welcome to the program our top story this hour turkey s president is warning that his military will strike back at syrian forces if turkish soldiers a targeted in a province but syria s ally russia is accused of aggravating the situation by having its forces on the ground in the 1st place meanwhile a syrian civilian has been killed in a clash between american troops and pro-government supporters al-jazeera has more on this now from istanbul. the russian patrol the northeast syria near published the after u.s. troops in the area opened fire killing one civilian but the u.s. issued a statement saying they came under attack and had to fire the incident is now under investigation. that attack came all the same day turkey s president issued a warning to the syrian government at least brushing the lines down to the groove of the president because of the dollar and has given damascus until the end of february to pull out beyond to observation posts it. says if talks with russia to s
a drag on the global economy in 2020 counting the cost on al-jazeera. 2018 a new government came to power in armenia amid widespread optimism that its leader nicole shenyang quit and decades of corruption and economic mismanagement but now his administration faces a major dilemma whether to proceed with a huge be defensive mining project that some a warning will cause enormous environmental damage and endangered one of the world s rarest animal species. the former soviet republic of armenia has witnessed dramatic changes in the last 12 months. a bloodless revolution led by journalist turned politician nicole pushing a promised an end to decades of corrupt rule this. is just one a snap election and for the 1st time in years there is hope to ms m o 1st priority is to continue. to call it will listen and to make a real difference to see nothing in the economy. or mania has enjoyed years of blockades imposed by its neighbors turkey and azerbaijan the country s economy never reall
what s in store such a list for the future comes to. come the 2nd major city to incite. culture. the race to contain the coronavirus continues as the death toll mounts that s also why the hundreds of billions all chinese stocks disrupted supply chains and hammered oil demand but investors may be shrugging off the risks of their own peril . also on the show traditional churches are struggling to survive and if a job cut price meat and supermarkets and discount counters get to know what. this is the w. business i m on in berlin welcome a rising casualty count in china has sparked a range of responses around the world the u.s. is ban on travelers from china is still in place and neighbor hong kong has closed some border crossings within the country itself officials are racing to ally fears and contain the knock on effects especially on the economy. only 10 days to set up an entire emergency hospital an impressive feat a new facility in the world one of several such hospitals bui
this is really concerning all market participants. let s get straight to the action and david in hong kong. sarah.start with you, this is really a bad picture across equity markets in asia. it s interesting to see the contrast with u.s. futures. reporter: it s pretty unbelievable, and not even just u.s. futures. the hong kong hang seng as well. the china picture is very ugly, but i should add they were already paring much of the loss we had seen. 9% csi 300 down more than and down less than 7% still. a loss of almost 7%, very steep, but not what we saw immediately. it seems like there is a sense to want to jump back. they got out, they wanted to get on friday because they wanted to avoid this. it looks like futures do want to move higher in the u.s. you get the sense that investors still want to be invested. yes, we are not sure when we will see the peak of the virus, if this will get any worse. investors themselves are not epidemiologists or doctors, but when people look to
meat and supermarket and discount counters we get to know what. this is d.w. business i m on in berlin welcome a rising casualty count in china has sparked a range of responses around the world the u.s. has ban on travelers from china is still in place and neighbor hong kong has closed some border crossings within the country itself officials are racing to ally fears and contain the knock on effects especially on the economy. only 10 days to set up an entire emergency hospital an impressive feat a new facility in lieu of one of several such hospitals built to tackle the virus and it shows that government officials know without a doubt what s at stake thousands of people work day and night to assemble the prefabricated building the new hospital has a 1000 beds. in between times the death toll has jumped above 360 and china has made an urgent call for more medical gear and masks fears of the spiralling epidemic mean shanghai is normally buzzing pudong district is deserted the a