the white already is in the ivory coast to demolish the homes of tens of thousands of people living near a main airport. an outbreak of chrono virus is spreading with authorities in china saying the number of infected people has risen to more than 837 others have died from the illness bringing the those killed and china to 25 organization and knowledge of the respiratory illness is an emergency in china but said it's too early to declare it a global concern chinese officials are working to contain it spread and han that's a city of 11000000 people transport there has been shut down several other major cities are on lockdown health officials are worried transmission rates could increase as millions travel to celebrate the lunar new year which starts on saturday at a moment we'll go to china and see how people are coping 1st and the has more on the international response. but few maci know imported road they're taking no chances for good reason the people being monitored with scanners have just flown in from the center of the outbreak in the way. they left before the chinese city was put in lockdown but scenes like this have played out around the world but sydney airport serving australia's largest city many of those flying in from blue handled thursday will face mosques they knew they'd be screened but there were no reports of illness and they would say that he worried before we got a good. and. a few. people. to be everywhere and when we get out and. test the fever and ask some questions about your health in the u.s. one person is known to have contracted the virus health officials in the state of washington where the man lives so he's well and should be allowed home soon as of now there are at least 16 identified close contacts local health departments started reaching out to them yesterday and continue to do so. and the list of countries with confirmed cases of the virus is getting larger most of eastern asia but some further afield the data that we've gathered has suggested you know that this could be a very dangerous virus but potential for global spread in and even i don't think it's going to extreme to say even potential you know for a global epidemic. but i don't think that inevitable at this point in. the next couple of weeks will be really important to making an assessment of what the real risk is still the possibility needs checks like this at major airports until medical experts know a lot more there's a whole series of questions we have to ask we don't have all of those answers yet we have some of that we know how to diagnose it we increasingly know how to treat people when they get it what we don't yet know is when somebody is infectious and who they pass it on somebody else the next few weeks could tell us exactly how much of a threat this corona virus poses worldwide. al-jazeera. has got high levels in beijing or authorities are concerned holidaymakers may spread the virus. the concern is that travel for the lunar new year holiday that starts today friday and will continue all the way through next week we're at the beijing west train station this is where if someone's going to go to that epicenter in the province this is where they would get this that the high speed train from beijing so we're seeing a steady clip of people almost 100 percent of people are wearing some type of mask on their faces obviously because of what's been going on in that direction the trains aren't stopping there obviously because you've got this transit he's a walk down in that province in the central problem of china it's it's look that it's seen as as kind of a patient hub so trains will pass through there they'll go further south but they won't stop there so we're still seeing the city of people one big concern that authorities have is that joe and then police here john is that what happens after this travel period after this holiday in the next week what's going to happen when people come back who've been traveling outside of that was in the company that was in the thick of the contact with people who were in that reason and that's the biggest concern because now because there are. reports that some people who have carried this virus possibly had been asymptomatic with all the screening the fever jackson and the health checks that they still could have gone through some of the the systems the having the chance and centers around china so that's a big concern going forward next week but right now this is the 1st day of this 9 day holiday as we've seen now. a 2nd. south korea which is also now saying a large influx of chinese tourists for the lunar new year holiday. south korea is one of the most popular destinations in asia for chinese tourists and in this coming holiday period the country is expecting to play host 213-0000 visitors from china now while direct flights from hand have been suspended this influx is a cause for concern here and south korea is putting in place the usual precautions such as health checks at points of entry and so on the country is no stranger to outbreaks like this one back in 2050 it was badly impacted by another type of coronavirus the virus from the middle east that made nearly 200 people sick 38 of whom actually died so south korea is well aware of the dangers and has in place the kind of precautions a nice to take the same cannot be said of north korea a lack of resources then means it is far more vulnerable to a public health emergency such as this one and it has done in the past for example with the a bolo virus put in place far more drastic measures stopping all visitors now while this might guarantee that it will get no cases of the coronavirus it is very bad for its economy because a tourism especially from china is one of the few areas that are not covered by u.n. sanctions and that has been developing as a much needed source of foreign revenue and that is a stream of revenue that will now strong as long as they seem urgency continues. as president donald trump says he will release his long awaited plan for israel and palestine by tuesday at the head of a visit by israel's prime minister and his political rival benny gantz in washington d.c. next week. that will benefit the palestinians but they have already rejected the initiative after a series of pro israel knows find the trump administration christian salome is in washington d.c. with more details on trump's plan. well we know that the trumpet ministration has been working on this deal for 3 years with the president's son in law jared cushion our senior advisor taking the lead on the negotiations we know that president trump would really like to deliver on this campaign promise he's in the middle of an impeachment. exercise here in the united states it's an election year and he considers himself a deal maker and he has said that peace in the middle east would be the deal of all deal so there's a lot of incentive from the administration to get something done here as far as the details though don't have a lot of information at this point we know that there's an economic component and a political component to the deal the economic component was announced by kushner back over the summer he said $50000000000.00 in economic development package politically though the united states has already made concessions to israel they recognize jerusalem as israel's capital moved the u.s. embassy there over the summer just recently secretary of state my pump aoe said that the united states would no longer consider israeli settlements in the west bank illegal all of this up undoing tradition in the u.s. for a long time international agreements international law these were issues that were supposed to be part of final status negotiations in the united states kind of unilaterally moved ahead and took sides with israel now we have prime minister netanyahu talking about annex in part of the west bank and so there's been some speculation some reporting that that could be the next phase of something that the united states is considering. democrats in the u.s. are pressed on with the 2nd day of opening statements and president on the trams and pietschmann trial they focused on what they call his dangerous abuse of power idea castro reports from washington d.c. . with cameras banned from showing the full senate chamber a sketch artist captures the scene 100 senators without their phones barred from speaking and some even looking bored with the process the democrats lead impeachment manager opened the 2nd day of arguments in the case against president trump with a moment of where levity remarking on his audience's silence of course it doesn't hurt that the morning starts out every day with the sergeant at arms warning you that if you don't you will be in prison but then it was back to the arguments thursday focused on the allegation that trump abused his power when he asked ukraine for election interference to his own benefit the articles in the evidence conclusively established that president trump is places own personal political interests 1st he has placed them above our national security above our free and fair elections and above our system of checks and balances this conduct is not america 1st it is donald trump 1st republicans have stuck by the president some calling the democrats' arguments repetitive and unconvincing i want the american people to pick the next president not me the president's attorneys will present their case for acquittal in coming days arguing trump did nothing wrong and that the accusations against him are not impeachable offenses you still have to meet basic fundamental constitutional obligations and they have to expect to hear more arguments from both sides for the next few days than senators will have a chance to ask questions before democrats make their next big move they hope to open this trial to new witnesses only possible with some republican support the question is whether the democrats arguments will be convincing enough to leave the senate wanting more heidi joe castro al-jazeera washington. al-jazeera has more now on the republicans and democrats over whether to allow witnesses in the trial we're going to get a better understanding of the republicans arguments against witnesses both to its own caucus the republicans and to the democrats to the republicans are saying look if basically they're saying if more of you say you're going to want witnesses bear in mind this will go to court donald trump will sue this will take months and months and months and in the end if witnesses finally do appear in the senate will have the same result donald trump will be acquitted why waste our time if the house wanted witnesses so much why didn't they go through the courts they just do their dirty work so that's that's the republican argument to its own members and to the democrats becoming pretty clear that they're suggesting look if you somehow by some miracle perhaps get someone to testify we will go after we will go after joe biden and that would be a bit of a disaster for joe biden as he's trying to fight for the nomination of the democratic party already from the left of the democratic party he's facing accusations of corruption there was an editorial in the guardian just a few days ago from a left winger saying biden has a problem with corruption for its entire career he's just done the bidding of the fossil fuel industry the banking industry the the health care industry by and taking that as taking their donations biden denies all that but now if he was actually to be cross-examined in the senate as to why his son had a plum droll but a ukrainian energy even though he his son had no experience in energy while biden was in vice president that would be pretty disastrous for him to. still ahead on al-jazeera neighbors meet for an urgent conference to stop the fighting will have reaction from tripoli. in congress with the sole function designed to sustainability is more than a fashion statement. hello the picture of a very unsettled across northern sections of the middle east has been streaming in again of the last year as i was saying quite a bit of rain but also some snow but it's also old bad this is van in eastern turkey and look at this plenty of enjoyment being had with the snow that is on the ground there but there is some more on the way there's also plenty of snow working its way quite steadily through more central and northern areas of afghanistan snow and rain in the mix rain of course further to the south and then certainly by friday a very unsettled picture throughout much of iraq some very heavy rain to the north it should be mostly dry in baghdad 15 degrees celsius but that system is working its way through so you will see showers later friday on into south and in the time it's a little bit lower by then just 13 degrees at the same time very strong winds you could even see the windows here really showing up quite a strong place it could actually kick some dust into northern areas of saudi and also it will stream down the gulf so those temperatures pretty thing a little bit lower than that 20 celsius in and that 23 in dubai and now the good news for madagascar the rains that have been so heavy we have a little some rain in the 4 calls but nothing like as heavy over the next couple of days some fairly heavy amounts of rain into where mozambique and tanzania and also want to showers and thunderstorms east and south africa. well this last time you out on the streets protesting whether on line you feel the weight of the system you do walk through each and every leg with more layers further and further into the jail or if you join us on saying retention has to start from day one whether again you and attention or you incarcerate this is a dialogue everyone has a voice for you know it's 36 o'clock rush coverage will be varying accounts but i want to give people the reason for joining the global conversation on out to 0. and watching out there let's recap the top stories right now china's government says 25 people are now confirmed to have died following an outbreak of corona virus more than 830 people have been infected world health organization says it's too early to declare the outbreak a global emergency. us president donald trump says he will unveil his plan for israel and palestine by tuesday that's ahead of a visit by prime minister benjamin netanyahu in his rival many cant's palestinian leaders have not been consulted about the scheme. democrats in the u.s. have pressed on with the 2nd day of opening statements and president all trumps and pietschmann trial focused on what they call as dangerous abuse of power and renew calls for new documents and witnesses to be presented to the senate. foreign ministers from nations bordering libya have met in algeria to discuss ways of stopping the country's conflict in egypt sudan in tunisia are among the countries that have suffered from the war in libya tony burke has more from tripoli. at the meeting in the algerian capital libya's neighbors renewed their support for the enforcement of an arms embargo and called for an end to foreign involvement in the conflict. are the we agreed on many principles the only solution for the libyan crisis is a peaceful solution a political solution the solution must be a libyan solution with support from the international community. libya's internationally recognized government of political experts say that support is vital and the only way a lasting peace can be achieved but they're disappointed there has not been greater international pressure against the united arab emirates in particular which they say is supporting have to with arms and finance we are surprised because international community cannot see. as we expect more white. kids who are white because the money. maybe because the money warlord khalifa haftar as forces control 2 thirds of the country for the last 9 months they pounded the suburbs of tripoli with rocket and shell fire trying to capture the capital there has been an uneasy ceasefire for the last 10 days but there has been violations in the south of tripoli the capital main airport was closed after the government said it was hit by 6 rockets and an unmanned drone was destroyed both sides claimed they had shot it down. have to us forces are blockading oil ports bringing libya's life blood industry to a virtual standstill as oil output plummets the cost to the economy saws at least $77000000.00 a day but the lost revenue will also hurt have to our side already hurting because their guys were debris from benghazi electricity will go off. and i don't think we will be able to or to hold on for for a long time have to ask forces continue to receive their salaries from the central banking tripoli one of the many ironies in this complicated conflict 1st the berlin conference and now the algerian conference and on the 27th of this month is going to be another conference in geneva the libyan people have heard a lot of talk about ways to end this conflict but what they haven't heard are concrete measures about actually how to do so. most libyans are concerned with security and day to day living including the price of food or medicine the simple solution i don't feel it's the same old story in berlin or moscow they talk but in libya people are dying why is just wants to go back home he fled with his wife and 2 children when his home in south tripoli was destroyed by shelling home now is in a school. life is hard here we have very little and our home was destroyed it's not safe to go back we just above the water. is one of the 146000 people who've been displaced in this conflict the hope is there won't be any more but in libya there are no guarantees tony berkely al-jazeera tripoli s. secretary-general the un secretary-general that as any good terrorist told al-jazeera there is a danger a conflict will spill over to the rest of the region. what has happened in libya is that libya became a playground of neighbors and actors and the libyan people is of space so it's very important and one of the things that was achieved in berlin was a commitment by all of those states not to interfere anymore in the internal affairs of libya and not to interfere in the conflict we know that there is a long way to go to make sure that it's fully happens but i think there is an element of hope and the element of hope comes from. a serious the situation became because it's no longer a question in which you have a fighting among libyans with some international support that it's your support again such as i mention that there is no risk of a regional conflicts and in my humble opinion it is there to risk that to a certain extent made 1000000000 possible and forced all those that are involved to understand that now it's becoming a dangerous game it's better to stop it to the benefit of the libyan people but also to the benefit of peace in the region libya has been a center. of arms export and also fighters export let's remember arms that went to syria from the beginning and that the most worrying impact is of course with the sale and with the lake charles because more and more these 2 seams are interlinked and what we are living in the sale of the lake chad is a war with terrorist organizations that we are not training hundreds of central americans have across the guatemalan border into mexico after almost a week long standoff with mexican security forces the country is under mounting pressure to stop people from reaching the u.s. border restaurant on a tramp past and threatening trade and other sanctions if it doesn't reduce the flow of migrants. hundreds of protesters have rallied in puerto rico accusing the government of holding up aid supplies to victims of a magnitude 6.4 earthquake earlier this month thanks and best amounting since the discovery of unused emergency aid in a warehouse dating back to hurricane maria that was in 2017 or testers gathered outside the mansion of governor wanda vazquez calling for her to step down similar demonstrations forced her predecessor to resign last year. government house or the demolition of houses close to the airport in the capital. area sound to tens of thousands of people but the government says their homes are illegal or reports. of desperate to future all scramble to save their homes. within a few hours nothing but. people try to salvage what little is left to the authorities these makeshift houses were built illegally but for the people here this was home and many don't know where. these men are asking why did they do this where were they sleep what kind of country is this where those with air conditioned homes are destroying people's homes but the some it's also their livelihoods they've all been able to evacuate those few chickens but many died they surprised us and started to demolish they broke everything. this was once part of the labyrinth of homes that house tens of thousands it's situated on the outskirts of a big german international airport that's where earlier this month teenager. hit in the landing gear on an air france flight his lifeless body was found by fighting the shoals in paris. believe in but they're limited hidden in the shanty town before jumping the fence onto the runway of the government ordered the a jew for neighborhood evacuated to clear 200 meters safety zone communications milissa city toy said these occupations post air safety and security problems. of the people living here were given 45 days to leave many was shocked when the 1st because this week his own view this was a look i was born here i've been here nearly 40 years even the mosque was destroyed we see it at least leave the mosque but they destroyed everything we go all we could from our homes. residents say the government is not dealing with the crux of the issue the high cost of living in a country where almost half of the population lives in poverty and it's poverty they say that led to the teenage boys escape and them having no choice but to live near the airport now many have knew it. during the al-jazeera. the head of one of angola's largest banks has quit after being named in a corruption investigation centered around the daughter of a former president it appalls the parents suicide of a banker who managed the account and the state oil farm son and all the company was previously chaired by isabel dos santos africa's richest woman prosecutor suspect embezzling funds she denies those allegations. spain's government will hold an emergency meeting after a powerful winter storm killed at least 11 people earlier expands prime minister peter sanchez visited eastern areas affected by storm gloria 5 people are missing and there are fears the death toll could rise sanchez says global warming is partly responsible for the storm the 1st accuser against hollywood film producer harvey weinstein as testified in a sexual assault trial. shura accuses him of raping her more than 25 years ago allegations date back too far for him to be charged but prosecutors are hoping it'll show weinstein was a repeat sexual predator has pleaded not guilty to 2 charges of assault and says all his encounters with women work consensual. the bottom line is the issue in this case is was there consent. if the jury believes. and. then she said she did not consent she did not want to have anything to do with just one sitting. orals top designers are showcasing fashions finest in paris this week and among the glamour of the catwalk there's a new trend proving popular with designers went along to have a look. a dazzling display of opiates and fantasy at dutch design a ronald founded camps paris could to show models will sculpt drool gallons for an elegant take on eighty's glamour but fun to campus fashion it isn't only a lesson in creativity but also in sustainability all these clothes are made from recycled fin teach all riposte fabrics for is one of the worst things for the environment so for me this is the this is the answer to for it for because this is made with all leftovers from all the collections the code was made by an organization helping women in morocco part of frantic camps conviction that fashion must be responsible he launched his sustainable couture label 5 years ago we're leading the way to make sustainability sexy and sustainable the new normal because that's what it needs to be i think the bigger bros should. you know reduce their with their productions and make less clothes and concentrate on making beautiful clothes rather than all these clothes though nobody needs. the fashion industry is one of the world's biggest polluters high end labels influenced mass market brands and consumers many concede it's time for change after 50 years in the business french designers will pull gucci retired with a show with an anti waste message. clothes on. some of the world's most prestigious fashion houses are placed in paris and most say that they're trying to become more environmentally friendly but campaigners say this is a stain abilities increasingly used as an trend marketing tool rather than a real plan of action. an expert in sustainable luxury she says customers are helping to accelerate change the. consumers are increasingly when want to be more responsible socially and environmentally so in the last few years they brutalize that one way to act is to buy differently. this form of fire station in the city will soon become europe's biggest sustainable fashion hope called. bernie to give the designers an experts helping them to create responsibly but they don't have the choice because now we know the nature is suffering we cannot do exactly what we've done before we need to change something changing a multi-billion dollar industry is a challenge but in an environment driven by trends where we responsibly make clothes may become the ultimate fashion statement. i'll just 0 hours. a regulator say suzuki and chrysler have broken rules on a mission to models were found to emit higher levels of nitrogen oxide than allowed they've been ordered to fix the issue or face a ban on sales across europe regulators across the world have been testing diesel model since volkswagen admitted in 2015 that he used illegal software to cheat u.s. emissions tests. so the headlines right now on al-jazeera china's government says 25 people are now confirmed to have died following an outbreak of corona virus more than 830 people have been infected world health organization says it's too early to declare the outbreak a global emergency heiler is in beijing where concerns were growing about people traveling for the lunar new year holiday. it's very concerning because you have disaffected there you have the travel restrictions but the big concern is with all these people who've already traveled. from potentially affected areas gone out around china going back after the holiday after this holiday that's very concerning because there's really no definitive defeated the idea of how long this just decent period for this virus is we've got to be concerned not necessarily people who are already you know going to block down over 20000000 people in these affected areas but who's already gone what about those people they're going to go back to traveling over these next 2 days because over the period. is president says he will release his long awaited plan for israel and palestine by tuesday that's ahead of a visit by israel's prime minister and his political rival benny gantz in washington d.c. next week palestinian leaders have not been consulted about the plan democrats in the u.s. have pressed on with the 2nd day of opening statements and president onil trumps and pietschmann trial they have renewed calls for a new document and witnesses to be presented to the senate algeria has hosted a meeting of countries neighboring libya to discuss ways to stop the fighting they have rejected foreign interference and agreed on the need to uphold an arms embargo hundreds of central americans have crossed the guatemalan border into mexico and follows a standoff with security forces president has been threatening mexico with sanctions if it doesn't use the flow of migrants in the 1st accuser against hollywood film producer harvey weinstein is testified in a sexual assault trial actress annabella she already accuses him of raping her more than 25 years ago so the headlines keep it on al-jazeera more news to come the strain this next. al-jazeera tells the story of thousands about his past by coming fronts to adopt obscene. words that are so offensive that some can't bear to see their name. the burden of ridicule that has been passed down through generations. the shame of my name. on al-jazeera. the impeachment trial of u.s. president donald trump is underway what will it mean for the administration and the upcoming election i am for me ok and you're in the stream there is so much to talk about today and we want to hear from you you can share your thoughts with us in our life you choose chat and open your comments into the show now donald trump faces 2 charges a piece of power for his role in withholding military aid to ukraine in order to pressure kiev invest.