A flatlining economy plus. Trillions of children will take a sneak peek at 2 critically acclaimed movies at the Berlin Film Festival. Top story Syrian Government strikes have killed 2 turkish soldiers near the town of it live province the. Syrian rebels backed by turkey say theyve regained control of the town is their 1st significant victory since losing ground to a russian backed Army Offensive the town sits on the junction of 2 major highways it live province and parts of neighboring aleppo and hama provinces are the only major opposition held areas left in syria. Government forces and their allies have been making gains to taking what they say is full control of southern italy in charlotte dallas. Syrian troops on the move it live province is the holdout the one place president Bashar Al Assad is yet to claim that village by village its coming within reach. On towards more villages of months are we are we are still in action stores are in spite of the took a support to our enemies using foreign arms and ammunition these russian backed Syrian Government soldiers are fighting Turkish Backed rebels now turkey is facing a challenge with its observation posts in the province around it and president richard type only one has ordered his troops to push back. Russia does not want to accept humanitarian sensitivity the time that we gave to those who besieged or observation posts is ending we are preparing plans to liberate our observation posts from the surrounding forces by the end of february 1 way or another. He also warns that turkey will attack Government Forces anywhere in syria if another turkish soldiers injured 16 have been killed in syria this month his speech came as a russian delegation arrived in turkey to discuss the crisis and it lived with though president Vladimir Putin has ruled out a summit with the turkish german and french leaders the fight for control of the province has forced nearly a 1000000 people from their homes since early december the u. N. Says more than half of the people now living in places like this a children. We left our area about 20 days ago we left under airstrikes with only the clothes on our backs we were left out in the open and spent some time under trees we went towards the city of albab but we didnt find any place to live and no one who would let us stay on their land. In the 9 years since the war began many people have fled frontlines for the relative safety of it lib now the front line has come to them theyre increasingly squeezed against the border with turkey the Syrian Forces inch food shelling residential areas over one has intervened worried about another potential refugee crisis. We are not going to take even a little step back in the ad lib we will push the Syrian Regime forces out of the areas that weve designated and let people return back to their houses but for now thats not an option at least 26. 00 People Including School Children were killed and more than 100. 00 injured this week the White Helmets risky group says 8 schools and kindergartens were deliberately targeted with cluster bombs Syrian Forces have captured dozens of towns and villages in any pushback by turkey may leave residents in the crossfire shallop bellus aljazeera. Ok lets get more from aljazeera. In turkey close to the border with syria events on the ground clearly moving very fast what do we know. Well the rebels have banished to take over said archive weve seen videos of soldiers activists in in the city of sirte about a few hours ago when they took control of it but the fight is still underway of particularly on the outskirts of so a lot of this was part of an operation that started yesterday with in a huge offensive by the rebels backed by turkey to take over the strategic city which is located on the 2 major highways and 4. 00 and 5. 00 the 2 highways are crucial for Government Forces because they link the capital damascus to places like aleppo and the northeastern part of syria and this is a major setback although the government is not talking officially about losing sadhaka but they are saying that the burbles have lost a big of earlier in the day now this the fighters who are mainly a Loose Alliance of syrian rebel groups are saying that after taking over stock of the moving south towards about other thats in their man to take it or where and if you look at the pattern now it seems that the Syrian Opposition backed by turkey is trying to reverse most of the gains made by the Syrian Government over the last few weeks will they be able to do that well definitely that we need huge tactical and military are just tickle support from the turkish army to be able to make those gains and how are the territorial gains and losses being rewritten in other areas. Fascinating how this how the political map is changing shifting every day in syria so now are is that as of the rebels are moving making gains inside our cave the villages around stark of the Syrian Government is taking more villages and territory in the southern part of the province of idlib and this is going to further pose huge challenges for the opposition because if they take over the tonight man they will have now to redeploy most of their fighters to the work towards the south the problem in the south is that the Syrian Government is backing by the russian fighter jets wish are doing exactly what theyve been doing over the past few months the break the defense lays of the rebels that pound the areas that target civilian communities along with the syrian army and this is something that has been said by the united the International Community and the United Nations and i think the purpose being to drive more civilians from those areas and to put more pressure on the rebels to pull out from those areas now if the turks turks of the russians manage to come up with an agreement over the Demilitarized Zone that the cease fire that could further defuse tension if that doesnt happen were likely to see more fighting in over the coming days and when we talk about the turkish involvement here this time yesterday we were discussing here on aljazeera mr erdogan saying that he would respond would it be accurate perhaps to predict that today or tomorrow it will be a question of when not if there was a Turkish Military response to whats happening within this quickly changing ebb and flow. Indeed and he said within a few a frame of one week we will we will be finishing our intervention you could be today could be the start of that. Window frame that was. Presented by a president but as of now the Turkish Military has been. Building up its presence in the province of it later this sending more troops into the area and the turkish officials are saying that ultimate goal is to consolidate the 12 military outposts that were set up in different parts of it live part of the agreement that was signed with iran in 2018 of this time they would like to ensure that the Syrian Government pulls out from all areas behind the Demilitarized Zone if that happens from a turkish perspective that would be the the end for their involvement in libya if that does not happen were likely to see the Turkish Military providing significant military assistance to the Syrian Rebels to continue the work that they have started over the last few days which is reversing all the gains that were made by the Syrian Military in the southern ask us of our lives and also in rural aleppo hashim thank you. Borders closing travel restricted trade routes frozen governments are imposing ever tougher measures to control the spread of the coronavirus in the middle east is halting visas for the pilgrimage and restricting tourist travel from affected countries iraq has closed schools and universities and banned public gatherings as well as flights from several countries now in iran 19 people have died the u. S. Has halted joint military exercises in south korea and the us President Donald Trump has put Vice President mike pence in charge of the american response to the outbreak in europe italys confirmed its 12th death and has been a 2nd death in france 82000 infections have been recorded in 44 countries and territories lets go to rob mcbride whos in Seoul South Korea recording his highest number of cases in one single day so rob theyve cancelled these military exercises i guess that was inevitable at some point over the past couple of days. I think it would have been a surprise if they hadnt canceled the exercises this is a government thats telling its people not to go out to gatherings not to go out to where its crowded it can hardly be hosting war games that bring together thousands of soldiers in working in close proximity the south Korean Military they have already had a handful of coronavirus cases the u. S. Military has already recorded its 1st case some military bases in the country you have access restrictions at others you have quarantine imposed in certain barracks you know its interesting these exercises they happen every spring and they are always controversial the North Koreans are always angered and provoked by them and yet they have gone on for decades not even the hostility level with north korea or the reconciliation thats happened in the last couple of years has dissuaded the militaries from holding these exercises but theyve been stopped now by the coronavirus and as far as the quarantine restriction concerned robin in 2 days ago the government was saying we are going for maximum quarantine stipulations maximum quarantine put in place is that now whats happening. They are taking tougher and tougher measures we had some special bills that were passed yesterday wednesday in the National Assembly giving authorizing in fact dictating that certain departments have to issue face masks to the vulnerable also giving medical professionals the power to order people to have tests whether they like the them or not and the focus is still daegu the city down in the southeast also some of the Health Officials have been talking today thursday about some of the other work that they are doing on the corona virus comparing for example the strain of the virus that they have here with the strain thats been detected elsewhere and their findings they say show that it is identical it has not mutated and the reason thats important is that they can therefore know that the treatment and the way that theyre dealing with it is accurate they are using for example the right virus test and so on are going to be working with their colleagues abroad on a common approach to this International Problem the other thing that they have been talking about is the big spike 334 cases reported this thursday morning which is a big increase but that could well be because of the extra work they have done in testing members of this particular church in daegu who we know suffer this mass infection at these services and the 2nd of these services was on the 16th of february were now about 11 days after that so this would be the kind of incubation period that you might expect for the symptoms to be manifesting themselves right now rob thank you well across the Demilitarized Zone north korea is ramping up efforts to prevent an outbreak there tourists and International Flights from train suspended hundreds of foreigners quarantined the secretive country has yet to report one single case north korea has poor medical infrastructure after years of sanctions russia says it sent hundreds of Virus Testing kits. Still to cover for you here on aljazeera including an easy calm more deaths in delhi following violent protests over the controversial citizenship law in india. And while libyas eastern based government loyal to the warlords. Is refusing to take part in u. N. Talks. Hello and welcome to International Weather forecast as we look at weather conditions across europe theres yet another area of low pressure moving in from the west this time missing United Kingdom instead going across france on the low countries as a run the forecast through thursday there you can see heavy snow pushing in towards eastern parts of france that will run over the alps which is good but least and quite a long way north into much of western and central parts of germany cause in 0 problems over the high ground of eastern belgium in particular be could see 15. 00 to 20. 00 centimeters of snow now widespread 5 centimeters is possible so some travel disruptions on the cards here quieter conditions across the u. K. But temperatures no great shakes just 6 degrees in london across more a snare is generally find that low pressure moving through the baltics still getting some very unsettled weather conditions at times and through friday more rain coming in much of it quite like that across these Western Areas and then snow working its way across more eastern parts down through into the balkans as we head into northern and central parts of africa where the conditions generally are looking ok but of breeze coming off the mediterranean from the gulf of sirte so 19 is a high in tripoli and benghazi otherwise looking generally fine just wanted to show us around the coast of west africa highs of 29. Frank assessments the one thing about these bush bars is it really working out the. Climate change informed opinions economy i think is actually whats keeping donald trump afloat right now critical debate sequel on those 2 school board lawyers all of this argument is astonishingly patronize a indepth analysis of the days headlines this is the beginning of the new iraq of the new conscious and aware of that struggle against an ethnic sectarian kotor inside story on aljazeera. Welcome to just joining us youre watching aljazeera live from doha your headlines Syrian Rebels backed by turkey say theyve regained control of the town of sort of keeping it live province Syrian Government airstrikes killed 2 turkish soldiers near the town. Many countries are stepping up measures to stop the corona virus from spreading saudi arabia has suspended visas for the film brought pilgrimage and restricted tourist travel from affected countries the u. S. And south korea have postponed joins military exercises. President trump says the u. S. Is ready for any outbreak of coronavirus he added that the government would spend whatever is appropriate to fight the illness he also appointed his Vice President mike pence to manage the countrys response. The australian Prime Minister says its not a matter of if but when the virus becomes a pandemic thats the definition given to a disease that spread worldwide Scott Morrison has been laying out his governments response is urging people to carry on with their daily lives there is no need for us to be moving towards not having Mass Gatherings of people you can still go to football you can still go to the cricket you can still go imply with your friends down the street you can go off to the concert and you can go effort chinese male you can do all of these things because astride the us has acted quickly astride has got ahead of this at this point in time but to stay ahead of it we need to now elevate our response to this next phase. The number of People Killed in days of violence in new delhi has now risen to 33 after the deaths of critically injured patients and hospital relatives of some muslim victims of accuse the police of standing by as hindu crowds attacked allegations the government denies is Tony Berkeley. Im of the year after the street battles subsided wednesday was a day hindus and muslims mourn the loss of loved ones after some of the worst violence delhi has suffered in decades this is the funeral of mohammad for can a father of 2 who was killed when the violence began a few days ago he was on the way to shops to buy food for his kids at a bus stop i received a call saying that my brother has been shot i couldnt believe it i was with him an hour earlier i rushed to the hospital but i found that he was already dead he doesnt know who was responsible. Both sides of the Community Hindus and muslims have suffered outside the morgue of the state run hospital relatives await the completion of postmortem examination is on victims so they can take the bodies for cremation or burial. This man says his nephew died from a bullet to the neck he says it was fired by a muslim as. Someone who was but when he was pressed he says he never witnessed the killing was the violence stopped after a group of muslim women were persuaded to abandon their city in protest at a block to busy road and angered hindu nationalists and the government sent in Paramilitary Forces and Rapid Reaction units to reopen the suburbs. The death toll is rising and hundreds of injured people are being treated in 3 local hospitals many of the dead are said to have died from Bullet Wounds its not clear who was responsible. There was a physical cost to these of the scarred remains of muslim owned businesses in cardwell nagar in northeast delhi some people have lost everything the major violence may have stopped at least for now but its been so damaging the question is how long will it take communities both muslim and hindu to heal and how can they ever fully restore trust. Only lawyers have started the Legal Process for those who were responsible for inciting the violence to face justice the protests against the new citizenship law which started in december were joined by people from all religions and minorities across india there is a concern now that hindu nationalists may try and turn this into a religious issue i am seriously concerned about this is the players from there this movement is going to be given religious sheep which is in fact not after 3 days of silence Prime Minister modi sent out a tweet calling for calm and for peace and harmony to be restored the streets are quieter but the death toll is expected to rise and the repercussions of what happened here are likely to affect not just the capital but also the whole of india Tony Berkeley aljazeera delhi. There is no anger over the Indian Governments decision to replace a judge she was hearing cases related to the violence in Delhi High Court justice a small drop out ordered investigations into leaders from Prime MinisterNarendra ModisHindu Nationalist Party the b. G. P. For inciting attacks against muslims he also criticised the local police force transfer was ordered 2 weeks ago but only action and on wednesday night after his comments were made. A representative of libyas eastern backed of ministration which is loyal to the warlords after has reiterated that his side will not take part in peace talks the uns been trying to bring them together rivals from the internationally recognized government in tripoli gather together in geneva our diplomatic editor james bays is there. The u. N. Will not confirm exactly who is attending these talks we know they were going to invite 13 delegates from the house of representatives now that is dominated by those who are loyal to general haftar and they say theyre not participating currently in this process on the other side the government of National Accord well their States Council 13 members of that were invited again they say theyre not taking part that leaves the 14 members invited by the u. N. Representing Civil Society its not clear whether theyre here either and how many of them have turned up for these talks south africa is one of the key members of the African Union dealing with the issue of libya its Deputy Foreign minister told me Everyone Needs to come to geneva for these talks libya is important farces chairperson of the African Union because. If there is no peace in libya it adversely impact politically and economically in the entirety of the region in africa so our poor to all the peace activists is there to aggressively pursue engagement on. Immediate. Cessation of hostilities the u. N. Special representative ghassan salami whos running these talks is clearly trying to get some momentum into libyas diplomacy but it leaves an important question if the key players who can end the war arent here what is the point of these negotiations. And in new york the u. N. Security councils had closed door briefings about the diplomatic efforts in geneva heres what germanys foreign minister said afterwards of the visit to playing the spirit of the European Union has agreed to set up a mission and that our next Foreign Ministers meeting in brussels hopefully will decide exactly what that mission would look like and then well have a basis to work out what the consequences could be for those who continue to violate the arms embargo because there have. To be consequences and regardless of what they look like there are a lot of tools to work with its just the 1st step in raising the political pressure with the aim of preventing any further violation of the arms embargo if that keeps happening anyway then we in the European Union will have to talk about what the consequences look like. Months of often violent mass protests demanding an overhaul of lebanons governing system of. Recent weeks the new government is putting together an emergency economic plan but he faces the challenge of gaining International Support and pressure on the streets could increase again if theres another collapse reports now from beirut. Lebanese are becoming poorer there doesnt seem to be a clear way out of the countrys worst economic crisis in decades shortages of dollars have driven up the price of basic goods the Consumer ProtectionAgency Reports increases of at least 40 percent which is how much value lebanons local currency has lost on the black market in recent months. The milk used to cost 12000. 00 the beast pounds it is now 40000. 00 and prices are increasing but our salaries have not increased and we are not being paid in dollars Officials Say they are working to address the financial hardships people face even though they have warned it will involve unpopular measures the new government is battling a crisis of confidence at home and abroad there is no reason a country this blast was so many gifts including incredible Human Resources does not have in 2020 modern Waste Management system 247 electricity for everyone a single armed force under the control of the state and a growing economy lebanons dollar reserves are drying up which makes it hard for the state to pay back the public debt and import basic supplies like wheat medicine and flour the Prime Minister trying to secure Financial Aid to lebanon and. He is accusing his opponents of convincing arab and western nations not to give any help but those. Made it clear. The government showing commitment to serious reforms and combat corruption. That has been the demand of antiestablishment protesters who have been on the streets for more than 4 months and their numbers have dwindled and the movement has lost momentum but that can change we believe the. 2 asian economic and political station is doing ok. But i think its building up and there will be a moment when people will come down again people try to bring down the symbols of the state and overthrow the old Political Class the state fought back but as more and more lebanese become economically drained and warnings of a potential collapse approach reality these walls may do little to protect those in power. Be able. To critically acclaimed movies of the Berlin Film Festival telling stories through the eyes of children and the way their lives are damaged by corporate greed one is set in mongolia the other in nicaragua dominic cain has more. On the wide steps of his home 11 year old hopes his fatherhood kathy his is a traditional mongolian community. But while he likes it out on the step and are also likes to have fun he dreams of winning prizes for his singing. This song is called golden things a reminder of the abundant Natural Resources under this land but others want that land to Mining Companies who offer small compensation to buy am was trying out of their own land when his father dies suddenly faced by a world of to see. And of danger. His fathers legacy means he must grow up fast and for the films young star theres one overriding message. Dynamo sample i hope people will realize the danger is that mining can bring to our world there are so many Mining Companies and because of that the river is a drying up and this means that farmers and herders cant keep their sheep and goats and cows fully fed and watered people who live in the city really dont know about this. Amre struggle against the odds in veins of the world opens up a window on the struggle in the demonstration of childhood resilience its a theme we also see in the documentary peril about a child in the cargo struggling again against adversity at the start we see farrow with his grandmother in their Community Close to the jungle then we follow peril as he explores the environment around him where his natural curiosity takes an up with alone we see him playing with friends on sandy beaches but its clear this path must soon end because a vast new transoceanic canal is coming and peril school must close meaning he must go to live with his aunt in the big city once there its clear this is a journey of sadness and of dislocation which the films director believes the world audience must see i want to show microcosm we lost. So deep connected to the nature and their surroundings and i think this was for me the most important part exciting and yet to tell this story about this boy in this special microcosm the directors of both films believe modern life in the developing world is defined by adversity and how those who face it must show resilience to survive dominic kang aljazeera at the Berlin Film Festival. Recapping our top story so far here on aljazeera the Syrian Rebels backed by turkey say theyve regained control of the town of sirte a cuban province Syrian Government airstrikes killed 2 turkish soldiers near the town and the army says its captured several towns and villages in southern italy. Has more now from the turkey syria border. The rebels have to take over us that are seen videos of soldiers activists in in the city of sirte are about a few hours ago when they took control of it but the fight is still underway particularly on the outskirts of so a lot of this was part of an operation that started yesterday within a huge offensive by the rebels backed by turkey to take over the strategic city which is located on the 2 major highways 4. 00 and 5. 00 the 2 highways are crucial for Government Forces because they link the capital damascus to places like aleppo and the northeastern part of syria. Several countries the stepping up measures to stop the corona virus from spreading saudi arabia has suspended visas for the pilgrimage and restricted tourist travel and the u. S. And south korea joint military exercises in seoul theres been growing expectations here that these exercises would have to be postponed and now weve had confirmation of it if anything it would have been strange if they had gone ahead hosted by a government which is telling its own people to avoid crowds to stage exercises that bring thousands of soldiers together so they have been postponed we had yesterday the 1st confirmed case of a u. S. Service personnel getting the coronavirus and we have various quarantine provisions in place of the number of bases military bases in south korea. The Indian Government has replaced a judge she was hearing cases related to violence in delhi it criticized both the central and state governments as well as the local police force at least 33 people have been killed in fighting between hindus and muslims during the past 4 days those are the headlines up next its inside story ill have more news in 30 minutes. We understand the different cities and similarities of cultures across the around sentimental value taking out. The names and Current Affairs that matter to you. Tension running high in india of a Prime MinisterNarendra Modis controversial citizenship the violence between hindus and muslims has left many dead can the Indian Government keep control of the situation and what it consider withdrawing react this is inside story. Hello welcome to the program im Adrian Finnegan thousands of indians have been protesting for months now against a controversial law that they say discriminates against muslims but the tension around the citizenship and then been attacked has taken a dangerous to the capital new delhi has seen days of violence between the communities