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Reciprocal. Donald trump fails to reach a comprehensive trade agreement with india but the u. S. President calls it a productive visit with deals in defense and telecom. And in sports a senior olympic official says the sport of coronavirus is a threat to this years tokyo james dick pound says a 3 month window to decide the fate of the july events. Hosni mubarak the egyptian president ousted during the arab spring uprisings has died aged 91 he passed away in a car a hospital where he had recently undergone surgery the current president of dull father r. C. C. Is among those offering tributes to mubarak or a better man they look back on the late egyptian role as life and legacy. Hosni mubarak maintained a firm grip on power in egypt for 3 decades until finally in 2011 the people had in their millions took to the streets hundreds were killed but after 18 days this. President Mohamed Hosni mubarak has decided to waive the office of the president of the republic. Now to reacted as they heard the news that brought the man with an iron fist down. The military council took the reins of power but it was from the bullet train the bark had originally risen to power. A former air force chief in 1973 he led an air campaign the regain the Sinai Peninsula from israel it has been a humiliating loss in the 967 war. President anwar sadat made him by surprise and. Mubarak was just meters away from sadat when he was shot dead in 1980. 8 days later. Became president almost immediately he implemented emergency laws giving the state sweeping powers of arrest and basic freedoms that would remain in place for his entire presidency there were a number of assassination attempts like this one during a visit to ethiopia. In the mid 990 s. Nearly 60 people were killed in luxor. Mubarak cracked down rounding up thousands of suspects from the inside many egyptians considered his rule oppressive although he won 4 elections there were allegations of fraud but he continued to impress mattie in the Global Political arena as he made International Diplomacy a cornerstone of his rule. To secure a steady flow of oil supplies into World Markets and broker deals between the palestinians and the israelis the americans enlisted support of 2 major allies saudi arabia and egypt the saudi kingdom use its financial power and egypt under mubarak use its political leverage to influence arab League Decisions the strategy paid off and he received crucial u. S. Military aid billions of dollars. But unflinching western support from the bark soon faded for the arab spring began mubarak was arrested and charged with corruption and abuse of power in 2012 he was sentenced to life in prison the failing to stop the killing of hundreds of protests was after a retrial mubarak was acquitted in 2017. But his legacy has in july with the current regime led by another military figure. Using similar hardline tactics to crackdown on dissent in order to stay in power. Several leaders have reacted to the death of egypts former ruler Hosni Mubarak the countrys current president of the father of sisi praised mubaraks role during the 973. 00 conflict with israel which he called a war that restore dignity and pride to the arab nation palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas praised mubarak support for the palestinian cause the Palestinian People in achieving their freedom and independence and israels Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hailed mubarak as a great leader this. On behalf of the people of israel i wish to express deep sorrow over the death of president Hosni Mubarak he was a personal friend of mine a leader to lead his people to peace and security to peace with israel i met him many times and i was impressed with his commitment and we will continue to walk this joint i wish to send condolences to president out sisi the mubarak family and all the egyptian people. Mohamed el masri joins me now on since he is professor at the Doha Institute for graduate studies and specializes in egyptian politics thank you very much for coming to the studio we heard their world leader is praising mubarak but at the on the other hand we see people from within egypt calling him an autocratic who curbed even basic freedoms how do these 2 things work together. Well theres no question that he was an autocratic rule or theres no real debate in the you know Political Science literature he presided over egypt for 30 years he ran these sort of sham elections and referenda he eliminated pretty much all avenues for dissent he stifled media and obviously you know the Police Apparatus employed enhanced torture techniques there were many thousands of Political Prisoners so theres really no question that he was an autocratic ruler i think you know what youre seeing in egypt is this sort of mixed emotion because number one we have to be honest with ourselves there were still people in egypt who supported mubarak not everybody in egypt was on board with the 2011 uprising thats number one number 2 the current ruler of the fatah has sisi is actually even more authoritarian than mubarak ever was so you do have some egyptians who are sort of longing for the days of mubarak even though they werent fans of his how did hate maintain this International Legitimacy for as long as he did you know as we say many well ladies were impressed with him on the international stage. Well you know leaders in the United States and elsewhere in the western world are happy to do business with with dictators thats just the reality as long as theyre serving their interests in the region and leaders in the u. S. And elsewhere felt like mubarak could bring about the kind of stability in egypt and the region that they that they wanted for their own political agendas but even if you look today i mean sisi has a favorable relationship with with many western leaders so that isnt something that we should see as particularly surprising one thing that i will say about mubarak and he was an autocratic ruler but he was much more of. A diplomat and a statesman than say sisi is he was more polished in terms of just representing egypt abroad how did the fall of mubarak impact uprisings in the rest of the region at the time. Well theres no question that the uprising in tunisia and also the uprising in egypt those 2 revolutions serve as catalysts for protest movements elsewhere in the region in libya and syria yemen and elsewhere. Whats i think interesting and also tragic in many ways is that these revolutions then spurred these current and ongoing counter revolutions which have seen the power apparatus is take power back from the people in places like Egypt Amnesty International says that 840. 00 people were killed during the 18 days of protest that led to him standing down kemet of a now be justice for those people. Thats a really hard question to answer you know there were 840 People Killed the numbers are probably actually higher than that those are the only those of the confirmed cases there were also thousands of People Killed by all of the c. C. When he when he took over in 2013 in 2014 and we havent seen we havent seen just as mubarak went free sisi continues to preside over over egypt i just answered your question is that time will tell some people think that another uprising is a matter of when not if and if there is another uprising that we may see some semblance of justice but who knows when that might be well have to leave it there really good to have your analysis thank you for that thats Mohamed El Masry a professor at the institute for graduate studies specializing in egyptian politics. Or both Hosni Mubarak and his success of Mohamed Morsy were overthrown and each faced a series of challenges in court but the treatment they received during the Legal Process was very different 2012 mubarak was sentenced to life in prison on charges related to killing hundreds of protesters during the arab spring 2 years later his convictions were overturned morsi was egypts 1st democratically elected leader whose term ended after a military coup led by current president of the fatah sisi morsi was sentenced to 20 years in prison on charges similar to those mubarak faced will see collapsed in a courtroom and died in june last year there are reports that he was tortured in jail before his death and while the reaction to mubarak being cleared was launched he knew to raised a lot of suspicion especially among morsi supporters who have said that the charges against him were politically motivated. Well i think now tomorrow on bashara he is 0 senior political analyst and author of the book the invisible arab the promise and peril of the arab revolutions he joins us now live from paris marwan so we had mubarak then we had the democratically elected president morsy now sisi is egypt any better off. Well unfortunately not countries evolve but egypt has devolved and evolved so much so that we have moved from basically a mediocre autocrat into a horribly repressive dictator. Like like sisi it is really an unfortunate decade for egypt when in 1011. 00 there were the sparks the hopeful signs that egypt might be at last be able to get on the tracks towards democracy and prosperity social justice and so on so forth it ended up in quagmire somewhere between the military and. Parties and then of course a coup detat by general sisi leading us to probably one of the darkest moments in egyptian history where sisi is basically ruling the country. In the most repressive matts of manners so much so that now we have 70000. 00. Political prisoners in the country and most of the very relative small freedoms that where under Hosni Mubarak no longer are to be seen under this dictatorship how much of the turmoil that we have fame in egypt since mubarak is down to his time in power would you say. Well actually you know in comparison to other dictators say qaddafi or bashar and how to set aside his father mubarak was far more mild because egypt as a political system was an authoritative one that left much freedom in terms of social economic interaction for the society for the egyptians while in libya or syria or even iraq and other places. That the toilet 30 and regime was so severe that it lifted very little room in anything even intertainment culture and you cation and even within this very specific contrast mubarak was also different from say sadat or order ocean out of the not so subtle not the not so thought of themselves as historic leaders not only for egypt but also in the arab and the developing world they thought that they had Historic Missions mubarak on the other hand was very mediocre kind of leader while he ruled for 30 years with the help of the military but he had he lacked every possible ambition so much so that its known well known that when the Palestinian Leader would put any sort of conditions on the israelis or the americans in that Peace Process. Mubaraks cliche statement was always in response to arafats beggars cant be choosers he thought of himself and his regimes as beggars who got 2000000000. 00 a year from the United States and for that the services were run there egypt became a client government of the United States hoping to not see it in every possible out there so much so that by that by the time the egyptian but found the mubarak basically ended his political career egypt would be concerning it so if only with gaza with the tunnels the bridge between gaza and sinai Everything Else that egypt would concern itself with cooling the developing world africa the goal of the middle east issues of war and peace the whole Peace Process in germany would be constructed to simply egypt caring for israels security in gaza so much so that we see mubaraks ambitions being solo and his vision for the country being so mediocre so the small in fact thanks that that sound is their senior political analyst. Joins us now live from the tunisian capital tunis jamal you covered the protests in 2011 that brought about the end of mubaraks rule how do you think hell be remembered within egypt. As a man who we heard essentially ruled egypt with an iron grip for 3 decades under his rule corruption became widespread oppression became increased and the basic foundations of the Egyptian State deteriorated from because the position of egypt was as the leader of the middle east or the are becoming essentially a pawn in a wider. Conflict being controlled by much smaller and less our countries or at least thats what was a sentiment that was being expressed by those millions of people that took to the streets during the 18 days in 2011 its important to look at maybe in a country like egypt where there was only that brief window of Free Expression of 20112012 in terms of elections and so forth the only really true sporadic spontaneous and freedom and straight of peoples views was during the journey of 25th uprising and maybe that is the best way to assess what those people or at least a large section of Egyptian Society feel or felt about mubarak they would not have taken to the streets had there been a free way to change him or to call for reform they would not have taken to the streets if they didnt feel that they had no future they would not have risked the snipers of mubarak Security Services or being arrested if they felt that there was another way so whilst obviously over the next 24 hours there will be a lot of reporting on the state funeral and on his legacy in terms of a statesman and diplomats for many of the egyptians who lived through those 3 decades and the consequences which they see now under general abdul fatah they will be feeling maybe mixed emotions ones of maybe not being able to have seen justice served to a man that they. He was responsible for the deaths of so many and maybe some sort of relief that the feel maybe that it will be his past work as an example to others but there will definitely be strong feelings to say the least can you explain to our view is given the way that mubarak governed ruled the country. The way that he was an autocratic ruler why there are we seeing these messages of sympathy from the likes of the Palestinian Leader Mahmoud Abbas and israels Benjamin Netanyahu. Well you have to look at the our world in the context of whilst it is so divided it is actually united in many respects in the way that it is ruled it is ruled by a group in an autocratic rulers that ultimately have similar interests in maintaining the status quo and thats why for example there is that supports thats came for the coup in egypt from different regional countries who may not necessarily agree ideologically or politically with certain trends within the egyptian regime but know that they want to maintain it so you will get that supports of Benjamin Netanyahu obviously and the Israeli Government were extremely grateful and indebted true the policies of Hosni Mubarak not least in being able to establish that stranglehold over gaza and imposing the blockade which was essentially starving more than one and a half 1000000 palestinians there Mahmoud Abbas found legitimacy in the government of Hosni Mubarak in being able to meet a statesman thats a time where his party in occupied palestine had lost their legitimacy at least in elections back then some of the gulf war those in the United Arab Emirates and saudi arabia saw and Hosni Mubarak a man who was able to contain what they perceive as their existential threats which is political islam so there is a lot of different. Crosssection between these different regimes and rulers through will no doubt have some sort of debts or at least feel that they. Have lost interest in mubarak an ally as they are is it jim i shall their life rootedness thank you. Plenty more ahead on the news though including the u. S. President s visit to india coincides with the worst riots in the capital in decades well have the latest from delhi. Once thriving syrian areas have become ghost towns as the Government Presses on with a major offensive. And in sports well hear from the 2 newseum tennis star setting new standards for players in the arab world. A high profile member of the iranian government has been diagnosed with Coronavirus Deputy Health minister she was seen wiping sweat from his brow at a press conference on monday iran has the most deaths outside of china 1561 others have been infected because somebody to love them but if someone came along or a nice for them i just wanted to tell you that i carries a coronavirus as well yesterday i had a fever and late last night the results my preliminary test was positive since last night ive isolated myself a while ago i was informed that my test has been confirmed and its positive my general condition is not bad i assure you that with the efforts of the Health Ministry officials and with the people support in the next few weeks we will defeat the virus to rest assured of that. Cases in china where the virus began has been on a downward trend writes of new infections are forming in several provinces but it is continuing to spread in other countries italy has the highest number of cases in europe 200. 00 people are known to be infected several towns in the countrys north have been sealed off to contain the spread but an italian dont or from one of those regions has tested positive for the virus while on holiday in spain the hotel hes staying in has been put on lockdown with no guests being allowed to leave. We have correspondents across continents covering the fallout of covert 19 complete help that is tracking the u. S. Markets and the u. S. Response she is a washington d. C. Bomb a gem jhoom is a northern italy but lets begin with sid whos in irans capital i said so the Deputy Health minister has tested positive for the corona virus you really couldnt make this up i assume then containment measures is not working whats the latest. Well yes. Putting it yesterday he gave a press conference standing next to the Government Spokesperson denying that 50 people had died he had even said that even if it was half that number he would hand in his resignation but he was seen wiping stretch from his forehead people are questioning whether his condition is ok back yesterday because he was showing symptoms now they were in a situation where hes been in contact with the Government Spokesperson that room is full of journalists and politicians the Government Spokesperson has contact with the cabinet including the president president Hassan Rouhani so were potentially in a situation where the government of iran the senior members of the government have come in contact with somebody with the krona virus and could very well be infected by it at the same time president rouhani spoke this morning he seemed to downplay the spread of the virus he said it wasnt as bad as the spread of the flu virus the country has faced in the past is to ask people not to panic and to follow the advice of the Health Minister well the deputy minister of the Health Ministry has been infected at the same time present her Hasan Rouhani has spoken again he said that its part of an enemy plot to create panic and shut down the country and it wont be shutting down the country and he said the life of turn turn back to normal by saturday unless there is an exceptional case now im not sure whether he considers the crown of virus to be an exceptional case but not many people seem to believe that life will turn back to normal we also have this member of parliament in the city of home which is the epicenter of the spread of the virus and hes again attacked the government he said people are being buried in the cemeteries of doctors are saying that the reason for the deaths is respiratory problems the Health Ministry know that those that have died of come out of quarantine the quarantine wards for coronavirus and hes made scathing attacks on the government saying that their response has. In 0 that nurses dont have the right uniforms and im afraid to treat patients so were in a situation now where were seeing far less people out on the streets people are Wearing Masks and gloves and theyre turning to the government for guidance but senior members of the government have been infected by the krona virus and people are questioning how many people have actually been infected and how many people have actually died from the Virus International pressure now to mike pump a u. S. Secretary of state saying iran must tell the truth on the corona Virus Outbreak for now though i will leave it there thank you thats a sad bag there live in tehran. Well the highest concentration of cases outside of asia is in italy just there as mohammed jim joins us from there called on the all in the north that mohammed just tell us whats happening there where you are. Well kim 1st of all theres been another spike in the number of confirmed cases were now being told at least 280 confirmed cases of corona virus in 7 different regions across italy now this doesnt really come as a surprise because officials have been saying the past 24 to 48 hours that we should expect to hear about more cases because there are now more proactive measures being taken by Health Officials here in italy to test more people and to try and diagnose coronavirus patients all that being said there are also 7 people having been reported killed because of the virus so there are 7 deaths as well throughout the country now we are in an area in northern italy the lumber to a region where about 10 kilometers from the center of the virus of the corona virus a town called. And what you see behind me this is a checkpoint thats been put up so that no cars can go into or get out of that quarantined area whats called a red zone unless they have specific government permission to do so throughout the day weve seen numerous ambulances go in and out of the quarantine area one of the reasons why the sense of alarm is really growing the past several hours throughout the day i will say that the residents that weve spoken with they say that they are trying to remain calm but they are worried that perhaps the containment measures that have been taken by Italian Government officials may not be working as well as they would like them to work in other italian related coronavirus news it was announced just a few hours ago that a doctor from this region from northern italy who was vacationing in the Canary Islands in spain that he was found to have the corona virus and that he is now under quarantine in a clinic in the Canary Islands again all of this really just raising the sense of alarm in a country thats really concerned about what theyre going to be hearing in the coming days as far as what the government is prepared to do if theyre going to be contending with a number of new cases. If its going to be spreading to even more regions across the country even us where we are were actually in a different area than we were earlier in the day we had to move about a kilometer down the road from where we were because of the containment zone the quarantine area was actually expanded out by another kilometers so that is another issue thats affecting the sense of worry among the people in this Community Jim mohammed june there live from nick ragone thank you as cases around the world increase their affairs about the Global Implications of the corona Virus Outbreak analysts will be watching u. S. Markets they have just opened tough to share prices and asia and europe took a hit White House Correspondent kimberly helka joins me now from washington d. C. So the bell has just opened how markets reacting. It looks like the markets have largely stabilized after that big plunge on monday fueled by concerns by investors who were really worried about a Global Pandemic but for now it appears that those concerns have been contained at least with regard to the markets not necessarily the case when it comes to ordinary americans however the latest number from the c. D. C. Of cases in the United States now 53 that includes 36 people who in fact were evacuated from the diamond princess cruise ship now in the midst of all of this the u. S. President donald trump is working to contain the concerns of americans he did tweet on monday evening that everything was very much under control at the same time the White House Monday evening asking for additional funding from the u. S. Congress to contain the virus some 2500000000. 00 that democrats on capitol hill are calling holy insufficient even the leadership of the white house incompetent from india where he was wrapping up his trip donald trump the u. S. President defending the white house actions. Its going to work out fine i hope so well working very hard were spending a tremendous amount of money also on were just as for 2 and a half 1000000000 dollars on getting everything ready just in case something should happen and also helping other nations that really arent equipped to do it. Now that money will be used for Vaccine Development for protective gear also treatment but again Many Americans not feeling entirely confident with the plan particularly after it became widely known that the evacuation of some of those infected americans back to the United States they were put on a plane with healthy passengers protected only by some flimsy plastic sheeting feeling that that was an insufficient response and not feeling entirely confident that the government has some very secure plans moving forward also not feeling entirely confident that many of these infected people are being brought to states and cities where they are not necessarily welcome so a lot of Public Education needs to be done here in the United States a lot of misunderstanding and a lot still needing to be done in terms of not only expectations but also strategy can be how could they live from washington d. C. Thank you. Still ahead on aljazeera well ask whats next for malaysia the resignation of the Prime Minister. And getting the wounded in south sudan back on their feet but finding a Rehabilitation Center is a barrier for many. And small and beyond that from the heavyweight champion dion say while there is blaming for his defeat against tyson fury. How i was there were some rather unsettled weather making its way across the middle east this latest band of cloud this latest area of low pressure thats going to continue driving its way for the research was out of iraq still a few showers here east inside of iraq for weapons day turning wintry over the mountains as it pushes across iran and eventually making its way into afghanistan more than possible afghanistan seeing a fair bit of snow then for the last. That minister is pakistan saying that when she makes as well just as that western side of the himalayas we are going to say lousy dry weather coming back a bit high 22 celsius here in the. Same itll be quite a keen one it will feel noticeably fresher but it will be fine dry and sunny a little lift at dusk and sad to watch out for fog is sunny across a good parts of Northern Africa the showers that we have just around the Sinai Peninsula there in the process of pulling out of the way process guys coming back in a few showers just around the highlands right into the heart of africa just around the gulf of guinea some larger shallow possibility there just around uganda pushing into southern parts of kenya Northern Areas of mozambique still seeing some rather wet weather and as we go on through the next couple of days cloud and rain sinking further south with it to south africa. But. 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Watching aljazeera her minder of our top stories this hour former egyptian president Hosni Mubarak has died at the age of 91 in cairo spent 3 decades in office before being ousted by an uprising 2011. Current president ill tell fatah elsisi is among those offering tributes to mubarak Palestinian Leader Mahmoud Abbas has praised the late egyptian leaders commitment to the palestinian cause and israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hailed mubarak for his pursuit of quote peace and security. Irans Deputy Health minister there are hurried she has been diagnosed with corona virus iran has the most sell side of china at 5061 others have been infected. Thought trance wrapped up his 2 day visit to india saying hes optimistic a comprehensive trade deal can eventually be reached between 2 of the Worlds Largest economies before leaving new delhi the us president signed a 3000000000 dollars deal to sell u. S. Military helicopters to indias armed forces he also criticised indias government from posing tariffs on u. S. Goods i want reciprocal has to be reciprocal and the money you talk about is major but the United States has to be treated fairly and indeed the relationship is outstanding good indiana says that weve had a tremendous deficit for many many years with india with with everybody you know with frankly so many different cultures weve had a massive massive deficit. Elizabeth branom has more now from the indian capital new delhi we heard from president just. Wrapped up his 1st visit to india. In another couple of hours and we heard from him and he actually did something that Prime Minister modi has never done which is take questions from journalists and while he emphasized the president promised to emphasize this defense deal this. 3000000000 dollar tree equipment from americas. About that day i guess they see that. You know tangible thing that that this trip we did have president for the 1st time about whats actually happening in india and whats been happening in india the biggest story here for the last 2 months with the ongoing protests against the citizenship and white house official said before President Trump traveled that he would raise concerns with the president and when i asked. About that and he had to be asked about that today because there have been violent scenes in delhi for the last few days like we havent seen in the last 2 months and he was asked about that and he replied by heaping praise on Prime Minister yet again saying that you know promised to modi is committed to religious freedom and that there is religious freedom and dhea and that he has full faith in him. As elizabeth was just saying present trends visit coincided with the worst riots in the capital in decades 10 people including a Police Officer died over the last 3 day they were killed during protests over the controversial citizenship law their mistresses say it discriminates against muslims. Malaysias Prime Minister is reported to be trying to form a new Coalition Government 24 hours after my heard him 100. 00 resigned to add to the political turmoil his party quit the Ruling Coalition over a long running feud with his rival florence though it has the latest from the capital Kuala Lumpur Mahathir mohamad in his capacity as the interim Prime Minister of malaysia met with Party Leaders across the political divide on tuesday reports say he is planning to propose a unity government one that would see politicians from rival parties working together to form the next government but that idea has now been rejected by the Main Opposition Party known as a mill are no was dominant in malaysian politics for more than 60 years until it was voted out in a general election 2 years ago now im no together with several other opposition parties held a press conference and they said if mahathir cannot even lead a coalition of 4 parties whats more a coalition consisting of 12 parties theyre calling for parliament to be dissolved and for fresh elections to be held now another possible scenario that could play out however is a new coalition could be formed now political horse trading in negotiations are happening behind closed doors and its still too early to tell which parties would have the right numbers to form a majority in parliament but if the outcome of all this is Opposition Party politicians coming back into power through this manner rather than through the ballot box then Civil Society organizations and voters may just reject such a government and political upheaval will continue in malaysia. Russias government has dismissed a proposed syria summit with france germany and turkey in march but it says it is working on one with iran and turkey to discuss the conflict and it looked earlier turkish president. Said there was not yet a full agreement on the proposed summit is the Assad Government main backer in syria its planes are providing aerial support in the offensive to retake the last rebel held area. On the ground at least 1000000 people are on the move in serious in the province stranded on the border area with turkey and ferrying Syrian Government bombardments the displaced have nowhere left to run or to highlight reports now from the goes on turkeys border with syria. This is an unusually eerie quiet in what was once a street bustling with activity people have left. Is one of many ghost villages and towns in and rural aleppo. Syrian Government Troops have stepped up their military offensive. Shelling residential areas as the advance. Of also pay was among thousands forced out of must. By the villagers who stayed in also. Feeling hopeless and angry here we turn to must almost saying hed rather die where he was born while i cannot show you how i used to walk the alleyways every day met my neighbors and have tea together now i do the daily walk alone everyone has gone. As fighting continues the humanitarian situation deteriorates and civilians carry on their journey hoping for shelter and war. A journey that turned into a tragedy for one man his wife his daughter and granddaughter. My brother mustafa was this bridge for a tent a tailor provided my limb fabric but because my brother had no experience the tent he built didnt hear went to lucia they all suffocated to that in their sleep. Blames the International Community for the death of his brothers family he says his failure to act in syria was a betrayal. I wot is a son he was with his parents the night they died but had to go to another village to bring back for they had left behind. And never forget that night my father called me to help him install a stone i remember my niece came to me because of the called me and i was still under shock he will carry with him the memory of his parents and his brother who was killed in a war a few years earlier. Like the millions of other syrians grappling with loss and despair for the hundreds of thousands of displaced syrias the exodus mic and to new for as long as the Government Funds does not come and for now turkey and russia have failed to agree on a ceasefire and if theres no ceasefire those stranded on the border fear they may be the next targets. On Turkish Border with syria the United Nations says the current humanitarian crisis in syria is one of the worst since the war began 900000 people have been forced to leave their homes since the beginning of december the u. N. Human Rights Council is discussing the issue in geneva on diplomatic editor james space is there. Russias foreign minister has been speaking at a high level meeting of the human Rights Council here in geneva he defended his countrys military operations in the lead in support of the Assad Government saying they were fighting extremism and terrorism there is though great concern among the humanitarian community i spoke to one of the uns top humanitarian officials covering syria mark cuts well this has been a mass exodus of people in fact its the biggest single displacement of civilians weve seen throughout this entire 9 year war and its just continuing day after day were seeing more people on the move and you know weve seen entire towns and villages emptied out as the airstrikes and shelling have continued in these areas put this into context for us because the world has been hearing about the misery in syria for 9 years and it has been appalling for 9 years but where does this rank among the things that youve seen well ive been working in war zones around the world for the last 30 years in places like iraq in somalia in south sudan i was in bosnia throughout the war there i was in myanmar during the ring of crisis when the ring fled there were 700000 that fled this is now more than 900000 that have fled just in the last 2 months alone last year there were 400000 more that fled in this area so its all on a massive scale and the problem is that its not over many of the uns humanitarian agencies are based here in geneva and theres growing dismay at the political side of the u. N. In particular the u. N. Security council where there seems to be no way to stop the on going violence because of course at the Security Council russia has a veto and shown many times its prepared to use it. Techies president has confirmed the deaths of 2 turkish soldiers and libya egypt one sent in troops in january to support libyas internationally recognized government in tripoli Government Forces of battling finances loyal to ward. In trying to capture the capital for the past 10 months. The conflict in libya has cost the state oil company more than 2000000000. 00 in the past month alone forces loyal to her if i have to have blockaded a number of major ports oil fields and terminal since mid january or you is the main source of income for the. Un and egyptian brokered cease fire is holding in gaza between the Palestinian Group Islamic Jihad and israel the ceasefire follows a 2 days of cross border violence the Israeli Air Force says at least 80 rockets were fired from gaza on monday israel carried out attacks using aircraft and tanks. In south sudan years of war have left thousands with disabilities for the population of 12000000 only 3 orthopedic Rehabilitation Centers are open and the only opportunity to restart lives and earn a living for many of the war wounded have a mortgage reports from the capital juba. When joseph akon was shot in a battle in south sudans civil war 5 years ago he thought he would recover after surgery but his wound was so serious his leg was amputated that made it difficult for him to find a job and for a while he thought his life was over. I was a soldier i did all the battles and venturi i got shot when i lost my leg i couldnt eat i was stressed out a lot i couldnt be a soldier no one wanted to hire me for a job. South sudan seceded from sudan in 2011 after 21 years of civil war the longest on the african continent with 2 years after independence civil war broke out there 2 decades of fighting has left many people suffering from war injuries both civilians and soldiers its also left hundreds of thousands this. Conflict has left many of those struggling to get the health care they need especially in areas outside the capital and some see they are marginalized and sometimes excluded from employment in 2017 groups like Human Rights Watch estimates that south sudan has about 1200000 people with disabilities thats largely the result of not just the recent conflict but decades of violence this center in the capital juba covers more than half the country when it comes to providing care for the disabled and those receiving attention. Or any other kind of services provides them an opportunity to restart their lives again suzanne is 40 years old and has suffered from paul you since she was a child. That. Even tried to walk. Still i need somebody to assist me and for calling that out if in their family but after i get the new device able to get in my books and if it didnt matter yes School Requirement and if it did i work with my own without any support. The center produces prosthetic limbs and other aides including wheelchairs doctors who see while there is less fighting in south sudan as a result of a peace deal signed in 2018 many patients continue to come for help and the Biggest Group decide the group of. Gun shops and we have like i mean one by us there are so many by and now we have a. Diabetic patient there so i talk now there are a distinct raising staff here see if conditions improve in the country they expect the number of patients in need of or habitation to rise that this moment the 7 took up a city is a fully occupied with the presence and we have some are mad as you go down whats waiting list but once the access is improved their order going to some is improved the public transport something to them that i need this and was not coming they look up keep coming then we hand up the only time this dr. Joseph says hes yet to find a job but he says now that he can walk again he doesnt feel stigmatized and left out and thats giving him hope that some day he can work again and financially be able to stand on his feet he will morgan aljazeera juba. So ahead on aljazeera in sports one senior official says games organizers are in a race against time to make this years games happen and they say with that story. From. Its an after thought here than a hey thanks so much kim a senior olympic official says the spread of coronavirus is a threat to this years tokyo games dick pound believes organizers have a 3 month window to decide the fate of the july events pound is the longest serving member of the International Olympic committee i was the 1st president of the World Antidoping Agency he says coronavirus is the new war and you have to face it the games set to begin on july 24th since 896. 00 the modern olympics of only ever been cancelled during wartime or japans a limb to go innocence and Health Officials say its still too early to consider canceling the games on choose day School Children tokyo marks 6 months and sold the start of the paralympics they competed in events organized by japans long term paralympian checky to cater he says shes being extra careful to avoid infection so the mascot good initial got it all doorstep people who have visual impairment have to touch things more often than other people so i always try to wear a mask and wash my hands and after i touch something i try to use sterilizing sheets i also try not to be too exhausted and to eat and sleep well the high profile sporting events in china including the f one grand prix and world indoor championships have already been postponed by the impact of coronavirus is being felt by sporting authorities across the globe japans top football competition the jail eat his perspiring games until at least march the 15th fast koreas caylee is also delayed the start of its season its how in football also being affected for sehri our games postponed last weekend in some lions Europa League match on thursday will be played behind closed doors and iran has suspended all sporting events and so at least march the 6 except top League Football matches but they will be played in empty stadiums now have been reports that 20 try. Post london could step in as a last minute replacement that psycho jeff ruffle is an olympic bidding consultant who is part of the management saying 56008. 00 beijing games he says moving the events were another city at this stage is whats an option its 149. 00 days until the opening ceremonies and you know theres not a logistics movie no one is like atlas youre not going to and here is what you need 25000 volunteers in london where theyre going to come crashing in to train them eat them and house that you have to find a chain hire and train the security staff of a news what about the Olympic Village if you dont have a house 50000. 0 by the way youve got 30000 was journalists were they going to stay the other question never discussed where is the money going to move it the japanese are going to pay for the i. O. C. Im into actually not a chance the british i dont think they have a couple of 1000000000 pounds sitting around up there they want to jump into the olympics and i think they have a choice if its either hold the games or cancel the olympics cancel the Olympic Games if you imagine the amount of money youre going to lose injure with just the new venues alone being built it well. Thats 120. 00 has already been a breakout year 15 is in tennis by on the strip or of the Australian Open in january he became the 1st arab woman series the quarter finals of a grand slam tournament and this week shes playing at the cats are open shes been so consumer correspondent for a small but 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. 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 bite yes like small tournaments but im actually looking forward to have a more the beauty is the only one and its unmoral cool right now. I hope one day we can have a double back in my country and that into nisha i know i have to to give a good image im trying my best to inspire a lot of players to be here either in chinese or an africa 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 often a grand slam i knew that i had level 2 to beat any player i knew that i had in my in my tennis team in my mind they could be really good then and food a 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 the end of 2019 i spoke to my team and i said. This year is going to be 21. 00 is going to be my year and i want to do it with. This one finals and days until cut so hosty 2022 football world cup to the stadiums already being used well 3 more sets one this year next month portugal croatia belgium and switzerland will take part in a mini tournament in qatar as part of the countrys ongoing preparations. For me personally i can only look at it with one with just excitement trepidation anxiety but more importantly also conviction that this will be without a doubt the best tournament the 1st world cup in the middle east and the arab world will set a benchmark in the history of hosting major tournament european footballs governing body you a fan has agreed to help clean up football in greece the countrys leagues have been hit by years of crowd violence and Corruption Allegation but now you wife is president s are examined shefrin has signed a deal with greeces Prime Minister promising to assist the creek Football Federation and they dont say while there is come up with an elaborate excuse for his loss that size and fury is shifting blame see the extravagant ring that will cost you he decided to put on while the climate was too heavy and he was worn out before saturdays fights had even begun. 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Im given al this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up they will bark at egypts former volo who was toppled in the 2011 revolution has died aged 91. I want reciprocal has to be reciprocal