Future archaeologists to sift through history to find the secrets of Climate Change. Is in doha as issues a complete sporting a new game to spains leader the stadiums as countries try to stop the spread of coronavirus. The leaders have been holding an emergency teleconference on the corona Virus Outbreak all 27 Member States have reported cases of the virus and the efforts are being made to contain the outbreak as well as mitigate the Economic Cost of it italy is at the forefront of the crisis and the whole country is in lockdown in the last day a 168. 00 new deaths have been recorded bringing the total toll to 631 hold reports. European Union Leaders are grappling with the fact that one of their own italy is under a nationwide restrictions to slow the spread of coronavirus. And usually theyre having to figure out what needs to be done at a distance from one another via video link the days of e. U. Council summits bustling with politicians and press in brussels are over for now visit if you want to overcome this challenge we need a more engaged and mobilized europe standing beside the Member States and all the players in order to coordinate actions contain and push back the virus. The virus is now present in all 27 Member States and theyll be a keen awareness that whats happening in italy may soon happen elsewhere for the next 3 weeks at least 60000000 italians will be encouraged to remain behind closed doors as much as possible with restrictions on travel and Group Gatherings sure to affect their daily lives few will go to work none will go to school or university all will hope that if they get the virus theyll recover at home rather than in italys overstretched Health System the costs are clear from the tourist sites roads near empty and impressive piazzas deserted fellow e. U. Members spain and austria have halted flights on italian routes how sustainable is all this for a country already on the edge of recession and how effective are these measures anyway. We cant necessarily say what happens in one country always ups and happens in another country but there are really really important things that china has taught us they had an enormous outbreak vast numbers of cases and they took very very strong measures when you look at the epidemiological curve it was going up like this the numbers and then it starts to flat when they took those actions and has come down very very steeply and yes we want to see that happen in other countries after italy france is the next worst affected country in europe president mccrone urged calm but said his countrys epidemic is just beginning france and germany have been relatively restrained in the measures theyve imposed so far some School Closures and restrictions on Sports Events and public gatherings spain has closed schools in the capital madrid and suspended its lower house of parliament after an m. P. Tested positive and greece has closed all schools and universities for 2 weeks. Were now taking care of the children and the grandparents who are the people with the highest risk is if things get complicated because we have to combine our personal life with our work life its complicated everyone must prepare to incorporate coronavirus into their daily lives not easy if youre the Prime Minister of the netherlands who alongside a Health Official announced a new policy of no handshakes before promptly leaning over and shaking hands. With storage or told. Jonah how al jazeera where luigi down jello. Is the Operations Director of the emergency coordination at italys the parliament for Civil Protection and he joins me now via skype from rome sir thank you so much for joining us here on aljazeera the measures that have been put in place in italy over the past 24 hours or among the strictest that have ever been put in place in a democracy in modern times explain to us why they were necessary. Yeah the government took these a decision but nowadays we dont have any red so and theres no block on the road so we did that the media guys the county but there were the government to make it clear to the mocha city into the participation the active but its the creation of the city we need that any incident be perfect to make it where there are now its time to stay home now its time to reduce the moment because our objective is to reduce the in factors and end the. Cause mission of the virus from one people to another so all we ask of the citizen to stay home recruits the school with it used a lot the mobility of course we got on the Public Service or into the life of the community but we want to reduce the mopey thats the. Government. A lot of the measure is considered to be got round with some Self Certification of people say they have to travel for whatever reasons a work or other emergency so are you putting it a loss on the personal responsibility that people may feel and also what is it that you fear you i guess your worst fear for the scenario initially if the mobility is introduced the way that these measures hope it will. Yet these measures are an aim of the 2 to reduce the transmission of the virus to you know im there to reduce the number of people in intensive therapy requesting intensive care in the hospital that is specially in the north part of italy we want to want to arrive to a subdivision of the not been most places in the hospital of people needed intensive care thats why we have to reduce the spread of the violence in order to through the bottleneck of intensive. At the within the hospitals and beside these we have doing some other measures we are checking people at the airport we are making sort of a yes and we had even that putting it break free as you before had the hospital in the 1st room of the osce because you know there are 2 and probably because D Michelle Pfeiffer so some nice dinners but do we really hang in there a lot to rise the awareness of our cities because the movement of cities in is what we have now to be aware of but the whole of the north had already been pretty much on lockdown and then it was decided to extend that to the whole country so why did you decide to extend it to the whole country did you fear a lot of the scenes that we did see action of people getting into trains in milan heading for the south. Yeah course the very 1st minute youre in order to or to be identify at redzone was of course appropriate but unfortunately this thread of the virus in our country was but he had really much much before crossing some areas and im fortunate that if it was spread or most in different areas almost all over the county so thats why we need it now to extend the meters as a signal not as a red zone but we call this sort of orange so on all the county look now to reduce mobility and the representatives from the 27 Member States are actually having a teleconference right now about this issue what advice would you give to your neighboring countries about what might happen there in a few weeks and i guess now to try to stop it yes weve got a lot of left learn from this experience a lot of Good Practice is that we already share it with our counterparts in the Member States but most of all we call for a unique coordination we need to get the measures that we took in anybody need to be taken in or the other countries all on the if we go coordinated and we only risk we have you know unique object if all of the europe we can that we can reach. That we can we can call back to cope with these problem and just a final point to you do you think that people both i guess with initially and outside of italy have understood how great the risk the potential risk is. I must say that since yes that they since our redness brought to all the cow tree the awareness is now higher because. Probably people look at this problem too far from their home but to date anybody anybody is an inappropriate attitude in a way of mice in sense that we know that we all have to cope with this problem together so now its better understood that must say to us all citizen and how long will you wait before seeing or announcing whether these measures of worked on or what are you looking for now we think the next 3 can yeah there so we didnt 2 weeks we hope to see the yes the act of these measures the progress echo this as yours of course we always keep our left the very high we keep monitoring what happens in the county but we need to wait there one week and yell at us when you would you dont gel Operations Director of emergency coordination at italys the palming for Civil Protection service thank you for your time especially in what must be a very busy time for you right now thank you well there are fears of course that the outbreak could cause a global recession so far the Aviation Industry has been particularly badly affected the e. U. Says it plans to step in to help. I asked the Coronavirus Response team this morning to look into further tools that the commission can mobilize in order to address the overall impact. CoronaVirus Outbreak has on the economy throughout europe many sectors are already suffering and we will need to look for ways to support them for instance and this is just one example every ation the coronaVirus Outbreak has a major impact on the european and International Education industry we see that the situation is deteriorating on a daily basis one of the measures the European Union will take is to suspend the rule requiring airlines to continue their shuttle flights or face having to give up their airport landing slots some airlines have been running near empty flights in order to retain their rights to takeoff and landing slots on the current evils they must run services on busy routes or lose them to other operators the Airline Sector has lost almost a 3rd of its value 70000000000 dollars this year. And as the numbers of those infected surge in europe its a different story in china was things that seem to be slowly returning to normal president zeeshan paying has made his 1st trip to the viruss eppy center in one patients who contracted the virus of mostly recovered and people are returning to work scott hi live reports from bangkok. Chinas president xi jinping visited one for the 1st time since the outbreak was discovered there in december chinas epicenter of the corona virus will forever be remembered as the source of the illness that has reached nearly every corner of the world chinas leaders are trying to change that narrative state media poured praise on sheep from the beginning of the crisis calling efforts to contain the virus a war the media saying that fighting the virus was always his top priority but avoided topics of future prevention and previously admitted mistakes by local and Central Government officials during the early days of the crisis she says it coincides with the continuing decline in the number of infections and who by province and the closure of all temporary hospitals in one city people in lower risk areas will soon be able to move freely within who bay its part of a new system in which everyone will be given a hazard rating of green yellow or red through an individual barcode the ratings based on Data Collected by the who by government on Peoples Health history and location in a nother positive development passengers onboard the cruise ship costa for tuna finally being allowed to disembark in singapore they were stranded on board for 2 weeks the ship was turned away from malaysia in thailand because of coronavirus concerns the italian cruise ship operator said there were no suspected cases among the passengers who included tourists from italy another coronavirus hotspot. Because of the major fall in passenger bookings Australian Airlines quantas is joining other major carriers in grounding aircraft canceling flights and delaying in order for new planes we are taking 24 percent of capacity. For International Operation and 5 percent of our domestic operations it will mean that we are grounding now 10 of the 12 a tree 80 s. In fact were grounding around 8 aircraft in told here in thailand the government announcing adventurers traveling from 6 risk countries will have to present any help certificate proving that they dont have even before they get on the plane checks are also being put into place that water and land entries and once in thailand tourists from China Hong Kong macau italy south korea and iran will have to submit a daily Health Report on a Smartphone App or to a local Health Official scada aljazeera bangkok with schools across the world being closed in an attempt to contain the virus efforts are being made to try to minimize the disruption to education the funny and jenny is the assistant director general of education at unesco she joins me via skype from paris madame thank you for joining us on aljazeera the closure of schools is really weve seen beat almost one of the 1st measures that governments have imposed in trying to contain the coronavirus its difficult to know for how long they will be close but even if it is just a few weeks what is the impact on the either Young Children but also you know teenagers leading up to their high school diploma. It suits him back to us got started to monitor immediately and today as an updated number i can tell you. Some to like a good 3 and 5000000 students primaries School Preschool primary and secondary schools and a 550 University Students who are not. In discords and in universities. I guess weve been talking to people in a lot of people say we know at our school they have Video Conferencing lessons and so that helps i suppose if we look at it across the world perhaps wealthier countries can do that in less wealthy countries maybe that kids dont have computers at home or the schools cant organize it it could be a problem that is more felt in the long run. You know you know ask a convened view to meet in our minister somebody acacia enough from around the world who have the 72 countries sat around a table and we could hear from different disappearance is counted as 2nd by kountry italy. And china who definitely decided to shut down our Education Systems and that counter is where its really closure of schools and countries. Very mantras to do to learn from. This kind of a spirit says a ready ramadan and getting ready getting ready. To have to do something just imagine for instance. Or. Give to all immediately we didnt press event. Of the reaction some to like a one under 40000000. Users and all online and this is a very good spirit said to be shared of course it takes a Level Technology digna logically for a standard and thats why we are in their school very keen to have kountry reach in different situations than you do your mention eataly usually. Has a ready implemented. 6 system of valuable support from online and distance learning. Systems and tools to t. V. As Mission Reach can help or children and teachers to feel that. Its ready to see different counts and you are italian yourself you used to be a minister in the tally and governmental im sure youve been keeping up with a killer eye on developments in italy and youre speaking to us from paris and from what youre seeing a do you think that what were seeing happen in italy could be replicated in other European Countries and if so do you think theyre ready. I dont know about there has to dimension are the crisis of course that we hold the data contained in. Can help also not to spread in europe or in terms of the edition systems we heard to france or the minister of france or to the hall or barking about a. National or center for him earning which is a ready built in pray to. A system of board in the schools we each are ready to close and ready to do to allow to county and i think that what you have to do now is really to you to be at the platform aware kountry is in europe and elsewhere can they learn from each other ken ken theyre going to say shared their experiences and that and underline the importance of getting ready thats a very good opportunity. A leg india is a fortunate linda is a dramatic rise is see how we can Leverage Technology and and help but counter is in europe elsewhere not to to to to you know to right education in camp it is generally right if you are there any of the stephanie engine in your system director general of education at unesco madame thank you thank you very much. Israel mean law says that they might relax their rule that all foreign visitors have to self quarantine for 2 weeks if the virus continues to spread and becomes impossible to control this cause as the Palestine Health ministry has confirmed another 4 infections on the occupied west bank bringing the total to 29 tourists have been banned from bethlehem for at least 2 weeks starving the economy of a very important source of revenue holy sites are being disinfected schools remain closed aljazeera is needed even to him is in ramallah she says one of the latest confirmed cases is a palestinian who works in israel sparking concerns about how other workers will be affected. This is an important issue because we are talking about tens of thousands of palestinian workers who go into israel every day for work they go through checkpoints that are usually very crowded which could mean that some of them will be infected or we will discover that they have been infected in the next few days now currently the way the occupied west bank is under closure by israel for the occasion of the jewish holiday of poor and so so far for the past 4 days none of them have been able to go but it remains to be seen really whether the Palestinian Government is going to be banning those both the new workers from going there it has no repeat no way of implementing that mechanism these checkpoints and mandan monitors monitored by the israelis themselves so the Palestinian Government spokesperson said that its a wait and see at this point that he threw the bowl in israels court if they were going to be banning those palestinian rockets from going now the post in economy is going to be suffering from this crisis as per the palestinian Prime Minister and how much that he says that hes expecting the crisis to last for 4 months he says that the losses could be estimated at 100000000. 00 lets run a virus is overshadowing celebrations in india its a Public Holiday and most of the country for the hindu festival of holy name but many are choosing to stay at home following government warnings to avoid large crowds india has 47 confirmed cases so far elizabeth purana reports now from new delhi. Smearing powdered dye all over each other to celebrate the festival of color holy heralds the end of winter and start of spring and these people in the capital wont let in warnings about coronavirus get in the way of their sad abrasion. And were going to. Have a very good time. Good lunch also. But elsewhere indians are concerned that the dozens of confirmed cases so far from carola in the south to ended administered in the north media parents are appealing to the government to airlift their children from universities in iran iran has one of the highest number of covert mine 100 cases outside china we are very concerned the world was children more of the video was stranded in iran theyre gone for medical education we have any hope i mean their development of india would do something very seriously in bringing over children back to media. 2000 and d. And theyre awaiting evacuation flights from iran. And India Industries are feeling the effects to india as the worlds biggest supplier of generic drugs but most of the ingredients come from china but ill go on with you began to give reduction thats why we have got being offered a connectivity. Since chinese imports stopped indias government banned the export of 26 medicines and floating power system all to keep the home market supplied consumer the. Border consumers havent been affected yet but a discontinuity the next one or 2 months the consumer definitely feel the effect and more than pricing their field effort to the shortage. The pharmaceutical industry is urging the government to allow imports of ingredients from countries other than china while that will take time the government has ordered immediate measures. Close in all primary schools in delhi and indeed in the midst of the street and screening all passenger arrivals but policing what happens in Public Places is easier than in peoples homes despite the Prime Minister saying he wont be celebrating holi the c n delis chief minister asking people to stay away from crowds the show of defiance is an indication of just how difficult it will be to contain an outbreak amongst 1300000000 people elizabeth pride of aljazeera new delhi. Still to come on the aljazeera news hour despite footless talks in brussels turkeys president plans more discussions with europe over the refugee crisis a south African Court clears the president seated around the poles of Misleading Parliament about his election finances and zomby as women qualified for their 1st olympic football morning. Hello again weather conditions here in the Arabian Peninsula remain largely fine beautiful conditions in tow high temperatures of 23 degrees weve got to mostly light winds down through the gulf region deep by the 29 degrees stronger winds out through the gulf of aden could be quite a squeeze here through into the southern portion of the red sea but otherwise looking fine weather very hot there in mecca 38 not a great deal of change heading on through into service day but move further towards the west wing see this area of low pressure moving into parts of egypt and i think the Northern Areas of light to be some severe disruption that could be some pretty severe flooding as a system moves in for the south some dust slightly lifted across more southern portions of egypt now as you move into northern and central parts of africa weve got to stir stones for the gulf of expulsion down through libyan a 5. A long way south across the country so some showers in there as you wouldnt expect to see them so again that could be some flash flooding occurring here the general increase in winds could result in some lifted dust elsewhere weve got scattered showers around parts of west africa all the way from Lagos Nigeria running towards freetown in sierra leone for the north it should be largely fine into that with highs of 28. 00 and for morocco a fine picture plenty of sunshine 22 and reports. From algiers there is london Broadcast Center 2 special guests in conversation the state the american state steps in and save composition unprompted uninterrupted people think that racism is having perth vitriol towards black people and theres no understanding of what the term a crazy thing is intimately reflecting on the issues of our time and i realized i was working for something i was evil and i had been a part of actually creating at studio b. 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By finns beginning to return to normal though in the chinese at the center of the outbreak president ping is made his 1st trip to the city of new patients who contracted the virus have mostly recovered and people of returning to work. The u. K. Government is coming under increased pressure to do more to tackle the coronavirus schools and universities remain open and there are a few restrictions on people returning from neve barker reports. The u. K. s keep calm and carry on approach to the coronavirus is in sharp contrast to many other countries france germany and several other e. U. Nations have banned large gatherings of people and as italians woke up to a countrywide lock down the tightest restrictions since the 2nd world war it was business as usual of britains child and horse race meeting the event drawing tens of thousands of visitors the differences are stark in italy syria our football matches went ahead but without any fans while in the u. K. S Premier League stadiums were packed although players did have to forgo the traditional pregame handshake the British Government says its putting science at the heart of all coronavirus planning its resisted introducing checks in airports and banning public gatherings saying theres very little Scientific Evidence the moves will help instead the governments promoting a phased approach contain delay with search and mitigate we remain in the contained phase of the outbreak but watching what is happening around the world our scientists think containment is extremely unlikely to work on its own and that is why we are making extensive preparations for a move to the delay phase the main strategies based on stalling the peak of the virus until the summer where therell be less strain on the countrys Health Service however experts now warn the virus will change pace in a matter of days requiring action so we are now very close to the time probably within the next 10 to 14 days when the modeling would imply we should move to a situation where we say everybody who has even minor Tract Infections or a fever should be so faisel ating for 7 days afterwards the call for calm hasnt been entirely heeded supermarkets have been stripped of toilet paper and Hand Sanitizer as people stockpile for a crisis and no one has. You feel like youre getting information saying not very but then you also are wondering if you were downplaying it that cause panic or think the big trouble is mary what to believe from the governments worst Case Scenario 80 percent of the country could fall ill the question is whether britain will look back at this time when asked whether anything could and should have been done sooner leave barca aljazeera london heidi larson is a professor of anthropology risk and Decision Science of the London School of hygiene and tropical medicine she joins us live now from brussels madame thank you for joining us here on aljazeera so what weve seen there i guess the science based science lead approaches the as the British Government calls it in the u. K. Weve seen lockdown in italy obviously vastly Different Number of cases and thats between the 2 countries but do you think there is one preferred approach in trying to deal with the coronavirus well i think each country needs to look at their own situation and while they are very different phases i think one lesson thats important to see is how quickly once it does spread it spreads exponentially we have no vaccine so our only vaccine as it were is social distancing and keeping our hands washed and to the extent that its available santa zation but i think theres a lot of personal things that people can do despite what the government does systematically from people are voiding crowds and trying to respect if theyre not feeling well that they stay home for more core school when you say its not no longer just a Health Crisis this is sorry please forgive finish that sentence its not just a Health Crisis its. Well its an economic crisis its had a knock on effect on schooling very was also talking about the impact on aviation this is having widespread systemic effect i mean you say that effectively its down to personal responsibility isnt it that people should avoid large crowds be very diligent about washing hands and things like that but do you think that that should be within reason enforced by the government that maybe in italy people are understanding the seriousness now because gatherings have been banned because Football Games have been called off and concerts and schools are closed whereas in the u. K. People may still not really take it seriously enough because the government hasnt acted i do think its important to i would mitigate crowd gatherings myself i am not making a decision but i do think that the other aspect of it is this will put tremendous stress on Health Systems so the preparedness the building up the capacity the Surge Capacity but also it is consistently taken a much more serious impact on our older and elderly people particularly people with any kind of Underlying Health conditions so places where you have elderly residences or gatherings i think there are many places that should be prioritized in this preparatory preparatory theres a teleconference going on between representatives of the 27 e. U. Member states im guessing most of them wondering how weasely got so bad and how they can prevent the same thing happening in their countries what would your advice be to them and i suppose my question to you as well why did it only get so bad what is it that it did wrong or should the other countries just wait and see and it might happen there again in a few weeks. Well it could happen anywhere i think that its not particularly that italy did anything wrong. One thing about the coronaviruses we know about the cases where they have been tested but we dont not everybody is getting tested so this could happen in any country. Not because they do something wrong but because they werent aware of the brewing cases that are there so i think what it tells us is that every country should be ready for that kind of. Explosive outbreak and be ready and i think one of the discussions in the e. U. Today were particularly calling for cooperation at whatever level sharing i mean the other issue is sharing of protective equipment and supporting each other and sharing that of course and and collectively seen that this will matter to everyone id larsen professor of anthropology risk and Decision Science of the London School of hygiene and tropical mad medicine madames thank you. Turkey says its agreed with russia on the details of a joint patrol to buffer zone in syria as the province theres only extends either side of the m 4 highway that connects the government stronghold of latakia with syrias largest city of aleppo turkey says it will patrol 6 kilometers to the north of the m 4 and russia will patrol the Southern Side turkish president richard labor dohan is to meet his french and german counterparts for more discussions on the refugee situation better than his back in turkey after fruitless negotiations with european leaders in brussels on monday the e. U. Is unhappy that turkey opened its Northern Borders 11 days ago in contravention of a 2016 deal with some a binge of idas more now from which is close to the Syrian Border. Weve heard from the turkish president saying that hes going to be welcoming the french president and the german chancellor to istanbul on tuesday and this is coming off the back of the heels of his meeting there with the e. U. Leaders last night 3 he spoke to them and he said hes made his point about why what the e. U. Needs to do more about picking at its fair share of what he says its response ability in terms of the refugees that he has been able to more than 3 and a half 1000000 refugees from syria have been in turkey and that is something that has been reiterated by the turkish president as well as its foreign minister that the border the southern border of europe does not start at greece but rather at the Syrian Border and turkey is an ally it is a nato member and has been facing difficulties in not just housing those refugees in providing for them but also the security situation that it has faced in the last 8 years so this is an ongoing issue in simultaneously there is a russian delegation which is in town in ankara where talks are underway to thrash out the details of the deal which was signed between the turkish and the russian president last week modality of which as you mentioned will be the 6 kilometer buffer zone along either side of the m 4 highway the important point of contact between the Syrian Government side and the rebel side and more details about that and those joint patrols are those from through south Africas High Court has cleared president saddam opposer of Misleading Parliament over a Campaign Donation it was alleged from a poser lied about a 32500. 00 donation from his campaign to succeed jacob zuma as leader of the African National congress so mr millet reports. The halting high court delivered a scathing judgment against the Public Protector the head of the Anti Corruption watchdog pussy syria and cavani accused president slid on the posa of lying to parliament about a Campaign Donation he received 3 years ago when running for the leadership of the ruling African National congress as judges rejected that allegation and also ruled against him cavani who wanted to investigate it for Money Laundering to the pub be prepared to go for. Her powers in the manner that they do business. Were following for the reasons given. That his investigation of into this didnt complain. If even. Further. That her report and the findings in the media contained within. The judges went on to say that the Public Protector didnt act with an open mind and that her findings were irrational and unlawful that will add to speculation that barney has a political agenda something she denies president obama pours are denied the allegations saying they were baseless this is not the 1st time the Public Protector has lost a court ruling and this one will only add to the criticism was to say when combine is facing that shes not fit for office its likely that the question of credibility will be debated in parliament feeling and already tense Political Climate the Main Opposition Party the Democratic Alliance is leading parliamentary processes to have a removed from office and cavani is expected in court again next week shes seeking an injunction to stop an inquiry into her fitness to hold office which could lead to impeachment it is the 1st time in democratic South African history that the head of a chapter 9 institution a watchdog body made to protect the public from government excesses is facing possible in speech meant in this manner she is challenging that process which she says is governed by rules which she believes are unconstitutional some South Africans hoped that this case would lead to more transparency about Political Campaign funding instead what many see is a political feud back in the spotlight for me to aljazeera pretoria south africa. Voting is underway in 6 us states at a critical point in the Opposition Democratic Party race for the president ial nomination to tackle donald trump its the 1st opportunity for voters to choose since the field narrowed to effectively a choice between 2 men joe biden and Bernie Sanders former Vice President biden in the lead against sounded that way and it is on the joins us live now from detroit which is the largest city in the state of michigan lets start with there with michigan how important a state is it in this corner. Yeah thats right we are in the city of detroit outside a polling station here weve seen a slow but steady stream of people here casting their ballots surely afternoon so expect more people after work when people get off work michigan is a very important the most important state voting out of the 6 here on tuesday why for the candidates perspective it comes down to one word and thats delegates this state has 125 delegates up for grabs more than any other state thats voting on tuesday and the delicate delegate race is critical be for any democrat can run against in a race against President Donald Trump theyre in a race for these delegates and right now joe biden has a lead in the delegates over Bernie Sanders joe biden has about 635 delegates to his name he need about 1100 to secure the democratic nomination so these 125 that are at stake here in michigan are absolutely critical and thats why this state beyond anything else is so important also biden does look to be the front runner here but i guess the question is always how successful would he be against. Well sure and by no means has biden secured the nomination of course Bernie Sanders is hoping that hell win michigan and other states it might even push him in the lead in the delegate race well find out later on tuesday but he biden is the front runner right now biden is pitching himself and he pitched in a rally last night that we attended basically saying he is the most electable of the 2 main candidates still around he says that he can run and win key states that Hillary Clinton lost primarily states such as pennsylvania states such as this michigan joe biden saying with all of his experience as a former Vice President he says he can come in and be the best person to lead on day one and in his words reunite the United States so of course thats thats his pitch to his voters and it seems like the democratic establishment the long Time Congress people that are democrats in washington are seeming to rally around joe biden here particularly in front of these these states that are now voting. With the latest from detroit thank you the taliban has sent vehicles to bad base to collect fighters expected to be released by the Afghan Government president ashraf ghani is expected to issue a decree detailing the release process on tuesday the move as part of a deal signed by the u. S. And the taliban last month and will see the taliban hand over a 1000 Afghan Government the u. S. Has started removing some of its forces from the country the long time plan is for all foreign troops to be removed within 14 months while the bill has made as more from kabul and says both the u. S. And the taliban are respecting the terms of the agreement so far. The. Government. Is going on on a daily basis with. Multiple attacks on Afghan Security forces when it comes to respecting the terms of agreements between the u. S. And the taliban has been respected. And i think the u. S. Is a goodwill gesture because there has been a lot of talk. Government saying it will not release the taliban prisoners now it says it will really. That it will not go. Into afghan talks if the. 2 things happening one the beginning of the pullout of. Prisoners president has been saying ever since it was signed that he will he hadnt agreed he hadnt signed to release any of these up to 5000 prisoners as guaranteed by the agreement. He said he was going to release he was going to sign today i decree that will allow the release of. Those taliban prisoners who are all over the age of 52 that number varies between 80001800 depending on who you speak to that isnt yet. Russian president Vladimir Putin is backing a proposed constitutional amendment that would allow him to remain in power until 26. 00 by which point he would be a. Politician valentino. The amendment proposed to the scrapping of russias 2 term president s a reset president ial term count. Pushkin has been in office for 20 years and is. Required by the constitution to step down and 2024. Still to come. More on the impact of cologne a virus that its having on Global Sports including 2 of the worlds biggest cycle races. As Climate Change and rising sea levels increasingly threaten the worlds coastlines scientists in the United Kingdom are looking at our prehistoric past for clues to the future the u. K. Became an island more than 5000 years ago when rising water was cut off from mainland europe and the Jessica Baldwin reports from the southern county of hampshire there are still evidence of how our ancestors tried to 20. Low tide at thorne space on the Southern Coast of england maritime archaeologists are searching the mud flats for clues as to what life was like thousands of years ago telling into our engine parts and here we see this incredible story ongoing material from far even off boughs and years ago when just in the seabed white near where i live i find that sauterne so i think. A piece of timber more than 5000 years old might help us understand what happened when sea levels rose creating an island that became britain separate from Continental Europe what were doing with the understanding the patterns are trying to the effect of Sea Level Rise in the past i never could understand the long term impact of the responses of the through a lot of that crude are paying. About into the creature a member of parliament in purple. Tights arent always this low so the marine archaeologists also dived to find evidence of prehistoric activity the salty sea water is an excellent preservative scientists take their findings back to the lab at the university of southampton where they did new tests in carbon dating to figure out how many thousands of years ago our ancestors lived on this for sure it was cuttin theres evidence that the wood was worked on by prehistoric man to make a flat surface they could be a resin that was applied. 5000 years ago maybe to protect it from the water as the sea level was coming up discoveries of signs of prehistoric settlements artifacts and even food give the archaeologists an idea of what life would have looked like. It. Yeah we found quite a few of these are so you have to bear in mind that this is over 8000 years old they found d. N. A. From im corn an ancient grain dating it to 8000 years indicating early trade we dont know too much about our prehistoric ancestors and their struggles with rising sea levels but the more we learn could help in our own approach to Climate ChangeJessica Baldwin aljazeera hampshire england. Go to peter now in doha for the sport. Barbara thanks so much worldwide sport has been hit hard by coronavirus in europe against chelsea is the latest Champions League game that will be played without spectators and the Italian Football Federation admitting on tuesday that city are might not finish it comes as global sporting cancellations are almost becoming too many to mention. Reports. This could well be the last time we see any action in italys top Football League this season already playing inside an empty stadium because of coronavirus restrictions such swallow beat 3 nil. One of the goal scorers held up a sign for fans saying everything will be fine stay at home and after the game stay at home was the message from italys Prime Minister who placed a ban on public gatherings across the whole country until at least april 3rd. Youre out of this point in this context there is no reason to continue with the competition including. The ban however does not apply to a tally and teams playing in european competitions atalantas Champions League game in spain against valencia will take place but with no fans present as will now please game against barcelona all games in spains top 2 domestic leagues will be played in empty stadiums for at least 2 weeks and the same applies in france until april 15th some games in germanys pulis league will also be spectator lists all at a cost to clubs. If you round it were talking about 2000000. 00 euros for this game the money is not there insurance only covers games getting canceled or postponed and thats not what has happened here so it hurts the club its not just football thats been affected rugby 6 nations tournament has seen 3 games perspire in italy and france because of coronavirus and the head of world cycling is concerned about the 2 biggest events in their calendar this year at italia road race in may and then the Tour De France into. June bug would be a disaster for sport of course you are but youre ready for that frost the reason potential risk but i think that europe has what we hope. Away from europe this colombian Football Team were taking extra precautions Wearing Masks as they arrived in chile for a Copper Limited tourist game while in north america weve already seen the cancellation of one of the biggest tournaments on the tennis circuit indian wells in california bit of a moving target for the guys at the moment sort of working out if the miami masters will be on and then i move to europe for the clay court events and weve all seen what happened in italy overnight so its a few challenges global sport is taking a big hit but the formula one season is set to start as planned this week with the australian grand prix freight and drivers have arrived in melbourne and tens of thousands of fans will be allowed to attend unrestricted you know weve got a race and its going to try and you know wash my hands as much as i can and you know stay clean. Living large on the sporting horizon at the tokyo 2020 olympics the games are just 136 days away now but the japanese government reiterated on choose state that they will go ahead and that a back up plan is not even being discussed david stokes aljazeera. So as david was saying the olympics are still going ahead and so are the boxing qualifiers moved from wu han in china to jordan it was a historic day for olympic hosts japan on monday media center it was the 1st female boxer from her country to qualify for the games should be joined by a teammate to kimi also through is indias mary kom the 6 time World Champion and 2012 bronze medalist beating irish magni of the philippines by unanimous decision. Zambias women have qualified for the olympic football tournament for the 1st time in the history baby travers cameroon 21 in lusaka on tuesday going through an away golds zambia are 57 world ranking places below cameroon who do get another chance in the intercontinental in the big play off against chile. We spoke to a sports journalist. Who say exam was showing the strength in depth of football in africa but teams needed more support to beat the rest of the wound you know when you look at the qualifiers. Next to the beat goals because i can say that the boy because you know youd expect that nigeria and south africa should be there with the other 2 comes as well but they are out so when you see. The people of florida who have been inconsistent over the last few years getting into the conversation i think we can just go away goes from home you know had some players playing. At the professional level. And they could be. Great for. The world. To get exposure that they need to play because even when the african teams go for example to the summer olympics or go to the local its only just the round of 16 were not talking about. Fires. Or major sports leagues in the United States will close their locker rooms and clubhouses 2 already from tuesday in response to the Coronavirus Crisis atlanta and charlotte went head to head on monday the hawks were 31. 00 in the game but were still tied of 130 points each and Double Overtime before the hawks sunk 5 consecutive free throws to win 143138. But thats all the sports news from. He has thank you very much and that is a 4. Hour Maryam Namazie will be here in just a few minutes for more of the days news. You so much for watching. 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The shocking treatment of disabled people in Eastern European state run caverns in these cages who cannot have access to a toilet or water and the bureaucratic indifference to their plight she has his hands and his states rights to the bed 5 years after 1st highlighting such abuse people in power returns with a 2 part investigation to continuing mistreatment and neglect europes recurring shame hard won on aljazeera. A diverse range of stories from across the globe from the perspective of the networks journalists on aljazeera. E. U. Hads of state hold an emergency teleconference to discuss the surge in coronavirus cases in europe while in the United States the president calls for calm and were prepared and were doing a great job with it and it will go away just a car. Hello im Maryam Namazie in london youre watching aljazeera also coming up on the program the United States begins with drawing its troops from afghanistan as part of its deal with the taliban in the battle for midwest america and in saunders go head to head in the