International womens day. Welcome to the program our top story of course here of italys population that is 16000000 people are now under lockdown following an emergency government decree to contain the corona virus the illness has spread rapidly there with almost 6000. 00 infections confirmed in 233. 00 deaths and austrias chancellor is saying that its only a matter of time before more European Countries adopt the same aggressive measures as italy with a knockdown includes the entire region of lombardy where the deaths have been most of the deaths have been recorded home to 10000000 people on the Financial Capital milan no one can move in or out of the area the lock down has also been imposed on 14 all the provinces including venice affecting all the 6. 1000000 people left their restrictions aimed to limit gatherings and movement and is set to remain until early april sonic erica as. In padua in northern italy people rushed to the train station desperate to leave the city before it was put into lockdown but wanted to talk i read 2 hours ago that they may be putting out an urgent to cream putting in the red zone and because id like to return down south to my relatives i decided to go earlier Prime Minister has signed a decree to impose an unprecedented large scale quarantine in the long body region home to 10000000 people to limit the spread of coded 19. Now we have restrictive measures for a much wider area because it wasnt making any sense to say a lot of small red zones while infections have spread all over a longer day and in the provinces we listed. This comes after italy reported more than 1200. 00 new infections in one day theres going to be. Many things that are going to be closed like jinns cultural centers. All sorts of areas where people get together in large groups restaurants and bars however appear it appears they will be kept in. The head of the Catholic Church pope francis is fighting a cold has canceled public appearances he delivered his regular sunday prayer to crowds at the vatican by lifestream. And the leader of one of italys 2 ruling parties announced on saturday that he has coronavirus. Italy is the worst affected country in europe but france germany and the netherlands have all reported a rise in the number of cases while malta slovakia and serbia have confirmed their 1st infections. So and joins me live in the studio now what does it mean for the country sania to have a lockdown on this year graphical scale affecting a quarter of the population well its almost unprecedented to have this and also to notice also the level of panic that is also being felt in those areas as well you have people a lot of people also who have migrated from the south of the country who have gone there to live there to study to work and are now sort of trying to leave there meanwhile youve got the gov governors of the poorest southern regions of italy who are saying do not come here stay where you are and if they go back to their home regions they will have to face a quarantine period of about 2 weeks but were also hearing that from a local official in of the Lombardy Region that the coronavirus death toll now has jumped up to 257 thats from a toll of 150 for the day before now weve yet to hear official numbers all across the National Scale they will be coming out later on in the day but it really is quite extraordinary to see how these numbers have been jumping up all through all throughout the past couple of days even have the main Airline Company now suspending flights from malpensa airport and only running a Domestic Service from now to the other airports situated in milan so all in all really an extraordinary situation that is being seen in the country thank you very much for now sonicare go thank you. Well saudi arabia has placed one of its eastern regions on the lockdown because of the outbreak state media is saying most public and private sector work is being suspended in thief but Vital Services will keep running commercials supplies will continue to be delivered to the area with protective measures to keep people safe and then iran is really the hardest hit country in the middle east but also globally its reported a shop increase in infections on sunday more than 6 and a half hours in people have the virus and almost 200. 00 have died samus ravi is in toronto where he says the government is hopeful the outbreak will soon be under control. Another massive spike in the number of corona virus related deaths 49. 00 in the last 24 hours bringing the total death toll closer and closer to 200. 00 specifically 194. 00 people have died of the corona virus since the outbreak was made public in iran 743. 00 new cases overall in the last 24 hours another large jump 6566. 00 is the total number of cases in this country now the highest level was in home when this outbreak began it is now into iran into one in and around the capital of the country during the Health Ministry briefing earlier today the spokesman did say that the trend of the total number of cases does seem to be going down which is a positive step you also said the spike seen in the death toll in the ongoing cases that we see today is a result of infections that have happened over the course of the last week to 10 days so he said if people take the precautionary measures that the government is prescribing seriously then within the next 2 weeks or so they will begin to see the results they will begin to see the circumstances improve and they will begin to see the overall number of cases to go down and that is really the governments goal here to stop the spread to be able to contain it so as to be able to have confidence both in being able to let people continue to move around the country as they wish and being able to reopen the countries many borders and airports that have been closed to the International Community since this outbreak began. Well a Top Health Official in the United States has admitted there were missteps that delayed Virus Testing disease expert antony found she says the government may consider shutting down sections of the country hit hardest by the virus in the military is restricting travel to and from italy and south korea where they have been large outbreaks despite the concerns President Trump says he will continue to hold political rallies so lets get the latest from party call him whos in washington and speaking about. Actions being taken in italy and iran in those countries but then also weve seen a day of rising cases there in the United States. Exactly and were also seeing incredibly mixed messages from this administrations everything from the Vice President on thursday whos leading the core the whole effort say there arent enough test kits the next day the president says everyone who wants a test can get a test the administration has been dust definitely trying to send the message that this is really a minor thing we saw as a Financial Advisor come out and say its basically locked down air tight or as close to air tight as could be but theres been some serious missteps the critics are pointing out the centers for Disease Control created a test for the coronavirus sent it out found out the test didnt work so then they spent a couple of weeks coming up with a new test meanwhile another agency which should have given permission to private Organizations Companies hospitals academics to go ahead and create a test they didnt do that so its just really in the last couple of days even though this virus has been around for weeks that tests have been sent out in a large scale so our people still be able to get the test as the president says well theres a lot of reports that no the tests arent that widespread just yet so what they were talking about 75000 tests a country of more than 300000000 people so it is going to take some time for everyone to be tested they also limited the criteria of who could be tested it was basically people who travel to affected region or people who came in close contact with somebody who had the virus so what they think its experts think happened is that people werent getting tested so they were going about their daily lives theres one man in new york who possibly could have led to the infection of 70 different people because he didnt get tested new is spreading the virus so that said the administration is trying to send the message of the president s doing this with a tweet basically saying its a perfectly coordinated and fine tune plan blaming the media but now we have someone whos highly respected the director of the National Institute of health and that he felt he doctor Dr Anthony Fauci coming out and contradicting the president pointing out there werent fact mistakes. The tester out there there was a misstep early on with regard to the test namely a technical difficulty but right now about 1100000. 00 tests are out there now will be an additional about 640000 on it lets say monday and then at least another 4000000. 00 particularly now that were engaging the private sector now when you say that theyre out there if you go to a doctor its up to the doctor to order the test and if that happens a person should have a test available but its no doubt chris you have to be realistic early on there were some missteps that delayed it well now the Chinese Government has reported the lowest number of new virus infections since january but the positive news comes after at least 10 people were killed when a hotel being used for quarantine collapsed in the country south catrina you has the latest developments from beijing witnesses say it sounded like an explosion this hotel in chinas Southern Food jan province collapsed on saturday night trapping 70 people most with people being quarantined because of the coronavirus the hotel was designated as a virus isolation ward as emergency teams freed people from the rubble authorities in beijing defended the strict quarantine measures who would nonfossil traditionally if there is a cluster infection workers have to go into families and communities for details investigation to know every patients history of activities truck or the people who had contact with the patient so they must be quarantined for 14 days. The government says tough measures have stopped the spread of the current a virus outside of the epicenter who on sunday china recorded its lowest number of new cases since january or only 3 new cases were recorded outside the province and these patients were infected not in china but abroad state media are declaring victory in the countrys battle against the outbreak in a makeshift hospital learned as the one hard living room has suspended operations jus to a lack of patients. If you like we already won were so happy to see patients discharged one after one more than 80000 people have been infected nationwide some 50000 patients have recovered at least 5000 are in Critical Condition in for jan authorities are investigating the cause of the Building Collapse the hotels are in a is being questioned. Al jazeera beijing much more sad for you on the program saudis crown prince thought to be cementing his power with another Senior Member of the kingdoms royal family detained and then from islamabad to santiago we take a look at the events being held to Mark International womens day. Hello the rain that fell all much anyone cares 2 days ago is this thing here its circulating in western iran is disappearing fairly rapidly eastwards and leaving fine weather behind in fact you re talking about turkey to get significant rain so as the sun is now anywhere from north need ships northwards to turkey and its quite warm in ankara and in beirut youll notice that a breeze is setting it down the gulf again so 26 is the max entire half for a day or so in that breeze will push dancers saudi arabia its usually a dusty one but if you see some mostly sunny picture with temperatures now on the rise the strong winds are further west remember we have had to drive into egypt theyre not going to drive more into places like tunisia western libya and now jerry which keeps the temperatures down here the coastal weather is cool and wet there are more showers showing up now on the back of this part of north africa so for example gonna ring out towards here earlier in the showers and more and more frequent and they could use flash floods this time the in contrast to the still dry weather which gives you attention like 40 and janina for example thats where the heat is we still got seas no rains running to rangoli east was but you can see the big clouds are increasingly further north. 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And just bori is an Italian Journalist carney based in. One of the areas in a city thats under lockdown she says hospitals in the region have been inundated and sick residents and now being asked to stay at. Now its sunday afternoon and this is the main square of of the guy wanted it bout 15000 people and this completely is that i read this zor not read zorn in the last 3 days there were 16 dead. Im betting that everybody got infected everybody because that they are already sick and so they still call him because there are norm or if birds in hospitals and actually the current hospital which serves about 500000 people in all the area on the folly of course in this little town doctors got infected saw that our nor more intensive care beds available well out of all the stories are following a 4 senior princes believed to have been detained in saudi arabia u. S. Media reports say the former head of Army Intelligence prince and i have been ahmed is among those being held there hasnt been any official response from the government Alexei Obrien reports. Saudi state media on sunday broadcast pictures of king solomon with the kingdoms new ambassadors 2 year ago and ukraine the appearance of the monarch followed speculation about his health after the reported arrests of several princes and dozens of officials in recent days the kings younger brother prince Ahmed Abdul Aziz and the crown princes cousin mohammed bin nayef a said to be among those detained taken by masked men to an unknown location maybe they have. Said man is that area rating or again as rumored in the past you might be considering. Basically have the. The last thing been some man want to challenge there are reports of an attempted coup though some analysts believe crown Prince Mohammed bin solomon is further consolidating his power i understand that after the arrests of these major figures that he then demanded the other members of the family to confirm their loyalty to him and many were expected to tweet or to email him and show that they were behind him mohamed bin solomon knowing his abs has a reputation for cracking down on anyone who opposes him he replaced been naive as heir to the throne and 27 tane forcing him into effective house arrest n. B. S. His uncle prince ahmed was said to be concerned by the crown princes grip on power one of a small group who voted against m. P. s taking over. This is something extraordinary and saudi politics prince armored by the all past rules of saudi politics should have enjoyed immunity even if he was publicly a little critical of some policy but that immunity is god there is no immunity in saudi Arabia Mohammed bin solomon can get you no matter who you are thats the message. And 2017 dozens of Senior Members of the royal family and billionaire businessmen around our panda taint at a luxury hotel in riyadh the saudi government said it was an anticorruption drive Rights Groups disagreed one year later mohammed bin salmonds International Profile was further tarnished after the killing of saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi and the kingdoms consulate in istanbul the cia concluded that the crown prince must have known about the operation if not ordered it himself we know that he is the real power it was some people calling him anecdotally. The son of the king but a person who was actually sovereign power in the southeast. Reports suggest those detained now face long term imprisonment or even death. Alexia brian al jazeera. Grease to open the gates of refugees and migrants camped out at its border thousands have gathered at the border since last we went turkey declared its borders with the e. U. Open those trying to cross have been caught between riot police on both sides of the barrier one is due to meet European Union officials in brussels on monday to tackle the issue. Well thats actually going to him has one half of the border city of. We found home ed in an abandoned building tending to his wounds the iranian amputee says he crossed into greece twice since turkey opened its borders more than a week ago he returned with wounds all over his body over to use the wounded they caught me and beat me while they took me to a cot my back to them and said im handicapped dont beat me leave me alone but they wouldnt listen. On the 2nd floor a temporary family has formed bound by trauma and desperation one strangers now linked by the solidarity a feeling ostracized by other media kids as we might have come from 3rd world countries but were not 3rd class citizens we also have the right to live and have a future for our children in. Afghan refugee missier has become a kind of father figure he and his wife crossed into greece 3 times twice by climbing through a fence and once on a fishermans boat he says greek soldiers stripped the men to their underwear tasered them and when they collapsed beat them with the sticks ignited the 11 up on the. They handcuffed him and took us to the river bank and kicked us into the river they said now leave some of us managed to cross like a fish some like a duck to of their friends couldnt get out of the river we told turkish fishermen that we left 2 people behind they went to search for our friends and we never saw them again. The greek government has not responded to the accusations it has stopped accepting asylum applications for one month and pledged to expel those entering illegally nazir describes whats happening to refugees and migrants who cross into greece as a horror movie. Yet he and home ed plan to make another attempt clinging to the possibility like thousands others that the next time will have a more humane ending. Natasha getting old does iraq dirname on the Turkey Greece border meanwhile a fire has ripped through a Refugee Center on the greek island of lez boss a fire broke out at the one happy family sent to near the islands capital mytilene e no casualties have been reported in the cause of the blaze is known as the 2nd fire a facility for migrants on the island in less than a week after unknown assailants torched a Reception Center on monday as boss carney host more than 21000 migrants on the island seen protests against and in defense of refugees one civilian has been killed and 3 more being treated in a hospital in the libyan capital tripoli off to a rocket struck a house close to the International Airport the un recognized government is blaming forces loyal to warlord. Theyve been trying to capture the capital for almost a year with a port is the only operational airport in tripoli its been the target of frequent attacks since have to began his Campaign Last april now at least 6 people have been killed in avalanches in austria in 2 separate incidents a group of walkers were swept away by falling snow on the dash Mountain Range 5 bodies have been recovered over victims of believed to be from the Czech Republic and then further west a Police Officer on a Training Exercise was killed by an avalanche on the course glauca peak. Well now thousands of women have defied threats of violence to take part in rallies across pakistan for International Womens day they are demanding tougher laws to protect women from harris meant right and Domestic Abuse kemal high has more from islamabad. A growth targets gone to have been rallied by remain i rarely heard men who are supporting the remained the commemorates the International Day for women. A good reason for doing. Something beside. You i give my life. I never noticed. It cannot be handed out. To me against me as much money when we are living in a very tiny. And our we need freedom and we need. To make lot of stuff. Already or bring you in here it divided across that line you have the religious parties who are protesting and all of obviously against the march rigid all going on or go with march they started in karachi or in green ph d. And then spread across into other cities are grown because they fear again reconsider their right to live really large warn more rights for the women however to mordor lidgerwoods unconverted developments of the side the other forces this is not something that is new here in prague its gone and out of court if it were debated there has been going on for years. All from one as iris to mexico women across latin americas biggest cities are also taking to the streets in chile thousands of marching through the capital in the wake of the demonstrations of the social inequality they are demanding justice for those women home during the protest movements which began last year lets go live then to our latin america italy see anyone whos in santiago and of course there was already a wave of unrest in chile which had calmed somewhat amusing more numbers on the streets in recent days to tell us what its like that a day. Absolute peace making up numbers that are tens of thousands if not hundreds of thousands of women out on the streets of san angelo of the country in fact organizers believe that there will be at least a 1000000 just in the capital alone before 2 all over the major march that began just a couple of blocks from here in a plastic bag which has been nicknamed flash i think it was supposed to march past the president ial palace people dressed oh so much of where skits dances before women. Signs demanding womens rights but it was a very very jovial atmosphere to the short while ago but you may notice that women are beginning to walk towards me that is away from the plaza because Security Forces began throwing tear gas 20 minutes ago we can still smell it and feel it so a lot of people are actually leaving now and with those that have stalled children or elderly people what others continue to arrive and continue to insist that they will march at least past the president ial palace before the state is out to show that they are not afraid and that women are not going to take a backseat any longer in chile which is a country that last year alone saw more than 100000 cases of violence and 206270 sides right so its about social justice and equality but also you have women taking to the streets not just in chile but protests expected right around last in america. Absolutely that in america its not only an unequal country socially but its also a very male chauvinist stick. Region where gender violence or violence against women has been one of the highest in or is wait let me express myself better im trying to get people not to walk in front of me the gender violence of latin america is among the very highest in the world weve seen thousands and thousands of women killed mutilated put into 100 mark graves in countries like mexico but also in chile in argentina for room all over the region the violence against women is extremely high. Part some say its because of the male chauvinist pig culture but also because there is impunity the laws are not Strong Enough to protect women so thats the sort of thing that women all over this region are out on the streets today demanding equality in the workplace and less violence or no violence at home. All right thank you very much our last america at its lucy and human there in santiago chile where women are preparing to join a massive protest there and elsewhere of course to Mark International womens day and of course weve seen people take to the streets in asia as well in the philippines an effigy of president or to go to territory was burned near the president ial palace philippines is the only country in the world vatican city which does not allow to move to terra tays repeatedly made comments trivializing rape and activists say one woman or child is right in the philippines every hour. Well we are going to continue to cover those protests for International Womens day taking place not just in latin america but also talk about protests in pakistan and then also our top story here a quarantine of some 60000000 people thats a quarter of the population is the more on the. Well speaking about those restrictive measures in a city actually in the past few minutes officials there of said 133 more people have died from the corona virus on saturday this brings the death toll to 366 overall within 7300 people are confirmed to have the disease in the country a quarter of a sneeze population 16000000 people are on the lockdown following an emergency government decree to contain the coronavirus illnesses spread rapidly since the 1st cluster of cases was discovered meanwhile iran has reported its highest number of corona virus deaths within a 24 hour period bringing the total to 194. 00 there are now more than 6 and a half 1000 infections across the country. A Top Health Official in the United States has admitted that will missteps that delayed Virus Testing disease x. But anthony found she says the government might consider shutting down sections of the country hit hardest by the virus the test are out there that was a misstep early on with regard to the test namely a technical difficulty but right now about 1100000. 00 tests are out there now will be an additional about 640000 on it lets say monday and then at least another 4000000. 00 particularly now that were engaging the private sector now when you say that theyre out there if you go to a doctor its up to the doctor to order the test and if that happens a person should have a test available but its no doubt chris you have to be realistic early on there was some missteps that delayed it. You know anees the turkish president has grease to open the gates to refugees and migrants camptown death thousands have been gathering there since last week when declared its borders with the e. U. Open but that is attempting the crossing of been caught between riot police on both sides of the barrier. And then around the world thousands of people have been taking to the streets to Mark International womens day in the philippines an effigy of president or if you go to tears he was bunny the president ial palace philippines is the only country in the world vatican city which is not allow divorce. Inside story is coming up next and then ill be back with the news hour after that at 800. 00 chante. Saudi arabia rests the kings brother and all the royals accused of plotting against the crown prince is muhammad bin selman consolidating his power and what are the implications of this latest purge against dissent this is inside story. Hello and welcome to the program jonah how saudi arabias crown princes out a controversial rise to power in just 3 years mohamed bin solomon has silenced nearly all voices of dissent at home critics of being jailed or even killed and he appears to be tightening his grip on power even further media