Chanting of protesters drowns out one of latin americas biggest Music Festivals. Welcome to the program the World Health Organization has warned that the coronavirus epidemic is escalating rapidly and action must be taken quickly to prevent it from becoming a pandemic chinese authorities working in the epicenter of the outbreak have just released new figures the rate of new infections to remains in decline and cured patients have begun returning home. This is a rapidly escalating epidemic in different places that weve got to tackle super fast to prevent a pandemic i mean its actually were trying to demonstrate heres where this goes is within the control of our decisions to apply this kind of rigor and approach to to to this disease but within the past hour south koreas Health Ministry has announced 169. 00 more infections mostly in and around daegu bringing the total number of people with the illness to 1146 European Health ministers meanwhile upheld emergency talks in italy where the virus has spread south from cardon yo to tuscany and system there are also confirmed cases in croatia austria france switzerland and germany those have links to the italian outbreak and the number of cases continues to rise in iran as does concern over the governments handling of the epidemic thats after the Deputy Health minister the man leading the fight against the illness seen here on the left confirmed he himself has been diagnosed with the virus well americans have also been told to brace themselves for what Health Officials are calling the inevitable spread of the virus throughout the United States will shortly be across to katrina new in beijing on the continued decline in infections and chinas efforts to get the economy restarted there but 1st lets head to south Koreas Capital where our correspondent rob mcbride is standing by with the latest on deaths and infections rob so south korea has just passed the 1000 mark thats a significant number what officials been saying there. Thats right another sharp rise 169 new cases being reported this wednesday morning also just as we were coming on that there is now been a 12th death so 12 people so far have been killed by this virus in south korea among them the 1st non Korean National that hes been identified as a man from mongolia whod actually come to solve for surgery many people travel to south korea for elective surgery he was in hospital he contract to corona virus and subsequently died most of the new cases are in the southeastern city of daegu that remains the focus of attention and the countrys Prime Minister is now based down down there to lead the efforts to try to bring this outbreak under control its thought that his presence there will speed up Decision Making he can take decisions on the spot hes held his 1st meeting with health Health Officials where theyve been discussing their priorities one of those priorities is getting more medical personnel in place theyve revealed that many people are medical professionals have volunteered to go to the Testing Centers to the special wards that and hospitals that have been set up but there is still a need for more medical staff to come forward and rob so given that the numbers are rising fast there what new or extra measures are authorities taking. Yeah the country as a whole is looking at various things that it can do to support the overall effort one of them is the supply of face masks many faces many places here in seoul and elsewhere are running low on supplies and stocks and some people some pharmacies and so on completely running out so what the governments done its working with providers private companies who produce facemasks to limit the export to the now a stipulation or restriction that the makers of facemask cant export more than 10 percent of their production this will be in place right through until the end of april as a way of making more stocks locally available and also we are seeing more countries lining up to effectively close the door on south korea a total of 24. 00 countries and territories now putting in place travel restrictions ironically including in Mainland China a number of chinese cities or to rob them the south korean capital seoul rob thank you for that well as you heard earlier in china the rate of infection continues to decline lets cross to beijing now and speak to katrina are you there katrinas the numbers there where you are continuing to drop but some cities are stepping up restrictions on travelers coming from south korea as rob mcbride was telling us there and what more can you tell us. Thats right so in the past 24 hours have been 406 new cases of the coronavirus which is a decline from yesterday and 52 new deaths and 5 of but only 5 of these new cases are outside of your way and thats a massive drop if you consider that at the beginning of february there were 900 new cases also of coronavirus outside of who a problem so thats a significant drop but yes as you said there are increasing concerns in china that the outbreak in south korea could pose a threat to efforts to to contain the virus in china so weve got one city called away high which is in the northeastern part of china which is actually imposed to we quarantine a compulsory 2 record for every passenger thats coming from south korea and we also have these 2 cities qingdao and this area of china has a lot of ethnically korean communities and its a very popular area for South Koreans to travel to its only about an hours flight from seoul and there are many cultural flights in those areas in those cities which are significant for South Koreans now those cultural sites have been coras they said theyre no longer accepting tour groups from south korea and weve also seen a sudden spike in plane ticket flights the cost of plane tickets from seoul to these cities so thats sort of feeling speculation on chinese social media that people from south korea fleeing the coronavirus to go to these cities in Mainland China and thats prompted calls in china for people to actually shut down the borders in terms of flights coming in from south korea we dont have any flight restrictions yet but that is something that some people here in china are calling for yeah and to treat i mean was the Chinese Government is the low risk areas to resume Work Activity have they been successful. Thats right the Chinese Government is extremely concerned about the effect of the current virus on the chinese economy they want to get people back to work and one thing that theyre doing is that theyre urging provincial governments to drop blanket bans on travel and work restrictions theyre saying give it over to municipal governments to decide on these restrictions based on the number of cases in those areas and already weve seen 15 provinces in china lower their alert levels thats half of half of china saying that theyre ready to go back to work but of course this is easier said than done there are simply. Theres simply as many workers simply cannot get to their cities where they work because of travel restrictions or there they are because theyre still afraid of catching the coronavirus so to help tackle this problem governments and companies are chartering special trains just to funnel workers back into cities back into Industrial Areas and private Companies Including foxconn which is a supplier of apple are actually offering financial incentives to workers because they have a critical shortage of factory workers theyve tripled bonuses for new work is to come back in work in their factories but of course this urging from the government building is said look were urging people to go back to work but its not back to fund so although weve got factories and offices opening theres still a lot of destruction and many businesses are closed when you come to entertainment and restaurants or katrina you were there in the Chinese Capital beijing katrina thank you very much for that well one of the unexpected side effects of the coronaVirus Outbreak in china has been a dramatic drop in Carbon Emissions aljazeera is weighing a has more on that now from hong kong. Hong kong harbor is usually one of the busiest in the world with hundreds of ferries cruising container ships passing through every day but as the corona Virus Outbreak has worsened the economy has slowed and the waters have become quiet the situation is a lot worse in Mainland China where according to one a statement lock downs and business closures may have already cost almost 200000000000 dollars this year but as the economic price of this outbreak goes up the demagogue to the environment is going down a study showed that a drop in coal and oil use in china have reduced Carbon Dioxide emissions by at least 25 percent and levels of general air pollutants are also significantly down. In the cases such as coal fired power stations and still production. Being big reductions 15 to 40 percent in each of those indicators and we think Something Like 100000000. 00 tons of c o 2 hasnt been emitted compared to last year there were less emissions elsewhere too much of the Global Supply chain has been broken by the disruptions in china factories in countries like cambodia and vietnam cant get enough Raw Materials from china so were slowing down or suspending operations in the International Air transport association expects Global Demand for air travel to fall by almost 5 percent this year in asia that number could be higher less demand means fewer planes in the air and a decrease in emissions weve seen this sort of thing before like during the 2008 Global Financial crisis but after that economic slowdown china looked to make up for lost time by introducing a massive stimulus plan designed to get the economy moving again meaning any environmental gains was soon lost chinas government has already promised tax cuts and other assistance to help companies balance back from the Economic Impact of the op break president xi jinping wants a quick recovery but that could be risky i think the leaders in beijing are very eager to restart. We have already seen some of the factories finally opened but the concern is that you know if the workers started to come back to the companies and offices there could be a part time shows a 2nd wave of the spread of the virus workers will also be wanting to start earning again after Many Companies suspended wages because of the downturn as chinas economic engine starts turning over again scientists will be watching with interest what happens to the environment as a result wayne hay Al Jazeera Hong Kong made on the us President Donald Trump congress to approve 2500000000. 00 of extra funding to fight the virus it comes as the countrys Health Secretary warned they dont have enough medical supplies for an outbreak White House Correspondent kimberly healthcare 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 for part will 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 youre models arent to surprising. No senator again i would i would defer you to the health and Human Services for that so just like you go 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 in all cases i have not heard it rather 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 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 can really help get aljazeera washington. The u. S. Markets meanwhile a full and shopping for a 2nd straight day amid fears over the spread of the virus Gable Elizondo has been crunching the numbers in new york. 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. 00 stocks on the s. And p. 562 percent of those are in correction territory now what does that mean that means one 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 not a lot of people are not traveling now because of koran a virus fears things such as master card down 7 percent be 75 percent hurts 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 coronavirus is going to affect the economy. Lots more so to come here on the news hour including afghanistans recalled its 1st coronavirus case but can the countrys Health Care System cope with a possible outbreak. And a major defense deal agreed but differences remain of the trade highlights of the u. S. President Donald Trumps 1st visit to india and in sports one senior official says organizers are in a race against time to make this years games in tokyo happen due to the corona Virus Outbreak. Now in the u. S. Democratic president ial hopefuls have taken to the stage in yet another debate this time in the state of South Carolina which will hold primaries on saturday front on a Bernie Sanders expecting challenges them all sides even though former Vice President joe biden is ahead in polling the other candidates might newberg people to judge amy Club Elizabeth warren and tom style are all hoping for an upset victory or a strong 2nd place finish to breathe fresh life into their campaigns lets cross live now to the gallagher hes in charleston South Carolina and hes a Bernie Sanders was expected to come under fierce attack by everyone there tonight tell us whats been happening. Well thats exactly what happened the 1st 30 minutes of this debate were about an hour and 15 minutes into the 2 hour debate was really all about attacking the senator from vermont there were times during this debate you really couldnt hear what was being said on stage because everyones talking at once and this is to be expected Bernie Sanders is the front runner the moment he got a pretty decisive victory in nevada rees being attacked on things like how he will pay for his universal Health Care Plan hes been attacked on his gun Safety Record hes been attacked on just about everything and this is a vital test for Bernie Sanders if he can do well under these conditions it may give voters confidence that he can do well with President Donald Trump he is holding his own Elizabeth Warren is getting a lot of time but it is doing. Fairly well there are no front runners here in this debate but this primary in South Carolina this coming up on saturday is vital in particular to former Vice President joe biden hes a hes enjoyed historic support amongst africanamerican voters here and they make up 60 percent of democratic voters in this state but hes been dropping as Bernie Sanders and tom are eating into his once commanding lead so for him its very important but its important for all 7 candidates on stage here in charleston tonight and lets just pick up on joe biden there you mentioned him i mean so far his campaign has been extremely sluggish is this make or break for him do you think. It could well be i mean the Biden Campaign is starting to run out of money if you talk to any political analysts they will tell you biden is just its just have to win in South Carolina has to win big to give his back because his supporters confidence that he can go on because he does have a long history in this state lots of support from africanamerican voters that appears to be slipping away to some extent but all the polls showing that he is still in the lead so he will be watching saturdays results in South Carolinas primary very very closely indeed as well senator Bernie Sanders whos within striking distance right now of the former Vice President all right there in charleston South Carolina and we thank you for that. Now Hosni Mubarak the egyptian president who was forced from power during the arab spring uprisings has died aged 91 he passed away in a car a hospital where hed recently undergone surgery 3 days of National Mourning have been declared war but money looks back on the late rulers life and legacy. Hosni mubarak maintained a grip on power in egypt for 3 decades until finally in 2011 the people how to know millions took to the streets hundreds of killed but after 18 days this used to how much resident mohammed Hosni Mubarak has theres cited use of them to wave the office of the president of the republic. Now to react to that they hope the new theyve brought the i am this down. The military council took the reins of power but it was from the bullet train the bark bridge and listened to power. A former. In 1973 he led an air campaign the regain the Sinai Peninsula israel it has been. Humiliating loss in the 967 war president anwar sadat made him Vice President. 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 or the arab spring began. A resident charged with corruption and abuse of power in 2012 he was sentenced to life in prison the failing to stop the key. Killing hundreds of protests is after a retrial mubarak was acquitted in 2017. But his legacy hasnt juillet with the current regime led by another military figure. Using similar hard line tactics to crackdown on dissent in order to stay in power. While several leaders have reacted to the baraks death egypts current president has praised his role during the 973. 00 conflict with israel. He says the war restore dignity and pride to the arab nation palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas praised mubaraks support for the palestinian cause and for the Palestinian People and achieving their freedom and independence and israels Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu held the barak as a great leader 1st so 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 that led 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 path i wish to send condolences to president al sisi the mubarak family and all the egyptian people. Takes a look back now the revolution that ended hosting a baraks reign. Personally mubaraks death comes almost 9 years to the day since he was forced out of office by an historic uprising for 18 Straight Days gyptian is from all walks of life on the streets demanding the resignation of the man who practically for 30 years the 2011 uprising had begun on january 25th at the at the mubarak government had said it catered to celebrate egypts Police Forces but for millions of egyptians there was nothing to celebrate. Here at Security Apparatus says knocked up Political Prisoners tortured detainees and into. Several cases he 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. Flags riding camels charged towards the protesters several 100 people were killed in suez and xandra and destroyed 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 clear square in the center of cairo into a protest site that gripped the worlds attention. Mubarak tried to appease them 1st by reshuffling his cabinets 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 mubaraks speech was projected on to screens at protests sites across the country demonstrators threw their shoes at them and shouted we are not leaving he must leave the box 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 supports him it was announced that he was stepping down thats already many revolutionaries believed that meant that they had won but the child 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 full and the regime was to remain even stronger. Or just 0. Time for a short break here aljazeera when we come back once thriving syrian areas have become ghost towns as the Government Presses on with a major offensive. And in support the outfit the former champion is blaming for his defeat against tyson fury on that stay with us. Hello and welcome back we begin our forecast in northeastern parts of asia this is a frontal system move across Japan Bringing heavy rain and snow at Higher Elevations its expected to clear away during the course of wednesday so tokyo if you do see rain 1st in the morning it should brighten up highs then of 12 degrees nothing special in terms of temperatures for those winds coming in from the north so across much for cairo still snow on the ground and temperatures in sapporo just on freezing further towards the west we got a little bit of rain across the eastern side of china a few showers expected across taiwan hong kong should be generally dry and fine but across more central areas who got this area of rain which is going to develop push further north was nice it does so well just gauge a bit of cold air from the north so we could see it turning to snow even beijing for the chance of the old flake of snow but really nothing more than that moving down into southeastern parts of asia here weve had really big storms effect in jakarta such as been extensive flooding over the last 24 hours that had a months worth of rain in the space of 24 hours or some familiar picture here as the forecast i cant see anything particularly heavy the shower activity weve got at the moment is likely to continue but those showers at the sort of showers you would expect at this time of year and as for temperatures youre looking at a high in the city of 28. 00 degrees. Step into the unknown with central americas 1st ever theatrical production by actors with down syndrome. A life journey illuminated on stage each performer transformed with the raise of a curtain. Witness time to love a backstage tale. On a. Dead end did you get the peace prize too soon. Is this. Going to hurt or help Donald Trumps reelection chances it is very true when they fail to cheat somebody on 5th avenue and not have any consequence this is not a muslim issue this is a human colony issue join me many as i put it up from questions to my special guest and challenge them to some straight talking political debate here on aljazeera. Welcome back a program on about top stories here on aljazeera the number of coronavirus cases has surged to more than a 1000 in south korea most of the new infections were reported in and around the southeastern city of daegu with the center of the outbreak the latest cases include one u. S. Soldier the 1st American Service member to contrive a virus. The World Health Organization as one of the coronavirus epidemic is rapidly escalating and action must be taken quickly to prevent it from becoming a pandemic follows the confirmation of a number of new cases in europe and the middle east and egypt announced 3 days of National Mourning after its longtime former president Hosni Mubarak died at the age of 91 he ruled for 30 years and was forced from power in 2011 following mass protests. As we knew more now on the corona Virus Outbreak as we mentioned earlier the virus has spread to several regions across italy with 11 deaths and more than 300. 00 confirmed cases for now most of them are concentrated in a cluster of communities in the north which under quarantine lama jam jim reports from just outside the socalled red zone in the lumbar region. For a while it seemed like the ambulances were the only vehicles passing through on their way to lumber these red zone and all the areas towns under quarantine. Just a few kilometers from the center of italys coronaVirus Outbreak the security personnel often outnumbered the cars on the road at this checkpoint no one could get in or out without permission and. Ive been stopping a lot of people and this makes me feel anxious because even if the center of the virus isnt right here its not that far away brunos friend luigi also lives in sort of esko in a part of the town that hadnt yet been locked down but will be on the National Mall and it will kill me throw me into the problem is not just a few meat is in the red zone not in the red zone the issue concerns the whole of lumby not living in the red zone is not that much of an advantage i can move but the danger is everywhere and. It was just a short while later that the threat level was indeed reassessed and the boundaries and large the sense of alarm here is only growing weve seen many ambulances go in and out of the quarantine area these past few hours and in the last 30 minutes weve had to move about a kilometer down the road after authorities decided to expand the red zone in rome an emergency meeting was held to deal with the crisis as italys Health Minister and several of his european counterparts came together in an effort to find solutions notion is sort of a local and it is no change for travel conditions of italians travelling from italy and going abroad this is the 1st commitment made by countries bordering with italy they want to share the idea that blocking borders would be a mistake a disproportionate and wrong maisha. But in around the exclusion zone residents concern themselves with other borders. These newly created ones inside northern italy streets that would usually be full sat nearly empty and a growing number of people worried about the effectiveness of their governments current containment measures. In the town of journalists in northern italy. And in afghanistan where Health Care Infrastructure is already under strain because of decades of war fears of a corona Virus Outbreak put authours hes on alert public gatherings have been banned but the border with iran remains open and as how to reports now from kabul an open border has a very real potential to allow those infected to come right in. First to spec to afghan coronavirus cases are held in the isolation ward of iraq hospital defers confirmed patient 35 year old man who just returned from the epicenter of the outbreak in iraq. We dont have proper means to deal with patients the medical staff is also in danger the virus can be transferred to us during the checkout we dont have proper gloves masks or protective clothing this is a very big risk to us. Detection is slow samples are sent to kabul for testing Health MinistryOfficials Say they are prepared in case the outbreak spreads. And provincial hospitals more than 13 for regional hospitals but. Like any other country of the world afghanistan is also. Positive and iran has increased ability of afghanistan as well. This hospital for Communicable Diseases in kabul donated by japan has been designated to treat coronavirus patients in the capital but its a far cry from the reality in the rest of the country the Health System here is in Poor Condition and can barely cope with. This shortage of everything from medicine to equipment to train nurses and doctors and even there are not enough facilities around the country and about 50 percent of afghans live under the poverty line like Everything Else here health care has suffered from food decades of war there are fewer than 3 doctors for every 10000 afghans and one bed 420000 people in some remote areas the shortages are even worse the province of herat has been declared a medical emergency area wedding calls and other places of public gatherings are temporarily shut but border crossings with iran have reopened after today closure thousands of workers traders religious pilgrims and refugees crossing back and forth. We are worried because the borders open and people are coming from iran we cannot detect any positive carrier of the virus the screening teams cannot do their job effectively they can only inform about the symptoms and bring awareness he is in a trading route linking afghanistan to iran and beyond. It is also from where the corona virus spreads throughout afghanistan as several more suspected cases are tested areas far from the border with iran that hamid aljazeera kabul. To india now where the number of People Killed in the unrest in new delhi has risen to 13 more than 150 others have been injured in 3 days of violence over the countrys new citizenship nor seen by many as discriminating against muslims in the groups who are accused of attacking muslims demonstrating against the law or attorney berkeley reports from new delhi. The suburbs of geoffrey about him in northeast delhi have become battlegrounds in the fight against indias citizens Amendment Law for the 1st successive day Security Forces fought with protesters both for and against the law. 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 when police and people with the mob started firing repeatedly they fired tear gas one person was shot in the chest and another one in the hand. Another wounded youth who sped 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 gamble is supporting him do they not muslims we fear fire the police also 5 on them us only with them on muslims only not into the police not supporting 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 please helping hindu nationalists collect rocks and other images of officers apparently beating muslims. On policeman says so you want your freedom and then beats him. Other images show mosque being vandalized a 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 special forces and Rapid Reaction units were on patrol in a show of 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 it to malady. I am i its unfathomable to allow your own people to die like that takes a certain kind of heat on this area has become ground 0 in this divisive fight now and its 3rd month and many fear the turmoil is going to get worse before it gets better Tony Berkeley aljazeera jaffer about ne and. When the violence was taking place as u. S. President donald trump wrapped up his 1st trip to india while the 36 hour visit had plenty of pageantry little progress was made on the 2 countries differences on trade elizabeth purana reports in the capital new delhi Donald Trumps 1st visit to indias capital coincided with the worst violent protests against the government citizenship law since it was passed in december before he arrived white house staff said the president would raise concerns but promised in the day that morty about the critics condemned as anti muslim. But trump didnt seem too concerned when he spoke to reporters the Prime Minister was incredible in what he told me he wants people to have religious freedom and very strongly he said that in india india they have. They have worked very hard to have great and open religious freedom 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 keen to emphasise the sate of 3000000000. 00 worth of military equipment to india 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. We discussed every aspect of our Partnership IncludingDefense SecurityEnergy Strategic partnership and Technology Cooperation growing defense and Security Cooperation is a vital part of our Strategic Partnership 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 but 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 nationalist government citizenship you know and mistreatment of Indian Muslims elizabeth pran of aljazeera new delhi. To syria now where governments in russia have killed at least 10 people sheltering in schools across the province the last remaining rebel held area. The White Helmets rescue group says at least 8 schools were hit with custom bombs on tuesday there are fears the death toll will rise the United Nations is warning of a bloodbath as fighting in the northwest moves closer to makeshift camps for internally displaced families. Nearly 900000 people have been forced from their homes by the fighting in libya since december stranded on the border with turkey and of nowhere left to run or hide. From 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. 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. Feeling hopeless and angry here we turn to must almost saying hed rather die where he was born. Or 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 moved up 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 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. But i wot is will stop us. He was with his parents the night they died but had to go to another village to bring back. They had left behind lemonick had they. Will 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 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 syrians that accident to new for as long as the Government Funds does not come for turkey and russia have failed to agree on a ceasefire and if theres no ceasefire those stranded on the border they may be the next target. The Turkish Border with syria now the News Agency 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 skies according to bloomberg riyadh and its supporters want concessions from doha ahead of the 2022 world cup tournament cattle saudi led blockade for nearly 3 years washington reportedly wants to end the gulf rift following last years attacks on oil tankers in the area. 3 people have now been confirmed dead after a mudslide in southeastern peru on monday it happened in the region of santa teresa the area seen a lot of torrential rain which is expected to continue over the coming days. Flooding has destroyed a number of buildings and forced many to flee their homes. Now the opening of a major Music Festival in chile has been hit by violence is the latest economic inequality protests have been raging for 4 months despite the news deployment of Security Forces more trouble is expected throughout the week or latin america and its on the sea and human reports being at the muddy is chiles version of monte carlo a seaside city famous for hosting the Spanish Speaking worlds most prestigious song festival for the past 60 years. But this week the socalled garden city is on recognizable the latest epicenter of months of unrest. Wild pop star ricky martin open to being at a lot of festival outside protesters chanted yes we can. As good than ransacked a car dealership others burned vehicles and destroyed property. President s of us stamping it out who is under fierce pressure from his conservative constituency to crack down on 4 months of ongoing unrest this was the last straw. The dividing line is between those who believe in democracy and want to live in peace and those who practice violence and want to destroy our democracy this park for peace democracy and against violence to translate into concrete are. Among his proposals is legislation to strengthen Security Forces and Intelligence Services as well as to fast track a bill to allow the army to secure key infrastructure such as the water system and electricity grid. But these will do little to quell the main causes of the social unrest which of also brought out hundreds of Peaceful Protesters here in the nya. Nya 68 percent of the population lives below the poverty line with no water or sanitation this city has more important needs in this festival. Meanwhile the nobel modest iconic otello higgins is closing says management until authorities can guarantee the safety of guests and staff living other matter festival is widely being seen as a litmus test to see how authorities will deal with a new wave of unrest which is widely expected to start in march thats when students return to class and Congress Reconvenes the government has already announced that the arrival of more modern weapons to deal with crowd control including new fortified water can be a girls and possibly paying bombs and acoustic grades the president is commending the police for what he calls their hard work making no mention of the scores of human rights abuses committed by Security Forces and documented by the un and other human rights organizations as things stand now if you expect these violations nor the mob violence to end any time in the near future you see in human aljazeera. Time for another short break here and aljazeera when we come back well have all the support well hear from me to missy and tennis star setting new standards for players in the arab world and he will have all the details more on that status. Welcome back time for the sport his on. Thank you very much a senior olympic official says the spread of corona virus is now a threats of this years tokyo games dick pound believes organizers have a 3 month window in which to decide the fate of the july events and 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 that was 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 japans olympic organizers and Health Officials say its still too early to consider counseling the games on choose day School Children in care marks 6 months until the start of the paralympics they competed in events organized by japans long jump paralympian sharkey to cater he says shes being extra careful to avoid infection so that the nascar goodness show got it all those them 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 sport in north across the globe japans top football competition the jamie postponed matches and so at least march the 15th south koreas caley has delayed the start of its season its how in football also being affected for syria against perspired last weekend in samoans Europa League match on thursday well that will be played behind closed doors and iran has suspended all sporting events and so at least march the sick except top League 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 offense to another city at this stage and its just not an option its 149. 00 days to the opening ceremonies and you know theres not a logistics movie you know what it 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 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 they want to jump into the Olympic Games and i 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 lose injure 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 so i guess chelsea 3 nail in london not only in barcelona drawing 11 in italy achieves a months 1000 days and still count so high 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 bharti has made a winning returns action the australian is competing in the cats are open and so on germanys aura sequined in a 1st match since losing in the semifinals of her home grand slam both in securing this 2nd round match in straight sets well 2020 is already been a breakout year for 2 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 the internet i like the way its coming off for me like that im a dream is coming true weve seen a lot of new players coming out as asia do you think having top level tournaments in africa how will how grow the sport there im going to wishing it to have more tournaments there we have a lot of bites yes like small tournaments but im actually looking forward to have a more the beauty is the only one and its unmoral cool right now. I hope one day we can have a w. C. Back in my country and then into nisha i know i have to give a good image im trying my best to to inspire a lot of players to be here either in tunisia or enough to go even in the arab world. Its a responsibility but i think im ready for it and i hope i hope i can do a good job you did very well at the Australian Open how has that changed your career it was my one of my goals to be in the 2nd week of 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 in my mind they could be really good then and they would be good games but it never happened for me but now even this part changed a lot of things for me made me more confident on the court maybe believe more in my dreams and in the end of 2019 i spoke to my team and i said like thats this years going to be 21. 00 is going to be my year and i want to do good and dont say well the 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 a tribute so black history month. Ok but is always cool for now. Thank you very much thats it for me down in jordan for this news hour but some is a down will be up next with much more of the days news stay with us thanks for watching but about. The latest news as it breaks the syrian army seems determined to defeat the rebels and continue its advance was the city of red lip thats a red line for turkey with detailed coverage the National Policy defense of Wild Elephants is yet to be fully implemented 14 years after it was introduced from around the world well this fight will be completely transformed over the next 6 years this will be the northern terminus for phase one of the project. Migrants in uniform volunteering their labor to appease locals and combat the anti migrant sentiment. People in power travels to the north of italy where a bold experiment is underway. With an unconventional approach to integration. Italys migrant boot camp on. The 70 years after one tribes and that journey from palestine to the nile delta aljazeera world meets the largest concentration of 914 refugees in egypt. The socially isolated community with your rights fighting to survive and keep their palestinian heritage alive in a world where their cause is increasingly marginalized egypts while the island on aljazeera. Warnings there was yet to come in the global corona Virus Outbreak south korea reports another 169. 00 cases bringing the total number of infections to 1100. 00. This is a rapidly escalating epidemic in different places they. Weve got to tackle super fast to prevent a pandemic. Hello im sammys a dan this is al jazeera live so coming up a lot of Us Democratic president ial