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President wraps up his 1st visit to india. And 19 people are killed as government airstrikes reportedly targets schools in northwest syria one group says civilians must be given safe passage. And in schools a senior olympic officials says the spread of coronavirus is now a threat to this years tokyo games and believes organizers have a 3 month window in which to decide the fate of the july events. The World Health Organization has warned of the coronavirus epidemic is escalating rapidly and action must be taken quickly to prevented from becoming a pandemic this says the global reach of the virus continues to expand emergency talks have been held in italy where the virus has spread south from its epicenter included all new to tuscany and even sicily there are also confirmed cases across the border in croatia austria switzerland and germany the number of cases continues to rise in iran as theres concern over the governments handling of the outbreak after the countrys Deputy Health minister them. Leading the fight against the illness confirmed that he has been diagnosed with the virus the us President Donald Trump meanwhile has asked for 2 and a half 1000000000. 00 to help fight the spread of the Disease Health Authorities Say that they expect case numbers to rise but do not have enough medical supplies w. H. O. Says the key to stopping the spread of the virus is in how quickly it is contained this is a rapidly escalating epidemic in different places that weve got to tackle super fast to prevent a pandemic i mean its actually what china demonstrates is where this goes is within the control of our decisions to apply this kind of rigor and approach to to to this disease i mean well for more people have now died from the virus in italy taking the death toll there to 11 mohamed junk jew has been following developments from milan. Well weve heard that 3 of the people you mentioned who died were all over the age of 80 that one was 831 was 84 another was 91 and the 2 of the people who died were in the town of could dont you know that here in the lumber the region of course is also the center of the corona Virus Outbreak in northern italy its the area the town rather or where the 1st locally transmitted case of corona virus was detected thats a 38 year old man who works with you know a lever hes the 1st person to been known to have caught the virus here in italy one of the more interesting aspects of covering this from here in the past couple of days is that every few hours it seems there is a spike in numbers as far as new confirmed coronavirus cases of course we need to mention that this is not a surprise that Italian Health officials and government officials the past couple of days have reiterated that it is expected that more cases will be discovered in the coming days and thats because there are more Proactive Health measures that are being taken now to try to test more people and to try to diagnose more coronavirus cases so that treatment can begin. Well meanwhile a hotel in Spains Canary islands is on lockdown after a visiting italian doctor tested positive for the corona virus hundreds of guests at the hotel in tenerife ive been told to stay in their rooms as medical tests are carried out the doctor is reportedly from the longboard the region where italian authorities as weve been hearing are battling the outbreak this is the 3rd case identified in spain after a german tourist in another Canary Island and a british man in majorca both tested positive. And as the number of cases continues to rise in iran the so there is concern over the governments handling of the outbreak the countrys Deputy Health minister the man leading the fight against the illness has been diagnosed with the virus because somebody to love him but if a man came along coronary 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 of 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 while he made the announcement just a day after making a Public Statement on the response to the virus and beg has more now from tehran. 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 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 coronavirus 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 to ask people not to panic and to follow the advice of the Health Ministry well the deputy minister of the Health Ministry has been infected at the same time president hasnt spoken again he said that its part of an enemy plot to create panic and shut down the country and they wont be shutting down the country and he said that life would turn to turn back to normal by saturday unless there is an exceptional case now im not sure whether you consider the coronavirus to be an exceptional case but not many people seem to believe that life will turn back to normal u. S. President donald trump is ask congress to approve 2 and a half 1000000000. 00 to combat the spread of the virus this comes as the countrys Health Secretary warned that america does not have enough medical supplies for an outbreak White House Correspondent Campbell Health kid has more. On the defense the trumpet ministration is facing growing criticism its not done enough to contain the spread of corona virus in the United States im deeply concerned that we are way behind the a fondness at a hearing on capitol hill on tuesday the us health and Human Services secretary said development of a vaccine for the virus may still be a year away he openly admitted the trouble right house needs 2500000000 dollars in emergency funding from congress to fight the spread of the global outbreak so we do have in the Strategic National stockpile ventilators we have masks we have enough support well of course not or we wouldnt be asking for a supplemental to seek more money to procure more of that for hours later a top u. S. Health official issued this ominous warning now its not so much a question of if this will happen anymore but rather more a question of exactly when this will happen and how many people in this country will become infected now even members of President Trumps own Republican Party are questioning a top u. S. Border official about whether its efforts to contain the virus are even adequate but you cant tell us how many your models arent dissipating and no senator again i would i would defer you to the health and Human Services for that so to say you know to check on that wrapping up a trip in india President Trump insisted his administration is prepared and tried to downplay fears you may ask about the corona virus which is. You know very well under control in our country. We have very few people with it and the people that have it or or in all cases i have not heard anything other the Administration Says one of its Biggest Challenges is data and whether countries like iran and china are being truthful about the number of people infected china permitted its own of foreign journalists and medical personnel to speak and investigate freely chinese officials and other nations would have been far better prepared to address the challenge this as the u. S. Centers for Disease Control is now warning americans to brace for disruptions in their daily lives as the chrono virus is expected to spread to communities across the United States kimberly how hit aljazeera washington. Or u. S. Markets of fallen sharply for a 2nd straight day amid fears of the spread of the coronavirus wall streets 3 major stock indexes fell 3 percent on tuesday thats after the s. And p. 500. 00 and the dow jones suffered their biggest daily the kleins in 2 years on monday analysts have struggled to estimate the Economic Impact of the virus as a spreads to dozens of countries excel are raising emergency measures gabriel is on the joins us live now from new york ok so monday yesterday was bad how bad was the selloff today. Very bad quite frankly you know there are Health Officials all around the world that are taking the temperature of people to see if they have corona virus or might have it but when it comes to the health of the Global Economy the thermometer that is often used is the New York Stock Exchange and things are very bad after a very bad monday it was followed up on tuesday with another sharp plummet in the dow it dropped more than 800 points to put that in perspective in the past 2 days the dow has dropped nearly 7 percent that is a huge huge drop theres not necessarily outright panic here on wall street but there is certainly a lot of worry that is closely inching towards panic let me just give you a couple more of the numbers that weve been seeing there are 505 stocks on the s. And p. 562 percent of those are in correction territory now what does that mean that means in correction territory it means that the stock has dropped at least 10 percent weve also seen that the dow is the lowest its been since early november and if you look at some of the individual stocks that are directly tied to travel because no a lot of people are not traveling now because of course on a virus fears things such as mastercard down 7 percent bisa 5 percent hertz the rental car company 14 percent drop Marriott Hotel chain 12 percent drop these are huge numbers these are just a few of them i could go on and on forever with individual stock drops but things not looking good here as wall street is very worried about how this coronaviruses going to affect the economy is so wall street is worried and the government also i mean it there does seem to be a lot of uncertainty coming from the government so in turn what will that continue to mean for the markets. Well the worst thing for the markets are uncertainty that is the absolute worst and that is what were seeing out of washington right now you know one trader was asked on tuesday what would be the thing that would help the market right now the most and he said if they were to come out and say that we have a vaccine close to being ready well late on tuesday the u. S. Government came out and said we do have a vaccine were working on it and while human trials are about a month to 2 months away which could be the good news a vaccine going out to the public is still a year to a year and a half away so it might be good in the long term but not in the short term while the market the dow immediately dropped almost minutes after that was announced from about 70900 points at the time you are hearing larry kudlow the top Economic Advisor to trump who came out late on tuesday on one of the finance channels here in the u. S. And he was saying lets not overreact he said the market is ok well get through this the fundamentals of the u. S. Economy are strong please lets not panic but on the other side youre hearing c. D. C. Officials coming out and saying hey be prepared telling americans be prepared for a major outbreak here which that does lead to of course some worry so youre seeing a lot of mixed messages coming out of a government officials in the white house and that is directly affecting the markets will have to see how it goes the rest of the week but boy it is not good here right now the markets here in the u. S. Officially now in the red. Zone the latest on that from new york thank you. Well coming up on the news hour from london renewed anger over indias controversial citizenship law 13 people are killed as the capital the sends into rioting and well take you inside the ghost towns left behind by 1000000 syrians and a government on board meant in. Sports well hear from the tennis star setting new standards for the plate for players in the arab world. Hosni mubarak the egyptian president ousted from power during the arab spring uprisings has died aged 91 he was at a cairo hospital where hed recently undergone surgery for a burden manley looks back on the latest gyptian is rulers life and legacy. Maintained grip of power in egypt 3 decades. Until finally in 2011 the people had enough millions took to the streets hundreds of killed but after 18 days this. President Mohamed Hosni mubarak has this cited wave the office of the president of the republic. The crowds reacted as they heard the news that the man with an iron fist down. The military council took the reins of power but it was from the bullet train the mubarak had originally risen to power. A former 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 sadats made him vice president. Mubarak was just meters away from sadat when he was shot dead in 1990. 8 days later. Became president almost immediately he implemented emergency laws giving the state sweeping powers of arrest and cousin 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 on rounding up thousands of suspects from the inside many egyptians considered its 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 brokered 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 with 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 protesters after a retrial mubarak was acquitted in 2017. But his legacy has endured with the current regime led by another military figure. Using similar hardline tactics to crackdown on dissent in order to stay in power. Takes a look back at the revolution that ended Hosni Mubaraks reign. The mubaraks death comes almost 9 years to the day since he was forced out of office by an historic uprising for 18 Straight Days egyptians from all walks of life on the streets demanding the resignation of the man who had lured autocratically for 30 years the 2011 uprising had begun on january the 25th at date that the mubarak government has dedicated to celebrate egypts Police Forces but for millions of egyptians there was nothing to celebrate the box here at Security Apparatus says knocked up Political Prisoners tortured detainees and in several cases killed them i will box response to these protests was to crackdown on the demonstrators Police Snipers trained their weapons on the pound and then this sides riding camels charged towards the postmasters several 100 people were killed in suez alexandria and the soon to become iconic tahir square i thought i but the peoples resolve proved to be greater in a unique demonstration of unity secularists liberals islamists men and women young and old turned to here square in the central cairo into a protest site that gripped the worlds attention. Mubarak tried to appease them 1st by reshuffling his cabinet and then by promising not to stand for another term he pleaded with the youth to go back to their homes and promised to listen to their demands but it wasnt enough as mubarak speech was projected on to screens of protest sites across the country demonstrators threw their shoes at them and shouted we are not leaving he must leave mubaraks grip on power largely depended on the army it was his military career that propelled him to power so when the army decided they would no longer support him it was announced that he was stepping down. Although you know many revolutionaries believed that meant that they had won but the chant that had been ringing out in the streets of egypt for those 18 days was the people demand the fall of the regime and what those revolutionaries didnt realize was that while mubarak may have fallen the regime was to remain even stronger. Or just 0 or for more of a barracks legacy lets speak to how hes a journalist and author and joins us via skype from to search thank you so much for joining us here on aljazeera great to have you with us watching that report there about the events of 2011 we all remember that scene of course or Tahrir Square just burst with cheers out of every you know the joy of the demonstrators when it was announced that mubarak was stepping down thats 2011 but right now how do you think the people in egypt or some people in egypt well be looking back at the mubarak era and the man himself well i mean for people who believe the revolution. You know glad to see the back of. A large and growing number of options they look back with a certain. And i suppose i mean that would be explained by many of the things that have happened but how do you think that perhaps people that arent perhaps clouded by the nostalgia would actually look back what do you think were parikhs legacy is in egypt is it safe still felt now but the history books will likely remember him as the 1st president of egypt to to be ousted following a popular uprising. His actual like a political legacy is one thats home of repression mixed with a measure of pragmatism i dont mean Google States with a cautious kind of diplomacy but you know at home you know the end of the day he was a dictator. And. You know maybe his repression wasnt a severe is todays but it is whats happening today is not. In spite of it its because of what it did and his predecessors you know they set in motion machine a military led dictatorship thats required increasing amounts of repression in order to. Continue its cross oh. You say that id like to elaborate on that point how its what barack and his predecessors as well i mean we can see that i guess on the level of repression but in which other ways as he left his mark on egypt and sort of i guess thinking economically for example which is of course as key to the situation room right now. Well it could be economically he didnt have. A clear ideology but then he you know tethered himself to the need a liberal like train that was sweeping across the world. And he no led by the i. M. F. He put in place a lot of reforms that ultimate enrich a small minority of egyptians the left. The great majority of the population recently vulnerable and at risk of poverty. In terms of Foreign Policy he kind of stayed the middle ground between his 2 predecessors. Who was a nonaligned fischer not aligned. The west and the most of the towards him lead to more towards you know soviet camp and in the developing world where i. Said school to join the western club and mubarak try to be friends with everyone internationally while being you know its a repressive. Speaking about the sort of trying to be friends with everyone internationally do you think that the kind of leader that mubarak was is nest by International Leaders who perhaps value what they perceive as stability in the middle east above things like the representation of people democracy fairness of the people. Well i think so yes i think you know. People who are International Leaders who you know. Who value what they think is stability. Believe that the mubarak years were stable ones that they wont see no egypt was a failing state on the border. But it was you know this was mosque. The national a youth. You know. The system still you know managed to sustain itself to a certain degree but its not that during so you know the system that has been in place for the last few decades is simply not the very. Idea of journalist and author speaking to us about the legacy of former egyptian president Hosni Mubarak sir thank you for sharing your views with us thank you. Also more still to come on this news hour including future proofing the global food supply from nuclear war disease and Climate Change 1000000 c varieties are locked away in style by political wrangling and back door negotiations to race to form malaysias next government heats up and in sports the outfit that former heavyweight champion the anti wilder is blaming for his the feat against tyson feeling. 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A comeback is a reminder of the top stories on aljazeera the World Health Organization has warned the coronavirus epidemic is rapidly escalating and action must be taken quickly to prevent a pandemic it follows the confirmation of a number of new cases in europe and the middle east at least 4 more people have died from the virus initially taking the best toll there to 11 italy has the highest number of cases in europe with 322 infections confirmed former egyptian president Hosni Mubarak has died at the age of 91 at a hospital in cairo he spent 3 decades in office before being ousted by an uprising in 2011. He was President Donald Trump has wrapped up his 1st trip to india where he met Prime Minister and met in their mody while the where the 36 hour visit had plenty of pageantry theres no progress was actually made on the countrys trade differences and it was also marred by violent protests over indias controversial citizenship law elizabeth purana reports now from the capital. Donald trumps 1st visit to indias capital coincided with the worst violent protests against the governments that isnt chip law since it was passed in december before he arrived white house staff said the president would raise concerns with Prime Minister that of the more he about the critics condemned as anti muslim. But didnt seem too concerned when he spoke to reporters says the Prime Minister was incredible on what he he wants people to have religious freedom and very strongly and he said that in india india they have. They have worked very hard they have great and open religious freedom and if you look tom said he didnt discuss the latest in 3 months of protests happening just 15 kilometers away in the suburbs of the capital he was asking to emphasise the sate of 3000000000. 00 worth of military equipment and dia even though the deal was expected we expanded our defense cooperation with agreements for india to purchase more than 3000000000. 00 of advanced American Military equipment the saide of u. S. Military helicopters was the one big takeaway from the trip arge. We discussed every aspect of our Partnership Including Defense Security energy. And Technology Cooperation growing defense and Security Cooperation bartle part of our Strategic Partnership and. Oh but there was no progress on the biggest Sticking Point between 2 of the Worlds Largest economies a comprehensive trade deal weve had a massive massive deficit but a large deficit 30000000000. 00 with india its now down to 24000000000. 00 because of what weve been doing but still thats too high we should have a 24000000000. 00 deficit both leaders said they were hopeful of reaching a deal soon coming the us president returns home boasting about selling billions of dollars worth of military hardware to secure american jobs 9 months before his bid for reelection while indias Prime Minister received nothing but praise from trump when hes facing criticism at home and abroad for his tender National Government citizenship you know and mistreatment of Indian Muslims elizabeth pronto aljazeera. At least 13 people have been killed during 3 days of riots in the indian capital over the citizenship law nationalist protesters have been accused of provoking the Muslim Community and police have been criticized for not stopping the violence tony burke who reports from the suburb of. The suburbs of jeffrey bad in belgium bora in northeast delhi have become battlegrounds in the fight against indias citizens Amendment Law for the 1st successive day Security Forces fought with protest as both for and against the law. And this man says he was shot in the foot by Police Shotgun pellets by anybody but i was standing with my mother and sisters protesting peacefully and police and people of the mob bite with foreigner p. T. Out there firing tear gas shells one person was shot in the chest not a shot in the hand of the same time as me. Another wounded you to spend away on a motorbike its incidents like these which have drawn thousands of young muslims to join the protest they are angry at the lack of control by the government and are suspicious of the police we i discuss the police from police because police supporting damn police supporting in those not muslims being very fire the police also 5 on the list only with them on muslims only not into the police do not support me and muslims. Police are being criticised for not intervening and stopping the violence against muslims often simply standing by and watching. Videos on social media seem to show police helping hindu nationalists collect rocks and other images of officers apparently beating muslims and other gear on policeman says so you want your freedom and then beats him here other images show mosque being vandalized and muslim property being damaged hindus also complain that their temples are being damaged and their property destroyed by muslims images on social media are always difficult to verify who what where or when but in this situation is adding to the belief of muslims here that these attacks are both coordinated and with the compliance of the police. On choose a thousands of armed police including. Forces and Rapid Reaction units were on patrol in the shows strength but muslims here dont feel protected they feel threatened especially for the youth. The number of those killed and injured in clashes is rising and indias leaders seem to have no solution the state has created a situation of violence and allowed the militants but it is easy that i find. Its unfathomable to allow your own people to die like that takes a certain kind of hit on the you know this area has become ground 0 in this divisive fight now its 3rd month and many fear the turmoil is going to get worse before it gets better Tony Berkeley out to 0 just for a bad northeastern. Bloomberg is reporting that saudi arabia and its allies are resisting u. S. Calls to open their airspace to qatar which currently relies on iranian skiles according to the American News agency riyadh and its supporters want concessions from doha ahead of the 2022 world cup football tournament qatar has been under a saudi led blockade for nearly 3 years now washington reportedly wants to mend the gulf rift following last years attacks on oil tankers in the area. 1000 people have been killed in northwest syria in russian backed government airstrikes and artillery fire its being reported that 10 schools were targeted in the city of idlib the syrian observatory for human rights says 8 children are among those killed the International Committee of the red cross is calling for the safe passage of civilians to escape the attacks it has sent out a reminder that hospitals markets and schools are protected by law. At least 1000000 people are on the move in syrias province stranded on the border area with turkey and fearing Syrian Government bombardments the displaced have nowhere left to run or hide. Reports now from chivo goes through on turkeys border with syria. This is an unusually eerie quiet in what was once a street bustling with activity people have left. Must almer 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 he stayed in also bomb. Feeling hopeless and angry here we turn to must almost saying hed rather die where he was born. Showed me out 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 as the humanitarian situation deteriorates and civilians carry on their journey hoping for shelter and the war. A journey that turned into a tragedy for one man his wife his daughter and granddaughter. My brother must stop i was desperate for a tent a tailor provided my limb fabric but because my brother had no experience the tent he built didnt hear went to lucian 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. He was with his parents the night they died but had to go to another village to bring back. They had left behind. And never forget that night my father called me to help him install a stove i remember my niece came to me because of the called me and i watch you still and the shock he will carry with 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 we can see new for as long as the government of funds does not come and for now turkey and russia have failed to agree on a ceasefire and if there is no ceasefire those stranded on the border fear they may be the next target. The Turkish Border with syria all the Syrian Governments push to recapture the last federal held areas has created the largest displacement of people since the start of the war and the United Nations is warning of an impending bloodbath as the fighting is closer to camps for the internally displaced the Un Human Rights Council has been meeting to discuss the issue in geneva on diplomatic editor james brings 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 ad lib 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 is 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 ongoing violence because of course at the Security Council russia has a veto and it shown many times its prepared to use it. James bay is reporting there now malaysias Prime Minister is reportedly trying to form a new government 24 hours after he resigned my has here mohamed quit the ruling party on monday following a long running feud with his rival but as he scrambles to regain power some opposing groups are calling for fresh elections Lawrence Louis 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 arm 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 and 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. A doomsday vault built in the arctic to future proof Food Supplies now contains 1000000. 00 different types of seeds the milestone was reached after an additional 60000. 00 crop varieties were added to the style by the global seed vault the posits were made by surtees smaller seed banks around the world including specimens grown by a cherokee indians and from the estate of britains Prince Charles 60 percent of the worlds calories come from only so remain crops thats maize we and rice the vault was built to protect the global food supply from. Nuclear war disease and crucially Climate Change in 2015 researchers made their 1st withdrawal for a smaller seed bank in syrias aleppo which had been damaged by the countrys war but the volt itself has also suffered from the rapid pace of Global Warming it was given an 11000000. 00 upgrade last year after an unexpected flaw of permafrost flooded its entrance was sarah martin is from the global crop of Diversity Trust she joins us over skype from madame thank you so much for joining us here on aljazeera so lets focus 1st on these additional 60000. 00 that have taken the volta over 1000000. 00 tell us what is special about some of them and why you felt i guess that they were a valuable addition to the vault. Absolutely so we have over 35 gene banks that have sent their seeds today and as you mentioned this includes maize varieties in being grades from the Cherokee Nation the Cherokee Nation or the 2nd Indigenous Community to send seeds to the seed vault and thats really important because some of the gras iis are culturally significant for them like white eagle maize which is actually got its name because the silhouette of the seed resembles an eagle and its one of the most culturally significant crops thats often used in their rituals other crops come from india from the International Seed bank there which contain a wide variety of millets they were wild potato varieties from the International Potato center in crude they were new depositors coming from morocco and romania and so its really just a very Diverse Group and some of the gene banks are as diverse as the seeds that they contain that were really just really grateful to see that so many different seed banks from around the world have chosen to back up their collections and spotted and of course the importance of the vaulted set its built to protect the global Food Supplies we were hearing from nuclear war from disease and crucially increasingly i guess from Climate Change assuming and hoping nuclear war and disease dont cause anything too dramatic just tell us what the threats are to biodiversity around the world d right now. Absolutely so the threats are. Wide ranging so urbanization deforestation all of those things could threaten biodegrade city but sadly even biodiversity that saved in seed banks is often a threat because if a seed bank loses its funding or if there are Power Outages natural disasters like flooding fire even civil conflicts that cannot threaten the gene bank and many times these crops dont exist in the wild anymore because a very big as a shoe in a lot of habitats and so its really important that these seed banks are well funded and they do have duplicates in place like the sluggard global seed vault and so thats why its so crucial that they have this back up and its interesting that actually speaking of Climate Change the volt itself was slightly threatened by the thought of permafrost flooded and now theres been an upgrade which means it sort of you know will it will protect itself against that but with the potential of a sustained increasing global temperature is another strength of the vault that perhaps certain seeds would be better suited to a warmer world than perhaps some of the ones that we use mainly today absolutely i mean thats the purpose of these seeds you know we only see 3 or 4 different potato varieties in the supermarket but theres 4500 between those that exist in the world that have all originated in crew and the only reason that we need these potato gradys in addition to the cultural significance that they hold is that breeders and researchers can use these in crossing with each other to create varieties that can withstand higher temperatures and marsland of the in the soil pests and diseases and thats what makes the genetic diversity so important. Its basically to be able to combat the effects of Climate Change in the future so martin from the Global Crop Diversity trust thank you for joining us it really is an amazing project thank you he was imminent. Still to come the sports news including a senior olympic official says organizers are in a race against time to make this years games happen. Ok lets go to andy now in the sport thank you so much bob or well a senior olympic official says the sport of coronavirus is now a threat to this years tokyo games dick pound believes organizers have a 3 month window in which to decide the fate of the july events. Pound is the longest serving member of the International Olympic committee he says corona virus is the new war and you have to face it and the war canceling the games is a worst Case Scenario all options are on the Table Including a passport or dispersing events to other countries the games jus to begin on july 24th now japans olympic gold and eyes and Health Officials say its still too early to consider counseling the games on choose day School Children soco marks 6 months until the start of the paralympics they competed in events organized by japans long jump paralympian shark its ok to who says shes being extra careful to avoid infection thought it was going to show i got it all doorstep of 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 or high profile events in china including the air form grand prix and world indoor athletics have already been postponed by the importance of coronavirus being felt by sporting north across the globe japans top football competition the jamie postponed matches and so at least march the 15th south koreas cayley has delayed the start of its season its how he and football also being affected for syria against perspired last weekend in samoans Europa League match on thursday or that will be played behind closed doors and iran has suspended all sporting events and so at least march the sick except hopefully football matches but they will be played in empty stadiums now theres been reports that 12 house london could step in as a last minute replacement for tokyo jeff raffaello is an olympic bidding consoles and he was part of the management saying for the 2008 beijing games he says moving the events were another city at this stage its just not an option. Its 149 days to the opening ceremonies and you know theres not a religious the movie no one is like atlas youre not going to and here is why you need 25000 volunteers in london where are they going to come crashing in to train them eat them and hows 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 you 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 perhaps if they want to jump into the olympics i dont think they have a choice is it either hold the games or cancel the olympics cancel the Olympic Games if you imagine the amount of money youre going to rooms into with just the new great news along being built it well. By munich have taken a big step towards the quarterfinals of the European Champions League they won the 1st leg of their last 16 seconds chelsea 3 nail in london not only in barcelona drawing 11. 00 in italy achieves a months 1000 days and still cant so hi steve 2022 world cup 2 of the a tournament stadiums are already being used well 3 more sets are open this year next month portugal christ belgium and switzerland will take part in a mini tournament in cats on. 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 tennis world number one ashley bossy has made a winning rich sense action the australian is competing in the cats are open she took on germanys Laura Siegmund in a 1st much since losing in the semifinals of her home grand slam both to secure in this 2nd round match in straight sets well 2020 is already been a breakout year thought she newseum player on the job or the Australian Open the 25 year old became the 1st arab woman to reach the quarter finals of a grand slam and shes also through its around 3 of the cats are open she was been talking to our correspondent for a small. 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 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 5 we have a lot of bites yes like small tournaments but im actually looking forward to have more the only ones its in moral cool right now. And i hope one day we can have a double back in my country and into nisha i know i have to give a good image im trying my best to inspire a lot of players to be here either in tunisia or enough to go even in the arab words 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 with this part change 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. And dont say walter has come up with an elaborate excuse for his loss to thomas and fury hes a shifting blame to 60. While the claims it was too heavy and he was worn out before saturdays fight city even bigger the american said it was attributes so black history month. Ok very sorry sports is looking for now lets get back to barbara in love andy thank you very much for that and that is it for this news that only when you can get the latest on everything weve been covering on our website there it is or state have going to be back in just a few minutes with more of these acts which by. The at. The end. A passion for supporting local communities. And pioneering inoperative african science and Technology Projects how his child beautiful how glorious we are all of us on this planet not just Africa Aljazeera front as a leading by a chemist determined to use his scientific knowledge to say africa women make science from the lab to the field on aljazeera its a tough time for the afghan Security Forces taliban attacks have increased their suffering heavy casualties and the prospect of a withdrawal of u. S. Forces hangs over them yet young men are still joining up some for putting reasons for others is the only way to get a job despite the risks midways karimi was an Army Bomb Disposal engineer in Helmand Province he knew the risks he was blinded in both eyes and lost a leg when a roadside device exploded as you try to defuse it always aware of the danger of seeing friends wounded while working on mines i wasnt scared to lose an arm or a leg is to sacrifice we have to like to serve this country. I was raised in france. These are my grandparents. These are my parents and this is mean. By them both isis and the us are. The 1st of a 2 part epic tale of a remarkable simon. The father the son and the jihadist hot one on aljazeera. To stop the epidemic becoming a pandemic the world must act quickly thats the message from the w. H. O. Was the corona virus continues to spread outside of china. Though im Barbara Sarah youre watching aljazeera live from london also coming up Hosni Mubarak who ruled egypt until being toppled in the 2011 revolution has died aged 91 when you dangar over indias controversial citizenship rules 13 people are killed in protests in the capital during u. S. President Donald Trumps visit and the