A 1st for antarctica temperatures hit a record high adding to growing fears about global warming. Hello for the 2nd day in a row the number of corona virus cases has surged in the chinese province of the heart of the outbreak officials at who base a nearly 5000 new infections were confirmed on thursday the rest of china reported fewer than 300 new cases who also had 160 more deaths new cases had surged by almost 15000 the previous day after doctors and change the method of testing for the illness katrina use in beijing and she says another surge in case numbers doesnt necessarily mean the outbreak is getting significantly worse. This week the government has said that theyre really saying this is a pivotal week in fighting the outbreak they seem to be changing things up a little bit so as you mentioned theres been a change in the how theyre diagnosing these cases of the new coronavirus all curve of 19 doctors no longer have to rely on one single type of test they can now use things like chest x. Rays and c. T. Scans to be able to confirm that people who do have suspected cases other symptoms that they do have the coronavirus so were seeing this huge jump 15000 on wednesday 5000 in the last 24 hours because many of those people in the suspected cases lift list has now have now been moved to this confirmed cases list and theyre also giving doctors a bit more flexibility in trying for different treatments it seems one hospital and is reporting that they are asking patients who have recovered from the corona virus to come back and actually donate blood some doctors there are saying that their blood has a certain type of antibody which will be which seems to be effective in treating the corona virus and that theyve said that they have been at least 11 patients so far who have benefited from this type of treatment so it seems to that there are some hopeful there is some hopeful news coming out of who they despite didnt massive jump in numbers and we do have to remember that the World Health Organization has said itself that hasnt seemed to be any major difference in the trajectory of the corona virus this week despite this change in numbers of passengers from a cruise ship turned away by 4 countries because of coronavirus fears has finally been allowed off in cambodia Prime Minister presented flowers to the 1st people to leave the m. S. Westerdam it arrives in cambodia on wednesday but the 2000 passengers and crew are kept on board until any cases of the virus have been ruled out when he was there when the ship arrived. Theres a lot of relief as you can imagine from the passengers and crew on board the ship for 2 weeks they were at sea cruising around asia trying to find a port to call in to when all those other governments in port said no cambodia said yes so on thursday evening it was finally able to tie up here at the port in sihanoukville and 1st thing friday morning the 1st of those passengers came off here there was jubilation and not just from those passengers who were lucky enough to be among the 1st group but also the hundreds more who lined the decks of the ship to say goodbye to them of course they were. They cheered as the cambodian Prime Minister hun sen came here to welcome the ship in who spoke to the crowd here spoke to those who were lucky enough to be the 1st to disembark the ship at any again sought to allay concerns about the virus has really done that from day one of the outbreak here in cambodia tried to downplay the threats that it may cause and he did that again in his speech saying the cambodian shouldnt be worried about coronaviruses welcome to ship again and he said that even if they were a positive cases of the virus on board the ship he still would have welcomed it to dock here in sihanoukville and he would have tried to get those affected patients off the ship as quickly as possible so they wouldnt be uncomfortable on the ship so thats been a common theme over the past few days after it was confirmed that the government would allow the ship to tie up here. The u. S. Senate has voted to limit president dong trumps ability to go at it alone and launch war with iran the move to reduce his president ial powers was backed by 8 members of his own Republican Party the war powers resolution means trump would have to seek congressional approval to launch any future strikes it was prompted by the assassination of the Iranian Military commander possum soleimani in a u. S. Strike last month which led to a counter strike on u. S. Soldiers trump is expected to veto the measure she had pretenses in washington with more on the political motives behind votes. Multiple president s of trampled over what the framers were very clear about that its congresss role to declare war on a different country and the way the president s have tried to get out of it so yeah but these are military excursions incursions but actually was president obama very big on all of this 2011 libya. Congressional approval went in democrats grumbled a bit republicans grumbling but they did nothing they didnt do anything like this for example of course president obama also always using the authorization for use of military force passed after 911 the 2 and you have to go into 100 countries the military footprint to bomb all sorts of all sorts of people who groups the dream exist after 911 so this has been going on for some time now and its only the democrats rediscover their constitution and theyre saying that enough is enough and they were joined by some republicans republicans who have various motives as well in that some of them were just simply rather annoyed by the briefing they got after the assassination of general sort of just too dismissive of the constitutional niceties they felt the white house should have at least paid lip service to but there are always a libertarian side who say look these endless wars have to stop in fact you could ask why more republicans didnt vote for this given the opinion polls have been clear for years thats why dont tread on this bipartisan majority say weve got to bring our troops back from at least we cant have any more war. Melanie sloan is a former federal prosecutor and partner at the Public Affairs firm Summer Strategies and she says although trump is expected to veto the resolution his Foreign Policy will be closely scrutinized because this is an election year. I think president s have ignored the war powers act and periodically you hear members of congress upset about it and there has been this great expansion of executive power over the years but i think the country is feeling very tired of the endless wars in the middle east and obviously mr trump ran on that so. Too i think not only democrats but some members some members of his own party when he made the strike on iran potentially bringing us into a greater conflict with the middle east republicans really crossed President Trump at their peril as theyve learned and he has been very clear that you expect people to be in lockstep and if you will go after members of his own party in an incredibly tough fashion so i think the only reason that so many of his members were willing to cross him on as i was because americans dont pay that close attention to Foreign Policy sadly so when theyre not as worried that trouble feel the need to call him call them out or that americans will be closely following this vote. In the full contest for president because as we have heard while President Trump previously said no americans were injured in all of this now weve learned that at least 100 members of the our forces are suffering some kind of traumatic brain injury so you can expect that that will be brought back when you get to the debates in iraq a arab a syncro coop province where u. S. Troops are stationed has been targeted in another rocket attack there been no reports of any casualties a previous attack on the same base in december killed a u. S. Contractor a triggering a chain of events that caused regional tensions to soar. Since december more than 800000 syrians have fled their homes an adlib province the last remaining rebel held area the u. N. Says the majority of them are women and children theyve ended up in displacement camps near the Turkish Border but conditions are desperate as the cold Winter Weather sets in and storms blanket the area with snow relief workers say 10 children have died in the last week alone. So much you know about there are 27 families living in tents things are stealing because we dont have the situation is very difficult its impossible for anyone to rent a home. Over the situation here is very difficult as you can see nothing in the temperature is below 0 you can see its who we are staying in a tent because different cost 100. 00 or 200. 00 and theres a lot of displacement going on now the ukase finance minister has abruptly resigned just a month before he was to deliver britains annual budget statement sodje job it stepped down after Prime MinisterBoris Johnson said he could only keep his job if he fired his close aides he said no self respecting minister critics up with johnson was demanding and job his resignation was part of a wider Cabinet Reshuffle which also saw the departure of the man who helped restore power sharing to Northern Ireland after 3 years of deadlock julian smith the Northern Ireland secretary was one of 5 ministers sacked by the Prime Minister. Has more from london. So what i had been anticipated to be a pretty mundane Cabinet Reshuffle had its doors run completely off by the shock resignation of the chancellor although there have been differences between him and the Prime Minister particularly over johnsons plans to increase Government Spending it was expected that jabbered would keep his position but that was until number 10 gave him all this to essentially suck his team of advisors and accept a new team appointed mostly by number 10 itself this amounts basically to a power grab on treasury autonomy and lets listen now to what i have to say about that the conditions that were attached was a requirement that i replace all my political advisors these are people that have worked incredibly hard on behalf of not just the government but the whole country did a fantastic job i was unable to accept those conditions i dont believe any self respecting minister would accept such conditions and so therefore i thought the best thing to do was to get his replacement is really soon akka 39 year old relative novice a breakfast and a johnson loyalist he is unlikely to give too much trouble to Boris Johnson and his team but he takes this position at a very tricky time in the United Kingdom is just a month away from a budget that the he has to deliver and then of course there is the very difficult negotiation period on what the u. K. s new relationship is going to be with the European Union and the rest of the world after brics that. Still ahead on aljazeera. Destruction in south Africas Parliament during the president s state of the nation speech find out what the commotion was all about and. What 3 words we take a look at the phone out helping rescue services to save lives. Hello and welcome back now ive just arrived back in the Arabian Peninsula after a long absence and i tell you what it really was a shock the system how cold it was right here in qatar we have not snow but certainly run they have had snow across Northern Areas cause some real problems been some deaths reported an avalanche of very serious conditions but that cold air has continued to push south whats so were seeing temperatures really struck him last 24 to 48 hours yes a bit of a wind chill here in qatar the wind is light to 24 hours the cold air is gradually abating so were going to see temperatures rising slightly 22 and 24 expected in dubai housework cloudy around the eastern side of the Mediterranean Sea there so a cloudy day expected in beirut highs of 70 just a chance of a shower towards saturday then yemen otherwise dodgy dry conditions so head on into saturday you see the temperatures in doha and you by continuing to rise 26 there and you by heading into east africa were seeing some pretty heavy showers affecting this central area d. R. Congo all the way towards the east and certainly for mali down towards times near are seeing some heavy showers those are expected to continue you see weve got some big downpours expected across Lake Victoria but it should be dry nairobi with high sierra of 25. For. The controversial leader of this land john just how do you use one of the most wanted turns to stream in this county tennessee and his alleged extra judicial killings by Israeli Television in a sudden sense of being caught in the mask and the outcome is only deaths if someone tried to talk to scott the media seemingly tennison was shut down the borders. To kill him in damascus on aljazeera. Or moon her for the lord. Hello again the top stories on aljazeera this hour Chinese Health authorities have confirmed nearly 5000. 00 new coronavirus cases in a province the epicenter of the virus they also announced 116. 00 more deaths in the region on thursday. The Prime Minister of cambodia presented flowers to the 1st passengers to leave the western. True ship had been turned away by 4 countries because of coronavirus fears it then arrived in cambodia on wednesday but the 2000 passengers and crew were kept on board until any cases of the virus had been ruled out. The u. S. Senate has passed legislation requiring the president to seek congressional approval for any future strikes on iran 8 republican senators backed the resolution which was prompted by the assassination of top Iranian Military commander qassam sunday money in the u. S. Strike last month. China has began rolling back tariffs on u. S. Imports its part of an initial deal signed by the worlds 2 largest economies last month in the hopes of easing a trade war the agreements only applies to recent tariffs impose a september on goods including crude oil soybeans pork and beef under the deal beijing would buy more goods and services from the u. S. Lets get some perspective on this and speak to polian long shes the managing director of asia and analytical which conducts research on chinas political economy shes joining us from hong kong thanks very much for speaking to us on aljazeera so what does china get out of this right now. Right now this is a Holding Action china is a relief to see this very serious problem with us coronavirus it doesnt want to be fighting a trade war at the same time so this agreement of more or less puts things on hold until china has more time and space but that lynch said of negotiations id like to get your thoughts on the corona virus and how its impacting chinas economy in a moment but 1st just tell me this you say this puts things on hold some people seem to suggest that this could be a be the beginning of the process often deescalation when it comes to the trade war between the United States and china do you see it that way. And go because im going to see it so much now as a trade war or even a cold war so much as the dawn of a. Good relations between the 2 countries the american perception now not just that china is a rule spending competitor but that it is a threat the chinese for their part sees the americans as trying to contain their rise to its rightful position in the. Coming week and certainly they are racing focused dominance so any agreements they have on commercial issues wont just deal with a part of the problems between the 2 countries but the u. S. Treasury secretary steve minutes in recently said that there could be phases to trade negotiations and some u. S. Tariffs then can be rolled back what needs to happen for these face to negotiations to take place and go forward. Or face to face rephrase for the law only be technical the easy stuff that could be agreed on how much a guy for real how much you buy from me how much access i give you but the thing that is holding back a true agreement between the 2 countries is the fact that there is it is very difficult for them to agree on a mechanism for compliance i mean the trade gap acts says intellectual Property Rights and all of that has to be discussed for the past 20 years different when astringents have signed different agreements so in agreement without some form of compliance might convince them that the americans will accept that the chinese to sell to their own people then it will just be. Words of elites feeling that there is no true resolution of the dispute right and just to back to that point that you raised a few moments ago on corona virus what impact is this virus having on the chinese economy as of today and how likely is that to impact any trade negotiations between the u. S. And china. I dont think it is going to impact the trick negotiations brutally simply because the disagreements between the 2 countries the conflict of interest isnt related to the virus the economy itself how much depends on how a lot quickly the chinese are able to contain the growth of the and the spread of the virus but whatever happens there are going to be 2 things that will be changing not so much for the the rules of the economy itself but for foreign businesses perception of where that how much risk china is becoming for the right us right now the immediacy is the the british in the supply chain from the south korean coming to fracture high in the has already stopped production because of the brick in the supply chain now justices are always saying yes we should diversify the sources of our Supplier Base too hard they say well were doing another day now that day has come and theyre going to say sur