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And saunders go head to head in the latest democratic primaries. At all the Indian Springs the league to be played in empty stadiums as countries try to stop the spread of coronavirus. Welcome to the news our top story you leaders have pledged to do everything they can to protect the blocs economy from the corona Virus Outbreak following an emergency Video Conference c. E. O. Announced its setting up an Investment Fund of up to 28000000000. 00 to support Health Care Jobs and Small Businesses e. U. Fiscal rules and regulations on state aid will also be relaxed to facilitate public spending. 1st and foremost we must act at the Macro Economic level and to be very clear from my part to we will use all the tools at our disposal to make sure that the european economy weathers this storm or cases of the coronavirus have been reported now in all 27 Member States of the continent is grappling to control its spread italy is at the forefront of the crisis and has its whole population on lockdown 168 new deaths have been recorded there in the past day bringing the overall toll to 631 aljazeera as jonah hala has our report. European Union Leaders are grappling with the fact that one of their own italy is under 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 to the storage or top of. Jonah hole al jazeera or head of the United States centers for Disease Control and prevention has suggested travel from europe has contributed to a rapid increase in corona virus cases in the United States Robert Redfield has been giving evidence to Congress Ahead of his organizations annual budget the white house had wanted to cut 700000000. 00 but all parties are now promising greater funds as a result of the coronavirus alan fischer reports on that now from washington. Sherry the head of the c. D. C. Says quick Government Action slowed the spread of corona virus in the u. S. But some democratic members of congress insist there was a failure in leadership we cannot in this Public Health crisis play fast and loose with Peoples Health due to the administrations failure to treat this threat seriously initial faulty test kits the administrations slow approvals for laboratories slow distribution of working kits more people are likely to be infected Robert Redfield assured members of this congressional subcommittee the testing across the u. S. Was being stepped up and said the surge in cases here was because more people travel to europe right now the epicenter of the new china is europe the c. D. C. Director stood beside donald trump when he visited the organization in friday he was asked about some of the claims made by the president as the administration tries to cope with a growing crisis coronavirus like the regular flu that its a hoax and that anyone who wants to be tested can be tested and the cement that you would agree that it was a misleading statements i heard any that i would say is is not other than i do believe. Bill bill youve seen in the last 2 days true question love corps finally getting us where we know the president said he would soon announce a stimulus package to trying to create jobs the Economic Impact of the Current Crisis we want to protect your shipping industry or pollution industry crucial we want to protect your Airline Industry very important donald trump wants to help a number of industries that have been impacted by the virus but House Democrats want to do more for working families by making up lost wages and improving access to Health Services theres talk of a payroll tax but not many people are behind that idea giving americans more money in their pocket when few of them are leaving their home to spend it alan fischer aljazeera on capitol hill. And as the numbers of those infected surge in new year are pits a different picture emerging with china i think seems to be slowly returning to normal possibly president xi jinping has made his 1st trip to the viruses epicenter of what han patients have contracted the virus have mostly recovered and people are returning to work scott haida has this report. Chinas president xi jinping visited 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 cheap 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 shes visit coincides with the continuing decline in the number of infections and who have province and the closure of all temporary hospitals in will haunt 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 are Big 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 astray an Airline Quantas is joining other major carriers in grounding aircraft canceling flights and delaying an order for new planes we are taking 24 percent capacity at the. International operation of 5 percent out of our domestic operations it will mean that we are grounding now 10 of the 12 a tree 80 s. In fact more grounding around the 8 aircraft in told here in thailand the government announcing it that tourist travelling from 6 countries will have to present to help sort. Proving that they dont have little or no viruses even before they get on the plane checks are also being put into place that water inland entries and once in thailand tourist 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 scotland aljazeera bangkok. Well of course the race is all now to trial a vaccine for the corona virus experts say developing a vaccine at the speed required will cost at least 2000000000. 00 the World Health Organization says scientists akari working on around 2900. 00 that seems around the world several labs now have prototype vaccines which they are trialing in animals human trials and you to start in april if successful the vaccine could be widely available by early next year on a bart tree in london is calling on volunteers for test participants will be infected with a type of coronavirus paid the equivalent of just over 4 and a half 1000. 00 and quarantined for at least 2 weeks so for more on the search for a vaccine and all of this im joined by simon clarke who is associate professor of cellular microbiology at the university of reading in the u. K. And so work on a vaccine is well underway there are trials currently taking place in animals but the crucial thing will be when the process moves to a human testing do you will that be a straightforward process will there be a take up test cases for example. Well assuming that. They are animals experiments them the studies give positive results though thats when they were moving to get to 2 humans there would be a number of ways of doing that makes it. Immunize mass population particularly well aaron the challenge from the coronavirus situation naturally in munity and see how many people get it as opposed to ok groups that are treated perhaps are the placebo or they can experimentally infect people which study where youre suggesting with a 4000. 00 payment where people will be affected experimentally wit a coronavirus and it will they will then see whether those one of those vaccines protects against that experimentally infection. And if i have said that pharmaceutical labs and companies dont like giving a running commentary on their data on how things are progressing but i suppose if theyre in mutated strains of this virus then some vaccines might not work or perhaps multiple vaccines will have to be developed. Well quite they dont like to give running commentaries because if they get it wrong they end up back on their face they could be accused trying to manipulate their share prices they will update their shareholders. As things go along and thats a natural but youre quite right there is the possibility that this fact this virus will mutate that it will change and that will end up having to have different versions as time goes on of vaccine towards what is essentially this virus thats essentially what we see every year with the flu vaccine so its not without precedent its. So from what you know so far about the testing and the whereabouts in the world do you think there is quite a race on now to find a vaccine for this where do you think or who do you think will be the 1st to come up with that its impossible to say he said there are about 20 different vaccines being tried out each one of those will happen at pet molecules that pet way of doing things that pettway have to carry out studies i suppose in terms of in terms of where research is quite strong and investment robust whereabouts in the world would you be watching for serious progress on this expected to be in north america or europe but given what the cities you might expect a stronger performance from pharmacy to companies particularly in china but in other parts of asia as well like south korea or japan. And if and when we reach a point where a vaccine is found then there comes the challenge of distribution and scaling up exactly theyve got to be able to produce enough of it and distribute it easily enough and its also got to be protective full of sufficient length of time its no use giving people a backseat that only gives them a short lived very transiency me thats it. Does that mean that were on likely to get any results to stem to stem the current outbreak so were likely to see multiple waves of this you know theres been talk of numbers rising of there being a peak and then perhaps itll slow down in the summer but if were not likely to see a vaccine until early next year well get upset by another outbreak then in the winter its entirely possible this will come in waves we see that without the worst similar sorts of things and yes i think its in that there is little or no charts of us having a vaccine that will treat from this current outbreak but of course then that may be something along the pipelines a future outbreaks all right thank you very much simon clark says it presents earlier microbiology investee of writing or the u. K. Government is coming under increasing pressure to do more to tackle the coronavirus schools universities remain open and there are a few restrictions on people returning from italy leave barca 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 i. One hand you feel like youre getting information saying not to worry but then you also are wondering if you are downplaying it not to cause panic or think the big trouble is knowing what to believe in 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 well israel is saying they might relax their rules all foreign visitors have to self cornered for 2 weeks if the virus continues to spread and becomes impossible to control it comes 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 an important source of revenue holy sites are also being disinfected and schools remain closed as there is need to abraham is in ramallah and says one of the latest confirmed cases is a palestinian who works in israel sparking concerns about then how all the 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 on the 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 posts 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 and he threw the bowl in israels court if they were going to be banning those palestinian rockets from going now the post in an economy is going to be suffering from this crisis as per the palestinian Prime Minister 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. You at the news hour live from london more still ahead the oil price on forces africas biggest economy in nigeria to scale down its budget a south African Court please present president so around the post of Misleading Parliament about his election finances and then later in the view qualifies continue despite a host of sporting events being canceled with japan making history in which means boxing. Turkey says its agreed with russia on the details of a joint Patrol Officer in syria is italy a province the zone 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 well the turkish president wanted to meet his french and german counterparts for more discussions on the refugee situation is back in turkey after a fruitless negotiations with the European Union in brussels on monday the e. U. Is unhappy turkey opened its northern border some 11 days ago in contravention of a deal made in 2016 was on a binge of aid has more from hatay close to the border with syria. 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 for he spoke to them and he said hes made his point about why what the e. U. Needs to do more about thinking of its fair share of what he says its response ability in terms of the refugees that he has been hosting 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 his 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 in 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 80 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 modalities 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 perfect through. Well afghanistans president signed a decree that paves the way for the release of some taliban prisoners details of the decree a jew to be released on wednesday at least one and a half 1000 taliban prisoners are expected to be released this week its hoped the move will lead to talks between the taliban and the Afghan Government the decree is part of a deal signed by the u. S. And the taliban last month will see the taliban hand over a 1000 Afghan Government troops in return the u. S. Has started removing some of its forces from the country while the u. S. Has one unanimous backing from the United Nations for its deal with the taliban is live for us in new york so this is clearly a boost for the u. S. In the deal that its just on what was said at the u. N. Well this is whats so interesting it was a unanimous welcome for the joint declaration but we also detected quite a bit of caution amongst u. N. Security Council Members in the joint declaration specifically it says that u. N. Security Council Resolutions against the taliban and those associated with the taliban will be removed the goal is to remove those sanctions by may the 29th thats not mentioned in this u. N. Security Council Resolution and over the last few days weve been seeing this resolution being watered down more and more when it comes to the issue of sanctions initially the resolution said once intra afghan talks commenced the u. N. Security council is sure will show its readiness to review the sanctions against the taliban thats not been watered down further to saying well once the in traffic and talks began we are ready to consider a review of the sanctions hes got a little extra words which make it even more distant in some ways it seems that there was concern among some members of reducing the u. N. Security councils leverage over the taliban to prematurely as indeed perhaps some thought maybe it was in the joint declaration now as well as interim afghan talks to so key the u. S. Representative at the u. N. Security council admitted that those have been delayed they were stationed starts on tuesday in all slow that clearly has not happened but what she said was because of what you were just discussing the pledge by ashraf ghani to release at least some taliban troops at least some talks can begin president got his march 10th decree on a taliban prisoner release in exchange for prisoners held by the taliban is a significant measure that brings afghans one step closer to enter afghan to go she sions significantly the decree means that technical talks between the taliban and the Afghan Government representatives in doha as well as actual releases can start immediately. So much now depends on those intra afghan talks actually beginning not just the technical talks now we wait to how many troops how many taliban personnel rather is ashraf ghani going to release will that satisfy the taliban thats one issue which is another reason for cautious caution around here but secondly we have to remember that there are 2 men currently who claim to be the president of afghanistan so another reason why this you know theres this quarters optimism that at least theres some some room for hope but there is there is a certain amount of fear for the future all right thank you she have shabba tense at the latest on that story from the u. N. Much will still to come on the program. Large imitation backs a constitutional amendment that would potentially allow him to stay in power until the age of 83. 00. In evelyns history making apology King William Alexander expresses regret for the violence during the dutch colonise ation of indonesia. 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Leaders of announce fell step up an Investment Fund of up to 28000000000 dollars to protect the blocks economy from the coronavirus outright Virtual Meeting was held on these 1st day on the major nationwide restrictions 168 new jets have been recorded there in the last day bringing the overall toll to 631 u. S. President donald trump has met his Republican Congress colleagues to discuss economic stimulus in the face of the corona Virus Outbreak trump said he had not been tested and urged americans to stay calm claiming the virus would go away. And life is beginning to return to normal in the chinese city at the center of the outbreak president has made his 1st trip to the city of war on patients who contract of the virus have mostly recovered and people are returning to work. All sarah card is in hong kong for us and says that shes visit might be a sign that china has come through the worst of the virus. His visit has been seen as a signal being conveyed from china to the rest the world that the country is now seeing the worst of the epidemic were seeing a vision from released by chinas state media showing shoot in pain visiting with him which of course is the epicenter of the a corona Virus Outbreak now the vision shows him visiting the hospital that was built in about 10 days its shots of him talking to the medical staff the hospital authorities and those patients in that particular hospital and the message that hes sending to norway and passing on to those particular people as well as the rest the world is is one of victory hes telling those people that china can fight and contain this epidemic of announce the closure of all those hospital pointing centers in were hand and those are the centers that were testing and and monitoring those people who are showing symptoms of the krajina virus so certainly some good news out of china on tuesday state media is releasing some details suggesting that the government there will start to lift that lockdown for passion if that lockdown and thats by means of a particular Monitoring System its by phone where the residents within will have will be able to get some friends of freedom returned to the people whove been locked down for months now now its going to be by a q. R. Code the patience of the people of residence there will be given a Health Status of their health as will be assessed and theyll be a q. R. Code assist or dedicated those particular people through a color system if youve got the red that means youve got the in fiction if youre yellow it means that you could have the infection because youve been linked to associated with people who have had the corona virus but if you got the green color this means that you will be able to leave your home. Meanwhile more than 116000 coronavirus cases have been reported globally with infections in 115 countries and regions alexy obrien takes a look at how weve reached this point. The corona Virus Outbreak began in december last year in the chinese city of about 11000000 people epidemiologists or scientists who study epidemics have traced the source to a Seafood Market where they think the virus was initially transmitted from animals to people and on the 13th of january the 1st case of the new corona virus outside china was reported in thailand and now almost 2 months on this shows how far the virus has spread those big red circles are the hot spots china of course but also south korea iran and italy ataman Johns Hopkins university in the United States started tracking the numbers of cases deaths and the people whove recovered the totals are always changing but this is how they looked about 9 g. M. T. On Tuesday Morning just over 4000 deaths 114544 cases and just over 64000 patients have recovered and that means there are about 50000. 00 active cases remember these are confirmed cases because in countries such as iran its thought far more people are infected then the government said missing and scientists believe most people will only have mild symptoms so they could be many Walking Around in our communities not feeling sick or knowing they carrying the virus but lets go back to where it all began china this graph shows us how many cases are reported daily with a spike in mid february when there was a brief change in how patients were diagnosed china still has by far the most cases about 21000 thats been leveling off in recent days with only 19 cases reported on tuesday however scientists warn that it may take months if not years for the full impact of the corona Virus Outbreak to be known. Well a corner virus is overshadowing celebrations in india its a Public Holiday in most of the country for the hindu festival of holly but many are choosing to stay at home after government warnings to avoid large crowds india has 47 confirmed cases so far elizabeth purana reports from new delhi. Sparing power to die 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 a very good very good lunch also. But elsewhere indians are concerned that the dozens of confirmed cases so far from carola in the south to indeed administered kashmir to 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 1000 cases outside china we are very concerned the world was children more the future will jell know who are stranded in iran theyre gone for medical education we have. Seen their development of india would do something very seriously in bringing older children back to media. 2000 and dns are 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 without regard to the production 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 if this continues the next. The consumers definitely feel the effect and more than with placing the effort to the shortage. The pharmaceutical industry is urging the government to allow imports of ingredients from countries other than china well that would take time the government has ordered immediate measures including closing all primary schools in delhi and indeed in the midst of fish meat and screening all Airline Passenger arrivals but policing what happens in Public Places is easier than in peoples homes despite the Prime Minister in the interim already saying he wont be celebrating holi this year and 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 Pradhan Al Jazeera in new delhi. Saudi arabias decision to boost its oil supplies force africas largest producer nigeria to cut the size of its 2020 budget passed in december or prices suffered their largest daily fall in almost 30 years on monday i jerry makes up to 90 percent of its Foreign Exchange earnings from oil and it needs a barrel price of 57. 00 to balance the countrys books to address reports on this now from the capital. On the way to started to make investment in Agricultural Production raising export none on exports over the past 2 or 3 years although still remains one of the most critical aspect of the government drawing its finances from so with the paul in prices recently over the past few days there is a sense of panic among economists among government officials themselves. Simply because this is a country that in the past one or 2 years has seen the rate of bordering growing higher and higher and the government growing much more from it. Than it has been in the past few years so there is a lot of concern now that the budget the 34000000000. 00 budget cannot be financed because of the fall in prices so its creating a lot of war here that means that capital recurrent expenditures will be affected already recurrent expenditure in the 2020 budget us supply asked what weve seen a located 2 Capital Budget so a lot of people are worried that this will mean less jobs less investment in. Construction liston investments in other key sectors of the economy and even raising concerns of school what the government will have to do with its huge overhead costs how they go to downsize the walks what force or theyre going to create and obviously of sourcing for more funds to drive the economy. So voting is underway in 6 u. S. States a critical point in the Democratic Party race for the president ial nomination to take on donald trump this is the 1st opportunity for voters to choose since the field to a to waltz rice joe biden a bunny tsongas polls put former Vice President biden in the lead against saunders and joins us now from detroit the largest city in the state of michigan where weve just learned about the saunders campaigns canceling events because of the coronavirus. Here thats absolutely right you know the coronavirus is affecting so many parts of society all around the world and now it is affecting the president ial campaign here in the United States with both Bernie Sanders and joe biden both announcing just in the last hour or so that they are canceling their rallies and all Campaign Events that were scheduled for later tuesday evening in the state of ohio they are there because ohio votes in their democratic primary next tuesday thats why they were there but clearly they think that their coronavirus threat or worries are enough where theyre canceling all of their events came as a little bit of a surprise you dont see this coming but clearly. This is not any sort of particular threat per se in ohio theyre actually only 3 confirmed coronavirus cases in the state of ohio nevertheless with Health Officials coming out and selling americans to avoid any large events where people are packed in in tight quarters clearly that is exactly what Campaign Rallies are as we saw last night at a job id rally here in the city of detroit they were actually handing out Hand Sanitizers as people were coming into the rally so this has been top of mind for the campaigns Bernie Sanders actually yesterday on monday as well actually held a coronavirus roundtable here in detroit. But clearly theyre saying that theyre doing this canceling a vents tuesday evening in ohio with bases out of an abundance of caution just trying to follow through with that with the suggestions that are being passed down from Health Officials here in the u. S. And so its really uncharted territory will have to see if future rallies on wednesday thursday friday will be canceled as well that we simply dont know yet they havent said anything on that yet its not clear how the corona Virus Outbreak is going to affect the 2020 race but it seems that were already seeing signs that that is happening what about michigan itself how important is it the democratic contests. Yeah even with corona virus the voting goes on the Campaign Goes on earlier the voting happened still is going on were at a polling station in detroit its weve seen a slow and steady stream of people coming in here to vote all day we expected to pick up in the next hour or so its about 2 hours until the vote polls close here and so as people get out of work we expect them to come in here in larger numbers are expecting huge turnout why is michigan so important quite frankly it comes down to one word delegates there are 125 delegates at stake here just in this state more than any of the other 5 states that are voting on tuesday so in a race for delegates which essentially this is between 2 people now joe biden and Bernie Sanders 125 delegates goes a long way to trying to secure the nomination and getting those nearly. 1500 that are needed to secure that so bidens in short what biden is saying is if he can win michigan big he is clearly the far runner on his way to print potentially walking down the democratic nomination if Bernie Sanders can win michigan he would be potentially thrust back in the lead again so thats why so many people are really focusing on the results from this very diverse state i should mention city of detroit 80 percent africanamericans but in other cities around the state a big democratic White Working Class voter bloc as well all right thank you very much from detroit michigan everyone is on that. We go to south africa now the high court has cleared the president. Of Misleading Parliament over a Campaign Donation it was a ledger on the poster lied about a 32. 00 and a half 1000. 00 donation for his campaign to succeed jacob zuma as leader of the African National congress for me to minute reports. The halting high court delivered a scathing judgment against the Public Protector the head of the Anti Corruption watchdog pussy syria in kabbani accused president. Of lying to parliament about a Campaign Donation he received 3 years ago when running for the leadership of the ruling African National Congress 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. Poets in the manner that they do business. With phone for the detail the reasons given. That it investigation into this 17 complained when they feel better or safer feeling. 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 the 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 kabbani 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 exists as is facing possible into pietschmann 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. Still to come running the lessons of the pause to help understand the future ill kill it just sift through history to find the secrets of Climate Change also more on the impacts of coronavirus on global spore seem to eating 2 of the worlds biggest cycling races. As Climate Change and rising sea levels increasingly threaten the wilds coastlines scientists here in the United Kingdom looking to prehistoric possed for clues to the future quite person and became an island more than 5000 years ago when. Rising waters cut off from mainland europe as Jessica Bolden reports from the southern county of hampshire thats still evidence of how our ancestors try to adapt. Low tide of thorns 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 delving into our ancient past and here we see this incredible tree or going material from far even off bows and years ago just in the sea bed white near where i live i find that so turns out why its only. 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 trained to the effect of Sea Level Rise in the past and if we can understand the long term the responses of the through a lot of that crude are paying. About into the future im going to start a little 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 get 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. On us and heres a nice heres one that. We found quite a few of these have to bear in mind this is over 8000 years old they found d. N. A. From im corn an ancient grain dating at 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 Change Jessica Baldwin aljazeera hampshire england. Im now 4 years for peter is in doubt. Thank you so much worldwide sport has been hit hard by coronavirus major events too numerous to mention are being cancelled all played with friends with the telly and Football Federation saying on tuesday they might not be able to crown a champion this year it all comes with the biggest events of all the olympics just over 4 months away david stokes 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 said. The ban however does not apply to italian teams playing in european competitions. 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. Will contribute long if you round it up were talking about 2000000 euros for this game the money is not there the 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 to tally a road race in may and then the Tour De France in june. Away from europe this colombian Football Team were taking extra precautions Wearing Masks as they arrived in chile for a copper liver to doras game while in north america weve already seen the cancellation of one of the biggest tournaments on the tennis circuit indian wells in california 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 you know weve got a race. Thats going to try and you know wash my hands as much as i can and you know stay clean looming 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. They havent picked boxing qualifiers have moved from the virus origin a new china to jordan it was a historic day for olympic host japan on monday it was the 1st female boxer from her country to qualify for a game to be joined by a teammate. Also through is indias may recall the 6 time World Champion and 2012 bronze medalist beats irishmen you know of the for the pins by unanimous decision zambias women have qualified for the olympic football tournament for the 1st time in their history be taught favorites cameroon 21 in lusaka on tuesday coming through on away goals sambir off 57 world ranking places below cameroon we do get another chance in the intercontinental play off against chile we spoke to sports journalist. Who said zambia was showing the strength in depth of african football but the teams needed more support to beat the rest of the world you know when you look at. The big golf because i can say because you know you expect that nigeria and. The other comes as well but they are out so when you see. The. Inconsistent. Getting into the conversation i think we can go away goes from. You know have some players playing. At the professional level. And there could be. A great chance. To get exposure that they need to play and that never because even when the african go for example to the summer olympics or go into that its only just the round of 16 were not talking about. The. 2 games have been coming to a close the European Champions League tottenham losing 2 rb leipzig to say goodbye to this years competition and atalanta through to the quarters 84. 00 in valencia in front of an empty stadium on wednesday and feel that will be packed as defending champions liverpool take on a little madrid the British Government says there is no reason as yet to restrict crowds but reds boss youre going to plop is open to it if needs be. The problem with Football Games is if you are not in the stadium then you are close rooms and water then maybe together im not sure what is better in this case to be honest with you i mean that but whatever will be decided we will respect all major sports leagues in the United States or closing their locker rooms to all but essential staff on tuesday in response to the Coronavirus Crisis atlanta and charlotte went head to head on monday trade young lead the hawks with 31. 00 points in the game but they were still tired of 138. 00 points each in Double Overtime before hawks sunk 5 consecutive free throws to win 143138. Will leave you with a thrilling finish in the Pakistan Super League on tuesday. Zomi may have thought 197 for 7 would be a winning score as it probably years in most cases but on this occasion david the long haul colanders hammering the canal from a pool of the match for 6 as the whole one by 5 wickets. Thats all the sport needs for now more late america all right thanks very much peter. The news hour and i will be back in just a couple of minutes with a full bullish emmys for you including of course around all the days top stories tracking the corona Virus Outbreak particularly here in europe and then how it could shape the 2020 race as well. Being a refugee means starting again. But building a new life in a new country is no easy task ready like every driver one. Witness follows one of the last Refugee Families from syria to be granted an american visa. From the personal sacrifices to the families try and. Meet the syrians on aljazeera. From. People have come to expect a lot from aljazeera over the years reporting the commitment to on the reporter places the commitment to the human story. But its also the idea of challenging does and how if a politician comes on this channel they will be challenged and thats what people expect of us they want the questions oncet. That is what weve always done that is what we will continue to do. With the plummeting birthrate and families moving to the cities south koreas rule schools are shutting down one on one east meets the grandmas who is saving these schools while finally getting an education on aljazeera. Aljazeera where every. One. Of the e. U. Creates a fund to tackle the economic effects of the corona virus in the United States the president calls for calm but were prepared and were doing a great job with it and it will go away just a car. Hello i Maryam Namazie and london youre watching aljazeera also coming up on the program battle for midwest america by Lynn Saunders go head to head in the latest democratic primaries afghanistans president signed a decree allowing the release of some taliban prisoners as the u. S. Starts withdrawing troops from the country