What these voters use. A warning for countries reporting their 1st cases of coronavirus from the head of the world Health Organization. The death toll from violent street battles between windows and muslims in the indian capital climbs to 33. Because its truly should be put on the peak of the street shes in. The deepening economic crisis in lebanon drains confidence in the government and raise the threat of new protests. To begin with a decisive battle in syria rebel forces a desperately trying to hold out against a government offensive and a key town and the province a stream of Turkish Military reinforcements to support the rebels is moving toward the front line city of sarka Opposition Forces captured sarka of a nice reversing one of the main gains of the governments devastating russian backed offensive in the region there is made out father in the outskirts of the city of santa cape with more. In for one of yet about whether or not they are the 3 year we are exactly on the m 4 highway connecting aleppo we look back here this highway leads to the meeting going to the international them 5 highway connecting aleppo and damascus so i could see these the point where both the highways connect but in the circle of the. Saraya to our right was captured this morning by the armed opposition having seized control of the city the armed opposition is now in total control of both the strategic highways however airstrikes are still carried out by both the russian and syrian regimes fighter jets targeting the city on its outskirts. Of the family of a false as you have just seen it was an air strike on the city the armed opposition who is now in control of sarek of city and both the highways say they killed a large number of the Regime Forces inside the city we can also see that plume of smoke as a result of the airstrike aerial bombardment has not stopped on the contrary it has intensified as i said earlier both the highways are now cut off by the armed opposition but it is a big win and a massive advance for the opposition to seize control of seraglio along with a number of its neighboring villages. As weve been saying is important and if we look at this map we can see why whoever controls the m. 4 and m. 5 highways gains Critical Military and economic advantages and the m 5 in particular links aleppo with damascus in the south the growing red areas controlled by the government the shrinking green is rebel territory yellow in the north and the west is controlled by the kurds. But it has more now on the fighting from hard time on board it was serious and this is job but i live on the streets of stark for the rebel commander this is just the beginning of a long push to recapture lost territory after that and after his back on that old control we have managed to evict Syrian Army Russian ally and progovernment militias from soccer i want to assure our people that we will liberate all the cities of syria and if you did that the thought. But for the rebels to hold ground may be challenging the city is located on 2 highways in for an empire which linked damascus to go and northeastern syria. So in Government Troops and russian fighter jets are striking rebel positions preventing them from reinforcing their lines of defense. Moment of triumph for the rebels this is their 1st significant military gain in months. To get the opposition has lost many strongholds and retreated north allowing the syrian army to advance to words live city and as Government Troops close in thousands of civilians flee the offensive has displaced almost 1000000 people and created the worst humanitarian situation since the start of the conflict in syria 9 years ago. Turkey insists its military intervention is so little in short a cease fire is implemented and syrian troops pull back behind the Demilitarized Zone in it globe the developments on the ground in our favor but on the other hand the regimes losses are very big 3 of our soldiers have been killed let them rest in peace but there is no time to deal with this now negotiations were. The russians will continue however we are operating in it live with the i dont agree mint along with the 911 kilometer border we are safeguarding our country we will continue to operate in syria backing Syrian Rebels and told we win the war turkish officials are in talks with russia to get access to the space in northwestern syria a demand that has been so far brushed aside by moscow which accuses uncle of undermining peace efforts its unclear at this stage if the rebels it is part of a large scale military campaign that by turkey in the province of. Rural. But the capture of saket is likely to create momentum among rebel fighters who have suffered a series of setbacks recently asked about aljazeera. The United Nations says called for an immediate cease fire in the region the Security Council is currently holding a session on syria earlier the emergency relief coordinator mira describe the situation on the ground last week i spoke. With 14 syrian women in north than an april what is happening in northwest syria these said is beyond imagination it is not human lee tolerable i echo the secretary generals renewed call for an immediate cease fire to end the humanitarian catastrophe and avoid an uncontrollable escalation. I was on those at the United Nations and joins us now live again i can see it appears this briefing is still ongoing what else has been said. Yeah this meeting will probably be going on for a while longer as more countries still need to speak as well as representatives from syria and turkey that we are expected to hear speak at the end of the meeting as well weve been hearing from top United Nations who meant to humanitarian officials as well as the head of unicef as well as some countries that have spoken as well all of them laying out the very dire situation in northwest syria in each province and also were getting a sense of how urgent this situation now is now this is a regular meeting of the Security Council monthly briefing on the humanitarian situation in northwest syria but nothing is normal about the situation on the ground there and thats why this meeting is extraordinary in the sense of urgency that its taking on as you heard from the assistant secretary of general of humanitarian affairs there laying out the more than 950000 people that have been displaced in northwest syria since early december we also heard from henrietta for the head of unicef who also laid out how much this is affecting children just in northwest syria she said 10 schools have recently been attacked 280000 children just in and around it lives are now with no school to go to and she said 180 schools just in the northwest have been destroyed in the conflict or are having to be used as shelters it just gives you an idea of how much this is affecting education for children there weve also heard from a hypo mosse the German Foreign minister who is here germany along with belgium are the socalled pin holders here which is the u. N. Speak for basically germany and belgium are the 2 countries that are in charge of the syrian humanitary. Infile here at the u. N. Calling for an immediate cease fire in syria also saying they need to do more to help get humanitarian aid into the country because the demand for humanitarian aid is outpacing the uns ability to get that aid in there and we just recently a few minutes ago heard from kelli kraft the top u. S. Diplomat here at the u. N. Who said that the humanitarian suffering in it live province is in her words quote stomach churn turning so again were expected to hear from the rest of the Security Council members here that are speaking now and also at the end as i mentioned earlier also expected to hear from representatives from syria and turkey as well as very important Security Council meeting as members are really getting a very very raw and if you will depressing for a lack of a better were briefing on how the situation is in northwest syria deborah was only there live from the United Nations thank you. But of all the Health Organization chief has warned that no country is safe from the spreading corona virus epidemic more new virus cases have been identified outside the a. P. Sent to china than inside governments around the world have been scrambling to respond with border closes travel restrictions and some trade suspensions with. Decisive point for the past 2 days the number of new cases reported in the rest of the world has exceeded the number of new cases reported from china and in the bus 24 hours 7 countries have reported cases for the 1st time. Among the countries struggling to contain the spread is iran theres been a sharp rise in cases there in a short period of time so far at least 28. 00 people have died and the w. H. O. Is warning that the extent of the situation there may be worse than they think lets bring in i said big now whos in tehran and joins us via skype so the world Health Organization has also spoken about the high death rate from the coronavirus in iran what more can you tell us. Well the death rate currently stands at 28. 00 but we are hearing from iranian media that the former ambassador to the vatican. He has died of the krona virus and he was 81. 00 now that must add to the death toll but were still waiting from the Health Ministry to update that are currently stands at 28. 00 over 254 people infected now president Hassan Rouhani has signed off on a number of decisions made by the cantor crown of Virus Committee schools will remain closed for a further 3 days from saturday universities will remain closed for in the week the arts and cultural events will still be canceled and were hearing that friday prayers also. Are canceled but also uncertain cities that are affected by the virus people will be tested as they go in and if this science being infected there will be put into current in now the farm is to spokesperson a bus im sorry has been speak in now he says that the chinese red cross are sending 20000 testing kits and medical supplies and is also thanked the Chinese Government for that generous help jury this time but we are also hearing that 23 cities in 23 cities across iran friday prayers have been canceled now thats very significant including here in the heroin and because friday prayers are part of the weekend and it plays a very central role for many people that want to attend mosques and friday prayers but they are large gatherings so its understandable why the iranian government has canceled the list but some countries several countries continue to just suspended flights in between iran and iran is finding itself increasingly isolated asked this crisis develops but there is some positive news here of the Health Ministry here has said that 54 people have been cleared after being infected by the virus theyve been in they go from there quarantine wards because they have for just the virus so that is some positive news but we have to remember that iran. Is under u. S. Sanctions and its economy has been affected and they will want to get this crisis this this virus under control as soon as possible because they dont want the countrys economy suffering already more than it already has an outside in the streets of tehran here its relatively quiet over some people are going about their daily business but the only difference is that theres more people Wearing Masks and gloves as they go about their normal day to day lives thanks for that update thats a said bag there live from tehran the virus is taking an increasingly heavy toll on the Global Economy stock markets in asia europe and the u. S. Continue to fall following the certain cases and deaths across the globe kristen salumi is live for us in new york kristen as weve been saying the crowd of virus is having an impact in so many different ways and obviously the markets are responding whats the latest. Yeah the markets continue to be down for the 6th day in a row stock prices have fallen sharply the major indices are down across all sectors pushing the market into whats known as correction territory that means were hovering around this 10 percent drop from the market highs the highs that were registered just a week ago but as you mentioned there is concern that the ongoing spread of the coronavirus could impact the Global EconomyPresident Trump spoke on wednesday hoping to calm fears and reassure the American Public that there was a low risk of this disease having a major impact in the United States but also cautioning people to be prepared that there could be some interruptions in daily life and again seeking to calm them by saying the government will spend whatever is necessary to take care of the problem but American Companies are signaling that the impact to their business is ongoing and may take longer than they expected to correct them particularly when it comes to supply chains china of course being this major Manufacturing CenterMicrosoft One company that lowered its revenue projections yesterday saying it was just taking too long taking longer than expected to get these supply chains back in order weve got Companies Like starbucks and apple have close locations in china so again the worry about how long its going to take for them to return to normal business janet yellen the former chairwoman of the Federal Reserve made comments yesterday that the coronavirus could could push the United States into recession if if it is not contained were not there yet thats still a long way off but it appears kim that investors are weighing this uncertainty and taking another look at the long term prospects for businesses here and pricing that into their stocks instead theyre putting their money into safe havens like gold and bonds which are seen as less risky as they watch to see how it plays out christine salumi there thank you. Well european stocks have also plans to of the outbreak is that least 14 people have died in a amid a spike and infections most of them are located in the north of the country but Health Authorities have been odds about how to reports the number of cases. In milan and explains why in the data that was introduced by the Civil Protection agency it was also revealed that the 40 people who were initially diagnosed with corona virus have since recovered 37 of those people are in this region lumbered the region and they are in that red zone that containment zone close to the epicenter of this corona Virus Outbreak the town of could dont you know now all that being said we should also mention that there is a debate that has been going on for the last few days between various Italian Health officials there are those here some hospital officials who feel that not every confirmed case of the virus should be reported because they believe that that leads to more concern and perhaps panic and we are now in the piazza the woman this is one of the most famous squares in all of italy especially in northern italy and its basically almost empty this is a square that normally on a day like today would be full it would be full of tourists it would be full of residents who come here to perhaps get a coffee or a meal and then go back to their place of work in the people that were speaking with are also expressing concern about how these numbers are being reported because they say that business is off tourism is off and theyre very worried about what this is going to mean for what is the economic hub of all italy and what this means for their businesses Going Forward all that being said though people are trying to remain calm they are trying to heed the advice of italian officials the past few days who have said it is not reasonable for people to panic. Still to come here on aljazeera army out in force with the opposition calling for a boycott of sundays referendum. Hello and welcome back well start this time in northeastern parts of asia and we have an area of rain extending across central parts of china pushing across the yellow sea its going to be pushing some rain into the Korean Peninsula but its southern parts of japan which will see rain developing during the course of friday just 14 degrees there is a high in shanghai youll notice under all that cloud and then through into saturday that system continues to develop pushing heavy rain across those Southern Islands maybe just flirting with honshu towards the end of the day so a sucker like you see some rain later on still dry in tokyo and still chilly further north in sapporo and that kind of that minus one the maximum temperature lets now move down into southeastern parts of asia is still looking threatening for western parts of java jakarta could see further heavy rain over the next few days but nothing quite as heavy as we saw a couple of days ago lot of showers across borneo. Once again a very wet day is on the cards and then as we head across into south asia weve got one of 2 showers for the Western Ghats otherwise its a largely fine picture delhi their highs of 28 degrees but further north northern pakistan northern parts of india we could see some heavy rain in places with an showers in the foothills of the himalayas. But with. A passion for supporting local communities. And pioneering innovative 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 see africa women make science from the lab to the field on aljazeera. To a. Youre watching out 0 reminder of our top stories this hour Turkish Military reinforcements are heading toward a strategic town and 3 is their products Opposition Forces captured saddam overnight pushing back a major government offensive. The u. N. Humanitarian chief has described civilian suffering in syria as beyond imagination shes addressing the Security Council and is the urging all sides to protect nearly a 1000000 people being displaced by a government. The world Health Organization says the coronavirus epidemic has reached a decisive moment its spread to 7 new countries in the last 24 hours saudi arabia has suspended visas for the and run program which. Are the number of People Killed in days of violence in new delhi has risen to 33 after some critically injured patients died in hospital relatives of some muslim victims have accused police of standing by its hindu crowds attacks allegations the government denies there are 3 months of nationwide protests against a citizenship law that many say is anti muslim 20 birthday is in delhi. So this is the area shown by one of the hardest hit in those 4 days of violence people here are both muslim and hindu so both sides of the fence of the divide have been suffering here but at the moment now were seeing a big show of force with a call in show and tell a Senior Police commissioner is meeting the local people to assess what the situation is and trying to restore calm i have to say 24 hours of peace has changed the whole aspect of whats going on in northeast early people are a little bit more a short reassured people are coming back but what the coming back to his scenes like this youre seeing rubble devastation burnt out buildings but its burnt out buildings and devastation theres affected both hindu. And muslim communities weve spoken to people here theyre of lost everything businessmen have had shops that were destroyed and people who have suffered with loved ones being injured more than 250 people have been injured and the death toll is about more than 30 people now but here we having a situation where the commission is coming but the police here have received criticism for not stepping in earlier and doing something to stop the carnage and the devastation so people are slowly coming back to their districts in finding seems like this but the impetus now is going to the courts and people are now going to the courts to find out who started this who incited this and who should be charged and the police said they have about 100 people in custody no one has been charged yet we dont know yet who is responsible for the deaths of all those people all the injuries but these are inquiries that will have to go on people are asking questions why it took so long for the powell Mission Forces to come onto the streets and restore order and way took so long for their Prime Minister to hand remoting to actually offer some words and call for calm the British Government has declared it wont commit to following e. U. Rolls in a post press trade deal as threatening to walk away from talks as early as june if it sees no hope of a compromise the u. K. Spain setting out its red lines 2 days after e. U. Ministers approved their own joint apart each to the negotiations. After months of unrest in guinea a referendum is to be held on whether to allow the president a 3rd term in office this says it will modernize the constitution but the main Opposition Coalition says hes trying to hold on to power and its urging voters to boycott the gupta reports. These are Turbulent Times in guinea they are just days left before the west african nation votes in a constitutional referendum and now its 81 year old president afrikan day has suggested that he could run for 30 m. An office the main Opposition Coalition says it will no longer recognize him as a legitimate president it wants people to boycott sundays vote. If indeed he carries the aspiration of the people of guinea and have decided not to recognize mr conti as the president of the republican guinea in the months his immediate and unconditional departure from power. More than 30 people have died in months of often violent protest against conde whose mandate ends in december protests to say the referendum is just an excuse to hold on to power this assignment from this week until monday leaves power were going to fight him because hes no longer the legitimate president he violated a co us which prohibits a coup detat and he made a constitutional could a thai army has been deployed across the country ahead of sundays vote conde is guineas 1st democratically elected leader since his independence from france and decades of authoritarian rule he says sundays fort will lead to a modern constitution. But protesters fear it may push me into political uncertainty. On 0. But those years interim Prime Minister matteo mohamed says polly meant will pick a new leader on monday following the collapse of the Ruling Coalition here says the king decided on the vote after he was unable to find a candidate with a clear majority to lead the nation saturday action would be called of the vote ends in an impasse malaysia has been in political turmoil after suddenly resigned and his party quit the coalition on monday both not there and his former Alliance Partner vying for the premiership. Thousands have rallied and against the United States proposed plan for the region protesters gathered outside the u. N. Building rejecting Donald Trumps proposed solution for peace between palestine and israel the plan was announced in january you would see israel annexed the majority of west Bank Settlements and the palestinian capital east of jerusalem. Months of often violent protests demanding an overhaul of lebanons governing system have largely dwindled in recent weeks the new government is putting together an emergency economic plan but needs to Win International support and action on the streets could return if things dont get better soon and a horde of reports 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 Protection Agency 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 prices are increasing but our salaries have not increased and we are not being paid in dollars and 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 blessed with so many gifts including incredible Human Resources does not have in 2020 modern Waste Management system 247 electricity for every one 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 is trying to secure Financial Aid to lebanon and its his accusing his opponents of convincing arab and western nations not to give any help but those nations have repeatedly made it clear any assistance depends on 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 their numbers have dwindled and the movement has lost momentum but that could change we believe. The Current Situation economic and political structure still. I think its building up there will be a moment that comes 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 set up for their own beirut. This is al jazeera and these are the top stories Turkish Military reinforcements are heading toward a strategic town in syrias province Opposition Forces captured saddam overnight pushing back a major government offensive the u. N. Security council is right now addressing the ongoing conflict and humanitarian crisis in syria earlier a un humanitarian chief described civilian suffering in syria as beyond imagination and she called for an immediate cease fire in the region last week i spoke. With 14 syrian women in it lead and north and i pull what is happening in northwest syria these said is beyond imagination it is not humanity tolerable i echo the secretary generals renewed call for an immediate cease fire to an end to the humanitarian catastrophe and avoid an uncontrollable escalation. World Health Organization says the coronavirus epidemic has reached a decisive moment its spread to 7 new countries in just the last 24 saudi arabia has suspended visas for the pilgrimage and the u. S. And south korea have postponed joint military exercises irans Health Ministry says the death toll from the crowd of virus has gone up to 28. 00 at least 245. 00 cases have been confirmed that includes the head of the Parliamentary National security commission. The British Government has declared it wont commit to following e. U. Rules in a post breaks a trade deal and its threatening to walk away from talks as early as june if it sees no hope of a compromise ukase being setting out its red lines 2 days off the e. U. Ministers approved their own joint approach to the negotiations. Thousands of rallied in gods are against the United States proposed plan for the region protesters gathered outside the u. N. Building the plan was announced in january and would see israel annexed the majority of west Bank Settlements and the palestinian capital is to drusilla. Parts of western england are under water after the river burst its banks and flood barrie is the u. K. 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