Last a move towards reconciliation in south sudan as rival leaders form a unity government in an effort to end years of civil war. And under fire the c. E. O. Of Budget Airline ryanair is criticized after suggesting that muslim men should undergo extra security checks at ports. Welcome to the news are we begin with the u. S. Democratic leadership race and Bernie Sanders has taken an early lead in the nevada caucus the states diverse population is a test of which candidate appeals to voters amongst minority communities only 4 percent of voting stations have reported results but sanders has already claimed victory. Now i know why they had to bring you some pretty good no c. Of that was all of you know we won the popular vote in iowa was we won the New Hampshire primary was no claudie so 3 networks 38 here we have now one there that are thought it was well of honor is the 1st state in the west of the u. S. To hold a caucus on the 1st with a sizable hispanic population nearly a 3rd of his residents identify as a spoiler called tino winning here will help who hispanic voters in states like california and texas on super tuesday next month the democrats have 7 options but one name isnt on the list thats Michael Bloomberg his campaign didnt file in time to participate in the caucus Steve Clemons is an editor at large at the hill and host of aljazeera his new weekly show the bottom line joins us psalms skype from chestertown in maryland good to have you with us on the program steve president has already been tweeting that hed be happy to face Bernie Sanders in november i mean its a long way to go if that ends up being a factual fight so to speak but what do you think that election contest could look like if it was trump versus sunders. Well i think were going to see an incredibly passionate turnout because what is clear about Bernie Sanders at this moment where he is in the Democratic Party and the in the contest that you giving to the socalled moderates is that the intensity of passion for him is about as great in my view as the intensity of action dawdle not a still president from so were going to see if this comes to be and in Bernie Sanders wins the democratic primary i think in incredibly intense election i think donald trump is praying to mess with the minds of the other players things want to run against bernie but i think were seeing something fairly fascinating unfold right now and the margin of victory was really unexpected it might well if we sort of talk about this being a make or break caucus for some of the democrats sort of to keep their campaigns alive i mean like bloomberg is there through a filing technicality but how do you assess sort of the chances considering that hes sort of throwing so much money at as his particular campaign. I dont think theres a single voter that believes in Bernie Sanders over potentially into a Mike Bloomberg column my pfluger has you know incredible amounts of cash reserves to spend without raising a single dollar from any other americans and the problem that he creates is one for joe biden in the obituary and he proved it and so in that space were not even seen in the batteries that now that is important because it is a multigenerational and multiethnic base that really represents the diversity of voters in the Democratic Base much more so than say new am sure in iowa that we have both seen so the real microcosm so far is nevada and in that what we see is a list of the warrant is you know clearly you know in the progressive lean but doing poorly and any quotes are barely registered in this race and thats got to be a great concern to her joe biden is actually constantly but 19 percent in a state like nevada that many people are looking at that barely shocked so i think what were going to see if we kind of roll or work you know biden is very often in about South Carolina and we may see this come in but i think its going to winnow out more quickly than people may have thought given Bernie Sanders indeed is because of the talk about the way that the nevada caucuses souls of panned out people and commentators it would be the thing to have through the evening i mean talk about sort of the margins a victory and whether but he sounds as if he does win as we think he will the nevada caucus how if he does have a large role small margin of victory how that translates and also how important it is to come 2nd and 3rd. Well right now i think 2nd and 3rd are you know there are strings you know that other campaigns are holding on for dear life that proceed that dont get me wrong i dont think that Bernie Sanders is anywhere near to winning the primary its just that he has performed very well head for head against a judge in iowa barely won but did win in New Hampshire and now he has the batter and his National Poll numbers in a c 4 you get in the state by state but the National Poll numbers are incredibly strong and right now he is without a doubt the leading candidate on the democratic side and that worries a lot of centrist democrats who know its not democrats that elect the president United States its political independence so a lot of people are worried that it Bernie Sanders candidacy will alienate those 40 percent of americans who are neither republican nor democrat and they will be handicapped going into a challenge with donald trump well have incredible people in the street but youre going to have a big chunk of americans who find themselves you know at a loss neither liking donald trump perhaps in his behavior in style nor Bernie Sanders and things like medicare for all that many in the middle bill would be a threat to the health care they have so its a fascinating challenge right now because right now 2 days after a lot is Bernie Sanders is in the lead and the Middle Channel of fisons who to judge and amy over chart is a cluttered race its one where there is not a lot of clarity and as you just pointed out my flu bird is lurking in the background ready to pounce and to come into the race with enormous advertisements spies and i think a bigger presence as we look down the road will think its good to go inside to this Steve Clemons for us speaking from the suns very much well lets cross over to rob reynolds our correspondent whos in las vegas and given everything that were saying hey rob. I think you can just about him me with all that noise going on in the background most probably an interesting caucus to watch in nevada we do seem to be on the verge of having a winner in the form of Bernie Sanders. Rob rob rentals in las vegas can you hear me rob. Thats right so hail im in a tavern on a davies 3 bar where all a lot of the volunteers and Campaign Workers for senator state sanders gather earlier they listen to his victory speech they cheered now theyre celebrating and theyre really. Yes i can hear you yes hello i didnt hear you think theres a lot i mean thats a very long term also yeah theres a very long delay roll by this particular line yes please do carry on into saying that Bernie Sanders says not when were in a bar where a lot of the Bernie Sanders supporters have been gathering there were cheering wildly earlier when senator sanders gave his victory speech now 2. Yes and i think yes so held up the sanders is now a step closer to possibly the nomination he certainly sealed his position as front runner in the democratic race with this very convincing victory hes in texas tonight he was not here but hes moved on to one of the big super tuesday states in texas where he said he will be able to win in texas on super tuesday and if he does very well there he will be a very strong bet to be nominated by the Democratic Party to oppose donald trump now the on the other hand the losers in this race including moderates like he put a judge say that is precisely the thing that theyre worried about they say that Bernie Sanders agenda is too rigidly. Ideological and that he will not be able to win in november against donald trump so far that hasnt really done a lot of good with. Democratic voters they have gone for Bernie Sanders despite all of those dire warnings from the centrists and so tonight sanders looks like hes in a good position hes got some momentum and if he can do it again if he can do well with this multigenerational multi racial. Kolisch and that he describes tonight in places like california and texas and other states on super tuesday he will be by far the most formidable candidate in the democratic race or leave it there for now of course thanks very much robert oulds there in las vegas no apologies 12 years there are old you might say technical delays you can imagine i want the collections alike on a very busy night there in las vegas but plenty more ahead here on the aljazeera news hour including could a half century grip on power continue and counting is under way into going to president ial election. Also forced people spitta locations a secret we need the doctors in syria being targeted by air strikes but in sport event a scant some breathing space at the top of the italian table peter they see tells. The spread of the corona virus is growing outside of china with italy seeing the worst outbreak in europe its reported at least 79. 00 cases and 2 deaths most of them in the lombardy and benito regions now the government says it will forcibly locked down affected areas. In zones considered hotspots need the entry or exit will be authorized without special permission. In iran a 6th death from growth a virus was reported on saturday with 28 infections infected travelers from the country have been diagnosed in canada in lebanon and the United Arab Emirates china has reported increase in new infections in the epicenter of the outbreak in hebrew province they found 630 cases on saturday up from 366 the previous day well we have 2 correspondents on the story Robert Bryant is at the hospital in south korea will be speaking to him it in a moment but 1st lets speak to wayne hey whos in hong kong and wayne i mean the numbers have been up and down these past few days there seems to be no rhyme or reason to any sort of trend that can be identified. No i think thats right its worth noting that its now being one month since the city of honde at the epicenter of this outbreak went into lockdown a remarkable situation an entire city basically closed off to the outside world so its been very difficult to get an accurate picture of exactly what has been going on there youre right the latest figures released by the Health Authorities in beijing for a province which is where we han city is located show an increase in the number of an oven fictions for saturday compared with friday but we have to say overall recently anyway the trend has been heading in the right direction certainly the number of new fatalities reported on sunday morning was less than the previous day but certainly too early to celebrate there are plenty of notes of caution still being issued by both the government in beijing and also of course the World Health Organization and one of the reasons for the numbers fluctuating recently is because the government has been changing the way it has been testing suspected coronavirus cases in who bay province we may get an a more accurate picture of whats going on there in the days ahead there is a team of experts from the w. H. O. On the ground in wu han city this is a effect finding mission there looking at a variety of situations theyre concerned with the outbreak and how the government has been trying to contain the outbreak one of the things that its believed they are looking at is the cases of transmissions within the hospital so people going into the hospital who may have other complaints over the course of the past month or so or indeed medical stuff who are working in those medical physicists facilities who contract ing the virus so thats one of the areas that looking at we know back during the sars outbreak in china in 20022003 that hospital transmissions were a big problem so things that they die. Experts will be learning on the ground the city will prove vital for other countries who are really only just beginning to deal with their own outbreaks and of course well continue to monitor events with you through the day from hong kong thank you wayne and lets cross over to rob bride whos in county in south korea so the latest figures that have just been released today make for encouraging reading. We are seeing a similar kind of increase to what we had at the same time yesterday saturday the figures as you mentioned are just being released 123. 00 you cases bringing the total now in south korea to 556. 00 so still this steady increase and we also have been told that there have been 2 more fatalities bringing the total now to 4 now 3 of those fatalities are linked to where we are here this is a hospital the main hospital in chong go county remember there are 2 main clusters that were dealing with here down in the south east of south korea daegu city which is neighbors this county and a very serious cluster of deaths sorry of the cases that happened at this hospital well over 100 staff and patients to court the coronavirus sadly quite a few of those patients were in a psychiatric unit here up on the 5th floor of this hospital a place of confinement where the corona virus spread very rapidly making a number of people sick when the authorities realized just how serious it was this cluster they immediately put this whole hospital into lockdown any staff who were inside were told to stay put stay at their stations patients who were sick with the coronavirus many of them were transferred out some with milder conditions were kept in here and this whole facility now has been converted and dedicated to dealing with this outbreak with extra medical staff being sent in here this is one of the measures that they are taking along with the berries other measures in this part of south korea to try to contain this outbreak. Well thanks for the update do thank you. Now the World Health Organization has warned African Health systems will be ill equipped to deal with the outbreak with partner support we have gone from having only 2 countries with Laboratory Testing for covert 19 a few weeks ago to now 26 countries that have been confirmed in the afro region that have the capacities to test for this and we were building on an already established Influenza Laboratory network we anticipating that by the end of february all 47 Member States of the afro region will have this capacity. The International Monetary fund is warning that the spread of corona virus will have a negative impact on the World Economy we still project as the most likely scenario a v. Shaped impact of the virus in which a very abrupt significant drop in china will be for open by fairly rapid recovery. And the spillover to the rest of the world. Would be moderate christmas is a consultant brawler just on the naked scientist he said that while the break will likely continue to spread Health Authorities do have some control. Well obviously anyone catching an Infectious Disease and catching it in large numbers is concerning but this is kind of what we expected to happen and its kind of mirroring what happened in china because if you remember if you caution my back to the beginning of january there was just a handful of cases in will have which were linked to a Seafood Market and within a month those handful of cases that turned into thousands of people every single day so from very small acorns big oak trees can grow and thats sort of what we expect with the source of outbreaks because you get a small number of people who start the fire burning and then it spreads quite rapidly this is quite Infectious Disease everyone is potentially susceptible to it because its never circulated before so very quickly with an infectious illness that can spread via the air youre going to get big numbers and thats what were seeing theres no way that we can stop this and the reason that i say that is that with an infectious outbreak in a major center like well have which has been very closely linked to many other cities by air travel people moving over land except for and then subsequently evidence of spread in other geographies is obvious that this is already spreading outside china weve got an infectious entity so we know this is going to its only going to get bigger so im not surprised by this theres no way were going to be a completely stop this and put the lid on it because too many people have had it and its gone too far but what we should be putting the emphasis on is the control of the rate at which is brets because that is something we can do something about. Iraq is the ticket quarantine areas aimed at preventing the spread of coronavirus thats as neighboring iran reports its 6 deaths from the disease theres fears that hundreds of thousands of iranian visitors to holy sites in iraq could spread the virus rob matheson reports from the iraqi capital. These quarantine wards in baghdad are part of iraqs frontline against the covert 19 strain of corona virus many of the rooms and corridors are sterilized and sealed a nurse recorded these pictures from aljazeera recently iraqis arriving from china have been tested here even though they werent showing any symptoms medical staff say no one was carrying the virus. Who gropes from the stuff from the doctors people which those words were built for the killing of the hospital we really gropes this. About this why us. Do you think this one symbol of. Every month thousands of religious travelers visit shia holy sites in iraq including the shrine of him hussein in the Western Province of caballe and the shrine of him in the jeff they also spend much needed money in nearby hotels and restaurants many of from neighboring iran which is reported infections and deaths linked to corona virus the governor of najaf province says he wants visitors to stop coming. In and i do not have the right to prevent anyone from coming in but we have asked the Health Ministry and they have asked people not to come from around or to travel there. But planes from iran some carrying iraqi passengers are still landing had not jeff airport. Yes people are afraid there are rumors most iraqis are Wearing Masks and even after landing here they kept their masks on. One popular shia holy site is the shrine of imaam here in baghdad one of iraqs most crowded cities iraq says that its opening up quarantine areas of various crossing points along its border with iraq its also a hole to flights between iraq and iraq for the forseeable future but there is another issue iraq and iran do about 12000000000. 00 worth of trade every year and a lot of that comes across the border at the borders limited or even closed iraqs economy itself. Iraqs doctors now have to wait to see if their defense against the virus is Strong Enough rob Matheson Al Jazeera back down. To africa now with south sudans rival leaders have formed a unity government declaring an end to a civil war thats killed more than 400000 people. I think the rebel leader right now shar has been sworn in as president salva cares deputy is the 3rd time there trying to form a coalition the worlds youngest nation descended into conflict in 20132 years after winning independence from sudan billions have been displaced by the fighting but president cheer insists that peace is here to stay. We saw him monthly so adamantly swear that we would Work Together to preserve the lives of our people and preserve that unity it will be our responsibility to store peoples lives and to him is by them once again to believe in their poverty of ourselves weve done as have a morgan report from juba that all still issues to be sorted out. People are looking up to the government to see what kind of change they can bring and weve seen this in the newly sworn in Vice President cheney direct machar and the countrys president holding several meetings over the past 2 days both saying clearly that there are still a lot of outstanding issues the most prominent being the issues of security arrangements but they said that after the swearing in and after the formation of the Transitional Government and appointment of cabinet ministers then they will tackle those issues so people on the street and countrywide are looking to this government to solve the issue of the economies that i was facing high inflation as a result of the years of conflict in the country theres also the issue of the humanitarian crisis more than half of the country so 1000000 population are in need of food aid to survive so these are the things or rather the challenges that this Transitional Government will have to tackle in the coming 3 years before they go on to elections the number one guarantee has to be basically the goodwill of the 2 sides but if youre looking at what kind of pressure this Transitional Government has just been sworn in will have to be spending to make sure that they implement the deal that has been 18 then we can look at what happened over the past 2 weeks that led to this government being formed on the 22nd of february which was the final deadline that was had by the working parties youve seen the u. S. Imposing sanctions weve seen the e. U. Imposing sanctions law so harsh words and language coming from regional and International Partners saying that if no Transitional Government is formed if the peace is not abided by if the details of the agreement that has been signed is not implemented then there will be no support for this government. The chief executive of europes Largest Airline is facing a backlash over comments he made about Muslim Travelers likely larry the bolts of ryanair told a british newspaper that he thought muslim men should be profiled temples because of the quote and that is where the threat is coming from the business but when told to criticize Port Security and said checks for family should be less strict he also referred to obese passengers as monsters the airline chief has since apologized for any offense caused honey because the it is an advisor on counter to extremism and he says oh larry must realize that his words have consequences this guy has obviously come across and hes made similar statements in the past about many other minorities with disabilities as well. Some of the people ive been talking to i mean the come out and call him an ignorant you know not just moral and i dont think the far wrong but and it is very difficult not to take this guy seriously because of the the impact it has on young muslim men and women in society already facing you know difficult challenges you know moving forward in their life trying to be part of mainstream and this guy comes across and stays up very flippant and very ignorant straight and like this it puts you know paid to you know show and use in the chances of young men and women trying to make a go of things in western society at the moment. Still at all aljazeera dozens detained in kazakhstan during a crackdown on antigovernment protesters and poisoned by pollution and doctors main source of Drinking Water becomes a toxic stream in bangladesh. The talking is near the full boxes containing wild tyson theory as they go into that heavyweight title when not peter will have that story in school. Hello again welcome back to you in a National Weather forecast were here across japan we are watching one system make its exit into the pacific were still going to be left with some snow potentially over here across the western part of japan we call the sea effect snow when the the wind pushes across the japan picks of the moisture and then dumps it over here on that western shore particularly the Higher Elevations for took here though it is going to be a better day with the temperature of about 16 degrees here in shanghai i do expect those temperatures to start coming up as we go towards the beginning of the week its going to be a nice day here on sunday with 15 degrees but on monday clouds are all again 21 degrees above average for this time of year and rain coming into the forecast by the time we do get towards tuesday well here across indonesia we did see some flooding that cost flash flooding and it was deadly down here across parts of a java we are still going to be seeing those afternoon showers rumble as we go towards sunday here but up towards the north in minot is going to be a warm day at about 35. 00 degrees and for bangkok we do expect to see about 36. 00 as we go towards monday and for n. D. I. Were still watching a very heavy rain across much of the north we do expect to see that rain starting to get a little bit heavier as we go towards monday it is going to be a rainy day with a temperature of 29 degrees for you. Informed opinions the economy is actually whats keeping donald trump afloat right now and indepth analysis of the days headlines the protest movement is only getting stronger the more people who kill the more resilient the resistant they will become the inside story on aljazeera march on aljazeera after the oscar nomination witness brings a new film this time from africa to International Womens day. A crucial day in the race to challenge donald trump where 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. All. 4. 000. 000. Looks like youre watching the aljazeera news our weekly cell robin a reminder of our top stories Bernie Sanders as claim victory and leave our caucus hes taken an early lead with us media projecting him to win saturdays caucus as our test to see which candidate appeals to voters amongst minority communities italy has seen a surge in coronavirus cases in the north up to 9 people are confirmed to have been affected in 2 people died the government says it will force the lock down affected areas in south sudans rival leaders to form the unity government declaring an end to a civil war thats killed more than 400000 people former rebel leader the shark has been sworn in as president salva kiir. Security forces in togas capital have surrounded the house of key opposition candidate agha benami. The government says the presence is for cojones own safety after receiving information that hes at risk of being attacked it comes just hours after polls closed in the countrys president ial election president for less than there has been widely expected to secure a 4th term in office extending his familys more than ha century rule and it has just ports now from the capital loamy. To generations of to release women to have to choose a president. One is excited to vote for the 1st time domain i am now 20 years old im happy to exercise my right to vote not everyone gets this chance the other whos voted in every election in the past 15 years is back again this year. Then to leave the burden of my coming out to vote every time thats my way of trying to change institutions that dont work ill do this as long as i live to far from it. Opposition leader. Cast his ballot in the capital the former journalists and rights activists has challenged president ford at the polls for more than a decade hes not happy with the round up to this election we have. A list for. Everyone to. Reach. Oh. And a government. Has not as i mean as i like it. When the complaint is a possibility of fraud and denying access to Opposition Party agents the opposition hasnt been able to form a united front boosting the reelection chances of a 4th term for president for us and. He voted in people around 420 kilometers away from the capital confident of extending his 50 and 53 years of his Family Status to. The president succeeded his late father. For 38 years after seizing power in a cool voting which is monitored by local and International Observers pass to peacefully in most parts of the country its a few hours since voting started in this polling station but the crowd has thinned out their Action Commission says thats because more polling booths like this have been open to speed up the process but some talk of state away unsure if their vote will make any difference. Counting the votes is expected to take longer this time less than 48 hours before the. Election commission announced a change to the counting process the commission cited what it called credible information the process of transmitting results electronically from outside the capital had been targeted by i guess something the opposition is skeptical about. Aljazeera. Iranian conservatives appear to be on the calls to win the majority in parliamentary elections partial results indicate a strong showing by hardliners in the capital tehran although turnout figures are yet to be released voters had limited options with thousands of mostly moderate candidates disqualified from fridays election. Turkeys president resit overdue and says that he plans to hold a summit on syria with leaders from russia france and germany the meeting is to take place on march the 5th earlier want to his shoulder was killed in a bomb attack by Syrian Government forces in italy province Russian Forces have been steadily regaining ground in the region which is the last rebel stronghold. Well doctors in syrias italy province are keeping the location of their hospital secret fearing that they may be targeted by Government Forces 70 hospitals of close through a few field hospitals are still operating despite shortages of staff and supplies how sure are reports now from the turkey syria border. And i have both worked in hospitals that were bombed rebel held areas their paths converged here at an underground clinic they want kept secret the u. N. Accuses Syrian Government forces and their russian allies of deliberately targeting medical facilities. Where we are constantly bombarded by Government Troops we work nonstop we have decided to operate with a minimum style just in case the hospital is bombarded if the situation doesnt improve in coming days and. When the syrian army stepped up its offensive in a doctor his family to turkey and says he wont give up on his patients the very few field hospitals still operating in rural lip are desperately short of medical equipment and i mean we have volunteers here and we will continue offering assistance but weve decided to keep only basic equipment you never know when we may have to pack up and leave doctor and his family recently moved to it live city from the town of 7 as in it live province the family home there was destroyed in an airstrike a few months ago the family was pulled from the rubble. I have 5 children i have to say i thought about sending them to a safer location but im very attached to them we will continue moving from one place to another hoping for the better pull the time being doctors nurses and paramedics will continue their work of the last 9 years of the war treating the wounded and helping the traumatized doctors in worry they may not be able to cope with the growing number of patients when medical facilities are bombed theyre also frustrated described as the international communitys betrayal in the face of the worst humanitarian crisis since the start of the conflict in syria into 1011. And turkeys border with syria. The United Nations and voice libyas the fractious cease fire talks between the warring sides are going in the right direction but for those living in the capital the conflict remains part of everyday life particularly for those living on the front line troll strafford reports from tripoli with 2 tales of one city. This is the neighborhood of algiers harbor in central tripoli its no virtue in shops and cafes the streets a calm but talk to people here and you are reminded that libya is at war this im at the thing i cant say today feeling nervous im afraid unless theres a lot of people are right and only then to feel comfortable enough to walk in the streets. And walk in their fact of the people is completely different depending on where in tripoli you are it is calm for the people here but the problem is for the people near the front lines but we are all affected by the war is psychological because you constantly know your countrys at war when you drive south from things start to change the traffic begins to thin theres less people on the streets. And theres evidence of shells landing in civilian neighborhoods this cafe is around a kilometer from the front line a few people still come to drink coffee here but the atmosphere is tense a builder hussein lives close by his feet at the height of the bombing is random we live on our nerves any moment a bomb a rocket can hit its especially bad at night we are too afraid to sleep we have to be ready to run immediately people now even know the types of bombs by their sounds and this is supposed to be a ceasefire we continue to drive south past this on man check point to a neighborhood where they say for the fighters their own no signs of life. There is no evidence of a ceasefire here it took us 20 minutes to drive here from the peaceful streets of old europe where life on the surface at least seemed normal but here in the neighborhood of someone who dean virtually every building has been to the damage or completely destroyed its getting late in the day here now and commanders on the ground are telling us that they are nervous because this is the time where the majority of the shelling starts this area was populated by thousands of people and they have left they have fled the fighting it shows you just how much of a contrast there is between this neighborhood and the neighborhood of children that we were in this is a war of attrition it seems and despite the cease fire the fighting goes on at aljazeera southern tripoli. Thousands of people of rallied in algerias capital marking one year since Anti Government demonstrations began police used water cannon against the protesters in algiers as they chanted against the government is the 1st anniversary of protests that forced longtime president of the lizzies beautifully to step down but demonstrators also want his allies removed from power and the entire political system to be overhauled theyve got to start a weeklong truce between the taliban and the u. S. Appears to be holding hopes for ending americas longest war hinge on the deal which came into effect on friday the click a just more. An unusual come in wardak province southwest of the Afghan Capital whats called a reduction in violence agreement between us forces in the taliban is underway for the next week providing a brief pause from attacks by both sides the taliban gave al jazeera permission to visit wardak very moot a meeting with many in our amir have a tall order to us not to clash with anyone in any of the areas that we control we completely about him according to the full meaning of this would the sound of sirens and bullets is common in the capital kabul but so far its been quiet some minor clashes have been reported in parts of the country but not a side has publicly said what would constitute a violation of the agreement. Under member i hope the one week truce will be extended until we reach a final peace in afghanistan physically we feel very happy and we hope the ceasefire will be real and final but its not to actually a ceasefire. The agreement is a test of trust for both sides as a step towards ending the 19 year long war americas longest peace talks have been held over the past year in qatars capital doha if this agreement is seen to be a success a paste deal is expected to be signed on the 29th of february. A new u. N. Report has highlighted the human cost of the war it says just over 3400. 00 civilians were killed last year with the taliban and other and he Government Forces responsible for about half of the deaths afghan Government Forces and the u. S. Allies were responsible for 43 percent 35500 afghans have been killed in the past decade the total is 100000. 00 when the injured are included of course peace will not come overnight there is time needed for the people she said. All those things but as far as the. Action of violence is concerned there is a lot of such uncertainties. Afghan Government Forces say theyll continue operations against deisel and al qaeda which are not part of the current agreement the next few days will show whether a more Permanent Peace is possible nicola gage aljazeera hundreds of people have been marching in the german city of her in solidarity with those killed in wednesdays racially motivated attack caring about her saying racism and clashes and kills everywhere the demonstrators walk through the streets in a peaceful protest 9 people most of them immigrants were killed when a gunman opened fire at a she should it was germanys 3rd a far right attack in a matter of months. The german city state of hamburg heads to the polls on sunday in an election which is being seen as a test for the countrys established parties for the past 10 years hamburg has been a political stronghold of the social democrats but its Coalition Partners the green party wrong course to make substantial gains double it came reports. On a winter morning change is in meet the people as the sitting man hes trying to win votes at a time when social democrats are at a low ebb federally this city is the one shining light because says chanche are here his party is more relevant than ever i really lets 9 yarned of these and how can this be destructive weve shown we can rule the city well over the last 9 years we dont just have projects as ideas we make them happen we want to build more schools and Daycare Centers and we must address Climate Change not only discuss it in talk shows but also implemented. Surprisingly their main opposition comes from their present Coalition Partners here 5 years ago the greens were struggling to win more than 10 percent of the vote now theyre polling more than double that and are eyeing 1st place we have to do something about the mobility change summary need to be a smart city in the future. And therefore we have the best solutions as as greens. And i one hand to be the european climate protection capital and therefore we have to move forward and we have to be very future oriented and this is where we have the best answer to this state election is the only one show job to take place in germany this year which means what happens here will help shape how the debate evolves at a federal level sundays vote is about deciding who gets elected into this parliament but its pretty clear the prospect of a general election now less than 18 months away is concentrating the minds of all parties dominic cain aljazeera. Dozens of Opposition Party supporters have been detained in kazakhstan during a crackdown on antigovernment demonstrations protesters gathered in the capital lower saltire in the countrys largest city of our party theres anger regarding restrictions over the creation of Political PartiesOpposition Leader the mummy has been detained for organizing the rally William Courtney is a former u. S. Ambassador to the country whos now with a think tank the Rand Corporation he says its time for kazakhstan to have free and Fair Elections. Almost a year ago president was a buy off overnight ruled that he would no longer be president but he would actually pull the strings behind the curtain so to speak and he had the capital city we haven and of itself and that turned out to be popular as its done as an upper middle income country according to the world bank and they watched as popular revolutions and for example i mean who 2 years ago was a landscape alexion and grain last year was a real democratic. I will call it a wave but Democratic Movement and the former soviet space and its catching up to kazakhstan over the past year as these demonstrations have taken hold 1st they were mostly Civil Society demonstrations but more recently they have evolved as Civil Society demonstrations often due to political and to government on the resurgence and now calling for creation of a true Democratic Political party thats a positive development there should be opportunity for other Political Parties to the dog house of style has never had a fruit and Fair Election time for kazakhstan to have that shouldnt be right away because theres time required for Political Parties to develop and platforms but within a year there ought to be a free and Fair Election that would be the right evolution flood save and something through have killed at least 3 people in the city was swept away in the tally a chance to hit the region others attracted a closer struggle to get to safety now the victims included a fall through the sun his car was flipped over by flood towards his. 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Talk about no residence in bangladesh is capital have been living among some of the worst quality of the world officials there are warning of Serious Health effects but its not just the air thats polluted in the city the main river that used to be dark a source of Drinking Water is not toxic but the smith reports. Thats taking a bath in a poisonous soup of decades of untreated wastewater from tanneries battery and pharmaceutical factories and other industries on which bangladeshis economy relies. Were fully aware of how polluted it is but were both men and when were around here this is where we have to wash now the government is finally making some progress against the worst polluters with a High Court Order forcing the closure of 231. 00 illegal tanneries but the pollution continues licensed tanneries as opposed to pump their waste to this new Treatment Plant but its not yet fully equipped to operate at capacity. So every day thousands of liters go straight into the river. Because the court has ordered us to make sure that a fluid Treatment Plant is performing up to mid level so were going to take over operations from the chinese who are running it not in the government shares the same attitude in mindset to tackle the pollution problems 64. 00 freshwater fish species in bangladesh are under threat because of pollution 9 a critically endangered according to government figures. Used to provide Drinking Water now its toxic and black and cracking down on polluting industries is part of the governments ambitious plan to clean up the rivers. Here a market built on illegally reclaimed land is being ripped down all this area up to the road will be dug out again and the river returned to its original with. The money. There are a lot of influential people involved in land grabbing even members of parliament and big industrialists who own many of these industries are polluters but at the same time Public Awareness is growing in regard to the environment and pollution and a strong desire to save these rivers. For years the government has turned a blind eye to the garment related industries which contribute 20 percent of the countrys g. D. P. Activists hope this court ruling will set a precedent for other rivers 38 of which they say a dying due to bridle pollution and land grabbing Bernard Smith aljazeera dhaka time supporter his peter. Thank you very much defending champions event has extended the lead at the top of the city our table to 4 points with a close victory of a bottom club spot on saturday Cristiana Rinaldo got the opening goal for you they have not been as dominant this season and the new boss might be to study some of the new signings have also struggled but one of them aaron ramsey leaves us some tricks finish to make it 2 no 2 the visitors finish 21 they go 4 points clear of luck to chasing a 930 our title in a row and with the Champions League quarter finals coming up next. Heavyweight boxes deonte a while then tyson fury have weighed in in front of thousands of fans ahead of saturdays w. B. C. 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Its a case of 700 up for Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin in the n. H. L. On saturday the russian stars goal 4 minutes 50 seconds into the food period against the new Jersey Devils was the 700 for real gold it makes him only the 8th player in n. H. L. History to reach that milestone ovechkin said teammates delighted in that moment but they would not have been as happy about the final school for the 2 in trade of new jersey x. Romanias world number 2 simona halep secured the 20th title of a tennis career with victory in saturdays dubai championship final she went to sit down before leveling against kazakhstans elena reback ina who was in no mood to go down easily in the 3rd going 54 up here it went up to a tie break but the world number 19 could not quite last the distance in a full final this year halep winning her 1st title of 228. A 9 year old boy who appeared in a video saying he wanted to kill himself because of bullying has received the support of millions worldwide since the clip went viral this weekend on saturday he got very prominent backing from 13 more australian a quad in bales that laid out the n. R. L. As indigenous all stars Rugby League Team against the new zealand maoris on saturday bales he was born with dwarfism has also received support from hollywood. Superstars and hundreds of thousands of dollars have been raised for him online the video posted by his mother has been viewed nearly 20000000. 00 times. And in Rugby Union France have won their 3rd 6 nations match in a row to ignite hopes of the 1st title in 10 years and 20. Score tries for the french against wales france winning 27234 time Tour De France champion chris froome returns to competition this week after the major injuries he suffered in a crash last june the kenyan born brit is happy just to be back in the saddle after months of rehab youll start for any of us at the u. A. E. On sunday i mean im broke i broke a lot of fans or broke my leg in 2 places up my. Of my sternum collapse long ribs. Broke a lot of bones ourselves on the supernatural years i really enjoyed it and spend months in rehab trying to just walk again. Feels like a really big victory just to just to be here ready and in malaysia 6 time football champions jordan. Have just moved to a new stadium and of course that means a glamorous unveiling ceremony the teams nickname is the southern tigers so only appropriate then that the Virtual Reality show featured the big predators the stadium will host its 1st match this coming friday this time though without the tiger its. A matter well leave it for now more sports news coming up again later well see you ben. Thanks peter and finally u. K. Pass force will turn blue next low for the 1st time in almost 3 decades to mark the countrys departure from the European Union the standard issue burgundy passports were rolled out across the e. U. Member states more than 30 years ago blue was 1st chosen for u. K. Documents just under a century ago another contract to make the passports has been awarded ironically to a french and dutch business. Is here with another full half hour after the break sees it. In 2009 a torture victim of the brutal arjen time the delhi regime confronted his interrogator who tortured no no no i wasnt oratory i was in turkey has justice now been served for the atrocious crimes committed decades earlier i do the truth so you are telling lies and investigation into the dark history of argentina why didnt they tell me in the end rewind interrogating a torture on aljazeera. It is impossible to overstate the mental scarring of the survivors sure peter lived in the home until the age of 4 when the nuns sold him on to a violent family by that time hed lost his sister she like nearly 800 others had her name recorded in the death register for a Catholic Organization to put bodies in here there were baptized but the manger on conservation grounds savages for the campaigners in the government is so frightened of the damage to the church that the full excavation would do that it is resisting its so theyre threatening court action i think the only way in which this will be resolved is through an order of the spirit courts of this country i cant see any other way because there is no will. There is no wish there is no appetite church and state in this country are still wedded in a poisonous pact. A passion for supporting local communities. And pioneering inoperative african science and Technology Projects the child beautiful. Glorious are all of us on this planet not just Africa Aljazeera from as a leading by a chemist determined to use a scientific knowledge to africa women make science from the lab to the field on aljazeera. Bernie sanders claims victory in the nevada caucuses cementing his role as the front runner in the Democratic Partys president ial race. Youre watching aljazeera live from headquarters in doha in dating obligato also ahead its all in towns under lockdown events canceled and schools and businesses such as the number of coronavirus deaths and infections increases outside of china. Italys moved to chinas hu a province reported more than 600. 00 new cases of the virus on saturday bringing the total