Trees between the u. S. And the taliban gains into effect in afghanistan the 1st step towards reaching a long lasting deal with. The head of the World Health Organization has warned of new clusters of corona virus infections with no clear link to china its a live report it its 1st death there is 16 infections south korea the worst affected country outside china has almost 350 cases and the w. H. O. Is concerned about iran where theyve been for deaths and 18 cases of infection to others infected with the virus in iran have since traveled on to canada and to lebanon. Although the window of opportunity is not only to contain the outbreak we still have a chance to contain it but while doing that we have to prepare at the same time for any eventuality because this outbreak could go any direction it could even be messy. But what im saying is its in our hands now if we do well within the not only window of opportunity we can reverse any or we can have very good any. Serious crisis all right lets talk to dr de baron our correspondent is in the iranian capital tehran sufficient numbers of incidence of coronavirus now in iran to be concerned what sort of information you getting from the authorities as to how theyre going to deal with it. Well weve been hearing from a Health Ministry official who has said that the virus is believed to have entered the country via some Chinese Workers who work in the holy city of qom thats a city thats about 130 kilometers south of the capital tehran that is where this virus was 1st reported on wednesday in 2 people have died from that city officials have said that theyre concerned about traveling to that city its a holy city many visitors go through there to visit the holy shrine in that city and now officials are looking at restricting peoples movements in the city of foam theyve urged the over 1000000. 00 residents of that city to exercise caution be careful with their movements and theyve also closed schools and universities there to try and restrict peoples travels around the city to try and contain the virus weve also heard from the Health Ministry that this virus has been reported in the capital as well as a number of other cities we are waiting for official numbers were expecting a official announcement from the Health Ministry in the coming hours from now they rein in officials have said theyve received 4 kits from the World Health Organization to try and come back and control the spread of this disease of course iran is population of about 83000000 people and theyre worried that many people are not exercising the appropriate measures to try and limit the spread of this disease for now theyve said anybody that has symptoms should go to clinics or hospitals to try and be tested for the corona virus for the time being they are saying that there are 18 confirmed cases and 24 suspected cases of coronavirus in iran are i dont thank you for the dosage of bari live in tehran but our correspondent robin fried reports now from outside a hospital in the south korean city of daegu thats where people are being tested for the virus. These figures to have again spiked this saturday morning by friday evening we had 204 cases being reported across south korea they have now jumped by 142 calling for the figures that have just been released that we now have 346 and bear in mind these figures are produced here in south korea twice a day so its gone from friday being 204 to saturday morning being 346 by saturday evening we can expect another big jump as you mentioned we are Testing Center at the Main Medical Center one of the main hospitals here in daegu which is being now quickly dedicated just to the treatment of coronavirus people if they believe they have symptoms of cough or fever they come here they present themselves that they are being tested we know that many of the cases here in daegu and chango a neighboring city which both have been declared as being a special chasm down here in the southeast of south korea many of the cases are centered on this particular church in daegu amongst the congregation but also we are seeing a big cluster in the neighboring city of chong go at a particular hospital there where 2 of the 2 fatalities that weve had here in south korea were former patients there at the hospital and thats where weve had a big cluster of the 142 new cases 91 of the cases are there at the hospital amongst patients and also some staff what is the link between the hospital and the church here in daegu it seems it could be a funeral that took place there at the hospital that was attended by members of the congregation from the church here so that is the link that people here specialists are examining as they continue to try to contain this outbreak. But joining us now here on set its up to patrick tang division chief of facility sciences at city. Medicine here in castle thanks for talking to us. Lets raise and that terribly scary dame in my opinion pandemic is it time to cool corona virus so all see that 9900 a pandemic technically its not a pandemic yet that doesnt change how we approach this outbreak the same measures that were taking we still have to do so what is the definition of a pandemic then as opposed to a global outbreak which is what we seem to be experiencing at the moment so deafening this is definitely a global outbreak a pandemic will require sustained transmission and in many of the countries around the world now the sustained transmission is occurring in a limited number of countries still what are all the specific concerns about the nature of the way this outbreak is evolving and about the nature of the virus whats most concerning now are the cases that were seeing in iran which were not expected and. Its very concerning for us because were not been leveled preparedness the made in iran may be a little bit lacking and that might lead to further outbreaks in other places theyre not expecting as well doctors headrests the head of the w. H. O. Talked about the window of opportunity to contain this outbreak narrowing all the time what needs to be done what needs to be done that isnt being done that could possibly make a substantial difference. I think the window of opportunity for eliminating this virus or controlling it is our rate is very tight and some people might even argue that it could have been closed already with the recent events that have happened so what can we do at this point we have to use every time that we have one of these outbreaks in a place that we dont expect the amount of effort thats going to be required to control it is going to be exponentially higher so a lot of or more resources have to be diverted to to help these places these new outbreaks can bring them under control when you say if it what specifically what specific actions need to be taken for instance self salaciousness being advocated in in daegu in south korea. And sanitizing wearing of mosques what specifically needs to be done with rick in order to perhaps slow this outbreak down so definitely there has to be some messaging from Public Health officials in those regions to tell people to become aware of the virus and also to take precautions to protect themselves but most importantly we need to understand what is actually going on in these regions so they need to be able to test people they need to be able to clinically assess the people in these regions to see what is the extent of this outbreak there now its been pointed out that an outbreak like this a virus that spread so easily like this actually thrives does roll the well in the authoritarian regimes in governments where theres not a huge amount of transparency and thats a big worries in the the accuracy of the validity of the kind of numbers that were being fed by many is that governments who have now this is an incidence of this fire. I dont know if we have any evidence to doubt the numbers that are coming out from different regions in the world but its its extremely important to have accurate numbers for us to understand whats going on and to take their proprium measures against the virus dr patrick tang thank you very much indeed. Well here has stepped up its prevention measures to combat potential outbreak its airline which is the largest in africa there is continuing to fly daily flights to 5 different cities in china mohamed vaal is our correspondent in the he reports now from the capital addis ababa. Theres a constant state of alert at Addis Ababa International airport and to be explained a flight of arrives from china after the 1st screening the pass and just pass through a socalled 360. 00 degree x. Ray machine which detects body temperature passengers are also asked to fill the Health Status forms and disclose where they have been during the past 14 days at the time of landing we would check the temperature you think the 3rd term was coming and again we have master more scanner commuting in their own International Airport and finally we check again we leave it there most commonly when they are looking their bags in between again we have a positive thing which is again strict nowadays the border International Airport in addis ababa is one of the busiest travel hubs in africa resource of the continents main gateway to china while many countries have a distributed air services to china after the corner Virus OutbreakEthiopian Airlines continues to operate 35 flights a week to 5 chinese destinations the airline has ignored please both form if you open the public and some african countries to suspend its flights to china we base our decision based on the what the heads of shall still us the. Cysts ok minister has a few places its ok now when they say that its no more Health Issues so it becomes a business decision and a business decision is that for us it is a long term the operation and we have 40 percent market share. For traveling between africa and china even though no case of infection has been detected in ethiopia until now Novel Coronavirus medically known as covert 19 is a major concern here 18 suspected cases were tested and found negative 11 of them were sent to south africa while 7 were tested within ethiopia in a new laboratory specially equipped with a purpose with the help of the World Health Organization an Emergency Center has been set up were dozens of doctors and medical trainees are at work every day of the week collecting data and studying ways to confront the virus and this is perhaps one of the most Vital Services set up by the National Institute of Public Health these hotlines manned 24 hour 7 they receive alerts and information related to suspects is cases of coroner virus they also provide information and advice for people in need but to say they receive at least 5 infection rumors of a less every day one of the tasks of these men is to make sure no Unwanted Panic spreads among the population. 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However remains quite a contrast across europe from the wet and windy of most of the north to what has been cold and snowy particularly just through the bosphorus in turkey and that situation is maintained the winds are still quite strong across the British Isles the rain today is going to be denmark southern sweden in the Baltic States with some snow as you get along why i know if you notice its still quite warm in central your i mean rome 16 is a good few degrees above the average thats because the case all winter its cloudy here in germany as you can see was some rain streaking through in the crowd but again its 11 degrees and this waving system you can see doing this on off days to come in fact just developing here is the next winter storm the windstorm is going to hit scotland particularly badly early next week or you notice the suns come out in turkey but the still a northerly breeze as for the a geriatric in the g. N. That means its going to hit has just been the case for days benghazi in cairo caros a 3 degrees below average not coldish and low it warms up in the sun spreads all the way through this part of africa just as the howrah picking up the dust and make it really well quite milky quite horrible in the air in north and chat but thats normal. Joint a listening post as we turned the cameras on the media india has more than 424 Hour Television news chops morning talkers and focus on how they report on the stories that matter the most to states misleads the public this theyve been here reflects the same thing. Clonic challenge poll their editorial shows they dart believe they have anything to apologize for their listening post on aljazeera. Toughest 2nd of the top stories here in the World Health Organization has expressed concern about a surge in corona virus cases with no clear link to china and iran its been reported that theres been 4 deaths and 18 infections there are reports of an iranian man having tested positive for the virus. South korea has increased its count of new coronas virus cases to more than 200 taking its total to 433 the government restricting movement in big cities like saw and date. Of the president ial elections underway in togo its expected to extend the decades long political dynasty of the president s family after 15 years in power file nothing day is likely to secure a 4th term he succeeded his late father who led the 38 years after he seized power in a coup is correspondent hes live in the table is capital lome a is a any chance then that the people of loam a 3 and a half 1000000 of them of togo will vote out the nothing bad in a city. Who will do. It will change from the next 3 hours to determine so this is were talking about a political establishment a dinner shes just been in power for more than half a century and they have the structures on the ground and theyre also capitalizing on the inability of the opposition to present a cult trying to challenge the leadership of the current. Ruling class in total so basically its its going to be difficult for these opposition groups big. You have 6 candidates all vying for the same obvious apart from the president himself so its going to be a very tough. A tough tough job for them to to unseat the president looking at the resources is just looking at the bus network of the Ruling Political Party and how theyre democrats. In your sin bed in a city hasnt changed since or in its time in the politics and social Economic Life of this small west african country and so given that given the kind of hold that the family has ever the politics of the country will many of the syrian a half 1000010. 00 killings that bother to turn out to the. Well the turnout here is a bit. Significant weve been here since 6 oclock local time which is 6 oclock g. M. T. And we saw the enthusiasm on the part of the people however that doesnt mean that all of them will be voting the president all of them will be voting the opposition already there are feelings of disenchantment among the populace we spoke to a 1st time voter supposedly of Western Hotel somebody who registered to vote for the 1st time and she told us shes not going to vote because she believes that there is nothing nothing is going to change she believes that the same thing will happen over and over again but shes telling us she is only ready to vote when things when shes certain things will change all right basically people are coming out but there are also people were not coming out to vote today her right on the day just. Thanking. The democratic potential president ial contender Bernie Sanders has hold russia to stay out of the november u. S. Election he was responding to reports that the kremlin was meddling to boost his campaign as well as president Trumps Campaign sarah highroad reports. Accusations of russian meddling in the us president ial election in 2016 have resurfaced this time for the upcoming 2020 election last week senior u. S. Intelligence officials briefed congress the latest security threats to the u. S. Government and warns of russian interference to try to boost president donald Trumps Campaign weve already won the state trump has always denied kremlin interference and continued to do so in fridays last pit stop probably in western u. S. You see i see these phoneys these the do nothing democrats they said today that wants to be sure that trump gets elected here we go. Here we go again did you see it still are people born i was told that was happening as i was told a week ago they said you know theyre trying to start a rumor its just information thats the only thing theyre good at showing. Seems russia isnt only targeting trump on friday the Washington Post paper reported russian efforts to help the new saunders with his president ial campaign to the Democratic Front runner later confirmed through ports is that he had been briefed on this and announced any efforts to sabotage american democracy it was like clear what role theyre going to play we were told it was should they be other countries are going to get involved in this campaign. And look here is the message to russia stay out of american elections and what they are doing by the world the ugly thing that they are doing. And ive seen some of the you know. If they try to divide us up one it remains unclear if and how russia is attempting to manipulate the u. S. President ial race moscow has denied the allegations. More paranoid announcements which to our great will multiply as we get closer to the election naturally they have nothing to do with the truth. These developments come just ahead of a crucial democratic votes in the u. S. States of nevada i think all alike officials regardless of party should be concerned about this because this is a threat to our democracy and who we are as americans intelligence officials warn russia could be wanting to throw the integrity of the 2020 lection in doubt and chances of winning a 2nd term. Every duction in violence agreement between the Afghan Taliban and the United States has begun also in jordan has more now from washington d. C. On the terms of the week long polls. The big question is what is that standard of measurement we dont know the pentagon wont say the state department wont say afghan officials wont say what the standard is for a reduction in violence that basically leaves it open to any of the parties involved in this stoppage as it were the United States the taliban or the Afghan Military to say that someone is complying with the terms of this 7 day pause and so there should be no signing of an agreement and doha come february 29th its a real question because this is perhaps the 1st real test of trust between the parties in this case the u. S. And the talabani with alp that trust it is of fair to say that trying to get the taliban to been sitting down with representatives of the Afghan Government or of the Afghan People as they would prefer its going to be very difficult to have those discussions actually take place so that an eventual peace accord can be reached within the afghan body politic the u. N. Says fighting in Northern Syria could end in a bloodbath some of the latest sas strikes in italy a province have targeted the sound of saddam in close to the front lines russian backed Government Forces steadily regaining territory in the last rebel held province techies and russia to rein in attacks to a vessel humanitarian crisis the u. S. Actually general says the man made humanitarian nightmare in northwestern syria must stop as the space for safety shrinks further the potential for human suffering goes worse an estimated 2800000 people in austria syria required humanitarian assistance. Earlier these months we saw 3 would need to lead 2800000 people displaced by the recent and ongoing violence now something much greater is required its we are you vising our plans and issued an urgent appeal to donors for the additional 500000000. 00 us dollars to cover the needs of did you really displaced people over the next 6 months they are being counted after fridays parliamentary election in iran the results expected to change the legislature because thousands of moderate or reformist candidates were barred from taking part i said bay group or south from tehran. He said its a religious jew to vote and irans Supreme Leader didnt lead by example casting the 1st ballot and 7. 00 to 1. 00 rick conservatives have much of their support base they followed suit run down by the hour show that. This is the 1st time im voting my reason to vote is to have a share in the future of my country and help it right. Voting doesnt solve any problems and conditions could deteriorate if we dont vote we should vote for the way in this so the new lawmakers can fix some problems. This 88 year old says he has been voting for 17 years has been adding value in trouble i have voted from the very 1st election in the Islamic Republic 81 parliamentarian toughing disqualified from standing of the reformist hopefuls also told they cannot stand ins elections it means conservatives could benefit from a lower turnout and lack of opposition and this will have also referred cautions for you when a Foreign Policy and i think this will bring more support from the parliaments side for ukraine and regional policies but more importantly it will decrease the chances for the life the hood of any direct negotiations between the rand and the United States there are those who have stayed away upset at a lack of change and an economy reeling under us sanctions are solomon right. I voted every year but i saw no effect to convince me to vote this time i finish my studies i have a bachelors and finish Ministry Service but theres no job for me for what i see no reason to want. Not have been and i know im not voting because previous lawmakers did nothing they had no effect in the country so i didnt vote told its not me alone many to vote. Results are expected later in the week. At this polling station where we have permission to film its been relatively busy but the others across the city that were quiet but we werent allowed to film a lower turnout will leave whoever wins this election with the task of rebuilding confidence and trust in the system i said big al jazeera. The murder of a 7 Year Old Girl in mexico has increased outrage at vallance against women across the country home and reports one of the latest protests demanding Government Action for better protection. The chanting no. Women whove taken over this toll booth on the outskirts of mexico city to protest against years of femicide this was an. Attack theres so much violence i dont know any woman who hasnt suffered and here on the outskirts be difficult and heres why they come to free the body. More than 10 women are killed every day across the country and its getting worse in 2090 the number was double but 4 years previously. But this month issue came to a head with to her if it murders ingrid. Would stop them flayed 7 year old fatima to get was kidnapped outside her school then raped and strangled after ingrids murder this is what president Lopez Obrador had to say. I dont want the theme of this press conference to just be about from the sites its very clear that issue has been really manipulated by the media those who dont like us take advantage of any circumstance to generate campaigns of defamation. To play michigan social decay caused by neo liberalism it outweighs many step what it is to be a cant even describe it were talking about a National Emergency of femicide and we have 2 cases that really blew everything up and then the president says no dont get distracted this isnt important so what is. Auton well his priorities as president when is rights advocates say on paper protocols exist to deal with violence against women but in practice theyre often ignored by authorities who can themselves be abusive. Little mending have been sexually assaulted by police and you have to face up to it alone thats because the people that show support and solidarity refuse are in mexico city not here. But in the last year women have been coming together more and more to demand change theres a relatively small number of women here but protests like this one have been increasing across the country off the years in which authorities are pretty down not very much to prevent femicide and abuses against women now the pressure is on. Down the 9th of march and National Strike for women has been called the movement is only growing john home and how does it become to pick. Lets have a look at the headlines here at aljazeera the World Health Organization is concerned about a surge in coronavirus cases with no clear link to china iran has reported 4 deaths and 18 infections there are reports and iranian man has tested positive for the virus south koreas increase its count of new cases to more than 200. 00 taking the total to 433. 00 governments restricting movement in cities like soul and daken. Although the window of opportunity is not only to contain the outbreak we still have a chance to contain it but while doing that we have to prepare at the same time pull any eventualities because this outbreak could go any direction it could even be messy. But what im doing is its in our hands now if we do well within the narrow we look up or to do we can reverse only all we can i bear it any. Serious crisis the president ial election underway in togo is expected to extend the decades long political dynasty of the president s family after 15 years in power nothing is likely to secure a 4th term success it has succeeded his late father led to go for 38 years he seized power in a coup democratic president ial contender Bernie Sanders is want russia to stay out of the 2020 u. S. Election he was responding to reports that the kremlin is meddling in order to boost his compare campaign as well as that of president trumps agreement aimed at bringing peace to afghanistan has come into effect the taliban and the u. S. Will begin what they are calling a reduction of violence if a 7 day deal are successful both sides will sign an accord next week. The u. N. Says fighting in Northern Syria could end in a bloodbath some of the latest strikes in libya province targeted the sound the town of som in close to the front line but youre up to date those are the latest headlines coming up next the listening post. Talk to al jazeera let me talk about 2 of the biggest problems facing and they all the endemic corruption and we listen so if you reprint please turn as enemy of the within thats really that we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that matter to the edges their own. Life is affecting the campaign finance. Parts 300 spring street a story close to rochester is that right. After the actual. Start. Triggering. Hello im Richard Gilbert and youre at the listening post among the stories were covering this week its an Election Year in america and the battle for the democratic nomination has Bernie Sanders and the Corporate News media at odds freedom of speech has returned to angola and the satirists have the knives out for the political establishment a tit for tat diplomatic spat between beijing and washington has american and chinese news outlets caught in the middle plus a strange idea the wildfires the climate crisis