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A Court Showdown with the anticorruption chief well be live in pretoria. Im joined again create a virus continues to have an impact on Global Sports especially when its late but also forcing events including the top Football League has been postponed until april. So that italy has closed schools and shopping malls rolled out checkpoints and told 60000000 people have got to stay on the unprecedented restrictions have been announced as it tries to stop the spread of coronavirus the economy minister has even downs mortgage payments will be suspended its just gone 11 oclock in the morning this is central right at one of the most famous Tourist Spots in rome they would be tourists roaming around the whole time but now its empty the streets pretty well empty. Lets take a look at the close look at the new measures coming into effect into the everybody has been ordered to stay at home unless they can justify their need for travel for work or for Health Emergencies public and private companies have been asked to put their staff on leave all forms of public gatherings are banned all Sports Events and centers have been closed bars and restaurants will be open but nightclubs cinema theaters and casinos all being shut all supermarkets will remain open large Shopping Centers will be closed on weekends and on Public Holidays schools and universities have also been closed religious institutions will stay open but marriage baptism and Funeral Services have been banned so we have correspondents in several regions covering the outbreak in a few moments well be getting updates from hong kong the occupied west bank and from london but 1st lets speak to francisco body who joins me on skype from elizondo lombardo in northern italy and france i see you are in the heart of it all in the red zone we can see the streets completely empty behind you big restrictions in place are they working. Until 2 minutes ago there was a checkpoint here behind me and its eerily the 1st checkpoint ive seen a source from today these are the new rules pass yesterday and basically these move Movement Restrictions are currently implemented by the caribbean yeti which is you know like in military police a bit early and for today they are just stopping all cars in and out. Well all caps i told you flying checkpoints so all cars for a 10 minutes 15 minutes then they have to move away to another location and for today they are not finding. Of course a driver so what they could see betty kelli you know. What the government told us yesterday is to say to him and the to stay where we are in the town where we are and if we want to get out not only to move from one town to another town but just to get out i mean go to the grocery whatever we need to download it for a month which is everywhere in internet in the you know all newspaper page. Download this form and you have to you know sort of city seeking it that you really need to get where you are going and the so what they could see is that basically today about 30 percent of drivers had the you know these former with them and then you know basically kind of been ye were checking the form but also checking really what you know was written and from tomorrow they will start finding people and the credibility told me that they will also you know double check so basically they will set up a kind of database will be i think complicated but weve tried to do that the i kind of that the basic so i mean if tomorrow im stopped and im saying. The. Law or. When the have to and i stop and they get a different motivation a different reason i would be somehow you know fine anyway so are you going to go to the line is a little bit dodgy the memo lets persevered for a little bit if we with we can. I dont know if you can hear me now can you but just tell us more if you can about the fatalities that you were referring to a little bit earlier and what the general mood. All right well clearly weve got problems with that link up with francisco body lets speak to Lawrence Leigh in london in not only its only bearing the brunt of it all the office he got the worst of it but its also there are also difficulties across Europe Lawrence whats the situation. Well yes i mean the credo clearly nic what was happening now is the italys become the test bed for europe for the European Union obviously its a democratic country its you know its all very well for china to demand that people dont go outside its much more difficult for a country in europe to do that the pope for example this morning has been insisting that catholic priests should have the right to go out and be with Emergency Services to say hello to the sick numbing no scientist will tell you that thats a very good idea but its what its his right isnt a in a democratic country and you know that theres clearly a very strong arguments for all the language the decepticons in italy used about as being our darkest hour and all the rest of it yesterday that if if a country like italy as bad as it is can get on top of this they sell him the year and try to eradicate coronavirus say by the summer then it might undo some of the economic damage because obviously its the summer when when all that all the tourists want to come to the country and people make the money and so i think theyre probably making a calculation is worth this sort of drastic action this early in the year. On the supposition that they might be able to get on top of it and if they do then it would serve as an example so whether European Countries about about doing the same thing we are hearing that in northern italy cases are starting to flatten out because of the corns in the gold impose there as they already did in china as well and so there is some sort of evidence starting to come out that says if you do insist on locking down communities or entire regions or countries then you might be able to get on top of it but it causes enormous financial and social costs all these things are exactly as you say whats happening in italy may yet be a window on whats to come across the rest of europe if these kind of restrictions are put in place say in a city like london where you are how do you think it would. Well you know the secret of the problem is that companies of British Airways was on Just Announced is canceling all flights which leave for the time being this got no choice because no ones going to be able to go that companies and governments are inflicting economic damage on themselves because they have no other choice than to do that now theres an emergency call for all of your opinion leaders today the European Central banks as we meet on thursday for a crash meeting what do they do you know they could somehow stimulate the economy in a situation where where people arent spending any money usually they do things like cut Interest Rates though Interest Rates got very few places to go in the European Union and its also particularly difficult not just for Big Companies but for individuals as well because obviously the nature of capitalism at the moment means that many people are other on 0 as contracts or in the economy or a self employed and they dont have any sort of fallback and if youre an electrician or something and youre selfemployed and usually what you go in is go on someones house to sort it out if if you cant do that anymore then youve got no savings then then what are you supposed to do and i dont think they know the answers to these any more than anybody else does so i think theyre probably making a calculation at the moment that if its really can can put a load of pain of itself in the short term to get on top of that its then in other places that that might end up being a model that everybody else has to follow. Or are largely there for a moment so thats a picture in london across Europe Lawrence lee reporting well china has announced the closure of all temporary hospitals treating corona virus patients who have been president xi jinping visited the epicenter for the 1st time since the outbreak was discovered who a province in december and the number of new reported infections in china does continue to slow or lets bring in sara clark who joins us live now from hong kong is there this visit 1st of all by shes paying why is he doing it now. Well certainly his visit has been seen as a signal being conveyed from china to the rest the world that the country is now seeing the worst of the epidemic were seeing a vision from released by chinas state media showing cheatin ping visiting with him which of course is the epicenter of the a corona Virus Outbreak now the vision shows him visiting the hospital that was built in about 10 days its shots of him talking to the medical staff the hospital authorities and those patients in that particular hospital and the message that hes sending to know and passing on to those particular people as well as the rest of world is is one of victory hes telling those people that china can fight and contain this epidemic and now with regards to his visit it is the 1st time she jumping has visited we ran his lips this in the past to his premier League Touching he made that visit in january so clearly she didnt pains trying to politically disassociate himself with this outbreak and leave the chain at the center of it all as you mentioned again that part of this whole propaganda release the rest of all showing that china has got this under control theyve announced the closure of all those hospital appointing centers in will hand and those are the centers that were testing in and monitoring those people who are showing symptoms of the krajina virus so certainly some good news out of china on tuesday right and also reports that they may be pulling back on some of the restrictions the problems. Well once again state media is releasing some details suggesting that the government there will start to lift that lock downs of passion if that lock down and thats by means of a particular Monitoring System its by phone and whether residents within will have will be able to get some friends of freedom returned to the people have been locked down for months now now its its going to be by a q. R. Code the patience of the people of residence they will be given a Health Status of their health as will be assessed and theyll be a q. R. Code assessed or dedicated those particular paypal through a color system if youve got the red that means youve got the infection if youre yellow it means that you could have the infection because youve been linked to associated with people who have had the krajina virus but if you got the green color this means that you will be able to leave your home as have other news coming out of china today weve got some airlines the China Southern and China Eastern Airlines have announced that they too will start to resume their flights to hand the ticketing has started its online themselves have begun but those flights dont start until march 20th so still some time to go but also state Singapore Airlines scootin line that were also resume boards and that it will resume some flights to hand cargo flights only but later this month the up interesting developments in sarah thanks very much these are a lot there in hong kong where the outbreak is worsening in the occupied west bank where the Palestine Health ministry has confirmed another infection that brings the total to 26. 00 tourists have been banned from bethlehem for at least 2 weeks starving the economy with important source of revenue holy sites to be disinfected in schools remain closed israel has also banned all foreign visitors in less self quarantine thats great now to need every him whos in ramallah in the occupied west bank is needed tell us more about whats happening. So as you said the confirmed cases so far a 2625. 00 of them remain in bethlehem and 2 areas in under self quarantine now the interesting case is that of the palestinian worker and told him this is a city north of the occupied west bank and he says hes been informed by his blog hes in israel this person is a worker he goes to israel every day to check point hes been informed by his boss that has been tested positive for the coronavirus so he went and checked himself out he was proven to have the virus he has been under quarantine so did his family now this is an important issue because youre talking about tens of thousands of palestinian workers who go into israel every day for work big go through checkpoints that are usually very crowded which could mean that some of them will be infected or we will discover that they have been infected in the next few days now currently the way the occupied west bank is under closure by israel for the occasion of the jewish holiday of poor and so so far for the past 4 days none of them have been able to go but it remains to be seen really whether the Palestinian Government is going to be banning those both the new workers from going there it has no repeat no way of implementing that mechanism these checkpoints and mans and monitors monitored by the israelis themselves so the Palestinian Government spokesperson said that its a wait and see at this point and he threw the bowl in israels cause if they were going to be banning those palestinian rockets from going now the posting economy is going to be suffering from this crisis as per the palestinian Prime Minister and how much that he says that hes expecting the crisis to last because once he says that the losses could be estimated at 100000000. 00 now in the gaza strip the Palestinian Government spokesperson. That the 600 people who have been feeling they were performing on the right and so did at abia have returned to the gaza strip and been asked to self quarantine now no cases have been proven positive test that posed for the virus at the gaza strip however egypt has close instead of the crossing which is the only exit to the gazans to the outer world that doesnt include israel so that crossing remains closed at the moment and we are waiting to see as per post again official they were expecting the numbers at least in the occupied west bank to increase so its really only see at the moment our need to appreciate that thanks very much they need abraham reporting that well u. S. President donald trump is expected to announce steps that will reduce the impact of credit hours on the economy on monday he said he will discuss a payroll tax cut with Congressional Republicans this comes as Global Stock Markets plunge to have a great friends in the crash and oil prices and more than 600 americans have been affected by the virus and thats across 34 states. We are going to take care of and have been taking care of the American Public and the American Economy we are going to be asking tomorrow were seeing the senate right to be meeting with House Republicans which mcconnell everybody and discussing a possible payroll tax. Cut or relief substantial really very substantial relief thats a big thats a big number. Were also going to be talking about hourly wage earners getting. Help so that they can. Fit a position where that i could ever miss a paycheck to be working with companies and Small Companies Large Companies a lot of companies so that they dont get penalize for something thats not their faults not their fault its not our countrys fault that this was something that we were thrown into and were going to handle it and we have been handling it wrong problem well rosen and jordan has more now from washington d. C. And she says some americans are questioning whether the administration is taking the outbreak seriously enough. The trumpet ministration is struggling to reassure americans that it has the situation involving the coronavirus epidemic under control this is what the u. S. Vice president mike had told reporters on monday evening but the president was referring to is that we will have people that test positive and then they get better that its also important remember that people but the vast majority get better completely some some large percentage have mild flu symptoms some have serious flu symptoms but then of course for the for the americans you heard the Surgeon General refer to seniors with underlying Serious Health conditions dr felt you referred to were committed to lean in and make sure they have the support they need but the white house also noted late on monday evening that in response to reporters questions the President Donald Trump has not been tested for a coronavirus this even though a florida congressperson rode with the president on air force one during a Campaign Stop over the weekend that congressman is now in itself quarantined for 14 days because he had been exposed to a person who has tested positive for the virus again its raising questions about whether enough is being done not just to protect the u. S. President but the American Public really large or worldwide there are now more than one 114000 cases with infections reported in 115 countries or regions but as you heard earlier in china the number of new reported cases continues to slow thats of more in this from the next year brah. The corona Virus Outbreak began in december last year in the chinese city of about 11000000 people epidemiology scientists who study epidemics have traced the source to a Seafood Market where they think the virus was initially transmitted from animals to people and on the 13th of january the 1st case of the new corona virus outside china was reported in thailand and now almost 2 months on this shows how far the virus has spread those big red circles are the hot spots china of course but also south korea iran and italy a team of Johns Hopkins university in the United States started tracking the numbers of cases deaths and the people whove recovered the totals are always changing but this is how they looked about 9 g. M. T. On Tuesday Morning just over 4000 deaths 114544 cases and just over 64000 patients whove recovered that means there are about 50000. 00 active cases remember these are confirmed cases because in countries such as iran its thought far more people are infected then the government said missing and scientists believe most people will only have mild symptoms so they could be many Walking Around in our communities not feeling sick or knowing they carrying the virus but lets go back to where it all began china this graph shows us how many cases are reported daily with a spike in mid february when there was a brief change in how patients were diagnosed china still has by far the most cases about 21000 but thats been leveling off in recent days with only 19 cases reported on tuesday however scientists warn that it may take months if not years for the full impact of the corona Virus Outbreak to be known. Its all very interesting is that lets me know its a moderate whos a spokeswoman for the World Health Organization joins us live from geneva margaret great to see that its as i say its very curious and interesting whats going on in china we have this this pekin this apparent downward trend we have what 19 cases now is this something in this is this whats likely to happen in italy to good morning yes well we cant necessarily say what happens in one country always helps and happens in another country but there are really really important things that china has taught us they had an enormous sum break vast numbers of cases and they took very very strong measures they asked everybody not to move they asked everybody to distance socially that stay at least a meter away from each other they asked everybody to be absolutely festive dius about personal hygiene and they also paid attention to environmental hygiene make sure they clean the places they cleaned everywhere and as you say as were talking about the numbers are extraordinary the thing that you can really see when you look at the epidemiological curve and i dont have it with me unfortunately but it what it was going up like this the numbers and then it starts to flatten when they took those actions and has come down very very steeply and thats what you want to see in a really bad outbreak youll see a very very high point of but they flatten the and yes we want to see that happen in other countries right and so if you want that to happen in other countries other countries have to do the same thing and impose severe restrictions. They certainly have to look at how to stop Mass Gatherings and how to find ways to keep people apart its completely against human and natural tendencies were social animals were tribal animals and in times of stress we tend to gather together we get a joy from being together so thats why stopping large events asking people to work from home closing schools when youve got infections and ultimately yes you have to make a decision to shut down the entire community for a while to ask people not to move not to be close together to stop giving this thing a chance from jumping from person to person or at with it so that seems to be the solution we have that potentially within say for example in china they get down to 0 cases and then start opening ever the up again but whats the possibility of the virus being imported back in well in fact youre quite right many of the cases quite a few of the cases they are seeing are reimports so its not over when its over we all have to remain vigilant for a long time and we all have to remember the lessons that weve learned right now armada great to get your expertise on this do appreciate that thats been heard from the World Health Organization thank you oh thank you. Well the coronavirus says every shuttering celebrations in india its a Public Holiday in most of the country for the hindu festival only but many a choosing to stay at home following government warnings to avoid big crowds india has 47 confirmed cases so far Elizabeth Pera number ports now from new delhi. Its the festival of color that heralds the end of winter and the stock spring and which signifies the mythic victory of good over evil its also one of indias most popular festivals and even though some people are celebrating modestly in their own homes the streets are empty promise in that in the morning he said he wanted to be celebrating holi this year given the advice of Health Experts to avoid public gatherings there are now 47 cases coronavirus in the country from and the administered kashmir in the north to kerala in the south the government has started screaming Airline Passengers coming from overseas and some major airports the screen at domestic passengers to the Indian Air Force has evacuated 58 people from iraq here in delhi all primary schools are shut until the end of the month and thats also the case and administered kashmir so while some people are celebrating holy this year it will be the empty streets are a small victory for a government thats trying to contain the spread of coronaviruses in a country with 1300000000 people in. Saudi arabia has announced it will boost its supply of crude oil next month thats the latest step in escalating the escalating price war with russia its refusal to comply with opecs request to cut because oil prices to suffer the launches daily for an almost 30 years on monday the saudis want to boost prices because of falling to mom basically because of the quran. Virus crisis well the International Monetary fund estimates that prices need to be around 80. 00 a barrel for the kingdom to balance its budget russia can balance its budget with prices around half of that the price war could damage the u. S. Shale oil industry it needs prices to be at around 50. 00 a barrel just to break even a much higher to make a profit Many Companies that are already heavily in debt lets take this on we can speak to vandana how do you whos the founder and c. E. O. Of vanda insights thats a Company Providing Global Oil Markets analysis she joins us on skype from singapore event on a great to have you here to talk about this this slump in oil prices in the end the impact on economies that are dependent on oil and fossil fuels how severe do you think that impact will be oh it does going to be catastrophic absolutely for Major Oil Producer says im not been that required to clearly countries that are many dependent on oil exports revenues and lots of essentially youre ok what you say as a last number of countries in the middle east and north africa theyre going to be some really hit ok well lets look at them individually 1st of all saudi they need prices to be around what is it 80. 00 a barrel for the kingdom to balance its budget if it goes on in this way what will be the impact. Well i dont think 1st of all that this was saudi arabias choice somehow saudi arabia and russia did not agree on to leave for what in the face of demand destruction thrown out by rios and that just. Disintegrated into a full on battle and what saudi arabia Just Announced as you were mentioning. 12300000. 00 Barrels Per Day do they have never even sustained 12000000. 00 Barrels Per Day but. What that tells me is its essentially about to try and you know the period around this is that saudi arabia essentially would like russia to come back to the table for the opec not to think a lot to come to new. Production cubs but you know john maynes to be seen thats highly confusing and uncertain for the time being in the market now what about the United States Many Companies there are and thats with this production if its stays low what about them. This is a huge hit for the u. S. Shares and thats true but there are doubts probably much more than what it suffered back in 24. 00 to 2016 youll recall that was also a period of a lot to be overly and pressure on prices whats happened especially since 2019 is that shareholder in that you want to specially have become increasingly disenchanted with the shale sector you know just because of the prospect of oil prices probably never recovered into the seventys are already 80. 00 about a lot of their ticket most of the smaller midsized independent producers in the us are heavily dependent on external debt they are probably not going to get that money if they cut back spending their production is going to bore down so how do they maintain dividends you know and that means probably a great job of shareholder exodus from that sector looks really that well its great to hear your perspective thanks very much indeed Vandana Harry thank you very much thank you. Timely weather now heres richard with news of a flooding threat i think confronts us right now yes and no surprise all the rain weve had a recent days the river levels across many parts west and you really quite high at the moment the shots coming in from the river same passing through paris theyve got yellow warnings for the river levels at the moment indicating there is not a threat for damage as such but people are being kept away from the river banks access or denies well i will say 4 meters above what they should be and there is rain in the forecast but i have to say it doesnt look particularly threatening run the forecast yet u. K. Getting plenty of rain again friends into germany outbreaks of rain but i think what is noticeable is that further towards the east were still seeing not very warm air in the evidence of bucharest there at 15 degrees which is Something Like 5 degrees above average but if i move the forecast on from cheese day through to thursday you can see temperatures really rocketing by then bucharest 21 degrees so 11 degrees above average kiev is way above what it should be and again moscow is seeing temperatures well above normal meanwhile across in the far east of russia temperatures fortune if stayed about where they should be which is subzero which is help to remove the cloud for the light by col ice golf world cup which is taken place one by a chinese competitor the fastest growing. Up in mongolia after mr and the vent i think bush will follow in the future you can play with a white ball did you ever think very much still ahead here on aljazeera turkey and russia agreed to implement a key part of a ceasefire deal in syria will have a veto. And in support of the limpid qualifies continued japan make history in womens boxing joe be here with the details. From aljazeera is london Broadcast Center to special guests in conversation with state the american state steps. Unsaved compass unprompted uninterrupted people think that racism is having her through vitriol towards black people and theres no understanding of what is them a crazy thing is intimately reflecting on the issues of our time and i realized i was working for something i was evil and i had been a part of it creating at studio b. Unscripted coming soon on how it is there the consequence of war im not sure using drugs shows he served in the marine corps for 1895 that just doesnt go away. For a living out of his truck for the last couple years. Hes home was 0 follows a group of u. S. Army veterans much i used by wars. As they struggle to get their lives back. How do you watch the odds are a reminder of our top stories that and 60000000 italians will have to stay at home unless they can justify their travel as the government extends coronavirus emergency measures nationwide into banned all public gatherings as a number of dead jumped to 463 on monday. The European Commission says all 27 Member States have confirmed corona virus cases the commission is calling for aggressive efforts to contain the virus especially in countries with few patients so far. China has announced the closure of all temporary hospitals treating coronavirus patients and the president xi jinping visited the epi center for the 1st time since the outbreak was discovered there in december the number of new reported infections in china does continue just slow. Tech in russia have worked out the details of a security current around the m 4 highway in northwest syria is it he says it will patrol 6 kilometers to the north of the highway russia will patrol the Southern Side in 4 highway has strategics significant strategic importance it connects the government stronghold of the takia with syrias largest city of aleppo and the move comes after the turkish and russian leaders agreed to a cease fire deal last week crossed right away to dump in generators and and not far from the turkish Syrian Border and as i did the ministers comments mean they have made this arrangement with the russians in italy. Well this is coming simultaneously as russian delegation is in the turkish capital ankara meeting pressure thats d thrashing out the details of this deal which was agreed upon by the 2 president s last week the. Problem the comments come as he is laying out the foundations perhaps of this deal saying that turkey would like perhaps to patrol one side and russia the other side of the m 4 i be using the highway as essentially a border line between the 2 forces but as you remember nostri they agreed upon joint patrols so will the russians agree to this remains to be seen we havent heard what the russian perspective on this is what they want to be separated on either side of the m 4 what do want joint patrols on both sides turkey still have has a number of border positions inside of the problems that it has its troops many of those positions are surrounded in the last few months as the government offensive backed by russian and Ukrainian Forces to move into continued more than a 1000000 people were displaced by this and the rebels have lost quite a bit of territory in the province and neighboring im a province as men so the details of this are going to trickle out once these meetings and over the respective sides go back to their leadership but it looks like that that the final modalities of how will these 2 forces operate are being set into motion of what we have also said is that he would like to see this ceasefire become permanent and to problems because turkey says that it cannot afford any more refugees to cross the border it already is hosting more than 3 and a half 1000000 refugees and that was the crux of the conversations that the turkish president had with nato and his european beauty and allies still showing who said that and right European Unions border does not start at greece but rather at turkeys southern border with syria where it has been facing about of not just refugees but also other Security Problems as well right this is far fundamental part of what its obviously is it holding. Well in the last 24 hours b. But again heard from various fighting groups on the ground at the assad but Bashar Al Assad the Government Forces have violated cease fire theyre fired shells and artillery into rebel hand positions but by and large the cease fire seems to be holding there the escalation of violence that we saw in the last few weeks has subsided there are both sides reports of violations being taken either mortar fans are affinity landing and i decide but so far in the last week or so there hasnt been a knowledge of number of casualties major government positions or City Government positions have not been targeted so by and large the cease fire is holding but people are scared theyre not sure how long will this whole hold for because they have been many of these people and if they have been displaced not just once but multiple times for various other positions inside city event and they are hoping that this will last but theyre very scared that if might not. Have been germinated in not far from the Syrian Borders on thanks will. Now accordant south africa has cleared the president s around the photo of Misleading Parliament about his election finances judges ruled that the findings of the Public Protector were fraud its more on the straight away we can speak to for me to miller whos live for us outside the court in pretoria and for me to tell us more about the judgment. That will make those proceedings have just come to an end but these are some of the words of the judge used to describe that report by the Public Protector incompetent illegitimate confusing and so essentially the court has thrown out that supports president. Had sought a judicial review over reports by the public particularly that it accused him of Money Laundering Misleading Parliament and also had questioned some of the funds that he received for his campaign when he was running for president all of the governing African National congress now the court had also gone on to say that the Public Protector hadnt laid down any evidence as to how she had found that the president. Had been implicated in Money Laundering and also that there was no evidence that the president knew about where this donation came from essentially tsismis these accusations accusations rather of Improper Conduct and essentially now the the spotlight is on the Public Protector in that her report has been entirely dismissed and this isnt the 1st time so good result for the president what about for the Public Protector. She is in a difficult position that the 7. Who on previous occasions has had difficulty with the courts in that they found other reports illegitimate. Not based on law and she does have the option of potentially appealing the screening and we could see those court battle play out for some time to come she could also just let it go but i think thats also feeds into some of the narrative that the Public Protector has a political agenda and this isnt only about the president and his conduct but perhaps trying to push forward that agenda in line with the the ones of particular Political Parties or permitted things very much need for me to millard toria. United states has announced it has begun withdrawing its troops from afghanistan as part of a deal with the taliban thats supposed to pave the way to peace the u. S. Has agreed to reduce its forces from 120028600 that within 135 days of the signing of the grief of the agreement on february 29th to go home and the Long Term Plan is for the u. S. To remove all american and nato troops within 14 months if security conditions are met. I dont hunt is joining us from kabul and hunter it seems as if the conditions so far all being met because the troops are moving out. Is absolutely according to the doha agreement the 1st withdrawal of troops should have happened but within 10 days from deciding of that agreement so todays just under mark 10 days now we dont know how many troops exactly were pulled out but we do know that it happened it from bases one into how much a province which is one of the struggles of the taliban and then from another base in the north of the country in their hair wracked province now the troop withdrawal should continue over the next now 125 days to go down to 8600 as you said and that number 8600 is actually the level of chips that was never garrys in afghanistan during Obama Administration but all this is condition based and its limited even return the taliban have to give security commitments like it does that by groups like. The of groups operating in the country here and they also have to engage in this in this interim afghan negotiations and thats really a big stumbling block at the moment because of the taliban and the government fighting over this release of the 5000. 00 prisoners that the taliban expect to happen before any kind of talks could be start shit and horrible. People around the country perceived to be a good thing to see the u. S. Troops on the move. But i think people in the taliban area would probably be relieved simply because the airstrikes have stopped there and if i mean one of the reasons probably the taliban have agreed to an agreement with the us is because President Trump had actually. Amount of strikes and the taliban have paid the cost and the civilians that you know if you go outside of the way the majority of afghan live well theres certainly a sense of anxiety and a bit of worry about what will happen next for one is all this dispute between their own politicians just yesterday we had 2 inaugurations one of the president of the country ive got me and the other one of a parallel president. And specially for those who lived in proximity of the u. S. Troops that certainty is even more even increased than that level we went to background which is home to one to the biggest military facility here in the country and this is what people told us. It never shuts down. 1000 lives of bread that beat here every day i mean before one client did nearby bag. A demand isnt what it used to be. This bread is for the afghan army at the base business was better a few years ago when there were more americans we were making much more bread now its slowed down. Back graeme is home to the largest u. S. Military facility in afghanistan and part of the Afghan National army is also based here its history is deeply connected to the success of wars in the country this is obvious 1st build the airfield in the 1980 s. Then it became to frontline during the civil war in the 1990 s. Occupied by the taliban and now home to the u. S. Military since 2001 that made a background a target for the taliban it has seen many deadly attacks and people here have paid a heavy price part of the agreement is that all foreign chips should be phased out of the country within the next 14 months should everything go to plan but in places like background there are concerns that this departure will create a vacuum on more levels than one. There was a time when the base was one of the biggest employers in the country. Said carter worked for 8 years there he was laid off when the Obama Administration reduced the number of u. S. Soldiers in never understand. I had a good salary when i was working at the airbase now business is not good its hard for people to put food on the table for their families they cant afford to buy clothes there are a few weddings people just dont spend as much anymore everyone we met has a story about how the thrived at the peak of the u. S. Military presence and how did downturn has hit them hard. I was nicknamed when he worked at the base his salary allowed him to get married and start a family now he drives a rickshaw. To wait for clients is long he makes about 2. 00 a day and a good one and the future makes him uncomfortable. What if the americans leave in the fighting goes back to what it used to be during the civil war whats the point i dont know if the government can protect us and wants peace with our jobs then we will prefer war because at least we can earn a living while we do with peace if we cannot feed our families the taliban may be celebrating that the party of the 1st batch of u. S. Soldiers but many afghans here in baghdad and elsewhere wonder what will happen to them if all foreign troops are indeed withdrawal. Well afghans have by and large watched while you know you do us and the taliban. Also now are watching their leaders fighting and not able to put their rivalries aside to try to find a compromise and be in a strong position when indeed. Many would tell you well it is do you guarantee. The country and if they leave who is going to guarantee our security that is a big worry many many afghans i spoke to have a right those talks the next crucial phase thanks very much indeed. So i had. Digging up the past to shine a light on the future we joined the search for evidence of our ancestors experience of rising sea levels. And more on the impact spread of ours is having only global sport including 2 of the worlds biggest cycle races. Rule. As Climate Change threatens our coastline scientists in the United Kingdom and looking to all prehistoric pos for the evidence of changing sea levels and how our ancestors tried to adopt Jessica Baldwin reports now from hampshire in southern england. Low tide at thornes bay on the Southern Coast of england maritime archaeologists are searching the mud flats for clues as to what life was like thousands of years ago telling into our ancient past and here we see this incredible story ongoing material from firing off 1000 years ago just in the sea bed white near where i live i find that so turns out icing exploiting. A piece of timber more than 5000 years old might help us understand what happened when sea levels rose creating an island that became britain separate from Continental Europe what were doing with the understanding the patterns are trying to the effect of Sea Level Rise in the past i never could understand the long term impact of the responses of the through a lot of crude are playing. Right into the creature a lot of parallel purpose. Types arent always this low so the marine archaeologists also dived to find evidence of prehistoric activity the salty sea water is an excellent preservative scientists take their findings back to the lab at the university of southampton where they get new tests in carbon dating to figure out how many thousands of years ago our ancestors lived on this for sure it was cuttin theres evidence that the wood was worked on by prehistoric man to make a flat surface they could be a resin that was applied at the time 5000 years ago maybe to protect it protect from the water as the sea level was coming up discoveries of signs of prehistoric settlements artifacts and even food give the archaeologists an idea of what life would have looked like. Hazelnuts and heres a nice heres what. We found quite a few of these so you have to bear in mind this is over 8000 years old they found d. N. A. From ein corn and ancient grain dating it to 8000 years indicating early trade. We dont know too much about our prehistoric ancestors and their struggles with rising sea levels but the more we learn could help in our own approach to Climate Change Jessica Baldwin aljazeera hampshire england. Or lets move on to sports and standing by thanks nick weve seen empty football stadiums around italy for a few weeks but now all sport has been completely banned in the country for nearly a month is part of a government restriction on all 60000000 citizens in an effort to tackle the most deadly crane a Virus Outbreak outside china david stokes reports. This could well be the last time we see any action in italys top Football League this season already playing inside an empty stadium because of coronavirus restrictions such swallow beat 3 nil. One of the goal scorers held up a sign for fans saying everything will be fine stay at home and after the game stay at home was the message from italys Prime Minister who placed a ban on public gatherings across the whole country until at least april 3rd. The point in this context there is no reason to continue with the competition including said so im sorry to say this but all the fans must accept it. If syria is eventually cancelled it would be the 1st time since world war 2 the ban however does not apply to italian teams playing in european competitions atalantas Champions League game in spain against valencia will take place but with no fans present as will not police game in barcelona its not just football thats been affected the 6 nations tournament has seen 3 games perspiring in italy and france because of coronavirus and ahead of world cycling is concerned about the 2 biggest events in their calendar this year or to tally a road race in may and then the Tour De France in june bug would be a disaster for sport of course you are but your winning or that of ross due to the situation in. We are going to be more worries today with the with the situation with recent youre what you are the reason potential risk but i think the general can be canceled we hope. Away from europe this colombian Football Team were taking extra precautions Wearing Masks is they arrived in chile for a copper liver to doris game while in north america weve already seen the cancellation of one of the biggest tournaments on the tennis circuit indian wells in california bit of a moving target for the guys at the moment sort of working out if the miami masters will be on in and then they move to europe for the clay court events and weve all seen what happened in italy over not so few challenges global sport is taking a big hit but the formula one season is set to start as planned this week with the australian grand prix freight and drivers have arrived in melbourne and tens of thousands of fans will be allowed to attend unrestricted its pretty crazy whats going on but. You know weve got a race and its going to try and you know wash my hands as much as i can and you know stay clean. Living large on the sporting horizon at the tokyo 2020 olympics the games are just 136 days away now but the japanese government reiterated on choose state that they will go ahead that a back up plan is not even being discussed david stokes aljazeera. So as david was saying the olympics is still going ahead and so are the boxing qualifiers moved from hand in china to jordan it was a sorry day for olympic host japan on monday i recently was the 1st female boxer from her country to qualify for the games so shell be joined by team mate namiki to kimi who also booked her place. As well as that indias mary kom is through the 6 time World Champion and 2012 bronze medalist beat irish magno of the philippines on a unanimous decision 37 year old will head to her 2nd olympics in tokyo. Meanwhile all the major sports leagues in the us will close the locker rooms and clubhouses to all but essential stuff from tuesday in response to the cut Coronavirus Crisis as well as the health of the Milwaukee Bucks also have injury worries reigning m. V. P. Genocides cumbers sat out his teams encounter with the Denver Nuggets because of his knee and his absence showed Jamal Marion Poole Millsap led the nuggets as denver down to the n. B. A. Leading bucs 109295. It was much closer between atlanta and Charlotte Trey young led the horse with 31. 00 in the game but they were still tied to the 138. 00 points each in Double Overtime before the hawks sunk 5 consecutive free throws to win 1432138. 27 people have been charged with doping race horses in what u. S. Prosecutors have described as a Widespread International scheme which risked the health among them vets drug suppliers and trainers including the trainer wrexham maximum security seen here winning last months 20000000. 00 saudi cup the most valuable race in the world according to the charges the horses were given performance enhancing drugs that would also moscow their pain they allegedly race across the u. S. And in the united arab emirates. Were given to race horses in an effort to increase their performance beyond their natural abilities the substance stimulated in durance dead nerves increased oxygen intake and reduced information what actually happened to the horses amounted to nothing less than abuse they experienced cardiac issues over exertion leading to leg fractures increased risk of injury and in some cases death. Converse only the human beings involved in the scheme continue to line their purses as they manipulate this multibillion dollar horse racing industry across the globe. All right that is all useful for me for now ill have more later nick thanks a lot see a little bit later thank you have plenty more of course on our web site address which is al jazeera dot com all the news weve been covering there you can see the top story the chinese president visiting wu han plenty more on that in just a couple minutes with my colleagues hell rahman i mean its good enough. 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