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Voters. Political upheaval in malaysia Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad and his allies resign from the coalition government. And install one of the most controversial players in golf silass his critics patrick reed blocks out cheating claims to win the world Golf Championship in mexico move him up to 8 in the ranks. But we start this news hour with the growing impacts of the corona virus i break Chinese State television is reporting that the National Peoples congress will be perspire ones because over the epidemic it will be one of the 1st times in modern chinese history the annual session of parliament has been spawned that was choose to starts on march the. 5th but its still unclear at this stage when it will no go ahead meanwhile the death toll around the world continues to rise in iran the Health Ministry says 12 people have no dieters the bric spreads across the middle east kuwait bahrain and afghanistan have all confirmed cases where over in europe a 4th person has died in italys north the romas 200 cases there the highest concentration outside of asia and in south korea infections have surpassed 800 with authorities now raising the Infectious Diseases warning to the highest level at least 7 people have died there so far weve got rob matheson in baghdad where iraq has cool Circuit Boards to prevent the spread of the virus and weve got dorsetshire bari standing by for us in iran but 1st lets go to adrian brain in Hong Kong Adrian it seems that despite chinas best efforts theyve been unable to contain the spread of the virus and know the n. P. C. Has been born so its very significant is it not. Yes as out for ties the n. P. C. Has now been postponed i cant recall an occasion during the past 31 years that ive been covering china when Something Like this has happened its a measure of just how serious the situation is now the m. P. C. Is an event that drools delegates from across china it is the political event of the year but a decision has now been taken that its just too risky to hold it in the Current Conditions now the m. P. C. Is important because its when the government outlines its economic targets for the year ahead things like g. D. P. Now that figure is now not going to come we dont know when that will happen and of course we do know that the Economic Growth in china this year is going to slow because of the virus thats important because when chinas economy slows the whole worlds economy slows as well also in beijing on monday we are expecting to have a briefing by the w. H. O. Experts whove been at the epicenter of this virus in wu han theyre going to be giving a Technical Briefing on monday night so we should find out more about what they discovered about this far as its the 1st time these experts have spoken to the media since arriving in china almost 2 weeks ago now president xi jinping on monday night on sunday night rather made an appearance on state t. V. Which showed him chairing a meeting of the Politburo Standing Committee and he had some pretty grave language he said that the situation china was facing was very serious indeed he spoke of shortcomings in the government again extremely unusual to hear a chinese president talking about failings within his government and he also said this was the worst Public Health crisis that china has faced since the founding of the peoples republic of china weve also been hearing from north korea on monday north korea of course borders china the young happy news agency in south korea has been quoting state media in north korea which says that are. And about 300. 00 foreigners including diplomats are now being quarantined it also says that its monitoring in its words 4000. 00 people in that area of northwest north korea which borders china now the border between china and north korea there is quite porous this border scriptures for almost 2000 kilometers and in some areas the border is separated by just a river which means its very easy for people to go backwards and forwards so id imagine now the North Koreans will be tightening security along that border as much as they can ok brian there live for us in hong kong thank you lets get more now from doris the job ari she is live for us in tehran door so a jump in fatalities in iran what the authorities have to say when they address the nation via that press conference. Well this was an unexpected press conference 1st we were told on sunday that this weekly Government Press conference by the spokesperson would not be held today due to the corona virus that was a concern for officials here but then it did go ahead and he was joined by a member of the Health Ministry a spokesperson who had a lot to say on the issue 1st deny the reports that is coming from the member of parliament of the city of all who has said that the death toll figure is actually currently at 50 and that the Health Ministry officials are not being transparent with the iranian public he said that is something this Health Ministry official denied we the he also said that the government is doing everything within its power to try and control the spread of this virus he said that it is not its important to highlight that 80 percent of the people who are infected do not die from this disease he also said that there are 2 hospitals that are strictly dealing with the spread of this disease and there are 64 confirmed cases of people who are now carrying the corona virus in iran lets hear some of what else he had to say. We need to be honest we need to be transparent in the face of those people who are trying to distort the situation regarding other regions id like to say we are dealing with the cases and the symptoms and we have all the capabilities to spot this virus if we have a case that is suspected we will move them to a better place to be hospitalized we have the full capabilities to deter or to treat and we will see everything in a clear way. More widely i mean how are people in iran reacting to this so they have any faith in their governments ability to tackle the crisis. Well there is a lot of doubt by the public about how transparent this government and this Health Ministry has been because they have the memories of not too far away of the downing of that ukrainian airliner plane that was shot down and near and on khomeini airport killing all 176 people on board during that time the iranian officials denied for 3 days that they had anything to do with that incident and then later the revolutionary guards said that they had made a mistake and shot the plane down accidentally so there is that memory still very fresh in peoples minds many here are now refusing to actually go out to do their daily things that they would normally have done it leading up to the new year festivities that are coming in march here the schools have all been shut down the universities have also been closed the this cinemas theaters football matches have all been postponed and shut down until further notice and many iranians believe that this was done a bit too late weve also heard from the m. P. From hong he is saying that the 1st death was actually reported in that city on february 13th but the Health Ministry did not make that information public until february 19th weve also been speaking to a local journalist in the city of calm somebody that we were speaking to on a regular basis and he told me that there is actually a lot of concern involving a lot of people there are worried that they are not properly equipped to deal with this outbreak and that they are urging him to send more doctors and more kits to that city and there hes actually saying that the city needs to be quarantined but that is something the house minister has refused to do so far so for the time being theres a lot of question and theres a lot of concern but official. As are adamant that they are equipped to deal with this and there is a meeting being held with a special committee that is dealing with the koran operate in iran with president Hassan Rouhani on tuesday so well wait to see what that comes from that session as well about how the government will proceed to try and control the spread of this its ok dosage of are there life or as in the arabian capital thank you well lets bring in rob matheson there he joins us live from baghdad rob youre just next door to iran whats the situation like where you are. Well we have some breaking news to of not just province which is to the west of iran they not just Health Ministry is in and saying that they are recording their 1st case of coronavirus in iraq it is in a rainy and man set to be a visitor to the to the province this is going to come as a huge blow to the medical facility and medical forces here in iraq because they have been working very hard over the last 2 days to try to put up quarantine zones around airports and also around parts of iraqs border with iran to try to prevent the spread of the of the virus into iraq but to a certain extent it is not a surprise that are 40000 people on average every month who visit shia holy shrines in iraq one of which is the strain in jeff and we understand that this iranian visitor may have been there for that purpose to visit the shrine the other concern of course is that because with these numbers the crowds around these trains are usually very big and there will be of course concern that this man has passed may have passed the virus on to others in the crowd without knowing that that he was actually carrying it but here in iraq the government has been working as they say very hard to try to control the situation they had banned non iraqi the non iraqis from flying from iran to airports in baghdad and not just and and other provinces they had also put up quarantine zones as i say along the border with iran the problem theyve got there is that the border parts of the border with iran are very porous some a mountainous some marshland and theyre usually difficult to patrol at the best of times so people can be crossing an officially backwards and forwards between iraq and iran through those particular points without being stopped by medical teams so the medical teams that we have been speaking to over the last couple of days have been poised for Something Like this to her. And they have been hoping that their defenses were going to be good enough that they were going to stop the spread of the virus into iraq but now it sounds as though iraq is now. Getting its own cases of the coronavirus this new strain of the coronavirus with this 1st reported case in the Western Province of nudge off ok rob matheson their life as a in baghdad for now thank you well south korea also on high alert after 7 people died there rob mcbride explains that what the government is doing very to contain the spread of the virus. There has been various measures being taken across south korea especially since the alert level here was raised to the highest yesterday sunday by president. And the number of soldiers who come into contact with people who are known to be infected they have now been put into quarantine 350 Service Personnel fall into that category with the south Korean Military a further 7000 military though are in a kind of voluntary self quarantine confinement on military bases these are people who have been to the most the worst affected areas where theres most infections we have seeing these clusters down in the southeast of the country down the city of daegu and in chong go the neighboring county there so these are some of the measures that are being taken again we have seen this monday another sharp rise up to 75063 cases now and in announcing these new cases the Health Ministry has really come under some pretty tough scrutiny from the media here just about are they really in control of the situation about their strategy especially the policy of containment its the ideal way of trying to stop the spread an outbreak like this you go and investigate every case that you come across to see how that person was infected to follow back the link of a of infection and also to see whether that person has been in contact with anybody else you get those people tested but all of this requires a huge amounts of resources especially when you get the numbers increasing exponentially and the ministry of health it seems to be accepting that while it is on top of it it believes that within the next 4 weeks it can stabilize the situation it has admitted that possibly thing this continue to worsen that it might have to adopt a policy of mitigation. Plenty more still to come on this new siren pleading extending and then a scene towards president wins another term in office with claims of in like 2 frogs. By police in haiti exchanged on fox so to stream the protests in the capital and in sports the veteran forward that slicing up the n. B. A. Once again is a basketball action coming up for you later in the program. But donald trump has begun his 2 day trip to india Prime Minister Narendra Modi greece at the u. S. President on his plans 3 or visits to a myth about stats and could you write states which has ties to nearly a 3rd of all Indian Americans and they could be important for trumps the election chances in the fender the failure to secure a trade agreements a concern but a strong pass confirms a 3000000000. 00 deal to sell move weapons to india. Tomorrow our representatives will sign deals to sell over 3000000000. 00 in the absolute finest state of the art military helicopters and other equipage to the indian armed forces. I believe that the United States should be indias premier defense partner and thats the way its working out together we will defend our sovereignty security at protect a free and open indopacific region for our children and for many many generations to come. Betty. Sam let that be shannon. Shannon evaluates an idea. Shires but eat up enterprise and innovation. And opportunity and jennings. And explanation well theyll say across life nice Elizabeth Piron and she joins us live now from mad about in its lizbeth massive riley there with. What were they both trying to convey to the audience. I had a very much close relationship these are 2 leaders that like each other a lot and they have met Something Like this is the 5th time they have met in the past year promise to morty was welcome to Houston Texas in september of last year by by President Trump and 50000 Indian Americans cheering for him and for President Trump where promised to modi interestingly seemed to actually pledged his support for President Trumps reelection that event was called. This was called the must they trump the 1st time a u. S. President has come to the state of gujarat which is home to him to get Prime Minister in the day and morty and also to one of indias founders Mahatma Gandhi that is where President Trump started his visit at gandhis home and before moving on to the stadium Something Like 120000 people so today is all about you know the big welcome to the u. S. President whos the Prime Minister and certainly his supporters are very fond of he has now left to draw President Trump will be going to the taj mahal and before spending the night in new delhi and then tomorrow is when President Trump and his 12 member delegation including people like the commerce secretary the National Security adviser hold bilateral talks on things like security like defense those 2 and a half 1000000000. 00 worth of military helicopters that india is buying and perhaps even make some progress though its not expected but they will discuss the the biggest Sticking Point in their relationship it is a big one which is trade. There is a bit of a disconnect between the 2 countries or trade but certainly we did talk about i popping announcement during the rally of a 3000000000. 00 arms deal. Yes so india is going to buy Something Like 3000000000. 00 worth of defense of helicopters apache helicopters and that is thats great news for america that is. But a lot of indians are asking again you know what is india getting out of this visit from President Trump the station spent 1. 5 percent of its g. D. P. On a 4 hour visit and with so many Sticking Points in their trade relationship the u. S. Is indias biggest trading partner that exports more to the u. S. Than to any other country and trade relations have been strained under President Trump 2018 saw a series rounds of retaliatory retaliatory tariffs they also dont agree on things they have big differences on visas issued to indian workers in america on the pharmaceutical industry so we will wait and see if they make any progress on that thats not expected so far so far this trip very much is about these 2 leaders the spectacle of trump coming to india theyre close on they do have things in common especially in their style of leadership. And again you know it is 9 months before the president ial election in the u. S. Coming to drop when the 3rd Indian Americans can trace their origins to ok it was both for a moment joining us live from thank you. Well lets take a closer look at that u. S. India trade relationship the u. S. Is one of indias largest training trading partners before trumps visit yesterday much failed to negotiate easing trade frictions lindsay and the u. S. Have imposed for tap tariffs on imports since 28 seen as for interim composed levies on indian steel and aluminum imports india then these import duties on u. S. Motorbikes medical equipment and more well the 2 leaders will also be looking at weapons deals President Trump there announcing a sale worth almost 3000000000. 00 for u. S. Military helicopters in the u. S. Port billions of dollars worth of u. S. Military hardware since 2007 well lets get more now from manoj joshi hes a distinguished fellow at the Observer Research foundation and joins us now live from delhi i could have you with us on the news a lot so im packin that rally perhaps grabbing most of the headlines is that 3000000000 dollar military deal what do you make of that well you know i think. From indias point of view this is something the indian navy desperately needs we have some excellent warships but the huge watches have been without medium lift helicopters their defensive weapon basically there and its up. Seoul from our point of view its a win win i would say to win win thing the u. S. Get the big scene india get helicopters which it desperately needs but i must point out that normally president ial visits are not the occasion for these deals but i think this time around they needed some kind of a deliverable and so this was pushed into this it was almost certain we were going to buy those helicopters that will not be sure but the very fact that the president himself spoke about it to be. Implies that this is seen as a deliverable because weve had no trade the accompanying division at will if these president ial visits arent for delivering trade deals and progress on these kind of fronts what do you think was the point of this president ial visit. Well i think the point here was basically you have 2 leaders with a certain style mr moore the wanted the kind of what you do see a little bit of the glow that accompanies the u. S. President to call on him that burnish is his credentials both at whole and abroad as far as President Trump is concerned of course hes up for reelection given the fact that he. Actually lost in the popular count of war in the last president ial election he needs every vote that he can and getting a lot of good you not the americans who are very prosperous and by the way some there are some 100000 good without the americans living in new york which is the blue state so there are so obvious electoral benefits whats wrong in this and i think he also needed to state that. The u. S. Are the good friend of india which is unlike what has been happening with other friends im to hear that problem with japan problems with. Europe European Countries south korea so i think basically to kind of a feel good thing from his point of view but with with substantial electoral benefits potential electoral benefits down the line well there are potential electoral benefits for donald trump but in terms of Prime Minister modes even hes already won his election he is the leader of india for of wyong lie but hes also in rather a tight spot domestically is he not the economys not doing what it should be doing and hes having to deal with these massive massive process nationwides do you think there was an element of trying to shift the focus away from domestic troubles and borrow some of the trying to shore up his own base. Yes certainly i think that factor is there but also with all the protests domestic protests and the economy. Showing a dont slayed. Showing that the u. S. President is a very good friend of yours is useful let me see the we know that you know that the u. S. Congress have been questions raised about kashmir theyve been questions raised about the seeing the citizens act and so having the u. S. President on your corner is helpful because this us president can always turn any policy that he likes me see if he is friendly to you if he likes you just like you know hes pardoned a number of friends of his who had been convicted so a bust into the equation with this president for a lot ok at man i was just going to get your thoughts thank you so much for speaking to us live from danny. That would hasten at least one person has been killed in a gun fights missing soldiers and police protesting against the pay theyre seen others were injured in the capital Port Au Prince the heart and has more. This was meant to be the 1st of several days of carnivals and celebration. But it turned into a gun battle off Duty Police Officers were protesting over low pay and the firing of 5. 00 officers who tried to form a union. Close by locals prepared to celebrate the lead up to the christian fasting period of lent for some supported the protest i know about that d are we dont want callable 2nd we support the Police Protests who are demanding their union the lack of security in this country is the fault of the president he uses the all me to destroy the police as people crowded into a square in front of the president ial palace gunshots and tear gas its not clear who fired 1st the police or the military a stage built by the army and guarded by soldiers was set on fire it was the most violent fighting in haiti since protesting began at the end of last year the police say the government should not be funding carnivals while their pay conditions benefits and jobs are being cut. We will send a clear message to this government because we are tired of the situation. The president has made many promises and so vertically to his supporters but not with us we dont need negotiations we will continue demonstrating until we have created a Union President quo of an illinois has been ruling by decree since january with Gang Violence and high levels of crime and Corruption International organizations are struggling to deliver aid haiti is the poorest country in the americas and shortages of food and essential goods are common so as political unrest. The police are not the only ones who are angry. Acting Prime Minister is leptin says the government cant immediately raise officers pay but he has offered housing and insurance incentives something thats not likely to placate the protesters and many fear violent scenes like this may not be the last were harding aljazeera. Its time for an update on the weather robs here and youre going to be taking us across somalia my home country i am yes potential floods in the u. K. But particularly england in this case theres a massive cloud here and as you probably know the last 2 weekends weve had named storms so when done right this is the result of the amount of rain thats fullness just happens to be on the western side of england fairly badly hit but they are not alone now this last weekend we have had a name still but we have got more rain on the way there were Warnings Issued for reinstated this time for Northern Ireland the old name of the sculls an old half of the u. K. But the floods are still there for disaster because its overflowed rivers the most part and theres an awful lot was totally out of the hills 94. 00 warnings of flooding in england anyway thats it coming in at the moment we got the rest of the day for that rain to fall was still on the high ground 0 and then the whole lot shooting eastwards towards denmark that has been a repeating story of this winter least the last couple of months of this coming in from the atlantic going us trust Northern Europe allowing the size to slowly warm up because its done to cool it down frankly and weve now got temperatures typically 18 degrees 4050. 00 degrees above the norm for central parts of europe that this rain this is heading for the size than before so temperatures will not drop will be so unusual rain yes its been dry for ages for many. Ok thanks rob lots more still to come here on these are including for the future of the biggest broadcaster in the philippines is. Is it stayed lost the scandal the french call penelope gates former accounted for president set to face trial for defrauding taxpayers and in sports 2 of the worlds best tennis players start off and cuts are the latest events on the womens tour. Played. Motor sport is big news in libya but staging car and bike drugs here comes with its own particular lifts our club couldnt take part in the 26 probably because we were fighting a war enticed to serve aljazeera world troubles to the libyans just to see how schoolchild for we can be a unified force you know war chill country libya a rally for a vote on aljazeera. As a weapon of war leaves the very deepest scars. Scars so rule that the victims men and women can barely talk about it. They are the only witnesses who can help bring about justice aljazeera followers shimon rights campaigners in libya investigation right since the 2011. Libya unspeakable crime on aljazeera. This is aljazeera our minds are over headlines this hour china is for spawning its annual gathering of parliaments for the 1st time in decades as it struggles to contain the coronavirus site break missing was due to be held on march 5th meanwhile infections continue to spread across the middle east 12 people have died in one bahrain afghanistan and kuwait have all reported cases and donald trump pass confirms a 3000000000. 00 weapons deal with india that will go ahead hes in the country for a 2 day visit there to hold talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi over treat. That malaysias Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad so has offered his resignation to the king and his Political Party has quits the Ruling Alliance the decision comes amid talks held by some within Coalition Members and opposition groups who are forming a new governments that would excludes the Prime Ministers chosen successor lets get more life there from Florence Louis in kuala lumpur for us whats happened in malaysia why has the Prime Minister resigned. Well the Prime Minister in his statement confirming that he has indeed tendered his resignation to the king in malaysia did not give a reason for that now but the finance minister has since come out to say that it is because he does not want to work with them no now this all know is the party that has ruled malaysia for more than 60 years since the country gained its independence from the british and this party was ousted in the last general election in 2018 it was then led by former Prime Minister not jim brazile whos been accused of stealing billions of dollars from state Investment Funds and is now being tried for corruption and abuse of power but theres also rumors that it is because he does not want to hand over power to Anwar Ibrahim now there is a pact an agreement between the parties of 4 main parties that was that were governing malaysia that mahathir was to hand over power to Anwar Ibrahim within 2 years of the election in 2018 now and whats going to happen next is a little bit more unclear and we know that the several hours after he was said to have tended his he had tended his resignation Mahathir Mohamad met with the king were not sure whether the king is going to accept his resignation but constitutional experts say that because the kings role is largely ceremonial he will have to also not show what the mahathir is asking the king to dissolve parliament and hold fresh elections now what happens in a Constitutional Monarchy is the king appoints the person who is like most likely to command the confidence of parliament now if all things had remained the same that person could have been Anwar Ibrahim but because mahathir is party has left the Ruling Coalition and because there are some members of on was party who have either been sacked or resigned from the party anwar arguably no longer has the backing to become the next Prime Minister of malaysia and in fact anwar had on sunday said that he believed there were traces within my heart is party as well as his own party who are working to form the next government now and amidst all this civil suit. Groups have issued statements to say they are and they are extremely worried about what is happening in malaysia at the moment there is no government we dont know whos in charge we dont know which parties are going to be part of the government but the civil Rights Groups have said that if there is a way for unknow to come back into power not through the ballot box but via backdoor negotiation then there is undemocratic and its not what people have voted for slower and slower their life was in a call in perth thank you lets get more on this james chin is the director of the Asia Institute at the university of tasmania and joins us now by skype from hall bar its good to have you with us we just heard from our correspondent florence there rather tricky situation thats unfolding but. We dont know why the Prime Ministers resigns but certainly Civil Society groups are rather worried there it seems like. These parties are things a backroom dealing to and do the results of the election would you say thats fair yes i need to correct your report we all know the reasons why the market resigns the Prime Minister of malaysia uses the british system so when the Prime Minister resign it means the entire government has fallen as well so he resigned simply because he was the star of the slate so thats the reason why resign but in terms of Going Forward youre quite right everything exactly both sides are know and are not both sides are chasing the numbers and both sides are trying to con beings. We are going to see wholl get the chance to vote on the Less Government why does he want a clean slates what was wrong with the slate they was handed by the electorate. Are the reason why he had to resign was otherwise he would on your coalition ill be too difficult but putting on a clean slate this allows him to go to the king and says that i have a completely new coalition i have the numbers to be the Prime Minister and therefore i should have been given the right in order to be selected as the next Prime Minister again. This seems to be talk of some kind of rivalry between to muhammads and the gentleman he was jew to be under another deal that was done behind the scenes it was due to take over from i meant to years does that play any parson this. Where the gentleman youre talking about is the guy core on the right right so under the original plan mark they were supposed to retire in may this year then they went to another language says that mark they will retire not that but this year i think if you were to speak to people kuala lumpur the general consensus that moppet does of one are not i brought in to take over and bill for this political process is all about making sure do things the 1st that im not running does not get a chance to be the Prime Minister secondly its also to remove the chinese component in the government was the chinese component and the government this is a horribly complicated show malaysia we have really just thank heavens so the military giora the malaysia of very worried that the chinese component in the whole administration was getting too powerful so for the past 2 years the opposition not and past party at me making the argument that the previous government was essentially im a live from but controlled by the chinese and therefore we have to overthrowing the michaud that it becomes a milligan again so thats the reason why we have this present crisis ok james kidan there at sec so much for helping us unpack some of that sir james chen from the Asia Institute joining us live from hobarts. The libyan Prime Minister is also wrong and she says that the United Nations in geneva to draw attention to the worsening humanitarian situation in libya as the conflict drags on speaking out the Human Rights Council he shows the members pictures of children. Recent attacks also culturally the hester whos last of offensive on the capsule in april a war criminal until theres a very day we have not seem to be caring and by be International Community before you we express our regret and be continuing in flagrant violation of human rights which led to the killing of albertans and displacement of hundreds are out and your excellent he played being fair and gentleman many have lost their lives men women children the elderly families have been displaced children have been orphaned because of the aggression perpetrated by the war criminals have gotten. Well are diplomats again sir james faces in geneva and joins us not james starr words that form the libyan Prime Minister who exactly was he trying to appeal to. Well 2 Different Things are going on at the same time right now at the u. N. Here in geneva and the way they both into intersect is libya one is the Human Rights Council that exists solely year round but it has a high level session which is under way now so as addressed by antonio good terrace the secretary general by the high commissioner for human rights michel bash and among those who also addressed it was the libyan Prime Minister so he used that forum with Foreign Ministers and other leaders around the table to make his case about what he said will war crimes being carried out from benghazi by general half the and his forces elsewhere in the u. N. Here in geneva talks on libya continue and thats the reason i think that hes making this into chechen in the Human Rights Council right now what weve had for some time nearly a week now is the 2nd round of military talks they were near collapse a few days ago after general haftar decided to fire rockets at tripoli they have though continued we believe sporadically over the weekend very limited updates coming from the u. N. Mission on xmen in fact they havent updated reporters on whats going on since friday but i think thats because theres neither been a breakthrough or a breakdown what were now expecting is wednesdays wider talks and political talks d we were expecting Prime Minister at the podium here last hour to give us a News Conference of the last minute he didnt come to that meeting and sent his foreign minister who told us that he thought the talks were wrong but it was really up to the u. N. Mission to give us more information on whether those talks would take place from wednesday here in geneva here in geneva ok james bay is there life as engine eva thank you very much indeed. Now the future of the biggest broadcaster in the philippines is being decided by a Senate Committee in the capital manila protesters condemn the governments attempt to shut down a. B. s c. D. N. As a severe attack on Media Freedom president whos eternity has repeatedly pledged to shut down the t. V. Network which has criticized his policies the networks broadcasting license expires next month and previous efforts to renew its have failed. Us now this reports from barnaby lo. 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We felt that we were just abiding by the laws and regulations yes the snap and we will not have its own political agenda a senator go is this the issue isnt personal but the agency that regulates broadcast licenses testified under oath at the senate that a. B. S. C. B. L. Did not violate any law unless Congress Moves to approve the new application for a broadcast license by the company however its fate remains in limbo. So those president s fall on the same day has won a 4th term in office according to preliminary results it except percent of the votes far ahead self his main rival joe opposition alleges frauds take place during the election this is following the story for us from miami. With a massive win of 72 percent of the vote as declared by the independent National Electoral Commission President is set to extend his 15 year rule on the state the west african nation and effectively solidifying the group the family had on power in this country for more than half a century now with this result there will be no need for a 2nd round of voting or an off between the top 2 candidates the results will now have to be forwarded to the Constitutional Court for it to ratify within the next 60 days however that one opposition figure who had already declared himself elected president is saying that he is not agreeing to the results as announced by the independent National Electoral commission we knew he proceeded to change the to change the result is some way. Of the former head of. The new people who write their name on a pool so we know and the media know and mind we. Do. Our we dont brood we do it problem so as we had a history. Gold these people. Leave and they give out power now a lot of people were watching closely to see the reaction of people on the streets and what will be the response of the security forces. The trial of former french president ial candidate for so a few is set to begin in paris c. E. O. Is accused of paying his wife more than a 1000000 euros in a public fund in public funds for a fake job well the scandal which came to be known as penelope gates emerged during the 27000. 00 Election Campaign and destroyed feels political career thats the reports now from paris. Only 2017 and fossil fuel was riding high the strongest contender in frances president ial race he was the candidate for frances conservative party the republicans after winning its primary with a landslide a former Prime Minister he was politically experienced well connected and confident he would win but i do not want to change my beliefs or my goals according to peoples lives or the i like mint of the planets. Things seem to be going feel this way until the scandal broke a french newspaper allege that feel had misused taxpayers money when he was an m. P. To pay his wife penelope as a parliamentary system for years for no work the couple was placed under formal investigation or denied the accusations and said he was affect him of a Political Smear Campaign on sees only pretty 36 years of political life 36 years without any judicial problems today i am the target of a ruthless one sided attack 7 days a week 24 hours a day for all the legal fact is this fair decision france has a history of corruption and nepotism in politics some so feel as a. Symbol of both and public pressure mounted on him to step down he refused and forged ahead with his campaign but the damage was done feel fail to make it past the 1st round of the president ial election losing out to the far right smearing the pen and Emanuel Mccall who went on to win 3 years after the socalled free grope scandal broke for also for your his wife go on patrol in paris if found guilty of misusing Public Forums could face up to 10 years in prison his wife could face up to 5 years for complicity the high profile case prompted president mccall to pass an Anti Corruption law targeted to cleaning up politics a few months after he was elected fiasco up to low profile in recent years in a t. V. Interview in october she ruled out a return to politics for one of frances best known politicians its been a spectacular fall from grace natasha buckler aljazeera paris. Well its more so has on aljazeera will have the sport for you imports so far a warning shot so then why this is portuguese title race heats up all the football action coming up in just a 2nd. Or. Its time for the sport here sunny thank you very much to highlight one of the most controversial plays in golf match agree that has won the waldo Golf Championship in mexico the american now has had a tough few months after being accused of cheating at another tournament back in the summer. A fellow have criticized him and hes been happy to apply fans but that didnt affect him on sunday he produced a stunning finish it to be a parson additional by one shot we now has 8 wins on 2 or including the mosses and 2 were all the goal for the championships and he now moves to world number 8 you know to come back in my 2nd world off jamshedpur specially with how i had to finish you know basically 15 on words and you know last always ugly but it was what i needed just to get the job done and you know at the end of the day just put yourself in these these positions on sunday is just unbelievable its a great feeling and you know i cant wait to go home and i celebrate with the little ones and my wife and you know bringing home a trophy you zealand have accorded that 100 a victory in test cricket and they did it with a crushing 10 wickets over the walls best team india to start with 5 a 2nd innings wickets off to dismissing india 491 they needed just 9 runs to win them which they got to lead the 2 game series at the side this thoughts on such as the inquest charge every time you take a few trying to do your golden and trying to do your job for the tape into its not enough focus you know shift to the question. We have to accept that they outplayed us this game in the board much better left in italy be much more positive theres no doubt about it you know especially in the 1st innings we will try and put their bowlers under pressure and you know try and make them do Something Different rather than them making us do Something Different. The womens tennis tour is in qatar this weekend defending champion it is my sense opened up with an easy win the belgian number 16 seed breezed through have 1st round match with a straight sets victory against chinas jiang along enron to earth and will now face either russias anastasia given to call that or because it has put into 7 who play each other on monday. And she. Continues to show great for last month that she became the 1st arab woman to reach the quarter finals of a grand slam at the Australian Open shes a wild card this week in qatar and reached the 2nd round things to win over the czechs qualifier saturday in the senior. Tennis is once fault major events that women and men play for the same prize money but that equality has been hard fought as far as mel reports from the cuts open. The profile of female sports stars has arguably never been higher but its still tennis players he said across above all others forbes business magazine says worlds top 10 highest paid female athletes are all tennis players and many of them have stopped often dont have for the cats are over then i think its a strong field for womens right now and theres so many great and inspiring womens not only in tennis but i think we did a great job just to you know get the same prize money as the mens they have and just developing our game to the queen of tennis its a far cry from the 1970 s. When a group of 9 female players led by Billie Jean King started their own tennis tour called the virginia slims circuit it was an effort to fight back against the inequality and dominance of the mens game the circuit eventually evolved into the Womens Tennis Association that still runs the game today. Events such as the 21900. 00 football world cup in france prove there is a huge market for elite women sports and potential rivals for tennis. The t 20 cricket world cup being played in australia now has live coverage in more than 200 countries. In 2015 womens tennis world number one ashley barty took a year off from the sport to play top level cricket the australian says the rise in popularity of other women in sport should be viewed as a threat to tennis. Growing you know its amazing the development of womens sport over the last probably 2 years its been a massive growth in all womens sport i think for me personally tennis has led the way its been incredible and exciting new generation of players will help keep tennis ahead of the chasing pack of sports 21 year old american safina cannon has just become the youngest Australian Open champion in more than a decade yeah its a very exciting of course womens tennis is very exciting and people are watching it i think its everyone brings a different aspect to the game i feel like a lot of youngsters are coming up which is really great you know rising stars more than 40 years since the womens tour began these are the players benefiting from its history and working hard to guarantee its future far a smile is there a doha. So boy inter milan have lost ground in the italian title race after the latest game was postponed because of corner virus fears 4 games were called off on the sunday as the number of cases in italy jumped to almost 200 but. Did go ahead joe took full advantage of the 32 victory that puts them up into 2nd place in syria just one point behind he does eventis into are now 6 points behind and. By little coups and have kept themselves in the hunt for a Champions League spot and next season they breed to nail in the bundesliga on sunday to go level on points with 4th place to see a Mushroom Cloud but all said and then to my meeting getting the goals of. The top 4 teams in the table progress to europes premier club competition. Atletico madrid are back in the Champions League spots and spain where the top 4 also advanced. On sunday to go through shell felixs scoring is firstly a goal for almost 5 months helping them 231 win. And how about this for when a and extend is a stunning strike sending for 2 to the top before to go top division the brazilian scola come in in the 87th minute to see a one nil win over quarter and on and. Stuff forward come antony has put his all in his most impressive performances since returning to the n. B. A. In the van the 35 year old the 10 time all saw was without a team for over a year has done well since signing up for the 4th and trailblazers in the them but on sunday he scored 32 points in his 1st 30 points against the 2017 just after helping 4th and beat the Detroit Pistons 107200. 20. And thats always full for me will have more for you later on but for now i hand you back to helen thank you very much in teams what brings this news are to the close with do you stay with us here on aljazeera the show kerry will be with you on the other side of the break was on the ferry latest boat news stay with us. 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