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A new president bending 15 years of left leaning governments and iran reports more deaths on the coronavirus and sees the number of infections jump to nearly 1000. Coming up in support of the corona virus continues to affect global sporting events well hear the possible Football Team from stuck in europe after being bored from returning to their families of the same sort of the virus outbreak. Turkey had warned syria to back off from its offensive to capture now its taken action to block out the threat said shot down 2 syrian warplanes early on sunday in a new escalation of military action close to its border this video emerged of one of the planes being hit the attack happened as turkeys defense minute. Announced a new military campaign had been nonchurch to drive Syrian Government troops away from the buffer zone near their shared border its all of the killing of 34 take your soldiers in airstrikes on very same as get the latest from our whos in a forest on the turkish Syrian Border its been quite an eventful day with contradictory reports early on the downing of a drone for a stand warplanes being shot tell us about whats happened today there was a busy day for the markets by confrontations in different baath boss of northwestern syria the took a smoother to be shot down to syrian fighter jets over. Continues its attacks targeting governments positions in different bars of the province but this is quite significant and we can see the past where the Turkish Military is tipping up its military insisting that. All the military action or the Operation Spring shield is part of selfdefense and retaliation for the death or 34. 00 soldiers at the same time the Turkish Military is providing significant assistance to the rebels of the move in different parts of live province but while the turkish government and the military are talking about this operation which this say will continue until the syrian army pulls behind the Demilitarized Zone or the buffer zone or the border with turkey that of course the diplomacy diplomacy is that both parties russia and turkey are trying to give diplomacy a last chance that of course the president and president Vladimir Putin will meet all the 5th of last year trying to set aside those differences about how to move forward and 1st of all implement a cease fire in lip ok thank you very much for that update hashim had been my for us in had techies border with syria barely i spoke to one who was this year is serious senior syria adviser to Samantha Power who served as the u. S. Ambassador to the United Nations under president barack obama he says turkeys escalation has only complicated the situation and syria is likely to respond. Turkey is determined to venture the killing of its 34 soldiers and i think now over 52 soldiers have perished in it live. Weve seen the Turkish Air Force particularly its fleet of drones systematically take out regime artillery pieces tanks and also personnel and it seems that they will continue until they feel that they have punished the Syrian Regime enough and dissuaded them and their allied militias from encroaching further up north and ideally retreating to. Into their side of the m 5 highway which is where that the escalation zone kind of border ended up its the really the ball is in the regime and the Russian Court how they respond to that either that the except these new terms by turkey or challenge again they feel that they are limited you know objectives have been achieved visa v. Securing their interest in syria and projecting their power they have no interest in a full out war but they also have to be careful in not getting in tangled themselves with turkey and as youve seen now they have actually been. Watching this play out they have not responded against turkey or turkish assets inside it live and thats actually angered the Syrian Regime and its allies militias including iranian backed militias if you watch the videos online so turkey does not wish a full up confrontation and its in a difficult spot now because it has broader economic and political ties with turkey ideally would have liked to see it lip fall to the regime but turkey just now made it come you know complicated the situation for them and i think russia is going to hope that this is the end of this round but knowing the Syrian Regime they continue to challenge turkey which will. You know precipitate another round of escalation. Meanwhile thousands of refugees and migrants many of whom have fled to syria fighting a continuing to gather at turkeys land border with greece the surge in numbers follows turkey decision to open its borders to europe the greek Prime Minister has called a meeting of the National Security council Greek Security forces say theyve had prevented 10000 people from entering in the past 24 hours and greek police are reporting that more than 500 refugees and migrants arrived on the greek islands closest to turkey on sunday the e. U. Border and Coast Guard Agency called frontex has already deployed hundreds of its staff to greece and area and is looking to deploy more the agency says we are monitoring the situation closely and have raised the alert level for all borders with turkey to high they also say they are monitoring the situation in cyprus they say we are in close and Constant Contact with the greek authorities regarding Additional Support we can provide in this rapidly evolving situation al jazeera natasha name is intervene on turkeys side of the border with greece she says the situation is increasingly desperate for people trying to cross the border. For about 45 minutes we could hear sound bombs just to give you some contacts this road behind me leads to the official checkpoint with greece greek police were firing tear gas at refugees and migrants at the border who were throwing stones at them theyve been caught in a no mans land able to cross the turkish official border but in between a spot unable to cross the greek border and it has been a very tense and frustrating few days for people who say turkey told us the borders are open you can leave and go to europe but they say we are cold we have no food we have no shelter and were not being allowed to leave a government spokesman has said as of a short time ago that since turkey opened its borders more than 80000 people have left turkey for europe now those numbers are being questioned by people on the ground given the great resistance theyre facing and difficulty theyre having attempting to cross the government Spokesman Says that the government has modified its policy it will no longer be preventing Syrian Refugees or any other migrants from leaving and instead it shifting its focus and its limited resources to formulating a contingency plan in the event there is an influx of Syrian Refugees from the government spokesman adding that it does not have the resources to accommodate an influx considering that it already is host to 3700000 Syrian Refugees the Spokesman Says that it is time for europe to take action it cannot handle this challenge alone are less now speak to august there is John Psaropoulos who is on the greek island polls john many refugees have been arriving over the past 2 days on less poles what are they finding when they arrive and what have they been telling you i know youve been speaking to some of them. Well todays arrivals of more than 500 at last count and operations are still ongoing at sea as we speak was a significant ramping up compared to yesterdays numbers of 151 who arrived by sea so clearly there is a response now to the turkish governments change of policy weve spoken to some people who came here free of charge at least 2 people told me that they were approached by turkish smugglers and told boats were being prepared on the beach they could just jump in at no charge. Whereas other people who had made their deals with smugglers weeks ago obviously before the change in government policy 3 days ago paid their money normally but they too are being speeded up they were receiving Text Messages saying the time has come for you to go across now. The government has opened the borders so were going to put you in boats now so both fair paying passengers but also passengers who are being approached to travel for free and now being put in these detainees and the situation the numbers changing day by day so it still remains to be seen how far this ramping up has to go theres also been a reaction from the side of the island is here on less of us while many people here are happy to let the authorities get on with their job of search and rescue and documentation some people are not today we saw scenes of anger and confrontation at a small fishing harbor 10 kilometers north of here as local residents prevented the the refugees who had been towed to the safety of that harbor by the coast guard from disembarking going to shore we believe that those people eventually had to be towed elsewhere blockades by local residents are also preventing entry by. I also received moria camp and there are also blockades on the main roads running north and south along the island so there is clearly a determined group of local residents who want to prevent also reduces from doing what they normally do ok john thank you very much for that update John Psaropoulos live for us on les paul silence well lets speak some more about this not to Daniel Garvin whos in amman jordan hes the regional head of advocacy in the middle east for the Norwegian Refugee Council thank you very much daniel for being with us on aljazeera so we have a situation here where you have thousands of refugees stuck in no mans land between turkey and greece whose responsibility today. Well i mean our core concern is that these refugees are being. Political football. So being used to extract political concessions or so on the political. So its clear that i mean turkey has been phenomenally generous in hosting 3700000 refugees and they need the support of and so our national community. To ensure that we can continue to offer the asylum but equally you must do more for those who are sick and so National Protection should be offered a and not just states like greece which are are ordering turkey so europe needs to prepare both in terms of its funding response but also to accept more refugees to really get in from greece or resettle in from turkey so its a collective of. A collective responsibility for the refugee crisis a collective responsibility right now neither greece nor turkey are respecting these refugees rights to seek asylum you know you talk about europe needing to step up but thats not likely to happen anytime soon not in the media to any way what sort of protection or help them that that these people can hope to get. I mean i think youre right the fact is that the border is with europe at the moment and turkeys border with syria remains sealed so the. Plight of the displaced inside syria and there is almost a 1000000 displaced by the recent escalation. And millions more in turkey these are their concerns their welfare is being placed 2nd so part of this part of the answer on this yes is about funding and support to turkey in hosting those refugees but fundamentally if the International Community cannot find it within itself to protect civilians inside syria yeah to stop the terrible violence there then at the bare minimum they need to offer refugees effective protection indeed because even if turkey was to get the 5th and that its been asking for that wouldnt solve the issue what it i mean ultimately not this is this is linked to the violence and sides inside syria. The borders with turkey remain sealed so the minds of the International Community must be focused on stopping the violence against civilians inside syria as a top priority. And i mean 2nd to that there is the they have to offer safety for the if they cant stop the violence then these people needs to be offered a safe place to live Danielle Garman thank you very much for talking to go of unease with the Norwegian Refugee Council joining us there from amman in jordan thank you for your time. A sprint to morehead on this sound is their news hour including why and a bomb bernie the democratic president ial hopeful looks to walk away with the latino vote on super tuesday nights bizarre scenes in a german Football Game as top team stop day because an offensive banner in the crowd thats coming up meet the spokesman for the. 2 year old guy for us where 15 years of the left wing rule have come to an end in the last hour a new president has been someone in the east who is set to lead a center right Coalition Ending the rule of the leftist brawn front audi voters hope the new conservative government will help boost the economy cut crime and realign Foreign Policy towards the us you guys made his latin American Country to swing to the right speak to all the bowl was in the capital for us monday video. Who has been sworn in its a big change for your guy which has been ruled by the left for 15 years isnt it. If you do. Very well so you will most certainly change for the country to our credit well it was more than a year to date and not the National Assembly is more empty by former president our current president of the senate. If it was a well known around the world looking at all of the really made. Him back in the National Assembly like i do most of all about unity about building there is only about how he plans to all. Of you will why its not a matter of the holiday though or you know its now becoming the 50 years of the name that it may put you off the show you had or busy ceremony well take place at the birth of the election for a white. Apologies for that we seem to harass our connection and leave the country and your teresa roman back in ok you dont look like you know your general. Or your diary says sorry we lost you there for a minute peace continue what will be the new president s priorities. 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And he got out one of their own not invited because of the. d 8 hours rather that is thank you for the tourism ball reporting there live from the capital montevideo in other world news a day after a deal was signed between the u. S. And the taliban the u. S. Secretary of state michael bell has said he is hopeful for a start to intra afghan talks in the coming days and he goes he issues are aimed at ending americas longest war. The agreement set out the conditions that set out the space but no this deal doesnt depend upon trusting anyone it has a deep complex well thought out multi month negotiated verification complex and mechanism by which we can observe and hold every member of the agreement accountable well do that its not about trust its about what happens on the ground not only yesterday which was an important day but in the days that follow but afghanistans president has cast doubt on the upcoming power sharing talks gunny says the government did not commit to releasing 5000. 00 taliban prisoners and insists that cannot be a precondition for talks with the group a prisoner swap was part of the accord signed in ca town saturday its meant to pave the way for a long lasting peace and the withdrawal of all american and nato troops from afghanistan there about 10000 taliban prisoners being held in afghanistan the group says some of them arent actually combatants Hoda Abdelhamid is in kabul with more on what president ghani said. In less than 24 hours president he went from praising the agreement signed by the u. S. And the taliban as a stepping stone towards peace and stability in afghanistan you know saying that he refused aspects of that agreement president when he was specifically referring to prisoners that is part of that agreement about 5000 taliban held in afghan jails versus a 1000 afghans held in taliban jails well president said that its way too soon to talk about this that he was not part of that agreement and this is what he had to say. That there was a request regarding the release of taliban prisoners but it can only be part of negotiations and it cannot be preconditions for starting the intra afghan negotiations also there must be no issue of goodwill because the Afghan Nation must be assured that whoever is going to be released will not stand against it one day and he says that in the end maybe a good idea would be to put this to the Afghan People in a referendum and have them decide what this country so these are words that would not bode well with the white house would not bode well with the u. S. Envoy. He is due to come back here to kabul in the coming days to try to bridge the gap between the politicians here in the country and to as he had said to ease or to help in this process of releasing the detainees. The former director of Global Engagement in the white house under president obama he says the u. S. Rushed the deal. This is an example of how the Trump Administration has played fast and loose when it comes to these kind of negotiations whether its with afghanistan whether its with iran or north korea they are putting the show before the substance there was an interest i think in the white house to get that picture and to get the boost from the appearance of progress on the ground in afghanistan releasing half of the taliban prisoners before you even get to the stage of negotiations is i think diplomatic malpractise you simply dont do that when in the Obama Administration we released 5 taliban prisoners in exchange for an american soldier there was uproar from the likes of the Republican Party here in the u. S. So the notion that youre releasing 100 times that i think should concern the Afghan Government and i i really have to ask a lot of questions about how involved they were in this negotiation if you look at the statement out of london they too were somewhat cautious somewhat concerned with this agreement i am not sure that the Trump Administration did their Due Diligence went around and consulted the appropriate parties before doing a big show in doha yesterday he ron has reported another surge in corona virus cases in nearly a dozen more deaths and now has the highest number of deaths from the infection outside of Mainland China the government says the outbreak is serious and so those of the pain would have to lose your team over the last 24 hours we have had 385. 00 new cases we have now had 978 infections in the country since the outbreak began under the new 385 cases unfortunately 11 people have lost their lives now the total number of deaths from covert 900 in the country stands at 54. He is in tehran he says the outbreak is having a major impact on daily life and the economy. Stores shops cafes restaurants all around the city wherever you go you can see signs posted on windows of closed closed businesses saying that they are closed indefinitely due to the coronavirus and those few restaurants that do remain open some businesses have to remain open and the on the tables at all of these restaurants youll find a bottle of Hand Sanitizer sitting right next to ketchup bottles so thats really when i say new normal thats sort of how its playing out in everyones daily lives this is a city of around 10 to 15000000 people 20000000 by some estimates and really the traffic on the streets has almost completely died down you dont see the same level of People Movement that you would on any sort of or sort of normal business day a lot of people who arent out and about you know the streets are empty schools are closed businesses are closed many people are communicating how theyre experiencing this virus on social media you see people posting videos of medics burying those that have died instead of Family Members to avoid any further risk of contracting the disease the hospital workers are trying to keep their spirits up by dancing but they do take it seriously theyre also talking about how short staffed and short handed they are in terms of supplies to deal with this and people are also sharing clips of people collapsing on the street unable to breathe the young and the elderly the most likely to succumb to these problems but it has to be said the coronavirus is also exacerbated by the fact that were seeing more and more pollution that iran is one of the most polluted kind of cities in the world d and that is certainly having an effect on people susceptible to the disease. Meanwhile australia in thailand have reported their 1st deaths from corona virus has spread to more than 60 countries and killed more than 3000 people the number of new cases in china it jumped on sunday after a slight dip every 4 to 573 infections the highest figure in a week but hell will fortys insist theyre getting on top of the outbreak katrina you has our report from. Another patient is discharged from the hospital in an only province in eastern china is it. For the 1st time chinas government says the number of patients cured of the new coronavirus suppost is the total being treated jungle or we have 52 point one percent of all core of the virus cases have been cured this signals a good trend nationally. Millions of workers are returning to work to get the worlds 2nd biggest economy moving again but a travel lockdown remains in her province the epicenter of the crisis around 37000 there are sick 7000 of them seriously ill at least 25. 00 medics have died of the virus. More than 70 countries and territories have imposed travel restrictions on south korea where around 3700 people arent affected in the hardest hit city of daegu hospital beds are at schultz apply an increasing number of cases a link to the shin georgie religious sect Health Service administrators are investigating the branch of the church based in the chinese city of war on. The size of the group is not that big but there are some cases where we believe people visited on in january. In japan baseball teams play to empty stadiums many sports gatherings have been displayed or canceled raising fears that the coronavirus could do you rail the Tokyo Olympics due to start in july around 900 cases have been confirmed in japan most from the diamond princess cruise ship with corona virus cases around the world steadily rising chinese leaders are turning their attention to threats from a broad Chinese Government hasnt yet reporters travel restrictions on any country but Officials Say theyre ready to rip patri chinese citizens from any affected by the outbreak if necessary katrina new aljazeera thinking. And france says shut one of its most popular Tourist Attractions i made fears of the outbreak the Louvre Museum in paris home to the mona lisa close its doors to thousands of visitors stuck voted to close it on sunday because of concern about the infection france has more than 100 confirmed cases and recently banned gathering of more than 5000 people. I said ahead on this news our last minute preparations in israel for the 3rd general election in 11 months was afraid to return home myanmars writing of refugees are stuck in camps in bangladesh 3 years on from a military crackdown and horsepower on ski thing new winter sport taking hold in canada. However last with the depression and it may be the last one is on its way through turkey to the caucasus to the course to thailand tend to be cold and wet but increasingly things will pass to it so the picture in the forecast for monday takes that into sudden caspian so its going to be the finals of iraq and iran where you get a few showers constructed rain probably a little bit north of tara so at least behind the onshore breeze to beirut as an example an occasional shower maybe sunny skies i think i would change in the wind direction than through the gulf so there hoss time she drops again the wind direction from the north might be a bit dusty it probably going to be a clean one this time and its clearly opposite direction weve been bringing dusty warms merits of that way still 32. 00 in riyadh as a result about 28. 00 in scott now that breeze continues even maybe strengthens during tuesday so the tension is about the same with feel particularly warm at 23. 00 and our dive all north africa wind has been the story as always is throughout the winter doesnt generate very much in the way of clouds sometimes it does this always full of dust and sand thats still the case suit in asia and further west the temperature in banjul is still on the high side surtees 8 is rather more than it should be. 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Hearken back to our top stories on this sound just near a news hour a turkey has shot down 2 syrian warplanes in adly province Congress Says its latest military operation in the northwest is in selfdefense after 34 turkish soldiers were killed on thursday greeces Prime Minister has called a meeting of his National Security council as sols ins of refugees and migrants gather at its land border with turkey this comes after the turkish president said he would not stop people from entering europe and u. S. Secretary of state might compare the says he is hopeful talks with government and the taliban will begin in the coming days he also says President Trump will be actively involved in ensuring the conditions of a deal signed by the u. S. And the taliban on saturday on mix. Former u. S. Vice President Joe Biden has won the South Carolina democratic primary securing almost half the votes with Bernie Sanders coming 2nd with 20 percent. Lets get back to our. Price here paid for. Biden had the support of a majority of the states africanAmerican Voters its his 1st win in the democratic race to run against donald trump in novembers president ial election the victory gives biden a much needed boost heading into super tuesday ways just 2 days ago its the biggest day all for u. S. President ial primaries when more than 1300 delegates up for grabs 30 percent of those are in the state of california a big win that could put a candidate in prime position to win the democratic partys nomination rob reynolds reports some asuncion. University students on the march for Bernie Sanders in los angeles showing the enthusiasm many young people have for the vermont senator as a woman who is black with hispanic who is my hero i believe hes the only candidate sally truly looks out for me here in the biggest most diverse state in the u. S. Let tito voters are a crucial voting bloc i feel like hes only tenet who has other american countries in mind nearly 30 percent of the states eligible voters are lets you know and the vast majority vote democratic absolutely letting us have the power to shape the outcome but none of the candidates can afford to take let me know votes for granted direct contact is key and they need to park in door knock and outreach to the latino electorate thats important for a place like california its a huge robust state but you still have to be here polls show sanders leading by a wide margin in california followed by Elizabeth Warren with joe biden a distant 3rd the senators campaign would like to repeat its winning formula from nevada last month it put together a coalition of liberal whites young people and latinos polls show 3 quarters of ridges. Lets you know voters are ready and eager to vote in the primary with its multiple large urban areas california is an expensive place to campaign you have multiple high dollar media markets right and its a big state right so youve got to think about barry got san diego and l. A. Are separate markets so youre talking about a lot of media spending billionaire Michael Bloomberg saturated california airwaves with an ad but he has little to show forward hes only polling in the Single Digits early voting is been underway in parts of california for more than a week a big win in the west would not give sanders all of the 1891 delegates need to win on the 1st ballot at the Democratic Convention in july but it could provide him with a lead that the other candidates might find almost impossible to surmount robert oulds aljazeera los angeles i left speak to john jones about this hes a former National Security adviser to u. S. Senator Chuck Schumer and joins us from West Palm Beach in florida thank you very much for being with us on al jazeera so a big win for joe biden in South Carolina much needed when do you think the momentum can last. Definitely folks this is a turning point and a great Vice President biden really gain the momentum that they truly needy and they get that. And more importantly. Than show when joe biden has basically made the democratic primary a 2 person race the challenge will be for Vice President biden as he has its a super tuesday and the next primaries that will he have the Financial Resources d the fundraising resources to really mobilize orders and the state like california for example and on top of that will he be able to really prop up and put forward a solid grassroots mobilized movement to move it to the plate this contest yeah and in South Carolina the bagful of the africanamerican vote was key but biden can count on that for all the remaining states so what does the app to do to keep the momentum right now. Well i guess what hes going to have to do is go about setting up not only a mobilized campaign rejuvenated fund raising output which is based on reports thats starting to happen over the last 24 hour but its also going to happen mobilize segregates who will be able to speak in the places where he cannot speak because obviously he cant be and all places at once but something that cant be ignored was the moment its a powerful and powerful impact of one a majority with jim 5 or indorsement in South Carolina and i think that really kind of state that state for more members of the Congressional Black Caucus really boots on the ground not only in places like california but also texas ohio North Carolina and pennsylvania and michigan and its going to be a real wolf who live president bidens campaign right cant lose sight of the fact that last night was a major blow to Bertie Sanders d and his campaign but hes not into this race really had some success in the early states right but but as we know not all candidates win all the primaries and Bernie Sanders did do well in the 1st few ones and as you said yourself this is now seems to be a 2 way race between biden and sandras and the delegates race is now in focus when super tuesday do you think we could see a nominee match this week. Well this is still going to be a very long primary campaign senator sanders has really with the bulls on the ground which is why his numbers have been strong but i think its also important to note that the day Vice President biden actually had the highest number of votes for him because he had any other candidate carolina really big state and so it really it really mattered for them were going to be a real test for Vice President biden South Carolina is one state that there are many more challenges Going Forward and its going to come down to the fact that their standards can truly bring more voters to the electorate right now his numbers have been the same as 2000 not more voters that he has not expanded the electorate and the biggest challenge for Vice President biden is the majority of voters will come out basically they still that he is the right one the right candidate. And quite frankly back on the minds of most democratic voters d that the economy and even today the best person to manage what were dealing with today with the coast facing the coronavirus so the American Voters want to drill a hole at the wheel right now this democratic primary going to be a real real test what Mike Bloomberg and all the seattle lot of money so have a lot of money going into this but yes and done well hes dropping out after. Look i think its. A real fact making a prediction here that mayor bloomberg will emerge as super tuesday hans dyer meeting to say he has the resources hes put a lot of Financial Resources into advertising paid media and i think it will help in terms of mobilizing democrats to get out and vote but it wont turn into any victory for mayor bloomberg d and at the super tuesday youre going to have a lot of candidates who are going to have to make some tough decisions about what is actually best for the party Going Forward d and how do you mean going to come out obvious of. Making that decision super 2 things going to be a really big contrast and i predict that Vice President biden will be merged ahead its still going to be a close one to race with senator sanders but look so now for the most part this is an election that was being played out on twitter and for the most part very homo the. Primary states we have more people who are paying attention that now more die are democrats what i need to i are democrats a big democrat going back to the ninetys eightys that seventys who really want to put the best democrat into the race and give them the nomination but i believe this is a real turning point of Vice President biden and i do believe senator sanders is going to be on the defensive right john jones very good to talk to you about the sank you for joining us on not just there thank you foley now on monday people of mansour al will head to the polls for the 3rd time in less than a year to vote in a general election and how they can take a government in st paul and some piano poll well and another in can close if they sold Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is again facing his main rival benny gantz fossett has little from westerville slim. I think most israelis just want this ongoing grinding electoral might to finally come to some kind of conclusion it has been interesting in the last week or so weve seen Benjamin Netanyahu for the 1st time in a while his likud party taking even a narrow lead in the opinion polls but still those polls not showing enough of a decisive margin either way to get to the magic number in the Israeli Parliament the knesset 61 required seats required to form a Coalition Government im joined by a particular analyst and pollster Mitchell Barak mitchell where are we in the political horse race at the moment any prospect that netanyahu might get over the line this time well theres a saying in hebrew weve been in this movie before and weve actually been in this movie twice before in the year so you know its not clear what is interesting about this election as opposed to last 2 is right before the election netanyahu looks like hes leading which may not be the best place for him he likes to scare people that hes going to lose hes losing the election if they dont get out and vote now they have a different tactic because they seem to be leading in the polls that they have some momentum going and now theyre fighting for people that either will stay home because they think his victory is assured or theyll vote for one of the smaller parties in the block because they believe hes hes going to be the Prime Minister or he has the best chance anyway now to vote or be the 1st since the announcement of the u. S. Has proposed middle east peace plan and a brain find out how the election could impact on athenians. Who some call us miss apartment overlooks israel separation rule but he says this view could get worse. The Israeli Housing Ministry has started the process to approve 9000. 00 new houses they form part of a new illegal israeli settlement that would cut off the East Jerusalem neighborhood north of the wall from those to its west that would prevent the development of the most central metropolis in any future palestinian state its our shot of us all of us is a lot of emotion i bought this apartment because there was some sort of an open air view and not a cramped neighborhood but if the open space is gone ill be forced to leave i also expect violent clashes if the settlement is built if approved the settlement would be built on this empty land in East Jerusalem it fell under Israeli Occupation in 1967 and used to be an airport until violence in the year 2000 that its closure now the areas isolated from its surrounding by the israeli separation wall but a new settlement could mean the demolition of nearby buildings including the one where we sam lives the u. S. Mideast peace plan proposed by President Donald Trump in january so just this area would be a part of a future palestinian state palestinians rejected the plan saying it doesnt meet the minimum requirements for statehood and takes away an additional 30 percent of their lands under the plan illegal israeli settlements will stay in place in the weeks leading up to elections israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been announcing more units in israeli settlements in the occupied west Bank Including East Jerusalem both netanyahu and his rival benny gantz have promised to annex israeli settlements. Scorner say israeli politicians are trying to appeal to voters who are shifting increasingly to the right the 2nd of them up was this competition between blue and white party headed by benny gantz and the likud party by netanyahu one side small while incidents palestinians members of can spotty are not providing an alternative to netanyahu but theyre trying to be more radical than him when it comes to the palestinians and the arabs. With the u. S. And israel having the closest relations ever posted in official say theyre pushing European Countries to recognize the palestinians the 2 president s feel lonely and alone in such a fight since everybody is there to please trump and everybody is there to please not in you know and obviously in the hype of these who called normalization that other countries are committing themselves to police the indians feel desperate for support palestinians say israeli plans on the ground including settlement expansions have been advancing for decades but what is wrong of elections the main contenders rush to make new announcements that end up stripping palestinians of more lands and making their dream of statehood even more difficult. Yorkie apart west bank is free and more than 2 years since man mars army began its deadly crackdown on the Muslim Minority International Court of justice as all of the government to do everything in its power to prevent i genocide by refugees who fled to neighboring bangladesh say there is still no peace Tanveer Chowdhry reports from cox is bizarre. Nearly a 1000000 roaming a refuges now live in what is now the walls largest refugee camp and most of them have Family Members and friends still living in myanmar and they are constantly in touch now despite the u. N. Top called the decision ordering me and mark to ensure their protection and safety theyre getting different news from the other side things are still not stable on the other side of the border but the rives in the villages most people avoid the advice we have just. This is will be here from the other side what theyre hearing that there is a restaurant sions of movement denial access to basic services for Like Health Care and education and theyre also caught in the conflict between iraq and but this rebel and me and my own military. And Security Forces came to the villages things got very tense and people avoided moving around meanwhile as government says there is peace but in reality there is no peace there too and her fear on refugees said there is increasing restitution on their movement and communication blackout and now a bar where friends been built around the camp they feel theyre no longer welcome in bangladesh but they dont want to return to me on my own without some sort of interNational Protection and guarantees of citizenship thousands of people have rallied in the Czech Republic to protest against the government of Prime Minister. Organizers say the countrys leaders are eroding democratic institutions. Has faced public can go in the past all rally. Several demonstrations over the last year have put pressure on a 5 minority coalition. Still ahead. Ronna is in paris take to the streets to complete a Half Marathon despite the event being cancelled due to coronavirus risks more status. The u. N. Fact finders accused of burmas military of genocide this is a political if you think. Do you believe the under modi is a fascist or poor kids dont have all gone they. Both recognize the both sides have legitimate grievances against the other climate this is the foundation of climate pac and that is why because my take. On aljazeera. On counting the cost coronavirus could the Economic Impact be on a par with the 2008 financial crisis as the factory the world is crippled by is cambodia faces up to the prospect of job losses. Begins its told to avoid a debt default. Counting the cost on aljazeera. A showcase of the best documentary films from across the network on our 0. Right time for sports now hes going to tell you thank you very much theres just 145 days to go until tokyo hosts the Olympic Games but the city was forced to hold a scaled down marathon on sunday because of coronavirus fears. 38000. 00 runners were expected but the race was limited to around 200. 00 really to earth leeds fans were also discouraged from lining the route in japans capital as part of a government ban on large cultural and sporting gatherings but tokyo 2020 organizers and the i. O. C. Inserts that as things stand the olympics will go ahead as planned in july and august. But runners in paris fly out of the rules by competing in the cancelled Half Marathon on sunday french authorities have banned gatherings of more than 5000 people but some of the 44000 who were registered to race still showed up as football across the globe continues to be cancelled as a coronavirus precaution the team representing the chinese city where they are break began has been stuck in europe hands or if the were on a preseason tour of spain when the virus was detected back home players have not seen their relatives in more than 2 months and one has already lost a Family Member because of the virus theyve been given tickets to real madrid barcelona in el classico on sunday one indian in his tent city utah yet it hasnt been easy for any of us players we miss our friends and especially our families back in well handle it because its them who are going through an extremely hard time i hope they will percivale in order to go back to normal and get better as soon as possible the director of italian title chases in some a land says he believes the city our season will have to be cancelled if many more games are postponed due to coronavirus into eventis one of those called off on sunday atalanta big go ahead with atalanta fans screamed for symptoms as they entered the ground they were awarded with a 72 win the 3rd time atalanta have scored 7 in a match this season that leaves them 4th in the league table ahead of romo who are on the page right now against a colleague gary. Now to some bizarre scenes in the German Bundesliga game where players stopped playing competitively for the last 30 minutes leaders by nearly cool worth 6 mil up at half an arm when the referee stopped the game because some biron fans unveiled an offensive banner aimed at oftentimes billionaire owner ditmar hope hes been targeted by fans around germany who are unhappy hes bankrolling hoffenheim when most clubs are not allowed a private majority stakeholder byrons players and coach angrily protested with the fans to put the banner away and when the match did resume both teams the side to run down the clock passing the ball between themselves to show solidarity with top earlier we spoke to german football journalist Chris Williams he said christians are being asked as to why this game has been stopped but not others earlier in the season is quite strange situation because earlier on in february of 2 instances of racism jordan syringa over at the berlin was racially abused people cow cook game nothing was done the game wasnt stopped for that and then only 2 weeks ago we had an instance in the 3rd tier in dry league or where a player was racially abused from the stand again wasnt stopped so we have this really strange situation now where a game has been stopped for a process against the bill you know where hasnt really happened 1st more serious social issues of racism and i think thats where the main criticism of stop in the game comes from yesterday its not to do with with the way the protest was handled you know the slogans that were held aloft are quite personal quite a family tree nobody really wants to see that but its the fact that on the social issues of seem to be getting away with it and there is a feeling of inconsistency in overreaction in some quarters in germany this morning. Other teams supporters have been closed off from protesting another banner against unveiled by union berlin fans in the bin this league on sunday when players conferring with the teams ultras as this came to halted by the referee before finishing in a draw. Now its one of the wildest Winter Sports youve possibly never heard of ski joining which means ski driving in no way was once a popular mode of travel in scandinavia its no gaining popularity in the with america where theyve given it a new adrenaline fueled twists aljazeera says david lisak has more. Its billed as one of the fastest sports on snow with horses pulling skiers and snowboarders around the course at speeds of up to 65 Kilometers Per Hour ski jorian started in scandinavia combining crosscountry skiing and dog sledding but here in western canada home to cowboys and trick skiers its all about the horse power and getting big air its just about got going faster than having a good horse but you can ride into battle and then having a good gear but you dont have to look back you can kick your arse and go and they better do their job skeeter canada started in 2017 since then competitions have drawn medal skiers trick riders and championship cowboys and cowgirls riders and sliders to test their skills in events such as circuits sprints relays and the long jump winners take home a few 1000. 00 but nobody takes the competition too seriously and were hoping for the best of times. I would drop that we built up down the strip in front of all those people and hopefully not die joran has come a long way from its roots in scandinavia and organizers here say that its now the Fastest Growing winter sport in north america with more events like this happening every year and adding that its they. Sure are to keep growing what started as a private event for a dozen people 4 years ago now attracts more than 150 competitors from across canada and the u. S. One of the crowd favorites came from much further afield we have our 1st ever irish team competing at this years thank you george. They dont have snow in ireland so theyve been practicing using garbage bags and mud so this was the 1st time they were on snow today and they actually did very very well. Many of the 4000 spectators came out to cheer on family and friends others were attracted by than 1000 eightys fur and lycra fashion team and then there were those who were curious to see how to very different sports could be brought together i think its very weird because im also i hear these a classical i know and they say when users can hear in better its all we wanted to come and see was disappearing together and maybe troy next year Something Like incredible i skeeter canada is a need to create a National Championship in the years to come blending together Mountain Culture with the cowboy lifestyle in an exhilarating sport thats hard to forget david mercer aljazeera in millersville canada. Well heres one winter sport they might struggle to get a whole sin volved with germanys call going to one ski jumping world cup event in a lot in finland on sunday the 2nd jump of 150 meters here getting him 1st place ahead of austria Stephan Croft who is still top of the overall d standings there d are 4 more events remaining invest season. Thats where well leave it for now most sports news coming up again a little later thank you very much for that and that is it for this news hour on aljazeera from me from the back to one whole team here in doha thank you very much for watching were live from london you center next with Barbara Starr i can. Its the day that will define the democratic race for the white house. 14 states get to make a better choice of who should challenge donald trump in the president ial election join us for americas super tuesday special coverage live on aljazeera. The u. S. President s proposed plan for the middle east this is less territory to palestine than any other peace plan since 1988 the probe or sums of corporate boards obviously have failed because of this when the video was by us over United States the office right now how much time the palestinian Prime Minister told style jazeera. She was black gay im from rio de janeiros for vallas dont forget she was also an elected outspoken councilwoman until she was assassinated. People in power investigates the killing of a vocal critic of brazils Security Forces and the legacy of empowerment she left behind the mantle of mario franco on out using. Aljazeera. And. Turkey downs to syrian fighter jets in rebel held province as part of a new offensive. Hello im Barbara Starr youre watching aljazeera live from london also coming up on the program tensions flare as migrants try to cross into europe from turkey the greek Prime Minister convenes a meeting of the National Security council a major setback just the day after the u. S. Taliban deal was signed the afghan president refuses to commit to a prisoner swap. Lets get back to our