Suffering ahead of the eat holiday. And im santa how much now have all the sport including the German Bundesliga continues its return the way it has claiming theyre laying down the win over suu. Kyi lets get going for the 1st time since the outbreak began late last year china is reporting no new cases of the coronavirus despite an increase in testing in areas including the former epicenter Health Authorities have warned there are still some suspected cases people are being told to continue Wearing Masks in crowded places such as supermarkets and Shopping Centers lets go live now to beijing and our correspondent katrina you katrina is this a milestone in chinas efforts virus control. Its definitely a milestone we have to remember the 1st recorded cases of the coronavirus emerged here in china in january and that was 5 months ago and today is the 1st day weve had 0 reported cases in the past 24 hours now that includes not only local transmissions but also imported cases and asymptomatic cases but at the same time if you have to remember that china is not quite out of the woods yet when it comes to controlling covert 19 there are at least 2 active clusters of the krona virus here in china one in the s. B. Send me in the originally regional epicenter of the virus there was a few cases about 5 or 6 identified earlier this month and thats the authorities there to start mass testing the entire city population of about 11000000. 00 people and another perhaps more worrying cluster is in chinas northeast in julian problems there are about 100. 00 or so cases identified there and there are 2 cities which have been put into lockdown just this month 2 are in very Strict Lockdown that is no public transport and travel in and out of those cities is severely restricted so even though weve had this milestone today 0 cases in the last 24 hours chinas fight to contain the corona virus is by no means over but at the same time katrina some people are questioning the reliability of those numbers why is that. And i think well continue to have these questions as long as we have this outbreak because here in china we only have one source of figures and that is the government there is no independent organization that vets these figures and we know from the government that theyve changed the methodology of counting corner virus cases several times over the past 5 months and also if you look at the numbers themselves those raised questions 83000 cases since the beginning of the outbreak and just under 5000 deaths now of course that number is significant but its much lower than many other countries including smaller countries and we also have to remember that questions have been questions about the transparency of the Chinese Government because when this outbreak 1st began at the end of december early january there was an attempt by local leaders to cover up the seriousness of this outbreak china is an authoritarian regime the communist leaders do have a stake in controlling the narrative and we just had the National PeoplesCongress Open the most important political event open on friday and leaders were touting the achievement of chinas control of its when it comes to covert 900. 00 so you can imagine that low level officials may be afraid to report numbers especially at a time when china is very keen to get its economy back up and running through not thank you very much. International condemnation is growing louder over chinas plans to introduce sweeping new security laws in hong kong the last governor of the former british colony has spoken out calling it a betrayal and the courts new chinese dictatorship the proposed legislation would ban activity beijing considers subversive is being condemned by prodemocracy activists who say china is only interested in imposing its will on the semi autonomous territory activists are calling for demonstrations but its not clear how many people will turn out because of social distancing laws heres a dream brown. On the day china announced it was bypassing hong kongs parliament to push through a new security law the citys leader was putting on a brave face surrounded by her cabinet kerry said hong kong people and Foreign Investors had nothing to fear as she offered support for the legislation there will be protests of all sorts in hong kong as we have seen but the important thing is for the people hong kong to realize that without protection of National Security many of the things that we enjoy many of the things that we treasure. Will be lost. When china regained sovereignty over hong kong from britain in 1997 it promised the city a high degree of autonomy for 50 years. But chinas leadership now says those freedoms are being undermined by violent protests subversion cools for independence and foreign interference. And under the basic law hong kongs mini constitution they say they have the right to impose security legislation only on friday the vice chairman of chinas National Peoples congress. Confirmed that chinas security agents will operate in hong kong when needed words that have unsettled many people here they all feel that the one country 2 systems is there and and now the reaction is general panic people would like you and me gray and making preparations to leave hong kong some people we spoke to said the law was long overdue others resigned to it and i think. It would have happened anyway like if the fear i think ive gotten past this stage about being afraid or not but it all makes sense a country needs laws to protect itself people only abuse freedom if there is too much. Business groups here fear the proposed law will threaten hong kong staters as asias leading Financial Center and put further pressure on its independent judicial system it is almost 2 years since protests began over another proposed law that would have allowed wanted people to be sent to the mainland that bill was eventually dropped but the prospect of more on rest this time is unlikely to deter chinas government from pressing ahead with this security law adrian brown al jazeera hong kong. China has released its budget for next year including a 6. 6 percent increase on defense spending thats the lowest annual increase in nearly 30 years only the u. S. Spends more than the 180000000000. 00 chinese budget with the Worlds Largest army a growing navy and Missile Technology chinas military aims are being questioned japan is urging china to explain whats new weaponry will be used for lets bring in james char out of singapore hes an associate fellow at Nanyang Technological University in singapore james char welcome to the news of the Chinese Military undoubtedly Getting Better at certain things but how does it compare to other armed forces around the region and around the world. Well peter basically you know its theory in a developing face and most estimates actually suggest that probably 20 to 30 years behind the u. S. Military. So with the reduction in a group below your budget i dont see any. Huge impact on the development because if you look at the announcement of the reforms by ceding beam sylviane to and be in we have come to an out of phase which is to reform the policies of the know so they may be so small tweaks to how the p. L. U. Will. Go from here but i dont see any. Disruption its ok to drive but modernization ok correct me if ive got the stats on this right but this is in effect the lowest rate of increase spending that weve seen absolutely it is actually the lowest in 32 years and very sincere reform and opening up despite the low level of spending in relation to the budget will this keep the military insulated from the effects of coronavirus. Well if you look at a report that was announced in. The n. P. C. S. Today it is made very clear that the personnel through an appeal will be well taken care of and those who have been demobilized will likewise receive the Retirement Benefits theyve been promised and and what we can infer from the. Cut in troop numbers in 2015. A reduction of 3000. 00 personnel to higher salaries or to improve benefits which come. Later states rather the he only reforms should not. Should not actually burden the reduction in the integral of the budget too much ok when mr lee talks about and i could Innovative Development of defense related science is that full turn to the known a Cyber Attacks on other countries well peter you may factor that in but thing is referring more broadly to what china has referred to as a Civil Military the region is hollow the civilian sector and the military sector can work and in hand in terms of pushing forward the reforms of the Defense Sector in the country itself and as you can see from. Reporting about serious yes it is quite clear that Cyber Attacks probably originated with the p o a but been reported as being conducted by civilians so thats one thats what we do look at what youve just said peter ok and would it be safe to say that beijing is not taking his eyes off the ideological bulls here i mean the maneuvers around taiwan have been going on still ongoing despite this team. Absolutely well the military have respin of taiwan its something that is absolutely necessary on the perspectives of the committees body because theres one way for them to show what would it be about you end up. Unifying the country and its also useful in terms of the teaching thing especially in his current situation. Hes still in a very dominant position although hes been weakened somewhat so by focusing on the military operations or exercises around taiwan and increasing the frequency is what people came to prove and demonstrate to is. That commitment to. National unity and of course the continued improvement of the. Capabilities. There in singapore thank you so much good to talk to james. Including positions washed away. Getting back to basics in. Pakistan International Airlines jet the when yesterday new video shows how the 320 plunged into next to port after the pilot sent a mayday warning of engine failure. People on board survived many had been travelling for the eat holiday at the end of. The wreckage of the plane crashed. To try and identify family members. Any closer to anyone speculating about the cause of the crash. That. Land the aircraft and then stopped functioning after they made a signal to order to receive good said yesterday that the plane was indeed in deep trouble but we have been able to find that the area where it came down destroyed a number of how the day ive been speaking to a reporter would go and read that most of the people and or didnt have been accounted for day have been injured or dead but most of them have said why however they really going to be looking for any boxer by his old man being dead wrong place at the wrong time also the fact that the military mechanized units were now working. Or trying to achieve the large segments of the food which broke up on landing after hitting go to break things and it was a floater difficult start also the fact that most of the bodies are burned beyond recognition and really need d. N. A. Testing before that identities can be. Showing good and ongoing procedure right now and karachi something that might take another day because of the complicated nature of the narrow alleys which have of course also hampered relieve and recovery effort has anyone the beginning to question the logic behind having such a densely populated area so close to the end of the approaching runway. Well if you remember mean it is something that should be on. Board was. A fall from that date but that he had grown. But the board enough got that remained that major to get your big dog. Kick the new airport or did it. Are heavily populated. Joining a idea that going there in. Baghdad. Made structure and activity. Being followed so that greater maine could be a major problem in get done given the fact that most of the airports that now come out in the middle of growing. Rates for People Living on the ground for many things. Building in the indian city of kolkata over the response to a powerful sign clune which left millions without power and water. Protesters gathered today frustration that essential Services Still havent been restored days off. Locals also blocked roads with big tree branches bringing traffic to a standstill overnights one truck was set on fire at least 96. 00 people were killed across india and bangladesh as a result of the. Lets bring in our correspondent who is live for us in all the necessary resources getting their toll let alone fast enough. Theyre not getting that frost enough when it comes to the ascension whole leg Extension Food service is reaching let us look at it these include got the district from a full is electricity involved that needs a major problem because of the fallen trees and the aftermath of psycho fun for them trees have also this tour of the stop that electricity because of the overhead cables that have now holding up the ground that just like there was no collide no can say in various areas across kolkata and the district is that there should be a Swift Response from the state Administration Site and from the officials in the Electricity Department in the area however what locals found is that when they went to these offices of the like the City Department people thought was that its the weekend and hence the offices shut this is not something that they expected especially when the citys grappling under the awesome mass of cyclists on what authorities are now doing is giving out headline numbers so that people in the areas can contact these numbers and they represent basis people are so desperate in the various localities that they are also reaching out to various people on social media some of them other peoples representatives somebody is a proxy so this is what is a desperate attempt that theyre trying to do to get back in activity and watch out because we must remember that the citys also grappling under the cold with one thing prices that are as are the people at home some have the houses which have been you know devastated because of the cycling for both problems are mounting for the people in the city and the surrounding districts back to thank you very much. Ok turn your attention now to lebanon inflation that soaring and the economy close to collapse as the cost of bread and the basics climbs some people have started growing their own zana holder reports from beirut. Lemon tree i know if it does this is. Any and her husband about the are growing their own food they are among the estimated 40 percent unemployed as lebanon faces its worst economic crisis and decades International Organizations say almost half of the nearly 5000000 people are struggling to put food on the table my husband and myself are jobless at the moment so we found that that might be like the best solution to the problem that were facing not everyone has a balcony a rooftop garden or land to enable them to become food independent and where the government close to bankruptcy many say such initiatives will not be enough to deal with what Prime Minister has warns could be a major food crisis the World Food Program says prices of basic goods increased by at least 40 percent thats linked to the devaluation of the local currency the euro lebanon is heavily reliant on food imports they are at risk because of the scarcity of dollars to buy them our Food Security is in danger because of the financial crisis and because our Agricultural Sector has been shambles for the past 30 years successive governments blamed for mismanagement and corruption have been criticised for failing to support lebanese farmers campaigns have recently been launched to encourage agriculture and selfsufficiency as well as support Food Producers its cost 3. 00 to 4. 00 times more. This year than it did last year and they dont have that. So its kind of just to ensure that the supply chain throughout the season is insured for everyone for and for us a lot of these services more and more lebanese are falling into poverty nongovernmental organizations and charities are stepping in and this supermarket everything is free many who need help are the elderly and retirees big. Is it almost non existant social safety nets they work all their life and then starting the age of 65 they either earn a lump sum. Retirement pension or and then the retirement pension unfortunately doesnt last a long time they all were taxpayers so if youre a taxpayer at the end of the day has no food no shelter no medical coverage the government is promising to subsidize basic commodities and reduce food prices but its unclear how when the state is running out of the hard currency needed to do that senator there beirut. Well as in i was reporting in lebanon just one of the countries appealing to the International Monetary fund for money for many it 19 has added to already desperate situations the World Bank Says the crisis could push 60000000 people around the globe into extreme poverty the i. M. F. Says Global Growth is projected to shrink by 3 percent this year thats far worse than during the 2009 financial crisis debt relief has been approved for 27. 00 countries including afghanistan the democratic republic of congo and yemen and the world bank announced it will issue 160000000000. 00 worth of emergency funds to 100. 00 developing nations more than 90 countries have requested baylors from the i. M. F. Thats collected trillions of dollars from donors alan fischer looks at where the money is coming from and whethe