Zambia president blames Community Leaders for inciting the violence. So we continue our coverage of the corona Virus Outbreak the number of cases worldwide is believed to have reached 100008 silly now has the highest number of deaths outside of china and the continuing spread of the virus across the globe is beginning to test diplomatic relations japan and south korea now gauged a tit for tat battle over travel restrictions which is anger at the World Health Organization the European Union held an emergency meeting to agree solidarity among its 27. 00 nations off to france germany and other countries blocks exports of protective equipment and then there are concerns over a worldwide recession thats continuing to weigh on the Global Financial markets stocks are falling and emergency Interest Rate cuts have been enforced in the United States canada and australia jonah hall has a round up of the latest information. The global infection total since the start of the corona Virus Outbreak has by some counts passed the 100000 mark while there are positive signs in the slowing rate of infections in china and south korea elsewhere its speeding up iran recorded a dramatic rise of a 1000 new cases in the 24 hours since thursday with your 30 said to be preparing travel restrictions between cities to add to widespread School Closures and bans on public gatherings the World Health Organization said rapidly rising numbers are a sign of a more Efficient Government response any country in the face when epidemic when it looks for cases will find. And if we call that a bad thing it is its a sad thing for the people who have the disease but its much better that we understand the extent of the problem so we commend the move towards a more aggressive target of surveillance and we hope that that will lead to the kind of control measures that could help push this virus back among the more than 3300 lives lost around the world so far most have been among the elderly whose less efficient immune systems make it hard to fight off the virus in france where new infections jumped by 200 on friday president emanuel visited a retirement facility. Im asking all fellow citizens to act responsibly to make this sacrifice i know it is sometimes heartbreaking but we must avoid visiting our elders as much as possible the European Union with its open borders is proving a haven for the spread of coronavirus italy remains the worst affected country but germanys catching up across europe a tiny vatican city has reported its 1st case as has serbia and in britain Prime MinisterBoris Johnson has announced a 50 1000000. 00 investment into Vaccine Research and faster testing methods. Early signs of the virus continue to spring up in africa and the middle east cameroon and senegal join nigeria and south africa in registering their 1st cases this week that is the head of the uns will program sounded a stop warning if coronavirus continues or create panic around the world and as an economic downturn ive been telling the european leaders and leaders around the world you dont have enough money set aside to address the needs in Africa East Africa west africa and the middle east right now and if theres a neck an economic downturn on top of the economic downturn that exist now in syria and lebanon it absolutely could be a catastrophe i mean absolute devastation and there was more bad news for the Airline Industry already operating on tight margins with losses across the industry from travel restrictions of canceled bookings estimated to top 100000000000. 00 the german carrier lufthansa announced plans to scale back up to 50 percent of its Services Worldwide now this may suit follows suit. Aljazeera. Well more deaths have been reported from the virus in iran with a 1000 new cases in just 24 hours same is in the capital to iran and says authorities are considering using force to stop travel between cities. The Public HealthMinistry Spokesman said that the public is not listening to government guidance or government advice not to travel and move around freely he said that the reason that schools and universities and other institutions were shut were so that people would stay at home to limit the spread of the virus during the incubation period but he said people continue to travel and he suggested that the government may start using force to compel people not to move in between cities he didnt elaborate what that would be but we already know that there are checkpoints military and Police Checkpoints between major cities on major highways to try and control the flow of people to try and stem the flow of this virus as it transfers across the country major tourist sites are now saying they will not accept travelers from anywhere around the country or obviously from outside the country and this is a time of holiday the persian new year is coming up so this was a very Big Development friday prayers remain closed and if you walk around on the streets you can see firefighting and health units in full chemical gear in full protective gear spraying in disinfecting city streets what you see when you look up from those streets that are being disinfected is that in many areas life is going on as normal now there are 2 things really to consider here the country the has been suffering greatly economically and so people feel that despite the threat of this virus they cant stay home they have to go out they have to participate however they can in the economy or at least whats left of it after sanctions to try and keep earning some money they simply cant stay at home. Elsewhere corona virus test kits have been delivered to a cruise ship barred from returning to port in San Francisco a sampling kits were airlifted by helicopter to the grand princess which will be kept off shore until all the passengers and crew have been tested for the infection at least 35. 00 of the more than 3 and a half 1000 aboard have reported flu like symptoms the ship has been linked to 2 cases of the virus from an earlier voyage the grand princess had been due to return to San Francisco on wednesday. And the u. S. President donald trump has told the centers for Disease Control and prevention in atlanta says scientists there have been working on a vaccine since the outbreak started in china a few months ago america is now dealing with more than 200. 00 cases across 18 states President Trump only a signed off on an 8000000000. 00 emergency funding bill to support the countrys efforts to contain the virus mike hanna has more on this now from washington. Congress was relatively quick to pass this bill making the merchants the funding available it was a bipartisan bill that went through congress both houses within 48 hours or signed by President Trump in the course of the morning now it is a significant bill in that it will provide some 3000000000. 00 for attempts to find a vaccine to the virus that will provide some 2000000000. 00 to the federal agencies that are in the frontline of combating did so certainly it is a very public indication of the depth of concern particularly among members of congress attempting to assure their constituents but once again the questions remain about how many people are being tested now the c. D. C. The center for Disease Control is simply not providing sufficient statistics at the moment according to many observers this is creates an issue in terms of knowing how many people are actually being tested the trumpet ministrations says its going to be testing people in the millions but you bail ability of the test kits themselves would indicate that this figure is more like the thousands rather than tens or hundreds of thousands that the trumpet ministration says are going to be tested. The kremlin is saying that russias president Vladimir Putin has assured the syrian president bashar assad that a cease fire deal with turkey will stabilize the situation in italy a province fragile calmer piers to be holding 24 hours after the cease fire came into effect in russia declared the pause in fighting after negotiations in moscow the 2 governments are supporting opposing sides in the syrian war but the number of casualties have been escalating in recent weeks the have been some reports since the deal was made of sporadic fighting in southern parts the province but that in nature clashes many syrians dont believe the ceasefire will last. You know so much supposed to believe theres a truce if im listening to the sound of jets and call me when there is no real truce no one moderate voters tell me what im not at all hopeful regarding the agreement im not expecting anything from it those people dont respect any commitments. Regarding the agreement we dont feel at all reassured they didnt meet our aspirations and desires to hold because there have been many agreements that the regime hasnt respected and it wont respect this one either or rival forces in syria been fighting for control of the key m. 4 and 5 highways for several months the town of sarky was at the center of this fighting because whoever controls it has access to both of those highways and then gains crucial military and economic advantages from that the m. 4 and m. 5 link aleppo with the capital damascus in the south and latakia in the west the red areas of the map are in government control those in green are opposition territory and this is the joint security corridor that turkey and russia have agreed to establish either side of the m 4 d to prevent the syrian army from moving north prevent confrontations between rebels and Government Troops and to also ensure the protection of turkish forces. Is monitoring developments from the turkish city of antakya it told us that some of the opposition groups are not happy with the terms of the steel. The rebels were hoping that. With the backing of turkey they would be able to regain those areas. As an amount more work and the strategic city of that didnt happen in this explains their frustration over the terms of the agreement signed between turkey and russia but look it says in general this is this was a good agreement because it will protect the borders it will protect the turkish Army Operating in there the it will pave the way for those resettlement of the hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced since the start of the Syrian Government offensive in december and it will also pave the way for more cooperation with the joint patrols between the russians and the turks in the in 2 weeks from now on both sides of the highway in for but then we have to wait and see to what to what level can the turks and the russians bring their cooperation as far as live is concerned that would be indicative of whether this is fire will continue to hold or will collapse of the 2 parties have signed is if the bass of those deals collapse with the syrian army decided it was about time to move forward to retake the strategic city of because it is the rebels the last major stronghold in syria one the diplomatic front United States has blocked a u. N. Security Council Statement supporting the adlib cease fire russia had urged the 15 Member Council to endorse the chase but the u. S. Called the move premix chair christian salumi has more on this now from the u. N. Russia share details of the ceasefire agreement with Security Council members behind closed doors but given the history of this conflict no one was ready to celebrate it just yet russias ambassador was hoping to get a statement formally welcoming the deal but past agreements to end the conflict as have fallen through. But. The. Main thing the commitments to the political but there is not that still does not exempt from being good measure to contact the u. S. Secretary of state mike pale was at the United Nations but had nothing to say when asked about the deal were told by diplomats that the United States opposed the statement as premature other countries raised objections as well heres the united kingdoms ambassador who said it was a helpful development but there are a lot of questions about how it will work in practice who will monitor it what is happening in west of aleppo and critically has Syrian Government formally signed up and will the Syrian Government be following the provisions of the cease fire were also told that russia was not willing to negotiate on the wording of the statement which made no mention of the dire humanitarian situation facing about a 1000000 civilians in the area the Security Council will continue to monitor the situation. Meanwhile refugees and migrants at the border between turkey and greece have been caught between volleys of tear gas as riot police from both sides try to keep them away tens of thousands of people have been trying to cross into greece since last week when turkey declared its borders with the e. U. Open but greece says those trying to enter are doing so illegally and police have been using tear gas and water cannon to repel them 1000 Turkish Police officers have been deployed to try to stop the pushback especially good name as a makeshift camp in adair ne on turkeys border with greece shes been speaking to refugees and migrants about their experience. Were at the a during a bus station its one of the places where refugees and migrants have been congregating as they try to determine what to do next you can see people have managed to set up tents theyre burrowed in blankets trying to stay warm there are camp fires here its been a week since turkey opened its borders and its been a tough week for the people weve been speaking to they have said theyve been cold hungry weve spoken to many people who managed to make it across the border into greece only to be deported back to turkey and they have shared stories of cruelty people such as the man were about to tell you about says that the greek police have mistreated them we spoke to an iranian amputee who says when he crossed over the border into greece the greek Police Fired Warning Shots into the air he was a unable to run his friends did police found him he says they beat him severely and threaten to confiscate his prosthetic leg now the turkish government has deployed 1000. 00 members of its special Police Forces to the river region border with greece the turkish government says this is an attempt to prevent the greek government from pushing back migrants into turkey and turkey says its also a way to try to minimize what it describes as the poor treatment of Vulnerable People here and a possible violation of international law. So that for you on the program dozens of killed off the shots a fight at a Memorial Service in afghanistans capital kabul. And well tell you about the farmers who say then livelihood is under threat from one of the largest down projects in the. Welcome back we begin this time in australasia weve seen some very heavy showers affecting the coast of queensland extending down just into New South Wales there are still some showers there and the still fairly heavy but is generally a dry pictures and some showers across the Cape York Peninsula stanny across into animal and Western Australia jeremy looking fine perth a pleasant day with highs of 27 but weve got the remnants of esther yes ester is still around its now threatening new zealand tied in with a frontal system thats likely to bring some very heavy rain to the western coast of the south on and of new zealand during the course of the today and through into sunday so strong winds as well but flooding is certainly highly likely about stage it should be a largely draw a picture for sydney with highs of 23. 00 degrees heading up into northeastern parts of asia were seeing a thaw taking place across northern parts of japan sapporo coming above freezing for the 1st time in quite a few days and in the us a trend which will continue as we head through into sunday but at that stage weve got another area of low pressure bringing some heavy rain across the far south of japan or so of course southern parts of honshu and tokyo could see some rain at times but for much of that should be dry with highs here 14 degrees celsius. On counting the cost 1. 00 of the most is he said rate cut just isnt good enough to save the Global Economy from the impact of the fast spreading throughout a virus scientists race to find a vaccine to stop the epidemic plus the environmental damage of drilling for oil in the republic of congo counting the cost on aljazeera. Part of the time for more always on the love of god we are traveling the extra mile there are the media dont go we go there and we give them a chance to tell their story. With aljazeera by from london a look at the headlines number of coronavirus cases worldwide is believed to have reached 100000 with the now having the 2nd highest number of deaths behind China Crude Oil prices a plunge more than 5 percent as talks between opec and russia over a cut in produc