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Big plans for facial recognition we take a closer look at legal attempts to shut it down. Thank you and welcome to the program more than 300 americans have been flown home after 2 weeks in quarantine on a cruise ship as the fight to contain the coronavirus continues the diamond princess which is docked in yokohama has become the biggest single cluster of infections outside china with more than 450 people unwell meanwhile in the epicenter of the outbreak more than 70000 people have been confirmed to have the virus in china with nearly 1800 deaths among them the peoples daily newspaper reports that the high ranking director of the one hospital has died from the virus well the lockdown of chinese cities is continuing in one of the countrys most important political gatherings of the year may just be the next casualty officials are considering canceling an annual parliamentary session which draws officials from around the country to beijing sarah clarke has the latest from hong kong. Millio
to tear down protestors barricades. the no-go. china champs down on journalists at an anticorruption campaigner. and business in afghanistan being taxed twice. how the taliban and afghanistan are cooperating over cash. it has taken eight months of planning and three years of devastating war to get them around the table. the peace talks on syria known as geneva ii has begun. the meeting has. the negotiations between the syria government and the opposition starts on friday. so far what we have had are the opening comments from all the main players - that includes the two syrian sides and ban ki-moon, the secretary-general who you see and major players from the u.s. and russia. as you d expect, they are talking tough even at this early stage. translation: syria the independent state shall do all that is necessary to defend itself as it deems appropriate. and that, without listening to all the cries, the statements, and the positions that have been announce the by many. su
thai rallies turn violent. a protest leader killed as groups try to block a polling station. establishing a humanitarian corridor to homs. that appears to be the goal on the day of the syrian talks in geneva. lakhdar brahimi says an aid convoy is ready to go into the besieged city as soon as the syrian government gives its approval - prisoner exchanges and ceasefires will be discussed. a deal on any of these issues will be the first tangible win for the talks, and could set the tone for the rest of the negotiations. we cross to geneva. zeina khodr, we know the talks are not centered on regime change, but how optimistic are the delegates that some concessions can be made with humanitarian aid? well, we understand that that was discussed during yesterday s session, and that they will try to finalise this deal so that aid can reach the old city of homs, which has been under government siege for overeight months now. the advisor to the syrian president bashar al-assad told
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