Has been in the same family for more than half a century. Welcome to the program iran is being isolated by its neighbors because a growing fears over the coronavirus are break for new infections have been recorded in the capital tehran 7 in the holy city of qom 2 in the land province and want each in markazi province and don a car bomb in a bid to stop the spread pakistan has closed its border with iran on sunday as have armenia and turkey in the northwest ankara has also halted all incoming flights afghanistan has suspended all road and air travel to its neighbor and 3 afghans are currently being tested for the virus after entering from iran and iraq is scanning arrivals over fears that hundreds of thousands of iranians visiting holy sites could bring the virus across the border also to baris in tehran with more on how authorities are responding. The number is of course significant because they are worried that the containment process is really something that they need to address as quickly as possible the outbreak started in the holy city of which is about 120 kilometers south of the capital tehran officials believe that a chinese worker construction worker was the source of the outbreak in that city you know they have since closed schools and universities not only in calm but in about 2 thirds of the cities across the country in the capital and all the major events have been canceled including the governments Foreign Ministry briefing that was to be held on monday and we also understand the terror on university dormitories have been evacuated as well the Health Minister has also said that the masks and this in fact and will no longer be sold in pharmacies because the government will be hanged handing them out in a public metro stations as well as buses across the cities austrias stopped all train traffic to and from italy overcurrent virus fear is denied entry to a train from venice after 2 travelers were suspected of having wielgus we know a little as Prime Minister has announced a quarantine on several northern towns affecting 50000 people the last 2 days of the various cold will also have been cancelled catherine stone. More drastic measures in italy as doctors struggle to contain the spread of the corona virus the mayor of milan has ordered schools to close for at least a week sporting events in the. Regions have been canceled so have the final days of the world famous tennis carnival disappointment to thousands of revelers the table it is useless to stop a carnival because there are hospitals and bars and supermarkets and restaurants and trains and planes and ferries which are all open spaces and so how do you solve this problem stopping a carnival its all ridiculous that it is more contagious than the virus. At this point its been necessary many things and the lock down in northern italy has gone from urging everyone to stay indoors to a fully fledged quarantine Prime Minister decepticons has banned people from entering and leaving the regions where the virus is most prevalent and the army is being deployed to ensure the quarantine is observed. A list of we on the Health Authorities have not been able to locate patient 0 because we havent tied n. T. 5 this is difficult to make any predictions about how the virus will spread so the only volley to be taken was to close off these territories youre going to stick your foot in the corn chain has led to a rush to buy supplies and with the sudden increase in new cases many italians are worried. Were all afraid but were crossing our fingers o. B. L. Right if someone doesnt feel well they should react early because people can be cured if they come to hospital in a desperate situation its much more difficult to cure them with more than 130 confirmed cases of the coronavirus italy is the worst hit country in europe every day life for many here looks like it will remain at a standstill until the outbreak can be contained catherine stansell al jazeera. Well south korea is on high alert and the president has called for a president and powerful measures to control the outbreak but what broad reports. The worst affected areas in southeast korea the city of daegu and neighboring chango county remain at a virtual standstill to mask clusters of infections account for the majority of cases reported so far one of them at this hospital quickly spread infecting more than 100 patients and staff wards are being prepared to treat the increase of new coronavirus patients raising the alert to the highest level came at an emergency meeting chaired by president moon j. N. This weekend the number of new cases has risen alarmingly by the hundreds and he stressed that the next few days will be critical in stemming the outbreak to. The situation has become completely different since the outbreak of mess and fiction extra resources will be directed into trying to stop the spread of the corona virus the urged everyone to avoid massive events well you know you want to do we have vividly witnessed how dangerous it is to have a mess meeting in an enclosed indoor place in terms of the spread of contagious disease everyone to restrain themselves from group of interactivity not on the indoor places but also outdoor places. Sunday across south korea Church Leaders were asked not to hold services yeah. Its sad that we cant hold a Church Service but were following government policy and we dont want any further spread of the disease in the affected areas most people have heeded warnings to stay indoors as they wait to see if the emergency measures work the south korean government is hoping its latest measures will help limit the clusters of infection to this part of the country knowing the price of failure could mean the kind of travel restrictions imposed on china with the damage that would cause to its economy rob mcbride aljazeera chango county south korea. South korea has filed a complaint with israel after a plane full of its citizens were refused entry 12 israeli passengers were allowed to get off the Korean Airlines flight when it arrived in tel aviv but 130 others were turned back israel has banned south korea than japanese visitors the move follows the discovery of coronavirus amongst a group of south korean tourists who visited israel last week and japan has confirmed a 3rd death from a cruise ship that was quarantined for 2 weeks the man was a Japanese National in his eightys the countrys Health Minister has apologized after another passenger was allowed to go home tested positive for the corona virus 23 people were allowed to disembark without being tested for the virus most of those who were infected in japan were on the ship. At least 9 people including 3 children have been killed in an earthquake in turkey the magnitude 5. 7 quakes epicenter was just across the border in iran where more than 70 people were injured a reports now from heartache in turkey. The moment the 5. 7 magnitude earthquake rattled villages in the turkish province of one people in the area close to the border with iran rushed outside into the streets what followed was panic pandemonium and desperate cries for help there power on in the world do you happen to be in 2 seconds we ran away in the building collapsed powerful buried under the rubble if the f. A. Could happen at night we wouldnt have survived uses. Rescue teams scramble to reach survivors under the rubble turkeys government assessing the damage is sure. There are no more people under the rubble that will be taking extra precautions for the upcoming hours. Chants are being set up to house the homeless but its still winter here keeping of the cold is essential fearful of aftershocks many are planning to spend the night in the open crisscrossed by fault lines turkey and iran are some of the most seismically active countries in the world last month more than 40 people were killed and hundreds injured when a 6. 8 magnitude earthquake struck the eastern turkish provinces. And. A 9 years ago one of the most devastating disasters in eastern turkey is recent history a 7 point one magnitude earthquake killed more than 500 people and ever since the turkish government has stepped up efforts to alleviate the destructive impacts of the biggest natural threats in the region obliges iraq had ties the Israeli Military has launched airstrikes into garza the army says its in response to Palestinian GroupIslamic Jihad for firing 21. 00 rockets into southern israel 13 of them were intercepted an Israeli Military is also carried out airstrikes against Islamic Jihad targets in damascus syrian state media is reporting that the countrys air defenses have been intercepted by what they call hostile targets over the city Islamic Jihad denies its been hit and the group says it carried out the rocket attack on israel after the army opened fire on a group of palestinians killing one person 4 others were shot and injured while trying to recover the body before it was taken away by an israeli bulldozer hurry for cities in west jerusalem he says the israeli airstrikes came as no surprise. Well certainly the strikes inside gaza are relatively standard for this kind of escalation the kind of which weve seen many times in the last couple of years certainly a rocket fire such as this is typically met with an israeli round of airstrikes inside gaza the Israeli Military saying dozens of targets belonging to palestinian Islamic Jihad have been hit also saying that they struck what they said was a rocket team in preparation potentially for a launch of the palace in Health Ministry inside gaza saying that a group of 4 people were injured by a drone strike and that among the injured were among the group were a man and his wife less typical though is the strikes that these women she is also rarely admitting to having carried out inside syria it did however in november at a time when it assassinated a a Rocket Team Commander inside gaza as well as trying to carry out a strike against a senior Islamic Jihad figure in damascus it said at that point there would be further strikes against Islamic Jihad leadership in in the syrian capital if rocket fire continued so the immediate thought for many was is this a sign that they were doing just that in response to this latest round of rocket fire so far the Israeli Military is just saying that it struck a site which its calling a hub for Islamic Jihad activity south of the syrian capital one used for Weapons Research to africa where the results of togos president ial election well currently being in the in the camp of blow me the main challenger to incumbent for us in this says theres been voter fraud or hes had banned hundreds of local observers from other training election but a few International Officials were allowed the same day as seeking a 4th term in office and would address is following the story for us from the capital he says while the incumbent president is leading in the vote count of the opposition candidate turns already claimed victory. With the results from the north the incumbent president is polling and pulling ahead with a wide margins and. We spoke to the leading position candidate. Who told us who accused the officious of rigging the vote saying that hes going to challenge. The results and in fact he also produced issued a video proclaiming himself the winner of this election even before the Election Results have been announced by the. National independent National Election commission meanwhile police are waiting patiently for this result initially we were told that the results will be announced tomorrow but this evening we got information about these results. And this evening i just i was up to the appearance of the video by the opposition leader. Well still had. One. Clark or. 2 in the rights to become the democratic president ial nominee. And the kingdom divided the scandal surrounding the Prime Minister that opinion the story after the break. How theres been heavy snow over the weekend for japan is easing away now the circulation goes away but the wind is still going to be a northwesterly that tends to produce snow showers on the western slopes in the old home sure and holkar do they will be low levels or cardew as well temps come down a bit turkeys a 14 but still remarkably one threat shy on the Korean Peninsula and this rain is heading out towards the korean please a particular career where i think youll see a substantial amount and again its early in the season but its coming your way then its going to cross into honshu to the south that its still rainy season start in tunisia plenty of thunderstorms there tending to move north was rosin construct of a java but wouldnt rule out flash flooding in java still is further up through some odd shipments to malaysia and even sudden thailand. Despite the praise around the coast of vietnam and cambodia they came and they went theyll be back again but the coast of east and south of the philippines that will be showery and theres more rain developing in india you see the clouds moving east german direction but in the forecast thats the thing to watch once more and we saw this couple of weeks ago were going to early signs are right in addition or west bengal there are still showers in sri lanka which you might expect theyll continue but this is again an early spell of fairly heavy rain. That. Is big news in libya but staging current bike travels it comes with its own particular risks our club couldnt take part in the 26 rallies because we were fighting a war inside. Aljazeera world travels to the Libyan Desert to see how school dont feel we can be a Unifying Force in a war chill country video a rally for hold on aljazeera. Of the market watching the aljazeera news are with me so how robin iran is being isolated by its neighbors after 8 people died of crane a virus that afghanistan turkey armenia and pakistan have all closed their border crossings. The Israeli Military has launched airstrikes on gaza and the syrian capital damascus after a Palestinian ArmedGroup Islamic jihad fired 21. 00 rockets into southern israel the group said it launched the attack after Israeli Soldiers fired on a group of palestinians killing one and its members and results of togos president ial election are currently being announced in the capital levy the main challenger to incumbent ford in the same bay says theres been voter fraud. Iran has seen its lows turn out in parliamentary elections in 40 years just under 43 percent of eligible voters cast their ballots on friday conservative candidates are set to win a majority taking all 30 parliamentary seats in the capital tehran voters options were limited with more than 7000 potential candidates disqualified. Irans interior minister says other circumstances were to blame for the low turnout in mother shadow. We held these elections when there were several incidents in the country where you had bad weather there was this coronavirus disease there was the plane crash also the events of january and november in such a situation the turnout right seems perfectly acceptable for us. As the back is entirely says the result has put reformist president Hassan Rouhani in a difficult situation. Well this is very embarrassing for the establishment have voter turnout is around 42 percent in the last elections it was 61 percent hare in iran where i am its 25 percent in the last elections it was around 50 percent now this is one of the most conservative parliaments this country has ever seen but it takes place when the turnout is the lowest since establishment of the Islamic Revolution now we need just to give you an idea of how low the turnout was in the last elections here in the wrong there were 30 seats up for grabs all of them were won by reformist moderates candidates every single one got over 1000000 votes this time around all 30 seats were taken by conservatives and only one of them the former mayor got over 1000000. 00 votes now we knew this election would be controversial because the Guardian Council the body that vets candidates disqualified over 5000. 00 candidates including 81. 00 current sitting m. P. s but despite the Supreme Leader coming out and president Hassan Rouhani coming back to encourage people to vote they just didnt come out and vote and its a very very low turnout its very embarrassing the Supreme Leader spoke this morning and he said blame the western propaganda that try to deter people from voting but this also puts president Hassan Rouhani in a very difficult position he presides now over a conservative palm and a politically opposed to him that had been politically critical of him and the 2015 nuclear deal and many people see him as a sitting duck president because the president ial elections are next year and he just doesnt have a majority out of the 290 seats around over 200 a one by conservatives and hes reformist moderate allies only have around 20 seats now lets not forget the position of the economy here inflation has been very high unemployment is high and also the economy is suffering under sanctions so it does put him in a very difficult position and also theres a lack of trust and confidence in the govern. And the political establishment because of the low voter turnout so it is so despite the sea of support that we saw after the assassination of general patton for the money the hundreds of thousands of people that came out onto the streets that just didnt transfer into people coming out and taking to the polls to surpass see is executive Vice President of the Quincy Institute a think tank in washington d. C. He says many iranians have lost hope of changing the country through the ballot box the iranian people have a long history of standing up for their rights and protesting unfortunately not always getting what the deserve but nevertheless theyve not usually been sitting silently and downing of the airliner was a very prime example of it happening only days after the assassination of money but what it also shows is that so much of the population have lost faith in the centrist and the reformist ability to be able to bring about change because at the end of the rouhani more or less put all of his eggs in the g. C. B. Away in the nuclear the other and essentially argue that by striking that the opening up to the west things will get better and that has proven to be false because of trump walking out of the us so theres a lot of this illusion with rouhani and the centrists and the reformers as to whether they can make any change and that is a big reason as to why people simply stayed home they didnt see any options on the ballot that they thought could bring about the type of change that they want and that they believe they deserve. To the u. S. Where Bernie Sanders has boosted his position at the front of the race to become the democratic president ial candidate a big win in the nevada caucuses meant that hes a step closer to running against donald trump in november the father was the 1st contest with a racially diverse electorate indicating how minorities across the country might vote rob runnels reports of las vegas. We have now won the battle cook up a resounding victory for Bernie Sanders as he sealed his position as front runner and moved a step closer to winning the democratic nomination we have just put to go a multigenerational multi ridge Racial Coalition which is going up not only win in nevada its going to sweep this country. The vermont senator set up a strong and Sophisticated Organization in nevada winning strong support from white and latino voters with his calls for universal Health Care StudentDebt Forgiveness and a Green New Deal to defeat Global Warming the victory came through the efforts of a small army of enthusiastic mostly young volunteers. Many of them gathered in downtown las vegas to celebrate as the results came in for our sanders was so confident of victory here in nevada that he skipped this r. T. And spent the day instead holding rallies in texas now thats one of the big delegate rich state that holds its primary on super tuesday march 3rd sanders now as a boost of momentum going into super tuesday joe biden came in 2nd in nevada and is hoping to do better in South Carolina next week losing centrist candidates like pete would a judge warned sanders is to lift wings to defeat President Donald Trump in november senator sanders believes in an inflexible ideological revolution that leaves out most democrats not to mention most americans. Earlier Nevada Democratic voters gathered in schools libraries and casinos to stand for their candidates at 0 a Vista High School outside las vegas caucus goers argue sometimes passionately to win over other voters. Who made a gloomy but in the end the night and nevada belonged to Bernie Sanders robert oulds Al Jazeera Las Vegas i was there as john hendren is in washington he says despite sun does a success in nevada still a long way to go in the democratic race. Democrats awoke to a new reality they have a clear front runner and by a more decisive margin than they had many of them expected 1st of all he essentially tied in iowa with pete to judge who got a couple more delegates than he did he won decisively in New Hampshire and then he won big in nevada according to n. B. C. Projections those votes are still being tallied but it looks like he could win 47 percent of the vote to joe bidens 19 percent biden coming in at 2nd that is a decisive margin so decisive that sanders didnt even stay around to wait for them to tally the votes he went on to texas and hes got 2 big contests coming up theres super tuesday on march 3rd that is when more than a dozen states vote and sanders is hoping to come out of that with a decisive margin ahead of the other candidates but we are far from any inevitability in this case there are 1191 delegates that are needed for the democrat to win for any democrat to win hes got 31 so what hes got is very good momentum but he is nowhere near walking away with this and theres one big obstacle between him and winning right now and that is the state of South Carolina there joe biden has been polling ahead of everybody hes been campaigning heavily in that state its got a large africanamerican population and he has been polling well but Bernie Sanders has narrowed the gap according to one poll to 5 points from about 20 the emir of qatar has visited jordan for the 1st time since the blockade was imposed on the gulf country 3 years ago shook the member in the home of the. With Jordans King Abdullah focusing on bilateral trade and Regional Security the meeting signals a further improvement in relations since jordan great to toys in 2017. The u. K. Prime minister Boris Johnson has ordered his bricks it team to come up with plans to avoid checks on goods passing from britain to Northern Ireland according to the sunday Times Newspaper officials are seeking to evade checks on goods crossing the irish sea which are due to come into effect next year because of practice it and thats because Northern Ireland will still be inside the u. K. Customs area but e. U. Rules mean imports will have to be checked after the december 31st a sandstorm blowing off the sahara has caused major disruption to flights in and out of Spains Canary islands thousands of tourists were stranded after all flights were suspended to and from gran canaria due to Poor Visibility flights for also stopped the Regional Government has declared a state of alert and people have been advised to stay inside and keep windows closed. A major topic of conversation is the whereabouts of the Prime Minister tom de bonnie failed to attend court to be charged with the murder of his estranged wife the 8 year old says he went to south africa or a doctors appointment that was shuttled well in advance so he did miller because more from the capital was sort of. Prime minister tom to body of boy did being charged with the murder of his 2nd wife to palermo when he failed to show up in court on friday 2 weeks ago his 3rd wife my c. E. O. Was charged with ordering the shooting of a pita sister as well as the attempted murder of another woman wounded in the attack in 2017 the Prime Ministers no show in cotton the scandal surrounding the murder is a hot topic in the capital maseru the bihari giants Theatre Group of forms that a taxi rank bringing to life the controversy within lawsuit is politically as i dont know if i you really seem to me as a Prime Minister you expect me to go to court from the crowd and overwhelmingly yes this is a chance for people captivated by the intrigue to have their say one spectator shouts that no one is above the rule and that to barney is wanted by the Police Another blames the Prime Minister for dividing the country and demands he goes to court this man accuses to bonny of being a thief moments of humor in the crisis here much like the Political Leadership in the suit to peoples opinion here is divided despite his denial some think the Prime Minister is on the run he says in south africa for a medical check up by the way his disappearance from court seen by many has been convenient. As they conclude their performance the actors sing mimicking the Prime Minister and his wife from a video she posted on social media last year where they appeared in bathrobes singing a well known song about seeking power it was meant. With shock and criticism and field speculation that the 80 year old tub on his 3rd wife is influencing politics. With abani is from the Prime Minister retains some support. Down and give him a chance to lose count. And drop those met attaches now to ban is under pressure from within his own party to resign he says hell retire in july for now the intrigue about his whereabouts and his evasion of justice goes on for me tamala aljazeera must hear a suit youre. Going to launch is there with me is the whole room the reminder of our top stories iran has been isolated by its neighbors after 8 people died of coronavirus go to turkey armenia pakistan of all close their border crossings the Israeli Military has launched airstrikes on girls around the syrian capital damascus a Palestinian GroupIslamic Jihad fired 21. 00 rockets into southern israel the group said it launched the attack after Israeli Soldiers fired on a group of palestinians killing one of its members perry 4 cities in west jerusalem he says the israeli air strikes come as no surprise well certainly the strikes inside gaza are relatively standard for this kind of escalation the kind of which weve seen many times in the last couple of years certainly a rocket fire such as this is typically met with an israeli round of airstrikes inside gaza the Israeli Military saying dozens of targets belonging to palestinian Islamic Jihad have been hit also saying that they struck what they said was a rocket team in preparation potentially for a launch. The results of togos president ial election are currently being announced in the below me the main challenger it is incumbent for an acim bay says the vote was fraudulent another president has ignored 4th term in office after a change in the countrys constitution last year an earthquake has killed at least 9 people in turkey the 5. 00 magnitude tremor struck just across the border in northwestern iran now dozens of people were injured in both countries after more than a 1000 buildings collapsed there are has seen its lowest turnout in a parliamentary election nearly 40 years just under 43 percent of eligible voters cast their ballots on friday conservative candidates are set to deliver giora to ignore 30 parliamentary seats in the capital tehran voters options were limited with more than 7000 potential candidates disqualified. A sandstorm blowing off the sahara has caused major disruption to flights in and out of Spains Canary islands thousands of tourists were stranded after all flights were suspended to and from grand canaria due to Poor Visibility flights leaving town a reef also stopped those were the headlines more news in half an hour here on aljazeera next its inside story do stay with us. Rival leaders finally settling their differences its all they can request agree to share power and form a new unity government after years of civil war 3 failed peace agreements will this one last this is inside story. Hello there and welcome to the program i missed a piece is finally head thats the promise from south sudans president salva kiir after signing the latest power sharing agreement with his rival but often to similar agreements collapsed many are asking if theyve really got it right this time around react russia has once again been sworn in as by