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Tayyip erdogan confirms the deaths of 2 soldiers deployed to libya and Global Support continues to be impacted by the corona Virus Outbreak with rugby 6 places and now under threat and remembering a basketball legend kobe bryants widow vanessa leads the tributes at the Memorial Service and off hand. But the rise in corona virus threats in china and a sharp increase in infections a stalking fears that the Global Spreads of the outbreak is entering a new phase iraq has now banned travelers from 7 countries after reporting its 1st case on monday among the banned countries is iran its confirms 15 deaths but has denied reports that the talk could be much higher bahrain afghanistan kuwait and some arent. All reports its infections now in europe italian authorities have sealed off the worst affected towns in the north of the country 7 people have died there and more than 200 are infected the highest concentration outside asia at least 10 people have died in south korea where there are almost a 1000 cases there and u. S. Forces are considering scaling back military exercises as for china numbers of new infections in areas outside of province are falling bunts there have been another 71 deaths mostly in the epicenter we have correspondents in all the affected regions from baghdad to saw the 1st lets start with adrian brian he is in hong kong for as china is throwing everything they can at this i break are there any signs that its starting to come under control. Well the death rate on monday was 71. 00 now that is one of the lowest rates weve had for for many many days so that is the positive but i think looking at the wider picture the World Health Organization says as well what is happening now is what it fears most of virus spreading faster than the efforts to contain it now the w. H. O. Has said that you know its not prepared to declare a pandemic just yet but it fears that many countries are unprepared should that scenario happen and its that sort of talk that has been unsettling investors across asia the nikkei index in tokyo opened more than 3 percent down on choose day some stocks are being hard hit like toyota or the car manufacturer thats because it relies on chinese suppliers and of course many chinese factories remain closed and that is disrupting the Global Supply chain but investors are also worried about Something Else china is a driver of Economic Growth but its also got a lot of consumption Chinese People are big spenders they have a burgeoning middle class but that burgeoning middle class simply isnt travelling or spending like they normally would at the moment but economists also argue that actually if this virus is brought under control hopefully soon then there will be a rebound because of all that pent up demand now across the border in china where as we say the latest death rate has gone up by 71 there are reports in state media that china might begin testing a vaccine soon state media reports that a professor at te engine university has been testing this virus hes had it for all doses with no side effects but a lot of experts warn of course that you know it could be many months before a vaccine is developed and once it is there would have to be months. Trials Clinical Trials to determine its safe and of course effective ok thank you very much indeed jim brown reporting from hong kong lets cross to saul where we can join rob mcbride rob quite a large outbreak in south korea but most of the cases are sensing rains the city of daegu what can you tell us. Thats right i mean underscoring the sense of urgency now here in south korea the countrys president moon j. N. Has been visiting this tuesday daegu the it is at the epicenter of this outbreak 2 large clusters there account for the vast majority of all the cases hes been seeing for himself the work being done there and echoing the message that weve been hearing from his officials his ministers that this week really is a crucial time in the battle to contain this outbreak the hope is that all these measures put in place will be able to keep the outbreak in this southeast corner of of south korea but the concern is of course that if it fails and we should know in the next few days then its almost as though the government is accepting that this is reading that it could potentially be spreading in communities throughout the country the government has committed more personnel both military and from the police to helping in the controlling efforts but also there we are hearing about a shortage of medical staff on the medical staff who are there on the front lines in the Testing Centers and in the highly Infectious Disease wards really are working around the clock the countrys Prime Minister is now basing down there to try to lead the efforts and the hope is that the other cases we have seen around the country have been individual ones but there are reports of a couple of other clusters emerging one in busan which is south koreas 2nd city again in a Church Congregation 23 victims there and also in a clinic just north of daegu where a total of 22 people have become infected both staff and patients and this was out of a total number thats a 3rd of the people who were in the clinic so it gives you an idea of just how contagious this outbreak is so very anxious days ahead for south korea ok rob mcbride there in sort. Thank you very much see that of course the highest concentration of cases science ovation is in a silly ill just heres mamma john june joins us from there could join you in the north of the country just bring us up to date on the laces send just give us a sense of the impact this site break is having on people in italy. Just in the past few moments reports have emerged several attalia Media Outlets but there are now 271. 00 cases of coronavirus that have been diagnosed in italy that would be another huge spike last night we were the number was at around 229. 00 now thats not exactly surprising considering the fact that italian officials in the past 24 hours have said that italian citizen should expect there to be more cases being detected and they believe thats because there are proactive measures by Health Officials being taken out to diagnose new cases now just now we are standing on a road that leads to could dont you know we are in a town called her lets go about 8 kilometers north of could only as you see behind me there are security vehicles they will not let cars pass into that area which is one of these 2 red zones in northern italy unless they have permission to do so in the past 15 minutes weve seen 2 ambulances emerge from that road heading south we assume to take patients to hospitals that we have not got much information from the officials here but it really goes to show just how much alarmed there is right now about the growing number of cases the town of could dont you know as i mentioned which is about 8 kilometers from where we are right now that is the center of the outbreak in northern italy that is where the 1st locally transmitted case of the infection was found a 38 year old man who works for union lever its not yet known how he caught the coronavirus there was one person who was suspected of being patient 0 here in italy a colleague of this man who had been to china recently but he had been quarantined and tested and he tested negative for the virus so there is a real chase right now. In italy to try to find who exactly patient 0 is how the virus started here in northern italy a lot of containment measures being put in effect here in northern italy the officials that ive been speaking out over the course of the past 2448 hours have said that these measures are being put in place because they want to make sure that the virus does not spread any more and but the thing is that in the past 24 hours theres also been some tensions that have been rising between the Prime Minister who in the last 24 hours had blamed the hospital for the outbreak and there was another am in for just the just went by but also you have officials here in northern italy who interpreted the remarks by the Prime Minister just at the quantity as blaming hospitals in this region of lombardy and they hit back saying it was not their fault so there is some tensions its really going to be interesting to see how this plays out at a time when officials here are trying to contain the spread of the virus but also when more cases are expected to be discovered in the coming days hala ok mama june live for us and northern its a fact lets say cross back to the middle east but cross into my office and in baghdad for rob more cases are being announced in iraq and its the authorities in iraq are taking this very very seriously indeed not just the authorities but religious leaders to just bring this up to speed with whats happening where you are. Well were hearing this morning that there are now 4 cases of corona virus which have been confirmed in the Northern Province of code cook thats in addition to the one case of could own a virus which was noted in the Western Province of nut jeff about 24 hours ago we understand that there are 13 people who are quarantined in just that one case was an a rainy and elderly man who had been visiting the shrine of. The time so we also understand that are for people who have been quarantined in wa seat province to the east and as you said the Iraqi Government is no whitening the scope of its preparations and its prevention control saying that people should do a ward should of void crowded today areas they should avoid any and unnecessary as they call it conferences or celebrations there are also suggesting that not just schools and universities should be closed for about 10 days and theyre warning against any Domestic Travel in and out of not just essentially not officially but essentially trying to seal off not jeff which was one of the primary areas as i mentioned for this this outbreak iraq has also extended its ban to non iraqis traveling from countries like iran and china but all the also all the other countries which have recorded cases of coronavirus now this morning we were done in that Tucker Square here in baghdad following calls for a 1000000 person march which was to have been held to in parts market for months of protests of 4 months of antigovernment protests which have been going on in iraq but the numbers there were very small we saw perhaps a couple of 100 people who were prepared to demonstrate but the numbers as i say very small no that could have been partly because here in baghdad it has that weve had torrential rain the weather has actually been very bad for the past few hours but there were also flyers. Being handed out by some of the organizers of that march warning against the dangers of the spread of coronavirus and warning people that perhaps they should not take part in the protests for the sake of their health interesting way the leading shia cleric walked out of a saga said shortly after that that he too was warning people to stop protests to avoid coming together and run running the risk of damaging their health he did tweet that after it became apparent that there was nobody of the very few people were turning up at the protests in Tahrir Square but one of the things that will be concerning the iraqi medical authorities is that unlike in other areas where there appear to have been specific areas of concentration where cases have been found these latest cases seem to be spread across 3 provinces in the country and they are quite a distance apart so they will be watching very clear carefully to see where the next cases start to develop as well we rob matheson live for us in the iraqi capital thank you very much not all mon and the United Arab Emirates have suspended some transport channels with iran over the growing number of coronavirus cases there lets bring in us a big who is in the iranian capital assad we had a lot of confusion about the the death tool on monday night we were seeing these travel bans being enforced just bring us up to speed to whats happening at the moment. Well the latest figures now from the Health Ministry here is that 95 people are infective infected and 15 people have died so thats 34 new cases and 3 more dead in the last 24 hours now president rouhani has been speaking this morning and he seemed to downplay the spread of the virus all hes trying to calm people down now what he said was that the spread of the chrono virus is not as bad as the spread of the through virus of the country has faced in the past you acknowledge that it was different but he said that people should follow the Health Ministry advice and not panic but that rao the extraordinary beef between that member of parliament for. The and the Health Ministry continues now that parliamentarian the yesterday said that the death toll was 50 he criticised the government to make the scathing attack on the government saying that the performance had been 0 that nurses dont have the right uniforms and the fearful of treating the pay are fearful of treating patients you call in the Health Minister to put the city of the epicenter of the virus virus spread under quarantine and today he said how does a Health Ministry deny the people that are being buried in the cemeteries of course and he went on to claim that doctors income are documenting the deaths as dying from tree problems when the Health Ministry full well knows that these individuals are coming out of the chroma virus quarantine wards of the hospital thats whats he said here in the her interesting more people Wearing Masks more people wearing because of schools in universities remain closed football matches concerts any public gatherings are still canceled people are worried people are scared there isnt a state of panic but people are questioning the official account and iran is increasingly finding itself isolated coate iraq afghanistan pakistan of close the borders. We here in the u. A. E. Has stopped passenger cargo planes amman has closed their ports to iran and theres only a few ways out of the country and many people inside iran are heading to the north of the country to get away from the major cities ok outside big bring us all the latest from iran thank you theres lots more still to come on the new siren creating a landmark route for the new 2 movement Harvey Weinstein find guilty. Going underground syrian civilians find shelter wherever they can escape the fighting in italy. And in sports well hear from choosing a star whos setting a new benchmark for arab tennis. Players President Donald Trump says hes optimistic a comprehensive trade deal with india will be reached as he wraps up his 2 day its he held talks with the indian Prime Minister in the random mood say in new delhi the trips to signs not only to base ties and trades but also trumps reelection chances at home by appealing to Indian American voters another major focus of my discussions with Prime Minister modi is forging bilateral economic relationships that is fair and reciprocal our teams have a tremendous progress on a comprehensive trade agreement and im optimistic we can reach a deal that will be of great importance to both countries that have both sort of caught on the beach and here the relationship between the United States and india is not just limited to the 2 governments it is people driven and people centric it is the most Important Partnership of the 21st century President Trump and i have had discussions to raise it to a comprehensive global and strategic partnership. The President Trumps visits is going on as violence continues over indias contentious citizenship more 7 people have been killed and Dozens Injured in delhi during confrontations between groups supporting and opposing the legislation hundreds of muslim activists have been protesting against the law which they say discriminates against their community of more on the violence 20 berkeley is standing by in just about in delhi but 1st lets go to Elizabeth Brown im in new delhi for the latest on trumps visit. Following this as its been going on for the last 36 hours another set of speeches today what were the main takeaways from those. So how do i think what was new today because we did hear about that defense team yesterday when President Trump addressed perhaps the biggest crowd that hes ever addressed outside of the United States 125000 people came out to welcome him and thats when he announced that they 3000000000 dollars defense dude with the u. S. Will sell the military have accomplices other equipment to india so we heard about that yesterday what the 2 leaders did stress today. Perhaps more than anything else was on trade thats the biggest Sticking Point in their relationship and had rounds of retaliatory tariffs on each others products in 2018 and we had President Trump yesterday say that they were going to the biggest and best trade deal and promise to moody today said that calmness and instance. Im going to get together to work on something that despite you know President Trumps optimism saying that they have really close the truth is that the u. S. Trade representative light highs and did not come as planned ahead of Donald Trumps visit because they werent making great progress so. Thats trade they talk a lot about defense and security because thats the one of their relationship trade not going so well and you know questions around the shared values Democratic Values at the moment with this Indian Government and prominence to be on the criticism over the citizenship goal that they passed in december so. They have emphasized defense and trade and more than anything though this really was a show of. Friendship and you know and that they have in the well and that Prime Minister. Modi had for President Trump president did something very similar problems to modi when he went to Houston Texas in september last year and was greeted by 50000 and that ok it was worth pramod bring us up to date for you daily thank you. Well lets cross see Tony Berkeley whos in a job for a bad say on the ad to get the other side of this visit because many celebrations mass rallies a love an almost but counseling a shadow over that with a violent protests taking place where you are. Yes certainly no celebrations going on here theres a mixture of apprehension and anger apprehension about whats going to happen and anger about the attacks on their Community Resource some of the worst violence in the capital since those protests about the amendment laura began in december and the latest tally the death toll now is up to 7 with 160 people injured and in hospital so it was quite a day of violence and shock many people because they never expected it to have been centered around a group of muslim women who stayed just sitting just up the road behind me and their courage this wreckage of a road now that anguish the Hindu Community and when we were here on monday we heard very very racist comments and nationalist music being played by the hindu side and this late serve images appearing on social media which seemed to show that the for generally hindu police saw at least some of them are supporting some of those extreme demonstrations over the other side its difficult to verify that but it adds to the narrative here of people believing theres a collusion between those hindu extremists and the police and theyre not getting the protection they deserve we have to say also that today the police the Rapid Action Force were out in force between the 2 sides and they were demonstrating that they were there to protect the community but this pic this community here doesnt feel safe the in of the address across the street from where im standing now has been trying to calm people the people concerned not only about the safety aspect but about the livelihood lots of businessmen are suffering a great deal in this theyre losing money shops are being closed shops of beans. And communities are under threat so something has to be if they want to know what will happen to resolve the situation. Tony blair their life as jaffer bats thank you so much for bringing us up to date so lets stay with the story in india straight on surely a is a professor and dean at the school of International Affairs hes also the author of trend emerging paris in a post American World thank you so much for joining us live from new delhi and could we just start with what you think the main aims of this visit from President Trump were because we havent had a trade breakthrough the military deal that was announced was something that was already on the cards do you think this was a success. I he mentioned that it was a very productive visit for him i and i think one vote all these concrete deliverables that you just mentioned you know defense details and more oil and gas. And also you know trying to smooth out the wrinkles as far as the trade negotiations go even though the deal has not been done but i think trump also wanted you know a big show and which he got you know much about yesterday where he heard and you know larger doing crowd of 425000 people back into a studio i dont think in fact danskin or trumps assistant tweeted that this is unbelievable unprecedented in nothing like this ever happened for trump are in u. S. Political history so theyre looking to also leverage you know the optics for our domestic political gains for trump ahead of the u. S. Elections but as far as india is concerned i think we have been happy here because trump i was i was just coming to that was going to say well thats what trump points out its a very he wanted a nice big show they adore a crowded center and a fancy stadium that was. It for india because he still havent got that trade deal and as we were hearing from our correspondents just for a bad theres some very Serious Problems at home. Well what we got from the trump visit was this upgrading of the partnership but now were calling it a comprehensive Global Strategic Partnership and theres been a lot of talk about how we can quote the need for the free and open indopacific where india perceives the challenge from rising chinese how do you money and indias all of this looked up to the u. S. To try and help me to restore the balance of power in asia so that has you know probably make some progress we were doubtful about trump because the transactional is and believes in a very bilateral more of thinking but Prime Minister more the has convinced him to think about the big picture you know the region as a whole and the 2 countries are going to ramp up military interoperability they have talked about you know even the 5 g. Networks and Data Protection and how we need to be cautious about the chinese you know intrusions into our Communication Systems so there is a china angle theres also the afghanistan issue the u. S. Is pulling out of afghanistan and india has concerns about it and india wants to coordinate with the u. S. On these matters so i think except japan no other country has this stage of special Strategic Global partnership with india so we got that and that this was something we were looking for we wanted trying to come earlier but it took almost 3 and a half years but finally hes here and i think the d. V. D. Will and as well as the you know concrete substance of it does mean a tremendous from an indian point of view because we feel more secure to be able to approach our goal of becoming a leading poet in the world as Prime Minister modi calls it. Ok im afraid were out of time should im sure they have a great to get your thoughts thank you so much for joining us my life from new delhi. Well its time to get an update on the web there heres everetts image news the 1st thing in indonesia yeah thats right to carter had a months worth of rain yesterday and that is inevitably lead to flooding you can see this little area of cloud here just around that more than side of jobber and that produced 278 millimeters of rainfall in just one day and inevitably as a save we have seen flooding here the average is to 84. 00 for the entire month of february this is the same this well when Rivers Authority away. And in the other quasi spots just to the east of jakarta as you can see we have seen some very high water levels it seems as though the systems been tied up with a couple of tropical systems that have brewed up just around more than possible straight in the next couple of days will bring further showers in across the region when there was heavy as monday is right but then nevertheless you can see these 2 areas of cloud just around the Northern Territory just off the coast of north west australia and its these 2 systems that are just in the wind direction jason that very heavy rain across such accounts of n. And indeed a good part of java down into the southeast include weve got some more showers pushing into australia but across those Northern Areas we will see further very heavy rain just around the in territory pushing over towards w. A. Will see further was for the east side of australia but it should be ok you have this couple of days ok thank you very much everetts and lots more still to come here on knowledge in syria whats next for malaysia after the resignation of the Prime Minister we are live from the capital its a nights this is week nights for this n. B. A. All star spike you see on one of the foremen scenes of the season all of us cable action coming up here later in sports. From fossil fuels to modern day renewable as societies develop their energy demands increase the. 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Says is considering scaling back joint military exercises with soldiers to concerns about the spread of coronavirus 13 south Korean Military personnel are in fact fit nation why its theres nearly a fire isnt cases thats the most outside china and u. S. President donald trump says hes optimistic a comprehensive trade deal with india will be reached as he wraps up his 2 day visit trips designed to boost ties and trades but trump also wants to appeal to Indian American voters ahead of the founders u. S. Election. Now the Economic Impact of the corona virus is damaging different sorts of companies the Airline Industry is particularly hard its as producing a fall in demand for air travel for the 1st time in a decade now that means losses in revenue and some airlines are already struggling the International Air transport Association Says the impact of the cruel virus could Cost Carriers close to 30000000000 dollars this year almost all of us in the Asia Pacific Region airlines there fear a possible 13 percent fall in passenger numbers this year Singapore Airlines and straightness quantas have already made significant cutbacks to flight share jewels in asia the Chinese Airlines are expected to be the worst. Active losing around 12000000000. 00 in domestic flights alone now herdman is the director general of the association of Asia Pacific Airlines he joins us now live from kuala purred good to have you with us on the program weve already heard their ilands are expecting to lose some 30000000000 dollars this year do you think this is a sustainable loss were clearly is having a major impact Asian Airlines carry about a 3rd of the total number of passengers flying every day globally which is about half a 1000000 a day out of the 12000000 passengers who fly here in asia you mentioned some of the statistics but clearly its severely impacted airlines in china traffic to and from china generally held up pretty well been in trouble we saw traffic down in china by about 75 to 80 percent and other airlines in the region are also saying that impact. Now that the virus has spread to other countries and the number of travel restrictions increased that and that inhibiting travel even though flying itself is of course extraordinary safe and quite spread in terms of the way this is going to impact the companies economically certainly the stock markets have gone down but there is an expectation that they will be able to rebound and there will be a significant rebounds once the virus plays a Airlines Operate on some quite tight margins are they able to is this the kind of thing that will severely impact their ability to carry on if this virus continues impacts in the sector like this for another 3 or 4 months. Well thats exactly right what we dont know is the trajectory of the disease and the the likely duration if its like sars and you see recovering within about 6 months we could see a very strong rebound just as its a very severe downturn when you 1st feel the impact. Is that you sitting with adversity and are resilient so we will come through this but it is going to be tough and that sort of Financial Impact of lost business has a very bad impact on cash flow and of course some airlines as you say want most airlines around very thin margins anyway its a very competitive business so its a matter of cutting costs where you can a lot of airlines are asking start to take unpaid leave obviously by not flying inside the fuel bills but theres no getting away from the fact there is a very negative impact on cash flow and theyll need Financial Support from investors and from banks and from Leasing Companies but i think we will see the industry come through this and come back stronger and resume growth but its a very tough and challenging time in terms of the longer term challenges for this industry because were seeing smaller carriers starting to fail a lot or needing a lot of state intervention in many cases the state is there to back it up are there longer term challenges that kids could help accelerate this i think obviously of Climate Change and how there is a trends notes its are away from air travel especially for short the rates is this something thats being built since the long term forecast. Well this is an industry thats grown very strongly doubling in size every 15 years and the outlook for the next 20 years the fundamentals are intact we still expect to see the business double again over the next 2 decades so theres a lot of growth and thats a big challenge in terms of expanding the fleet and attracting people to fly those planes and the infrastructure in terms of airport investments in air Traffic Management you mentioned sustainability thats critically important the industry is very fuel efficient and that improves with every generation of aircraft and engines but we still need to do more the industry is pushing ahead with that its testing a sustainable alternative fuels and we now have a Global Carbon offsetting scheme under the auspices of i. K. O. Covering all International Flights scheme which is taking effect so the industry is serious about its long term sustainability and we have to keep our eye on those those longer term misses even as we manage our way through the Current Crisis ok and you heard many great to get your thoughts thank you so much for joining us live from kuala lumpur. Now a un and egyptian brokered cease fire has gone into effect in gaza between the Palestinian Armed Group Islamic jihad and israel this is far fulls 2 days of cross border violence Israeli Air Force says at least 80 rockets were fired from gaza on monday well israel also carried out its acts using aircraft and tanks 6 people were killed in syria on sunday night including 2 Islamic Jihad members and 4 were wounded in the gaza strip are a force thats in southern israel near the gaza border he says the ceasefire appears to be holding. That ceasefire that you refer to is not confirmed by israel but its a bit talked about on the gaza side of the equation has apparently held since it went into force at 1130. 00 local time on monday night there was an earlier announcement from Islamic Jihad earlier that evening saying that it completed what it called its military response to israel but that it would stand ready to respond to any further israeli air strikes israel said that it was striking against the the earlier rockets there were further exchanges for some hours after that initial announcement by Islamic Jihad but now it does appear that things are holding certainly some of the restrictions imposed on daily life in southern israel here have been lifted roads have been reopened trains are running again feels like this one are allowed to be farmed with express permission if close as this one is to the border from the Israeli Military some restrictions remain in place though schools are canceled so tens of thousands of students are going to school there are still restrictions as well on the border with gaza in terms of border crossings cargo is not going in fishing has been closed down entirely israel exerting a blockade on all fishing and only humanitarian cases being allowed in and out of the Erez Crossing between israel and gaza. Turkeys president has confirmed the deaths of teetotallers soldiers in libya richard typos on sent in troops in january to support libyas internationally recognized government in tripoli Government Forces are battling finds his loyal to warlord honey for have to have been trying to capture the capital for the past 10 months ahead as in tripoli and says people there are waiting to see if turkey retaliate for the soldiers deaths. The president. As he was addressing his speech to the opposition he is justifying their existence the military individuals and also the advance of weapons with the government of National Accord so the fact that the president of egypt table and is mentioning that they have lost soldiers in libya that could be some kind of justification to any counter offensive in turkey seems to be playing a major rule to Turkish Military existence on the ground to the Government Forces has achieved a Surprise Team chill a change on the ground. Offensive by a half to forces that started on april 4th last year but again it seems that these. Violations by have to force according to the government of National Court are derailing the Peace Process in geneva or the conference in libya has cost the state whole company more than 2000000000. 00 in the past month alone who says loyal to her have to have blockaded a number of major ports oil fields and terminals since mid january the National Oil Corporation says production has declined substantially oil is the main source of income for libya. I would say after malaysias Prime Minister resigned hes now trying to form a new government Harter Mohammed stepped down on monday and his party quit the Ruling Coalition lets get more now from Florence Louis who joins us live from kuala lumpur its been quite the force a terrorists in malaysia more developments in the last few hours or so just bring us up to speed with whats happening where you are. Absolutely so the king who under the constitution is able to appoint a member of parliament who commands the confidence in parliament of parliament now hes been meeting with about 90 members of parliament this afternoon hell meet with a further 130 on wednesday to assess who commands a majority in parliament but were also hearing reports that mahathir is proposing to form a unity government now one politician we spoke to who until monday has been a member of the cabinet and who is still part of the former Ruling Coalition led by on or abraham said that there was a unity government thats been thats been proposed about idea has been floating around but he said the nature of these is slightly more complicated and declined to comment further about it now and i also have to point out that many analysts that weve spoken to also said that this could be a possible scenario following the heart is resignation but we spoke to another politician also from the former Ruling Coalition and he said he would not be happy with the unity government because theres a possibility of having to because then it means that they will have to be working with opposition parties including the party that had dominated politics in malaysia for more than 60 years this is no known as the United Malays Organization no this was a party that they had defeated in the elections in 2018 now we dont yet know that whether or not this new unity government is going to be formed and what sort of what it will look like but it most certainly means that. The Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad and he will likely stay on as as Prime Minister because all indications are that and parties have come out to say that they do support him to remain as Prime Minister that. That they will be working with former opposition parties and this is not something that members of the former Ruling Coalition. I want to see now having said that if this does happen then it will prove that you know. The political genius that many people believe here to be because what this means if then he will be able to come back into power as not only a 94 year old Prime Minister going on in 95 he will be the it will be his 3rd time as the Prime Minister of malaysia and he will be leading the country but without being bound by the agreement he had made with the former Ruling Coalition an agreement which includes a promise to hand over power to Anwar Ibrahim his former political rival turned ally ok Florence Lloyd bring us up to date from limper thank you disgrace only widmore go Harvey Weinstein has been convicted of rape and Sexual Assault women 80 women have accused him of Sexual Misconduct stretching back decades he faces additional charges in the sun jewelers the judge ordered one soon to be jailed that is spirit when he was taken to hospital after complaining of chest pains give yours on the reports no from new york. Harvey weinsteins days as hollywoods most powerful movie producer officially are over hes now a convicted felon and rapist after the verdict some of Harvey Weinsteins accusers said they hoped his day would finally come weinstein was found not guilty of the most serious charges of predatory Sexual Assault but was found guilty of a criminal sexual act and a 3rd degree rape as a verdict was read weinstein showed a little emotion as he was handcuffed and taken to jail and shown to be tears today get emotional he just kept saying were not in a subsequent and its ideal you know its going to set up the verdict caps nearly a 3 week trial and 5 days of jury deliberations he was on trial for allegedly raping an aspiring actress in 2013 and sexually assaulting another woman in 2006 in 2017 Investigative Reporter rich mchugh was one of the 1st to report allegations of rape by weinstein he has since interviewed dozens of other women who accused him of Sexual Assault and harassment i know at least one of the women who will be testifying and her case is horrific. And so i think its i can only imagine the case will be Even Stronger in los angeles that is here in new york and. I imagine you know the verdict will be i dont i dont i thats hard for me to predict but are the cases pretty pretty strong from from all that i know at his peak of power weinstein was a hollywood legend many of the greatest actors or actresses over the past 40 years have worked with him in some capacity he either directly or through his movie studios throughout his career weinstein has been associated with 81 Academy Awards weinsteins conviction is a victory for the me too movement that began in 2017 when Actress Alyssa Milano tweeted if youve ever been sexually harassed or assaulted write me too as a reply to. This tweet millions did and the movement took off Harvey Weinstein now sits in jail awaiting his sentencing by the judge next month if hes given the maximum which would be 29 years that would mean hes not released from prison until hes 96 years old gabriels andro aljazeera new york. The kremlin has dismissed a proposed syria summit with france germany and turkey in march but it says it is working on one with a one turkey see discuss the conflict in islam for their turkish president richard sipe heard on sat there was not yet a full agreement on the proposed summits moscow is the assad regimes main backer in syria its planes are providing aerial supports in the offensive to retake the last rebel held area. The un is warning of a bloodbath as fighting in northwest syria moves closer to makeshift camps for internally displaced families opposition fighters backed by turkey are gaining some ground in southern it lip parts are facing attacks by Government Troops supported by russian planes Priyanka Gupta reports in the cold winter of northwest syria and underground cave is the only refuge for these displaced families some find shelter in abandoned prison sounds they have nowhere else to go. The russian backed government offensive to recapture it live from rebels has forced nearly a 1000000 people from their homes and the russian shelling forced us to leave our home we took what we could and came to this present we decided to stay in a cell which is about 20 square meters and we divide it between 3 families we still need things like blankets and food for trapped families this concrete border wall between turkey and syria is the last frontier between safety and Government Troops small children try to skew the high walls but cannot get in turkey hosts about 4000000 Syrian Refugees and says it cant cope with. The regime is advancing from the east and from the south people are now completely surrounded and theres been a lot of displacement people are forced to go to the closest point to the Turkish Border theres a border wall there are tents are 50 meters away from the turkish wall roll of freight. On the front line turkey backed rebels are fighting government advances and opposition fighters have recaptured. A town on the strategic m 4 highway between syrias commercial hub aleppo and the coastal city of latakia but Government Forces are closing in from the south. Syrian activists say the aim seems to be to control the m 4 highway that runs through major rebel strongholds and that means bloodier battles and more civilian displacement the u. N. And aid groups are calling for a cease fire the crisis really demands immediate action from the Security Council from Member States around the world because this is a crisis now on a scale that weve not seen throughout the entire syrian war another dark chapter in the 9 year civil war as president Bashar Al Assads forces keep pushing ahead for a final victory. Aljazeera. Still to come on aljazeera will have the sports and you can find. The old. Its time for the sports imus here thank you very much a. Corner virus continues to spread at once in an epic official says this just 3 months to decide the fate of the tokyo 2022 pounder is the longest serving member of the International Olympic committee he says with a just exactly like security media food and accommodation to consider a decision needs to be made by late may the games are set to begin on july 25th 24th with a round 11000 athletes expected to compete since 896. 00 at the more than an impulse have only been castle during war time or the olympics is still some months away but right now japans top Football League has postponed all games until at least mid march football has also been a hit in europe and rugbys 6 nations is in doubt lets bring our correspondent in london whats the latest. Well this is an increasing concern for sports governing bodies globally of course a pressing problem in northern italy which is the area of europe worst affected by coronavirus cases in their sport its particularly affected football so far we saw 4 seri matches postponed at the weekend the match in the Europa League on thursday in some allow to get a go at that will take place behind closed doors an empty stadium there and i also believe that the match between interval and event is the biggest game in italian football this season that would also likely take place behind closed doors as they try to get a grip on this sports wise rugby has come into the spotlight where over halfway through the 6 nations championship the features italy in talks are taking place between the Italian Rugby Federation and the 6 nations that particular concerned about a match the last weekend of the championship in rome on march the 14th between italy and england but theyre also concerned about the match between island and italy on march the 7th theres going to be disruption it looks like conceivably to the end of the 6 nations championship issues in italy and there were other countries affected of course in europe but at the same time its in china of course and in asia that weve seen the biggest problems and that as affected sport as well the world out there have been managing the indoor of that excess thats been perspire and until next year the chinese going pretty in shanghai in april that was cancelled Asian Champions League football matches postponed china world cup football qualifiers moved to thailand south korean lee and the japanese led by perspire and and all this does put a question mark about those the lympics in tokyo of course weve seen now dick pound a long serving International Olympic Committee Member coming out and sign is a 3 month window in his view to actually politics and then get something in place. Live from london thank you very much for them. Kobe bryants widow vanessa suing the company that operated the helicopter that crashed last month killing her husband daughter giana and 7 others minister bryant led the tributes to add to it public memorial in los angeles at the Staples Center which is the home of the lakers were bryant played his entire career. God knew they couldnt be on this earth without each other you know to bring them home time together. We both rest in peace and have fun and have been told me to get one day you walk here bugs have showed why they have got the best winning record in the n. B. A. They managed to withstand one of the best solo performances of the season right he was on fire for the wizards the 2 time allstar bagging 55. 00 points and thats the joint 5th best scoring effort of the campaign but it wasnt enough to save his team the eastern conference leaders at bucks that winning it over time 13723420 has already been a breakout year 14 is in a tennis player. At the Australian Open in january the 25 year old became the 1st arab woman to recent quarter finals of a grand slam tournament number 45. 00 and shes also the highest ranked player in the history of womens tennis this week 2 boys playing at the qatar open and shes been talking to our correspondent for a smell about her story so far. Honestly it was my dream since i was like 5 or 6 years old my mom asked me what i want to like i told her when i win a grand slam i want to be number one and it started like this you know and you know sometimes i had difficult times believing in my dream ive worked hard in training all my my life in the internet i like the way its coming off for me like that im a dream is coming true weve seen a lot of new players coming out as asia do you think having top level tournaments in africa how will how grow the sport there im going to wishing it to have more tournaments there we have a lot of bites yes like small tournaments but im actually looking forward to have a more the beauty is the only one and its in my role cool right now. I hope one day we can have a w. C. Back in my country and into nisha i know i have to give a good image im trying my best to to inspire a lot of players to be here either in tunisia or enough to go even in the arab world. Its a responsibility but i think im ready for it and i hope i hope i can do a good job you did very well at the Australian Open how has that changed your career it was my one of my goals to be in the 2nd week of a funny grand slam i knew that i have loved to beat any player i knew that i had in my in my tennis in my mind they could be really good and and they would be good games but it never happened for me but now even this part changed a lot of things for me made me more confident on the court maybe believe more in my dreams and in 2019 i spoke to my team and i said. This year is going to be 21 is going to be my year and i want to do good. John 2 while there has come out with a new excuse for his knockout loss to tyson fury his shifting blame to his extravagant to every question why the claim that his elaborate way the round 40 pounds and wore him down before the fight even started on saturday. And thats it for me hyla. Im not set for mates a stick stay with us gated always up next. 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A life journey illuminated on stage each performer transformed with the raise of occurred to. Witness time to love a back stage to. On a 0. Holding the powerful to account as we examine the u. S. Its role in the world on aljazeera. We have outbreaks in multiple countries right now increasing at exponential growth rates a jump in deaths inside china and infections around the globe the world struggles to contain coronavirus. Hello and welcome im peter double youre watching aljazeera live from doha also coming up Major Military deals and commitments towards trade agreements as the u. S. President donald trump wraps up his visit to india. Bollywood Film Producer Harvey Weinstein is led to jail in handcuffs after being found guilty of Sexual Assault