The number of deaths initially from coronavirus has risen sharply alz offer a lockdown started going to fix a quarter of the population 133. 00 italian deaths are reported raising the total to 366 as the epicenter of the crisis shifts to europe as infections continue to rise stock markets and oil prices a suffering steep falls or the 110000 cases a confirmed globally 61000. 00 have recovered so far so new gago begins our coverage. A city deserted a region under lockdown milan italy is economic heart is almost unrecognizable hardly anyone in the shopping malls its famous squares as the army keeps watch over an almost surreal situation this is an unprecedented crisis in this countrys recent history where look is this richard in then i mean what is happening in my city is worrying me and its also saddening because milan is a lively city and to see it like this today is almost a defeat for me i never would have thought this would happen milans my parents or airport has now suspended all flights its neighboring airport now restricted to running only domestic flights but that hasnt stopped people attempting to get away. Fearing further contagion leaders of italys southern regions have warned hundreds of thousands of its citizens who went to work or study in the north of the country not to return home but groups of people continue to arrive from milan arriving with their masks on but there was no one to test them for covert 19 the harsh restrictions are designed to slow down the spread of the disease but there are fears that it may be too little too late hospitals in the affected region have been inundated and sick residents are now being asked to stay at home a stretched Health Care System is struggling to keep up with the increasing numbers there are no more valuable beds in hospitals and actually the current hospital which serves about 500000 people in all the area of course does little thought on doctors got infected so there are nor more intensive care beds available. Away from italy there were further increases of the virus all over the continent in france at least 900 people have died from the virus with more than 1100 cases recorded in the country whilst italys lockdown is the most stringent outside of china containment may have come too late for some areas slowing down the virus is spread may be the best option for now. Aljazeera Mainland China has reported 40 new cases of the virus then another 22 deaths saw the pot from one where in the epicenter. Of the new infections in Mainland China has been dropping steadily in recent days katrina you has the latest from beijing. The 40 new cases and 22 deaths thats lowest some of the lowest numbers weve seen since this outbreak really started to pick up steam at the end of january in china more than 80000 people have been infected but Health Authorities say that most of those people have been cured and there are only about 20000 people now who are being treated for the current virus in hospital still 5000 people or so are in Critical Condition but its definitely a positive picture and were starting to see real concrete evidence of that change in this positive improvement in the epicenter of who bay province itself now there was at one point thousands of people being diagnosed every day about 2000 people on some days and of course because of that huge demand on the Hospital System in will hand they had to create all these makeshift hospitals with 14 makeshift hospitals were created including one called the living room which accommodated 1700 patients now 11 of those have now suspended operations or have been closed because there are not enough patience so obviously thats a good sign weve also heard today that there was a leak to document from ruhani airport and the using stuff to be ready to go back to work on march 10th now we have to remember there was a complete lockdown in the city of will hon nobody could get in and out that means no trains and no flights so this is a sign that theyre not necessarily going to start flights on march 10th but on airport is starting to think about getting up and running again which is a very big sign. Global oil markets have plunged as a price war and the impact of coronavirus causes value to plummet brant crude often used as a global price spens mark is down by around 30 percent thats up to saudi arabia signaled that might increase. Of the Oil Producing block pick the price dispute began after russia refused to join the groups efforts to cut Oil Production in a bid to stabilize markets jeff called in is the author of aggression when Oil Causes War he says the drop in oil prices will have a huge impact on the Global Economy. This is a massive decrease in the price of oil that were seeing right now is probably the biggest once of the 1930 s. Its going to have huge economic and political consequences and unfortunately this comes because of a breakdown in negotiations between opec and russia when saudi arabia representing opec asked russia to not only maintain the cuts that theyve made previously but also even deep in them in response to the the we can demand from coronavirus russia said no were not interested and that set off the price war with both of them bidding to expand their own market share this is going to be mixed news and so the d upside of it as consumers will see cheaper gasoline prices that might be attractive but on the downside theres going to have theres going to be big consequences for the stock market and for the overall economy and so thats going to play it differently in Different Countries but in the United States for instance this could exacerbate. A decline in the stock market that we already saw last week and the week before that and so this seems to be the kind of move that russian leaders might have actually decided was in their interests that Lower Oil Prices is not good for russias economy but if it causes even more paying to the u. S. Economy it might be something that theyd be interested in while the 200. 00 canadians on full of the virus stricken grand princess cruise ship will be evacuated to a military base in ontario if this if this carrying more than train all falls and people 21 of whom i think diagnosed with chronic eyes is bob from docking in San Francisco and has been directed to the nearby port of oakland passages ought to be screened there and then sent to medical and quarantine sites elsewhere. Egypt has recorded its 1st corona virus fatality a 60 year old german tourist died in hospital and the red sea resort of it comes as a river cruise ship and has its 4th day of quarantine of the city of luxor 33. 00 passengers and 12 crew have so far tested positive for the virus egypts tourism minister says all foreigners testing negative will be allowed to fly home within 24 hours. There are reports saudi arabia has released 2 princes arrested as part of a clampdown on security interior minister of the lizzies been solids been why if and his father were among dozens of officials and members of the world family said to have been detained in recent days 2 of the kingdoms most prominent royals are still being held King Solomons brother and nephew both seen as rivals to crown Prince Mohammed bin. The inauguration of afghanistans president elect gani is expected to take place later on monday but his rival Abdullah Abdullah is planning to hold his own ceremony after september selection the 2 picket over who really won and made allegations of voter fraud theyre thinking turns their spec could be real talks between the governments and the taliban womens Rights Groups in particular are worried of what will happen if the taliban regains power. Reports from kabul. Its a little even tucked away in a basement in kabul away from prying eyes this was the 1st gym for women only to open here sick you know mohamedi chose to name it no one but it or elite women in the local dialect that were that. Far yet their own needs been 2 years now initially people had different views towards sports because were a conservative society but those who came here have seen good results and felt the benefits of working out so no theyre encouraging us. Most of recloser young women who are part of a new generation enjoying freedoms their mothers never had but they are the minority this is a country devastated by 40 years of war and women have always been the biggest victims not only of the taliban kidnapping and rape were rampant during the civil war 2 theres also the high number of afghan widows estimates vary from 600000 up to 2000000 cannot be lost her husband wouldnt 20 years ago when we arrived to interview her she told us that her 4 month old grandson had died that same morning but being the only breadwinner in a family of 8 she couldnt afford to take the day off she has to work hoping that every stroke of the broom will take a little of the grief away. You know. Im really tired of life because i dont have a father or son or husband over brother im alone and i have 8 daughters im upset because after i wake up i start sweeping i need medicine but when i buy a car feed my family when i feed my family i cant get treatment i really dont know what to do women gained equal rights in a 2004 constitution but nothing is guaranteed if you look at the political atmosphere now you see different groups are talking with each others about sharing of power and political arrangements women are not there actually we have inside afghanistan probably even inside the government but i see the government i mean the 2 institutions of government who would think and believe the same way as taliban do navigating through social restrictions is not easy for medina i met her family doesnt know about her workout schedule nor do they know shes a gifted artist shirt. Which i dont blame them because of our society she worries what people will say but we think differently i was born here and need to rebuild my country women must be strong and contribute to society these are challenging times for afghanistan the prospect of peace is on the horizon again and there is fear that women could lose out but there is also a new generation willing to fight to protect their rights but at the hamid aljazeera kabul. Still to come here on aljazeera a silent protest relatives of those killed in the mh 17 crash set out their objections in the netherlands. And that there is more west and windy weather on his way across towards the northwest of europe in particular calls island and the u. K. A lot of catching up on the supplies and also to the north into wisconsin a real concern more rain and also more snow but this is a story through monday this is an excess dump piling in the wind strong up through the armor say some very heavy amounts of rain likely and not just that it could well turn to snow to the Higher Grounds now really meanwhile elsewhere across into mainland europe we just got bits and pieces of rain again some snow in the cold air but again for the most part time it isnt too bad moscow remains very mild indeed 10 celsius the average for may is just one and a half degrees celsius some very heavy rain clearing away from greece but on its way into west and it actually begins to fall apart quite quickly so just some scattered showers again maybe some snow flurries and then we will choose to say what a band of snow working its way across the line of the owls and then behind this system some blustery conditions and again the child but warming up very quickly into madrid with a high of 23 degrees now throughout the madrigals got a bit of system here bringing that rain so we could well see some showers monday and tuesday really these coastal areas of algeria china z. A on towards libya and it certainly brings us temperatures down to really feeling quite cool in tripoli at just 30. From there is london Broadcast Center 2 special guests in conversation the state the american state steps. Uninterrupted people think that racism is having. No vitriol towards black people right and theres no understanding of what the thermic racism is intimately reflecting on the issues of our time and i realized i was working for something that was evil and i had been a part of the creating a studio be unscripted coming soon on how it is there. Now what geologists are on her mind of our top stories are sol the number of deaths in italy from corona virus has risen sharply 133 deaths were reported on saturday taking the toll to 366 a lockdown affecting 16000000 people is now in force in the north. Global oil markets have plunged as a price war and the impact of Coronavirus Forces value to plummet brant crude so often used as a global price benchmark is down by around 30 percent. Searches in the philippines a fighting against president ford regard to turkeys decision to end a long standing defense pact with the United States last month to tell us how you announced a 21 Year Agreement would be tammany except the visiting forces agreement gave us troops entry into the philippines to carry out joint training exercises or on this tour in the other dog and joins us live from outside the Supreme Court in manila so jim are these senators are taking this all the way to that court behind you tell us whats happening whats there their argument. Well basically what the senators are asking him today is for the Supreme Court to define just how far president through the good of their despair is go and where it ends basically they say the petition today does not only cover to tear it is the vision to withdraw from the visiting forces agreement with the United States but also his position more than a year ago to withdraw from the membership of the International Criminal court where he faces several complaints because of the socalled drug war that has left thousands of filipinos that now its important to remember that president a very good at their day a few weeks ago decided to and the visiting forces agreement after his former police chief and current senator but the law says u. S. Visa was cancelled by the state department for his involvement again in the socalled drug war now this is actually what senators here were telling us just less than an hour ago when they were here they said they wanted to make sure that the whole equal branches of government are checking on each other that this is basically the legislative asking the judiciary to make sure that the executive position held by that there is not going above and beyond its own powers they also said basically that theyre hoping and they remain faithful that the Supreme Court will be fair in its decision and what theyre asking for basically is for the Supreme Court to decide whether the withdrawal and abrogation of all the treaties that the philippines had entered to with other countries requires a Senate Approval in the same way that the approval of a treaty also requires congressional approval so basically this is what theyre asking today they said this is not entirely an opposition to the president but checking on the powers that be can be one of the concerns about ending the visiting forces agreement because its not just about the end of sort of joint training exercises is it talk to us about you know the largest shift away from the u. S. Well basically when president of the diego the 3rd who was sworn into office if you go back to that he basically said that he was going to go move away from longstanding allies the United States and try to build closer relations with countries like china and russia however critics say basically that the thirtys decision to build closer relations with china with china is not to the advantage of the philippines because china is seen as the biggest threat when it comes to the maritime territories of the philippines in the South China Sea where as the United States among other possible partners like in japan do not have competing claims in the South China Sea so basically theyre saying that china is not an equal partner to to the philippines when it comes to security and they basically said that its typical for the International Community for other countries to build alliances with other bigger super powers in order to protect itself and to protect its interests thank you that. Live from manila. 4 minutes youre to go on trial in the netherlands accused of murder of their roles in the downing of Malaysian Airlines flight m h 176 years ago 298 people most of them dot died when the plane was shot down over ukraine by a missile fired from territory held by pro russian separatists earlier families of the victims staged a silent protest outside the Russian Embassy in the hague laying out a chair for every person killed in the attack the trial is the culmination of a painstaking investigation by dutch authorities a step passports. For 6 years relatives of passengers on flight m. H. 17 have been waiting to find out who was responsible for bringing down the plane over Eastern Ukraine they hope to trial in the netherlands will give them answers it was the most deadly single incident in the war between Ukrainian Government forces and russian backed apparatus that continues to this day up to 298 people on board 196 came from the netherlands many of them heading for holiday in Southeast Asia 4 suspects are being charged with murder for allegedly helping transport a russian book anti Aircraft Missile which investigators say brought down the plane russian former military and Intelligence Officers ego get in pull out of and surrogate dubin ski had high ranking positions in the separatist army in Eastern Ukraine theyve made it clear they wont attend the trial. Will be replanted by a lawyer moscow has denied any involvement and accuses the investigators of fabricating the evidence so you can phone record and its released by the Investigation Team afaik social media analysts say the socalled sin petersburg troll factory also accused of interfering in the u. S. 2016 elections send out tens of thousands of tweets in the hours and days after the plane came down promoting the russian narrow. If some researchers say it was a well organized this Information Campaign designed to create confusion. See this goal everything is used and they are not really bothered by the fact that they are contradicting themselves all the time that one day they say it was a training fighter jet and today it is ukrainian book that brought down the plane and tomorrow it will be crying in fighter jet again russia has offered to hold a trial here in moscow but the dutch government has rejected that for some russians this proves that the trial wont be fair or just clear that this is a politically motivated trial and from my point of view it wasnt right at the time to give away the black boxes to holland because from the very beginning it was clear that the black boxes will be used against russia. Asked if he would change his mind if the evidence presented in the dutch court is convincing he sat theres very little chance of that fewer than a recent poll shows that only 10 percent of russians believe that russia was responsible for the downing of im age 70 but thats 5 times higher than what it was 6 years ago but many say that the trances of the russian government will change its position a very slim because it has always maintained that it was never involved in the war in Eastern Ukraine in the 1st place step class and aljazeera moscow. Rallies in latin america have commemorated International Womens day to demands an end to widespread gender violence and inequality one of the largest marches was in chile this in human reports from santiago. 54 year old Marie Antoinette ascent divine yes is on the metro on her way to historic womens day gathering. Women from all over chiles capital are already converging at the 10s of thousands. Like many here that belongs to a group called les the senior their choreographed chant a rapist in your path has become a feminist montra the world over women of all ages occupations and Economic Standing fields on tablets largest avenues vowing to fight gender inequality stereotypes and much more. But the question that a site belong to a generation of women educated to be servants of men i am a teacher in a poor neighborhood and i see my young female students suffering sexual abuse from us early as kindergarten this has to end. In latin america rape and Domestic Violence are widespread from argentina to colombia to Central America women march couldnt stay to say enough mothers and daughters marched together for you know us out and im proud and unafraid to be a woman when my mother was my aunt she was abused. Could not speak out because it was considered normal. Chilean women are playing a key role they dont go in social protests that began last october over inequality and now theyre celebrating that they see as a Major Political victory. For the 1st time in chile they will be gender parity to create a new constitution if of course we win next months referring. But the carnival atmosphere was marred by sporadic clashes with riot police after the Security Forces began hurling weve got a few blocks ahead of where we are right now were not sure what provoked it but it did and thousands of women leaving in the opposite direction on this savage. Ive been going in the direction of the president ial palace aim it will not be deterred. In front of the palace some women dragged away the barriers Security Forces responded with tear gas and water cannon while groups of young men and women stones at the. Gate of celebration and culture in taishan to be followed by calls for a nationwide feminist strike all over chile on monday you see in human aljazeera sent out. Protest and violence in mexico city with Police Firing tear gas at womens day marches thousands of officers on riot go it deployed to the demonstrations some protesters damaged property the rally focused on the countrys alarming racial femicide. All of the 25 countries that have the highest rates all same aside 14 are not in america. As a feminist activist and journalist she explains why theres such a concentration of violence towards women in the region. Inequality is one of the biggest reasons. That we have to explain why so feminism has are so not not not only so frequent but also sold dramatic because the this that the inequality of our lives as well or both but also womens bodies are used as a way to express a message to the whole of society theres a type of feminine side that is community by criminal bands that are maybe feuding territories and whats a message to another brand but theres also intimate feminist in which you can see it has been growing in cruelty and expressiveness is not just that the hill is the chillis and the terrorists recently about 15 days ago a woman was killed by her partner she says this a rater her intestines he threw them to the toilets and then he took away her skin and left the body skinless. Publics they for everybody everyone to see and then the police took the pictures of this body and gave them to the media and the media made him viral and this is one of the reasons that have that have all of mexican women and all of the women there are living here. So so mad and so angry south africa has one of the highest crime rates in the world sponsored 2 to illegal firearms now the government is offering an amnesty i mean a skeptical this will make south africa any safer i mean the middle reports from soweto to have a sprint. This is the reality of gun crimes in south africa on average there are 58. 00 murders every day one of the highest Violent Crime rates in the world according to government statistics and experts say thats largely down to half a 1000000 illegal firearms on the streets buying an illegal gun can cost as little as 50. 00 as very it is ago because its very easy to buy a gun in their hostels or you can get it by breaking into houses in the suburbs sometimes you mark someone who has a gun its very easy to get a gun here in south africa these gang members in the johannesburg township of soweto who dont want to be identified say guns make it easier to commit crimes with 4 guns between them they call themselves a small army and they say they are capable of protecting themselves. As they continue to do commit crime we do a lot of things to have in way motions because really look there is attrition at all no one is ricky only hosel is nothing how else can we use a gun especially one that is not a license we hustle and bustle dont we just saw we can have something to eat looking phone to leave some way they say theyve all been arrested for crimes ranging from house break ins to vehicle theft while there are 3000000 registered guns in south africa the government is offering amnesty to people willing to hand in guns or ammunition that are unregistered but theyll only avoid prosecution if the guns have not been used to commit crime. So far police have collected more than 2000 firearms and over 31000 rounds of ammunition at this handover in johannesburg gun shop owner crisp on the back is surrendering more than 300 firearms he says no longer have commercial value but while the government says they have been some successes in reducing the number of guns on the street some people say the Amnesty Program will not reduce crime would any of you hand over your own firearms. You know i want to know. Every year close to 10000. 00 guns from handguns to a k 47. 00 assault rifles are reported lost was stolen adding to hundreds of thousands of illegal firearms on sold african streets the government says its doing all it can to change that. These guns are often difficult to trace and police hope some of them will be handed over during the amnesty period but getting the public to cooperate is not the only challenge Police Corruption has also contributed to the number of illegal firearms with some Police Officers accused of selling confiscated guns to criminals and so for many the government may still not be doing enough to make south africa safer for me the al jazeera johannesburg. Result is there on these the top stories the number of deaths in italy from coronavirus has risen sharply 133 deaths were reported on saturday taking the toll to 366 a lockdown affecting 60000000 people is now in force in the north. Global oil markets have plunged as a price war and the impact of Coronavirus Forces value to plummet brant crude often used as a global price benchmark is down by around 30 percent as after saudi arabia signaled it might increase our 1st affirmation of the Oil Producing bloc opec the price dispute began after russia refused to join the groups efforts to cut Oil Production in a bid to stabilize markets. Jeff cohen is an author of the noise and father an oil market specialist he says the jump in oil prices will have a major impact on the Global Economy upside a bit as consumers will see cheaper gasoline prices that might be attractive but on the downside theres going to have theres going to be big consequences for the stock market and for the overall economy and so thats going to play it differently in Different Countries but in the United States for instance this could exacerbate. A decline in the stock market that we already saw last week and the week before that and so this seems to be the kind of move that russian leaders might have actually decided was in their interest there are reports saudi arabia has released 2 princes arrested as part of a clampdown on security terry a minister in solids the knife and his father are among dozens of officials and members of the world family said to have been detained in recent days so if the kingdoms most prominent royals are still being held the end over i should afghanistans president elect a shotgun is expected to take place later on monday but his rival Abdullah Abdullah is planning to hold on ceremony after september selection the 2 pickets of a really one minute allegations of voter fraud a bank and says they suspect could derail talks between the government and the television. Does the headlines more news here on aljazeera after inside story stay with us. On counting the cost when a bush says he said great just isnt good enough to save the Global Economy from the impact of the fast spreading coronavirus scientists race to find a vaccine to stop the epidemic plus the environmental damage of drilling for oil in the republic of congo counting the cost on aljazeera. 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 against dissent this is inside story. How and welcome to the program im jonah how saudi arabias crown prince is out a controversial rise to power in just 3 years mohamed bin salmond has silenced nearly all voices of dissent at home critics of being jailed even killed and he appears to be tightening his grip on power even further media