a special al-jazeera reporters. and i m sorry i have all the day s sport including . sensations. highly anticipated. you can inspire when. china s capital has announced that it s canceling all major public events for a lunar new year as the country tries to strong stop the spread of a new virus the extreme move comes after restrictions were ordered on 2 cities affecting some 20000000 people all public transport services air sea and roads out of the city of new han have been suspended that s where the virus was 1st detected last month in the neighboring city of all transport services will be shut down from midnight local time to prevent people leaving or entering the chinese government says that subway trains will be disinfected every hour of the world health organization is meeting again to decide whether to declare an international public health emergency al-jazeera is adrian brown begins our coverage from hong kong. at 1st china s government warned people against traveling
I dont see this is al jazeera live from london also coming up the u. N. Is syria and boy calls on russia to have the courage to push the Syrian Government to accept new elections talking tough on north korea chinas president xi jinping i was in meetings with a south korean counterpart in beijing saying they will not tolerate war. And how mass calls for a Palestinian Uprising against israel over the u. S. Jerusalem decision as the party marks its their teeth on eva three. We begin in may where at least nine thousand revenge of muslims have died or been killed in just one month of those more than six thousand seven hundred were killed in Violent Attacks following the military crackdown. But mammals government insists the real figure is much lower just four hundred mohammed explains Doctors Without Borders estimate that nine thousand roll hinges died in the month that followed the start of the military crackdown in me and more which began in late august most of the rohinton who died were
This is the news. Coming up in the next sixty minutes a choice to define the future of liberians votes in a president ial runoff. For the unrest in peru police fired tear gas and fights with protesters angry at a decision to pardon the former president. Barred from running against a Prominent Russian Opposition Leader is told hes not eligible to run in next years president ial election. Including defending champions. In Cleveland Cavaliers. So polls are open in liberias president ial runoff thats expected to lead to the first democratic transition of power in seventy years the former wild footballer of the year george weah is taking on the current Vice President joseph block i in an election thats focused on creating jobs and fighting corruption. Reports now from the capital monrovia. In the contest for the liberian presidency this month former International Footballer do it well and start saying he received thirty eight percent of the votes cast in the foster round held in october hes
And their decision to force him to vacate office he had asked them for reasons for his transgressions but in the end the pressure it appears has proven too great he avoids of course a motion of no confidence plan for parliament on thursday at which it is likely he would have been voted out of office hes avoided that by resigning tonight and we can talk to our correspondent for media miller whos in our bureau in johannesburg listening to all of that for me the it seems for an awfully long time didnt it that he wasnt going to to resign that he was going to submit himself to the rule of the constitution as the supreme law of the land but in the end those extraordinary words i have decided to resign with immediate effect. John i think given the tone of jacob zuma as address it for his ninety percent of the time anyone could be forgiven to think that the president or what is it now the former president was going to stay on we know is a fight and thats really the stance he has taken ultimate
Fully back to boyer watching al jazeera live from doha also coming up seventeen People Killed in a shooting at a school in the us a former student who had been expelled is held by police. Russia can push the regime to commit to seeking a real peace in syria the u. S. And russia again trade blame at the u. N. After the special envoy for syria says the violence is at its worst level for years and iran moves in on black market money traders as its sinking carrying same fix more economic pain on the people. Thank you for joining as jacob zuma has resigned as south africas president heeding orders from his ruling party the African National congress his departure ends almost nine years in power plagued by scandal tom de media has a report from chinas speck. A reluctant announcement from an embattled president i have the four coming to the decision to resign as president of the republic with immediate effect. Even though i disagree with the decision of of the leadership of my organization. I