Joe biden wins more states in tuesdays primaries to take a dominant veto Bernie Sanders in the race for the democratic president ial nomination. Also ahead queuing up to bare essentials growing anger in sudan i made an economic crisis and what that could mean for the new government there and support coronavirus threatens the opening race of the formula one season 3 team members are placed in quarantine in melbourne this cause a role for organizers to take action in australia. Starting with the corona virus and the fear is that europe may slip into a recession countries are trying to limit the damage resorting to sweeping measures to fight the epidemic the german chancellor today saying that Health Care Systems will be tested warning its likely the majority of the population. Germany will become infected until america has european governments to implement measures that would slow the spread of the virus as the country reports nearly 1300. 00 cases of them was one 1st in the us if you will start we have to understand the virus is here that is no immunity in the population against this vital new injection possibilities north head of peas and it means that high percent High Percentage 60 to 70 percent of the a population can be infected if this is the situation continues like that its a disease why we have to work so that intensively to find the right medication for it well its only says it will spend nearly 30000000000. 00 to tackle the growing crisis that comes a day after the government imposed a National Quarantine its really does have the highest number of infections and deaths outside china meanwhile britains finance minister has pledged to do whatever it takes to protect the economy from coronavirus as he presented the annual budget to the parliament in london and in the United States theres also been an increase in cases there with more than a 1000 confirmed infections the National Guard has been sent to a suburb of new york city for a cluster of cases has been found well have more on the situation in the us from Kimberley Health that in washington in just a moment well also take a live update from the township outlet in paris 1st to london and our correspondent there Lawrence Leigh so lawrence despite coronavirus the business of government the budget has to go on but it must be coloring the whole thing. Yes yes it has done and just as you said in your introduction the numbers being thrown around. In the u. K. And more broadly in europe in sums a ways to stop it since the protects business and people who are after all being told increasingly that not to go to work. Are enormous and in his budget the british chancellor the finance minister said that hes going to propose a 30000000000. 00 pound thats about 45000000000. 00 or more package of measures to protect big business big and Small Business owners pay Business Rates any more if youre in the good economy your self employed or work sort of hand to mouth in some way that you will get paid and youll get benefits and advance and the government will underwrite all of these things and so by and large it is predicated on an opposite assumption that recession is coming because you cant simle taney asli cesa people please continue spending money and businesses please continue working as normal when of the same time youre expecting this huge wave of cases to be about to hit and people are going to have to stay at home so its very much in the blitz spirit in the u. K. Now the you know they they they obviously english people i call this were under attack and well do the very best we can to fight it off but thats the way theyre throwing money at the problem at the moment and also it looks like lawrence one of those people involved in the wave of cases thats just about to hit 19 dorris a government minister the symbolism i assume not been lost on anyone. Well no junior minister the heart of health one of her own start apparently has now tested positive as well frantic search now because shes a government minister job is to meet people she was incubating it seems from them but about this time last week met Boris Johnson the Prime Minister of the day after in downing street only started to complain about feeling ill at the weekend shes now improving even though she said it was pretty unpleasant. 11 shot i want to Labor Health Minister has gone into self isolation as a precautionary measure but obviously the question really is will parliament actually be able to carry on as it is at the moment how many more politicians money to go to self isolation as well and what happens to the business of government then there is a growing concern as i was saying before that the advice of people being given about only going self isolation if youve been to one of the affected areas or been in contact with some has got it is now out of date and that there are probably many more cases floating around the system than the official figures suggest lawrence thanks very much well from london to paris and our correspondent there natasha but listen attash are we hearing the french president emmanuel micro will address the nation tomorrow so hes clearly today maybe getting himself occur again up against all the figures and all the statistics. Yes the french president im out of my cars you say due to address the nation in paris on thursday evening french time he has been taking this Health Emergency very seriously indeed as you can imagine for a couple of weeks now hes said to has been cleared of all known essential travel nonessential meetings and really he says he wants to just focus very much on this Health Crisis weve seen the french president visiting hospitals hes Holding Daily briefings with Health Experts and he just presided over frances weekly Cabinet Meeting which took place the 1st time since a french minister was diagnosed a french culture minister was diagnosed with a corona virus on monday he has placed himself into a self isolation but he says that he didnt come in contact with the presence of the 4 days previous to being diagnosed when omar krause not not suspected of having been infected with the current virus from this minister but as you can imagine its made everyone very nervous indeed other cabinet ministers have been tested we have 5 members of the French Parliament that have been diagnosed positively with the current virus other members of parliament are being tested as well because they will come into very close contact so the situation in france is very much one in which we have this coronavirus really affecting people at all different parts of society really from the very highest ranks of governments to of course people in schools and to different villages and towns across the country natasha thanks very much live now to washington and our correspondent kimberly hell can certainly putting in the National Guard to the suburb in new york city on the face of it i guess that sounds a bit heavy handed but then the authorities might say look weve got to do what weve got to do and do our best by people. Yeah a fairly draconian measures but many here in the United States feeling its the right step because there is growing pemmican alarm in the United States with each day as the numbers now above 1000. 00 in terms of infections across so many the majority of u. S. States and the warning coming from Top Public Health officials that areas that have not yet been affected will be affected so many in the United States watching very carefully this containment area as theyre calling it essentially what this is is about a kilometer and a half radius area suburb of new york city where there is a concentration of infections the National Guard thats essentially a branch of the military or an aspect of the military keeping this locked down now theyre using very careful language to try and keep people calm saying that the National Guard to be used to bring medicine and food but make no mistake about it these folks are not able to leave their homes as the Public Health officials and authorities try to stem the spread of the corona virus now in the midst of all of this peter what weve got going on is the white house a very public face in terms of the federal response now kind of taking a backseat to congress as there is an effort underway to try and put in place a package to help americans across the country whether it be putting in place Unemployment Insurance or making sure that children that usually got food at school are going to be able to be fed if they are in quarantine in some form or fashion so this is all being discussed with the white house and House Speaker nancy pelosi trying to put in place a big major package in order to address some of those issues but on top of all of this what we see is Senate Democrats now sending a letter to the white house urging the president to declare a National Emergency that would free up about 40000000000 in funds to try to address this right now the white house seems to be dragging its heels though on that because of course when you declare a National Emergency that only fuels the panic of ordinary american. So a lot of this being discussed right now but i can tell you already a noticeable impact here in washington as they came into work the traffic was cut down by about 2 thirds already people taking their own independent action self isolating in the face of a lack of a public response from federal authorities kimberly thanks very much well as weve been hearing e. U. Countries are working to respond to the leaders supplies to set up a 28000000000. 00 Investment Fund to protect the u. S. Economy from the outbreak has paul brennan upon European Crisis would normally see e. U. Leaders racing to meet in brussels but concern about possible infection meant an emergency Video Conference instead the outcome of this rare Virtual Meeting a multibillion dollar european Investment Fund to support Health Care Jobs and Small Businesses. We will bring forward a corona response Investment Fund directed at the Health Care Systems directed at as a s m es and as a labor market at the labor markets and other vulnerable parts of our economies the instrument will be sizable and reach 25000000000 euros quickly all 27 e. U. Nations have now registered the presence of the virus and theres a keen awareness that the crisis in italy may 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 or will hope that if they get the virus they can recover at home without having to make use of italys vastly overstretched Health System the costs a clear from the tourist sites roads near empty and impressive piazzas deserted how sustainable is all this for a country already on the edge of recession 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 its only frances europes next worst affected country president macron urged calm put said the countrys epidemic is only 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 you are more tolerant 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 now its not easy if youre the Prime Minister of the netherlands who announced an official policy of no handshakes before promptly leaning over and shaking hands. Should be given their silly story think their job over paul brennan aljazeera. Ok lets bring in Annie Sparrow shes a professor of Population Health science and policy at mount sinai and she joins us on skype from geneva any sparrow welcome to the news hour here on aljazeera where are we when it comes to other countries lagging behind where the italians are right now who as we heard you know brought to the 2nd word they got italy germany itself has been reigned president has had and you know every time and 1000 our case its only had to guess which clearly shows either it has a much Better Health care system or it simply. Could be that it has a lower or lesser older employee population is only about 20 percent the population is over the age are you know 60 or so what. But what were going to see its if thats america has rights and the same present. In hospitals will be other crops and thats rare even if the mortality rates is no reason it is in germany and italy its the principle that it is very high and 1000 places on their desk is is quite a lot and one that means that are there a country of course that is huge so i think that you know we are you know this is really disturbing terms because now if you break that the hospitals will be armed were going to Health Care Providers that the Health Care Workers are really a bridge does that mean that up to this point the German Authorities got it right compared to say the u. K. Authorities when it comes to this idea of were still in phase one were still in a phase of containment because implicitly Angela Merkel at that News Conference seemed to be saying no we had to go over it had to accept weve gone into stage 2 which is what you were talking about their Health Care System being crushed sort of disappearing under the weight of sick people. Well shes doing what we call an operational Decision Making of course this is the precautionary principle which is so essential for public and Global Health that when the face of something as viet and as threatening as the its you have to take you know the most sensible course of action is essentially that you support the principle and shes making this decision you know were never going to have full knowledge that we would like to have about this disease but in view of whats happening its late its right to be prepared and that means were going to have to look at what been going on and how can we possibly inject forms also into our Healthcare System stronger what can we do to protect Health Care Workers for example theres good evidence to show that the b. C. G. Japan that scene could protect Health Care Workers and both these strains and the dutch as seriously trying to satisfy me as soon as possible that is what we call a Research Intervention study where youve provided intervention that is also a protection because its one thing to reckon support of the hospitals and mates were have or the person protected but we lose the Health Care Providers themselves them are in serious danger but if youve got person to person transmission taking place unknown to the medical authorities or the governmental authorities within the wider populace in any of the European Countries the idea of containment thats gone so they have to deal thats going to rallies thats gone were not even absolutely by is what is really complacency and we have to admit now in phase 2 and we have to do everything that we can in china what the china was was locking down the entire country it wasnt just looking down on it but they probably they put travel restrictions on the entire country and thats what we saw in italy yes they money in that they actually changed from knocking down the Northern Area to impose that on the entire country and that is what worked in china to help can train it contains presidencies thats not to say that china is advancing pingpong back of cases of being receded by cases you know from south korea or from iran even from italy but that is so. At a very fit to make sure you suppressing contain as far as possible at the same time you know you have to now address seriously to build up the Health Care System because its not just people dying of brain virus when hospital to underwhelm to force its that you know that that have every other disease you have all the resources that there were a family many that there are 3 times as many dying from an area as a boater and youve got important prices because nobody recruit people for their normal diseases anymore now that means you know what happens in the 10 or in town what happens is that the patients were no birds waiting for surgery whether its like theyve all been there and they can see so we have to really seriously think about that and i think that were doing the right thing by getting those resources ready right now and theres no evidence in a poll say that this bias is going to disappear over. Spring and summer and rate what were seeing is that its a bias its paperboard continued transmission and indeed its doing sorry in hard countries across the world give a certain hemisphere so we need to be absolutely paper where its ok well leave it there and aspire to thank you very much. Lots more still to come for you on the news hour including there is a certain tension in this in the city in all of the country. North korea ramps up production of face masks as the u. N. Wants the country theres a high risk but outbreak there. Also ahead a disgraced australian cardinal makes a final attempt to overturn his conviction of child sex abuse. And in sport fears grow over the fate of this football season as the 1st English Premier League game is called off yes because a coronavirus. Israeli forces in the occupied west bank have used tear gas and rubber coated bullets to disperse Palestinian Protesters one person a 15 year old boy was killed the activists were camping overnight on a mountain near the city of nablus they were trying to fend off illegal Israeli Settlers trying to use the location to establish an outpost over 100 people have been treated for their injuries that if joins us on skype from ramallah in the occupied west bank has it calmed down now or is this still an ongoing situation. It did calm down after the israeli army has left the area after confrontations that really have to since the early hours of the morning since palestinians went on to help also amount in as a way to try to protect that as a result 15 year old Palestinian Thomas how miles has lost his life his funeral is expected to happen any time now and his village of beta and medical sources say that theyve treated more than 100 palestinians all sides dozens have been to hospitals in all of that has been happening because palestinians are saying they want to defend this area from an attempt by Israeli Settlers to take its is an elevated area one of the highest in the nablus governorates and it is has been a pattern by secularists to take a piece of land stay on it bring a curve on live a family 2 families and then later turn it into a settlement of course all segments are close so theres illegal under International Law and being a mountain or a hilltop is expected to be one of the reasons why settlers want that specific area indeed and many palestinians say that theyve been eyeing it since the eightys they remember the clashes that happened actually in the same mountains so for palestinians its a way to defend the land as weve seen it has been very its came at a high price another palestinian is. In a Critical Condition and cellphones are vowing through turn to the area to try and defend ok in a thanks very much. Israels president is set to begin consultations to decide on a new Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu center right bloc failed to win a majority in last weeks election the 3rd in less than a year Political Parties now put forward their recommendations for Prime Minister for the president to side by march the 17th herefore sits in west jerusalem he says the oppositions bid to beat netanyahu has become a lot more difficult if benny gantz can shore up the support of all those within his own luck plus the support of all 15 of those palestinians really parties from outside the government not join a coalition but support a minority government from outside that would give him 62 and that is what hes trying for but to get there 1st he needs to beat netanyahu bloc of 58 by at least one seat and that has become much more difficult given the approach thats been taken very recently. Of the the leader of the gas ship r. C. One of those within his block only livia because as she says she will not submit to a government wont support a government that is itself supported by palestinian israeli parties from the outside so the president riven rivlin is still trying to get the 2 main parties you could in blue and white to join a unity government that didnt work last time its very unclear as to how it might work this time and one other interesting thing that the president said he quoted an arabic phrase about the virtues of patience so that there was no such thing as a citizen of israel and given what has been said by both libya because his and Benjamin Netanyahu when he was talking about the support of only 47 zionist parties supporting benny gantz essentially ruling out the vote of more than half a 1000000 you supported the palestinian israeli joint list an Important Message from the president about how arabic citizens of israel should also have the votes counted in the press. Turkeys president has threatened retaliation if a cease fire in italy province is broken the deal was agreed to by russia and turkey last week. Says theres been small violations but he expects moscow to take action not to look at what the effect will stop there have been small violations of the cease fire we are sharing these developments with russia in compliance with our agreement and we expect measures to be taken we will keep our warrant until the end as long as the others show the same sensitivity but if the others do not keep their promise we will never shy away from giving a much harsher response. Back to the States Joe Biden has cemented his front runner status in the Democratic Party race for the white house and bash Bernie Sanders hopes of reviving his chances in the 6 states voting in tuesdays primaries by one in mississippi missouri and michigan the state with the most delegates up for grabs cable is on the reports from detroit. Joe biden at his last Campaign Rally in michigan implored people to get out and vote for him they did these are some of the voters that helped him win michigan making him the undisputed front runner for the democratic nomination i want to thank Bernie Sanders supporters through their Tireless Energy and their passion we share a common goal and together we will defeat. With the freedom to get. The right hope the endorsements from senators cama harris and cory booker would help him maintain his overwhelming support from black voters he worked. Because right now everybody. Is going to be strong. Who did you vote for today joe biden. Because he already was in office so he already has a fill about what goes on well leadership is what this country needs what it takes to be a successful country. Bernie sanders campaigned heavily in michigan many on his team saw it as he must win money but exit poll shows sanders overwhelming support from young voters wasnt nearly enough this was supposed to be a day that Bernie Sanders revived his campaign and regained momentum but clearly neither happened here at this Bernie Sanders watched party in detroit they were hoping it was going to be a victory but it wasnt really his supporters consoled one another and spoke as if his campaign might be over but also trying to remain upbeat the central theme of this whole campaign is that it is larger than one person is larger than one night in florida the one primary and so for me i think of all these that the senator has been fighting for clean air Clean Water Health is a human right and i think those are the you that are going to live beyond one Campaign Cycle so you know that was all isnt exactly what i would like to see him but i think were excited to see what what happens next. Its now clear that the scale is tipping in favor of a president ial election between joe biden and donald trump gabriels on the disease detroit. Lets talk to Lincoln Mitchell hes a political analyst at Columbia University he joins us from new york Lincoln Mitchell how is joe biden doing so well. Joe biden is doing so well and this is extraordinary a month ago people thought biden was almost out of this race what happened was the race changed very quickly all of the other moderate candidates dropped out after South Carolina or not all d that many of them close which are and voted yes and then bloomberg showed himself to be an absolutely dreadful candidate and that allowed biden to consolidate his base or the centrist win of the party very quickly sanders was always hoping for a multi candidate race with the exception of the deep south hes consistently getting 30 to 40 percent or more and thats enough to win against 3 other series opponents its not enough to win against one and thats the problem sanders is facing now donald trump 73. 00 joe biden 77. 00 between them there 150 years old can it be an and a jet to Election Campaign if and when the party says yes by man but 1st of all bernie is older than both of them and but clearly we are moving towards a gerontocracy here and additionally the coronavirus limits how people can campaign particularly older people joe biden and donald trump are and they may have very Good Health Care because of you know theyre wealthy and they have all that but they are in a high risk categories so they really cannot this is not going to be or should not be a campaign of mass rallies and handshaking at least for a while so this will look like a very different kind of a campaign both because of the age and because of the coronavirus which is a health issue not just for older candidates but for older voters given that mr biden is older anyway take the point not as old as Bernie Sanders but given that certain people are questioning his how can i put this delicately it is mental dexterity because hes 77 years old does that mean if he gets the nomination hes got to be super careful when it comes to his Vice President ial ticket pick to go forward into the general election. Well i think its almost certain he will get the nomination but in answer to your question yes when joe biden picks a running mate it is more likely than usual that that person will become president now we all with joe biden whether want to win or lose a long healthy life im not saying anything other than that i want to be clear what it is there is the actual real reality so hes got to bring in somebody who is ready to take over on day one or day 2 and that is not always the case i mean when barack obama chose biting himself obama was a younger healthier man and everyone thought that barring to something terrible hed be around for a good long time no one thinks that about biden and not just for one term but for 2 terms theres a very real possibility that biden wins and then simply doesnt have the physical energy to run for a 2nd term in which case his Vice President would build would be the huge front runner for the democratic nomination in the 2024 so this is a very important decision for by more important you ok heres the thing assuming its biden versus donald trump youre saying it will be we get that what does it say about the Democrat Party and also about the electorate in as much as what 9 months ago the party was saying look weve got the gay guy weve got women weve got women of color but the way its going to come down to 2 old white guys with gray head. Right in both the primary and then again in the general you know given where we were a year ago or even 6 months ago this looked like a much more interesting diverse field and to some respect it came down to the 2 old white guys largely because of their own hubris had Bernie Sanders not run knowing that his ceiling was about where it is now Elizabeth Warren would be holding the banner for the left wing of the party and would be a younger more energetic and also a woman had joe biden not run John Hickenlooper any club which are a younger more vibrant centrist might be might have been that cant last candidate standing in the center of the party but these old white guys they want to run they have enormous name recognition joe biden because he was Vice President right years early because hes been running since 2015 and they were able to thin out what was a very talented a very diverse bill lincoln always a pleasure great to talk to as evelyn committal bit in on the new york on skype thank you very much they care. Ok time for World Weather heres richard bit of a change on the horizon i think in our part of the world which whats wrong with old white guys with gray hair. Yet they say there was anything wrong no it didnt ok a court interesting weather story here to tell you it starts there of low pressure in the gulf of sirte in the Mediterranean Sea now doesnt over to us from the forecast despite having superduper weather graphics it doesnt look anything very much but this area of low pressure is going to have a big impact across a huge swathe of the middle east and indeed across parts of north africa a large swathe of north africa up there the showers pushing down into what is the Sahara Desert region so that area will see some showers but its also going to see this area of winds begin to push down and let me put the temperatures on top of this map and these greens and yellows indicating a lower temperatures so thats wednesday moving on to thursday and you see other areas expanded all the way into more central areas and if you watch the difference between thursday and friday in khartoum the temperature drops from 41 all the way down to 29 degrees so a big change extends all into chad a huge area affected by this low pressure system which is going to have a big impact this is the Early Warning really because this system develops across northern parts of egypt socorro and alexandria could see vast amounts rain coming down in short period time so it does mean theres a very high risk of flash flooding and a real rest to life and limb surf in that area thursday and probably on into friday too so that extent take care because there will be some very Severe WeatherPeter Richard thanks very much still to come here on the news for you coronavirus and the financial turbulence is causing for some of the worlds big Major Airlines and in the sports news theres a buzzer beater missed and a 4 game winning streak for the lakers details coming up later in the program. Of struggle full of pleasure. But i mean on there by their telephone at the same theme a few meetings you make us and blankly funny and you go west on me having an intimate look at life in cuba if you dont mind i dont know whether guinness a resume danielson as a director would have the new my leave my cuba. On aljazeera. It could be the biggest land grab in history. As powerful nations lay claim to territories under the oceans 21. 00 geologists are secretly plotting new borders. As the struggle for resources intensifies some of the worlds most powerful scientists speak out. Oceans manakin on a 0. Welcome back youre watching the aljazeera news hour im peter dopy lets just recap the top stories for you the german chancellor Angela Merkel is warning coronavirus will in fact 60 to 70 percent of the population its a league which is quarantined at 60000000. 00 citizens to stop the spread of the virus says it will spend nearly 30000000000. 00 to tackle the crisis. Finance minister not saying there hes on his feet right now saying the country will do whatever it can to protect the economy because with the coronavirus that says he delivers the annual budget to Parliament Meeting a day after it was announced a british m. P. Has tested positive for the virus. And Israeli Forces now compared west bank have used tear gas and rubber coated bullets to disperse Palestinian Protesters a 15 year old boy has died the activists were camped out overnight on a mountain to fend off illegal Israeli Settlers trying to set up an outpost. Stocks and shares on wall street taking something of a battering this out that has just opened investors are nervous about the potential announcement from the white house and what will be its economic stimulus plan to combat the impact of corona virus kristen salumi joins us from new york kristen hows it looking. Well the roller coaster week is continuing on wall street here peter right now the Dow Jones Industrial average is down again it started the week with a plunge that was the worst seen since the recession of 2008 on tuesday it was up again now it looks like the dow is down over 600. 00 points about 2 and a half percent as you mentioned in reaction to this ongoing uncertainty over the coronavirus and its spread and its impact on commerce. Around the world and particularly here in the United States as the cases continue to rise and now are over a 1000 that and the fear of this price war as well. Are rocking the confidence of investors confidence rose a bit on tuesday when President Trump announced some measures would be and put in place to help businesses weather this storm but after a meeting late on tuesday after the markets had closed it was clear that there was no agreement on a way forward in the plans Details Remain murky at this time the president has talked about possibly a payroll tax cut something that would give more money to both businesses and their employees however it would mean defunding for that time period Social Security and in title meant program thats very sensitive territory democrats were indicating after meeting with President Trump that they were not in line with that some republicans as well have reservations about that the president also mentioned a possible bailout of affected industries cruise lines is one that he mentioned in particular. Again not a lot of details theres also some talk about helping Energy Companies as well they are seeing a beating as russia and saudi arabia have a price war over oil the number one producer of oil in the country the United States which happens to be pretty in debt the Energy Companies have a lot of their bottom line is being threatened by that ongoing situation as well. So there some look from investors for some clarity from washington on what the plan is to stop this there is a meeting scheduled later today with wall street executives it will be interesting to watch thats happening before the end of the before markets closed and you can bet what the president has to say after that meeting is going to affect stocks one way or the other peter will be watching christine well come back to you a snitch you have any developments thanks very much. Well south korea has discovered a new cluster of infections in the capital seoul scott hietala has that aspect of the story. Despite ongoing disinfection efforts throughout south korea theres been a reverse in the downward trend of corona virus cases the largest cluster yet discovered in the capital seoul at least 90 workers at a call center tested positive they worked in a building near a transportation hub in the southwest of the city home to 10000000 koreans. And so city officials are conducting an investigation but they are also taking measures such as self and diagnostic checks on those who are in close contact with the infected and in australia the Prime Minister announcing that italy joins china south korea and iran on its travel ban list australians and foreigners with residency visas returning from italy will face a 14 day self quarantine italy itself has effectively put itself into lockdown with travel now and this largely causes that loop we already had the enhanced screening measures that are in place. And a remarkable rescue in southeast china after being buried for 69 hours a man pulled from the rubble of a hotel for a virus patients in coron team the hotel in the city of change oh collapsed on saturday killing at least 26 people the 24 year old survivor is in a stable condition in hospital scott hardly aljazeera. Well north korea which is yet to report one single case of the virus is ramped up production of mosques and this has people to take preventative measures the u. N. Is warning the country is a high risk of an outbreak reports from so it is a country used to being mobilized against a common enemy and now that one scene photo is the coronavirus. An outbreak could be devastating for a population which is malnourished and with primitive medical services. Populations in the countryside. There are really you know i think have been left on the our own with regards to basic exercises from the start its taken tough measures like closing its border with neighboring China Foreign diplomats were put under a strict 30 day quarantine which is only just been lifted many have left. And there is a certain tension in those in the city and all over the country because people are aware. Of the crime of violence state run television has been showing the Global Impact of the disease and touting the north success in preventing a single case of the virus as a victory for leader kim jong un whos depicted as heading his countrys efforts kim jong un has written to his south korean counterpart expressing his sadness for the way the viruses hit the south and while the outbreak has disrupted military operations here with the cancellation of joint exercises with the u. S. For north korea it seems to be business as usual twice in the space of a week north korea has conducted short range weapons tests after a lull of 3 months some analysts say its just part of regular winter exercises while others add that with denuclearization talks in stalemate he has nothing to lose by testing and that it sends a strong message to his own people that with much of the rest of the world grappling with the viruses spread kim is firmly in control and appearing to keep them safe rob mcbride aljazeera sold. Profits have plunged at Cathay Pacific after months of political unrest in hong kong the airline is one of many facing severe financial turbulence and as the spread of the virus disrupts Global Travel hong kongs National Carrier says its last 2 thirds of its International Operations plans to cut most flights to Mainland China korean air says its fighting for survival its cutting 80 percent of its International Capacity and is telling employees to take voluntary leave australian carrier quantas is slashing a quarter of its International Operations for now saying the slump could cost up to 100000000000. 00 Matthew Driscoll is editor of asian aviation a Civil Aviation magazine he says Certain Airlines will be more affected by the crisis than others. The carriers that do not lease aircraft are probably a little bit better off because they dont have to make those lease payments airlines that have a lot of least aircraft. They are and if they can negotiate. Different Payment Terms with the less sowers a lot of whom are in ireland. And they might be in trouble. There are airlines like cathay d the big airlines. That have consolidated in recent years a lot of the American Airlines is basically 3 big carriers there. A lot of those are probably going to be fine theyre definitely going to take revenue hit they may lose money for a quarter or 2 again it depends on how long this is going to go on the International Air transport association has basically called for blanket slot relief around the world they have this 8020 rule where you have to fly 80 percent of the flights in order to maintain the slots the interesting thing is the Airport Council international which is the trade group for the airports they say no it should be on a market by market basis because if airlines quit flying to those airports in those airports d start losing money so theres a little bit of an argument going on between the 2 entities. And again if Airlines Just quit flying i mean thats going to be a huge problem. Ok lets wrap up a few other top stories for you. Again causing big increase in frustration levels similar shortages late last year helped fuel the revolution which ended president obama 30 years of rule another new government is coming under increasing pressure reports from the capital. Of cars at petrol stations are a common sight in sudans capital drivers waiting for hours just to fill up their tanks to be able to get on with their lives. There is no time for work we did a cage all our time to queues either for fuel or other things ive been here for hours waiting sudan is now just a country of people in queues to help him get the money as long ive been here since 8 in the morning and now its 4 in the afternoon our lives have been mostly put on hold as we wait to fill our car tanks to be able to go around. Sudan has imported fuel since the oil producer lost 75 percent of its output when south sudan became Independent Mine years ago all was the main source of the countrys income the sudanese pounds started to lose value against the dollar now the government is struggling to pay for imports of fuel which it largely subsidizes the impact of fuel shortages can be seen at bus stations like this 1. 00 in the capital passengers are waiting longer and longer waits for a ride because there are fewer. Theyre stuck at a petrol station around the capital. Buying bread can also mean a long queue the currency shortage affects imports of wheat flour i mean anything that i dont know theyve given us that much we saw coming here from 7 in the morning to one in the afternoon all more just to get bread its for our kids at home and no Government Official has bothered to come and see why things are like this bread shortages last year sparked protests that eventually led to the ousting of longtime president already so dance cash strapped on social Administration Says its working to bring in hard currency through other sources its put together an economic Crisis Management team with the power to put forward new policies favor of the idea there are other alternatives that the country can go with in terms of policies that can help or provide resources for the people part of the solution were looking into is to restoring back the amount of money stolen by the former regime as well as getting rid of all the sham Security Companies that dried up the budget of the country. But some analysts see the problems randy here as an off the its an issue of politics and management the Ruling Coalition has many parties that range from far left to far right each with their own views an approach to the economy and management wise no one wants to take a Bold Decision that may fix the situation but will create a temporary shock no one wants to take any blame if things go wrong. While the government struggles to find the right approach the weeks of nationwide queues for bread and fuel go on and sudans new leaders need to find solutions before the economic crisis flares into more antigovernment anger people morgan are just their own khartoum australias highest court is hearing a final appeal from the disgraced Roman CatholicCardinal George pell to overturn his sex abuse conviction the 78 year old former archbishop of melbourne is serving a 6 year jail sentence for molesting 2 choir boys in the 1990 s. Nicholas cage reports now from canberra. The final step in a long Court Process thats been followed closely across the world george pell the most prominent catholic figure to be convicted of child abuse wasnt in court he his final bid for freedom but some of his supporters and opponents were. Not right emotions were running high and opinions divided and here. Today the voice of. The hands of george pell in the Catholic Church i hope reso approach the fact an acquittal of amenophis the innocent man in late 2818 poll was found guilty of sexually abusing 2 quiet boys in the 1990s he served one year of a 6 year prison term and has continued to maintain his innocence. Lost an appeal last year to or the turn his conviction over the next for days there arguing to the high court that that ruling was unreasonable his team is focused its argument on the credibility of a witness and the timing of the offending lawyer lisa flynn who represents Abuse Victims is concerned that if the High Court Overturns his conviction it might stop other Abuse Victims speaking out this case is being followed by many survivors and victims all around the world in terms of it really showing that people could come forward and that they would be believed in that place. And that juries will believe them despite being a convicted sex offender george pell is still a cardinal but so far the pope has declined comment until all avenues of appeal are exhausted that moment may not be far away now gauge aljazeera camera. Thats exactly the thing i dont like to sit here and ask you. Just question but fly from madrid to here so stay that. Find out why liverpool manager lost his cool ahead of his sides Champions League pledge. Business leaders his vote to find a bra spot. For. Business leaders his board to buy no bra spot. Will. Time for sports is far peter thank you so much coronavirus is now threatening the opening race of the formula one season after 3 people in the paddock showed symptoms ahead of sundays australian grand prix one member of staff at mclaren and team from team has been tested in melbourne and are now in south isolation awaiting the results at one organizers had decided to proceed with the race as normal despite postponing the chinese grand prix and barring fans from the 2nd race of the season in bahrain around 300000 spectators are expected to attend practice qualifying and the race life when journalist Philip Duncan is in melbourne and fell to us earlier. Retirement sets for us that well have the results within the next 24 hours so well know then as to whether. The team member has tested to the coronavirus the british team are putting together a contingency plan at the moment if if that is the case but they are also drawing up plans anyway just to deal with the threats of the virus the next coming days. This reply so it seems drivers will have to meet exclusion zone around them when they conduct their media to seize tomorrow jobs been told not to take any selfies with fans whilst theres also a scrap sessions at the job is usually to do with fans they were also being cancelled as destiny a feeling of amit something came in the paddock coming youve got people from all over the world travelling here its of 2 bits or its a mobile but this weekend when most countries are advising against travel youve got. Members of seems from a silly ferrari outside story. Who are also in the top supply of pirelli who flown in from italy and so annoyed the Israeli Government not to. Try to sleep so its not a usual sort of that sort of part yeah im scared we usually have to leave this race being the 1st groom create of the season so have to see how it unfolds obviously this news today that 3 people have been tested for it is not in anyones mind. One bosses who are already younger but its crew snaith who are going to have the right spend across the what weve seen a lot of sporting events canceled the president of tokyos Olympic Organizing Committee and says theyre not changing their plans because of coronavirus 82 year old former japanese Prime Minister yes cherie moto had been undergoing hospital treatment but he left to respond to an interview given by one of his Board Members how rookie takahashi said the gang should be delayed by a hero to come the new needs of us so there is no guarantee he will be able to use the venues again if we postpone it one or 2 years if mr takahashi will guarantee the use of the venues that would be nice but that isnt going to happen is it wednesday is primarily a game between Manchester City and arsenal has been postponed as a precaution thats after its emerged some arsenal players came into contact with the olympiacos team owner at last weeks Europa League game he sends tested positive for coronavirus players concerned are now required to salvage slate at their homes for 14 days right now all other premier league games are scheduled to take place as normal. Also on wednesday and field will be packed as defending champions liverpool take on Athletico Madrid in their last 16 Champions League game nearly 3000 athletico fans are expected to travel for the game the British Government says theres no reason as yet to restrict crowd liverpool manager youre going kuapa looks like hes had just about enough coronavirus questions arent you afraid that you your players can get. Exposed football is just its just a game we be on not to society be a part of the society and we should all be borat in the same time and thats exactly the thing i dont like that you sit here and ask me this question but fly from madrid to here so stay that close schools and universities but by doing what and you opus the concern thats thats a question but you think no football is worth it to travel or whatever so thats the situation thats our problem our common problem and we cannot solve it with football people play football thats our part of what we have to do your job is to transport information and i hope you do it better than you ask questions to be honest. U. S. Soccer bosses are arguing that the womens team is less skilled than the men and so therefore doesnt deserve equal pay the women are suing the federation for 66000000. 00 over gender discrimination the case set to start on may 5th in documents filed at a federal court in l. A. U. S. Soccer claims it takes a higher level of speed and strength to perform the job of a mens team player it also claims the men have more responsibility and faced more hostile environments when playing games all the women have been more successful than the men in recent years theyve won the last 2 world cups while the men failed to qualify for russia 28 womens Team SpokesmanMolly Levinson gave this reaction to the latest developments this ridiculous argument belongs in the paleolithic era it sounds as if it has been made by a caveman argument that male players have more responsibility is just plain simple sexism and illustrates the very gender discrimination that caused us to file this lawsuit to begin with. Up to the n. B. A. In the Brooklyn Nets don west a conference leader is the l. A. Lakers for their 2nd straight when spencer de windies scored 23 points for the nets including this tie breaker with just seconds left in the game. By antony davis then missed a potential 3 pointer that would have seen the lakers steal the win instead the next clinching it by 2 points 1042102 ending the lakers 4 game winning streak. But ok and that is all your sport for now peter back to you. Thanks very much lots more news from if you want to say i was there is on the website. Is here in this seat on the other side of the break all the latest from europe and the u. S. On the coronavirus we will see you very soon. From london Broadcast Center 2 special guests in conversation the state the american states. And save. Uninterrupted people think that racism is having. Or black people right and theres no understanding of what is to make racism is intimately reflecting on the issues of our time and i realized i was working for something that was evil and i had been a part of the creating that studio to be unscripted coming soon on al jazeera and the seeds for the blind. For the disabled. 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