with long term injuries a reminder of everything they've lost brian al-jazeera well our correspondent katrina here is in beijing for us and she says the population control policy as described in this report. from there is applied to the majority had an ethnic or. government saying that they're basically just equalizing the family planning policy nationwide prior to 2014 we got families were allowed to have up to 3 children but then that changed and in 2014 they were subject to the same one child policy or that changed 22020162 or 2 child policy nationwide now it is true that hand women have since been subject to the same fines if they have more than 2 children but they are certainly not foreign into any detention camps or subject to any sort of forced abortions or forced sterilizations as we've seen nor is it in this associated press report converse lee han women actually around the country have been encouraged to have a 2nd child because of worryingly low birth rates across china now we also know that. people who are members of the week of community have been strongly encourage not to marry

attacks of two thousand and one and who contributed to the reconstruction of new orleans after hurricane katrina and who made a contribution alongside the united states and several peace missions from other nations a spokesman from the u.n. said the u.s. president's comments were racist in the african union has demanded an apology had a hand asked more on the international reaction to what trump said he once said when he was in the oval office america would be respected around the globe that isn't happening just the opposite actually according to polls and that would be even worse now that he has called africa el salvador and haiti shitholes reaction from the united nations was quick these shocking and shameful comments from the president of the united states. i'm sorry but there's no other work on can use but racist. you cannot dismiss entire countries and continents shitholes whose entire populations who are not white. formal welcome the president's muddled denials not believed by most considering he so often gets caught saying blatant lies this remark is being taken personally in kenya unfort

$3000.00 deaths and a month after has declared a global pandemic china's not easing restrictions but as katrina your reports from beijing neighboring countries are still battling the contagion. celebrations outside one hospital the city where the virus 1st emerged at the beginning of march china appeared to have passed the worst of its corona virus outbreak president xi jinping visited the epicenter and who by province touting a downward trend in infections in hong kong public servants began to return to work and in south korea leaders expressed cautious optimism as clusters of infections linked to a church in daegu city came under control and in taiwan and singapore infections remained lower birth governments were praised for controlling numbers without confining people to their homes experts say admitting patients to hospital early helped many asian countries curb fatalities as well as. trees. and as cover 1000 cases rose in the middle east and the west much of asia closed its borders imported cases became the main threat japan however was an exception a spike in cases that saw the tokyo olym

has gone into lockdown after several new cases were reported there let's bring in our correspondent katrina you in the capital beijing before we talk about the spat between the u.s. and china let's just start with china not really being out of the woods yet and this new outbreak. that's right so judge county which is in herndon province north of where the epicenter of the outbreak has gone into lockdown and about 600000 people live there and they've been told that this week they're not able to leave their homes unless they have expressed permission most traffic has been taken off the roads and virtually all outbound travel has been canceled and the reason for this is that a man who traveled to was the original location of the outbreak in january here were turned to a hospital in county and he said to have infected 2 doctors there and those doctors are asymptomatic but the authorities are saying that they want to really tackle this quickly and then moving to not take any chances and they basically locked down the county all this while the rest of the country including a province are going ba

has warned it will respond strongly and is urging beijing to respect hong kong's autonomy katrina knew before. on the eve of china's national people's congress the announcement of a 3rd national security law which criminalizes secession foreign interference and the subversion of state power in hong kong. could be issues in sri hong kong as an inseparable part of the people's republic of china the m.p.c. is the highest organ of state. power in light of new circumstances and need the n.p.c. is exercising the power in trying to in the constitution to establish and improve at the state level a legal framework and enforcement mechanism for safeguarding national security in hong kong. the new law would bypass hong kong's legislative council and is beijing's response to months of dissent and sometimes violent part of the protests in hong kong the draft legislation will be discussed when china's leaders meet over the next week here in beijing it's likely to further isolate president xi jinping he already faces a tide of international criticism because of the chinese government's handling of th

virus infections there chinese citizens now have until wednesday to register to leave our correspondent katrina is in beijing she says the fears over the outbreak in india as well as border tensions with new delhi are making china repatriate its nationals. the government here in china has said it's because of pandemic concerns there are roughly 5000 chinese cities chinese citizens currently stuck in india and it's a popular destination for chinese travelers they go there to visit yoga and buddhist science and lots of business people who go there as well but you have to remember that there are about 1400000 chinese who are currently stuck abroad because of the pandemic because china has put into place some very strict travel restrictions as current be a very strict rule or only one eline per country week is allowed to enter china and that means that it's extremely difficult for people to get hold of any tickets in any seats or they're extremely expensive so because of this announcement there is quite a bit of anger from chinese who are stuck in other countries abroad raising questions as to why

new infections have been reported since monday and hundreds of thousands of people have been tested katrina you reports. this time last year long queues were a common sight outside beijing sporting or entertainment venues but this week thousands have been queuing to be tested to carve a dining team many here who work in the restaurant industry here know months it's because many in the restaurant industry buy their me and fresh produce from shane 40 market i think this is why we need to reassure customers beijing's should body wholesale market is reportedly the source of the latest outbreak it's applies 80 percent of the capital's food dozens of people have been infected and more than 29 neighborhoods are under lockdown now authorities say the new cluster is under control. the city detective dammit locked the source and it took measures at the earliest time after the outbreak they managed to cut off further transmission and it kept all the break withing a minimum range chinese scientists have published the genome for the virus strain saying it came from outside the capital more than 700000 p

all this happened as the world health organization was praising china its response to the outbreak katrina you has that story from beijing. now this report threatens both the credibility of the world health organization and of china after trolling dozens of interviews and internal documents reporters from a.p. found that china was not forthcoming when it came to providing information about the virus during the early days of the outbreak that it stalled in terms of providing the virus genome to the public and also many world health organization officials were kept in the dark it also said that publicly world health organization spokespersons praised and lauded chinese china's efforts but only in an attempt to coax more information out of the government now this flies in the face of the line that we've heard from china's foreign ministry for the past few months and indeed from president xi jinping himself who has said that beijing has always been forthcoming transparent and responsible when it has come to providing the international community with information about the pandemic and providing

after secretary of state said beijing's claims to the area were completely under lawful from beijing katrina you has more on a briefing from china's foreign ministry he then went on to say that china had no intention of conducting a maritime expansion that it's always behaved as a responsible multilateral player unlike the u.s. which has not even itself signed the un convention on the law of the sea he then went on to accuse washington of being being the bully that it as a referred to china as the region inciting confrontations of undermining stability and so on discord between china and its neighbors when china says it will sanction u.s. weapons manufacturer lockheed lawson over its latest on sale to taiwan a spokesman for the chinese foreign ministry made that announcement on tuesday but didn't give more details on what measures will be imposed lockheed martin is the main contractor for a $620000000.00 upgrade for taiwan surface to air missiles china opposes all sales to taiwan and accuses the us of meddling with its internal offense a man accused of torturing women and destroying ancient

back in 2017 when there was severe flooding in houston and 68 people died of course in 2005 hurricane katrina killed almost 2000 people so they are not taking any chances here at the moment but the sheer scale of this storm it is mind blowing to see you're talking about winds of at least 175 kilometers an hour that all an ever present danger of storm surges this is been taken extremely seriously even by residents who wanted normal circumstances might just decide to ride the storm out. in miami thank you iran has agreed to give the un's nuclear watchdog access to to the site it's thought were use for prohibited nuclear activities the decision ends a month long standoff over the inspections the international atomic energy authority 1st demanded access to the sites in january because it's thought they were being used for explosive testing in the early 2000 president has said rouhani also promised to continue cooperation even though iran has openly founded the terms of the 2050 nuclear deal since the u.s. pulled out of the big is in terror and says iran wants the visits to end speculation. there

that they can't be trusted and we're not going to take this lying down or it's a katrina frank you. as a china economic and political analyst he says why ways lawsuit is more about getting the companies side of the story out rather than a legal challenge expects to win. the possibility of this suit going forward and being resolved is very very small it will probably go up to the u.s. supreme court because it involves issues of constitutionality they have invoked two grounds one is due process and this is the idea that if you're going to be convicted of something that congress is not the one to do it a court system is and they're pointing to the lack of factual evidence the second one is this bill of attainder that the idea that the government cannot force costs on citizens and this goes back all the way to the revolutionary war so it's it's definitely a long long road but at this point i think we're always trying to draw attention to bad actions on behalf of the u.s. i mean the the background on this has been exposed by a reuters apparently they have been seizing information and sno

used life for us now in beijing katrina just what do we know what's driving this growth. well the chinese government has attributed it to being able to control the corona virus outbreak now we did have a new cluster in beijing at the end of may beginning of june that was very concerning so many neighborhoods put back into lockdown but since then some draconian measures put in place by the government seem to work to now we're back to single digits in terms of no local transmissions in the last few weeks also the government has been ramping up their spending of infrastructure as well we've seen new rail projects other building projects subway stations built in beijing and other major cities and the government has also been making it easier for businesses to borrow money from banks to invest in their businesses so these a the reasons that the government is stating that we've seen this 3.2 percent increase in g.d.p. growth which is quite a sharp turn around from the previous quarter where we saw 6.8 percent in terms of a contraction the 1st in decades chinese state media here

thank you very much for about katrina you live for us in beijing now brazil's amazon region has become the new front line in the battle against 19 infections are rising quickly leaving hospitals overwhelmed in the city of man hours but president continues to don play the pandemic alice on the run ph he has a report. a face mask is projected on the statue of christ the redeemer the symbol of. it's a call for awareness as the number of cases keep rising across brazil. has been marking from the start keeps hugging and shaking hands with supporters. on sunday he once again led a protest in the capital against stay at home ordered by local governors as he fights against corruption from the country's congress and supreme court. we want the true independence of the 3 powers not only a fraction of the constitution we don't want that enough with interference we want to admit any more interference i'm being very clear patience has run out. last week replace the country's most popular anti corruption crusader former justice minister . who now accuses him of trying to meddle in police investigatio

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an aviation dispute with the united states which could further strain relations between the 2 powers katrina or you reports now from beijing. beijing airport is known for being one of the busiest in the world but since the beginning of the pandemic it's largely been quiet fearing imported coronavirus cases chinese authorities had restricted the number of foreign airlines flying in and out of the country starting on monday and will. an increasing number of carriers including u.s. airlines will be allowed to resume operations. china has already announced relevant policy adjustments we hope it will not create obstacles for resolving this issue the move is an apparent retreat from an escalating ellen dispute with washington on wednesday the u.s. announced it would ban chinese allies starting on june 16th it said beijing failed to respond to requests by united and delta airlines to resume flights this month while chinese carriers continued flying to american cities the u.s. airlines are ready to resume their flights to china and they would like to not necessarily be there. but with flexibility fr

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even tougher for students this year after schooling was of course interrupted by coronavirus lockdowns katrina who reports from beijing. or outside a school in downtown beijing and these students coming out here are among more than 10000000 across china taking part in this year's national university entrance exams exams known locally as the gal pal. a said to decide a person stays and that's because for many families in china it's the only way to change a person's social standing all for those rural areas escape generations of poverty now these students will have to over the next few days take about 10 exams but for many of them they've had to take an additional test it is with a new claim of acid test and these parents waiting for them to say the coronavirus pandemic has added additional pressures to their already very stressed children to put a huge on the heart of my daughter was psychologically affected by the coronavirus she was very nervous about exams. my daughter started home for the 1st half of the year which isn't as good as the real classroom this negative impact was only for her ol

by allegedly killed by correctional officers i mean the prison officers in the northwestern state of katrina stated then the police were accused of killing 7 individuals army allegedly responsible for 2 of the deaths and a local community in forcing the lock down in southeast nigeria was also responsible for one killing one individual now security forces in nigeria have been accused separately by individuals or osment during this the during the lockdown in several states which see in security forces mountain roadblocks in towns and cities checking cars checking for identities and all that and in the process we were told there were reports from better spots of the country alleging that several abuses have been carried out by the security forces apart from the usual demand for bribes are people who were harassed and in the case of the 18 people these were people who were shot for either allegedly violating the lockdown order of one of france or the other the president of the european commission has apologized for not doing enough to help italy when the pandemic 1st began italy is the hardest h

point five percent this year strong by international standards but not by china's from beijing here's katrina you on the biggest takeaways in the premier speech. we're in beijing's tenement square and behind me is the great hall of the people and inside about three thousand of the country's most powerful communist party members and leaders have gathered to hear the direction of the country for this year and one of the main takeaway is that we have been waiting for is the g.d.p. last year it was six point six percent which is already the lowest economic growth that we've seen from china since one nine hundred ninety well this year it's even lower it's six percent to six point five percent and it's very much in line with what many economists here have been expecting in recent months we've seen some disappointing consumption figures and what china has been trying to do is maintain stable growth while at the same time reducing its reliance on debt and some people are saying look some of those measures have been too harsh and now the government is under pressure to swing the other way to stimulate

assurances of that guy elizabeth ronna there in new delhi was thank you so it's going to beijing now or katrina you joins us live trina what have you been able to learn while the chinese side has laid the blame for this all to cation soli at the foot of india now according to the gent who is the foreign ministry spokesperson here in beijing he said that because of these intensifying scuffles have been taking place between china and india in recent months that there have been deescalating dialogues that had been taking place in the lead up to june and he said on june 6th a consensus between both sides was reached now we also know that chinese state media say that on that same day chinese military officers and weaponry were sent to the border toll so conduct military exercises now according to tell you gen on monday this consensus was broken by the indian side let's have a listen. what is shocking is that on june 5th during the indian troops seriously violated the consensus of the 2 sides crossed the border illegally twice and carried out provocative attacks on chinese personnel resulting in seri

be looking for work this year and those who have jobs so they're working longer hours for less pay katrina you reports from beijing. taking a swing at life's precious. down chinese you'd like to come here to break things and blow off steam. so i don't like the lifestyle in beijing is too fast i have to get up early and finish late gin story working long hours for little pay it's common among customers at beijing smash room. opened by just the engine and some friends last year she says china's economic slowdown is putting more pressure on young people so that. many people including my friends are feeling the pressure when the whole economy is slipping down many of my friends have to look for new jobs so many people are pressured from work so expect to see more clients after chinese new year the twenty eight year low slump in growth and uncertainty over the trade war with the united states are starting to be felt in china's job market according to a joint report by remain university and job site. demand for stuff in the december quarter was down twelve percent compared to the previous year w

neighborhoods have been placed under lockdown and district officials say that on a wartime footing katrina you reports from beijing. video of chinese military police entering beijing's from thai district has been circulating on social media and you cluster of cases discovered here on friday has triggered what the government is calling a wartime footing to contain the outbreak dozens of locally transmitted cases are linked to shin 5 d. wholesale market the biggest in the capital for full tide history has immediately launched the world. has set up a few headquarters to manage and shield via the wholesale market and the surrounding community we are putting people's safety and health 1st the area has been sealed off and is dealing disinfected thousands of be tested those who have visited the market in the past 2 weeks have been asked to report to authorities. 11 local neighborhoods have been locked down with residents told they cannot leave their compound to people in beijing the new infections are a stark reminder that months of pandemic are far from over where you are garden i am a little wo

governments katrina you reports from beijing. to see and hear what's happening in one of the group's most powerful any country's foreign media and china provide a window for the world that window has just been made. with the ousting of correspondence from 3 of america's best known newspaper it's the new york times washington post and the wall street journal china's foreign ministry says the crackdown is in response to unfair treatment by the u.s. . china is not one to start trouble but will not blink if trouble comes in that way at least 13 foreign journalists are affected that bad not only from reporting in mainland china but in hong kong and macau as well u.s. secretary of state mike compare is hoping beijing will reconsider the chinese will tell you that they want more information people to know more about the country yet they continue to take actions like the one you see today where they deny the world the capacity to know what's really going on inside other countries earlier this month the us government kept the number of ch

on thursday and it's also the final day of the national people's congress in the chinese capital or katrina you joins me now live from beijing so we're expecting this final day of china's executive really to rubber stamp their decision at the annual congress to the dismay and anger of many in hong kong. yes that's right the hills so china seems determined to go ahead with this national security law despite this barrage of international criticism 3000 of china's leaders are gathering in beijing for this last day of the national people's congress there are 9 different agenda items and policies that they've been discussing over the past 7 weeks and the national security law is one of them they're going to vote on this 3 pm local time today and they're certainly going to provide a highly likely that they are going to pass this and it's been the line from beijing from the foreign ministry from various ambassadors and from state me the media these past few days that china is within its rights to impose this national security law hong kong is part of china it's the duty of the central government t

katrina you al-jazeera and to . iran has announced another 15 deaths raising the total there to $92.00 to iran is also taking drastic measures like calling off friday prayers and all major cities for a 2nd consecutive week iran's health ministry has confirmed more than 2900 cases since the outbreak began then basra vias enteral explains how ryan has stepped up its efforts to tackle the virus. present hasan rouhani during his cabinet mean to meeting earlier today struck a very different tone from last week when he said that things would begin to normalize in a few days now he was taking it more seriously trying to calm the public and trying to show that the government is taking this very seriously he warned people against hoarding medical supplies like masks and gloves and we've heard that later this week the courts will hear the 1st 10 cases of people arrested for public order earlier this week the government announced a prison sentence of 5 to 20 years even the death penalty if you are found guilty of hoarding supp

is finding cheaper alternatives from countries such as pakistan and chile are ripe for the picking katrina you al-jazeera beijing back to our top story and that's hong kong we were telling you moments ago that the government has ordered trains to the airport to be stopped that's as crowds have now started to gather outside the main terminal in protest these are the life let's get an update from sarah clarke she is joining us from there i believe you are at the airport and just give us a sense of what's going on there. it was a vibe they have moved in the last half an hour by couple of 100 of them and it's just that in the other practices they were not bonded crashes they were some a wreck but 70 dollars plus as of now played their vision to one top octave also on the walk to which is that a district about to kilometers from here the city the rock place their lives were affected by what but nothing was fathers not to just use and there was just simply a charging as i. said it would have been simple little pal such as that like it's a 2 year old a certain different direction but having said

since late january when the government shut down roads railways and airports our correspondent richard katrina you has more from beijing. so off to midnight tonight people in who they will be able to drive their cars again without permission before it was only government vehicles during the lock downs allowed to be on roads people will be able to freely travel within the province it seems go to different counties before they were restricted to the home county or the home city and people will be able to enter who bay as long as you have a green tracking codes if you come from elsewhere in the country you can enter the province so this is some freedom but in reality this is freedom in theory quite limited freedom because there are still no trains buses or planes leaving her bay province the only thing is that people can board to leave the province seem to be charted trains or buses taking workers pacifically from the home county to another factory or other place of work outside the country you can't just willy nilly need a view have to have a good reason and somebody to receive you at the other

opened its doors in the hope of reversing the auto industry's multibillion dollar losses katrina you been to see what's new to drive. new foreign luxury models are among the almost $800.00 cars on display at the beijing auto show the 1st major international trade fair during the current virus pandemic. this year there are fewer exhibitors but crowds still gathered for the unveiling of new models including b.m.w.'s latest offering the german cars make a is one of many expanding operations in china. automotive event here in china as if all of a sudden become a very special meaning. in 20 beijing. this is some. week cost sales in the u.s. and across europe have forced several international manufacturers to close factories and sack stuff many are relying on chinese consumers to improve their bottom line but even by bargain that. they realize china is still a goldmine luxury cars and ultra luxury cars have a huge market in china and this is also their only international arena to show off their vehicles other auto shows geneva detroit and tokyo have all been called off analysts say the 10

in washington thank you for that update before we talk to katrina i want to show you the virus tracker from johns hopkins university in the united states which gives us a good picture of where the outbreak is concentrated in the just updated the numbers just to continue what she was saying to people coming from the united states they will join the we've got 15 confirmed cases in the u.s. some over here chicago detroit boston but the most of them are there in southern california one up in seattle as well but as we move across to asia that's when you start to see the full picture not just china of course itself but across asia is where the concentration is the latest numbers 717-1000. thousands $290.00 confirmed cases and the total deaths up to $1773.00 though i would also point out that top number there $10992.00 the number of people who have totally recovered from corona virus is well let's put it in perspective now with katrina you joining us from beijing kenya those numbers that we've got 100 more deaths in china 2000 more infections can you put that into some sort of context is that

of patients have mild disease and will recover well continue joins us now live live now from beijing katrina said the death toll is now past 1800 just talk us through some of the latest steps that chinese officials are taking to control the virus. well they seem to be convinced that the key to controlling the krona virus outbreak is by strictly monitoring and controlling the movements of hundreds of millions of people across the country and we've seen this is no more evident than especially in the epicenter of the outbreak itself now we know that last week the government sent in about 30000 stoffel and more bligh's 30000 government stuff this is communist party members these are people working for the government community members neighborhood workers to basically embark on this what they call a kind of wartime campaign to fight the outbreak and what we know is happening this week is this a new mobilization effort to try to know the whereabouts and the health status of every single 100 residents this is a huge undertaking one is a city of about 11000000 people usually now hundreds of those pe

not mean that cobra 19 either has or is going to leave texas in previous years hurricanes harvey and katrina devastated the same coastlines all the cool severe flooding and killed 68 people in houston 3 years ago look at ciena claimed almost 2000 lives in new orleans in 2005 city officials say they're taking no chances paying attention this thing has been changing fairly quickly and it's still possible for to move even further east and be more of a direct hit to us hurricane laurel will make landfall late on wednesday or in the early hours of thursday morning forecasters say a period of rapid intensification is likely bringing potential storm surges of 3 meters and winds of 170 kilometers per hour and a gallica al-jazeera. cooler weather and reduced wind speeds are helping in the battle against while 5 new us state of california 7 people have died and nearly 1500 homes have been destroyed or battles for homes. this is but a small sample of the destruction wildfires have inflicted on california one house burned to the ground cars incinerated a stone chimney the only thing left of this home sc

many people are unconvinced and say they fear for the survival of their traditional religious life katrina you out to dinner at beijing. 6 high school students in thailand that held another anti-government protests calling for elections and a new constitution iran has been organized by a network of groups from 30 schools for weeks student led rallies have defied a state of emergency more than 30 opposition figures of them arrested since the protests began in july. just ahead here in sports a disastrous day for ferrari ahead of the. f one actually coming up in just a few bottles. an experimental treatment in russia and some multiple sclerosis sufferance. stage of the treatment in us one o one east follows those trying to get in and out of moscow in a time of. after 2 years in office as the pakistani prime minister delivered on his promise. this is a freedom of speech it's now being curtailed under your watch mr prime minister. watch is the evidence can you just talk tell you. a stance prime minister imran khan talks to al jazeera. investigative journalism i've got my i day this is my day i'

your correspondent in beijing and katrina those hopes that things were on the mend have really just been dashed in the past few hours. why especially in south korea we're seeing that there was a case of more than 50 cases announced in the last 24 hours the government there as you mentioned has declared an emergency situation saying they're going to come down with strong and swift measures to address this now in south korea most of the cases seem to center around this particular church in the city of daegu this church called sin joined church with this one woman who seems to be the source of most of the cases there she attends this church and this church at its worship service has about a 1000 people attending and we know that most of the cases in south korea have been linked to that church service they've come from the city of daegu and brought those cases into other areas in south korea bringing the total to now more than $150.00 the government there is declared the city of daegu which is the 4th largest city as a special care zone along with the city hall and they've also banned a

to go back to work on monday as an extension to the lunar new year holiday came to an end but says katrina a year reports from beijing many people decided to stay at home. street is usually bustling with crowds but this week it's living up to its name the lunar new year holiday has ended but fears of the coronavirus are keeping many businesses closed. his stall is one of the few that are open that customers are scarce but he still careful about who he allows inside delivery men are kept at a distance. how you would hire should come to your entire door that deliver driver has been to 2 very places and i have had contact with too many people so i need to be walk around workers like here. those staying indoors rely on these drivers for food and he says it is but the threat of the virus is taking its toll you know you through italy and of course i am scared this virus is very serious but what can i do i have to keep this job all i can do now is wearing the mask and gloves. millions of workers have yet to return to the city those who have missed health or she's which provinces they have travele

well now from katrina here who has more on the exchange of words between the u.s. and china from beijing. well the u.s. and china have been engaging in this war of words for months now and the foreign ministry spokesperson what union or only added to that further today at the press briefing she 1st said that any idea of raising using tariffs as a weapon was a braun and she said that only all parties will basically lose out from the increase of trade tariffs of this of course is responding to president trump's threat of raising tariffs on china and because of this outbreak she then used a very strong language to level her own accusations at the trump administration namely she said that they were misleading the international community intentionally she also said that the trump administration was blaming china as a political strategy simply to get donald trump reelected all part of a larger anti china smear campaign to divert attention away from the trump administration's mishandling of the crisis back home and she also referred to these accusations as you mentioned t

joe is being used to house people who'd returned from who by province where the virus was 1st found katrina you is following the story for us from china's capital beijing this hotel is located in the city of 20. province and the collapse happened in early evening around dinner time trapping about 70 people including people who we know were being monitored because they were in close contact with corona virus patients now the province of food yet has about 300 coronavirus cases but it's monitoring an isolated in quarantine thousands more people known to be linked to those cases for monitoring by medical authorities we know that they had been put in this hotel since about mid february now we know that emergency teams as you said a working to pull out people and so far they've succeeded in pulling out dozens of people we're also getting some more information about the hotel itself it's not actually a very old building it was only built in 2018 it's a steel structure about $5.00 to $8.00 stories and we know that the hotel occupied the at the heart of the building and the lower level had some sto

under president trump there have been divisions over trade and technology that have escalated rapidly katrina you has more from the capital beijing. a concert honoring the people of new han and those who lost their lives during the current affairs pandemic entitled dedicated to 2020 and perform to during the beijing music festival those behind the peace hope a sense of it's a collective a peace that provoke. the true human emotion that we need compassion and love and that's the solution more than anything else you know the gathering is but since the corona virus outbreak began the world's 2 largest powers the u.s. and china have never seemed more far apart this was. the trump administration has leveled almost weekly attacks in beijing over its role in the pen demick and other issues it's been unrelenting pressure on beijing whether it's taiwan tibet hong kong. south china seas. casting all sorts of aspersions and doubts about china's technology separating the economies this is covered great cost china's leaders are watching the u.s. election closely many believe a new u.s. president will prov

growth target for 20 twentieth's together thank you very much katrina you live there in beijing. the corner of. one of india's forests is a native region to go into a number of covered 9000 infections across the country approaches 1000000 more than 600 deaths were reported in the last 24 hours and the red cross is warning the virus is spreading at an alarming rate throughout south asia and is a correspondent in you delhi she joins us now live so a number of local lock downs coming into effect snow is bihar was already struggling to deal with floods and not has to go into lockdown to get. the latest region to go into lockdown and it's also really significant because it's one of the most impoverished states in india but it's also one of the most populous that has a population of nearly 130000000 people and they're going into a full lockdown for 2 weeks you know last weekend we saw the most populous state going into a lockdown but that was just for the weekend behind is going into it for 2 weeks it's also significant because bihar has some of the worst public health care infrastruct

was a katrina i know the people of new orleans were totally on i'm prepared for. we didn't expect it. but ted in some ways by the not for the magnitude and so when these people come they have been traumatized plenty to do is make life for them it's normal as possible. nassau has become a final stop for many hurricane survivors with no place else to go some here seem dazed and unsure of what they'll do next is my house destroyed i don't see everything no clothes and i get the slippers and from here you know and they bring some clothes for us and you know what i need some stuff for a little. you know. and you know. this shelter is caring for more than 200 people the building is at capacity but donations have been forthcoming guaranteeing everyone a safe place to rest a decent meal and medical attention for those who need it we're at the fox hill community center in nassau where volunteers in some cases are up to their waists in donations but the need here in the bahamas is so great that any donations of food water medicine hygiene kits like these donated by the red

thursday the rest of china reported fewer than 300 new cases who they also had 116 more deaths on thursday katrina use in beijing and she says the rise in cases doesn't necessarily mean the outbreak is getting worse this week the government has said that they are 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 there's been a change in how they're diagnosing these case.

ship passengers remain in quarantine doctors in the port of your hama have confirmed 64 cases on board katrina you reports from beijing the owners of this luxury cruise ship describe it as a home away from home and for those on board there's now no choice about 3700 people on the diamond princess have been pointing frank least 2 weeks after japan's yokohama push that's after more than 60 tested positive for corona virus we are all instructed to stay in our own cabin. you know that people from the insurer cabin been allowed up there on yak and they may have had a chance to interact although they've been instructed to stay a metre apart from each other so it's hard to read. the mood of the other passengers without a contact with them i see you know some people are very worried on the internet and social media japan is already dealing with cases of the virus and has imposed new border controls to stop it spreading it turned away another cruise ship that had sailed from china. the world health organization says there's no need for alarm there's over 3700 people in crew and this is after extensive

katrina new al-jazeera and. the international monetary fund says the coronavirus poses a serious threat to the world economy the crisis is affecting global air travel german airline lufthansa is grounded $150.00 aircraft europe's largest carrier is blaming what it calls extraordinary circumstances other airlines are also grounding planes and canceling flights european airline executives have warned the worst is yet to come for the industry but more ahead on the news all including. i'm florence lee in rakhine state myanmar's new was to battle ground where civilians are increasingly being caught in the middle of fighting between the myanmar military and the our economy and ethnic armed. a new battle over abortion rights in the united states new faces in the supreme court could sway the law. and in sports it is the league's top football those face the prospect of playing in empty stadiums for the foreseeable future. breaking news we can tell you that billionaire michael bloomberg has suspended to democratic his dem

confirmed in japan early in january into in thailand 6 days ago for more on that let's cross live to katrina use study by for us in beijing a train of this is getting more serious. that's right and i think there are concerns of a half ass as a spreading in china as allies you mentioned more than 200 cases about 219 and we've got cases that were confirmed outside of the 1st time yesterday in beijing and in guangdong and now today we've got more potential cases in other provinces so we've got special cases in sichuan in you 9 guangxi and chandon which are in different areas of the country so i think the concern is how fast this is spreading so we've heard from john schon who is china's key expert on this and he admitted that that there has been human to human transmission and that in fact about a dozen medical staff who are treating patients have been infected and it's thought . it's potentially that they were infected by one person and he was mentioning that the priority now is to stop what he called super spread is one person who might be affected by the virus was potentially able to infect

for now she's getting ready for her day under the sun katrina you al-jazeera beaching. to bring you some of the stories we're covering as well we start with iraq the military there is saying that to add defense servicemen and 3 coalition members been critically injured in an attack on touching base north of baghdad it's not yet known who is responsible but it does come a day off the u.s. as strikes on multiple sites in iraq pentagon says it targeted those behind the killing of 2 american troops along with your soldier in an attack on wednesday iraq's president meanwhile called the u.s. strikes a while ation of its sovereignty. to syria now the russian turkish cease fire is largely holding edlund in a 1000000 civilians have been displaced by the fighting and they're now facing a new hardship a storm has destroyed more than 80 tents and daily account more than 200 of these camps have been set up since december there is a solid binge of aid reports from heightening the turkey syria border for some people finding refuge is a daily struggle. it's play time in it live for for

ordering the closure of china's consulate in houston texas al jazeera has katrina you know reports. in chengdu work has begun dismantling the u.s. consulate 1st found it in the southwestern chinese city in 1985 chinese state media says have until monday morning to vacate the premises beijing blames the u.s. for the escalating tensions and has accused the trumpet ministration of stirring up trouble and anti china sentiment around the world. they've waited 2 days in order to do this they're trying to appear very measured and they've also extended a number all branches of the last few days indicating that they were for talks rather than to this kind of unilateral action remember they're doing this because they need to look like they are willing to defend themselves on the other side of the globe a group of men reportedly federal agents fullest open a back door of the chinese consulate in houston workers left the building on friday after appearing to been documents earlier in the week there vixen ordered by american officials who say the consulate was a hub of chinese espionage and accu

sports fan discovery of a handful of new cases where ron's dozen people were found to be infected so as katrina you reports it's china's coastal city of qingdao is known for its beaches and beer but this week it made headlines for a coronavirus cluster the 1st local transmissions discovered in months authorities responded by testing the city's entire population of 11000000 over a period of 5 days. there are enough men still in people to protect themselves and social distance people are sticking to the rules the testing aims to reassure residents thousands of medical workers worked 16 hours a day to complete the mass testing a few cases have been confirmed the patients relate to the qingdao chest hospital where overseas arrivals with carvin 1000 were being treated the head of the hospital and the city's health commissioner have been fired several neighborhoods locked down and close contacts traced and quarantined officials have played down concerns of a large scale outbreak. qingdao cases have many appeared in hospital and we have concluded that the scale of demick it's a likely to be as large a

this week and continuing to indefinitely to the future nobody is allowed in or out of should one city katrina thanks very much in the. people in some of argentina's poorest neighborhoods are demanding government help to stop the spread of the coronavirus through their communities there are more than 1000 confirmed cases in the village 31. which is overcrowded and lacks running water reports. they came from some of the poorest neighborhoods in one aside to the city center. to protest and demand better conditions for those living in the city slums i mean. we have families that are infected who can't clean themselves because there is no water they have to go and pick it up and we can't cook in the soup kitchens because there is no water but we are getting organized to see how we can make it work this week a community leader of the so-called visit there in by you know in one of scientists died of called 19 but i'm one of many now had been denouncing the lack of water in her neighborhood or julia. it has been 8 days without water they are asking us to wash our hands but how the city government say

farms across asia now the chinese government is looking further afield to satisfy the public's appetite katrina you reports from beijing. shredded pork and braised. just some of the most popular dishes served during the chinese new year holiday. but his family's in china welcome the year of the rat few a pork items may be on the menu in recent months prices have more than doubled not i know you would if prices keep going up like this then i will order and eat pork or even try and not eat out as frequently as before. african swine flu has wiped out heart of china's hope it's up to 200000000 farm pigs have died culled since the outbreak began a year ago harmless to humans the contagious disease kills pigs within 10 days there is no vaccine. china has 26000000 people farmers and industry is crucial in impacts and many other sectors of this shortage has caught everyone's attention including farmers consumers and the garment. the chinese government has released more than 100000 tonnes of strategic pork reserves to ease demand and lifted environmental restrictions on peak farming china consumers hoff

also discuss trade and agreed to closer cooperation despite tensions dating back more than a century katrina you reports now from beijing. overlooking old wounds by reinforcing ancient times china japan and south korea presented a united front during the trilateral summit in china's sudden city of trying to do whatever they i want to build a new era of 3 kingdoms in which we cooperate and develop together with the international community. setting aside deep grievances dating back to world war 2 the leaders of asia's largest economies pledged to work closer together on trade they want to agree on a 16 nation regional comprehensive economic partnership or. by the end of next year and continue negotiations on a 3 nation free trade agreement trade between south korea japan and china exceeded $720000000000.00 in 20. 4 we need to protect the free tried in order to help business activities and continue to grow together north korea carrying out a missile test over the christmas period overshadowed some of the pageantry. chinese prime minister lee could chant south korean president one day in and jap

and more smooth landings katrina new al-jazeera beijing. now mexico has recorded its highest number of corona virus deaths in a single day it's reported 1092 fatal attacks on wednesday more than double the previous day's figure there's also been a record surge in new infections bringing the total to more than 100000 is in mexico city and explains why the figures are so high. mexico has just broken the 100000 case mark and also the daily death toll for corona virus now the government explained that the death toll was actually for one day it was cold lated over a larger period of time as results came in but one thing is for certain and that's that the number of corona virus infections and the number of people dying from this is increasing in the country rather than going down and that's a bit of a problem for the government because they were thinking that the peak to this would be about 3 weeks ago and that hasn't happened it's also a problem because the country has been gradually reopening from the 1st of june now at the moment it's meant to