Statistics i spent 5 years covering china and i was always very skeptical of figures you got from the government especially concerning you know its g. D. P. And i think you have to attach the same Health Warning if you like to these figures as well but if they are true if then it does offer a little crumb of comfort even though people are still dying and people are still becoming infected there were 143 deaths reported on friday thats up 27 from the day before but this is a significant thing the rate of infections does appear to be much lower half what they were on thursday as you say more than 405100 deaths overall but a sign of a very small sign i think that perhaps you know the infection rate is starting to come down its certainly coming down outside of who by the province Officials Say theres been a real significant drop in the rate of affection infections in the rest of china the United States has been offering help to china but china has so far declined those offers meanwhile in
New kill with more on these people that were finally able to get off this hour roaming cruise ship way. Yes certainly an air of celebration as the 1st of those passengers were able to disembark up to spending 14 days in that ship the westerdam now they will be that now taken to the airport boarding charter flights paid for by the Holland America line the owner of the ship and then flown back to their home countries its going to be a very slow process with so many people on board the process of issuing cambodian visas so they can disembark is still going on and again the charter flights have to be organized as well so the company that owns the ship is saying that that process could take 2 or 3 days said the frustration for many passengers on board will still continue but as they came off the ship they were greeted by the cambodian Prime Minister who spoke to those gathered on the port but also those gathered on the ship on the decks and on the balconies of their cabins and he was greete
a warning to the syrian government and its russian allies around 11 a little more than a president was up to do that and has given damascus until the end of february to put out beyond to observation posts it. says if talks with russia paid to stop syrian troops targeting turkish forces will respond harshly she was very strong mckellar we are determined to remove the syrian regime beyond the boundaries of the sochi agreement that is behind our observation post by the end of february we will do whatever is necessary without hesitation without a wavering on land and by air. damascus has dismissed the comments saying turkey is out of touch with reality but despite his anger and frustration president is still hoping he would be able to narrow differences with russian president vladimir putin. the 2 signed agreements in 2018 which allowed for save lives and risk corrective the rebels movements the deals also prevented syrian president bashar assad from launching an all out military