what about the world health organization? some may say too cautious, too political, i say that not with a capital p but with a small p. general, the secretary general, mr ghebreyesus, is former health minister in ethiopia. it's not unusual for politicians to end up doing thisjob, and he's obviously got a medical background as well. i wonder if there's a danger that mitigates against a willingness to be potentially confrontational when it comes to the crunch. this is such a big issue that actually a bit of banging heads together might sometimes be necessary. the world health organization is a political organisation. it's an organisation made of member states, of 194 member states. so it is a political organisation. there's a technical response category within who, and that technical response capacity has been moving forward steadily since the beginning of the outbreak has been announced. in 2003, working at the world health organization, you lead the response to sars. is it of the same family as covid—i9 broadly? it's a simi

the world health organization says school run a virus is not a pandemic as china admits shortcomings in its response to the outbreak. the area watching al-jazeera live from doha with me fully back to go also ahead the race to pick a democratic presidential nominee in the u.s. gets off to a chaotic start in iowa. celebrations in malawi as the top court counsels the results of the presidential election paving the way for a new focus air pollution and believe is basically resulting in a bubbly case it's the old and a call for action from residents in one of the world's most polluted capitals. the ecu for joining us the world health organization says the corona virus outbreak that's killed hundreds of people in infected thousands is showing no signs of mutation and has not caused a pandemic the global death toll stands at 427 all but 2 of those have been recorded in mainland china more than 20000 people have been infected there now examples of 2 people contracting the virus without being in china one got sick in thailand the other in singapore and a cruise ship is under quarantine at a p

health organization. activities within the organisation -- world health organization. so you're not that worried by that decision? i'm very worried, every country should continue to contribute to their maximum possibility to the world health organization, which is the only agency that can help us co—ordinate agency that can help us co—ordinate a response such as is going on now with the sars outbreak... the coronavirus outbreak. even president trump, though, seems to think this isa trump, though, seems to think this is a problem that is going to go away because the weather's going to get warmer, spring arrives and that will solve the problem for us. get warmer, spring arrives and that will solve the problem for uslj haven't seen that evidence and the virus is transmitting very well in singapore, which is a very tropical and warm climate. so if the evidence can be presented, i will believe it, but until i see the evidence i don't believe what's being said. you mentioned the chinese government and mentioned that they presented the evidence when they thought it was th

health organization to assimilate all this information because one is that the world health organization has a balance to make between causing undue panic can distress maintaining economic wellbeing and the protection of the health of the world citizens and they still have to pick their balance i would say they've been a little bit on the cautious side this time overall and technically they don't have a pandemic classification either at the moment they would call it an international emergency i think i mean maybe this is this is a matter of semantics but what would change if the w.h.o. did declare this to be a pandemic. i think of the w.h.o. clearly said it was a pandemic that's language everyone can understand so some of the technical language and descriptive language the w.h.o. uses people don't really get the message but if you say pandemic not got an impact that really effects people and it would also affect governments around the world and i think it would trigger individuals areas and countries and governments to make much greater preparation for this virus because this virus is go

and for more now we want to go to margaret harris of the world health organization she is working with the w h o's coronavirus team in geneva switzerland good evening to you margaret we've got these new reports here in germany and in the u.s. state of california the 1st reported cases with no obvious sources of transmission of the virus in other words we don't know how these patients caught the virus what more do you know about that tonight so when you have a report saying that this has no idea where it came from quite often you find really deep investigation then this happens quite often weeks later you do find the link so it's stages too early to say ok we don't know because there's more to find out so it's not a reason to be alarmed you can say that this is a a new turn in the coronavirus saga. no i mean obviously we always like to know where the infection came from so we can follow the link follow the courses help contain it but usually we do find sort of longer and deeper conversations generally or sometimes up to investigate some of the people around generally you do find the lin

the spread of corona virus to a host of new countries is concerning the world health organization the w.h.o. chief asserts all countries to invest urgently in preparedness the number of those who contracted the virus is more than doubled in south korea chile 129 new cases have been reported taking the nationwide also to 433 with 2 fatalities the government says urgently send in medical help to the city of daegu health authorities in iran have reported another death bringing the death toll to 5 with nearly 30 cases of infection there largely centered around the muslim holy city of in fact a traveler's form of bran has been reported in canada lebanon and the u.a.e. a 2nd death from the virus has been reported in italy has spread in its northern region of long with 30 confirmed cases there but we start our coverage in south korea bribe reports now from daegu which has been declared a special cares own. the streets of daegu are eerily quiet fear of the disease means most people here are heeding warnings not to venture out those who do are careful about where they go and whom they meet. al

director general of the world health organization. the number of newly confirmed cases reported from china has stabilised over the past week. but that must be interpreted with extreme caution. this outbreak could still go in any direction. 0ur correspondent nick beake joins me now from hong kong. neck, what do you make of these numbers? —— nick. neck, what do you make of these numbers? -- nick. lewis, it is quite interesting, these official figures that the chinese authorities have been giving us. that particular statistic you quote, 242, that is the highest number by far of daily reported deaths. 242 people died with the new coronavirus yesterday. just for some context, the previous highest number was 103. now, we've been trying to get to the bottom of this, and it turns out that what the chinese authorities are now doing, they are including both the number of deaths and also the number of deaths and also the number of overall cases, people who have gone to see a doctor and the doctor has thought yes, probably you do have the new

the world health organization now calls the coronavirus a very grave threat. more than 1000 people have now died. also on the programme:

and for more now we want to go to margaret harris of the world health organization she is working with the w h o's coronavirus team in geneva switzerland good evening to you margaret we've got these new reports here in germany and in the u.s. state of california the 1st reported cases with no obvious sources of transmission of the virus in other words we don't know how these patients caught the virus what more do you know about that tonight so when you have a report saying that it has no idea where it came from quite often you find really deep investigation then this happens quite often weeks later you do find the link so this stage is too early to say ok we don't know because there's more to find out so it's not a reason to be alarmed that you can say that this is a a new turn in the corona virus saga. no i mean obviously we always like to know where the infection came from so we can follow the link follow the courses help contain it but usually we do find sort of longer and deeper conversations generally or sometimes up to investigate some of the people around generally you do find t

the world health organization has upgraded the global risk of the virus. it calls for all countries to educate their populations, to expand surveillance, to find, isolate, and care for every case, to trace every contact, and to take an all of government and all of society approach. iran is now the biggest cause for concern, with more than 200 people reported to have died. as authorities there try to get control of the situation, friday prayers in the country were cancelled for the first time in a0 years. worldwide, there have been more than 2,500 deaths from this strain of coronavirus. the united nations says each country has to do is bit. we know containment is possible, but the window of opportunity is narrowing. and so i appeal for solidarity and full global support, but with all countries fully assuming their responsibilities. italy continues to be europe's biggest cause for concern, with more than 650 cases and several towns in the north of the country still on lockdown. the uk has reported its first case of a patient who caught the virus from within

health organization. in football you're going klansmen has stunned germany's bundesliga by resigning as coach of had a bad day and after just 10 weeks in the job the former germany and united states current twins are significant to portman for hatter who have new big money backers and were hoping to turn the side into blunders league title challengers but they're one of only one of their last 5 league games to confirm the news and after klinsmann protests his resignation on facebook. i don't expect from d.w. sports can tell us what young young players but of course a big name in football this is a bad look for. lofty ambitions it's very bad to be honest it's pretty embarrassing for the club has had no idea that this was coming klinsmann blindsided them by announcing this on facebook without consulting them it seems and opposes big questions about the club's management and also structures in place klinsmann was 1st brought to the club back in november to sit on the club's advisory board and that was report

of the world health organization says we are at a decisive point in the fight against coronavirus. this is not the time for fear. the time for taking action now to prevent infection and save lives now as the number of new infections saul's governments are taking increasingly drastic action to prevent a pandemic. as the tough as it crosses borders experts are warning of another problem spreading almost as quickly information the w.h.o. asks social media companies to help counter a flood the fake news of the. british settlement is here in the german capital. to perceive. a lifetime achievement at the 70. first. time for welcome to the program governments around the world are ramping up efforts to contain the coronavirus of the world health organization warns them to prepare for a pandemic new infections outside china now outnumber those inside this map shows the severity of the epidemic around the world the deeper the blue the high of a number of reported cases. china the epicenter of this outbreak is still well out in front with more than 78000 recorded infections elsewhere the situ

the world health organization has already rang the highest alert that is possible in our system that is to creation of a public health emergency of international and this is a mechanism which was declared already a month ago. and then make would mean that the outbreak has reached levels where it's in multiple countries outside of the origin not containable or widespread community transmission so we believe we haven't seen this and we have seen many countries in it better virus status for sure but most of these countries still have a good grip on these individual outbreaks they contain the people they contain. they treat the patients think they trace their contacts and trace all the people who have possibly been infected on the way they quiet time people or instruct them to self monitor for a while so as long as this is under control this is good news but there's a very high potential as the colleague also just mentioned of this reaching pandemic levels and once it reached it was certainly talking in those terms. but let's not make this mistake here the effort of response is not limit

the world health organization warns leaders globally to step up preparations against the corona virus outbreak with figures out of china showing a drop in new cases for a 3rd straight day. sudan's ousted president ahmed bashir appears in court over allegations of 4 crimes and are for. getting away with murder in mexico demonstrators say the epidemic of violence against women must be stopped. hello we begin in munich that's where the u.n. is urging for more accountability to enforce an arms embargo in libya foreign ministers from around a dozen countries met on the sidelines of a security summit to end libya's civil war there seems to be a consensus that efforts must be made to end foreign military support for the warring sides and stop the flow of weapons into the country were. forces have been fighting to capture the capital tripoli since april. the truce is holding only by a thread with numerous over 150 violations reported and it is the libyan people that continue to suffer the most the economic situation continues to deteriorate exacerbated by the oil blockade and the looming bank

s lie from the head of the world health organization says we are at a decisive point in the 5 because coronavirus. this is not a time for. a time for taking action now to prevent. and save lives now is the number of new infections souls governments are taking increasingly drastic action to prevent. the pathogen crosses for those acts but. the problem spreading almost as fast this information w.h.o. once tracked in social media companies to help counter a flood of fake news about the virus. the 70th birthday an international film festival shortly the 1st officiers bad news however humphrey and scott down at the red coppers. today the queen of british cinema helen mirren she picks up an honorary golden that like that's coming up. i'm phil gayle welcome to the program. governments around the world around picking up efforts to contain the corona virus as the world health organization wants them to prepare for a pandemic you infections outside china now outnumber those inside is a map showing the severity of the outbreak around the world the deeper the blue the higher the number of reporte

and for more now we want to go to margaret harris of the world health organization she is working with the w h o's coronavirus team in geneva switzerland good evening to you margaret we've got to these new reports here in germany and in the u.s. state of california the the 1st reported cases with no obvious sources of transmission of the virus in other words we don't know how these patients caught the virus what more do you know about that tonight so when you have a report saying that the sun has no idea where it came from quite often you find really deep investigation and then this happens quite often weeks later you do find the link so at this stage it's too early to say ok we don't know because there's more to find out so it's not a reason to be alarmed that you can say that this is a a new turn in the corona virus saga no i mean obviously we always like to know where that action came from so we can follow the link follow the causes help contain it but usually we do find sort of longer and deeper conversations generally or sometimes up to investigate some of the people around genera

easier said than done.>> reporter: this is a huge task the world health organization is taking on. to basically cleanse the internet of this information about the coronavirus. that is why they are here. they have some allies in this battle. andrew work walked into a meeting at google with a sense of urgency that comes from fighting what he calls and bad coronavirus information that is spreading around the world. >>> false information about the virus itself has spread faster than the virus. and as god into more people's lives and affected more people than the virus itself.>> reporter: to make sure it well sourced reliable information from the who or the cdc comes to the top of google or other social media searches and that false information be taken down. >>> misinformation can lead to harmful advice. either avoiding doing something that they should be doing to protect themselves or giving them advice where they can harm themselves i doing it. the who has been fighting everything from false post the blame bad soup for the spread of the virus to factually incorrect youtube videos. >>

health organization on. so 1st of all it's interesting to note the kinds of cases worldwide are expected to more than double over the next 20 years before we get into the nitty gritty of what's going on why is that and what's driving it andre. thanks nick one of the primary drivers here is the success that we've seen in the not come countries to treat some of the earlier cause of death infectious diseases maternal deaths and as we see those low not from countries achieve greater life expectancy people are also being exposed to risk factors and those risk factors over time will cause them to increase the likelihood of cancer developing so one of the biggest causes of cancer is in fact the successes of treating what previously had been called the communicable or infectious diseases now what we expect as you said is an 80 percent increase in the and middle income countries and while percentages can in their own right be concerning what this really means is an almost doubling in the capacity to care for people w

the world health organization warns global leaders to step up preparations for the coronavirus despite a drop in new cases in china for the 3rd day in a row. you're watching al-jazeera life from a headquarters in doha and also ahead the rebels released this video they say shows the downing of a saudi war plane in yemen the kingdom retaliates with air strikes killing at least 31 people. sudan's ousted president bashir is due in court for a hearing on dar for war crimes allegations also. we all want them to be genuine intention to do so on this point the qataris foreign minister keeps diplomatic channels open after talks to end the gulf crisis are suspended. hello the number of new cases of corona virus in china has slowed for the 3rd day in a row more than 2000 new cases were reported on sunday that's down by more than 600 on the previous day but there are still serious concerns over the spread of the illness the world health organization is warning other countries must step up their preparations to fight corona virus that's now killed more than 1600 people. it's impossible to predict w

the world health organization sends a team to china to investigate the corona virus outbreak as beijing put billions into battling the illness. i'm not matheson this is all just here on live from doha also coming up a new force in irish politics left wing nationalist party scene famous in a powerful position after the general election. government forces take control of more villages in northwest syria and their push to retake the last rebel held stronghold. at this year's academy awards the south korean film parasite has already broken records we'll see if it takes home the big prize. millions of people in china are expected to return to work on monday after the lunar new year holiday was extended because of the corona virus outbreak the world health organization says it remains gravely concerned about the virus and sending a team of international experts to china to investigate the outbreak the latest figures reveal that $910.00 people have died since the outbreak started in december 2 people were killed outside mainland china the chinese government announced its allocated $10000000000

health organization here as well. >> well, the world health organization was actually reporting the data that china was giving to them and these data turned out to be false. first of all, we now have a pretty good idea that china held on to the information about known cases for several weeks. and that let millions of people travel outside of the hot zone in wuhan in hubei province within china. and so they were telling -- and then even when they were reporting it, they were reporting very, very low death rates, very, very low case counts. and so the public health community was being very reassured that there would be no large scale epidemic and, of course, then the reports just kept coming out, coming out, escalating, escalating. >> do you still feel deceived, lawrence? >> i think now we have much better idea about how significant this epidemic is, and china may be getting the message now, but it is a very inscrutable company, china. w.h.o. never had to deal with a country quite with the political and economic influence and also we're not getting unofficial data sources which intern

the end the world health organization says the corona virus outbreak that's killed hundreds of people in the infected thousands is showing no signs of mutation and has not caused the pandemic the global death toll stands at 427 but all but 2 of those have been recorded in mainland china more than 20000 people have been infected there now examples of 2 people contracting the virus without being in china one got sick in thailand the other in singapore and a cruise ship is under quarantine at a port in japan a passenger who got off the ship in hong kong was later confirmed with the virus stop brings the total number of cases in hong kong to 17 as the city reports its 1st death from the outbreak and in an unprecedented move the wall spigots gambling hobby in neighboring macau has announced closing all of its casinos for 2 weeks but he has warned against the danger of misinformation during an outbreak. you deal with epidemic. disease that in addition to the epidemic of diseases we often have an epitome of information and this is what we call in for demick and it's really an e.p. dimmick of

not a pandemic yes the world health organization says there is no evidence of mutation of the corona virus even as the outbreak spreads. watch al-jazeera life from a headquarters and. also ahead the race to make a democratic presidential nominee in the u.s. gets off to a chaotic start in iowa. the kenyan government has declared a period of national mourning after the death of longtime president daniel arap more a pos. students march in baghdad as the protest movement in iraq appears to fracture. hello the world health organization says the coronavirus that's killed hundreds of people and infected thousands is showing no signs of mutation and has not caused a pandemic so the global death toll stands at 427 all but 2 of those have been recorded in mainland china and more than 20000 people have been infected there are now examples of 2 people contract in the virus without being in china one got sick in thailand the other in singapore and the cruise ship is under quarantine at a port in japan a passenger who got off the ship in hong kong was later confirmed with the virus w.h.o. says it'

this is the man running the world health organization at the beginnings of a global epidemic. when the coronavirus first broke out in china, china refused to get help to assess it. to this day it seems like china is lying about the number of infections and the number of deaths. despite this, tedros has praised the communist chinese party for transparency. it's orwellian. your tax dollars are paying for it. the u.s. gives hundreds of millions a year to the who. it amounts to a huge percentage of their budget. how do they spend the money? every year 200 million of the world health organization budget goes to travel for bureaucrats and staff. they fly business class using fraudulent pretext to do so when it's otherwise forbidden. other aid agencies, like doctors without borders or our own cdc ban officials from doing that because it's wasteful. this is the organization the world is looking to for guidance as it battles a pandemic that could cleveland millions. jeff steyer joins us. thanks for coming on. >> good to be here. >> how did this man who seems not just unqualified but se

health organization. is basically resulting in a health crisis it's not just a pollution problem anymore it's also. a problem politicians say they'll address by improving public transport and planting more trees but jane i had made doubts whoever wins the election will do anything to improve the lives of the people of. elizabeth al-jazeera. still ahead on the al-jazeera. we'll see what happens when they come to our dog. is coming up in just a moment. business leaders. business leaders. hello again well indigenous leaders in the amazon have called on the british government to stand up for their rights they've urged prime minister boris johnson to ban imports of minerals or agricultural products from the amazon song reports from london it is known as the lungs of the earth and the richest source of biodiversity in the world but the amazon rain forest is facing unprecedented danger . deforestation. wildfires is disappearing at an alarming rate up by 30 percent between $28.00 team and 2019 as ranchers and log

and the world health organization raises its risk assessment for the coronavirus to the highest possible level as a pathogen crosses the globe we'll hear how it's already wreaking havoc on the global economy. i'm michael okuda welcome to the program turkey has opened its border allowing thousands of people to move closer to the european union they have been arrivals by land and by sea along borders with greece refugee boats have arrived on greek islands closest to the turkish mainline and groups of people have turned up at the land border turkish officials announced they would no longer stop migrants from crossing into europe after dozens of turkish troops were killed in a syrian government airstrike in its lead province that prompted retaliatory strikes from ankara against syrian targets turkey. decision to open its border has fueled fears of a revival of the 2015 migration crisis. or the border fence from turkey to greece when greek security forces arrive some of them turn around and look for another place to get through. the border is open we took off right away to come here. more and

and the world health organization raises its risk assessment for the throne of virus to the highest possible level as a pathogen crosses the globe we hear how it's already wreaking havoc on the global economy. i'm michael okwu thanks for being with us for turkey has made good on threats to allow thousands of migrants to move closer to the european union they've been of rivals by land and by sea along borders with greece and bulk area but both countries are not letting anyone in with increased security at their borders with turkey turkish officials announced they would no longer stop migrants from crossing into europe after dozens of turkish troops were killed in a syrian government airstrike in the province. d.w. correspondent. at the scene. right at the turkish border this is how she described the situation about. the situation is a very tense here because of greed border police over there a far earring warning shots with that tear gas or pepper spray it's not entirely clear what it is so people there are hundreds of people here right now they keep running towards where we are they have tea

and for more now we want to go to margaret harris of the world health organization she is working with the w h o's coronavirus team in geneva switzerland good evening to you margaret we've got to these new reports here in germany and in the u.s. state of california the 1st reported cases with no obvious sources of transmission of the virus in other words we don't know how these patients caught the virus what more do you know about that tonight so when you have a report saying that the sun has no idea where it came from quite often you find really deep investigation then this happens quite often weeks later you do find the link so at this stage it's too early to say ok we don't know because there's more to find out so it's not a reason to be alarmed you can say that this is a a new turn in the corona virus saga no i mean obviously we always like to know where that action came from so we can follow the link follow the causes help contain it but usually we do find sort of longer and deeper conversations generally or sometimes up to investigate some of the people around generally you do fi

health organization. concerned about the number of pages with more communicative knowledge you can mean so just travel history to jail or contact with a valid case. bitter enemies unites inside sudan in an effort to end the civil war that's killed around 400000 people. democratic frontrunner bernie sanders warns vladimir putin to stay i reserve november's presidential election as accusations of russian meddling resurface i'm joined again with your sports heavyweight boxers they on tape well that and tyson fury have weighed in ahead of a much anticipated title rematch we'll hear from both of them later in the bulletin . or the spreads of coronavirus to a host of new countries as concerning the world health organization the w.h.o. chief asserts all countries to invest urgently in preparedness the number of people infected in south korea is more than doubled some $229.00 cases have been reported taking the nationwide total to $433.00 with 2. fatalities the government says urgently sending medical help to the

thank you very much for joining us the world health organization says the corona virus that's killed hundreds of people in infected thousands is showing no signs of mutation and has not caused a pandemic the global death toll stands at 427 all but 2 of those have been recorded in mainland china more than 20000 people have been infected and they're now examples of 2 people contracting the virus without being in china one got sick in thailand the other in singapore and a cruise ship is under quarantine at a port in japan a pass. joe who got off the ship in hong kong was later confirmed with the virus that brings the total number of cases in hong kong to 17 as a city reports its 1st death from the outbreak and in an unprecedented move the world's biggest gambling have been neighboring macau has announced all its casinos will close for 2 weeks now the world health organization has warned against the danger of misinformation during the outbreak when you do with epidemic. disease that in addition to the epidemic of diseases we often have an epitome of information and this is what we call i

the head of the world health organization has used his speech at the munich conference to make a direct appeal to world leaders about the coronavirus dangerous other number said he was concerned about a lack of urgency among the international community warning it was impossible to know where the epidemic will spread we throw money at an outbreak and when it's all over and we forget about it and do nothing to prevent the next $1.00 the world spends billions of dollars preparing for a terrorist attack but relatively little prepared for the utter of a virus which could be far more deadly and far more damaging economically politically and socially this is frankly difficult to understand and dangerously short sighted the outbreak has killed more than 1500 people but the world health organization says china is running 82 trials for possible treatment meanwhile europe recorded its 1st death when an elderly chinese tourist died in france a 2 year old man is the 4th person to die outside mainland china and the 1st outside asia it's been in hospital in paris since january the 25th after being tur

a warning from the world health organization is the number of people killed by the coronavirus crosses 250 and countries scramble to evacuate their nationals. from doha everyone i'm come all santa maria this is the world news from al-jazeera . no witnesses no documents impeachment trial is a perfidy. outrage from the democrats as president trump are said to be acquitted in the impeachment trial the u.s. senate rejected to call new witnesses in. the u.k. finally leaves the e.u. after 3 years of this the divisions we will explore what the future holds. and the scars of war how libyan women are falling victim to violence with little help to deal with their trauma. the latest on the coronavirus 1st of all in australia has joined the united states in banning entry to foreign nationals who've recently been to china due to the outbreak here the latest numbers 259 people have now died from the virus at least china is now announced 46 new deaths the u.s. moved to ban visitors who have traveled to china in the past 14 days american citizens have been in china in the past 2 weeks will also be scr

and for more now we want to go to margaret harris of the world health organization she is working with the w h o's coronavirus team in geneva switzerland good evening to you margaret we've got these new reports here in germany and in the u.s. state of california the 1st reported cases with no obvious sources of transmission of the virus in other words we don't know how these patients caught the virus what more do you know about that tonight so when you have a report saying that it has no idea where it came from quite often you find really deep investigation when this happens quite often weeks later you do find the link so this stage is too early to say ok we don't know because there's more to find out so it's not a reason to be alarmed that you would say that this is a a new turn in the coronavirus saga. no i mean obviously we always like to know where the infection came from so we can follow the link follow the courses help contain it but usually we do find sort of longer and deeper conversations generally or sometimes i do investigate some of the people around generally you do find t

a warning from the world health organization the number of cancer cases could jump more than 60 percent if current trends continue. the hong kong has recorded its 1st death from the corona virus outbreak the 39 year old man is the 2nd person to die from the outside the mainland health officials say he was in bali hand last month and was also suffering from an underlying illness there were 15 confirmed cases in the territory a south korean woman's also being confirmed after visiting thailand she is the 1st foreign tourist to be infected after going to that country although it's not clear if she d'orsay been to china meanwhile in china itself to most it is. outside of who province have gone into lockdown the death toll in the country now stands at $425.00 more than $20000.00 people are infected and a cruise ship carrying more than 3 and a half hours in passengers and crew is currently under quarantine in japan's yokohama bay that's after an 80 year old man who left the ship in hong kong some days ago fell ill with the virus medical checks are being carried out on everyone on board as a pr

the world health organization warns global leaders to step up preparations for the coronavirus despite a drop in new cases in china for the 1st day in a row. watching al-jazeera lie from a headquarters in doha i'm dead you know bill gates also ahead the rebels released this video they say shows the downing the 1st saudi war plane in yemen the kingdom retaliates with air strikes killing at least $31.00 people plus. sudan's i was that president assad and bashir is due in court this hour for a hearing on dar for war crimes allegations the former u.s. vice president joe biden battles for a much needed victory if you hope to keep this race for the white house alive. hello the number of new cases of coronavirus in china has slowed for the 3rd day in a row more than 2000 new cases were reported on sunday that's down by more than 600 on the previous day but there are still serious concerns over the spread of the owners the world health organization is warning that other countries must step up their preparations to fight corona virus that's now killed more than 1600 people. it's impossible to p

maya he's a spokesman for the world health organization and he joins us from geneva christiane good to have you here on new this outbreak has now is now global it is affected nearly every continent 82000 cases where does your organization the w h o put its focus in tackling this outbreak. and focuses the one is of course in china the source of the outbreak as we know. here as the report also said we have actually good news that means we have declining cases and we have less the 2nd time in a row now less cases inside china. the flip side of that coin is exactly the other side that we have now more cases outside of china and we have inside china which is our 2nd priority look at it and we have been calling the world health organization has been calling upon the countries of the world since weeks to vamp up their response and to prepare for exactly that scenario and preparing means a lot preparing means getting your health system ready getting your health care workers ready and protect them because these are the 1st would normally have to feed yield any sick patient or any big patient wi

and joining us now from geneva is the world health organization's dr andre. welcome to the program and thank you so much for joining us there have been great strides in preventing and treating cancer as we've heard but the w.h.o. report and warns of a spike in the number of cases saying that we can expect a 60 percent rise in the next 2 decades why is that forecast so high. they think sarah the cancer burden we know will grow in high income countries and this report shows that is also going to increase significantly in low and middle income countries as governments are no more effectively treating traditional challenges infectious diseases maternal deaths we know that people will be exposed to the chronic risk factors that will increase the likelihood that they will develop cancer perhaps in their forty's fifty's and sixty's so what this report shows is that in fact governments in low and middle income countries will see an 80 percent increase or greater this is an urgent call for a global response to the cancer burden to set priorities and to invest wisely t

the world health organization warns leaders globally to step up preparations against the corona virus outbreak with figures out of china showing a drop in new cases for a 3rd straight day. hello i'm adrian forget this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. the situation on the ground remains deeply troubling the u.n. says the fragile truce in libya is hanging by a thread and warns foreign powers to stop the supply of weapons. sudan's ousted president obama al bashir appears in court facing allegations of war crimes and tough for. the u.s. secretary of state lands in senegal as the white house tries to convince african countries to take sides in a trade war between the u.s. and china. in china adults as a reporting a slowdown in the number of new cases of coronavirus for the 3rd successive day but the world health organization says it's impossible to predict which direction the epidemic will take 142 deaths were reported on sunday along with 2000 more infections most of those in the who bay province where the outbreak was 1st reported to dissemble weald wide 106-1669 have died of

the world health organization is sending a team to iran has made a spike of coronavirus cases there in iran the health ministry says 12 people have died but helpful thora things have dismissed claims from an m.p. who says the figure is actually closer to 50 meanwhile cases are spreading across the middle east with kuwait omagh there are kind of going to stand all reporting cases of infected travelers coming from iran in europe 3 more people have died in islam is north bringing the total there to 7 there are almost $200.00 cases there the highest concentration outside of asia while a spike in cases in south korea has put the nationwide total there at over 800 south korea's polman has cancelled monday's meeting a work is disinfected the building of the world health organization says the global rise in cases is concerning. the sudden increase of cases in italy the islamic republic of iran and the republic of korea are deeply concerning we must focus on containment while doing everything we can to prepare for a potential pandemic there is no one for size fits all approach every country mus

the world health organization has upgraded the global risk of the virus. it calls for all countries to educate their populations, to expand surveillance, to find, isolate, and care for every case, to trace every contact, and to ta ke trace every contact, and to take and all of government and all of society approach. iran is now the biggest cause for concern, with more than 200 people reported to have died, as authorities there tried to get control of the situation friday prayers in were cancelled, for the first time in a0 years. worldwide, there have been more than 2500 deaths from this strain of coronavirus. the united nations as each country has to do is bit. we know containment is possible, but the window of opportunity is narrowing. and so opportunity is narrowing. and soa opportunity is narrowing. and so a appeal for solidarity and full global support, but with all countries fully assuming their responsibilities. italy continues to be europe's biggest cause for concern, with more than 602 cases and several towns in the north of the country still on lo

so the world health organization has already rang the highest alert that is possible in our system that is declination of the public health emergency of international concern this is a mechanism which was declared already a month ago. endemic would mean that the outbreak has reached levels where it's in multiple countries outside of the origin not containable or widespread community transmission so we believe we haven't seen this that we have seen many countries in it but a virus that is for sure but most of these countries still have a good grip on these individual outbreaks they contain the people they contain. they treat the patients they they trace their contacts and trace all the people who are possibly been infected on the way they quieten people or and struck them to cells monitor for a while so as long as this is under control this is good news but there is a very high potential as the colleague also just mentioned of this reaching pandemic levels and once it reaches we will certainly talk and in those terms. but let's not make this mistake here the effort of response is not lim

why did the world health organization not declare the coronavirus a pandemic and does it even better? >> is it the world health oganization along with the rest of us have learned about this as it goes on. it's a novel coronavirus that hasn't been recognized in humans before. to begin with, things like how virulent the disease it caused, how it was transmitted, all of those things weren't clear. it's taken time for research to be done anand forked w world he organization to assimimilate al of this infoformation. the world health organization has a balance to make between causing undue panic and distress, maintaining economic well-being and they have to pick their balance. i would say they're a little bit on the cautious side this time overcall. technically they don't have a pandemic classification, an international emergency, i would think. >> maybe this is a matter of semantics, what would change if the w.h.o. did declalare this t be a pandemic?? >>>> i think if the w.w.h.o. cly said it's a a pandemic, that's language that everyone can understand. some of the descriptive language that

the world health organization raises its risk assessments of the coronavirus to the highest possible level or as the pathogen crosses the globe you hear from a research a working to predict where the virus will surface next. in sport china's olympic swimming champion soon young is banned from the sport for 8 years after breaking anti doping rules. on tomi oladipo welcome to the program turkey has opened its border allowing thousands of people to move closer to the european union they have been arrivals at land and sea borders with greece refugee boats have arrived on greek islands closest to the turkish mainland and groups of people have turned up at the land border turkish officials announced they would no longer stop migrants from crossing into europe after dozens of turkish troops were killed in a syrian government asked. in it liberal vince that prompted retaliatory strikes from ankara against syrian targets his decision to open its border has fueled fears of a revival of the 2015 migration crisis. or the border fence from turkey to greece when greek security forces arrive some o

the world health organization says the number of people suffering from cancer is likely to rise sharply in the coming years and warning is included in a report the organization has released for world cancer day most of the new cases will hit low and middle income countries but there's a bright side to more research better treatment and programs to prevent cancer could save at least $7000000.00 lives in the next decade cancer killed an estimated 9 point $6000000.00 people in $28.00 teams only heart disease causes more deaths the most frequently diagnosed forms of cancer are lung cancer and breast cancer each responsible for just under 12 percent of all cases they're followed by colorectal cancer at around 10 percent smoking tobacco tops the list to prevent all caught preventable causes of cancer deaths it's followed by an unhealthy diet obesity and lack of exercise the w.h.o. warns that if current trends continue the world will see a 60 percent increase in cancer over the next 2 decades. well joining me for more on this is our science correspondent derrick williams morning terry so scien

the world health organization says the number of people suffering from cancer is likely to rise sharply in the coming years and warning is included in a report the organization has released for world cancer day most of the new cases will hit low and middle income countries but there's a bright side to more research better treatment and programs to prevent cancer could save at least $7000000.00 lives in the next decade cancer killed an estimated 9 point $6000000.00 people in $28.00 teams only heart disease causes more deaths the most frequently diagnosed forms of cancer are lung cancer and breast cancer each responsible for just under 12 percent of all cases they're followed by colorectal cancer is at around 10 percent smoking tobacco tops the list to prevent all caught preventable causes of cancer deaths it's followed by an unhealthy diet obesity and lack of exercise the w.h.o. warns that if current trends continue the world will see a 60 percent increase in cancer over the next 2 decades. well joining me for more on this is our science correspondent derrick williams good morning terry

health organization on. so 1st of all it's interesting to note the kinds of cases worldwide are expected to more than double over the next 20 years before we get into the nitty gritty of what's going on why is that and what's driving it andre. thanks nick one of the primary drivers here is the success that we've seen in the noncom countries to treat some of the earlier cause of death infectious diseases maternal deaths and as we see those low not from countries achieve greater life expectancy people are also being exposed to risk factors and those risk factors over time will cause them to increase the likelihood of cancer developing so one of the biggest causes of cancer is in fact the successes of treating what previously had been called the communicable or infectious diseases now what we expect as you said is an 80 percent increase in the and middle income countries and while percentages can in their own right be concerning what this really means is an almost doubling in the capacity to care for people wit

health organization world governments must act quickly to get the virus under control. and vote counting is underway in iran's parliament reelection about turnout has been a lot of following an opposition call to boycott the fall. i'm rebecca riches welcome to the program germany's interior minister c. hall c. hoffa has promised as strong a police presence across the country to counter what he describes as a very high security threat from the far right the pledge follows wednesday night's terror attack in a city near frankfurt and which 10 people many of them immigrants were shot dead by a suspected right wing extremist date i spoke with a relative of one of the victims. the kurdish cultural center in hono has become a place of grief and suffering many who knew the victims of the far right terrorism here have come to pay their respects to fear hot a 23 year old heating technician who was gunned down as he tried to buy cigarettes . that's the worst of it fair hunt wanted to do something good for the people of. his grandfather was a guest worker who helped pave the street

the world health organization -- the chinese have not allowed them to go in either. there is politics being played here in this country, in the world health organization in particular, wanting to go nice and easy with the chinese. i get that. but what i don't get is not being straightforward about it. there is a risk that not being straightforward with the american people about the fact that the chinese government is not permitting those teams in could lead to real scepticism about the other things the science and public health community and medical community are reporting to us. >> i want to point out gently that the number of the world health organization in charge of communicable diseases was an official in china for over 30 years. the w.h.o. is finallyin final -s finally being allowed in there. but we need cdc with boots on the ground. we don't have the same infrastructure over there. we have great hospitals here. we don't have the same healthcare there and it leads to more viral spread. lou: what else your sense? they denied the u.s. teams since january 6 in. it