have died journalist in the philippines are protesting against attempts to stop them from discussing the potential closure of the countrys largest t. V. Network the governments top lawyer solicitor solicitor general just asked the Supreme Court for a gagging order on tuesday the government wants to council the operating license of the a. B. S. C b n network has been a fierce critic of the president to turkey. With many factories still closed in china because of the coronaviruses trading partners are feeling the impact in pakistan many businesses are running out of chinese products causing a sharp increase in prices so the kid out reports. Bikes on a mental flounce prayer mat electronics you name it and youll probably find it at this market in the swat valley in northern pakistan and just in case consumers were wondering where the products come from well the shop names are a give away china. Customers come here to stock up on cheap and affordable everyday products. But the effects the corona Virus Outbreak started in china are being felt here tax on import over 14000000000. 00 worth of goods from china every year to ending supplies has led to an inflation of prices for chinese products shopkeepers stand idle waiting for customers to show up not many do or no i havent to do that coronaviruses damaging the chinese economy even a bomb wouldnt destroy it as much as this but its having a knock down effect on our businesses in pakistan the prices have gone up and people cant afford to buy. Rearranges his products to keep himself busy but he like many Small Business owners is worried i mean would you monitor these markets once brimming with customers but the quarantine issue in china is affecting the supply of chinese goods in pakistan people can buy expensive products especially as theyre already under stress because of inflation here Chinese Ambassador to pakistan yeah washing says the coronaVirus Outbreak will have no impact on the implementation timelines of projects under the 60 2000000000. 00 china Pakistan Economic chorizo or the belts and Road Initiative by the extended closure of factories in the worlds 2nd largest economy china has disrupted the Global Supply chain and. Every morning i come to my shop in the hope that theyll be some Business Activity but now its just a dream as markets are deserted. Shop owners here are worried they say theyre not sure if theyll be able to afford the rent of their shops they along with the rest of the world can only wait and see what the long term impacts of corona Virus Outbreak will have. Aljazeera. The leaders of uganda and rwanda signed an extradition treaty injuring 2 oct when cross border tensions rwanda imposed a trading blockade on neighboring a year ago economists say ugandas lost millions of dollars since the border was closed Catherine Sawyer reports now from the ugandan border town of katrina. On an ordinary day this road heading to ugandas budo thw unda would be bustling queues of trucks and thousands of people crossing the border for Business School and other reasons but this are not ordinary times when they impose a trade blockade traders likely now call franco a suffering because of it has run his shop at the border town of a tuna for 30 years and say there cannot make situation hes a what hes seen is in the thick of my business has been badly affected i cannot make ends meet i used to make a profit of about 1000. 00 a month lucky if i make even half of that with no viable business many have moved away all this shops had been rented out but traders have had to close up because theres no business so still are residents of this border town they tell us life has become incredibly difficult. And i tells us her husband both go to he was killed last year by random Security Forces as he tried to smuggle tobacco to the neighboring country using an illegal route several traders who have attempted to use smuggling routes also say to have been killed or harassed. That morning he was very happy as usual he left for rwanda with his bicycle and goods i was called in the evening that my husband is dead and he was shot in rwanda. The situation across the border is equally dire rundowns have been restricted from traveling to uganda for their own safety both countries have accused each other of harboring dissidents using spies and arresting innocent civilians several meetings between the 2 sides have failed to deescalate the situation im not here to comfortable that a country. Feel free to go to gondor and then the next the day theyre arrested so there again was a gun block the music president. You deceived us. Ugandan government Officials Say talks to resolve the dispute are going well and the border will soon be open some economists say the country has already made huge losses on i told us her husband died because he was desperate to do anything to earn money for his family now theyve lost their sole provider and he doesnt know what to do next catherine soy aljazeera the tuna or the uganda rwanda boda democratic voters in the u. S. State of nevada are next to pick their preferred candidates in primary elections its the 2nd caucus since iowa when the process was highly criticized for being chaotic Party Leaders in nevada so theyre hoping to avoid the same mistakes brunells reports now from las vegas. At an early voting location in las vegas people waited in line for over an hour to cast their ballots. For me 1st volunteers help the voters enter their names and addresses into tablets next to voters fill out their preferences for the democratic nomination on a paper form finally the secret paper ballot is checked then dropped into a ballot box results will be tabulated on computers spreadsheets and sent by wife i linked to party precincts and state headquarters for most voters the process went smoothly it was relatively easy to understand i mean just a kind of a pain to come out here and you know do it but i think its something thats necessary a flawed Smartphone App and a failed Communication System led to the spectacular breakdown of the Iowa Caucuses something nevada is anxious not to repeat the Nevada Democratic party did the app but election experts say the caucuses will use some new technologies without providing adequate training what we hear from leaks coming out of this train sessions is that its fairly chaotic the Technology Solution should have been fully baked and finished at least a couple of months ago volunteer and Community Organizer hughey new incentives the system is working well so far we are tracking and support checking to make sure that the data audit same on paper and on a tablet caucus volunteers and experts here say the decision to have early voting was key taking off much of the pressure to count all the votes at once and help avoid an iowa style caucus meltdown would question is can they integrate the early voting into the precinct voting thats going to happen on saturday and do that seamlessly im not saying there would not be any issues but they wont hold up the end. World thats good because the world wants to know how that will shape the democratic race and ultimately the election in november and it wants to know fasts robert oulds Al Jazeera Los Vegas still to come here on the news out what theyll be no more faceoffs for these 2 heavyweight fights is thats coming up in the sports news with peta when we come back. Time for sports news is peter peter thank you so much players on the u. S. Womens national Football Team are asking for more than 66000000. 00 in damages as part of their gender discrimination case the players who are the world cup champions are suing the u. S. Soccer federation alleging institutionalized discrimination that includes an equal pay between the mens and womens teams the damages were requested in papers filed in a Los Angeles Court on thursday ahead of a trial that is should be will start on may the 4th. One of the biggest clubs in africa appeared to be unstoppable just 6 days ago egyptian seems like lifted the super cup with a win over esperance now theyve clinched they say control in a week some were up against a better cairo rivals are largely in the gyptian super cup top of the Domestic League and refused to give an inch in regulations im said went to penalties. Fluff hes kicked from the spots opening the door for abdullah gomar to seal the trophy for maalik which he did for 3 on penalties its a full 3 gyptian to pick up 4 zamalek and they still have the calf Champions League quarter finals to look forward to next week. Indias cricketers have defeated defending champions australia in the opening game of the womens t 20 world cup 16 year old folly verb helped get india going up front she hit the 6 before school in 16 runs in an overall 4 straight is top owner making sure you always had something of a lucky break when they were good people got to run out without really trying they india ending up on 132 for 4 in reply australias alyssa healy scored a half century but that was not going to be enough she was out soon after that and india finished the hosts off with another run of winning by 70. Cricket fans in pakistan are celebrating the return home of a top domestic t 20 tournament the Pakistan Super League is being held entirely on home soil for the 1st time in 4 years security concerns had previously forced organizers to stage the event in the u. A. E. Earlier Pakistan International team captain scored a half century to help these teams the team the karate kings defeat pressure was on me by 10 runs pressure won both former west indies skipper there and same rights. Another running will recall this fall into an athlete wearing a controversial state of trainers ethiopias. They smashed the womens Half Marathon mark by 20 seconds in the United Arab Emirates she was wearing nikes vapor fly shoes which have featured in several road and track records recently theyve not been banned by wall that latex but they did prompt tighter regulations around Running Shoes last month golds world number one rory mcilroy leads the w g c event in mexico going into round 2 the northern irishman shot a brilliant 6 under par 65 to sit here strokes ahead of 2 other former major champions Justin Thomas and Bubba Watson Mcelroy has no worse than in the last 5 p. G. A. Tour events. Trey young and scored a career high 50 points to help the Atlanta Hawks beat the miami heat 21 year old sank more than half of its 153 point attempts are made 18 of 19 free throws the heat were leading late in the game but allowed atlanta to score the last 10 points to secure the narrow win holts remain 2nd last in the eastern conference of miami have now lost 5 of their last 6 matches. And the Sacramento Kings had to survive a late skate to beat the Memphis Grizzlies harrison bonds with a half time buzzer beater on his way to some scoring with 32 points the kings made the 3rd place l. A. Clippers in their next winter western conference game. Heavyweight boxer tyson fury and the answer a while they will weigh in later on friday had of a much anticipated w. B. C. Title rematch in las vegas but they wont be a repeat of scenes like these from thursdays News Conference or promoters have announced they will keep the fighters apart at the weigh in as they look to avoid the teams clashing again and also to reduce the chance that while there are fear it could be cut forcing a delay to the event boxing journalist gareth a davies is in las vegas for the fight and he says it is highly likely fieri and wilder will meet for a 3rd time. The loser has the right to contractually reactivates a 3rd fight or activates a 3rd fight rather so its down to the loser i do think theyll have a trilogy because if theres a close fight if it goes 12 rooms if its a thriller people will want to see another one because everyone will know if its wild in which its its wild d or when its people will say well few we did win the 1st fight and many of us believe we did win the 1st fight on points this is the rubber match really to decide it so sure old. You know a very false knockout the beginning or a very quick ending and i think well have a 3rd fight Sebastian Vettel ferrari suffered engine troubles during the 3rd day of formula one testing in barcelona fatal was forced to stop its car on the side of the track due to a power failure the ferrari had been fastest on the straights before it stopped but it was telling both us and hes in a savings that recorded the fastest lap time so far over the 3 days. When he with a phenomenal sports news again later peter peter thanks very much well see you then more news on the other side of the break i will see you very soon. Join me many often as i put up from the questions to my special guests and challenge them to some straight talking political debate here on aljazeera a. March on aljazeera after the oscar nomination witness brings a new film this time from africa for International Womens day. A crucial day in the race to challenge donald trump were live across key u. S. States for super tuesday a discussion series brings people together to talk about exploring topics and finding Common Solutions as Benjamin Netanyahu prepares to go on trial for corruption israel heads into its 3rd election in less than a year. The listening post dissects the worlds media how they operate and the way they cover stories. On aljazeera. A passion for supporting local communities. And pioneering innovative african science and Technology Projects how his child beautiful. Glorious all of us on this planet not just Africa Aljazeera front as a needing biochemist determined to use this. Scientific knowledge to see africa women make science from the lab to the thiel to our now to sierra. Being Eco Friendly Solutions to combat threats to our planet on aljazeera. A weeklong reduction in violence is set to begin in afghanistan the u. S. And the taliban say it could pave the way for a peace deal. For them all come on peter dhabi youre watching going to syria live from doha also coming up squeezed by sanctions iranians vote in a parliamentary election where many moderates and reformist candidates are blocked from running. Millions told to stay at home in a south korean city it was fear that corona Virus Outbreak there could get out of control