Groups working in crates and 3 senior members of the saudi royal family including the kings brother odd arrested as the prom prince looks to cement his grip on. Thank you very much for joining us italy is reportedly set to impose an unprecedented large scale or 19 in the north of the country to contain the corona Virus Outbreak more than 10000000 people will be forbidden to enter or leave the nonbody region thats according to a draft sikri seen by italian media 11 nearby provinces will also be knocked down including the cities of milan and venice almost 6000. 00 people across italy are infected including the leader of one of the ruling parties. So it is a ride i have coronavirus to obviously ill be monitored like everybody else in this situation feel fine so it was decided that all be isolated to home also my familys falling all the protocols the situations. Contacting all the people who were close to me at work to be interviewed and to be checked. Numbers are also rising in iran the death toll there has reached 145 with a newly elected m. P. Among the 21 who have died in the last day more than 5 and a half 1000 people in iran have the virus and in china a hotel in the city of joel which was housing people who had contact with virus patients has collapsed 40 people have been rescued but 30 others are still trapped under the rubble katrina you has more from beijing. This hotel is located in the city of 20 in China Southern for gen province and the collapse happened in early evening around dinner time trapping about 70 people including people who we know were being wanted because they were in close contact with corona virus patients now the province of food yet has about 300 coronavirus cases but its monitoring and isolating in quarantine thousands more people known to be linked to those cases from want to train by medical authorities we know that they had been put in this hotel since about mid february now we know that emergency teams as you said a working to pull out people and so far theyve succeeded in pulling out dozens of people were also getting some more information about the hotel itself its not actually a very old building it was only built in 2018 its a steel structure about 5 to 8 stories and we know that the hotel occupied up the heart of the building and the lower level had some stores and shops located below it its still unclear at this stage exactly what has caused this collapse but we do know from witness accounts that when it did collapse it sounded like an explosion in the u. S. 21 people on a cruise ship banned from docking in San Francisco have tested positive for corona virus Vice President mike pence says the ship is carrying 3 and a half 1000 passengers and crew around 50 have attested so far have been tested so far the grand princess will be taken to a noncommercial or 2 where more tests will take place lets get the latest now from patika hand who is in washington d. C. For us patty just bring us up to speed with the numbers for us they are going up on the east coast as well as on the west coast. Its really spreading across the states we believe theres about 29. 00 states now but heres the issue the centers for Disease Control is supposed to be the lead in tracking this but theyre not telling anymore how many people were tested and their results on their web site are not up to date but there is some news that were just getting breaking from the Washington Post that i want to pass along and again this is the Washington Post reporting this that someone who was an attendee at the whats called the c pac conference here in washington d. C. Last week thats the conservative Political Action committee that they are that they had detected coronavirus in attendee now this could potentially be a huge deal this was an enormous gathering of republicans political leaders members of the white house this was a really big conference so thats the breaking news from the Washington Post that an attendee has detected the coronavirus has been detected as they put it in someone who attended that c. Pac conference in washington so obviously that is going to be a big focus here in the Nations Capital the broader issue though is we do not know the actual number of people who have the coronavirus unlike other countries where youve seen massive amount of testing there were huge issues with the way the federal government dealt with this at the beginning the c. D. C. Was supposed to come up with the test they did they bragged about it held a press conference said look we came up within 3 days problem is they sent it out it didnt work so they had to fix that again just in the last few days another federal agency has said ok private labs and colleges you can come up with a test as well so were getting conflicting messages from this administration the president is saying anyone who needs a test can get one the Vice President leading the effort has been saying there arent enough tests people in the field are saying there arent enough tests but at the same time the administration trying to send the message that people should remain calm we heard recently from the director from the centers for Disease Control heres what he had to say. At this time the risk to the American People is low in most areas the United States we do have a few areas of Significant Community transmission one thing we can all take pride in is that this nation has the best Public Health infrastructure really driven by the backbone of the local and state Health Departments and florida is no exception to being prepared we are tracking this the where these cases are confirmed and when we see evidence of sustained Community Transmission then that tips into us recommending mitigation strategies. I think i would encourage people to go after their their regular daily lives i did say i want people to all use common sense and do their role and responsibility and basic Hygiene Products that we talked about but i would not encourage anyone to change their plans at this point based on what the epidemiology is here in florida and they should enjoy disneyland they should enjoy the rest of florida so officials are urging calm that patty how are people reacting and how is the administrations handling of the crisis being viewed by americans. Well i think youre seeing democrats hand it across the board this has become a partisan issue in many ways there is concern within the administration d and i think the reason why youre seeing people tell people not to panic there have been some instances of people fighting over toilet paper and Hand Sanitizer is nowhere to be found you literally cant find it anywhere so people are taking this seriously but the overall worry in washington within the republican circles is what this could potentially do to the economy weve seen massive events cancel south by southwest huge festival in texas theyve now canceled for the year weve seen Huge Companies say if you can work from home do that and the impact of that is this is a Service Economy so lets say youre an amazon employee you know your really go to your headquarters in seattle and then you go to the bakery down the street for lunch youre not going to work so youre not buying from the bakery down the street and this is owners especially Small Business owners are saying theyre not sure how many months they can keep this up if people continue to be afraid to go in the public weve seen this is a president who likes to tout the stock market while the Dow Jones Industrial has plummeted absolute plummet in the last couple of days as this news spread so there is a broader concern about that this could bring the country into a recession so thats the message youre seeing from the administration go about your business everythings fine but again we do not know the extent of the corona virus in the United States because the testing simply has not been done and is not being done in many cases because the c. D. C. Not only had the wrong test didnt let other people do it they told people if you think youre sick you can only have the test if youve been to china or one of the affected areas that meant there were a lot of people in the community who said i think i might have this but i cant get a test so they likely just what about their business well infecting other people so what youre seeing here these cases are not coming from overseas now theyre coming from people who were out in their. Unity at the Grocery Store at school and their coming in contact with the corona virus and getting sick themselves so over the next couple of days and weeks we expect that this number is going to jump there are medically but again the big news is if someone to see pak had this virus and it was active this was a massive Conference Full of the most powerful republicans in washington so thats going to be raising a lot of alarm bells in the nations capitol indeed thank you very much for updating us patika him live for us in washington d. C. Lets get more now on the situation in italy the worst affected country in europe and those restrictions that the government is reportedly preparing to impose across much of the countrys north lets speak to sabina Castle Franco is an Italian Journalist joining us via skype from london thank you very much sabina for being with us so what more are you hearing about these measures that the government is preparing to help contain the Virus Outbreak well the benches again to be increasingly more restrictive than they have been so far the latest that weve been hearing is that 2 of the region is said to be most affected. To meet a man you have requested some changes to that draft decree apologies we seem to have lost our connection with Sabina Castro Franco who is updating us on the situation in italy the worst affected country in europe by the corona Virus Outbreak and the government there preparing a series of measures to try and contain the virus in the north of the country well bring you up to date as more information comes through of course in iran meanwhile a 2nd newly elected politician has died from the corona virus nearly 6000 people there are infected Health Officials fear the actual number is much higher than whats being reported as ravi has more from tehran. Theyre definitely trying to do whatever they can to convince people to listen to the advice that they are given thats really been the biggest challenge from Senior Leadership here in iran in terms of combating this corona virus ever since the outbreak was publicly announced ever since it began in home last month now if you speak to or even those that do believe the government then a recent poll by member of the Municipal Authority here in tehran estimates that only 50 percent of the people are truly concerned about this is a Public Health crisis even if you speak to iranians who might wish to follow the governments advice to the letter they say they simply cant afford it even if they might like to stay indoors and not open their shops not carry on with their businesses many shops are closed many are not one business operator i spoke with said that he worries that shutting down his business will mean not only laying off workers but because of the Economic Impact over a long period of time of the coronavirus and having to shut things down it might mean that hell never be able to open his business again taxis are available on the streets but when you get in most drivers are wearing gloves and masks and they provide you with Hand Sanitizer and will spread your hands before you start the journey as much of a service to their passengers as a way to protect themselves really iranians will tell you that they simply cant afford for life not to go on as normal and that is something that the government has been aware of ever since this outbreak began. And now the tensions are continuing to escalate on the tekkie Greece Border over the flow of refugees and migrants tear gas has been fired by riot police on both sides thousands of people have been trying to cross into agree since turkey declared its borders with the open just over a week ago but greek authorities have moved. Vehicles to the border to stop them president is expected to travel to brussels on monday to discuss the issue. Thats thousands more people have been heading for the greek islands and its triggered a backlash against aid groups who support refugees around he was held in support of the aid agencies who say theyre facing abuse from locals migrant camps on the island are overcrowded and many residents say they cant cope bounty is working with the migrants have called on the greek government to help john strapless reports from the island of les pauls. Rock is in greece after escaping from an abusive husband in iran and religious persecution in her native afghanistan now that she has asylum here right now wants to help other women living on lesbos refugee camp were doing her because. Were doing here free but its make me happy. Because i dont my job i dont think about money just i was i want to help them because i understand the woman shes one of 40 refugees helping other refugees at the hope project many of the donations of goods and labor come from locals but after turkey opened its borders to refugees heading to europe they saw a different reaction anger and intimidation aimed at nongovernmental organizations like theirs this is being a wind up by the government as well as the local authorities everythings the ngos fault. You know come here they take all the money everything couse the refugees are getting 400 a month and think that it is just the constant lies coming out in the press and everything counts and the constant propaganda coming out at the height of the refugee crisis in 2015 lesbos became a symbol of humanitarianism and tolerance more than half of the 1000000 or so Asylum Seekers who arrived in europe from turkey came here and locals and close to them 5 years on however island communities a tired of protecting europe from irregular migration those who live near the refugee camp at moria are upset about the loss of security and property but ill be blessed with the house next door has been burgled 7 times weve lost count even took the roof tiles off to get in on one occasion they took what they could and destroyed everything else. But refugees living in moria are desperate they barely have clothing and food and even less dignity that is what the hope project set out to provide seeing that the state could not now that a ceasefire has been agreed in syria there are early signs that turkey may alleviate refugee pressure on europe but it will take time to rebuild trust in this complex community on the front lines of an ongoing crisis jumpstart ople us al jazeera lesbos. Plenty more ahead on this aljazeera news hour including water shortages add to the many hardships says in bob way south as its worst drought in years lebannon defaults on a foreign currency debt what over a 1000000000. 00 as it struggles to topple an economic crisis and qualifying continues for the m. M. Picks to spite uncertainty about whether tokyo 2020 can go ahead and made the spread of coronavirus people have more from the boxing finals in georgia. 3 saudi princes are reported to have been detained in what may be a new power battle in the kingdom one of them is a kings younger brother the other a former crown prince alexia brian has details. The Saudi Crown Prince mohammed bin solomon has moved to consolidate power since removing his cousin muhammad bin nayef is age the throne and 27. 00 tane now 3 years on the knife is reportedly accused of trying to push out the crown prince and that seen him and his brother detained as well as the saudi kings youngest brother ahmed bin abdulaziz there are some kinds of rumors and innuendoes that there is term war within the family in the form of criticism but that doesnt justify you know being arrested like criminals with mass Security Forces coming to their own lives and yanking year out of their private residences mohamed bin solomon known as m. B. A. s has a reputation for cracking down on anyone who opposes him 27 tane dozens of senior members of the royal family and billionaire business men were rounded up and detained at a luxury hotel in riyadh the saudi government said it was an Anti Corruption drive Rights Groups disagreed. Hundreds of activists including womens rights campaigner luzhin ill have to are also in prison. Hes not worried about people trying to make a cool he doesnt want any independent voices that dont agree with him and its not worth it ive been abdulaziz rumors of 3 people on the council of royal members in saudi arabia that decides a succession he was one of 3 who didnt vote for him had been summoned to become the crown Prince Mohammed bin solomons most notorious legacy so far is the 2018 killing of saudi journalist. In the kingdoms consolation a stent. He was murdered by a hit squad made up of some of been solomons personal entourage his body dismembered and if a found the cia concluded that the crown prince must have known about the operation if not ordered it himself. Who is the most senior thats really and. Actually overseas for many years came back. Ears ago to kind of try to calm things down. After b. S. Took over and there were some. Kind of turmoil within the royal family the prince of wales return to the kingdom in 2018 came weeks after he appeared to criticize the saudi leadership during a protest in london against the saudi u. A. E. Led war in yemen one of my you know what does the whole of the al saudi family have to do with this there are certain individuals responsible in the king to try and prince and others in the state. Prince ahmed and mohammed bin nayef or both seen as possible rivals to the throne when i see 4 year old king solomon dies reports suggest they now face long term imprisonment or even death elixir brian al jazeera well i speak to one call about this hes a professor of history at the university of michigan and author of several books on islam the middle east and the u. S. Policy he is live from ann arbor michigan thank you very much for being with us so as you know and where im sure there are a lot of rumors circulating about this why do you think such a move by the Saudi Crown Prince now. Well we dont know for sure it seems a little unlikely that the move is actually being made to forestall a coup or the people involved were very tightly under under surveillance and there are rumors of course that king solomon himself is ill these are denied by foreign diplomats who have met with him recently secretary of state of my from pale saw him a couple weeks ago said that he seemed fine so it kicked just be that this is an ongoing process in saudi arabia of mohammed been some on the crown prince removing potential rivals for the day that that is going to come when he exceeds to the throne right in the past his removed potential rivals such as cousins hes arrested his cousins but arresting is anchal the kings brother is a 1st time believe what does this suggest about just how serious the Current Situation is. Well its a no its an announcement by a mom ive been solemn on to the saudi populace and establishment that there are no red lines this is something extraordinary in saudi politics prince ahmed is the last surviving son aside from. King solomon himself of the founder of the state and he is the only living for brother of the king he by the past rules of saudi politics should have enjoyed immunity even if he was publicly a little critical of some policy but that immunity is gone there is no immunity in saudi Arabia Mohammed bin solomon can get you no matter who you are thats the message what about Prince Mohammed bin 9 if hed been in line to the throne of course and was in terry a minister before being stripped of his powers in 2017 why was he still considered a threat by the crown prince always is still considered a threat well i think mohamed been saw none is a somewhat paranoid individual and sees threats all around himself all the time prince was favored by western intelligence agencies. Because of his counter al qaida successes we know that western intelligence agencies dont like mama been samana they think that he was either behind or had been for knowledge of the killing of dissidents saudi journalist jamal shoji. And so i think hes hes simply removing somebody whos an oak a credible alternative and how will this latest move be seen by the west to and washington in particular. But i think the Troop Administration is somewhat close to mohammed bin salma and as a ledge to have run interference for him and kind of deep sixing the shoji story and so i think it really Means Nothing to them theyll go on as they were but there is a severe or problem brewing between the saudi government and the Democratic Party where the democrats to win the presidency and the senate next fall i expect relations with saudi arabia to become very bad between the United States and that country over the yemen war which the senate has condemned and indeed even the republicans in the senate some of them joined in the condemnation that over this extreme repression in saudi arabia of dissidents and well rivals thank you very much for speaking to us and sharing your views on cole professor of history at the university of michigan joining us a live from ann arbor now the Saudi Led Coalition fighting in yemen has carried out as strikes against who with the rebels in the Port District of saif theres also renewed fighting in in the north the u. N. Has called for an immediate end to the military action the International Committee of the red cross says its response efforts have been hampered since last month around 70000 people have been displaced leaving families without food shelter and access to medical care. Yemen is in my view at a critical juncture. We will either silence the guns and resume the political process. We will slip back. Into a large scale conflict and suffering that you have all ready seen here in my room returning now to our top story this news hour any corona Virus Outbreak in the restrictions and government is reportedly preparing to impose across much of the countrys north to contain this outbreak and sabina Castle Franconia talian journalist joins us once again live from london sabina we were interrupted area by that skype connection but you were telling us about these measures at the time when government is reportedly preparing to contain the corona Virus Outbreak and there are quite drastic measures. Yes its going to be quite drastic and much more restrictive than they have been until now theyre going to regard the whole region of lombardy and 11 provinces by some invented some in the media or my own yeah and some in pm arent so those 11 provinces are also going to be affected like a long body and what its going to mean is that people are going to have to not leave these provinces and long body and not go into them either so very very restrictive measures however these were going to come into Effect Tomorrow but it now appears that 2 of the regions and he led on my own yet and lamberti have requested some changes and so these changes to be may be adopted in any case at least discussed so it is expected that the new restrictive measures are not going to actually go into effect until monday now what its going to mean is that people can no longer leave oh go into these areas in addition theres going to be. Many things that are going to be closed like jinns cultural centers. All sorts of areas where people get together in large groups restaurants and bars however appear it appears they will be kept open in all the provinces and also in the region of columbia as long as people keep to the one meter apart from each other sabina theyve been reports suggesting that the virus could have arrived in italy before the toggle ban to and from china was issued so do we know whats contributed to it to the spread of the virus and what do italians make of the way the government has handled this crisis. Well it is still very unclear when and how it happened the italian authorities have been trying to figure it out but so far have not been able to figure out what happened and why you know its all so concentrated in the north of italy but it must be said that of course in all of the 20 regions of italy there have been some cases however the majority and that is more than 80 percent regard to northern italy and thats why the restrictive measures and now going into place there are these much more restrictive measures than before what its meaning for the whole country is you know a very difficult situation across schools and universities are closed all over the countries until the 15th of march but now in these particular areas that are going to be. Where with the new restrictive measures again to go into force on monday the schools are going to be closed and universities until april 3rd so this is obviously a big damage to the country in addition people are being told in those regions and in those 11 provinces that they must stay at home as much as possible and certainly work from home and this is having repercussions at all levels and again there are no public gatherings of any kind no Sports Events nope no masses no funerals all everything that regards a large groups of people getting together and assuming that not going to happen you wonder where when whether the government can actually mean force this. I think that the government is appealing to a sense of responsibility by all of italian citizens and i think italians are very concerned theyve seen the numbers soar in the last 24 hours alone there has been an increase in 1200 cases there are now more than 5800 cases reported in the country so i think there is you know serious concern but everybody who is living in italy at this moment ok to be now thank you very much for that i mean a path of franco joining us there live from london. And still ahead on aljazeera much a small in mexico look at the culture thats led to a rise in violence against women i mean sports young guns moving to the spotlight following the cancellation of the katamari toji. Going to know you dont have more coming up later disturb us. How the weather squatting down across eastern parts of the u. S. Cladogram pulling out of the way to some places of sleet and snow but the next system thats rolling across central parts of canada another clip of pushing through his fair bit of cloud over towards the northwest down across that western side of the country pushing down into california we also got some wet weather south of the border just into the off west corner of mexico russia showers here wintry showers over the rockies a little bit of snow there just into central posit canada back ontario has seen some of that over the next couple of days and it really gathers together as we go on through monday some heavy rain right extending across a good part of the plains up towards the lakes snow pushing through back over towards canadian maritimes but some warmth ahead of that not bad and they see temperatures getting up to 21 celsius matching the top temps that well see in l. A. Around 21 degrees before cloud and rain tumbles in through here what are you some cloud and rain making its way on this band of cloud across cuba easing down towards hispania over the next as i caught a rash of showers that keen wealthy steel wind continues to feed its way through i will continue to make as well a bit of the south which needs with as we go through the next couple of days but try for the. March on the. Aljazeera after theyre also going on the nation witness brings a new film this time from africa for International Womens day as yemens war enters its 5th year aljazeera looks at the humanitarian crisis coolest by the saudi led invasion studio b. Unscripted brings a fresh approach to discussing contentious issues and finding Common Solutions to everything you need to know about the current Virus Outbreak aljazeera brings you the daily updates from around the world. The listening post does 6 the worlds media how they operate and the way they cover story this. March on aljazeera. Informed opinions the economy is actually whats keeping donald trump all right now and indepth analysis of the days headlines the protest movement is only getting stronger the more people who kill the resilient the resistant they will become the inside story on aljazeera. Youre watching the news hour on aljazeera with me for the battle a reminder of our top stories italy said to impose an unprecedented large scale quarantine in the north of the country to contain the corona Virus Outbreak more than 10000000 people in the long body region and nearby provinces will be locked down. Tensions are continuing to escalate on the turkey Greece Border over the flow of refugees and migrants thousands have been trying to cross into the e. U. Since turkey declared its borders open just over a week ago and 3 senior members of saudi arabias royal family have reportedly been detained u. S. Media say the arrests are part of the conference mamak been salmonds latest crackdown. Returning now to our top story and the countries around the world are intensifying efforts to contain the corona Virus Outbreak in south korea the sale of masks is being restricted to 2 per person in a week and has more than 7000 coronavirus cases the most outside china david allen reports from hong kong on how governments in asia and beyond are tackling the outbreak. Usually a Factory Racing to keep up with demand for its products would be good news but at this mosque Production Center in south korea it is an indication of a desperate situation with corona virus infection rates increasing by the hundreds daily this factories operating 24 hours a day but its still contour not the mosques fast enough the government has banned all exports of surgical mosques and its limiting their sales to 2 week a person home with all this is the 1st time ive cute for a mosque passed by here several times but it didnt hurt for me. South korea has the 2nd highest number of coronavirus cases after china. With more than 7000. 00 infections more than half of them are linked to a religious group in the Southern City of daegu whose members had visited the chinese city of han in february the government has thrown its resources behind fighting the virus calling it a war but south korea struggling to contain it ospital from daegu are overwhelmed. A number of the medical staff are being quarantined and so there isnt enough manpower or resources. There arent enough supplies dont even with all the large number of infections has prompted nearly 100 nations to impose curbs on travelers from south korea but containing the spread is proving difficult across land or water and egyptian river boat has become the latest vessel to report a cluster of infections 100 Foreign Tourists who were on a nile cruise are being kept in 14 in the Southern City of luxor after 12 crew members tested positive for corona virus new cases are surfacing in new places every day with at least 98 countries and territories now reporting infections the World Health Organization has called on countries to take measures to fight the outbreak so far w. s joel has received a plea conditions for review and approval of 40 diagnostic tests 20 vaccines are in development and many Clinical Trials of therapeutic are underway the virus is believed to have a originated in the chinese city of han it came to International Attention in december as infection rates soared or weeks later the Chinese Government imposed a lockdown in cities and provinces across the country affecting hundreds of millions of people. And its proved effective this week china reported its lowest daily rate of infections china seems to have a handle on the current Virus Outbreak saying that it is managing to stem the spread of the virus but now it is facing another challenge getting the economy back on its feet on saturday it announced that exports which make up a 5th of the countrys g. D. P. Had dropped nearly 20 percent in january and february the same lockdown measures which have helped to contain the virus have hurt businesses analysts say chinas economy could shrink for the 1st time since the 1970 s. If you go pollen are just 0 hong kong. Turkeys defense minister says a cease fire in syria is italy provinces holding a pause in fighting was agreed by turkish president worship typer go on and his russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in moscow say that to support opposing sides in the syrian conflict and violence between them has been escalating. Lebanons Prime Minister says his government wont make a Debt Repayment of more than a 1000000000. 00 thats you on monday. Says lebanons kerosene reserves are dangerous you know and peoples basic needs must be prioritized as in a hoarder. Businesses are closing unemployment is rising inflation is soaring and the local currency depreciated by at least 50 percent and now for the 1st time in its history lebanon is defaulting on paying its debt 1200000000 dollars is due on monday the country is facing its worst economic crisis in decades Prime Minister has sandia who took office in january after massive protests toppled the previous government told the nation his administration will work on restructuring the debt which has become too much for the country to bear. On and on without the sour hard currency reserves are at a critical record low as a result the republic of lebanon is forced to default the coming march 9th obligation on the euro bond these funds must be channeled toward securing the basic necessities for the lebanese people 2 people have been on the streets for months demanding a new leadership they have little faith in a government appointed by the old Political Class they accused of corruption demonstrators have also vented their anger at banks for imposing capital controls but bankers are blaming the authorities for looking for an easy way out restructuring the public that seems to be a way to avoid the other reforms that are necessary to jumpstart the economy and to solve the crisis which is essentially it is structured in the Public Sector some parties in lebanon have been used to look at the Public Sector source of benefits and favors to their political constituency International Donors have made clear there will be no assistance unless reforms are carried out its not just about implementing reforms lebanons government does not have many friends it is seen by the United States and its allies as controlled by hezbollah or any iranian backed group they consider a terrorist organization and they have been trying to contain irans growing influence. In the middle east the only option to secure foreign funding and without risking further isolation is through the International Monetary fund but has the power broker in government has rejected an i. M. F. Bailout it says it would involve taxes and calls the institution a tool of the United States in case for. Signs up to the i. M. F. They will lose some of the sovereignty theyve won the 2018 lections the 1st election that theyve won since 2004 hours and if they lose power this means that they can see that some sort of defeat to the i. M. F. And to the International Community and to the United States lebanons financial crisis has entered a new stage and there doesnt seem to be any rescue plan and as conditions worsen for the people many are warning of further unrest. Beirut. Attacks by ice or fighters in Northern Iraq have been reported as the armed who takes advantage of an uncertain political and security situation in january the Parliament Call for foreign troops to be expelled after uranian general qassam saleman he was killed in a u. S. Airstrike Simona Fulton spoke with people whove been left alone to defend themselves. Overlooking the tigris river iraqs mccoll mountain seemed peaceful at least on 1st glance but the crevices and caves up above have become a refuge for islip fighters and the villages below the target for their complaint of terror last month members of isis set up a fake checkpoint and opened fire to people. When they were returning home from work i saw and they attacked them one of them was badly hurt and the other suffered light injuries. Well the. Villagers stay up at night to keep watch they say its the only way to protect themselves theres no army no police only on the main road this land is open all the way to syria so anyone who wants to come can come. Until late last year the u. S. Led coalition and their iraqi partners conducted regular air raids in this area forcing eisel into hiding but since tensions between the u. S. And iran escalated on iraqi soil earlier this year those operations have largely stopped and eisel has taken advantage its areas like these honeycombed with river beds and surrounded by mountains that offer ideal terrain for eisel to operate in they lay low during the day but at night they emerge from their hideouts to terrorize the population villagers here say they have noticed an uptick in iceland doing since coalition activities came to hold in january as a result of growing u. S. Iran tensions. Useless family survived in iceland tak last month they are now staying in their relatives home in the nearby town for the moment going back is not safe they were targeted because her husband the or village chief an arabic corporates with Security Forces has suffered a broken jaw and serious injuries to his stomach had not in months the incident was very terrifying theres no security in our area its finished from dinner time until the morning were watching we never sleep i swear the families arent sleeping. You stress daughter the ha was shot in the leg during the attack on a for. The army is trying to do their duty but they dont manage to contain the security situation we want more support for them because the army cant control the villages at all support that until recently came from the u. S. Led coalition minnesota there mark when we heard the sound of the american airplanes we know its safe. Its unclear when or if correlation activities will fully resume this climate of uncertainty office Fertile Ground for i saw with iraq civilians once again paying the price seem want to fall to an al jazeera in the oven iraq. Southern africa is suffering its worst starting decades zimbabwe is one of the countrys most affected many families there are struggling with daily water shortages thats adding to the hardships they are facing as a country deals with rampant inflation and a shrinking economy. This report from zimbabwes 2nd city well why. In zimbabwe 2nd city the supply of piped water from the city council is unreliable that means they sometimes have to use untreated water these women uses for washing and flushing toilets if they have to drink it they will boil it 1st in some suburbs supplies often cut off for days at a time. When the supply is turned on with lindsey make several trips to the communal tap to stock up she says a neighborhood can sometimes go a whole week without water and she doesnt want to use any thats not clean and safe getting water in the hole stirs and make us feel cold because that water is not here at the lake this person to reach so many people is suffering from storm ike so i believe it could be quite rare or something i dont know because some of the people they drink that water some they use it for cooking you know so it is a big challenge that were living in cold to patch. Like other parts of Southern Africa zimbabwe is experiencing its worst drought in years city Authorities Say rationing is necessary to cities is implemented. To try and have. Digital that we have straight to we receive enough rain as we all know and it liar is in there saying myriad region where we receive very Little Corner in front like this year its really critical we havent received the referee falls grateful for it rains. Some dams have stopped operating since the water fell below pumping levels the remaining still functional a critically the rainy season started late this year and even then has been erratic and new dam is being built about 100 kilometers from. Directly. A long way from being completed part of the problem is a source of foreign currency and have always worsening economic crisis. Already grappling with shortages of fuel medicines electricity and some basic commodities many here say corruption and mismanagement in government and opposition one minister pellet hes is also to blame the few who can afford it buy a water privately or drill boreholes buffel millions of others that is not an option. Aljazeera. At least 45 people remain missing in south east days after a heavy rain forecast floods and landslide 35 people are known to have died when communities were engulfed in 3 cities on the coast of sao paulo state but firefighters and volunteers have not given up the search for the missing earlier this week the region had a months rainfall in a single day. A teenager has been shot dead by police in guyana as protests over the president s election victory escalate people are demonstrating against the results of this weeks vote after opposition leaders and International Observers said it had been rigged votes counted so far give president david grange is government a strong lead a honest top court is considering an application by the opposition to stop a winner being declared until the results are we counted. That millions of women across mexico are expected to strike against gender based violence on monday it comes after a year of countless protests against Sexual Harassment abuse and murder government figures show men kill at least 10 women every day in mexico john home and reports from the capital mexico city. Of a sort of. Continuum and them in the us i live in an emotional. State university female students reporting professes students and even relatives that they say have harassed or attacked them over the years. Miscues attorney general has said that more than 10 women were killed that day but behind the number some say is a culture of machismo male chauvinism which in the end hopes lead to the violence. Around 20 professes just from Mexico State University and now under investigation this student is one of those who complained this was common so. He started asking me are you a virgin what have you done with your boyfriend rita naughty things. His conduct is normalized enough in society she says that she didnt know who to turn to. To millions of women so his missed but also his messages i felt alone i didnt know who to talk to in my family or in the police or the shooting committees if my boyfriend who asked for help just accused me of starting to. Yes. The submissive objectified woman is a current the runs through Popular Culture in mexico because. I look at family runner they are these are the weather reporters of the 24 hour news channel. And its a constant on the country too popular telling novellas screenwriter and the. Story as a good as always seeing story lines in which the women are victims or hysterical bossy and annoying convinces all that yes women are annoying and bossy and sensitive when theyre having a period and its not true. But in the last year more and more women but then rejecting how theyre seen and the violence against them through protests and even street monuments like this one its actually being claimed and a bunch of a lot thats going to go through mexico citys main avenue this sunday to mark International Womens day. On monday the wusa be a National Women strike this movement is only gaining traction John Heilemann aljazeera mexico city. I said ahead on aljazeera the man with the most stanley cup victories in the history of the n. H. L. Dies at the age of 84 itll be here with that story in sports coming up next just in this. Once Hosni Mubarak became president so began a story of conflict and isolation on one side a wife and son their sights set on succession on the other president the crease in the distance from the egyptian d people when his beloved grandson died barak need to step down but then the flames ignited in tunisia exploded in egypt and everything changed episode 2 of the family on aljazeera. On counting the cost why the nurses he said rate cut just isnt good enough to save the Global Economy from the impact of the fast spreading coronavirus 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. Unprompted and uninterrupted discussions. Didnt broadcast center. On aljazeera. Thank you very much after the last round of it and he said he our matches were postponed because of the coronaVirus Outbreak the league is back this week with one of the countrys biggest contests however when 2nd place you dancers host place in similar. Darby they will be no fans inside the stadium empty stadiums will be the order of the day after the Italian Government to create all sporting events on 4 april food must take place without spectators and important one as usual when you play football in big stadiums it is important to have the fans in the stadium but right now we are in a delicate situation and we need to pay a lot of attention so health comes before anything else for everybody we will have to adjust to that and do things in the safest possible way. Para center man had saturdays match against strasbourg postponed because of the coronaVirus Outbreak its the 1st top flight game in the country to be called off the match was due to be played at strasbourg but all thorazine is in the alsace region have canceled public gatherings there are other sporting events like aprils paris marathon and the paris nice cycling race have also been delayed the English Premier League leaders low poll are back on track following a slight midseason wobble they had lost 3 of their past 4 matches in all competitions as they host the bournemouth on saturday and then they were a goal down at enfield but the reds would come back for a 21 win they are 25. 00 points clear at the top of the table and theres nothing good in losing Football Games but it makes. You aware of how special it is to win Football Games its not always for us especially not always possible to play our best football but to give everybody a proper fight should be always possible and thats going to post it very often because our moto g. P. May have been cancelled this weekend due to coronavirus quarantine laws but the moto 2 and motor 3 races already able to go ahead at the Sale International circuit thats because those teams had already flown into doha before quarantine rules came into force on saturday joe roberts became the 1st american in 10 years to qualify on pole at a moto to race the Season Opener for the moto g. P. Proper will now be in austin texas on april 1st. The n. B. A. Is asking teams to make plans for games without basketball fans because of coronavirus but theres a high profile opponent superstar Le Bron James saying he wont play without supporters james made his mark on the showdown between the leading teams from the east and west the lakers getting the better of the Milwaukee Bucks by 10 points to guarantee a place in the playoffs james with leadership in place and in front of his home crowd at least from the city to play games while the fans. Suppose. Theyre. Going to frantically. Multimethods place. To really know where im going so they do what they want to do one of the n. H. L. Is all time great players on really died on friday at the age of 84 the short 111 stanley cups more than any other player in a 20 year career for the Montreal Canadiens nicknamed the pocket rocket he was recommended to the canadiens by his all the brother fellow montreal legend maurice reshad and signed for them in 955 it took over the captaincy in 171 winning his final championship 2 years later england have kept themselves in contention for rugby union 6 nations championship after defeating defending champions wales 3330 on saturday the Rugby World Cup runners up scored 3 tries in london final match against italy has been postponed because of coronavirus but they would still be unable to win the title if france win all their remaining matches now some action from crickets Pakistan Super League top ranked a move turned sultans were up against the karate kings in lahore former pakistan captain Shahid Afridi starting with the back to get 35 of just 17 balls including 3 sixes but just as he moved up the rain came down washing out the match both teams given a point. Athletes around the world continue to battle for their places at the olympics says tokyo 2020 organizers insist the games will go ahead the spike the corona Virus Outbreak boxes in asia and oceania are competing in the final round of qualifiers in jordan olympic flyway champion shock. Of. One of those through to the quarterfinals of these bans on saturday this event was moved to a month from the chinese city of new hanway they operate started jordans that muhammad are also getting through the fence around the 16. Will leave it there for now and well see you again later for more sports news all right thank you very much for that thats it for this news hour on aljazeera as always plenty more now upside al jazeera dot com ill be back with more news in just a few minutes to say. Theres a wave of sentiment around the world people actually want accountability from the people who are running their countries and i think often peoples voices are not because theyre just not part of the mainstream news narrative. Obviously we cover the big stories and report on the big events that are going on but we also tell the stories of people who dont have a voice i mean one of the child my thats never be afraid to go home the last question and i think thats what im sure we dont we ask the question should people should be accountable and also we get people to give them a view of whats going on. She was black gay im from rio de janeiros her valis she was also an elected outspoken Council Woman until she was assassinated. People in power investigates the killing of a vocal critic of brazil Security Forces and the legacy of empowerment she left behind the murder of Mariel Franco on out using. The consequence of war ive got ventures of russia he served in the marine corps for natural church 95 that just doesnt go away. A lot of trouble last couple years. Is home as. Follows a group of u. S. Army veterans much i used by war. As they struggle to get their lives back shelter. Revealing Eco Friendly Solutions to combat threats to our planet on aljazeera. Ajmi prepares drastic measures to limit the spread of coronavirus reports say 60000000 people in milan and 11 other provinces will be quarantined to. An attendee at a top conservative political conference test positive to cope with 19 the organizers say the person did make contact with president trump. The end. For the back to boil watching ill just hear a live from doha also coming out lebannon defaults on foreign currency debt worth over a 1000000000. 00 as it struggles to topple i make a