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President ial race its the biggest election day of the party. Turkey has shot down a syrian warplane over adlib in the northwest as Government Forces try to advance deeper to capture the last major rebel held area was the 3rd syrian fighter jets to be downed in 3 days turkeys escalating campaign is threatening to bring it to direct confrontation with the Syrian Governments ally russia the violence is taking an increasingly heavy toll on civilians 8 people were killed by an explosion and it looked city elsewhere fighting is intensifying in the south its happening and there are despite a ceasefire thats been in place there since 2018 there are reports of at least 5 people have been killed well how about a reports now from hard tie by the turkish syrian border. Operation spring shilled is in full swing Turkish Forces striking the syrian armys i mean addition depots tanks and Defense Systems theyve also shot down a warplane in southern italy the escalation in fighting comes as turkey says its determined to stop Syrian Army Troops from advancing towards the city of idlib the rebels last stronghold of fischel is here say the military campaign has severely undermined the syrian armys capabilities. Undeterred syrian troops took. The city sits on 2 highways the m 4 and m 5 and has changed hands many times over the last few days as fighting continues u. S. Special envoy for syria James Jeffrey and u. S. Ambassador to the u. N. Kelly craft visited the border area with syria and met members of the syrian White Helmets the u. S. Is contributing more than 100000000. 00 to address the deteriorating humanitarian situation in northwestern syria humanitarian aid is only a response the real answer is an immediate cease fire and durable cease fire so im very happy to be here this is obviously a moment that we need to make certain that we stress that the Americans Care but at the same time that there has got to be an immediate cease fire. And his father from province their family members are among thousands of people who have fled their villages and settled on the border with turkey. When we were walking out of the village we were hit by ernest reich i lost my hand and i miss my home my school. For the time being and his family have nowhere to go their makeshift camp could turn into something more permanent if the fighting doesnt and as International Calls for an immediate cease fire gather momentum turkish and russia leaders will meet on thursday to try and agree on a buffer zone and the demarcation line that will constrain the movement of the syrian army but damascus remains adamant its offensive wont and until it regains control of all the territory held by the rebels has about. How time. Russias Foreign Ministry has put out a series of statements defending the Syrian Government offensive in italy its describing the battle as a fight against terrorism the turkish president is traveling to moscow for talks with russian president Vladimir Putin on thursday sept also has more. 2 days before an important meeting here in moscow between flooding they put in a turkish president tire berta one put in spokesman Dimitri Pascoe said he hopes that constant coordination between the turkish and Russian Military will minimize a clash between the 2 countries the meeting comes amid heightened tensions between russia and turkey in italy in syria and iran has said that he hopes that during the talks which are already been described as going to be very difficult he hopes that a cease fire will be agreed within only agreed to meet earlier one after tens of turkish soldiers were killed in the last week and also turkey started an offensive against the Syrian Forces initially erdogan has invited quitting to come to istanbul but the meeting now will take place here in moscow which can be seen as a diplomatic win for the russian president and a lot of meeting which was also supposed to take place this week between erdogan put in and german chancellor Angela Merkel and french president a minor well mark on has not been confirmed by put in but his spokesman sassed that putin is willing to meet with iranian president rouhani and erdogan in the socalled stand now former soon of also responded to where you and report from the commission on syria which has accused russia of for war crimes against civilians in syria and best of says that these allegations are on untrue and he calls the report one sided. The e. U. Has promised 800000000. 00 to greece to deal with a refugee and migrant search from turkey and south to turkey said it will allow hundreds of thousands. Of people to pass through greece and bulgaria have stepped security up on their side of the land border with turkey the great cos god is now actively repelling boats trying to get to that silence across the Eastern Mediterranean route on could his decision to open the borders breaches an agreement it made with the e. U. In 2016 to resettle refugees and stop them from crossing into europe turkey now hosts around 4000000 refugees and says it cannot cope with any more people fleeing the latest violence and it led. One of the places migrants are trying to get to is the greek island of lez will switch is close to the Turkish Coast is there. At the moment we dont have refugee boats arriving here today because a very strong winds in the area but it is clear from what weve seen in the last 24 hours that the greek policy towards those that do come and will continue to come in the coming days has changed to the policy of open borders uneven promotion of refugees towards its western borders with europe has led to a change in the greek policy from one of search and rescue to one of deterrence and deflection not only on land but also at sea and weve seen that in videos released by the turkish government yesterday the Greek Migration minister will be traveling to brussels tomorrow to ask for help specific things the greek government wants in a quick moment and personnel to help defend this 1000 kilometer long maritime border which is europes main maritime border with turkey but he is also going to ask them he said this morning for pressure on turkey diplomatic pressure economic pressure i presume that means in order to bring turkey back into line as he said to respect its International Commitments right now he said. Is giving out fake news and weaponize and human beings in order to blackmail europe. The u. S. Federal reserve has cut Interest Rates by half a percentage point the fed says its an emergency move to protect the economy from the impact of the coronavirus she joins us now live from washington d. C. She had just how big of a cut is this. There is a big cut out trips the biggest one time cut weve seen since the financial crisis of 2008 actually but this is the 1st emergency cut that weve seen since then as well the fed chairman jerome posting that the economic fundamentals of the u. S. Remain strong but the fed decided to act nonetheless even though mother tree policy was only 11. 00 weapon that can be used against any economic downturn as a result of the coronavirus Virus Outbreak is something that will require a multifaceted response theres also a role for Monetary Policy im sure policy can be an effective tool to support Overall Economic activity we do recognize that recount will not reduce the rate of infection it wont fix a broken supply chain we get that we dont think we have all the answers but we do believe that our action little crime a meaningful boost to the economy. And as we often see actually weirdly off to trim polls usual press conferences the markets reacted rather poorly to the press conference dropping at one point almost 2 percent the dow jones following his comments it has recovered somewhat since then but that seems to be the result of the market also accepting that Interest Rate policy and were not going to do much to help broken supply trains or help consumers go out about you if you concerned about capturing the virus in addition some of this is already factored in the rally we saw on monday and also actually some pretty one rule its just such a large rate cut perhaps some modeling to the fed is doing just things are even worse than the than we know its these usual kind of bits of volatility that were seeing nonetheless donald trump theyre cheering on this rate cut all theyre saying that the fed needs to needs to cut even more but hes been saying that for the last year or so 2 years or so he especially once rate cuts during the Election Year because he feels the stock market is such a barometer of the u. S. Economy you could argue with that if you want which actually meant that drew had to actually denied that there was any political pressure on him to make this code i think that that she had her sounds across developments there from washington d. C. And now 11 people have died from the corona virus and iran that raises the total there to 77. 00 the highest outside of china around 2300. 00 iranians are infected including the Deputy Health minister in tehran is considering deploying the military to assist with the response. He explains the motive behind the governments decision. This is very much a message to the public that the government is doing something ever since this outbreak began and the government has been criticized for not responding seriously enough and not responding quickly enough so certainly here the Supreme Leader trying to show that all branches of the government are moving forward but really it has to be said that the military has already been involved so this is very much Public Relations Public Affairs campaign on part of the Supreme Leader of the Defense Ministry has been manufacturing masks and other medical supplies including task and hands and its us or the army has been out on the street sanitizing the capitals of different provinces with their equipment men to fight Chemical Warfare contamination as well as opening its hospitals to civilians thats already been going on something the Supreme Leader said should continue to happen the revolutionary guard has. Built hospitals as well as mobile clinics in cities across the country to help facilitate the treatment of patients to have facilitate the testing of patients and is also responsible for monitoring the borders into different cities where weve seen an uptick in the number of coronavirus cases to screen travelers to make sure they can try and control the spread of this disease still ahead on al jazeera and netanyahu claims victory after israels latest election but women have the numbers for a majority. The Prime Minister accused of murdering his wife from political scandal and this too too is making it even harder for many people to put food on the table. Welcome back is a largely fine picture here in the Arabian Peninsula you see from those windows that is quite still blowing and as a result the times will have lifted dust and temperatures just very pleasant at 24 degrees and 25 by on the other side the potential winds are very light stone through much of the red sea a bit stronger Northern Areas but its a fine picture 35 degrees the high in mecca and this move the forecast through into thursday i think here were going to find the winds just easing a little bit so lets then move across into northern and central parts of africa where were seeing a big change in temperatures around the gulf of sirte the winds coming in off the Mediterranean Sea so temperatures down benghazi 17 and tripoli 19 weve lost the storms here the risk of some storms moving along the coast into libya meanwhile we got a few showers around the gulf of guinea region one or 2 these just turn it on the heavy side and for southern portions of africa where weve got some rain still just affecting the border between botswana and but much of botswanas looking fine the same goes for south africa were looking at fine conditions here to court a woman in cape town temperatures of 27. 00 degrees celsius and also looking at find the dishes lots of sunshine and highs in harare of 22 degrees. Once Hosni Mubarak became president so began a story of conflict and isolation on one side a wife and son their sights set on succession on the other present the crease in the distance from the egyptian d people when his beloved grandson. Barak need to step. Down the flames ignited in tunisia exploded in egypt and everything changed. For 2 of the family. The. The i. Got you all just there a reminder of our top stories this hour Turkish Forces have shot down the Syrian Government for playing in the province is the 3rd syrian fighter jet downed in 3 days since turkey escalates a campaign against Bashar Al Assads forces. Iran is considering it deploying the military to assist in the fight against coronavirus another 11 people have died bringing the death toll to 77 its the highest number outside of china which is the epicenter of the virus. The u. S. Federal reserve has cut Interest Rates by half a percentage point the fed says its an emergency move to protect the economy from the impact of the coronavirus. And the worlds top finance ministers and central bankers have promised to take action to try and protect the Global Economy from the crowd a virus that the g 7 ministers did not announce any immediate steps the outbreak has already affected markets infection numbers are easing in china but theyre spreading around the world especially in south korea and japan betray you take stock of the situation. Inspecting a research lab in beijing president xi jinping urges scientists to develop vaccines and treatments what he called chinas most powerful weapon in the battle against the current a Virus Outbreak some 80000 people have been infected nationwide recovered patients have been urged to donate blood but new cases are slowing on tuesday beijing reported its lowest number since january several people caught the virus in iran and italy prompting some chinese cities to quarantine all travelers from countries affected by the outbreak including south korea where more than 5000 are infected china has sent half a 1000000 masks to de groot south koreas hardest hit city. Was south Korean Leader and ordered all Government Agencies into emergency mode declaring war against the virus there will be and were the country has entered war against the Infectious Disease as the crisis in daegu in North Yorkshire but province has reached the highest point into 10 shut the strip supermarket shelves of toilet paper and other essential tokyo has confirmed almost 1000 cases the Prime Minister Shinzo Abbott says hes ready to boost Government Spending to protect the economy we were scrutinised impact of the core of the virus on the global and japanese economies a further steps are necessary we would take action without hesitation. Straightly a Central Bank Cut Interest Rates to a record low about 40 cases a big concern to their chinese cities brought to a standstill by the virus coming back to life some provinces of preparing to reopen the schools as early as next week the government says the outbreak is under control but with many tough restrictions still in place nationwide it seems to be having trouble from vince in the public to be alert but not alarmed katrina aljazeera. The uns Nuclear Watchdog is demanding answers from iran over under clear that target here at 3 sites the International Atomic Energy Agency says in the last 3 months iran has tripled its uranium stockpile thats 5 times the level it committed to under the 2015 nuclear deal made with world powers the i. A. E. A. Says it wants access to the sites in question oh its super tuesday in the United States the biggest day in the Democratic Campaign to become the president ial nominee among the hopefuls is front runner Bernie Sanders who cast his vote in his home state of vermont its one of 14 states deciding today who will take on donald trump in november more than a 3rd of the total delegates are up for grabs theres been a lot of movement in the race in the last 2 days john hendren has more on that from North Carolina one of the States Holding primaries. What happened is over the past 48 hours you had pete to judge panel out of the race and amy close which are both of them have backed joe biden there was a poll that came out just a day ago a day before the polls open that said lead the leading candidate was Bernie Sanders that Michael Bloomberg was 2nd showing that he has made some impact in that joe biden was 3rd there are other polls that are different but the the bottom line is that it doesnt matter what any of those polls say anymore because nobody knows where those voters for people to judge and we close which are well go theres another problem here for many people and that is that 800000 people just here in the state of North Carolina have voted early so that means they could have voted for people like people who judge maybe clothes which are this is the ballot people did it was made weeks ago and it has 15 names on them presumably some people have already voted in advance for these people and presumably some people may vote for them still probably not enough to cross the 15 percent threshold which would grant them some delegates but another thing here is that North Carolina is the test for joe biden and thats because its not terribly dissimilar from South Carolina where he won a massive victory democratic voters are about one 3rd africanamerican joe biden has done well with africanamericans and its also a well educated state so if he does well here it could indicate that hes going to do well in the other super tuesday states that represent 30 percent of the delegates in this democratic race. Also in the u. S. Tornadoes have torn across tennessee killing at least 19 people damaged 2 to downtown nashville the state governor has declared a state of emergency after buildings were torn a possible power lines down and some polling stations didnt escape even affecting a super tuesday vote is. Israels right wing bloc led by the party of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is leading Election Results but is still one thing short of a majority of most votes counted the likud party and its allies have secured 60 seats in the parliament and now has claimed victory against his main rival benny gantz. Netanyahu says hes confident of getting the 61 seats needed for a majority as harry force that explains from west to receive them at the moment he is tantalizingly for him at least short of that number and so he for now is coalescing those those right wing bloc leaders in the knesset earlier on tuesday had a meeting in his office with representatives from each of those parties talking about how they move forward there are also reports or at least those interview given on israeli radio by one of those left tenants talking about trying to poach various members of other parties across to try to get a coalition. The the names that have been mentioned as potential targets they came out and said that there was nothing doing and that the other option of course is to try to get a unity government between the main opposition blue and White Alliance led by benny gantz and likud and some of its partners gantz has so far said that he would not serve with an indicted Prime Minister after member didnt you know faces trial in just 2 weeks and meanwhile the counting goes on 97 percent counted the soldiers and prisoners and diplomats votes they will be counted those postal ballots overnight the several 14000. 00 plus coronavirus special polling station votes they will be counted in special conditions in a tent outside the knesset on wednesday morning there could be further movement yet. The secretary general of the Palestine Liberation Organization says the Election Results means that further an expression of palestinian land. Results were hearing its obvious. Settlements in excess. Have won the elections in israel and now the next step. Will be next session theres a joint american very team thats working on it and that through the only mean one thing it would mean that mr netanyahu thinks that conflict is what provided Israel Security and prosperity in ramallah made abraham says palestinians are especially concerned about israels close relationship with the United States. They are calling upon the International Community to hold an International Peace conference whereby the u. S. Is no longer the sole mediator of the Peace Process in the hopes that the International Law will be implemented here now of course these are the 3rd this radio elections in a year but they are the 1st after the us President Donald Trump released his plan for the middle east peace and it has been rejected by the palestinians they say it allows for parts of jerusalem to be the capital and not East Jerusalem itself as the capital as well as allowing israel to grab more land and weve seen the. Israeli Prime Minister promising to annex parts of the Jordan Valley as well as parts of the occupied west Bank Including the Jordan Valley as well as the good israeli settlements and they fear that now is the time for him to make good on his promise given that he has been according to the polls given more votes from the israeli public so weve heard now from the palestinian Prime Minister and from a display of saying that its clear now that the israeli public is moving increasingly to the right in columbia both pro and anti abortion supporters abound to continue their fight for change thats not the judges decided to leave restrictive laws as they are at a sounder m. P. s he has the story in the capital bogota. Throughout the day supporters and opponents of abortion faced off in front of colombias highest court. Prochoice activists hope magistrates would give women the right to terminate pregnancies of up to 16 weeks in dns the court chose to leave abortion laws as they are. With the court last an opportunity to advance womens rights but at the same time we are happy that. I cant take away our rights when. And thats it says. There are 3 grounds for abortion in colombia opponents say they already go too far that. Article 11 of the constitution says life should never be this honored but there are people who support the shameful reasons no more no more. The latest debate rose from a case seeking a return to a total ban after the Court Allowed abortion in 3 instances in 2016 if the mothers life is at risk if the fetus is malformed or in case of rape but even in these cases many obstacles remain for women to access the procedure especially if theyre poor or live in rural areas the spike the restrictions held out or it does say that at least 400000. 00 women terminate their pregnancies every year hearing that. Most of them do so we legally and in many cases suffer Serious Health consequences human rights professor loose and this is one of them she sought an abortion when she was 17 at any legal clinic getting a dangerous infection as a result 15 benefit exists in the abortions happen and will keep happening and legally even in 3 legal cases women face untrue tillys and obstacles and often resort to unsafe options facing more problems and even death. The latest case has intensified an already fierce debate in the country over to legal and moral implication of abortion which quote size promise to keep fighting for i listen. Now to the mountain kingdom of lawsuits here in Southern Africa where putting food on the table is a struggle for many added to the widespread poverty and high unemployment is political instability in scandal as the Prime Minister is accused of murdering his a strange wife from a to miller has more on how the Leaders Court rule. Battles contrast with life in many of his compatriots. Most of lawsuits is 2200000 people live in rural areas like this one in taba bosio in the village of mit along hamas like ali theres electricity but despite there being alongside the mid to long dam they dont have running water. Almost see what sort of mates he lives here with her 5 children and 10 grandchildren their existence is hand to mouth surviving only on her monthly government pension of 50. 00 no one in a family has a job. Feeding these kids is a constant battle there are days where i have nothing and we go without eating anything sometimes i have to ask my neighbors for help sometimes they can help with one meal other times we go to bed with no food. Government statistics show that almost a quarter of working age people most of them young dont have jobs while the government has implemented reforms to tackle unemployment progress is slow experts say political instability is making matters worse i have been here for 2 years and i have seen very interesting developments. In terms of instability. The Prime Minister. Intends to retire or. Have soon forgot. To. Do administration the su too has had a series of military coups and political battles over the last decade Prime Minister time to barneys under pressure to resign while he says hell retire within 5 months his leadership has created political tensions especially as police want to charge him with the 27000. 00 murder of his strange been sickened wife to palermo hes 3rd wife my cea has already been charged with the crime members of the governing all pursuits a Convention Party wants him gone and 9 discussions to name a successor but the partys divided opposition parties are also calling for to body to go to a 2 year old leadership was again criticised as parliament prepared to present the latest National Budget the World Bank Says that while poverty in the city has fallen over the last 15 years its still whites grades and a fix nearly half the population many are concerned that the political instability will only worsen the challenges the governments facing. Many people assume just want their lives to improve but with political infighting looking far from over they may have a long wait for me. This is just their own and these are the top stories Turkish Forces have shot dahlan a Syrian Government warplanes in the province its the 3rd syrian fighter jet downed in 3 days the us is offering humanitarian aid and ammunition to turkey. Hills over the. Turkish military. In opposition 1st of all fighting to prevent humanitarian catastrophe millions or millions of refugees thats the intent of. And his russian arena. The death toll from the corona Virus Outbreak and it surely has risen by 27 over the past 24 hours to 79 thats the highest outside of china in iran another 11 people have died that raises the total there to 77. 00 around 2300. 00 iranians are infected including the Deputy Health minister in tehran is considering stepping up the role of the military to assist with the response the u. S. Federal reserve has cut Interest Rates by half a percentage point the Central Bank Says its an emergency move to protect the economy from the impact of the coronavirus Virus Outbreak is something that will require a multifaceted response theres also a Monetary Policy long term policy can be an effective tool to spur Economic Activity we do recognize that rate cut will not reduce the rate of infection its a broken supply chain we get that we dont think we have all the answers but we do believe that our action will provide a meaningful boost to the economy. 19 people have been killed by tornadoes in tennessee nashville was one of the hardest hit towns the governor has declared a state of emergency. It is super tuesday in the United States the biggest day in the Democratic Campaign to become the president ial nominee on the hunt for those front runner Bernie Sanders who cast his vote in his home state of vermont. Israels right wing bloc led by the posse of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is leading Election Results but is still one short of a majority with most votes counted the likud posse and its allies have secured 60 seats in the parliament those are the headlines and news continues here on aljazeera after inside story. On yahoo for a government the israeli Prime Ministers bloc celebrates victory following 3 elections in less than a year but what could netanyahu do with this mandate both at home and the board this is inside story. Hello and welcome to the program im peter dalby Benjamin Netanyahu has claimed the general election victory but its not yet in the bag hes been fighting to stay on as israels Prime Minister for a record 50. 2 previous general elections failed to produce a clear winner and netanyahu and his