E. U. s borders and a spate of Chemical Attacks across sandy as the president blaming Community Leaders. Across the world from asia to the middle east and europe coronavirus is now forcing governments to further tighten their restrictions it is even raising tensions between some countries and its head through the developments region by region shortly but the global picture has changed in the last hour or so were using the Johns Hopkins university tracker on covert 19 which takes figures from the World Health Organization and theres the headline figure right now 100003 130. 00 infections in total around the world the 100000. 00 barrier crossed in just the past few hours while most of the infections as we know are centered in china and asia it is actually infections elsewhere in the world which are driving things right now for example iran the large red dot in the middle has been a lot. A number of infections there in the last 24 hours well talk about that in the moment of course through europe as well basically is the main place there but we will be looking at developments in france i always stress though as we look at the numbers in the top right hand corner 3408 which is the number of people who have died but 55694 is the number who have recovered so its around a 55 percent recovery right from corona virus at the moment now i mentioned iran right in the middle of it there and at least 1200. 00 of the new infections have happened there in just the past 24 hours which is irans biggest jump since the outbreak began the Health Ministry says 124 people have now died there and police are also in forcing road and highway closures as they try to contain the spread of the virus also we are learning about 200 new cases confirmed overnight in france and well talk to john hall in our european news center about that in a moment just sit tight for a moment john i want to stop with the same bus ravi in teheran those numbers i mentioned out of iran saying that is a big jump in just 24 hours. Thats exactly right its the biggest jump weve seen so far ever since this Public Health crisis was made public and during the Daily Briefing which has become a staple part of the day here in iran the Health Ministry spokesman expressed his frustration with the public 1st of all he said that there is no province that is now spared theres no province that hasnt contracted the virus in some capacity and yesterday just a day the the Health Ministry a couple of days ago put out a map to show where the virus began and how it spread it began in a home a big red blob in the middle of the country with red lines going out all across the country like the tentacles of an octopus and that really does give us a sense of how this is transferring the public Health Ministry spokesman said that the public is not listening to government guidance or government advice not to travel and move around freely he said that the reason that schools and universities and other institutions were shut were so that people would stay at home to a limit the spread of the virus during the occupation period but he said people continue to travel and he suggested that the government may start using force to compel people not to move in between cities he didnt elaborate with that would be but we already know that there are checkpoints military and Police Checkpoints between major cities on major highways to try and control the flow of people to try and stem the flow of this virus as it transfers across the country major tourist sites are now saying they will not accept travelers from anywhere around the country or obviously from outside the country and this is a time of holiday the persian new year is coming up so this is a very Big Development friday prayers remain closed and if you walk around on the streets you can see Fire Fighting and health units in full technical gear in full protective gear spraying in disinfecting city streets what you see when you look up from those streets that are being disinfected. Is that in many areas life is going on as normal now there are 2 things really to consider here the country the has been suffering greatly economically and so people feel that despite the threat of this virus they cant stay home they have to go out they have to participate however they can in the economy or at least whats left of it after sanctions to try and keep earning some money they simply cant stay at home and wait for things to better the other thing is iranians are very resilient when they face any sort of big problem as that has come in handy during sanctions by the United States and other difficulties that they faced at this point in time there was illions and their refusal to. Agree and follow the guidelines from the government is actually working against the Public Health effort to try and stop the spread of the coronavirus here in iran thank you same bus ravi in teheran and now back to jonah focus in europe has been so much on italy throughout the corona Virus Outbreak but youve got news out of fronts. Yes a big jump in the infection numbers in france you mentioned in the intro there theyve gone up 200 in the last 24 hours from 3772577 so a pretty significant jump in that country 2 more deaths confirmed as well in france taking their total to 9. 00 and 1. 00 member of the parliament the National Assembly has been hospitalized with coronavirus to stuff members also down with suspected cases and parts of that building the National Assembly in paris have been closed down president macron popped up during the course of the morning in a retirement home in paris telling people on television that as difficult as it is they should try to limit their visits to elderly relatives in Retirement Homes and other places like that of course the other most vulnerable to the effects of this virus because of their depleted immune systems that make it hard to fight the virus off so anxiety their anxiety elsewhere in europe and across the the 1st case is reported in in serbia in the vatican city in bosnia a 2nd suspected foot fatality were fatality suspected of being caused by Corona Corona virus here in the u. K. Theyre waiting for results on that to be a stuff members 5 Staff Members have gone down with the virus that will cause a ripple of panic. In the flight world adding to economic woes among airlines Boris Johnson has pledged the Prime Minister here to invest some 50000000. 00 into the search for new vaccines and faster testing the methods to improve the speed with which the infections are identified up to now it can take up to days for that to happen which is why be thought to be far too slow at the moment big countries with developing outbreaks in the e. U. Are very much going their own way doing their own thing to deal with the kind of the issues that they face thats something the e. U. Has tried to rectify today with a meeting of health minister. Trying to come up with a coordinated approach instead the pier d in brussels to have come away big karim with small countries accusing those larger ones of of acting not in the spirit of the e. U. By hoarding and banning france and germany the export of personal protective gear widespread concerns about shortages that. China how with that update from our european new center in london thanks jonah coronaviruses also spread to bethlehem and now the Israeli Military isnt allowing people in or out palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas they declared a state of emergency after 7 cases were confirmed tourists and pilgrims are banned from the area for the next 2 weeks church of the nativity revered among christians as the birthplace of jesus christ is among the sites that have been closed since last hour we spoke to our agent mood arden activist in bethlehem who says cutting off the area to be disastrous for the local economy there isnt is the number one income generating generating come to the people here so wait until reason is affected that means many people will not be able to live and make money and many things are connected to the reason they dont get shops and buses and so the Companies Even holy sites in many different sites that live and rely on some reason so that will be affected by not having interest in or many have even trying to leave and yes possible this morning you are right any action. So the life of the how is the likelihood of an airing especially and the west bank would be highly affected by this virus. On to other news in a political ceremony in afghanistans capital kabul has come under attack leaving 27 people dead the head of the Peace Council was giving a speech was being broadcast live when the shots were fired afghanistans chief executive was also. Reporting from kabul she explains who could be behind the attack within half an hour. A spokesperson here in afghanistan treated that had nothing to do with this attack now i think they were so quick in doing so because such an attack would be a clear violation of the agreement carried out between the u. S. And the taliban and was signed on saturday it would be a week but remains a question of who is behind that attack so far no claims of responsibility it could be any of the groups operating in the country could be it could be even splinter groups from the taliban they were commanders and fighters who were not happy with the deal signed with the United States some of them have actually a sworn allegiance to. Groups it could be anyone at this stage but i think what this attack really underlines is that you know with vended agreement to withdrawal of all Foreign Forces from the country over the last 14 months that would leave Afghan Security forces. Own to quell such attacks and how we have seen today how complicated that is how long it took and how many reinforcement needs to be needed to be sent there so i think thats one aspect of the agreement that really underlines that the Afghan Security forces will be left in a very fragile situation. Theres also been an explosion outside the u. S. Embassy in tennessee as capital tunis reports say it was a suicide bomber and at least one person was killed in the attack and several others were injured including at least 4 security employees syria now in a tense calm is largely holding in italy province after the ceasefire came into effect their president to egypt type of turkey environment putin of russia agreed to the deal during hours of talks in moscow on thursday there have been some reports though of sporadic fighting in southern parts of the province between Syrian Government forces and opposition groups some syrians displaced by the ongoing violence they are pessimistic about this latest ceasefire is that most. People did not return to their home what does the truce mean ok you implemented the ceasefire and i am here displaced and maybe i will not be able to go back home for 10 years or 15 years how do i build if it from this truce or cease fire. His hash. Antakya and turkey close to that border well can you say about the ceasefire now hashem their eyes reports of sporadic fighting i guess thats not totally unexpected but one of the chances of this becoming more permanent. Well it depends to be seen how the 2 key players russia and turkey would be able to further implement all the terms of the ceasefire because most of the little interconnected the reason why weve seen the sporadic clashes is because the rebels were hoping that the deal would push the Syrian Government from places like mourdock and see hone in their man and start r k but then they walk up to the realisation that territory has now come and the control of the c m if you wish came as a massive disappointment for the Syrian Opposition because it has lost more and more territory or no is it stronghold is confined to not entirely or the province of it just a portion of the place with this with the city center and the northern part of the border with turkey but him kind of his the prison spokesperson the president has a. So basically that you think this was this was a good deal with the russians saying that 1st of all it protects the border of the Turkish Border protection the soldiers who are operating in the observation post is allows for the wrist supplement of the settlement of the civilians who are stranded on the border area and then it will take some time for the 2 parties to negotiate the modalities of the joint patrols on either side of the highway in for well politically speaking the differences will continue because the president has a said one when when he was flying back to cut off from the meeting yesterday that ultimately that needs to be an International Push to implement resolution 2 to 5 for space the way for political reforms new elections the drafting of a new election that is seeing from a different perspective by the russians about buses and bus shuttle as and who say that this is it should not be enforced by the International Community it should be its just come from the political establishment in damascus so but and till we get to that point for the time being turkey feel like that they have achieved something quite significant in lip thank you for the update hash there in attacking. Grab a break on aljazeera when we come back Coronavirus Travel restrictions sparking renewed tensions between japan and south korea. Visit the legacy of libyas past exploring the ancient connections to todays conflict. Welcome back as we begin our forecast in asia northeastern areas looking much quieter sun is far as japan on the Korean Peninsula is concerned grinch enjoying fine conditions certainly woman conditions so there are 12 degrees and temperatures set to rise over the course of the weekend for much of japan its looking fine sapporo seen temperatures coming above freezing so a bit of a thaw taking place but we have got this area of rain moving across some of the Southern Japanese islands and that will continue to extend further towards the east jury in the course of the weekend to support coming out now with a decent saw taking place and seoul seeing temperatures rocketing up to 17 degrees some heavy rain across more southern parts of china but further south into hong kong it should be generally dry and fine and it should be fine for the most part for vietnam the annoy into the low thirtys into southeastern parts of asia for central and southern parts of the philippines with might see some fairly heavy showers manila should remain largely dry not as wet as it has been across town of borneo but certainly for java but tensions still for some very heavy downpours and were looking at brices conditions for singapore in kuala lumpur but i think the risk of showers is generally increasing here across south asia weve got some showers scattered across more eastern parts of india further north the risk of showers decreasing slightly for new delhi. 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And a chance comes largely holding in syria as it did province after a ceasefire came into effect brokered by russia and turkey after days of fighting nearly pushed the 2 countries towards direct confrontation. Remembers well last week turkey opened its border with the e. U. Seen as an attempt to pressure the bloc into helping with the conflict in syria now they have been scuffles at the greek Turkish Border as refugees and migrants trying to cross authorities from both sides of used tear gas and cannon turkey has sent us 1000 special Police Officers to hold what it called push back from greece thousands of people have gathered there in the past week but athens says those trying to enter are doing so illegally with support from the. Dont go to the border. To bullish not over. Mission want. I jus kangal because of all those old when you can go freely to a real true greece have to schreibers thats not true joy to the situation in greece could be in danger avoid discoloration of to cry sheesh avoid moving to a closure door but please dont tell people that they can go because it is not true. Is natasha. Border at it tournay. Natasha this is the very definition of no mans land isnt it for these people stop by 2 countries who essentially dont want them exactly and that would explain why more than a few people have asked me where is the humanity why isnt the world sympathizing with us its been a week since turkey opened its borders and peoples spirits are beaten down theyve been out in the cold and the rain theyve eaten sporadically if theyve made contact with greek police they say theyve been beaten and mistreated but hope is such a powerful emotion even though that hope for many people is diminishing they are determined to keep trying to enter greece i spoke to a man who says he and his wife have been deported 3 times already their belongings confiscated they have no money or vital documents yet he says he is going to make a 4th attempt when possible the turkish government is deploying 1000 members of its special Police Forces to the river border region with greece theyre also have boats on this river the turkish government is saying that theyre doing this to pervade greece from trying to push back migrants into turkey the turkish government says that greece has attempted to push back about 5000 people and has injured 164 the turkish government is also saying that its presence on the border is intended to prevent what it calls horrible treatment from the greek police and a possible violation of International Law since the thing is one thing for people not to be wanted and to get stuck and these are people whove been stuck in all sorts of places but the fact that there is violence being used against them and theyve been accused of themselves. Yes the turkish government and the greek government are trading barbs and definitely theres a war of words there was some tension at the border one of the border checkpoints today we are told that greek police fired a water cannon to disperse the crowd Turkish Police fired tear gas the greek government is accusing turkey of firing tear gas of orchestrating drone attacks to provide cover for people to sneak into greece turkey says its only firing tear gas to respond to greeces tear gas attacks against people were here at the a during a bus station if you take a look behind me you can see theres still quite a few people lots of families this is one of the remaining places in the area where a large group of people are congregating as they try to figure out what their next step is we were at a river back along here and during day yesterday it was a big account made overnight refugees tell us the police came in forcibly remove them fired tear gas beat them and gave them one of 2 options go to the border or to istanbul natasha going to im reporting from near the Turkey Greece sportive thank you back to corona virus now and japans Prime Minister has imposed a mandatory quarantine on all visitors from south korea south korea and china but south korea is unhappy about this its called for it to be revoked and is threatening Council Mission scrub mcbride reports from seoul. In the sometimes strained relations between japan and south korea the corona Virus Outbreak has exposed the animosity that exists below the surface south korea says it wasnt consulted before japanese Prime Minister shinzo abbay announced the new measures local car new visitors from both china and south korea will be required to be quarantined for 2 weeks at a location designated by the quarantine director and asked that they refrain from using Public Transportation in the country. That brought a Swift Response from seoul the japanese ambassador was summoned for an official reprimand then. We find the speed of rhetoric and the japanese government to withdraw such an excessive an unreasonable measure immediately our government will devise a proper Counter Measure against japans measures. Opponents in south korea accuse the japanese government of trying to deflect criticism of its handling of the coronaVirus Outbreak in particular the attempted quarantining of a cruise ship that left hundreds of passengers sick and. While criticizing japans efforts south korea has been quick to show the scale and transparency of its own response which is one international praise testing on an industrial scale means thousands of people are being checked with the virus every day. On south korea has been touted as an outstanding example of releasing information in a transparent and rapid manner in that sense i believe that japans move to not fully take into account our central and local governments efforts. The growing dispute between 2 leading countries in the fight against this Global Health emergency is worrying for the International Community the 2 sides have long disagreed over trade and the legacy of the 2nd world war more than 100 countries now have travel restrictions on people arriving from south korea but unlike many of them japan is a vital trading partner this quarantine measure will cause further economic pain and theres a lingering suspicion here that politics not Public Health is the motivation behind it bright aljazeera so. Just moments ago these pictures of u. S. President signing an emergency bill that means 8300000000 dollars will be dedicated to help deal with coronavirus in the u. S. That will provide money to state and local officials who are trying to prevent and limit the spread of the virus thats happened just a few minutes ago. More than 50 people have been killed during violence in zambia unrest that is in response to a series of mysterious attacks in which gangs use poisonous gas to target their victims at all started back in december it spread across the country president edgar lugo has blamed some Community Leaders for inciting the killings we witnessed mr skillings of this interview. I didnt see him but most of all the back to him than. We have equally released this list reactions from citizens for these killings. Now ancient powers once competed for control of vast areas of libya and its southern mediterranean shows were of huge strategic importance to empires and their armies throughout history which sounds a lot like today stratford has this report from one of libyas most Historic Sites where not much has changed. Many say there are ghosts among the ruins of leptis magna from around 19080. 00 under the Roman EmperorSeptimius Severus it became the wealthiest city in north africa only alexandria rivaled it in splendid power. Repeatedly attacks by other invading armies and indigenous tribes by the time of the arab conquest around 650 the city had been virtually abandoned foreign powers continue to compete for control in libya it was then that the copper to this place represents so much of our heritage that the war continues there will be more destruction and fighting could go to all cities will further affect tourism areas residential areas and more people will be displaced its a very complicated situation. Many empires and their armies so for the control of leptis magna are what became libya over the millennia. Foreign powers have long been aware of the strategic importance of the mediterraneans sudden scholz there are many people in libya that say ending this need a decade long conflict is being complicated because of the sheer number of countries involved support for. Comes from countries including the u. A. E. Egypt and russia. Hundreds of civilians have been killed since have to launch the military offensive against the un backed government in tripoli in april. After his allies say their fight is against terrorism a few foreign governments analysts all military commanders believe them many blame the u. A. E. And say russia wants greater influence in the southern mediterranean and africa and also wants to use it to weaken the Nato Alliance may the u. A. E. Is behind all the wars in the region if libya stands on its feet the u. A. E. Will lose its status in the region they are worried about the dominance of their ports like. Thats why they are trying to sabotage all the plans to make libya prosper the u. N. Says that more than 150000 people have been forced to flee the fighting turkey signed a maritime agreement with the un backed government in november critics say could give ankara an unfair advantage over rights to Mediterranean Oil and gas drilling turkey says it has the right to send military advisers and pro turkey syrian fighters to help defend tripoli because of a Security Agreement it signed with the government earlier this week pro have to media announced the opening of what it describes as an embassy in damascus fueling speculation that fighters loyal to Bashar Al Assads regime are coming to libya to fight on behalf of off the conflict has kept Foreign Tourists away from the spectacular ancient ruins of leptis magna for years. These ancient marble pillars are perhaps a symbol of the foreign armies that throughout history have fought for control of this resource rich country on the mediterranean coast. The battle continues to. Stop at aljazeera. Libya. Past the hour on aljazeera these are the headlines at least 30 People Killed in afghanistan during a political ceremony in kabul the head of the Peace Council was giving a speech that was being broadcast when the shots were fired the taliban says it was not responsible. Corona virus cases around the world have just topped 100000. 00 as the illness spreads to more countries but more than half of those infected have made a full recovery and just moments ago u. S. President dont trump signed an emergency bill to dedicate 8300000000 dollars to help deal with the virus it will provide money to state and local officials who are trying to prevent and limit the spread. As a tense calm which is largely holding in syrias if that province after a cease fire came into effect it was brokered by russia and turkey after days of fighting that nearly pushed the countrys towards direct confrontation remember last week turkey as well opened its side well that side of the border with the e. U. Which was seen as an attempt to pressure the bloc into helping with the conflict in syria but now there have been more scuffles at the greece turkey border as refugees and migrants try to cross authorities from both sides of used tear gas and water cannon. Athens says those trying to enter there were doing so illegally and its being backed up by the e. U. Dont go to the border. To polish not open. If someone tells you that you can go because it would result in you can go freely to a real true greece or to cyprus thats not true joy the situation in which you could be in danger avoid discoloration of the crisis id like moving to a closed door but please dont tell people that they can go because its not true and of course in indias capital is ordered for men to be executed later this month after their appeals in a landmark right case failed they were convicted of gang raping and murdering a student on a bus in new delhi in 2012 and then leaving her to die a case triggered mass protests and led to tougher laws against sexual violence. And those are the headlines for this hour news hour in 25 minutes time right after the string. 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