Race to the white house winds of up to super tuesday. And a group of artists branching out into the world of nature to leave an important message. Welcome to the program italy has announced it will be closing all schools universities until mid march as it battles to contain the spread of the coronavirus officials have decided to still allow sporting events to continue but they will be held without spectators the number of dead across italy now sits at 107. 00 its the largest death toll outside china and in the United States the number killed has risen to 11 several are connected to an elderly care home in seattle new cases of also been reported around the 2 most populous cities new york and los angeles well in the past few hours the u. S. House of representatives approved an 8300000000 dollar bill that will fund the fight against the virus its expected to pass in the senate and be signed by President Trump later in the week. Begins our coverage. Contagion is spreading quickly across europe and the world and that means anxiety as much as the covered 900. 00 virus itself staff at the worlds most Famous Museum the louvre in paris shut it down for 3 days this week demanding better protection against the virus tourists went to new used there isnt a place in the world that its not going to get to and you cant just shut down the world and you can though shut down parts of it battling europes most prolific outbreak so far italy will close all schools and universities until mid march in an effort to stem the tide of infections and a rising death toll japan did the same last week and france has also ordered the closure of some schools affecting an estimated 35000. 00 pupils. As dramatic for some italys decision to hold all sporting fixtures in empty stadiums spain has done so to life across the globe is changing fast the World Health Organization continues to stress the importance of containment in places with few infections in the hope of delaying the spread of the disease and to give Health Systems time to prepare there is no doubt that things will get worse. And if the w. H. O. Isnt yet prepared to declare a pandemic germany it appears is. The corona Virus Outbreak said the Health Minister has become a Global Pandemic amid a worldwide shortage of goggles masks and gloves germany has banned the export of medical protective gear they want it all to be available for use at home and other shortages have provoked concern this time in australia over toilet paper. Some countries are taking matters steadily further india has extended the screening of passengers to all those arriving on International Flights the authorities in saudi arabia have banned citizens and foreigners from making the pilgrimage to mecca. In israel Prime Minister netanyahu suggested the common handshake be replaced by the indian greeting no mistake while italians have been asked to stop kissing and hugging with the coded 19 virus reaching more and more countries each day it is possible that no corner of the world will be spared even as european Health Ministers prepare to meet on friday one infection was registered inside the European Council building itself not just towns and cities now but the seats of government and parliament are in its path jonah how aljazeera. President trump insists the u. S. Is leading the world in containing the outbreak. Extraordinary success over the last 3 years has ensured that we are the best prepared in the world to address any threat or any challenge nowhere is more true than our vigilant and unprecedented effort right now to protect americans from the corona virus its. Really we have an Incredible Team of talented people around Shihab Rattansi joins us live now from washington d. C. Shabbes how worried are u. S. Officials about these latest numbers because theres theres growing controversy over a lack of testing and medical resources to deal with the outbreak. And just in the last half an hour we had a briefing from Vice President mike pence whos leading the White House Coronavirus task force on this very issue its become very clear in the last few weeks that there arent enough tests available in the United States for the current a virus that even when there are tests is a great is a red tape which means that local medical officials are allowed to test people for the current virus and thirdly expenses of for Profit Health care system when people do get a test or theyre allowed to test they dont have to pay thousands of dollars to the Insurance Company in order to want to have the test which means that people dont necessarily want to have the test pedants did address all of these issues just now in fact he said that theres a great hope for great progress in the near future that there will be an expansion across the country of testing although even he admitted theres a ways to go he said it all state labs and University Labs can now cannot conduct a coronavirus test without recourse to the government he said 2500 coronavirus kits which include 1500000 testing tests will be available this week to hospitals and medical providers and i hear theres a great deal of skepticism about the capacity of the bargees to actually process these and so on but still he says these tests are now finally being distributed by the end of this week and hes expecting a consortium of private laboratories and private industry to share information resources so that they can start doing tests as well so potentially he said within a few weeks you can go to your local drug store and get a test and on the issue of cost he says that the health and Human Services agency has now deemed the contest an essential test so its fully reimbursable in your Insurance Plan so if you have Health Insurance that will be reimbursed and if you qualify for state aid because youre very low income and you can also get it for free however this being the u. S. Its not quite as simple as that there are millions of people in between who dont have caught afford obama care and who are deemed too rich for state aid and they still fall in between as far as i can tell right now but hopefully well get some verification and jab congress is looking to pass legislation on this 8000000000. 00 to tackle the virus talk us through whats been agreed. So the house of representatives has agreed 8300000000. 00 way more than the trumpet ministration initially proposed a few weeks back they wanted 2500000000. 00 of which only 1. 00 was new money the rest taken away from other medical programs which are supposed to be making sure that other pandemics to go into congress was unhappy so now they have policies 8300000000 dollars here are some of the highlights 3000000000. 00 for r. And d. Into vaccines diagnostics 1300000000. 00 for usa aidid to help the global fight against a virus thats interesting thats sort of thing to trumpet ministration isnt usually too happy about 20000000 dollars for a Small Business administration to help give loans to businesses you may be affected by the virus money for the group to prevent shortages of medical products and then were back to this issue of affordability once again the u. S. As we often hear on the on the Democratic Campaign trail as this for Profit Health care system which means that when Something Like this happens how can people actually cope barry is now going to be 300000000. 00 to open a vaccine is found if and when its found will be available to anyone regardless of whether they can afford to pay that was a Sticking Point between democrats or republicans it has been agreed upon now in the senate by maybe some some problems in the senate at least one senator says he wants to make sure this is all paid for by cutting foreign aid but congregational leaders are hoping this will be signed by president from quite soon all right as you have a town in the washington d. C. She had thank you will the number of known coronavirus cases in india has risen sharply from 6 to 28 indias Health Minister says the new cases include 16 tourists from italy europes worst affected country experts have raised concerns about how the country would cope with a widespread outbreak the virus has prompted indias government to limit the export of medicines leading to fears of global shortages of some common drugs. Now the virus is causing a downturn in the Global Travel industry the German Airline of tons of its grounding 150. 00 aircraft thats a 5th of its fleet and European Airline bosses are warning the worst is still to come and theyve also said the demand could stabilize in the coming weeks its estimated airlines of lost up to 5000000000. 00 since the outbreak began well the International Monetary fund says the continue the spread of the virus will push Global Growth below last years levels managing director Christina Jovi says the i. M. F. Will revise its forecasts downward again in the coming weeks what were wrestling quit is uncertainty and that defines our projections which at this point lead us to state that Global Growth in 2020 well deep deep below its last years levels but how far it will fall and how long the impact would be is still difficult to predict. Coronavirus fears of even lead producers to push back the release of the new James Bond Film no time to die had been scheduled for release in april but it will now be moved to november some film unless of suggested the outbreak could wipe billions of the Global Box Office with many of chinas cinemas already closed. To come on the news hour including a new battle over abortion rights in the United States how new faces in the Supreme Court could sway the. President from a phone call to the taliban leader attacks on the afghan army prompting u. S. Response against the group. And in support italys top footballers face the prospect of playing in empty stadiums for the foreseeable future as authorities try to hold the spread of a coronavirus. Turkeys parliament descended into chaos after a tense discussions over the countrys military role in syria m. P. s got into a shouting match after one opposition member accuse the president of disrespecting turkish soldiers have died in syria. One was also labeled irresponsible for sending troops into the conflict allegedly without proper air cover turkey has sent thousands of soldiers into syria to try to hold a government offensive in the last rebel controlled province well the brawl followed the deaths of 2 turkish soldiers during an attack in the Turkish Forces also suffered heavy losses last week when 34. 00 soldiers were killed in a strikes a total of 59. 00 troops have now died in Northern Syria is due to meet his russian counterpart in moscow on thursday to discuss a ceasefire but in the meantime turkeys president has vowed to continue their offensive. You know one of our martyrs none of our veterans and none of their blood none of their drops of blood will be in vain we are going to continue our struggle as we aimed in hopefully with the help of god were going to build a. Wrong turkish republic. Greece has denied turkish accusations that it shot and killed a migrant who was trying to cross into its territory earlier greek police have used tear gas and water cannon against refugees migrants on the border with turkey thousands have been trying to cross over since last week when turkey said it would no longer stop people from trying to enter the e. U. The blocks Foreign Policy chief has a meeting on in ankara. The leaders being union turkey. And you need actions. Not bringing any budget eventually and being in benefits to anyone. Like a country can only create problems and made the situation worse and. Who will pay the price. People shooting and refugees from might. Well only a fraction of the refugees and been allowed to leave turkey have managed to get to greece and cross says more than 130000 left since friday but the greek government says only 1500 of them have crossed over in legally natascha name has this exclusive report from the Turkey Greece border. Struggling to find their slippery footing they made their way across the dam near fort stone by stone. One man slips and bag bobs away with this with kind of the river. Desperation and despair are growing as refugees and migrants take advantage of turkeys open border with greece and. Some are taking dangerous risks for the chance to reach the european. I dont know how to swim while walking i was thinking you cross or you die those are the only 2 options earlier this week the police began blocking refugees from walking across this bridge to get closer to the checkpoint with greece now people are resorting. Their lives by crossing this day below. On the other side of the river bank cold and wet refugees were met by villagers looking to make a profit those who still had money in their pockets were asked to pay 2. 00 to 3. 00 for a ride with a horse and cart a tractor or a van instead of walking the short distance to get closer to the checkpoint at the greek border. All. The what were also poor we dont have money and if we did we wouldnt be doing this. The odds of people making it to greece and being allowed to stay looking creasing least lamb the greek government says only 1500. 00 migrants at most have entered since turkey opened its border gates last friday around 26000 have been stopped several men told us this was their 2nd attempt after theyd already been deported from greece but this was done just dig music. I made it to the other side and for 5 days i moved from place to place i have no food people give me food i eat i have no money left me. Despite hunger exhaustion and frustration theyve summoned the determination to repeat the journey. Europe has to take us because only took a is taking care of immigrants to take us live in others will be following that also making the precarious track natasha getting old his era a dirt near the border between turkey and greece. A great maybe ship has arrived on the island of les boss to pick up hundreds of migrants arrived there in the past few days theyve been camping out at the towns port after being prevented from reaching its overcrowded camps by angry local residents but as John Psaropoulos reports now from. A brief response for those who managed to get on board. A greek Navy Transport ship arrives in lesbos to pick up more than 500. 00 refugees and migrants they arrived after turkey opened its borders to europe and wont be allowed to apply for asylum instead they will be taken to athens and eventually deported people here hope this will act as a deterrent to more refugee crossings. The people who crossed illegally from the land border got 4 years in jail and a 10000 euro fine it serves them right and it will make others think twice the refugees have phones whatever happens here gets bound over to the other side security around the port is high police have their hands full preventing daily attempts by refugees to board ferries to athens lesbos has been the most hospitable island to refugees but people are frustrated a year ago there were about 5000 people in the islands refugee camp and this was an olive grove the camp and tent city mushrooming around it now hold 20000 villagers from morea a kilometer away say theyve been hit hard and. Are no longer cultivate my vegetable garden because itll be picked clean and the chickens are gone the police say they cant do anything this store has been robbed 6 times if someone is caught red handed theyre free in a couple of hours if i do the same thing ill go to jail. Government attitudes reflect the changing mood greece has asked for emergency border assistance from the European Union the east is fast becoming militarized greece now has 52 warships and Coastal Patrol vessels at sea spotted. Refugee boats and preventing the other European Union countries have another 10 ships posted here and the rapid border Intervention Force greece requested will result in many more the un says that suspending asylum applications isnt legally justified and that all thorough should avoid excessive disproportionate force but the turkish opening of borders has altered this humanitarian crisis in greece is our eyes its now a National Security crisis and the military is increasingly taking over jobs are open aljazeera lesbos. Amazon is providing Free Shipping to the palestinian territories after being criticised for its earlier policy of Financial Times report had revealed residents are being charged for Delivery Services while those in israeli settlements were not last month the Palestinian Authority threatened to sue amazon over its business in the settlements theyre considered illegal under International Law israel disputes this palestinian families whose houses are slated to be demolished by the Israeli Military are calling on activists to help defend their homes last month israels Supreme Court rejected appeals to have the demolitions halted in the occupied west bank some of them are homes of palestinian detainees accused of carrying out attacks against israelis last year Israeli Forces demolished 14 homes as a socalled punitive measure. The aim behind this policy increased the number of Israeli Settlers in the west bank on the expense of palestinians because they demolished the houses of palestinians the same time they increased. For israeli settlements or settlers whose presence here in the occupied territory. We talk about this israeli Supreme Court is a court that abides by laws and morals in fact its one of israels occupation tools which implements its policies and decisions. Now the democratic field of candidates to take on donald trump in the members president ial election has narrowed down to just 4 former new york mayor Michael Bloomberg has pulled out a surge in support for joe biden made him the big winner on super tuesday putting him ahead of Bernie Sanders in the battle for the democratic nomination Elizabeth Warren came a distant 3rd until say god even further behind bloomberg who spent heavily on his campaign is now backing biden. If you remember i mean the race what does president to defeat donald trump and today i am leaving the race for the same reason to defeat donald trump because staying in would make it more different culture achieve that goal ive always believed that the feeling donald trump starts with uniting behind the candidate with the best shot to do it and after yesterdays vote it is clear that candidate is my friend and a Great American joe biden. Speaking after that endorsement joe biden said his campaign is building momentum. We welcome all those who want you all those who want. To build a new this is a movement that is we need to be down to. Build a future we all know is possible. Especially proud of our generation which enthusiasm drive you have voted for you all across the nation you see idea that you never move look at the results well Bernie Sanders didnt have as good a super tuesday as he would have liked but he still vowing to fight on with anybody in this room thought that a year ago we began our campaign about a year ago that a campaign that was taken on wall street and the Drug Companies and the Insurance Companies and the fossil fuel industry and the military Industrial Complex and the prison Industrial Complex and most of the one percent of anybody here thought that a year would come and go and we would be even hard for 1st a few votes up a few votes with them that is a Pretty Amazing achievement so lets just look at where things stand then after super tuesday biden won 10 of the 14 states up for grabs texas was an important win he also secured massachusetts the home state of Elizabeth Warren maine and minnesota he made strong gains in Southern States as well winning arkansas tennessee oklahoma alabama as well as North Carolina and virginia but Bernie Sanders is all set to win the state with the most delegates thats california he also won utah colorado and his home state of vermont biden has the most delegates sanders is not too far behind there followed by Elizabeth Warren with Mike Bloomberg no longer in the race lets talk to rob reynolds joins us live now from Los Angeles Rob so a very good night for joe biden last night he was speaking earlier what more they have to say. Well joe biden appeared very relaxed very happy very confident and you heard a moment ago the former Vice President talking about how hes put together a movement and that people said that he was unable to do that but got results i thought one of the most interesting things that he said in fairly brief remarks to the media was that he the last thing he said that the remaining candidates in the race should do is get into a mudslinging match with one another get down on a personal level start attacking one another he said that could only help. President donald trump when he said weve got to keep our eye on the ball interestingly enough Bernie Sanders said much the same thing he said i like Joe Biden Joe biden is a decent guy and i hope that we dont get into a kind of trump style wrestling d match wrestling match during the remaining debates ruben clearly many voters see biden as the only person who can beat donald trump so whats next in the race. Well there are more primaries there and then there are 6 states that are going to vote next tuesday the 10th of march 1 of the most important of those is michigan michigan is a large upper midwest industrial state and it was won by donald trump in 2016 so it is seen by democrats as being key to their hopes of victory in november now don now joe biden picked up an important indorsement today from a union of Hotel Workers restaurant workers casino workers who are based in detroit michigan so thats going to help him theres a debate scheduled in. In arizona in phoenix arizona on the 15th of march that could be a 2 person debate because Elizabeth Warren really had a very poor night she failed even to win her own state of massachusetts that she represents in the United States senate her campaign issued a statement she saying she is now assessing the way forward so there is grave doubts as to whether she will remain in the race but the race does go on Bernie Sanders shows no signs of dropping out and joe biden is also determined to take this to the convention all right robin is there live for us from Los Angeles Rob thank you. Donald trump whos running for a 2nd term in office was unsparing in his criticism from Mike Bloomberg. The good stuff i think joe has an easier path right now believe it or not. As many might just got out hes going to you know try and save face by putting somebody in to buy scare. And blubber and put in probably a 1000000000. 00. And you know sometimes you just dont have what it takes but i said to him its not easy doing what i did is it the Supreme Court is hearing a case in louisiana which could shape the future of legal abortion in the United States as the 1st hearing of its kind since President Trump appointed 2 conservative judges and the guy has more now from new orleans down by the law i up boys and does not sound problems outside one of louisianas few remaining abortion clinics a protester urges women to make a different choice the states laws are among the most restrictive public fundings only available in cases of rape or incest women must receive counseling discouraging them from the procedure and mine is need parental consent the case now before the Supremes Court could make abortions in louisiana harder forcing clinics to get admitting privileges to a hospital within 50 kilometers of their practice a move critics say would force most to close its very concerning in that that the Supreme Court took this case up at all caruso how studies Womens Health and says louisiana is trying to undermine a ruling known as roe v wade that made abortion legal in 1973 brother than overturn roe v wade which at one time seemed so insurmountable kill it by death through a 1000 cuts and so these are medically unnecessary regulations that have the effect of closing abortion clinics other states are in acting similar socalled heartbeat laws and bold and by the appointments of 2 conservative judges to the Supreme Court and to abortion Rights Groups are hopeful the tide is turning in their direction toward a big. Sometimes when we see the toll that abortion is having on our nation but we believe that our countrys going to write its wrongs as its done in the past and give rights to the weakest and the least among us with the unborn child or working on criminal justice or whether its reproductive rights organizations like the American Civil Liberties union say legal abortion is now hanging by a thread and its the least advantage that may suffer it is young people poor people immigrant people people who are in this country lawfully but just dont have means that are going to be limited in their opportunity to exercise their Constitutional Rights many of the current laws are aimed at protecting the health and safety of women with a conservative majority in the Supremes Court a decision in the states favor will have far reaching consequences if the supremes callbacks louisianas even more restrictive abortion laws this is likely to become the 7th state with just one clinic proabortion Rights Groups fear it may even lead to a direct challenge of roe v wade into your borsch rights activists are more hopeful than ever but abortion may now be banned across the entire country the stakes couldnt be higher and gallacher all the 0 new orleans louisiana. Time for a short break here not just here and when we come back stuck in mexico while there asylum cases are heard in american courts we meet thousands stuck in limbo others had a change in u. S. Policy plus you cannot make the deals with physics one of everyone is impressed with the news plan to make europe the 1st Carbon Neutral continent by 2015 and support the west indies finally get a breakthrough on their cricket or triangle and well have more thats right. Hello there the severe thunderstorms not quite as out. Makes yet across southern sections of the United States it was tuesday was the worst day you can say again gathering the whole this cloud showing up on the satellite and of course the damage was done really very widespread across nashville on a choose that the morning that its not clear yet just how many tornadoes there was but that will become clear really by the end of the way of the National Weather service and National Hours literally assessing all the damage but just look at this just as a widespread businesses and homes were demolished now theres more of these severe storms as a developing very heavy amounts of rain that are widespread to flash flood warnings across much of the south its a slow moving system is forming on some very saturated ground which is why we could have this flash flooding elsewhere a relatively quiet picture we have some snow moving to the upper midwest across towards the great lakes another system pushing the Pacific Northwest that tends to die down by friday a cool one celsius in seattle warm 23 in los angeles and not too bad once that rain with a high for 13 at degrees now thursday is not a bad day across much of the caribbean the winds are pretty brisk coming in from the east but the rain for that point is contained further to the north as that front sweeps through to bring some into western as a cuba and also likely into the bahamas so a dumb day with a high of 26. Aljazeera well trotts remarkable refugee journey from the treacherous part that sudanese sang out Emmanuel John polygamists child soldiers in the sixtys people music is still playing this way becomes much harder this is where i came down to the london designer from sierra leone creating clay this is the one that i know that god has gifted doing a hard road from home music and fashion on aljazeera a group of women programming from International Film maker homes. Aljazeera sets the stage you. It could be to appear will be the life of the lion is the life of the nines dead everybody is dead global x. But its you getting were going to let the planet go to ruin because were not doing these obvious things open your eyes to an alternative view of the world today on aljazeera. Welcome back im out about top stories this hour the number of People Killed by coronavirus in the u. S. Has risen to 11 the house of representatives has approved an 8300000000. 00 bill to fund the fight against the virus elsewhere in italy which is the highest death toll outside china schools universities the cinemas have been shut till mid march. A fist fight erupted in Turkeys Parliament after tends to scotlands over its military role in syria an opposition m. P. Accuse the president of disrespecting turkish soldiers who died 59 troops lost their lives in Northern Syria where turkey is trying to hold a Syrian Government offensive. On billionaire Mike Bloomberg has dropped out of the u. S. Democratic primary race to endorse former Vice President joe biden remembered at a poor performance on super tuesday despite spending a half 1000000. 00 on Television Advertising his campaign. Now as countries grapple with infections the spread of the corona virus appears to be slowing in china the World Health Organization says the number of new cases is 15 times higher outside china than within the country katrina you has more from beijing. Patients critically ill with the corona virus being helped by the thought official lung machine in china setting of dont profit. 6000 nationwide are in serious condition but the government says numbers of new cases a falling the World Health Organization says other countries must learn from china the experience that china has had and needs to be shared and this is the this is an excellent example of that that direct interaction is what is what we want is what we want to see more. And more happened more than 100 people from hong kong have arrived home on the 1st government chartered flight from the city of la hein the epicenter of the outbreak will flights are planned for this week in south korea more than 5600 cases have been confirmed people in the hardest hit city of daegu say theres a shortage of masks and theyre having to queue for hours to divert something. Where the people especially here in daegu are at great risk ive been waiting in line since 5 30 in the morning and havent even received a queue to get the south korean government has announced a 1. 8 1000000000. 00 stimulus package to protect the economy in india a sudden jump in cases of wednesday fueled fears that an outbreak could grip the 2nd largest nation almost 30 cases were confirmed after a group of italian tourists tested positive for the virus in the state of russia start but juggle words about in the realm of the children find it difficult to leave their houses if someone has to go somewhere like travel on the bus or go to a public place they feel scared cases of top 1000 in japan but organizers say preparation for the summer games due to start in tokyo in july is so far going ahead the Chinese Government says the study dropping cases is proof that severe walked down restrictions right but reports that some patients are testing positive for the current a virus after being discharged from hospital are raising concerns chinese Authorities Say these Patients Want them to be infectious advance those rubber covered to undergo further period of printing. And. Katrina aljazeera and. The u. S. Has carried out his 1st airstrike against the taliban since the signing of a preliminary peace deal last week military commanders say they were responding to attacks on afghan army positions in southern Helmand Province in northern afghanistan at least 900. 00 soldiers and Police Officers were killed during 3 separate attacks and continues 10 Afghan Border patrol officers have also been kidnapped. Well the attacks happened hours off the donald trump spoke with the talibans political leader but out of the 35 minute phone call was aimed at reducing violence in afghanistan is thought to be the 1st direct exchange between a u. S. President and senior taliban leadership. Is in kabul and says the attacks could be a sign of Division Within the taliban. Well as of late the taliban have been wanting to show that they have a united front that they all stand together you had the political branches that was negotiating in doha you had the head of the military. Of the taliban. And you actually wrote an op ed in the New York Times saying that he wanted peace but the reality is that they have not been united over the past few years actually when those negotiations started in 18 months ago where a lot of the foot soldiers of the Haqqani Network so thats the Military Branch of the taliban were very angered about that they said well you are now dealing with the enemy with the non muslims like they do a day put it and a lot of them at the time defected to other groups including so they will be spoilers do as much as they want to show that they are united and not as united as they want us to think so now its a matter of figuring out who exactly is behind those attacks rescuers in brazil are searching for survivors after torrential rain on the southeastern coast triggered landslides killing of these 20 people and city of god oh yeah has been hardest hit forcing at least 200 people from their homes dozens are still missing the state governor says the equivalent of a months rain fell in just 12 oz. Under a controversial plan nicknamed remain in mexico more than 60000. 00 Asylum Seekers have been denied entry into the United States they have to wait across the border while their cases are processed in u. S. Courts and the Mexican Border town of mother morris more than 2000 people are living in a tent camp between the hearings today was john home and has more. Than. A mix can bank of the rio bravo theres a tank camp of more than 2000 people over the other side the promise land the u. S. Most of from Central America especially on buddhists and have been here for months and waiting for their asylum requests to play out in a closed up us system before they would have been kept stateside for that long process but a Year Old Program could n. P. P. Or remain in mexico changed things since then some 60000 people have been shipped across the border and told to wait here and had only u. S. Officials told me that i was going to a shelter in mexico with security and food that we shouldnt be scared in reality they just left us at the bridge i asked mexican migration officials where i could stay because i was with my girls wherever you want they told me if you dont find anywhere you can just stand the bottom of the steps and eventually they found their way to a camp thats turned into a sort of village residence provide some services the much morristown government takes care of the rubbish and International Organizations and churches many from the us provide food and other essentials. They come to much more to us a border town known for gang violence. Like many others here each of his family hardly ever set foot outside apart from to head across the river when they have a case hearing they dont see a judge face to face even then just across the border from the camp something thats new under this u. S. Administration they called in tang courts and this is where Asylum Seekers speak to judges who are elsewhere in the United States via video link up now what migrants rights advocates say is that these are quite secret and even hostile environments for Asylum Seekers were it becomes even more difficult for them to effectively present their cases. A study by city queues University Shows that less than one percent of asylum relief requests and the m. P. P. Have been approved its not helped say migrant rights attorneys by the complications of getting legal aid in the camp so there are very few attorneys that are. To actually come into mexico and especially in the areas. That morris i know well i dont know because of the level of dangerousness within within mexico itself last friday us ordered m. P. P. To hoped but then the same cool stayed pending fresh arguments it means that for now the policy continues to get that all of them are already ok if we go back now what are we going back to weve been threatened whats going to be our story if we go back. Recently the numbers of arriving at the camp go way down but migrants rights advocates say thats only because the u. S. Is now sending some Asylum Seekers further away still under another new program all the way to guatemala John Heilemann how does it or might the mortals. Well many Central Americans in mexico waiting for a decision on asylum cases in the u. S. Staying in the countrys most dangerous state Doctors Without Borders as some of their patients in the level of a bill and them i would state have been kidnapped or suffered violence that report coming up in part 2 of us series next thursday. Vast oil reserves have been discovered in the republic of congo beneath 10000 year old pete lands near the congo rainforest as malcolm lab reports in the capital brazzaville activists say drilling for oil would release billions of tons of carbon. Beneath the swampy Forest Carbon equivalent to about 20 years of emissions from fossil fuels in the u. S. Its stored in peat land the scientists discovered here in the republic of congo 3 years ago the government didnt allow us to go there and film this is the governments video but it did allow Oil Companies to drill there last year. Its license to Oil Exploration in blocks of land across more than half of the people and environmentalist say if wells extracted risks releasing 30000000000 tons of carbon stored in the peat. It would be catastrophic even if we tried to exploit the oil in an eco friendly way we still have to destroy the ecosystem. Or it will make the area we want to see before the exploitation of other resources and also indeed. So what. The river congo is the worlds 2nd largest river by volume and the rain forest that sits in its basin is the worlds 2nd largest after the amazon and its leaves and branches falling from the trees partially decomposing in the ground to form the peat lands over about 10000 years have been discovered on both sides of the river in swampy areas and the carbon stored in them beneath the ground is as much as is stored above the ground in the entire forest. The congolese government signed an agreement to receive 65000000. 00 of funding from european governments to preserve the pete lands and the forests to perve them with activists say the agreement doesnt rule out Oil Extraction the countrys africas 3rd Largest Oil Producer 2 Oil Companies announced major on shore Oil Discoveries near the peak lands last year but the environment minister talked with the people on the safe. Community and what we are saying to the International Community is that the congolese government will not touch their land if we have a friend even if we have to do it if we find they train their people and areas we will do our best to do a good job the plans are also home to millions of people the government says oil revenues help communities environmental activists say they dont and that if Oil Extraction goes ahead here the Worlds Largest tropical land and its vast carbon reservoir will be gone forever malcolm webb aljazeera republic of congo ukraines parliament has approved dennis shem girl as the new Prime Minister after his previous as a resigned replaces alexy gone charo who quit on the wednesday after he was caught out by a leaked recording criticizing the president comes as what amir selenski reshuffles as top team in a bid to improve the economic situation. Europe is aiming to become the 1st Carbon Neutral confident by 2050 to make that a reality the e. U. Has unveiled its 1st climate law and it will give brussels the power to set revised emissions targets every 5 years whether or not Member States agree but some organizations are accusing politicians of just pretending to tackle the Climate Crisis has more. If the European Parliament and Member States approve it the continents path to a Carbon Neutral future will be in shrines irreversible the e. U. s 1st ever climate legislation it is a Binding Legal obligation. It offers predictability it offers transparency to all for example the European Industry to investors to public authorities and this is what they are calling for this is what they ask us to do because it gives them certainty about what needs to be achieved and it gives them certainty at what pace the climate law would commit the e. U. To net 0 Greenhouse Gas emissions by 2050 but theres no mention of net removals of carbon post 2050 which was in an initial draft of the law and it defers till september plans to upgrade the aim to cut emissions by 40 percent by 2030 for some this law still pushes too far too fast and some Member States are objecting to the use of whats called a delegated act here is the ability of the commission to revise emissions targets every 5 years from 2030 with limited scope for e. U. Governments to object for others it doesnt go nearly far enough to live on the land welcomes teenage climate activists gratitude to the e. U. Headquarters but home verdict was damning this climate lore is so random. Because nature doesnt bargain and you cannot make deals with physics and for this criticism of them and their alleged capitulation you got a standing ovation. An open letter signed by 2 in berg another activist says the law is deferring action that should be taken today the 2016 paris accords pledged to limit Global Warming below a 2 degree celsius rise campaigners say Carbon Neutrality by 2050 is too distant to achieve this they want goals from this year and every following month the new year to come. How does iran. Not trees are vital for life on earth but in many parts of the world the fire station continues unabated while our artists are challenging the way that people see the Natural World in a new exhibition thats opened in london. Look at the trees theyre all around us familiar but so often overlooked a show at the Hayward Gallery seeks to change that with a new exhibition among the trees its been estimated that her roots in de force traces and 600 years there will be no trees left on the planet so i think it is a moment when we have to start having a new relationship with trees and forest 50 years of art about trees to mark 50 years since the 1st earth day a forest of corrugated cardboard the packaging material repurposed to its earlier form of wood itself ideally i would like to have people to stop for a few minutes and for get a little bit they have to go all the way to the show and to this day there and see what happens at 1st glance a felled bark less tree but its actually more than 800 layers of wafer thin cedar in different cultures different ways of seeing trees in rural colombia there is no hierarchy between trees and people its just a matter of considering how the big important thing to the life of people who asked people themselves. A 30 meter spruce in a finnish forest sways in the wind allowing visitors to admire the scale for trees the sense of time is changed and all of tree growing for more than 2000 years in southern italy was used to cast this monumental sculpture it was around when Julius Caesar ruled the roman empire forests are disappearing at an alarming rate just at a time when our planet needs them the most trees and for us one of the most Cost Effective ways of fighting Climate Change trees take in Carbon Dioxide and clean the air around them. Rubbish caught in the branches of trees on the malaysian coast documents the environmental degradation trees are indispensable from paper for books timber for houses but theres more like all good art there will be new emotional connections made highlighting the importance of trees Jessica Baldwin aljazeera london. Don this will break at aljazeera when we come back a novelist quarters on the building eyes and says the games will go ahead well hear from one of the favorites for gold in tokyo one thats going to. Aljazeera. Where ever you are. Welcome back time for the sport hes on the thank you very much for tokyos elim pick organizers say canceling or delaying the games you to coronavirus is not being considered good news for athletes including World Champion high jumper suppose the cattery want a silver medal at the rio games 4 years ago hes the favorite to win gold in japan or some other sporting events taking place behind closed doors without spectators or must hold out easier he hopes that doesnt happen at the olympics i think it take it take so much of the joy and the beauty of sport go sport need to be celebrated and weve filled with people with audience you know to interact with that the reaction from people and the support we get from the people and the job we give them its a big very very special relationship is a big part of sport that cannot be taken away of i dont know i actually feel about that rather it feels like more like training you know i dont want to go to the biggest event and coming up compete with new orleans or not people at the end of the day health is the most important and whatever decision i mean the i. O. C. Or the people thats in charge take to make sure that we are safe and healthy and with it all talk here is confidence that all will be ok is being matched by that of the olympic president thomas back the International Olympic committee has just concluded a 2 day meeting in switzerland back refused to comment on the possibility of cancellation or postponement says the games will start on july the 24. I will not be fuel to the flame of speculation by giving a 2 year revealing a date daughter of fueling more speak with asians and. Our statement from yesterday where we give you we are fully committed while earlier on we spoke to professor jules book of author of power games a political history of the olympics he says theres no way for banks and i know if the games will go ahead and that any cancellation will be felt mainly by broadcasters and the people of japan. Well with most messaging emerging from the International Olympic committee we should have a healthy degree of skepticism on one hand you can understand why tomas bach today might say that we have nothing to worry about at least right now because he wants to quell all concerns but if the coronavirus panic becomes a pandemic they better have a plan he said today that in fact they never even discuss the word postponement or cancelation with the executive board that should be a cause of concern for those who are looking ahead to what might come for athletes it probably wouldnt be that big a deal logistically for tokyo it would be a challenge where i think youre going to find the most resistance to postponing the olympics is with the broadcasters and in particular and b c here in the United States where im coming from back in 2011 n. B. C. Plunged 4400000000 dollars to get the rights to the games through 2020 and then after that they plunged another 7700000000. 00 through 2032 and so for them the games must go on short of a Global Pandemic because if they postpone it will start bumping up against a lot of their other cash Cow Properties like n. F. L. Football as well as the College Football season i think you could also argue and this comes from speaking with people in japan when i was there pretty recently they say the damage is already done in the sense that theyve made special laws to build higher in the city in the sense that numerous people have been displaced to make way for the Olympic Stadium so for them the olympic damage has already transpired well worn running a limpet champion looks at some missed the games regardless bahrains has been given a full year on the kenyan border run a one gold in the 3000 meter Steeple Chase 4 years ago. All sports in italy will be played behind closed doors until april the 3rd you to coronavirus include games and top football to division syria and italys 6 nations rugby match against england a government decree says clubs and associations now have a responsibility to test all players for the virus the west indies have brown straight back from the one day series defeat to sri lanka winning the 1st t 20 match in candy Lendl Simmons was the key man for the tourists its an unbeaten 67. 00 as the windies finished on 196. 00 for 4 in reply cool so per hour it would do some damage with the bat for sri lanka hooking the ball into his adoring home crowd here. But their hope left them when Andre Russell ended prayer is not considered to 6 the hosts all out 25 runs shorts they meet again on friday and bad weather could have a big impact on the semifinals of the womens t 20 world cup in australia wednesdays practice sessions in sydney how to take place indoors was more heavy rain forecast on thursday and thats when india as you take on england with host australia facing south africa if plays washed out india and south africa will progress to the final after finishing top of their qualifying groups. Ok that is i suppose looking for not well i say. All right andy thank you very much well thats it for me for this news out dont go away though because ill be back in a moment with much more of the days news special. 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