Zambia president blames Community Leaders for inciting the violence. So we continue our coverage of the corona Virus Outbreak the number of cases worldwide is believed to have reached 100008 silly now has the highest number of deaths outside of china and the continuing spread of the virus across the globe is beginning to test diplomatic relations japan and south korea now gauged a tit for tat battle over travel restrictions which is anger at the World Health Organization the European Union held an emergency meeting to agree solidarity among its 27. 00 nations off to france germany and other countries blocks exports of protective equipment and then there are concerns over a worldwide recession thats continuing to weigh on the Global Financial markets stocks are falling and emergency Interest Rate cuts have been enforced in the United States canada and australia jonah hall has a round up of the latest information. The global infection total since the start of the corona Virus Outbreak has by some counts passed the 100000 mark while there are positive signs in the slowing rate of infections in china and south korea elsewhere its speeding up iran recorded a dramatic rise of a 1000 new cases in the 24 hours since thursday with your 30 said to be preparing travel restrictions between cities to add to widespread School Closures and bans on public gatherings the World Health Organization said rapidly rising numbers are a sign of a more Efficient Government response any country in the face when epidemic when it looks for cases will find. And if we call that a bad thing it is its a sad thing for the people who have the disease but its much better that we understand the extent of the problem so we commend the move towards a more aggressive target of surveillance and we hope that that will lead to the kind of control measures that could help push this virus back among the more than 3300 lives lost around the world so far most have been among the elderly whose less efficient immune systems make it hard to fight off the virus in france where new infections jumped by 200 on friday president emanuel visited a retirement facility. Im asking all fellow citizens to act responsibly to make this sacrifice i know it is sometimes heartbreaking but we must avoid visiting our elders as much as possible the European Union with its open borders is proving a haven for the spread of coronavirus italy remains the worst affected country but germanys catching up across europe a tiny vatican city has reported its 1st case as has serbia and in britain Prime MinisterBoris Johnson has announced a 50 1000000. 00 investment into Vaccine Research and faster testing methods. Early signs of the virus continue to spring up in africa and the middle east cameroon and senegal join nigeria and south africa in registering their 1st cases this week that is the head of the uns will program sounded a stop warning if coronavirus continues or create panic around the world and as an economic downturn ive been telling the european leaders and leaders around the world you dont have enough money set aside to address the needs in Africa East Africa west africa and the middle east right now and if theres a neck an economic downturn on top of the economic downturn that exist now in syria and lebanon it absolutely could be a catastrophe i mean absolute devastation and there was more bad news for the Airline Industry already operating on tight margins with losses across the industry from travel restrictions of canceled bookings estimated to top 100000000000. 00 the german carrier lufthansa announced plans to scale back up to 50 percent of its Services Worldwide now this may suit follows suit. Aljazeera. Well more deaths have been reported from the virus in iran with a 1000 new cases in just 24 hours same is in the capital to iran and says authorities are considering using force to stop travel between cities. The Public HealthMinistry 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 limit the spread of the virus during the incubation 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 what 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 was a very Big Development friday prayers remain closed and if you walk around on the streets you can see firefighting and health units in full chemical 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. Elsewhere corona virus test kits have been delivered to a cruise ship barred from returning to port in San Francisco a sampling kits were airlifted by helicopter to the grand princess which will be kept off shore until all the passengers and crew have been tested for the infection at least 35. 00 of the more than 3 and a half 1000 aboard have reported flu like symptoms the ship has been linked to 2 cases of the virus from an earlier voyage the grand princess had been due to return to San Francisco on wednesday. And the u. S. President donald trump has told the centers for Disease Control and prevention in atlanta says scientists there have been working on a vaccine since the outbreak started in china a few months ago america is now dealing with more than 200. 00 cases across 18 states President Trump only a signed off on an 8000000000. 00 emergency funding bill to support the countrys efforts to contain the virus mike hanna has more on this now from washington. Congress was relatively quick to pass this bill making the merchants the funding available it was a bipartisan bill that went through congress both houses within 48 hours or signed by President Trump in the course of the morning now it is a significant bill in that it will provide some 3000000000. 00 for attempts to find a vaccine to the virus that will provide some 2000000000. 00 to the federal agencies that are in the frontline of combating did so certainly it is a very public indication of the depth of concern particularly among members of congress attempting to assure their constituents but once again the questions remain about how many people are being tested now the c. D. C. The center for Disease Control is simply not providing sufficient statistics at the moment according to many observers this is creates an issue in terms of knowing how many people are actually being tested the trumpet ministrations says its going to be testing people in the millions but you bail ability of the test kits themselves would indicate that this figure is more like the thousands rather than tens or hundreds of thousands that the trumpet ministration says are going to be tested. The kremlin is saying that russias president Vladimir Putin has assured the syrian president bashar assad that a cease fire deal with turkey will stabilize the situation in italy a province fragile calmer piers to be holding 24 hours after the cease fire came into effect in russia declared the pause in fighting after negotiations in moscow the 2 governments are supporting opposing sides in the syrian war but the number of casualties have been escalating in recent weeks the have been some reports since the deal was made of sporadic fighting in southern parts the province but that in nature clashes many syrians dont believe the ceasefire will last. You know so much supposed to believe theres a truce if im listening to the sound of jets and call me when there is no real truce no one moderate voters tell me what im not at all hopeful regarding the agreement im not expecting anything from it those people dont respect any commitments. Regarding the agreement we dont feel at all reassured they didnt meet our aspirations and desires to hold because there have been many agreements that the regime hasnt respected and it wont respect this one either or rival forces in syria been fighting for control of the key m. 4 and 5 highways for several months the town of sarky was at the center of this fighting because whoever controls it has access to both of those highways and then gains crucial military and economic advantages from that the m. 4 and m. 5 link aleppo with the capital damascus in the south and latakia in the west the red areas of the map are in government control those in green are opposition territory and this is the joint security corridor that turkey and russia have agreed to establish either side of the m 4 d to prevent the syrian army from moving north prevent confrontations between rebels and Government Troops and to also ensure the protection of turkish forces. Is monitoring developments from the turkish city of antakya it told us that some of the opposition groups are not happy with the terms of the steel. The rebels were hoping that. With the backing of turkey they would be able to regain those areas. As an amount more work and the strategic city of that didnt happen in this explains their frustration over the terms of the agreement signed between turkey and russia but look it says in general this is this was a good agreement because it will protect the borders it will protect the turkish Army Operating in there the it will pave the way for those resettlement of the hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced since the start of the Syrian Government offensive in december and it will also pave the way for more cooperation with the joint patrols between the russians and the turks in the in 2 weeks from now on both sides of the highway in for but then we have to wait and see to what to what level can the turks and the russians bring their cooperation as far as live is concerned that would be indicative of whether this is fire will continue to hold or will collapse of the 2 parties have signed is if the bass of those deals collapse with the syrian army decided it was about time to move forward to retake the strategic city of because it is the rebels the last major stronghold in syria one the diplomatic front United States has blocked a u. N. Security Council Statement supporting the adlib cease fire russia had urged the 15 Member Council to endorse the chase but the u. S. Called the move premix chair christian salumi has more on this now from the u. N. Russia share details of the ceasefire agreement with Security Council members behind closed doors but given the history of this conflict no one was ready to celebrate it just yet russias ambassador was hoping to get a statement formally welcoming the deal but past agreements to end the conflict as have fallen through. But. The. Main thing the commitments to the political but there is not that still does not exempt from being good measure to contact the u. S. Secretary of state mike pale was at the United Nations but had nothing to say when asked about the deal were told by diplomats that the United States opposed the statement as premature other countries raised objections as well heres the united kingdoms ambassador who said it was a helpful development but there are a lot of questions about how it will work in practice who will monitor it what is happening in west of aleppo and critically has Syrian Government formally signed up and will the Syrian Government be following the provisions of the cease fire were also told that russia was not willing to negotiate on the wording of the statement which made no mention of the dire humanitarian situation facing about a 1000000 civilians in the area the Security Council will continue to monitor the situation. Meanwhile refugees and migrants at the border between turkey and greece have been caught between volleys of tear gas as riot police from both sides try to keep them away tens of thousands of people have been trying to cross into greece since last week when turkey declared its borders with the e. U. Open but greece says those trying to enter are doing so illegally and police have been using tear gas and water cannon to repel them 1000 Turkish Police officers have been deployed to try to stop the pushback especially good name as a makeshift camp in adair ne on turkeys border with greece shes been speaking to refugees and migrants about their experience. Were at the a during a bus station its one of the places where refugees and migrants have been congregating as they try to determine what to do next you can see people have managed to set up tents theyre burrowed in blankets trying to stay warm there are camp fires here its been a week since turkey opened its borders and its been a tough week for the people weve been speaking to they have said theyve been cold hungry weve spoken to many people who managed to make it across the border into greece only to be deported back to turkey and they have shared stories of cruelty people such as the man were about to tell you about says that the greek police have mistreated them we spoke to an iranian amputee who says when he crossed over the border into greece the greek Police Fired Warning Shots into the air he was a unable to run his friends did police found him he says they beat him severely and threaten to confiscate his prosthetic leg now the turkish government has deployed 1000. 00 members of its special Police Forces to the river region border with greece the turkish government says this is an attempt to prevent the greek government from pushing back migrants into turkey and turkey says its also a way to try to minimize what it describes as the poor treatment of Vulnerable People here and a possible violation of international law. So that for you on the program dozens of killed off the shots a fight at a Memorial Service in afghanistans capital kabul. And well tell you about the farmers who say then livelihood is under threat from one of the largest down projects in the. Welcome back we begin this time in australasia weve seen some very heavy showers affecting the coast of queensland extending down just into New South Wales there are still some showers there and the still fairly heavy but is generally a dry pictures and some showers across the Cape York Peninsula stanny across into animal and Western Australia jeremy looking fine perth a pleasant day with highs of 27 but weve got the remnants of esther yes ester is still around its now threatening new zealand tied in with a frontal system thats likely to bring some very heavy rain to the western coast of the south on and of new zealand during the course of the today and through into sunday so strong winds as well but flooding is certainly highly likely about stage it should be a largely draw a picture for sydney with highs of 23. 00 degrees heading up into northeastern parts of asia were seeing a thaw taking place across northern parts of japan sapporo coming above freezing for the 1st time in quite a few days and in the us a trend which will continue as we head through into sunday but at that stage weve got another area of low pressure bringing some heavy rain across the far south of japan or so of course southern parts of honshu and tokyo could see some rain at times but for much of that should be dry with highs here 14 degrees celsius. On counting the cost 1. 00 of the most is he said rate cut just isnt good enough to save the Global Economy from the impact of the fast spreading throughout a virus scientists race to find a vaccine to stop the epidemic plus the environmental damage of drilling for oil in the republic of congo counting the cost on aljazeera. Part of the time for more always on the love of god we are traveling the extra mile there are the media dont go we go there and we give them a chance to tell their story. With aljazeera by from london a look at the headlines number of coronavirus cases worldwide is believed to have reached 100000 with the now having the 2nd highest number of deaths behind China Crude Oil prices a plunge more than 5 percent as talks between opec and russia over a cut in production have ended without agreement. And a fragile cease fire in syrias last rebel held it live appears to be holding 24 hours after it came into effect. Well after a period of relative calm antigovernment protesters have returned to the streets of chile this week with mounting anger over rising inequality demonstrators say present Sebastian Pinera has done little to address that demands for social reform well our latin america its a new c. N. N. Human joins us live now from santiago and it was really in the in or some of last year in october that we saw these protests erupt in chile over inequality and all the problems in the country whats. Its about this resurgence now. Whats really happening is that chileans are telling the government theyre telling their lawmakers that they have not forgotten they have not decided to go home that theyre still very much willing to take to the streets to protest and to continue to demand the rights that they originally came for it back in october they have managed to get an agreement for a referendum which will take place in april for a new constitution but thats clearly not enough and even though the government had made some concessions had some new laws people out here have come out in very large numbers again to say those who just crimes we need institutional. Reforms to the Education System the houses the salaries pensions etc. Now again is a lot of people out as you can see on the streets a short while ago riot police started tearing tear gas again we had to move from one side of the avenue to the other the police and the government had volunteered to be prepared they said to just orders in march and i can tell you from experience that when they said they would be prepared with better crowd control weapons they were not kidding the tear gas and the pepper gas with the throwing out a lot stronger theyve also brought in we understand some 30 new water cadden trucks and tear gas launching cars that were bought in israel and in other countries so there is going to clearly be an increase in the confrontation already we have seen officers being burned tonight there are different groups but this is the for just the 1st of what is expected to be a large number of protests the next one will be on sunday when perhaps as many as a 1000000 women are expected to come out on to the streets to demand better equipped more equality and more rights for women back to you in just just a one. The point lucio we saw last year the paralysis the protests cause really in transportation buses and trains. It would cause a great deal of disruption how the protests are likely to affect life in the city now. Im glad you asked that actually i should have mentioned it just today there were 30 metro stations and had to be closed at various times because students who have often been the ones leading the charge here erupted into being to into metro stations there were also buses that were burnt as i mentioned i think earlier so there have been different groups some are more violent than others the mainstream opposition protesters are very peaceful but there are some who are disrupting roads building barricades blocking entrances into the train and metro stations as well that is going to again make life very very difficult for people most chileans say they wished or they hope that that wont happen but it seems almost inevitable thank you very much our latin america editor lucien human reporting to us there from santiago chile thank you. Now to Afghanistan Afghan media saying the ice still has claimed responsibility for an attack in the capital kabul that killed at least 30 people head of the countrys Peace Council was giving a speech when shots were fired senior politician Abdullah Abdullah was there but he escaped unhurt is the 1st major attack since the taliban signed a deal with the United States to reduce finance and begin the withdrawal of u. S. Troops on the abdul hamid has more now from kabul. This was a very long standoff between the Afghan Security forces and attackers that were holed up in a nearby building which was under construction thats actually where they base themselves to launch the attack on this Memorial Service and the but the attack started at 1120. 00 kabul time and it was over about 5 pm so that shows you how long it lasted you had to bring in Afghan Security forces you had to bring in Foreign Forces it was quite a situation and it happened south of kabul in an area that is predominantly. Which is a shia minority living here in afghanistan which has come under attack a lot of times over the past years. A policeman has been killed in tunisia when 2 suicide bombers blew themselves up outside the United States embassy in the capital tunis witnesses said the attackers triggered the explosion as they approached the embassies main gate on a motorbike 6 people were also injured including 5 Police Officers have been no claims of responsibility but last summer i still said it was behind a series of blasts that struck tunas over the course of a week including one near the French Embassy that killed a policeman. Zambian president who has confirmed that more than 50 people have been killed in a recent spate of reprisal attacks that began in december in an address to parliament he blames some community and Church Leaders for inciting the killings or prices follow a series of attacks in which gangs used poisonous gas to target their victims leaving them unconscious the police say its not clear what the motive is for those gas attacks around 26. 00 people have been arrested. We witnessed business dealings booze and. Drugs. But most of all the bullets were more than. We have legally witnessed muslims reactions from citizens for these killings. When all the stories are following pope francis has accepted the resignation of a french cardinal that acquitted it was acquitted of covering up sexual abuse within the Catholic Church archbishop of the old philip was convicted last year for failing to report a priest who grooms dozens of oist couts during the 1970 s. And eightys but he was acquitted on appeal when he told the court he was following the to can instructions. Spanish coast guards of rescue dozens of refugees and migrants from the Atlantic Ocean 46. 00 men and 2 children rescued from flimsy boats a mile off the coast of gran canaria lying off the north african coast the Canary Islands have seen a shop increase in the arrival of migrants as patrols in the mediterranean tighten access to e. U. Countries on now to a story weve been following the failure to Reach Agreement on a dam being built across the nile in ethiopia is worrying farm is a neighboring sea done who rely on the river for irrigation both countries are expected to reach a deal along with egypt at recent talks but ethiopia boycotts at the meeting as had been morgan reports from Jazeera States farmers a concern that these slower flow of water could impact their livelihoods. Normally around this time of the year im a balloonist farm is covered with wheat ready for harvest its his source of income normally earning him millions of sudanese pounds but he says he doesnt expect to make a profit this year because theres not enough water. There for her. The water from the river is blocked in the canals because theyre covered with dirt and silt i have parts of my father havent even been irrigated once some have been irrigated once but by now they should be irrigated for the 5th time its not the 1st time but this is the worst weve seen this is going to affect our harvests badly or share with them or. How much farmland is part of what is called the dizzier agricultural project established in 1911 during British Colonial rule it started as a 250. 00 hectors farm it now covers over 2000000. 00 hectares and its the economic lifeline for over 100000 farmers it was once the main source of foreign income contributing to over 60 percent of sudans g. D. P. But since the discovery of oil in the my 970 s. Farmers here see the governments interest in the largest agricultural project in the country declined the dizzier irrigation system mainly relies on the sloping land from north to south to carry the water through the canal for the farms its been like this since it was 1st established but some policy the system is now failing them thousands have reported lost harvest in the past 3 decades and they say the situation is getting worse and worse every year that can also some covers less than 36 percent of the project its water comes from the nearby in the river and for farmers in 20. 00 there are concerns that irrigation issues will get to worse neighboring ethiopia is expected to start filling its grant if you can remember on stem by may 2020 the dam is being built on the blue mile which flows from the country to sudan and egypt several rounds of talks between the 3 countries have failed to produce a deal over the duration of filling of a dam so dense Transitional Government says it wont agree to any deal that will impact to the livelihoods of farmers but that the problem facing farmers is one of management. The problem is not in the county da porter coming through the skin problem game of the many men though this weather coming from the dan rather than the sort of the top 4 that there is no thought it is a war that ended that but there is a problem in the 4th of coming though how to manage this war that less than 500000 hectares of the 2200000 is expected to produce harvest this year some experts say other factors also play a role in how farms that were once regarded as the bread basket of sudan have declined their farmers are using the very same technologies that have been using for the past maybe 30 years so they havent really been trained so the seeds that they are using. A lot of it is genetically depleted and this will cause problems on the quote on quality. Problems on productivity on all. Farmers here even with new technologies their farms are a triscuit they see if you can dam reduces the water the project gets the fear they may have to give up most of the land to farm for generations people morgan aljazeera does the rest 8. Just another quick look at the headlines this hour now the number of chrono virus cases worldwide is believed to have reached 100000 with italy having the 2nd highest number of deaths off to china iran recorded a dramatic rise of over a 1000 new cases as well in the 24 hours since thursday while the spread of the virus is beginning to test diplomatic relations with japan and south korea engaged in a tit for tat battle over travel restrictions while the Health Organization is saying that the rapidly rising numbers though are a sign of more Efficient Government responses we can treat in the face when epidemic when it looks for cases well find. And if we call that a bad thing it is its a sad thing for the people who have the disease but its much better that we understand the extent of the problem should we commend the move towards a more aggressive target of surveillance and we hope that that will lead to the kind of control measures that can help push this my respect. Meanwhile crude oil prices of plunged more than 5 percent as talks over a cut in production because of the outbreak of ended without any agreement russia is refusing to support a cup plan by the oil cartel opec arguing that its too early to predict the impact of the outbreak on Global Energy demand in our headlines this hour a fragile ceasefire in syrias last rebel held province of it live appears to be holding 24 hours after it came into effect the turkish president. And his russian counterpart Vladimir Putin who support opposite sides in the conflict declared the pause in fighting after negotiations in moscow all this is refugees and migrants at the border between turkey and greece have been caught between volleys of tear gas as riot police from both sides try to keep them away tens of thousands of people have been trying to cross into greece since last week when turkey declared its borders with the European Union open and spanish coast guards of rescue dozens of refugees and migrants from the Atlantic Ocean 46. 00 men and 2 children rescued from flimsy boats a mile off the coast of the Spanish Island of gran canaria counting the cost is coming up next focusing on the effect of the coronavirus on the Global Economy and the prospects of a worldwide recession thats it for myself in the team here in london theyll be more news from doha in half an hours time. As it during the syrian army seems determined to defeat the rebels and continues to advance was the city of idlib thats a red line for turkey with detailed coverage of the National Policy and some of the Wild Elephants is yet to be fully implemented 14 years after it was introduced from around the world well this fight will be completely transformed over the next 6 years this will be the northern terminus for phase one of the project. Hello im Adrian Finnegan this is counting the cost on aljazeera a weekly look at the world of business and economics this week recession why an emergency fed rate cuts just isnt good enough to save the Global Economy from the impact of the fast spreading coronavirus as the World Bank Offers billions to developing nations to support Health Care Systems inside a lab thats working to find a vaccine to fight the virus